A/N: Welcome to my new story. If any kind of sexual assault triggers you, please don't read this!
Another foster home, but it wasn't new to them. They were constantly moved to different foster homes. Callie was very negative, knowing it wouldn't be long till they get moved to another foster home. Where as Jude and Sophia, they are constantly hoping for a forever home.
It wasn't easy for them to stay together all these years, it was almost impossible. But Callie fought and fought, not letting them be separated.
They got settled in their rooms, Sophia and Callie in one room, and jude in another.
"This foster home seems really good Callie. I think maybe we could have a forever home here." Sophia exclaimed as she began unpacking what little she had.
"Maybe, but don't get your hopes up." Callie said, trying not to burst her 11 year old spirit.
"I wonder how Jude is doing." Sophia said as she sat on the bed.
"I'll go check on him." Callie said and left the room. Callie walked out into the long narrow hallway, down to the room they assigned to Jude. She passed one room, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Liam, her foster brother, staring at her. She was creeped out but she let it pass, she's not going to ruin another foster home for her siblings. She walked into Jude's room. "Hey buddy." She whispered as she climbed into bed with him.
"Hey Cal." Jude whispered in reply. Callie wrapped an arm around him.
"I like this place Callie, I really do." Jude said with pleading eyes.
"I know I do too, I will be good." She whispered softly as she stroked his hair. She never meant to be bad, she just wants to protect them.
"I love you Jude." She said. He smiled.
"I love you too Cal." He replied and Callie made her way back to Sophia and her room. As she passed Liam's room again, he still stared at her. She found it odd but continued walking to their room. Maybe he didn't want foster siblings. Callie couldn't blame him, who wants strangers living in your house anyways?
Callie approached their room and opened the door quietly.
"Hey Soph." Callie whispered as she hopped onto bed.
"Hi Callie." She muttered sleepily.
"Get some sleep okay? we start school tomorrow." Callie whispered as she got under the covers and turned the lamp light off. Callie began to wonder, maybe this could be their forever home. But she couldn't get her hopes up, she knows what happens when she does, and with that thought, her eyes closed and she fell asleep.
A knock on the door woke callie up.
"Callie? Sophia? It's time to get ready for school." A soft voice said from the other side of the door.
"Okay thanks." Callie said as she sat up and yawned. Callie nudged Sophia to wake her up.
"Come on Soph we can't be late on our first day!" Callie whispered as she continued to push her.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Sophia said tiredly as she got up.
Callie brushed her hair and put on some nice jeans and a long sleeved scarlet red shirt. Callie brushed sophia's hair and helped her pick out clothes, not that they had much to choose from.
They met Jude in the kitchen, where their foster mom cooked them breakfast.
"Thank you so much!" Sophia and Jude said in unison when they were given their breakfast.
"It's no problem at all, and Sophia do you want me to do something with your hair? Maybe braids or something?" Mrs. Olmstead asked. Sophia's eyes widened along with her smile,
"Yeah! Can you do two braids? Callie is good at those too but she always ends up missing a few pieces and has to start over." Sophia said with a laugh. Callie smiled at how much Sophia warmed up to Mrs. Olmstead. Sophia always warms up to foster moms and dads, but always ends up getting her heart broken.
Everyone finishes breakfast while Mrs. Olmstead finished Sophia's hair. Sophia has long curly locks of brown hair just like Callie's.
A large, tall boy stomped down the stairs, callie instantly recognized him as the boy who stared at her last night.
"Hi Liam, Glad you're awake. Want some waffles?" She asked. He nodded and sat down with his new foster siblings.
Callie watched him carefully. He started to eat and then felt Callie's eyes on him. He looked up and smiled at her. She shot back a shy smile, she didn't know but something about him made her feel uneasy.
"Alright everyone. Get in the car, I am going to take you guys to your new school." Mrs Olmstead said as she grabbed her purse and walked out the door followed by Callie, Sophia, Jude and Liam.
Liam got into his own car and drove away, he was 19, he had work and they had school. Callie was starting her freshman year, and Sophia and Jude were starting their sixth grade year.
