Friday December 18th is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Against her own better judgment, Hometown Girl attends Sunday Mass at St Bernard of Clairvaux Parish, knowing that's where her crush and his family atrend every Sunday.
They do indeed attend, including her crush and College Girl.
At least .... it looks like College Girl. She has the classic long, thick blonde hair which shows on her crush's Instagram page and on College Girl's Tik Tok's .... the one's which Hometown Girl has seen on co-workers' cell phones, since she herself seems to be blocked from College Girl's websites.
Hometown Girl tries to catch her crush's family in the Gathering Area after Mass, but the scene is too chaotic. Too many seasonal Catholics attending Mass now that it's Advent.
Hometown Girl attends Sunday Mass a good 48 to 50 Sunday's per year. During the peak of the pandemic, she watched on YouTube every week. And once in-person Masses returned in 2021, she was back in-person. Hometown Girl loves Mass--the music, the liturgy, the readings, the Eucharistic Prayer, Communion.
Sometimes, if she's in a state of sin, rather than taking the Host on her tongue, she'll form a cross over her chest and ask for just a blessing from the Eucharistic Minister. All the Ministers at St Bernard understand the request, and offer the blessing willingly. It makes Hometown Girl feel .... welcomed .... belonging.
When Hometown Girl feels in a state of sin, it's always the same two sins.
> Adultery
> Coveting a neighbor's spouse.
Hometown Girl loves sex. Doing it, how it makes her feel connected ... alive. Her crush isn't the only man she's had sex with .... and far from the only one she's desired it with.
She first lost track of the number of tumes she had sex. Then, with the number of partners. She's not proud it. Not ashemed .... but not proud. She's a work in progress. She'll get there.
God lover her anyways. She hopes, and believes. As long as she keeps working in herself.
Hometown Girl comes home frustrated that she didn't catch up with her crush, her crush's family .... and HER .... college girl .... after Mass.
She masturbates to what would have happened if she had.
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At that moment ......
College girl is masturbating too. She noticed Hometown Girl at Mass at St Bernard.
"What a bitch."