Girl next door - Jenna Ortega x reader

12.

~ Y/N POV ~

"Where are we going?" I ask Jenna as she took a seat in the drivers seat of my car. She had asked me if she could drive, since she wanted to take me on a date and she really wanted it to be a surprise. I joined her in the passengers seat, looking at her as I do so. She looked back at me with a frown, but a slight smile on her face. "If I tell you, it wouldn't really be a surprise, would it?" She grins. I roll my eyes playfully.

I didn't like surprises. I always got nervous when someone was talking about planning a surprise for me. I just want to know what's happening and stay in control of the situation. So I don't have to panic or- you know. Worry. My mom only ever planned surprises for me and it always ended up with me freaking out or being embarrassed. I don't know which one was worse. But now I let a girl I've only really known for a few days, take me to who knows where, with my car, with her driving, for her to surprise me. But somehow I was less nervous then I expected.

I put on some music for me to distract myself a little from any worries my mind might come up with. "Oh my god I love this song!" She shouts above the loud music as she started to sing along cutely. All my worries washes away at that moment as I just looked at her, having fun. With that smile of hers. I joined her with singing along as we drove to our destination.

Jenna parked near a building at a quiet spot after a 30 minute drive. It wasn't in the busy city, but it was still pretty crowded. "Are you sure you'll be okay walking around with so many people around?" I ask her as she had already grabbed a bag from the back seat she had planted there before we left. "I thought about it, don't worry. Besides, this will be the only place we need to be careful with me not showing my face. Later we'll be all good." She states with a wink as she puts her hair up in a beanie and puts on some sunglasses. "Wow I'm sure no one will recognize you now." I joke sarcastically as it just looked like Jenna with a beanie and sunglasses on. "Shut up. It's just to go inside." She laughs as she gives me a playful nudge. "Just hide behind me a little. Just to make sure." I state as I meet her eyes. "Eres tan linda." She smiles. "Did you just call me cute?" I ask, as I know some Spanish. Her eyes grew slightly. "Look at you, knowing your Spanish." She smiles. I smile proudly as my cheeks slightly burn up. "I can understand some of it." I explain as I look at her. "Nunca conocí a nadie como tú. Me gustas tanto que duele." She spoke in her very attractive Spanish accent. "Okay I'm not that good." I chuckle. She grins in return. She got ready to leave the car as I stopped her by her arm. "Wait! What did you say?" I ask her as she just smiles. "You'll learn soon enhough." She winks as she got out of the car. My cheeks flushed red as I quickly follow her out of the car to make sure she's safe.

We arrive safely in this, what looked like a business meeting place. I looked around me a bit confused, but I followed Jenna inside nonetheless. A nice woman at a desk stopped us. "Excuse me, do you have a appointment?" She asks us with a friendly tone. Appointment? For what? What are we doing? I was questioning everything at this point. Jenna removed her beanie and sunglasses right in front of the woman. Her eyes grew slightly as the woman apologized immediately. "Miss Ortega, I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you. Please go ahead." She motions us forward as Jenna kindly smile. "No worries, and please call me Jenna." She smiles. The woman nods as we walk further. "Uh ,What exactly are we doing here Jenna?" I ask softly. "No questions, just follow me. You'll see." She chuckles softly. I follow her inside a smaller business room. I looked around the room as I saw all types of art and movie posters around. "Jenna, what a lovely surprise you came to see me this early." A man spoke. My eyes shot right at the man in question as I heard his voice. "And this must be Y/N." He spoke. "I'm-" "Tim Burton." I quickly answered. He chuckles softly. "That I am." He smiles.  My eyes shoot back to Jenna her eyes as she smirks. Was this 'date' made up to just get me to meet with her director? I had no time to think about it as The Tim Burton was sitting right in front of me. I quickly walk up to him to shake the hand he was holding up. "Nice to meet you Y/N. I heard a lot of good things about you from this one over here. She told me you were helping her with Wednesday." He spoke as he looks at me with a kind smile. She was talking to him about me? "Yes. YES! But not to disrespect your vision! I just tried some stupid stuff and-" "Don't say that. Creativity doesn't have any limitations and you aren't disrespecting me with this at all. You are simply adding to my ideas. And I love to see that. Jenna send me some pictures of herself as Wednesday and what you have thought her about the Kubrick stare. And the small changes you made with the hair. I am intrigued." He admits with a smile. My heart started pounding faster. I was in shock. Before I could answer he went on. "She also send me some of the drawings you did and- I must say that I am really impressed." He continued. "I- uh- I- Thank you." I stutter as I look at Jenna who looked guilty of taking pictures of my Wednesday drawings without me knowing, but also proud that she did. "I will let you two talk for a little bit." She softly says with a smile as she steps outside the room to wait there. I look back at Tim who signs me to sit down. "I don't have much time right at this moment, since I have a lot of meetings to go to before the official screening of Wednesday starts. So I will keep it short.  But what would you say if I'd like you to work on Wednesday with us? You clearly have a eye for detail and a creative mind." Tim offers me. I stood there. Staring at him.  "We could meet later this week to discuss further, and come up with ideas, talk things over, sign a contract." He continues as he sees my eyes tear up. "Are you serious?" I ask unsure if this is even real. "Very serious." He smiles. "Yes! YES! It would be a dream!" I ramble excitingly. "Wonderful. I will instruct Jenna to give me your phone number and we will plan everything from there." Tim smiles. I tried to contain my tears and shaking hands as this was a dream come true for me. "Thank you so much for the opportunity! I promise I will be more professional once we meet again, I didn't expect this." I chuckle nervously, wiping my tears away. "Don't you worry about it, it's wonderful to see your excitement. I started from scratch too and I still am a big dork so please don't change yourself for anyone. Be you, I'm not asking you to act professional, just be yourself." He states as he gives me a soft touch on my arm. "Thank you again mister-" "Call me Tim. Please." He smiles. "Tim. Thank you. Truly." I beam. "It's my pleasure. The one you have to thank is Jenna over there. She must care a lot about you for her to do all of this for you." He points out. I smile as I look back at Jenna who was waiting patiently outside the door, talking to someone on the phone. "I guess she does, doesn't she?" I smile. I turn back to Tim as he stood up so I followed his lead. He stuck out his hand to shake mine so I did. "I do have to get going, but I look forward to working with you y/n. I will see you very soon. And do make more drawings, I'd love to see them next time. " He winks as he walks me to the door. "Thank you and I will. I can't wait to work with you too. Have a great rest of your day sir." I smile. "You as well. Bye Jenna see you next week." Tim says as we get to the door where Jenna was waiting and just done with the phone call. "Thank you for your time Tim. I will see you then." She smiles as she signs me to follow her out. She gave Tim a little wave. As did I as we both walk off.