Callie sat in the front seat with Mrs Olmstead. Sophia and Jude sat in the back. The car ride was filled with small chatter between Jude, Sophia and Mrs Olmstead. Callie stayed quiet.
"Alright here we are!" Mrs Olmstead exclaimed as she pulled into a parking spot outside of the school.
"Woah!" Jude shouted as he looked out the window wide eyed.
"I knew the school's name had beach in it but i didn't know it was actually on a beach!" Sophia shouted as they got out of the car.
"What do you think Callie?" Mrs. Olmstead asked. Callie looked up.
"uh.. it's nice." Callie said softly. They walked inside and found the main office.
a secretary looked up with kind eyes.
"You must be Callie Sophia and Jude! The principal is currently out due to a fever, but the vice principal is waiting for you in there." She said and pointed at a door.
"Thank you!" Mrs. Olmstead said as we followed her into the door. Once inside, they were greeted by a woman with big curly hair.
"Hi! I am Mrs. Adams Foster. I am the vice principal here. Are you guys excited to start a new year here?" She asked with a smile.
"yeah!" Sophia and Jude said in unision. Callie stayed quiet, this didn't go unnoticed by Mrs. Adams Foster.
"Alright, thank you Mrs Olmstead for dropping them off but i can take it from here." She said as she walked her out, leaving Callie, Jude and Sophia in her office.
"She seems really nice, I am really going to love it here." Sophia said, a smile still plastered on her face.
"Yeah, Callie, you could be a bit more enthusiastic, this could be our forever home-" Callie choked out a laugh.
"Jude, stop getting your hopes up. Every time you do, you end up getting hurt." Callie whispered just as Mrs. Adams Foster walked back inside. Callie hoped she didn't hear their conversation.
"Okay, I will walk you all to your classes, first off, Jude " Mrs. Adams Foster walks out of the room and the rest follows her to their classes
Jude and Sophia had been dropped off in their classes and it was just Mrs. Adams Foster and Callie.
"So is it fun being the older sister?" Mrs. Adams Foster asked.
"Sometimes." Callie said softly.
Mrs. Adams Foster looked down at the girl, all she wanted to do was just give her a hug and tell her she was okay, it was so obvious that the foster system had given her a hard time. Lena knew a thing or two about the foster system because she was once a foster parent.
"This is your first class, if you have trouble or get lost, ask a student or find me." She smiled at Callie and Callie replied with a small smile and walked into her class.
"You must be Callie Jacob!" An older man boomed.
"Uh.. yeah." Callie said.
"We just started assigning partners for our new science unit. Who is without an assignment and partner other than Callie?" The teacher asked. A young boy with shaggy brown hair lifted his hand in the air.
"Ah! Brandon and Callie will be partners, your assignment is gravity, you must build a demonstration to help us understand gravity. Okay, now you have the rest of class to brainstorm," He looks down at his watch. "Which isn't long, and the due date is approaching. So I recommend getting with your partner outside of school." He said and left them to do their work.
Callie looked at Brandon, what was she going to do? Obviously she couldn't bring him to her foster home. He slowly approached her.
"Hi I'm Brandon, welcome to Anchor Beach." He said. Callie smiled, he's nice.
"I am Callie and thank you." Callie said.
They worked on their project for the rest of the period and he talked to her about what she should know about Anchor beach.
"Okay so we should probably get together after school to work on this." Brandon said.
Callies face instantly turned bright red.
"Um.. yeah sure." Callie stuttered. He noticed her nervousness.
"Want to come to my house?" He asked. Callie let out a sigh of relief.
"Uh, yeah sure. Thanks, but I have to walk my siblings home first." Callie said.
"Well my mom can give them a ride home if you would like." He said.
"Really? Are you sure? Because I can totally walk them home." Callie said
"It's no problem really. Meet me at my locker after school." He said and they walked out of the class.
"So how old are your siblings?" He asked.
"They're ten Sophia and Jude are their names, do you have any siblings?." Callie replied.
