"Have any new placements this week?" Lena asked Callie as she helped her with Sunday night dinner.

"One little boy, I'm really hoping he goes back to his parents though. They are good parents just hit a rough patch. But the family I placed him with is really in favor of bio parents so I'm thinking they will help them out" Callie said chopping up the carrots.

"Some foster parents aren't in favor of Bio parents?" Mariana asked from across the kitchen where she was sitting in the nook with Stef and Frankie having a glass of wine. Jesus and Jude were in the living room and Will and Brandon were out on the front porch having a beer with Mike who had stopped by to congregate Callie and Will.

"Yeah, some are foster to adopt, they have the mindset that once a kid gets places with them they are theirs forever" Callie nodded.

"We were never foster to adopt, we just wanted to be a safe place for kids who needed one short term" Stef shook her head.

"Yet you adopted the only four kids you ever fostered" Mariana laughed.

"Well, you guys were different." Stef chuckled

"Well we fell in love with you guys. You all just fit so perfectly, and Mariana your mom never fought us for custody of you and your brother, Jude's dad signed the papers right away" Lena nodded.

"Mmhhmm, it was this one who gave us a problem, you always were our problem child" Stef smiled winking at Callie.

"But by then we were to in love with you to not fight for you" Lena smiled as Callie stuck her tung out at Stef.

"How is Robert by the way?" Stef asked.

"Good, I had dinner with him a few weeks ago when we got back, and I called Sophia Thursday night"

"Did you tell them about they baby yet?" Mariana asked

"Not yet, I might wait a few more weeks. I just don't want him to start trying to buy everything"

"Your dad is just trying to help" Lena offered gently.

"I know, and I know he shows he cares with money, but I'm just not ready for that yet"

"fair enough" Stef nodded.

"How about your grandparents did you give them a call?" Lena asked.

"I actually called Gram last night, but I chickened out of telling her, is that weird?" Callie asked. Lena let out a little laugh hugging Callie to her side.

"No, my mother can be a little intimidating over the phone, believe me I know exactly what you mean" Lena nodded

"But I know they will be happy, I don't know" Callie sighed.

"Believe my baby I know, You know she will be happy, but you also know she will have some little comment for it and part of you just doesn't want to deal with it, do you want me to tell her?" Lena asked.

"Please" Callie let out a sigh of relief making everyone laugh.

Suddenly there was a yell from the living room making them all jump.

"Hey man! take it easy!" they heard Jesus yell then a door slammed and they all rushed into the living room Stef holding tightly to Frankie's hand. Jude was watching the front door with worried eyes and Jesus had his hands thrown up in the air.

"What happened?" Lena asked looking between the two boys.

"Will came in, he was asking where Callie was then he just freaked out" Jude said as Brandon came in the front door.

"Callie something wrong with Will" Brandon said looking worried.

"What were you guys doing?" Stef asked.

"Just playing video games" Jesus shook his head.

"what game?" Callie asked as she suddenly realized what must have happened. Jesus handed her the box, Call Of Duty.

"Damn it" Callie whispered going out the front door leaving her family behind.

Will was pacing the front lawn muttering something with a wild look in his eye.

"Hey man are you ok?" Mike asked walking over to him Will jumped back glaring at him as if he didn't know who he was.

"No, back up!" Callie called from the porch.

"Go inside baby, Jude take her inside" Stef said pushing Frankie into Jude as he lead her inside shutting the door behind him.

"What's happening?" Mariana asked.

"It's a PTSD attack, he doesn't know where he is" Callie said walking down the steps. Lena grabbed her arm.

"No! He looks dangerous" Lena said stopping her not taking her eyes from Will. Callie had to admit he did look dangerous as she watched his struggle to pull himself into reality.

"It's ok" Callie said gently pulling her arm from Lena walking across the lawn she pulled a piece of gum from her pocket.

"Will, It's Callie, your ok, your safe" Callie said. Will turned to her and Callie could see he recognized her.

"Here, chew this remember, your ok" Callie said again as he took the gum from her. They had started using grounding strategies the last time this happened. Things Will could taste, hear see and smell to remind him of where he was.

"Your home remember. We're at moms house it's ok" Callie said. Will nodded as his breathing slowed and Callie folded into his arms. His body was shaking but he held her strongly for a while. When she let go she was glad to see the rest of her family had gone inside.

