Nova sat on the bleachers at lacrosse tryouts since she didn't have anything better to do. Her brother, his best friend, and even her best friend who just transferred to the school was also trying out for the lacrosse team. They were practicing before tryouts that were later that day so she was there to support each of them. Nova looks over to her right to see Scott and Stiles talking besides where she sat on the bleachers. She overhears them talking about how they thought they didn't really need any practice and that Scott, of course, would still be team captain. Then they both look at the lacrosse field with shock. She follows their gaze, wondering what they were looking at. She chuckles, realizing that the boy at the goal was her best friend.

She watches Liam take off his helmet and when he locked eyes with her and she immediately felt butterflies in her stomach. He smiles at her and she couldn't help but smile back at him. Garrett walks over to him while Liam looks at him. "Nice, Liam. You might just be our first ever freshman captain."

"That's Liam Dunbar." She told her brother and Scott since she knew they were confuse at who the boy was. They jumped, obviously not realizing that there was someone sitting near them and they looked at her with wide eyes.

"Wait a second," A surprised expression forms on Stiles face. "Liam as in your best friend? That Liam?"

"No, another Liam." She sarcastically replied.

"I don't appreciate your sarcasm, Novi." Stiles looks at her with an annoyed expression, crossing his arms. "Besides, sarcasm is my thing, not yours."

"Yes, he's that Liam." Nova rolled her eyes at her brother.

"Why didn't you tell us he was that good at lacrosse?" Scott asked her.

Nova shrugs. "You didn't ask."

Stiles sighs, a frown tugging on his lips while he looks back at the field. "We didn't think we had to." He looks back at Scott with a nervous expression. "Okay, maybe we should practice just a little bit." Scott nodded in agreement and went to the field with him.

****

Soon school was over and Nova was back sitting on the bleachers again watching tryouts. She always went to tryouts and the games to cheer on Liam, her brother, and Scott. Nova puts her earbuds in her ear and plays some music on her phone while she watched tryouts.

"Hey, Nova." She didn't even realize Kira and Malia were standing beside her until she felt a tap on her shoulder. Nova didn't stop the music, but she did lower the volume and look up at them with a small smile. Kira gestures to the place next to her. "Can we sit next to you?"

She smiled and nodded, scooting over so there's room for them. Kira and Malia sat next to her while the shrill sound of Coach's whistle sounded throughout the air. Nova took one earbud out, watching the boys finish the lap they just ran.

"Terrible. Horrifying. Pathetic. Unbelievably pathetic." Coach lists off as each of the boys run past him. He looks around with a bored expression. "Is that everyone?"

Nova notices her brother putting his hands on his knees as he breathed heavily. The dark-haired girl chuckled lightly, watching with an amused smile amused smile when Stiles fell to the ground. "Yep." Coach looks at Stiles on the ground with a sigh. "That's everyone."

Scott walks over to Stiles and picks him up. "I got ya."

"Who came in first?" Stiles asked him. He looked over at Liam when Scott nodded his head in Liam's direction.

Nova looks out on the field to see Liam was doing pushups while the other boys were sitting or lying on the ground, tired from the workout. She always was impressed when she watched him do any type of sport, especially lacrosse. Nova went back to drawing as Malia looks up from her math homework and looks over at Kira when she noticed something seemed off with Kira. "What's wrong with you?"

Nova looked at her with confusion and looked at Kira. She nodded in realization, realizing Malia was talking to Kira and not her. She had to admit that Kira was acting weird lately and so she was also curious what was going on with Kira.

"Me? Nothing." Kira quickly replied.

Malia shares a look with Nova, neither of them believing Kira. They could hear Kira's heartbeat and could easily tell that Kira is lying. The two girls turn back to Kira and Malia bluntly states, "You reek of anxiety. And it's distracting."

Nova furrows her eyebrows, looking at Kira with concern in her eyes. "Yeah, is everything alright?"

Kira sighs. "Scott and I sort of had this thing happen. But it wasn't much of a thing. And I'm starting to think it never was anything at all."

"What do you want it to be?" Malia asked her.

Kira looks at Malia, sighing as she leans her chin back on the lacrosse stick. "More."

