As soon as Lena sent Jude to get the rest of the kids for lunch, the back door opened. Stef walked in in her uniform and smiled.

"Surprise! Moms home early!" Stef exclaimed as she came through the door.

"Hey love, what happened." Lena asked as she kissed her wife.

Stef made her way to where Callie was sitting. "The captain asked me why I was so quiet today and why I kept checking my phone. When I explained, she told me I had somewhere to be and someone to hold." She said as she hugged Callie with all her might.

"Hi mom. I'm glad you're home early." Callie said sounding down.

"Huh, are you ok Cal?" She asked as she backed up a little to be able to see her daughter. She looked pale and tired, she seemed almost lethargic. She jumped into momma tiger mode and put her hand on Callies forehead. She seemed warm but wasn't sure if it was fever or the shower she had obviously had since her hair was still wet.

"I'm fine. Just tired. I'm waiting on lunch so I can take my meds and have a nap. Plus I still have to finish all that homework that I didn't finish from yesterday. It's a lot of work. And now I'm behind. I'm going to have to try and finish by tomorrow." Callie said dejectedly.

Stef and Lena shared a look. Stef nodded and went to hug Jude. "Well I think that's a good idea. I'm going to go up and change." She said, as she made her way upstairs.

"Bug why don't you go ahead and serve yourself some lunch. That way you can just take your meds and go lay down." Lena told her daughter as she went to talk to her wife.

Callie nodded and started to serve herself a little soup and a grilled cheese.

"What was that about?" Stef asked as soon as she saw her wife pass the doorway of their bedroom.

"Callie was trying to go outside. When I was cooking lunch. She walked into the kitchen and went straight for the back door." Her wife answered.

The blond nodded in understanding."She probably just needed some air. You know how she is. She's always gone outside when she's upset or something. What did you tell her?"

"I told her that until we get rid of that bee hive, that I would prefer for her to stay inside."

"Ooohhh and how did that go? Not well, I assume."

"Actually she just nodded and asked if I needed help with lunch, I told her to just relax until lunch was ready." Lena said a little surprised.

"I think you should have let her help. She probably thinks we are going to baby her more." Stef said.

"She just looks so tired. And I know she doesn't feel good but she's not going to tell us because she wants to go to school on Monday." Lena sounded really worried. "Stef, she almost died yesterday. And because of a bee. She was going out there with nothing. No bug spray, no epipen, nothing. What was I supposed to do. Let her go and end up in the hospital again just like last night?"

"No love but babying her is just going to make her upset we need to make sure she understands why we are being cautious. And for a while we need to remind her that she has to take the epipen with her everytime she's outside."

Lena nodded. "I guess you're right. She hasn't really had the time to deal with everything that happened. It's going to take some time to get used to this new life for her. And it takes 30 days to create a habit. And that's what carrying the epipen is going to be for her, a habit. And for us too."

By the time everyone was at the table Callie was about to start eating.

Brandon, Jesus, Mariana and Jude all sat at the table in their normal seats and started serving themselves. The moms made their way to the table and sat down to eat with the kids.

"So, how did you guys spend the night?" Lena asked her kids

"Jude thought it would be a good idea to have a movie night and sleepover. So we all piled into the living room to watch movies and eat popcorn. Then we just fell asleep." Brandon said.

"That was a good idea Bud." Jude just nodded.

Callie had noticed that during the conversation he had kept quiet. "Jude are you ok?"

He nodded then looked at his sister with furrowed brows and said. "Are you?"

"Aww baby, I'm fine. I feel perfect. Nothing is going to happen." Callie stood up and hugged her brother.

Jude buried his face in Callie's chest."I was scared. You lips were turning blue and you're face was red and splotchy, you still have some swelling around the eyes and you don't look ok." Jude was crying by this point.

Callie looked at her moms for help. She didn't know what to tell him. She was kinda scared herself.

Lena stood and walked up to the hugging siblings and pulled Jude from Callie's arms. "Bud, look at her." Jude looked at Callie. "She standing right there beside you. Nothing happened. I know it was scary. I was scared too and so was mom. But we talked to the doctor before we left the hospital and she's going to be fine. If she wasn't they wouldn't have let her leave. They almost didn't." At that all eyes turned to Callie.

"What? But why?" Brandon asked before anyone else got the chance.

"The sting site got infected and she got a very high fever. We spent most of the night with cold compresses trying to bring it down. It was almost 5am when she finally was able to fall asleep." Stef added.

"OMG! That really sucks!" Mariana said.

Jude looked at his moms and then at Callie. "And what if you get stung by a bee again? What if more than one stings you?"

"I just have to be careful. I have to take my medicine with me everywhere and use bug spray and I'll be fine." Callie looked at her moms. "But on the off chance that I do get stung, I take my medicine, then I go to the hospital to make sure I'm ok and end of story. I'll be back home, take a little medicine and a few naps and then good as new". At this Callie looked at her momma with a somber expression. She just realized what was going through Lena's mind when she tried to go outside earlier. "I'm sorry I tried to go outside without anything with me. I wasn't thinking, and I guess it's going to take me sometime to get used to taking precautions when I leave the house now."

"It's ok Bug, we get it. I just worry about you. It's going to be an adjustment for everyone." Lena hugged her daughter.

"Ok gang, let's finish lunch, Jesus, Brandon it's your turn to do dishes. Callie before you go nap there's something we want to talk to you about." Stef ordered around. Everyone just chuckled and finished their lunch.

"Callie can we talk to you in the living room?" Stef asked the teen.

"Yeah sure. Is everything ok?" Callie asked apprehensively.

"Yeah everything's fine. We just need you're opinion on something." Lena said.

"Ok? What's up?" Callie sat down on the couch.

