What happens when the coach's daughter Victoria Auriemma rekindles and falls in love with her ex-best friend and teammate Paige Bueckers? Read and find out.
"Your name, forever the name on my lips"
"So i'll watch your life in pictures, like i used t...
Victoria had just finished packing. She was gonna drive with Paige, she didn't want to but she just wanted to sleep and her dad was confused as to why they would take separate cars in the first place. She knew at some point they would be in a situation where they had to act like nothing happened but Victoria didn't think it would happen so soon.
Her and Paige didn't want to tell their friends to make it a big deal, pictures would be posted after the trip but they weren't prepared for the future.
Victoria sat in her bed staring at the ceiling,
"what were we gonna talk about?"
"what does this mean for us?"
"Will it go back to how it was"
Her thoughts were interrupted by a text message from Nick
NICK❤️ Aren't u leaving or something
VICK💕 Yeah, I'm getting ready to go
NICK❤️ post a picture of us on our story
Victoria looked at her phone confused.
VICK💕 what?
NICK❤️ find an old picture of us and post it on your story, u haven't and people think we broke up
she was really confused. like really. he usually doesn't care so this was weird but she didn't want to start something so she did what he said
VICK💕 oh ok
@Victoriaauriemma
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@loveeamara- can't wait to see you💗 ^me neither mar❤️
After last-minute checking she had everything, Paige texted her that she was there. Victoria went out to their living room and said bye to Nika (who was with Braxton 😉) "Nik, I'm leaving" Victoria said as she walked out of her room. Nika gets up and gives Victoria a big hug, "I'm gonna miss you so much, stop leaving me" Nika whines. "I'll be back soon, then we go on a vacation together" Victoria replied to which Nika got excited and pulled back. Nika kissed Victoria's head and then gave her a short hug. you would've thought Victoria was moving away, though nikas love language was 100% physical touch.
Victoria waved goodbye to Braxton who reciprocated, then she started walking out the door.
Approaching Paige's car brought back the memories of them hanging out every night, it brought back the love the girls shared for each other and the constant denied "dating" allegations. That was a different time.
"Hey," Paige says as Victoria sits down in the passenger, if she wanted to avoid Paige she should've sat in the backseat, but she isn't that dramatic. "Hi," Victoria answered quickly.
After being in the car for a little bit and now on the highway, Paige looks over at the girl next to her to see her smiling at her phone. She missed that smile, that smile she hadn't seen in months, and that smile she used to be the cause of. "Eyes on the road Bueckers" Victoria said quietly. Paige rolled her eyes. As soon as that interaction ended, a familiar beat came on. That beat belonged to the song "I Miss You, I'm Sorry" by Gracie Abrams. A song that the girls shared a great love for. Paige always said she didn't like songs like that, but secretly, she enjoyed some of the songs. As soon as the lyrics started, Victoria looked at Paige and turned down the music. "We have to talk" the words spill out of her mouth. Paige doesn't make eye contact but nods. "This weekend we have to go back to w- whatever we were before, me saying that means after this, we go back to normal. How we are now. i really don't want my dad to find out" Victoria said. Paige continued to nod but she looked tensed up. "thas fine but if ur gonna hate me forever, i don't understand how he's not gonna realize once he sees us in a game" paige says with an attitude. "well we have to figure that out when that time comes" victoria says trying to calm herself down.
Once they arrive to victorias childhood home, they grab their stuff and walk in.
The last time the 2 girls were together in that home, was the moment that shattered their relationship. The kiss.
*flashback to spring break*
Paige and Victoria didn't want to go on a vacation and they just wanted to chill together, so they decided that for the first week they'd go to Minnesota and then for the second week, they'd go to jersey.
It was the last full day of their trip to jersey and they wanted to go to the boardwalk.
While there, they had so much fun. Paige insisted on playing the basketball game and "beating Victoria". Even though Victoria didn't play even touch the ball, Paige did win a bunny which she soon gave to Victoria. They walked hand in hand down the boardwalk, got ice cream and went on rides.
On the way home, they stopped at the gas station because they didn't want their night to end. They sat and talked in victorias car for hours. After a while they were really close, and Paige kept looking at victorias lips while she was talking. "And I was so mad because Matt kept telling me I was wrong-" Victoria rambled but stopped when she noticed Paige, Victoria smiled at her and they started to lean in. Once their lips connected, they had flashbacks to their first kiss, though the first kiss was not a sober one, it was at the Halloween party one of the frats threw. it felt as though the world around them stopped for those moments. Their lips separated and they smiled, paige was driving so she put the car in the park turned the radio up, and listened to their favorite song. The moment was quick but it stuck with them for the whole car ride home, that whole night, the drive back to UCONN, and it stuck until the fight they had once paige had found out that Victoria was going out with Nick.
A/N Guys i'm so so so so sorry that this is so bad. like i'm actually gonna stop writing this but lmk if i shouldn't 😉
also this might not make sense so ill tell u the whole reason paige and Victoria weren't on speaking terms was basically because of the kiss. Victoria was confused with her feelings with Paige, so she decided to distract herself with Nick
