"Mom." Mariana said, just as Stef was sticking her feet into her shoes.

"What?" Stef snapped, desperate to get to the site of the accident.

"Nothing." Mariana said as she began to walk back to her own room. She just couldn't bare to be yelled at right now and even though she wanted and needed just a little bit of comfort she knew she couldn't face the yelling.

"I'm sorry love." Stef said, softening immediately. One thing she was determined of was never to let her children feel like they were unapproachable. "Come in, what's wrong?"

"I couldn't sleep." Mariana admitted as she sat down an arm's length away from her mom.

"Are you feeling sick?" Lena asked with concern as she exited the bathroom to join them on the bed.

"No, just worried." Mariana admitted in a small voice, avoiding eye contact with either of them.

Stef and Lena shared a look - the time for the conversation had come and unfortunately it couldn't have been at a worse time.

"Why?" Stef asked the single word though it held volumes of questions.

"I didn't think she was going to be here that long anyways and I didn't expect any of this." Mariana admitted shamefully. "She was new and it was easy once Kelsey blamed her and I thought in a few days she'll be gone anyway and it wouldn't matter anymore."

"So you threw her under the bus." Stef stated sadly, still disappointed in her daughter's behavior.

Mariana didn't respond. It was true and while she never intended for things to get this out of hand, she'd still let it go this far.

"Why didn't you just tell us the truth?" Lena asked, sitting down beside Mariana and taking her hand. She wanted the girl to know that they were still there no matter what.

"I was scared to tell you the truth." Mariana admitted. She looked so much like the frightened girl that had come to live with them eight years ago. "I just didn't want you to hate me."

"You can't use that Mariana." Stef said. "You know damn well that you could have come to us with anything."

"This was different." Mariana mumbled. Her moms were always there and always supportive but how could she expect that from them when she wanted a relationship with another mom.

"Why?" Stef questioned. She needed to understand because so far Mariana hadn't displayed any behavior they'd taught her.

"You wouldn't understand." Mariana answered. "She knew they'd be hurt and maybe even angry but she didn't know how to prove to them that just because she wanted a relationship with Ana it didn't mean that she didn't want them too.

"Where's the money you got from the pills?" Stef asked.

Mariana looked up, startled by the question. She hadn't expected it and as a result she didn't have a good enough excuse immediately. As she studied Stef's gaze she knew it would be pointless to lie - the cop sometimes had X-ray vision into everyone's minds.

"I gave it to someone." Mariana answered, preparing herself for the whole story to slowly unravel.

"Why?" Both Stef and Lena asked in unison. They expected Marina to have kept the money or bought shoes and makeup with it.

Mariana remained silent. She was too afraid to answer because so far she was in trouble but still on their good side. Admitting her involvement with her birth mom could potentially change that.

"Mariana." Stef coaxed, rather impatiently. She needed to know what happened and then she needed to get to who she hoped was Callie.

"Ana." Marina answered so softly it was barely audible. "I gave it to Ana."

"Who?" Stef asked in confusion, trying to think of all of Mariana's friends.

At the same time Lena asked. "Your birth mom?" She'd recently been in contact with Bill about her and the name clicked immediately.

"When?" Stef asked in surprise, suddenly completely engrossed in the conversation. The drug addicted woman had been in contact with her daughter and taken money off of her and Stef just had to make sure that her daughter hadn't come to any harm. She trusted Mike to look out for Callie in the mean time.

Mariana didn't answer once again. The details seemed quite a blur to her now after almost two weeks.

"When did you meet her Mariana." Stef asked again.

"And how?" Lena asked, wondering how the girl had gotten in touch.

"We met online" Mariana answered. "I looked her up and she met me on the beach the night that Callie and Brandon went to get Jude."

"That was the night of Brandon's concert." Stef stated, wondering how her daughter had planned on being in two places at once.

Mariana nodded. Stef obviously didn't remember but Mariana had tried to get out of it by faking a stomach ache.

"But why did you give her the money?" Lena asked.

"She needed it for rehab." Mariana answered.

"So you had already planned to meet her?" Stef clarified.

Mariana nodded but didn't look up. "I just wanted to know her." She answered with raw honesty. "But all she wanted was an ATM machine."

Both mom's could hear the pain in her voice and both softened immensely. Yes, their daughter had made mistakes and hurt someone in the process but she was hurting too and suddenly they could both understand why she suddenly felt like she couldn't come to them - this dug up her past and that included the distrusting, self preserving Mariana.

"Why not come to us?" Stef asked in a much softer, gentle tone.

Mariana shrugged. She had no answer other than the feeling that they wouldn't understand. She herself didn't understand it fully. She had two amazing moms who would give up their lives for her and still she desperately wanted to connect with someone who'd basically thrown her away more times than she could count.

"Love, nothing will ever change the way we feel about you." Stef said clearly. "Nothing ever." She confirmed.

"Wanting to know your mom is okay." Lena added. "We understand that - she's your mom." She said in an obvious tone.

"What's not okay is going behind our backs." Stef continued. "We were arranging it for a reason. You could have put yourself in danger and we might never have known where to find you."

Mariana looked scared at the thought and the moms could tell that this part of the conversation could wait for another time when Mariana herself had settled down a bit.

"It's also not okay to hurt someone else just because you're hurting." Lena added. "Callie didn't deserve any of this even if she was only going to be here for a short time and everything would be forgotten."

"I know." Mariana answered regretfully. "I'm sorry about that. I was too scared at first and as time went by it just got so much harder."

They were all silent for a few moments as Mariana relived the last few days. "When Jude became so scared I knew I'd gone too far. I guess I never really thought of Callie as a person until then."

"Not everyone got lucky like you." Stef said. "You got a home and you got one pretty young but you know what the foster system is like and you need to be more understanding."

"I know." Mariana answered. "And I know you're disappointed in me and I'm sorry for what I did and for taking so long to come to you when it got so out of hand. I wish I could take it back."

"We will talk about consequences when I get back." Stef said, resuming tying her shoelaces.

Mariana looked up in confusion. It was almost midnight, where was her mother going.

"There's been an accident and I need to go help." Stef answered, not wanted to get the kids' hopes up if it wasn't Callie.

Mariana nodded as she moved away a bit to give Stef some room.

But Stef pulled her back for one more hug. "I love you." She said firmly. "Don't you forget it."

Mariana smiled softly as Stef let her go, grabbed her badge and gun and got ready to leave.

"You can snuggle with mama tonight." Stef pointed out with a wink, hoping that Mariana's fears would disappear at the invitation of sleeping in their room.

Mariana's smile grew as Lena pulled her in for another hug. Stef smiled to herself and headed out the door to the site of the accident and who she hoped was Callie.