I DON'T OWN THE FOSTERS, IF I DID THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME BUT SADLY I DON'T.
('THE WHOLE WORLD IS AGAINST ME')
Callie knew, Callie knew that the whole world was against her. This just proved it to her. What happens when Callie gets sick Christmas eve, how will the family take it? Will relationships end? Will this be the last straw for Callie? Will anything ever be the same again?
AN: So this story was requested by a reader and I hope I do it ok. I promised I would write the story and so I am. :)
Things to know before reading:
JUDE IS ADOPTED
JUDE IS CALLIES HALF BROTHER LIKE IN THE SHOW.
CALLIE HASN'T STARTED LOOKING FOR THE QUINNS.
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Previously:
"Lets go home." Lena spoke to her wife and daughter with a smile. The sooner they got home the sooner they could cuddle their daughter to sleep.
"I like that sound of that." Callie whispered, a smile on her face.
"Me too,...me too." Stef whispered back before placing a kiss to the teens head.
The three of them heading to the car just as another cop car pulled up followed by the small forensics team. If they were going to get Sam Hudson for assault they needed to cover all basis.
Xxxxxx
Callie sat in the bath that Lena had drawn for her in the moms bathroom. The warm water relaxing her tense and aching muscles felt like pure heaven.
Stef had checked her injuries before she went to the bathroom to take a bath and there was nothing seriously wrong. Just a bruise on her cheek that would go away on its own. Both moms and Callie were glad that it wasn't worse, that the beating wasn't worse.
Callie got out of the bath after the water had started turning cold. Wrapping her towel around her, Callie dried herself off and put on a her pyjamas which consisted of long blue and white striped flannelette pyjama bottoms and a light blue singlet.
Stepping out of the bathroom after brushing her hair, Callie smiled at the sight of Stef sitting on the bed with Lena, both of them folding washing.
"Hey sweets. Feel better after your bath?" Stef asked after spotting the teen coming out of the bathroom.
"Yes, very. Thanks." Callie responded, not knowing what to do now. Lena smiled and patted the spot next to her.
"No need to thanks us. " Stef replied as she watched the teen sit on the spot Lena indicated. Both moms continued to fold the washing as Callie leant against the headboard on Lenas side of the bed and pulled her knees to her chest.
"Whats on your mind sweetheart?" Lena asked the teen, she had been quiet, the whole room quiet. Lena wanted to make Callie feel comfortable. Make her feel like she was home.
"I...um..thanks for coming for me." Callie whispered looking at the two women. Lena and Stef shared a look before Stef held her arms out.
"Come here." Immediately Callie was scooting across the bed to sit next to Stef leaning against the headboard. Callie leant into Stefs embrace and let out a sigh of content. Her head on Stefs shoulder and Stefs arm around her felt natural. Lena moved the washing away and went over to sit in front of the two, she wanted to look at Callie, make sure Callie felt and knew that she was loved.
"There is no need for thanks. You are our daughter and we would come when you call. Mothers look out for there kids and protect them. We for one weren't going to leave you there when you asked for help." Stef explained. Callie listened carefully, making sure she stored away every piece of information that they were saying.
"Stef is right. What kind of mothers would we be if we turned out back on you when you asked for help? We love you and that will never change." Callie nodded and a lone tear fell from the teens left eye. Lena reached over and wiped it away. Callie smiled and caught Lenas hands in her own.
"I love you." Callie whispered after a moment of silent. It was quiet but both moms heard her say it and both of their hearts melted with love.
"Thats the best words we have heard all day. We love you too sweets." Callie smiled and reached over and hugged Lena and then Stef. She held Lenas hand as she relaxed into Stef. For once she was happy, like she really felt happy and it wasn't a fake happy either. This was real true love.
"Do you...um do you think...nevermind." Callie mumbled out, thinking her idea was stupid. Lena looked at Callie, the teen was struggling with something and they wanted her to know that she could ask for anything.
"Do we think what sweets? Tell us whats on your mind?" Stef asked Callie, Placing a kiss to the teens temple.
