OCEAN EYES

PBucks💙

"Hey!" I scream at the blonde who is shooting in the empty gym.
My voice instantly catches her attention.
"Hi!" She says, letting the ball roll away from her as she drops it.
She is in her warm up clothes which consist of a blue uconn tracksuit.
Her hair is braided but not yet put into her signature ponytail.
"Thanks for coming." She says giving me a smile.
"Couldn't miss seeing thee 'Paige Bueckers' play." I say while giggling.
"Ya you'd be awfully surprised at how much it costs for court seats with a beautiful view of thee 'Paige Bueckers'." She says also adding a laugh.
My face drops.
"You bought them?" I ask while emphasizing the 'you'.
"No silly all I had to say was I needed the best seats for my dying grandma, and they gave me them for free." She says now hysterical.
"Funny."
"I'll show you the seats." She adds while walking towards the other side of the court.
I follow her to right behind the UConn bench.
"Here!" She says pointing to a seat that has a UConn jersey on it.
"Oh and this is for you!" She picks up the jersey and hands it to me.
I smile while receiving it.
"Looks authentic."
"It is, I wore it last game... hence the stains." She says pointing to the barely noticeable stains on her jersey.
I know she mentioned me wearing her jersey, but I simply thought she meant one from the merch store that fans buy.
I definitely didn't expect her to give me a jersey she still wears.
I slip the jersey over myself, quickly noticing how big it is on my 5'2 self.
I've always wished to be taller.
Then I would be able to make more of the headers I miss during my soccer games.
I now realize the height difference between Paige and I.
Not that it wasn't noticeable before because I knew she was a genuinely tall person, but it really did stand out now.
"How tall are you?" I blurt out.
"6 foot, why?" She says looking confused.
"No reason.." I awkwardly say.
"What are you 5 foot?" The blonde says giving me a smirk.
"Actually i'm 5'2." I add crossing my arms.
"Huge difference." She says sarcastically.
"Okay and you're 5'10." I snap at her returning the same smirk.
"You know, you still haven't given me your number yet." The girl says.
She had a point, this whole time we've only been texting one snap.
"Then let me give it to you." I say smiling.
I grab her phone and type my number in.
"Name me something good." I joke.
"You too." She adds.
I see her type in a name for me as I do the same.
I type 'Paige' into my phone not knowing what else to put.
I quickly delete it and put 'PBucks💙' instead.
I hear the squeak of someone's basketball shoes.
Paige and I both turn our heads at the noise.
"HEY PAIGEY!" A girl screams at Paige.
"Hi KK.." Paige says while laughing at the energetic girl.
"Who's this?" The girl says while looking at me.
The girl is now standing next to Paige.
"KK, this is Becca Vyens, she's the captain of UConn's soccer team." The basketball player says introducing me.
"Becca, this is KK Arnold, she's my teammate." Paige adds.
"Nice to meet you I say sticking my hand out so she would shake it.
KK suddenly shakes my hand aggressively.
"Nice to meet you too!"
"Wow Paigey..." She says whispering to Paige, but her tone was loud enough for me to hear.
"So soccer.. that's a lot of running." The girl adds trying to break the awkwardness.
"Ya it is." I say laughing.
"What position?"
"I'm a striker." I add.
"Cool, cool." She says.
"Anyways P, coach wanted me to let you know that we are starting warmups soon so you should probably get ready." KK tells Paige.
Paige responds with a nod while KK runs back into the locker room.
"I'm going to get ready. Make sure to get some good food before the crowd comes." Paige says giving me a smile before following KK.
I return the smile back to her.

As the games about to start, the arena is just about fully packed.
A boy sits next to me on one side and on the other, a family.
The boy is with his friends, all wearing UConn jerseys.
"Bueckers ay?" He says to me.
I look at him in confusion not knowing if that's a good or bad comment.
"Ya." I say adding a slight laugh.
"She's quite a player." He says also laughing.
"Jadon Keltz, I'm on the men's basketball team." He adds.
"Becca Vyens, I do not play basketball but I'm captain of the soccer team here." I say trying not to sound too boring.
"That counts."
This makes me smile.
"Have you met Paige?" He asks.
Have I met Paige?
Hmm..
"Oh ya just around campus." I say playing it off.
This earns a nod from him.
"I was going to say I could introduce you guys after the game, but you ruined that by already knowing her." He says clearly joking.
I laugh along at his joke.
"Can I get your snap?" Jadon asks completely out of nowhere.
Shit.
My whole life I've always hated saying no to things like this.
When I was young and someone would ask if I could have one of my toys, I'd always say yes out of guilt.
But It also was just my snap, I could just ghost him after tonight if I really wanted to.
"Sure!" I say smiling at him.
I give him my snap.
"Thanks." Jadon replies now also smiling.

AUTHORS NOTE
ok sorry at how slow this is going...
this was just an important part for later.
BUT ALSO!!!
don't be a ghost reader pleaseee
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