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plot: reader plays for ucla...all that needs to be said

trope: one-sided enemies to lovers

pairings: wbb ucla! black! reader x juju watkins

warnings: uh foul language maybe

a/n: as promised 🙂‍↕️ since minnesota on a winning streak...do we want jessica shepard, natisha heideman or napheesa collier fic next? (dw, y'all are still getting a gabby fic)

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"You a fuckin' bitch! Fuck out my face!"

Her brother picked up the remote and turned off the YouTube video she watching. It was the highlights of one of her highschool games when she got into it with her rival Juju Watkins. "Aye- I was watchin' that!"

"You ready?"

She sighed, getting up from the couch in her dorm. "Yeah." They were going to the fair tonight with some of his friends cause hers bailed for some college party. She wasn't too big on college parties. "I'm drivin'. 'Ion trust you behind the wheel."

He rolled his eyes, kissing his teeth, "man, whatever. You act like you drive any better."

"Who got they license first?" She shot back to silence him.

They stopped by their moms because she said they had to take their little brother with them. It didn't take long to get there. "Aye, I'mma meet back wit' you later." Her brother said, going the opposite way to find his friends. "Damian! Bro- we barely got here and you just ditchin' us?" She groaned, her little brother snickering under his breath.

She sighed, looking at her brother, "what you wanna do first, Shea?"

"My friends is here too."

Of course. Was she that hard to be around? Why was everyone ditching her? "Where they at?"

He glanced down at his phone to check, "by the rides." She sighed, taking him down to the rides section. He ran over to his friends, one of them looking his sister up and down. "Damn you get finer everyday!" He smirked, dapping up his friend.

Her brother grimaced, smacking his arm, "man chill out. She like girls."

"So? I can change her mind."

"In your dreams." She turned to her brother, "you want me to get lost?" He pursed his lips, nodding his head in response. She huffed, pulling out her wallet and pulling out a couple twenty's to make a hundred. "Y'all stick together. I ain't gon' follow you but I'mma be in this area to keep my eyes on you. You got an hour to get on some rides and then we gon' get some food. Keep your phone on."

They didn't waste a second taking off. She scoffed, "a thank you would've been nice."

A couple minutes later, Juju was walking around the area with some of her USC teammates when Kiki pointed out someone. "Hey, isn't that y/n?" Juju immediately turned her head to look over, a smirk forming on her lips. She recognized y/n from any angle. Instead of her typical slick back, she had her curls loose, a basic t-shirt and jeans with no makeup.

"Should we go talk to her?" Dom asked.

Kiki scoffed, "so Juju and Y/n can fist fight in the ferris wheel? No. Let's just pretend we never saw her-"

"Too late," Avery cut off, pointing to Juju who was approaching the UCLA player.

"I'll go one more time," y/n spoke, handing over some more cash.

She felt someone's arm brush up against hers when they stood beside her. Then the voice spoke. The very recognizable voice. "Friends ditch you princess?" She tossed a ball towards the cup, completely missing, only making Juju's smirk even wider.

She sighed deeply, "this day just keeps getting worse and worse."

"Aw. You not happy to me?" She mocked, all up in her personal space without a fuck given.

She scoffed, tossing another ball and missing. "The only person happy to see you was your Momma when she unfortunately gave birth to you." Juju winced dramatically, setting a hand on her chest for extra effect, "oou, that hurts, really. Did you come up with that in the shower?"

"My bed actually," she corrected, tossing another ball.

Juju smiled, tilting her head slightly, "you think of me when you in bed?"

She halted her movements, turning to look at the enemy. "A'ight, what you want? 'Cause you standin' here botherin' me you must want somethin'. What is it?"

"You look lonely. Come hangout wit' me and my girls." She proposed.

She laughed, shaking her head in amusement as she returned to her game. "Man, get out my face."

"What? I'm bein' serious." Juju stated, grabbing one of the balls in the basket to toss at the cups.