"Do you think I could sleep in here with you?" Callie asked carefully, looking from Lena and then up at Stef, she hoped they would say yes.
"Of course you are sleeping in here, we want to snuggle our Callie Bug." Callie smiled and so did Stef and Lena, this was the outcome Callie wanted and she was glad she could cuddle with the two of them tonight.
"Jump in." Stef said as she pulled the blankets back after the two of them moved off of the bed when Lena went to go get changed into her pyjamas. And to do her nightly routine in the bathroom.
Stef and Callie lay in the bed, side by side. Stef on her side with Callie In the middle, the teen had her head resting on Stefs shoulder and her arms around Stefs waist while Stef had her arm around Callies back.
Now that she was snuggled with Stef, Callie couldn't help but be upset with herself. She had let a few words hurt her and she had left even though she didn't want to. She wished she had never left and its something that she was going to have to try and forgive herself for doing. Laying in Stefs arms, back in the house she wanted to stay forever in, this was her home, this was her safe place, this was her forever family and it felt right.
"Mom?" Stefs heart Jumped at the sound of the teen calling her Mom. She would never tire of hearing it, but hearing it come from Callie at this moment made the word extra special.
"Yes Callie?" Stef asked straight after, not wanting to let the teen feel awkward about saying that or think she had said something wrong.
"Can you hold me tighter?" Stef smiled as she pulled Callie into her tighter.
"Of course." Callie smiled as she let out a sigh of relief and comfort. This was heaven, laying in her moms arms was heaven.
"Look at you two, all snug." Lena smiled from the edge of the bed after she had come out of the bathroom. The two of them looked so comfortable snuggled together, they fit perfectly.
"Mama?" Callie looked over at Lena from her position snuggled with Stef. Lenas heart jumped just like Stefs did when she heard the Mama. She was having her mama moment and she couldn't be more happy.
"Yes sweetheart?" She responded straight away just like Stef had. Even though Lena didn't have a clue that Stef had had her mom moment.
"Will you cuddle me and Mom?" Lenas smile grew bigger and Callie blushed. Callie blushing caused Stef to chuckle.
"Of course, no need to ask." Lena responded as she slipped into the bed next to her daughter and wife. With Callie having her back to Lena, Lena slipped closer to the teen and wrapped her left arm around the teens waist, her arm laying on Callies that was draped over Stefs waist. Lena pressed a kiss to the Callies temple and Callie sighed in content.
"Love you moms." Callie whispered through a yawn before burying her face into Stefs neck.
"Love you too bug." Both moms responded quietly as Callies breathing indicated that she was slowly drifting off to sleep. Stef and Lena looked at each other over Callies head, both had matching smiles.
"Our mom moment from our Callie bug." Lena smiled with glee as she said this. Stef put her right hand on top of Lenas and Callies and then kissed Callies head as the teen slept.
"One of my favourite things to hear in the world is being called Mom." Lena nodded as Stef yawned and snuggled into the matress more. Her wife and daughter relaxed and snuggling with her was awesome.
"Mine too." Lena whispered back as she buried her face in Callies hair and slowly let the darkness of sleep take her.
Xxxxxxx
The sun shining through the curtains and into Callies face woke her. Although she was already in the process of waking up. Rolling over onto her back, Callie stared at the ceiling and rubbed her eyes, trying to rub the sleep away.
The events of the last couple of days flashing through her mind and with a groan Callie rolled back over onto her stomach and buried her face in the pillow. Callie smiled as she was assaulted with the smell that was completely Stef which also had a small hint of Lena. The two smells combined smelt heavenly.
Pulling her head out of the pillow she turned her head to the side so it was away from the sun but was now facing the bathroon, which she noticed was closed but in use. Callie could tell that it was occupied due to the movement under the door and the small sounds coming from the room, it wouldn't take a genius to figure that out.
Callie yawned and waited to see who would come out. She had had a very good night sleep, probably the best night sleep she has had in years. It felt right to be cuddled in with her moms last night. She felt loved, safe and protected and she wouldn't get that feeling anywhere else.