Nova turned her attention to the field when she notices it's Stiles' turn. Stiles went to pick up a lacrosse ball, but he had trouble with it. He gave up, picked up the lacrosse ball and put it on the lacrosse stick. It was almost as if things went in slow motion as Stiles threw the ball at the goal and Nova watched with a grimaced expression as it went into the goalie's lacrosse stick.

Laughter from the other boys in the line behind him filled the air and he looked forward with annoyance. Stiles turns around, looking at Liam who was behind him and had an amused smile on his face. Stiles glared at him trying to look intimidating. Nova chuckles and shakes her head, thinking that he didn't do that good of a job at looking intimidating. Stiles walked back to the end of the line, standing beside Scott, and Scott patted him on the shoulder.

Then it was Liam's turn. Everyone watched Liam throw the ball and as the ball hits the net. "Yes!" Coach cheered. Nova just smiled since she knew he would make it. Scott was up next. He picks up his lacrosse stick. With a determined look, he picked up the ball with the lacrosse stick and looked at the goal. Kira, Nova, and everyone else watched with anticipation as Scott threw the ball. Kira and Nova were surprised as it hit the side of the goal instead of the net. Some of the boys in the team started to laugh and Scott stare at the goal in disbelief.

"Nice, McCall." Garrett teased and Nova rolled her eyes. She didn't like Garrett at all. He was rude and annoying.

"Hey, Garrett." Stiles looks at the boy with annoyance and chuckles sarcastically. "Shut up."

It was Liam's turn once again and Nova wasn't surprised as the ball hit the net each time he threw one of the ball. When it was Scott's turn again, the goalie either caught the ball or it flew right past the goal.

"Isn't the captain supposed to be the best player of the team?" Kira frowns. "Or good?"

"You're right," Nova nods. "But I think he's a little intimidated by Liam, and I guess he hasn't been practicing." She went back to finishing her drawing of Liam. She looked back at the field whenever she heard cheering, noticing Liam had scored another goal and the boys in the line behind him patted him on the back. Nova smiled, happy for Liam scoring another goal.

Coach blows the whistle signaling the start of another drill and the boys stand around him. "McCall, Stilinski, grab the long sticks. You're covering goals for two-on-ones. Let's go! Line it up!"

The boys get into their positions. Liam confidently slid his helmet on as he smirked at the Scott and Stiles who happened to be arguing about something. Garrett ran for them, easily slipping past Stiles, but Scott knocked Garrett's stick out of his hand with his own.

"That's my boys!" Coach shouted, pointing at Scott and Stiles with a smile on his face. Nova cheered along with Kira and everyone else that was watching. Scott and Stiles shared a look of excitement while Garrett glared at them and ran to the back of the line.

"Those two are like sons to me." Coach spoke to a random player next to him, gesturing to Scott and Stiles.

Nova chuckled lightly at hearing that comment, knowing that what he said wasn't exactly true, but she still thought it was sweet. The whistle blew which signaled the next player to start running at them. The boy tried to get past, but the boys closed together similar to gates, and they end up knocking the boy on his back.

Nova cheered again, this time a bit louder than before since she was happy her brother and Scott are playing well. Kira looked over at her with a smile, sharing the same excitement she had. Malia looked at them weirdly as if she didn't know why they were acting that way, but she still smiled as she looked back at the field. Scott and Stiles celebrated by headbutting their helmets together and immediately regretted it while they backed away from each other. The two made the same play to the next guy and the team groaned as if they understood the boy's pain when he was knocked down.

"That's how you do it! That's how it's done!" Coach exclaimed, looking at the field with a grin on his face.

Nova glances at Liam, surprised to find a look of worry on his face. Nova turns her attention back to Scott and Stiles, seeing them chest bump which made Stiles fall to the ground. She giggled as he scrambled to get up, trying to pretend that didn't happen. They stopped celebrating as soon as they realized Liam was staring at them with a determined expression, ready to go next.

The look of worry that was on Liam's face was gone as the whistle blew. He was confident as he raced at them. Stiles lunged at him first. Liam spun the stick into his other hand while gracefully side-stepping Stiles. Stiles fell onto his stomach as Liam kept going. Scott tried to swat Liam's stick out of his hands but failed as Liam ducked and easily side stepped him. Just like every other shot he made this one went into the net and the team cheered.

