Chapter 43

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8:30am Saturday March 4th 2017

Leni was rushing around the kitchen grabbing everything she needed to head to training before the girls game at 11:35. They were still playing the Western Bulldogs at Ikon, the whole team was hungry to win after 2 losses back to back.

Leni's ankle hadn't gotten any better, if anything it had gotten worse, it made her worry but she still planned to play no matter how much pain she was in. She had already captained the team to 2 losses and wanted to lead them into a win before taking a small break to let her ankle heal.

Jack had been a bit surprised when he saw Leni back at the apartment to stay but didn't say anything. The two were yet to talk and had been avoiding each other, neither wanted to argue again so that was their solution as Jack still wasn't over it.

Pat had come to the apartment since Leni had gone back, when he had come over Jack wasn't there which was good but he came back whilst Patrick was still there, to say it was awkward would be an understatement.

Leni had finally gotten everything she needed and was ready to go, training would start at 9 and would finish sometime later but all the girls would stay at Ikon until the game as it wasn't worth it to go home. Leni's whole family plus Cassie and Patrick were going to come, Leni was fairly sure all of her family except from Jack were fine with her relationship meaning that it shouldn't be too bad for Pat, Cassie would most likely interrogate him and call him Jonathon the whole time but he could deal with that.

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Leni had just arrived at Ikon, she was about half an hour early as she wanted to have a little bit of time to practice by herself before everyone arrived, before she left she had strapped up her ankle tightly to avoid having to do it when she arrived.

Leni had mastered strapping and taping ankles, knees and shoulders after many injuries in junior footy and doing it for her cousins, it came in handy whenever she was injured and she always kept a bit of tape on her just in case.

Leni put her things in her locker before grabbing her footy and jogging out onto the oval, no one was there yet. The footy Leni used was the same footy she always practiced with before a game, she had it since she was about 10 and since then she would always use it to practice with before a game.

pIt was just something that happened one day, she got given a footy from her Nonno for her birthday and from there it became her favourite one and one of her most prized possessions.

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At 10:30 the team had finished up training and were in the gym to keep their muscles warm and moving in an attempt to prevent injuries, Leni had gotten a text from Patrick earlier saying that he was going to come at around 11 so that he could chill and talk to her for a little bit before the game.

Leni was hoping that this game would be the one to break their losing streak, all of the girls had been training hard and were very determined to win.

At 11:03 Patrick walked into Ikon park, it was fairly quiet but he could hear music and chatter coming from the gym meaning that was where all of the girls were.

Pat walked over to the door of the gym and knocked on the door pushing it open slightly, he could see Leni lying on the ground in a starfish position and Darcy poking her with pen.

"Leni your boyfriend is here" teased Gab dragging out boyfriend as she went and put her foot on Leni's stomach and pressing lightly to make her get up

"Ugh, I don't want to get up" Leni complained as she pushed off Gab's leg and swatted away Darcy's hand

"We'll suck it up" Bella sung as she walked past, Leni got up and saw Patrick leaning against the door frame chuckling at the 4 girls antics

Leni hopped up and jogged over to were he was and wrapped him in a hug, which he accepted. Patrick leaned down and pressed their lips together in a short kiss

"ELEANORA! You're sleeping with the enemy!" Shouted Lauren pointing at the two whilst pretending to faint.

Leni started laughing and buried her face into Patrick's chest in an attempt to hide her laughter as Lauren tripped over a stray weight lying in the ground

"Lauren if your going to make a scene and then a dramatic exit make sure there's nothing to trip on" Advised Shae from the other end of the gym

"Noted" Muttered Lauren as she walked away

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Leni and Patrick were sitting at a table in the cafeteria together, Leni was panicking slightly about the game that was due to start in about half an hour and Pat was trying to calm her down and convince her it would be fine. So far it was kind of working.

As the two sat Leni's family plus Cassie walked in, they always came early to Jack and now Leni's game as they sat in the family area meaning they didn't need to rush to get there or anything and were able to spend some time with each other beforehand.

"Leno!" Shouted Steve as the family walked towards the two, Leni looked up to see them all walking towards her and Pat. Leni started to realise that Pat was about to meet her family for the first time as her boyfriend, making her start to panic slightly not knowing what they were going to do.

"Hi" Leni waved standing up waiting for them to reach the table so that she could give a few of them hugs. As they reached her Leni gave her uncle a hug first, then her mum, Jo, Nonna and Nonno, after giving them all hugs she turned to see her uncle and Pat shaking hands and Steve telling Pat something that made him laugh. Cassie jumped on Leni's back giving her a small fright before she gripped Cassie's thighs to prevent her falling.

"Is this Jonathon?" Asked Cassie in a whisper into Leni's ear

"Yeah, do you want to introduce yourself?" Responded Leni

"Not really, I would rather just glare at him and see what he does" Cassie said both girls still whispering

"What are you two whispering about?" Asked Lisa as she moved to stand next to them

"Not much" both responded at the same time, Cassie hopped off Leni's back and walked to a table to sit.

Leni sat with Cassie and watched her Nonno and Steve chat to Patrick, they both seemed to like him which was a good sign. Out of the corner of her eye she was able to see Jack glaring at Patrick which showed Leni that he clearly had not gotten over it.

Leni eventually had to go back to her team who were in the locker rooms putting on their guernsey's and shorts before going out to the grounds.

Before walking out of the locker room Leni checked that her ankle tape was secure and took an advil in case of any pain, she didn't want to have to get sent off or not play at all so she was hoping the Advil would stop any pain.

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A/N 1259 words. I don't know if this is any good but i'm going with it, I'm planning for this book to have about 3 more chapters maybe more maybe less but yeah. a lot of crazy shuts been going on in. my life at the moment so i'm sorry if updates are inconsistent.

Love Ella xx

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