work of art • trent alexander-arnold

two

31.1.23

"Chloeee, come here!" my dad cheerfully says pulling me into a hug, as i carry my bags in for my first day of work at the AXA training centre

"morning dad"

"morning darling" he smiles

"so where do i work then?" i ask him cheerfully

"well, follow me"

he walks me down a couple corridors until he stops at the end of one corridor

"this door is the physio office where you will be most of the day, its not really an office so i don't know why we call it an office"

i peek through the door, it was a room with a bed and a good range of gym equiptment

"so whats my job? i know like an outline of what im meant to do; but can you properly explain?"

"right, so your my first team physio, basically you run the medicals for new players, you assess injuries and diagnose them so ill need you on the touchline with me on the big games, and you'll be the one deciding if a player is allowed to play again or not"

"right, thats sounds not bad"

"ill also need you helping with some physiotherapy sessions but not much since we have people especially for that"

i smile

"right Chloe, you actually have something big to do today"

"which is?"

"i need you to run a medical on Jude Bellingham actually, he's signing a contract later today actually, so i need you to run a couple tests and then we can get on with the contract"

"alright then, i'll do well"

"heres a little description of what you need to do, and the sheets you need to fill in with the results, and the medical team are next door if you need any help"

"okay"

"we'll get him in as soon as he arrives"

i smile and sit down on my desk in my office for the first time. i unpack my stuff and hang ny coat on the back of the door, and i put a couple things in some drawers and i have a quick readthrough of the sheet dad has given me

ECG, Heart health questionaire, muscle strength, bla bla bla... 

pretty easy and relatively fun stuff to be fair, not going to complain at all

i decide that i would go next door to introduce myself to the medical team 

i walk straight into a pretty large room with a lot of equipment and 3 women chatting in the middle of the room

"Hello" one of them says as she notices me

"Hi" i smile back