What if Callie had, in fact, pushed just a little too far?

(A request by findinemo where Stef gets angry and leaves and Callie becomes worried that she's not coming back and not keeping her promise to always be there for her.)


Author's Note:

Like I said this was a request and it fit into this story so I decided to make another sequel.

I don't usually write 'author's notes' at the beginning but I wanted to set the plot. This takes place during PUSHED TO THE END (Chapter 12) when Mike comes back from taking the kids bowling. Things had gone fine until Mike insisted she had to eat dinner. Callie had a meltdown and tried to run but Jesus stopped her. She threw a fit and people began to stare so Mike took them all home. The other kids finished their pizza and hotdogs in the car but Callie refused.

Once the other kids all go upstairs and Mike leaves Stef goes upstairs to bring Callie down for dinner...

(The part in italics is taken from the other story just to set the plot and the parts in bold have been added in this one to follow the new story line.)


Stef returned to the kitchen a few minutes later with a very silent, subdued Callie in tow.

"Alright Callie dinnertime." Stef said in a tone that didn't leave Callie with much to argue about. "You have a choice of the pot roast, squash or a sandwich. You have thirty seconds to pick."

Lena could tell that Stef was trying to stay calm. She was already upset by their argument and right now she wasn't in any mood to fight with a teenager. She decided to help.

"How about I make you a nice scrambled egg with cheese?" Lena suggested standing up.

"I'm not hungry." Callie said angrily. All she wanted was to just be left alone. She had had such a great evening but it was ruined by Mike. She thought she'd be able to just skip eating since neither Stef nor Lena would be there but Mike took over and insisted and she was so mad.

"I really don't care." Stef said flatly. "Make a choice or I'll do it for you."

"You can't force me to eat." Callie challenged.

"Don't underestimate me Callie." Stef said, beginning to get annoyed.

"How about just some yogurt?" Lena suggested, trying to defuse the situation.

"No Lena." Stef stopped her. "She doesn't get to eat just yogurt. The deal was that she had to eat a meal. If she wants our trust then she needs to earn it and this isn't earning it." She pointed to the way Callie was behaving.

Callie watched as Stef and Lena argued. At least the attention was off her for a while.

"Fine, I'll have a yogurt." Callie said, knowing that it would get the mom's to argue some more.

"Well that's not on the menu tonight." Stef told her flatly.

"Why not?" Callie asked. "Lena said I could, she has the authority too doesn't she?"

She knew she was pitting one mom against the other but right now it was working in her favor because as soon as she said that Stef blew out a frustrated sigh. "Fine." She said in anger as she left the house leaving Callie alone with Lena.

Lena looked at Callie and saw the smirk on her face. They had played right into her game and she seemed pretty proud of herself with the results. Lena couldn't help but feel like she had helped Callie along by contradicting Stef. Stef really was just trying to get Callie to eat a proper meal and thinking back Lena realized that she hadn't had one of those in days. The amount she had been eating was less than an toddler.