I DON'T OWN THE FOSTERS, IF I DID THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME BUT SADLY I DON'T.
('THE WHOLE WORLD IS AGAINST ME')
Callie knew, Callie knew that the whole world was against her. This just proved it to her. What happens when Callie gets sick Christmas eve, how will the family take it? Will relationships end? Will this be the last straw for Callie? Will anything ever be the same again?
AN: So this story was requested by a reader and I hope I do it ok. I promised I would write the story and so I am. :)
Things to know before reading:
JUDE IS ADOPTED
JUDE IS CALLIES HALF BROTHER LIKE IN THE SHOW.
CALLIE HASN'T STARTED LOOKING FOR THE QUINNS.
AN: SO SO SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT. ITS BEEN HARD TO FIND TIME TO WRITE, BUT I WONT GIVE UP ON THIS STORY OR ANY OF MY UNFINISHED STORIES.
This story is getting bigger and longer then I thought it was, honestly I am enjoying writing it. I guess when I put my mind to it, ideas just shoot out and this is what its become. Let me know how I have gone so far. Can't tell how many chapters that are left after this one but there will be more since I have ideas galore. :) Anyway enjoy.
Previously:
"Thanks moms." Stef and Lena smiled at each other at the word moms. It was still amazing to hear him say that, they couldn't wait for Callie to call them moms and be adopted.
"Four down and one to go." Lena whispered, reaching her hand over and placing it on Stefs thigh making Stef remove one of her hands from the steering wheel to clasp hands with her wife.
Jude smiled at his moms before turning slightly in his seat to look out the window. He looked up at the house and up at the window he knew to be Callies. From where he sat he could see her standing at the window. Jude smiled and watched as she placed her palm flat against the window.
As the car began to take off, Jude placed his hand on his window to match Calliies action and as they rounded the corner and out of sight of the home Callie was in, Jude began to feel very happy and hopeful.
Xxxxxx
Jude, Lena and Stef arrived home after their visit with Callie. Both moms upset that they couldn't talk to the teen but the way Jude was acting gave them hope. It was the only thing they could hold onto for now.
Stef gave Lena a look and Lena nodded. It was now or never. The two women entered the living room and stood before they called out for their kids. They really needed this talk if things were going to go as planned.
"Kids can you all come into the living room please?" Stef Called out, soon enough the sound of footsteps could be heard and one by one the kids all entered the living room and took seats. Before Stef could say anything about whats going on, Mariana jumped in first.
"Whats going on? Hows callie? Is she coming home?"
"Honestly we don't know how callie is, she wont talk to us." Lena explained. Jude looked pained that his sister wouldn't talk to them but he was still a little happy that he managed to get her to open up a bit to him.
Mariana, Jesus and Brandon all looked guilty. They would never stop feeling guilty until Callie was under the room again and finally adopted, although they did have a lot of grovelling to do, to make up for the way they had acted.
"Well, what Mama and I asked you to come in here for is that, we want to know if you guys are still ok with us adopting her?" Stef looked at the kids, trying to get the gist of the emotions that they were displaying.
"Are you kidding? Of course we are ok. We miss our sister. We know what its like being in the foster system and because we have been so comfortable here knowing that we can't have the rug taken out from under us, we took everything for granted and at times we forget what its like and that makes us even more ashamed and guilty by out actions." Mariana explained, Jesus nodded in agreement.
There were times that the twins did take being adopted for granted. Sometimes they forgot what the feeling of being tossed from home to home felt like.
"Yeah Moms. We all feel very ashamed for what we did. I don't know what its like in foster care because I was privileged to be raised by my biological family and I take that for granted as well. We didn't stop to think about how our actions could effect Callie when we did them." Brandon added his two cents in.
"Yeah and I need my sister to be adopted, I want her to be adopted. I got lucky with being adopted. Callie gave up everything for me and I took that for granted and I shoved everything right back in her face and I have a lot to make up for." Jude explained even though he had talked to Callie he still felt like their was a weight on his shoulders that had yet to be lifted and he wanted it gone as soon as possible. He wanted to make things right.
