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Callie didn't want to get up. She was a teenager and it was Saturday so that wasn't totally unusual, but today was different. She wasn't sure what Lena and Steph had planned for the day, which scared her because she didn't want to be thrown into anything. She was interrupted from her thoughts when Lena came into the bedroom from the bathroom.
"Hey sweetie. How'd you sleep?" Lena sat next when Callie was.
"Ok."
"Just ok?" Lena wanted to prod a little bit but not make Callie uncomfortable.
"Ok for the circumstances I guess. No nightmares or anything but I didn't really fall asleep." Lena was happy Callie willingly opened up even though it was just about sleep.
"Well that's good." Callie noticed Lena visibly tense up in between talking, "Steph and I were talking last night and we wanted to get a more complete picture of what is going on. How much did you tell Jude about what happened?"
"Well he knows Liam, my old foster brother, hurt me really badly. But I didn't tell him how." Callie finished as Steph came out of the bathroom and offered Callie a smile before she sat down to join the conversation.
"Ok. We also wanted to talk to the other kids, because this could change things for them too. We wanted to hear your thoughts on what you wanted us to say and things like that." Lena treaded lightly she didn't want Callie to become too upset.
Callie took a thoughtful pause before she began to speak. "I feel like Mariana should know the whole story just because I share a room with her and we've gotten a lot closer." Both Moms smiled, they were happy Callie trusted her foster sister. "But I don't want Jesus or Jude to know. I want to tell Mariana, or at least be there."
"How about the three of us go talk to Mariana after breakfast so everyone has a chance to wake up a little." Steph suggested getting affirmative nods from everyone else in the room. "I think all of the kids are down at breakfast. You should join them." Callie nodded and got up to join her foster siblings.
Once Callie left Lena asked the question that had been in the back of her mind since she had woken up; "How'd the conversation with Brandon go last night?" Even though Brandon wasn't her biological son she cared for him like he was.
"He was able to get a lot out. It was kind of quick and not much was actually discussed so I'll be going in for follow up. But he seemed to feel better afterwards so it was good overall." Steph tried to explain her conversation the best she could.
"If you want assistance just let me know. We should probably make our presence known at the breakfast table." Lena stood up as Steph joined her.
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Mariana picked up that something was wrong when her mom asked her to come upstairs after breakfast. Her suspicion rose when she turned into her room and saw her other Mom and Callie sitting on Callie's bed. "What's wrong?" She finally got up the nerve to ask.
"Why don't we sit down first?" Lena took a breath deep enough that Callie saw it from across the room.
Steph spoke up after a slight awkward silence; "So Callie has recently made us aware of something that we all thought you should know." Steph paused slightly unsure of what to do; "Do you want to talk Callie?" She asked and saw the older teen's breath become slightly uneven, but Callie spoke before Steph could speak up again.
"Sure. You know I've been in a lot of foster homes. Some were better than others. About a year ago Jude and I were in this home and it was great- really great." Callie noticed her moms share a somber smile as she talked about the good stuff. She also noticed Mariana's slight confusion. "The parents had a son who was older than me at the time. I really liked him." Steph started to rub Callie's back soothingly as she got to the hard part. "He seemed to really like me. One night he had convinced Jude to go out to the movies." Callie noticed the fear seep into Mariana's eyes as she hoped she was wrong about what Callie was about to say. Mariana leaned into Lena who instantly gave silent comfort to her daughter. "I was already in bed but I hadn't fallen asleep yet and he came in. He asked me to have sex with him." The tears Callie had been holding back started to slowly stream out. "I said no; but he didn't care. He forced me."
Mariana's hand slowly came to cover her mouth; "Oh my god. How are you? I mean I know that's a really dumb question but… How are you?" For the first time in Callie's experience Mariana was at a loss for words.
"I've been doing a lot better with time. It's hard though." Callie tried to answer honestly.
"That's how it is with most people." Lena felt like she should speak up.
"Ok." Mariana was still in shock. She wasn't sure what to think, the girl that had become her sister and she had been hurt worse than Mariana could imagine. "What can I do to help?" Callie noticed how Lena's caring had rubbed off on her daughter.
"Just treat me normal. I just wanted you to know because we are so close rooming wise and I feel like we are getting closer, and another person knowing just makes me feel better." Callie smiled a little bit.
"Sounds good, just let me know if you need anything else." Mariana returned the smile.
"Will do." The girls were drawn from their conversation when Steph got up after noticing the time and Lena followed.
"Callie. We need to go call Bill. We will talk to him and then give you an update." Steph gave Callie's back a comforting rub when she saw the teen's breath become really uneven. "Do you want me to get Brandon?"
"Tell him I'll meet him outside?" Once Callie got an affirmative nod from Steph she grabbed her guitar and bolted outside.