Callie looked around at the newest family she'd been homed with, all eating dinner at the kitchen table, seemingly unphased by her presence. Was this something that happened often, kids randomly being brought into their home? Callie scooted the food around on her plate with her fork, not very appetized at the moment.
"You doing okay over there?" Lena asked her, and Callie just nodded quietly. Jesus and Mariana, twins, bickered about school things. It had been a while since Callie had been in a stable school. She wouldn't be here long, so she didn't want to get too comfortable and begin feeling hopeful about things. "Hi, love." an unfamiliar voice spoke, causing Callie to look up from the table. A cop? Lena kissed the woman, "This is Stef, Callie." she said.
"So, you're dykes?" she asked bluntly in return, earning many dirty looks from around the kitchen. "They prefer the term people, but yes, they're lesbians." Jesus shot at her. Callie nodded. She felt uncomfortable around police, and figures of authority. Callie watched as Lena pulled Stef into another room, presumably explaining why she was there so suddenly. Her mind drifted to her brother Jude and she frowned in worry. This was not the place she needed to be right now, she needed to go and get him form his abusive foster father. This way nothing more than somewhere she would sleep in between other foster houses. This wasn't even a foster home, and Callie didn't understand at all how she'd ended up here.
"Callie, could you come here please?" Lena called from the living room, and Callie obliged, joining them.
"Sorry. About the dyke comment." Callie said quietly, and Stef and Lena both just smiled understandingly at her.
"It's okay. It just caught you off guard, I'm sure you've already had enough surprises today." Stef responded, patting her hand. "We just wanted you to know that you should feel welcome here. We don't exactly know how long you'll be here, so we wanted to get you some blankets and towels. If you leave your clothes in the after your shower, I'll wash them. I'll leave a pair of Marianas pajamas in the bathroom for you."
Callie half smiled sheepishly, "Thanks." she mumbled, "I think I'll go shower now." she said, getting up from the couch to head to the bathroom.
"Moms?" a boys voice spoke, causing Callie to turn her head. "Who's this?" he asked, his tone not entirely friendly as he scanned her with piercing blue eyes. Callie bit her lip and looked down, waiting for Stef and Lena to explain. "Brandon, this is Callie. She's gonna be staying with us while we sort things out with her caseworker and work on finding her a suitable foster home." Stef said, looking at him sternly.
"Well, nice to meet you." Brandon said, locking eyes with her for only a second.