Mike was an okay-player, but not good enough to leave the bench. He had to do it right, or else he’ll suffer the consequences. He felt giddy when they tested it on him and Jean, one of his high school’s top soccer players, but now that he was going to do it with someone he barely even knew, he felt a little nervous. They’ve been planning on this for more than a week now, after the matchups for the next game were announced. “You already know what to do, don’t you?” Coach Martin asked, to which Mike started nodding vigorously as he locked his fingers together, cracking and popping them, just to relieve himself of both nervousness and excitement.
