"Am I, um, looking the right way?"
"That's it, just like that... perfect!"
"Shall I start, then?"
"Just start with your name, your age, your profession, and why you're here."
"Okay, um.... My name's Zahra, and I'm twenty-three. I work in an art museum as a collection moderator, and...."
"And why are you here?"
".... Do I have to say why? Really?"
"What about.... How should viewers know you? The girl-next-door? The in-it-to-win-it flirt?"
"How about 'the girl who wasn't supposed to be here'?"
"That's what you want?"
"It matches well enough, doesn't it?"
"You'll have to say a little more."
"I can give up just enough."
"All right, then.... Let's take it from the top, yeah? Big smile-- make me feel like you really mean it."
"Right.... My name's Zahra, and I'm twenty-three. I work in an art museum as a collection moderator, and I'm the girl that wasn't supposed to be here."
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FanfictionThe reasons and means behind Zahra Lyons' entrance into the Love Island Villa on Mallorca are not exactly orthodox. Her friends and family set her up, and by a twist of fate she becomes one of the chosen few single islanders looking to find fun, lov...