"Your ok" Callie said again.

"I don't know what happen, I went looking for you and.."

"The boys were playing a war game, it must have set you off"

"I haven't had an attack in months" Will sighed.

"I know, it's ok, your ok now" Callie said leading him into the house.

Lena set the table like nothing was wrong with Mariana and Frankie.

"I'm sorry man" Jesus said

"It's ok It's not your fault" Will said as Stef called them to dinner.

Dinner passed in the usual way, if anyone was phased by what had happened with Will no one said anything. Callie kept glancing at him during dinner but he seemed to be ok. Typically when he had one attack he was easily triggered the rest of the day so she made a mental note to keep everything calm around him. If Will was nervous at all or showing any effects from his flash back he was doing a good job of masking them.

"So how's the new house since we fixed the piping?" Mike asked turning to Will and Callie.

"It's good, no more cold showers" Callie said offering him a smile. Since they had bought the house Mike had been a big part in helping Will fix it up.

"Yeah, we were taking about maybe finishing the basement next" Will nodded.

"For what? what would you put down there?" Lena asked.

"Maybe a play room, move the washer and drier down there so we can redo the bathroom. With the baby coming we could use some extra room" Will said.

"So insulate and heat and everything" Mike said

"If your up for it?" Will asked.

"You bet" Mike smiled at them.

After dinner Callie sat in the living room with Lena settling into the couch putting her aching feet up as Lena handed her a mug of tea.

"Does that happen often? To Will?" Lena asked sitting next to her.

"Not nearly as much as it used to, and they aren't so bad" Callie shrugged.

"I know you said he had them, I never saw him actually have one though, he seems god at grounding himself again"

"He is, it goes away pretty quick"

"The way he snapped at Mike though…" Lena trailed off and Callie hard been waiting for this.

"he's ok" Callie said

"Does it ever get dangerous? For you to be around when he's like that?" Lena asked. Truth was, it could sometimes be dangerous for Callie if he couldn't get control of himself easily because he was at risk for attacking her. But she was always careful, and he had never snapped at her the way he had snapped at Mike today.

"I know how to handle it, and I think part of it was Mike having a man voice you know, he's not like that around me" Callie said.

"So the answer is yes? It could get dangerous?" Lena said. Callie let out a little sigh.

"It could, but I won't let it, I know how to handle them momma, and so does he" Callie assured her.

Outside Mike took a seat next to Will on the front steps.

"Does that happen a lot?" Mike asked.

"No, I actually had them pretty under control, I guess that game just set it off" Will said.

"Yeah, I mean it's understandable" Mike nodded.

"I just wish I had more of a warning you know, when they were going to happen"

"Well that's kind of the attack part of it right, I had some PTSD myself after Stef was shot, and I was not even the one shot" Mike said.

"How did you deal with it?"

"Well it wasn't nearly as bad, It was just once you know, and she was ok, but I had the guilt, the guilt over her being hurt on my watch, and that I had shot and killed the guy who hurt her. It was hard but I just kept reminding myself that she was ok"

"Thats hard for me to do when a lot of my buddies didn't come home ok, and even more are still over there"

"So you have some of the guilt too?"

"I guess, I mean I want to be here with Callie and the baby, but I guess I just wish no one had to be over there" Will sighed.

"Yeah, well if there was all good in this world almost everyone in this family would be out of a job" Mike smirked a little.

"Thats true, they tend to get themselves mixed up with people who need help huh?" Will asked.

"Oh yeah, they are big on giving back and they kind of drilled that into the kids. Makes them all who they are though so I wouldn't change a thing" Mike said.

"You are probably the only guy I know who would do what you do"

"What's that?"

"Hanging out with your ex wife and her family, most guys would be so mad"

"Yeah, I mean honestly Stef and I were so young when we got married, and we were both not happy. We functioned together but we were both lying to ourselves saying we were actually happy. I was mad when she started dating Lena, and confused and hurt. But I still wanted to be a part of Brandon's life and that meant making nice with Stef and Lena, and they did the same. That first year was pretty forced niceness but, they are good parents and honestly Brandon wouldn't be the kid he is today if Lena was not a parent to him. After a little while I saw what a great job they were doing and I couldn't be mad anymore, because honestly it was the best thing for everyone. And that lead us to where we are today"

"I hope I can be as good a man as you someday" Will said. Mike smiled at him patting him on the back.

