Must Be Karma

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Last chapter: Lucy and Amy just have no luck do they? For one, Lucy is now arrested, and telling her story to Scud from the comfy confines of her prison cell. While in her story, Amy seems to have a ragingly flirty lesbian sister who is BOUND to hit on Lucy. At the very least, Amy's dad was cool, but there isn't much to worry about, right?

Author note: This is a HALF CHAPTER!!!! I decided to give Amy and Lucy some happy time before Lively makes her grand entrance... Ouch.

~~~~Then~~~~

Desert hadn't gone as badly as dinner had at least. Actually? Lucy had enjoyed herself a little too much, and a very badly kept secret was revieled. It was one of those secrets you didn't REALLY hide, but didn't advertise much either. The infamous Lucy Diamond had a horrible sweet tooth.

Amy, Nikki, and Mrs.Bradshaw... what was her name anyway!? ... Had just stared in horror while the brunette polished off the Blueberry pie in what must have been record speed.

Could normal people even eat that fast? At the very least, Amy's mother seemed pretty pleased. She kept smiling almost smugly as she offered the distracted Diamond more desert.

"Do you want another piece, dear?"

"Huh?", Lucy responded with a confused tone. She even looked up suddenly, snapping out of her little mental desert paradise.

"Pie, do you want some more?"

"Oh..." Lucy looked down at her plate. "I... ate it all??"

Nikki pulled a Lucy trick and snorted, trying to cover it up with an obvious cough. How could he stop himself really? The girl just sounded so damned forlorn, and all over realizing she'd practically gobbled the pie whole. His children hadn't even done that as kids.

"I made plenty for seconds... or thirds..." Mrs.Bradshaw spoke quietly, that slight hum of approval still in her voice.

"OH! Really?? Yeah yeah, please? I'd be very grateful..."

Amy blinked. Lucy had apologized pretty profusely when she'd crashed into her, so she must be a little polite at least, but... sucking up for pie? She blinked again. This couldn't be her girlfriend.

"I think your friend here must have high metabolism if she eats like that all the time", Nikki grinned at his daughter before filling his mouth with his previously ignored desert.

"Huh!?", Lucy jolted. Even she'd notice THAT kind of comment. By the teasing grin on the male's face, she smiled back, responding playfully "Are you calling me fat, sir?"

"No, i'm calling you pleasently rounded."

"DADDY!!!!", Amy gasped.

The brunette just laughed while Mrs.Bradshaw gave dissaproving glares once again. Well her happy mood seemed to be ruined. Who really cared about Amy's stuffy mom when the lady gave her sweets though???

"Thaaaaanks for the sweeeeeettt", Lucy clapped her hands together and cast her Diamond smile. While everyone was distracted by her utter amazingness-

~~~~Now~~~~

"All your stories kind of either make you look super wounded, or really fantastic."

"Because I am, Scud. You just don't know it yet."

"...Okay..."

~~~~Then~~~~

Just as she was digging in to her newly refilled plate, she felt Amy's blue eyes on her. That whole tingly hair standing up feeling you get? She could have ignored it, but why would she want to? Considering who it was from at least.

"Soooo, whatcha lookin' at?" Chocolate eyes glanced upwards.

"You" Amy just smiled playfully.

"Why would that be, Ms.Bradshaw?"

"Because you called it a 'Sweet'. I didn't think your vocabulary was geared towards cute."

"W-whaaaaa?!?", Lucy leaned back, setting her fork down. "I'm NOT cute! Really!!! It's just... My mother used to call it th-... I'm not!!! REALLY!!!"

"An argument could be made..."

"No way!!!! What would you know about it anyway??", Lucy grumbled, moving back to her pie while Amy just smiled at her knowingly.

Little did either girl know they'd just put on quite a show. While Nikki looked pretty pleased with it, Mrs.Bradshaw had gained a slightly unsteady expression. This certainly didn't seem quite... right...

