~Taylor's POV~

"Girls, what's wrong?" Lena repeated, Callie looked just as frozen as I was. "Nothing, we're fighting over stupid stuff, I'm not even sure what." I mumble. Stef smirkes and Lena sighs, "Girls, something's been up with the two of you and everyone knows it, so what is it?" I try to plead with them using my eyes. Lena notices the pleading in my eyes, almost taking the form of tears and sighs, caving, "The two of you have five minutes to figure out what your story is, we'll be waiting downstairs."

I look at Callie, she doesn't seem angry anymore, she's probably to terrified to be angry. "Callie, what are we going to say?"

Callie had tears in her eyes, "I'll start packing now, just keep Jude please."

"No! They won't throw you out, they can't and besides it doesn't have be like this. We can tell them something else, anything else." I kept pleading but Callie's mind was set on already leaving. "If one of us has to leave, can we at least tell them why? Can we at least have a reason for ruining our lives?"

Callie shrugged, she stopped caring the minute we got caught, I could tell from the look in her eyes, "It's not like we have a choice."

Callie's convinced she's leaving, she has been since the minute she started to talk to me. She's too stubborn to realize I won't let her and Jude be separated and I'm definitely not going to let Stef and Lena send her to any group home. We went downstairs to find Stef and Lena sitting on the couch waiting for us, from how they were acting they already knew what was going on, but I took a deep breath to ready myself anyways.

"Okay," I start quietly, looking to Callie I could tell I was going to have to do most of the talking, "Callie and I have to tell you something. Please don't get mad, just hear us out." I say mostly looking at Stef because she was more likely to yell than Lena.

"It's my fault," I explain biting my lower lip, "And you already know this, otherwise Stef wouldn't be smirking, but I screwed up, I'm sorry." Callie looked at me shaking her head no, she didn't want me to take the blame for her but it was too late, I had already decided I would, "I convinced Callie to give me a chance, she kept telling me no, she didn't want to break any rules but I was persistent. Nothing happened..." I mumble, looking away from everyone and towards the ground, "So send me away, don't throw Callie out for what I caused, I'll be packed in an hour, I'll go back to my parents or out to some family members." I finally stopped talking when I realized that Stef and Lena hadn't said anything yet.

"Taylor, we aren't going to send you anywhere, but we need you to talk to us. Both of you." Lena explained looking to me and then to Callie. I nod nervously, "Send either of us away right? You're not going to get rid of either of us?" I emphasize before letting my guard down.

~Callie's POV~

"Either of you." Stef reassured us. I hadn't said anything yet because I was still stunned by the fact that Taylor had taken the blame and was ready to pack her stuff, it's always been my fault, I've always taken the punishment, this is what she meant when she promised I wouldn't get hurt?

"Callie, sweets are you alright? You look a little pale." Lena shook me from my thoughts. Nodding I reply, "Yeah, fine."

Lena sat Taylor and I down, "We aren't going to throw you out but we need answers." Stef nodded in agreement, "And we need to lay down some rules, I don't want to have the two of you making out in the middle of the kitchen or anything like that."

Taylor turned bright red at Stef comment, Lena gently slapping Stef and giving her the look.

I nod, "Okay."

Lena started the list of rules that Taylor and I had to follow, "One, nothing around school, though Taylor's not officially a foster kid it would still cause problems for all of us and we don't want to deal with that." Taylor and I both nodded in agreement.

"Number two," Stef smirked even before she said it causing Taylor to groan. "No PDA's around the house alright? I don't let it with the other kids and their dates I'm not gonna allow it with the two of you."

I looked to Taylor, "At least she phrased it better than the last time." I joked quietly causing Taylor to smile. I was still on edge about the whole thing but I tried to calm the mood.

Lena rolled her eyes, "Three. No matter what direction this relationship goes the two of you need to be mature, no backstabbing if you break up. You need to be able to be professional around each other in school and around the house if things go bad. Alright?"

"And of course the rules still apply the same if you were dating anyone else, no closed doors when you're upstairs." Stef explained.

"Wait," I question, "We live in the same room, how are we supposed to keep the door open all the time?" I realized it sounded bad but it was the only way to phrase the question. We did share a room, it wasn't like we could keep the door open all the time, not to mention the fact that Mariana would whine about it, it would pose other problems.

Lena nodded, "That's another thing we need to address, it isn't like we have a guest room we can give one of you, but the two of you sharing a room isn't a very valuable situation either."

Taylor looked up, "So what are we going to do?"

Stef shrugged, "What do the two of you propose as reliable option."

I looked at Taylor hoping she had an idea and she gave me the same expression. I shrugged but Taylor looked like she had an idea, "Callie can stay in our room, I don't mind moving around wherever you want me to."

Lena nodded, "Alright, we'll figure it out."

I suddenly realize it's alright to be relieved, it makes sense that Stef and Lena would understand this, "So can we go now?" I ask.

Lena nods at the two of us, "For now, but you need to keep us in the loop of what's going on. And we'll figure out what to do with the sleeping situations."

Stef smirked again at the two of us, "And remember the rules."

I nod, "Of course."

Taylor laughs at me, "And it's hard to believe I'm the rebellious one?"

Walking into our room Taylor falls onto her bed smiling, "Well Callie, that went better than we expected didn't it?" I laugh, "Well I'm still living in the house so yeah."

Mariana walked into the room with a huge smile on her face, "So I'm guess I don't have to pretend that Jesus didn't tell me about the two of you?"

Taylor sighed exasperated, "Good job Jesus! Don't mention it doesn't mean run and tell Mariana about it!" She yelled laughing.

I laughed and looked at Mariana, "Guess not?" I said shrugging looking to Taylor.

"Yes! You two are so cute! And I called this pairing from the minute you came here!" Mariana squealed, I just looked to Taylor and rolled my eyes. Maybe now the two of us, wouldn't be such a scary thought. Maybe now we didn't have to pretend, just like Mariana didn't have to pretend not to know.

author's note:

hey guys what did you think? Thank you for all your reviews last time. Does anyone have any thoughts on what they should do about the room situations? Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks!