In the backyard of the Adams Foster family, the birthday party of Brandon and Callie was in a high. Tables full of sandwiches, chips and pizza. The presents were in other two tables ready for the twins to open them. But it wasn't just Callie and Brandon's birthday it was Stef and Lena's fifth anniversary too and in that time….a lot of things had happened.

They moved to a new house with four rooms in Mission Bay after the twins second birthday because when the kids were old enough to walk and talk and with lots of energy to waste, the apartment was pretty small. But this house, it was perfect: a big kitchen, spacious living and dining room, four bedrooms and two bathrooms; an attic and a garage but the most important part of the house for them was the backyard where the moms put swings, a slide and a hammock. The house was near Anchor Beach and in one of the safest neighborhoods of San Diego and their friends Jenna and Kelly with 3-years-old Garret lived pretty close, Bette and Tina with five years old Angie lived there too but they were new in the neighborhood.

The biggest change happened the year before. Stef and her co-workers went to a house where a couple of drugs dealers lived and were abusing her two years old daughter.

"-What we have in here?

-For what I had seen both of them are stoned and had a lot of drug bags on the table. The little girl is in a corner, she seems so frightened. But…

Stef inspected her partner expression, her partner was Mike, her ex-husband and the father of her twins, and he seems pretty concerned.

-WHAT MICHAEL?!

-Is just…the woman is pregnant Stef, six or seven months.

-Ok, so we have to enter the house, two at the back door and other two in the front door. There's a patrol outside in the backyard and in the front so we have that covered but we have to be extra careful with the daughter. No shooting, unless there's a risk. Remember we have to protect the girl.

-But…what about the baby?

-We'll try to protect the baby.

They proceeded as planned, Stef and Mike entered first, a latino man, tall and strong stand up with a knife raised. Stef puts herself between the men and the scared girl and Mike was near the pregnant teenager. He figured that the girl could be seventeen, no more.

-THROW THE GUN DOWN!

-NO!

Stef noticed that the men was pretty high so it could be easy to put him down from behind so she motioned to her companions to enter the house and they put the latino men down and handcuffed him. No one except Mike noticed the girl leaving the house through the back door.

-Marquez! Take…-He looked at the men ID- Gabriel to prison. Lopez, come with me to catch the girl and remember she is pregnant so we have to be extra careful. Stef…

-I know, I know, I would stay here with the little girl."

And like that Stef met Mariana: two years old latina dressed in a white old T-shirt and pink trousers. She wore braids and trainers and was hugging her unicorn tightly.

"-Hi sweetheart, I'm Stef. Who are you?

-I'm Maiaaña

-¿Mariana?

The girl nodded and raised her T-shirt and Stef had to content her tears from falling. The baby girl had a black eye and she had shoe marks on her ribs and marks in her wrists.

-Who did that to you Mariana? It was your daddy?

The girl looked at her with fear in her eyes and the closed her eyes. Before she could question something more to her Mike came and told her to bring Mariana to the police car."

A month later Lena told Stef to bring Mariana to the house and they fostered her. What happened with the baby? Ana gave birth two months after the arrest to a handsome baby boy with big brown eyes. She called him Jesus and the social worked recommended Stef and Lena as best foster family because Mariana was there so Jesus could be with his sister and the house was big enough. Callie was so happy to finally have a little sister and share her room. Brandon was more than happy with Jesus but liked Mariana too.

So there they were, the entire Adams Foster family: Callie and Brandon at 5, they will be soon in preschool; Mariana still in playgroup at 3 years old and Jesus in Lena's arms, at only 10 months was a pretty active boy.

-Mommy, mama, mommy, mama.

Mariana went to them running, holding the hand of her best friend, Lexi Rivera. They were wearing the same dresses, Mariana's was pink, Lexi's was orange.

-What princess?

-Brandon and Callie have to open the presents now because is getting dark and they have to see my present.

So it was time to open the presents. A remote control car, clothes, stuffed animals, action figures, movies and videogames for Brandon. A dollhouse, action figures, stuffed animals, more dolls, baby toys and another remote control car for Callie. But they still had the parents's presents and Mariana's present to open.

-Open our gifts first babies.

The kids opened a little package with a cap, a T-shirt and tickets to the amusement park and the water park that they were asking to go for two years.

-CALLIE, we are going to the amusement park finally! Thank you mommies! –Brandon hugged her sister and her mothers and then looked at his father – Are u coming with us daddy?

