So I know you guys are sick of me lol. I just have all these ideas and I want to see if any of them are good. Please hang in there with me. I know I have a ton of stories but I swear this will be the last new story for a while. I actually got a request from someone but that's still in the works and it's not ready yet. Just hang in there with me guys. I really hope you give it a shot and review cause I love it when you guys do. I know of wanted to explore the idea of Callie having a twin brother. Someone to share the burden of the foster system with. Someone who can completely understand what she is going through. I though it would be interesting. I hope you guys like and review and favorite and do what you guys do. Thanks!

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"I'm not sure what's worse, this floor or Jude's foot in my back." Ten year old Callie whispers as she tries to shift away from her little brother. It stays silent and Callie turns her head to face her twin brother.

"Caleb?" Caleb doesn't move or make a sound.

"Are you sleep?" Callie asks again and again she is greeted by silence from her brother.

"Are you thinking about mom?" Caleb again doesn't respond.

"We are going to the police station to see dad tomorrow."

"Go to sleep Callie." Caleb finally responds to his sister.

"I can't."

"Try." Callie turns to lay on her back and stares up at the ceiling.

"I'm thinking about mom." Callie states and Caleb turns his head slightly.

"I miss her." Callie shuts her eyes and Caleb shifts on his back and turns his head towards his sister.

"I do too." Caleb admits and Callie opens her eyes.

"Do you remember the song she used to sing us in the morning."

Callie asks and Caleb smiles in the darkness.

"I woke up Sunday morning and up on the wall, the skeeters and the bedbugs were having a game of ball. The score was 19, 20 the skeeters were ahead, the bedbugs hit a home run and knocked me out if bed." Caleb sings softly and Callie laughs quietly.

"Then she would say, get out of bed my little bed bug." Caleb says and Callie smiles sadly.

"Do you think we will ever find another mommy that will sing us silly songs and call us silly names?" Callie asks and Caleb sits up.

"We should back to the emergency placement." Caleb says and Callie shakes her head.

"Just one more night."

"Callie we could get into huge trouble."

"I miss having floor sleepovers in mommy's room." Callie whines and Caleb shakes his head.

"Mom used to make the floor comfy, now it's just rough carpet." Caleb pulls the comforter off the bed.

"Here." He folds it once before putting it on the floor and laying on it. Callie pulls Jude onto it carefully, before laying down herself.

"We have to go back before they wake up." Caleb says and Callie nods.

"Goodnight."

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"Alright guys." Bill comes and squats down in front of the three siblings.

"It looks like your emergency placement didn't work out so well." Bill looks down at his watch and Caleb looks at Callie over Jude's head.

"We are going to the police station and then I'm going to take you to your new placement." Callie looks down at her hands and Caleb crosses his arms over his chest.

"We can see our dad before he gets transferred right?" Caleb asks and Bill looks at him.

"For a little bit, but guys you have to take this seriously, you can't just leave in the middle of the night." Bill stands up and picks up their bags.

"Come on." He leads them to the car and gets them buckled in before taking them to the police station.

"Wait here." Bill sits them on a bench and walks over to reception.

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"Hey." Stef walks into the precinct and her partner gives a head nod.

"What are you working on?" Stef sits in the chair by his desk and he looks up.

"Transfer paperwork." He picks up the file and flips it over.

"Donald Jacob. Drunk Driving, manslaughter. Got a plea deal, 10 years." Harry, Stef's partner, tells her.

"6 on good behavior." Stef says and Harry nods.

"Yep, his kids are here too. I guess to say goodbye before child services take over." He points the end of his pen towards Callie, Jude, and Caleb, and Stef looks over at them.

"That's a shitty was to see your father." Harry nods and Stef stands up. She walks over to her desk and get three pieces of candy before walking over to the bench and squatting down in front of them.

"What are you guys in for?" She asks with a smile and Callie smiles.

"She get you in trouble?" Jude laughs and looks at Callie.

"And you must be their lawyer." Stef says looking at Caleb.