"I have two as well, Mariana and Jesus. They're 13." He stated as they walked to lunch.
"You seem like a good older sister." he said. She smiled.
"I try to be." She says.
"Want to sit with me?" He asks, walking towards a table.
"Don't you have friends to sit with?" Callie asks.
"Yeah, they won't miss me though it is fine." He says as they sit down.
They sit down and talk about their project. After lunch, they walked to their next one which happened to be the same class.
"Mr. Ross is a nice teacher. You'll like him." Brandon says as they walk in.
the rest of the day went well for Callie. After school she met Brandon at his locker.
"Okay, come with me to my mom's office and we can go get your siblings." Brandon said as she followed him.
"Your mom works here?" Callie asked
"She's the vice principal." Brandon said.
"Woah.. Did not see that coming." Callie said with a laugh.
"Yeah.. I get that a lot." He walked in and Callie waited outside.
"Okay so my mom is totally cool with everything. Come on, Jude and Sophia are probably waiting for you."
"Jude! Sophia!" Callie exclaimed as she approached them.
"Callie! we had an amazing day at school!" Sophia said.
"That's great Soph." Callie smiled, so did Brandon.
"Who's this?" Jude asked.
"This is Brandon. I have to do a project with him today. His mom is going to drive you goof balls to the Olmsteads and I will go to his house for a little." Callie says. Brandon notices how she said "the Olmsteads" and not home.
Callie notices the fear in Sophia and Judes eyes.
"Guys don't worry, I won't be long and remember the Olmsteads are nice people. There is a phone there, if there's an emergency do you remember what to call?" Callie asks.
"911" they say in unison.
"Good, let's get going." Callie says and they go to find their ride.
"Alright where are we headed?" Mrs. Adams Foster asks.
"I wrote down the address, here." Callie hands it to her.
She starts driving. The car is very packed.
"Brandon who's your friends?" Mariana asks.
"That's Callie, we are working on a project together." He points at Callie. "That is Jude and Sophia, her siblings."
"Mama, can you change the radio station?" Mariana asks.
They pull into the Olmsteads and Jude and Sophia get out.
"Thank you for the ride!" Jude says.
"Don't forget what I told you two." Callie tells them as they walk inside.
"Thanks Mrs. Adams Foster for giving them a ride." Callie says quietly.
"Yeah of course, and please call me Lena." Lena says.
"Oh! I forgot to mention, I have two moms. I just wanted to let you know in case my other mom comes home." Brandon says.
"Oh, cool." Callie says, she figured he was adopted or something. Maybe he'd explain later.
They pulled into their driveway.
Mariana and Jesus practically bursted through the doors. Jesus headed straight for the kitchen and Mariana ran to her room.
"Mariana! Hurry up and get down here to do homework!!" Lena yelled up the stairs. Brandon set his backpack down in the dining room.
"You guys can start your homework in here, I'll go get you a snack." Lena said. Brandon and Callie got out their backpacks and began to work on their project. Lena came in and helped them and gave them their snacks.
About an hour later, Stef came through the door.
"Hi mom!" Brandon said from the dining room. She came into the dining room. Callie's eyes went wide, she is a cop. Callie has never had a good relationship with cops.
"Hi love! Who's this?" Stef asked. Callie got more nervous.
"This is Callie, we are working on a project." Brandon said.
"Well it is very nice to meet you Callie, I'm stef." Stef said as she walked over to Lena and they shared a quick kiss and walked into the kitchen.
"So.. If you don't mind me asking, are the olmsteads your parents?" Brandon asked. Callie stiffened up.
"Foster parents." She spit out. Brandon nodded.
"What about you? How did you get two moms?"
"I'm stefs biological son, before she came out as gay." He said, beginning to feel uncomfortable. "Mariana and Jesus were adopted, in fact they were in foster care too." He said.
"At least they found a forever home." Callie said.
"What about the Olmsteads? are they nice?" Brandon asked.
"Yeah they are." Callie said. Brandon and Callie started their project. They wrote in notebooks ideas until they settled on a space demonstration.
