(Sam's POV)
(3 months later)
It's almost been 5 months since I completely broke my leg. Em and William have said that my Physio is going really well, I even started ball training 3 weeks ago, which has been amazing. Today is the big test, Teague and Willaim say "If I can make it through a VFL game (and play well), I will play round 9, against the Demons."
(Em's POV)
I'm so relieved that William and Teague reckon that Sam is ready to get back out there, even though I'm still nervous that his leg is weak, but I know that Sam will be careful.
"Morning Sleepyhead" I say as Sam turns over to face me
"Morning" He says wrapping me in his arms
"Are you ready for today?" I ask
"I think so, I just hope I don't doubt myself, but I think that once the bounce happens, my mind will be all footy" He says
"Yeah, just don't go too crazy, please, remember you have to play well if you wanna go back into afl" I say
"Yeah, I know, I'm not gonna do something stupid" Sam says getting out of bed
"Where are you going?" I say
"I got to get ready, I'am playing today remember" Sam says
"Yeah yeah, do you know if Fish is coming or any of the other boys?" I ask
"I don't know about Fish, but Crippa, Mon and Setters" Sam says
"Well that good, but I won't be by myself" I reply
(2 hours later)
We are sitting in the stands at Whitten Oval waiting for the game to start. The boys are going against the Footscray and hopefully the boys can pull through with a win! I see Pat and Mon walk into the players box.
"Hey you guys" I say
"Hey" Mon says
"How are you going, Skip?" I ask to Pat because I know he has been copping a lot of stick from the media over the past couple of weeks
"You know, been better" Pat responds
"Yeah, the medias been harsh on you especially when you guys lost to the Power" I say
"They've been pretty brutal, but I know that I'm not in same form I was in 2019, but I think I'm just nervous that I could possibly re-injury my shoulder, so I'm second guessing every move I make" Pat responds
"Pat, you need to understand the media is just picking on your because you are the captain of the club, and if you want to get more time for physio I can talk to Teague because you know the less you are worried about a re-injury the better you will play" I say trying to comfort pat
"Hey, I'm gonna go down to the boys and wish them luck" Pat says as he goes downstairs
"How are you going Mon, how's your OCD and anxiety going?" I ask to Mon
"Yeah, I'm going okay, seeing Pat like this certainly doesn't help, but I just hope that the media will die down soon and this can be over" she says
"I'm sure it will, and you know that I'm here and I'm pretty sure Bianca (the carlton psychologist) would be happy to help, even if its nothing crazy" I respond back
"Yeah, her and I have been in contact and she's helping me find a new therapist!" Mon says back
"Mon that's amazing" I say back when the boys come onto the ground to start warming up
All I'm hoping for this game is no injuries because the blue baggers can't deal with any injuries. Sam has been working to get to this point for so long I just hope that he can prove himself in this game because honestly Carlton needs Sam in good form, honestly Carlton haven't had a great start to the year but hopefully they can come back!
The boys start to run out and not much later the ball is bounced and the game is started!
2 hours later and a great game played by both teams the dogs win the 4 points I na battle to the end winning by 19! Both teams played very well and Sam had 38 dispoals, and 2 goals in his first game back! There was only one injury for the game which was Caleb Marchbank, but its suspected that he has done his ACL, which would rule him out for this season and possibly the start of next season...
Mon, Pat and I head down to the rooms and to see Sam! Normally after a loss the boys dont want to talk but Sam has never been like that! He has always come up to me and asked me how I'm doing no matter the score of the game
"You played amazing" I say to Sam as I give him a kiss
"Thank you my love" he said
"How's your leg" I ask him
"Uh, good, I didn't have any pain or soreness during the game" Sam replied "I think it will be decided on whether or not I play next week based on yours and Williams evaluation"
"Well we need you back out there, so Em, put in a good word" Patty said
"Nice try skip that isnt happening" I say to Patty
"Well, should we go home" I asked
"Yeah let me just grab my bag and then we will head home" Sam said
A/N
Okay so I'm aware that this doesn't make sense time wise, when I wrote Sam's injury it wa back in October and of course I didn't update until April, so for the sake of the show we are just gonna pretend that Sam didn't play until the Melbourne game round 9!
As well we are also going to pretend that this is the round that Marchy got injured
I have no idea what's happening with Crippa and his injury but I definitely do think he is either injured or he is scared he will re-injure himself
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