Chapter 11

Something Lost Something Found

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"Mama?" Jude asks.

"What is it love?" Lena asks.

"Do you think I could go spend the day with Callie tomorrow? If it is alright with her?" Jude asks.

"Of course it is. We will call her in the morning and see if she is free." Lena says.

"Thanks mama." Jude says as he hugs her and dashes off to his room.

"What was all of that about?" Stef asks from the bathroom.

"Jude wanting to go spend the day with Callie if she wasn't busy tomorrow." Lena says.

"Not going to happen." Stef says.

"How many kids do you plan on losing over this Stef?" Lena asks.

"I have only lost one." Stef says.

"You sure about that? Where is your son? Have you tried calling him? I bet he won't take your call. That makes 2. if you try to restrict Jude from seeing his sister that will be 3." Lena says.

"So what I am suppose to go, set back and take this." Stef says.

"Yes you are. Callie did what she thought was right, what she knew was right. She didn't do it to purposely hurt us, or anyone. She did it for a chance for her to be truly happy, and for a chance to make your son truly happy. For the life of me I do not understand where all of your anger and hatred for her is coming from. She didn't abandon us, you abandoned her. She wanted to be a part of this family, just in a different way. What did you do? Pushed her away and called her a whore. In front of your son no less. You should have known he would have jumped to defend her, thus driving him away. Now you want to do the same thing to Jude? You better wake up and see what you are doing before you have no one left. I for one will not turn my back on her or Brandon like you have. Now tomorrow I will call Callie and see if she has time to have Jude over for the day. IF she does I will take him there and drop him off. He will get to see his sister if it is possible." Lena says before she rolls over.

"Dad do you think me and Callie will ever have a true sisterly relationship?" Sophia asks.

"I think given time you two will be just fine. Why do you ask?"

"Cause it still seems like she is holding back a little." She says.

"It may have something to do with you ripping up those papers. My advice is to talk to her about. Find out what she is thinking. It seems as if we are all settling into our new rolls. Though I think I would let it wait till her and Brandon are on more solid ground. That could also be a factor in it. Just give it some time sweetheart, I am sure everything will be fine." Robert says.

"I hope so I really want a sister." Sophia says.

"Well you have one just don't forget she has a brother to that you will have to share her with, in Jude." Robert tells her.

"I don't mind sharing her with Jude." Sophia says.

"Good cause I don't see him leaving her life. Time young lady will help heal all wounds."

"Thanks dad."

"Anytime, now get to bed."

"Ok Ok I am going." She laughs at him.

Mariana is setting on her bed having just gotten back from placing 1st in the dance competition. That earned them the right to go to regionals in a month. Now they have to step there game up if the want a shot to win. Maybe Brandon came write a piece for them to use. She dials his number only for it to go strait to voice mail. I wonder if he is not taking any of our calls now over if maybe he shut it off so he could sleep. She notices Jude walking by.

"Hey Jude how are you holding up?" She asks.

"I am doing ok. I know she did it to be happy and I want that for her, for Brandon too. So I will get use to it. Mama said if Callie isn't busy I can go spend the day with her tomorrow." Jude says.

"Well I am glad you are doing ok with it all. You know she didn't do it to hurt you. She just wants to be happy. How our dorky brother makes her happy is beyond me but hey to each their own." They both laugh.

"Yeah I agree as long as they are happy."

"Hey do you think you could do me a favor?" She asks.

"Sure what?" Jude says.

"If you see Brandon can you ask him to call me? I want to ask a favor of him." Mariana says.

"Sure I will if I see him." Jude tells her.

"You are going to go visit Callie, trust me you will see him." She laughs.

"I am sure. Ok I need to finish my home work I will talk to you later." He says.

"Later Judicorn."

Callie leads Brandon to the bed. She pushes him gently to sit on the bed he has a confused look on his face. She steps back from him so as not to crowd him. She smiles as he relaxes a little.

"Look Brandon this isn't what you think. This bed is big enough for both of us to sleep comfortably with out crossing any lines we think we aren't ready for. There is no need for you to sleep on a hard floor when you can sleep here." Callie says.

"So just sleep right?" Brandon asks.

"Yes Brandon, just sleep nothing more. I know we aren't ready to go down that path yet. When I kissed you first earlier you hesitated. I know it is something we have to work through. That it will take time. That still doesn't mean you should have to sleep on the hard floor. I will stay on my side of the bed unless you want me to come closer. No pressure and no rushing things. Just one step in front of the other, slow and steady." Callie says.

