𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐓 in her apartment as she was going through a recovery session,

She was feeling tight in her thigh and knew that if she wasn't careful that she would get hurt.

"I want a dog," Avalon spoke to herself as she grew lonely in the apartment by herself,

"Or maybe a cat even." She added as she loved Budderball so she knew that a cat wouldn't do her badly.

"Oh hi Fin," the girl waved as she connected to the FaceTime call,

"Hi," the toddler sent her a toothy grin causing her to laugh,

"Where is your mum?" The striker asked knowing that the toddler looked like he was in the house,

"I'm right here," Brinley waved as she took the phone from her son,

"Someone wanted to say hello," she added with a smile as she hinted to the toddler,

"You okay?" The older girl grew concerned as she noticed her sister looked a lot paler than usual.

"Yeah just a bit tired," the striker let out a yawn,

"Well, I'll leave you to take a nap and rest up for tomorrow's game." Brinley waved as she let her sister go to sleep.

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It was matchday and Avalon was over the moon,

"How excited are you?" Valera asked as they walked through the city,

"I can't believe I'm starting again!" Avalon did a happy dance as she tapped her shoes together,

"Beware they may have a target on your back," the midfielder sighed knowing that what she was about to say would get the girl into a mood,

"Why?" The striker cocked her head as her mood instantly deflated,

She grew nervous.

"You scored three goals last time," the Russian pointed out in a duh tone.

"So," the American waited for her friend to continue as she wasn't following on,

"You're a threat," Valera explained as they walked into the cafe,

"And a big one too." She added in a mumble as she didn't want to scare the girl.

"Are you calling me fat?" Avalon glared at the girl as she pouted,

She thought it was a bit unnecessary.

"No Ava," the midfielder let out a laugh as she shook her head,

"You are a threat on the field." She explained in a duh tone as they sat down,

"Oh, that makes more sense." The striker nodded as she let out a gasp,

"Wait so I should be careful?" She added as she grew nervous,

"Yes you need to watch your back, but actually play the game too." The Russian didn't want to stress out her teammate,

"But that sounds tough." The younger girl let out a groan as she stomped off.

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Avalon had already scored two goals and as she was on her way to score the third 𝗚𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗪𝗔𝗬 tackled into her leaving the American without the ball clutching her ankle.

"Come on ref did you not see that!" Valera groaned as she ran to the striker's side,

"I can't feel my ankle," Avalon confessed as she felt it start swelling,

"Shit we need to get you off of the pitch." The midfielders eyes went wide as she motioned for the physio's to hurry up and run onto the pitch.

Now across the pitch, Gio was sat in the stands as he began to panic.

"Just relax it may not even be that bad," Erling turned to his friend as he tried to help.

"Have you ever since Avalon just not get up?" Jadon pointed out knowing that the girl wasn't okay,

So the blonde shouldn't be spreading false hope into the girl's boyfriends mind.

"Neither of you are helping the situation." Mats let out a groan as he motioned for the both of them to shut up,

The boys needed a ride up to Munich and Mats gladly offered them one.

"Go and see if you can find out any information." He added as he turned to the boy who nodded before running off.

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Gio rushed into the tunnel as he watched Avalon get helped off of the pitch,

"Could you give us a moment," Gio asked as he rushed over to her,

"Don't let her foot touch the ground." The physio warned as he watched the girl reach out for her boyfriend.

"Are you okay?" The midfielder cocked his head as he grew concerned,

"What are you doing here?" Avalon asked as she flinched,

Her leg was hurting,

"I told you I'd come, Mason told me to apologise that she couldn't make it." The brunette explained as they wobbled into the locker room,

"There is always next time," the blonde smiled as she wanted to thank the gods that Mason wasn't there,

"Yeah of course," Gio nodded as he turned to the girl stopping them for a moment,

"How is the ankle?" He added realising that it was a stupid question as he could see that she was in pain.

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𝐀𝐍: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 (𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭)