'' Callie? Wake up!'' exclaimed Stef, tears dripping over her cheeks. ''Please'' she said, as she shook Callie's thin shoulders. Foam was coming out of her mouth, as she lay unconscious on her bedroom floor. '' Lena'' shouted Stef, ''LENA'' she repeated. She heard multiple footsteps walk up the stairs, Lena was the first to enter followed by the rest of the kids. '' Call 911'' shrieked Stef. Lena immediately reached for her phone to call, as Stef stroke Callie's hair. Callie carefully opened her eyes, the bright light was making her head spilt and her throat was as dry as paper. '' Callie! Oh dear god. Stay with me'' whispered Stef, her voice thick from the tears. '' J-J...juu-de'' was all Callie managed to say before passing out again, Stef looked up into Jude's bright watering eyes, and watched as Brandon wrapped his arms around his younger foster brother. '' We're going to adopt you, love. Keep that in mind. Stay with us. You have things to say here for'' whispered Callie in Stef's ear as she stroke Callie's hair. '' The ambulance is co-'' said Lena, but she got cut off by a almost manic Stef '' I don't think she has a pulse'' she shrieked.
12 hours earlier
Stef clutched the bottle of pills as she walked downstairs, '' Lena'' madness immediately shining through her voice. '' Yes?'' smiled Lena, as she looked up from her laptop. '' Where's everyone?'' asked Stef, Lena placed her laptop aside '' Don't know. What's wrong?'' asked Lena worried. '' Let's go to our room, just to be sure'' sighed Stef, she felt a headache coming on as she motioned for Lena to follow her
Lena sat down on the bed and watched Stef pace around the bedroom door. '' What is going on? You're starting to worry me'' sighed Lena as she stretched her hand out to reach Stef. Stef reached her hand in her pocket and threw the bottle of pills on the bed.'' What is th- Vicodin..?'' gasped Lena, '' What is this? Whose is this. Who is Danny Williams?'' she added. '' I entered Callie's bedroom and she took something. She looked so caught, she immediately paled when she saw me. She answered really hurriedly and kept shaking and sweating as I said next to her, so I told her to take a shower, and I-.. went through her things'' sighed Stef as she massaged her temple. '' You invaded her privacy. Stef...'' sighed Lena. ''I know, I know. But it would've been worse if I hadn't found anything'' said Stef as she looked over towards the bottle of pills on the bed. '' But why would she take these, and where does she get these from?'' asked Lena as she too stared down to the pills. '' I have no idea, we need to confront her, but how'' sighed Stef as she sat down next to Lena on the bed. ''Hey Callie, I went through your stuff and found vicodin do explain please'' said Stef as she forced an high pitched voice. '' Wouldn't voice it like that'' smiled Lena sadly. '' What on earth are we going to do'' sighed Stef. '' Confront her and see what she'll respond?'' suggested Lena as she reached for Stef's hand. '' Yeah, can you go get her'' sighed Stef as she put the bottle in her pants pocket. Lena nodded and walked over towards Callie's room, a few seconds later Lena returned followed by Callie whom was still drying her hair. '' What's up?'' asked Callie as she stood in front of her foster moms. '' Are you on drugs?'' spat Stef, her voice shaking. Callie's face grew pale, and she even started to sweat. '' No, I'm not. '' exclaimed Callie a little too defensively. '' Then what's this?'' sighed Stef as she held the bottle of pills in her hand, '' Not mine'' shrugged Callie, even though all the muscles in her body started to tense. '' I found it in your nightstand'' said Stef, '' You went through my stuff?'' exclaimed Callie mad, '' You acted very suspicious, so I wanted to make sure you were okay'' said Stef as she slowly stood up, '' So you go through my stuff? You can also just ask you know'' spat Callie, '' But you would probably not have been truthful, am I right?'' sighed Lena. '' Where did you get it?'' said Stef, her head turning a slight shade of red. '' I'm not talking anymore'' spat Callie, she clutched the wet towel in her hand. '' Fine. You're not talking? You're grounded for a month. No phone, no computer. No television. Only for school. And you will go to a drug group therapy twice a week'' shouted Stef, Lena placed her hand on Stef's shoulder. ''Jump to conclusions. Have you ever thought about the fact that one of the other kids could have put them there because I am not the real daughter.'' Spat Callie. '' Fine. Then we'll do a drug test right now. Let's get to the hospital and check right now'' said Stef as she reached for her phone an her wallet. Callie knew that refusing would make things even worse so she raised her hands up in the air. '' Fine. I'm clear anyway'' replied Callie.
Lena tried to calm Stef down with sweet words as they drove to the hospital. '' Come on. We're here'' sighed Lena as she opened the door on Callie's side. Callie followed her foster moms into the hospital, she watched Stef talk to the nurse, and her panic started to rise. What on earth was she going to do. Stef returned to her with a plastic cup in her hand, '' here you go'' she said. Callie made her way towards the toilet, closely followed by Stef. '' What? Going to watch me pee?'' spat Callie as she turned around. Stef raised her hands in the air as she stopped, she watched as Callie entered the bathroom.
