A/N: Jenna x Reader
Summary: Y/n is best friends with Aaliyah and when Y/n gets invited on a trip to Italy with the Ortega family, she meets Aaliyah's middle sister and they begin to quickly develop feelings for one another.
INSPO: Call Me By Your Name
HERE WE GO!
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Y/n's POV:
Me and Aaliyah are sitting in her room, talking and messing around. I hear a knock on a door and we both look over at the door,
"Yeah?" Aaliyah calls out, the door opens and we see Natalie.
"Hi, Mrs Ortega!" I greet her, excitedly, sending her a wave that she returns.
"Hey, Y/n. How're you?" Natalie asks me, I think for a moment, tilting my head side-to-side.
"I'm okay, I'm okay." I answer, nodding my head. "You okay?"
"I'm all right." Natalie answers, smiling widely. Looking over at Aaliyah with excitement, a wide grin tugging on her lips as if she's a little kid on Chirstmas. She's excited about something.
"Have you told her?" Natalie asks Aaliyah in a hushed whisper that I can still her, I glance between the two, confused.
"Told me what?" I ask them,
"Mom!" Aaliyah says, groaning. Lying down and covering her face.
"Oh— Sorry!" She apologises, sincerely. "I'll leave you to tell her." She tells Aaliyah, leaving the room. I look over at Aaliyah, narrowing my eyes and inspecting her body language and how odd she's sitting.
"Aaliyah," I begin, she sighs, removing her hands from her face. Smiling widely. "what've you got to tell me?" I ask her, lying down beside her and looking at her expectantly.
"All right, all right. I'll tell you." She tells me,
"Tell me what?" I ask her, rubbing my temple softly.
"So, you know how we're going to Italy for the summer?" Aaliyah asks me, I roll my eyes and cross my arms, sarcastically.
"Annoyingly. Still can't believe you're leaving me here. It'll take you a while for me to accept your apologises." I express to her, dramatically, making her laugh. She wraps her arms around my neck.
"I won't have too."
"Don't be so cocky, I am good at holding fake grudges." I inform her, making her laugh.
"No, I mean I won't have to apologise as my mom talked to yours and you're coming with us!" She informs me, my mouth falls open in shock and I immediately latch onto her, hugging her tightly and contently in my arms. Squealing in excitement.
"I'm so glad! I get to annoy you so much!" I express to her, excitedly, making her laugh as we begin to discuss what's going to be happening on holiday and how I need to pack soon as they're leaving in like a week and I need to get some stuff. "Oh, my god, I'm so excited!"
"I'm excited too!" Aaliyah expresses to me, "I'm just so glad that you're coming with me, I was feeling really shit about leaving you behind." She expresses to me, making me laugh.
"That is bullshit and you know it." I tell her, making her gasp in fake shock that I know she's not serious about. She was excited to have a small break from me, I have a feeling about it.
"Dude, I fricken love you. Absolutely not." She denies, kissing my head.
"Aww, yay!" I let out, "I love you too, weirdo." I tell her, seeing her smile widely. We begin talking about outfits, what we're gonna do, everything. I'm so excited. Especially since the Ortega family feels like my family. Then again, I am yet to meet the middle sister... I hope she's nice. "Is the whole family going?"
"No, not everyone. Mariah can't because of how she needs to look after the kids, Issac can't because he has important exams coming up. But everyone else is." She answers, nodding her head as she picks up her phone, texts someone then rests her phone on her lap. "Oh my god, I just realised!" She exclaims, excitedly.
"What?"
"You're finally gonna meet Jenna!" She expresses to me, "You two are gonna love each other, I promise you! She's so cool, you'll love her."
"I'll love her?" I ask her, teasingly. One thing that Aaliyah has said from the beginning of our friendship was that she thinks that Jenna would really like me and that I'd really like her. She thinks that we have similar interests but not so much to the point where it's boring, but I'm not sure. I'm nervous to meet her.
"You know what I mean." She replies, through a small sigh. "Here, let me show you a photo of her."
"Aaliyah, I know what Jenna looks like." I reply, softly.
"I know, but come on, if you two hit it off, we could be related!" She expresses to me, excitedly. Scrolling through her camera roll to find a good enough photo. Of course, I've heard about Jenna Ortega, seen her roles. She's attractive, I'll admit. She's funny, entertaining, and very talented. But I'm nervous to meet her. "Here! Here, here, here, here!" She says, showing me a photo of them in a bar and her hand resting underneath her chin as she looks forced in the picture.
"Aaliyah, she looks as if you've held her at knife-point—"
"—Shut up." She says, hitting my bicep really hard.
"Ow!" I let out, holding my bicep in pain. I hit her arm back in return, both of us starting to hit one another before laughing and holding our biceps in pain, together.
We're so fucking weird, I love it.
