Take me out of the past | Paige Bueckers

10: brianna

As everyone was playing the game, everyone was laughing having fun. Brianna had tried to let loose and she somewhat was able to but she still wasn't fully comfortable, she would let out a giggle every once in a while and was able to speak a few times. The rest of the team were amazing, Brianna noticed how even though it was clear Paige still didn't feel comfortable, she was enjoying herself, not because of Brianna but because she was with her team. Paige loved her team, they were her sisters on and off the court.

It got to Brianna's turn, the whole team looking at her, the pressure made her nervous and put her on the spot. After a moment of silence she started speaking. "Hmmm, okay one, I used to have 3 pet rats when I was younger. Two, me and my best friend broke my other best friend's arm in the second grade. And three, I recently found out I'm allergic to blueberries."
All the girls, including Geno were thinking, thinking so hard Brianna could almost hear their thoughts.

In Paige's head she was trying to work out the answer, even though her and Brianna hasn't spoken in years, Paige would never forget how much she knew about the stranger. She couldn't help herself, she loved games and was quite competitive, so she wanted to be right. " ok so her, Maizie and Lily are best friends and have been for ages, so the arm one could definitely be true and it sounds like something they'd do. Did she have pet rats or is she allergic to blueberries? I mean she could be allergic if she only found out recently, I wouldn't know. Shit, did she have rats or not?" Paige repeated in her head, trying to remember all of the conversations they had had when they were still friends. Bingo. Paige unlocked an old memory she hadn't visited in a while. She was round Brianna's house, checking out her room when she had stumbled on three small sweaters, they were blue green and purple. Paige had asked Brianna, Brianna fake cried saying her babies are dead, but she couldn't keep a straight face and ended up burst out laughing. Both the girls laughed before Brianna revealed that she used to have three pet rats named pip, pop and poop, the brown one obviously being named poop.

Paige smiled at the memory, figuring out she isn't allergic to blueberries and that was the lie. Brianna asked, "is everyone ready?" Everyone put up their mini whiteboards, most saying the lie was about second grade, KK and ice decided to be different and put that the pet rats was the lie. But Paige was the only one with the allergic to blueberries down.

" Brianna you're killing us, girl what's the lie!!" KK exclaimed. "I'm not allergic to blueberries." Brianna answered with a cheeky smile. "No fair only Paige got that right, and she already knew you." " you're just being a sore loser KK, she could have become allergic to blueberries recently and I wouldn't have known, I haven't talked to her in years." Paige let out, Brianna knew Paige was competitive but damn this is a new level of defensiveness.

"Can we just talk about how you had THREE RATS?!" Caroline half shouted. Or the fact you broke someone's arm!" Azzi returned.

Paige's curiosity got the best of her and after years she broke the no contact, "was it maizie's arm that you broke or lily's?" she said directing it right at Brianna, looking her dead in the eye. The whole team fell silent and were surprised at what was happening because Paige and Brianna hadn't even looked at each other the whole time they'd been here and now Paige is mentioning two people the team had never heard of, this caused everyone wondered if Paige was lying about how well the two girls really knew each other. "Obviously Lily's arm" Brianna said with a small smile spreading across her face. Both girls looked at each other for a second, completely forgetting the shared hate between them, but swiftly turning back to face the rest of the team and acting as if nothing had happened and went back to avoiding each other at all costs.

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Guys I'm trying to write as many parts as I can but I keep getting set so much work from school. I'll try to publish at least two or three parts daily!! Thanks for the patience x