"Ok." Brandon says.

"See I even got pajama pants so no shorts." Callie say modeling them for him.

"Damn you would pick that to listen to me about." Brandon says with a smile.

"Well I can always change into a pair of shorts." Callie says, as Brandon smiles and covers his eyes with his hands.

"No peeking." Callie says as she takes a blue pair out of her dresser and changes quickly. "Ok you can look now.

"That's ok I never stopped." He says with a crack between his fingers that are over his eyes.

"Hey I said no peeking! Since you got to see me, I get something in return. Off with the shirt buddy!" She smiles at him, he shrugs and peels his shirt off.

"Better?" He asks, all she can do is nod. "Ok time for bed."

This snaps Callie out of her trance and she nods. She walks to the other side of the bed from Brandon and crawls into bed. Brandon slides the blankets to the side crawls in and then covers up. He looks at Callie and wonders if she would be ok if he were to suggest something. What the hell what does he got to lose?

"You know you don't have to sleep way over there." He says as he opens his arm closest to her.

She is next to him in under a second as she lays her head on his chest, he closes his arm around her and pulls he closer. When he does he hears a sigh come from her lips. For him it is like a missing piece is finally found. This just feels right he thinks. He bends down and kisses her on top of the head. She looks up at him and again he bends his head but captures her lips in a sweet kiss that promises one day a lot more.

"Good night Callie."

"Good night Brandon."

Callie is awoken the next morning by a buzzing sound. She instinctively buries her head farther into Brandon's shoulder. Then she smiles, cause she is in his arms. Cuddled up next to him with her head on his chest so she can hear his heart beat. Then it dawns on her it is her phone ringing. She moves to grab it off of the table next to the bed but Brandon tightens his grip on her making her smile even more.

"Brandon I have to get the phone, loosen up just a bit." She says as he reluctantly does. She grabs her phone and then lays back down on his chest as he tightens his hold again. "Crap it is 11 am!" Callie says.

"What?!" Brandon says sitting bolt up rite in bed. "Oh wait this is Saturday, I am good not late." He says.

"No but I have missed 4 calls from Lena." She says.

"Want me to call her back?" Brandon asks.

"No, it is my fight, but thanks." She says dialing the number as he nods.

"Hey Callie thanks for calling me back." Lena says.

"Sure is something wrong?" Callie asks.

"No not at all. I was just calling because Jude was wanting to know if you had the time to spend the day with him today?" Lena asks.

"Give me a second let me check." She says as she covers the phone looking up at Brandon.

"What?" He asks.

"Um.. Well. No never mind." Callie says thinking today might not be a good day.

"Callie what is it?" Brandon asks again.

"Jude wants to spend the day with me. But I really want us to spend the day together. I think we tore down some barriers last night, and I kind of want to keep doing that." Callie says.

"We can't just work on us Cal, we have to repair the damage we caused with others as well. Tell him yeah, then we can spend the day together as a family. Jude, you and me, one family with a weird history." Brandon says with a smile.

"Ok you are just going to have to deal with this." She says as she climbs on him and begins to kiss him out of happiness and passion.

"Ah might want to finish talking to Lena now." Brandon says though he doesn't try to move her off of sitting on him.

"Lena, yeah sorry about that. Tell Jude sure I would love to spend the day with him." Callie says.

"Ok I will drop him off in like 20 minutes if that is ok with you two. By the way tell Brandon I said hi." Lena says with a smile.

"Lena says hi, yeah 20 minutes will be fine, and Brandon says hi back." Callie says as he nods.

"Ok see you two then." Lena says.

"Ok." Callie says and then hangs up.

Now that she is off the phone she realizes where she is sitting. She goes to move when Brandon stops her and pulls her down so they can kiss. It is a kiss close to the one they shared in the cabin. It is driven from love and passion. Not from lust and rash thinking. As the kiss deepens Callie lets herself fall into it completely. Soon hands are roaming and touching from both of them. Brandon finally feels like this is right. Maybe not going all the way yet, but kissing and touching her feels right. Finally air is required and they break apart with her resting her head on his bare chest. Both breathing a little heavy.

"Brandon, as much as I would love to explore where that kiss might lead. To find out if we really are ready for that. If we don't stop I fear Jude and Lena will arrive and we will still be in this bed." Callie says.

"Would that be a bad thing?" Brandon asks.

