Lena
I watched as she freaked out and mouthed too the kids to go upstairs. They did as told having no problem getting out of here as quickly as possible.
"Stef?" I said once she was done.
"Feel better?" I asked and she shook her head tears in her eyes.
"No" she said and I got up and went over to her.
"Honey the woman you saw me hug was a distant cousin of mine" I said and she broke down into awkward laughter.
"I'm sorry" she said and I smiled at her laughing a bit myself.
"I love you and I would never cheat on you." I said kissing her.
"I know, i'm sorry. I get kind of crazy while pregnant" she said and I laughed. Yeah she can say that again.
"It's ok" I said and she shook her head tears in her eyes.
"No it's not. You don't deserve to be flipped out on and that's all I have been doing lately" she said and I kissed her.
"It's ok really. You deserve to freak out every once in a while. You're carrying our baby, it's not an easy task it's ok i remember" I said and she sighed.
"You did so much better with it than me" she said and I smiled.
"What do you want?" I asked her leading her away from the kitchen nook and into the living room.
"A foot rub?" she asked and I smiled at her.
"Alright" I said grabbing her feet once I was sitting on the couch and she was laying with her feet on my lap.
"Whens your next appointment?" I asked and she got her phone out and I laughed.
"What you expect me to remember dates my memory is sucky as it is" she said and I laughed.
"Next tuesday at 1:30, work for you?" she asked and I smiled at her.
"I'll make it work for me." I promised.
"Is this the one we find out the gender?" I asked and she laughed.
"You mean the one you find out you owe me twenty bucks?" she asked and I played slapped her.
"I never made that bet" I said and she looked like she was deep in thought.
"See no I don't remember it that way" she said and I shook my head at her.
"Now you're using your memory problem for evil" I joked and she laughed.
"Oh well in that case I think you owe me fifty dollars" she said and I rolled my eyes.
"For what?"
"I can't remember." she said and I laughed.
"Nice try, so is it?" I said and she gave me a weird look.
"The appointment where we find out the gender" I said and she sighed.
"Oh yeah I think so" she said and I groaned.
"You're hopeless, please tell me you're joking" I said and she shook her head.
"No I think it is. I don't know I didn't put it in here" she said looking at her phone. I know her memory isn't going to be at it's best right now but it's terrible. She puts everything in her phone in order to remember it.
"We haven't talked about names yet" I pointed out and she nodded.
"I had one, where did i put it?" she said and I laughed. She looked through her phone and sighed.
"I lost it, what were you thinking" she said and I rolled my eyes.
"Ok well I was thinking Kristine if it's a girl and…" I started and she interrupted me.
"It is a girl" she said and I sighed.
"It still can be a boy" I said and she shook her head.
"No it's a girl" she said insistent.
"Ok well I was thinking if it was by some weird chance a boy we could name him Owen" I said and she sighed.
"Ok I like Owen but it's a girl" she said and I rolled her eyes.
"Ok fine we will see next tuesday. Insist if you want, woman" I said pulling her legs and she laughed. I leaned over and kissed her.
Brandon
I was sitting eating lunch with a few friends when Mark came over with a guy I have seen before but didn't know.
"This is Nathan" Mark said and we nodded.
"Hey" I said.
"Brandon right?" he asked and I nodded swallowing the bite of sandwich I had in my mouth.
"That's me" I said.
"Aren't you the vice-principals son?" he asked and I nodded.
"I'm just surprised you seem to white" he said and I laughed.
"No she's my birth mom's wife" I said and he looked shocked. I think he's new here but everyone knows the vice-principle is gay.
"Oh you're moms a dyke, interesting" he said and all the guys looked at each other awkwardly.
"They prefer to be known as lesbians" I said trying to not get mad but this guy is bold.
"Oh hey it's ok. I'm sure they are sexy together…" he said jokingly but i snapped.
"Shut the fuck up" I screamed and the next thing I knew he was bleeding from the nose.
"Oh shit man" he said and the teacher on lunch duty came running over screaming at us.