~~~~That night~~~~

"Don't you dare look at me with that fiesty expression of yours when I'm dressed like this."

Lucy sat on the bed, staring at Amy purposefully as if she were deeply wounded. How could she say that to her? Amy could wear a sack and look hot, but that wasn't the point here. Why would she restrict her eyyyeeesss??

"Whaaaaaat??? What fiesty expression??"

"That DIRTY one. It'd be WEIRD! I'm wearing my mother's pajamas. For one thing they're green. For second, they're my MAMA'S! So you better not!"

"Oh come on Amy, it isn't like I have the hots for your mother."

"I didn't think so. Unless there's something you haven't been telling me?" Amy raised a brow at Lucy's snort.

"I think... You have nothing to worry about. Now come to bed, huh?" Lucy tapped the space next to her.

"Mmmm" Amy looked skeptical but she lay down next to her anyway.

"This whole problem would be solved if you just slept naked.", Lucy quipped.

"Hey!!"

Amy playfully smacked her thigh before snuggling in for the night. It was one of those cruel things, you know? Here Amy was tucked up against her, and she told herself she couldn't touch her.

The blonde had drifted off almost as soon as her head had touched the pillow. It had been a tiring day, and Amy had practically been buzzing with nerves the whole time, or so it'd seemed... So molesting her wouldn't be very caring, right? RIGHT!?

Brown eyes stayed on a pale face for a long while. She really just wanted to memorize this moment. Here she was in Amy's parent's house, lying about their relationship, and she still couldn't help but be really fucking happy. Yeah, she really regreted not just up and leaving, but also... she was just really really really happy.

The only thing that could have possibly made her feel better happened right then. Blue eyes slowly drifted open, and Amy fixed her with a sleepy stare.

"Lucy... Why so far away?" The deb spoke groggily, shifting in the bed until she was pressed against the surprised brunette.

"Mmmnn, no reason"

Her heart felt warm right then. When Amy curled her arms around her waist and drifted back to sleep, she could only respond by holding her close in return. Maybe this situation wasn't all that bad. That was her last thought before she went off to sleep land.

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"LUCINDA REYNOLDS!!!!!! Come on, it's already 9!!! I MEAN IT THIS TIME!!! I'LL JUST THROW YOU OUT THE FUCKING WINDOW!"

"Huh??? What is it? Who died?"

Amy shook her shoulder a little bit harder. A deep frown in place. The blonde did NOT sound happy.

"Nobody died! Just wake up!!!"

"You don't have to be so gruff!!", Lucy whined, rubbing her eyes.

"EXCUSE ME!?"

Lucy hadn't known it at the time, but it'd taken a lot of effort on Amy's part just to get her coherent enough to actually speak in normal words. Amy certainly had no trouble telling her about how difficult she was... In fact, their conversation until then had went a lot like...

~~~~2 Hours Earlier~~~~

Amy was staring at her mother with a look that was sort of akin to a zombie, minus all that nasty brain eating rotting flesh stuff. How long had Mama been rambling now? "Have you taken your vitamins lately Amy?" Yes, Mama. "Have you been keeping up with your studies?" Yes, Mama. "Are you still dating that nice Bobby boy?" No, Mama. "Why not?" He wasn't for me, Mama. "Are you going to spend ALL summer with Lucy?" Yes, Mama. "Won't it be hard to find a nice young man then" Uh... No, Mama?

Was having someone else cook you breakfast really worth all this hassle? When her mother paused to take a breath, Amy cut in with a few quick apologies and practically raced upstairs. Lucy had avoided the horror that was her family long enough, and if she got her way, Diamond was coming downstairs NOW.

"Lucy, it's 7. You said you'd get up with me", Amy spoke normally, pushing a chunk of brown black hair away from Lucy's face.

"mmpgghhh? Ihh Uhnhuh", The ex-villian squeezed her eyes shut tightly as she mumbled incoherently.

"Lucy are you going to wake up?"

"Phhhhh... fhiveh... mur..."

"...That meant five minutes right?"

Well, five minutes more with her mother wouldn't hurt too much.

