•Author's Notes•

Okay sorry for how long the other chapter was, I didn't mean to make it that long it just kind of.. Happened... Anyways.

Meet some new characters right?! They will probably work into the story sometimes.

Also if you're wondering why Paige hasn't hung out with or talked to Mal, Evie, Audrey, etc.. It's because she doesn't really, hang out with that crowd.

Anyways I'm probably gonna end up trying something knew.. Skipping back and forth between scenes! Yeah... I'm reading the book... And I'm starting to kinda not like the movie as much because poor lil Carlos. He needs more credits and scenes. Anyways.

I own nothing but my ideas, plot some charas and obvi this story thing.

And thank you guys for reading!

Also still T for violence and cursing.

'Defense!'

'Jump, side twirl, land with left leg then right and tumble!'

'High jump!'

'Cheshire fake out'

'Pass to Jay'

Paige's mind was going, it was on fire and she was in sync with a few people. One of them happened to be Jay. Turned out they were a lot alike on the Tourney Field. While she was kind of in sync with Carlos, and well Not at all with Ben, Chad, and the rest well not really. She didn't talk to the jocks and didn't well get their style. Of course she determined this the first time she played, but now sense she was on the team. This was serious.

'Receive'

'Admire'

'Trip'

'Stumble'

'Pass to Carlos!'

Jay thought as he admired how Paige played but then quickly loosed his game only for a second, Carlos passing it back to him when he was back in it. Jay scoring a goal when he got it back.

Unfortunately he wasn't the only one who noticed...

"Hey Jay, can I umm, talk to you for a second..?" Carlos asked later, once they were on a break.

"Sure..?" Jay was slightly confused by how his friend acted but just fallowed him over to the bleachers to talk to him.

"So um.." Carlos looked awkwardly from his hands, the bleachers, repeated this then looked back up and over at Jay. "Do you like Paige or something? Because-"

"Whoa whoa whoa, I do not like Paige. Not at all. I mean she's probably more evil than me plus she hates me so."

"Buuut-" Carlos just moved his head back and forth slightly as to motion a scale. "That's never stopped you before."

With that Jays cheeks actually grew darkish faint red. Okay so maybe he did like her a little bit. "Maybes tiny bit but you know what it's not happened, and this conversation didn't either." Jay explained before getting up and walking back over to the team. Carlos quickly fallowing

'Juicy.' She thought as a small shucked grin slipped onto her face. She knew she could use this against Jay, or to ruin Page. But was unsure which, so with that she merely skipped back to her dorm, out from under the bleachers. That couldn't have gone better.

The rest of the practice was well.. Jay made sure not to pass the ball to Paige and it ended up being a competition to the point the coach had to put the two on different teams. In which they actually succeeded in knocking each other down and the ball out of their grips... It got bad.

By the end they were probably both covered in scratches and bruises before Paige went up to him yelling and throwing her helmet on the ground at the end of practice..

"The hell is your problem?!" She shrieked, the coaches ignoring her not wanting to interfere in what they would think to be a lovers quarrel.

"The hell is yours?!" He yelled back at them his helmet already off as he glared over at her before looking away.

"Nothing you dipshit! I was just fighting off your angry ass! What were you jealous of me or something?!" She barked out at him horribly enough that it made Carlos jump from where he was standing away from them now.

"Like hell I am! Miss I'm too fucking good for everyone and oh look at me I'm a bipolar little shit who likes someone then hates them the next fucking day!" He yelled back at her before Paige just laughed slightly before bursting into tears with laughter. Everyone looking quite confused but Jay he looked angrily confused.

"So this is what it's about!? You like me don't you but you're just pissed off because I don't feel the same!" She declared laughing even more to where she was holding her stomach.

Carlos facepalmed, Ben stared wide eyed and Chad just snickered at them. The couch shook his head unsure what to think now.

"I-I do not I just-"

"Oh please! Don't try to play it innocent your cheeks are not only red now but you're stuttering and you're voice is a bit higher!" Paige scoffed before blowing the hair out of her face. "Don't kid yourself, kid." She chuckled before walking away and out of practice...

Jay stood there speechless once again. "She really is worse than a VK..." He murmured before glaring at the team. "The fuck are you guys looking at!" He screamed. That's when Ben walked over.

"We need to talk." Is all he said before it was clear that he knew something and just nodded Ben and Jay going away.

Paige stormed off to her room where Maddy and Arnold were eagerly awaiting her.

"So how'd it go?!" Maddy had that huge toothy grin of hers per usual. Arnold staring up curiously not too surprised Paige was Her Roomate.

"Hilarious! Turns out Jay liked me!" She laughed a little more at that, saying it so mockingly.

"Well no dip! Why do you think he puppy dogs you around?" Maddy giggled before Arnold sighed shaking his head.

"You didn't play with his feeling did you?" He asked looking quite concerned

"No. Course not I just laughed and told him I don't like him back. Course he didn't tell me I just figured it out." Paige shrugged before plopping down in a hammock.

