Pregnant with the Bad Boy - Second Book

Chapter 6

Mom was unhappy; I could already tell when she was eyeing the young guy sitting over by the breakfast table and chowing down food like he hadn’t eaten a real meal for months. He probably hadn’t, making me feel worse for passing up on the eggs; Mom had made for me; Liam didn’t look like he was passing up anything anymore.

“Hey, you are eating those?” Liam was smirking when I shrugged and pushed the plate over, being seated next to my annoying sister that was giving me glares when she thought I wasn’t looking; it wasn’t like it was anything official between her and Liam; he had just told me he thought she was funny and…. Attractive…. I sighed, picking up the stupid panda phone and knowing that nobody was calling, not Dylan or anyone else for that mattered; it was just me and two lovesick teens that were making me more nauseous than I was before coming inside and seeing my sister giggle every third second from something that clearly wasn’t funny!

“Hey, look at this… wait for it…. “Mandy was sitting closer when she had her phone out, and they were watching something together, Liam almost spitting out all the food in his mouth, laughing at whatever they had been looking at on Mandy's phone.

“What so funny?” I tried not to sound annoyed when Mandy smirked and pulled it back to Liam, shrugging like it wasn’t that funny, it was since they both had laughed, and I was sitting here like a damn i***t, not knowing what it was!?

“You wouldn’t get it….” Mandy smirked more, taking a bite from my plate when I couldn’t take it anymore; I hated this! Every second of seeing Liam having fun with my sister was killing me. I was jealous; he was my friend and not hers, but no! he had cozied up real fast with the blonde snake, who was happy she was the one he talked to and not me!

“No, come on, Mads, don’t be like that, show her; I bet she would laugh….” I raised my eyebrows hearing Liam call Amanda Mads; she hated that nickname; I knew that since I was the one that called her that, not that it seemed to matter to pretty miss perfect suddenly having her smile out and sighing like it was hard work to get her phone back up and scroll to the clip they had been watching.

“It’s a monkey, dancing in a suit…?” I wasn’t sure if Mandy had been showing me the right one before Liam was snickering again, like he could see it in his head, and started to laugh all over the room like something so stupid could be funny.

“Yeah but look at his dance; my bro got some moves!” Liam was still chuckling when Mandy gave me a satisfied smile, pulled her phone back, and put it back on the table, staring at me victoriously with her fierce blue eyes.

“Told you that you wouldn’t get it…” she giggled more, seeing Liam, that had started to eat again, and I bet he still was thinking of the monkey since he was chuckling between the bites.

I looked back at my mom over by the stove, still cooking, when she sighed, meeting my eyes; what? Was it funny? It wasn’t!

“Okay, Liam… Ed is coming back any minute now, and you should get going….” Mom was pushing Liam out with kind words, she was not a fan of him living with us, and I didn’t blame her for not being comfortable with the old neighbor of Dad and Linda. Still, he needed help, and she was supposed to be a good Christian and all that!

“Yeah, thanks for breakfast Mrs. Thompson; really, I’m grateful for you taking me in when you didn’t need to….” Liam was smiling at her when mom sighed like she had seen charm like that a thousand times before, and still, she did seem less annoyed now than seconds before.

“It’s no problem, Liam… and if you are helping Ed out, then maybe I can see him some more at home with my ungrateful daughter that doesn’t think it’s important...” Mom was giving Mandy a real slap in her face when I started to laugh, not caring that Mandy was getting red when she didn’t want Liam to know just how rotten she was; that b***h wouldn’t lift a finger to do manual labor if someone was paying her.

“Mom!?” Mandy snapped back, getting up. She was flushed from Mom staring at her, uncaring that she had embarrassed her. Liam didn’t say anything and walked over to Mom. He smiled before leaving, having Mandy follow him the second she realized that he was going outside to Dad’s truck that was running outside.

“I hate her…” I said out loud when Mom sighed and didn’t answer me like I was being childish; what? She didn’t need to follow him like she was a puppy! He was my friend!

“Jennifer, don’t make this worse than it is, you were engaged just some weeks ago, and now you are pouting at some boy you didn’t even want? Amanda seems happier, and he is not complaining about her being closer, only you….” Mom raised her eyebrows and turned off the stove when I was still seated by the table, not having eaten anything, and I knew she was right.

I didn’t know what I was doing anymore; I couldn’t just jump between guys; I had told myself that I would try to be more independent, and clinging onto Liam, feelings or not, was not the way that was going to help me achieve that.

“Okay, soo…. I’m going to bed…” I was up again when Mom made a face like no way that would happen when she steered me away from the stairwell and towards the front door with a sly smile.

“Nope, today we are going to get the last things for your baby, and don’t you even try to tell me no; this is your baby Jennifer and not mine.” She smiled more when I complained, going out the front door and seeing that Mandy was seated behind Mom’s car and looking like she didn’t like this arrangement any more than me.

“You know I had a freaking panic attack, right??” I was pleading mom who didn’t listen and didn’t want me to stay inside my room all day and think about how sad my life was from having this great man I was engaged to and who wanted to marry me.

