Chapter 42

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(Sam's POV)

It's finally here, I finally get to play a game in 2021! If you told me that back in Bali, I would have never believed you!

My alarm ring at 8am, which of course means I'm gonna have a very cranky girl friend next to me!

"Turn it off" Em says and I roll over and turn my phone alarm off! I roll back over to taking her into my arms.

I stay holding her for probably a bit too long because Zac comes into her room and shouts "get up you lazy asses, Sam's playing today" and I shoot up out of bed and to no one surprise Em, pulls the cover back on her and makes some very unique nosies

Em is normally a morning person but is not one in the winter!

"Em we have to get up" I say

"No you do, I'm not working today, they have allowed me to just watch you play today" Em said

"Well, okay, how are you getting to the game then" I ask

"Mon is gonna come by and pick Bell and I up" she says as she rolls over and closes her eyes again

"Okay, I'll get ready and come back in when I'm about to leave" I say and she nods her head and I walk out

I head straight to my room and chuck my Carlton sweats and hoodie as the game clothes are the ground! I do everything I would normally do which start to make my nerves start boil! I mean the blues are going up against arguably the best team in the comp right, which is not the best team to have your season debut against, but hey you never know.

I head downstairs to make my very boring but very carb filled brekkie, which is just 5 wetabix with an iced coffee as ac comes down stairs

"You coming to the game today"

"Yeah definitely, I think JSOS and Carroll are coming as well"

"OH wow no trouble will be causes there" I say Jack and Zac have been known to cause some mischief around the club recently!

"Yeah, but we are respecting the club which means we have to be on our best behaviour" Zac says

"That never works" I say back

"You never know" Zac says

"Aight, I gotta finish getting ready and then I will head to the club" I say

"Okay, I'll see you after the game then" Zac says and I head upstairs

I head back upstairs to just finishing packing my bag and say goodbye to Em

I walk into her room and not to my surprise she's still in bed but she's awake on her phone!

"Hey, I'm gonna head to the club and get ready for the game!" I say

"Okay, I will see you after the game, I'm sure you will play wonderful, you know where I'll be cheering from" She says as she opens her arms and I give her a hug and a kiss and walk downstairs, say goodbye to Zac and Bella and I'm off driving to my second home!

Once in the club, it's weirdly quiet, but I quickly find out it's because everyone is hiding because we are waiting for Levi to show up to surprise him for his 150th

"Sam get behind here" I hear Setters say

"Is this for Cas!" I ask

"Yeah, he should be coming any minutes" Setters say as soon as the sliding door and the big man walks through the door

"SURPRISE" the whole team shouts

"Holy sh*t, f*cking hell, thank you guys" Cas shouts and goes and give both skips a hug

"Congrats on 150 Cas, you have definitely turned your career around for the better" Doc says

"Yep, thank you everyone" Cas says and slowly the entrance gets less and less crowded

"Is Em not working not" Setters asks me

"Nah, they gave her today off since it my first game back" I say and we head to the rooms and get ready

Time flies and it already 12 and we are on the bus on the way to the games! It doesn't take long to get the infamous 'G!

The nerves start to rise, I'm not normally this nervous, I guess it just because it's my first game back after a serious injury and I'm scared that I won't be in the same form!

Everyone is chilling in the rooms warming up for the game, we just got back from our warm up on the ground and now we are doing a little thank you, which this time included his wife and children!

Not long after we are running onto the ground! It's my first game back with a real crowd and it's the absolute best feeling running out onto the ground with all of the supporters screaming "We are the old dark navy blues". I seriously forgot how amazing it's to run out onto the ground with fans and banners!

We run through the banners and Pat starts to do his very basic "hype" chat and we all split and head to our positions!

This season I'm playing a more of an inside mid which I'm very excited about, even though I love running down on the wing, winning the clearance is a much better feeling!

(Zac's POV)

"How good is it having Walshy back on the team" JSOS says 

"So f*cking good, we definitely need him out there right now" I say 

"It still feel surreal that I play for the same team as him" Jack (Carroll) says. 

Last year, Jack Carroll was drafted to Carlton, which was surprisingly the team he grew up barracking for, which meant he was a sucker for Walsh

"Oh yeah, is he everything you'd expect him to be" Jsos asks 

"Yep and so much more" Carroll says 

"Smile you guys" I say and I snap a selfie and decide to chuck it up on the gram 

"Smile you guys" I say and I snap a selfie and decide to chuck it up on the gram 

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@zacfisher25: how good is it for Walshy to be back playing

@jacksilvangi: the absolute best 

@user1: we really need him back 

@emfish: too f*cking long 

@user2: loving the mullet fish 

(Em's POV)

Us girls are all at the stadium, and all just chatting! As soon as he bounce has happened and the ball was won by the dee's and is kicked into their forward 50, the ball doesn't stay their for very long, Plowman quickly gets the ball out!

A contest is creating and a clash happens between a carlton and demon player!

Suddenly a player with a white jumper on is clutching at his knee!

I can't see who it is, all I can see is the second number 8!

"Sh*t is that Sam" I say as I try to get a better view

A/N

Updating to hopefully lift your sprits after a shocking game :/

Walsh played good and Crippa might be getting back into form, but who knows with him

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