The ride home was silent. Callie was still in a daze and Stef could see it. Besides, it was almost three in the morning and both of them were clearly tired. Stef hadn't slept much for several days on end and she could probably say the same about Callie. The young girl looked thinner and troubled and Stef wondered what she'd been through in the last two weeks. She couldn't see any external injuries but that didn't mean none were hidden or worse, internal.

Stef had messaged Lena right before she went to get Callie and leave and she knew that her wife would be waiting downstairs anxiously. And sure enough she was. The moment Stef pulled into the driveway, their front door opened and Lena walked out in her pajamas. She rushed over to the passenger door and opened it, desperate to see for herself that Callie really was there.

"Oh thank god." Lena whispered in much the same way that Stef had earlier that night. "Come here." She instructed, tugging on Callie's arm and pulling her out of the car to give her a hug. "You really had us worried." Lena said, holding on tight.

Once again Callie just stood, too bewildered to react. Nothing was happening like she had expected and as a result she didn't know how to even react. She just waited patiently for Lena to let go and then for her next instruction. That was the only thing that kept her moving - the fact that someone told her what to do.

"Let's get inside." Stef said after a moment and obediently Callie did as she was told.

Stef and Lena shared a look, nervous at how closed off and hollow the girl seemed.

"Sit love." Stef said gently once all three of them were inside. "Let's talk."

"Are you alright?" Lena asked the question on both their minds. "Are you hurt in any way?" She questioned.

Callie shook her head but said nothing.

"Are you sure?" Stef clarified, hoping that Callie wasn't trying to hide anything.

Callie nodded but once again remained silent.

"Did you or anyone make you do anything you weren't comfortable with?" Stef asked more clearly, afraid of the answer but needing to know the truth.

Once again Callie shook her head. She knew what Stef was asking and she was telling the truth, but she was determined not to share the details.

"Alright" Stef said, letting it go for now though she was planning on asking again later, just to make sure.

"Are you hungry?" Lena asked. Just looking at the girl made her shudder.

Callie shook her head, remaining silent once again and slightly frustrating the two women in front of her.

"What happened Callie?" Stef questioned, desperate for some answered. "Why did you do this?" She couldn't understand why Callie would take the blame for something she hadn't done and then runaway and cause an even bigger mess for herself.

With no response from Callie Stef decided that Callie needed to know that they knew the truth - maybe then she wouldn't be so afraid to talk.

"We know it was Mariana who sold the drugs." Stef said, observing Callie carefully.

Callie's eyes instantly filled with shock. She thought they might eventually realize it wasn't her but to know that it was Mariana and admit it surprised her. She never expected them to really accept that she was innocent and then come looking for her as well.

"You shouldn't have taken the blame." Lena said, pulling Callie out of her thoughts. "Why did you?" She asked curiously.

Callie still refused to speak but she glanced up the stairs for just a split second, but it was long enough for the cop to understand.

"He's fine." Stef said. "Well, he's okay." She amended. Jude hadn't really been fine since Callie took off.

Callie looked gratefully at Stef. She'd needed to know how Jude was but just couldn't speak, not even to ask and Stef had understood and given her the answer anyway.

Stef smiled sadly at the girl, wondering what was going though her mind. She wished she could just pull her out of this darkness that seemed to surround her and protect her but she knew that wasn't the case. Callie had made a huge mess and it was going to be exceptionally hard if not impossible to clear things up for her.

"Let's get to bed." Lena said, glancing at the clock. It was half past three and they all needed to sleep. "I'll get Jude to come see you in the morning. You can have Mariana's bed, she's in our room tonight."

At that thought both Stef and Lena felt bad for returning the bed they had ordered of Callie but they had assumed she'd be going back to Juvie and saw no point in spending money on a bed that wasn't going to be used.

Just like the first night in this house Stef grabbed a pair of pajamas and a toothbrush for Callie and then walked her up to Mariana's room, encouraging her when she halted.

"Go ahead love." Stef said gently when Callie hesitated at the sight of Mariana's room.

Callie sucked it up and entered the room that was supposed to have been hers as well - at least for a while. She wasn't sure Mariana would be too happy having her sleep in her bed but she wasn't about to ask for the couch - talking was defiantly out - she couldn't risk saying the wrong thing.

"Just relax." Stef said, sensing Callie's nervousness. "You're safe. We'll worry about the rest in the morning."

Stef waited until Callie was under the blanket before giving Callie a gentle smile, flipping the light switch and heading into her own room to get ready for bed.