"NO but yes. It would be a great thing cause it would mean that we have gotten what we lost back. We would still have work to do, but would be a whole lot closer. But it would be bad cause then we would have to try to explain why after saying yes no one answered the door. Cause if we go there, we won't be getting out of this bed anytime soon." Callie says not once taking her head off his chest.

"Ok so we will just say; to be continued then." Brandon says.

"You mean that?" She asks.

"I do." He says as she raises her head and kisses him again.

They both get up out of bed to get changed for the day. To Brandon's surprise she peals out of her clothes and starts dressing in what she plans on wearing for the day. He chuckles a little as he moves toward the living room and his clothes.

"What it isn't like you haven't seen it before." Callie smiles at him.

"True." Brandon smiles back.

"Brandon."

"Yeah?"

"Bring your bags in here, if you want. We can sort out where to put them after Jude goes home." Callie says.

"Ok, thanks." He says as he walks out then back in with his bags that have clothes in them.

He looks through one of the bags pulls out jeans and a T-shirt. He starts getting dressed when he hears Callie take a breath. He smiles to himself and slows down on dressing, just to tease her a bit.

"What it isn't like you haven't seen it before." Brandon throws her line back at her.

"Right, yeah, ok. I will be in the kitchen making coffee, we got the good stuff now." Callie says.

"Great be out in a few then when Jude gets here we can figure out something for breakfast." Brandon says.

"Sounds good to me." Callie says as she shakes her head while she walks out of the room.

"I still got it." Brandon chuckles to himself.

"I heard that! Don't get to cocky there buddy two can play that game." Callie says as she is walking to the kitchenette.

As she was done setting up the coffee pot there was a knock on the door. She walks over thinking that Jude was early, but finds the delivery men. They have the table and chairs, couch and living room chairs and tables.

"Hello Ms Jacobs?" He asks.

"Yes, is that the furniture?" She asks.

"Yes ma'am it is. Where would you like it." The guy asks as Brandon comes out of the bedroom.

Callie shows him where everything goes. Then walks into the kitchenette where Brandon has poured her a cup of coffee as he is adding cream and sugar to his she holds out hers.

"I thought you drink yours black?" Brandon asks.

"Not anymore. I tried it with cream and sugar and liked it so have been drinking it that way every since." She smiles at him as he adds some to hers.

As the deliver guys are leaving Lena and Jude walk up to the door. The look around the place and notice it is a well kept lawn with flower beds and shrubs. The pool is clean and looks inviting. They see the door open so walk up to it.

"Anyone in there?" Lena asks.

"Yeah come in." Callie says her and Brandon sitting at the table drinking their coffee.

"Hey Callie." Jude says as he walks up and hugs her.

"Hey little Brother. How are you doing?" Callie asks.

"Good. How are you." He asks her back.

"Much better now." She smiles as she looks at Brandon.

"Hello Lena." Brandon says.

"Hello Brandon. It is nice to see you, and with a smile on your face." Lena says.

"Yeah hi Brandon." Jude says.

"Hey buddy. It is good to see you little Bro." Brandon says.

"Callie, I want to apologize again for what was said the other day. Just know that not all of us share those thoughts. Some of us know just how hard it was for you to do what you did. We are proud of the fact that you stood up and did the right thing. Even if it did cost you a lot." Lena tells her.

"Thanks, but what it cost me pales in comparison to what I almost lost. I don't expect you or anyone for that matter to understand. But staying adopted was costing me way more than what giving it up is. I know I hurt people and I am sorry for that, I truly am. But the pain I was causing first Brandon and then myself once I realized what I had done was too much for me to bare. So I did the only thing I knew would give us a chance. I just hope some day everyone will understand and forgive me. If not then that is something I am prepared to live with. Because I will not turn away from him again, or deny what I feel for him." Callie says.

"Nor should you. I am sure eventually people will come to grips with it. If not then I agree you go on with your life and do everything you want in it." Lena says.

"Ok enough with all of that. This is Jude's day, what do you want to do?" Brandon asks.

"Just hang out, or what ever you guys have planned. Oh Brandon, Mariana wanted you to call her."Jude says.

"Ok I will later. Well I figure we need to eat so what say we get some pizza and watch a movie." Brandon says.

"Sounds good." Jude says.

"Ok well I will leave you kids to it, 11 pm curfew." Lena says.

"We will have him home by then." Callie says.

"Great see you all later." Lena leaves to a chorus of byes.