"Brandon! Callie! come get dinner!" Lena shouted from the kitchen. Brandon and Callie walked over.
Everyone began to eat, talking about their days.
Callie picked at her plate, every now and then when someone looked at her she would take a bite. She didn't eat very much ever.
"Do you not like the food Callie? We can make you something else?" Stef asked. Callie's head shot up.
"I'm just not very hungry." Callie said, "I should get back to the olmsteads. Thank you for having me. See you Brandon." She said as she stood up. Lena also noticed how she hardly ate her snack either, she made a mental note to ask brandon if she ate lunch.
"Hey Callie we can drive you home!" Lena said. Callie turned around.
"That's okay, thank you for everything though." Callie said as she made her way towards the door.
"No really it's no problem. Here, let me get some shoes on." Lena insisted, following her.
"Are you sure?" Callie asked.
"Positive." Lena said, heading out the door.
they got inside the car and Lena started it.
"So, I have been notified by Jude's teacher that he is pretty behind in his math and reading." Lena said. Callie didn't seem too surprised.
"I will work with him more." Callie said.
"Well that's not your job, how about after school when you and Brandon work on your project Jude can come over here and work on reading and math with me, Sophia is more then welcome as well." Lena said. Callie's smile expanded.
"Really?! That'd be amazing. thank you so much." Callie said as they pulled into the olmsteads. Lena got out a strip of paper and scribbled something down.
"This is our home phone number, if you need anything don't hesitate to call." Lena handed the paper to her. Callie nodded, wondering why this woman was being so kind. She thanked her again and went inside and was immediately greeted by Liam.
"Where have you been Callie? My dad is at work and my mom brought Sophia and Jude shopping it is just you and me." He said, getting closer. Callie stepped back, fear growing inside of her.
"Want to watch a movie?" He asked, Callie tried to move but he stopped her.
"No th..thanks. I have lots of homework." Callie lied. She pushed through him and went to her room. He followed her and joined her on her bed. She began to feel uncomfortable. He placed his hand on Callie's thigh and began to move it up her leg.
"Stop." She said and pulled back.
"What you don't like this?" He asked and felt around her.
"Please.. Stop." Callie gulped. He laughed. Callie's first instinct was to hit him, but she had to keep happy. Jude and Sophia love it here.
He got closer to her and kissed her lips. She pulled back.
"Please Liam." Callie pleaded. He chuckled again and shoved his hand down her shirt and felt around. She began to panic.
"Shhhhh." He said and smiled.
"No stop.." She whispered and tried to pull back. He just had a tighter grip on her. She felt her breathing quicken and she felt trapped
"Stop!" She shouted and began to hyperventilate. She couldn't breath. He got up and backed away. She knew what was happening, she was having a panic attack. She hadn't had one since her mom died. She left the room. She quickly rummaged through her backpack where she put the phone number lena gave her, no she couldn't. That would surely get them kicked out and she would never forgive herself. Neither would Sophia and jude. She ran to the bathroom and turned the shower water onto the hot side. It burned her skin, pain shot up and down her body till she let out a cry. She let the pain continue along with the crying.
But no amount of pain could cure the hurt she felt.
"Brandon sweets come here!" Stef shouted from the kitchen. Lena and Stef had a conversation about Callie's behavior and wanted to talk about it with Brandon. He entered the kitchen.
"Hey bub. We wanted to ask you a couple questions about Callie." Lena said. He nodded.
"Well love, we noticed she hardly ate anything while she was here, did she eat anything at lunch?" Stef asked. Brandon thought for a second.
"Now that I think about it no, i found it odd but i thought maybe she had a big breakfast or something." Brandon said.
"Okay thank you Brandon." Lena said. Brandon left the kitchen.
"What are you going to do love?" Stef asked Lena.
Lena sighed.
"Well, her Jude and Sophia are coming more this week so I guess just watch out for any alarming behavior. They seem like good kids Stef. I hope this isn't anything we think it may be." Lena said, Stef nodded. Lena didn't know what about it, but she felt some odd connection to the kids.
A/N: Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed! I'll update soon:)