The Stepbrother's Girl

Chapter 31:: Life Changing Decisions

::Blake's POV::

I wake up with Aria still in my arms. She so beautiful when she sleeps. I kiss her forehead and breathe in the smell of her hair as I stand up quietly and smile to myself. I pick up my phone to see three missed calls from Catalina... I'll call her back later today. I just don't know what to say to her honestly.

I get dressed and brush my teeth as I make my way downstairs to my dad and Diana beginning to cook breakfast. They're laughing and talking about things as Levi walks in from the patio. I see him as we both smile at each other content about our conversation we had last night.

A little while passes as we all gather to eat accept Aria who is still asleep. Levi and I begin to chat about old times again and about our baby sister. Levi doesn't deserve my forgiveness but he slowly earning it. After a couple minutes of us chatting Aria makes her way down the stairs as Diana greets her.

Levi steals the last piece of toast so I offer to make her more as she obliges. Levi's so hungry for no reason he's always been a starving fucker. As I'm cooking Aria's toast and doing some dishes we all hear a knock at the front door. Everyone wondering who it is I make my way towards the door.

"I got it." I say as I open the door... revealing Catalina. My heart completely stops in it's tracks as she stands there awkwardly. How did she get here? How did she know where I lived? Thoughts race through my mind as I begin to panic.

"Can we talk, Blake?" She asks as I'm well aware of the hell pit I've entered. Everything is coming to full circle and I have too many loose ends. This isn't going to end well and it's all my fault.
"I'll be right back." I say to my family not looking back as I follow Catalina outside.

I follow behind her as a sense of panic... but also relief fall over me. I watch as her curls bounce over her shoulders and how her white shorts and blue tank top fit her skin almost perfectly. I smell her scent in the breeze as she stops and turns to face me once we've made it towards the driveway.

"I tried calling you Blake, I was worried, then I called the hospital near your house and they said that you were recently admitted there... and I was just scared... also I'm sorry... but I shared your location with me that one night that I had your phone at the beach just so I could find you there and it picked up here... I shouldn't have been nosy." She rambles.
"Catalina, I'm fine. See?" I say as I hold my hands up.
"I see that now. I had to drive miles to find that out... then I don't get invited inside." She says I scratch the back of my head.
"I'm sorry... I have a lot to think about and it's not fair to you." I confide in her, I'm able to tell her things without sugar coating it because she handle things without getting upset.

"You have to communicate that though Blake. I was just worried... I missed you... I don't know why... but I felt something between us... I wonder if you ever did?" She says as my heart begins to pound.
"Catalina..." I start as her eyes become glossy.
"It's okay Blake, it was not a question to be answered. I know you love someone else." She begins to cry as I begin to feel sorrow and guilt flush over me. I wish she would have been spared from my horrid ways of life. I wish she wouldn't have gotten tangled up with me she deserves better. I hear the door open as Aria makes her way out the door to the scene as my heart begins to thud hard against my chest. I did not want this to happen.

She sees Aria as she begins to walk back to her vehicle... unable to take anymore.
"Catalina! It's not safe for you to drive you know that." I say as I chase 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 leaving me in a pool of my own guilt.

In defeat I fall to my knees and begin to cry. I really deserve this pain, I've wronged many and now this is my karma.
"Blake..." Aria says as she comes and sits next to me.
"There's something I need to tell you, Aria." I cry harder and punch the ground as hard as I can.
"She's the girl you slept with isn't she?" She asks trying to hold her tears back.
"Yes. There's something else..." I say as I realize the time has come and I have to come clean. I cry as I admit, "She's pregnant."