John
I just got back from practice. A few of my teammates knew I had a friend on the Pittsburgh team, so they joked that if we lost they knew it’s because I was friends with the enemy.
Actually my friendship with Eric, Mikey, Liam, and Jimmy isn’t unusual. There are many guys who are friends with other players on other teams. Like us, they played in college and remained friends.
But some of those friendships faded away too. So I am lucky that my college roommates are still my friends, despite being scattered over the US for different teams.
Eric met me at the door, he was at the stadium too, conditioning for tomorrow’s game. “I got hell for staying with the enemy.” He grinned.
“Ahhh, not buttering me up. I’m not betraying my team.” I smiled at him.
We got inside my house. Dinner sme