Nova smiles, happy that her best friend was doing so good, but she felt bad for Scott and Stiles. She looked over with wide eyes when Malia suddenly stood up with a frown.

"That was luck!" She yells. "Do-over!"

"Sweetheart, there's no do-overs. This is a practice." Coach told her.

"Ten bucks on Scott and Stiles." Malia said.

Nova sighs heavily. "This will probably go wrong." Kira nodded in agreement.

"I'll take that action." Coach pointed at her and then called Liam back to the front of the line. Malia sat back down, watching the boys set up for the shot. The whistle blew once again, and Liam ran at Scott and Stiles.

Stiles obviously missed Liam, but Scott bent, ramming his shoulder into Liam's stomach. Nova winced when Liam rolled over Scott's shoulder and landed on his back roughly. She watched with worried eyes, hoping that her best friend was okay. She let out a breath of relief that she didn't realize she was holding upon seeing Liam beginning to get up slowly. He groaned in pain, trying not to put much weight on his leg. Noticing he was having trouble, Scott and Stiles threw his arms over their shoulders. Nova hoped that Liam will be okay, and she had to admit, she was a bit upset with Scott for ramming into Liam that hard.

The boys hauled him off, most likely to the nurse while Nova glanced over at Malia's paper, noticing the problem she was working on didn't look right. For some reason, math seemed to be easy for Nova. The math class she was originally in was too easy for her, so they moved her up to the math class the upperclassman took to challenge her more.

"Um...Malia," Nova speaks up, getting Malia's attention. Malia raises her eyebrows as Nova continues looking at her paper. "I don't think you're doing any of that right." Nova sent her a sympathetic smile as Malia groaned in frustration.

Malia looks at her with a pleading expression. "If you're such a genius at math, then how about you be nice and help me?"

Nova laughs a bit and nods. "Okay. Give me your paper and I'll show you what you did wrong." She looks over at Kira with a sheepish smile. "Do you mind if I switch seats with you for a minute or two?" Kira shakes her head, sending her a small smile. "I don't mind." The two switched seats and Nova started helping Malia with her math.

"Nova!"

She suddenly heard Kira yell. She looked over at Kira with wide eyes when a lacrosse ball had been thrown in her direction. She would've been hit with it if it wasn't for Kira catching the ball with the lacrosse stick, she had.

"Wow! Nice catch," Coach said in awe. He gestures for Kira to throw the ball back. "Throw it back!"

Kira looks a little confused, but she threw the ball back at Coach. He screams in pain when the ball hit him in his gut, and he falls to the ground. Nova looks a Kira with a relieved smile. "Thanks for not letting that ball hit my face."

Kira shrugs and smiles at her. "You would've done the same if it were me, but you're welcome."

Nova and Kira look back at Coach with worry upon seeing him struggling to get on his feet. "Someone ask her if she ever played lacrosse before." Coach said.

****

Scott let Nova know he was going to check on Liam at the hospital and Nova asked if she could go with him. She was worried about Liam and wanted to see if he was alright. Scott agreed and drove them to the hospital. After greeting Scott's mother, Melissa, they went to the hospital room Liam is in. Nova stopped when Scott suddenly stopped walking, outstretching his arm to stop her.

"What?" Nova asked her, looking at him with furrowed eyebrows. He gestured with a nod of his head to the room Liam was in. Nova listened in, overhearing Liam talking to his stepdad, who was a doctor. Liam told his stepdad what happened at practice. His stepdad reminded him they always said 'play smart, not hard'. Nova was happy that his stepdad wasn't mad at Liam because him getting hurt wasn't his fault. Scott then turned around to her when Liam's stepdad walked out, pretending he just didn't listen in on their conversation.

"Hey." Nova spoke, gaining the attention of Liam's stepdad. 

Scott looks at her with confusion, muttering under his breath, "Nova, what are you doing?"

Liam's stepdad, Dr. Geyer, turns to her with raised eyebrows. "Yes?"

Nova ignores Scott's comment as she continues to speak, looking at Dr. Greyer with a nervous smile. "Um, I was wondering, if I could go and check on Liam."

"You're Nova, aren't you?" Dr. Geyer asked. 