~~~~5 minutes later~~~~

Okaaaaay, what the heck was Lucy anyway? Dead?? It took a few yells just to get her to wake up enough to MUMBLE.

"Lucy!!!!" Amy folded her arms, glaring down at the smaller woman bundled up in the bed as if she were some type of wrapped food. "LUCY!!!!"

"...NNghhhHHH... Ju... WAIIIIIT... La...her..."

"IT IS LATER!!!"

~~~~55 minutes later~~~~

"Okay, Lucy, I waited all this time. It's 8 now. Just wake up already!!!" The secret underlying sentence there was 'Before I commit suicide or homicide by killing myself or my mother'.

"...Fee... Feeeve... HGhfdghsgdajgfjwqh mooorrreee"

"I WAITED AN EXTRA HOUR! JUST WAKE UP!!!!"

"Scooood... Te-rr...llll Ame... go way"

"I'M NOT SCUD!!!! THIS IS AMY!!!"

"Whoops... Mnnnnnn"

"LUCY DIAMOND!!!!!"

"ERTY!"

"UAAAAGHHHH!!!!", The blond screamed and walked off.

~~~~30 minutes later~~~~

"WAKE UP!!!! I'M SERIOUS!!!! I HAVE THINGS TO DO, AND I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE!!!"

"Nnnnggghhhh"

Okay, so at this point, Amy was pretty fed up. The blonde glared angrily before marching out of the room. Lots of feminine flair... Turning on heel, hair flying. Not that Lucy appreciated such things before 11am in the past... Or now for that matter.

When the DEB returned, she had a pitcher... a pitcher that had ice in it... a pitcher with water!? Seemed the blonde HAD snapped!!! Who was insane enough to throw a big ass cup of water on THE Lucy Diamond!? ... Amy Bradshaw, obviously. Although... The result wasn't what she'd planned.

"UP NOW, OR I DO IT!!!"

"...Nhhnnn Pirate..."

Amy closed her eyes tightly, pulled back Lucy's blankets and let the water fly! Sadly, not much else happened. Lucy just lay there dripping wet covered in quite a few icecubes while Amy stared down at her. How anti-climatic.

"...Fuck...ishn... waves... cold.... Erty more minshts!"

"...This is retarded..." Amy just turned around and walked out of the room.

~~~~9:00am, aka the present past?~~~

"Oh", Lucy spoke softly, not really sure what to say in reaction to Amy's story. "That uh... Might explain why I'm all wet."

"...Sorry about that. You could have warned me that you're not a morning person"

"Well... It isn't that, I just don't like getting woken up."

"Oh"

"Sorry, baby", Lucy spoke sheepishly, casting her wayward grin. "I'll be sure to wake up next time? Not leave you alone with your Mother?"

"...Right..."

~~~~Now~~~~

"Seems someone else finally knows my pain." Scud gazed slightly to the side as he said this. Lucy on the other hand just rolled her eyes.

"Nah, Amy discovered the secret to waking me up whenever she wants."

"WHAT!? WHAT SECRET WOULD THAT BE!?"

"Mint"

"...Huh?"

"It doesn't really matter since it wont work with you, but mint."

"...Mint... The great secret is mint?"

"Mint toothpaste."

"...What?"

"Scud, it's a combination of my subtle eccentricity, you know?"

"...Subtle. You're telling me that she either brushes her teeth, or pops an altoid, kisses you, and you wake up?"

"Yes, small sub-"

"THAT ISN'T SUBTLE AT ALL!!!! It's a mixture of a super strong taste and awakening your inner pervert! She wakes you up by getting you riled up!"

"Er... subtle... uh... Okay, well... MAYBE! Whatever, the end result is I like it, and I wake up and give her a hot morning love kiss. So she's happy too alright!?"

"...God..."

