Notes

Gay? Gay.

All the Elders filed in slowly and took their places at the cramped, oval shaped wooden table.

Connor found himself sandwiched between Kevin and Elder Thomas. Elder Neeley sat to Kevin's right, and passed around bowls, cups and spoons to everyone.

All the Elders graciously accepted the bows and poured out their favourite cereal. Milk was given to everyone and soon the whole table was happily munching away at their chosen cereal.

Elder Thomas was the first to break the silence.

"So, Elder McKinley, did everything go well last night?" He asked. A few other Elders exchanged glances and grinned at each other.

"Yes actually, it did," Connor replied cheerfully.

"You must have been up for hours,"

"Yes, it went on late into the night,"

"Hm, those things would I suppose,"

"What was the problem?" Elder Church asked.

Connor ate another spoonful of cereal before answering. "Ah, it was a-"

"A broken pump," Kevin interrupted. "We had to go fix it," Connor raised an eyebrow at Kevin for interrupting, but then went back to his cereal.

"A broken pump you say...?" It was Elder Neeley's turn to speak up. "And why, may I ask, was it broken?"

"Never been used before," Connor replied back at the tall elder. "It's always a bit hard the first time, isn't it?"

Several elders around the table sniggered quietly to themselves, saying nothing, as evidently Connor hadn't picked up on the double meanings.

"Clearly," Elder Neeley continued, before elder Michaels spoke.

"Elder Price? What about you? How did you find the it?"

"Pumping is hard!" Kevin whined. "In fact, my wrists are killing me!" he pouted, shaking out his hands. "It took forever for anything to come at all..." He folded his arms and continued pouting.

Elder Cunningham watched the situation unfold eagerly. It seemed that miraculous neither Kevin nor Connor had picked up on their own unfortunate statements.

"Jeez you guys are still up pretty quickly." Elder Cunningham prompted, happily awaiting the next instalment of clueless responses.

"Well Elder McKinley certainly has a lot of stamina, that's all I have to say," Kevin replied coolly, seemingly proud of his quick defence.

"Dancing definitely helps improve both stamina and flexibility," Connor added, smiling at the group.

Elder Zelder let out a laugh, and immediately felt Elder Schrader kick his shin. He tried to protest, but the other Elder did it again.

Elder Thomas cleared this throat, glaring at the Elders on the other end of the table to silence them. "Are you alright Elder Mckinley?" He asked.

Connor's hand flew to his thigh, which was bruised from where he had walked into the pipe yesterday, and shifted uncomfortably. "Well sitting down is hard, and I can't walk straight yet..." He said sadly, gazing into his bowl before straightening himself up again. "But that's beside the point, I still had a great time, even with Elder Price constantly moaning about everything," he chuckled, remembering how even the smallest thing could set off Kevin.

"I told you Price tops," Elder Schrader whispered to Elder Zelder. "You owe me another ten dollars," the other elder sighed and listened back in on the conversation.

"You guys installed it properly and safely didn't you?" Elder Neeley asked.

"Yup!" Connor smiled, proud.

"I mean, how hard does it have to be to put a pump in? Not all that, as it turns out." Kevin added. "At first it was pretty hard, but it didn't take long before we were finished," he smiled.

Elder Davis finally spoke, addressing the group. "Is everybody done?" He asked. All the a Elders nodded and the plates and boxes and cups were cleared away. Everyone took time to thank Heavenly Father for their food (they were pretty relaxed about tho as long as it was done at some point before, during or after the meal), and Kevin stood to leave.

"If you need me, I'll be studying scriptures in my room." He said, pushing his hair in after him.

"I'll come too! I helped last time, and you said it was good to have my help!" Connor said, jogging to keep up with Kevin's long strides.

All the remaining elders then turned to face each other.

"Gay?" Elder Neeley asked.

Everyone else replied with a smirk. "Gay."