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Stef pulled into the driveway and just sat in the car. She put her head down on the steering wheel as she was exhausted mentally more then she was physically. She was still angry at Robert for what he said, she was also angry with herself as she slowly came to the realization that he was right, she was sad knowing she had lost even more time with Callie and worst of all she was scared as it had been 4 months since Liam attacked Callie and no had been able to find him and that meant he could be stalking her kids or Sophia right now.
Fuck!, Fuck! fuck!" screamed Stef as she punched the passenger seat.
Stef got out of the car about to head inside when she heard a rustling sound from the side of the house. She hoped it was simply an animal but pulled her gun just in case. She placed her full weight against the side. The rusting got a bit louder as whatever or whoever was coming closer. A figure walked past never seeing her. The figure stopped when it saw Stef's car.
"Shit!" mumbled a voice she recognized as her sons.
He turned around to find his mom staring at him with her gun drawn. Stef looked at her son who was wearing a mask with roses on it.
"Jesus Adams Foster that better not be Callie's!" warned Stef.
"What?, No I got a different mask, hers is white with blue roses and this one is black with red roses, I got it at the same place Callie got hers" said Jesus taking off the mask.
"Get inside right now!" demanded Stef.
Jesus walked into the house with Stef right behind him. Lena was confused as Jesus had been upstairs. Jesus was aiming for the stairs but Stef had other ideas.
"Everyone to the kitchen now!" yelled Stef up the stairs.
Marianna was the first into the kitchen followed by Brandon then Jude. Lena wondered what Jesus had done but then again in four months a lot had happened.
"Look I know you guys are upset about Callie and I am too but you can't keep sneaking out, skipping school or getting into fights" said Stef.
No one responded as they didn't know what to say. Lena picked up Jesus mask and ran a hand over it feeling the scratch's.
"Speaking of skipping school, Brandon if you miss anymore days you'll be considered a drop out and I know you don't want that" said Lena.
"But the band needs me, I write the songs and find them gigs" whined Brandon.
"No Brandon they don't, they were ok before you and now after the help you provided they will be better but you need to focus on school so you can go to collage, I know you applied to some places" said Stef.
"I...I got accepted into Julliard" said Brandon nervously.
Everyone stared at him in surprise. Jesus held out his fist so Brandon could bump it. Marianna and Jude hugged him. Stef and Lena shared a look.
"B that's amazing but you realize if you drop out you won't be able to attend Julliard" warned Stef.
"It won't matter we can't afford it" said Brandon.
"Don't worry about that, we'll figure it out" said Lena.
"Um I need to go call Lou" said Brandon.
"Don't worry baby she'll understand" said Lena reassuringly.
As Brandon left the room Stef and Lena turned their attention to Marianna both silently agreeing to take the trouble makers last.
"Ok young lady where the hell have you been going every weekend and don't tell me the mall or a friends house I been monitoring your goings and you've been all over town" demanded Stef.
"Promise you won't get mad?" asked Marianna.
"I'm already mad" said Stef.
"As long as your not being placed in dangerous situations" said Lena.
"Church" said Marianna nearly whispering.
Both Stef and Lena were caught off guard as that was the last thing they had expected. They had thought it might be a boy or something.
"What do you mean?" asked Stef confused.
"A few weeks after Callie's attack I went for a walk when I should have a been in school and heard music it was coming from a church" said Marianna.
Stef didn't say anything as she knew Marianna was already aware of the dangers that could have been present and that's why she didn't leave it out. Lena didn't like them skipping school but she let it go because right now it was not important.
"So you've been attending church?" asked Lena.
"Yeah but not the church I found before now I'm going to a new one that is more tolerant, the reason I've been all over town is that they volunteer at shelters and stuff" said Marianna.
"But why did you join a church?" asked Lena.
"It was something Jude said, when Callie came here she lacked so much, hope, love, faith, joy, and belief, you guys restored her hope, joy and love but she still lacked faith and belief even with all our help so I joined the church hoping to gain a belief in something bigger" said Marianna.
