Fine Line ✸ Sam Kerr

XXVII. You And Me, For Evermore.

★ twenty - seven ,
you and me , for
evermore.

MELBOURNE
      july  2023

*ੈ✩‧₊˚    THINGS WERE falling apart ( again ! )

for starters, odessa was seconds away from jumping on a flight to cape town. where she wouldn't see her girlfriend for twenty two days. which didn't seem like much, but it felt like awhile for the pair. if odessa wasn't in melbourne, sam was most likely in syndey. they never failed to keep in contact with the other, problem was. cape town was exactly eight hours behind melbournes time frame. meaning they were back to their late night / early morning calls.

sam couldn't be there to watch any games, her world cup was just around the corner. it started on the 20th of july, meaning she had a four more days before she was able to take the field. odessa's started on july 28th, she couldn't stay in melbourne. her world cup was being hosted in cape town, africa. meaning she had to fly over and spend the next few weeks there.

odessa would be back in time for sam's finals, if and only if the matildas quailfied through. sam was very persistent on continuing to try and convince tony to let her ( and maybe ellie and kyra ) fly over to cape town if, australia made the netball world cup finals. the man didn't give them a set answer yet, but baised on the three day difference between odessa finals game and the matildas game, if the trio was able to play the game. they should've been fine.

second thing, odessa's leg was only getting worse. her heart thumped out of her chest everytime the muscle harshly pulled against her skin. she made a common mistake in not telling sam about it, nothing would shove it's way between odessa and the world cup. nothing.

sam's hands pulled away from odessa hair, securing a hair tie around a second braid. odessa sighed at the lack of contact, she stood up from the airport floor. extending her hands out to the girl sitting in the seats. sam smiled. intertwining their hands.

the mircophone beemed loudly, signalling that a new flight was ready to be boarded. the pair looked up at the large screen. the flight to cape town brightening up. odessa chewed on her lips, they had been away from eachother for months before. but never when they were together.

"good luck on your world cup" sam spoke up first.

odessa smiled sadly with a small giggle "good luck on your world cup too."

sam frowned. she brought their hands towards her, before wrapping her arms around odessa's waist. odessa sighed. hugging her girlfriend back just as tightly. "i love you" sam whispered "you're gonna do great."

*ੈ✩‧₊˚ ODESSA WAS not expecting to find a post from her girlfriend about sam's new injury. not without hearing it from sam herself first. odessa found herself in shock, everything they had been working for, on sam's behalf had been crushed before the first world cup game. sam couldn't play.

sunshine ☀️
how long have you been
in pain for?

sammy bear 🧸
i pulled the muscle yesterday.
so for about twenty three hours?

sunshine ☀️
muscle injuries don't happen
just like that. they build up over time.
have you been playing on an
injured calf this entire time sam?