OK guys, so while writing my first Fosters fic, (Keep Holding On) I couldn't help but have this idea in my head! So I wanted to have Stef and Lena have both Callie and Jude from a young age, thus Fairytale of San Diego, and yes, this was wrote around Christmas hence the name! So please, read, review but most importantly ENJOY! I know I'm working on another fic also for those interested it's a Once Upon A Time fic called A Different Kind of Beginning, but I will try and update A LOT quicker than I did with the last
"Brandon, get down here" Stef shouted to her six year old son, "I swear that child can sleep through anything" Stef said as she walked back into the kitchen,
"He takes after his mother then, if I remember correctly, it took you a while to wake up in the morning too after we started dating" Lena said with a wink as she handed Stef a cup of coffee,
"Behave" Stef said swatting her arm as she took the coffee, Lena leaned into kiss Stef when a knock came to the door, Lena looked at the clock and then at Stef
"Who could that be at 8:20 on a Saturday morning?" Lena said as she began to walk out of the kitchen with Stef not far behind her, Lena unlocked the door and swung it open to see Bill standing there pushing himself up on his toes impatiently,
"Bill?" Stef said shocked, "what eh, what are you doing here?" Stef asked taking a sip of coffee,
"Hi Stef, Lena, sorry it's so early, I was wondering if you could help me out?" Bill said as he straightened himself up, he turned his attention to his car where two young children were sitting in the back seat, "I wouldn't ask if it wasn't an emergency, I have to be in Boston today and I need an emergency family" Bill looked back with his hands entwined.
"How old" Lena asked her eyes going big,
"Little girl just turned 4, and the little boy is 22 months" Bill said taking a step back to allow Lena to glance at the car, Lena turned to Stef and gave her 'the look',
"How long are we keeping them for?" Stef asked as she stepped behind Lena and wrapped her free arm around her waist,
"A couple of weeks at most, till I get a more permanent family sorted. They're great kids, they've just had bad luck" Bill said, "How about I go get them and let you meet them?" both Lena and Stef nodded and Bill ran quickly from the front porch to his car,
"What you think babe" Stef said resting her chin on Lena's shoulder,
"I think we have the room and could take them for a few weeks" Lena said turning her head to look at Stef, Bill walked back up onto the porch,
"Stef, Lena, this is Callie and Jude" Bill said as he placed Callie on the floor and moved Jude to a better position in his arms, "Callie say hi" Callie looked up at Bill, who smiled and nodded at Callie, Callie then took a step forward looked up at both Stef and Lena and smiled,
"Hi" Callie said quietly while offering a small wave, Stef smiled while Lena's heart just melted, Lena bent down to Callie's level with Stef not far behind her,
"Hi sweetie, I'm Lena, and this, this is Stef" Lena said pointing to Stef who was beside her, Callie looked from Lena to Stef back to Lena and then to Bill, she walked back and pulled on his jacket, Bill smiled and bend down holding Jude's head as he did, Callie put her face to Bill's ear and Stef and Lena could hear her 'whispering'
"They ook ice Billy" Callie said as she looked back at Lena and Stef, Bill smiled
"They are very nice Callie" Bill said as he smiled at Stef and Lena, Lena didn't think she could feel something for a child she only just met, they had been fostering as a couple for seven months and have had four kids in that time, not once did Lena feel a bond this early on, Stef was the same, Callie looked straight into Stef's eyes and she felt something click, she never had a felt a connection with any of the foster kids as they were warned on a number of occasions to 'not get too attached' and she did just that, she would help them in whatever way she could but she kept her distance for a fear of falling in love with them and not being able to let them go, Stef cleared her throat and stood up with Lena and Bill following suit,
"Hi there little guy" Stef said in her best baby voice, it caused Lena and Bill to smile, Callie to giggle and Jude to laugh very loudly,
"I think he likes you" Bill said as he reached Jude out to Stef, Stef accepted and took him into her arms, positing him on her hip, she turned to Lena who smiled widely and grabbed him just as quick,
"I think someone loves him" Stef said laughing nodding to Lena who had Jude in her arms and was swaying back and forward making funny faces at him,
