A/N: Jenna x Reader
Summary: Jenna is trying to become close friends with Y/n but with her best friends, it's becoming a harder task than she realised with how much Y/n looks after them. However, she didn't mind the chase ;)
HERE WE GO!
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Jenna's POV:
I've made a new friend and right now we're hanging out, walking around New York. I'm not gonna lie, I'm really enjoying hanging out with her. However, I'm tryna keep up with her friends and their names but it's so difficult there's like 5 guys and 2 girls, not including her. That's all I can remember.
"...So, then, Maeve, the absolute tithead. She decides that it isn't enough so we sneak into the theatre and we watch the movie. But then these little shithead 11 years old. They! Sneak in, taking their shoes off and farting and stuff and—and I was infuriated! It—It was like looking at mini Brandon, Jack, Luke, Carter, and JJ's." She rambles, making me laugh. "Seriously, I hated it and I hated them." She complains, beginning to laugh. "But, how're you? I feel bad for taking over the conversation. I do it a lot. But hey, lemme know if you ever want me to shut up." She tells me, making me laugh.
"It's okay, Y/n, seriously. I like hearing you talk about you and your friends." I assure her, "But I'm all right, I'm really enjoying my routine that I have, you know?" She nods her head, smiling softly.
"Ahh! Is that my little Y/n?!" I hear a man shout, we glance around and Y/n gasps.
"JJ!" She exclaims, he runs over and picks her up, spinning her around and Y/n clinging onto her.
"I've been looking for you, sweet! What're you up too—? Oh! Jenna! Nice acting ma'am," I go to thank him but he sets Y/n down and rests his hand on her back. "Brandon is trying to ride a bike down a slide, he's gonna get another concussion. Brooke tried stopping him but he isn't listening. He only listens to you." JJ informs her, Y/n sighs.
"All of you."
"Of course, Mama." He says, sending her a wink. Y/n nudges him.
"All right, sorry to cut this short. I'll text you! I gotta run! Bye!" She says, quickly, running over toward the park, JJ rushing with her and directing her. I follow after her and see her run over. "Woah, woah, woah—!"
"—Y/n! There you are! Come watch!"
"No— No! Brandon, stop it. Think for just a second." Y/n says, sternly. "Look at me, Brandon." She demands, I see Brandon look at her, finally. His smile faltering.
"Uh-oh."
"Ooh, Brandon's getting angry face." Jack teases, making the group laugh. JJ wraps his arm around Y/n yet she shoves him off,
"Assholes! You seriously didn't think to stop him? Brandon, honey, come down. Normally. And safely, please."
"You won't shout at me?"
"Absolutely not."
"You won't hit me or chase me or tell me off or give me the silent treatment?" Brandon rambles on, Y/n shakes her head and smiles widely.
"No, honey, come on down." She denies, he sets the bike down and moves it down, Jack snickers as he catches the bike and moves out the way, Brandon slides down and stays, staring her down. "Come here, gimme a hug." She says, opening her arms, he stands up and goes to hug her but she begins attacking him. He falls on the bark and everyone immediately tries stopping her and JJ, Maeve, Jack, and Luke all holding her.
"You promised!"
"And you promised not to fucking do that again, you idiot!" Y/n scolds him, managing to get off of JJ's arms; getting him on the ground, Maeve almost stops her but she picks Maeve up and sets her aside. Pointing at her annoyingly. "You promised me! Asshole, you little shitty asshole!"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Brooke and Carter stepping in front of Brandon.
"Y/n— Y/n, look at me." Luke orders, "All right, just relax? He's fine. He didn't do anything. He didn't do it—"
"—I could've went on a date with a really hot girl! He stopped me from going on a date with a really beautiful, amazing, incredible woman!"
"Was it that actress I caught you with?" Everyone stops, turning to her as I blush and sit down, watching them.
"N—No. Nah, it..."
"You were with an actress?" Maeve asks, teasingly.
"N—No. I... You know, JJ, he's... he's got a blind eye—"
"—That's me." Carter corrects, smiling widely. Y/n grabs Brandon's bike, stealing it and cycling away, all of them chasing after her and bombarding her with questions. I laugh, watching them but JJ pulls her off of the bike, putting her on his shoulders. She lets out a quiet scream before laughing.
