"It'll work, I promise." Callie giggled as she watched Stef frown.

"How come I have to do the dirty work?" Stef asked, looking awfully skeptical about their plan.

"Isn't it obvious?" Callie asked as she pointed to her injured leg. "I haven't been out of bed in a month, you really think going on secret mission is an option?"

Stef huffed in resignation but agreed. "Alright." She said. "But you make sure that Lucy stays here with you. I don't want to get into trouble." She warned in an almost childlike fashion.

"Promise." Callie said with a triumphant grin. "I'll even play dead if I have to." She assured.

Stef laughed and shook her head as she got up from the chair to fulfill her end of the bargain. Without really thinking about it she leaned in and gave Callie a quick kiss on the head. "Make it look believable." She ordered with a wink before heading out the door on her quest.

What Callie didn't know was that Lucy was already in on the plan as well. Callie had never had Dove chocolate before in her life - that is until Brandon had bought bag for Stef when he was sent down to the gift shop and she'd shared it with the girl. Now they had become her favorite treat and she talked about it nonstop. Stef had planned to have someone bring her a couple more bags but then she had a better idea - she'd go get it herself and she'd make a game of it too. She's spoken to Lucy about it and begrudgingly gotten the nurse's permission and then slyly planted the idea into Callie's head. Now, Callie was ready to put it into action. She was going to pretend to need Lucy for a bit while Stef snuck past the nurses station towards the elevators where she'd go down and buy the chocolate before coming back up to her room. All this had to be done without anyone noticing her.

Callie pressed the call button and quickly put her hand over her mouth pretending to feel nauseous. "The biggest bar they have." She quickly instructed Stef just before Lucy walked in the door.

Stef smiled at the easy way that Callie asked for something, not even thinking twice. She's come a long way since the time they'd first met two weeks ago. She quickly slipped passed the nurses station towards the elevator wearing a jacket over her hospital gown.

Callie forced herself to cough as Lucy held a kidney dish under her chin though nothing came up.

"Maybe you just need some water." Lucy suggested, putting the dish down and pouring Callie a glass of water.

"Thanks." Callie said, grateful that she could stop coughing. She took a couple of sips. "Much better, thank you." She smiled before suddenly realizing that she had to keep Lucy with her a while longer. She began coughing again, trying to make it look believable.

Lucy smiled to herself. "Here, keep sipping this. I really need to use the rest room, mind if I use yours? The one for the nurses is all the way down the hall." She said, giving the girl a break. She couldn't really be upset with Stef and Callie for coming up with this plan. Their friendship had really brought the girl out of her shell and it was amazing to watch. Even she had begun doing little things for the two of them just to see them smile. Yesterday she'd added an extra jello cup to each of their lunch trays and the day before that she'd given them an extra half hour before asking Stef to go back to her own room for the night. Such simple things were enough to show Callie that she was cared for and it really did no harm to anyone.


"Now I want it all eaten." Stef ordered as Callie's lunch was brought in. "No complaining and no excuses." She warned.

"You really don't have to do this you know." Callie said nervously. "I'm fine on my own."

"Honey, it's just lunch." Stef said gently, aware of how antsy Callie was about the fact that Lena was coming to have lunch with Stef and Stef had suggested they have it in Callie's room so Lena and Callie could meet.

"Yeah, but she's coming to see you." Callie reminded the woman.

"She will see me." Stef assured. "But we have three kids, we're used to having third wheel." She teased. "Sometimes fourth and fifth as well." She added with a smile.

Callie smiled back but sighed, still unsure about this whole thing. Not only was she taking time away from the two of them but she was also nervous about meeting this woman that Stef talked so fondly about. If she was honest with herself she'd admit that she was jealous of the kids that Stef cared for so much and she was scared that this woman wouldn't like her the way Stef seemed to for no doubt Stef had told her wife everything about her.

"Relax honey." Stef said again, more gently. "She's very nice and very easy to talk to."

As if on cue Lena knocked on the door. "May I come in." She said with a smile, holding a small bag and and a book.

"Hi Love." She gave her a quick kiss on the lips before guiding her into the room." Callie, this is my wife Lena. Lena, Callie." She introduced.

"Hi Callie." Lena said, holding out her hand to the girl. "Stef's told me so much about you." She said.

That's what Callie had been afraid of. "Nice to meet you." She said, somewhat rigidly. She had a feeling that this woman wouldn't like her if she didn't then she was afraid that Stef would pull away too.

"What did you bring for lunch?" Stef asked her wife as she pulled up a chair for Lena.

"Grilled Chicken Salad." Lena said, sitting down and pulling out her salad while the two patients pulled their trays close.

"She's a health nut." Stef said, shaking her head at Callie. "I tried for years to break her of that problem but it never worked." She teased, extracting a small smile from Callie.

"On the contrary, you're the one who's diet has changed drastically." Lena pointed out.

"What choice do I have?" Stef rebutted. "You're the cook."

Callie watched the two and she could see the easy banter as they talked and teased each other, trying to make her feel comfortable without making it too obvious. They had both realized that pushing Callie into something would only do harm and so they'd decided the best course of action was to wait patiently and let her come to them. It was just a matter of time before she learned to trust them more.