"While you wait." Stef holds out her hand to reveal the candy and both Callie and Jude take it but Caleb shakes his head.

"A kid who says no to candy." Stef rustles his hair before standing up. She gives them one more smile before standing up.

"Are you working on my dad's case?" Caleb speaks up and Stef looks at him.

"My partner is." Stef points to Harry and Caleb nods and turns his head away from Stef.

"But if you ever need anything, I'm always here." Stef smiles and Caleb looks at her.

"I'm Callie, and that's my twin brother Caleb and our little brother Jude." Stef turns to give the girl a warm smile.

"Well it's nice to meet all of you. I'm Stef, if you need anything I will be right over there ok?" Stef points to her desk before smiling one last time and walking away. She sits down at her desk and sets the candy down.

"You aren't going to go soft for some more kids are you. I don't think Lena can take it." Stef laughs and sits in her chair.

"No, we have our hands full." Stef sets the piece of unwanted candy down and looks at it before looking at the three siblings. She gives a silent chuckle before starting paperwork.

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"It's just for a night or two... Ok.. Thanks." That's the fourth call that's ended like that. Callie just sits and entertains Jude with a game of I spy, and Caleb paces.

"You can't split us up. We will run before you split us up." Caleb tells Bill in a certain voice.

"Caleb we will find you a home. All of you. It's just going to take sometime. Families don't typically jump at the sound of three orphans." Bill sighs and immediately regrets his words.

"We aren't orphans. Our dad is getting out and he is going to come get us." Caleb sits down.

"I'm sorry I used that word, I'm just tired, and I know you guys are too." Bill squats down in front of them and smiles sadly.

"I'm going to get you another emergency placement until I can find you a home." Caleb shakes his head.

"No way. They stink and there is usually no room."

"That was only a couple houses Caleb." Bill stands up and dials another number on his cell.

"We have to go Caleb. If we don't they will split us up." Callie tries to be the voice of reason and Caleb looks at her.

"What about dad? He said he was getting out."

"I hate him." Callie says and Jude looks at her.

"You hate daddy?" Callie nods and Caleb looks away.

"He killed mommy." Callie says and Caleb crosses his arms over his chest.

"It was an accident." Caleb mumbles.

"The crash was. But the drinking wasn't." Caleb looks at his sister as Bill comes back.

"Good news guys. I got you a placement for a week. Gives me plenty of time to find you a home." Caleb stares at Callie for a moment later before nodding his head.

"Great." Bill smiles.

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"Mariana!" Stef calls as she picks up a red glitter shoe as walks to the kitchen. Lena looks up and Stef hold it up for show.

"I swear, it's either a shoe from Mariana or a toy from Jesus." She drops it by the back door and walks behind her partner and to the fridge.

"Ya well neither of them are coming down anytime soon. Mariana is determined to get Jesus to understand fractions." Lena says as she grates cheese and Stef gets a beer and sits on a stool.

"I hope she is using food, because that's the only way she will be able to get Jesus to focus long enough." Stef snags a piece of cheese and Lena stops grating.

"Maybe we should consult with someone about that. He's been ours for almost a year now, and living here for almost two." Stef shakes her head and takes another sip of beer.

"He is seven babe, he is supposed to be hyper. Remember when Brandon was seven, all he wanted to do was run around and play."

"But this isn't run around and play Stef. He can't control his body." Lena argues and Stef shrugs her shoulders.

"You are the kid expert." Lena laughs.

"You just bring them home." Stef gives a half smile and Lena scrunches her eyebrows together.

"What is it?" Lena asks and Stef shakes her head.

"It's nothing.. These kids, about three weeks ago-"

"Mama!" Jesus comes jogging into the kitchen.

"We will talk later." Stef stands up and winks at Jesus before leaving the kitchen.

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"Hey Foster, you have a visitor." Harry knocks on her desk and Stef looks up confused. She watches Harry walk away before getting up and walking towards reception. Stef looks around until she sees Caleb with a baseball cap on, clutching on to the straps of his backpack.

