33. Rescue

I will send out an army to find you

In the middle of the darkest night

It's true, I will rescue you

3rd person

"Figures Paige Bueckers would be the one to get the towel and pick her up—" The announcer says as Paige takes Jenna's small frame from Geno, putting her hand securely on her waist as Jenna's arm hangs over her neck.

"This is something you don't want to see Pat— Jenna Midow being escorted from the gym to the trainers as long time teammate, Paige Bueckers is forced to stay on the court—"

Jenna

*10 minutes Prior*

"Alright guys— we need to run Kultz 8 and we need to run it right, if we don't we have no chance to do this play again, Jenna you know what you're doing?" Geno looks up at me as i nod breathless before he looks towards Paige, "You need to run the shock clock down and wait for her to get towards the paint, since they will be looking towards you at the corner, they won't expect you to look towards the paint... Got it!" Geno points towards Paige as she looks at me giving me a small nod.

It's been one week — one week since Paige and I last talked, three days, since I had that talk with Nika and Geno, one week since she yelled at me after seeing Blake, one horrible week, and i'm starting to think this is going to become our normal.

The eye contact, the small nods, but no words.

"You got me?" Paige smiles bumping my shoulder softly, making my wide eyes meet her relaxed blue ones,

You got me.

The first smile — first words, making my heart find its way to beat regular again.

"Always." I smile as she raises her pinky finger to mine as we interlock them— something we used to do as kids..

But what took me by surprise was the way she raised our interlocked hands to her lips kissing them softly.

"Let's win this, alright?" She nods before running out to the court.

The whistle blows as the shock clock begins to count down i felt my world slow as i run towards my play spot, getting guarded by a much bigger girl then me I make eye contact with Paige as she reaches the corner . As I camp under the net i watch the ball leave paige's hand quickly catching it and jumping for a lay up — suddenly, my world went completely black. At first I didn't know where I was, but I knew I was at a court somewhere. My head pounded. Before i knew it i heard the whistle blow and heavy feet running towards me and suddenly i was on the floor, I clutch my mouth hard as a iron tasting liquid fills it..

"Hey — Jenna no breath we go you.." I heard Nikas thick, accented voice as your hand rubs my shoulder softly I wasn't sure it was going on. I had no idea what was going on. No recollection of what game we were in the only thing I was thinking about was, where was she?

"P-paige.." I mumble in fear while i open my eyes as i see my uniform top and hand covered in blood, my eyes burning as tears stream down my face as a familiar blonde sprints over with a towel covering my face from the cameras.

"Hey- hey no— don't touch your mouth !"

Paige

It was like everything happened in slow motion, as soon as she went up for the layup her free arm got caught in her opposing guards causing the girls elbow to hit Jenna's face hard, before she her head hits the ground.

As fast as she dropped — i swore my heart dropped faster.

"She doesn't like blood.." I whisper to myself before looking at Nika, "NIKA DONT LET HER SEE THE BLOOD!"

"PAIGE TOWEL!" Nika yells as my blurred vision comes to focus in panic.

"KK give me my towel!"

"But you can't— if Geno sees you got blood on your towel.."

"GIVE ME MY TOWEL!" I yell in panic as Ash throws me it and I turn quickly to run towards the hoop.

"p-paige.." She mumbles barely making my heart break into pieces as her glossy green eyes met mine before i throw the towel over her head. The last thing she needed was the media posting a picture of her face.

" Hey- hey no— don't touch your mouth !"

I felt her body shake while i look over my shoulder towards the camera man who's recording

Getting up I roll my eyes throwing my hands over the lens and shaking my head, "Don't you have anything better to do with your life! Shes bleeding! Leave her alone, go to commercial break of something!" I growl pushing him away from the scene as they pick Jenna up.

"I-i got her coach -" I nod before taking her into my arms, "i'm here — im right here.." My voice shakes as i lead her to the trainers before Geno puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Coach I can't leave her she hates blood she's gonna freak out!"

"Paige!"

"Coach I can't !" I argue— as my eyes begin to tear up, "She needs me—"

"The last thing she would want is for you to not finish this game— she's in good hands kid, i promise i'll keep you updated, you have one more quarter."

I swallow hard nodding before looking over my shoulder one last time.

I gotta finish this game.

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@uconnupdatesfun5

@uconnupdatesfun5; WHEN I TELL YOU I WAS SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN WHEN PAIGE WAS THE FIRST TO GET TO HER FIRST!! YOU CANT TELL ME THEY DONT LOVE EACHOTHER!!! DID YOU SEE PAIGE CRYING?!!! God i hope jenna is okay but this is FEEDING us Penna or Jaige fans FOR REAL!! Ik the edits are gonna go CRAZYYY!!

comments

@jennamidowfan: I WAS SCREAMING I WAS LIKE GO GET UR GF BOO

@Uconn5555: PAIGES FACE BROKE MY HEART SHE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE KILLED HER PUPPY

@paigefan05: Did you see her after?!! She was   PISSED!!

@Paigelove65: dude she was so mad did anyone else see her screen that girl after she hit her HARD !!!

@uconnwbb5566: Oh to be a fly on the wall in the uconn locker room rn