Disclaimer: Still don't own them and sadly never will.
A Series of Firsts
Alan's First Soccer Match
"GO ALLIE!" Scott stood on the sidelines cheering his youngest brother play in his first soccer match. Hearing his name, Alan stopped running, looked for his big brother, and waved.
"Scottie, I pwayin'." His little voice was excited and happy. He was following in his older brothers' footsteps and learning the game that they played. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the soccer ball coming towards him. "I gots to get the ball, Scottie." With a small wave of his hand, his attention focused on chasing down the ball. Clumsily, he maneuvered it from an opponent and dribbled down the field.
"ALAN TRACY!" Alan's soccer coach paced the little boy along the sidelines.
Pausing a moment in confusion, Alan looked over at his coach, and then completely stopped. "I pwayin', Coach. I gots the ball and I'm not touchin' it just like you told me." Jeff, Scott, and John had hurried to stand by the coach.
Laughing, the coach pointed down the field. "Alan, that's where you need to go." Alan looked back down the field and saw the opposing team bearing down on him.
"I hafta go that away?" he asked. Seeing his coach, father, and brothers nod, he squared his little shoulders and faced the right way. "Okey dokey." Pretending that the other players on the field were his brothers, he managed to get to past them. "I gots to share the ball wif my friends." Calling out to another teammate, he passed the ball. "Toni, you gotta gets us the goal, okay?" Smiling at her teammate, Toni lined up her shot and watched as the ball hit the poles of the goal and bounce out-of-bounds just as the ref's whistle blew marking the end of the match.
Head down, Toni walked off the field. Alan jogged after her, "What's the matter, Toni?"
"I misseded the goal, Allie." Big tears fell from her eyes.
Shrugging his shoulders, Alan awkwardly hugged her. "So, we'll do betta next time, 'k?" Patting her on the back one more time, he noticed part of his family watching him. "Bye-bye, Toni." Running to his dad, he grabbed him around the legs in a big hug. Leaning his head back, he grinned up at him. "I had lots of fun, Daddy. But I'm hungwy now."