"Ok so what kind of pizza do we want?" Callie asks, as Brandon and Jude look at her.

"Pepperoni of course." They both say at once.

"Of course how did I not know that?" Callie laughs as she makes the call, Brandon holds up 2 fingers letting her know to order 2 pizzas. "Do we want cheese sticks or wings or Pepsi to go with the pizzas?"

"Cheese sticks." Jude says.

"Wings and Pepsi." Brandon says as Callie laughs and places the order to be delivered, Brandon walks up and put s 20 on the counter next to her as she is ordering.

"Brandon I got this. Where is your money coming from?" Callie asks.

"I can pay my share of it. My grandfather left me an inheritance. I got some of it when I turned 17 and I get the rest when I turn 18. I am fine on money. Well unless you want to buy and island or sports team." He laughs at her.

"Ok if you are sure." Callie asks.

"I am. Now Jude what movie do you want to watch so we can run to redbox and get it?" Brandon asks.

"Can I just go with you and we can pick it out once we get there?" He inquires.

"Sure lets go." Brandon says.

"Hey wait a minute! Someone has to stay here to pay for the pizza. I know you two you will come back with nothing but action movies." Callie says.

"Guess you are on Pizza duty and you will have to take your chance on the movies. Besides I think we have and will see enough romance in the past and very near future." Brandon smiles at her.

"Not fair using that on me Brandon Foster, so not Fair!" She laughs as he walks up and kisses her.

"We will be back soon." He then motions for Jude to follow him out the door.

Callie sits down on the couch and sighs. She is pleased with where her and Brandon are at. No it hasn't been easy getting here, but honestly they are closer than she thought they would be. They weren't there yet but are getting closer with each new break through. This morning in bed it took all the strength she had not to go to far and to pull away. Her mind body and soul was screaming for her to go forward. Something stayed her hand though and she pulled away. That alone is what has helped Brandon loosen up even more today. The smile on her face was testimony to just how she was feeling.

"That is a site I love to see, my daughter with that big a smile on her face. Sorry the door was open hope I am not intruding." Robert says.

"Oh Hi dad no your not intruding. As for this smile, well I can't help it. Me and Brandon are on more stable ground today. I have you to thank for it." She tells him.

"Oh yeah? What did I do?" He asks.

"Gave me some great advice. I asked Brandon to sleep in the bed instead of on the floor. He was a little hesitant at first thinking I was asking for more. Once he realized I wasn't he loosened up and I got to sleep in his arms last night, it was the best nights sleep I have gotten since I was adopted. And no nothing else happened but us sleeping I promise." Callie says.

"Hey I believe you. I an glad you are working things out with him. It makes me extremely happy to see you like this. I just came out to see what your plans were. I was thinking about taking us all out to lunch?" Robert asks.

"Oh dad that would be great, but Jude wanted to come over today. So we ordered pizza and him and Brandon went to rent some movies from redbox." Callie says.

"Oh no that is ok. I am glad Jude is here, seems he is taking everything well. I am happy for you." Robert says.

"Hey dad why don't you see if Sophia wants to join us. I think it would be a good way for us to bond. Plus it would give her and Jude time to get to know each other as well." Callie says.

"You know that is a great idea." Robert says.

"You can join us too you know." Callie says.

"No I think I will let you teenagers have your day. This old fart has paper work he needs to get done. By the way here this is in case you need something. No again not trying to buy you. It will just make me feel better knowing if you need it you have it. If you never use it that is ok, but you will have it. Also here take this the pizza is on me today." Robert says as he hands her a credit card and 40 dollars.

"Thanks dad. I know you aren't trying to buy me. You have proven that time and time again. I know you want us to have a father daughter relationship, and we will I promise it will just take time. But I do want to say one thing. I love you dad." She says to him.

"I love you too sweetheart." Robert says with tears in his eyes.

"I will just go see if Sophia wants to join you."

Brandon and Jude walk in shortly after Robert walks out. Jude is carrying three movies as he sits down on the couch. Callie walks up to Brandon and hands him his 20 back. He looks at her confused.

"Dad came by. He saw me smiling so decided to pay for our lunch. What movies did you get?" Callie asks.

"We got the new transformers, fast 7 and then Brandon picked safe haven." Jude says.

Callie looks at Brandon then walks up and circles his waist with her arms hugging him as tears run down her cheeks. "I hoped you would get the message." He says as he pulls her closer. "I did. I Love You." Callie says. "I Love You too." All said in but a whisper.