Happy Screwed Saturday, folks!

So many people were mad about how Jess got preggers. I don't blame you. Do you think she just freaked out since her and Jana are in a good place in their relationship right now?

Do you think someone's gonna tell her off about this?

Well, we are back with another chapter for Screw Me Over and, as always, Tiff got something to say about the situation.

Anyway, please see the triggers that are in the summary of this book!

Anyway, you may continue! 💜🤫
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"Okay, listen. I don't know why I'm asking you about this but...will you be my bridesmaid and help me with the dress shopping tomorrow?"

The words I thought would never come from Jess came from her lips about a week after she sat us all down and told us about her being pregnant.

Can you believe this?! Carmon was all excited for her, Rena was a bit disappointed, Jana was pretty cool with it and I groaned at the idea. Not just because of the fact that there would be another little terror running around our apartment to torture me, but because Jess is pregnant.

Read that again. JESS. IS. PREGNANT. JESS! Of all people!

How in the world does a woman like her get pregnant? She's with another female. Jana doesn't have...

I should really stop talking like that, but I can't help but know how it all happened. Did Jess cheat because Jana cheated or whatever? What's the story behind all of that? Not to be nosey or anything, but I'm being nosey anyway.

"To be honest, I have no idea why you're asking me-"

And that's when the face of disappointment entered the conversation. Rena's words kept ringing in my head. The words of not being prideful or selfish swirled around in my head as she watched me with a motherly warning look. Like she knew what I was about to say.

Oh, go back to your paper and pen, Rena! I won't be mean to her.

"...but I can be there for you if you really need me to." I finally came out with as Rena's face switched from warning to a pleased look. Somehow, this little bookworm has control over my thoughts and feelings. Every time I'm being my regular self, Rena comes to ruin everything and she's not even by me sometimes.

"Seriously? That's amazing! I'm surprised you said that. It makes me feel much better," Jess said as her hand softly landed on my back and her deep brown eyes shined at me. It made me feel good to tell her that, but it wasn't something I was used to. Maybe it was because, for once, Jess and I were on pretty good terms and she recognized my goodness.

I've now recognized a decent side to me lately. It seems like everyone really likes that side of me. The nice, supportive and caring Tiffany. I blame this all on my new relationship with Bryce because we've been spending so much time together.

I've been coming home complimenting Carmon on her makeup randomly when I usually pick on her for it. When Jana used my makeup wipes for the toilet again, I just sighed and politely reminded her that they belong on my sink.

They all looked at me with widened eyes once I did that and I was shocked myself. I even made Raina some noodles and she actually liked them. I never make anything for that little hoodlum. The blame has now been passed on to Rena because she's been up my ass about spending time with my niece. Every time I'm about to say something my regular self would say, here she comes to debunk it.

As Rena walked into the kitchen, she patted my back and caught my attention. My eyes turned to her and she mouthed with her plump lips 'Go talk to her'. How did I read her lips like that?

Sighing at her words, I walked over to Jess and sat down by her on the couch. My eyes landed directly on her stomach and my thoughts roamed throughout my mind again. She's not that big so she can't be too far along. She still looks small a bit. Were they planning this?

"Hey, Jess. I have a question. Since we're on somewhat good terms now, I just want to know something..." I started with as she turned to look at me from the television. Her right eyebrow raised as she looked at me. It made me think that she knew what I was about to ask. Either that or this was the 'watch what you say' look.

"How did you get pregnant? What made you want to get pregnant? I'm not saying having a baby is wrong, but it seems a little odd that-"

"Tiff, sometimes I wonder why you even decide to talk..." she sighed and started with as she leaned her head against her arm on the arm rest. Well, damn. Don't have to be bitchy about it. I just asked.

"...but the baby was planned. Possibly planned at the wrong time...but it was planned," she said as she twiddled her thumbs in what looked like guilt. It was strange.

"Planned? How? Did you talk to Jana about this? What was going through your mind when you were planning all of this?" I asked out of concern. This was supposed to be a time for me to be nosey. Instead, I was worried. I know nothing about pregnancy but I do know that a terrible pregnancy hits hard on a mom. The last thing you want to do is put them down during it.

"Tiff...to be honest, I really don't know. The plan was for me to talk to Jana about the baby, get Leo's sperm, and-"

WOAH! There it was. LEO's sperm? Of all people, she wanted Leo's sperm? Why didn't she find a man who had red hair and green eyes so the baby could look like Jana somewhat? This sounded terrible in my opinion.

Looking up at her again and exiting my own thoughts, she paused letting me know that my exclamation was definitely out loud. Giving off a disgusted look, she waited until I cleared my throat and straightened myself up.

"Anyway...that's how I was planning on producing. Unfortunately, that's not how it happened because of my own insecurities. Jana has never wanted kids and she wouldn't have approved of having a child with me. So, since we were in a good place in our relationship, I thought it would be-"

Shaking my head to interrupt her, I came out with "So that's where you fucked up. You did this out of your own feelings. Now, how do you think Jana feels? How would you know if you didn't just go and ask her? Sit down and talk to her? I'm sure you could've at least gotten a 'maybe' out of her."

