Chapter Six.

We were on the way to the netball grounds, i had never met the team i was playing with and i had no idea how they played but i didnt mind. I was excited that i would be playing again, i had always played at lunch times at school but never told mum.

All the boys were coming to watch me, i told them they didnt have to so they wouldnt be bombarded by teenage girls because netball is usually full of teenage girls but they insisted. Dad was always coming because well, he was my dad.

We arrived at the courts, dad parked the car and we started walking. I could hear the whistles, the squeak the courts made when shoes scraped on it. I heard people shouting out for the ball and parents cheering when their daughters team got a goal in.

Liam grabbed my hand as we walked over to the tent of the team i was playing for. LA Lakers. I was so excited.

'Ah, you must be Leyna' a tall dark headed girl said as she stood up to greet me.

We all introduced ourselves and then we had to go on court. I was center. My favourite position, the one how you do the most running up and down the court, going back and forth whenever the ball is changed teams. It is hard but fun.

'Players this is your starting hooter' the voice over the speakers said and then a buzzer went off

I stepped into the circle and then the whistle went, game on. I passed it to the WA and ran down the court to get it just outside the goal circle so i could pass it to a shooter. One goal for us.

Half time and it was 26-19 to us. I walked over to Dad and the boys and smiled, i was so tired but i didnt care. When we got back on the court the other team had the center pass, they passed it down and they got it to the goal but then we got the ball back before they could shoot.

I was running down the court and then i received the ball and then i looked for someone to pass it too.

'Center over here' one of the players on my team shouted

I passed it to her and then ran, i called for the ball and it was past to me and then everything went black.

'Leyna, Leyna wake up' i heard a familiar voice say

I opened my eyes to see Liam and Dad.

'She's okay' Dad sighed

'W-what happened?' i asked sitting up and feeling dizzy

'You were knocked out' Liam said as a girl from the other team came over

'I am so sorry! are you okay?' she asked helping me up

'Uh yeah im fine' i smiled

I started walking and then i collapsed, the pain in my right ankle was horrible. When i put pressure on it there were shooting pains up my leg. Worse than shooting pains, felt like someone had choped it off. I started crying, i could never handle pain. Not even a little pain, this, not even the strongest man in the world could handle this. Well maybe but i couldnt.

Liam and Dad picked me up and took me over to first aid. The first aid guy started touching my ankle. Each time he touched it, even if it was just a brush of his finger it hurt alot. He poked it.

'ouch!' i screamed as more tears filled my eyes

Liam grabbed my hand and i squeezed it every time it hurt, which meant i was constantly squeezing it. The doctor gave me a tablet to take and i did, soon after the pain stopped, I stopped squeezing Liam's hand and just held it normally.

'That will ware out soon, i advise that you go to the doctors' he said

Dad nodded and then they carried me back to the car, the boys were right behind us. As we were driving to the doctors all i could think about was if i would be able to play for the rest of the time in the US. What if i couldnt play anymore, what if -

I suddenly squeezed Liam's hand really hard and closed my eyes shut. My back arched as i sat there in pain.

'Are you okay babe?' Liam said as he looked at our hands

'Sorry' i managed to say

'it's okay, it doesnt hurt'

How does it not hurt him. Im sure if someone squeezed my hand like that it would break.

'Paul, the pain killer wore off!' Liam said from the back where we were sitting

All the boys turned around excpet for Dad because he was driving. We arrived at the doctors and they raced me in, i was crying again because of the pain. It seemed to be getting worse every second.

We went straight into the doctors office and they laid me down on the bed.

The doctor walked in and started examining my foot, everything he did hurt. Shooting pains go up my leg, like i am getting elecricuted.

'It appears your ankle has been snapped.' He said as he put down a board

'What does that mean?' Dad asked

'Well she has to have surgery.' i cringed at the word 'i recommend going to the hospital now. She will have to be on crutches, no more sport.' he said

I sighed. I guess this meant that i wouldnt be playing netball. Maybe the last few games?

We left the doctors and off to the hospital, i hated the word surgery, everything about it made me cringe. When we were in the car i grabbed Liam's hand, i didnt squeeze it though. Yeah the pain was still there but i was more worried about the surgery.

'You will be fine babe' he said kissing me on the cheek 'I will be waiting for you the whole time, promise' he smiled

We went into the hospital and checked in.

'Oh yeah, Dr. Drake just called. Another doctor will come see you in a minute' the receptionist said smiling as we walked to my room.

'This is a perfect picture moment' Liam smiled as he reached for his phone

He took one of just us two and then Dad took one of me and the boys. I was laying in the hospital bed and they were standing around me.

'Just uploaded them to twitter' Liam giggled

I grabbed my bag and reached for my phone and checked twitter.

@Real_Liam_Payne; The most beautiful girl staying strong about to go into surgery.

Then i saw the other boys tweet about it too.

@NiallOfficial; @LeynaHigginsBro, you will be fine! have fun with the happy gas (;

@Harry_Styles; Hospitals creep me out.

@Louis_Tomlinson; @Harry_Styles, you creep me out. @LeynaHigginsBro will be waiting for you

@ZaynMalik1D; Sometimes things happen in life which we cant control, have a safe surgery Leyna

I smiled at the tweets and then wrote my own.

@LeynaHigginsBro; thanks boys. Nervous. but this pain will be gone! #sillynetball

I looked at the trend and there was two for me. #LeynaSurgery and #LeynaandLiam

People were sure to know of us now.

'Hello Ms Higgins' the doctor said as he walked in 'Ready for surgery?'

'No.' i laughed 'do you ever get yesses when you ask that?'

'No not normally, only if the patient is already on happy gas'

He took me into the surgery room and within ten minutes i was out.

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I opened my eyes and i saw Liam, i smiled. Then i saw my ankle, it was in a cast and it was up in a sling, the boys had already signed the cast. I could see Louis and he drew a picture of a carrot on it. Niall mentioned food somehow in his, Zayn put a quote on, Harry's one i had no idea what it was and Liam's said 'i love you, stay strong'. Liam's was the only one that made sence.