Hello guys, I know that the storyline is going slow and there is not much of action in it but I promise it will go better and better by time. If you want you can give me ideas to write about and I'm open for that I'll write everything that sounds reasonable. Thank you so much and have a good time reading, hope you enjoy it
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THE STORY
CALLIE DID GET RAPED BY LIAM BUT SHE WILL KEEP SOME SECRETS OFF THE FOSTERS THAT THEY WILL LEARN LATER ON
AND CALLIE WILL BE ADOPTED WHEN JUDE IS WHICH MEANS THAT DONALD JACOB IS HER REAL FATHER
If there is anymore notes that I will do different than the storyline that happened i'll keep you updated but anyways i'm not writing the same exact things
And again I do not own the fosters 3
Chapter 4
Stef's POV
4:00 P.M
I reached the door handle and opened it seeing Callie in my face she looked exhausted, tired, and bored without saying anything she got inside and to the living room where Jude was supposed to be in her mind and so she found him watching the movie that we picked together and laying on the couch with popcorn and a blanket covering his legs. She walked up to him and sat beside him on the couch and wrapped him in her arms he didn't seem super excited to see Callie, I thought he would jump into her arms but I guess he was thinking about what I told him Callie noticed that he didn't hug her back or do anything to make her feel he was happy so she drifted back and then cupped Jude's face in her palms and tried to make him look in her eyes but he didn't he just stared down at her hands
"Jude what's wrong?" Callie asked Jude who was not interested with what Callie was saying and just fidgeting on the blanket that I had put on him "Hey Jude talk to me" she continued but still no answer Jude then looked at me while I was standing in the foyer which leads to the kitchen and stairs and at the same time opened to the living room so whoever was standing in the foyer would see the living room I gave him a nod and left to the kitchen to make sure I could still hear them but gave them the privacy they want. When I got there I tried all I could to listen to what they were talking but I failed because there voices were so low and very hard to be detected, later the kids started filling the house and everyone came in to say hi to me when Lena's figure was there too but kind of looking angry.
"Hello my babies, how was your day?" I asked to all the kids giving them each a hug and a kiss as I approached Lena and gave her a peck on the lips and sat on the stool grabbing her hand to sit next to me.
"Moms can I go to Lexi's house tomorrow?" Mariana asked looking at Lena and me
"What for?" Lena asked as she got up to the fridge and got out a water bottle opened it and started drinking from it. From Lena's answer I knew for sure that she was super angry
"We'll discuss it with mama Mariana" I looked at Lena rubbing my hand on her back and looking her into the eyes trying to tell her to calm down. Mariana hugged me and said that she was going to get some homework done, now that I was alone with Lena in the kitchen I decided to ask her what was wrong
"What's the matter love? Why are you angry?" I asked Lena as I stood up and cupped her face in my palms she looked at me and said "Let's go upstairs" as she grabbed my hand and walked me upstairs to our bedroom clearly because she didn't want anyone to hear our conversation she would always do that when she wants to talk without anyone overhearing us she sat me on the bed
"It's Callie!" she said I looked at her in confusion and then she continued "she's driving me crazy, she doesn't listen to us nor does she do anything for her sake… and...and I just can't take the idea of you and Brandon in that house with that gun pointed at you it makes me feel sick and I can't get over that Callie was the reason behind that" now with a tear fleeing from her brown beautiful eyes I couldn't help but look at her in shock because I never thought that Callie was behind this I looked at her and wiped away the tear on her cheek
"But that's my job Lena, you know that it's nothing new" I said to her
"I know… I know but I don't want to admit it to myself I always think of you getting cats out of a tree or sitting behind your desk working on some sort of papers" Lena now cried
"Isn't this a little insulting that's what firefighters do I am a cop and that's my job Lena" I looked at Lena teasingly making sure that she would understand that Callie had nothing to do with that
"But she took Brandon with her I mean something could've happened to either of you I really can't look at her without getting the scene stuck to my head" Lena said again knowing that she shouldn't be saying this but she can't get over the idea
"Love please don't do this you know it's not her fault and she didn't force Brandon to come with her it was a choice that he made so we can't blame her on everything" I assured to Lena hoping that this would be the last thing to say we had to wrap things up now and talk to both Callie and Brandon about last night. We made our way downstairs and found all the kids in the kitchen nook and some on the stools either on their phones or doing homework I looked up at Lena and she nodded to me when I started to talk
"Brandon could you follow us please we got some things that we need to talk about" I looked at Brandon who now stood up and was following us he was nervous obviously and he knew what we wanted to talk about
"Have a seat love" I pointed at the empty couch for Brandon to sit on while Lena and I sat on the two single couches. I took a deep breath before I started talking
"Okay Brandon, so you know that what you did last night was a complete mistake?" I asked Brandon
"Yes hundred percent I would never do such a thing again it was completely idiotic" Brandon said as he was fidgeting with his hands
"Okay we guessed that and that's why mama and I decided not to ground you or anything since you already know that what you did is something bad" I looked at Brandon with one raised eyebrow and he looked at me quickly then at the coffee table that seemed to amuse him. Well to be honest most kids find furniture amusing and fun when it comes to talking and things like that
"Okay you can go now and can you call Callie please?"
