Faking It, MTV's high school comedy about two best friends who start off season one pretending to be a lesbian couple for popularity--leading to all kinds of problems (both hilarious and serious), is back! Last season we saw the 'Karmy' ship experience some unfortunate mishaps, as well as some serious distance.

Enstars caught up with the show's stars Katie Stevens (who plays Karma) and Rita Volk (Amy) just before the premiere of season three to talk about how their characters' time apart will affect what future they might have together, what it's like making a show about gay teens before and after marriage equality and any other secrets they can share with us.

What will the dynamic between Amy and Karma be like at the start of this season?
Katie Stevens: It's so strange because they're both coming back and I think Karma's thinking, she's gonna come back and she's gonna apologize for leaving. And then she's like,"I'm gonna tell her how and I'm not apologizing" so they're both coming at it from different perspectives and they're both valid in how they feel.
Rita Volk: They're both very adamant about their feelings and so eventually that's gonna clash.

What do you think are the girls' biggest adjustments when they come back?
KS: Karma spent the summer trying to kind of pick up the pieces of being left by Amy and being heartbroken that she was left for the summer, and she is a lifeguard with Shane. And they actually form a friendship so now they're best friends. And you'll also see Karma found love. But it's another thing because this guy is very laid back and as we know Karma can't be that way all the time, but she tries to put on a front that's like, "It's all good." So she's more of an easy-breezy kind of Karma...or, so it appears.
RV: Amy goes on tour with this awesome punk girl band. That's probably the first time in her life where she just does something totally spontaneous and totally different. I don't think it was selfish because I think that she needed to put herself first, but when she comes back, obviously that doesn't bide with Karma very well and so that's where Amy's like, "I'm not gonna apologize for getting out of this up and down dynamic that we've had for so long...and this is what I needed to do."

Since the show has been on, we've seen big shifts especially with marriage equality. Where do you see yourselves in being part of that change in the culture?
KS: I would say all of these amazing developments that have been made in the community and in acceptance I think are incredible and I think our show has been good for the younger generation. We're not that old, but when we were younger, there was nothing really on television that portrayed high school as this accepting place. We had Mean Girls and Clueless and all these things that divided the groups. And to be part of a show where it shows that the jocks and cheerleaders aren't always the popular ones and it's the people who are unique and have something to say and they have something to stand for, I think that's been incredible...I think that's why so many kids love our show because they feel like they're a part of Hester High School and that they belong somewhere.

Apparently, there's supposed to be a storyline where Amy and Liam keep a secret from Karma. Can you tell us anything about that?
KS: It's actually a very short-lived secret...we're in the midst of this fight and Karma's in a new relationship. The first half of this season is basically like their fight of who was right...and then Shane is both our friend now so he doesn't want to get in between it, and Liam's on this spiritual journey. But the secret doesn't really affect Karma because she finds out very shortly after.
RV: I don't think there are as many secrets as everything just comes out. The thing with this season is there are no more secrets, everything's kind of out in the open and it's like how does everybody deal with that?


Faking It returns on Tuesday, March 15 at 10:30 p.m. ET on MTV

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