overtime | clark & martin

sixty-three.

The Fever went on a four-game winning streak to close out the first half of the season before the Olympic break. Things in the Fever locker room were no longer tense and while some wondered what happened between Caitlin and Jessica during their trip to New York, Kate didn't need to.

All-Star Weekend was being held in Seattle. Kate was participating in the three-point competition and had also made the All-Star team which meant she would be playing against Jessica and Caitlin on Team USA. Jessica and Kate had agreed that the kids would stay with Jessica's mom who would fly out later to Turkey with the kids once the games started.

The first night in Seattle, a mixed group of Team All-Star and Team USA players decided to go out to the bars. After years of playing together in the same league, they had all become close, and they were grateful for weekends like this when they could just go out.

When they reach the bar, Paige's hands are all over Azzi as she's practically glued to her wife. Cameron walks over to Paige and has to physically separate the two of them as she takes Paige and drags her over to the bartender to buy the first round of shots.

"Okay," Rickea says as she looks at everyone, "Are we taking this game seriously?"

"I think that depends on how much we drink this weekend," Angel answers.

"So, we aren't taking the game seriously," Rickea says with a nod, "Good to know."

"Why?" Jessica asks with a laugh, "Were you planning on dunking on Nika?"

Nika gasps, "Okay why am I getting dunked on? I'm not even the shortest person here."

"Is that a dig at me?" Georgia asks.

"It was certainly a dig at you," Jessica says as she points at Georgia, "You know what, you two should fight it out."

"Jessica," Azzi says firmly with a smile, "Stop being an instigator."

"Sorry Azzi. It won't happen again," Jessica apologizes as she moves to stand beside Azzi and throws an arm around her shoulders. Azzi reaches up and laces her fingers with Jessica. Paige returns with a tray of shots and places them down on the table.

"Next round is on Angel!" Paige says as she points at her.

"Me?" Angel asks.

"Yeah, you lost that bet at training camp," Caitlin points out.

"What bet?" Angel asks.

"You know," Caitlin says, "That bet. Aliyah, you remember right?"

"Yeah! The bet," Aliyah says from the other side of Caitlin, "You know when you had to do the thing?"

Flau'jae claps her hands together, "You know I remember that!"

"See," Paige says, "Next round is on you. Besides, you have a clothing line you can spare some money on your beautiful, loving teammates."

"Actually, half of ya'll aren't even my teammates. You're the opps. And the other half of ya'll are my teammates for like a month," Angel responds.

"No, we're your teammates forever," Caitlin says as she hugs Angel. Everyone at the table laughs as Angel begrudgingly embraces Caitlin. Caitlin smiles as she reaches out and grabs two shots, one for herself and one for Angel. Angel takes the shot with a thankful smile.

Everyone else grabs their shots.

"Salud!" Nika shouts before everyone takes their shot.

Jessica shakes her head following the shot as she sets the glass back on the table.