"What. The. FUCK. Jenna!" I shout in excitement as we get back in the car safely. "Surprise." She giggles as she looks at me. Taking off her beanie and sunglasses to really look at me. "HOW? WHY?" I squeal. "Because you are so talented and you deserve it! I know Tim and work together with him on this project so I thought why not try? And it worked out. He loved your work Y/N." She smiles. Tears filled my eyes again as I shot toward Jenna who sat in the drivers seat and hugged her tight. "I don't know how I could ever thank you enough." I snif softly, Still trying to process what just happened. "No need to thank me. I just made the appointment. Your own artwork and ideas made it happen. So it really is all you." She whispers in my neck as I feel her breath brush against it. It gave me full body shivers as I didn't let go of her just yet. "Thank you." I whisper back as I slowly pull away from the hug. She started the car as I look at her.

"You didn't have to make up a date to take me somewhere you know. You could have just asked me to come with you." I chuckle as I pick out some music. "Oh, I didn't make it up. We are going on a date right now. This wasn't part of it." She smirks. My eyes widen as I felt my hands getting clammy. "OH." I blush. "You're not great with surprises huh?" She asks with a chuckle. I shake my head. "Could you tell?" I laugh. She chuckles. "You have to give me credit for the first surprise tho." She smirks. I smile. "That was a unbelievable surprise, yes." I admit. "Nothing can beat that, but allow me to try?" She grins sweetly. I look at her gripping the wheel a little nervously. I smile, looking at her. Doing all of this for me. Maybe Tim fucking Burton was right. Maybe she did care a lot about me. I will see how this day will progress and judge her intentions from there. But, having to trust her on her words- I'd give her this. I place my hand on hers that was resting on the wheel. Her eyes shoot at me for a split second as I smile. "Nothing can beat being together with you." I smile as I see her smile grow. "Okay cheeseball." She giggles softly. "Hope you are ready for a long drive?" She asks me with a grin. I nod. "I got a special playlist for long drives." I giggle as I put on the playlist. "Snacks and drinks are on the backseat." She points out. My eyes widen as I grab the bag in the backseat. "Watermelon sour patch kids. You know the way to my heart." I joke as I open the box of candies. "I try my best." Jenna grins as she focuses back in the road. I sit back as I look at her and day dream about what today has been and what else it had in store for me.

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//AN: HI LOVES! Sorry for the long wait! I hope you are all still here and enjoying my story! I am working on something new! A interactive stranger things (Elmax) story! So I hope you stick around for that! I love you all so much and thank you for reading my stuff. It really means the world to me.<3 <3