"Shut up, Scud. Anyway, Nikki is a car lover like I said, and he owns part of some mechanic company, but he works in his family bussiness."

"Family bussiness?"

"Yeah, some local music store thats been in the family since Amy's great grandad."

"He's artsy then?"

"YEAH!!! I always wondered why she didn't just go with the art thing anyway, and just skip out on the DEBS, and that made me wonder even more. Her dad is mechanic Mr.Musician dude, and her mother is a florist. Both of that is really artsy, you know? Not like they had government jobs anyway. Then Conrad turned out to be a photographer, and Liv w-... Well, that's later in the story, but yeah, it was pretty weird."

"Huh, yeah. Guess it runs in the family then."

"Yup, they're all fucking geniuses too, I don't know how families like that exist."

"Errrr" He looked pointedly at Lucy, but she didn't seem to notice.

"Anyway, I got off topic. So both of Amy's parents have to work early because of their jobs so we were home alone by then. Well... I guess it wasn't too early, but uh... as I just told you, I wasn't awake then. I wanted to have some fun, but Amy wanted to go replace those nightclothes... and she was still kinda pissed at me, so I didn't argue with her."

"Wise choice"

"I know. Criminal mastermind, remember?"

~~~~Then~~~~

Lucy tucked a chunk of hair behind her ear as she shifted lightly to the side. Amy still seemed a little gruff. Maybe not mad exactly, but certainly not very happy. She'd given her a bagel with LIGHT creamcheese though, so maybe she WAS mad. There really was no excuse for light creamcheese.

"Uh" Lucy cleared her throat when Amy didn't respond to her conversational inquiry. Best to just be blunt then, right? "So... where are we going?"

"Well, now we'll be out at the same time as the teenagers but... To the mall. It's actually in the next town, so it'll take at least 20 minutes to get there"

Amy sighed quietly and looked up from her newspaper. From a quick glance it looked like Lucy herself was the front story with 'Lucy Diamond vanishes again?' plastered all across the cover. Heh, how many people could say their girlfriend was every country's headline?

"Look, Lucy...", Amy spoke softly "Sorry for snapping. My mother was rambling about Lively and everything else in the universe this morning. It just sort of... Put me in a bad mood."

Lucy responded by casting her sun smile like she always did.

"No problem baby, how about you drive us to the mall?"

"Hm?", Amy's eyes widened "You'd let me?"

"Suuuure. Just don't press any buttons!"

Amy had the decency to blush.

~~~~Driving lesson for Miss Bradshaw~~~~

"Okaaaay", Lucy beamed as she pointed at different parts around the steering wheel. "I totally got this thing tricked out. Oh it LOOKS like a regular ol' skymobile, but I fooled you all!"

"Uhm... so it has more... rockets?", Amy frowned slightly at that. Who had rockets on their car when they didn't even believe in murder? Gadget and action movie lovers, that's who. "Oil slick speed racer styled or something?"

"Well, yeah... but I was talking about cruise control.", Lucy responded distractedly as she fiddled with a few radio controls that probably didn't have a single thing to do with the radio.

"...Huh?... Cruise control?..."

"Yeah, it has cruise control, and that kickass CD stereo system."

"Oh...", Amy sighed slightly in relief. So it was a modernized old car. That relieved a few worries at least. At least she was pretty relieved until Lucy spoke again in a barely noticable whisper.

"...And a small electrical shortaging system..."

"Uh" Amy sat up straighter, turning to the thief next to her. "...Like a chaff grenade?"

"More like a chaff super MISSLE!!!"

"LUCY!!!"

"Er... it's for personal safety!"

The criminal's excuse failed by Amy's look report, but oh well. Lucy just cleared her throat and handed Amy the keys, hoping to distract the deb from scolding her with driving. Her plan worked out, or so it seemed when the blonde took the keys, and started adjusting everything for herself.

