Chapter 10-
Okay guys here is Ch. 10, I’m sorry for the wait I would have had it up a while ago but I became a little distracted with finishing the end. Let’s just say I binged the entire series of Sleepy Hollow, and half of the Walking Dead – yeah I know. But now I am back with new ideas and inspiration – you guys don’t even know what’s ‘eventually’ in store!
Anyway, back to the Chapter – I will sum it up in 2 words… DRAMA and EMBARRASSMENT!
There is some reading, it is excessively long, but I couldn’t divide it into parts Sorry… But I am sure you will like it and what goes down I’m sure will make up for that! I hope y’all enjoy!
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I wake up from a somewhat dream filled sleep to my alarm going off. I was surprised that I actually got a good sleep; I didn’t toss even though my thoughts and dreams were filled with nothing – aside from those of Amy - but this day and what I could or hope to expect from peers. To the reception of them; if it was to be good or bad, or even the same as before. If it was to be awkward, or surprising?
As I turn back from shutting it off, I lay silent; to have my 5 minute window to reflect and relax, to think before mom barges in with tea and her ever so eccentric spirit. I am broken out of my now thought raced mind to the ping of my phone.
I warmly smile as I think and know exactly who it is; as I open my phone to a text from Amy.
-“Good morning my princess, hope u slept well xoxo.”
After I look at it for a second with a childish smirk and smile, I reply.
“Yes I did, very much; and it’s even better now that I am graced with my strong, humble, and sometimes uncontrollably unpredictable knight.”
She reply’s almost instantly.
-“Happy to hear, and it’s what I’m here for; I’ll be here all week.”
After a chuckle I respond again.
“Really? I know we tend to retort to a giant cheese fest; but don’t u think it’s a little early for cheesiness lol?”
-“Hey, every princess needs their knight! And it’s never too early my love. Never 4 u!”
“Ha-ha, that’s good 2 know u haven’t lost ur childlike state of mind… but I should end this session b4 we exceed it like we normally do. Plus moms about 2 barge in with my tea and talk so; I will hopefully see u at school. I love you xoxo.”
-“I’m pouting right now, but okay princess. I will be in the front of the school waiting for u to grace everyone with you beauty. I love you more xoxo.”
As I put my phone down and look over at my clock; I am right. In thirty seconds she would be right on time as usual.
I lift up against my headboard and wait the ticking seconds for her arrival; which I can hear, as I hear the patter of the stairs.
She pushes the door open and walks to me.
M-“Good morning sweetie. I hope you slept well?”
She hands me my tea, and I silently wait for her to speak of what I would think to be my reading. But I am rebuffed.
M-“Honey, if you could hurry on getting ready; your dad and I need to speak with you.”
With that she turns on her heel and walks to my door. But before leaving completely she turns back.
M-“Don’t worry sweetie, I didn’t forget! Unfortunately I am unsure of your day… so, your day is uncertain as I’m sure we all expected it to be.”
With that she finally leaves down the stairs and to the kitchen.
After she left, I confusingly and worriedly finished my tea, got ready and went down to the kitchen for breakfast.
As I ate, I was hovered over as they began to speak.
L-“Honey, when we drop you off at school we will be going and speaking with your principal about your obvious medical discrepancies. Dr. Miller has already spoken with her on the facts that you are unable to do any physical labor and your need for a stress free atmosphere.”
M-“What Dr. Miller wants from you is to go to the attendance office and nurse and inform them of ‘your current issue’ metaphorically; and give them this.”
Molly hands her an open envelope where Karma takes out the letter inside and begins to read.
Dear Office/Nurse
My name is Dr. Miller and I have had Karma Ashcroft under my care since her very unfortunate affairs this summer. I am preannouncing to you that Karma is still healing slowly and due to relaying issues and very prominent internal vaginal injuries that still very much affect her body, we have receded to use inclusive and intensive measures. At this time Karma is nearing the end of a medicine regiment that we have had her take for almost a month now, that we hoped would clear her system and speed up the cellular and tissue deviation that she succumbed to. Which I am glad is working to an extent. Unfortunately this medicine sometimes causes intensive side effects; which in this case produces her to be sensitive; to release and become sick, sometimes in the form of vomiting. It is with my insistence that if she were to release, she have a place in which to do so; and have an irrefutable excuse to leave class if she needed.
