The Beach
Chapter 7
A/N: Sorry this took so long been busy, Enjoy!
At dinner everyone was talking about their plans for tomorrow. The only thing Callie had was group, so she didn't say anything. Pushing the food around her plate Callie knew she was going to have to say something, because she could see the worried glances that Stef and Lena were giving her. So after a while Callie made a comment on something Jesus said and everyone laughed, Callie gave a small smile and looked back down at her plate, she began to eat, maybe she had just avoided another talk from Stef or Lena.
After the meal was over Callie and Jude stayed behind, it was their turn to do the dishes. Normally, Stef and Lena would walk out and do something else but today they stayed in the room watching the two clean and dry. Callie found it rather creepy. When they were done the two were about to leave when Stef said,
"Jude honey can we talk to you for a minute"
"Sure," he said,
Callie quickly made her way out of the room wondering what her foster moms wanted to talk to her brother about.
"Take a seat baby," Lena said,
Jude did what he was told and sat down on the seat across from Stef and Lena so he could see them both at the same time. Jude felt a bit worried both parents had a very serious look across their faces.
"Don't worry you're not in trouble," Stef said,
"We just want to know if you know anything about Callie," Lena said,
"What do you mean by if I know anything about Callie," Jude said,
"Well it's just lately she has been having nightmares and she acted strange at the beach," Stef said,
"Callie had never been to fond of the beach and she has always had nightmares about her past but from what I know she has never been scared of the beach or worried about it, I mean she agreed to go didn't she," Jude said.
"Well she did that is a good point buddy thanks for talking to us," Lena said,
Then Stef and Lena came around to where Jude was sitting formed the perfect mama sandwich around him. After a minute or so they parted and Stef ruffled his hair,
"Now beat it," she said playfully,
Jude gave a small smile and ran up the stairs, leaving Stef and Lena to debate their next move.
Jude had just made it to the top of the stairs and was about to head to his room, when he heard someone calling his name. He turned to see Callie standing there.
"What?" Jude asked,
"What did Stef and Lena want to talk to you about?" Callie asked,
Jude debated whether to tell Callie the truth or not, he didn't say anything against her and if he did lie and Callie found out he was lying, well he didn't want that to happen. So Jude quickly decided to tell Callie the truth,
"They just asked me if you were all right," Jude said casually,
"And what did you say?" Callie asked,
"I just said that from what I knew you were ok," Jude replied,
Callie gave Jude a little smile,
"Thanks," she said.
Stef and Lena had moved to the living room and were now sitting on the couch Stef's legs across Lena.
"Do you think we might be over reacting," Lena asked,
"Maybe, but I don't think so, there has to be a reason why Callie was so jumpy at the beach yesterday," Stef said.
"It might have been because of her scars and bruises and she was worried about the others asking why she was not going in the water and the nightmares might have been because thinking about the bruises and scars m have brought back some bad memory's," Lena said,
"Yes, but that doesn't explain why she suddenly threw up, she didn't feel sick and she didn't do it again so she must have been in some sort of sudden shock," Stef said.
"Maybe we should read her file," Lena said,
"I thought you were against all that, you said that we should not read her past because it may be inaccurate and that we should focus on her future," Stef said.
"Well it might help us find out what is wrong with Callie," Lena said.
Stef went and got Callie's file then opened it up. They had only read what they thought were her important pages, like her medical history. Stef and Lena began flicking through the pages barely reading what was on them. They were almost at the end when Stef saw something about the beach. Slowly down her reading, she read the whole page. On the page was all that happened to Callie on the beach, her statement to the police which she gave after they found her and what her condition was like after it happened. After she was done reading she turned to Lena who's face looked like she was in utter shock. Stef place her hand onto Lena's and squeezed it. When Lena was done reading she leaned into Stef who put her arms around her wife,
"They should have put that near the front, we shouldn't have taken her to the beach I feel so guilty." Lena whispered.
Stef hugged her wife tight. How could something like this happen to her, how can anyone be so horrible.
After about ten minutes of hugging, Stef pulled away from Lena. She got up and put the file back in its draw. Then she made her way back to Lena, who was sitting on the couch still her eyes locked onto the floor. She looked like she hadn't moved from the position Stef left her in. When Stef sat down on the couch next to her wife, Lena finally moved her head up the two made eye contact. Stef looked into Lena's eyes and said,
"I think we need to talk to Callie."