Natasha Starikovich was a happy camper; she had had a very happy childhood. Her mother, Vera, doted on her. The Williams sisters, particularly Ruth and Alisha, were like second mothers to her. School was easy for her and she was eager to learn. She had lots of friends and it did not hurt that she was the prettiest girl in her school.And she loved having a major difference from her peers in that she could speak Russian.
Since her mother grew up speaking exclusively Russian in her home, Vera felt it incumbent to teach Natasha Russian as well so as not to lose part of her heritage. As a result Russian was literally Natasha's mother tongue, and she spoke Russian exclusively when talking to her mother alone. When she learned to read and write at school she demanded her mother teach her to read and write Russian as well.
Not having the time to do so, Vera found a weekly class in the Russian community in Chicago for Natasha to attend and satisfy her desires. In addition, by mingling with Russian speaking children her age she became absolutely fluent. With such background, Natasha could easily pass herself off as a native Russian especially since she spoke without an accent and when she spoke Russian she actually thought in Russian.
The two main aspects of her childhood to adulthood years that were paramount in her life which framed her happiness were: (1) her violin playing, and (2) Reggie Williams.
When Vera was pregnant with her, and ran away from home to Chicago, she took with her the priceless family heirloom, a masterfully crafted violin. This had been commissioned by Tsar Alexander II and given as a gift to Olga Podkopayeva as a reward for her excellent playing in the Tsar's Court. Olga was a direct ancestor, being Vera's father great-great grandmother, and therefore the violin remained in their family, being passed down from generation to generation.
It was traditionally understood in the family that the violin belonged to the direct descendant of Olga Podkopayeva who could play as well as she.
Vera did not pretend to be the accomplished violinist that had a legitimate claim of ownership to this musical instrument. Still, as she could play it adequately enough, and none of her siblings could nor had an interest in playing it, Vera had no compunction in taking it. She knew she was in for hard times and a frugal existence in raising Natasha on her own, so her only motive in taking the violin was to entertain and amuse herself on the cheap.
So from birth, Natasha was accustomed to hearing her mother play this magnificent instrument and she was fascinated. Her first serious goal in life was to emulate her mother and play this violin. As soon as she could talk she started pestering Vera to let her play the violin. To appease her, Vera obtained a child's size violin. Vera also engaged a local music teacher to provide rudimentary lessons. It was up to Natasha to practice on her own and to the surprise of Vera; Natasha abandoned most childish pursuits to apply herself seriously to master violin playing.
It soon became very evident that Natasha possessed an inherent natural aptitude to play violin; perhaps she was the one that had inherited the great Olga's talent genes. Thus, by the age of four, when Natasha first played for her grandfather, he acknowledged to Vera that Natasha was most likely the legitimate owner of the priceless violin. By the time Natasha reached ten years of age she was big enough and capable of playing Olga's violin. Vera had engaged competent local music teachers to thoroughly teach Natasha to play the violin. By the time she was eleven years old she had learned all that the local music instructors were capable of teaching her.
Thereafter, Natasha practiced at her own pace and supplemented lessons with study materials from music publishers and other sources. As Natasha was becoming more and more proficient, Vera ceased playing the violin, as she was embarrassed at how poorly she played compared to her daughter. Besides, Vera had, by this time, developed varied other interests that occupied her energies.
Strangely enough, although Natasha was obsessed in practicing and playing continuously to perfect her virtuoso, she had not set any goals in life to capitalize on her abilities and talents. It was Vera who suggested she pursue a musical education program after high school. Vera pointed out to Natasha that even if her only ambition was to get married and raise children, she could at least give music lessons in her spare time. With a university degree she could command higher fees when hiring herself out. Extra money always is handy, even for a stay at home mom whose husband has an adequate income.
Natasha really did not have any ambitions as her violin playing consumed all of her drive and motivations, except for her attachment to Reggie Williams. She did have a vague notion that she would want to eventually marry and bear children but this was in the distant future as far as she was concerned.
Accordingly as she had no objection to her mother's ideas, in her junior year at high school she applied for enrollment at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University to pursue a Bachelor of Music degree. With her high school transcript and supporting documents, she was readily accepted pending a music audition at the University in February of her senior high school year. Thus, her immediate future was set and she was happy with it.
The other constant source of happiness in her childhood to adulthood years was Reggie Williams. When her mother came to Chicago, she was kindly offered shelter by Ruth Williams an African-American nurse. Ruth had other sisters living with her, including Alisha who was the same age as Vera and also pregnant at the same time. Alicia gave birth to Reggie about four months prior to Natasha's entry to this world on St Valentine's Day.
Consequently, Reggie and Natasha grew up together. While they were children, even though they really were not siblings, they considered themselves as brother and sister and a familial bond was firmly established. Each of them considered each other's mother as a second mother. Natasha viewed Ruth as an aunt just as much as Ruth was an aunt to Reggie in reality. Once though, Reggie and Natasha reached puberty, the fact that they were not siblings took hold of their minds so as to change how they viewed each other.
As they approached adulthood, they grew to be attracted to each other sexually. Reggie developed into a particularly handsome virile African-American male. He was 6' tall and weighed 180 lbs with no hint of fat on any part of his body. He was all muscle, with the build of a super fit athlete, although he did not take any interest in sports. Under the influence of growing up with Vera and Natasha, he never was obsessed in asserting his black identity. As a result he was very appealing to white girls, particularly and especially those who were otherwise intimidated by black men who were aggressive. However Reggie only had eyes for Natasha, so the girls in high school had no luck in enticing him to sample their charms.
Natasha matured to become uncannily almost a carbon copy of her mother. She grew up to be the same height 5'11", just shorter than Reggie. She evolved to same breast size and shape as Vera. Her breasts were somewhat overlarge for her body and hourglass figure, but not outlandishly so. Given her height, her legs were long and mouthwateringly appealing. Just like her mother, Natasha walked with a pronounced wiggling of her ass, leaving no doubt of her femininity. The resemblance between Vera and Natasha was so remarkably similar that people upon first meeting them together tended to think of them as sisters. They would even think of them as identical twins except for the obviously more mature appearance of Vera.
Both Vera and Alisha loved each other's child, so neither one had any objection to the obvious romance that developed between their two children. They even approved of Natasha and Reggie dating at the young age of fourteen. Of course since both of them had been pregnant at that age they realized they had no credibility were they to suggest to their children that they were too young to seriously date. Vera just made the prudent decision to insist Natasha go on the pill and stay on it.
Reggie and Natasha dated exclusively throughout high school. Their love for each other grew from initial adolescence partiality, to a serious and mature attraction and commitment. They mutually arrived at the conclusion that they were soul mates. Although prepared to concede they were very young, no one could convince them that their love was nothing special.
Both Reggie and Natasha would bristle at the suggestion that their love was just a first time, typical teen-age attraction, and thus they would likely eventually break up and move on to other more serious relationships. The most explosive suggestion made to them denigrating their relationship was the interracial aspect. Neither one could tolerate a suggestion that interracial couplings are still viewed negatively and, even in the contemporary society of today they would likely encounter social problems.
As the relationship continued Reggie, like any typical teen age male, was continuously importuning Natasha to proceed to the ultimate level in love. It was to the point that his main and seemingly only goal in life was to get into her pants. He utilized the traditional arguments males have used since time immemorial to convince their females to surrender their virginity.
