Girls Like Girls // Rilaya

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"Your hands are always so warm," Maya mumbles. Currently, they're on the floor of Maya's bathroom doing each other's nails. Riley smiles and shakes her head.

"No, I just think your hands are cold," She responds, which in fact was more likely. Maya's hands were so small in hers, pale, small, and bony, of course they were always cold. Riley was always gentle when it came to Maya, she painted Maya's nails a nice light blue, they'd go well with her eyes. 

"I miss this," Maya says quietly, Riley chooses to ignore her, this is suppose to be happy and fun, she doesn't want to talk about their problems. Maya looked up at Riley, waiting for a response but is instead with silence. "Don't you?" Riley exhales through her nose before moving onto the other hand.

"I love spending time with you Maya, so yes, of course I do." She answers.

"So why don't you ever come around? Or at least let me come over?"

"...Sometimes I really am just busy, it's not your fault,"

"But it FEELS like it is! I mean I can't remember the last time you slept over! And we used to have sleepovers every weekend!" Riley huffed and looked up sternly.

"Can I just finish your nails, please?" She asks, she was clearly irritated and didn't want to talk about it.

"...Fine," Maya went quiet and continued watching Riley apply the nail polish. Riley felt cornered, what was she supposed to say? I hate your boyfriend, and I'm in love with you. Yeah, real simple. When the doorbell rang, Maya stood up to look out the bathroom window, "It's the pizza guy."

"I'll get it," Riley says getting up, she puts the nail polish down and walks out of the room. Since they were a lot older, Maya would get hit on and flirted with a lot, even when Lucas was around. Maya had tiny black shorts on and a loose white shirt, Riley wanted to keep this image to herself. Riley went down the stairs and grabbed the box from the guy before handing over the tip, she closed the door quickly and put the box on the table.

"Hey, you okay?" Maya asks walking down, Riley nods and attempts to walk away only for Maya to hug her tightly.

"Don't be mad at me!" She whines, Riley freezes and Maya pouts. "Please! Forget I brought it up, please?" Riley relaxes and smiles.

"Okay Maya," She says softly. Maya releases her and grabs soda from the fridge, they sit at the table and begin eating the pizza.

"Promise me, we'll try to do this more?" Maya asks, calmly, Riley looks up and nods.

"Okay, I promise," She agrees, after eating for a bit and scrolling through their phones, they went back upstairs. Maya connected her phone to her speaker and began playing music.

"Come dance with me," Maya says extending her arms. Riley stared in confusion and began giggling.

"What?"

"Come on, remember when you used dance wildly for hours?"

"That was years ago," Riley says laughing harder.

"So? Come on, I want to dance," She urges.

"You're so weird," They interlock their fingers and begin dancing around the room. Riley twirls Maya around a couple of times before pulling her back in. As she held Maya in her arms, she practically fell in love all over again. The way Maya just looked at her made Riley weak, she loved when Maya stared at with that shimmer in her eyes. The happiness, that little glimmer in her expression. Riley felt like the luckiest girl in the world.

Late at night, they laid together in bed, just talking in the darkness. Maya was right, Riley had missed this, a lot. When Maya spoke to her, it was like the world stopped, she could only focus on the sound of her voice.

"We'll be neighbors, and we can share a wedding," Maya whispers, Riley giggled tiredly before turning her head.

"I think you're losing it Maya," She whispered back.

"I'm telling you the truth, we're gonna be together forever, you can't get rid of me that easily. We'll even have kids at the same time so they can be friends too,"

"Best friends?"

"Yes! Best friends, that way we can still see each other everyday,"

"Okay Maya,"

"Promise me you won't ever leave my side?" Maya asks lifting her pinkie, Riley sighs and locks their pinkies.

"I promise."

Soon after, basking in the warmth of each other, they fell asleep. It had been a while since they've done this, Maya hugging her tightly and Riley keeping her safe. To Riley, this was heaven, a summer night, holding onto Maya like her life depended on it.

....

The following morning, she woke up first, but refused to move. She didn't want to disturb or wake up Maya, she looked so gorgeous in the morning. The sunlight seeping through the curtains only further enchanted Riley, Maya looked like she was glowing. Maya's face was so relaxed, Riley could point out all the details she loved so much.

Slowly, Riley released her only to cup her face, she ran her thumbs underneath Maya's eyes and down to her chin. I'm so pathetic. Riley let her go once more before turning over, I hate myself. Missing the warmth, Maya unconsciously scooted closer and buried her face into Riley's neck. "Stop moving," She mumbled. Riley huffed and continued staring at the wall. I'm losing this fight, aren't I?

Once Maya had finally woken up, the two went downstairs to eat breakfast when suddenly the doorbell rang. They looked at each other confused before Maya went for the door, peeked and instantly relaxed. "Oh, it's just Lucas," She says, of course it is. She opens the door and he's standing there with a big smile on his face. 

"Good morning," He says happily.

"Morning baby," Maya says pecking his lips.

"I brought you guys coffee," He says. In his hands is a drink carrier and a small paper bag.

"Now you're talking," Maya mumbles, she quickly takes her drink and waddles off to the kitchen for cereal. 

"Riley! I got your favorite!" He exclaims, I could've gotten Maya coffee too. He hands her the final cup and paper bag. "I even got your cake pop,"

Riley bit the inside of her cheek as she took it out of the bag, I'm such an ass. He's so nice to me and I'm always so rude. Riley plastered on a smile and looked up, "Thank you Lucas." He smiles and nods walking past her. The three sat at the table, Riley and Maya eating cereal, while Lucas finished off last night's pizza. 

It was quiet for the most part before Lucas looked up from his plate, "Thought about going for a drive later tonight, you guys want to come?" Instantly, Maya beamed and nodded.

"Of course," She turned to Riley hesitantly and tilted her head, "Do you want come too?"

Riley paused for a moment before answering, I'm going to win this fight. "Yes, I'd love to."