Stef POV
"Lena, my love, just please not right now." I hear her sigh as I say this and I watch as she walks away. I slam my hand down on the table hard. I don't know how to help my family. I'm failing them. Callie, my sweet sweet Callie, she got raped again and then I made it worse by arresting him without asking her. She's not eating either. She's closing off. I begin to pick up the glass, as I continue to think about all the ways I'm failing my family. When I'm done, I go to head upstairs to my wife when I decide to get sit outside in the backyard. I lay down outside and think about my wife. My amazing wife whom I'm disappointing. In situations like these she would expect me to be strong. But here I am falling apart. I put my head in my hands when it lightly starts to rain and I cry. It doesn't take long until I'm soaked from the rain, which is now coming down hard. I hear laughter from my house and smile when I see my kids have come home and are playing in the kitchen. I see Callie and Mariana whispering and smiling. The boys are playing around. I'm glad they are enjoying each other and I see my wife come to the window and look at me, practically begging for me to come inside. I just try to give my best reassuring smile,which honestly wasn't that reassuring, and turn my back. I start to cry when I feel hands slip around me. "Oh my love my love my love, what's wrong?" as Lena says this I can't bring myself to tell her that I feel like I'm failing them. I start to cry more as she turns me around and pushes my chin up so she can look me in the eyes. She cups my cheek as we look into each others eyes and whispers "Its okay for you not to be strong about this. I brought the kids back home as a surprise for you and Callie. I don't think we are going to get anywhere with us hovering and hoping she will talk. She needs her whole family as do you and I. But the kids will be leaving to go to a movie and dinner tonight with your mom. We will have hours just for each other to talk, cry, and just be us. We will all be okay, okay?" At this I just nod and smile. She goes to walk away and I grab her hand and pull her into a kiss as I stand up. Its not long before her arms are wrapped around me, both of us feeling this urgency to be close to each other. It's pouring down rain at this point and I go to pull away to go inside and I'm surprised when I'm the one pulled back into a kiss. "Not yet.." is all she manages to get out before she kisses me. Its a deep and passionate kiss, that's full of longing, love and possibly lust, as I hear her moan at my touch. I kiss her back trying to deepen the kiss and feel her bite my lip. She pulls away leaving me breathless. Leaving a trail of small kisses to my ear, I smile and touch my lips as she whispers so lightly into my ear making me shudder, "We also have hours for that woman." I look at her as she winks and walks back into the house. Leaving me to my own thoughts as I feel my lip throbbing. What the hell was that? Did she just bite me? I laugh before heading in to join my family.
Lena POV
I laugh to myself as I wink at my wife and turn around to walk back into the house. I get inside the house and turn around to see my whole family looking out the window and smiling. I immediately blush, "So you guys saw all that huh?" I begin. "Well of course we did! You two were practically ready to jump each other's bones out there." Sharon said, receiving some "ew" and "yucks" from the kids. I laugh as I feel hands slip around my waist and I lean into my equally soaking wet wife. "What did I miss?" She says as she rests her chin on my shoulder. "Well its seems like we got caught kissing outside." I manage to get out before I'm interrupted by Jesus, "Kissing? Whatever like grandma said you guys were basically about to hump each other." Receiving several laughs from everyone, before Stef begins to talk. "Oh yeah? Well how about we all go settle this outside? Sound like a good plan?" I look over to my wife trying to figure out if she's serious and before I can do anything she winks and picks me up over her shoulder running out into the backyard. She sits me down and starts to splash me with water from puddles in the backyard. I didn't even have time to warn her as the boys tackled her to the ground and the girls ran to me. Causing Sharon to laugh and say "Now you guys have fun, I'm going to go pick up the house." I watch as she goes to turn around and the kids trap her in a circle. "Oh dear" is all she manages to say before Jesus picks her and swings her around. All the kids start to laugh and I laugh completely unaware of the attack my wife was about to do.
Stef POV
I watch as my wife laughs at our kids surround my mother. She has no idea that I'm about to tackle her. I walk up behind as she turns around and I tackle her. She laughs and goes to the ground. I kiss her lightly and whisper in her ear "you can't walk away this time" and I nibble her earlobe causing her to gasp. We are immediately surrounded by our kids and we are all laughing and playing when I see Callie and Mariana sneak off to the house. I get up and leave the rest of my kids to my wife and mother. I walk into the house and I realize they aren't downstairs. I head upstairs and I stop when I hear them crying.
Callie POV
We sit down on the bed after sneaking off and I start to think about how to begin our talk when she does it for me. "So you wanted to talk? I know its hard but I'm here and I won't judge. You're my sister, I'll have your back over anything else." I look up at her and start to cry. I go into detail about Liam both past and present and at this she's crying. We both lean back against the wall and she grabs my hand and squeezes it, willing me to keep talking. "I can't trust her. I'm completely torn. Stef is one of the best things to happen to me. She's believed in me when no one else would and right now I want to go to her and feel safe but she betrayed me and went and arrested him. She always knows what I'm thinking but it was like she didn't care enough to think about me that time. She just did it. I finally opened up enough to call her mom and she did that. How do I trust anything she says again? Even when it's a simple "i love you.""
Stef POV
I don't know what to think. My daughter doesn't trust me anymore. I step into my room and go to run a bath. I strip and sink myself into the hot water. I start to cry and I don't even hear my wife come in and strip. I feel her as she slides in behind me and holds me. I continue to cry and start talking, "I feel like I'm failing everyone. Callie doesn't trust me now since I arrested Liam. She doesn't know if she can even trust me when I say I love her. I feel like I'm failing you. I feel like me not being strong and showing you the attention you deserve is making you give up on me. I feel like I don't have a place as much anymore. I know you love me and I love you but I just wish I could take all the pain and mistrust away from our daughter and kids and you." I look up at her big beautiful eyes, that are looking back at me. She wipes my tears away and speaks, "My love, what did I just tell you? You don't have to be strong all the time. It's true Callie might feel this way but that just means you talk to her. You don't close up and not talk because then that's just showing her that its okay. Be honest with her tomorrow night when they get back. Your mom is keeping them overnight so we can have time to ourselves. Tonight I'm going to show you just how much I do love you, whether you're strong or vulnerable. You never fail me. You're always doing everything and now it's my turn to take care of you." She bends down and kisses me. Slowly and then building. The bathroom becomes full of heavy breathing and moans. We get up kissing and she steps out of the shower putting a towel around herself and whispers "meet me in our bed when you're ready." She spanks my ass as she leaves me naked and vulnerable in the shower. I smile because for the first time in a long time I get to spend some time with my wife.