untouchable

meeting him

  "So how far exactly do we have to go?", I asked Tasha seeing how far from the inner city we were driving.

We are on our way to her sisters house where the family gathering is suppose to be,

"Not near here that's for sure,..",she responds,"Look My sister lives a different lifestyle than me...my whole family does really".

I frown,what in the world?, What is she talking about?,And what kind of lifestyle are we talking about here?

"Ah,okay?...should I be worried?",I ask confused and a little put off.

Seeing the look on my face she hurrys to explain,"Oh no, it's nothing like that, it's just that they are all in well paying careers and don't know what it's like to be in need of just the basics", she glances at me and seeing my frown explains farther,

"They aren't stuck up,so I didn't want you to take their ignorance as such,they just don't know".

I knod thinking to myself, what have I agreed to?,if she needs to give me a pep talk before meeting her family, this is going to be a problem and now I'm Starting to feel like a lab rat who's about to be dissected.

"I just want you to have a good time,and not feel judged",she trys to clarify more.

I knod though I'm already set on edge so it doesn't matter what she says,until I can see things for myself and then determine how I feel, I won't be put at ease too much.

We pull up to a nice two story house in a neat neiborhood,cars fill the drive so we park on the side of the street in front of the house. Looking at the house and the nice neighborhood I glance at my outfit,it's the same skirt and blouse,I'd opted to wear this instead of changing back into my normal jeans and a T-shirt since these were nicer.

"You coming?",tasha asks looking in at me as I sit there,she's now outside of the car.

I unbuckle the seatbelt," yeah",I say,getting out of the car.
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Now in the house I stand in the kitchen my hands clasped as tasha introduces me to those seated and cooking,many aromas fill the air making my stomach grumble. I haven't had much to eat today and since I came here tonight I won't get to go to the soup kitchen.

"This is Cassandra, my friend",she motions to me,"and this is my sister, Taylor",she gestures to taylor who smiles at me,I immediately see the resemblance between the two of them. Taylor has the same dark skin with straightened glossy hair that curls at the ends,with a tall, slim figure,though tasha's short. She wears a floral dress with an apron over it,and flats,working on some dish.