"Hi girly, you look different today" Stef said as Callie opened the door to her house letting Stef in.

"Different? I have a new shirt on" Callie said

"Maybe that's it, I was wondering if we could borrow your vacuum cleaner? Ours won't turn on and Frankie had a friend over for a movie night with popcorn yesterday, you can just imagine what the living room carpet looks like" Stef said.

"Yeah it's right in the closet" Callie laughed going into the hall.

"Thanks, I guess we are going to have to start looking for a new one" Stef said as Will came home from work for the night.

"Hi" He greeted Stef with a hug and gave Callie a kiss his hand absentmindedly resting on her belly as he leaned down.

"that's it!" Stef cried surprising them both.

"what is?" Callie asked.

"Your face, your gaining weight." Stef said.

"Oh well that's nice" Callie rolled her eyes.

"It's just from the baby, about time too! I'v been telling you for years your to thin" Stef teased her.

"Oh yeah, now that you say that I can kind of see it" Will said looking at Callie. Callie felt her cheeks turn red as they both stared at her.

"Stop!" Callie cried.

"Are you showing at all yet?" Stef asked.

"I don't know can we just drop it!" Callie moaned.

"Alright alright, sorry love I'm just excited, I will bring this back tomorrow" Stef said squeezing her hand and leaving the house.

Later that night Callie stood in front of her wall length mirror and pulled her shirt up turning side ways. Stef was right she had always been thin, her cheeks did look a little puffy like she had gained some weight. Maybe there was a bump in her stomach, yes she was sure there was. It was small, but it was there.

"Will! Will come here!" Callie yelled laughing

"Hey what's up" Callie said walking into the cafe and sliding into the booth across from her sister.

"Lexie just called, she got called into work early so she can't come" Mariana said.

"Aww bummer" Callie said taking a sip of her water.

"So what's new with you?" Mariana asked as Callie picked up her menu.

"Oh yah, look" Callie said standing back up pulling her shirt down tight.

"Oh my god you have a bump!" Mariana cried running her hand over it.

"Yeah, Mom kind of noticed the other day, it's tiny but it's there" Callie smiled sitting back down.

"You are going to find out if it's a boy or girl right? I have to know" Mariana said.

"Yes we are, I was never good at surprises, we will most certainly be finding out" Callie laughed

"Oh I can not wait! You have to tell me the minute you find out!"

"Of course!" Callie assured her as the waitress came and they gave their order. Mariana's phone dinged and she glanced down at it. Callie saw the smile fade from her sisters face as she picked it up quickly typing back.

"Is that the boyfriend?" Callie asked when Mariana put her phone down.

"Yeah" Mariana nodded trying to bring the smile back to her face again.

"Hey why haven't you brought him around? I meet all your guys" Callie said.

"Oh I don't know, he works crazy hours, plus he's kind of shy" Mariana said.

"He doesn't seem shy" Callie muttered.

"What does that mean?"

"I just mean he seems to actually be kind of demanding"

"He's not"

"He calls you a lot, and texts a lot, he seems…controlling?" Callie said trying to go about this as gently as she could. Things her sister had only gotten worse and she had been wanting to talk to her about them for a while.

"He just gets mad sometimes, he doesn't mean it, he's not bad"

"I'm not saying he's bad. I'm just wondering if it healthy, for you, you know?"

"I'm fine Callie" Mariana sighed.

"You just don't seem yourself around him"

"Didn't you just say you have never seen him? How do you know how I act around him?"

"Because I see how you act when he calls or texts you. You get…nervous. Thats not like you."

"Callie! I am fine" Mariana said her voice rising.

"I just…"

"Callie!" Mariana said louder this time.

"Ok, ok, it's dropped" Callie sighed shaking her head. Mariana's phone went off again and Callie gave her a pointed look as Mariana glanced at it.

"It's mom" Mariana shot at her putting the phone to her ear.

"Hi mom I'm at breakfast with Callie can I call you back?" Mariana answered. Callie watched her listen on the other end for a minute. The look on her sister's face told her something was wrong and Callie started grabbing her bag.

"Yeah we will be right there" Mariana said hanging up her phone.

"Jesus got hurt at practice, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance" Mariana said standing up.

"Come on I'll drive" Callie said taking her hand and the ran from the cafe.