"That's my girl!" JJ cheers,
"Y/n! Y/n! Y/n!" Everyone cheers,
"Lemme down! Shut— Shut up!" She says, trying to get off but JJ doesn't let her, Brooke manages to get onto Luke's shoulders and they start playing a game.
Crazy, crazy people.
*****
I'm at a nice restaurant and as I go to leave, I see JJ and Y/n, both giggling before they stop and turn to me.
"Ah, Jenna." JJ greets, glancing between me and Y/n. "All righ', I'm just gonna... slippity past—" I move out of his way and Y/n takes my hand, moving me toward her, "thank you, uh... have fun, lovelies." He says, sending us both winks and thumbs up.
"I'm so sorry about JJ, he's... an odd one but you grow to love him." Y/n says, offering a smile. I look over at her, and seeing her smile makes me smile.
"I missed you." I tell her, seeing her eyes soften and a small chuckle falls from her lips,
"I missed you too." She replies, both of us leaning closer to one another.
"I'm wondering if—"
"—Ooh! Y/n come check it out! They have fries with their burgers!" JJ says, excitedly. Looking at her and beckoning her over.
"I'm so sorry." She says, "I gotta go make sure he doesn't order something stupid and that he can't afford." She explains to me, her eyes lowering as her tone goes from happy to upset before she meets my eyes again, plastering on a fake smile. "I will call you or text you later?"
"Sure." I agree, nodding my head.
"All right, once again, so—"
"—Yo, can I order the cheeseburger and fries with a drink?" JJ asks Y/n, Y/n's face falters and shakes her head.
"Absolutely not." She denies, walking after him. "Dude, come on, you know our struggle with money—"
"—Not my fault you wanted to run awa—" Y/n covers his mouth, I look at them confused. Was he about to say 'run away'?
"—Shh, we don't mention that, 'kay?"
"Chill out, all right? I know, we were like bomb voyage, you know?" He replies, patting her back. She scoffs, beginning to laugh.
"The villain at the start of the Incredibles?" She asks, laughing.
"Incredibles?"
"Yeah. The Incredibles. Y'know, the family that's all superheroes?" She reminds him, he shakes his head. "Dude! Ugh, I gotta educate you on Disney movies." She says, shaking her head disappointedly.
****
Y/n's POV:
I'm walking down the streets of New York and as I'm reading this book that I saw Jenna reading when we were on facetime and I gotta say, it's a really good book. A lot of... words n... n shit. It's nice. Good book, I'm liking it... sorta— look, I'm not a reader. I'm not a big reader but I'm trying to make an effort.
"Hey, strang— what the hell are you doing?" I hear Brooke ask me, I look up and see Carter and Brooke on either side of me.
"Reading." I answer,
"Reading?" Carter asks me,
"Yes, I'm reading."
"I didn't even know you could read." Brooke expresses, looking at Carter who spins her around, pulls her close and puts her on his shoulder making her laugh.
"I didn't even know you had the attention span in you." Carter tells me, I glare at him before he fake gasps and lets Brooke down, spinning her around and having his hand on her lower back. "Uh-oh, stern face."
"Mama, I swear he's good for me." Brooke replies, sarcastically.
"Let's run!" Carter says, him and Brooke running away making me smile. I like their relationship, although Brooke always has to scold Carter for his insensitive jokes, they are very cute and very... touchy.
I continue to read, heading into the bookshop to sit as I feel like that's the only time I can read and actually process the words. I need to be in some sort've smart place to be able to read and focus, it's weird.
I sit down in a seating area and continue to read, beginning to flick through pages as if it's nothing. I love this place, it's a good bookshop.
"Y/n?" I hear Jenna say, I look up and see her smiling down at me. Sitting on the arm rest. "What're you doing?" She asks me,
"Reading."
"Since when did you read?"
"Since I saw how happy you were when you were reading." I reply, seeing her smile widely.
"Good answer, very good answer. What book?"
"Uh..." I place my finger in the page and move it onto the front cover, showing her. Her mouth falls open in shock and she slips herself down in beside me, I move my arm around her and open the book.
