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Chapter 26

Sawyer POV

I go to turn to head up field when I hear, "Em? Emily! Hey we need a medic!"

I turn around and see Emily on the ground and quickly sprint to her.

I see blood on her head and in the grass. I fall on my knees and gently shake her shoulder. "Emily. Emily? EMILY! Wake up! Wake up! Come on! Em! You have to wake up. Not cool, please wake up!" I feel someone grab me and pull me back and I try to wrestle out of their grip. "GET OFF OF ME! EMILY!" I turn to see Alex staring at Emily. "Momma! She's not waking up! Why isn't she waking up! Let go of me. I-I-I, this is my fault!" I can feel myself panicking.

"Baby. Deep breaths, slow and deep, it's okay, just breathe. She's going to be okay, okay? This is not your fault, you understand me? I'm not letting go of you, you have to let the medics work."

I nod and slow my breathing down.

I hear a groan, "Fuuuuuuck, my head."

"Em?" I say.

"Sawyer?" She frantically looks for me.

Alex let's go of me, but stays close as I bend down. "Dude! You scared the shit out of me!"

"I'm okay? I mean owwww! Not okay. But you know."

I chuckle with tears in my eyes, "I get it. Just uh relax."

"That's my line." I laugh. "Okay definitely a concussion, she's done and we need to go to the hospital for a full neuro work up."

I tense. "Hey, it's not the same. Okay? I'm okay." I squeeze her hand. "Win and come after?" I nod.

I watch as they load her up and wheel her to the ambulance.

"We will go see her after baby, she's okay."

I nod. "What even happened? Was it just an accident? I didn't see."

Just then the ref walks to Jess, holding up a red card, "You're done, 14!"

She smirks at me and Alex quickly steps between me and her grabbing my face.

"Baby. Look at me. You're okay. Just finish the game. She made a poor choice, but you can hit her where it counts, which is by blasting that ball into the net as many fucking times as you want."

I smile and nod, "Momma?"

"Yes baby?"

"Gotta wash your mouth out with soap." She laughs.

"Yeah well I'm an adult, you are not. So go out there and get some goals. I love you."

I turn and as I'm running away, and yell "Love you too!"

Alex POV

I get back to Serv and Charlie and take a deep breath.

"Emily, okay? Precautionary?"

I nod, "She was awake and talking to Sawyer and the medics, so that's good. She was out for a bit though. So we will see. I imagine she won't be playing for a few weeks."

He nods. "Sawyer is going to want to go to the hospital after the game. I think this may have been a major trigger, so maybe I'll sleep in her room. She was really about to lose it down there panicking. I want her to sleep before the flight tomorrow or she's going to be a wreck."

He agrees and we turn our attention to the game.

I watch as Sawyer gets on a breakaway and slams a ball under the keeper into the goal.

She turns and heads back to the center circle.

"Wow, no celebration?" Serv says looking at me.

"I may have told her to blast the ball into the fucking net as many times as she wants." I say while holding Charlie's ears.