"How did you get here, sweetie?"
"I took as much money as I could and got a train, hitched hiked, I was desperate"
"If you had called I would have come for you"
"I didn't want you to go to any trouble you have a family"
"You're my family..."
12 HOURS EARLIER.
Stef was at work early. A part of her hated Fridays. Early shifts. But then again, weekends were like a mini holiday for her every week. So it's kind of a good side too. A call was given out about a women aged in her 40s was reported being mugged down the road. Stef and Mike got in the car and started to drive. Ever since Mike came back to work they were assigned to be partners again which was more comfortable for the both of them.
When they got down the road they saw the women and the hooded figure. Stef and Mike got out their guns and raised them to the thug and demanded to let go of the women and drop the bag. Mike came closer to the thug and put the handcuffs around him. Stef looked at the victim stumbling up. She looked oddly familiar. Stef jogged over to her and called the name of who she recognised.
"Katherine? Kath?" Stef called as she got closer, the women looked up confused and shook her head.
"No my name is Jane"
Mike looked at Stef oddly at her confusion, Stef helped the victim up and apologised for the misunderstanding "I'm sorry you looked like someone, anyway listen, right now you can go home but we're gonna have to take some details because you'll have to make a statement tomorrow" the women did as Stef asked and wrote down details.
Stef called the women a cab and sent her home. She walked over to the car and sighed from embarrassment, Mike shoved the criminal in the back seat and closed the door and walked over to his ex-wife.
"Are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh yeah"
"Did you call her Katherine?" Stef nodded not taking her eyes off him, she shrugged her shoulders.
"I dunno I thought it was her"
"Didn't she leave like five years ago?"
"Yeah...that she did, took a big piece of my heart with her" Stef lent on the bonnet of the hood and looked down at the ground, staring at her feet and kicking the concrete ground. Mike nodded from understanding and shrugged his shoulders
"She was your sister"
Stef exhaled with a little humor tone attached to it and shook her head and, looking back at Mike she muttered
"It wasn't my sister to whom I was referring to" Stef lifted herself off the bonnet and walked over to the car. Not saying another word. Mike closed his eyes in disbelief that he thought it was her sister she was so hung up on. They never really got along. Not really, Stef's sister, Katherine was always making Stef do her favours, a big one that last for so many years, that favour is infact what caused her heartbreak.
Mike slid in the car in the driver's seat and just stared at Stef, she glanced at him and laughed "Forget it, Mike, I'm fine, let's go"
Mike waited for a moment, Stef groaned and rolled her eyes "Mike! I'm fine" Stef looked at the mugger behind the bars, smirking and she felt suddenly embarrassed that her issues were being lingered over when he was in the car.
Mike did as he was told and started the car.
Getting back to the office, Stef's phone started going off five minutes after she sat at her desk.
MOM CALLING.
"Hi, mom"
"Stef…"
"Yeah? What's up?"
"There's something you need to know-"
"STEF!" Mike called from down the hall. Stef muttered over the phone to her mother
"Hold on, mom"
Stef put her hand over her cell phone and yelled back "What?!"
"We gotta go!" Stef rolled her eyes and yelled again "We just got back!"
"Crime waits for no man" Mike cringed quoted from one of those classic cheesy cop movies. Again Stef groaned.
"Mom, I'm gonna have to call you back later"
"But Stephanie-"
"I'm sorry, mom, I gotta go, bye love you" Stef quickly said as she then hung up straight away and then ran out for business.
Meanwhile. Jesus and Hayley were walking down the hallway, Hayley was banging on to Jesus for him to spend the night with her. But tonight the family organized the monthly night of family night. Everyone looks forward to it. Including Jesus. It was one of his favorite nights of the month and he wouldn't turn it down for anyone. But she kept nagging, they strolled past Emma who was giving him the eye, mocking him in a way that he dumped her and ended up with Hayley.
Emma wasn't bitter she generally found it funny how he said her being bossy was a bit of a turn off but yet he ended up with someone like Hayley.
Jesus rolled his eyes and shook his head, making it clear he was being nagged, she smirked and looked back at her locker.
"Were you just eyeing her up?"
"Who? Emma? No she's just a friend"
"An ex girlfriend"
"You can still be friends with exes it is known" Jesus added back with a bit of bitter attitude. As Hayley went to snap back, Jesus heard some boys staring as he walked past. They were whispering, but they weren't being quiet enough.
"Yeah, his mom was the vice who quit...well one of his moms"
"Wait what?" A boy laughed at Jesus's classmate Ryan's comment.
"Oh yeah, his mom is a total dyke, he's got two moms and get this, she quit apparently because a parent didn't want his son hanging out with Jesus brother, Jude because he's apparently gay, must run in that freak show family, dykes as moms!" Ryan burst out laughing as did the two other boys surrounding him.
Jesus couldn't bare to hear them being disrespectful to his family. Dyke. Freak show. Picking on Jude. Jesus couldn't handle it. Being on and off his pills was making him even more angry. He clenched his fists and launched himself to Ryan, decking him to the floor. He stood over him with the two other lads laying their hands on Jesus's chest to stop him from going any further. Hayley stood and stared at him in shock. Emma ran over "Jesus..." she gasped, she saw how angry he looked.
"What the hell?!" Ryan groaned as he felt his bleeding lip.
"If you ever talk about my moms or my brother again, I'll kill you"
"...Dy...kes..."
Jesus laughed at Ryan attempting to push him, it worked, Jesus crouched over Ryan, pinning him down and punching him frequently. People shouting FIGHT FIGHT the two boys couldn't get him off. Emma pushed them away from him and laid her hands on his shoulder's and pulled on him to get up. He caught his breath and got up to Emma.
