Bal Khabra

“Hockey?” I repeat. “You want me to do my grad school application on hockey?”

“If I gave you a shovel, would you hit me over the head with it?”

Now, it’s my turn to laugh. Elias Westbrook, Eli as everyone knows him, and I have known each other since we were in diapers. His worry doesn’t irritate me like everyone else's because I know he says it with great caution, and I must really be cutting it close with practice and school if he’s saying something.