Take me out of the past | Paige Bueckers

8: brianna

Geno had told Brianna to get to the basketball courts at 5pm. Brianna spent the whole day panicking, the anxiety brought a sickening feeling to her stomach that wouldn't go away. She knew today was the day she'd see Paige, she'd been able to avoid her for nearly a month now. The only thing bringing her any sort of calmness was that Paige probably had no idea what was happening today, so she would be totally caught off guard. Whereas, Brianna already knew what she was stepping into.

Brianna put on some black leggings with an oversized navy uconn huskies hoodie, pairing it with some small gold hoops and her gold necklace that she hadn't taken off since she got it for her 13th birthday, the necklace was a family heirloom that had been passed down to her. Her hair was in a slick back bun and she had only put light makeup on today.

She hugged Jules before leaving her dorm, hearing Jules compliment Brianna on the perfume she was wearing, so Brianna called out "thanks girly" before the door shut.

Brianna walked across the uconn campus, trying to calm herself. She was dreading seeing Paige's face and having to be in a room with her. Her mind was racing a hundred miles per minute that she almost didn't realise she had made it, Geno was stood infront of the door, grinning, Brianna walked over and greeted him with a smile. She pulled a poker face trying not to show her nerves. Geno comforted Brianna, "you don't need to be nervous, they are lovely girls. I promise." Clearly Brianna's poker face wasn't working but at least Geno just thought she was afraid of meeting all the girls, instead of just seeing one of them. His star player nonetheless.

They made their way inside, Geno called for all the girls and before Brianna knew it, a whole herd of girls were walking towards her. As the first girl pulled Brianna in for a hug, Brianna melted, all her anxiety left. The girl introduced herself, her name was Nika, at that point Brianna decided that she already liked Nika, even though they literally met a second ago. The rest of the girls introduced themselves and Brianna felt comfortable, almost forgetting why she was nervous in the first place. That abruptly ended when she made eye contact with the piercing blue eyes she had looked in so many times before, Brianna's face dropped, all the colour left her face and the feeling of sickness washed over her. Silence doomed over both of them, finally being broken by Paige, her voice shaking as she muttered, "Brianna?" Silence fell again until Brianna muttered, "Paige." Both the girls just looked at each other, no more words were shared between them, but the rest of the team and Geno just looked at the two girl, wondering what was this about.