Stef smiled. While she couldn't believe in god or higher powers it seemed Marianna was the one seeking comfort from religion it also dawned on her how much it helped Marianna.
"Ok Marianna if you ever need anything concerning the church or they make you question any of the things we have taught you let us know" said Lena.
"So I can keep going?" asked Marianna.
"Yes you can for as long as you need to" said Lena as Brandon walked back in.
"How did it go bud?" asked Stef.
"She wasn't mad in fact she claimed she knew it was coming" said Brandon.
"You ok?" asked Lena.
"Just wondering how it is I keep dating women that always turn out to be smarter then me" said Brandon sitting down.
"Because the donors of your DNA aren't very bright" said Stef jokingly.
Stef smiled at Brandon then turned towards Jesus and Jude.
"So we got Brandon back on track and Marianna in church so who's next the little fighter or the masked felon?" asked Stef.
"I never planned on winning those fight I just wanted them to know I wasn't going to let them get away bad mouthing Callie" said Jude angrily.
"Jude this has reached a point where they know it will get a rise out of and are doing it intentionally" said Lena.
"But it's not right!" said Jude upset.
"Would Callie want you doing this?" asked Lena.
"No but Callie wouldn't do anything about it, pre therapy she would hurt herself and post therapy Callie would talk to you, Stef, Robert, or her therapist and I still don't how or why Callie even trusts Robert that much" said Jude.
"That is between them, Robert must have said something or did something to earn it, as for Callie coming to us to talk that's how we wanted her to handle whatever was bothering her" said Lena.
"But those guys...have no right to talk about Callie in such a manner and will be dealt with, you young man are grounded for 3 months" said Lena.
Jude didn't know what to say so he remained silent and accepted his punishment. He could always read Callie's short stories was thought when an idea came to him. Stef and Lena turned to Jesus.
"So where were you going with Callie's mask?" demanded Stef.
"Again this isn't Callie's mask, hers is still in her room, this is a different mask I bought to scare Liam's mother" said Jesus.
Stef's eyes narrowed when she heard that as the conversation with Shelia Olmstead had never left her even making her blood boil at times.
"Did you break into her house and destroy everything she owned!" demanded Stef.
"Sure did" said Jesus proudly and without hesitation.
Lena didn't know what they were talking about but she was putting it together.
"How did you even get in without setting off the alarm or breaking a window!" demanded Stef.
"She had a neighbor water her plants and never turned on the alarm, also she had a fake rock with a key under it" said Jesus.
"Jesus you made her feel unsafe in her own home!" scolded Lena.
"So what they made Callie feel unsafe in her own skin, I consider this a trade off" said Jesus.
"Have you been stalking her?" asked Stef.
"No once she moved I started patrolling near the bars, I stopped a few muggings, some attempted rapes and a car theft" said Jesus.
"Jesus you can't do this, it's not your job" said Stef.
"I know but I was there I helped people" said Jesus angrily.
"But what if you get hurt, who's going to help you!" declared Stef.
"Please those assholes are so intent on hurting the person in front of them they never notice me" scoffed Jesus.
"Do you honestly believe Callie would want this?" asked Lena.
Jesus simply looked at his mothers like they were crazy.
"Who cares what Callie would want, she's in a coma and your going to pull the plug!" shouted Jesus.
Stef was shocked not having anticipated this response. Lena wondered how he knew as they hadn't told them yet. Before they could ask him, Jesus stormed out the room heading upstairs without his mask.
"Did the rest of you know about this?" asked Lena.
"I was sick that day so I stayed home, I overheard you guys talking...well it was mostly mom yelling at Robert for wanting to pull the plug" said Marianna nervously.
Robert wanted to discuss what to do if Callie didn't wake up, we agreed that we would wait five years and if there was no change we would pull the plug and let her go" said Lena.
To Lena's amusement the kids looked relieved but it worried her how long remained silent about.
"I didn't hear the part about 5 years" said Marianna.
"Have you all been worried about this?" asked Lena.
