"Lena." Stef gasped as she reached her wife's side. "Are you okay?" Lena tried to get up but Stef stopped her. "No baby don't move."
"Stef I'm fine. She held on to me as she pushed me down. I didn't fall. But you need to go after her." Stef didn't want to leave Lena but the look Lena gave her forced her to comply.
Stef was out the gate less than a minute after Callie but Callie was already gone.
Stef contemplated looking for her but she had no idea which way to go so instead she headed back to the yard and to her wife. She was still extremely concerned about Lena.
Callie had run around the first corner and hidden behind a car. She had expected Stef to come after her and a part of her hoped that she would. She wanted Stef to come and drag her back to the house just so she could know that Lena was alright. She hadn't planned on pushing Lena but when Lena caught her arm and Stef headed towards them Callie needed to run. She now felt extremely guilty for hurting Lena even though she had held on to her as she pushed her down to keep her from falling before pulling her arm away from her grasp.
When Callie was convinced that Stef wasn't coming for her she got up and began walking aimlessly down the sidewalk. She had no idea where she was headed and she didn't care. All she could think about was whether or not Lena was okay and whether she had, in fact, gone too far this time.
Callie kept walking for another five or so minutes before she realized that all she had done was walk around the block and was now headed back towards the front of their house. Her need to know what was happening to Lena and what her future held was too strong and so with one last deep breath Callie headed back into the house.
Stef had helped Lena onto the couch and they were still arguing about whether or not to make a trip to the ER when they heard the front door open. Both women turned to look and found Callie standing in the doorway looking extremely afraid.
Lena wanted to hug Callie and assure her that she was fine. The way Callie had gripped her arm proved to her that she cared and that she hadn't meant what she did to be hurtful. Stef's face, on the other hand, showed nothing but anger the moment she saw Callie.
Lena reached out her hand for Callie but Stef's expression kept Callie rooted in her place. "Please come here baby." Lena encouraged. She refrained from trying to get up and go to her for fear of upsetting Stef even more.
Stef was furious at Callie and she was starting to get furious at Lena too. Why was she letting Callie get away with what she did. She wanted to stop Lena but she didn't want to upset her. If Lena wanted Callie then by god she was going to get her.
Stef headed towards Callie to direct her towards Lena but the anger in her face was still evident causing Callie to interpret Stef's approach differently. She thought Stef was going to come after her. Instinctively she cowered and covered her face with her arms while turning her back on Stef waiting for whatever was coming.
Stef stopped dead in her tracks at Callie's reaction. Did she really think she was going to hit her? She turned back towards Lena silently begging the woman to tell her what to do.
Lena nodded towards Callie giving Stef the encouragement she needed to approach the girl. She watched as Stef grabbed Callie and pulled her into a fierce hug.
"Stef." Lena whispered pleadingly, begging her to bring Callie to her. She wanted to just hold Callie and never let her go.
Stef finally released a shaking Callie and lead her back to the couch where she was immediately enveloped into another fierce hug.
"I'm okay." Lena assured Callie as she held her.
"I pushed you." Callie said miserably.
"But you didn't let me fall." Lena told her. "You didn't let me fall." She said again to emphasize her point.
They just sat like that for what seemed like forever until Lena asked Stef to get her some ginger ale and crackers.
"Callie come help me." Stef instructed as she got up.
Callie didn't want to be alone with Stef and Lena felt her stiffen in her arms.
"She's fine here." Lena said as she squeezed Callie.
"No Lena." Stef said. She wasn't willing to leave Callie alone with Lena no matter how sorry she seemed.
"Stef." Lena tried to assure her wife. She didn't want another argument and she knew that Stef was still extremely angry with Callie.
"Fine she can stay. But I'm staying too." Stef said firmly as she sat back down giving both Lena and Callie an angry stare.
Callie could feel the anger building up in herself as well. She knew what she had done was wrong but she would never ever do it again. Stef's distrust of her hurt her but she couldn't risk letting Stef see that she was hurting so she let it boil into anger instead.
Once the anger at reached it's limit Callie just stood up and without asked for permission from anyone she left the room and walked up the stairs to her room.
"What do you think you're doing?" Stef asked as she reached the top of the stairs and Callie was about to close her bedroom door.
"Going to my room." Callie answered.
"No you're not." Stef stated.
Callie just continued to glare at her as she slammed the door and locked it.