Leah Williamson x reader (enjoy)

Chapter 10 hospitals and life changers

Alex pov
I wake up and everything is so bright and painful. Everywhere hurts including my stomach why does my stomach hurt? I feel someone holding my hand I slowly turn my head to see my Leah sitting next to me staring at my hand. Tears streaming down her face eyes red, see her like this breaks my heart.she hasn't noticed I'm awake yet. She looks to the floor and I see the tears drop as she still holds my hand. I slowly rub a circle on her hand and her shoots up to look at me. "OMG! Alex your awake your finally awake!never do that to me again. I'll go get a doctor." She leans down kisses my forehead let's go of my hand and walks out the door. What happened where am I then it all comes back to me the game my knee the surgery everything, did we win? What happened to Cooke? My bad is my knee? Thoughts are buzzing around my head going 100 miles an hour when Leah walks in a doctor behind her. The lady looks at me "ah miss Graye good to see your awake. Your surgery was a success, unfortunately you will not be able to attend the commonwealth games as a player. Because of the way your knee snapped it snapped your knee cap in half as well with most the joints and ligaments in your knee. It will take 9 months minimum before you can play a game for Arsenal again." As she speaks my heart shatters and tears fall down my face, everything I worked so hard for gone in a second. My voice cracks as a I ask "will I ever be able to play again?" The doctor sighs and Leah holds my hand "we don't know at the moment it depends on how the first few months of recovery goes." If my heart didn't break by then it just did. "I-um thank you" the doctor nods "if you have any other questions feel free to ask" I nod "actually I do, My stomach didn't get injured so why does it hurt?" Leah now also looks at the doctor confused as the doctor sighs "when someone comes in with an injury like that we do a while body scan to see if there is any other injury because sometimes those injuries can lead to blood clots." I nod as she continues "as we did our scan we noticed something that wasn't right. There was a growth, a tumour on your uterus." My eyes widen and I squeeze Leah's hand tighter "what? A tumour?!" The doctor nods "yes a tumour, because of the location it was completely hidden but due to the size we had to remove it. The only way to remove it and keep you safe from future cancers on your uterus we had to remove your uterus entirely. I'm sorry but you will never be able to have kids." I have tears now pouring down my face as I just stay silent. The doctor quickly apologised and left me and Leah be to take in the news. I had cancer, I won't play for at least 9 months. It's like my whole world just crumbled in front of me, one thing I always wanted to have was kids after I retired. Soccer has saved my life In the hardest parts of it and now my dreams are falling in front on my own eyes.I don't say anything just sit there. Leah squeezes my hand , Leah she's one of the only good things I have left in my life. I turn to her my eyes red and tears falling she whipped my tears and pulls me into a hug, I bury my head into her shoulder and start to cry and cry's turn into sobs. I don't often cry but right now nothing can stop the tears, She just holds me and whispers sweet nothings into my ears. I feel my self become tired again as I drift off on her shoulder.

Leah pov.
Seeing Alex's face completely drop when the doctor told her about the cancer broke my heart the doctor left shortly after and she turned to me with those normally bright eyes full of sadness and are dull. I whipped her tears and hold her close she buried her head into my shoulder and just sobbed. I hold her close and whispers things into her ear, seeing her like this breaks me. I feel Her stop crying and go limp against me and I look to see she's fallen asleep, my poor angel is exhausted. I lay her down in her bed, tuck her in and kiss her forehead. "I love your darling , sleep well my love" before walking out the room leaving her to rest, closing the door behind me.at that very moment the Arsenal girls rock up and see me walking out the room. I just put my fingers to my lips as if to say shut up, which they all do. They sit down in the waiting room all just staring at me expectedly. Caitlin speaks up "Leah how is she?" I sigh "Um- not that good she just woke up" Caitlin goes to stand but I stop her "BUT. She has just gotten some pretty bad news and was so exhausted she's fallen back to sleep again" Caitlin sits back down "what was it?" I sigh "that's something she will need to tell you when she wakes up, it's not my place to share." I sit down next to Beth and just put my head in my hands. She hugs me and Caitlin says " Leah why do you care so much if I go she's her right now, I get you like her but she's my best friend come on mate" I look up and glare at her all the girls are looking between us as I say spitting venom "Because she my Fucking girlfriend and she needs rest. You should know better" Silence falls over the room you could hear a pin drop, they all sit taking in my words but Beth she already knew. Katie mumbles "you guys are together?" I nod "yes we where going to tell you guys after the game in the locker room but that didn't go according to plan. She said if something happens when we agreed to tell you guys I could tell you guys my self. We aren't out to the public yet so keep it to your selfs." They all nod and silence falls again. We all sit like that for a minute until Caitlin breaks the silence "I'm sorry Leah, I shouldn't of said that" I slightly smile "I'm sorry for snapping, you didn't know"
She comes over and gives me a hug all the other girls follow as we all just embrace each other. I don't know how long we all stand like that until I start to pull away "I'm going to go check up on her I'll tell you when she wakes up" they all nod at me and I walk into Alex's room closing the door behind me. I sit by her side.