"I'm so sorry moms really I didn't know any of this was gonna happen" Brandon said with tearful eyes but was trying to stay strong but I know my son he would probably have a breakdown all on his own
"It's okay buddy we both know now that you won't do such a thing again" I walked up to Brandon and pulled him into a hug and quiet sobs started coming out I knew he needed this right now and I couldn't leave him struggling on his own. A few moments later he went out and then Callie came I knew this talk would be way way harder than it should be first thing we didn't know Callie and second we don't know how to have a talk like this with her but I prepared some things to say
"Have a seat Callie" Lena said and Callie did what she was told and now sat in the place Brandon was sitting in
"Uhm… so… Callie you already know what we want to talk about right?" I asked Callie which was looking at her hands and avoiding any eye contact with us
"Uhm last night ?" She asked as if she didn't know but she did know better than we did
"Yes last night that's right, do you have anything you want to tell us about last night?" I asked Callie
"Yeah I do… I'm sorry I didn't think things would get out of control like that I just wanted to take Jude and make sure that he's okay nothing more than that" Callie said nervously and trying to act as normal as possible and not feel terrible
"What else do you want to say?" I asked
"I should've told you before doing anything" Callie said finally looking at me for just a second and now looked at my feet
"That's right you should've told us" I said Callie now had tearful eyes and was trying her best to stay strong. Her eyes held pain and guilt and I thought that she should know she was not responsible for everything
"Callie we're not blaming you for this you know that right love? Okay Brandon was there but it's not your fault that he went with you I was told that you told him not to come but he insisted and I am a cop that's my job you're not to be blamed for this okay?" I assured to Callie who had a tear slipping out of her eye and she quickly wiped it away because she didn't want us seeing her cry
"Okay and I'm sorry again" she mumbled but it was hard to understand but then I got what she said but now for the harder part I didn't know how to start
"There's something else" Lena said looking at how I was struggling to talk so she took over but Callie interrupted
"I know I know I was disrespectful in the morning I shouldn't have said what I said and I'm sorry I didn't want to hurt you Stef I was just mad" Callie said
"But you know what Callie? In this house when we're mad we don't snap at people and run away from the problem we try to fix it together you can't just run away every time someone tells you something you don't like" Lena said and I nodded to make Callie know that what Lena is saying is right I was thankful Lena was here she does this better than I do
"Okay I'm sorry I'll try not to do it again" Callie said. Oh she was going to TRY which means that she might do it again she continued "Can I go finish my homework now?" She asked as she got up
"Yes you may" Lena looked at Callie and she was now making her way to the kitchen nook where she was sitting.
Callie's POV
I went to the nook, grabbed my stuff and headed to the backyard where I sat on the swing and lay my head on the side of the swing. I really miss my mom I wish she was here now none of this would've happened. I would still be happy and I would've never got abused and Jude would still be my little happy brother. I have a feeling that me and Jude would never be happy if we are still in foster care. Jude has like 6 years to go with foster care, but I won't let this happen we just have to live with it for two more years and then I'll age out of the foster system and I'll take Jude with me, I will look for a job from now so I can save up for living alone and taking care of Jude. I snap out of my own thoughts and remember that I have so much to catch up with in school since I missed lots of assignments. I find it very hard to concentrate especially when it comes to math I hate math and I suck at it. I always want to ask someone for help but I never do. I look out through the kitchen window and see Lena staring at me, she gave me a soft smile and I smiled back at her right away and broke the eye contact. I think she guessed I was struggling with what i'm doing because right away she got out and came to me.
