A/N: I feel like this chapter is longer then usual, but hang in with me, It's a good one.
Lena walked in to the living room and saw Brandon and Jesus playing video games
"B did you set up a bed for Matt?"
"Yes mama" Brandon said, not taking his eyes off that game "I'm going to win this time Jesus"
"Hey Jude?" She asked Jude as she entered the kitchen "Did the cloths you found were good for Matt?"
"Yeah, they were a bit big but they weren't as big as I thought they would be"
"Oh great honey thank you" She kissed his forehead "Do you know where is he now?"
"I think he's in the girl's room talking to Callie" Jude forgot Callie was supposed to be sleeping so he didn't realized he shouldn't have said that.
Lane looked at whimper a moment or two then went up the stairs.
"Callie" She sounded disappointed ass she walked in "you need to sleep baby" Lena stroked Callie's hair
"Sorry Lena, It was my fault, I saw the light was on and I came in I just wanted to say thank you" Matt looked in Lena's eyes and then she knew what she liked about him so much.
His eyes were like a window to his soul, and they were beautiful and smart and honest, she really liked their honesty.
She took his hands in hers and smiled at him
"That's ok Matt, I am not angry." She shifted her look to Callie but still held Matt's hands "Do you need anything sweetheart?"
"No thank you" Her sleepy girl replied
"Ok baby, If you need anything, you know where to find us"
"Now you kid" She said, standing up "I am going to bring you a tooth brush and you will take a shower and go to bed"
"thank you Lena" He said, with his honest eyes and her heart melted.
*The fosters*
Stef entered her house to find Lena trying to gather all of their kids
"Come on Mariana everyone's waiting for you! You can continue painting your nails here!" Lena yelled up the stairs "Hey baby" she came and kissed Stef
"How were Callie and Matt?" Stef still felt guilty for running away instead of staying with Lena
"I was good. Nothing exciting."
"Hey mom" Jude said from the living room when he saw Stef came "Where have you been?"
"I was… um… I was out. Had some thinking to do" She replied awkwardly
"Oh ok." He didn't seem to care that much "Mama why did you call all of us?" He said when Mariana finally came and sat with them in the living room
"OK" Stef and Lena both said as they looked at each other thinking where should they begin
"Matt" Lena was the first to talk "No, actually, Callie. First lets talk about Callie" everyone especially Stef looked confused and Jude looked also worried
"What about her?" Jude asked immediately
"Nothing wrong, just wanted to update you all about her. She was, well, a sleep for more then 24 hours after the accident, so she might be confused from time to time. All of your other friends who were
on that bus, they are all ok and healthy and I believe hat by now all of them are back with their families." Lena was acting half as a mom and half as the vice president.
Stef saw it in her voice so she decided she will continue the conversation.
"Now Matt, we saw him when Callie entered with him to the hospital, and he told us he is a foster kid that never been adopted, both of his parents died when he was young and he is originally from
here"
Jesus stopped her in the middle of her sentence
"Wait mom, you said he is from here" He waited to get a confirmation from his mothers
"Yes"
"Then how did he get to Las Vegas? thats like five hours away"
"It is. His foster parents, they left him there." Lena said.
This triggered something in Jude's rain and he gasped in surprise, his hands on his mouth and his eyes wide open
"Everything ok Jude?" Brandon was the first to ask
"No." he said after a long pause "Callie, a few years ago, she had a really good foster family, she was with them the longest, and then one day all of a sudden her foster dad told her to get in his car and
he drove her to some far town and left her there, he said he'll be back but he never was and she waited for him almost two days on the corner of the street with no food or anything" His voice was
becoming more and more quite.
Lena's heart broke.
She looked at Stef and saw her heart broke as well.
