Paige and Sydney are assigned to be partners all year in their psychology class at UConn. Throughout class projects, parties, hangouts, texts, and confessions, they figure out their feelings for each other.
Friends > Lovers
Slow burn
Syd's Pov: Around 10:30 pm on Saturday I heard a nock on my door. I'd be lying if I said my heart didn't beat a little faster when I realized who it probably was. As I walk to the door I think about how much harder thing will be now that I know I like her as more than a friend. I don't want to mess anything up between us.
I open the door to Paige. She was in an in an oversized black hoodie and matching black sweatpants with her hair dripping wet. She must have just taken a shower.
"Hey Syd" she says as she strolls in, making her way to my room.
"Hey" I follow her "how was practice"
"You know, Genos been working us but I had something to look forward to" she smirks.
"I hope you're not talking about washing my sheets" I laugh.
"Not exactly" she says allusively. We both work on taking the sheets of the bed.
Paige picks up everything she can carry, including the weighted blanket, and sheets. Leaving me to carry the pillow cases.
"Paige that's like 5 bajillion pounds, let me carry something"
"What do you don't think I'm strong enough" she questions, giving me the same cocky look she gave me when we ran restless the first time we met.
"I mean I wasn't gonna say it, but they're your words not mine" I give up and start walking out my room and to the laundry room. It's in the basement 5 floors down so it is quite the walk.
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Once we make it down to the cold and dingy wash room Paige helps me load the bedding in the washer, and I press start. Paige starts making her way back upstairs but looks behind her and sees I'm staying downstairs.
"People keep stealing my laundry so I have to stay down here." I sigh jumping up and sitting on top of the washing machine, feeling its rumbling underneath me. "See you on Monday Pay" I smile, very grateful for her helping me. It would probably take me 3 trips up and down the stairs to carry it all by myself.
"You think I'm gonna leave you down here" she smiles and hops up onto the dryer next to me. There it was, what Hadley was talking about. The compassion and care she showed me stone cold sober.
"Well yeah" I laugh "but I'm glad you didn't. Now I have someone to bother"
"Glad to be of service" she nods her head at me. I lean back against the wall and put my legs up so they are touching my chest.
We sit in silence and listen to the sound of the washing machine turn.
