Chapter 6
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Callie pulls into her parking spot at St. Mary's Prep. As she puts the car in park, she takes her glasses off and lowers the mirror directly in front of her. She moves her head from side to side, carefully making sure that all of her make up looks perfect.
"You're the definition of conceited."
Callie rolls her eyes as she closes the mirror in front of her and looks over to the boy standing by her door who has dark brown short hair and blue eyes. "And you'd be the definition of an ass."
"Is that the best you can come up with? Sounds like someone needs to brush up on her vocabulary before the big SAT's. Those are around the corner you know."
"Believe me, I know, and just so we're clear my vocabulary is a lot more extensive than yours."
"Oh, really? Let's see. What other words can I use to describe your lovely personality? There's vain, egocentric, self-obsessed, arrogant, and that's just to name a few."
"Well then there would only be one word I need to describe you, hypocritical, considering you're basically a male version of me, only a bit more cynical."
"Alright, enough with the SAT prep. Can you get out of the car already so I can kiss my girlfriend?"
Callie opens her door and gets out of the car. She's wearing a short navy blue plaid skirt with a white long sleeve button down blouse and a matching navy blue plaid tie, loosely tied around her neck. "Girlfriend, I thought we talked about this Chris?"
"Yeah, yeah. We're too busy to be in a committed relationship. But, honestly, Cal I feel like that's just a nice way of you saying you want to be free to see other people."
Callie leans forward and puts her arms around Chris so that she's looking directly into his face. "And you don't? Come on Chris; admit that I'm not the only girl at St. Mary's that you're into."
"I'm a guy Callie. Of course there are other girls that interest me, but that doesn't mean I'd do anything about it. I know you talk to a bunch of other guys around here and I know you've done a lot more than just talk to them. But, that doesn't matter to me. You're the only girl I want Callie. Come on, we're perfect for each other Callie Quinn."
"Why? Because you're a Hale and I'm a Quinn?"
"You know that has nothing to do with it. The fact that we both grew up and live in the same worlds is just an added bonus."
"Chris, I'm pretty sure St. Mary's is full of girls that live in the same privileged world as us."
"Yeah, but not all of them are as cute as you." Chris leans in and kisses Callie.
Stef's stops her car abruptly, directly in back of Callie's car. Stef gets out of the car and slams the door shut, startling Callie and Chris out of their kiss.
"Oh my God! That's the crazy chick from the light!"
"What light?" Chris questions.
"It doesn't matter! She's obviously insane! She followed me here! What if she has a gun or something?"
"New word for you, melodramatic!" Chris comments.
Callie glares at Chris, before turning back to the approaching blonde.
Stef comes up to Callie and Chris. "Hey, you know it's wrong to flip off a cop!" Stef states in a strict tone.
"You're a cop?" Callie questions.
"Yes, I am. And I hope you realize that there are a lot of crazy people out there that may not react so well to that kind of gesture. For all you know I could have been a maniac and pulled a gun on you."
Callie smirks at Chris before turning back to Stef. "Well, you followed me all the way here. I'd say that's a little maniacal."
Stef looks at Callie with wide eyes. "Did you just call me a maniac?"
"Well, technically I called you maniacal."
Stef starts to turn red with anger. Remember, she's not the real Callie. She's not the real Callie. She's not the real Callie.
Chris intervenes as he sees the anger building in the blonde woman. "Hi, I'm Christopher Hale. Look, is she in trouble or something?"
"Trouble!? I didn't do anything! We don't even know if this woman is an actual cop!"
"I can assure you, I'm a cop! I can take you downtown and prove it to you if you want."
Chris intervenes again. "Okay, that's not necessary. Callie's got a clean record and she's a Quinn. If you look her up you'll see that she comes from a very upstanding family. I'm sure we can settle this without any legal problems. I can write you a check right now if you want?"