Only time will tell in Karma’s case; not only has her life completely changed in a heart-wrenching way, but her body has and will too. I can and am here to say that Karma’s case is the WORST case of rape to a minor I have read and seen in my life, and I have had a fair amount of cases that I have looked over! Things will change as she rehabilitates, takes medication; and just getting back to having a normal life out of the public eye and pity that she knows people feel towards her.
I shall thank you for your knowledge of progress with Karma, and her battle she is currently fighting.
With ‘yours truly’ she signs it…
Karma is a little confused and surprised that her doctor would forge a lie. To help her out in this way!
She would understand why with the second letter that she found inside.
She opens that one and begins to read.
Dear Karma,
I take that you have read the letter to your schools administration, and are probably wondering why I chose that course of action? Seemingly a lie, from a doctor of all people. I will tell you that you are the worst case of rape directed at a minor I have ever seen, and at this time. What was done to you was diabolical; it doesn’t take a genius like you to deduce that! There are only four people who know of your actual condition; my bosses, the police don’t know and they won’t until your body is ready for them to know. I have seen cases, and I have seen where they can head. Just from the severity of yours, the persons involved, what was done, and what will eventually come out of it is what I want to help and protect you from! Karma, just a rumor could change your whole life exponentially more than it is now. Until your body is fully healed, until you can walk for more than hour; no one can know. It is not just because it will thrust you back into the spotlight, one of bad accord; but because your entire case, the investigation would turn federal! With these men still loose and the unknowingness of who they are, what they do; if they are criminals, stupidly sick young men, or even gang members performing a gang rape. If word, evidence got out that you are pregnant! The FBI would take over! You and your parents would be put in Witness Protection, you wouldn’t be able to see Amy, and you know the rest; you will move away across the country even to another country, and you would not be Karma Ashcroft anymore! I don’t want that for you, and you most certainly don’t either! I want what’s best for you Karma. Because I like you – and Amy- like I said, you remind me of me and my wife. I want you to live your life and not one given to you. I hope you understand the stakes!
Now, to get a little less serious. It is your first day as a junior and I want you to be careful today, I want you to take it slow, and I want you to not overwork yourself. If you feel anything, any pressure, you sit down and relax yourself! For the amount of standing you do, I want you to sit for the same amount. I do not want a replay of that day in the mall! Again, just pace yourself… and please no stress ‘for the both of us’. I hope you have a nice day.
Yours Truly,
Your favorite doctor…
I sit there in silence, in shock of what could happen if my condition is revealed before its time for reveal.
Still stuck in my thoughts holding the letter, I am brought back by the snaps of my parents and the calls of my name.
M-“Honey, what did that letter say, you seem perturbed by it? We only read the one. You Okay?”
Karma with no words hands them the letter and as they read it - they too have their facial expressions change - Karma’s expression falter as she finishes her food.
…
As they drive to school in Karma’s car, Karma’s phone starts to ring…showing Amy’s picture – the picture she had to take when Amy was being extremely cute and goofy when in Amy’s room one day.
When she picks up the call she can hear commotion in the background.
“Hey sweetie, I’m almost there, a few more minutes…”- She gets cut off to Amy’s unneeded shouting into the phone.
-“Karma, brace yourself when you get here! There are Camera’s, police, not to mention every student enrolled in Hester is in the front of the school right now!”
“Babe, why are you yelling, and what’s that noise?”
-“Oh, that’s a helicopter!”
“What! A helicopter!
-“Yeah, I guess to commemorate ‘Karma Ashcroft’s return to school, and the normalcy of life after being somewhat of a ghost the whole summer’… Also the fact that you have succeeded with evading a single interview for 3 months.” – Amy says with enthusiastic sarcasm turned into a bit of astonishment.
“Well, I guess that has to be a surprising record!?”
“This is going to make things more difficult.”
-“Probably, I guess they really want an interview, the very first interview from you.”
“Yeah I guess, they aren’t getting one though. Well I’ll be there in a minute. When I get there your gunna save me right?”
-“Of course, what else am I for use to you?”
Karma has an expression on her face that reads ‘I can think of some reasons’ with annoyance behind it.
-“I know you’re making a face… we’ve joked, but I am pretty much your bodyguard at this point; with a few extra perks to go with the job.”