"I see. Well im glad that is settled. Now that we know your answers, we just wanted to let you know that mama and I are setting out to find Callie birth father so he can sign his rights away so that we can adopt her." Stef explained. All the kids nodded, they wanted their sister home.
"Hes the final puzzle piece that we need to make Callie a permanent member right?" Brandon asked. Lena and Stef both nodded, glad that their kids knew that what they had done was really wrong and had dire consequences. They really did have great kids. All that was left was Callie, in their home, under their roof to make the family complete.
"We want to help." Jesus spoke up, having been quiet the whole time. He really felt bad like his brothers and sisters. He and Callie really were very alike, they had a younger sibling to protect in the system and would do anything for them. He could somewhat understand how she is feeling. He could understand how hurt she was feeling knowing that Jude had said he hated her, he would feel the same way if Mariana had said the same thing.
"Thank you guys but there isn't much you can do." Lena spoke softly. There really wasn't anything for them to do.
"We want to try, We want Callie permanently and we don't want her to feel like the rug can be pulled out from beneath her. " Brandon explained to his mom, his siblings nodding. Lena smiled along with Stef.
"You guys are great kids." Stef spoke up looking around at her beautiful babies.
"Only sometimes moms, we did force Callie to leave." Mariana pointed out. Lena and Stef gave each other a look. Both women knew how much their kids were hurting with the guilt of their actions and it was obvious that they weren't going to let it go.
"Yeah but you all could be the ones that bring her back to us." Stef responded as they all moved in for a group hug, although one member short but that would soon be filled.
Xxxxxxx
The next morning, Stef, Lena and Jude were in the kitchen cleaning dishes from breakfast and the other kids were upstairs doing their own thing. They were going to clean up and then the three of them were going to head off to go see Callie. Hopefully she had made some progress after the visit and would hopefully talk to the fosters.
Stef handed a wet plate to Jude as Lena put the milk in the fridge when the doorbell rang. Seeing that her wife and son were busy, she closed the fridge and headed to the front door, knowing it could only be one of a few people.
As she opened it, Bill stood in front of her.
"Hey Bill." Lena greeted as she opened the door wider and he walked in. The two of them heading towards the kitchen like they normally did.
"Hey bill hows Callie today? We were just going to take Jude to see her, he said he had made a bit of progress yesterday." Stef asked as she saw Bill enter the room. As soon as she finished her sentence and saw Bills face at her questions her heart sunk. Something was wrong, her gut told her something was wrong.
"Ummm...you might want to take a seat." Bill got out as he took a seat and put his briefcase on the table in front of him. Lena took a seat and So did Stef but Jude remained standing.
"Why?" Jude asked, cautiously eyeing Bill as Lena reached over and grabbed the boy to come stand next to her. She placed and arm around his waist and they all looked at Bill, waiting for what he was going to say.
"Shes been admitted to the hospital." Bill said and looked between the three.
"WHAT WHY?" Stef got out, she was shocked, unhappy and she was fearing the worst. Lena reached over and placed her free hand on Stefs thigh. Stef reach down and clasped her hand over Lenas on her thigh and Looked at Bill, waiting for more information.
"Jude did make a bit of progress with her and she managed to eat some yoghurt for dinner. It wasn't much and later on she became so dizzy that she collapsed as she got up from the sofa last night and hit her head on the coffee table. I just came to tell you that." Bill explained, Lena and Judes faces pales at the thought of the teen in the hospital.
"Can we go see her?" Stef asked, she was itching to see Callie, make sure she was alright for herself. Bill looked between the two women, he really wished he didn't have to say the next bit.
"For now I think just Jude should see her. Shes only responding to him and we don't want to make her worked up." Bill explained. Lena and Stef frowned but nodded, they had to do what was best for Callie, even though they didn't like it one bit.
"How bad is she?" Lena asked, she needed to know.