The teens shared a look then nodded. Stef had been worried about the best way to tell the kids mostly because she wanted the conversation with Robert to have never happened. Lena on the other hand knew someone had to say it and secretly she was glad Robert did it.
"We need to have hope that she'll wake up, we can't lose who we are because Callie is gone, we need to talk to each other and stop hurting ourselves because we're angry or scared, we need to be a family" said Lena picking up Jesus's mask.
"What do you recommend love?" asked Stef.
"Therapy mostly and more family time" said Lena.
"Can we see Callie's Therapist Dr. June Rose?" asked Marianna.
"Please!, Callie said she really liked her and she was nice when we met her" begged Jude.
Knowing they would need to talk to Jesus later Lena turned to Brandon.
"Sure" said Brandon not really caring.
"Ok we'll talk with her to see if she can take us but for now go get ready for bed it's late" Said Stef.
Marianna hugged her moms then headed upstairs. Brandon followed leaving Jude alone with the adults.
"I'm sorry for all the fighting" Said Jude.
"Bud I know you want to protect Callie but there's nothing we can do for her right now and you getting into fights are not what she wanted for you, yes you want to know everything and stand beside her but Callie had to be the person you needed to survive and unlike her you have the opportunity to grow into the person you want to be, just think about what we said ok?" asked Stef.
"Ok night I love you" said Jude.
"Love you 2" they both repeated.
Once all the kids were settled in their rooms Stef and Lena went to theirs.
"Lena I don't really want to go to therapy" Said Stef.
"Would you do it for the baby?" asked Lena.
"Whose baby?" asked Stef confused.
"Ours!" said Lena placing a hand on her stomach.
Stef just stared at her completely caught off guard as that was the last thing she expected.
"How...how long?" whispered Stef wide eyed.
"3 weeks now" said Lena.
"I didn't even know we were still trying?" said Stef still in shock.
"Neither did I but when I went to the doctors for a check she informed I still had some sperm on ice so I figured it couldn't hurt" said Lena.
"Why didn't you tell me then?" asked Stef hurt.
"I didn't have the chance to tell you since you've been working almost all day everyday, and I didn't know how to tell you I still wanted this even with all that happened with Callie" said Lena trying not to cry.
Stef realized in that moment that she had inadvertently taken her rage out on Lena and the kids. She grabbed Lena and held her tight.
"Lena I'm so sorry, I'll go to therapy with you I mean it" said Stef.
The next day.
Timothy was at his desk grading the papers. It was after school so he was surprised when he heard someone knocking on his door. He looked over to find Jude standing in the doorway.
"Can I help you?" asked Timothy.
"Um would you look at something for me?" asked Jude.
"Sure" said Timothy smiling.
Jude walked over and placed two journals on his desk. Timothy picked one up and began reading it. He put it down then grabbed the other and read it.
"These are Callie's?" asked Timothy.
"Those are all her short stories" said Jude.
"Is there a reason your showing these to me?" asked Timothy.
"Because I want your help in getting these published" said Jude.
"Why?" asked Timothy confused.
"Because I don't want to be Callie's only achievement in life, if these get published then even if they aren't popular she will have made a mark in the history books" said Jude.
"Ok I'll try, I will try to get these published but don't let your expectations run wild" said Timothy.
"I get ok, I know not everyone gets published" retorted Jude.
"Ok so long as you understand that but I will try" said Timothy.
"Thank you" said Jude.
"Your welcome bud" said Timothy already fixing some mistakes he saw.
As Jude left the building he saw a group of boys who were loudly proclaiming how much they enjoyed their time with Callie. Jude thought about what Lena said and turned away leaving them surprised when he saw Emma, Callie's sorta friend and Jesus girlfriend causing him to have another idea. One good thing about Talya reveling Callie's rape was that those who had been abused in the past sought help to avoid becoming like Callie, dismissive of herself and downplaying just how wrong the abuser was. The school had set up a special guidance counselor who there to help help those abused and to educate the intolerant since this school was big on tolerance and who better in need of tolerance classes then the very idiots making cracks about his sister.