Hi everyone, thank you for all your amazing feedback! I hear you when you say you don't want to story to end however I don't want to drag it on and it get boring, so these are the last two chapters. But I am always open to suggestions if you want me to write about something else!

The next morning they had fresh bread and cheese for breakfast before Stef gathered the twins and the youngest two and they headed out and suddenly it was quiet.

"What do you need for the day?" Lena asked.

"Just a blanket for Elizabeth to lay on and some toys and diapers" Callie said gathering everything together.

"Can I help you do anything?" Lena asked watching her.

"No, I just have to get my computer do to some work and I'll bring her carseat she can sleep in, oh and the carrier too so you guys can walk with her" Callie said gathering everything in her arms.

"Callie, let me take it" Brandon said reaching for some stuff.

"No, no I have it" Callie said.

"Callie…" Brandon started again but the diaper bag from from her arms before she could answer.

"Callie, I know you want to do this on your own, but we can to help, please let us help" Lena said giving her the 'oh Callie' look.

"Ok" Callie nodded.

"Ok, you take Elizabeth, B and I will get everything else" Lena said gently.

"Ok" Callie nodded again as they got everything together and headed out onto the street. Callie lead the way to the hospital and into the waiting room.

"Oh Mrs. Adams Foster I'm glad I caught you" Will's doctor said walking by at Callie was handing Brandon the baby.

"Is everything ok?" Callie asked

"Yes, it's actually good news, the swelling in Will's brain was decreased enough that we were ably to close the skull flap late last night"

"Oh my goodness! what does that mean?" Callie asked.

"It means he's out of the ICU and the wrapping on his head is a lot less, he's still on the ventilator for his lung but his head is looking a lot better"

"So do you think he will wake up?" Brandon asked.

"It's impossible to say, we will know over the next few days"

"Few day?" Lena asked.

"If he's going to wake up, it will be with in the next 48 hours."

"And if he doesn't?"

"Then I think the chances of him ever are very slim" The doctor said.

"Ok…thank you" Callie nodded still trying to process everything.

"His room is down the hall to the right, and there are no age restrictions out of ICU so you are welcome to bring the baby in"

"Thank you" Callie said, he nodded and walked away.

"See he's getting better" Lena said rubbing Callie's arm.

"Do you want me to bring this stuff into his room?" Brandon asked adjusting Elizabeth in his arms and picking up the bag.

"No, no I don't want her in there" Callie said quickly.

"Why not, they said he's not at risk of the infection anymore…" Lena started.

"I don't know how much she knows. People always think babies are so unaware but she knows. And I don't want her to see him like this" Callie said.

"Ok, ok thats fine" Lena nodded calmly as Callie felt her voice raising.

"Why don't you go see him and I'll get her settled do you want B to go with you?"

"Yes please" Callie muttered as Lena took Elizabeth.

"Ok Brandon I'll switch with you in an hour" Lena nodded and walked with Callie down the hall.

Will did look better with less tubes coming out of his head. He looked like he had some color returning to his cheeks too.

"Hi, Brandon is here" Callie said taking his hand.

"Hey buddy, looking good" Brandon said making Callie smirk.

"I like the room, you have a nice view of…oh wow a waterfall, this is nicer then our hotel" Brandon said glancing out the window.

"Maybe we should move everyone win here" Callie laughed.

"Yup, anyone who can sleep though 8 Adams Fosters in a room is good in my book" Brandon nodded.

"What was your flight like?"

"Long, I think Jude was about to open the door and toss Frankie out"

"12, hours is a long time. What about Megan?"

"She really wanted to come but couldn't get the time off last minute. She wanted me to tell you she's praying for you though"

"Praying…Do you think that works?"

"I don't know, I don't know if I have ever actually prayed before" Brandon shrugged sitting down across from her.

"Do you think the way we were raised was right?"

"I think so, that we can believe in something but in the end it's more about believing in each other, and love, and just being thankful for everything we have. Morgan was raised to believe in God so she prays." Brandon nodded

"Does you think it helps?"

