Jenna Ortega x reader

Rande-vous

Y/n pov
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"Hey Jane, thanks for meeting me"

"To be honest, you've got me worried"

"How about we have that drink first?"

"Sure"

We sat in silence as we waited for the waiter, i was failing hard in making small talk responding a bit sharply to any questions or remarks she made.

It feels like i shouldnt be here, what will i do share my loneliness with this woman that doesn't even know me. She is my damn tutor not my friend.

"Im sorry for making you come out this late at night so unexpectedly" i managed to blurt out with tiredness evident voice.

"Dont worry about it everyone has their moments, you've been quite out of it lately, in your own world i mean"

"Yeah it's been a minute since i got to catch my breath"

"I see"

"Let's just say my life took quite the turn not too long ago and all the change is starting to catch up on me. Turning your life for the better turns out to be quite exhausting, especially when you don't have any friends or loved ones around. I just find myself trapped in everything i have to do. There is so much and so little time."

" May i take your order"

Great timing as always.

" Ill have a glass of red wine, sweet"

"And you ma'am..., ma'am?" I was staring right through the table and I found it hard to reply to the man.

"A Jameson, double, thanks" my sentence came out with slight pauses in between.

He left and i was still looking at the table waiting for a reply from Jane.

Nothing.

I looked up, she was looking at me waiting to hear the rest of the story.

"I really need that drink" a small laugh curled up my lips.

"You ordered a strong one too, care to continue"

"Look, i just started uni, I'm working shifts through the day picking up loose ends that life created for me, plus my girlfriend was supposed to be here to help but she is away on business and her arrival got postponed. I've had quite the day and she just told me that when her arrival was helping me keep my shit together. My only friends are my coworkers every time a student talks to me i feel like I'm speaking to a toddler so I don't want them around. Even if i had any I don't have time for them. I'm exhausted i just want to curl in my bed and fall in a coma till Jenna is back home."

I cover one of my eyes and lean on the table letting out a breath.

"I take it you have more on your plate that you can chew on, but that is good. You're making a change as you said, it is hard but you are growing. You can't see it but soon enough you will. If you waited and got through everything alone another week, month, or year might be hellishly long but you will make it. Just have a little faith in yourself. "

"Doesn't feel like i can right now, maybe tomorrow"

"maybe tomorrow... " She says smiling warmly as our drinks arrive and we chat away.

"So tell me about that girlfriend of yours"

"Ouuu that's a tricky one, she might jail me if i say too much"

"Yeah right" she laughs

" She is caring and loving, she smiles and laughs a lot, brightens up my day. She is an idiot and is scared I'll get mad at her, which i do but never too much. She is great at her job and helps me out around the house when she is here, plus she is currently paying for my tuition which sucks cause i can't pay it on my own and she insists i should attend either way. She also travels a lot which I can't do so I'm stuck here alone sometimes. How about you do you perhaps have a husband"

" A husband? No, I'm not that old yet but i am engaged and we might get married in one or two years, we ain't in a rush."

" How about him is he nice?"

" Most of the time, he can get furious sometimes but when he does he is justified too. Lets just say i forgot his little brother at school one day, he is 10 he was terrified waiting alone for four hours and he declined the teachers aid when she said she could give us a call."

" Bright, that one" i said taking a sip cursing my mouth for saying that.

" To be fair he was just sure we didn't forget about him and just ran into some problems while coming to get him."

" At least that indicates that the mistake was never to be repeated, past nor future. "

" Yeah, he is a little more hesitant now though, i hate to see it"

" He'll eventually grow out of it"

" You think? "

" Im sure"

" That's nice to hear, i got quite the scolding from the whole family when it happened"

" As you should, but time passes don't burden yourself with past mistakes"

" Can i ask you something? "

" Sure? "

" Do i look like a lesbian? "

I nearly choked on my drink.

" What?! "

"Students come up and hit on me a lot throughout the years and surprisingly are not men." 

" I mean, maybe a little, I don't know, I didn't graduate gay academy or something." I pause " if it helps that's mostly the reason they talk to me too, that's one of the reasons i cant make friends. They don't seem to understand the concept of you are too young for me and i have a girlfriend, it gets on my nerves sometimes"

" I can agree to that"

And as the night continued i felt a bit more lighthearted.

" Hey, thanks i needed this, i feel better"

" Glad i could help"

" We should do this again, when I'm not ready to, you know, cry my eyes out"

" But you didn't"

" Didn't i? Maybe you're just blind. "

" Sure jackass, just know this aint how you'll pass my class"

" We'll see"

We walked back to our cars after waving each other goodbye.

Who would have expected the night would end this way.