"Can I sit beside you?" Lena asked as she looked at me. Something about her tells me that she's such an amazing person, I mean I know she won't abuse me not anyone in this family actually but I still have to be careful I made sure that all my answers are short and clear.
"Yeah, sure" I told her as she smiled and sat beside me and then she put her hand on my lap I flinched 'Dammit' I thought 'why does this have to happen every time someone touches me'
"Uhm.. sorry I didn't mean to" Lena said right away
"No...uhm.. this is not your fault it's just me" I made it clear to Lena and I hoped she won't ask me any further questions but she did ask me
"What do you mean it's just you?" I stared at her but didn't say anything I didn't really know what to say it's just so hard to explain i'm pretty sure she knows but she just wants me to connect and express my feelings I then looked at her and said "nothing to worry about, sorry I gotta go to the bathroom" I rush to the door open it and go to the bathroom. I hate how I don't have any privacy whenever I do need privacy I just go to the washroom or something. I cover the toilet and sit on it and tears start slipping out of my eyes. 'Why am I even crying this makes no sense' I think to myself. I really like that I can control myself in front of people and don't cry but sometimes it gets really hard that I have to go somewhere because I don't like crying with people around me. The memories flood in my brain when I hear a knock on the door. It's Jesus
"Hey can you get out please i'm about to pee my pants" I gather myself up, wash my face and then open the door.
"Oh hey sorry it's all yours now" I say. He rushed in the washroom and closed the door behind him. 'SHOOT!' I have to go back to the backyard where Lena is so I can get my stuff and I shouldn't be that rude and leave her behind just like that. I hoped she had left, walking to the door and looking at her through I found her still sitting there with my math booklet on her lap. I wondered what Jude was doing and if he was okay all alone. I opened the door and started walking to her.
"Oh boy, I hated this unit when I was your age!" Lena said
"I know it's like the worst unit ever I hate it too and I just hate math in general" Oh my god, why did I slip this out of my freaking mouth how did I do this stupid mistake? Now she's gonna think that I am so stupid.
"Same actually math was my least favorite but I still did good in it, if you want some help I can help you if you're struggling with anything" Lena said while looking at me with the most sincere eyes ever. I feel like I started liking Lena and Stef but I can't get attached to anyone. The first day I came to the Fosters house Lena said that I was temporary so they didn't promise me anything stable. Getting out of my thoughts I had to reply to Lena and say something
"Uhmm.. Yeah sure i'll let you know thanks"
"You're welcome. I'll go inside then" Lena said
"Okay" I told her and then she left.
Lena's POV
I had this little tiny chit-chat with Callie which was mostly one sided. We have a long road ahead of us if we want to break Callie's shell and get her to open up and tell us how she's feeling. This girl is a good kid and I feel like i'm starting to like her. I went to the living room and saw Jesus and Jude playing on the xbox I liked the sight of them playing and debating over who had the more nice move in the game. Jude opened up more easily than Callie did but Callie suffered more than Jude since Callie got all the beatings and all the yelling instead of him. This girl was a fighter and a resilient girl, I felt bad for her and I wanted her to feel loved and safe just like Jude. I was trying to find Stef so I could talk to her about where the kids should sleep because they can't be sleeping on the couches all the time. I went to the kitchen and found her on the nook with her laptop working on something for work probably.
"Hey babe, what are you doing ?" I asked approaching her
"Oh hey, nothing much just boring work stuff" she told me not getting her eyes off the laptop.
"I was gonna ask where do you think the kids should sleep?"
"You mean Callie and Jude?"
"Yeah"
"Well I was thinking about it but I don't know if that's a good idea" Stef said
"What is?" I asked
"Maybe we can put Callie a bed in Mariana's room and then we'll put Jude a bed in Jesus's room" She said looking at me waiting for an answer.
"Well that's what I was thinking too because we don't really have any other choice, but now the hard part is how are we gonna tell Miss Thang?" I said
"Believe me that's what I was thinking about too! But she'll have to deal with it I mean they won't even stay forever so why make a problem out of it" Stef told me as she put her laptop aside and hugged me for what seemed like forever but I was the best thing that happened to me today. So this was the last day Callie and Jude will be sleeping on couches and tomorrow is a big day we will be moving things and stuff so we will all work together as one and since tomorrow was weekend I thanked god for that.