Stef's POV

Lena quickly excused herself outside so that she could call Bill. I turned around to go find Callie and to my surprise, she was standing at the bottom of the stairs, facing the kitchen.

"Hey, babes." I greeted her excitedly. "I was just about to come looking for you!"

"I'm sorry!" She cried, sounding desperate. I moved closer to her, confused by her words.

"What are you sorry for, Callie girl?"

"I... I... your calling Bill. I don't know what I did but I'm sorry!" I moved to get closer to her and she put up her hands in defense. "I'm really sorry!" She cried again and turned, running up the stairs. I signed, I hadn't realized that she had heard the last part of mine and Lena's conversation. I followed her path up the stairs and knocked on the bedroom door.

"Callie, honey, can I come in?" I didn't receive an answer so I opened the door slowly and to my surprise, I saw my girl packing her stuff. "Callie," I tried to get her attention and when I failed, I moved over towards her bed and sat down. "Callie girl, what are you doing?" I tried again. She looked over at me as if it wasn't obvious.

"I'm packing so I'll be ready when Bill gets here." She sounded defeated.

"Come sit with me, babes." I patted the spot next to me on her bed. She didn't look certain but she finally came and sat down. "Bill's not coming." I started to explain softly and my girl looked up at me confused. "You heard Lena say that she was going to call Bill, yes?" I put my arm around her so I could pull her closer. I felt her nod and I continued. "Honey, that wasn't because you did something wrong or because we wanted him to come get you." I tried to explain calmly.

"It wasn't?" Callie looked up at me with her face scrunched up.

"No, didn't we tell you that this would be your last stop before you found a permanent placement?" Callie shrugged and I continued. "Well, Lena and I have something we need to talk to you about." I felt my girl go rigid against my side.

"Did Bill find me a permanent place?"

I almost missed what she said, she spoke so softly.

"He might have." I assured her, slowly rubbing her arm in an attempt to offer her a sense of comfort.

"Ohh." She nodded and stood up. "Okay, that's cool." She feigned excitement and I saw right through her.

"I'll go get Lena and we can all talk, okay?" I asked as I moved towards the bedroom door. I saw Callie nod and I exited the room. I felt bad knowing Callie thought she was leaving the house but I didn't want to say anything until Lena could join us.

Callie's POV

I didn't know when I would be leaving so I couldn't decide if I should keep packing or put my clothes back in their temporary spot. I decided to keep packing so that my hands could stay busy. I knew from the beginning that this was placement wouldn't be forever and I cursed myself inwardly for getting so attached. I didn't mean to, but Stef and Lena were just so nice and it's hard not to love them.

Lena's pov

Stef and I had entered the bedroom together and I noticed that Callie was packing her things.

"What are you doing, Slug-A-Bug?" I asked, using my favorite nickname for her.

"Just making sure I'm ready for when I have to go to this permanent home." Callie forced a smile and I looked over at my wife confused. She gave me a sympathetic look and then voicelessly, encouraged me to continue with what we came in here to talk about.

"Well that's what we wanted to talk to you about." I locked eyes with Callie. "Come sit with us, honey." I offered while patting the open spot on the bed between Stef and I. Callie stopped what she was doing and came over and sat down with us.

"What about it?" Callie asked timidly. Stef and I shared a look with each other and I nodded at her.

"We have something we want to ask you, sweets." Stef implored in a gentle voice. I saw Callie nod slightly, urging us to continue.

"Callie, you've been with us for almost six months now and we've grown to love you like one of our own." I paused and I could tell she was preparing herself for a loss. She looked so defeated even though she tried so hard to hide it. "Honey, Stef and I have discussed it with each other and with the kids and we were wondering, would you want to make this a more permanent placement?"

Stef's POV

"But what about the other people?"

I could tell that my conversation with Callie earlier had confused her. "Callie, when we were talking earlier, I meant you would have a permanent place here, with us. We would like to formally adopt you, sweets. If you are okay with that." I finished the last part of my sentence and was not quite sure how she would react.

"I... You mean, I would be an Adams Foster?" Callie asked. I could normally gauge how she was feeling just by looking at her but I was struggling to do that right now.

"If you want to be." I heard Lena reassure our baby without looking away from her face.

"You would be my mom?" Callie questioned, "You really want me?"

I could tell Callie was in shock. I put my arms around her and pulled her close to my side.

"Oh honey, we want you more than anything. You're one of our babies." I disclosed with tears in my eyes.

"Are you sure?" She raised her head and glanced at Lena and then myself with watery eyes. I looked over at my wife and we shared a knowing look. This poor girl had been rejected so many times that she was afraid we were going to do the same.

"We've never been more sure of anything." Lena piped up before I could.

"We want you, Callie girl. Are you prepared to be an official member of the Adams Foster family?" I already knew the answer but when Callie laughed my heart melted. She had the sweetest laugh.

"Yes!" She exclaimed.

Lena and I squished Callie between us in a momma sandwich. Soon enough this sweet girl would be an official member of this family and she would never have to worry about social workers showing up or suddenly being pulled out of our home, ever again. OUR home. Callie Adams Fosters home.

Callie's POV

As my foster moms hugged me, I was so happy but suddenly I could only think about one thing.

"Will they still want me when they know what happened before I was in the system?"

A/N I got such a huge response from the first part of this, thank you all so much! I got some crazy, life changing news shortly after I posted the first chapter today and I thought that there was no better way to channel nervous energy than to write, so this just kind of happened on a whim.

I apologize if this if not as great at the last chapter, my mind is kind of in a million places but writing this totally helped calm me down. So, I hope you liked it!

I think in the next chapter we'll meet Callie's therapist and hear about how she's dealing with this change. As well as how she feels about her relationships with the other kids in the family.

If you liked this chapter, please let me know and if you have any suggestions, I'm always open to them!

Have a great night/day everyone!