Damn, I'm glad you gave us the flashback to show us exactly when the feelings started for Lauren. I mean I know Karma stated it was about a year. But I wasn't expecting this kind of verification. I didn't expect it to just blow up here at the end with Amy finding out quite like that. I'm surprised she's so cool with it all though. I mean I know you showed that moment where Amy seems upset that while she was having a crush on Karma, Karma was having a crush on Lauren her sister. I think realistically even if Amy is over Karma she wouldn't be this cool with it all this quickly. Although, it is nice that Amy would want Lauren to come to her about anything even if it is to discuss her feelings for Karma. I like the sweet moments that you peppered throughout the chapter between Lauren and Karma to give us more of a taste of their relationship and what that looks like. I definitely liked the moment where Lauren just burst into tears and sought solace in Karma's arms right after blurting out that she likes Karma. I'm still a little disappointed that there wasn't more conflict with this revelation and more rage from Amy. I'm hoping Lauren does open up to Rory now since she can't seem to come to terms with the feelings she has for Karma. I'm hoping you give us more of Rory and/or Beth in the next chapter. I look forward to the next chapter and seeing what happens next especially given what happened in this chapter.

P.S. Those popcorn buttons aren't exactly precise. They usually end up burning the popcorn. It tells you right on the popcorn bag how many minutes to put it in for to avoid accidentally burning it or undercooking them. Each microwave is different regardless, that's why it's better to go off of what it says on the bag not the popcorn button.

Well, I'm glad they finally have confirmation that Amy did once have feelings for Karma but she doesn't anymore. I knew Rory was going to walk in during an intimate moment between Lauren and Karma. I think in this case it might've been a good thing. Lauren still didn't seem like she actually wanted to kiss Karma or is ready to kiss her because she clearly doesn't accept her sexuality yet. I wonder how long Karma and Lauren have actually liked each other though, since Karma said that she guess it's been longer than a year...But that means that Lauren would've had to like Karma back in high school and vice versa. Since I'm pretty sure I remember you stating that this was their freshman year of college. Correct me if I'm wrong though and this isn't their first year. I'm assuming if Karma believes Lauren has liked her for longer than a year then Karma has in turn liked Lauren for longer than a year as well. I'm glad Lauren's finally acknowledged that she does like Karma, but if she hasn't accepted herself I don't see them having a very lasting or good relationship. You have to accept yourself for who you are before you can expect anyone to accept you and for you to be able to accept them. I think that's a problem a lot of couples run into. When they haven't accepted who they are fully yet. Those college years are all about discovering who you are, I know I definitely learned a lot about myself during those years than during my high school years. Sometimes people don't even discover their sexuality till college, I'm glad you included that here for sure. I just don't want Lauren to go into this relationship at all if its only going to crash and burn. I feel like it is going to crash and burn if she can barely admit her feelings to Karma without covering her eyes and she can't even acknowledge her feelings for Karma to Rory when Rory basically walked in on it and neither of them could possibly even deny it right now. Every sign points to the fact that she just isn't ready for this relationship. Maybe in a year or two or maybe even in a few months who knows how long it's going to take Lauren to accept herself fully and have an honest and fulfilling relationship with Karma. She definitely isn't going to be having a good relationship right now with where she's at with her sexuality. Personally speaking I didn't even fully accept myself until maybe about a year or less after I had graduated college and it was actually thanks to "Faking It" for helping me learn to accept my sexuality and my gender identity. It doesn't just happen in one fail swoop or in a matter of minutes or days. It can take weeks and months. I've known I was bi since I was 6 and it took me until my early fucking 20s to accept myself. You can't honestly expect any of us to believe that Lauren and Karma are going to work at all. Lauren is clearly the only one struggling with herself right now, Karma clearly accepts herself fully at least in the case of her sexuality I don't know about the rest. Fun fact "Faking It" actually came out the year I graduated, which was May 2014. I discovered the show shortly after graduation when I was back home living with my parents (I had lived on campus for my four years of college). That's just to give you an idea of just how long it actually took me to accept myself, since the show did such a good job of showing that being a part of the LGBTQ community is something that should be celebrated and not hidden. I'm pretty sure it was actually a little over year after graduating since it was both the show and a novel I read the following summer, which was sometime in July or possibly August of 2015, for me to finally accept myself fully (I identify with more than just one letter in the LGBTQ community). So yeah, I can see it taking a while for Lauren to get to that level of accepting herself and actually being proud of also identifying with more than just one letter in the community as well (can't forget that she's intersex too). Let's not forget that they showed us on the show how hard it was for Lauren to accept that she was born intersex. She was overcompensating throughout most of the show trying to be as girly as fucking possible. I mean she was mortified when she accidentally blurted out her secret to the whole entire school and then she was more than happy to admit that she was intersex to save Hester High at the end of season 2b. That is major fucking growth! But it didn't happen all at once, it took months and two full fucking seasons to get to this point for her. I can't imagine how long it's going to take her to publicly hold hands with Karma or even kiss her in public when she hasn't even kissed her in private yet. I look forward to the next chapter, maybe you can address how Lauren truly feels and how much she actually accepts herself. From what I could see in her point of view she was quick to tell Rory that they "weren't doing anything" when they were almost about to kiss. She insisted Rory stay to avoid kissing Karma or avoid having Karma try to kiss her again. She refused to actually talk about their feelings until they straight up tell Amy the truth about them. She's avoiding having a conversation for as long as possible...just more proof that she isn't ready and she probably won't be anytime soon.

