𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘, 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘧

𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞; 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝.

𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘
chapter forty three.
" The Championship Gone Wrong. "

Today's the big day — the night of the lacrosse championship. Everyone is restless as they wait for all the players to arrive and get in their positions, all families wanting to see their team win rather than the other. While both Scott and Stiles sit on the bench, — the two boys sitting out for the game — Lilith stands in front of them, fixing all her padding, making sure everything is secure so nothing moves while during the game; both Stiles and Lilith completely oblivious to Scott who's hiding something very big. The three friends don't share many words, all of them stuck in their own thoughts, unable to focus on each other. Just as Lilith was about to walk away to go find her sister,

Coach comes up from behind the two benched boys, "Put your helmet on and get out there. You're in for Greenberg." He directs his words to Stiles.

His eyes nearly pop out of his head. "What? What happened to Greenberg?" Stiles frantically asks, looking around for the boy who's supposed to be playing instead of him.

"What happened to Greenberg?" Coach mocks his words. "He sucks! You suck... slightly less."

"I'm playing? On the field? With the team?"

"Yes," He nods, trying to speed the conversation up so the game can begin. "Unless you'd rather play with yourself."

Stiles turns to face Coach. "I already did that today," He turns to Scott, "twice, to the thought of L—" He forces his words to a halt when he turns to Lilith, for a moment forgetting that she was standing in front of him.

With a disgusted look plastered across her face, "Ew, I did not need to hear that. That's— okay, wow, please never say that out loud near me again." Lilith mumbles, turning about from the boy.

Coach rolls his eyes. "Both of you, get the hell out there!" He raises his voice. Coach reaches forward, places his hands on both of their backs, and forces them onto the field, leaving Scott alone.

Lilith — who is ready to play — grabs her helmet, slips it on, and begins to walk towards the field, while Stiles — who is nowhere near being prepared to actually play — struggles to grab all his things, rushing onto the field behind her; this being his first time playing with the team since he's always been a bench warmer. Neither of the two exchange words — it slightly awkward between the two since Stiles saw Lilith leave Ms.Morrell's office mid break down — as they split up, heading to their positions; the whole time Stiles keeps his eyes on Lilith, watching her jog to her spot with a smile on his face, unaware that Lilith too has a small smile on her face, proud that he's actually going to play for once in a lifetime.

They stand in their potions for only a few minutes before the whistle blows. As usual the game starts off slow, neither of the teams score many points, each time doing a good job with their defense. As the first period slowly comes to an end, the opposing exam manages to score a goal — putting them in the lead — as well as Stiles catching the ball, only to cause him to get tackled by boys who are double his size; leaving the crowd to say a collective "ohhh", somehow able to feel his pain from the distance.