Despite everything that Amy loathed about school she loved the quad, especially when her thoughts were bearing down on her. She loved to just come lay in the cool grass and let the sun hit her skin. It made her feel warm and safe. Even though there were other students all around her being there usual loud obnoxious selves, they did not bother her. It was like being in this spot removed them from existence and provided her with oasis where it was just the sun and herself There were no annoying Hester High students, there were no judging parents, and most importantly there were no heavily complicated thoughts about sexuality and a certain friend.

Amy had been there lying in the grass for so long that she had fallen asleep. Suddenly though she was being woken up by a soft nuzzling in the crook of her neck. It felt good and it made her just want to cuddle more rather than wake up but the sudden remembrance of where she was caused the blonde's eyes to shoot open. She was face to face with the one and only Karma Ashcroft. Amy's beautiful best friend who she was realizing painfully that she was deeply in love with staring back at her with her big hazel eyes and a smile that warmed Amy more than the sun had been.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked puzzled as to why Karma was nuzzling her neck in the middle of the quad.

"Well sleepyhead, I found my beeee-utiful girlfriend asleep in the middle of the quad and could not pass up the opportunity to sneak a quick cuddle before class." With that Karma gave Amy a wink and a quick peck on the lips.

Amy remembered that Karma and Amy's biggest fans surrounded them and that of course Karma was putting on a show. She hated how good it felt to have Karma's lips on hers, even if it was just a quick peck, knowing that it was all fake and meant nothing to the other girl. Not meaning to show her frustration but becoming less able to hold everything in Amy let out an audible groan.

"What's wrong Amy?" Karma asked.

"Nothing just...do not want to be in school" it was an easy excuse and one that Karma quickly bought. "I am just going to go to my locker before class I think I forgot A Midsummer's Night Dream in my locker and I do not want to piss off Mr. Lewis again" With that the blonde girl got up in a quick hurry knowing full well that if she did make a quick get away Karma was going to follow her.

Amy was rounding the corner heading to her locker with her head down muttering internally the same monologue, which has been running through her head since the school assembly where she kissed Karma for the firs time. She just kept going over how much of an idiot she was for letting her feelings get the best of her. Karma was so happy with her new found popularity and all the attention she was getting from Liam Booker and wasn't why Amy went along with this in the first place, to ensure Karma's happiness. So shouldn't that be enough for her as well. Unlike Karma though Amy was miserable. She felt lost inside herself dealing with feelings that she's pretty sure have been around for a while and not even being able to fully explore or talk about them.

So caught up in her self-criticism Amy was not paying attention to where she was going and slammed right into an equally unsuspecting person. Their bodies slammed together hard knocking both of them backwards and onto the floor. Unfortunately for Amy the person she bumped into was carrying a great big cup of orange juice that was now mostly empty with its contents being displayed across Amy's favorite doughnut shirt. Since Amy was in a bad mood to begin with this did not help her day at all.

"Are you fucking kidding me!?" she grunted as she started to get her composure back from being on the floor. She was flat on back, her books were everywhere and she was wet and sticky. Amy made no attempt to even get up. She felt defeated and it wasn't even first period yet. She just wanted to lay there for as long as possible and maybe the school would think she had brain damage and send her home. Her assailant had other plans.

"Are you alive down there?" the people who had knocked into her had already gotten themselves up and was now looking down on her.

"Unfortunately" Amy grumbled.

"Here let me help you" and the person above her not just offered Amy their hand but reached out and grabbed her hand without Amy even moving. The next thing the blonde knew she up standing on her feet and looking into the eyes of a very gorgeous stranger. She had platinum blonde hair and piercing blue eyes that were being highlighted by the perfect amount of black eyeliner. Amy felt her mouth drop but was not able to stop herself from staring.

"I think I am going to take you to the nurse I think you hit your head pretty hard, you seem really out of it" The girl stared at her intently with her steel blue eyes that made Amy immediately blush.

Not wanting the girl in front of her to think she was mentally challenged Amy finally decided to speak up although she not sure how stuttering like an idiot stopped the girl from thinking there was something wrong with her.

"No...I mean...no..just...bad day...no"

Much to Amy's surprise the girl started to giggle. At first Amy was about to yell and get really defensive assuming the girl was laughing at her but before she could say anything the girl added, "you're cute"

Amy felt her face flush at the comment and immediately looked down to break eye contact but in looking down she realized that they were still holding hands from when the girl had lifted her off the ground.

Amy awkwardly started shaking the girl's hand, which earned a very perplexed look before she said, "I'm Amy"

"Nice to meet you Amy, I'm Lily" she said while actively shaking Amy's now sweaty hand back with a cute smile.

They finally released hands as Lily now began looking Amy up and down. At first Amy couldn't believe the girl was blatantly checking and once again she felt her face becoming flush. It also did not help that the next words out of Lily's mouth was, "I think we need to get you out of that shirt"

"Excuse me but are you hitting on my girlfriend"

Quickly spinning around Amy caught sight of a very miffed looking Karma. She put herself right between Amy and Lily and Amy couldn't help but feel disappointed by the new distance between her and the new girl. Amy gave her a sympathetic look and mouthed sorry to Lily knowing that Karma was not going to let someone threaten her newfound popularity. Even if Amy was, as usual, a casualty.

"Why do all the gorgeous ones have to be taken" Lily mumbled as she back down from a very intimidating Karma, gave a sly smile to Amy and walked away from the scene of the accident.

Amy was not sure what gave her the courage in that moment to do what she did. It might have been the frustration of constantly being teased by Karma, it might have been the growing need to be anywhere but near Karma, or it could have been the absolute detest she felt for Karma's selfishness in that moment but whatever it was Amy found herself running off to catch up with Lily and leaving Karma behind.