“Whatever you say sweetheart! Don’t flatter yourself, or you won’t get any of those perks!”
-“Awww, I feign hurt princess!” – Amy puts her hand to her chest in fake pain.
“Yeah, yeah, I’ll see you in 45 seconds my love. Bye. Love you.
-“You to.”
…
After they hang up, Karma gets the attention of her parents.
“Brace yourselves, it’s like a movie premiere out there.”
…
As I pull up to the school I see police cars, news vans, the helicopter circling above, and many camera’s lined in a row in the very front preventing us from parking closer.
As we park off to the side they just know it is me and they swarm around the doors – I thank my tinted windows at that moment.
The police, my guards push them back allowing a path before I’m allowed to even get out of the car.
As that was done a female and male cop open my door and help me out, escorting me away from the vultures.
The reporters start to try to push past, but don’t get very far.
One man manages to get past and beelines straight towards me. Police try to apprehend him from behind. My guards begin to turn around to intercept him, and as the guards hands let their hold on me go and the man nears, I feel someone grab and interlock their hand in mine -pulling me behind them. That hand lightly pushes my shoulder back causing me to walk backwards while they stay looking the opposite direction at the man. I see a rush of Blonde locks, I didn’t even need to think of who it was -the loop ring on her finger was another indication that it was Amy. I continue to move backwards, her hold on me firm, I can’t see but I sense that she has a death glare directed at the man. This guy was fast because he got past my guards and close by that point, he only needed a few more strides in order to reach me. Amy takes her hand off me and heads for the reporter almost lunging. The reporter after realizing who she was once he got a better look, stops dead right in front of her. He starts to back up realizing how strong she is and what she is capable of doing. Amy just stands her ground as he moved back. After the altercation subsided and a cop is handcuffing him - placing him in a car; I dropped my bag and went to her and led her backwards making her look at me while calming her down, telling her I was okay.
As Amy is maneuvered backwards as she did to me, she stops when her heel hits my bag. She looks down, moves her leg over and picks my bag up putting it over her shoulder.
Putting her hand across my back she applies pressure and nudges her head signifying me to walk with her. So we walk where we end up at Amy’s backpack she left on a bench after she rushed to see if I was okay and make the save. As she puts her bag over her other shoulder I see that there were 2 coffee cups behind it; she hands me one.
-“One Caramel Macchiato for her Majesty!” – She says with a wink only to be seen by me.
“You didn’t have to. But thank you!” – Karma says pressing the cup to her lips.
As I finish a sip I try to take my bag back but Amy insisted it was fine.
…
I hear my name being called, so we look back and see my parents coming towards us.
M-“Great we got out of that mess.” – The police officers that led them turn back, and head back into the mess of persistence.
They both give Karma a hug and kiss to her temple. Doing the same to Amy’s.
M-“Remember to give the office that letter dear.
“I know don’t worry.”
L-“We’re going to go and talk to Principal Penelope now. We will be here after school to pick you up sweetie.” – They say as they walk off.
….
-“What Letter?”
Karma sits on the bench motioning for Amy to do the same. She takes the envelope out of her pocket and hands it to her.
Amy precedes to read them both as Karma drinks her coffee with contempt.
After she reads them both she has an expression of confusion and shock as she puts them back into the envelope.
-“Wow, she’s doing this for you? I mean just the fact that she is withholding that you are pregnant from the police and her bosses could cost her her job, and placed in jail on top of that.” – She says in a whisper.
“Yeah I know! Like she says, we remind her of herself and her wife. She doesn’t want what could happen to happen. Obviously people will find out but not until I’m ready to show it… plus I don’t want my name changed – I love my name, and most of all be away from you!” She also says in a whisper.
-“Don’t worry, that will not happen my lovely!”
…
“I have to go to the office and give them the first letter, and get my new schedule since I missed junior orientation and they had to take P.E off.”
-“Okay.”
Amy gets up while still having a hold of each other’s bags. Standing in front of Karma she extends her hand – she was going to bow but remembered that everyone is still staring at them. Karma takes it and gets up while Amy helps a bit due to the soreness she gets at times when getting up.
…
They walk to the office; Amy whispering in her ear “Did I tell you, you look beautiful today as you always do.”
Karma whispers back “No you haven’t, thank you, but I can also say the same.”
