The other twin

"Get some sleep lex..."

Alexis POV

A couple of days has passed since the sleepover and our first win. Sadly we lost our first game to NC State and coach has been on our ass.

We were all tired as hell while taking our small water break. i'm huffing and i glance over at azzi. she's rubbing on her knee. "hey..." i say walking over to her and she quickly stops and looks at me.

"you good? is it your knee?" she shakes her head immediately. "nah nah i'm good, don't worry" i furrow my eyebrows at her.

"don't lie to me azzi...is your knee messing with you? we can always talk to coach yk?" she shakes her head again and smiles at me.

"nah im fine see" she stands, jogs in place, and jumps up and down a little. i squint my eyes at her  but reluctantly let it go.

she'd tell me if she was hurting right...?

of course she would.

coach called us back on the court. "alright we're running 3's, i've already picked your groups on the board. go see who you have and we're gonna start with group 1 and 4 okay?" everyone agrees and we go to the board.

i see i have azzi and kk in my group. "ayeeee we grouped up bestie!" kk says clinging onto me. i smile and pat her back.

azzi, kk, and I were group 1 and we were going up against ines, ash, and aaliyah. "okay ladies we're doin full court with jump" he calls out and my group and ines's go to the middle of the court.

"we're going to 10 ight?" we all nod and do the jump. they won the jump so ines is bringing it up the court.

we played good defense but they ended up getting a point. azzi passes it in to me and i bring it up. ash is my defender and i get around her and pass the ball to kk.

she drives and see azzi cutting and passes it to her.

it felt like everything went in slow motion when i heard an ear piercing scream. i see azzi go down and hold her knee.

i felt my breath hitch as i see my twin on the ground clutching her knee. i quickly snap out of my daze and dash towards her. she crying so hard right now.

"shit shit azzi, no no no, azzi!" i begin to cry with her. i grab her head and put it in my lap. i stroke her baby hair out of her face.

"you're okay sis, you're gonna be okay" i cry harder watching her in pain. geno and the other coaches dash over as well. "damn it! jamelle! get the sports medic!" he yells out checkin on her knee.

"i'm sorry i'm so sorry" azzi tells me and i shake my head. "no, fuckin hell azzi, no stop you're okay you're gonna be okay" i tell her. i wipe my tears and look up.

i see jamelle and the sports medic jog in. "sweetie you gotta let her go, they need to check her" chris tries to tell me but i shake my head.

"no, no i can't leave her please" i beg her. she gives me a sadly look. "she's gotta get checked lexi" i cry harder and look down at her.

"come on" i hear someone behind me say. i glance back and see paige. she leans down to pick me up.

i grip azzi's hand not wanting to let go. "no! please, don't do this please!" i beg crying harder.

"i'm okay, lele, go" azzi tells me smiling at me. i sniffle and lean down to kiss her forehead. "call me immediately afterwards, i love you" she smiles and nods her head.

"i love you more" paige gets me away and walks us to the locker room. we get in and everyone's sitting there looking anxious.

kk pops up and comes over to me giving a big hug. "i'm sorry lexi, it was a bad pass on my end im so sorry" she says sadly.

i hug her back then pull away shaking my head. "it's not your fault kk, i knew she was having knee problems beforehand it's not your fault" she frowns but reluctantly nods her head.

i smile at her and go to my locker. a minute or two later geno walks in. "practice is finished for today, y'all get home and get some rest for the game tomorrow" he looks at me nods his head and walks out.

everyone changes in silence and one after one leaves. i just sit on the bench with my head in my hands, knee bouncing up and down. i felt a presence next to me but don't look up.

"lexi..." i hear them call out. i know almost instantly that it's paige. "come on let's get you home yea?" i get up and grab my bag.

i turn to her with tears in my eyes. she sees this and hugs me and i start bawling my eyes out. "she was in so much pain paige" i get out clutching her shirt.

"i should made her sit out. i should've told coach. it's my fault" i continue.

she pulls back and grabs my face and begins to wipe my tears. "you know azzi, even if you told coach she would've found a way to still practice. it's not your fault okay. she's going to be okay. we just have to pray and hope to God that everything will okay out" i listen to her rant about God and nod my head.

"let's go home yea?" i nod again and she grabs her stuff then grabs my hand.

we walk out to the parking lot to my car. "i'll drive" she takes my keys and opens my door for me.

we drive in silence, well not full silence. the radio was on low but it was mainly silence.

we get to the dorms and paige says that she'll stay with me tonight. she went to shower in azzi's room while i showered.

i got out before her and just threw in a sports bra and some basketball shorts. i lay in bed and throw on a random show and wait for paige.

while i'm waiting i decide to call my mom but right as i was about to press her contact i get a call from her. i pick up.

"mom?" i hear rustling on the other end.

"lexi? babygirl what happened with azzi. i just got a call from geno" i tear up a little remembering the incident.

"her knee mom. something happened at practice during a 3v3 and she screamed and fell to the ground. i had to leave her so they could check her i haven't gotten an update" she sighs.

"we're on the way there now. we couldn't get a flight so we're gonna have to drive but we'll be there by tomorrow for y'all's game" i hear dad in the background packing the car.

"they're gonna get her an MRI tomorrow after y'all's game and we'll go from there but i want you to know that she's going to be okay lexi.

i know how you are and i want you to know that none of this is your fault babygirl. she's always had knee problems so it's just a process. i'll see you tomorrow. get some sleep okay? i love you" i sniffle wiping the few tears that fell.

"i love you more mom, tell dad i love him as well" she says okay and we hang up. i sigh and plug my phone up looking over and seeing paige there.

"heard everything?" she nods and climbs into bed with me. she holds me, putting my head in her chest.

"she's okay lex, don't worry" i squeeze her in response.

we lay there for a little bit before i pull back a little and look up at her. which makes her look down at me. she looks so pretty.

it's super tempting to just kiss her. "yes..?" she whispers and i don't move or say anything.

"fuck it" i whisper back which makes her furrow her eyebrows. i grab her cheek and lean in a little while looking down at her lips.

i don't immediately kiss her in case she wants to pull back. i hear her breathing pick up as i do so but she doesn't pull back. she actually pulls me closer and leans down a bit.

i look down at her lips then back at her eyes and see she's staring at my lips. then i just do what i've been wanting to do. i kissed her.

she pulls my waist in some more while kissing me back. after awhile we pull away and smile at each other.

i get shy and hide my face in her chest. she chuckles at me, "get some sleep lex..." i do as she said.

oh god i hope she doesn't regret it in the morning.
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