Mike had been a constant figure in the twins lives, the first months of their lives they were too small and Stef was breast feeding them so they didn't stay with Mike for an entire weekend until they were one year old. Since then they stayed with Mike two weekends a month and one evening per week. He was a very good father, he took the divorce pretty well and Stef's sexuality too.

-Of course, Lisa, Ty and I are going to go with you.

Lisa is Mike's two years girlfriend, they met three years ago on a trip Mike did with his colleagues. Lisa was six month pregnant and her husband died four months before in the war. They immediately became good friends and Mike helped her with maternity, they fell in love and now they take care of Ty, who Mike adopted one year ago.

(To make everything clear: Lisa is African American, Ty's biological mother with another man. U would like Mike and Lisa having AJ together? He would be Callie and Brandon's brother)

-Ok that's cool.

Then the twins opened Mariana's presents: a withe and black dress for Callie and a black jacket with white jeans for Brandon.

-U like it? –her siblings nodded –Is for your first day of school. In my first day of school I want you to give me a dress, ok?

-Sure Mari, I would find you the perfect dress.

Mike, Lisa, Stef, Lena, Jenna and Kelly and another two friends, Bette and Tina stay late sharing a bottle of wine while looking at their kids: Callie, Brandon, Mariana, Ty, Garret and Angie were chasing each other and laughing, having the best time. Jesus was sleeping in Stef's arms. The back door opened and four people entered the backyard,

-GRANPAS, GRANDMAS!

The three Adams Fosters kids went to hug their grandparents: Brandon to Stewart, Callie went to Sharon and Mariana give the biggest hug to Dana. When they finished all of them went to give a hug to Frank.

-Where are my beautiful birthday girl and my handsome birthday boy? C'mon we have to give you our presents.

The twins went to the gifts table and the grandparents give them their presents. Stef couldn't help but smile when she saw Frank giving all his grandkids Padre's caps and T-shirts. Brandon and Mariana were not happy about this but Callie, always a mini-Stef, was thrilled with the idea.

-Grandpa, when are you going to take me to a Padre's game?

-Whenever you are ready Callie girl!

-I'm ready now, mommy told me that you took her when she was four –she counted with her hands and showed them to her grandfather – I'm five granp, I have to go.

Frank picked her up and hugged her –Ok birthday girl, I would take you to the next game.

Brandon, always the jealous one, said: Grandpa, I want to go too.

-NO, Brandon you don't like beisbol! –Callie yelled.

Lena stand up and went to the grandparents –Callie Elizabeth, you know better than to yell at your brother and Brandon Michael if you don't like it you don't have to go, grandpa Frank can go with you to your next concert baby boy. C'mon go to play and let your grandpas with us.

The grandparents went with Lena with the adult group.

-Mother, Daddy you know Jenna and Kelly –Stef's parents kissed their daughter's friends – and this two are Bette and Tina, Angelica's mother, she is a friend of Brandon and Callie.

Frank was always hesitant when he met same sex couples but was trying his best to be open minded because he couldn't lose his daughter. After the discussion in the hospital Stef and he stayed an entire year and a half without talking but one day he realized that he wanted his daughter and grandkids in his life and for that he had to accept Lena. Now he actually likes Lena and is in love with his four grandchildren. Sharon was good help, always talking with him, making him open his mind.

-It's so good the kids can have their grandchildren in their lives, Angie doesn't know them.

Stewart asked them: Why is that? Who wouldn't want to know that angel of a daughter you have?

-Well, my father died two weeks before Angie was born but he was a homophobe so it was died case.

-My mother died when I graduated college and my father is a homophobe too so…

-Angie is happy though, she has lots and lots of aunties.

Lena and Stef laughed with their friends. (I don't know if you know this character but they are TiBette from L word, just imagine they moved to San Diego when they re-united, you know after Jodi's fiasco and after Jenny's thing in last season. Of course this character are not mine. I want them I some episodes because Angie and Tibette are perfect for this story. )

-We have to meet them, maybe when these babies are born –Lena pointed to Bette's tummy. She was four month pregnant, with twins.

-Of course you will. An in Angie's birthday next week and in our wedding in six months.

Soon, it was time for Mariana to go with Dana and Stewart, Jesus with Sharon and Frank and the twins to go with their father. Angelica invited the Adams Foster to her birthday party next week and now the mothers where alone, ready to celebrate their five years together.