The Girl With One Leg

Chapter 9

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It was finally the weekend. My mother had messaged that I had a Doctor's appointment with Ryan's dad. Ryan was going there anyway to work for the morning so he offered to take me there. We hadn't spoken about the kiss last night and I don't know whether I want to or not. I had never been kissed before and it made me all confused. Boys aren't really my forte. I knew I was falling for him but I didn't want to admit it. I was knocked out of my thoughts my Ryan cleared his throat. "you nervous about the appointment?" he asked.

"a little bit" I replied quietly. The rest of the ride was silent. We were both stuck in our own thoughts until we got to the Doctor's. Ryan helped me out of the van and wheeled me to his dad's office. I knocked on the door and Ryan's dad gave me a bright smile.

"Amber! Come in my love" he said holding the door open as Ryan wheeled me in.

"hi Doctor Paige" I said giving him a similar smile. He got out a notebook and started reading over his notes.

"so Amber I see that your mum and brother are away at the moment and you have all your friends looking after you, is this correct?" he asked and I nodded in reply.

"well this time next week your prosthetic leg will be coming in...how exciting! We just need to do some more leg exercises so your leg can be strong enough to support your prosthetic one ok?" again I just nodded.

We spent the next hour and a half doing leg exercises. They hurt as I had to hold onto the bars and move my legs and being in that wheelchair all week has made my leg stiff. I was beyond nervous about getting my prosthetic leg. There are so many what if's?

What if I struggle using it?

What if it hurts when I use it?

What if I have to go back to using the wheelchair if it doesn't work?

What if they don't let me go back on the football team?

All of these questions are circling in my head and none of them I know the answer to or will have the answer to yet. But I'm excited about getting the leg. I will be able to go back to running around, playing football, even walking with two legs again is going to be great. I just hope I can get used to it as quickly as possible.

If Ruby was still alive she would be wanting to use the wheelchair all the time. and once I got the prosthetic leg she would be drawing all over it and getting people to sign it. It made me smile thinking about her like this. You really don't realise how much you love someone until you lose them. I have now realised that I am lucky I get to spend so much time with all the people I love the most. I also realised how much love and support I had from people that I didn't realise I had before. I just want to make them proud of me.

Once the appointment was over we went back home and I messaged my mum explaining what was going on. I missed my mum and brother a lot. It made me anxious not having my mum around in case anything bad happened. Even though she would rather spend her time drinking with her friends. I guess that's her way of dealing with things and I understand that.

Adam has always been there for me. Through thick and thin we've helped each other and that's how it's always been. When he told me and my mum that he was going off to join the army I was so proud of him. But my mum was furious, she didn't want him to leave. I guess I understood why but that's the thing with my mum, she just thinks about herself and how it's going to affect her. Her and dad aren't that different really.

I went straight to my room when we got home and laid down on my bed and got lost in my thoughts once again. I was slowly falling asleep when there was a gentle knock on the door. I sighed and said, "come in". the door slowly opened and Mason was stood at my door with a tray full of food. "hi" I said softly smiling at him.

"hey, I uh brought you some food and a cup of tea. You didn't seem yourself when you came in and from what I've learned the only way to make a girl happy is with food" he replied with a gentle voice. This is a side of Mason I never knew existed. I'm used to the grumpy and quiet Mason who only says a few words.

"that's really sweet of you Mason, thanks" I said as he put the tray down gently on my bed. I was about to pick up a biscuit up from the tray when Mason engulfed me in a tight hug.

"I just wanted to tell you that we are all really proud of you for being so strong but you don't need to be strong all the time, its ok not to be ok and we are all here for you" he whispered. He then kissed my forehead gently and left, closing the door gently.

I then realised that I was in safe hands and I'm a very lucky girl with the friends I have.

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Charlotte