*****
Me and Aaliyah are in the airport and we're mostly just messing around, it's 5 in the fucking morning though and everyone's half asleep. Aaliyah's already annoyed Mia and Markus and I've mostly just told her to be quiet and let them at least try to wake up because of how early it is but now we're both energetic. I'm sitting on my suitcase and Aaliyah is holding my handle and is pulling me along.
"Hey, guess what?" She asks me, I look over at her. "Fuck you." She says, beginning to laugh as she tries to kick it over but fails. She tilts it down and I almost fall but gain my balance, immediately looking at her unamused. Her laughing and wrapping her arms around me, going on her tippy toes to try be level with me. "G—Get—Get back here." She says, trying to jump to be the same height but I just laugh.
"Absolute weirdo." I say, shaking my head. We're sharing Airpod's, listening to our playlist that we share whenever we go on road trips or going away. We often go on each other's family holidays due to how close our families are. I've known Aaliyah for about 6 years and since then, we've been inseparable. I take my suitcase back and away from her, "I don't trust you anymore." I say to her, she hums, looking at me confused. "I said, I don't trust you anymore."
"What?" She asks, I look at her disappointed, letting my shoulders fall. She laughs, resting her head on my shoulder, I wrap my arm around her waist and pat her back.
"It's okay, I know you really need a hearing aid because you can't hear a single fucking thing but we'll find a way, girl." I say, sarcastically. Her hitting my arm as she pushes me away. I laugh and quickly move as I almost bumped into someone. "Sorry." I apologise,
"It's all good." I hear the girl say, looking at me. Smiling. I return the smile and send her a small nod before turning back to Aaliyah seeing her send me a wink.
"Oh, it's all good, Y/n." She says, making fun of the girl and touching my arm.
"Get away from me, mental patient." I insult her, beginning to walk toward Markus and Mia and talk to them but Aaliyah follows and begins to try to get me to do dares with her. I'm not falling for that.
*****
We've arrived at their villa that they've rented out and I'm not going to lie, it's really beautiful. It really is. The house has a beautiful back garden, an orchid, there's a gate far down in the back that leads to rocks that you can jump off into the ocean, it not being that high up. It's so beautiful.
I can't stop feeling so happy about being here, last night was fun though. We went out for dinner for the first night and I am still yet to meet the mysterious, unknown Jenna Ortega. Apparently she's arriving today, mid-afternoon because she has something to do with work first that she wanted out of the way, so, I'll see her sometime today.
"Bitch, come on. I wanna go swim in the pool." Aaliyah says on the other end of my door, I groan and take my t-shirt and shorts off, wearing my swimsuit underneath.
"I'm coming." I announce to her, grabbing a shirt to go over it. I already put sunscreen on this morning and as I open the door, I see Aaliyah on her phone, smiling widely. "Who're you texting, Cole?" I ask her, walking over to her, she puts her phone away and glares at me.
"Shut up." She insults, making me laugh softly. We begin to walk down the corridor. "Are you excited to be here?"
"Very! It's such a beautiful villa, and I can't help but want to just take pictures and make the most of it." I express to her,
"Well, then, let's make sure that you have a fun time." She says to me, smiling widely. "Remember, Jenna is coming early to mid-afternoon. I want you two to have a good first impression so we're gonna get out the pool around 12, dry off, get ready and I expect you to look nice for her." She expresses to me, pointing and looking stern as ever. I chuckle softly, nodding my head.
"All right, Ali, I'll make sure to do so." I answer in reply, she hums contently.
"Good. Now, let's go have fun." She says, both of us walking down the pool. I drag my hand along the wall as I glance at a few paintings higher up on the wall and the nice feeling of the wall. I hum. We walk down a corridor and then turn left, going down and through the kitchen to head outside. We see the sitting area under a tree and the branches and leaves cover it, protecting it from the melting hot sun that'll probably burn you.
We arrive at the pool and as I set my towel down, I feel myself be pushed in. Immediately knowing that it's Aaliyah who's done this. I quickly rise above the water and wipe my face, letting my shoulders fall in disappointment.
"Ali!" I complain, making her laugh.
"Sorry!"
"No, you're not sorry. You're not." I deny, shaking my head and climbing out of the pool. She tries to run away but I quickly pick her up and throw her over the shoulder and chuck her into the deeper side of the pool. "Take that, bitch." I insult her, seeing her float above the water line and wipe her eyes, beginning to laugh.
"Don't be so vulgar!" She shouts back at me,
"Screw you!" I return the shout,
"Screw you!" She shouts back, I run into the pool, jumping in and I end up jumping over her because of how big the run up is. Both of us laughing once I resurface.
"Coming through!" We hear Markus shout, running over and doing a flip into the pool, me and Aaliyah clinging onto each other to try and get the other the most splashed. Markus laughing as we all begin to play games in the pool.