"Oh, and you're at the best bit! You really are a good friend!" She says, giving me a hug. I hug her back and smile widely. "Read to me?"
"If you want me too." I reply, looking at the book and reading it out-loud, not loud but in a normal tone but also secretive one that felt as if it was just us in that moment. There was no one to bother us.
***
It was fun, I had a lot of fun, Jenna had to keep correcting me on words and I kept mis-pronouncing some words but she was there with zero judgement to help me so that's good. Right now, we're walking around New York and she's showing me her favourite bookshops, I've seen a couple of messages from my friend but told them not to bother us.
"No, hey, right, look. Look..." She grabs my chin and moves me down to her level and points, I shut my left eye and squint my right eye, "See it?" She points out, I nod my head and we both look at one another, both eyes opening, smiling widely. "We're gonna go in there and I need you to stop me from buying anymore books, 'kay?"
"I promise, I won't let you buy anymore books."
"Thank you, I appreciate it."
"No problem." I dismiss, "Plus, books are amazing things, you know."
"I agree, books are wonderful things." Jenna agrees, removing her hand from cheeks and grabbing my hand, dragging me toward the bookshop. I just follow her around as I have no idea what I'm doing or what sorta genres I like. "Ooh, this looks cool." She says, picking a book up. I just look at it, standing behind her and nodding my head. I glance around, seeing a few people looking at Jenna. I lean forward a little and her crop-top's slipped up a little bit, I move my hand and fix it then move my arm around her waist as I rest my head on hers as she reads the blurb to me. "You think it sounds cool?"
"I like it."
"You wanna buy it?"
"Don't have enough money."
"I can buy it for you."
"Absolutely not." I deny, shaking my head. "Remember our deal?" I ask her, moving her closer to me. I take the book from her hands,
"Nooo."
"Uh-uh, put the demon-book away." I say, softly in her ear. Making her laugh quietly. I set the book back down and remove my arm from her waist, she moves her hand up on her shoulder and wiggles her fingers. I rest my hands on hers and she holds onto my fingers, directing me around and talking to a few workers as if they were old friends. I see her turn me as I move my eyes away from the books to her, seeing her look at me hopefully.
"Please?"
"No."
"But—"
"—No."
"You didn't let me finish." She argues,
"I don't want an argument. Put it down."
"But—"
"—Jenna, honey, you're going to be able to buy books later but you said how you're reading 5 at the moment, you don't need more." I remind her, seeing her shoulders fall.
"B—But— But this is different."
"Uh-uh, down." I say, she rolls her eyes.
"You know, I'm really starting to regret this deal."
"You'll thank me later for it." I reply, seeing her put it down and her face goes to angry to confused, she narrows her eyes.
"Is that your friends?" She asks, I turn to the window, seeing JJ, Carter, Jack, and Brandon's face all squished against the window with Maeve, Brooke, and Luke on top. They all disband from the pyramid, running away. I run out of the store, running after them.
"You little shitheads!" I shout, feeling Jenna jump on my back and I slow down, holding her. "I swear to god—"
"—Calm— Y/n, calm down, it's okay. It's okay." She says, resting her left hand on the left side of my face, her thumb stroking my face. "It's okay, alright? We're fine. They're gone. We're good, right?" I nod my head, glancing back at her.
"I'm sorry about them. I really am."
"Hey, it's okay, they're your friends, they're allowed to be curious, you know?"
"I know but they are always just butting in—"
"—Y/n, it's fine, seriously. We can pick this up another day, if you want?" Jenna asks me, I bite my bottom lip, thinking. "Go after them, I'll go buy books—"
"—No." I deny, "No books."
"Ugh, fine, I'll go to my room and text me when you get back okay?" She says, I nod my head and look ahead, seeing them all trying to hide behind a lamppost.
"My god, they are so stupid." I complain, Jenna looks and giggles. JJ gets pushed out and he rests his hands awkwardly on his waist and waves.
"H—Hey, Jenna!" He greets her, waving.
"Hey, JJ." Jenna greets him, smiling widely.
"G—Good seeing you again." He says, bowing.
"What're you doing?" Luke asks, nudging him. "You don't bow to actors and actresses."