She scoffed, smacking Juju's hand away from her basket. "Now why would I want to spend my very precious time wit' you and your USC girls? And why would you want to spend time wit' my UCLA ass?"

Juju smiled at her questions, nudging her waist, "'cause I like you."

She tossed a ball into the cup successfully and scowled, "and I hate you."

The worker came up to her with her prize, a goldfish. Yes, a real goldfish. She took it with a smile, "thank you." She turned to Juju, "leave me alone, okay? Shouldn't be too hard." She walked away and her eyes landed a kid staring at her goldfish. "Yo, kid! You want it?" His eyes brightened and he nodded. She walked over and handed the kid the fish. "What you gon' name him?"

"2Chainz," he grinned.

She chuckled, "nice."

Juju and her friends walked around, getting to the bumper cars, she spotted y/n's little brother. "Shea!" He turned around, "my sis said I can't talk you!" Juju laughed, "why not?!" He glanced around, searching to see if she was in the vicinity before he replied. "She said talkin' to you would make me stupid!"

"Tell her I said she's stupid!"

"I gotchu!"

After they got off the cars, Juju made sure to find Shea after. "Yo, text her and ask where she at," she requested. "I'mma need some compensation..." She laughed, setting a twenty in his hand and he smirked, shooting a text to his sister. He got a quick text back. "She's in line for the Ferris Wheel."

"'Preciate it. I'll meet up wit' y'all later," she said towards her friends before running off in the other direction.

"You can't get on without a partner-"

"I'll go with her!" Juju cut through the line to get up there, y/n sighing heavily in exasperation. She stepped inside and Juju took the seat beside her. "I'm gonna kill him," she mumbled under her breath, crossing her arms.

Juju smirked, sliding an arm over y/n's stiff shoulders. "This is romantic."

Y/n took her arm and threw it off. "Don't touch me."

"Fine." Juju shrugged, instead moving in a little closer to y/n. It forced her to get up and move to the other side. "That's even better. Now I can see all of you," she smirked.

Y/n pulled out her phone to take pictures of the view, stopping when she noticed Juju still staring at her. She leaned forward, elbows digging into her knees and Juju copied her stance. "Does your girlfriend know you're stalking me?" Juju smiled, shaking her head, "no." She squints in confusion, "shouldn't she know what her girlfriend is doing?"

"Why you gotta bring her up? This moment about us. Fuck her." Juju scoffed, no desire to think about her.

"No, no, this is not a moment. This is you terrorizing me."

"Terrorizing? That's a bit excessive. I'm just tryna hang out wit' you. What's wrong with that?"

"Literally everything. You know I don't like you and still you insist on tryna be friends." She was really wishing she could walk away right now, but no, because Juju trapped her. "Why you don't like me?"

"You know why."

"Really? All this 'cause I stole your girl in highschool? 'Ion even like her no more." Juju denied, not that y/n was buying anything she was saying. "Oh really? Why you still wit' her then? Tell me that."

She ignored the question. "Is it too late to say sorry? Even if you should be the one apologizing," she whispered the last part under her breath so y/n could catch it.

"You could be apologetic all you want. I'm still gon' hate you."

Juju smirked, reaching over to take her hand and she quickly snatched it away in disgust. "You know..I actually kinda like that you hate me. It makes the chase more fun."

"You gotta be the most delusional person I've ever met," she deadpanned.

"I'd prefer determined," Juju corrected. Seeing as she wasn't getting through to her and the ride was almost over, she had to come up with something. "Okay, what about this? You hangout wit' me for the rest of the day and if you don't like me by the end of the night, I won't bother you no more."

It wasn't a bad idea...and she hated to admit it. "'Kay, what's the catch?"

"If you like me..I gotta get a kiss."

She sighed, taking a couple seconds to think it over. It sounded repulsive, obviously. But, there was zero chance she would like her, and if this got Juju off her back, so be it. "Fine. Might as well entertain myself somehow."

Juju held her hand out to seal the deal, and she was hesitant to touch her. Fed up with her hesitation, Juju reached over to take her hand. The ride stopped and they both stepped out. Y/n stepped to the side to call her brother, his time with his friends being up. He complained for a little bit before running back over to meet up with them.