"To the office both of you" she said and I sighed. Well as if this isn't bad enough now i'm forced to take a trip down too see my mom.
Callie
I know I can't go down that road again. As much as I hate to do this I should bring this up too my therapist. I sat down across from her and she smiled.
"It's nice to see you again, Callie. Is there anything in particular you want to talk about during this session?" she said and I nodded pulling up my sleeves so she can see the scars new and old.
"Oh I see. When did you do that?" she asked looking worried but not shocked.
"I started again two days ago. I haven't cut since but… I know it's going to happen again." I said and she smiled at me.
"What makes you say that?" she asked.
"Experience" I said and she nodded to me.
"When did you cut before?" she asked.
"After Liam…" I said and she nodded.
"You quit?" she asked and I nodded at her. I know that my moms are going to hear about it but I couldn't tell them myself.
"Yeah I needed to be strong for Jude" I answered and she smiled at me.
"You are a very strong girl, Callie. I have faith that you can quit again" she said and I nodded.
"I know I can, I just need help" I admitted.
"That's what me and you're moms are here for. I'm very proud and I'm sure they will be too that you told me" she said and I smiled at her. Yeah I'm sure this will make a mother proud.
Stef
I sat out in the waiting room waiting for Callie to get done with her session and before I knew it they were coming out.
"Hey it's early" I said shocked to see them out twenty minutes before she was suppose too.
"Yes it is. Callie has something she will like too talk too you about" her therapist said and I looked over at Callie. She was avoiding my look and seemed anxious.
"Ok" I said trying to figure out what happened.
"Follow me?" she asked and me and Callie followed her into her office. I sat down next to Callie and tried to meet her eyes but she was doing everything to avoid them.
"Callie do you want me too tell her?" her therapist asked. Callie looked at her therapist and shook her head.
"No" she said and then looked at me.
"Two days ago I cut myself again" she said avoiding my eyes again. Cut herself? Again? What is happening?
"Why didn't you come to us?" I asked and she looked over at her therapist.
"I'm sorry, I was embarrassed" she said and I blinked away the tears. I don't want Callie too take it the wrong way.
"Hey you don't need to be embarrassed with us. You can always come to us and tell us anything" I said taking her hand. She looked at me and I smiled at her.
"Now I understand there's a lot going on at home…" her therapist said and I bit my lip. What happened to me caused this, she never would have cut herself without that reminder of what happened.
"We need to talk about how to keep this from happening again" she said and I nodded.
"Of course" I said. We would do anything to help her, I know I can speak for Lena too. We spent a while talking about how to help her before the appointment ended.
"Stefanie may I talk to you for a minute alone" she said and I nodded.
"Callie I will be out in a minute" I said and Callie left the room and went to the waiting room.
"With everything that I know is happening, I was wondering if you looked into therapy for yourself" she said and I sighed. Lena has brought it up and even Captain likes the idea but i'm not sure I like it. I don't know if it would even work for me, it's hard for me too talk to someone i trust let alone a stranger.
"Yeah I'm not sure if it would work for me" I said and she nodded.
"Well think about it. You and your daughter are a lot a like, I remember her saying the same thing" she said and I laughed.
"Right" I said.
"I should be going" I said and she smiled at me.
"Have a good day" she said and I smiled at her before leaving. The ride home was awkwardly silent so I put the radio on in order to make it a little less so.
"Hey how was it?" Lena asked just starting to prepare dinner.
"Fine, right Callie" I said knowing now isn't the time to talk about what happened. All the kids are around and it's not fair too Callie to announce it too the family. I will tell Lena when we are alone.
"Yeah uneventful" she said pouring herself a glass of orange juice.
"That's good" she said picking up on the fact that something happened. She gave me a look asking if we are both ok. I just smiled back.
"Anyways how was everyones day" I asked sensing that Callies drama isn't the only thing going on. Brandon avoided my eye contact and the twins pretended too busy themselves on their phone. Ok what's going on?
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