People look on as they walk.
—-
After the pleasures and sympathies from the office ladies on her return to school after giving them the letter, and getting her schedule and new books in return; Karma returns to Amy who waited out in the hallway, where they compare each other’s schedules.
-1st – AP Chemistry, 2nd - AP English, 3rd – Free, 4th – AP Calculus, 5th – Office TA, 6th – AP Economics – I’m blocking the periods like my high school does; Mondays short and with all periods, odd periods, W, F, Even T, Th-
…
-“Ha-ha well, see what did I tell you! We have almost every class together as usual.”
“Hey, I said I hoped we got classes together. I knew we would, we are the smartest kids in the school for peats sake. They have to put us in the most advanced courses here, or well at least I do.”
“I also got a new locker, I guess Dr. Miller emailed them that she doesn’t want me kneeling down.”
-“What locker did you get?”
“10.”
-“No… Really? I have 12. Now I can easily walk you to class every day, yay for me.”
-“Well if you’ll follow me.”
…
They walk to their lockers and put their book inside just as the first bell rings.
They walk to their science class together.
…
Once inside the classroom they take their seats next to each other in the front of the class and intently talk until the second bell rings signifying the start of class and the start of junior year.
Their teacher greets them with ‘Welcome to AP Chemistry, this class will be hard but lucky for you I love to have fun as well.’ After the basics and syllabus are discussed everyone is told to look to the person sitting next to them ‘That will be your partner this year, get acquainted because you will be working a lot together, even outside of class on quite a few assignments throughout this course as well’. –Amy and Karma smirk at each other, interlocking their hands as a high 5 whispering “Well we do have chemistry.”
As role was taken they eventually get to work on an easy ice breaker worksheet together until they hear the familiar melody over the intercom that means a Penelope video bulletin was about to start. The TV is turned on and a minute later Penelope is shown as she begins to speak.
“Good morning Hesterites… Welcome to a new school year, a new grade, and if you’re a new coming freshman, welcome. I’m betting we have an exciting and lovely year, as past ones were. I have a few things I would like to get out and discuss… First off- For all students, let be the reporters that are here for Miss Karma Ashcroft. DO NOT SPEAK WITH THEM! For ours and Karma’s privacy we are currently working out a referral barring them from the premises so we don’t have a replay of this morning’s events. The same goes for Karma’s guards that will remain on school grounds for Karma’s protection until her investigation ceases. Speaking of Karma’s protection, I, administrators, and all teachers are hoping everyone braces her with respect and dignity, please do not bombard her with questions, or even pity. As if for anyone in her position, you would want everything to return to normal; we want and hope for her to have a stress free atmosphere at this time… Karma, we will work our hardest to adjust to the changes that you are having to face with medicine, rehabilitation, and just for your return to the regular life you had before the events this summer. After speaking with your doctor, you may do whatever you need to do, due to your regiments. This new one that you are on that’s side effects unfortunately cause you to become sick; if you must conduct business you may leave class when you need without repercussion –this is also a notice for all of her teachers- and we have the bathroom in the nurses office ready for you… Anyway, I hope everyone has a lovely first day. Penelope out!”
Karma after her name was mentioned shrinks down in her seat and hides her face in embarrassment while Amy rubs her back. Every kid in class looks on with some intrigued whispered sneers of pity.
—-
After their Calculus class together they go to their lockers before going to lunch.
After using the restroom, Amy gives Karma a much wanted – I’ll be It - simple and fast kiss, when they are alone.
-“I’ve been wanting to do that all day, you have no idea!”
“Oh I know, I feel the same!” –Karma says, pulling Amy in for another kiss a lot slower and loving; just to pull away before the door open from another girl coming in.
-“Do you want to eat in the quad with everyone, or do you want to go somewhere we can be alone?” – Amy asks upon leaving said restroom.
“You know I would love nothing more than to be alone with you.”
-“But…”
“But…Just as I was the talk of the school on the last week, and of the town during the summer; it’s going to be the same as it was this week. I get that I’m a subject of pity and intrigue. But… I don’t want to hide, I did enough of that this summer; a little of that on part of you I may add. Plus it’s a nice sunny day so… let’s just get our food from the cafeteria and go eat with Lauren. Okay.”