Nodding, Nova looks slightly surprised he knew her but she smiles. "Yeah." Even though she and Liam are best friends, she never met his stepdad before. 

"It's so great to finally meet the girl Liam always talks about." Dr. Geyer smiled.

At hearing that, a smile tugged on Nova's lips while she shyly looked at the floor. Scott smiled a bit when he heard her heart skip a beat at the mention of Liam's name. He kind of figured she has a crush on her best friend.

"And yes, you can go check on him." Dr. Geyer reassures her. "I think he could really use a friend right now."

Nova looks at him with a smile. "Thank you." Dr. Geyer nodded and walked down the hallway while Scott looked at his phone whenever it ringed.

After the phone call he had with Lydia who seemed to be panicking, he turns to Nova with concern, wondering how he's going to keep the supernatural life from her now that she's there at the place where another supernatural creature is. "What's wrong?" Nova asked him worriedly when she saw the concerned look on his face.

"Sean is in the hospital." Scott explains, putting his phone in his pocket. Nova's eyes widen, not expecting for that boy to be in the hospital. "I'm gonna go check on him." Scott continues. He still looks concerned, but now he was concerned about her as he looks at her. "Are you gonna be okay here?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." She reassures him. "Just let me know when you're ready to go."

"Okay, be careful." Scott said. 

Nova nods and points at him as he begins to walk down the hallway. "The same goes to you."

After Scott left, Nova sighs, shaking her head as she turns to Liam's hospital room. She knocks on the opened door to get Liam's attention since she saw him staring at his leg. He looks over to the door, smiling when he sees her. "Hey, Noves."

"Hi, Li." Nova greeted, smiling at hearing the nickname only he called her and ignoring the butterflies she felt in her stomach at hearing the nickname. Walking into the hospital room, she walks over to the bed he was on. She glanced at his left leg.

"So..." She looked back at Liam, tilting her head to the side. "Is it broken?"

Liam shrugs. "Don't know until I get an X-Ray." He frowns. "Which means I'll probably have to stay here for awhile."

"Mind if I stayed with you?" Nova asks him, sitting on one of the chairs beside him. He looks at her and she smiles at him. "I'll keep you company."

Liam smiles back at her. Even though he was in pain, being with Nova made him forget about it. "No, I don't mind."

"You did really good at tryouts today." Nova complimented, leaning back in the chair.

"Yeah, I know." Liam smirked.

Nova chuckles while shaking her head at him. "I see having a possibly broken leg didn't bruise your ego."

Running his hand through his hair, Liam chuckles. "Really though, thank you. I was honestly really nervous going up against upperclassman."

"You? Nervous?" Nova looked at him with disbelief.

"Yes, I was nervous." Liam playfully glares at her, leaning over to shove her shoulder which made her laugh a bit. "I heard Scott is not someone you wanna go up against in lacrosse. And Stiles, well...He's Stiles." He quickly adds, "No offense."

Nova laughs. "Nah, you're fine. Stiles has never been that good at lacrosse." They both looked at each other with wide eyes when they heard a loud growl echo throughout the hospital.

"Did you hear that?" Liam questioned, looking at Nova with wide eyes.

Nova wasn't exactly sure what it was, but she knew it had to be a supernatural creature and that's what worried her. "Yeah, I don't know how anyone could miss it." She bites her lower lip nervously. "And it didn't sound friendly."

Despite Nova's protest about Liam not getting off the bed with a bad leg, she still makes sure Liam get off the bed carefully, so he doesn't hurt his leg anymore, and the two of them go out to the hallway to investigate.

"Anyone hear that?" Liam asked, looking at each end of the hallway. Nova furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the hallway was empty. She thought there would be at least a few nurses around.

"I wonder where everyone is." Nova wondered out loud.

Liam nods in agreement, glancing around with confusion. "Yeah. You'd think there'd be at least some people in this area." 

He turns around, letting out a gasp, accidentally bumping into Nova when he takes a step back. Nova looks at Liam with worry, going to ask what's wrong when she heard a growl very close to them. She looked forward, her eyes widening at the boy she sees. The shirt he was wearing was somewhat covered in blood, so was some of his face. When he opened his mouth, he showed them long sharp teeth.

