Jesus always looked out for his family members. So Jesus was pretty concerned when he saw Callie come home with tears in her eyes.
"Are you okay, Callie?" Jesus asked, looking at Callie with worried eyes.
"I'm fine," Callie lied, walking towards the stairs.
"No you're not," Jesus said. "What happened?"
"I just had a rough day," Callie said. The brunette pulled out her phone when it buzzed, and gave a small smile at the text. "Hey when Ximena gets here, can you ket her in. I'm going to go change."
"Sure," Jesus said, smiling at his sister. "Are you guys going somewhere?"
"Yeah, we're going to the movies," Callie smiled, walking up the stairs. "We're celebrating her getting her DACA approved."
"Cool," Jesus said, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah," Callie said. "Well, I better go get ready." Callie walked up the stairs, seeming a little happier than when she arrived two minutes before.
The doorbell rang a few minutes after Callie went upstairs, and Jesus walked over. "Hey, Callie's getting ready," Jesus said, pointing behind him while talking to Ximena.
"Thanks," Ximena said, walking in.
"So I heard you got your DACA approved," Jesus said, trying to make small talk.
"Yeah I did," Ximena said, smiling. The door opened behind Ximena and Ximena turned around saying," Hey Mariana." She smiled at the younger Latina girl who entered with Poppy.
"Hey, Ximena," Mariana said. "You waiting on your girl? Come on Poppy, we'll tell her to hurry up." Mariana walked by her brother, and realized for a second that she referred to Callie as 'Ximena's girl' in front of him. It didn't go unnoticed by Jesus.
As Mariana reached the top of the stairs she heard Callie talking to her. Callie reached the bottom of the stairs and said," Hey, X."
"Hey, Cals," the Latina girl said, smiling at her girlfriend. The only people who knew about them were Poppy and Mariana.
"See you later, Jesus," Callie said, waving at her brother. He smiled at his sister, and caught a glimpse of the girls interlocling their hands before they disappeared from his sight.
Jesus ran up the stairs, nad knocked on his sister's door. "Come in," he heard Mariana's voice call out.
Jesus opened the door, nad got straight to asking," Are Callie and Ximena dating?"
Mariana was shocked by the sudden question that she almost spilt the nail polish she was using to paint Poppy's nails. "W-what do you mean?" Mariana asked, playing dumb.
"I mean, are Callie and Ximena like together?" Jesus asked. "Is that why they go out more, and why I saw them holding hands!"
"You need to talk to Callie about that," Mariana said, continuing tonpaint Poppy's nails. "It's not my place to tell you anything."
"Fine," Jesus said, turning to leave the room. "I'll just ask her when they get back. Why would she feel the need to keep it a secret?"
"Well some people haven't always had the freedom to be who they are," Poppy chimed in. "I know that for a fact."
"Jesus, why do you think Callie kept telling Jude not to be so open when they first got here?" Mariana said. "We were lucky, they weren't. Jude got beaten for being himself. Sure Callie knows that we won't hurt her, but there's still that uneasy feeling in her. She still thinks that she could do something that would make Moms not want her anymore. She's only had freedom to explore herself these past two years."
"I know," Jesus said. "I just don't like it when Callie hides stuff. Because then it makes her upset, and then it's not good whenever people do find out." Poppy listened intently about how the twins talked about their sister. Talking about her time in foster care, and all the bad things that had happened to her and Jude. Poppy was glad that Lena and Stef got her before she got lost in the system.
"It's different this time," Mariana said. "I promise. Callie's happy with Ximena."
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Callie and Ximena returned three hours later, smiling and laughing with each other. Jesus saw his sister walking to the door from the living room window. Like Jesus expected, they were holding hands and Callie was leabed on Ximena's shoulder. Mariana and Poppy were right, Callie really liked Ximena. Jesus saw the girls look at each other with nothing but happiness and love in their eyes. They shared a long kiss, before both girls walked in the house.
"How was your movie?" Jesus asked, looling at the two girls.
"It was good," Callie said, putting her hands in her back pockets.
"Listen, I need to talk to you guys," Jesus said, taking a deep breath. "If you guys are dating, then that's perfectly fine with me. I won't tell Moms if you don't want them to know. I won't tell. Brandon or Jude... you know anyone. I know Mari and Poppy know."
"Okay, well, we are dating," Callie said. "And I really don't want to tell Moms just yet, if that's okay." Jesus nodded, and Callie gave him a hug. "Thank you, Jesus. For being so cool about it."
"No problem," Jesus said, returning the hug to his sister. "It's what family does." With those words, Callie smiled and grabbed Ximena's hand, pulling her upstairs with a huge grin on her face.
A/N: I'm not exactly sure how many one shots I will write in this collection, but trust me there will be plenty more. So keep reading and reviewing.