Wow! I love this !
Please write more !

Larma! You sneak! You sneaky sneak sneakerson! I love Larma (like you didn't know that). Now I almost don't care about Amy (*gasp*) and her mess. I want more Larma! And Karma not being oblivious? I'm gonna need a minute for this. And also for you to just tell me exactly where the Larma is headed. I promise, I won't tell anyone.

Also, great chapter and update soon! (cause, you know, you didn't just post or anything)

Damn, it feels like you dropped the biggest bomb in this chapter. Even bigger than the Rory and Beth bomb. It seems obvious that Lauren was going to ask Karma how she feels about her. I can't believe you're basically implying a Karma and Lauren pairing. I do love that pairing thanks to the story "Tears in Her Popcorn", but I refuse to call the pairing Larma it should be Karmen. Larma sounds too much like a venereal disease and Karmen sounds more legit. It's pretty clear to me you're implying them getting together and of course they need to figure out for sure whether or not Amy had feelings for Karma and verify that she's officially over Karma before they can actually get together. Otherwise I think they both know that her best friend and her sister getting together would only crush her. Man, who knew they'd have feelings for each other, Karma has been acting way too touchy feely with Lauren for it not to mean anything. Lauren is definitely not a touchy feely kind of person, they would have to be super comfortable with each other for Lauren to even permit Karma to enter her bubble like that. I'm also guessing when Lauren wonders what she's supposed to do now and how Amy will react if she tells her the truth is supposed to refer to Lauren's feelings for Karma. On a different note I'm wondering who Amy is going to end up choosing now that Beth is basically pushing her towards Rory. I feel like Amy is going to continue being confused if she doesn't get to know both of them equally like she wanted to in the first place. I'm so happy you updated and I look forward to seeing more drama unfold in the next chapter.

P.S. Super excited to see Karma and Lauren be together! I would love to see them actually open up about their feelings for each other instead of beating around the bush and implying their feelings like they were in this chapter.

I'm sorry you had to go through the hurricane, but I'm glad it gave you a chance to write! This was another great chapter. I'm so happy Amy seems to be standing up for herself and even Karma was OK-ish. :) Everyone is being honest and that can't end well! Hope you get to update again soon but without a hurricane!

You just keep making it messier! (That's a good thing BTW.) You're also making it impossible for me to know who the hell to root for / like except (and I can't believe I'm saying this) Karma. And, BB Lauren, obviously. But Rory and Beth both have some serious negatives and Amy... she's starting to show some signs of taking control but up until now she's been so passive and just letting everyone else run the show (which is so her). This is all one big mess and that's so realistic and like life. I'm sure you know who we should all be cheering for but I like that it's hard to pin down right now. Looking forward to more, hopefully without any more hurricanes.

