I do not own the fosters. I wish I did because it is an amazing show and is very inspiring.
IMPORTANT DETAILS for this story:
Callie got Adopted the same day as Jude, her biological father is Donald.
Callie did go through the ordeal with Liam but she kept a few things hidden from everyone.
LENA got the principals position and lost the baby.
I don't know where Sharon, Dana and Stuart live. So Im saying that Sharon lives in the California area. While Dana and Stuart live in Florida.
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Anyway on with the next chapter.
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"Alright, why don't you go up to your rooms and show Rylan around?" Stef asks the kids. She needed to talk to Lena now that she has met Rylan. This would give the kids a chance to give Rylan a tour of the house. One by one the kids left only leaving Callie, Rylan and the moms. Stef handed the little girl to Callie, who hesitantly let go of Stef. Stef smiled and nodded to Rylan as Callie carried her up the stairs.
"Sooo." Stef hesitantly looked at Lena. Lena sets her bottle of water on the counter next to her and looks at Stef.
"She is so young Stef." Stef nodded at this and sighed, stepping away from the counter and leaning against the table facing her wife.
"Im guessing that at first glance Rylan is able to recognise signs of who to be cautious of and who would be a danger to her. That helps. I mean shes completely taken with our family and us to her. Shes such a sweet little thing." Lena says. Stef smiles, Lena does have a point.
"I know, that makes me love her even more. I just hate knowing that she has to be weary and cautious about people. Im just glad she trusts us. We desperately need to read her file, Bill will hopefully bring it over tomorrow." Lena nodded crossing her arms and leaning against the kitchen bench.
Sighing, Lena walks over to Stef and wraps her arms around Stefs waist, resting her head on Stefs shoulder with a sigh.
"When I saw her sitting there with the kids, I... I thought she fit perfectly Stef, I miss our baby but I think we are being given another chance, yes she might be a child and not an infant but I think we have been given a second chance. Shes not replacing our little girl but she can help take the pain away." Lena tells Stef. Stef smiles and pull Lenas chin up so she could see her eyes.
"I thought the same too love." Stef lent down and kissed her wife. She smiled and pulled away.
"I saw the bruises on her arms, are they from the incident? Her foster father?" Stef nods and Lena sighs.
"Foster parents are suppose to look after children, it makes me angry with the amount of Foster parents in the system that are neglectful and abusive. They shouldn't be able to be foster parents or parents in general." Stef could see her wife was getting angry and frustrated fast, so she pulled her back into her arms and hugged her.
"Lets just hope that, that was the only one that hurt her. I mean shes almost seven how many foster homes could a seven year old have been in?" Stef hopes not many. Lena nodded into Stefs chest and then kissed Stefs Jaw as the sound of the doorbell rung.
Stef released from the embrace and went to pay for the pizza while Lena set the table.
"Pizza is here guys." Lena calls the kids down who are hiding in their rooms with Rylan. One by one the kids come down and take their seats. What Stef didn't expect to see was Brandon carrying Rylan down, or Rylan letting Brandon carry her.
Stef gave him a raised eyebrow just like Lena is and he shrugs placing the little blonde on a stool next to him. Lena and Stef sat at the head of the table, backs facing the wall, next to each other. Stef was the closest to the fridge while Lena was closest to the kitchen window. Rylan sat next to Brandon and Stef while the twins sat on the opposite side and Callie at the end of the table facing the moms.
Stef places a piece of cheese pizza onto a plate, she cuts it up into bit size pieces for Rylan and gets her a cup of Juice with a straw in it, before placing it in front of her.
Rylan looks from the cut up pizza, to the box on the table and then back again to her plate.
"Not hungry sweetie?"Lena asks the little blonde in a sweet voice, not to scare her. Rylan looks up at Lena and then to the table as a tear falls down her face. Callie watched the whole interaction, she felt so sorry for the little thing. Callie couldn't help replay the interaction her and her brothers and sister had a few minutes ago with Rylan.
FLASHBACK
Stef handed Rylan to Callie and they followed the others up the stairs. They showed her, Stef and Lenas room, Brandons room, Jude and Jesus's shared room, then Callies and Marianas shared room and the bathroom. They 6 of them stayed in the girls room after the tour.
"How long have you been in the foster care system kid?" Rylan looked up from her spot in Marianas lap. Brandon, Jesus and Jude were sitting on the floor leaning against Callies bed, while Callie sat next to Mariana on Marianas bed.
"I was 3." Rylan says, as Callie and Mariana gasp, knowing how hard it was being in foster care at an older age let alone being in at a very young age. Jude looks at her with wide eyes and Brandon nods, looking down. Jesus just stares at her.
"3 years old. Thats very young." Brandon said. Rylan shrugged.
