Pregnant with the Bad Boy - Second Book

Chapter 11

I walked back inside, not knowing what to do anymore, Mom was still holding Mandy when Liam had left, and I had no idea where; maybe he got smart and just walked away, the same as Dad.

“Jenni, wait…” I was going up the stairs, cursing every step, and seeing Liam suddenly at the bottom of the stairs looking mortified, like he had known that I knew that he was with Mandy; he could have just f*****g told me he liked her more than me and still he just walked inside my room and kissed me, that was not cool!

“Liam, if you’re smart, just follow Dad back to Oklahoma…” he looked even worse like that was not an option; he was stuck here, same as me, to my amusement, well this was going to be fantastic!

“I’m sorry… for…. using you but…. You were the one that told me that I would meet someone that felt something back for me, and I think I found her… right here, and I’m sorry for being an ass and… just trying to see if we still could be something….” I scoffed back; yeah, that was one way to look at it; at least he was telling me; he could have just told me from the start and saved me so much trouble, that i***t!

“Liam, my dad just left, and… you think I care that much that you kissed me and then went to f**k my sister? I have bigger problems!” I started to walk again when I heard him follow me like he wanted to keep explaining, and I didn’t want to listen to it; he sucked, same as Mandy!

“Yes! I do think you care; that’s why you were acting insane inside the kitchen; you are so f*****g jealous that you can’t even look at me without wanting to kill me!” He was right behind me when I stopped, turned around, and gave him a challenging smirk. Did he think he was so f*****g special? I had loved Dylan and Grant more than I ever had felt anything for the upset teenager who never wanted me to confess that I had something for him!

“You know what?? you can have Mandy for all I care; take her any way you want! you can even f**k her in my bed, but don’t think for a second that we had something that was more than me missing my husband; I told you, Liam, I don’t love you.” My eyes were staring up at his hard ones, wanting to show him that I wasn’t afraid, and he could tell me anything he wanted; I didn’t need him, never did, and it was so easy to leave him behind!

Liam was leaning in closer, like he wanted to kiss me again, when I licked my lips, staring at him for a second like I wanted that to see his face coming closer before giving me a more ominous smirk making his blue eyes light up like he had just been waiting on me to look at him like I was doing now, begging him to come closer.

“I don’t believe you, and… you are just bitter over the fact that I gave you a real chance and you blew it, and now, it's too late…” he backed away with his head, leaving me stunned seeing him smirk more, walking back like he had me right where he wanted me, desperately clinging to something that he didn’t want to give me anymore.

“Hey, remember! You kissed me, Liam, not the other way around!” I was screaming it after him when he walked back to the kitchen, not caring that everyone heard me say it; screw Mandy knowing that he had kissed me; she wasn’t any better; she was worse!

I was coming down again, having my phone in my hand, wanting some air, and… I don’t know… not just stay inside that room that was suffocating me when mom was waiting at the end this time, she had been crying, and I felt terrible; that was the worst part because I knew the grief she was feeling, knowing that dad was gone. She couldn’t do anything to stop him, never could.

“I want you to leave.” She just said that when my heart dropped, still halfway down and unsure what she was talking about. Was she throwing me out, heavily pregnant, and having nowhere to go? Was that it?!

“Okay….” I nodded, unsure what to do when Mom looked away the second she had told me to get out of my childhood home like I even wanted to be here, and still, I wasn’t sure what would happen to Lilly or me.

I walked back, not even fighting her, too tired when I packed my stuff for what seemed to be the thousands of times like I never really belonged anywhere.

I took a deep breath walked outside again, having my bag, and that was it; whatever I had wasn’t much, and the rest… well, I couldn’t really carry a crib on my back no matter how bad I needed it.

Mom was still looking away when I walked down the stairs; my feet were swollen, and every step was hard when I didn’t look at her either; if she didn’t want me here, I wouldn’t stay.

“Jennifer…just… don’t come back…” moms voice was heavy when I nodded, to hurt to answer, sure. I was never coming back, ever.

My throat was snaring up when I took the first step down the stairs and started to walk, wanting to cry, but I was too exhausted; hearing Mom close the door made me flinch from the soft lock that clicked behind me; I was alone in the world.

The heat was getting worse when I was panting, walking down the long dirt road back to town, wanting to get on a bus and just disappear forever; nobody would miss Lilly or me; we could just stay wherever we wanted, Alaska, Hawaii, France… I snickered at my sadness when my feet burned from the pain. My hips were really feeling my steps when I stopped, knowing that I had a long way to go, and here I was, thirsty and cursing myself for not getting water; that would have f*****g helped!

