The Right Timing - Jenna Ortega X Female reader

GOODBYE

y/n POV

Goodbyes are not something i've dealt with lightly when it's a person I care about. Unfortunately for me, I get attached, quickly. Which is why i've always tried to steer clear of having anyone else in my life, to focus on my career. But how is it in just 5 days i've become crazy about the girl sleeping across the room from me?
How is it in just 5 days I crave her touch when she's not there, that I want to tell her any and everything, that I want her close to me and yearn to feel her lips in mine? If the future is in our favour we will find our way back to each other.
"you're leaving without saying goodbye?" I hear Jenna croak out in her morning voice. Maybe I wasn't as sly as i'd hoped I would be. Sometimes it's hard to face reality.
"it's.. hard. I don't want to think of it as goodbye" i spoke truthfully adjusting the bag on my shoulder. "come here, I know you have to go to work but it's still early." stepping away from the door I made my way back over to the bed, sitting down next to her as she still lay there. Jenna reaches for my hand. "you don't have to think of it as a goodbye. if you think like that then we will never see each other again. that's not something you want, right?" she questions me, the emotion oozing out of her voice.
"..no. of course I want to see you again." I peeped a whisper, still not facing her. i'm being cowardly, and I know it. "y/n please look at me" i sit there and continue to look down at our hands. I have to do something, but what?
Standing from my position, I let go of her hand. Without having to face her i can feel her eyes burning through my skin as she looks at me. I walk to the desk and sit down. Pondering in my own thoughts as I watch the city unfold with the morning sky. Stop being so fucking selfish, there are two people in the room.

Fetching my phone from my pocket, I text Leigh telling her I will be late. "say something. or look at me please" Jenna almost begs. I hear her shuffle out of the bed and she comes to sit on the edge of the desk. Her hair messy, her body only covered by that same robe from last night. I cant be selfish to her, she hasn't done anything wrong to deserve that. But I feel like a burden to her life. She's so dedicated to her work I don't want to be a distraction. "what time do you leave?" I finally muster up the courage to ask. "10pm, my flight out of here is late. it's better for the jet lag once I get back to LA" I nod in confirmation. "get dressed, we're gonna go somewhere" she looks hesitant, her eyes seem hurt. I am to blame, i'm giving her attitude for no reason at all except that i'm being selfish because I don't want to face the reality of the situation. I'm trying to suppress my emotions.
As she was changing, I called Leigh. If I was going to make it right, I had to do what felt right.
"y/n I already said it was fine if you came in late" Leigh speaks.
"actually Leigh, i'm not coming in at all. I really need today, so whatever my work load is for the day, double it and i'll take care of it tomorrow, you know I will." I was not going to beat around the bush, and I wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"This is about Jenna isn't it?" she questions
"That shouldn't matter. I told you I need the day and I will make up for it tomorrow." I had to be firm with her.
"you know that's not professional, and you are replaceable"
"Leigh you practically begged me to be the global ambassador, I said yes. This isn't me quitting, I just need the day, please."
"fine. but tomorrow you're in the whole day without negotiation." she sternly answered
"this is why you're the best manager" I have to be a suck up sometimes right? even if I don't mean it.
"now you're just playing.." she laughs "have your day with your girlfriend, i'll see you tomorrow"
no further comment and she hung up. I didn't even try to rebut the girlfriend remark.

