“She weighs next to nothing, and you know a lot of that is because of momentum and stuff, right?”
Judging from those blank expressions they hadn’t. Judging from Chris’s smirk, he knew what was coming, so he had to get in quick. “Actually, no, she weighs a ton, and I tried to convince the trainer of that but he wasn’t buying. So there you go. Hey Chris, I know this will be hard to believe, but I’m actually getting tired of talking about myself. I want to hear what’s going on with Zac Parotti.”
“Zac Parotti?” Josiah asked. “Last season’s MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs? Why, what’s going on with him?”
“Last we heard he was having real conversations with Chris about God,” Mike said.
Chris shrugged. “Keep praying. The man still seems open.”
“I still can’t believe it,” Ryan said. “Like, the man has everything.”
Luc nodded. Skills, money, looks. “Has he got a girlfriend?”
Ryan laughed.
“What?”
“Ah, it’s just so funny hearing you ask something like that. You, the man who always, always complained about hearing us talk about relationship stuff, and now you’re as bad as Mike and Jai.”
“Hey!” Mike and Jai protested, while Chris and Josiah snickered.
“Look, we just know that a man who finds a wife finds a good thing,” Mike said.
“Amen,” Jai said.
A wife? Luc coughed. “It’s a bit early for a wife. I think you need to focus your energy on Ryan here.”
That shut Ryan up quick, as he coughed. “Anyway, moving right along, I don’t think Chris answered the question.”
“About whether Zac has a girlfriend? I know he’s had a few in the past, but I don’t think he’s looking.”
“A man can have a lot of success but still miss what’s really important,” Josiah said.
Chris nodded. “I think that’s what he’s found recently. He was definitely the biggest factor in us winning the Cup but he’s still feeling a little empty. Not that he’s said it quite like that, but that’s the impression I’m getting.”
“He needs God to fill that emptiness.”
Luc leaned back in his seat. “Well, we’re praying.”
“And we’ll be praying for you too,” Josiah said. “It sounds like there’s a lot going on in your world right now.”
“So much.”
“And we’ll be praying for Bailey too, huh?” Ryan said.
“Go for it.” Luc crossed his arms.
“Does anyone else think Luc is looking a little defensive?” Jai teased.
“I’m not feeling defensive,” Luc said, then caught the joke as the others laughed.
Okay, maybe he was feeling a little defensive. It seemed like there were an awful lot of jokes being made at his expense. Not that he’d ever done anything to deserve it. He rolled his eyes at himself. Yeah, right.
“Bree says to tell Bailey she says hi,” Mike said.
“I thought she’d be able to tell her herself seeing they followed each other on Instagram,” he snarked.
“It’s not the same as the message being passed on in person, so she says.”
No. Messaging someone never was. “Fine, I’ll pass it on.”
“Yeah, say hi from me and Sylvie too,” Ryan said, grinning.
“And Diana and me,” Chris added.
“And I’ve never met her, but Gloria loved her dances in the final and I’m sure she’d love to pass on her good wishes to your young lady too,” Josiah said.
“Ditto from Allie and moi,” Jai said.
“I love how you all seem to like her more than me,” Luc grumbled.
“There’s a reason for that. She’s much nicer than you,” Chris teased.
“And much prettier,” Bree’s voice sang in the background.
“That’s for sure,” he said, thoughts spinning to her smile. His heart clenched. And he now couldn’t wait to see her tomorrow.
Tomorrow! “Hey guys, sorry I can’t stay for the study. I just remembered something I need to do.”