"I saw her this morning. The antibiotics and medicines that she was given for her sickness had helped but right now, Shes severely dehydrated, her blood sugar is very low. Shes lost a bit of weight, she has a concussion from the fall and shes really fatigued. Shes going to need a lot of fluids, small descent meals and rest." Bill explained. Lena clenched Stefs hand tighter, she hated to hear how bad her daughter was. All that Lena wanted to do was go grab Callie and never let her go from a hug that she so wanted to give her.
"We will take Jude to go see her soon. Maybe he can get her to eat some lunch?" Stef said looking over at Jude who was deep in thought. She could see a frown on the teens face and she wondered what he was thinking so hard about.
"Thats a good idea. Just remember shes not really herself at the moment,Jude." Jude looked up at the sound of his name being used. When he did look up, all three adults were looking at him.
"I just want to see my sister. She looked after me and saw me at my worst times and now its my turn to step up." Jude explained. He really was thinking hard on his future. The way things were going, Callie wasn't going to be in it and he was determined to have her in it, one way or another.
"You're a great brother Jude." Bill stated. Jude frowned and shook his head. At this moment in time, he didn't feel like a great brother.
"Sometimes." Jude mumbled. He didn't even care If Stef scolded him but was surprised when she didn't, but he didn't let it show that he was surprised.
"You are." Bill said. Jude shrugged. He wasn't.
"I guess." Jude again mumbled and again Stef didn't even scold him. Stef could tell he was really troubled and she was frowning, wondering what was going on with her son.
"Alright, I have to go off to my next kid but ill see you all tomorrow." Bill said after the awkwardness, he too could see that Jude was troubled. He was really thinking hard about something and so Bill thought it would be a good idea to leave.
"Thank you Bill." Lena stood with him.
"Its not a problem. I just want Callie to have the best, she really is a good kid." Bill explained, although he didn't need too because they already knew how much of a good kid Callie was.
"No need to tell us that Bill. We know." Lena chuckled and Bill smiled while Stef gave a sort of half smile as she continued to watch her youngest son sit quietly with his thoughts.
"I know. Anyway, have a good day. Bye." Lena walked Bill out.
"Bye." Stef called as she too followed Lena to walk Bill out. Her frown still on her face as Jude remained quiet. There was definitely something on the boys mind, Stef was going to find out, one way or another.
Xxxxxxxx
Bill had gone and when the two moms came back into the room, Jude was up on his feet. He needed to talk to someone outside of his family, his mind was going crazy.
"Im just going to give Connor a Call." Jude said before Stef had a chance to ask him to talk to them. Lena smiled and nodded at her son, he obviously needed to talk to someone. She, like Stef, wished it was them but they understood.
"Ok bub, come get us when you are ready to go?"" Jude nodded and headed over to the phone and grabbed it before taking it to the living room for some privacy. He really didn't want his family hearing what he was going to say. Jude stood in the living room, Phone to his ear as he looked out the window.
"Hey Connor, its Jude." Jude said after dialling and Connor Picking up.
"Hey, you ok?" Just by the sound of Judes voice, Connor knew this was not the ordinary phone call.
"I just need someone to talk to right now." Connor smiled a sad smile. He could hear the hurt in Judes voice and he wished he could be there to comfort him but right now he was just there to be an ear for Jude.
"Well im here. Whats the matter?"
Jude had no idea that his brothers and sister had walked down the stairs but stopped when they heard Jude on the phone. They decided to listen in, wanting to know what their brother was talking about in hush whispers that they could just hear.
"My sister is in hospital and I can't help feel that everything is entirely my fault." Connor frowned from his end of the phone. Jesus, Brandon and Mariana also frowned. It wasn't his fault. They were all thinking the same thing.
"Your sister being in hospital is definitely not your fault."
"Yes it is." Connor sighed.
"Its not Jude. Why would you think that? Whats going through your mind for you to think that?"
"I feel really comfortable here with my moms now that im adopted. I just can't help feeling that because I became comfortable here, I managed to push the one person who has always loved me away and out of my life with a simple word." Jude explained, glad to get it off his chest. Mariana looked at her two brothers that she was hiding with and she frowned. All three looking more guilty then before. Their youngest brother was putting all the blame on himself.