***
I'm dressed and right now, I'm wearing a linen shirt that reminds of bowling ball shirts, it's so comfy to wear and I have the left side slightly tucked in as the bottom two buttons are undone, and I'm wearing a few bracelets and rings just to spice up the outfit. I'm matching it with black tailored trousers and my converse. I grab my book to read and my Airpod's just to add some comfort.
Aaliyah's away taking a nap and Markus has went out with Natalie to go get food while Mia is out doing something, I think she's actually in town and hanging out with friends she made last night. The villa is like a 30 minute bike ride away from town and it's a beautiful ride, the whole house feels comforting and old. I wish I could buy this permanently and come here all the time.
I never want to leave.
"Hey, I'm here!" I hear an unfamiliar sound shout as I'm walking down the stairs, the girl turns around. She's small, brunette, beautiful eyes. Beautiful... everything. She locks eyes on me, takes me in and sighs softly. "Am I at the wrong house?" She asks, I chuckle softly.
"No, you're at the right villa. I'm Aaliyah's friend, Y/n." I introduce myself, walking down the steps and closer to her; she hums, nodding her head.
"Jenna, nice to meet you." She introduces herself, offering her hand.
"Nice to officially meet you," I reply, speaking softly. Taking her hand and shaking her hand. I hear a door open and then a gasp. I remove my hand from hers and turn to Aaliyah,
"Jenna!" Aaliyah excitedly exclaims, rushing downstairs and pushing me out the way, latching onto Jenna. Jenna laughs, hugging her back. Both swaying on the spot as they hug.
"I missed you!" I hear Jenna say to her, Aaliyah pulling away and smiling widely.
"I missed you!" She expresses in return, "Come, I have to show you your room. I'm so jealous!" She says, grabbing Jenna's wrist and directing her away from me and up the stairs; I set my book and Airpod's down and grab Jenna's suitcase so she doesn't have to make another trip, it's easier that way. I follow both girls a few feet behind them and while Aaliyah is showing off Jenna's room and she's looking around, I head over to her bed and pick up the suitcase, setting it down carefully. Jenna catches me doing so and smiles softly.
"Thanks, Y/n. You didn't have too." Jenna thanks me, I shrug lightly.
"It's all right. I'll let you two catch up, I'm gonna be at my reading spot." I inform Aaliyah, she nods her head and gives me a hug.
"Okay, have fun. I'll join you at some point." Aaliyah replies, pulling away from the hug, I nod my head and step out of the room. Shutting the door behind me. Immediately hearing my name. "Y/n's my best friend, by the way. She's just next door to you."
"She's very beautiful." I hear Jenna say to Aaliyah, making me smile softly.
"She is, yes."
"I'm surprised you haven't questioned your sexuality with being around her." Jenna teases, earning a laugh from Aaliyah. The walls are quite thin, hm.
"Trust me, I did for a moment but then thought about how cute you two would be together." Aaliyah expresses to her, I roll my eyes and begin to walk away. I walk down the hall, hearing more than enough. I probably shouldn't have stopped to listen, it was an invasion of privacy. Then again, if you're going to talk about me, at least try to hide it. Don't start talking about me as soon as I leave.
Rookie mistake.
***
It's dinner and we're all sitting under the tree and dinner is being laid out, Natalie is sitting at the top of the table, Mia on her left, Jenna on her right, Aaliyah beside Mia and Aaliyah told me to sit next to Jenna. I wasn't going to say 'No' to sitting next to Jenna as I didn't want to be rude, so, I comply. Sitting next to her. We all pour our own drinks and dig in to dinner. Markus is fast asleep and I tried to get him out of bed but he said how he was too tired that he didn't want dinner till later, so, I just let him continue to sleep.
"Thanks for letting me come here with you guys, I really appreciate it. Thank you, Mrs Ortega." I thank her, glancing over at her as I take a sip of the wine,
"Oh, no problem, Honey. You're practically family." Natalie replies to me with a comforting smile, glancing at Jenna before looking back at me. "How's everyone's first-full day been?" She asks, glancing around the table,
"It's been so fun! The locals here are so nice and so fun." Mia compliments, nodding her head as she takes a bite of the Pasta Bolognese we're having. I lean back into my chair and glance around, I glance around the table and see Jenna looking at me. I return the look and she doesn't look away from me, she just smiles and after a few moments, she turns away. I look over at Aaliyah and see her smiling, giddily while Mia and Natalie are talking about their days. I roll my eyes playfully and grab my drink, taking a sip of my drink.
"Aaliyah, Honey, how was your day?" Natalie asks, looking over at her. Aaliyah's eyes move away from me and she looks over at her mom.
"Yeah, it was fun. Me and Y/n mostly just messed around." Aaliyah answers, nodding her head. "It was a lot of fun." She confesses, I nod my head and smile softly.