"where are we going?" finally, I look up to meet her gaze from my seat at the desk. she's in comfortable clothes with her natural hair down. I will never deny that when she looks at me, my heart skips a beat.
"it's a surprise, we'll be safe.. just let me change out of this work shit I've got going on" she giggles. oh that laugh, i'm going to miss it.
deciding to match her comfortable attire.. 5 minutes later and i'm ready. I had to change my attitude if I wanted to make the most out of today "okay let's go" I said as I allowed her to walk in front of me. "wait" she turns around at the door before opening it. "what?" I ask. Jenna points to her lips indicating she wanted me to kiss her. I chuckle to myself "you're not making this easy Ortega" I shook my head slightly with a smile on my face.
"why are you making it so complicated?" because.. it is complicated. I cant tell you I love you before you leave that's fucked up. "you're right.. we already talked about.."
"so kiss me" she cut me off. "I.." ugh there's no fighting it. just let it happen. I walk toward her and grab her waist, kissing her as I push her back into the door. She doesn't get it, once I start, it's so hard to stop.
Jenna cups my face as the kiss gets deeper. Coming up for air I break contact and start to kiss her neck, then snap myself out of the situation. Removing myself from her and looking into her eyes, they're now filled with desire. "okay let's go" I smirked and breathed out and she chuckled "you're such a tease" she replied and opened the door. Hand in hand down the hall, it felt safe. We weren't exposed to everyone else yet. But as the elevators opened I dropped my hand from hers. I knew she knew the reason behind it, and it made me feel guilty. "are you sure it's okay we walk out together?" I ask her as the elevators go down. "yeah.. we got this" the elevator lands on the ground floor and before the doors open I already hear loud commotion going on. I walked out first, I felt I had the right to do so, it was in a protective sense so she could follow close behind me, which is exactly what she did. Scoping the scene i'm not surprised at what i saw. Luckily, the hotel wouldn't actually allow anyone into the lobby who isn't staying here but outside, was insane. My car wasn't valeted which meant we had to walk through the car park to get to it, once again... making me feel guilty. Jenna stopped me just before we exited the lobby. I stood facing forward as she spoke to me from behind "this is really overwhelming" she whispered
"I know, just stay close. it's up to you if you want to stop okay?"
"I think I will. it's my last day here and the only other time I stopped for them was the first day here." I turned around to face her. "hold that thought, i'm just going to go over here, I will be right back"
Walking over to the check in desk, I approached the exact guy who greeted me on my first day. "Hi, would it be possible to get your hotel security to escort the paparazzi off the property?" he gives me a weird look. "you see that girl over there?" I point behind me to Jenna. "yeah she's your VIP guest you were talking to me about on the first day i check in and they" i pointed to the paparazzi "get right in her face, so Id appreciate it if your security could tell them to stand on the sidewalk or something, she gets extremely overwhelmed"
"are you with her? who are these orders from?" he questioned. does he have no compassion?
"she asked me to ask. i'm with her yes. thank you if you could.. now.. please" I didn't mean to sound snappy but did he have to question everything?
"i'll handle it right away ma'am"
I walked away and rolled my eyes. Why did he even question it? surely he saw me walk out with her.
Approaching Jenna I gave her a soft smile as I looked her in the eyes then turned around in front of her. I feel one of her hands on my back. "I just asked if they could get the paps out of here, is that okay?" I say to her over my shoulder.
"if I could kiss you right now would that answer your question?" she said quietly and I laughed.
"I wanted to make it easier for you, I know you appreciate your fans"
"thank you y/n"
I saw the hotel security ask them to leave, they didn't go without a fight though. Eventually, they were removed and I could see them standing on the sidewalk. Suckers.
"okay you ready?" I asked Jenna.
"as i'll ever be" she replied
We walk out into the sea of people, I didn't want her to stop right in front of the doors, it would have been inconvenient to the other guests. So I walked a little bit further through the car park and the fans followed. Jenna still had her hand to my back. "Jenna!" "Jenna!" they called out, young and teen boys and girls. "Hi guys, i'm actually on my way out but I will try to get to as many of you as I can okay?" she politely said to everyone waiting on her. I feel her squeeze my back which caused me to turn to face her. She stood on her tip toes to whisper "stay close please, sometimes it can get really crazy, i'm small" I giggled in my head and stood behind her as she was taking pictures with people and signing things. They were really respectful for a few minutes which was great. Jenna was happy and so we're the fans, which in turn made me happy, until someone said. "is that a hickey on your neck?" crap.. that is totally my bad. she laughed it off and said nothing. "where I wanna see!" someone from the back shouted and pushed through the group of people, making everyone move like domino's towards her. The only reaction I had was putting my arm in front of her and she grabbed my side. "guys please! be respectful." I voiced. "give her some space or we will leave right now" after that it was chaotic. So I grabbed her arm and kept moving us as fast as we could toward the car. "thank you guys" Jenna spoke before getting in, and I did the same.