Caleigh Bourgeois

Caleigh could truly stand on either side of the couple.

Another South Bend connection, she and Taurean became close when they started on the same day as reporters at ABC 57. They quickly began calling each other Barbara Walters and Dan Rather (we’ll let you guess who was who), and that bond has lasted until today. Enter Jess a year later, and she, too, hit it off with Caleigh.

While Caleigh left for her next gig in Oklahoma not long after, the two stayed in touch and solidified their closeness when Caleigh joined the DC crew. She is Jess’s thrifting, Bridgerton-watching, museum-exploring, hiking partner and has become integral to both her and Taurean’s lives.

Also one of the first to find out they were officially dating, they’re excited she’ll be a part of starting this next chapter.