"Am I the only one who feels extremely uncomfortable about this?" Stacie asked her friends.
The five of them were on their way to Ashley's house. Reverend Jones, Ashley's father had invited them for a small party. They all knew that reverend Jones was a very strict and conservative Christian. They didn't want to accept the offer but Ashley had practically begged them to come.
They didn't want to be rude to the girl who portrayed them so well. So here they were on their way, all dressed very modest with little to no make up on. Even Beca had changed her usual gothic attire for a simple blouse and skirt.
"No you're not the only one" Beca mumbled.
Chloe, Aubrey and Emily were used to go to church every Sunday. They weren't as uncomfortable as the other two although the church they attended wasn't as strict and conservative.
Nervously they got out of Aubrey's car and walked to the front door of Ashley's house. Before they had a chance to knock, the door opened. Revealing a very exciting Jessica and Ashley on the other side.
"Come in" the two girls said in unison.
The five of them looked at each other before stepping into the house. They never had seen the two girls so happy or excited before.
They hanged their coats and followed the two girls into the living room.
To their surprise, Ashley and Jessica's parents who were there too for the occasion, greeted them warmly.
"Please take a seat. Do you girls want something to drink?" Ashley's mother asked them.
"A cup of tea please" Aubrey said on their behalf.
When they sat down and had their tea, they waited for the explanation why they were invited.
"You probably asked yourself why we invited you?" reverend Jones asked them.
They all nodded.
"As you know we don't exactly approve your lifestyle. But I've read the interview and I'm very much impressed by how humble you all are. And we are grateful for giving our daughters the chance to work on something that will help their careers one day. So we wanted to thank you for that. And God learned us to not judge people" reverend Jones said.
"Thank you for your kind words reverend, but it was all Beca's idea. She doesn't like to work with people she doesn't know" Aubrey explained.
"Miss Abernathy told us that" Ashley's father said.
"And you young lady" he continued as he turned to Emily.
"I'm very impressed by how you made that Facebook page."
"You have Facebook?" Beca asked shocked.
"Of course, the church has it's own page. We live in a time where social media is an essential part of today's life" he said.
"Beca doesn't believe in social media. She doesn't even have a smartphone" Chloe said.
"You really are your mother's daughter" Jessica's father suddenly said.
The mention of Beca's late mother left an uncomfortable silence.
"I didn't know you knew my mother" Beca said finally.
"We went all to school with Rose" Ashley's mother explained.
Then reverend Jones disappeared only to come back several minutes later with a book.
"I wanted to give you this to thank you. It's one of the reasons I invited you" reverend Jones said to Beca as he handed her the book.
When she opened it she noticed it wasn't a book. It was a photo album full of pictures of Beca's mom as a child and teenager.
Speechless Beca flipped through the pages. She couldn't believe that someone had saved those photos for such a long time.
She had never seen any pictures of her mom when she was younger. It was unreal for her to see how much she looked like her mother. Without her gothic make up and outfit she and her mother could be twins.
"Thank you so much for this" she managed to get out.
She gave the photo album to her girlfriend so that she could see how her mom looked like when she was younger. Naturally the other girls wanted to take a look too.
Although it hurted Beca to be confronted with pictures of her mom so suddenly, she was happy to have them.
The rest of the time they spent there was really nice. When they left the girls promised to come back soon.
"Wow! That went better than I expected it to be" Stacie said after they had dropped off Legacy.
The rest of the girls could only agree to that. Today had been a very good day.