"He's a lovable boy, ok so, here is their bag" Bill said handing Stef a small shoulder bag,
"Their bag?" Stef asked, Bill nodded, "wow"
"There's a good few nappies, some formula, a few changes of clothes and medicine for Jude, he has colic, and there is only a spare pair of trousers and some clean underwear for Callie, everything else she owns is on her" Bill said sadly, Stef looked down at Callie who was standing beside Bill holding his hand, she smiled at her sadly and then looked at Bill, "You can buy them some cloths or whatever they need, bring the receipts down to the office and I'll have one of the boys sort you out, I also have Jude's car seat and Callie's booster seat in my car" Bill said as he turned and walked back to his car, Callie turned around and watched him eyes wide with curiosity, when she saw him take the car seats out she turned to Stef
"We stay here?" She looked up at Stef who couldn't help but smile
"Yes sweetie you and your brother are going to stay here for a little while" Stef smiled as Callie jumped up and down clapping her hands, Bill can back onto the porch and sat the seats down at his feet,
"We staying here Billy" Callie said still jumping up and down,
"That's right Callie, and you have to be a good girl till I come back ok" Bill said putting a stray piece of hair back behind Callie's ear,
"Tay" Callie giggled as Bill ticked her neck,
"They shouldn't be any trouble, if you need anything call me personally, I could be in Boston the for a few weeks" Bill said as he took a card out of his pocket,
"We will Bill, thank you" Stef said taking the card and putting it in her pocket,
"Yes, thank you Bill" Lena said as she walked up beside Stef with Jude giggling in her arms,,
"Take care ladies, be a good boy Jude" Bill said a he placed a kiss on his head, he then bent down to Callie and reached into his pocket, he pulled out a small lion teddy and put it in his hand, Callie's eyes grew wide and she lunged at him, wrapping her arms around his neck,
"Leo, tank you Billy" Callie said as she put her hand on top of Bill's head,
"My pleasure, now go and be a good girl" Bill said as he placed a kiss on her cheek, Bill looked back at Stef and Lena with unshed tears in his eyes, "take care of them" he said before he turned and walked to his car,
"Bye Billy" Callie called after him waving with both her hands, Stef and Lena exchanged a look and smiled, she was going to bring a lot of happiness into the house over the next week, Stef and Lena watched as Bill drove out of the yard and Callie stopped jumping up and down, Stef took this as her opportunity to get Callie into the house,
"Hey Callie" Stef said as she got down on her knees , Callie turned around and Stef was taken aback by the trail of tears that was on her checks, "Aw sweetie" Stef said as she reached out to wipe them away, Callie flinched slightly but let her rub them, Stef smiled at Callie and placed her hands on Callie's small arms, "how about we go in and get some breakfast yes?" Stef asked Callie, this wasn't the little girl that she had seen moments before; this was now a scared four year old who didn't know what to do, Callie looked up at Stef and then back down at her feet and nodded slightly, Stef looked up at Lena who was bouncing Jude in her arms and she nodded and walked into the house,
"Hey B, nice to see you" Lena said as she walked through the front door to find Brandon sitting on the bottom step his chin rested in his hands and his elbows on his knees,
"Who's that" Brandon said pointing to Jude, Lena smiled and walked over to him and sat down on the stair next to him,
"This, is Jude, he's going to be staying here for a little while" Lena said to Brandon, who was studying Jude curiously,
"Okay, where mommy?" Brandon asked as he stood up and patted Jude's head, Lena smiled,
"She'll be in a minute why don't you go and get dressed before she comes in" Lena said with a smile,
"Okay, mama, bye Jude" Brandon said as he ran up the stairs as fast a five year old could run, Lena let out a small laugh as she made her way to the kitchen,
"Oh dear, how are we going to work you buddy" Lena said as she looked around the kitchen and realised that they didn't have a highchair or baby gates, luckily Lena had convinced Stef to keep it child proved as Brandon was still running into the corner of the island every now and then, Lena walked back over to the steps and watched as Stef walked in the door with Callie curled up in her arms, her head rested on Stef's shoulder, Lena couldn't help but smile at how adorable they looked, Stef walked into the kitchen to Lena smiling at her,
