AN: Hey guys I appologise for beeing away for so long. After my last chapter I was intending only too take a few days away from my writing but I ended up having a little bit of a break down. Well not really a little but that is what I keep telling my self. So I decided to take a little more time for me. I appologise for that but I am hoping getting back into writing will help with all I am feeling. Any ways I just wanted to give a little bit of an explination. Thank you guys for your patience.
Stef and Lena sat will Callie wrapped in their arms until long after the young girls tears had dried. Niether of the two women wanted to let their daughter go just yet they werent ready to. Knowing that she thought they were going to get rid of her and she was still feeling like this was just temporary they wanted to prove to her that they loved her the same as any of their other children. They both knew it would take a long time for the guarded teenager to beleive them but both women were more than willing to put in the time to prove it too the girl. They knew one long hug wouldn't prove it but it was definitely a start, expecially since she was holding onto them just as long an didn't seem to want to let go either. She was holding on to Stef just as tight as they were holding on to her.
Callie didn't know why she was still hugging the two older women this had to have been the longest hug in the history of hugging but no matter how hard she tried she could not get her self to let go. She had long since stopped her break down and that was normally when the hugging stopped right? But she just couldn't bring her slef to let go. It was almost as if her arms were glued togther around the blonde woman.
They stayed like that another few moments before they all seemed to pull away at the exact same time. Though none of them spoke for a few moments no one knw just what to say.
So this is where the akward part comes in to play Callie thought as she sat on the floor of the kitchen. She was refusing to look at the two women who were now staring at her. That was what made her start to play with the end of the sleeve of her shirt. She wasn't looking at the two women but her nervous action had caused both womens eyes to drop to her arms.
"Alright love I know you aren't going to like this but we are going to go up to mamas and my bathroom, I have to check your arms to make sure they aren't infected and none of them need medical attention." Stef spoke breaking the silence of the house. She watched as Callie's eyes shot up to hers and she saw the moment the teenager was going to argue with her but she quickly silenced her argument. "I wont take no for an answer sweets. It is going to happen no matter what. I need to see the damage that has been done and as a mother I want to make sure you are okay." She didn't think that was the right way to put it but it was the only thing that came to mind.
Callie was attempting to stare her down but she would not not with the girls health at risk. Their stare down lasted a few moments before Callie finally backed down and agreed. Stef stood first offering her hand to the two sitting on the ground. Lena accepted and she pulled her up. But Callie just shook her head and Stood up on her own walking in front of the two older women.
Stef and Lena shared a look shaking their head in fondness. Such a stubborn girl.
When the got to their bathroom Stef closed the lid on the toilet and motioned for Callie to sit on it. When the girl didn't move she placed her hands on the girls shoulder and gentslly moved her so she was standing in front of it. She didn't make her sit though the girl could do that on her own. She didn't want her thinking they were taking all of her choices from her. That would just cause her to fight them every step of the way and hide even more from them.
"Alright love if you dont want to sit you dont have to but I am going to check your wrists. Is there any where else you have cut that we don't know about?" Stef asked and as an after thought she said. "If we think you are lying to us we will check for our selves and I really don't want to put you through that today love."
"No it was just my arms. I promise." Calie spoke her eyes widening at Stef saying they would check for them selves she really didn't want that. Though in the back of her mind she was glad they were giving her the chance to speak up about it. Not that she would ever admit it out loud. Right now she was too angry because she knew they were going to take away her only life line to deal with everything that had happened to her. With out cutting she didn't know how she would cope. She didn't think it would be pretty though. Cutting was the only thing keeping her sane at the moment.
"Okay I beleive you." Stef said after a few moments of studying the girl for any sign that she was lying. None of their kids knew it but they all had tells when they were lying. They alwyas thought they were being so sneaky but both her and Lena almost always knew when they were lying. Callies tell was she always played with the fabric on a part of her cloths weather it be rubbing it with her thumb or picking at it. It was very close to her nervous habit but usually when she was nervous she would play with the necklace that was always hanging around her neck.
"Do you want to roll up you sleave or do you want me too?" Lena was now standing in front of her. They both hand medical training but Lena figured she would keep a calmer head when dealing with this. Stef was so passionate when it came to the kids health she didn't want the girl to think Stef was mad at her if she got in her mama bear mode. They weren't not one bit they knew how easy it was for kids to turn to this version of therapy. So no they werent mad at the girl but she didnt figure Callie would see it that way.
It took a minute but Callie finally rolled up the sleaves of she shirt and looked away. Lena looked down and saw the bandages covering both of the girls wrists. She kept her face calm even though in side her heart was breaking even more for the girl she was coming to view as her daughter.
"Alright love I am just going to take off your banages and then I am going to check for any sign of infection." Lena figured talking what she was doing would keep Callie calmer than just going for it. Slowly she pulled the medical tape off and pulled the banages off.
She had to hold in a gasp as she was the magnitude of scars that littered the young girls arms. This had obviously gone on for quite some eyes trailed down her forearm and when she saw the fresh cuts on the girls arms she had to bite her lip. Lena took her time to look over each one looking to make sure they weren't to deep or infected.
"Well some of them are getting a little red and angry we will have to keep an eye on them to make sure they dont get worse but you don't need stiches in any of them."
"Of course I Don't I'm not stupid. And I Can clean them this isn't my first time." CAme Callies harsh reply. She didn't know where it came from but she imidiatly regretted saying it. They were just trying to help but she didn't want them seeing her like this.
"Hey attitude." Stef said from her spot across the room. She listene as Callie muttered an applogy to Lena who was now sifting through the first aid kit. She pulled out a few things and placed them on the counter and turned back to the young girl who was refusing to look either of them in the eyes.
"Okay Callie I am going to spray some of this on your wrists and then I am going to wrap them again. This may sting." She waited for a reply from the teenager she wasn't suprised when one didn't come. So she went to work quickly spraying and wrapping the girls wrists.
"One of us is going to check your wrists daily to make sure they don't get even more infected."
"What you mean to say is one of you is going to check daily for any more cuts." Callie interupted finally looking at the two.
"Well yes that too but we understand you aren't going to stop right away. We have to find a better way for you to cope but don't take that as an invitation to keep doing it. Yes we understand you will slip up and sometimes it will be too much for you and we want you to come to us before you do but if you dont we want you to come to us after so we can help you. But if you take advantage of our genrosity we willl have to take more extreme messures love. We really don't want to put you through that but for your safty we will."
AN: I hope you guys enjoyed and I Will try to update again soon.