The other twin

"Interesting indeed..."

Alexis POV

It was game time. First game of the year and i was anxious as hell. i mean i'm always anxious when it's game day but today it's just super bad.

people always either compare me to azzi or just don't acknowledge me at all. i've always been happy for my twins success but at the same time it hurts because no one sees my talent.

i was chillin in the locker room about 20 minutes before the game. i need to calm my anxiety and get in the mindset of game time. no one usually notices my absence till we have about 10 minutes left to warm up.

but today it's just not working. i'm sitting here in silence, knee bouncing up and down. thing is it's not just the game that's making me nervous. it's paige as well.

after fully confirming the strong feelings i had for her resurfaced and the moment we had last night made my mind go into over drive. i didn't know what to think or do.

i was sitting here thinking about everything at once making my brain hurt. i didn't notice someone walk in till i felt hands on my knees.

i quickly snap my head up and see it's paige. the last person i needed to see at this moment. i gulp as i stare into her eyes. "hey lex, you good?" i see her eyes soften as she stares into mine. my eyes that are filled with anxiety and fear.

i shake my head before looking down. she lifts my head back up to look at her. "talk to me" i breathe in and out before taking.

"i'm scared and anxious." she nods her head for me to continue. "i've never been jealous of azzi but no one's every truly acknowledged me for my talent of basketball as much as they acknowledge azzi's and it just hurts and it's scary"

she pouts and grabs my hands rubbing her thumbs over my knuckles. "have you ever talked to her about this?" i immediately shake my head.

because knowing azzi she'll try and show me off and i don't want that. i want them to notice me on their own accords. i don't want to be liked for pity or because someone said something good on my behalf.

"okay and why's that" i roll my eyes and look away for a quick second. "because i don't want to be liked out of pity. i want people to notice me for me. i feel like i'm only known for being the twin of azzi fudd" i take a deep breath before continuing.

"not as alexis fudd, yea i may have edits here and there or get talked about but it's mainly on a topic about the both of us" she nods her head.

"okay, well there's nothing you can do really but be yourself and show people that you're worth the attention. you're an amazing basketball player, you and your sister.

don't let those peoples opinions change who you are. don't let the lack of attention get to you because if you do it'll affect your performance and you'll get noticed for something else, you know what i mean?" i nod my head which makes her smile.

her smile is so pretty that it makes me smile. "now head up baby girl, and let's go have an amazing first game and show the world how amazing you are" she stands then grabs my hand to pull me up.

we walk out of the locker room and it dawns on me that she just called me baby girl. never in our years of being friends has she called me that.

i felt my face heat up a little and my heart beat picked up but i push that thought away and jog onto the court with paige.

we stretch since i wasn't able to do it with everyone else and paige didn't want me to do it alone. after we're done i wanna do a couple extra stretches and tell her to go shoot around.

while i'm stretching azzi comes over with that 'i know something's wrong' face. "what's going on?" i sigh and stand up.

"just nerves- don't fucking lie to me alexis samona fudd" she cuts me off staring me in the eyes challenging me.