Chapter 3
15 minutes remaining on the clock. The score Boston 2 - Staniland 3.
The difference 1 point, 1 single goal.
Jane looked at her watch 15 minutes left ah well let me gather the water bottles and
"Rizzoli get ready I want you to go help"
"Sorry coach what did you say"
"Do you want to play or not"
"Yes I'm ready Jane said"
Denzel's replacements Jane.
Jane couldn't believe her eyes she was going to play her first game, she is on the field and not to carry water bottles.
"Jane stay clear of Keith Gio shouted to her"
Jane showed thumbs up to Gio
Jane thought to herself she's only got a few minutes to show the team she belongs on the field and not off it.
The next minute Jane had the ball she passed to Gareth, he in turned kicked the ball pass Jane towards Giovanni. Gio pretend to kick the ball forward but did a side pass to Jane.
Jane had to get pass one defender and her way was open to the goal post.
The defender Keith.
Jane thought to herself there is no way he was going to stop her. For a second she stood still and decide what to do.
It was now or never, she kept the ball in front of her. Keith was running towards her the look on his face - was it to get the ball or to take Jane out?
The next move was priceless.
Jane kicked the ball slightly forward opening it for a dribble with Keith. His intension was to hurt Jane and not get the ball.
Jane did a side to side dribble jumped in the air when she saw Keith aiming for her ankle.
Jane manage to save the ball - open to score a goal.
Jane kick the ball on the middle laces of her shoes, her foot pointing down to the ground she kept her foot pointing down to the ground as she followed through - using her hips to swing through the ball but before she could see if the ball went in she was on the floor.
Jane held onto her leg "oh shit she shouted"
Jane's calf muscle went into spasm. The next minute she had a few guys around her screaming and shouting "you did it Rizzoli. You kicked ass."
The pain was incredible as she was trying to get up. The guys pulled Jane up and wanted to carry her.
She stopped them.
"Guys please my calf muscle is shit sore I can hardly move"
"Don't worry Rizzoli will ice it now coach said?"
"I couldn't care what you do coach please let the pain stop"
"Giovanni, Russell take Jane to the first aid stand"
"Yes coach"
"Guys please be gentile I'm in agony"
"Jane I can't believe you took Keith on like that and then score on top of it Gio said"
"That little side to side number you did and the jump was magnificent Russell said you have to show me"
The Rizzoli family was waiting for Jane at the first aid stand.
All of them spoke at once
"Jane are you hurt, sis you did well, Jane where is the pain"
"Guys guys I'm ok Jane said one at a time please"
Angela was first "Jane are you ok, did that boy kick your leg look how swollen it is?"
"Everybody please stand to the side we can't attend to the patient"
Frank called the Rizzoli family to the side "Let them attend to Janie we can ask her all the questions when they done"
One of the first aid guys spoke to Jane
"Jane we going to massage the gastrocnemius muscle it's going to be painful we will apply some hot and cold packs. Heat to relieve the muscle pain and cold to relax the muscle"
"My what!" Jane asked
"Sorry your calf muscle, it happens when your muscles are overused, tired, dehydrated or strained"
"Or getting so excited that you can go on the field you don't do any warming up Jane said"
Giovanni went and stood next to Frankie "your sister knows how to play ball and what a number she did on Keith"
"Gio you were supposed to look out for Jane not let her get hurt"
"Hey Bru she went forward like a rocket and she score"
"I couldn't care Gio we made a promise we would look out for one another especially Jane"
"Frankie I'm sorry it won't happen again"
Angela overheard the conversation between Frankie and Giovanni.
"Frankie you can't be angry with Giovanni he was the first one by her side when she fell".
"Ma please this is between Gio, Jane and myself. We promised one another if we play ball we would look out for one another"
"Frankie but you not even in their team"
"Preciously Ma Gio was supposed to take care of Jane"
They didn't see Jane standing next to them.
"Guys I'm ok it wasn't anybody's fault but my own, when coach said I could go on I was so happy I went".
"It was a combination of not warming up, running, kicking and not keeping my body hydrated that pulled my Gastroc something into spasm"
"You're what Frankie asked"
"Calf muscle Jane said"
"Oh ok they both said"
"No hard feeling then guys Jane said"
"Nope Frankie said as he gave Gio a pat on the back"
"I will take better care of her Gio said"
"Come guys lets go have some ice cream Frank said"
What a weekend they had. Monday at school everybody was talking about Saturday's game. How Jane came to the rescue of the team and score a beautiful goal.
"Hey Rizzoli can you show us that side to side jump move of yours one of the boys asked"
"Come to the game on Saturday you can see how it's done she said to him"
"Come on Rizzoli you the talk of the restroom at the moment, everyone wants to learn your moves"
"Well tell the talk of the restroom to come to the game on Saturday and watch"
All they could talk about for the rest of the week was Rizzoli side to side jump move.
Jane couldn't believe how her life changed in that last 15 minutes of the game. Coach send her up all she wanted - to be part of the game.
She did more she scored a goal the team's winning goal
The reason why she jumped, Keith would have side swapped her and her injury would have been more than a muscle spasm in the gastroc ugh calf muscles.
The kids had a wonderful school holiday but as all good things it comes t an end.
It will be Jane last year in primary school
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