"I have to go to the bathroom." I reply, standing up and setting my bib or whatever on the table, getting up but I feel Jenna's hand take my wrist delicately. I stop, turning to her. Feeling my heartbeat quicken.
"What time is it?" She asks me, glancing at my watch. I look down at my watch,
"6." I inform her, she hums, releasing my wrist.
"Sorry, just curious." She apologises, I shake my head and shrug.
"Nothing to apologise for." I reply, softly. Sending her a comforting smile and a small nod. I turn around and walk into the house, heading to the bathroom. I see Markus walking past me. "Hey, couldn't sleep?" I ask him, he nods his head.
"Yeah." He answers, shaking his head and running his hand through his hair and sighs. "I'll see you out there?"
"Yeah, just headed to the bathroom." I inform him, he hums and I walk into the bathroom and shut the door behind me, locking it. I do my business, I pull my trousers back up, I flush, wash my hands with soap, dry them then head back outside, fixing my shirt back into what it was like before. Markus being on his phone. I sneak up behind him, taking his phone.
"Ugh!" He complains, making me laugh.
"Kidding, here." I say, ruffling his hair and handing him his phone back. Sitting down and continuing to eat, however, I leave some of my dinner and I grab a new fork and move the bowl over to Markus. He glances at me and I pour him a drink, moving it to him. "You gotta eat, I haven't seen you eat since breakfast." I inform him, he nods his head and begins to eat. I sit contently, letting him have the rest.
"Y/n, can I get you any more?" I hear Natalie offer,
"Oh, no. I'll be fine." I dismiss, "Thank you, though." I say, sending her a thankful smile that she returns. Everyone continuing to eat while we all talk, laugh, and have a good time. Mostly me being quiet because I don't wanna disrupt the whole family thing. I might go out for dinner in town tomorrow and let them have a proper family dinner, I feel so intrusive.
*****
It's the next day and I'm in town right now, exploring. I waited till the Ortega's left as Jenna and Mia went with Natalie to go to the beach but I didn't really feel up for going and Markus and Aaliyah are both staying at the house and didn't wanna go into town. I'm walking around and looking in bookshops, looking in practically any store. Talking to a few people and genuinely just having a lot of fun.
I'm in a farmer's market at the moment, looking at all the food and buying a few things that I want to try, I'm getting to know a lot about the people here and it's so culturally amazing. I seriously can't believe that this place exists. I head into a bar and I notice that there is some sort've party going to happen. I'm wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt and my converse with my headphones around my neck. I've been listening to music when I wasn't talking to people but now I'm in a bar, I don't need to have them on.
"Hey! Are you gonna be here tonight?" I hear a girl ask me, resting her hand on my shoulder and holding a flier. I look over at her, seeing that she looks very beautiful. She's average height, blonde, green eyes, has a strong accent but can speak good English. She seems nice.
"Uh, s—sure. What's happening?" I ask her, leaning closer to her so I can hear her as the music's really loud and so's the people talking.
"Mask party. It's gonna be so much fun!" She informs me, "Here, I know what would suit you!" She says, grabbing my hand and directing me over to the bar, she searches through masks and hands me a black mask with a line in the middle and puts it over my mouth and puts the strings behind my ear. She ruffles my hair, giving it a little zhuzh. "Now, try look intimidating." She tells me to do, I do so and she gasps and claps her hands together. "Perfect! Wear something dark and mysterious and you've got an outfit!" She says, I nod my head lightly and give her money for the mask as she said I could keep it. I put it in my shirt pocket and I get myself a drink of water, watching a football game. Supporting the Italians, of course. It's an international game, Italy vs Spain. But I have a gut-feeling that Spain might win it.
I begin to make a few friends, dance with a few people and before I know it, it's 5pm - the party starts at 7pm - and people are racing out to get ready for the party, warning other people. I leave and make my way back to the villa and once I'm walking up toward the short steps that lead up to the villa, I see Jenna sitting there. Reading.
"Hey, have you seen your mom?" I ask her, heading over to her. She glances up before looking at me, standing up.
"Yeah, by the way, Aaliyah's worried about you." She informs me, grabbing my hand and taking me up the stairs, I'm assuming to where Natalie is.
"Why has she been worried?" I ask her, my voice going up an octave progressively through me speaking. I take in Jenna's outfit and feel myself become immediately smitten. She looks so beautiful— incredible, even. She's wearing a bikini top, shorts and a shirt over it. Glasses resting on the crown of her head. Her hair being perfectly curly and smooth that makes it billow behind her.
"You haven't been answering your phone since 2." She replies, I hum softly, letting my shoulders fall.
