Chapter 2 A new friend

Tatiana was almost letting go of her phone now her mouth wide open, She stared at the stranger in front of her who was now waiting for an answer. she pulled herself together and finally talked

"'okay yeah .... Sure you..you can join me, she said trying to act as comfortable as possible.

Ash looked at her and winked before seating down she noticed the girl blush and smile. She could tell the girl felt uneasy so she decided to cool the air around her

" Hey relax ok..I!'m not a dog I don't bite...... name is Ashley but call me Ash or whichever you prefer, I like them both" she whispered not to create attention, she stretched her hand to greet her.

At first, the girl was reluctant to give her hand but did it though it took so much courage to do so.

"I'm Tatiana......Tatiana Marley" she said nervously.

Ashley was not letting her hand go yet

"Tatiana.... lovely..nice to meet you Tatiana" she, said smiling again.

" Nice to meet you too Ash I'll call

you Ash.." she said trying her best to sound normal

then she withdrew her hand from Ashley's,

"You look cute and even more cute when you blush and honestly you are beautiful and I like your dreadlocks they look so damn cute on you," Ashley said taking a sip of her wine.

" That's a lot but thanks a lot too, for your compliments,"

Tatiana said avoiding looking at Ashley's eyes.

''Girl can you just get used to me already because we are already friends so stop shying around" Ashley said these words staring at the girl's face. Tatiana didn't say anything. She just smiled quickly and looked away.

"Why haven't you ordered anything yet?" Ashley asked her after noticing the table was empty only with the glass of wine she had come with.

" oh about that...I'm waiting for someone and I don't want to order anything before he arrives" she said with a smile brightening on her face.

"Just order something a drink maybe, I won't feel nice drinking alone, my treat" Ashley said.

".....can I get a drink? Lemon flavor" she said to a waiter she had called while passing by.

"Sure miss," the waiter said and went to bring it.

"Why lemon flavor? It's so bitter" Ash asked with her eyes wide open. How could such a beautiful girl order or like a bitter flavor?

"It's my favorite flavor and I like it a lot it's bitter Sweet and being a lemon flavor doesn't mean that it has to be as bitter as you think, to me it's sweet you'll have to try it someday if we become good friends" she finished with a wink and a smile

"That's a crazy but good idea I hope I'll like it " she kept quiet for some time looked away then looked at Tatiana

" you have a beautiful smile and it's good that you are not

shying anymore"

Tatiana didn't say anything but just giggled. She was now familiarizing with Ashley more and more. They were currently getting along well as friends who have always been friends.

The waitress came with Tatiana's drink and placed it at the table

and left after saying enjoy your drink. Tatiana took the drink but just before she could sip it, Ashley

stopped her.

" wait..... stop" confused Tatiana stared at Ashley without blinking and then started exploring her drink

"It would be a waste if we don't toast to our newly built friendship right?" Ashley said raising her glass of wine. it took Tatiana some time to get whatever was happening and then she

raised her glass after a chuckle.

" I thought that my drink was poisoned or maybe you had seen something in it." She said and they both let out laughter though not a loud one.

" so who is the black one your mom or your dad?" Ashley asked after sipping her wine. When she saw that Tatiana was not responding she regretted asking the question.

" I'm sorry ...it's ok if you don't want to tell me," she said apologetically.

Tatiana's expression was now a smiling one. She couldn't help but laugh when she looked at Ashley.

"Why are you laughing what's funny" asked

Ashely. Tatiana laughed for some more seconds and

decided to answer her.

" you should have seen your expression while apologizing, or rather listen to your voice,...Have you already forgotten my name? And you want us to be friends ridiculous, Obviously

from Marley, you could tell that my dad is a Jamaican so probably he's not white and also not black mom is Americana and my skin is neither of theirs I'm their mixture" she said smiling. Yes, she was honest and true about that one. Only if you are close enough to her you'd tell that she isn't pure white.

On the other hand, Ash was laughing at herself. Damn, why hadn't she thought of that earlier before asking her such a stupid question?.

" And you?" Tatiana asked, now with a very serious gaze

" Oh, my parents are both.." Tatiana cut her off before she

could finish talking

" Not that you don't have to tell me about that" Ashley was now confused

"so what about me? ....what do you wanna know?" She asked

"Why do you look like someone I know? a popular artist, a very famous singer"

Ashley almost spilled all the wine from her mouth. She placed the wine glass on the table and wiped the little wine which

had spilled on the table.