Two best friends one goal, to win a championship title. Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers shared the same love for basketball and would do anything to win the game. But what will happen if one of them falls in love, would it change everything? Are they w...
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There are a few things in Azzi's life that she considers important. The top three would be her family, her friends and basketball. It was simple, nothing grand but it was enough for her. Having her family and friends around her and playing the sports she loves was all that she needed. That's all she ever wanted ever since she was younger. When she was a sophomore on high school, she imagined herself being a pro and playing on the league alongside with Paige and their friends while her family watches and cheer for her. It was the perfect dream. A dream she wishes every time she blew her candles on her birthday cake, or whenever she saw a shooting star under a dim lit sky. It was all she ever wanted and she would do anything for it to happen but after her first injury back in 2019, something inside her changed. A tiny part of her, that part of her who always believed, was slowly replaced by doubt. Although she was able to overcome and comeback from it, the damage has been done.
"How are you feeling?"
Azzi looked back at her phone, finding Paige now sitting on her bed on her room back at the apartment. Her unicorn plushie was tucked under the blonde's chin as she stared at her through the screen. "Are you in my room?"
"Yeah," Paige said softly. She could hear the sadness in her voice but before she could say anything the older girl cast her eyes away. "I couldn't sleep last night."
"You know you're always welcome to sleep on my bed right?" Azzi knew it wasn't the first night that Paige slept in her bed, ever since she was gone after her surgery and was sent back home to Arlington for recovery, she was informed by Aubrey after she wasn't able to reach the blonde, that her best friend had been occupying her room for the last three weeks now. That same night she was sent to the hospital to undergo surgery, that's the first night Paige had slept on her bed.
"I miss you, P." Azzi admitted, watching as Paige's eyes glazed over with unshed tears.
"God, baby you have no idea how much I miss you. UConn doesn't feel the same without you."
She felt her own eyes welling up with tears as she saw the pained look covering her face and she blinked them back fast, not wanting to let her see her crying again, Paige had seen enough tears from her yesterday when the blonde called her after practice. "How's the team? You guys ready for the game later?"
"I guess. Everyone misses you, it's just different you know, even coach had slipped out earlier at practice. He said your name twice instead of Ashlyn's when we're talking in the huddle. I think he misses you just as much as I do."
Azzi didn't answer, but she nodded slowly, her smile didn't reach her eyes and her dimples were barely showing. She couldn't help but feel the hollowness creeping back as her shoulders droop and she smiled halfheartedly to mask her disappointment looking down on her hands.