"Do you have a favourite memory from a foster family so far?" Jude asks the little blonde, who nods.
"I got to go to a park once." Rylan smiled at the memory before the smiled was wiped from her face as another memory replaced that one. A memory she would rather forget.
"How did you get the bruises on your arms?" Jude asks the younger girl. Mari hugged Rylan closer to her chest and Rylan sighed at having Mari hold her, it felt nice to be held.
"Dad before." The little blonde whispered. The room went quiet, no one saying anything. Those two words were all that was needed to tell the other kids what had happened. Brandon hadn't experienced the abuse like his brothers and sisters, but he knew all too well. He felt protective over his siblings and now this little girl that was a replica of his mothers.
"So you like Transformers?" Jesus says changing the subject and enticing a nod out of The little blonde.
"Lee watched with me." Rylan whispered looking down with a frown on her angelic face.
"Is he an old foster brother?" Mari asked Rylan. Rylan nodded, a tear fell from her eye and she quickly wiped it away. The room went quiet again, only the sound of their breathing could be heard.
"Well, how about tomorrow we can go get the movie and colouring book of transformers?" Rylans head snapped up as Brandon says this, her eyes wide. Brandon wanted to always make sure the little blonde had a smile on her face and he wanted to be the one to make sure of it.
"Really?" Rylan whispered, her face shining brightly at the offer, Brandon nodded. Rylan scooted out of Marianas lap and jumped into Brandons. The whole room erupted into laughter as Brandon was startled at The mini blondes behaviour, none the less, he hugged her back.
"No one bought me anything before." Rylan whispered looking into Brandon's eyes, Brandon smiled and wiped a tear from the little blondes face. Brandon couldn't help but smile at the little girl that looked so much like his mother.
"Well we are going to fix that missy." Mariana says and the others agree.
"Pizza is here guys." Lena calls from downstairs, Rylans stomach rumbles causing another round of laughter to fill the room.
"Yes, Food." Jesus says leaving the room fast. Rylan looks at the others to see them shaking their heads.
"He loves food." Jude says at seeing the little girls confusion.
"Alright, are you hungry Rylan?" Rylan nodded when Callie says this. She smiles and opens her arms out for the little girl to climb into them. Rylan goes to reach for her but instead Brandon pulls her closer to him and walks out the door.
"No Rylan likes me better, shes mine now." Rylan looks at him confused and he shrugged, Callie, Jude and Mari laughed from behind them. The little blonde looks over Brandons shoulder at Callie. She smiles and nods. Rylan smiles back. Rylan was happy, very happy.
Flashback end
Callie snapped out of her daze as she heard Rylan crying. She couldn't get over how long this little girl has been in the foster care system and to only be 7 years old. None of the kids could understand how a child could be in the system for so long at a young age and not be adopted already.
"Oh sweetie, come here." Stef pulls Rylan into her lap. Everyone can see that the little blonde was shaking from her crying and it broke their heart. They had no idea why she was crying and both Lena and Stef would do anything to know how to fix it.
"Hey shhhhhh, its ok." Stef whispers, kissing the blonde hair on the little girls head as she looks at Lena for help.
"Have you had Pizza before sweetie?" Rylan shakes her head no as she nuzzled into Stef shoulder more. Stef moves Rylan around so the girls back was to Stefs chest. Stef picks a piece of Pizza up and puts it in front of Rylans mouth. Stef tries to coax her to open her mouth but she has no such luck.
The kids, Lena and Stef were all shocked that a kid hasn't had pizza before. Stef tried to feed her the pizza but she wasn't budging.
Rylans eyes looked at the pizza in Stefs hand and her mouth clenched shut. She was determined not to let that pizza in her mouth. The kids knew she was hungry, they had heard her tummy rumble upstairs, they just couldn't understand why she wouldn't eat it.
"Umm, Rylan, did you live with Tommy and Luke?" Callie whispered all of a sudden, looking hesitant at Rylan, dreading the answer. Callie had been studying Rylans interaction and she thought that she knew why. Callie got her answer when Rylan looked up quickly and slowly nodded as another tear fell down her face.
As soon as Callie mentioned those two names, Jude was looking at her with wide eyes. The whole family watched as Callie stood up and went over to the cupboard, grabbed a plate and put it in front of the little girl. Callie picked up a bit of Pizza, took a bite out of it before setting it on the plate again and heading back to her seat. Rylans eyes remained on Callie for a minute. Callie smiled and nodded.
As soon as Callie did that Rylan picked up the piece of pizza and began to eat it. Everyone apart from Jude and Rylan were looking at Callie, confused.
"How?" Jesus asked snapping out of his stare. Callie looked at him and sighed. Everyone was waiting for an answer.