“f**k…” I was cursing more, taking another step, I was really doing bad, and I knew it when nobody had even driven past me. The small hope of my mom getting some sense in her head, Mandy or even Liam, was dying slowly inside my chest, making me even more scared. They didn’t care; they probably celebrated having me out of their life and living peacefully.

My steps had become more of stumbling when a car was finally passing me. I squinted my eyes, thanking God that my mom finally had gotten some sense and come back to get me; I was dying outside, and it wasn’t just the heat; it was harder to breathe, and every part of my body was either bloated or squeezed when it was slowing down like me walking like a zombie was making the person driving wanting to check me out closer.

I looked up, my mouth open and dry, eyes hazed from the heat since I didn’t have anything more than just my small bag that I was gripping for dear life and expecting to see my mother's worried face looking guilty when it wasn’t.

Instead, there was this vision of a beautiful woman coming closer, and she looked like she couldn’t believe I was walking out in the heat alone; believe me… I wasn’t counting on this to happen, either…

“Jennifer, omg! What happened to you??” she shrieked; her makeup was perfect, and she was wearing a dress that made her body look even better, to my jealousy, Lorraine.

“I’m walking….” I sneered back at her shocked face, her mouth still shaped like an O, making her look just as stupid as she was, not understanding anything when I was still taking steps. No matter how bad I was feeling, I needed to get out.

“No s**t, look at you, fat and out in this heat. Aren’t you going to pop anytime soon??” she was still staring at me, following my short steps in her stilettos that I bet she could run in if she needed to.

“I need to get to town, okay??” I growled back at the confused woman who wasn’t trying to stop me, just staring at me like she didn’t know what to do; I sighed and stopped; what did she want from me anyway? I wasn’t Dylan’s wife anymore, and if she wanted him, she could go steal him from that brunette that he was dating in jail… bastard…

“You need so much more than that, honey. Look at you…” She was saying it like she felt sorry for me, making me more pissed off; she could just get inside that fancy electric car and leave me, screw her pity, and make me feel even worse. I would be fine!

“Yes, look at me…” I was muttering it back, still walking in my sneakers, happy that I wasn’t wearing something else like the girl standing in a summer dress and looking golden bronze next to my sweaty redness in the scorching sun.

“Alright, I might be a b***h, but I’m not going to let you die out here, and Dylan would kill me if he found out that I let his precious Jennifer die with his baby…” she made a sigh like she was still jealous or just tired, I didn’t know when I turned around again, raising my eyebrows, Lorraine Masters was helping me, her sworn enemy since the day she found out that I had hooked up with her ex-boyfriend? That was just too good to be true….

I started to laugh when she opened the door with a click of her finger, and I looked annoyed. I was laughing at her. She was serious, wasn’t she? What? Was she going to take me further out the road and kill me, ensuring nobody would find me? That was the only reason I could see her doing this for me.

“Get inside, or I’m leaving. Your choice.” She sounded more like her old self when I made a sound that I didn’t even know what it was, surprised and grateful but still mocking like I couldn’t give her my full thanks; she didn’t deserve it.

I was still not trusting her when she was annoyed when I was getting inside, still watching her like she couldn’t be trusted; she was still Lorraine.

“You know that you stink, right?” she was getting her seatbelt on when I shrugged; I sure did… turning my head away, not caring about her scrounging her nose up, which was perfect compared to mine; I think that she had done a nose job since it didn’t look the same since high school.

“So… where to?” Lorraine was driving, and none of us were speaking; I was leaning with my head against my hand, just wanting to make sure that I wasn’t about to pass out feeling slightly better with her ac blasting cold air in my red face.

“Bus station…” I was mumbling; it was tiring; I was so drained from walking, and I had been up all night; I would have slept if I knew that mom would throw me out on my ass this morning.

“Okay…” Lorraine was turning towards the small stop where buses would pass. To say station was exaggerated when it was just a shed with some benches that were placed so people didn’t have to stand outside.

“Thanks.” I was getting out, not looking back at the stupid blonde when she looked like she didn’t get why I was even here, like she even cared… nobody cared about me, least her of all people! I was already out, slamming the door harder than needed when the heat was killing me again; why was it so damn hot anyway?!

“Hey… are you okay? I mean, does your mom know you are out here?” Lorraine was out of the car, shading her eyes when she had sunglasses on her head like an i***t; she saw me sitting on the hot bench and grunting under my breath.

“She knows I’m here; anything else, Lorraine?” I was smacking my tongue, hating to see her face; I hated everyone and everything; she was one of the worst people in this town, after that asshole that tried to take advantage of me!

“Oh… okay, I just know that the busses aren’t going today, since you know… it’s the weekend….” She smirked at me, being stupid, when my face dropped; what? They were!? Why hadn’t anyone told me that??