"What, Y/n said she's royalty?" JJ argues,
"No, dipshit, she said she's like a princess from a fairy tale. She isn't actually one, dingus." Brooke recounts,
"You said I'm a princess?" Jenna asks me, I chuckle nervously, feeling her jump off, I turn to her.
"They—They like making shit up, you know... J—JJ and Brooke, they... very imaginative people and sometimes they have crazy ass dreams. Don't know what's real, what isn't. Must've dreamt it and doesn't realise that it isn't true." I deny, shaking my head.
"So, I'm not a princess?" She asks, sounding offended.
"Well— No, no, absolutely not. That's not what I meant. If you want to be one, then you'd be a really good princess— I just mean, that... you—you're better than a princess. I mean, you like getting your hands dirty, you like things that I like— we got very... similar what-have-you's and all."
"Yeah, the what-have-you's, very similar between us." Jenna jokes, nodding her head in agreement.
"Right, that's... I don't know what I'm doing. I'm gonna go slap them all." I say, going to move but Jenna laughs, stopping me.
"Hey, you got pretty lucky in the friend department." She tells me, I turn to her, seeing her send me a smile.
"I'm really sorry, Jenna, I swear. I'll scold them all, ground them and make sure they don't interrupt our next hang out—"
"—Y/n, I said it's fine. Seriously. Go." She says, nudging me away from her. I nod my head and turn to my idiot friends, walking over to them.
"Oh, wow, didn't see you there, guys. Great hiding." I say, sarcastically, grabbing JJ and Maeve by the ears as they are always the mastermind behind these ideas. "Let's go."
"Hey, hey, woahhh, what about the date?" JJ asks, I grip his ear tighter, "Ah— dude, I'm fricken gonna go deaf in a sec—"
"—You shitheads made me had to deal with you all so now our 'date' that isn't a date is now at a stop." I explain to them,
"We're sorry, Y/n." Luke apologises, "We just wanted to see what she was like." He expresses to me,
"Doesn't matter, let's just go home." I tell them, glancing at all of them, them all looking deflated and unhappy.
***
We arrive at our tiny ass apartment and I let them all go in before me, them all muttering apologises.
"Sorry, dude." JJ apologises, walking inside.
"Yeah, sorry." Maeve apologises, walking inside and sitting down on the couch, JJ going into the kitchen.
"We didn't mean it, sorry." Brooke apologises, going inside.
"We'll be better, promise." Carter assures me, going inside and sitting beside Brooke who's beside Maeve.
"Sorry, Y/n." Brandon apologises, walking inside.
"Sorry, Y/n." Jack apologises, walking inside.
"I didn't wanna do it in the first place." Luke says, walking inside.
"Shut up, Luke, yes you did." Jack denies, glancing back at him, I shove him inside and walk in, shutting the door behind me. I take my jacket off and hang it up. I go into the kitchen and see JJ. One foot on the kitchen counter and his head in the sink, his mouth open as he drinks tap water. I grab his shirt and move him back.
"WAH—" He lets out, scared. "Jeez, dude, you can't... sneak up on people like that." He says, resting his hand on his chest.
"Get a glass of water, we don't need that." I say, seeing him watch me grab an apple juice bottle from the fridge. I peak into the kitchen, everyone staring at me. "What?" I ask, them all silent.
"So... Jenna, she's pretty ho—"
"—Don't finish that sentence." Brooke scolds Carter, Carter nodding his head and pretending to zip his mouth shut. I roll my eyes and head into a room, I shut the door and read the book that me and Jenna were reading. I ignore all of their apologises as I'm not mad-mad but I'm a little mad. We were having so much fun until we caught them spying on us.
*****
I'm out on a walk right now as it's the only sort of exercise that I can pay for, I'm listening to music on my phone with earphones in and just walking around New York. It's been awkward at home for the past 4 days since I caught them. It's like they keep trying to apologise and do stuff to make it better but I already said that it was fine and now they're over-doing shit and it's just getting boring and overwhelming oddly enough.
I feel a tap on my shoulder and I look to see JJ and Jenna— JJ and Jenna?
"What're you two up too?" I ask, glancing between them and slowly stopping.