-“Okay, if that’s what you want.”
Amy gets close to whisper in Karma’s ear.
-“Does this mean I can’t make out with you behind the bleachers, because that’s all I wanted to do?” –She says chuckling with a smirk as she backed away from Karma.
Karma raises her eyebrows, tilts her head, and bites her lip looking back at Amy before moving in to whisper in her ear.
“Don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of time for that later! – She say with eyes of enticement.
“At least for this week, and on later instances, we can’t disappear all the time! People already pity, and have intrigue towards me. We can’t fuel the fire by sneaking off in secret, especially on the first day with what happened this morning and after Penelope’s announcement for the whole school to hear!”
-“Okay, I get it. It’s going to be hard faking being just your friend though. We probably should have practiced for this during the summer! I’ll try my hardest to not want to hold your hand, wrap you by the waist, and kiss that gorgeously cute kissable face!”
“Okay good, can we go now?” –Karma says while turning around, and swiftly grabbing her hand to pull her along for a few seconds before Amy gets the hint to follow.
They made their way to the cafeteria and got their food. Amy escorts her to Amy and Laurens usual table after.
As they walk to Amy’s table in the back of the quad, a very excited and fashion enticed boy in the form of Shane Harvey comes running towards them – Karma shoos off her guards who are about to charge him- wrapping Amy in a bone crunching hug saying “Well if it isn’t my long lost Best Friend, at least I know why you ditched me this summer.” After jumping up and down bringing her with him. He breaks away and turns to me. As he quickly comes at me for a hug, I have enough time to say “Gently, please.”
So he does wrapping his arms tightly around my neck as he starts rushing apologies.
S-“I am so happy you are okay, I am so sorry. I can’t believe this all happened in front of my house, at my party. A party you were supposed to have an amazing time at! I can’t believe this all happened on my watch!”
I push him away with my hands on his shoulders reassuring that it was nowhere near his fault. I move my hands to his face cupping both his cheeks and tell him “Amy blamed herself, Lauren blamed herself; Shane what happened to me was nowhere near your doing you hear me!”
Taking my hands off him and placing them back down to my sides I speak of what I think of whose doing it was.
“I don’t know whose fault it is? I always say it’s the men that did it to me. I say it was due to coincidence, that it was supposed to happen from what my family emphasized to believe; or exactly how Soleil and Amber said it to me, that maybe I do have bad Karma. Maybe… I did deserve what happened to me in some sick and twisted way?”
Amy turns to me with a devastated look and was about to speak before I stopped her by placing my hand on her mouth.
“I really don’t care whose fault, why, and factors to that why! All I want is to move forward and forget, so I can move into the future. To focus on school, my recovery, my future! Is that really too much to ask for from everyone, all I get is pity and sadness, and blame! I really don’t need it, I really don’t! All of it just makes me ashamed and sick. So please just stop, stop the pity fest.”
With that she walks forward to the table and sits on the far side, surprising everyone. Giving Lauren a hug from over the table.
Amy and Shane soon come right after. Shane sitting in the seat he was already at, and Amy sitting right next to Karma, scooting closer to her side.
-“I’m sorry he upset you.” – She says into her ear, placing her hand onto Karma’s that rested on her thigh.
“It’s okay.” – She says after interlocking their fingers together.
They talk with each other and the rest of the table while eating their lunch; their interlocked hands going unseen throughout. After Karma was done with her food she got up to take it to the cafeteria.
As Karma gets back outside about to return back to the table, she spots Soleil and Amber sitting on the other side of the quad still showing their noses bandaged from the plastic surgery they needed from their beating that Amy gave them that day in the mall.
She does feel bad that Amy did that, but she also wasn’t in the position to stop her either. So she doesn’t know why, or how, but she found herself walking over to them.
“Hi guys, mind if I sit?” – She says resting her hands on the shoulders of two of their friends she didn’t know.
They show surprise, but agree, motioning her friends to make room for her.
Karma sits down and begins talking.
“I wanted to come apologize for Amy’s actions; for breaking your noses. Obviously at that moment in time I wasn’t in the position to stop her. It’s hard to explain, but she just has this sense and need to protect me because of everything we both went through this summer, on that day! She won’t apologize, but I will at least try. I really am not in the health, or have the necessity to have enemies. If you couldn’t have felt, or seen that day, I was very uncomfortable, hence I couldn’t even stand without Amy’s help. I dived without breathing at that moment I will confess, because I am sure it was said out of context and not actually meant in the way it was said…”
Soleil and Amber stop her apology and begin to talk.