As she looked at me confused and like she was about to beat my ass, I cleared things up with "Okay, listen. This is not me mocking or picking at you anymore, Jess. This is an actual concerned Tiff because seeing you two in a good spot in your relationship makes me feel better, shockingly. You going off to do your own thing because you don't want to listen to Jana reject your idea is wrong, Jess. It's not about just you anymore."

She was about to say something else until "You two are getting married AND having a baby at the same time. It's pressure on the both of you. You have to think about your partner in all of this. Jana couldn't leave you even if she tried. I'm sure anyone else would've split as soon as they realized how crazy you really are. This woman is still here for you even after you got pregnant without asking her. That says something, Jess."

"She doesn't seem too happy about it," she mentioned.

"Jess, no one would be happy to hear that their partner went off and got pregnant without talking to them. Could you blame her? She's kind of hurt right now. She just needs time to take all of this in. How would you feel if she went off and got pregnant with some fine ass dude? You'd be mad as hell, right?" I asked with an attempt to change her thoughts on all of this.

How could she want Jana to be excited about a child that she wasn't ready for? Jess was trying to trap Jana, but a baby can't make anyone stay. They still have the freedom to run but it's just morally wrong.

"You're right. I'd cut her fingers off one by one and feed them to her if that happened. I've got to go talk to my girl," she finally said as she stood up.

Stopping her, I remembered something else I had to say to her. Hopefully, this doesn't come out shitty.

"Jess, I know you're about to go and see Jana. Something in me just wanted to say how sorry I am. We're growing older and my rude attitude isn't needed. Even though we don't agree on many things, we can agree to disagree and still love each other. As best friends. That's all I wanted to say."

Her eyes widened at me as she looked taken back at my words. I know, I know. It was definitely out of the ordinary and my mind was shut off the entire time I said that. Maybe those words came from my heart for once.

Her lips curled into a genuine smile and it was infectious because one came over my face as well. Gotta love Rena for bringing people together.

As we just stood there and smiled at each other, I interrupted our moment of silence with "So, can I get a hug or are you going to throw a shoe at me? Like you did Jana? I can't take a hit like she can," I chuckled as she smiled even wider.

"Don't say that stupid shit you said a while ago and I won't throw a shoe at you. How about that?" Jess said as she widened her arms to me and I wrapped my arms around her body tightly. It felt so nice to be in a better place with her.

This whole connection may take a while to get used to, but I'm just glad we're on good terms again. We'll have our days and she may not fully trust me right now. That's just how she is with everyone, but her showing me some kind of sign that she wasn't pissed off at me felt really good.

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Folding my hair back as I looked into the mirror, I studied myself for a little bit. My hair was a brighter blonde color and my eyes turned a lighter blue color. About the same color as the sea and I hadn't seen that color in so long. My skin was clear and soft as my fingers traveled against it. My face revealed a tight smile just thinking of the one person who made this all happen. That boy knew how to make me blush.

Biting my lip at the thoughts of him, I caught my sister walking into the bathroom in her blue satin cocktail dress that was off the shoulder. She studied my smitten look as she pulled out her makeup.

"Well, don't you look good today. Look at that glow," she spoke while smiling into the mirror. I could have taken a different approach and said something snarky to her but I was too deep in my own feelings to say anything to her like that. In that moment, I didn't even think it was something she was teasing me about.

Thoughts of that guy just flowed through my mind as I fixed my makeup. My mind was just at ease and nothing could take me down. "You look nice as well. Are you excited for the dress reveal? What kind of dress do you think we should all get?"

She looked taken back at my response as I finished decorating my lips with the color that Bryce finds beautiful. The pink shade that made my lips look a bit natural. Yeah, she was caught off guard at my words. I was caught off guard a little.

"Uh...yeah. I guess I am. Can you believe our best friends are getting married and having a baby? There's going to be another child running around here," She spoke as she applied her blush. She was trying way too hard to get me to say something bad. It wasn't happening. Not today anyway.

"I know. Even though we don't have much space around here, we're still going to treat them like we do Raina. Now that I think about that, I should start treating her better. Maybe we could go to the mall one day." This easier said than done because she was always with Rena or doing something with her friends. She didn't care to spend time with me, but it didn't hurt to try again. She is still my niece.

Looking up at Carmon's shocked grin, I cleaned the sink off and said "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Because Bryce has really changed your attitude and I thought you wouldn't like him since he doesn't have money like that. I bet he has some good dick because this whole selfish Tiff seems to have left the building. I'm quite proud," Carmon said as she walked around me and left the bathroom.

Flipping my straightened blonde hair back and dusting my white blouse off, I slipped my feet into my pointed white heels and walked out of the bathroom just to see the lesbian couple kissing each other passionately. They must have talked it out.

My heart fluttered a bit because it was something we rarely saw around the house and it made me glad that they were alright. Also, it reminded me of a night where Bryce's roommate walked in on us making out. He chucked and walked on. Smart roommate, right?

