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Lily Collins as Raya Cortez

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Lily Collins as Raya Cortez

Lily Collins as Raya Cortez

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Gigi Hadid as Leigh Cortez

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The breeze hit against her rosy cheek, the refreshing cool wave of air causing her eyes to flicker open. Last night was busy— with her uncle and the others demanding so much more from her that it quite literally rendered her unable to move. Instead, Raya basked in the quietness of the morning as much as possible; the rays of sunshine piercing through the transparent curtains and the silent conversations from their neighbors that she could barely make out.

Although the feeling of complete serenity was enjoyable-- it didn't last long as an unexpected visitor was let in intentionally by her sister. Leigh just assumed Raya wouldn't mind a slight shake up to her morning and little did she know she was wrong.

"Is she awake?" The loud statement bouncing off the walls of her bedroom and disrupting her balanced mind. As if each word were an arrow and each shot encouraged her exhaustion, increasing her desire to stay in bed.

"Nope." She grumbled, clawing at her pearly white duvet. Her hair covered the entire pillow as she buried her face in deeper in the somewhat never ending depth of the softness.

"Come on Cortez, get up." A familiar voice caused her to look at the owner of said voice in disbelief.

The first grin of the morning spread across her lips as she slumped up, back resting against the oak headboard. Raya hummed before fully opening her eyes and giving the girl in front of her her entire attention. "Hey gorgeous."

'Bedhead Raya' seemed to be a sight that Toni would never get tired of. How she had longed to hear that raspy morning voice everyday, to tame those frizzy hairs herself and stay under the warmth of the pristine white duvet as if they had woken up after a night together. But that would never happen until they both would stop dancing around their feelings. Despite that, she would never really admit her thoughts out loud; it would reveal how secretly soft she is for the taller girl and would definitely harm her tough-girl attitude.

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