“Yes, I know, and that is why Amanda, and I are coming along, Jennifer. You can’t just think that everything will work out on its own; you got no more than a crib, then what? Is your baby going to be naked?” she wasn’t even seeing my frown that turned guilty, yeah…. Yeah, but I had some clothes… there were just…. Not here… s**t.

“About damn time…” Mandy was adjusting her shades when I finally had worked my way inside the backseat of that car. Mom was in the front, happier than ever that she would get out and spend money on stuff she didn’t need and mix with the crowds. Yikes.

I hated this.

Walking around the mall that mom was happy and already had bought stuff in every store we were inside, taking trips back to the car only to have Mandy guard me with her phone before her face that she hadn’t let go off once and was giggling at like something was so freaking hilarious every damn second!

“Stop.” I said, annoyed when she giggled again, wanting to just walk away from her when she had been acting so stupid since Liam stepped inside our home. Couldn’t she get a grip on her behavior or not??

“Stop what? I’m just talking to Liam, Geesh….” She rolled her eyes and returned to smiling again when her phone had vibrated a thousand times since we had gotten inside the car. Kill me!

“Stop talking to Liam all the damn time, you snake. Don’t you think I know that you love every second of seeing me miserable and alone? I know you do!” I had hanged back the jumpsuit I held, trying to remember what Mom told me about getting stuff for Lilly. Still, it was hard seeing that my sister was the plague on the earth, and she couldn’t just wait to rub it in my face that Liam liked her and not me!

“He talks to me, not the other way around! Stop acting like the world starts and stops with you, selfish b***h; just be glad that Mom made me come when I could have been with Liam!” Mandy was spitting back to my own growing hate; oh yeah! Well, at least she didn’t hide it this time, try to act like she cared when she wanted the same guy that I was in love with!

“ …. And I could have been talking to Dylan, but no, you talked to him behind my back; how about that, you b***h!” my patience was spent already seeing Mandy lose whatever shield she had been holding up, so she was ashamed over that suddenly?? Too little too late!

“Jennifer!” Mom was back, and she was hissing it when people were staring at Mandy and me, who had a smaller stand-off in the middle of the baby shop so anyone could hear what we were talking about.

“What?? I’m right, and you all know it, look at her; she knows that if Dylan hadn’t talked to her instead of me, then maybe….” I couldn’t go on when Mom scowled hard, giving me a face showing that she just waited for me to finish so she could tell me off.

“Dylan did that, and that was your marriage and not hers. Don’t you act all high and mighty on me...” Mom was still hissing it when she took the jumpsuit that I had been eyeing, walking over to the registry and giving me a look to go wait by the car like I was a child.

Mandy was going in another direction when Mom didn’t see us anymore. I didn’t care that she was leaving, f**k her and everything she did, stealing my husband, and now the guy that had feelings for me, that was just….

I stopped coming out to the car, wanting to just get back home and lie down when my body was still so heavy; I still had no idea how a baby could be so freaking big??

My phone was out; I didn’t want to stand here like some damn loser waiting for Mom to return. Did she even have the key?? I growled, thinking just how stupid my sister was, taking off without even caring that she was leaving me stranded with people everywhere; what if I panicked? What would she do then, huh!?

My body was getting tense; I hated this; I hated my life, my stupid commitment! I hated myself the most for listening to my parents, thinking that life would be easier living at home with them arguing all the time; I should have just stayed with Grant, so what if he couldn’t keep sober? He loved me; that wasn’t bad in the end, right?!

I was already texting Dad, telling on Mandy that she had left me, smirking, knowing that she would get a scolding of a lifetime when I sent it and leaned back against the hot car.

Everything was so hot, and it wasn’t even summer; I would die soon enough if Lilly didn’t decide it was time to leave me; it couldn’t be done soon enough!

Dad had texted back when I smirked more, knowing that Mandy was in trouble so bad seeing some of my notifications that I had ignored; I didn’t care for anyone anymore; what was the use anyway? People just used you for their wants and needs, like Dylan, he wanted to have a baby, and now he was locked up, and I was stuck here alone with something that was his dream and not mine.

“s**t…” I saw the long messages from the peppy redhead that made me feel better and read more, Marnie had tried to contact me for some time, and I didn’t even care enough to read them, God… I was an awful human being; she cared how I was doing, Lilly and… I hadn’t, nothing.

“I’m sorry…. I’m sorry, Lilly… I do want you…” I felt worse, starting to cry; I hated my life, that was the truth, and my daughter was going to be born into a life that sucked more than I imagined it would, being forced to live with my parents that were so scared that I was going to snap and a sister that hated me and was chasing my … whatever he was… Liam…

My chest deflated more, and I had told Dad about Mandy, so now there would be hell to pay when he got back, and Liam was probably going to be stuck hearing Dad being pissed off on the way back.

Mom was coming out, and she had Mandy besides her; they both looked sad and hurt when I felt jealous again; why wasn’t Mom holding me like that when I was fighting back? She wanted me to grow up and stay alone for the rest of my life!

“Jennifer, get in.” Mom was giving me a hard stare when she walked over to the driver seat, and Mandy didn’t even look at me; well, that was just great; I was the bad guy again; why??

Nobody was speaking in the car when I crossed my arms and stared out the window. Like the rest of my company, I wasn’t too happy about spending the next twenty minutes stuck with silent treatment.