"I think it helps her think she's helping. She wanted to be here for you but couldn't come. Feeling like she can pray and ask for Will to get better, gives her a way to feel like she is helping. Weather it works or not, it's more about her feeling like she can do something even if she is far away."

"Well tell her thank you for me"

"I will, if I can ever find any service on my phone" Brandon rolled his eyes.

The day passed with Lena and Brandon switching between watching Elizabeth and sitting with Callie and Will. Callie refused to let Elizabeth into the room and Lena didn't ask again. Lena convinced her to try the fish for lunch and Callie had to admit it wasn't nearly as bad as the though if you don't found swallowing the occasional bone. By the end of the day Will showed no change and Callie was starting to lose what little hope Stef and Mariana had talked into her. It was getting dark when she said goodbye to Will and walked back to the hotel with Brandon where Lena was already starting dinner.

"There's rice and chicken for dinner, with lettuce and tomatoes right from the garden, the manager in the lobby offered me some" Lena said.

"Sounds good" Callie said sitting down at the table.

"Elizabeth has been watching me cook, she might pick up some skills she seems to like watching" Lena said

"She likes watching you, she doesn't care what your doing she just likes you" Brandon said.

"You have become the favorite" Callie nodded

"What! Noo" Lena said making a face at Elizabeth who kicked her feet giving Lena a big grin with her mouth wide open.

"Your the favorite" Brandon nodded getting up to set the table as Stef came in with everyone else behind her.

"Momma!" Frankie cried running to great Lena with a hug.

"HI, Hi how was your day?" Lena asked.

"We saw a castle, and we went to a mall. Oh my gosh momma this mall was 5 floors like you could spend all day there and still never see everything" Mariana said.

"How's William?" Stef asked Callie. Callie shrugged feeling drained from the energy her sisters had ran into the room with.

"The swelling in his brain went down. He had like 24 more hours to show come kind of brain activity until they declare him totally brain dead" Callie said. 24 hours, everything in her life had come down to 24 hours.

"Recovery takes time love" Stef said gently.

"Yeah I know, can we just eat?" Callie asked.

"Yes, Jude help your brother set the table please, Francesca go wash your hands baby" Lena said as everyone started moving around again.

After dinner Callie gave Elizabeth a bath and put her to bed. Mariana and her brothers begged her to go out to a cafe with them but Callie kept saying no so they gave up going a few blocks into town. Jesus had heard there was going to be a big game on so it was sure to be busy with crazy soccer fans. Callie took out her computer sitting on her bed and heard Lena reading to Frankie before she went to bed. Callie didn't realize how quiet it had gotten when there was a knock on the open doorway. She gave a tiny sigh, she shouldn't be as surprised as she was. She looked up giving both her moms a smile.

"I'm fine" she said before the could ask.

"Well your not fine, no one in your position would be fine, but I commend you for trying to blow it off so well" Stef said as she went in sitting down next to Callie as Lena sat at her feet.

"Well there's 24 hours right? Nothing I can do before then" Callie said.

"But what are you doing now? I mean it's not easy.." Lena asked.

"I'm making sure everything is ready."

"Ready for..?"

"If he dies, there's a lot to do, I'd have to fly him him, plan the funeral, update our will first and for most so if something happens to me Elizabeth will be ok, will you guys take her?" Callie asked.

"We…I mean of course we will but Callie he might be ok" Stef said.

"He's on a 24 hour cloak. this time tomorrow I'm going to have to be thinking about weather or not to unplug him. I just want to be prepared" Callie said. Lena reached over closing her computer and taking it from her lap.

"Why don't you just wait and see what tomorrow brings." She said gently.

"Because I'll have to much to think about tomorrow"

"But to this about this, so far ahead. I don't think its healthy baby"

"You and mom always say to have a plan, this is me making a plan" Calle snapped before she could stop herself.