"Well, I saw JJ following you so I started following him and then realised that he was following you and—" JJ starts trying to get her to stop talking and they are both muttering and talking over one another, "That's exactly what happened—"
"—Poor actress, doesn't know what she's talking—"
"—I literally saw you 2 minutes ago—"
"—Oh, whatever!" I cut them off, "JJ, why were you following me?" I ask him, seeing her glance at Jenna then at me.
"I... feel bad, man. You've been a little distant and—and upset, I wanted to make sure we were good—"
"—Dude, go home, all right? I've said it a billion times already. We're fine, we're good. Now, go." I say, "Please, I want some space."
"All right, let's go." JJ says, beckoning Jenna.
"She stays." I say, moving my arm around her waist and moving her toward me, Jenna welcoming my embrace and moving in front of me, I move my arms over her shoulder and rest my chin on her head.
"Wha—? She stays, I go?" JJ asks, letting his shoulders fall.
"She stays, you go." I confirm, he huffs and crosses his arms, childlike. "JJ, what's wrong?"
"She stays, I go?" He asks, sounding sad and beginning to pout.
"Oh, my— fine. Come on." I say, grabbing his hand and he smiles.
"Yay." He lets out, resting his head on my shoulder. Jenna on my left and holding my left hand and JJ on my right, holding my right hand. "This is fun, all of us, hanging out like this." He says, "Are you having fun?" He asks Jenna,
"Loads, Jayj." She replies, smiling at him.
"I like that. Jayj. It's cool." He says, smiling widely and nodding his head.
"Why don't we sit down?" I suggest, finding a free bench.
"Ugh, I can finally stop jogging around. I swear, ever since I found out you were gay, I never noticed how fast you walked. I should've known. I should've noticed and taken that as a sign." He says, sitting down, I roll my eyes and sit down in the middle. JJ resting his head on my shoulder again.
***
He's out like a light, he's fast asleep on my shoulder while Jenna and I are talking.
"Hey, what's going on with you?" Jenna asks me, glancing between me and JJ. "You seem pretty... upset." She acknowledges,
"I'm fine," I dismiss, quietly. "just gotta make sure he's all right." I say, leaning my head over and seeing him fast asleep and comfortable. I hum contently and lean back and rest my head against his.
"You two seem really close." She says,
"We all are but me and JJ specifically. We've known each other since we were born. Our shit dads are like best friends— practically brothers. So, we've sorta just grown up as brother and sister." I explain to her, seeing her eyes soften and her shoulders relax.
"C—Cool. Cool. That's... cool." She says, looking away yet I see her smiling widely.
"What's made you so smiley?"
"What, nothing." She dismisses.
"What?"
"Nothing, I just..." She sighs, leaning back and looking at me. "I don't know why, but... I—I thought something was going on between you two." She tells me, I begin to smile and remove my head.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Well, obviously he sorta just outed you to me, so... nothin' to worry about now."
"Really. I mean it, I don't, like, have any crushes on anyone in the friend group. Maeve she is bisexual but she's talking to someone. Brooke's dating Carter. Luke, Jack, Brandon, and JJ they don't really like anyone and they more see me as a mom or oldest sister since I'm the one who's ever really given a shit about them." I explain to her, her nodding her head lightly. "I mean, they've obviously all had shit done with them or have family trauma, it's like shit mental health is a given to be apart of the club." I say, cracking a joke and chuckling softly. "But with these idiots, I just can't leave them. They're my family, you know? My true family." I explain to her, seeing her smile at me.
"I can tell they really care about you." She points out,
"Well, you saw JJ following me. So..." I trail off, earning a small laugh.
"Can... Can I rest my head on your shoulder?" She asks, I nod my head and she rests her head on my shoulder, I place a kiss on JJ's head, knowing her likes it when I do that. It helps him sleep. I look at Jenna.
"Want me to kiss your forehead? It helps JJ fall asleep." I explain to her, she nods her head and I place a kiss on her forehead. I let them both relax as I sit in the middle, letting them both relax and rest.
*****
I got out of the shower and I'm walking around the apartment in jeans and my bra, while brushing my teeth. My hair's dry and flowy which makes me smile.
