the one

Meant To Be

Ricky's p.o.v.

I feel terrible after my talk with Ari, I've been sitting in our room for the past 2 hours. I hate that she's upset at me but I know that she has every right to be. I was telling the truth when I said I don't remember that girl. All I remember was showing up and having drinks and that was it. I really can't stand to be with myself right now but I don't want to bother her by going downstairs. I was pulled from my thoughts by my phone ringing. I went over to answer but decided not to when it wasn't in my contacts. It called two more times after that so I decided to just answer it.

Ricky- hello

Girl- hey baby, have you missed me?

Ricky- who is this?

Girl- you don't remember me baby?

Ricky- no I don't and stop calling me baby

Girl- why? You loved it when I called you baby last night

The girl from last night. I gave her my fucking phone number. I'm such an idiot.

Ricky- what did we do last night?

Girl- we were making out but you had to go before we did anything else

Ricky- delete my number. I don't ever want to hear from you again

Girl- how could you do this to me?

Ricky- I don't know you! I am married, I have a child on the way. Don't ever call me again

Girl- what about last night?

Ricky- forget about last night. That wasn't me, that was alcohol

I hung up before she could say anything else. I can't believe I actually kissed another girl. I felt myself getting sick to my stomach. I ran to the bathroom and hunched over the toilet and started throwing up. I heard the door open and felt a tiny hand rubbing my back.

Ariana- are you okay?

She kept rubbing my back until I finally caught a break and leaned back.

Ricky- I am so sorry. Ariana I am so sorry

She looked scared as I just kept repeating how sorry I was.

Ariana- Ricky what's going on?

Ricky- the girl. I gave her my number and she called me. She said we kissed. I am sorry

Her scared expression changed in an instant to hurt. She took her hand off my back and stared at me with tears forming in her eyes. She looked down at her fingers and quickly wiped away a tear that was about to fall. She got up off the floor and I sighed because I knew that I had broken her heart. I was caught by surprise when she sat back down beside me with a wet rag. She put both hands on the side of my face and kissed my forehead. She then guided my head so it was laying in her lap. She set the rag on my forehead then started running her fingers through my hair. I turned from my side to my back so I could look at her.

Ricky- why are you doing this?

Ariana- doing what?

Ricky- helping me even though I... did what I did

Ariana- because I love you Ricky. I am married to you and I made a vow that I would stick by your side for better or for worse. You made a mistake, we'll get through it. We're meant to be

Ricky- meant to be..... I really am sorry

Ariana- I know

I get up and reach for her hand. She takes it without hesitation and stands up. We walk out of the bathroom and I lead her to the bed. I pull the covers so she will get in and once she is in I go back to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I return to the bed and get in with her.

Ricky- they aren't still here are they?

Ariana- well Frankie was here but he said he was going to go shopping so he's probably gone. Everyone else went home

I wrap my arms around her and pull her close. It still breaks my heart to know that I hurt her. I get a text and ignore it.

Ariana- aren't you going to get that?

Ricky- not right now

She gets out of my arms and crawls over to the edge of the bed where my phone is on the table. She hands it to me without reading it and I'm surprised, she usually reads all of my text messages. I look at the phone and it's from the number of the girl.

Girl- baby I'm sorry about earlier, please forgive me. I still love you and I can't wait to see you again

I look up at Ariana who is staring at me. I know she wants to know who it's from and what it says but I know it will just make her upset. I decide to just show her.

Ricky- if you want to know, you can look... but before you do I want you to know it's from that girl

She hesitantly takes the phone away and looks at it. I see a little hurt in her eyes but it's quickly replaced with anger.

Ricky- are you okay?

Ariana- no I'm not. Why didn't you just block her after the first time she called you? Why did you think to just keep her number? Did you want her to call and text you all the time?

I sat up in the bed and put my hands on her shoulders.

Ricky- baby of course I don't want her to call and text me. I thought I took care of the situation. I didn't think she would text or call me back anymore.

I took the phone away from her and blocked the number. I heard a knock on the door and Ariana got up to open it. She opened it and walked out. Nico slowly walked in.

Nico- sorry for coming back but I think I left something here and I wanted to see if you guys were okay

Ricky- I fucked it all up

Nico- it was a mistake, you were drunk.

Ricky- yeah a mistake that's going to ruin my relationship

Nico- you guys are married now. It's not that easy just to leave anymore. She's knows it was just a mistake. She will forgive you

Ariana came back into the room with her suitcase and went to the closet. I could hear her shuffling with her clothes. I got up and went to the doorway of her closet.

Ricky- what are you doing?

Ariana- leaving

Ricky- you can't just leave. We need to talk about this. We can work it out

Ariana- I'm not leaving for good. Just for a few days, I need to think and I can't do that here with your phone going off with text messages from girls that you have kissed since we've been together.

Ricky- Ari don't leave. Please

She continues to pack her bag and heads downstairs. Nico is still standing by her door when I start to walk out.

Ricky- yeah it's not that easy to leave

Nico- I'm so-

I don't listen to anything else he says and walk out. I follow her to the door but she stops and turns around.

Ricky- you can't leave. We're meant to be. Remember? You just said it.

She looks up at me and reaches up to kiss my cheek.

Ariana- I love you

With that she turns back around and gets in the car and drives off. She left me standing there wondering where she's going or if she actually will come back.

A/N
This is not what I had planned for this chapter but it happened. What do you think will happen with Ariana and Ricky now? Also sorry if there are mistakes, I didn't go back through and read it