"Sorry, I got distracted." I apologise,
"Hm, tell that to my mom." She replies, directing me into the living room. "Found her, here she is." Jenna announces, I see Aaliyah stand up and quickly hug me. I hug her back,
"You're acting as if you thought I was dead—" I say, sarcastically. Feeling Aaliyah pull away from the hug and push me,
"—Because I thought you were, you dick!" She insults me, hitting my arm.
"Ow—"
"—Aaliyah." I hear Natalie begin sternly, putting her hand out.
"No, you scared me, asshole." Aaliyah continues to angrily say, looking at me with anger in her eyes.
"Ali, I'm sorry—" I attempt to apologise,
"—You're sorry? Answer your goddamn phone next time." She shouts at me before hugging me again. I stand there, frozen, unsure whether to move or whether I should apologise again. "Don't do that again." She states, sternly. I nod my head, lightly.
"Okay, I'm sorry." I agree then apologise again, sounding more sincere than the first time. I rub her back in attempt to comfort her, hearing her sigh softly.
"Sorry, Y/n. I tried to comfort her, I knew she was just overthinking." Natalie expresses to me,
"No, I'm sorry. I should've answered my phone, I was just talking to people and exploring, I got so caught up in it that I completely was just in my own world." I explain what happened to them, Natalie nodding her head,
"It's fine, we're not mad." Natalie expresses to me, "Are you gonna join us for dinner?"
"Oh, uh, actually, I made a friend and they invited me out to dinner. I was wondering if I could go?" I ask Natalie, feeling Aaliyah begin to wrap her legs around my waist.
"Yes—" Natalie answers,
"—No." Aaliyah denies, shaking her head. "You're not leaving." She denies, making me laugh softly. I rub her back and walk over to the nearest chair and sit down, Jenna joining us, sitting beside Natalie but I feel her eyes on me practically the whole time I'm there. Aaliyah sitting on my lap and hugging into me. I feel bad as me and Aaliyah have a bad case of separation anxiety, but Aaliyah's has gotten a bit worse since we finished high school.
***
I'm getting changed and I'm wearing my black trousers and I'm gonna wear a white shirt, throwing over a black vest over it, matching it off with my converse of course. I put on a few rings and I have the mask in my pocket. I hear a knock on my door and when I open it, I see Jenna.
"I need to talk to you." She informs me, I nod my head and move out of the way, letting her step inside. She steps inside and I shut the door behind her, I turn to her and let out a small breath.
"What's up?" I ask her,
"Where're you going tonight?" Jenna asks me, "We invited you here, I thought you'd wanna spend time with us."
"I do, I—I would never use you or your family. I just thought that you would want a proper family dinner without an intruder." I express to her, sincerely and feeling my heartbeat beat faster. Feeling myself become nervous.
"You heard my mom, you're practically family." Jenna replies, sounding annoyed.
"Have I annoyed you?"
"No, you've just worried Aaliyah." She replies,
"I didn't mean too, it was seriously an accident." I express to her, speaking sincerely. She raises an eyebrow, looking at me as if she was inspecting me. Before unravelling her arms, sighing, letting her shoulders fall.
"Just don't let it happen again, okay? She was really worried about you." Jenna tells me, again, I nod my head, lightly.
"I swear, I really didn't mean to upset her or anything." I express, sincerely. Seeing her step back a moment, her eyebrows rest and her head lowers for a moment, before nodding her head.
"I'm trusting you."
"You can trust me, Jenna." I say, softly. As if I was whispering it to her. I notice her cheeks slightly turn a shade of pink and she quickly leaves,
"All right, I'll go explain to Aaliyah why you're leaving us alone." She replies, quickly shutting the door behind me. I feel even more guilty than yesterday. I didn't want to be intrusive and now I want to be sitting at the dinner table, spending time with them. But I really want to go to this party and let the real family be a real family for a moment.
It's just for tonight, after that, you are going to spend the entire time with Aaliyah and her family.
***
Right now, it's 10pm and I'm having the most fun I've ever had in my entire life! The party is so fun. I've danced, talked, laugh, and drank. Since I'm over 18, I can have a drink and I have my drivers licence, so, they've accepted it. I'm having so... much... fun! I really can't stop expressing how fun this town is.
I'm dancing with a girl, both of us laughing, holding each other close. As if we were about to get pulled away from one another at any moment so we clung tighter for it not to happen. She rests her hand on my neck, pulling me closer to her. Our hips sway smoothly, my hand being on her waist as my right leg is between hers. I can tell by the way of her eyes that she's smiling widely, I can even see her ears being pink indicating that she's blushing.
"What's your name?" I hear her ask me, leaning closer to me. Resting her forehead against mines. I feel the corner of my lip tug upwards, making my heart skip at beat at how intimate we are.
"Y/n, darling. And you are?" I ask her, staying close to her, feeling her hand move to the back of my neck. Clinging onto me as if I was the last thing in her life. I can practically feel her want from me radiating off of her.