"Damn, Y/n." JJ says, smiling and biting his lip over-exaggeratedly. Making me laugh.
"Shut up, JJ." I say, nudging him away and beginning to do the dishes as no one else was doing it.
"Damn, you look good Y/n." I hear Jack compliment me, I roll my eyes and look over at him, seeing him glance between me and JJ. "What, am I late to the compliment party?"
"No, just... shut up you two!" I say,
"Lemme help." Jack offers,
"Ooh, I wanna put the plates away." Luke says, smiling widely, it's his favourite part of washing dishes. He likes putting the dishes away. I clean, Jack dries, and Luke puts them away.
"I'll stay and talk to y'all." JJ says, sitting on the counter and Luke sits beside him. All of us talking.
It's been 5 minutes and I hear a knock on the door,
"I got it!" I hear JJ say,
"Nah, JJ, take over." I say, he nods his head and begins walking backwards, pretending to rewind. He takes over and Jack dries my hands for me quickly then I head over toward the door, opening it and seeing Jenna.
"Hey— woah, what's with the no shirt?" She asks, smiling widely. I glance around and Carter walks past. He quickly glances around, tries to move but then just takes his t-shirt off and chucks it toward me. I take it and put it on, I button up one near the bottom and turn to her.
"Thanks, Car." I thank him,
"No problem!" He says, heading into the kitchen. "Ooh, dishes!" Jenna chuckles softly and I look at her confused.
"What're you doing here? How'd you find out where I live?"
"Uh, well, J—Jayj actually—" I hear someone clear their throat and I see Jenna stop. "Uh, well, I followed— no, that's creepy."
"JJ! What'd we say about this— oh, my god. I'm so sorry that he dragged you here." I apologise, stepping outside and shutting the door. "I'm so sorry." I apologise,
"No, it's okay." She dismisses, "I wanted to see you, actually. All of you." She says, I look at her a little confused.
"What?"
"Well, they are your family, right? If they mean a lot to you, they mean a lot to me." She says, "So, lemme see them. Lemme talk to them, lemme get to know them." She says, making me smile.
"You know, you are one of a kind, weirdo." I say, making her smile widely. I open the door and let her go in. "Guy—?"
"—Carter, where the shit is your shirt, I need it— oh, Y/n's got it. Hey, bo— who's this?" Brooke asks, "Wait, oh my bejesus, guys, Jenna's here!" Brooke shouts, everyone comes clambering in, welcoming her and greeting her, Jenna welcoming the chaos but I keep an arm around her waist at all times as I know how overwhelming this can be.
"It's so good to see you all!" Jenna asks,
"Can we get you anything?" JJ offers,
"We're doing dishes but afterwards we can." Brandon assures her,
"Ooh, we got movies, you like movies?" Maeve asks, "Cause we could watch a movie?"
"I love them." Jenna answers,
"Great, I'll get one set up." Maeve says, heading over to the TV and picking a movie.
"I'll put the pizza on." Luke says, heading into the kitchen.
"I gotta continue cleaning dishes." I say,
"No, no, no!" Everyone denies, stopping me.
"First off, gimme my shirt back. Go get a shirt. Relax. We got this." Carter tells me, I unbutton the one button and take it off, giving it to him. He puts it back on and I direct Jenna into my room. She sits down on my bed and I scan the room for a t-shirt to wear.
"Sorry 'bout the mess, we don't have enough to afford cupboards just yet but we're getting there." I explain to her, finding a plain white t-shirt, I search it. No holes, no stains. Perfect. I put it on and tuck half in and run my hand through my hair. "Boom, perfect." I turn to Jenna— shit, she's crying. I rush over, sitting down beside her. "Hey, what's wrong?" I ask her, resting my hands on her cheeks, wiping every tear away.
"I... I just..." She lets out a sob, "I feel so bad." She manages to get out, I rub her back and she leans into me.
"How come, love?" I ask her, placing a kiss on her head.