Stef looks at Chris baffled. Is this kid seriously trying to pay me off? Ugh, he's just another brat that thinks he can buy his way through life without any kind of consequences. So is Callie for that matter! Callie's a brat! "No, I don't want money from you and frankly I don't care that you're a Quinn!"
"You'd care if you knew who my father was. His lawyers are so powerful they could get you fired from your supposed job."
Stef is about to explode when Jude comes in between them. "Hey! What's going on?"
"Jude!? What the hell are you doing here? Wait that was you back at the light? Why are you with her?"
"It's a long story," Jude answers.
"Are you in trouble or something?"
"Umm, no."
"Did something happen to mom?"
At least she still seems concerned about Colleen's well-being, Stef thought to herself.
"No, but Stef was looking for you so I was helping her by telling her how to get to your school."
"Why, what do you want?"
I really don't like this Callie! There's not one thing I can possibly find in this girl that I like! "I need to ask you a few questions. In private if you don't mind."
Chris looks skeptically at Stef. "What kind of questions? Questions she would need a lawyer for?"
"No, nothing like that. Now can you please excuse us?"
Chris looks questioningly at Callie. "It's fine babe. Just go to class. I'll see you in Chem."
"Alright, text me," Chris leans in and kisses Callie before walking away.
I definitely like Wyatt a lot better than this Chris guy! In fact I think I'd like most guys better than this Chris guy! Thank God my Callie makes more sensible dating choices. Stef thinks to herself.
"Okay, so what kind of questions do you have? And can we hurry this up? I don't want to be late for class."
Stef ponders something to herself for a moment. I think Callie might take some time to get through to. I'm running low on time as it is. Maybe I should just take her with me and work on getting through to her while I try to find out where the twins and Lena are. That would be kidnapping. But, not technically. Technically Callie's my daughter. I can't kidnap my own daughter. "Why don't we sit in my car and discuss this?" Stef suggests.
"It's going to take that long? What could you possibly have to ask me?"
"Let's just sit in the car. I…I have my notepad and pen in the car. It'll be easier this way."
Callie rolls her eyes. "Fine," Callie huffs.
Jude looks questioningly at Stef before going back towards the car.
Stef opens the car door for Callie and discreetly puts the child lock on the car door as Callie gets into the car. Stef closes the door and walks to the other side of the car. She opens the door and tries to discreetly put the child lock on the other door. However, Callie catches a glimpse of what she's doing.
"Hey! What are you doing? What are you doing that for?" Callie asks defensively.
Stef shuts the door quickly and gets into the front seat.
"Hey! What's going on!? Jude!?"
"Relax, Callie," Stef tries to calm Callie. "I'm not going to hurt you. I would never hurt you. I know a lot of what I'm going to tell you is going to sound crazy, but you just have to listen to me and hear me out."
"Right!? You want me to hear you out!? You just locked me in your car you maniac! I was right! I was so totally right! You're insane!"
"Callie, listen to her! She's telling the truth! We come from a world where we have two moms and three other siblings. She's one of our moms. This whole world isn't real!"
Callie stays quiet for a moment while she just stares between Jude and Stef in amazement.
"We probably should have eased into that more," Stef comments to Jude.
"HELP!" Callie starts frantically banging on the window next to her. "SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Stef rolls her eyes as she puts the car in drive and drives off. "This is going to be a long day," Stef sighs as Callie continues to bang on the window, yelling for help.
So, this is the first Monday without the Fosters and I'm already going through withdrawal. I've got a way to get through it though. I'm watching repeat episodes every Monday night (and some other nights—I can't go long without watching the Fosters, repeat or not).
Also, if you're a visual person like me, I was envisioning Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) from Gossip Girl when writing for his character. I love his character on the show! Plus, Callie's uniform is based off of Gossip Girl too. As you can see, I was avid watcher of that too.
As always all feedback is greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone has any ideas or anything they'd like to see happen don't hesitate to PM me or leave it in the reviews.