Callie woke up to the house unusally quiet. She looked over and saw Mariana's bed empty, which was kind of weird. Callie went into the bathroom and washed her face then headed downstairs. Before she could even process what was happening, she was attacked by Jude.

"Happy birthday!" Jude exclaimed, wrapping his arms around her waist. Callie smiled and kissed his forehead.

"Thank you baby!" She said, as she looked up and saw the rest of her family smiling at her.

The entire room was covered in balloons and streamers. She was in awe by how much they had done.

"Happy birthday, love bug." Stef said as her and Lena approached her. They wrapped their arms around her, showering her with kisses.

"Happy birthday!" Brandon, Mariana, and Jesus all chimed in,

"Thank you guys!" Callie said with a huge smile on her face. She couldn't remember having a happy birthday in a long time.

"We made waffles and pancakes. Birthdays are the only day we allow ice cream for breakfast." Lena winked.

They all made their way to the kitchen, which was also filled with balloons. On the table was a pile of waffles, pancakes, bacon, and a tub of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. They had really gone all out. Everyone sat down at the table and began eating.

"Can we give Callie her presents?" Jude asked with excitement.

"Let's finish breakfast first bubba then she can open her presents." Stef responded, taking another bite of her pancake.

Callie hadn't expected to receive any gifts. She tried not to make a big deal of her birthday being today. The Foster's had given her a life she could have never imagined, and that was a good enough gift for her. Once everyone finished, they headed to the living room.

"Birthday girl sits here." Stef said, patting the recliner.

Callie sat down as Stef, Lena and the kids surrounded her.

"This is from me and Mom." Lena said, handing her a box and a card.

Callie opened the card and began to read it.

Daughter,

There is a special place in our hearts,

where our love for you resides.

If you ever need to talk,

in us you can confide.

Loving you is easy,

it has been since day one.

For you have so much love to give,

and you shine brighter than the sun.

We love you more and more each day,

and although there have been struggles along the way,

you are special and unique,

and we will love you endlessly.

Callie's eyes began to fill with tears, but she did not let them fall. She smiled at her moms and thanked them. She began unwrapping her gift as it revealed a Cannon camera.

"Oh my gosh! Moms! You didn't have to get this, it was probably so expensive!" Callie said.

"Don't worry about it, baby. You deserve it." Stef replied.

"Thank you." Callie said, getting up and hugging Lena then Stef.

"This one's from me." Brandon said, handing her a bag.

Callie pulled out the tissue paper and tossed it on the ground. Callie pulled out 3 books: An Arctic Monkey's song book, a Florence and the Machine song book and a Marina and the Diamonds song book. Callie's eyes opened wide. She didn't know Brandon knew how much she liked them.

"Brandon these are awesome!" How did you even find these?" Callie asked.

"A lot of searching! But I eventually found them on like, the 5th page of Google." Brandon said.

Callie smiled and hugged Brandon.

"Mine next!" Mariana said, handing Callie a rectangle shaped gift.

Callie unwrapped the gift to see a leather bound notebook. It was beautiful.

"I always see you write it that beat up notebook at night, so I thought I should get you a fancier one. Do you like it?" Mariana asked.

"I love it! Thank you!" Callie admitted. She got up and hugged Mariana.

"Here's mine." Jesus said, handing her a card.

Callie opened the card and a starbucks giftcard fell out.

"I suck at gifts but we all know how much you love your coffee." Jesus said.

"Haha thanks Jesus. It's great! I'm set on coffee for a while now!" Callie said, hugging her brother.

"Here's mine. I didn't have money, but it's okay!" Jude handed Callie a picture frame.

17 reasons why I love you on your 17th birthday:

You stand up for me when I can't stand up for myself.

You make me feel safe.

You always help me with my homework when I don't understand.

You let me sleep in your bed when I cant fall asleep.

You always smell really good.

You always call me baby.

You are an amazing singer,

You inspire me.

You are smart.

You will always protect me.

You always call me handsome.

You know be better than anyone.

You are brave.

You push me to do my best.

You think I'm smart even when I fail a test.

You always make me laugh.

You love me back.

"Jude, this is perfect. I love it and I love you so much baby." Callie said as she pulled Jude into a tight hug.

"Really?" Jude asked.

"Of course!" Callie exclaimed.

Callie looked around the room at the faces of her family. She couldn't help but cry.

"What's wrong, sweet pea?" Lena questioned.

"This is the best birthday I've ever had." Callie admitted.

"We're glad you could spend it with us, baby." Stef said, kissing her forehead and going to grab her blue mug.

"Group hug!" Jude yelled as he went to hug Callie.

Soon enough, all 7 of the Foster's were standing in the middle of the room, engulfed into one massive hug. Callie closed her eyes and reminded herself how lucky she was to have found such wonderful people.


Okay, I feel like I'm one of the only one who ships Wyallie? Like, we all want Callie and Jude to have a family. But if Brandon keeps trying to get with her that's going to ruin it. Isn't family more important than a relationship? UGHH! It just makes me so angry. I just want Callie to be adopted and have Brallie dissapear. I feel like you guys are gonna hate me after this but I just had to get that out, haha. But like always, please review and tell me what you think and what you wanna see! By the way, it probably seems like I ripped off of the idea of the camera from the author of hopeless wanderer's story, but I hadnt read it until after I wrote this so I apologize! xoxoxo i also have the next 3 chapters already written and i do have a love interest for Callie