Those feelings were cut when a whistle blew and both Scott and Stiles cringed when it did. Stiles was safely on the bench when he held his ears but Scott was at goal and was clobbered by a ball while he was fazed. He fell on his back to the laughter of everyone. Stiles grit his teeth at the sound of them laughing. Scott quickly got his bearings back and soon he started to catch every ball coming his way. One by one, they all ended up in his net. Jackson held up the guy up front as he wanted to shoot against the upstart.
"Oh God," Scott muttered as Jackson began a running start. He launched the ball but Scott nearly blinked as the ball seemed to be slowly flowing to him. He moved his arm and he caught it.
"Yes!" Stiles said as he got up and started to cheer for Scott's success. "Whoo! That's my friend!" he loudly pointed out.
Scott was just staring at the caught ball in his net, astonished at what he just did. Even Lydia started to cheer for him. Scott then went and threw the ball back to the assistant coach.
"Alright! Settle down!" Coach said as he came forward. "A good start but we're not done yet. McCall, why don't you park it for now," he said pointing to the bench. "Mahealani, you're up!"
Scott left the net for Danny to take over. Danny who was used to playing goal. Scott went over and removed his helmet and reached up to get the high five Stiles had coming his way.
"That was awesome!" he praised.
"Thanks!" Scott breathed out.
"Next line!" Coach yelled. "Move your asses!"
"I'm up," Stiles said.
"Good luck man," Scott said. As he sat, he let the euphoria from being out there start to ebb away. He felt eyes watching him and he looked over to Allison and saw that she immediately looked away. Scott couldn't help the smirk that fell on his lips.
As for Stiles, he wondered what possessed Coach to put Scott on goal for the first liners and give the rest of them trying out Danny who was experienced at the goal. He could never understand that guy. Sometimes, he wondered if even he understood himself.