"So, Dr. Stevens recommended that you wear a medical ID bracelet." Lena stated hesitantly.

"It's a bracelet that has a medical symbol on it and says medical information like allergies or medical conditions." Stef answered.

Callies eyes went wide. "What? But why? I know I'm allergic now. It's not like I'm going to forget. This isn't fair. I don't need a sign for the whole world to know." She was seething.

"Actually that's exactly what he wants. He wants, that if something happens while you're, let say, on a field trip, and you get stung, that they know what to do. They know what's wrong." Lena said calmly. "It's just to protect you."

"But I already know and I can just use the epipen." Callie said hurriedly

"Cal, the doctor said that with the type of reaction you had, you might not have time or the capability to administer the shot yourself. And I'm sorry to say, but with your fear of needles I think it's best of someone else does it for you." Stef's tone was firm. She new not to question it.

"So I have no say in this? I'm just getting one?" Callie said dejectedly.

"Well you do have a say. We want you to pick out the one you want. They are very fashionable now. They don't even look like medical ID bracelets anymore." Lena tried to sound upbeat.

"So I get to pick one?" Callie asked.

"Within reason of course." Stef cautioned.

"Just start looking online. We still have time because we have to get the allergy test done so we know for sure what to right. We might not even add anything to it. Just the bee allergy but just in case we'll wait until after the test." Lena stated.

"Do I really have to wear it?" Callie tried to get out of it one more time.

"Yes and mom and me will be checking to make sure you are. This bracelet can save your life. So we will make sure you wear it. No ifs, ands or buts, understand?" Lena was very firm with her. She needed to understand that she had to wear it.

Callie nodded and looked at her lap.

"Callie?" Stef leaned forward and lifted Callie's chin so they could see her eyes. "Momma asked you a question." Stef wanted to make sure she got it.

"Yes, I understand." Callie said dejectedly while looking at her moms.

"Ok, good. Now let's give you your meds so you can take a nap. I'm sure you're about ready to crash. Yes?" Stef said.

"I'm a little tired. I want to take a little nap so I can start on my homework." Callie was adamant about the homework.

"Bug, please stay home on Monday. I really don't feel comfortable sending you to school when I know you don't feel well." Lena pleaded.

"I'm fine momma. Really just tired. I promise to let you know if I start feeling off." Callie promised.

"You promise?" Stef raised her eyebrows at her.

"Yes I promise." Callie said very seriously

"Ok, let's check out these meds they gave you and see what we have to give you and when." Stef went to the kitchen and came back with the bag of meds and a bottle of water that she handed to Callie.

"Ok here we go. So these are the… epipens. Cal you get 2 of these, me and momma get one each and the other 2 are going to the school." Stef rambled on about them.

"Why to the school? I'm going to have two with me in my bag?" Callie asked. This just meant more people knew about her. It made her stand out and that was never a good thing.

"Because we have to let the nurse know and she needs access to the epipens. If you have them in your bag in your locker, then she won't have access to them. She needs her own." Lena stated matter of factly.

Callie nodded that she understood. "I guess that makes sense."

"Ok what else is in here… oh here's the antihistamine… this is…. The prednisone… this is… the cream so this must be the antibiotics. Ok soo…" Stef looked at all the labels and dispensed the pills she needed at the moment. " Ok love, bottoms up!" She said handing the pills to Callie.

Callie took them, tossed them in her mouth and drank the water. She hated medicine. And her face showed it.

"I see you're not a medicine person…" Stef chuckled. The face Callie made was funny.

"I hate the taste. It's so bitter." She said with a disgusted face.

"It's just for a few days. Just to make sure the reaction doesn't come back." Stef encouraged.

"Ok. I'm tired. May I go lay down for a little while?" Callie asked with hooded eyes.

"Go on up Bug. We'll be up in a minute to check on you." Lena said.

She went up the stairs to her room and got in bed. She leid there just thinking about the events from the day before, and how everything changed because of one single bee sting. After a few minutes both moms came into the girl's room to tuck her in.

"Hey bug, how you feeling?" Lena asked.

"Really tired. I didn't want to fall asleep until you guys came." Callie admitted.

"Oh Cal, you didn't have to wait for us. We know you're tired and we really didn't expect for you to still be awake when we came." Stef sat down next to the girl. She pushed some hair off her forehead and behind her ear. Now that she got a really good look at her, she noticed that Jude was right she did have a little swelling around her face. She had looked so bad yesterday that she didn't notice the little that was left. And she look beat.

"Let's check your temperature before you go to bed." Stef said as she pulled the thermometer from it's case. She put the tip in Callie's ear and waited for the beep. "99.8º I think you're fever might be coming back let me see you're neck." Callie turned over so her mom could inspect her sting site. It look about the same. "Lena can you get the cream? I don't want this to get infected again."

Lena came back with the cream and started to apply it to the sting site on Callie's neck. When she finished she tucked Callie in. "Just relax and take a nap. You'll feel better when you wake up." Lena told her.

"Yeah I'm really tired. I set an alarm for an hour and half from now so I can start my homework." the girl told them

Lena sighed. "Callie… just rest right now, you can deal with that when you wake up."

Callie just nodded and kissed her moms. "Night moms." then she turned on her side and within minutes she was snoring lightly. The moms just stood there looking at their eldest daughter. She just didn't get a break. They looked at each other and left the room closing the door behind them, making their way down stairs they saw the rest of the teens watching tv in the living room.

AN: So here we are, Chapter 9! I hope you guys like the story so far and know that I am going to be updating as often as I can. I work and I only write when I'm home. I just wanted to thank you all for the great reviews and for following the story. 38 follows and 18 favorites! thats awesome in just a few days. I'm glad you guys like it and I will try to keep updating as often possible.