"What's she doin' here? Thought you hated her." Shea said, causing Juju to look at her in offense.

"Don't ask questions. You wanna eat or not, O'Shea?" Y/n began walking, not waiting for a reply.

"Man, chill on the government name," he complained as she pushed him to walk in front of her.

"I'm surprised you know how to pronounce government." She retorts, stopping at the line for slushys.

They got their cups and Juju insisted on paying. "You think payin' is gon' earn you cool points?" She remarked, and her attitude only made Juju swoon more. "I like when you insult me." She groaned, walking away with her drink. Juju filled up her cup and ran after her. Shea just chuckled, sipping on his slushy before y/n flicked his ear, "what do you say?"

He sighed, looking up at Juju, "thank you."

She smiled, patting his head as he tried to swat her hand away. "You're welcome."

"What do you want to eat?" She asked, looking to her brother because she honestly didn't care what Juju wanted. "Barbecue," he answered, pointing to one of the stands. They walked over and ordered him whatever he wanted, and of course Juju insisted on paying again. They found a bench to sit at and y/n glanced around at the other stands. "Stay here. I'mma get some fries."

Shea just shrugged, continuing to eat his food as y/n and Juju went off to get other food. When they came back, Juju had a turkey leg and his sister had fries, tacos, and a corn dog. "Damn-" she shot him a glare and he quickly shut up. "That's what I thought. Eat your damn food."

Juju smiled, looking at her lovingly, "you're so mean."

She raised a daring brow, "look at me like that again and I'll shove that turkey leg down your throat." Shea bit back a laugh as Juju immediately averted her eyes back to the table. "Is she gon' be with us the rest of the day?" He asked towards his sister. He wasn't complaining either. He actually missed Juju being around the family. They used to be so close until...well, the rivalry took over.

"Unfortunately."

He turned to Juju, "ain't you datin' y/n's girlfriend?"

Juju rolled her eyes, shrugging her shoulder, "yeah so?"

"Won't she be mad y'all hangin' out?"

"Yeah, so? 'Ion give a fuck 'bout her," she dismissed, taking a sip of her drink.

"Then why are you dating her?"

Y/n smiles, turning to her, "yeah, please enlighten us. Why are you dating her if you claim to hate her so much?" Juju returned to smile, leaning closer to her, "'cause it gets under your skin and when you're bothered, you don't play very well."

"I played good enough to kick your ass last year," she stated through clenched teeth.

"Oh yeah?" She smirked, brushing one of her curls away before she smacked her hand away. "And uh..who won those two rematches?" She liked this. No-- she loved this. Getting under y/n's skin, pushing her buttons with every word she spoke. At this point, she didn't even care if y/n liked her by the end of the night. She was winning either way. Just talking to her again...it made her feel good, like the old times.

"She kinda ate you up," Shea input causing his sister to shoot him another deadly glare.

"You should've chose USC. Now you and Betts gotta carry your bitch ass team 'cause everyone knows UCLA fuckin' sucks." She expected y/n to be angry by her words but all she did was cause confusion. "They seriously didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"USC didn't want me. They wanted you. They made that very clear." Juju furrowed her brows in confusion, this being news to her. She could've sworn USC had their eyes on y/n before she committed to UCLA. Y/n leaned over to her, voice dropping to a whisper so her brother couldn't hear. "That is why I hate you, Judea. USC was my dream and you stole it from me. That's all you know how to do. Steal."

"Can I go get a lemonade?" Shea asked and y/n slapped her card in his hand.

Juju reached over to take her hand, the guilt eating at her now. "I didn't know that- okay? If I did-"

"-you'd do nothing."

"That's not true. I would try to do something- anything because I knew it meant that much to you. Okay? Before all this shit- we were friends, and I cared about you." It was true. Before y/n moved to the rival school in high school, they were friends. They grew up near each other, attending the same elementary school. They used to be best friends. Juju wished it stayed that way, if only basketball didn't get in between them.

