BACK OF MY HAND-Paige Bueckers

PART 27

"Can one of you run in and grab the pizza dad ordered? The names under Williams" AJ says pulling into Paige and Sydney's favorite pizza place. Both of the girls hopped out and ran inside, grabbing the pizza boxes and running back to the car. "Why did dad order so much pizza?" Sydney asked as she bucked back into the passenger seat. "Cause everyone's at the Bueckers, oh and the Casey family is there aswell." AJ says as she pops the roof open in the jeep.

"Wait like Taylor Casey?" Paige asks the older, "ya they invited them over to chill at the fire pit" AJ says as she connects her phone to the aux. "I haven't seen Taylor since like high school I think!" Sydney laughs. The two girls were good friend south Taylor, they played on the same basketball team all throughout high school. But they often got annoyed with her cause the two would try to hang out alone and she would budge in. All the families became close cause of basketball so they would hang out with each other often. And she talked, a lot.

"Ughhhh no I really just wanted it to be a BWill night!" Paige groans. The two sisters laugh at the blondes comment, BWill is what the two families called it when they hung out, B for Bueckers and Will for Williams. BWill hang outs were always the best kind of hangouts. "Whatever, be grateful that at least the Casey's aren't coming to thanksgiving" AJ snorts, yanking up the music loud. "They better not be" Paige says but AJ couldn't hear her over the music.

AJ swung the door open to the Bueckers house, the nostalgic smell immediately hitting Sydney's nostrils. "Alohaaa!" AJ screamed, letting everyone know that she was back. Then there was a sudden rumble, like a stampede of elephants coming to the front door, they all slid of their shoes, placing the pizzas down on the kitchen counter. "Hello Sydie!" Sydney's mom hugged her. All the family hugged the two, finally Taylor comes up to them, greeting them with a smile and hugging them.

"Uh it's been so long! Tell me about UConn!" Taylor says as the three sit on the couch. "It's really good! I love it there, the basketball is tough sometimes but I wouldn't haven't any other way" Sydney smiles at the girl. Paige didn't respond to the question, in fact her whole body was turned away from Taylor. Paige wasn't happy Taylor was here.

"That's so nice! So Syd I heard about what happened with Cole, I'm so sorry he raped you. I would have never thought he was that kind of guy!" Taylor says. Paige jaw clenched at the name. Cole was Sydneys ex boyfriend back in high school. Sydney broke up with him cause he was really controlling and he kinda disappeared for the rest of high school. Until freshman year of college, he showed up at a frat party and grabbed Sydney aside, drugged her, then raped her.

One of the reasons Sydbey transferred. Paige and her never talked about it cause they weren't talking at the time. But Paige found out from her parents and from what Sydney heard, once Paige found out she kinda shut down.

"Taylor shut your ass up, you don't know what you're talking about and it's none of your business!" Paige stands up and storms off to her room. "Sorry about her, let's drop the subject" Sydney tries to be friendly with the girl but in the inside she really just wanted to punch the girl in the face.

Sydney walked off to Paige's room. "P, open" Sydney knocked on her door, knowing Paige hated when people didn't knock. The door knob slowly turned and the door opened. Paige wasn't crying but she sure looked like she was about too. Sydney didn't say anything, she just hugged the girl. "Sorry about this Syd" She whimpered into her shoulder. "Don't be! Are you kidding you have every right to be upset, and have emotions. You have a heart Paige, it's normal" Sydney rubbed the girls back.

"No im sorry I wasn't there for you when you needed me. I should have been there, standing in front of you at that party. None of this would have happened if I was there. And once it happened I was to scared to text you about it and-" Paige rambles on. Sydney pulls away from the hug and puts her hand on the blondes jaw.