𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

𝟎𝟔.

y/n's pov.

i stand in the doorway of my own room, yet feeling like i don't belong. i barely cant comprehend what just happened. all i know is it was that easy for her to leave. i sit down on my bed, staring at my hands. she made hudson leave but she couldn't stay? i don't understand what goes through her brain. i've watched paige at parties with tons of girls, new ones everytime. what if that is all i am to her. before i dig myself into a hole of my own thoughts, i hear my phone go off.

cait clark!!: see you in the morning! pack some clothes for the afterparty!

y/n: yes ma'am, see you at 8 :)

i smile at cait's text, i completely had forgotten to pack. i go to open my closet before realizing i have a huge hickey on my collarbone. "shit" i mumble, the dress i had planned on wearing would not cover it whatsoever. i shift through my closet, picking up a tiny black dress. it wasn't my original thought to make paige jealous, but from what i remember from the last time i was with cait, it did exactly that. i pack the dress, and a tiny skirt and top into a bag. 

i go into my bathroom, where paige's basketball shorts laid on the floor. it felt like a knife through the chest, like i was just a one night stand. i grab my toothbrush and things, and pack them up. i hear my phone ring from the other room, "cait clark!! is calling." displayed on my phone. 

"hey sunshine." i hear in my ear, just like she's here. "well isn't it caitlin clark." i giggle into the phone, i had no idea why she called me sunshine, but i loved it. she always had the effect of making me feel better, even in a moment i was just in. "indeed. so what are we wearing to our fancy schmancy event?" she asked, i could hear her shower turn on in the background . "the classic little black dress and some heels, you?" i wonder if she called me on purpose, as if she knew i could hear the shower. i doubt it. "uhh i think a blue dress with dunks?" i hear her voice muffle into the shower noise. "thank goodness, i can't have you tower over me in heels." i zip up my duffle and set out my clothes for the airport. "i will tower over you anyways." she was right, but i liked when she did. 

i hear my phone buzz once again, it being a text from dad. shit. completely forgot to tell him. 

dad<3: love you, y/n/n! hope you have had a great first month of school!

"omg cait, i didn't even tell my dad i was going." i giggle, typing back to my dad. i hear her shower turn off, "well, can we do that? i'd rather not have UConn have a personal vendetta against Iowa this year." why was i slightly disapointed in her shower being off? ridiculous. 

y/n: love you most, dad. it was great! also, i will be gone this wknd, going to des moines with CC!

dad<3: oh okay. don't go switching sides on us now. ;)

"i wanna know who taught my dad how to use a winky face." i hear cait's laughter fill my room. i wish she was here. "i forget he's like a gazillion years old. you were totally an accident." i roll my eyes, and smile. she had made me completely forget why or that i was even upset. "oh hush! i;m the happiest damn accident there ever was." i feel my phone buzz again, except it being a phone call. from paige. "yes, an accident who makes me very happy." i feel myself get almost angry at her name. what could she want now? "y/n, you there?" cait's voice lightens the weight in my chest. "yeah, i'm about to head to bed due to the fact you booked my flight at 6 am." i groan, declining paige's call. "okay, well sleep well sunshine." i smile at the nickname once again. "goodnight, clark." i press the red button before rolling over on my pillow. there was about a million thoughts running through my mind about the situations i put myself in, but that's for y/n tomorrow to deal with.

paige's pov.

i look at my phone, after y/n declined my call. i've had a couple of drinks, which didn't help how i felt. all i wanted to do was call and apologize. "are you drunk calling her right now?" nika snatched my phone from me, looking at the 3 times i've called her. "uhh, she just has my navy UConn shorts." i knew she did and it technically wasn't a lie, but i needed to hear that she wasn't upset. "suree. well that redhead eyeing you over there bought you a drink." nika slides me a vodka soda, which is y/n's drink. i glance over to the redhead girl, she was pretty, don't get me wrong. she just wasn't who i wanted. i give her a light smile before sliding the drink back to nika. "you need to loosen up!" a wasted azzi yells into my ear. she grabs my hands and takes me to the dance floor. 

nika and lili follow us, as azzi guides me towards the dj booth. "don't be boring P!" she yells at me as she drunkenly dances all over me. "i'm just tired." i feel myself sober up, more and more that i think about y/n. lili was our DD and i think she sensed my body language. "are you guys ready?" she shook her keys and pointed towards the door. nika and azzi were in no shape to refuse, so we dragged them out the door. 

i put azzi in the backseat, and lili did the same with nika. i sit in the passenger seat, staring out the window. i shouldn't have left her, but i did. "you okay?" lili asks, as she pulls out of the parking lot. "just, thinking." i groan, looking at the calls she had declined. "i think we both know what about. azzi told us where you were." lili had always been so understanding about these things but there was not enough to understand. "i just don't think i can get caught up in y/n. what if coach finds out?" i had barely even done anything with the girl but she already had me thinking of a relationship which was new for me. "you see how geno is with her, he wants nothing but for her to be happy. which might just be you."