"God, it's hot!" Aisha said wiping sweat off of her forehead. She and her husband had just moved out to a rural area. His job relocated him and he thought that it would be great to raise children in the country. She was very upset that she had to move out there. Aisha was a city girl all the way. She always had a fresh French manicure. Designer clothes and shoes were her norm. Although she has naturally wavy shoulder length hair, she gets it straighten and styled every 2 weeks. There was nothing for her in this hick town.. The local rec hall has bingo games but for a vibrant woman of 26 years of age, that was not appealing. There were not many black people in this town. The population was 675 and she had only saw about 3 other black families. She did not speak to the people in the town.
When she did, she was not very warm or inviting. She figured that they most likely were prejudiced and she did not want to really find out.
Aisha decided to walk to a local store one day. Everyone seems to walk in the town so she did not want to feel even more out of place by driving her BMW a mile up the road. It was about 89 degrees outside. Aisha decided to put on a pair of shorts and a D&G tank top.
She skipped undergarments because it was so hot. Once on the road, she realized how hot it was. She started to sweat and she fanned her face so that her make up would not get messed up.
Hot and dazed that she did not realized that she was walking in the middle of the street, a loud horn blew and startled her. Aisha jumped out of the road as a dusty old red pick up truck drove past blowing dust all over her.
"dammit" she said while trying to avoid the huge dust cloud that was following the truck.
Aisha looked up and saw a confederate flag in the rear window of the truck. She stopped on the side of the road and buried her face in her hands. She was in a place where she had not been open to people because she did not know how they would react to her because she was black. She had always been afraid of encountering racism. That flag was all she needed to know. 'fuckin' red neck!' she thought as she wiped dust off of her donna karan sneakers.
Once inside the store, the clerk spoke to Aisha but she just smiled and went to look for the fruit. Paul saw Aisha come into the store. He had just passed her on the road but had not noticed how pretty she was. She was 5'6, about 135lbs, and had brown hair that was wet from sweat. Paul noticed that she did not have a bra on but her tits were high and full. Her body was toned from head to toe. Amazing legs. He had never seen a black woman so beautiful except for on TV. He eyed her expensive looking clothes and 2 karat ring on her hand. She was well maintained. 'This must be the woman that everyone was talking about' he thought. His buddies had told him about an unbelievably beautiful black woman in town. They all wanted to fuck her and their wives were jealous of her beauty and presence.
He had also heard that she was rude and unapproachable. He watched her walk around the store before deciding to say something to her.
"hope I did not scare you back there" said a low husky voice. Aisha turned around to see a white man standing behind her. He was about 6'4, 200lbs, blues eyes and brown hair. He looked like he was in his early 50's. His skin looked dark and weathered like he had worked in the sun all of his life.
"What?", Aisha questioned with the attitude that she has given everyone that has encountered her in the town.
"back in the road...I blew my horn at you."
Realizing that this was the red truck with the confederate flag in the window, Aisha didn't comment to him and walked away.
"if you did not have such an attitude maybe you would not be so lonely here" he called to her.
Aisha ignored him and went to the check out line.
Once back on the road, Aisha heard a car coming down the road behind her. She moved over to the edge of the grass. The car slowed next to her. It was the red truck. Aisha stopped. Expecting to hear some racist remark, Aisha glared at him.
"you know, there are a lot of nice people in this town if you just give them a chance." he said
"that flag in your window tells me how nice you all are"
"what do you think it means?" Paul asked
"I know what it means!"
hearing how articulate she sounded, Paul asked her where was she from.
"Virginia. why?"
"You're a southerner?" he asked in disbelief
"Yes. And very proud of it." Aisha stated
"So am I. And that is all that flag says" Paul responded. "Don't be so quick to judge people if you do not want them to do that to you."