"Luisa." She answers, softly. A whine falling from her lips that she lets out in my ear. I realise that we're practically grinding against one another, I feel her tuck her head into my neck. Her arching her back to the point I feel her chest against mines. I smile, my eyes glancing around the room to find— Jenna. She's staring at me, unamused. Crossing her arms. Leaning against a sort's wooden pillar, her jaw being clenched. I immediately feel embarrassed but also... slightly more attracted to Jenna. I feel a kiss being placed on my neck before she whispers, "Follow me." She whispers, moving her head back and I look at her and smile softly, my eyes glancing between her beautiful grey eyes. Her eyes are so enticing. They feel almost enchanted. I nod my head and she directs me elsewhere. Away from Jenna.
***
I put my shirt back on and as I leave, I feel my arm being tugged, I look to see who it is and I see Jenna. She takes me out of the bar and shoves the door open, making multiple people turn to us who stand outside. She grabs my hand and pushes me against the nearest wall,
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Jenna shouts at me, holding me against the wall.
"W...What?" I question, confused.
"You blow us off for some quick fuck that probably wasn't even good?" Jenna shouts at me, I look at her confused,
"What're you talking about? I didn't show up for dinner because it's a mask party, and I thought that you and your family would want to spend some time apart." I express my intentions to her, she scoffs, removing her hands from me and stepping back.
"Yeah, that's your story. But is it true? I doubt so." She complains, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms in anger. I look down at the ground, not saying anything. Feeling my heartbeat quicken, my stomach fill with anger as well as slight anger.
"Why do you hate me so much?" I ask her, looking up at her. She turns to me, resting her hands on her hips.
"What?" She asks me, rudely.
"Why do you hate me, Jenna?" I repeat the question, seeing her hands no longer on her hips, they rest at her side and she tilts her head slightly.
"I... I don— I don't." She denies,
"Oh, that's complete fucking bullshit." I say, scoffing as I look away from her. Shaking my head as I rest my back against the wall, clenching my jaw. I can't believe that this is happening.
"Oh, what've I done?" Jenna asks me, sounding angry. I take a big breath in then softly exhale, letting my shoulders rise and fall.
"Nothing. Doesn't matter." I deny, shaking my head. Beginning to walk away but Jenna pulls me back, stopping me.
"Where're you going?"
"Back to the villa, where else?" I question, she rolls her eyes.
"Follow me." She tells me, grabbing my wrist with slight more grip than other times. I follow after her and she is walking toward a car, I look over at her and she opens a door then looks at me. I climb in, sitting down in the passenger's side. She shuts my door and walks around to the driver's seat, I put my seatbelt on - as well as Jenna - and she starts the car, beginning to reverse out of her parking spot and she begins to drive to the villa.
"Why did you come to the bar? Were you going to the party?" I ask her, looking over toward at Jenna. She doesn't answer, instead, she stays quiet. "All right, fine, don't talk to me."
"What?" Jenna questions,
"I was trying to start a conversation with you." I inform her, seeing her send me a small glance before she focuses on the road again,
"Sorry, I was focusing." She apologises, sounding sincere. "Look, I'm sorry for... being a bitch." She apologises, again. I look over at her, wondering if I should push for a bit more.
"Why have you been mean to me? I mean, did I do something that pissed you off?" I ask her, she scoffs, letting her shoulders sink and begins to shake her head.
"No, no. Absolutely not."
"Then what? It feels like whatever I've done today, it's pissed you off." I express to her, earning another quick glance that doesn't last more than a second or two.
"I am sorry, I just..." She hesitates,
"Go on." I say, trying to sound encouraging.
"I just thought that you'd want to spend time with... Aaliyah and—and maybe even me at a push." She expresses to me,
"I do. I want too, if you won't mind." I express to her, adjusting in my seat. "But why were you staring at me and Luisa?" I ask her, "I mean, you looked pretty pissed off." I continue onto say, earning a glare.
"Don't get me started on her," Jenna states through a sigh, rubbing her temple for a moment. "I met her earlier, she's a... bitch." Jenna complains, however, she doesn't sound sure of it. She sounds as if she's, oh, I don't know... lying.
"No, she's sweet." I defend her, Jenna shakes her head and scoffs as if I have just said the dumbest thing, ever.
"You only think that because you fucked her." Jenna replies, quickly and aggressively. I feel myself sink into the seat, further. My face turning bright pink out of embarrassment.
"That..." I try not to turn a deeper shade of pink but I can't help it. Although, it was cliche to do it in a bathroom, it still doesn't make it any less exciting. "That's not... completely true." I long out, glancing over at her, earning a glare from her.
"Well, whatever. I don't like her and I don't think you should see her, again." She expresses to me,
"What did she do to you, earlier?" I ask her, wanting a good reason on why she doesn't want me to see her. I know that no matter what, I will as i'm already on her bad side. But I at least deserve a real, proper reason.
