A/N: I love Callie and Stef's relationship on the show, I personally think if they had of got them when they were younger, Callie would just be a mini Stef…anyway…enjoy!
Stef looked to the ground and shifted her weight from one foot to another, she was nervous and embarrassed, she lost her cool with Callie and that was unforgivable, but Stef couldn't get the look on Callie's face out of her head, the look of sheer terror in her eyes made her want to be sick,
"Can I come in?" Stef asked finally,
"It's your room too babe" Lena said, Stef knew that Lena was mad at her and she would get a lecture later but right now, the only person she was really worried about was Callie and what she thought of her, Stef walked into the room and sat at the bottom of the bed, Lena looked at her and raised an eyebrow,
"What are you doing?" Lena asked,
"I don't want to scare her in case she wakes up" Stef said running her hand up Callie's leg gently,
"She won't be scared Stef, come up" Lena said motioning to the space at the other side of Callie,
"Won't she, she was scared of me Lena, I saw it in her eyes, I made this beautiful, loving little girl scared of me because I lost my cool and shouted at her" Stef said not moving, "you didn't see her eyes Lena, the fear in them, I made her like that" Stef said trying so hard to stop the tears from falling but it didn't work,
"Babe, she was already worked up, she was probably just shocked" Lena said trying to reassure her wife,
"NO Lena!" Stef said forcefully, "you didn't see her EYES, her eyes give everything away including how scared of me she was" Stef said taking her hand away from Callie's leg to rub up and down her own face, Lena let out a sign and grabbed Stef's hand,
"Look at me Stef" Lena said to Stef, Stef looked at her and the tears in her eyes made Lena smile at her sadly, "no child could ever be scared of you, do you understand me, baby, she was scared, but for reasons that we don't know yet, and I bet it has something to do with why she's still weary of B and Mike, she's just scared honey, but not of you" Lena smiled, Stef went to argue was silenced by Lena's finger coming to her mouth, "just shut up and lie down, I'll go check on the boys" Lena said smiling, she transferred Callie gently to onto the bed, she stood and kissed Stef on the lips, she then motioned her to take her spot on the bed, Lena left the room, Stef looked at Callie, she was hesitant to take the spot next to her but knew that it was better her waking up to Stef than to no one at all.
About an hour later Stef was lying beside Callie running her fingers through her hair with Lena lying on the other side of her running her hand up and down her back, Callie had turned around and was facing Lena her head buried in her hair and a fistful of her t-shirt in her hand again, she started to stir and Stef stopped and took her hand away from Callie's head, Lena looked at her and shook her head,
"Put it back" Lena whispered as Stef out her hand back on Callie's head and started to run her fingers through her hair once more, Callie started to squirm and then stretched out, yawning loudly, she rubbed her eyes before opening them, "Hello beautiful" Lena said smiling, Callie smiled up at her,
"Hi" she said as she yawned again, she went to move closer to Lena when she noticed someone running her hands through her hair, she turned herself over to see Stef, Stef took her hand away when she saw the tears swell in Callie's eyes, Callie shut them and buried her face in the pillow,
"Callie" Stef said gently as she rubbed her arm, she could feel Callie tense up under her but she didn't stop, she rubbed up and down Callie's arm and Callie finally looked up at her,
"I'm sorry" she said quietly, Stef let out a sigh and looked at Callie,
"You have nothing to be sorry for, if anyone has to say sorry it's me bug, I'm sorry I shouted" Stef said moving down on the bed more and placed her head beside Callie's, Callie looked at her for a minute and moved closer to her, their faces within touching distance, Callie blow in Stef's face and Stef closed her eyes and turned her head away, Callie put her head on Stef shoulder laughing, Lena smiled at the two of them in awe, Lena looked at her wife and the little girl she was beginning to call her daughter even if it wasn't official, she smiled, she slid of the bed and stood at the bottom, she tapped Stef's feet causing her to jump,
"I'm gonna go check on the boys, give you some Callie time" Lena said with a wink, Stef smiled and turned her attention back to Callie,
"I'm sorry I scared you Callie" Stef said as she ran her fingers through Callie's hair,
"It's okay, I'm not scared no more" Callie said lifting her head off Stef's shoulder slightly before putting it back down again, Stef still felt terrible and the fact that Callie looked so scared was stuck in her mind for ever,
"Sweetie, can you tell me why you wouldn't come to me?" Stef asked gently, she felt Callie tense,
"No reason" Callie said, Stef knew she was lying, she was going to get to the bottom of it,
"There has to be a reason Callie, I promise I'll be mad or angry if you tell me" Stef said as she put her finger under Callie's chin,
"Mr John said I couldn't tell anybody" Callie said quietly, Stef had a feeling she wouldn't like where this was going to go but she knew she had to get answers,
"Who's Mr John sweetie?" Stef asked pushing a piece of hair behind Callie's ear,
"He, he was not nice" Callie said seriously that Stef had to smile, Lena walked back into the room with two cups of coffee and a juice box under her arm for Callie, Lena wanted any kid that stayed with them to be as healthy as possible but allowed them to have a treat every now and then, and the treat was in the form of a sugary juice drink that Callie had grown to love, she looked at Stef and noticed how tense her body was, and looked at Callie she was also tense, 'what happened in the five minutes I was gone' Lena thought to herself,