Nova felt fear run through her body at the sight of this person. She doesn't know what kind of creature he is, but she knew that she had to protect Liam, and if that meant showing that she's a werewolf, then that's what's going to happen. Then she realized that the boy is Sean. The boy whose family was murdered. The boy Scott said was in the hospital. Sean lunged at the two and Nova was quick to stand in front of them, letting out a growl as she showed the werewolf side of her. As Nova fights with the boy, Liam watched with surprise. He thought Nova was human, but now she looked like a werewolf. He didn't even know supernatural creatures exist and apparently his best friend is one.

Nova knew now probably isn't the best time to reveal her secret to one of her best friends, but she had to do it to protect him and herself. It seemed like Sean was much stronger than Nova is which made her realize she couldn't fight him and protect Liam at the same time. So, after kicking the boy in the stomach, sending him back on the floor harshly, she quickly rushed over to Liam. She grabbed his hand, pulling him along with her as she started running. Nova was glad she had super strength so Liam could put all his weight on her. Nova didn't want him to put any weight on his bad leg to hurt it more.

They somehow end up on the roof the hospital, knowing it probably wasn't the best place to hide, but it was close to where they were, and they didn't really know what else to do since the boy was chasing them. When they got to the roof, Nova made Liam hide as she tried to fight off Sean again. Nova decided on letting out a loud howl, hoping that Scott would hear it and know where they are so he could save them.

****

When Scott gets to the roof, he's surprised to see Sean, the boy Lydia told him he needed to get to, was on standing on the ledge with his arm wrapped around Liam's neck in a choke hold. Scott's worry grew when he remembered Nova was still at the hospital and he quickly looked around the roof, letting out a sigh of relief when he saw her laying on the floor.

"Nova, you okay?" He frowned when he saw she was holding onto her side which made him know that she has a cut. He wasn't extremely worried since he also knew that she would heal. He was more worried about Liam at the moment.

Nova had transformed back to normal by then and was leaning against the wall by the platform that's by the edge of the roof. She nods and shrugs. "I'm just bleeding. It's not like I'm gonna die." When Scott didn't look amused, she sheepishly smiles. "Sorry. I'm okay, Scott." Scott nodded in response, trusting her that she really was okay and turned to walk over to Sean and Liam.

"Get back!" Sean yelled at Scott. 

Scott stops in his tracks, outstretching his arm to where Sean and Liam are. "You don't need to do this. Whatever it is. Whatever you are, we can help you."

"No, you can't." Sean shook his head, keeping a tight grip on Liam, who was kept trying to get out of his grasp. 

Scott nods. "Let me help you."

"Wendigos don't need help." Sean said. "We need food!"

Sean unwraps his arms around Liam, leaning forward while Liam lets out a yell. Liam struggled out of Sean's grips for a few seconds while Scott lets out a low growl, jumping towards the two. Liam ended up falling over the ledge, quickly grabbing onto the side of the ledge before he completely fell.

"No!" Nova exclaimed, fear growing within her when Liam went over the edge of the roof. He can't die. He's too young to die, he really hasn't even lived yet. And if he died then it would be like Nova lost a part of herself with him.

She lets out a sigh of relief, noticing that he was hanging on the edge. Scott roughly pushed Sean to the ground and rushed over to Liam. He landed on his stomach, grabbing Liam's arms. He went to pull him over when Sean grabbed onto one of Scott's arms, making him loose grip on Liam.

Liam breathes heavily as he does his best to keep a tight grip on the ledge. Scott has trouble keeping ahold of Liam while fighting off Sean with one arm. Liam lets out a yell when he feels his fingers begin to slip after Sean made Scott lose his hold on Liam's arm. Liam's right hand falls off the ledge, and he looks down at the long drop below him with fear. He kept trying to hold on as tight as he could, but it was starting to get a lot harder and he was getting tired.

He looks at Scott with fear when he feels his left hand begin to slip. "I can't hold on!" Scott knew he would never hear the end of it if Liam died because of him. He knows how important he is to Nova and so he did the only thing that came to mind at the sight of Liam beginning to fall. He bites Liam's arm.

A/N first chapter is up yay ! currently loving nova so much, she had a girlboss moment in this chapter while protecting her best friend !