Authors Note: I wanted to explain Chapter 7 a little bit.
I wrote it because I found the idea to be hilarious and outrageous for Lena to do.
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Lena was cleaning up around the house. Brandon was with Mike for the weekend, Mariana and Jesus were at friends' houses, Jude was at camp, and Callie was spending the weekend with Rita to help out at Girls United. Stef was in their bedroom doing some work on her laptop.
Lena was walking out of Brandon's room from picking up his laundry and tripped over the doorway. She dropped everything and caught herself before hitting the ground. She stood completely still saying a few curses. She had an intense pain in her foot right where her littlest toe was. She looked at it making sure it was still there, and it was. The pain just wouldn't stop. She was afraid to move her foot so she eased herself down and sat on the floor in the hallway. Her eyes starting to water "Fuck this hurts so much." Her toe felt like she had stepped into the pits of hell.
It had been about five minutes, it felt like two hours, before Lena finally stood up and grabbed the clothes she had dropped, taking them to the laundryroom. She had been carefully stepping. The pain started back up again, she pushed through and finished up the laundry. She looked down at her toe and saw it starting to bruise. She took a deep breath feeling yet another wave of pain. She made her way to the kitchen and took a pain pill. She usually hated taking pills but this time she really fucking needed it. She limped around the house continuing her cleaning not thinking much about her toe as it was just a dull ache.
Lena made her way into her bedroom where Stef was on the bed doing work on her laptop. Her head snapped up as soon as she heard Lena's small moan of pain. "Fuck." She whispered to herself. She could still move it, but it definitely didn't look normal. It was red and purplish and sensitive to anything that touched it, and when she did move it, a wave of pain would flash through her foot.
"What's the matter my love?" Stef asked. She got up and stood in front of Lena, kissing her cheek, searching her eyes seeing nothing but pain in them. She quickly checked all over her body to see what was wrong and she couldn't see anything. She looked at Lena again for an answer.
"I tripped and I think I broke my toe." Lena said as she gasped feeling yet another wave of pain.
Stef remembered what it was like when she did the same thing many years ago. She picked Lena up bridal style and laid her on the bed. She went to the first aid kit pulling out the medical tape. She taped Lena's pinky toe, to the one next to it, the way her doctor had shown her to it before. She laid with Lena and kissed all over her face. "I know baby, I know it hurts. It's going to hurt for a while. Did you take anything?" Stef asked sympathetically.
Lena nodded and sighed as the pain subsided. She looked down at her foot. "I just feel so stupid. Who breaks their pinky toe and almost cries over it."
"It happens love. I know you feel silly but it's like any other broken bone, it's going to hurt and you are going to have to let it heal on its own time. Keep it taped okay? I can help you with that." Stef stated. She kissed Lena's head and got her an ice pack.
"Babe I'm fine really. It's just my toe. The smallest one at that."
"Shh. It's still broken. Let me take care of you. You take care of everything and everyone. Let me do this for you. Can you move it?"
Lena sighed. "Yes but it hurts."
Day had turned into night and Stef and Lena were in bed. Lena had just gotten out of the shower. She sat down on the bed to get dressed, knowing Stef would've yelled at her if she hadn't. After getting dressed, Stef got up and taped her toe again. They laid down and talked for a while until Stef fell asleep.
Lena couldn't sleep. She kept feeling a sharp pain in her foot that just wouldn't subside. Every time it would stop, it would start back up again. She groaned and turned over to face Stef. She gasped feeling another wave of pain and started to relax a little when Stef put an arm around her to rub her back.
"It's okay love. It's small but it's still pain. It's okay to hurt." Stef pressed a kiss to her lips and moved so Lena could lay her head on her chest. They stayed that way as they drifted off to sleep.
The next morning Lena woke up, completely forgetting about her broken toe, it wasn't until she felt the restriction of it that she remembered. She took the tape off and sighed thinking she didn't need to tape it up. She would be fine without it.
Lena continued on with her day, her toe not bothering her at all. She walked around the house to finish cleaning up, she was careful about it. She felt a little pain but nothing compared to what she felt yesterday and last night.
Lena was sitting down at the kitchen table eating her lunch when Stef walked in and immediately got upset. "Lena Elizabeth Adams Foster! You are supposed to keep your toe taped up! I clearly told you to do so and now look at you. You could injure it further."
"Babe it's fine. It's just a broken toe. I'm fine." Lena sighed. "You are overreacting."
"Well you're under reacting Lena. It's not as serious as a broken foot or an arm but it is still an injury, and it can lead to a bigger issue like surgery. I am serious Lena." Stef said as she got the tape out and taped Lena's toe.
"I'm sorry." Lena tried but she got no response. Stef was too frustrated to answer without an attitude so she stayed quiet.
The next day when Lena got up she retaped her toe and went on with the rest of her getting ready process. She saw Stef in the kitchen making coffee and hugged her from behind, pressing a kiss behind her ear. "I'm sorry babe. I was being stupid yesterday."
"Yes you were." Stef replied, leaning into Lena's touch. She looked down and saw that Lena had taped her foot. She turned in her arms and kissed her.
"Thank you love. You finally listened to me. It only took 10 years."
"Oh whatever." Lena said as she kissed her again.