"Of course you feel comfortable. You let them become your Moms, if you didn't feel comfortable then it would be weird and you wouldn't have said yes to being adopted. What did you say to her?"
"I told her I hated her, even after everything she did, everything she sacrificed for me. She gave up her whole childhood to raise me and I through that in her face."
"Wow. Why would you say that to her? Its not like you." Brandon, Mariana ans Jesus sat on the steps listening in, they were only hearing Judes side of the conversation and wondered what Connor was saying. They knew it was Connor because Jude really didn't have anyone else to talk to like this.
"I know, I just think that the others were very influential. I just wanted to fit in and for them to like me. I think I may have acted too quickly on becoming adopted. Callie didn't get adopted and I should have waited to get adopted with her." Brandon, Jesus and Mariana looked even guiltier and sad. Their brother had so much on his mind and he was taking all the blame and it wasn't right.
"You are adopted now Jude. You have a family. Callie will always be your sister no matter what."
"I know. Its just that im adopted now and have a big family but maybe Callie not being adopted was a sign. Maybe Callie and I need to start fresh somewhere else." Jude sat on a sofa and looked down at his lap with a sigh. Mariana, Jesus and Brandon paled and their heart broke. Their brother really wanted to leave them just like Callie. The three looked at each other having a silent conversation before all three turned back up the stairs and headed towards their mothers bedroom. They needed to talk to their mom.
"Jude, you are adopted now. There isn't much you can do. Why would you want to throw away the nice life you have now? Connor didn't want Jude to leave the Fosters home. It would mean that he would probably never see him again and that Jude may end up in a really horrible home and Connor didn't want anything to happen to Jude or Callie.
"There has to be a way to get unadopted. I don't want to throw my family away its just that Callie has always been there for me and I feel like I am betraying her. She worked so hard to get us a loving family and yet I was the one that succeeded, not her and shes the one that did the hard work." Jude Explained, he ran a hand through his hair in frustration and anger. Angry at himself and frustrated at the system.
"You are stuck with them now Jude. They are good for you. Callie may or may not come back to the fosters but she will always, always be your sister. Shes stuck with you for good." Jude knew that Connor was right. He didn't want to be unadopted he just wanted Callie to be adopted with him.
"I know. I just don't like that my sister isn't living with me and the only way to prove that she is stuck with me forever is for her and I to be adopted together and if not in this family then maybe another." Jude knew he was being silly but he would try anything to make Callie happy. It was her chance for once to be happy.
"You can't say that Jude. Your family will miss you and be upset. Think of Callie being upset now. Would you really want to do that to the fosters? they would be way worse and you would feel terrible. You should talk to your moms about how you are feeling." Connor was trying to get Jude to change how he saw things. The way he was thinking was not the way to go. In the long run everyone would be hurt if he left.
"I guess I should. I just don't know what to do. I just miss Callie." Connor sighed in relief. Glad that Jude was now thinking clearly.
"Of course you do, Jude. All that you can do for now is talk to your moms and talk to Callie. Everything will work out for the best." Jude hoped that Connor was right. Everyone deserved to be happy, especially Callie.
"How did you become so smart and shrink like?" Jude chuckled a little. It had been a really good idea to call Connor.
"I dunno. Just did. Do you feel better now that you have talked to me?" Connor chuckled and Jude rolled his eyes playfully.
"Yeah, I actually do. Thanks." Jude was glad and Connor was beaming, he would keep his friend after all and his friend would be safe.
"No need to thank me. Go talk to your moms. Bye." Connor just hoped that Jude would actually discuss what he was feeling with his moms.
"Bye Connor. Thanks again." Connor rolled his eyes playfully.
"Jude!" Connor playfully scolded Jude. Jude just laughed.
"ok, ok. Bye." He chuckled and hung up the phone Just as Mariana came into the room. Just looking at her, Jude could tell that something was wrong.
"Family meeting upstairs." Mariana spoke and Jude nodded. He knew something was up, he just hoped it wasn't bad.
MORE TO COME.
SORRY AGAIN FOR THE LONG WAIT BETWEEN CHAPTERS.
HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