"I don't believe you."

"You are so damn stubborn-"

"Watch your mouth."

"Or what?" Juju scoffed, her grip tightening on her hand. "I never wanted this to happen to us. This was your fault. You let basketball become more important than our friendship and look where it got us. You can't even look at me." Y/n just stared at their hands, blinking away a tear.

"Forget it. Bets off. I'll see you in February." She didn't make a single effort to stop her, glancing up to watch her walk away.

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It was late at night when Juju got the news. Y/n had entered the transfer portal and was joining USC for her sophomore year. She didn't know how to feel about it. She kept replaying their conversation at the fair in her head until it hurt. The whole team wouldn't shut up about y/n and that just made her head hurt even worse.

She knew y/n had been on campus for two days already, given she had lunch with Kiki. She had yet to speak or see her yet and she wondered why y/n hadn't tried to come see her. She figured she would be the first person she'd come find. Maybe she was just being too optimistic. Clearly she wasn't the same girl she grew up with. With that, she forced herself to lower her expectations.

It was maybe 3am/03:00 when Juju was woken up by the doorbell. Her roommate Avery didn't get up, and her girlfriend wasn't moving to get it either. She sighed, throwing the covers off to get up. Her girlfriend yawned, turning on her side and pulling the covers closer. Juju rolled her tired eyes, stepping out of her bedroom to get the door.

She unlocked it and pulled it open, eyes landing on an even more exhausted y/n. She couldn't stop herself from saying it. "It's about time."

She wanted to roll her eyes but resisted. "Can we talk?"

Juju sighs, nodding her head. She grabbed a hoodie and stepped out, shutting the door after her. They walked out of the building to a more quiet area outside by the grass. She took a breath, putting her words together before she said it. "I wanted to say..I'm sorry. I should've never let a rivalry get in between us."

"I'm sorry too. For uh..taking your girl and..."

"I don't really give a fuck about her, so it's whatever," she shrugged. Truly, she didn't. She stopped caring months ago. "Why you even date her though? She don't even seem like your type." Juju pursed her lips, glancing down at the sidewalk. "Uh, I guess it's 'cause she was close to you and being with her..it made me feel close to you again."

She reached over to take her hand, pulling Juju closer to her. "You don't have to feel like that again, okay? I'm here now. I'm not goin' nowhere. We can start where we left, only if you want that is. I understand if you want nothin' to do with me-"

Judea cut her off by cupping her face and bringing their lips together. It was breathless and passionate, filled with years of yearning on both sides. Obviously it caught her by surprise but that didn't mean she wanted to pull away. Juju was far from a bad kisser. She kissed like she was running out of air. Like she was running out of time and this was the last thing she wanted to do with her final moments.

Judea didn't just want her bestfriend back. She wanted the love of her life back. The girl she grew up loving and adoring. From the very moment the girl across the street asked if she wanted to have a sleepover because she was new to neighborhood and had no friends. She saw through the hate, through the rivalry. She saw her true colors every single time.

"Y/n!" They pulled away, turning to see her brother waving her down. He was the one to walk her over to the dorms. The kiss didn't surprise him at all. He always knew they were gonna be together. He only went to UCLA so she wouldn't be alone. The second she hit the transfer portal, he did too. "Ready to go?"

She took a step back, catching her breath. She couldn't fight the smile that found her lips, and it made Juju happy to see. She was silently hoping y/n didn't regret it or anything. "I'll uh- I'll see you at practice?"

Juju smiled and nodded, "yeah, I'll see you then."

"Cool." She laughed softly before pressing a peck to her lips before jogging over to her brother.

He offered a wave to the sophomore, "sup, Ju."

She smiled tightly, a little annoyed he interrupted but she was still pretty satisfied with how this went. She lifted her arm to offer a wave back before he was pulling his sister along, the newest USC guard taking glances back over to Juju. Once they were out of sight she pumped her fist, "fuck yes! Thank you God."

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