“Yeah, smarty pants, didn’t know that did you?” she snickered when I felt stupid, more than before seeing Lorraine looking so damn proud. So she knew the freaking timetable better than me; good for her!

“You know, for someone that Dylan was always bragging is so damn smart, you're kind of stupid….” Lorraine was smirking more when I didn’t care that she did. I was stupid and wanted her to shut up about what Dylan thought about me; that didn’t matter.

“I don’t care what you or he thinks about me at all….” My voice was deeper, almost hissing in the heat, and I was still so thirsty; how I even made it that far in the heat was a freaking miracle!

“You do, we all do….” She snickered more when she was still standing by her car like she didn’t want to leave me here; she should. Everyone else did.

“Let me take you back home now, princess; I think you had your adventure. Grace is probably searching for you, getting everyone riled up about the precious Thompson girls….” I raised my eyebrows. Did she sound bitter, did she? I had never heard her say my last name like that, like it was something important in this town; it wasn’t according to me.

“No, I need to get away from here.” I crossed my arms, leaning back at the hot bench, wanting something to drink so bad, anything!

“Why? You are like this town royalty, and you know it, not like me, some trash that washed up and got lucky I’m beautiful….” Lorraine swiped her hair back; she was beautiful, but to my jealousy and frown, she was blabbering too much for my taste.

“Lorraine, just leave me!” I snapped when she smirked more, looking me over again, seeing just how pathetic and desperate I was, the only person that even cared to look at me twice was the same girl that was my competition to Dylan, or she was…. s**t….

“Can’t, in fact, I’m going to tell your mom right now that you are running away since we all know you are crazy, and there is no way I’m letting you lose with that baby being born soon enough….” She already had her phone out, starting to tap when I got stiffer. She was what!? That traitorous b***h, she didn’t want to help me! Only make sure to rub in my face that I was crazy, and she hated me; I hated her right back!

“Yeah, well, go ahead and do that; who do you think threw me out!?” I was up and staring at her, looking up like she didn’t believe me to my smirk. I bet she didn’t since my mom was the perfect wife and mother in everyone's eyes. No matter if she and Dad had gotten almost divorced, most people here loved her since she was this polite and bubbly woman that saved her yelling for her family.

“Sure she did….” Lorraine looked down at her phone again when I snorted at her being so stupid; same at the rest of this town; my mom was not perfect, far from it when you scratched her surface.

“She did, and it’s not your problem; it's mine,” I said, exhausted, sitting down again, making a face from the hot bench; this was hell, and I was stuck here in Perryville with no roof over my head; that was just irony for you.

“Why?” her eyes gleamed for a second, wanting to know all the details about me and my family’s downfall, which led me to sit here and slowly die of thirst. I wasn’t going to tell her; she was the town's biggest gossip, and she was Dylan’s ex-fiancé! I was not telling her anything!

“Look, I hate you, and there is no way I’m telling you anything so you can run back and tell the whole town why I’m homeless and at the mercy of the town's w***e!” I wasn’t going to let her look at me like she pitied me; I was fine! This wasn’t the first time I had been lost and alone, and…. That last part wasn’t true since Grant had let me stay with him, but the rest…

Lorraine’s eyes narrowed the second I called her a w***e, and I hated myself for saying it, but she was, and everyone knew that!

“I might be a w***e, but at least I’m not standing outside in a hot shed that's about to fall over, pregnant and homeless! you don’t know me just because you talked to me two times!” She had enough, getting back into her cool car that I hated. I was envious of her, it was freaking amazing, and she looked so good, not like me, that didn’t have any money and was crazy, about to have a baby with no home.

“Lorraine, wait!” I hated that I was desperate, enough to talk to the only girl that could steal away Dylan on the day we got engaged and get away with it, and still here I was, homeless and desperate.

“Wait for what?? I don’t owe you anything, Jennifer, just because I hate Parker as much as you, and we both f****d Dylan doesn’t make us friends, okay?!” she sneered hard when I nodded. Yeah, that I had no doubt about. I still hated her with all my heart. She just wasn’t in the top spot.

“Please…. I just need somewhere to stay for a night or two, I swear….” My hands were on the belly she followed, still having her eyes narrowed like she hated every second of me playing with her guilt. That was the only reason she had stopped and helped me.

“Oh f**k…. Okay, fine! One night and then you are out! I don’t need some damn baby screaming all night when I’m trying to sleep; you get that, princess?! This is not permanent!” she growled the last part when I was up and gave her a grateful smile, still hating her for every step I was taking against the electric car; she and I were never going to be friends.