"i've been stuck, by the glue, onto you"
- glue song beabadoobee

3rd person

it was now the championship game. the last game of the torment.
ray and paris' flight left in a few hours but paris didn't want to think about that. she didn't want to think about how she wouldn't get to experience this again. she didn't want to think about how she would have to leave her new favorite memories and new found friends behind and go back to a normal life.

during this particular weekend paris and nelson had grown quite close considering they had only met a few days prior. the two bonded over all sorts of things like having 2 brothers (one older one younger), liking the same music and having the same favorite sport.

currently the two teenagers stood next to the court ,where nelson would be playing on for his first championship game with rwe, just talking about random things.
"so are you from chicago?" paris asked realizing she hadn't asked where nelson was from
"nah i'm from houston texas" he replied
"wait me too! we should so hang out soon!" she excitedly suggested
maybe she didnt have to leave everything behind after all
"wait really? i'm so down. ill text you about it when i get home" he responded
he then opened his phone and going to the rwe chicago groupchat where he took her number and added it into his contacts

as the game that was playing before finished cam called the duo over so nelson could warm up and so paris set up. as the girl set her bags down on the bench cam called her over to where him and ray were filming. she quickly made her way over to see what was up.

"now yall at home keep saying 'will paris be back for the next tournament?' and what not." cam talked to the camera as he wrapped an arm around paris' shoulder. "but paris here was only meant to accompany us for this one tournament." he continued
"i know its so sad i dont want it to end!" the girl spoke up.
"well paris, i was wondering if you wanted to be a full time photographer for rwe this summer." cam asked paris
"youre kidding" paris replied in shock and looked behind the camera at her dad.

"i have already agreed to let you come to more tournaments if you chose to, before you ask" ray told his daughter.
"oh my god yes i would love to!!" she exclaimed hugging cam
as the two to talked to the camera nelson ran over to see what they were talking about.

secretly nelson also felt a little down thinking about paris leaving. she was really the only person his age within the group and really one of the only people he really felt a connection with besides ray, cam and lavar. the thought of going to more tournaments without her felt weird to him. like something would be missing.

the boy stood next to paris as she released her hug from cam. when she noticed that nelson was there the immediately turned to him.
"oh my god nelson! guess what!!" she excitedly told him
"what?" he asked smiling at her excitement.
"cam said i can be the official photographer for rwe! meaning i can come to more tournaments!"
"really? that's amazing!" he replied.

he really wasn't that surprised though.

flash back (OK I HATE FLASH BACKS BUT LIKE ITS IMPORTANT)
the night before, while everyone else was asleep, nelson and cam were talking. not about anything in particular but just mainly about the team and how nelson could improve while playing. out of no where cam asked about paris
"so what do you think of paris?"
"yeah she's really nice and just really easy to talk to. i'm sad she can only stay for one tournament though, it would be nice if she could come to more" nelson spoke.

a smirk appeared on cams face as nelson talked about her. he could tell nelson felt a little more for the girl that he might have thought himself.
"well i think there is something i could do about that." he said.
"really?" nelson perked up.

"yeah, i mean i know she really enjoys being here she said it herself. and her photos that she is posting on the rwe page are absolutely insane. i was thinking about asking her to be a photographer for us this summer." cam suggested.

(end of flash back.)

"while you two are here, how many likes on the video?" cam asked the two teens.
"it's the championship game you feel me, we have to get a lot of likes on this video so" nelson started and looked over to paris.
"500,000 likes" the girl joked making nelson laugh along.
"y'all are wilding bro," cam complained "yall said 500? give me 50, 50,000 likes on the video for the championship game"

as everyone finished up warming up and got in a huddle paris grabbed her camera and started taking photos like she always does. the energy was beaming with both excitement and nerves but everyone had the motivation and desire to win.

the game started and paris sat down next to the bench to take photos while nelson sat on the bench next to her. it hadn't even been 10 seconds into the game until the opposition's coach was already on the court jumping and yelling. this was going to be a long game for sure.

as the game progressed ray asked nelson and paris how they think the game will go.
"i don't know if it's gonna go that well, we're tired!" nelson answered.
which was in fact true they had already played 2 games that day so this being the third most players were out of it and ready to go home.
"i have hope i mean sure we're tired but we got it." paris optimistically responded.

throughout the game the coach from the other team continued to yell at not only the refs and the rwe players but also his own team.
"damn i feel bad for those players." paris said looking up at nelson.
"yeah some coaches just be like that though nothing you can really do about it." nelson reassured the girl.

time skip

the final buzzer sounded causing everyone ran off the bench and start dancing on the court including fans. paris laughed as she took a few shots of the chaos until she was unable to move due to the crowd. she felt a hand softly grab her wrist and pull her out. she really didn't have to look up to see who it was because she already knew but she did anyways. her eyes wondered up and met nelson's (as she was expecting). he had a huge smile plastered on his face as he pulled her along to the trophy room.

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tay speaks!

chicago doneeeee! i'm glad to be moving on bc i have ideas planned for dallas.
ignore the fact that the actual photos of the tournament are small asf i couldn't find ANY on pinterest so i had to use google images 🥲
also guys i will only be doing the first and last game of each tournament only because i really couldn't be bothered to write 5 chapters for one tournament
i'm also going on holiday for 6 weeks so i might update i might not you'll never know