She took a deep breath, leaned to Stef and said quietly
"That girl had more terrible things in her life then I would wish my worst enemy"
"She defiantly had way to many tragedies in her short life" Stef replied
"And on that note, Matthew, he was never adopted and…" Lena said looking at Stef
"We were wondering what would you think if we foster him" Stef finished what Lena started
"I thought you said that because we are already seven people you wouldn't continue fostering people" Mariana sounded confused
"Actually why hasn't he been adopted yet?" Jude was also confused
"Yeah and where will he sleep? I mean he is welcome to my room today but not all of the time"
"OK OK OK" Stef said "I know you are all confused about this sudden thing. Me and mamma are ready to answer all of your questions, but please ask us one question at a time" She laughed at them
"First of all" Lena continued the conversation "Matt hasn't been adopted yet because he has a heart condition" She stopped so all of the kids would be able to full understand the meaning of this
statement
"That's why no one adopted him? Because he is about to die?" Jesus asked
"Yes" the moms replied
"Then why are we fostering him?" He asked
The room was silence for a moment
"Because we are" Lena said in a tone that no one knew, it was like she was angry at Jesus for asking.
Stef looked at Lena, she was shocked, she never saw Lena so angry.
"Babies I think this conversation should be over" She said, still looking at her wife who closed her eyes and placed her hands on her face
"Me and mama have our own reasons to foster him, and I think this is all the information you'll have to know today" She stopped and looked at Lena
"Me and mama will go upstairs for a moment ok?" She wanted to receive an ok sign not from the kids but from Lena, who got up and walked up the stairs.
"What did I do?" Jesus said after Mariana pushed him, after the door to Lena and Stef's room was closed
"Why did you ask that? It obvious why are we fostering him!" Mariana said, half yelling half whispering
"Wait is it obvious?" Brandon sounded confused
"Yes" Jude supported Marian "Moms want him to have a good family and a happy life before, you know"
"Before he dies" Mariana said what no one wanted to hear
"Oh" was the only respond that followed.
Jesus got up and walked to the door
"I need to go out, if moms where am I, I'll be in the skateboard park down the street"
"I'm gonna go to the garage to play for a bit" Brandon was playing with his fingers "you two are ok?"
He really was a good big brother.
"Yes we'll be fine" Jude answer, he felt he had to somehow protect his big sister, so he placed his hand on Mariana's shoulder.
"How do you do that?" Mariana asked when they were the only two in the room
"Do what?"
"Handle it all. How can you just be ok after all you and Callie went trough?"
"You just continue to live I guess"
"Sometimes I'm just angry for all the bad things that happened to us"
"In my first foster family, there were two boys beside me, and one girl, they were all way older then me, and one day they locked me in a closet and wouldn't let me out for six hours. I was just a little kid
and I tried to fight but I couldn't fight them. After being in that closet for a while I had to go to the bathroom, but they still didn't let me out, and then I couldn't keep it anymore and, well, I had an
accident. When they finally let me out and saw I peed my pants the laughed so hard and made me go around the street like that. When I saw Callie and told her about how angry I was she told me that
the best revenge is to live and be happy. So this is what I do."
Mariana had tears going down her cheeks
"Don't cry. This is all behind me. I am her now, and look" Jude passed his hands on his entire body "I am here, and I am ok, and I am healthy, and so are you. We are ok. We will be ok"
Mariana smiled at her wise brother, she wiped her tears and hugged Jude.
*The Fosters*
Stef entered the room and saw Lena laying in their bed, face down.
"What's going on? Why were you angry at Jesus?"
"Adafhjnrs" Lena mumbled something
"What honey? I didn't understand" Stef came and sat next to Lena.
She only then noticed the small puddle around Lena's face
"Oh baby get up" She turned Lena around and sat her up.
"Lena what's wrong? Why are you crying so hard?"
Lena's face were bright red and her eyes were swollen and red
"Everything is just to much" Lena cried
Stef hugged Lena
"Baby everything is ok. we are all ok."
"No we are not"
"Lets forget about Matthew for a moment. We are all ok"
"NO STEF" Lena yelled, then she placed her two hands on her mouth, she had two sleeping kids in the house, she couldn't yell.
"Even If you take Matt out, we are still not ok. There Callie who went trough terrible terrible things in her life, Mariana and Jesus, who's mother was on drugs their whole childhood, then Jude, poor little
Jude, his mother got killed by his father and then he was separated from his sister! We are not ok"
"No, we are ok. our family maybe had terrible life, but it was before they became our family. This is why we foster Matt. He had a terrible life" Stef stopped and lifted Lena's face so their eyes would meet
"His bad life are all behind him, now he is an Adams Foster kid and all of the Adam Foster kids are ok."
