Everybody calls you Larissa outside of the hockey team. And so does Camilla, in your left ear, where everything is louder, when she has her arms around your own.
“You’re holding it wrong,” Camilla says, and parts your thumb from your index finger, traces your knuckle until your grip loosens. You’ve talked to her enough to know that she’s smiling, edges of her mouth pulled up, sweet. You move a little—now your cheeks are pressed together. She’s not wearing foundation, today.
Something lodges tighter in your throat, but it’s alright, a laugh will fix everything. “I’m sorry, at least I know how to hold a pencil,” you point out, remembering the awkward angle she writes in, her need to flex her wrists every half hour or so. You like her hands. She’s good with a racket, this racket, the one you’re holding with her fingers on top of yours.
“We can’t all be artists like you, Larissa,” Camilla says. “You’ll need to leave some room for the rest of us.”
Her smile’s bright when you turn around, face to face with her, leaning closer.
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