"I feel so g—guilty because... I—I have money. I have money, quite a lot. A lot that I didn't know was even possible of having." She brags,
"Jeez, no need to brag, Ortega." I tease, her beginning to sob more. "Oh— sorry, joking. I... I was joking." I tell her,
"I... I wanna hel—help you all. Get you somewhere where you can all have a bedroom, you know? Not have you guys just sleeping anywhere you can fit all around this tiny ass apartment. I—I want... I want t—to— I want to help—"
"—No, no, no." I deny, I rest my hand under her chin and lift her head up, "We don't need help, we're gonna be just fine. You have nothing to worry about." I assure her, she sniffles and I wipe the tears that have fallen down.
"But—"
"—Hey, shh, let's just... let's just calm you down first, 'kay?" I tell her, she nods her head and I help her calm down. I help her get her breathing back to normal instead of her hyperventilating and I manage to stop her crying and shaking. "All right, lemme tell you something." I begin, she sniffles, wiping her eyes, my hands now by my sides. "The reason... we're like this is because of how controlling our parents our. Me and JJ came from poor families and have been working since we were 14 maybe 13, I can't remember. But everyone else? They come from quite rich families. So, basically, they made a deal with their families. That if they were to allow us to move here and get us a house and not take away their money, they will keep in contact and still go home for holidays, even though they are all very controlling, manipulative, prestigious assholes." I explain to her, her nodding her head. "So, their families came together, they are still agreeing on a house but they found this place and they're staying here temporary till they've decided on a house that they can move into. They should be living in a really nice house in about... 2 weeks." I explain to her, seeing her smile widely.
"Fit for all of you?" She asks me, I take a small inhale in and shake my head.
"Not all of us." I say, her face falls and she looks at me worriedly. "You see, some... some parents are supposed to be parents and mine and JJ's parents were a few of those people. Their families don't really like us so, me and JJ are gonna staying here. We're gonna live here while they live in whatever houses their parents pick that are nearby. We've all made an agreement that it has to be nearby as we've barely been apart for a night. We've always stayed at someone's house." I explain to her,
"But—But that's not fair—"
"—It's life, Ortega. They can't help which family they come from and if they don't like us, that's on them. Me and JJ will figure it out just fine. I promise you." I assure her,
"But... But you made it sound like you'll all live together?"
"No. I know Carter, Brooke, Maeve, and Jack are staying under one roof but Brandon and Luke are living nearby." I explain to her,
"Wait, so, Carter, Brooke, Maeve, and Jack are living under one roof. Brandon and Luke in another. Then you two here." She tries to wrap her head around it, I nod my head. "But... why can't you stay with Brandon and Luke?" She asks, worriedly.
"Well, like I said, love, they're parents don't like us. They don't wanna support us. So, we're just gonna stay here and it's gonna be less hectic and we'll both finally have a room each." I try to cheer her up, her sighing and leaning into me.
"It's not fair." She says, shaking her head.
"It is."
"It isn't." She states, bitterly. "You two should have luxury as well—"
"—Jenna." I say, softly, "Me and JJ, we don't ask for much. We both have jobs and that's that. That's all we need right now, I'm not a materialist, I don't like asking for things. I don't like having to take care of so much shit. I don't need that in my life." I deny, shaking my head. "I'm a simple girl, I just... need to get some more money, pay rent, then work towards getting cupboards and... then hopefully a car." I explain my plan to her, she sighs.
"Can I at least help?"
"It's fine, Jenna, seriously. We don't need help—"
"—But I want to help, L/n, gosh, can you just allow me to help you?"
"Jenna, seriously, it's fine. I don't need money. I'll just have to pay you back—"
"—You won't—"
"—Jenna." I say, seeing her finally look in my eyes. "I don't want your money. That is your money. Me and JJ, we're independent people, we'll find a way." I tell her, standing up. Seeing her eyes fall to the bed and she begins to think. It being silent. I offer my hand, "Come on, let's go watch a movie." I say, she takes my hand and I open the door, everyone falling in as they all piled on top of one another. "Shit, you guys. Are you all okay?" I ask, checking on everyone.
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"We're okay, Y/n."
"Sorry."
"Are you serious right now? What's with you ease dropping all the time!" I begin to scold them, them all groaning and walking into the living room while I continue. We all manage to find some space to sit and watch a movie. Jenna cuddling into me and smiling at the little family we have going on.
I'm glad I met her.
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