𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ౨ৎ paige bueckers

𝐱𝐯𝐢𝐢. 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞

๛ ๋ ׅ ˖  𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 / 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭  𝅄 ׂ⭒

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twitter

user1: maia out here looking like she'd rather be ANYWHERE else lmao

87 retweets      15 quote tweets      786 likes

user2: I'm not a basketball fan but I love Maia, who's the blonde girl?

⤷ user3: oh babe...

⤷ user4: LMAOOO NO WAY

user5: that one cousin that didn't wanna be invited to the family reunion:

user3: i was a couple seats over and i'm so serious when i say that maia didn't look at paige ONCE during the entire thing

⤷ user6: stop are u serious

    ⤷ user3: yes bro she locked in on the game and ignored everyone but aubrey and morgan

       ⤷ user6: wait why not aubrey and morgan?

           ⤷ user3: they were sitting next to her so she kinda had to talk to them (they kept trying to make conversation) but istg she was NOT having it

user4: the way she RAN to nika and aaliyah after... yeah she's over it

user7: do you think she knew paige was coming

⤷ user1: girl take a wild guess

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real life, present (azzi's POV)

In hindsight, this was a terrible idea. 

Maia hadn't spoken to Paige since she'd arrived, swallowing her initial reaction ("What the fuck?") and refusing to talk since. Morgan had gotten a few sentences out of her - she was unwilling to be rude to the freshman - but that was it. Her lips were pressed into a firm line. Her eyes never left the court. She sulked in silence all game. It was only when the buzzer sounded that she jumped to her feet, practically running to find Nika and Aaliyah. 

Paige watched her go with an unreadable expression, a convoluted stare that had followed Maia since she'd left. Even as Paige's face molded into desperation, Maia didn't turn around. She turned to Nika instead, gluing herself to the Croatian's side. It was as if Nika was a barrier, or a lifeline. Either way, Maia trailed her like a shadow, following the girl closely as we walked to the restaurant.