Instead of worrying about it, she just payed attention to Amy's cute, slightly worried, but concentrated face. How SEXY! Her girl really had to get better at driving... Then she could distract her without having to worry about that whole 'crashing' thing.

"So I do this with the clutch??", Amy asked, looking at her expectantly.

Oh shit, missed a conversation again.

"Uhm, yeah. That should be fine"

Next thing she knew, she was gripping the dashboard, her hair in her face as the car jolted forward and stopped suddenly like a retarded 2 second firework.

"DON'T DO THAT!!!!", Lucy bellowed and clawed about for a seatbelt as the car lurched again.

"YOU SAID IT WAS OKAY!!!", The blond yelped, Jolting forward one more time before she just stepped full on the break.

"I WASN'T LISTENING!!!! I WAS BUSY THINKING ABOUT HOW I WANTED TO KISS YOU!!!"

"Oh", Amy's face turned red in what seemed like a split second. She hadn't been complimented quite like that before. "Uhm..."

When Lucy finally realized she wasn't getting yelled at, she turned and saw the blush. Her response was to grin as she watched Amy nibble on her bottom lip.

"It's nice to be alone again, huh?", Lucy asked, quite a bit more calm than before. She leaned back, her grin melting into a contented smile.

"Mmm, Yes." Amy's blue eyes focused on her. "Why did we come here again?"

"Family", Lucy spoke quietly. At first Amy didn't know why her girlfriend suddenly seemed thoughtful, but then she remembered. Lucy's family was gone, had been gone for a long time, and when Lucy spoke again, it just cemented her thoughts. "You should spend time with people you love when the opportunity comes. You don't know how long you have to be with them."

"But I was", Amy tilted her head slightly to the side, still looking carefully at the smaller woman next to her.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Lucy blinked as she felt a warm soft hand settle on hers. It felt comforting, and right. Something she wasn't used to, but knew she already liked.

"I already was spending my time with someone I love."

It probably wasn't a wise idea to do this here, but the thief didn't really have a choice. Besides, she thrived on being bad. So when she felt the urge in that moment, she just went with it. Only sparing a single second to smile and lace her tanned fingers with Amy's before she leaned in.

Kisses like this always reminded her of the first one. She wanted it so badly, but there was still a level of innocence. Desire, want, and the sweetest touch of love.

At first? She hadn't known what that was. The warm buzzing, or her swirling thoughts. The fact that the world seemed to stop and end around this special girl who wasn't herself. The way she'd known right then that she'd do anything just to be near her. The deep acceptance that no one would ever be this beautiful inside and out in her eyes except this one single person that was connected to her by the lightest touch of soft pink lips. Lips that tasted slightly like peach.

It always reminded her, deep deep deep down inside, of that kiss. All that love that she'd felt, whether she knew what it was or not.

~~~~Now~~~~

"OH MY GOD!!!", Scud dropped the cot pillow. It looked like he was going to fall on the floor and start having a seizure or something by the look on his face. "OH MY FUCKING!!!! AHHH!!"

Lucy instantly uncurled her legs, practically leaping to his side. He might annoy the fuck out of her, but Scud was family afterall.

"WHAT!? YOU OKAY?!"

"THAT'S LOVE!?!?!"

"Huh?", Lucy's brows pinched slightly in the center for the barest moment before lifting. "What? Uh... I guess. There's more, but yeah"

Her henchman's jaw just dropped.

"I'M IN LOVE WITH JANET!!!"

"Uh... You didn't know that yet?". Now her eyebrows pinched AND lifted. "Kinda slow..."

"I-I-I-I... I- IIIIIIIIIIIII"

"Uhm, Scud?"

"Just", He squeeked like a mouse before clearing his throat and sitting back carefully. "Just keep going with your story."

"Uhm" Lucy leaned back, pulling her legs up again. "You sure?"

"Yeah yeah, can't think about this now anyway..."

"Uh... Okay"

~~~~Then~~~~

"Do you love me?", Amy asked softly, smiling at Lucy as dark eyes popped open and widened slightly before the brunette smiled at her.