"Hello" Lena said as she placed the mug of coffee on Stef's beside locker and sat on the space behind her, Callie looked up and smiled, she moved herself up and sat up, she looked from Stef, to Lena and then back to Stef before lunging herself into Lena's arms, whacking Stef in the stomach in the process, Lena was shocked for a second but wrapped her arms around the little girl and held her close, "Hi baby" Lena said as she ran her hand through Callie's hair,
"Hi Lena" Callie whispered into her hair, Lena loved how Callie pronounced her name and knew she couldn't get enough of it, she looked to Stef and they had a silent eye conversation, Lena wrapped her arms around Callie tighter, Stef turned around and lay on her back, she smiled up at her wife as she cradled their foster daughter, she wanted to just reach up and take Callie out of Lena's arms and never let her go, she sat up and supported herself on her elbows, Lena looked at her and smiled, she then turned to Callie and whispered in her ear,
"I think Stef needs a Callie hug" as she kissed the side of the little girls head, Callie looked at Lena and then to Stef, she then done the exact same thing she had done to Lena, she leaped out of her arms and jumped onto Stef's chest, Stef grunted at the sudden impact not expecting it, but laughed and wrapped her arms around the young girl, Callie snuggled into Stef's chest and let out a sigh, Stef held her close,
"Hey baby" Stef said as she drew circles on the little girls back, Callie muttered a 'hi Steffi' into Stef's chest that caused both Lena and Stef to smile widely, they stayed like that for a few minutes until Lena's phone rang,
"It's Bill" Lena said as she grabbed it off the locker, Stef nodded, she didn't want to move, Callie was playing with her hair and she was running her hand up and down her back, "I'll go talk to him and go see the boys" Lena said as she began to walk out of the room, Stef just lay still, she was falling more and more in love with this little girl and she knew that Lena felt the same way,
It had been over a week since Bill had dropped Callie and Jude off, he had popped round the minute he got back to check on everyone, he said that he never saw Callie and Jude as comfortable with anyone before, but he noticed that Callie was still very weary around Brandon, she had only met Mike once but refused to look at him when Stef took her to meet him, she just clung to Stef and buried her head in her shoulder.
"Honey" Lena said as she turned around from the stove,
"Yeah" Stef said looking up from a file, Stef had started back to work two days ago and Callie didn't like it, Lena had asked for two weeks off and explained the circumstances to her boss, she was deputy vice principal at Anchor Beach School and loved her job very much, but when it came to the kids, she would think twice about her job.
"Could you go wake the kids for dinner, they've been asleep for hours" Lena said smiling while pointing to the clock with the wooden spoon,
"Yes Ma'am" Stef said standing up and saluting Lena, Lena just laughed and turned back around to the stove to finish preparing dinner, Stef made her way up the stairs and went into Brandon's room, he was lying on his bed colouring,
"Hi mommy" Brandon said looking up at Stef,
"Hi B, go wash up, dinner is ready" Stef said leaning down and kissing Brandon on the head, Brandon jumped up and ran out of the room, Stef then made her way into Callie's room and found the little girl still asleep, she sat on the bed and ran her fingers through her hair, she leaned down and kissed her head, "Callie" Stef said softly rubbing her back, "Calll-ie" Stef said again as she shook her slightly,
"Go away" Callie said as she curled herself up in a tighter ball, Stef smiled,
"Dinner's ready sweetie, let's go" Stef said rubbing her back again,
"Not hungry" Callie said, Stef smiled
"Don't let Lena hear you say that, come on Callie" Stef said as she leaned down and kissed her head, Callie turned around and pouted, "Oh no, let's go baby" Stef said as she reached down and gathered the still tired girl in her arms, Callie yawned and stretched before putting her head on Stef's shoulder and putting her thumb back in her mouth, Stef walked downstairs with Callie in her arms to see Jude and Brandon already digging into Lena's lasagne, with more around them than probably in them,
"Hi Callie" Lena said as she walked up to Stef, Callie turned around to look at Lena and smiled, then started to wiggle out of Stef's grip and Stef eventually let her down after kissing her on the head, Callie walked over to the chair and climbed up and sat across from Brandon, she looked at the empty plate infront of her and turned to Lena,
"It's empty" Callie said holding it up over her head to demonstrate, both women just laughed and Lena walked over to the table,
"I know honey, I'll soon fill it up" Lena said as she put the plate down and kissed Callie on the head,
"I'm hungry" Callie said, Stef burst out laughing as she took a seat beside her,
"Callie, two minutes ago you weren't hungry" Callie shoot Stef a glare,
"Well I'm hungry now Steffi" Callie said as her eyes widened as Lena put a plate of Lasagne infront of her, "all for me?" Callie asked as she looked up at Lena,
"Yes honey, all for you" Lena said as she kissed Callie's nose, Callie giggled before reaching for the fork and digging in, a half hour later everyone was finished, with more lasagna on Brandon and Jude than in them.