Jana started with a "Please don't pick a terrible color-"

"I won't-"

"And nothing too revealing-"

"I promise-"

"And don't you DARE think of getting a sweetheart neckline because I will do you so hard on that alter that the baby will want to come out right then and there. Do you hear me?" Jana finished as she gave her pregnant girl one more kiss before we all headed out the door.

Jana couldn't go but she was so adamant about Jess not getting that certain dress. Maybe it was because Jess was gaining more weight and Jana didn't want anyone else seeing her goodies but her. I guess I'm stuck being the only person part of the itty bitty titty committee.

Anyway, the four of us got into the car and Carmon drove us over to the well-known local bridal shop. Everyone went to this store for their bridal needs. I had to come to this store for a project I was doing for one of my classes.

Unfortunately, the one person I despised worked there and I was sure she was going to give us hell just because they were all friends of mine. That's how she is. Anyone associated with me or anyone else she hated would be treated like shit too. During my sorority days, she made us dump pudding on her ex-boyfriend's sister for no reason whatsoever. See why I took myself out of the equation?

Once we got to the store, the associate greeted us and asked us if we wanted something to drink. Even though she was super friendly and made us feel comfortable, my mind was focused on that hateful Megan.

As we stepped into the store and looked around a little bit, my eyes landed on a beautiful coral blue bridesmaid dress that would look gorgeous on me. Studying the dress a little more, I felt Jess getting closer to me just to whisper "I don't think they serve lesbians here".

My eyes looked up at her in shock. We just got to this store and they're already being homophobes. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't, but it was wrong if they didn't.

"Jess, what makes you say that?" I asked looking concerned.

"Have you checked out the reviews on this place? Many complaints come from those lesbian potential customers that got kicked out of the store or their dresses were damaged once they got them and already paid for them. This scares me, Tiff. This is the only shop that has the perfect dress design I want. What else do I have left?"

Those once strong eyes looked through the bridesmaid dresses with so much sadness in them. She was trying to keep herself busy so people couldn't see her upset, but a tear slid down her darkened cheeks and that frustrated me.

Normally, I'd tell her to just find a different place to go but so many stores have refused service to Jess due to her getting married to another girl. She didn't want to lie about her relationship because she wanted others to know how important it was to her. Plus, why lie about what kind of relationship you're in? People should be able to accept who you love. I was on the other side before.

As Carmon and Rena rounded the rack with their blue bridesmaid dresses in their hands, my eyes finally spotted the spawn of Satan. My face scrunched up at the sight of her and at the dress Rena picked.

"Hello, ladies. I see you've all picked your dresses out for an upcoming wedding. Who's the lucky bride here? It can't be this...man-stealing blonde here," she spat with a fake smile on her face.

So this is what it looks like when you're bitter towards someone who did nothing to you. Glad I don't know that feeling anymore.

Although her little snarky comment caught my attention, something else threw me off about the way she just approached us and an alarm was sounding off in my mind. She was going to expose us somehow. She definitely wasn't here to help us.

Jess sadly raised her hand while Carmon and Rena studied her look. They looked at me like I did something to her and I looked at this trashy prune with a snarl on my face. I had to do something for Jess.

"Well, I came over to ask if you'd like to pick out something for the lovely groom. Maybe we could also get to know a little more about him and we can find the perfect piece for him to wear. Is he here with you?"

And that's when all of the bells started ringing in my head. The alarm buzzed through my ears and steam was coming from my ears for Jess. Megan knew what she was doing. I wanted to grab her by that damn slick ponytail and smash her face into the ground. I don't usually think that way either. I've been around Jess for way too long.

As soon as she was about to say something, I immediately interrupted her and said "No. It's a she. She's getting married to a woman and you want to know something? It's so sad to see that this popular bridal shop doesn't expand its horizons as much due to its 19th century views on how love should be. I couldn't imagine losing potential and innocent customers due to its chauvinistic views on love."

She looked taken back at my words but I was nowhere near finished. "We've seen your knock-off cheap pieces of cloth that you call clothes and decided that it would be better if I designed her wedding dresses. Thank you for your pathetic way of showing 'concern' but we'll be on our way now."

Snatching the dresses out of Carmon and Rena's hands, I threw them on the ground and pushed them all out of the store. I didn't even want to stay in this hell hole they call a store. How can so many people love a store that was so homophobic and judgmental? She better watch her back for four bad reviews.

"Tiff, are you seriously designing ALL of our dresses? That was pretty bold what you said back there," Rena asked with a confused look on her face.

"Well...I don't know but I can. Well, no. I am and I have six months to figure it all out. Jess, they'll look exactly how you want them to look. I can do this," I revealed with nervousness flowing through me and tried to catch the little bit of confidence I had left.

Tears formed in Jess' eyes as she sobbed with "I'd love nothing more! How much do I owe you? What do you-"

"Now why in the world would you ask me that? You're my best friend and you've already giving me enough by being just that. You tell me what you and Jana want. I'll get it done," I said as she wrapped her arms around me tightly giving me the biggest hug. Rena smiled brightly at me and nodded in agreement.

I didn't know where the hell to start but that's what college is for, right?