"Sorry?"
"What did Luisa do to you that made you not like her?" I question, earning an eyebrow raise from her.
"Why do you want to know?" She asks defensively, looking as if she doesn't even have a story to tell me.
"Well, I just thought that... you know, you're telling me you don't want me to see her again, but I want to know why." I express to her, I know that I might be pushing it and I might be ruining any chance I have with Jenna, friend-wise. But I really want to know.
"Doesn't matter, Y/n." She denies, "Now come on, take a nap."
"It's only a 15 minute drive."
"Just go to sleep, Y/n." I hear Jenna say to me, sounding more softer and angelic. I lean back and rest my head on the head rest, looking over at her. "Please, Y/n." I hear her say, looking over at me and her eyes make my stomach fill with butterflies.
Gosh, I really messed up, didn't I?
*****
It's been a couple of days and ever since Jenna caught me and Luisa, I feel like I've seen her everywhere. I've practically spent every-waking moment with Aaliyah and it's seemed to put her at ease. Especially Jenna since I think if I continued to sometimes ask to go hang out with a friend instead of have dinner, she would've followed me and probably formed more of a hatred to me than she already does.
Me and Aaliyah are going for a walk amongst the trees as apparently there is a waterfall nearby and a deep sort've pool at the bottom, we're wearing our swimming stuff underneath our outfits.
"So, Jenna told me where you snuck off too. I knew that 'bruise' on your neck was a hickey." Aaliyah teases, smiling widely. I roll my eyes, shaking my head and smiling.
"Shut up." I say, nudging her, earning a laugh. "But... can I ask you something?" I ask her, she nods her head.
"Ask me anything. I'm a genie." She replies, making me laugh but when I look back at her, she's stroking her face beard making me laugh even more.
"I... I was wondering if Jenna told you why she was angry. I feel like the reason she told me is different. Not right." I express to her, seeing Aaliyah begin to smile as she glances at me before staring ahead. Looking smug. "What?"
"She did, yes." Aaliyah confirms, nodding her head. Holding her hands behind her back. Making me smile softly.
"The truth?" I question, raising an eyebrow and leaning closer to her.
"Depends, what did she tell you?"
"That she thinks Luisa is a bitch which is why she doesn't want me to see her, again." I explain to Aaliyah, earning a laugh from her. She's resting her hand on my shoulder to stop herself from falling, I rest my hand on her back, moving it to her waist as she almost slips because she's not paying attention to where she's going.
"That is hilarious! Wow! And—And you believed that?"
"At first, yeah. But quite clearly not anymore." I reply, she lets out a soft exhale. Shaking her head.
"Good, because it was nothing but bullshit." She replies, resting her hand on her stomach and letting out a soft exhale to calm herself down from all the laughing she was doing like a psycho.
"All right, what was it then? Truth wise." I ask her, hoping to find out from her.
"You're gonna have to talk to her about that." Aaliyah replies, shrugging.
"Aaliyah—" I begin, about to complain that she's already lent me on so much, why stop now?
"—Y/n, I mean it. Just talk to her. Seriously talk to her." Aaliyah tells me to do, I sigh, letting my shoulders fall.
"Fine, I will."
"Now?"
"Now?" I question,
"Yeah! Let's go find her, I think she's at the villa, come on!" Aaliyah grabs my hand, immediately turning around and beginning to jog the way we came.
"But Aaliyah—!"
"—No, come on!" She says, excitedly. Dragging me back to the villa, excitedly.
***
We arrive back at the Villa and go to Jenna's room, Aaliyah knocks on the door excitedly and when Jenna opens it; her eyes light up when she sees me, she adjusts her stance and tilts her head slightly, resting it against the door.
"Yes?" She asks me, I clear my throat.
"I... I wanna talk to you." I express to her, sincerely. She nods her head and removes her head off of the door, opening it wider.
"Come in." Jenna allows me to do, her eyes being so attractive and her lips looking so kissable. But I don't want to overstep, I need to be her friend first. So, I have to stop. I have to stop before I do something messed up.
"I'll leave you two alone." Aaliyah says, quickly walking away and squealing excitedly. Me and Jenna both watch her and then look at one another, I chuckle softly and step inside. Jenna closes the door behind me and I glance around her room, taking it in all over again, smiling softly.
"I forgot how beautiful this room is." I compliment, glancing around at all the ancient books that look so enticing and cool. It looks like a movie set.
"It's very nice in here." She agrees, I look over at her, seeing her nod her head and smile contently when looking at the books. She seems to have some sort've infatuation with books. "Anyway, what's up?" She asks me, sitting on the end of her bed. I step back and sit down beside her, noticing her eyes take my outfit in before meeting my eyes again.