After cleaning up the boys and putting all the kids to bed Lena and Stef retried to their bedroom,
"Bill called when you were at work" Lena said as Stef came out of the bathroom a towel in her hair and just her underwear, Lena's eyes went wide, she still couldn't get over how amazing Stef looked, and her going to the gym on a Friday night only added to how much she loved her.
"And?" Stef asked as she looked through her drawers for a clean t-shirt an some pyjama trousers, she found what she was looking for and threw them on the bed, she then walked back into the bathroom, Lena raised an eyebrow and grabbed them, putting them under her pillow, Stef walked out with her hair wet, she looked at the bed and smiled, "ah, do we have thief's in the house now?" she smiled as she walked to the end of the bed and folded her arms,
"No!" Lena said as she sat back against the headboard,
"Hmmm I'm sure" Stef said raising an eyebrow, "what did Bill say?" Stef said not moving from the bottom of the bed,
"That he's coming over tomorrow to see how Callie and Jude are getting on, I know it's only been a week but I feel like they are part of our family now, I don't think I can let them go" Lena said, Stef smiled at her,
"I know how you feel babe, Callie, those eyes, wow, she's already got me wrapped around her little finger" Lena laughed,
"She's like you that's why" Lena said softly, Stef's eyes met Lena's and they stared at each other for what felt like an eternity, Stef smiled and climbed onto the bed, Lena sat up straighter as Stef crawled towards her, Lena smiled and got comfortable, Stef positioned herself between Lena's legs and started to kiss up her neck,
"Baby, the door…it's…it's open" Lena managed to get out, Stef just laughed,
"Leave" kiss "it" kiss "kids" kiss "are" kiss "in" kiss "bed" she kissed up Lena's neck and then kissed behind her ear, Lena moaned, she could feel Stef grinning as she kissed behind her ear again, "it's" kiss "mama" kiss "time" Stef said between kisses as she found Lena's lips, they kissed and Stef started to unbutton Lena's shirt, while Lena unclasped Stef's bra, when Stef was done she looked down to see Lena wasn't wearing one, "ah I see I married a rebel" Stef said with a smirk, Stef didn't expect Lena to buck her hips and send Stef toppling over onto her side of the bed, Lena now had a grin on her face while Stef just looked at her confused,
"And I see I married a tease" Lena said as she took off her top and threw it across the room, she smiled down at Stef and straddled her hips, Stef went to kiss Lena but she pushed her down, "uh-uh, you stay there" Lena said as she winked, Stef let out a sign but did as she was told, they spent hours laying in each other's arms, their naked bodies entwined.
Stef lay on the bed with Callie still on her chest, she ran her fingers through her hair with one hand and drew circles on her back, Stef wanted to know what this 'Mr John' had done to Callie and she was going to find out, those kids weren't going anywhere until she found that out, and when she would, she knew that someone was going to be having to do a lot of explaining. Down in the kitchen, Lena was on the phone to Bill,
"Bill Hi" Lena said as she answered the call,
"Hi Lena, I was just ringing to let you know that I am back in the state and was wondering if you were home? I passed your house earlier but no one was home"
"Sorry, we took the kids to the park, Stef was off and wanted to get out of the house" Lena said rubbing her forehead,
"Oh lovely, they like the park, would now be a good time?" Bill said, Lena didn't really know what to do, she knew that Stef and her still had to address the issue with Callie and Brandon but this time, Bill was important.
"Yeah now's good," Lena said trying to sound cheerful,
"Excellent, I'll see you in a few, bye Lena"
"Bye Bill"
Lena walked back upstairs and into the bedroom where she found both Callie and Stef asleep, Callie curled up on Stef's chest, her thumb in her mouth and the other hand clinging onto Stef's t-shirt, Stef had her head rested on Callie's and her arms wrapped protectively around her, she couldn't help but take a picture, there was a bond forming between Callie and Stef and she hoped that Stef was having the same thoughts as her, she then proceed to wake Stef and inform her of Bill's soon arrival.
Ok just to clarify, italics are flashbacks! Also the phone call that Lena just had with Bill that last little section, is another phone call, he had called over when he got back from Boston and then had to leave again, just in case some of you are confused!