"Hey, are you looking for me?" Stef approaches him with a smile. Ever since that day they came here Stef couldn't get her mind off this kid and his siblings. He came around about twice a week and just hung out in reception. Reception had always called her to tell her he was here, but she wasn't going to confront him until he asked for her. So she just watched. She watches him sit for hours, either reading a book, or doing what looked like to be homework. Then he would walk around and look at the magazines or count how many people came in and out. People in reception were starting to warm up to their new little visitor. Gave him snacks, and security even let him look at the video footage with them before he had to take off. He was becoming quite the little popular boy around here. Stef knew it was just a matter of time until he asked to speak with her.

"Is my dad still here?" Caleb shifts from foot to foot and Stef shoots him a confused looks before squatting down in front of the boy.

"No he got transferred." Stef pauses and Caleb looks down at his feet. "But you knew that. Want to tell me the real reason you are here?" Stef tries to make eye contact with the boy but he refuses.

"You said if I ever needed help..." Caleb trails off and takes off his baseball cap. Bruises all along the side of his face and neck. Stef feels a hot, bubbling feeling start in her stomach as she takes in the boys face.

"Who did this?" Stef asks and Caleb looks at her, fear in his eyes.

"Please don't tell anyone!" Caleb pleads as he starts regretting going to Stef. "He will hurt my brother and sister."

"Where are they Caleb?"

"They are at school." Caleb says and Stef turns her wrist over and realizes it's only 2:00.

"Why aren't you in school?" Stef asks seriously and Caleb shrugs.

"I am sick." Stef suppresses a smile. He reminds her of Lena. Smart, sassy, strong willed. He came he for something.

"Yes fever and all." Stef quips.

"It's the only time I could come. Callie and Jude are safe right now." Caleb puts his hat back on and Stef smiles at him.

"I'm a Padres fan too." Stef reaches in her pocket and pull out her keys. She shows him an old padres keychain. "My dad gave this to my when I was ten. It was my good luck charm when I played softball. I don't use it much anymore." Stef twists the key chain off of her keys and hands it to Caleb.

"You are giving this to me?" Caleb asks looking at the keychain.

"I am." Stef verifies and Caleb eyes her.

"You don't even know me."

"You're right, I don't. But what I do know is we all need a little luck in life." Stef stands up. "Let's get you back to school."

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A few weeks go by, and Stef hasn't heard from or seen her visitor. She asks reception everyday and none of them have seen him either. Worry starts to build up in Stef to the point where one night she sits playing with her phone contemplating on whether or not to call Bill and ask.

"Stef?" Lena comes into the room. Startled by the sudden arrival of her partner, Stef jumps and turns to look at her.

"Hey." Stef smiles tightly and Lena crawls on to the bed and starts rubbing her shoulders.

"You have been on edge for over a week now, what's going on?" Stef melts slightly into Lena's hands.

"Just work stuff." Stef excuses and Lena stops rubbing her shoulders and places her chin on Stef's shoulders.

"Want to talk about it?" Lena kisses the bottom of Stef's ear and Stef sighs.

"Just, this kid, I'm a little worried about him and his two siblings." Lena laughs lightly and Stef looks at her.

"What?"

"Harry told me about your little friend. I didn't know it was so serious." Lena jokes and Stef stands up.

"It's not funny Lena. What if something happened to him? His foster dad was already hitting him. What if it got worse? What if they didn't get my anonymous report?" Stef starts pacing and Lena studies her.

"Stef, I'm sure they are fine."

"That's easy for us to say. Our kids are safe, in bed." Stef looks at her phone again. "I'm going to call Bill." Stef walks out the room and Lena sighs. It's happening again. Stef is letting her heart make important decisions. She knows whenever Stef asks to let those kids stay here, she won't be able to say no.

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"Hey Bill, it's Stef Foster again, I was just checking in on the Jacob siblings, make sure they were ok. Call me when you get a chance." Stef hangs up and taps her phone against her hand. She walks back into her room and gives her wife a small smile.

"I'm sorry love." Stef sits and Lena smiles at her.