It would take a bit for the whole mom thing to process but Callie knew thats who they were to her. Lena and Stef were her moms, no matter what happened with the CPS board.
"Morning slug a bug." Callie snapped out of her day dream and smiled up at Stef who was dressed for the day in a white singlet, jeans and a plaid long sleeved shirt that was hanging open. Her hair was wet which means she had a shower.
"Morning Mom." Callie said without a second thought, her voice raspy from sleep. Stef smiled at the teen and took a seat on the bed at Callies hip.
"Have a good sleep?" Stef asked Callie. Callie nodded as she lifted her head up from the pillow and rested her head on her hand, being supported by her elbow on the bed.
"Yeah, the best one in a long time." Callie said after a moment. Stef smiled and Leant over and kissed the teens head. Callie chuckled at Stef, she was such a mom.
"Thats good to hear. Are you hungry? Mama has made pancakes and your brothers and sister want to see you." Stef explained at she looked at the teen for her reaction at the mention of her brothers and sister.
"I could eat." Callie said nodding and skipping over the part about her brothers and sister. She didn't know how everything was going to go with them, she didn't know if they were still angry with her, she knew Jude wasn't. He had said so himself, the others were another thing.
"Lets get going then Bug." Stef said slapping her hands on her own thighs before standing up and heading to the door. Not hearing the teen following, Stef turned around to look at the teen who was still in the bed.
"Cal?" Stef asked as she headed back to the bed and retook her spot, sitting next to Callies hip.
"Are they still mad at me?" Callie asked sheepishly to her mom. Stef sighed.
"Your siblings?" Stef had to clarify.
"Yeah." Callie sighed out and looked to the matress. Stef leant over and put her fingers under the teens chin, making her look into her eyes. Brown eyes meeting Blue.
"Listen cal. Siblings fight, they say things that they don't mean in the heat of the moment. Your brothers and sister love you. They asked about you everyday, if they were mad they wouldn't ask. I think they feel more guilty then mad." Stef explained. The amount of times the other kids had said they were sorry to their mom and that they were blaming themselves was going through Stefs head. The kids would definitely be happy to see Callie.
"Oh." Stef chuckled and moved closer to the teen. Immediately Callie was sitting up and wrapping her arms around Stefs waist. Stef returned the hug, placing kisses on the teens head. Both happy and enjoying the hug.
"Hows your face? I almost forgot to check before." Callie chuckled as Stef softly put her hand on Callies chin to turn the teens face so she could see the formed bruise now marring her daughters beatiful skin on her right cheek.
"Fine, little tender but other then that im good. Just glad my nose didn't break otherwise I would have black eyes." Calie chuckled as she said this. She knew her moms weren't happy about the bruise on her face but it was better then a broken nose that resulted in black eyes.
"Well ill put some soothing cream on it after breakfast once you shower" Stef told her in her no room for arguments voice. Callie nodded. It still felt weird letting others look after her but Callie knew that these women loved her and so she was going to have to get use to it, it was kind of soothing in a way.
"Ok, thanks."
"No problems sweets. lets go eat before your brothers eat all of the pancakes." Stef said again slapping her thighs and standing up.
"Don't want that then do we." Callie chuckled out and she pushed off the covers and slipped out of the bed.
"Nope." Stef answered as she grasped Callies right hand in her left and the two of them headed towards the kitchen.
Xxxxxx
"Callie!" Jude was the first to notice Callie and Stef as they entered the kitchen.
"Hey buddy." Callie smiled as Jude rushed over to her. She hugged him with all her might. He pulled away slowly and frowned at the bruise on his sisters face. He was pretty sure that wasn't there when he saw her at the hospital.
"What happened to your face?" Jude asked. All the kids were looking at Callie and she felt herself blush at the attention.
"Foster father. Im fine." Short sentences were enough explanation. A chair scrapping across the floor as it was pushed out fast brought the attention to Jesus.