"Callie" Stef said firmly. The way Stef said her name like that made her cringe every time. It was never anything more then her name but it was a warning, a gentle warning, but a warning none the less infused with the speech she had gotten so often when she was a teenager. Take it down a notch, we love you and we are on your side but we don't understand you right now.

"If I don't do this, all I can think about is him losing time with every second that ticks by. I can't think about that, so I'm thinking about later" Callie said. not meeting either of their eyes.

"I understand that" Lena said gently.

"But let's think of something else, why don't you go meet everyone at the cafe, it would be fun" Stef offered. Callie shook her head.

"I'm not in a fun mood"

"Then how about we make some popcorn momma got today and lay all over the couch and watch the dumbest dumb movie out there and make fun of it" Stef offered.

"Ok" Callie nodded.

The next morning Lena went out with Brandon and Frankie as Stef and the twins went with Callie to the hospital.

"I'll stay with Elizabeth" Mariana offered. Callie nodded as Stef and Jesus followed her into the room. There was no change from the day before. They sat for a while before Stef went to switch with Mariana. Later Jesus went to track down lunch for them and they ate together in the waiting rom. Callie couldn't help but watch the clock. They were down to ten hours.

"Callie, tomorrow we'll talk about options" The doctor had said. It kept ringing in her mind with every minute that ticked by. options, options…options. Callie was not even exactly sure what that meant. After lunch Jesus was going to stay with Elizabeth but Stef stopped him.

"Callie, I think you should take the baby in" She said.

"no, I don't want her to see him" Callie said firmly.

"I know love but, what if this is her last chance, she's sleeping let her in, let him be able to feel her" Stef said. Callie glanced at the baby swaddled up in Mariana's arms.

"Ok" Callie nodded as they all went back into the room. A nurse was there checking the numbers on the monitor, they never changed.

"Here, Will look Elizabeth is here" Stef whispered tucking Elizabeth into Will's side. The baby stayed asleep but seemed to relax into Will's side. Callie felt tears in her eyes as she watched them and even Jesus was solemn and still. Suddenly the nurse gasped and they all turned to her.

"what?" Stef asked.

"See that?" The nurse asked pointing to a sharp point on the screen.

"Yeah?" Callie asked.

"that's a spike of brain activity" She said.

Callie had never been a deep sleeper. And after Elizabeth was born Callie was never sure how much time she spent really truly sleeping so when a buzzing sound filled the hotel room her eyes popped open. She waited for a minute to see if it would happen again and a few seconds later it did.

Mariana groaned shoving her pillow over her head as Callie glanced at Elizabeth who was still fast asleep. It buzzed again and Callie was sure it was somewhere in the main room.

"What is that?" Callie whispered.

"Go turn it off!" Mariana yelled reaching out her hand blindly trying to push Callie from the bed. Callie dodged her but stood up walking into the living room. Jesus too was refusing to move as Jude scrambled for the light blinding them all as it went on.

"Brandon!" Stef whisper/yelled looking half awake as she appeared from the other bedroom. Brandon was squinting in the bright light as he fumbled around his bag. He was the only one who still occasionally got cell phone service.

"It's not me" Brandon said holding up his dark screened phone to prove it.

"What the hell!" Jesus yelled.

"What is going on?" Mariana wined appearing in the doorway.

"Something is buzzing." Jude said starting to look around the kitchen.

"Is it an alarm? It's loud" Lena said coming from her own room.

"Like the fire alarm?" Jesus asked

"No that would be louder" Stef shook her head.

"Open the window maybe it's outside" Callie suggested.

"Everyone quiet" Lena said as the room went silent. It buzzed again and they all turned facing the back wall.

"It's the land line" Stef sighed.

"Those still exist?" Jesus asked.

"Yes!" Stef snapped.

"Well your the old one who didn't think of it" Mariana muttered shrieking and jumping out of the way as Stef reached over to pinch her arm.

"Someone answer it!" Lena said.

"Hello" Brandon said reaching for the phone.

