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On the 19th of april 2022 was potentially the worst day for you and your girlfriend . You had met leah when you both were in primary school , this then led to your families becoming friends and neither of you really looked back .
When you were younger you both wanted the same thing , you both had the same dream . You both wanted to play professional football for arsenal and england . And that dream felt alive for the first 16 years of your life until everything went horribly wrong .
You had tore you acl in one of your matches playing for the arsenal academy .
You felt as if your world was over but for the 9 months you worked your ass off to get back and on the pitch and you eventually did .
But then it happened again and there i was told i could never play again . My carrer which looked so promising although had just started was cut short .
And that is when me and leah started to date . We stuck together, and we didn't look back since .So when i watched leah and the rest of the acl squad tears their acl' sand my heart felt for them . The feeling that was all too familiar to me , the feeling i knew i hated so i knew they would too . As soon as i walked into the medical room seeing leah lying on the physio bed my heart breaks for her . I knew how hard it was to be in her position. I knew how much she helped me during my bad times so i promised that i was going to be there for her .
" with you through it all " i said holding my pinky out which she copied .For the last year i had been working with various different news outlets talking about acl injuries , and seeing leah tear hers has made all the more passionate about it . Something needed to be done , someone needed to do some research . And i wasn't going to wait around and watch more and more amazing players tear their acl's .
For the first couple of months of leah's rehab i put my plans on hold , i wanted to be there for her first and then i could try and do something about this massive promblem in women's football.
The first time leah spoke up about her situation was when she posted her statement after it was announced the extent of her injury .
Along with her management team and me we helped her perfect her statement . Obviously at that moment in time the situation was still quite raw for everyone but as she got further along in her rehab she learnt how to speak out about it more . I thoughout this whole process i was with her the whole time .If i was to say that these past nine months have been easy i would be telling everyone a big lie .
But the most important thing was that we stuck together . Through the bad and good times . I was always there for her , doing anything she couldn't do . Anything to help her .I watched on in awe at every stage of her recovery .
Her first steps without her crutches , her first time running on the anti- gravity machine , first time running on grass , her first time in full training etc . I wanted her to do what i couldn't , get through this terrible injury.
As leah was starting to be seen in full training more and more often the fans stared to get excited, including me .
Then the day before the everton game jonas was in a press conference when he got asked about leah's expected return ." Tommorw will be a little be too soon , but after that , i definitely think she is in contention to be in match day squads . Potentially in next weekends fixture " jonas spoke
After hearing the news i was beyond exited , the fact the tommorw could possibly be one of the last games that leah would be sitting on the side lines for . I was so happy for her .
I knew this was important to her and already special , but i wanted just that bit more special for her by surprising . I came up with a plan then immediately ringing Amanda to get her in on my plan alone with adding the finishing details .
Leah was still at training to i decided to give her a little text to start the plan .le ❤️
" hey le le just wanted to know when you get back tonight we need to have a chat "" okay is everything alright , i won't be that much longer "
I opened the text reacting to it with a love heart before turning off my phone trying to plan what i was going to say to leah .
" hey love " i heard leah speak up the door slamming behind her .
" i'm in here " i say as i here her footsteps walking in my direction .
I patted the space in the sofa next to me indicating for her to sit down .
" so basically ... "
I explained to her how that on wednesday and sunday coming up ( the ones
were she is supposed to be making her comeback ) that i had a big meetings coming up to talk to a team investigating acl injuries in women's football . I promised her that i was going to try and be there for both games but there is a chance i won't make it .
" it's alright i understand , i would rather you helped stop other players having to go through what i have " she said seeming genuine.
However i could see right through her , i could tell she was disappointed but i couldn't wait to see her face when she saw me there .The whole week i had noticed leah's mode change abit , she wasn't her happy usual self . She tried to make it discreet , she tried to hide it from me but i could tell something was up with her .
I so badly just wanted to tell her the truth , tell her i would be there for here . But i knew this whole week would be worth it when she saw me there on wednesday night .When i came to their mid-week fa cup game against reading and leah was named amongst the subs i couldn't be more happy for her . After nine difficult months of her being sat on the sidelines , nine months of hard work for leah and she has finally done it . She had finally made it into the match day squad.
On wednesday as i sat in the stands to support the girls and watch them hopefully go through to the quarter finals .
I wasn't sure wether she was actually going to be coming on or not but once i saw her number on the substitution board i couldn't but help but let a few of the tears i was holding in slip away .
Everytime leah touched the ball the stadium would be filled with cheers.
Looking over at Amanda and the rest of leah's family and to see them in the exact same state as me warmed my heart .
I was so grateful to be watching leah play once again , it made me remember how much i have missed watching her play .Once the final whistle went i watched leah immediately look up to where me and her family were sitting so i ducked just making sure that i wasn't going to ruin the surprise at the final hurdle .
Watching her walk over to her family i finally made myself obvious to her and watching her face light up made all this week worth it.
" you came , i didn't think you could make it " she said sounding like a kid at Christmas
" i would never miss you comeback " i said with the biggest grin on my face as i pulled her into the biggest hug ever .A/ N
IN HONOUR OF LEAH COMEBACK IF LIT CRYING RN SO HAPPY.also already two updates this week i fr think i am new woman this yr also keep requesting
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