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02 || The Wonders Of Google

Daniel had told me those weren't real. But how did he know? Had he explored the entire world and came up with that conclusion? I didn't think so.

Walking past the old wooden sign, I walk into the clearing and move towards the wooden bench. Our bench where we'd carved our names and secret messages.

The sun had just about set, casting a purple hue over the sky, I had stored my cellular device in my boot after climbing out of my bedroom window and it hadn't been dark enough to use the flashlight ingrained into the tiny little rectangle.

Pulling it out, I turn it on, only to stop at the sound of rustling leaves. Slowly turning my head, my breathing calms upon seeing a breathless Ella emerging from the trees.

Like I'd said, Ella knew of my secrets. The clearing - was now her secret just as much as it was mine.

"Missed you at Worship, even saved you a seat." She greets taking the seat next to me on the bench.

I don't even offer her a smile. I'd been faking too many of those lately. "I wasn't feeling all too good."

She sends me a small sad knowing smile, she knew how much I wanted to go to New York City. "Would you like to talk about it?"

I shake my head. I'd been thinking about it too much and I'd finally been able to suppress the feelings. Talking would only bring them back.

She nods, deciding to move on."So, what'd Father Kade want? Don't tell me he actually scolded his number one girl." She teases.

I breathe out a laugh through my nose, before reaching my hand into my pocket and pulling out the gold foil. "He gave me this." I open my palm and hold it up between us, allowing her to examine the object.

"What do you suppose it is?" Her confused voice asks as she narrows her eyes at it.

"He called it a con-dom," I repeat Father Kade's words.

Ella pushes up her glasses and continues to examine the square close up. "Looks oddly similar to the spice packets that come in those Noodle packs they sell at the supermarket wouldn't you say?"

I nod, seriously. "Or those packets of hand wipes, the ones you get after your meal down at the diner." I add.

She nods but her eyes flicker up to mine. "How are you supposed to use it if you don't even know what it looks like?"

Exactly.

And so with another confused sigh, I explain to her how Father Kade told me not to open it and that my assigned would know what to do.

"You don't suppose Google would know?" She suddenly asks, her eyes widening in curiosity. "After all, they are are a genius."

"Brilliant idea!" I conclude, scolding myself for not thinking of it sooner.

We both huddle around my devices as I use the small finger keyboard to type in Con-dom.

"That one." Ella says, moving forward and tapping on a video labeled how to put on a condom for beginners.

"That's odd." I mumble staring at the screen. "Where does the banana come into play?" I speak aloud as I tilt the screen so that the video was displayed sideways.

We both watch with curious eyes and the video only leaves us puzzled with more questions. And so we spend the remainder of the hour delving into the world of condoms.

. . .

"That's a phallus!?" I shriek.

"That doesn't look appealing at all!" Ella screams, her face scrunching up in disgust while I can't help but agree.