Chapter Twenty Three

"Ari, is that you?" "Yeah." I called back throwing my keys and jacket off. I could hear his footsteps coming towards me but I couldn't look up at him. How did everything become so difficult. We were getting along so well. Joey finally opened up to Caleb. And Zoey would soon find out he was her daddy. But Heath always had to ruin things! Life had to ruin things! Why couldn't we just live happily? "Because life isn't a fairytale." I mumbled under my breath as I crashed down on my couch. "Hey, baby what's wrong?" Caleb murmured as he pulled my head up so he could sit, then pulled my head onto his lap. "I'm so sorry.." "Why? Ari what happened?" His voice shook as he tensed under me. "It had nothing to do with Jacob." I hissed opening my eyes to meet with his hard blue orbs. Already imagining what would begin to run through his crazy mind. Immediately his gaze softened and he began to run his fingers through my hair. Scoffing I sat up and curled my knees into my chmyt. "What the hell did yo