UNTOUCHABLE : A Paige Bueckers Story

Someone New

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"TWIN!" Nika shouts across the living room, running over and taking a seat next to me on the couch. Ice comes following her with a phone in hand.

"Okay, go!" Ice says, clicking what I assume to be the recording button. Damn, I think, we just invited everyone over to our dorms and they already out here making tiktoks or some shit.

Nika raises an arm around me, holding up an upside down hairbrush to her mouth. "We're here with The Paige Bueckers! Otherwise known as my twin," She adds, pointing to the camera. Ice snorts behind the phone, and I add a little laugh with her. "So, Miss Bueckers, what are your thoughts on winning tonight's game?"

She shifts the hairbrush towards me like a mic. I decide to just take it out of her hand, running a tongue in between my lips as I thought of a good answer. "Y'know, I thought it was a great way to start the season." Both Ice and Nika nod in agreement. "And I'm feeling ready to catch some more W's."

Nika snatches the brush from me and says, "You heard it here. Miss Bueckers loves to win." Ice clicks off the camera and Nika quickly stands back up without another word. A mischievous smile spreads on her lips when she points across the room and says, "Let's go get Aubrey."

Ice smiles back and the two quickly head over to the kitchen, where Aubrey stands shoving a slice of pizza into her mouth.

After the game, Azzi, Nika, Aaliyah and I decided to invite the team to ours for pizza. Everyone was ecstatic with energy from our first win of the season. The room was loud with yelling and the sound of music only pumped everyone up more.

I sat on the couch alone, trying to regain some energy after such a hype game. Scrolling through my phone, all I can see is this stupid video of me accidentally slamming one of the cheerleaders. Nothing about how many points we dropped or any of the players stats. So damn annoying. I know it wasn't either of our faults, but I still felt a sort of pang of guilt whenever I watched it. I felt bad. This cute girl is probably all over the internet and getting so many weird messages.

"Paige?" Azzi asks calmly, despite the chaotic environment around us. She takes a seat next to me. "What are you doing?"

"Just chillin' for a bit." I tell her, scrolling mindlessly on my phone. The video pops up again. I sigh. "Do you know this girl?" I ask Azzi, turning the phone on her direction.

Leaning over, she watches the video. Her eyebrows scrunch together. "You don't?"

I look at her confusedly. Why would I know this girl? "Should I?"