"What?" Stef asked as she looked around,
"Nothing, you just look so adorable with her in your arms" Lena said with a laugh,
"Aha, well madam her is quite the talker" Stef said raising her eyebrow, Lena raised hers also,
"Really? " Lena said more high pitched than she intended,
"No Lena, she barely said a word" Stef said smiling and trying to sound serious, Lena's smile faded as she walked over to Stef and Callie and stood infront of them,
"Hi sweetie" Lena said, Callie just buried her face into Stef's chest,
"Yeah she done that to me too, she lunged at me and hasn't said two words since I picked her up" Stef said rubbing Callie's back with her hand,
Stef watched Lena walk into the house with Jude in her arms, after she closed the door she turned her attention back to Callie, she sat down on the porch and crossed her legs infront of her and leaned forward,
"Hey Callie," Stef said, Callie looked up quickly but looked back down to her feet again, Stef laughed slightly and reached forward, she put her finger under Callie's chin and raised her head to look at her, "hi beautiful" Stef said when Callie looked at her and smiled slightly but broke eye contact, Stef sighed, "you hungry?" Stef asked Callie, her finger still under her chin, Callie nodded and without warning jumped at Stef who grabbed her quickly, she felt Callie try and bury her head in her shoulder and could feel a small wet patch beginning to form, Stef couldn't help but sigh, she ran her hand up Callie's back and then managed to get up of the ground without disturbing Callie too much, when she stood up Stef placed Callie securely on her hip and felt the little girl wrap her legs around Stef's waist tightly, she gripped the back of her shirt while her other hand had her lion , she brought her hand up to her mouth and stuck her thumb in her mouth, Stef smiled, she really was a four year old little girl
"We need to head to the store, we have nothing suitable to put Jude in and we also need some baby gates and some things for both him and Callie" Lena said as she moved Jude to her other hip, Stef nodded and walked out into the hall,
"Hey B, are you out of bed yet young man" Stef shouted up the stairs,
"Yeah mommy" Brandon shouted back,
"Well how come I don't see you down here" Stef shouted up again,
"Getting dressed mommy" Brandon shouted as he appeared at the top of the stairs with his t-shirt back to front,
"Ah ha, and how is that coming along" Stef said trying not to laugh,
"Good" Brandon said with a huge smile on his face,
"Yes I'm sure it is, come here B" Stef said as she pointed down at her feet, she suddenly realised that she only had one set of hands and one of those hands was currently holding Callie in place, she looked at Callie and smiled, "hey sweetie, I need to put you down for just one second ok" Callie shook her head "it's ok sweets, I promise I'll pick you straighter back up again" Callie looked at Stef for a minute and nodded, she pushed herself down and Stef bend down and placed her on the floor, just as she was doing that Brandon had made it down the stairs,
"Morning Mommy" Brandon said with a big smile,
"Morning sleepyhead, let's get you fixed up yes?" Stef said as she took her attention to her son, "we have to have you looking smart for seeing your dad" Stef smiled at Brandon before taking his arms out of the t-shirt and turning it around, she let him fix the rest, she then placed a kiss on his forehead, "now go ask mama for some breakfast" Brandon jumped the last two steps and took off running, "Walk Bran…uh I give up" Stef said as she turned around to see Callie standing in the corner beside the door with fear In her eyes, "Hey it's ok sweetie" Stef said as she made her way over to the corner on her knees, Stef wondered why Brandon didn't ask about Callie, it was because he couldn't see her, but why was she so scared, Stef made a mental note to try and figure that out, "it's okay honey, I'm not going to hurt you, come here" Stef said as she stopped just infront of her and held out her arms, Callie hesitated but walked into her arms, she placed her head on Stef's shoulders once more, Stef wrapped both arms around her and stood up,
"Hungry" Callie said into Stef's shoulder, Stef smiled,
"Ok, how about we go see what Lena is making for breakfast?" Callie nodded and Stef smiled, she began to make her way into the kitchen.
Alright guys so that is chapter one, what do you guys think? I'm gonna have a Callie and Stef bond pretty much from the start as that's how I see it would have happened if they had of got them when they were younger, same with Jude and Lena!