"Umm yeah she's here, downstairs? ok Thanks" He said and hung up.

"Well?" Jude asked.

"Callie there is someone downstairs for you" Brandon shrugged.

"In the middle of the night?"

"I guess, that was the front desk"

"Someone listen for Elizabeth please" Callie said putting on her shoes.

"Ok everyone back to bed" Stef said as they all started going back to their rooms. Callie went into the hallway closing the door remembering she forgot her key. She would have to bare the wrath of Jesus when she got back. Making her way down the stairs Callie entered the dark lobby.

"Hi, I was called down?" She said.

"Oh yes, someone needed to talk to you, they said it was urgent" The manager said pointing her to the other side of the room. Calle turned seeing Will's doctor and felt her heart speed up.

"Is everything ok?" She asked going to him.

"Yes, I am sorry to show up but I knew you were staying here and we couldn't get through on the number you left"

"Yeah me phone is not in service, what happened?"

"He's showing brain activity."

"He's waking up!" Callie cried.

"Yes, it will be a while for the brain to heal, probably sometime tomorrow afternoon but I wanted to tell you the good news. He's going to be ok"

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Callie cried.

"I'm sure you want to go over there right now but I suggest getting some sleep, you will be there in plenty of time for him to wake up"

"Thank you! When can I take him home?" Callie asked.

"If everything goes as I expect it, I believe he should be strong enough to fly home in one week"

"Thank you!" Callie cried again.

"Have a nice night, I will see you tomorrow" The doctor nodded and left as Callie raced back up the stairs pounding on the door not caring who she woke up.

"REALLY" Jesus bellowed pulling it open making Callie burst into a fit of giggles pushing past her brother.

"What's going on?" Jude asked as they all sat up again.

"He's wake up! He's going to be ok He's waking up!" Callie cried

"He is?" Mariana cried running into the living room.

"yes he will be awake tomorrow! he's waking up!" Callie yelled again, she felt like dancing. Mariana squealed jumping up and down with Jude as Stef and Lena came back into the room.

"He's waking up!" Callie cried running to give her moms a hug as they both caught her up between them. The familiar comfort caught her off guard the way Stef held the back of her head smoothing her hair. The way her face was lost in Lena's coconut smelling curls and suddenly Callie felt like everything hit her at once. She had not shed a tear since the knock on her door so many days ago. She didn't know if it was relief or stress or pure exhaustion but suddenly Callie started to sob. The room went quiet at 12 pairs of arms gathered around her and suddenly everything was go to be ok.

The next morning they all went to the hospital and gathered in Will's room covering it with balloons, flowers, for anything they could think of. They kept their voices low and waited patiently. His doctor came by often checking on his activity and it was past lunch when Will first moved a finger. The room went dead silent.

"Hi, hey it's Callie, your in the hospital" Callie whispered taking the hand he had just moved into her own.

"Callie?" He crocked not opening his eyes.

"Yeah, your in Portugal, your ok" Callie said.

"My head hurts" He muttered his eye fluttering open and the bright blues locked onto Callie's face making her smile.

"Hi" she whispered.

"I missed you" he said.

"I missed you too!" Callie said leaning down to give him a kiss.

"We're in Portugal?" He asked.

"Yeah, you've been out for almost a week" Callie nodded.

"The baby?" Will asked.

"She's here" Jude said from where he was holding Elizabeth on the other side of the room.

"Your all here" Will said amazed taking in all the faces around him.

"Well did you expect any different? Glad to have you back" Stef said giving him a warm smile as Jude put Elizabeth in Callie's hands and Will reached out running his thumb over the babies' cheek.

"She got so big" He whispered as Callie sat the baby on his bed and Elizabeth reached out putting her tiny fingers in Will's mouth.

"I'm so glad your ok" Callie sighed

"Me too" Will smiled.