"Yes"

"Then you drive so I can actually get some sleepwear before next year."

"Ah, wise idea. Of course I'll escort you, princess." Lucy winked. Just as Amy was about to let go of her hand and open the door though, she reached out and grasped the blonde's shoulder. "No no no no! You have to do it from INSIDE the car."

"Whaaaat? Why?"

"Cause that's just the way us master criminals do it, Amy"

"You've never even done it before have you?"

"Well, no, but so? Don't you ever have any fun?" Lucy challenged her with a cocky smile, and sure enough, Amy took the bait.

"Ok, fine, how do I do this?"

"Well just kinda grip the wheel and pull yourself upright as possible, and I'll slip in underneath you so that I'm in the drivers seat, and then you can move over to the passenger side."

Amy's jaw dropped.

"Okay, ready Amy?"

"NO!"

Lucy just smirked again, her voice lowering.

"You know, if you don't do this, you're sort of like, branded a boring person cause we're not even moving, and nobody is watching either."

"Nnn." Amy pulled her bottom lip through her teeth slowly... Which distracted the hell out of her... Before nodding. "Okay, Okay, I'll do it. Ready?"

"Mhmmmmmmm, all set, Baby" Amy missed the wicked gleam in chocolate eyes as Lucy said this.

It all went fine at first. Amy lifted easily, and Lucy slipped right into place, but then the problem arose. No room to wiggle Amy out!!!

"Ugghh, Lucy!!! This isn't working, move back!"

"Ah, come on Baby, I saw this in Smokey and the Bandit!" Lucy grinned as she slowly reached towards the keys in the ignition switch.

"Wait... I remember n-... THIS TRICK DIDN'T WORK IN SMOKEY IN THE BANDIT!!"

"Oh? Whoops, it didn't, huh?"

"Well at least we're not speeding around like in that movie. Just move back and I'll get out. Here-" Amy pulled herself upright again, oblivious to Lucy's smirk, which only widened when a jean clad bottom wagged in her face.

"No thanks, I like it like this."

"Lucy" The blond turned and glared slightly, her blue eyes boiling, but when Lucy turned on the ignition, the tone got warning. "Lucy. LUCY!!! LUUUUCYYY!!!!"

"Ohhhhhh, YESSSS!!!!!" Uh, Lucy's cry of extasy? Maybe it was more like perverted car fan paradise? Who really even knew, but it sounded like she was enjoying herself.

"EAAAAAGH!!!", The Deb screamed as she fell backwards, landing right in the scheming darkly clad woman's lap. The car shot off as quick as it could, tires squeeling and coughing up smoke before they gained traction and launched the Skymobile forward. Amy just wrapped her arms around the other girl's neck, still screaming as they took a sharp turn. "LUUUUUCCCCCCYYYYY, THIS ISN'T FUN!!!!!!!"

"Oh, come onnnn, It's a little fun!!!" Lucy's smile was disturbingly convincing, and when she kissed Amy's neck playfully, wiggling her hips and eyebrows before she turned sharply onto the onramp, she found out the smile was even more disturbingly contagious. "Besides Amy, you got the VIP seat"

"Hey, it is pretty cushiony, must be all the pie..."

"HEEEEEY!!!"

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EXIT HERE!!!!"

Lucy jerked on the wheel just in time to send the Skymobile rocketing down the ramp. The whole screech, massive turn, honking vehicles behind you...thing... sent Amy to screaming again, but afterwards when it dissolved into a fit of laughter, and a few dozen haphazard kisses on her face, neck, and shoulders... She might not have minded so much.

~~~~End of 6 1/2!!!!!~~~~

I actually already wrote the second half, but I'm tweaking it a litttttlllllleeeeee bit, and leaving you with this so that you actually have something to read! Yay!! This chapter was difficult to write, since I had some block, so criticism or praise is welcome.