Disclaimer I do not own the Fosters.

Lena was driving her car with Callie riding in the passenger seat and Frankie was in the back seat asleep. Callie was on her way to the place where she would take her G.E.D.

"Are you nervous?" asked Lena.

"No me nervous never!" muttered Callie.

Lena placed one hand on Callies.

"Callie it's ok you'll do fine, you've been studying very hard" said Lena trying to reassure Callie.

"I better it's $35 per subject, and there are 4 subjects meaning this is costing me $140 so I need to pass" said Callie.

Lena looked at Callie then looked back at the road

"Callie calm down they drop the $5 fee if you take it again so the next time it would only be $120" joked Lena.

Lena had thought when Callie had two eyes a dirty look was bad but now with an eye patch it wasn't a nice look.

"Ha ha! easy for you to say to say you got to graduate high school and go to college, to pass the G.E.D I need at least 145 and to be considered College ready I need a score of 165" explained Callie.

"Dosn't it go up to 200?" asked Lena.

"175 to 200 which means not only am I college ready but I will be given credit which I doubt I will ever be able to achieve" said Callie.

"Donn'y doubt yourself, you've had more set backs then anyone but you always push ahead and excel" encouraged Lena.

Callie turned away but Lena could see the smile on her face in the mirror.

"So Stef and I have been talking, she told me you wanted a gun" said Lena .

Callie lost her smile.

"She did?" asked Callie.

"Yes, Callie I don't like guns, I hate the fact that your mother needs a gun for her" stated Lena.

"Then move to England were the cops don't guns" said Callie trying to joke.

"That sounds nice but we can't afford it, as I said I don't like guns and I don't want you to have one just because your afraid of life, so what if we compromise and got you a taser?" asked Lena.

Callie stared at Lena.

"A taser?" asked Callie.

"It's like a stun gun that police use only it's for public use" said Lena.

"The whole point of the gun is to keep people away, I'm not asking for bullets, a gun is a hunk of metal that scares people" said Callie.

"And what about the ones not scared by a hunk of metal, your brother went out every night with a baseball bat and attacked people he claimed were hurting people until the night he was shot, he saw the gun and wasn't afraid even assuming it was loaded when in reality it wasn't supposed to be" explained Lena.

"These are all good arguments for never leaving the house again" muttered Callie.

That was one of the last thing Lena wanted for Callie.

"Callie you can't think like that!" demanded Lena.

"I can't?, ok how about this then the next time Liam comes for me he will kill me, I'm more of a target now for people looking to hurt anyone because I can't out run anyone confined to a fucking wheelchair" ranted Callie.

Lena didn't know if this was true or not but it was safer to assume Callie was simply being paranoid. She didn't like the taser option but it wasn't as permanent as a gun could be.

"Callie after I drop you off I'm going home and I'm going to look for support groups and defense classes for people confined to wheelchairs, I'm sure someone came up with something like that" said Lena.

"I don't need a support group" said Callie annoyed.

"Callie I have no idea how to help you, google only helps so much and I'm not comfortable asking random people I come across in wheelchairs for answers, I need to find a support group so can get the answers I need to help you" stated Lena.

Callie looked at Lena in shock. Lena was one of the people she looked up to and here she was admitting that she needed help. Callie felt the car stop. Lena got out and went to the trunk and got Callie's wheelchair. She rolled it up to the passenger seat and watched as Callie got into it with a bit of struggle.

"Cal I love you, call me when your done" said Lena.

"I love you to mamma" said Callie.

Interesting fact 25

Rosie O'Donnell who played Rita was also in Gimme a Break!, Spin City, Nip/Tuck, Bomb Girls, American Dad!, Sleepless in Seattle, The Flintstones, Tarzan Pursuit of Equality