"I think that might be worse." Arnold commented back Mady shaking her head to agree.

"How so?" She asked curiously.

"Because what if you do end up liking him." Arnold questioned Maddy shaking her head in agreement once more.

"Won't happen. I'm only here for a lil while. Dad promised... So I'm sure it won't happen..." Paige smiled or faked it. Her dad was horrible with keeping his word and she just hoped he would come through for her this time.

"You sound like Mal." Arnold commented rolling his eyes.

"Yes but my parents loved me." She scoffed at the comment.

"Ouch. But still she didn't plan to stay here but guess what she's still here and with the one she least expected, Ben. So all you could know that same exact situation could happen to you." Arnold explained as he analyzed the situation.

"Shut up. " is all she sis's before turning her back to them. "I'm sore and I want some rest.."

Maddy sighed she didn't know what to say now. Arnold just shrugged and said bye before leaving.

"Paige.. You do know you're welcome here, right..?" She questioned her voice a bit saddened.

"Yes Mady. Thank you though." She peeks over and smiled before laying her head back down and shortly falling asleep.

Ben took Jay for a little walk, the two walking from the Field to the forest and to the dorms.

"So you know how I knew Mal liked me right?" He asked looking over at the still pissed off and humiliated Jay.

"No..." Jay huffed out sticking his hands in his pockets.

"The look in her eye, and the fact she never told me to go away and pushed me away because she didn't want anyone to get hurt. Also because the way she treated me." He smiled before thinking and compared notes to the two. "And from what I see, Paige is worse about denial than Mal." He concluded getting an eyebrow raise from Jay.

"How so..?" He asked intrigued now.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but she seemed to pass the ball to you the most until you're little fit. Then before that when I seen you two together she was laughing more than often a blush always on her cheeks. Also I heard from Someone that you two were out late at the Tourney field. That and she let you drag her to Tourney, she can fly after all." Ben pointed out all the obvious facts making Jay think before he spoke up kinda quiet and still thinking.

"So, you really think she likes me?" He asked before looking over at him.

"Most definitely." Ben nodded giving him a comforting smile.

After that Ben and Jay ended up talking about Tourney and ways he could swoon Paige. However it wasn't going to be easy. Being Jay was the one who knew her best and he didn't even know her that well...

The next day Paige ended up completely ignoring Jay the next day during class. Jay however was determined. And if he couldn't get her attention with kindness well there was always the other option. So after many attempts of tiny paper balls, chair kicks, poking, and well random small objects being thrown at her, he ended up just waiting for her to exit the class. Jay waited till she was walking out to crab her hand and pull her away. And which to this she ignored him still and flew up making him well let go and fall to the ground. Paige was now back to step one. Or well step non as in for she was determined to not become friends or even acquaintances with him or anyone else. She was very stubborn and when she wanted to she would not leave it alone.

Jay just however was just as stubborn and got up from the floor before grabbing her wrist tightly enough for her to Yelp and go to punch him in the face. Jay grabbing her other wrist then.

"No. Not happening, come on." He sounded a bit pissed and annoyed now before he picked her up and threw her over the shoulder. This led to a beating... Her flailing and kicking him in the face and the back of the head and back and stomach and whoever she could hit and or kick him.

"Let me go you fucking douchewad! Isn't it clear when you should leave someone alone?!" She screeched yelling at him making everyone who heard turn a head to look.

"Yes and I don't care." He said before he held onto her tighter, rolling his eyes at her lil fit.

"Jerk!" She screamed before he finally sat her down and hugged her tight.

"Call me whatever you want. But I know you, and I know you don't mean that." Jay said a bit softer and saddened only for Paige to push him away. He swore if this didn't work he was gonna kick Bens ass all the way to the isle of the lost and back, just so he could do it again.

"You don't know that! You know nothing about me! And you or anyone else will never truly be there for me!" She yelled before realizing that it sounded exactly like she was saying that to her dad. Which then she just started to tremble a bit before going to storm away, only got Jay to grab her hand.

"I know you're short tempered, you rock at Tourney, you're extremely smart, and you put on this tough girl leave me alone act when in all reality you hate being alone, hate hurting others and most of all you re afraid of getting hurt again..." Paige froze before she really started to cry. She didn't know who the heck told him this but she wanted to kick their ass soooooo bad right now. "And I promise I don't want to hurt you."

... Paige stayed quiet and stared at him before she just shook her head. "I can't... "

"Can't what?"

"Go back..." She mumbled before hugging him tightly shivering and shaking now. "D-don't let them take me again!" She sobbed out holding onto him as if he were her last hope, which in this case. He might just be.

At this Jay stared surprised it worked before hugging her back and nodding slightly, his voice actually comforting and soft.

"I promise, they won't.."

Jay then knew Paige wasn't telling the full story as to why she was here..