Perception of Trust

S I X T E E N

Approaching the main entrance I saw a group of five people blocking the way. A few feet from the group I saw that it was 2 girls and 3 men drinking and chatting.

Quincy spoke in another language and the group channeled their attention towards him before bombarding him with hugs. As I stood there smiling, the two girls came to introduce themselves and hug me.

By the time I was done introducing myself to the girls, Quincy pulled me in to him again.

"You guys, this is Nickeya. Nickeya these are my cousins." He states and I exchange handshakes with the guys.

I could kind of see the resemblance between them and Quincy, it was obvious that the fine ass hell gene ran in their family.

"Are you guys together? Cause y'all look good..." One of the females ask.

Without hesitation Quincy spoke.

"Nah, nah, but thank you." He chuckled, pulling me closer to him.

"Mmm, okay." She replies looking me up and down with a little grin.

"Yeahhh, but we'll see y'all inside." He replies.

"It was nice meeting you guys?" I say before walking off with Quincy.

"Your cousins are really pretty." I whisper to him.

"Yeah, but they all nosey as hell" he drags shaking his head. "They're probably gonna go around telling the family I'm dating you." He chuckles

"Really?" I ask surprised.

They didn't look like the gossiping types.

"Yeah, they stay instigating. With they little sloppy asses." He laughs and I laugh back.

When I walked into the venue I was shocked.

It was huge and there were so many people in the building! Looking around I was thankful that Quincy told me to dress up up. Everyone looked good left and right.

I was shocked, but kept walking with Quincy. After passing a few tables I noticed that people were glancing at us and whispering, then Quincy started stopping at tables to greet older men and women. Again, he was speaking another language. We had to have stopped at six different tables, and he introduced me to every single group without fail.

Finally we sat down at our table. Three out of the six seats were filled. Quincy pulled out my chair and I sat down. Then he sat next to me.

"You know... I never asked you what type of event this was..." I say over the blasting jazz music playing.

"It's an engagement party." He replies.

"What?"

"It's my younger Uncle's engagement party." He repeats and I casually nod my head. Trying to hide my nerves.

I didn't know he was inviting me to an engagement party for someone in his FAMILY! I thought it was just a regular fancy event. Looking around I saw THOUSANDS of heads. Then I noticed the interior design. Everything and everyone looked so sophisticated and expensive. Suddenly I began to feel intimidated.

"You okay?" He asks and I nod with a little smile.

"Hermano!" I heard someone yell, before Quincy got up to hug another guy that looked fine as hell too. He actually kind of looked like Quincy but was  lighter in complexion.

After a few mintues of speaking, what I assume was Spanish. The guy that hugged Quincy glanced over at me. He squinted his eyes, tapped Quincy's arm and pointed at. When Quincy turned back I awkwardly waved at the guy and smiled.