Off the court

Breaking point

I woke up in Paige's arms. I slowly got up to avoid waking her. Her eyes began to open, and she said, "Mya, where are you going?" I replied, "Paige, I have to get ready to leave. I'll see you at practice." Paige went back to sleep, and I headed to her bathroom to get ready. I took a shower. *20 minutes later* I put on a long-sleeve white shirt with some pink jeans. I brushed my teeth and put my hair into a ponytail, slicking it back. I walked into the living room and saw Aubrey and Azzi, but that was it. Emma and I said hi and sat down in the kitchen. Azzi asked, "Hey Mya and Emma, y'all about to leave?" I replied, "Yeah, we're about to. We didn't want to overstay." Aubrey chimed in, "You don't have to leave right now. You guys can stay." "Oh, okay. Thank you," I said, taking the bags off my shoulders. I asked Azzi and Aubrey, "Where is everyone else except for Paige?" They replied, "Their dorm is two doors down, and they usually come in a little bit." I asked, "You guys wanna make some breakfast?" They replied, "Yeah, sure. That'll probably wake Paige up." I asked, "What does that mean?" Emma laughed, "I think they're trying to say she'll smell the food." Aubrey added, "Exactly, you get it." I rolled my eyes and grabbed the eggs, bacon, and pancake mix. "How do you guys like your bacon and eggs?" I asked. Kk replied, "The group likes their bacon regular, but Paige likes hers burnt, so yeah." "Oh, okay. What about the eggs?" Kk and Aubrey said, "We all like scrambled." I said, "Okay," and started making everything. *20 minutes later* Paige came into the kitchen still in her pajamas, looking cute. I smiled, "Good morning, Paige." She replied, "Good morning, Mya." I set everyone's plates out and yelled, "Food is ready!" Everyone came, sat down, and started eating. I sat next to Emma and kk. I heard the door open, and it was the rest of the team. I had already made their plates, so I said, "Oh, hi, good morning! I made you guys breakfast." They thanked me and sat down with us. I was scrolling through TikTok and noticed that Jackson had liked all my videos. Kk noticed and said, "Jackson is literally obsessed with you, girly pop." Of course, Paige overheard and asked, "What happened?" I whispered to Kk, "Don't tell her. I don't want her getting upset." Kk replied, "Nothing, Paige." Paige pressed, "Why won't you guys tell me?" Now, the whole team was looking at Paige, who seemed ready to crash out. I asked, "Paige, are you cool?" She responded in a mad voice, "Does it look like I'm cool, Mya? No, I'm not." I hadn't expected her to react like that, and now everyone was staring at us. I said, "Emma, we can leave now. Thank you for having us." Emma didn't say anything as we left with our bags. We got into the elevator and went back to our dorm. When I got to my room, I closed the door and started crying. Emma opened the door and hugged me. "Mya, it's okay. I think she just let it out the wrong way." I replied, "I know, but she hurt me by saying that." I had to see her at practice in 30 minutes. Emma reassured me, "You're okay, Mya. Just ignore her and talk to the rest of the team." I nodded, redoing my mascara after crying.

I drove to the gym, got my camera equipment, and saw the team hanging out with Paige, so I kept walking. I finally got into the gym, and Azzi came up to me. "Mya, are you okay after that incident?" I replied, "Yeah, Azzi, I'm good." She pressed, "You sure? You know you can talk to me." I sighed, "Yeah, Azzi, I'm fine. Go warm up, and stop worrying about me, please." She nodded and started shooting around. Geno began practice, saying we were working on rebounding since we weren't great at it. *45 minutes later* I had taken about 150 shots, but only about five were of Paige. I could feel her eyes on me. I knew she hadn't meant to say it like that, but it still hurt. When practice ended, I walked past Paige and headed to Azzi. "You want to go to the mall?" I asked. She smiled, "Yeah, let me just take a shower and change, and I'll be there!" I smiled back and said, "Okay." As I left the gym, I felt someone grab my waist. It was Paige. We made eye contact, and she asked, "Mya, why are you ignoring me?" I just looked at her and kept walking. I got into my car and drove back to the dorm, waiting for Azzi. My phone dinged.

Paige 🔥: Mya, why were you ignoring me???

I ignored her text because I couldn't let her boss me around like that—it reminded me too much of my ex. When I got to the dorm, I saw Emma watching TV. I sat next to her. "Hey, Emma." She asked, "Hi, Mya. How did practice go?" I replied, "It went fine. Paige tried to talk to me, but I ignored her." Emma said, "Mya, I think you should talk to her before it's too late." I was confused, "What do you mean?" She explained, "Well, Mya, she might take this seriously." I thought for a moment. "I never thought about it that way." I sat there, thinking. "Well, I have to go pick up Azzi, so I'll talk to her then." I said goodbye and left. I went to Paige's dorm and knocked on the door. She opened it.