A love of characters | Jenna Ortega

Your best interest (male) (pt.2)

It's about 7 in the morning and me and Will are outside inspecting our neighbors. There's this one lady taking about a dozen pictures of the basic ass fountain in front of the building and I can already tell what Will's thinking, but before I can say anything someone beats me to it.
-"are you like, 'lady. Come on, how many photos does it take?'"
Of course that's exactly what he was thinking but who the hell is this?

I turn and see it's the girl from last night. God damn I thought she was stunning before but who would've thought the night would impair my vision so much. Her skin looks so soft and oh god her freckles and perfect lips. I wonder...

No. No, no, stop. I'm not like Will. Obsession is his thing, not mine.

Will looks down at her confused.
-"crazy thing is, she never posts any of 'em. That's like...gotta be a diagnosis right?"
She asks with a smile. I smirk a bit but not because of her comment, because she was looking in my direction. I don't care that she's mostly talking to Will right now, I just care that she's looking towards me. She takes a bite of a Twizzler and I feel my eyes go wide as I practically hyper focus on it. F-fuck.

Will glances back down over the balcony and the girls face lights up again.
-"Mrs. Strauss, secretly has six chihuahuas, so she walks them in shifts"
She says, pointing down at the lady. I glance down to see who their looking at. Will still hasn't said a word. Come to think of it...neither have I.

-"and you're...Will Bettelheim. LA newbie. And you're...what? His child?"
Will laughs.
-"my brother actually, but yep that's me"
He replies. She smiles then looks at me for a moment. I feel my face go hot and a weird feeling forms in my stomach.
-"hmm what's your insta?"
She asks.
-"or do you only have a Finsta?"
She says, directed towards Will. I laugh a bit. Will smiles.
-"I'm a little behind the times"
-"clearly"
She replies, rolling her eyes.

Impulsive, entitled, unsupervised child... if that's what I'm thinking surely Will must be thinking the same right? She tucks a lose strand of hair behind her ear as she opens her phone.
-"how 'bout you?"
She asks. I feel myself begin to blush and I frantically fish my phone out of my pocket.
-"of course, I'm not some old man like him"
I say jokingly. She smiles and looks up my user, I get a little notification saying that she followed me. I'm SO glad I decided to download it.
-"anyway, I'm @Ellie-Eyeballs"
I look her up and follow her.
-"sweet"
She replies, looking down at the notification.

I've got her name and she openly invited me to follow her, I didn't ask and I didn't do it in a creepy way. See? I'm nothing like Will.

Ellie directs her gaze back up to Will.
-"sooo...you got a girlfriend yet?"
I nearly snap my neck turning back to look at Will. I look back at Ellie. Is she into him? Is he into her?? Will rolls his eyes.
-"Ellie how old are you, like 14?"
He asks. I let out a bit of a relieved sigh. She's too young, Will's a lot of things but a pedophile isn't one.

-"15"
Ellie quickly corrects.
-"basically 16 so..."
I'm 17 so a year and a half difference really isn't that bad. I think? Will sighs.
-"well it was nice to meet you"
-"I hope to see ya around"
I say, sticking my hand out for her to shake. She looks down at my hand then back up at me with a smirk.
-"oooo manners"
She says in a flirty tone, shaking my hand.

I feel the electricity between us and I can't help but think Ellie, do you feel it to?

Ellie stops shaking my hand and her gaze goes back downstairs. She smiles a bit and leans on the rail.
-"so Delilah? She's not a hooker. That's what you're thinking right?"
She asks Will. I look down and see Delilah talking with some guy, probably a new tenant. Me and Will look at her shocked.
-"is she?"
Ellie laughs and shakes her head.
-"yeah, no. She's a reporter, THAT guy's a publicist"
She says, pointing down at the man. Ellie keeps talking, saying much more than she probably should, until Delilah looks up at the three of us disapprovingly.

-"Ellie! NO harassing the tenants"
Delilah yells. Ellie looks down at her completely unbothered as she takes another bite of a Twizzler.
-"I'm not! We're friends"
Ellie shouts back down. Clearly being sarcastic.
-"well your late for school, smartass"
Delilah replies. The two get into an argument over the shirt Ellie's wearing but honestly I think it looks great. Is this really what sisters argue about?

Ellie begins heading downstairs. Her and Delilah yell a bit more before Ellie turns back around and waves bye to me and Will. Delilah turns to us angrily. She begins calling will a pedo.
-"just stay the hell away from my sister"
-"she's a child"
Will replies, confused. I laugh a bit.
-"you too"
She says sternly, pointing up at me. She then rolls her eyes and walks away. Sure. I can stay away from Ellie. But maybe...she can't stay away from me. I look down at my phone and see she's already DM'd me. I smile a bit but when I look up Wills looking at me disappointedly.

-"what?"
-"I saw that"
-"saw what?"
I say, laughing it off a bit as I begin heading towards the stairs.
-"you know what, don't go overboard. We wanna stay here remember?"
-"oh your one to talk about going overboard huh?"
He seems taken aback by my comment.
-"I know I've practically raised you but that doesn't mean you have to be like me"
-"oh believe me, I'm nothing like you."
I reply sternly.

I'm not a psycho. I'm just a teen...with a slight crush. Like millions of other kids across the globe. Unlike Will I'm normal.