Song: Coaster by Khalid
Words: 2275
Published: June 12th, 2020
Rayna's POV
It's Wednesday. I'm excited.
For the past few days I've stayed out of trouble and taken care of Jayce. We've actually gotten quite close, which makes me feel amazing. He's filled me in on Johnathans plan to mask my scent and lock me in the basement during the Alpha King's visit. I'm not sure what to do about that, so I'll talk to Naomi about it.
She's picking me up today. We've texted and she told me 2 o'clock. Jayce knows I'm going and said he can handle himself. I'm packed for the night.
I look at myself in the mirror.
My skin is light, which, doesn't look as it sounds. It's similar to mixed. My hair is long and brown. It's wavy today. My eyes are blue. Lately they've been pretty bright. When those dark feelings come they're more of a dark blue. I'm wearing a Bob Marley shirt and leggings underneath my hoodie.
I grab my backpack full of my stuff and head out.
*~* Third Person POV *~*
Rayna walks down the drive to where Naomi's (oddly, in other people's opinion) light blue car is parked. Naomi's leaning against the side.
She smiles when she sees Rayna.
"Hey!" she drags, walking over and hugging her tightly.
"Hey," Rayna responds, hugging her back. After a few seconds, they pull away and walk over to the car.
"How's it been?" Naomi asks.
"Good, actually."
Rayna throws her backpack down onto the floorboard. They buckle in and start the drive to Naomi's house.
"I've been getting close with Jayce," she tells her. Naomi smiles and nods.
"That's great."
"How about you?" Rayna knows that Naomi picks up on the subtle things. She'll take you like her or not based on how fast you ask about her day, if at all. Rayna's thoughtfulness is what makes them such good friends.
"I've been good. I've been so excited for this but kinda bored. Just working a lot, really. Imani has been annoying."
Imani is her little sister. She was at their grandma's for the past week. She has a job at their local Starbucks.
"Mhm." Rayna rolls the window down and turns the music up. They start nodding their heads to the beat. Music soon blaring, they drive through town with the windows down to Naomi's house.
Rayna grabs her backpack off the floorboard, and they walk inside. Naomi's dad, Mr. West, is sitting on the couch with Imani, playing some video game together. It seems really intense.
"My mom's out at the moment. Wanna unpack?" Naomi asks.
"Yeah. Hi, Mr. West. Hey, Imani," she greets. The two just give a nod, not looking away from the screen.
Rayna and Naomi head down the hall to her bedroom. She has a bunk bed, but it has a desk underneath it. Luckily, there's already a mattress on the floor set up for Rayna. That's what they usually do.
Rayna sets her backpack on the mattress while Naomi plops down into her desk chair, picking up the remote and turning on the TV.
"Do you remember what episode we ended off on on Glee?" she asks, finding the show.
"Uhm . . . The beginning of season four."
The show starts.
"Do you wanna do our nails? Wait, we should play board games first," Naomi says.
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