"You didn't do anything wrong. You tend to have a soft spot for children."

"There is something about these kids Lena."

"Just like there was something about Mariana and Jesus." Lena understands and Stef nods.

"Exactly."

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"Foster." Harry calls and Stef looks at him.

"Where?" Stef asks standing and Harry points to the vending machines. Stef could see his hat and that's all she needed to take off in his direction.

"Hey." Stef smiles and Caleb turns and looks at her.

"Hi." He opens a bag of chips and offers it to her. She shakes her head and he pulls a chip out and eats it.

"What's been going on?" Stef asks and Caleb walks over to a bench and sits. He leans back against his backpack and eats another chip.

"We got placed in a different home." Caleb looks at her. The bill of his hat creating a shadow on his face.

"That's good." Stef lifts his hat and smiles that the bruises on his face are fading and his eyes are returning to a bright green.

"I know it was you... Thanks." Caleb sits up. "Our new home. We get ignored, but they feed us and don't hit us so that's good." Caleb finishes his chips and crumples the bag.

"I'm glad you guys are safe." Stef offers a fake smile. In her head she is going crazy. They think being ignored in trade for not being hit is ok. They should get attention and love. "How's school?" Stef asks and Caleb shrugs.

"I haven't gone in a few day." Caleb admits and Stef looks at him.

"Caleb I thought we talked about this. School is important."

"I have to go. I just wanted to come say thanks." Caleb says fixing his hat and throwing his bag in the trash. Stef watches him walk away and sighs.

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"Hey." Callie says as Caleb walks up to her and Jude.

"Hey, you guys ready?" They both nod as they start their walk home.

"I got your homework." Callie tells him and Caleb looks at her.

"Thanks." They continue their walk home in silent.

When they get home, they start on homework, eat, shower, and read Jude a story. With Jude asleep, Callie is able to fall asleep pretty quickly but Caleb stays awake. He watches them and picks up his hat. It was his dads, and it's the only thing he has of his dad. He loves his dad, but he knows Callie was right to be angry at him. They were in this crappy place because of him. Maybe he is angry, maybe he does hate him, and who could blame him. Caleb sets his hat back down but stays sitting up. He hears voices downstairs and gets curious. He toes over to Callie's bed and gently wakes her.

"Hey." He whispers and Callie turns over to look at him.

"What?" She whispers back and sits up.

"Someone is here." Caleb informs her and Callie looks at him.

"What?" She says back and looks at the time. "It's almost 10." Callie look at him and Caleb nods.

"Ya, I know." Caleb gets off of Callie's bed and Callie runs a hand through her hair. There is a silent knock and Callie is ready to bolt to cover Jude and Caleb is ready to defend both of them is necessary.

"Caleb? Callie?" Bill walks in the room and turns on the light. Both siblings close their eyes at the sudden change in lighting and Callie is the first to open her eyes.

"What's going on?" He asks fully awake.

"I have a family that wants to foster you. Sorry it's so late, I had to do the paperwork." Caleb looks at his sister.

"They want to? Like you aren't forcing them?" Caleb asks and Bill shakes his head.

"Nope. They asked for you by name." Callie and Caleb look at each other.

"Come on. It's already late."

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Bill pulls up the home and Callie looks at her brother.

"It's really pretty." Caleb nods in agreement and opens the door. Callie slides out with Jude, still half asleep, and they walk towards the door. Caleb pulls his hat farther down his head and Bill walks ahead and knocks.

"Bill." Lena smiles and greets.

"Are you sure? I know you have a house full already." Caleb hears Bill ask. He is ready to turn and walk away and the first sign of hesitation.

"Yes, we are positive." Caleb can hear Callie breath out and they walk up the steps. Bill turns and Lena turns her attention to the three children in front of her. The three children that have already made a connection with her wife. The three children that would make their family complete.

"Hey guys, I'm Lena."

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So that's it for the first chapter. What did you guys think? How will Caleb react when he finds out Stef is his new Foster mother. How will Stef react to Lena's surprise?