"Jesus, sit now." Stef said to he teen. The family knew he was protective of his sibling, this reaction was unexpected though. He looked like he was very angry, ready to kill. He was standing up, his hands at his sides clenched into fists and he was grinding his teeth. The family could see the fire in his eyes.
"Fine, but im not happy he hurt my sister." Jesus said through clenched teeth as he took his seet and angrily bit into a pancake and chewed. Callie had to smile, so did the moms. Callie was definitely apart of the family and with Jesus's reaction and the expressions her brothers and sister were showing at the news, Callie knew that her brothers and sister weren't mad at all.
"Thank you Jesus." Callie gave her brother a nod as she took her place at the end of the table.
"Why you thanking me?" Jesus said after swallowing his mouthful. He looked at his sister, wondering why.
"Because im glad I have you as a brother to protect me an to look out for me." Jesus frowned a little then a smirk was on his face.
"You're my sister, I protect my family." Jesus said in duh tone, everyone chuckling a little.
"Thats true." Callie nodded, agreeing with him as she put some berries and cream on her pancakes.
The table went quiet. The others not really knowing how to apologise just yet. It was all good when they were talking to each other but saying it to the person they hurt was harder then they thought.
"Can I have your pancakes?" Jesus asked after the silence had annoyed him a little.
"Jesus!" Lena scolded the boy as Callie chuckled.
"What im hungry!" Jesus complained as he looked at his mothers.
"Have some fruit." Lena suggested Pushing the fruit bowl closer to him.
I...Yes mama." Jesus started to complain but thought better of it and started to scoop fruit onto his plate.
When their parents were looking, Callie shoved one of her pancakes onto her brothers plate. He winked at her and mouthed thank you. The two oblivious that they were being watched by their moms. Both moms had smiles on their faces.
Xxxxx
Breakfast was over, everyone had helped clean and now they were all in the living room dressed and about to watch a movie together as a family.
Callie was on the sofa with Jude on her right and Mariana on her left. Brandon was sitting on the floor with his back against Callies legs and Jesus was on the recliner leaving the two arm chairs for their Moms whenever they decided to come in.
"We missed you Cal. I missed my eldest sister." Jude said snuggling into Callies side.
"I missed you all." Callie responded kissing Judes head before looking around at her brothers and Sister.
"We promise to never do anything like that again. We were stupid and being spoilt brats." Mariana spoke up, the others nodded. They had been blaming themselves all this time, they should have, they were responsible. They hurt their own sister by being selfish.
"Its ok, all is forgiven." Callie smiled at them all and wrapped her left arm around Mariana while her right arm stayed around Jude. The two of them cuddled into their big sister, having missed her a lot.
"What happened to the foster father that did that to your face?" Brandon asked as he was facing the three on the sofa, his back against the coffee table. He might not show it on the outside, but inside he was fuming. His sister had been hurt and she wasn't protected.
All the kids having seen the bruise on Callies face made them angry. They swore to themselves that they would do anything to keep their sister in their home and away from the evil world that could harm someone like they had done to Callie.
"Arrested. Moms came and got me." Callie explained. Mariana smiled at the sentence.
"You called them your moms." Mariana pointed out, she liked hearing her sister call them her moms, it made it seem all official now. She really liked it a lot, not as much as hearing Callie call her, her sister, but still it was nice to hear her say moms.
"They are." Callie stated, the love in her voice definitely showing.
"Does that mean I am your sister again?" Mariana asked as she looked up at Callies face hesitantly. Not really sure on where they stood since Callie left. Callie chuckled and rolled her eyes. Mariana looked at her sister with a frown, not sure what was funny about her question.
"We never stopped being sisters." Callie responded and Mariana smiled a really big smiled and hugged Callie tightly causing the two of them to laugh and the boys to smile.
Both moms stood in the doorway to the living room, having just witnessed the entire thing. The two of them both smiling because they both knew that everything was on the right track. There would be ups and downs in the future but things would hopefully come out very well at the end.
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