God that was just super cold of Beth. She gets the award for biggest bitch of the year especially with the way she handled everything. She really should've talked to Rory beforehand back when she first realized Rory was developing feelings for her. I agree with Karma, Beth doesn't deserve Rory she doesn't deserve Amy she doesn't even deserve Lauren's friendship. I'm pretty sure I said that in the previous chapter, but it can't be said enough. I know you briefly showed Karma and Rory talking at the party, but you didn't show us what they were talking about. So I don't really know how Karma came to the conclusion that Beth doesn't deserve Rory. I'm glad Rory was able to come to Lauren and Karma in the aftermath of it all. She definitely deserved someone to confide in after the way Beth treated her for so many years. I mean using someone like that is just low (low would be emphasized in italics). I'm not really surprised Amy kissed her I kind of expected it when Rory first came into the room. I'm so rooting for Amy and Rory to be together, since obviously Beth and Rory are never going to happen. Beth made that perfectly clear in this chapter that she would never be with Rory like that. Also again Beth doesn't deserve Amy so I want Amy to be with Rory. Especially considering they can totally relate to each other, with Amy pining for years after Karma but never telling her how she felt. I look forward to the next chapter and the conversation that's going to take place between Amy and Beth.

I'm so glad you updated this. If Beth already knew about Rory's feelings why didn't she just confront her or have an actual conversation with her? I mean nobody's that stupid, if she knew Rory had feelings then she knows how much it hurt Rory to see her dating all of those other tramps. She should've had this conversation ages ago. Despite what Rory says or thinks, she does need the closure with Beth. Closure is important if Rory ever plans on moving on from her feelings for Beth. She can't invest in any future relationships without that closure. Again, Beth can't be that stupid not to realize that Rory needs closure in order to fully move on. I agree with Secretmonkey, this just made me like Beth less. You can't just hook up with your best friend and think that everything's just going to go back to normal, life doesn't work that way and I speak from experience. I'm shocked Rory didn't leave Beth as a friend a long time ago, it's what I would've done if I were in her shoes. Beth doesn't deserve a friend like Rory, she doesn't deserve Amy either. Beth deserves a pile of dog shit and that should be her girlfriend and her best friend. It's chicks like Beth that the word cunt was invented for, because that's what Beth is she's a cunt. We all love hating on Karma because everything she put Amy through, now I think you just opened up a can of worms for us to hate on Beth. Especially considering what Beth did, hooked up with Rory and then dropped her when she decided she should get an actual girlfriend because Rory just wasn't enough. I mean Karma never purposely used Amy and played with her feelings at least not in the first season. I think in the other seasons Karma was starting to realize she did have feelings for Amy, but just couldn't admit it to herself so she kept fucking up. What Beth did is sociopathic, involving Rory as a type of experiment to test the waters with chicks in the future. That's so fucked up and again the reason why I'm now calling her a cunt. I hope you give us more information in her perspective without making her out to be even more of a sociopath. Also, I was shocked by Karma's confession. That she's always known about Amy's feelings towards her and she just never said anything because Amy never actually told her. I look forward to seeing what happens next.

Glad to see you're back. And picking up right where you left off. Have I ever mentioned that I love how you write Lauren? I do. :) I think I like Beth less now, but then I thought I didn't like Rory before so what do I know? I like them all, at least a little, but someone's going to have to step up and prove their good enough for Amy. (unless you're secretly planning to sneak Cooperfeld into this, in which case, I totally approve ;) This was worth the wait.

Hmmm... I liked Beth but she seems pretty shit here. So now maybe I'm team Rory. Oh, I'm always team Amy but maybe her and Rory would be good. But she liked Beth! Oh, I'm so confused. But that's good! Now you just have to unconfuse me!

This is a great story..I really want to know what happenet next..keep on writing please..:)

Damn, I feel so bad for Rory now seeing it from her point of view. I'm glad you decided to include that to give us more of a reason in regards to her behavior. I so hope Beth realizes what's right in front of her. I mean how could Beth be so fucking blind to Rory's feelings for her? That's just so fucked up. I hope Beth and Rory end up together. I'm glad Rory was able to confide in Lauren like that. I sure hope she doesn't lose her friendship by fucking up so monumentally by asking Amy out like that. You're right this is basically Amy and Karma's story. I look forward to the next chapter.

I like it. It's a twisted little version of Karmy (that's a compliment. I like twisted) and really saw more of who Rory is. I felt bad for her at the end, which is good cause it's not a triangle unless you can feel something for all the points.

It's a really interesting story I have to see, I'd love to see the next chapter