Finding each other - a pazzi story

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Out in the home room belonging to Paige, Azzi, Kk and Ice, every girl in the team was sitting around talking about the activity they had just performed and the ones that would come. Azzi was sitting next to Caroline and Allie on the couch while Paige made a point of being as far away from her, sitting at the table situated on the opposite side of the room with Jana and Kk.

The blonde girl had decided to completely ignore the situation and just pretend it never happened. Even if she chose to pretend the past couple minutes hadn't occurred, her eyes were drawn to the brunette girl sitting opposite from her who refused to look up from her phone if she wasn't engaged in conversation with her other teammates. The one time that Azzi lifted her head to sneak a glance at Pige, their eyes met. Paige had always been known for being a girl that wasn't affected by eye contact, often she was the one that initiated it. Not wanting to appear weak, Azzi held her gaze locked into her blonde friend's. Shockingly, Paige's cheeks went red and she put her head down flustered. Azzi had always known that Paige had that affect on every boy and girl they came across, even herself but she had never seen her as more then her very attractive best friend. Azzi was also a very pretty girl who also caught the people's eye having being nicknamed the people's princess. She knew that people didn't only come to watch her play basketball but rather because she was just another pretty girl in a uniform but she was pleased to know that she also had a similar affect on Paige.

Azzi didn't know how to feel about what had just happened with her closest friend. Paige had always been stuck in the younger girls mind ever since the first time they met during their olympic trial practices years ago. The way she saw it, she could either ignore it or confront it but how she would do that she didn't even know. She didn't know how she felt about what had happened. She didn't know how to react to the feeling of Paiges's breath coming down on her skin, the feeling of Paige's lips hanging above her bare shoulder. She didn't know how to intake the gaze full of emotion, the feeling of her arms wrapping around her body, how she fit perfectly into Paige's body as if they had once been molded together. Looking at Paige across the room, everything that had happened flashed vividly through her mind. Her heart clenched watching the blonde girl smile and laugh at the other girls jokes while she avoided Azzi's eyes as much as she could but when their eyes did cross paths, looking away was the most difficult thing to do.

Later that night the girls decided to go out to a close by bar. Neither of the two girls had spoken to each other in hours but maybe that would change tonight. Paige had decided on a pair of black cargo pants and a loose white t shirt, opting for a more masculine style. Azzi had decided on a similar black pair of pants and a bright green tank top with an open back. While Ice and Kk were waiting in Azzi's room, Paige had just finished drying her hair and was now heading over to meet with the other three girls. When she walked in she was met with her younger friend doing her makeup in the bathroom where they had shared their last moments together. Feeling bold she walked into the smaller room, leaning against the counter right beside Azzi, her back facing the miroir.

"You look good" she said nonchalantly, eyeing her friend from head to toe and not being discreet about it.

"You're not so bad yourself Bueckers" was Azzi's response, keeping her eyes facing the mirror on the wand of her mascara not daring to look at the blonde girl, scared she would fold.

The taller girl laughed to herself before exiting the room but not without letting her fingers skim Azzi's waist, automatically feeling the shiver run through her body.

When Azzi finally walks out indicating that she is ready to leave, sitting on the couch is Paige and the two other girls all laughing together. Paige's arm is resting on the back of the couch, right behind Ice's shoulders. Her legs are spread apart while her other hand resting on her thigh. It's definitely a sight to see. They had decided to take Paige's car and by tradition Azzi was in the passengers seat truly owning up to the title of the princess. She was also on aux which was why she was surprised when Paige handed her phone to the girl.

"Password?" she asked.

"Your birthday" Paige answered automatically shocking Azzi. When she put in the digits to her birthday, the phone opened. She smiled to herself knowing that she was important enough to the girl sitting next to her.

For the rest of the car ride, the four girls sang their hearts out to every song that Azzi chose. Paige parked next to the other two girls on her team who had drove the rest of their teammates to the club. Walking through the doors, they spotted the rest of the girls already sitting at a booth and made their way over to them.

Paige

Nobody knew of my sexuality since I had never made it public but that never stopped people from assuming I was into girls. However, they were not wrong. Having grown in a women's sport full of probably the world prettiest creations, it hadn't taken long for me to know that men were the furthest thing from attractive. It was still a little surreal to me that people really wanted me so when people came up to me the second I walked into the club, I had to remind myself that this was part of the public image I had made for myself. For some reason, men where the ones coming up to me left and right even though I pretty much gave of the lesbian vibes from miles away. Not wanting to seem rude, I entertained the conversation while my friends made their way further in the building, trying to politely pull away and go join the group. When I finally got away, the girls had dispersed into groups across the room, some of them dancing, others drinking, only Azzi wasn't anywhere in sight. Looking around I found her on the dance floor with a blonde girl probably the same height as her. My heart dropped at the sight for some reason. We had always been super close friends but we had a weird relationship. Neither of us had dated other people since we'd met each other so we'd never talked about our sexualities but Id always assumed she was straight. It confused me why all of a sudden I felt annoyed at the sight of her talking to another girl knowing that it was probably a new friend. I sat down with my teammates and tried to engage in the conversation but all I could do was watch the two girls dance together. It seemed like hours had passed before Azzi finally pulled away and walked back to the table.

"That looked cozy" Caroline joked making all the girls laugh and Azzi blush. She blushed. BLUSHED.

"It was nothing let's not think too much about it" Azzi said shutting down the thought of her and that girl.

"Oh come on she was basically begging for you to kiss her" Kk said dramatically, leading all the girls to agree with her.

"I was just not to attracted to her you know" Azzi answered, sitting down in the open spot next to me while taking a sip of my drink, a shirley temple.

"You got someone else in mind?" Kk asked, earning no verbal response but only a smirk.

So to cover what I had learned from this very confusing night - Azzi was into girls, Azzi was not into that blonde girl, Azzi was not into me because I'm also a blonde girl and Azzi has her sights on someone. I don't know why the realization that my closest friend not being interested in me seemed to be the most gut wrenching news Id heard all week but I just decided to drink the pain away. I got up from my seat and headed over to the bar where I ordered several shots.