SA-“Karma… We are the ones who need to apologize to be honest. When we were speaking with you, we did with good intentions. In no way did we want to approach you with pity and superficial cruelness. Saying what we said, I don’t even know how we meant it, I guess just by stating that you did have bad luck, but then again that can be interpreted as well! We’re sure you get it a lot, and are pretty sick of it, but we are sorry for what was done. We may be bitches at times, and we can actually say that to ourselves, but even were not that heartless! We know you most definitely want to return to normal, and things like what happened with us don’t help in your search. We are sorry for our unintended intrusion. And to be honest again, we are also over the whole Amy smashing our faces in debacle, and are not even mad at the least. At that moment in time, we know we deserved it.”
They get up and walk over to Karma, helping her to her feet.
SA-“So Karma, we will not accept your apology! But we will feel grateful, and gratitude, if you would accept ours?”
“I will feel honored, but you are accepting mine as well!
They all chuckle before they shake hands; only for it to turn into an impromptu group hug.
When they break apart they feel as if they have an audience. The three of them look and just about everyone is looking on, wondering what that was about. Karma still under the spotlight after a minute scans the crowd and eventually in the middle spots Amy, Lauren, and Shane.
She was about to say her goodbye’s and make her way back towards Amy when she hears someone to her left.
-“Well isn’t this pitiful? A sappy misunderstood pathetic apology from non-other than the epitome of Karma itself! When are we going to hear the end of it? When will Karma Ashcroft’s sob story stop being shoved down our throats?”
Karma looks over to where the voice came from and sees an otherwise common punk outcast; who she doesn’t even know.
“Excuse Me! Who are you?” –Karma says getting defensive and pissed.
-“Oh I am just someone who sees things differently that’s all.”
“And how do you see things? How can you possible see things that are going on and around me?”
-“Well that’s a mystery to actually know what is going on and around in the world of Karma!”
“What the fuck? What the fuck are you getting at? You have no idea what you are talking about do you?”
-“Karma, you imply that you don’t want pity from us yet everywhere we go there is a picture, a mention, an article about the tragedy surrounding your rape. Everywhere we turn there you are saying you want normalcy, and your want to get past that chapter that has no words to it! When you don’t even think, you are in the spotlight. You have to have the attention don’t you? Even before your so called rape you were known throughout as the smartest in Texas, shit your IQ is just a few off from Einstein’s himself! And you have to show off. Make everyone feel stupid all the time.”
The girl walks over with a bit more hostility.
-“You know Karma, if you want everything to be normal and forget about the happenings this summer; why do you prolong everything? I mean why are these reporters after you, why have you not given an interview? Is there something you’re not saying? And second what is with you and Amy, you went from stand up for yourself and don’t waste my time, challenge me if you can Karma! To her being your own personal guard dog that attacks with the turn of an eye; constantly behind you, what are you that weak that you can’t defend yourself so you get Amy Raudenfeld wrapped around your finger! We have never seen any interactions between the two of you, never even a hello, sure a look a time or two whenever you have to show off. One slap from her sister and suddenly the whole Hester prospect is flipped, sure you had notorious quirks and reasons for your school fame, as did she! But Now, we have little miss goody two shoes smarty pants in you, now buddy buddy with miss unusually beautiful and popular Amy who for the life of us all is bizarrely interesting even though we don’t know a goddamn thing about her; you guys are suddenly inseparable due to your rape even when no one could even come close to her in the past. What is going on? But! Yes you were raped and that sucks but I mean seriously I bet if and when you remember, you will find that you probably enjoyed it! So stop making a pity party over it!”
Karma was pissed. Her stunned expression from what this girl said has turned into one of malice and refutable rage.
Karma squeezes her hands into fists turning her knuckles white and breathed hard. She seems to calm a little the next few seconds when her eyes beginning to water as her hatred face falters.