"I wanna talk to you about what you said with Luisa." I express to her, noticing her shoulders tense.
"I... already told you, Y/n. I—"
"—It's a lie, I know it is." I respond, noticing her eyes pierce into mines and she blinks repeatedly. She tenses and looks away from me, sighing. "Come on, Jenna, what's the real reason?" I ask her, tilting my head and wanting her to look at me so I move slightly closer to her, her eyes meet mines again. "What is it? You can tell me." I say to her, she sighs, resting her head on my shoulder. I let her rest her head on my shoulder and move closer, wrapping my arm around her lower back, my hand resting on her waist. I use my thumb to stroke the side of her waist in attempt to comfort her. "What's going on?" I ask her, sincerely. Hoping that I haven't upset her by mentioning it again.
"I'm sorry for being so mean to you, I got... annoyed." She complains,
"Annoyed about what?" I ask, speaking softly. Wanting her to know that I'm not angry with her. I genuinely just want to know what's going on with her.
"That you... were with her." She confesses, removing her head from my shoulder and looking into my eyes, intently, her eyes enticing me. "If you know what I'm hinting at." She adds, I think for a moment before realising.
"Oh," I let out, softly. "you were jealous?" I ask, feeling the corner of my lip tug upwards.
"Please, don't look at me like that. I already hate the fact that Aaliyah was right." She replies, rolling her eyes sarcastically and shaking her head.
"Right about what?" I question, her eyes slowly moving towards mine, again.
"That I would have a crush on you." She confesses, I feel my shoulders drop and I feel my eyes progressively move to her lips.
"Jenna, I..." I clear my throat, "I don't wanna hurt you." I confess to her, "I'm sorry for upsetting you about sleeping with someone else." I continue onto say, she nods her head, sending me an upset smile. "I do like you." I confess, seeing her perk up.
"You do?" She asks, softly.
"I do." I confess, nodding my head. "But I want you to know that it was a dumb hook up that never should've happened and I'm sorry you witnessed it." I apologise, she shakes her head lightly, smiling.
"I don't care anymore," She expresses to me, leaning closer to me and our lips on the brink of touching. "you like me, not her." She whispers, I nod my head.
"I really do." I express softly, feeling myself being caught up in the moment that my chest rises and falls, intensely. She rests her hand on my neck and I feel her lean in but I lean back, pulling her further in before leaning forward and feeling her lean back. Our lips briefly touching.
"Do you want me?" She asks me, I nod my head.
"I do." I confess, seeing her smile that makes my heart skip a beat. After that, I can't take it anymore. I immediately lean in, kissing her, crawling in front of her and we both move back, our lips not ever breaking once. I crawl on top of her, our bodies resting against one another.
The kiss is more than anything I could've ever imagined. I can already picture my future days where my heart longs for her lips against mines, my lips wishing for hers to be against mines at any moment. Her beauty is stunning me even more.
The way she looks without any make up should be a fucking crime.
I pull away first, resting my hand on her cheek and stroking her cheekbone, smiling down at her. Seeing her head slightly tilted and although, I want to immediately reattach my lips to hers, I want to at least say something first,
"Are you sure you're okay with this?" I ask her, softly. She flips us around and rests her lips against mines for a short kiss.
"I want nothing more." She responds against my lips, both of us smiling as our lips collide again, my hands rest on her thighs and I use my thumbs to stroke her thighs comfortingly. I don't want her to feel pressured, I want to comfort her. I want her to know that I'm not wanting to rush into anything.
*****
It's late at night and we've snuck off into the garden, I climbed onto a tree trunk and Jenna followed after me so we're sitting on a tree trunk, making out, hiding away from the world. I feel her pull away and she smiles, widely.
"Gosh..." She lets out, smiling widely. "We wasted days." She confesses, I nod my head.
"I know, but if only if you had given me a signal. Something... I would've known." I reply, earning a cute, adorable laugh from her. She shuffles closer and cuddles into me, my arms around her waist as her back rests against my chest. She moves her hand onto my cheek and tilts my head down, kissing me. I kiss her back and feel butterflies swarm my stomach and my mind completely forget everything and anything.
"I did."
"You didn't." I deny,
"All right, fine, I didn't." She confesses, making me laugh. I kiss her cheek then the crown of her head. "But I liked you from day one." She confesses, I hum contently, kissing her cheek.
"And I really liked you." I confess, seeing her cheeks turn pink. I smile widely and we kiss, shortly, before kissing again, this time for longer and to the point where we were having to pull away as oxygen wasn't getting to our lungs. I can't help but melt toward her and want more of her. I feel her take my hand and rest it on her stomach, I use my thumb to stroke her cheek but she moves my hand further down, making me smile into the kiss. My god, I have gotten so lucky.
How did Aaliyah predict this?
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