This story is copyright of destinie21 2004. Please do not reproduce.
This tale contains incest and lesbian sex if your adverse to either read no further. To all others please enjoy...
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To tell this story right I guess I'll need to go back to the beginning.
In the beginning no, no, no. Once upon a time, no not that either. Hmm how to begin
Okay here we go. At the age of nine if anyone had told me the air could be like a blanket I would not had believed it for a second, only because I wasn't well versed in metaphor. But in August the air was indeed like a blanket. Too warm too cumbersome and far too thick. It was also silent because kids didn't want to play and even the birds and the bugs seemed to think it was too exhausting even to chirp or flit about. I as usual was inside the house reading and trying desperately to ignore the heat, while an old electric fan propelled the warm thick air about the living room. My mother waltzed in and ended that by telling me I may as well go out and play because it was too nice of a day for little children to be cooped up indoors.
When she was far enough away I rolled my eyes, I didn't see her out enjoying the inferno. Still you couldn't just blatantly disobey Mama and expect to get away with it. I took my book and walked outside shutting the screen door with as much attitude as I dared. I ended up sitting on the porch in the shade, which wasn't really that shady or cool, reading and praying for a snowstorm. I was so engrossed in Charlotte's Web and I didn't even hear the car pull into the drive, what I did hear was the clickty-clack of high heels on pavement and the jangle of gold bangles rubbing against one another.
It was the first time I'd heard a woman make music with her movements. I watched her as she made her way from the car to the steps of the porch. She was wearing a yellow sleeveless dress and a pair of bright red high heels. She managed to look cool and composed as she walked the red silk scarf that held back her deep auburn hair moved as if there was a breeze.
Her skin was the color of cinnamon and if my father had been around he might have called her a redbone. I drank her in like a liquid as she opened the screen door and walked into our house as if she had a right to be there.
I would have thought she had not seen me at all if she hadn't caught my eye and winked at me. I forgot all about Zuckerman's famous pig as I crept closer to the screen door. Curious as hell about this woman. I could hear the stranger calling out to my Mama as she carried her music into the living room. "Gina, where the hell are you girl?" Her voice had laughter in it as she spoke. Suddenly I felt sorry for her. Nobody cussed in our house, even Daddy.
I could see my mama's feet on the stairs as she came down. I pulled back a little not wanting to be caught spying. Mama was forever telling me to stay out of grown folks business. When Mama's back was to me I peered through the door again certain she was about to yell at the cussing woman, instead she threw her arms around the stranger as if they were old friends. I wanted to laugh I wasn't sure who this lady was but she was already extraordinary in my eyes.
"Josephine girl when did you get here?" Mama asked stepping back with her hands on her hips. The woman whose name I was already rolling around in my mouth like a piece of hard candy smiled.
"Just a minute or two ago."
Mama nodded her head and may have been about to say more when the woman turned her eyes to me. I backed away thinking I was surely going to be in for it, but she spread her arms causing the bracelets to sing again, and motioned for me.
"Hey Love come give your Aunt Josephine a hug."
I opened the door feeling suddenly shy, I'd heard of Aunt Josephine and seen a few grainy photos before but I had never met her. She was my father's younger sister who lived in Louisiana, a far off place as far as I was concerned having been born and raised in Chicago. Besides that I wasn't the hugging type and my name was Sabrina not Love. Still she had sent me birthday and Christmas presents so she couldn't be too bad even if I didn't know her at all.
My mother looked at me and her eyes told me I'd better get moving. So I hugged this newly discovered Aunt. Her skin felt cool and she smelled to me like fresh water. When I pulled back she looked into my eyes then stepped away sizing me up. I was doing the same although I had already looked her over, when I met her eyes I was shocked she looked a lot like a female version of my daddy. He was handsome and she was beautiful but instead of being brown her eyes were almost gold.
Mine were too and I'd always thought them strange especially up against my dark skin. She laughed again though I wasn't sure why "Well aren't you beautiful Love." I shrugged and mumbled thanks. I had never really thought of myself in terms of looks. She smiled and looked me dead in the eye. "You are beautiful and don't you ever think any different."