The Stepbrother's Girl

Chapter 30:: Unexpected Visitor

::Aria's POV::

I wake up in Blake's bed alone. His smell still lingers among the sheets so I decide to take a couple moments to breathe him in. I close my eyes and picture us together away from all of this. I should tell him I want to leave today... I just don't know how... or if he even still wants to leave with me.

That's just an answer I'll have to find out... eventually. I gather myself as I wrap his sheet around myself and make my way to my bedroom to change. As I walk through the hallway I notice how bright the sun shines the window onto the hardwood floors, the trees shadows swaying with the wind.

I smile as I begin to think about how happy Blake and I could be. I can't stand the fact of losing him so I must have hope. I twist my doorknob as I hurry and get dressed in a cute little black dress and my vans. I put my hair into a half ponytail and then I put on some eyeliner after I wash my face in the bathroom sink. After I brush my teeth I begin to make my way downstairs to the kitchen as I begin to hear chatter.

I'm greeted with everyone... including Blake, surprisingly.
"Aria! We cooked breakfast honey come join!" My mom says as she's feeding my little sister. Ray is sipping coffee at the kitchen table helping with my baby sister, and Blake and Levi are...

Laughing. They're laughing together. I pinch myself in an effort to assure myself that this isn't some kind of dream. With my skin aching after my pinch I am now sure this is reality.
"You're sure you don't want the last piece of toast?" Levi asks Blake as they sit next to each other at the table.
"Nah bro go ahead." He smiles at Levi... genuinely. My heart lightens as seeing Blake happy makes me happy. Whatever happened between them... I'm just glad to see Blake not beating him to death.

Levi takes the toast and splits it in half and puts half on Blake's plate and then stuffs his half in his face as he chugs his orange juice after. Blake then chuckles as he averts his attention to me.
"Would you like me to make you some more toast? Since Levi's hungry ass wanted all of it." He laughs.
"Oh yeah! Sorry Aria..." Levi says defeated.

"Sure." I say smiling as Blake finishes his plate and cleans it off and goes to begin to make my toast. Levi continues to stuff his face as Blake is now cleaning some cooking dishes as he waits for my toast. I make my plate with eggs and bacon as I wait for my toast.

He's so sweet. I really love how considerate he is. As the toast pops up out of the toaster we hear a knock at the front door. We all avert our attention to the door as we couldn't expect who it was especially so early.

Blake smiles as he begins to walk to the door.
"I'll get it." He says as he opens the door, revealing a girl, with curly brown hair, her pigment... looks as if she has vitiligo. She's gorgeous. My heart drops. Who is this mysterious woman? She couldn't be the woman from the beach that's miles away.

My mind races as silence falls upon the room until it's abruptly interrupted.
"Can we talk, Blake?" She asks as she stands in the doorway unsure about herself. My heart begins to twist as I start to feel jealousy arising. Blake nods at her as he doesn't even look back at us.
"I'll be right back." He says as he follows her out the door.

My heart then drops as I feel as if something's wrong here... I feel frozen as if I was rock solid my muscles unable to move.
"What's that about?" My mom asks.
"I think that's his friends sister." Levi says as a wave of relief falls over me. I sure hope so.

We go back to eating as I can't seem to shake the feeling of something being wrong. I barely finish my plate as I clean up the rest of the dishes and put them up my family kind of goes and does their own thing... Blake still talking to this girl.

I decide to go see what it's all about... I mean it may be none of my business but Blake shouldn't be too angry at me... I walk out the front door as I'm greeted with the girl that was once collected and shy now in tears as Blake is hunched over in defeat. My heart begins to pound once more as she sees me she cries harder.

She walks away from Blake as she begins to walk back to her vehicle.
"Catalina! It's not safe for you to drive you know that." He says as he chases after her.
"I don't care. I needed to hear it in person. I'm sorry for coming uninvited I'll leave." She says as she closes her door and speeds out of the driveway.

My heart now twisted in sadness, I begin to cry. She has to be the girl that he slept with... and his emotion towards her is all I needed to see. He doesn't even act that way towards me the way he is so worried for her seems different. I don't think I've seen Blake like this.

Blake falls to his knees as he begins to cry.
"Blake..." I say as I walk up and sit next to him.
"There's something I need to tell you, Aria." He says as he cries harder and punches the ground.
"She's the girl you slept with isn't she?" I say as I sniffle my cries trying to stop the tears.
"Yes. There's something else..." He begins as silence falls upon us... other than his sniffles; fear overtook my ability to cry for the moment.
"She's pregnant." He says as I feel as if my entire world around me began to crumble.

I can't be happy. No matter what, I choose Blake I destroy two families. My family and Blake's family... that I'm not apart of. My heart begins to tear right through the middle as sorrow begins to fill my lungs. I cry as hard as I can as Blake grabs me and envelops me in a hug.
"Aria! I told her that I loved you. That I wanted you." He cries as he hold me tight.
My anger begins to rise as I reply to him.
"How dare you! She's carrying your child and you abandon her? If you're just a dead beat what does that mean to your child?" I say as he pulls away and looks me in my eyes.

"Aria it's not like that. I can raise my child but with half custody we can do it together." He says as my heart begins to burn and shrivel up more.
"No Blake." I bite my tongue having to make a tough decision. I can't have him and that's just how it is. I don't have it in me to break up a family I just want Blake to be happy.

"Aria..." He starts as I stand up wiping my tears pretending to be okay and not broken, interrupt him.
"Don't let her go Blake..." I say instantly regretting my words. Life is unfair and I feel miserable right now... but I don't want to cause a lifetime of misery to the girl who has his child...

Blake stops as he stares at me in my eyes as he begins to cry again.
"But I love you Aria." He whimpers.
"I know. I love you Blake. But you love her too. I see it... it's something I haven't seen in you before. It breaks me to tell you that... but I just want you to be happy."

My heart breaks as I don't know how much longer I can take it before I completely break and cry my eyes out.  He winces at my words as silence falls upon us. I'm losing Blake and there's nothing I can do about it. My heart falls even further as I pull his phone from his pocket and hand it to him.
"Call her and tell her to come back." I say as I turn on my heels and towards the house. Tears threaten hardly as I'm barely able to walk due to feeling weak and broken. I feel nauseous.

"Aria... thank you." He says as I twist the doorknob handle. My heart shatters as I walk in ignoring him due to my tears already showering my face. I run up to my room as I bury my face into my pillow and yell into it. My sorrow is of my own doing. If I would have never left Blake he would've been with me. This is my karma, and I have to deal with it. My tears soak my pillow as I just lie there bawling uncontrollably knowing that I've lost the love of my life.