Callie looked around frantically, another women entered the bathroom too and Callie turned to face her '' I am going to ask you the weirdest question ever, can you fill this up'' asked Callie as she held the cup up. '' Do it yourself'' shrugged the woman, '' I'll pay you. I have 50 dollars on me'' exclaimed Callie. '' Money first''. Callie handed the bill to the woman and watched as she entered the stall. Callie did the same and waited for the woman to shove the cup back to her.
'' And?'' asked Stef as Lena opened the results an hour later. '' She's clean'' smiled Lena, '' I am sorry for doubting you'' said Stef awkwardly, her face turning a bright shade of red. '' Hmm'' shrugged Callie, '' Hug?'' she asked as she made a puppy face. Callie chuckled slightly as she nodded, both moms wrapped their arms around Callie. She hated lying like this, but they couldn't find out. The trio drove home, and Callie immediately went up stairs. She grabbed her phone and searched for Jimmy's number. I need more. Meet me 2night? Same spot. She texted him. He replied very soon. Don't have any, But a friend does. I'll get it for you, but it will be more expensive. Callie read the text and sighed relieved. Great. 6?. Callie hung around her room until Stef popped her head around the corner '' I really just wanted to apologize again. I should have never gone through your stuff.'' Sighed Stef, '' It's fine'' shrugged Callie as she looked up. '' I also came to ask if you could come downstairs. We need to find the actual person that owns the drugs'' stated Stef, Callie nodded her head slowly and followed Stef out of the room.
The rest of the kids were already seated in the living room when Stef followed by Callie entered. '' What's going on?'' asked Mariana once Stef sat down next to Lena. '' We found a bottle of pills. And we want to know to whom it belongs'' said Lena. '' Pills? As in drugs?'' asked Jesus. '' Yes'' sighed Stef as she massaged her temple. '' Not me'' said Brandon, '' Me neither'' said Jesus and Mariana at the same time. Stef sighed and placed her head in her hands. '' It is in this house, so it belongs to someone. If you don't want everyone to know, that's fine. Come to us later. But we need to find the person whom owns these pills'' spat Stef, her temper rising again. '' Drugs are bad, and once you're addicted it's hard to get back from it. The person who owns these needs help. Please guys. Be honest to us'' sighed Lena as she placed her hand on Stef's shoulder again. '' I swear it's not me. I'm not stupid'' shrugged Jesus as he sat back down on the couch. Everyone nodded their heads in agreements.
Stef sat on the bed later that night staring down to the bottle of pills. '' What are we going to do'' sighed Stef, '' We can hardly force them all to do a drugs test'' she added. '' But we did with Callie'' whispered Lena as she sat down next to Stef. '' I feel horrible, she will probably never trust us again. First she is accused of selling Jesus's ADHD pills, and now this. Drugs accusations follow her'' sighed Stef as she laid her head on Lena's shoulder. '' Could the drugs be Mariana's? She sold them..'' said Lena suddenly. '' No, she looked genuinely shocked. You know she can't lie'' replied Stef. '' Yeah'' agreed Lena as she placed a kiss on Stef's forehead. ''Why are teenagers so much trouble'' sighed Stef.
''Hey I'm heading to the store to get some school supplies, my copy books are all full.'' Said Callie as she held her coat clutched tight in her hand. '' Oh, I can come with you'' smiled Lena as she looked up, both women were still sting on the bed. '' No it's fine. I need some air'' nodded Callie, both women looked up into Callie's eyes apologetically. '' Be home soon sweets, dinner is around 6.30'' sighed Stef, Callie only now noticed how exhausted her foster mom looked. ''okay'' nodded Callie as she walked out of the bedroom, and made her way downstairs and then outside.
Callie was glad that Jimmy didn't ask questions, a regular person would've raised their eyebrows at her coming back the next day for a refill. But yet again, a regular person wouldn't have been a drug dealer. Callie handed him the money, and watched as he pulled a thin plastic bag out. '' No bottle this time?'' asked Callie as she took the bag from him. '' No, my friend doesn't do bottles'' replied Jimmy swiftly as he pushed the money in his pocket, Callie once again watched him walk away and waited a while before grabbing her bike too. She knew it would be suspicious to get home without the school supplies she said, she was buying so she drove to target. She grabbed the cheapest copy books, paid them and went back to her bike.
The tension was almost unbearable that night at dinner, Callie hated herself for causing the kind foster moms so much stress and worry, but she had to protect herself. '' Everyone did their homework for school tomorrow?'' asked Lena after a while of them eating in quiet, it was rare to have it quiet there. With 5 teenagers. All of them nodded their heads, as they swallowed their food.
After dinner everyone went their own way, to try and avoid the awkward tension. Callie rushed back upstairs and sat down on her bed, taking advantage of the fact that Mariana was taking a shower. She played with the little bag in her hands, counting the pills. 12. She grabbed 4 and placed them in the palm of her hand, she placed one in her mouth, and then two. But then she added another one, and another one. She took a few big sips from her water and swallowed the four pills. She placed the glass back on the nightstand and lay her head back down.