Soleil and Amber look on with their jaws hitting the floor if that was possible – everyone around them and the girl did as well as everyone else looking on from afar including Amy were in confused wonder, but knew what was said wasn’t good. They turn to Karma and see her eyes tearing up. Amber immediately goes to Karma moving her backwards with her hands cupping her face and looks –or rather makes her look- into her eyes saying “Don’t listen to something so sick and untrue you hear me! DO YOU HEAR ME! She’s just some pathetic bitch, who has no idea what she is talking about!” – All Karma could do was nod.
As Amber was occupied with Karma, Soleil could be heard telling the girl “YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT TO KARMA! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!? AND WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO EVEN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HER FREINDSHIP WITH AMY, WHICH I SAY IS PRETTY UNDERSTANDABLE TO GET. HOW SICK ARE YOU IN THE HEAD!? – She yells before going towards her getting in her face.
The girl pushes Soleil back as she turns and cowardly runs away before she knew she got her ass handed to her.
Amber then pulls Karma into a tight hug with her head pressed against hers. Karma begins to shake as her tears finally fall, Amber brushes her hair as she holds and lets her cry on her. Soleil eventually runs over and hugs her from the side.
When they pull away Amber wipes her tears away as Soleil plays and touches up her hair.
SA-“Go calm down and breathe okay! Please don’t take too much into that, she’s not worth it, she has no knowledge or right and she’s just sick.”
Karma begins to back away as the tears that were wiped began to return.
As she does backing up, she realized the scene that she was just in, what just happened. The embarrassment. Now she was sobbing uncontrollably into 2 people she just made up with and made a skeptical for everyone to see. And of course those people didn’t know what was going on. She realized that she gave her whole school yet another reason to pity her.
So she panics from embarrassment as she looks around at everyone who look on like she’s a wounded animal. She wants to run – she physically can’t and was ordered not to- but she still does. She starts to cry hard again as she turns on her feet and runs trying to hide looking down at the ground hiding the tears that people already knew were there.
She only got a few paces though before ramming into someone.
She just hides her face in their chest and dryly shakes as she weeps. Her hands on their shoulders as they wrap their arms around, laying their head against hers. After a few more moments they kiss her hair before placing their chin on her head and rocking them back and forth.
Karma knew it was Amy just by the height and shape of her body, her scent that was just her which could be smelled eminently through her nostrils, the soothing actions she always performs.
-“I’m sorry, Are you okay? Do you want me to take you home?” – She says sadly.
Karma rubs her head against the crook of her neck.
“No. I would love to but my attendance is important to me. And I don’t want to run even if I was just going to hide out. They are right. That girl and what she said is not important and pathetic really. I guess I’m just a little embarrassed over the scene I just played out.”
-“Karma, it’s completely okay to cry, especially in your circumstances; with what that asshole said to you! You didn’t do much of it this summer, maybe it was just time for you to let it out whether it was alone or for everyone to see.”
“Yeah I guess.” –She says with a deep sigh.
“I just need a minute to breathe and get myself in check.”
Amy moves her head back until it rested on her head again.
-“Do you want me to come with you?”
“No, I just want to be alone for a few minutes.”
-“Okay.”
Amy moves her lips to her ear and whispers “I love you Princess!”
Karma squeezes tight before whispering back “I love you too, with all my heart. Maybe more than you, and your decade affinity. You have no idea what you mean to me, what you have done for me; how much I owe to you. I owe you my life!
She begins to tear up again.
-“That is impossible for you to love me more than I do you. I have the definition of stalker to prove that! – They both chuckle.
After another moment they both after a sequence of silence in unison say again “I love you.”
With that Amy kisses her hair yet once again before breaking away. She pulls her sleeves over her hands before cupping her face and wiping the remaining tears before they dried like the others, wiping away the smidgen of mascara that dribbled down.
-“I’ll see you later.” – She says before lowering her hands away.
As Amy backs a step back Karma turns and walks away, to wherever she goes to be alone in secret; which she mentioned to Amy.
As she walks away she just senses Amy walking over to talk to Soleil and Amber to understand what happened. I just hoped she didn’t go and try to find that girl to ‘talk’!
Authors Note-
How was that, I hope you enjoyed it; again sorry for the wait. With some new and indescribable ideas thought up for later chapters, and for future chapters, I can tell you, you can’t even guess where I’m going with this!
For the next few chapters expect DRAMA, a lot of it! A storm is on its way! But until it hits I will update again soon. Sooner I promise!