The next day was everyone else's last day in Portugal. Will was doing amazingly he had started eating on his own and was sitting up and talking and acting totally normal. Callie was so relieved to see he was going to be just fine. Jesus of all people had offered to stay behind and help Callie take him and Elizabeth home in a few days. For their last day here Lena had purposed a trip to the beach chichi everyone jumped at. Callie was about to say no but Will insisted she go and see a bit of the country she had been trapped in for over a week. So off they went to the sparkling clear water beach with the softest sand Callie had ever seen. She dangled Elizabeth's toes in the waves and the baby sucked on her arm kicking her feet while they watched Jesus diving from the rocks and Brandon trying to catch the colorful fish that raced past him. In the afternoon Elizabeth slept on the shade on the blanket and Callie swam around with her brothers while Stef sat on the beach. Callie watched her for a minute before getting out of the water and going to the blanket.

"Can I ask you something?" Callie asked sitting down next to Stef.

"Of course my love" Stef turned to her giving her a little wink.

"Will and I, before we were married, we had talked about fostering. I know you always say you love all of us the same, but honestly you can't can you? I mean since I had Elizabeth I can't imagine loving someone else more then her. I mean somewhere deep down it must be different for you with Brandon, or even Frankie then it is for the rest of us" Callie said.

"It's different, but not in numbers. I love all six of you exactly the same. Just because I was pregnant with B or watched momma carry your little sister and held her as a newborn doesn't mean I love them more. I know how you feel, I was worried about Brandon when we first took the twins. He went from being an only child to the oldest of three and the twins were both pretty needy. But it turns out it's not a matter of spreading the love thinner. somewhere you find more love even when you didn't think you could possible have anymore it's there. And it helps to have a good partner in it. There were days I doubted my ability to be a good mom. Believe it or not girly I am not as perfect as you all might think" Stef said glancing at Callie who giggled.

"But I always knew that momma could fill in the blanks I couldn't. And that with the two of us, Brandon and any other kids we brought in temporally, would be in a good safe home."

"I always want to foster, but I don't know if its fair to Elizabeth, foster children are more needy."

"Yes, but we managed, it is a balancing act, and there are hard days, there can be very hard days. Like when you first came to us, not so fun was it?" Stef said making Callie crack a smile.

"That was a hard few weeks, for you and momma and I and your sister, God I didn't think you two would ever be able to get along…But then a few more weeks went by and you started to smile, then another week and you started letting us in and we could hug you or give you come comfort we knew you needed. A few more weeks and we were talking about adopting you, life didn't feel right without you in it. You and Miss Thing were finally getting along, and the good days started to out number the hard ones and then more and more. Foster care is hard for the parents, you know it as a kid and as a social worker but it would be new for you to do it as a parent. It's hard, but it is in every way 100% worth every bit of the effort. These kids are hurting when they come to you and before your eyes they grow and heal, and you get to have a part in that. And that is every bit as special as holding a newborn, or seeing first steps or first words. Do I wish we had had you and your brothers and sister as babies? Oh yes, with every bit of my heart. But you wouldn't be who you are today without all the things in your life that made you who you are. Good or bad those things shape who you have become, and I wouldn't change one thing about any of you" Stef said

"Do you think Brandon is better off?" Callie asked.

"Oh yes. Brandon would not do well an only child with three parents. He loves all you guys. And I think he learned a lot. He might had three parents who love him and will be there the second he calls but some kids don't. He learned that he is lucky, and when your lucky like we are it's your job to give back and help out those who aren't. The world is not a perfect place Callie, you know that. But if there are enough people out there willing to try, it can become better. Plus look at that" Stef nodded towards the water, Callie looked over. Jesus had Frankie on his shoulders and he Jude and Brandon were playing some kind of game that involved a lot of splashing. Frankie was squealing safely high enough out of the splash zone but the boys were coughing they were laughing so much swallowing water. Lena and Mariana walked down the beach towards them each with a bucket full of sea shells.

"I love you mom" Callie said leaning into Stef's side as Stef leaned over kissing the top of her head.