"I think he gets the picture" she said with a faint smile, she put her hand on his back and escorted him away from the area. Leaving Hayley behind.
Jesus fight was the talk of the night when he eventually got home. Lena and Stef looked at him in distress from learning from Mariana what she had informed them what Jesus had being getting up to at school. They were stood around the dining table with Lena and Stef were lent forward on the table, they both lifted their heads up in sync.
"I don't want to talk about it" Jesus raised his hand up going to walk straight past them. Like they would accept that.
"Get back in here young man!" Stef raised her voice being more demanding. He walked back in and stood in front of them.
"First of all where have you been?"
"Hanging with Emma, I needed to cool off"
"For three hours?" Lena asked tilting her head. Jesus shrugged his shoulders. As the conversation was going on, Brandon, Jude and Callie were preparing dinner.
"What the hell did you think you were doing getting into fights?" Stef asked being more softer but still being just as stern with him.
"I was protecting you guys" Jesus stated as he dropped his back pack on the chair and resting his hands on the back of it, Lena and Stef stared at him in confusion. Mariana did a little too. She didn't hear why he got into a fight. She just got a phone call from a very angry Hayley.
"Protecting?" Lena asked what everyone was wondering. Jesus licked his lips and took a deep breath.
"The guy I beat up, was talking crap about you guys and Jude"
It was a coincidence that Jude was just going to ask the rest of his family what drink they would like. He stopped and stayed out of sight when he heard his name being mentioned, he stepped back and listening in. Stef and Lena were even more worried at the fact that Jude was a reason now. They said nothing, they just stared at him for answers.
"He was saying you quit your job because Jude was gay, then he kept calling you two..." Jesus despised the word. It made him feel sick saying the offensive word that was on the tip of his tongue.
"It's okay sweetie, you can tell us" Lena added to support him.
"He called you two a pair of dykes, and called our family and freak show" He saw the look on their faces. They were so taken back by it all. He saw how sad they looked, he lifted his hands to motion their faces "See that's why-"
"It's okay, Jesus, it's not like you called it us" Stef smiled faintly. Jude took a deep breath and shook his head, he didn't want to hear anymore. He went back into the kitchen, Callie looked at his stressed face and put her arms around him.
"You okay, buddy?"
"Yeah...I'm fine"
"Look, your mother and I appreciate you defending your brother, this family and us, but getting into violence is not the answer"
"I'm sorry, I just snapped" Jesus mumbled in a guilty tone to Lena's statement. Stef nodded and added "Well the principal called, you have three week Wednesday and Thursday detention"
Food was finally placed on the table. Jude and Jesus were sat next to each other. Awkwardly Jude mumbled
"Thanks" Jesus looked at his little brother seriously confused, he laughed "For what?"
"For defending me against them bullies" Jesus eyes widened slightly and struggled on what to say, Jude smiled with a little giggle
"You don't have to say anything" Jude then looked back down at his food and carried on eating. Jesus kept his eyes on Jude for a second and smirked, he then went back to eating his lunch.
After tea, they all sat around the dinner table just talking.
"So am I going to be punished for getting into that fight?"
Stef glanced at Lena. Lena nodded to her, Stef turned back around to Jesus "Yes, you're grounded for a week, it would usually be for longer but...the circumstances were out of love for your family and we cannot punish you for that"
"Family is key with us" Lena added. Jesus nodded and took the punishment. His moms were right it could have been a hell of a lot worse.
Hearing Lena say those words Family is Key struck a nerve in Stef's body. One of the most important people in her family life was taken from her years ago. Thinking she saw her sister today made her think about that person even more.
Lena saw Stef's expression and gripped onto her hand tightly. Stef tells Lena everything so of course she told Lena about everything and how she was feeling.
"You can't blame yourself, when she's old enough, she'll make her way back"
"She'll be twenty, Lena, I'm pretty sure that's old enough"
"There's a matter of money, sweetie and you don't-"
They were interrupted by a knock on the door, Callie held her hands up and offered to go open the door. They all heard the door open, there was muffled words exchanged. Callie's voice became clearer as she got nearer to the kitchen again "Hold on a sec"
Callie walked in to the rest of them "Moms, someone is at the door, they say that you guys know her" she then turned to Stef and added "She said you especially" Stef looked at Lena confused on what could have been meant by that. Stef began to walk over to the door with Lena still holding onto her hand. The kids shuffled to the side to see the front door in vision to see who it was.
Stef let go of Lena's hand. She scratched her forehead and sighed as her opened the door.
"Yes hi-" Stef stopped her sentence when she saw who was at the door. Stef gasped and tried to catch her breath, her eyes filled up, she glanced at Lena quickly who was also stood in shock.
A young blonde girl stood. Long blonde hair. Sharp blue eyes. Natural beauty. Slim cut figure. She had a big bag in her right hand, she was clutching onto it. Wearing a black wool hood with patterns on it, her hood was up. Jeans ripped at the knee caps and faded brown leather army boots.
She looked tired. Exhausted in fact. She bit her lip and said with tears in her eyes, with a weak smile.
"Hey, Aunt Stef"
"Ivy?" Stef whispered with a cry, still not believing it was the girl she practically raised stood in front of her. The girl who had been taken away from her all those years ago. Ivy smirked and nodded.
"Been a long time..."
I'm going to juggle two stories again. Wish me luck ;) haha so yeah I was thinking about this for a while, I kind of want to go in depth and do twists with Stef's family history. We'll have to see how this escalates.
Two characters will be introduced to The Fosters in here. A third will just be mentioned from time to time. You've just met 1 of 2 ;) tell me what you think please.