"A foster family called the Tragers had two boys. Luke and Tommy. The boys had a habit of putting some sort of medicine and chemicals in the food of the foster kids, making them sick. Im guessing they did the same thing to Rylan and now she won't eat anything without it being in a packet she opens herself or if someone eats it before her, the way I did just now. She will watch the person who took a bite for a second to see if they are alright before eating it herself."
"These boys did the same to you and Jude?" Callie nodded at Stefs question. Stef and Lena exchanged a look while Mariana looked at Callie, then Jude and then Rylan with Wide eyes. Brandon just looked down at his food, he couldn't understand how people in the world could be so horrible and cruel.
"Yeah." Callie whispered out after a minute or so.
"How long will she be able to trust that the food is alright? How long did it take you?" Lena asks, clutching onto Stefs free hand, the hand that Rylan wasn't holding.
"You should look at her file and see when she was in the Trager home. That will tell you how long. It took me a year to get over it, some homes I was weary but here im not, obviously." Both moms looked at Callie and nodded. They desperately wanted to see Rylans file now.
"Callie!" Rylan pulled everyone out of the conversation by holding up her empty plate to show Callie. Everyone chuckled as Rylan smiled, she was proud of herself.
"Was it yummy?" Callie asked smiling still. She nodded really fast with a smile on her face.
"More sweet girl?" Stef asks the little blonde, who nods really fast again. Everyone watches as Stef takes a piece of cheese pizza, bites it and then puts it onto the little girls plate. Rylan watches Stef for a moment before digging in. Lena and Stef share a look and then begin to eat their own pizza, motioning the kids to do the same, even though no one was really hungry after hearing about what had happened in the Trager home to three of the people at the table.
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Stef and Lena told the older kids to go get into their pyjamas and then go into the living room. Rylan had eaten 1 and a quarter pieces of pizza, she was only small and her belly probably couldn't hold that much. Stef sits with Rylan on her lap while Lena cleaned the dishes, Stef would dry later on.
"You full sweetie?" Stef says patting Rylans tummy. "Yep you feel full." Stef tickles Rylan on her tummy and she squirms and wriggles to get out of Stefs arms, shes just not strong enough.
"Lets get your face and hands cleaned up sweetie." Lena goes over to her wife and new foster daughter with a face cloth and wipes Rylans face and hands, well trying to as Stef continues to tickle the little girl.
"Stef." Lena says laughing. Stef stops tickling Rylan and lets Lena clean the little girl up.
"Is it alright if Mari and I go get Rylan into pyjamas?" The Three of them look up at Callie as she enters the room. The adults nod as Stef places Rylan on the floor infront of her.
Rylan walks over to Callie and grabs Callies hand and let her lead her up the stairs and into hers and Mari's room.
"Where are your pyjamas Rylan?" Mari says when Callie and the little girl enter the room. Mari had grabbed the little blondes bag from the living room and brought it up, she was now searching through it.
"I don't have any." Rylan says with a shrug. Mari looks up in shock. Of course Mari would be shocked, the little girl didn't have any clothes and to Mari that was a big no no. Callie could just hear the wheels in Marianas head turning as the thoughts of fashion went through her brain.
"You have just those clothes and a pair of pants in your bag, where are the rest of your clothes?" Rylan shrugs and sits on Callies bed swinging her legs. Callie remains in the doorway of the room as they both look at Mari.
"Ill be right back." Callie says as she walks out of the room. Rylan looks at Mari and she gets a shrug from the older girl.
"Here you go." Callie says coming in a minute later. She hands Rylan some clothes, Rylan looks up at her confused.
"Its moms...Stefs. You can wear that." Rylan held it to her chest and smiled.
"How about a shower before bed?" Mari asked, earning a nod from the little girl. With that, Mari led Rylan into the bathroom. She put a pair of the little girls underwear on the bench and Rylan put the shirt on top of it before watching Mari turn the shower on, grabbing her a towel out and then leaving the bathroom.
Rylan was able to shower herself but she wasn't able to wash her hair, she would need a grown up to help her with that. A few minutes later Rylan emerged from the bathroom in one of Stefs shirts. It was a blue long sleeve button up one. It reached just below her knees and smelled like Stef. Rylan pulled the shirt to her nose and smelled it with a smile.
"Mari, help?" Rylan asked putting the towel on Maris bed and raised her arms to show what she needed help with. Mari smiled, nodded and rolled the sleeves up to the little girls wrists.
"Do you want me to brush your hair?" Rylan nodded and so Mari got a brush, picked the little girl up and put her on her bed before sitting behind the little girl to brush the blonde locks.
"Your hair is similar to moms... I mean Stefs" Mari whispered. Everyone was slipping with the mom business. It was just a habit to say mom or mama, not Stef or Lena.
"I like your family." Rylan whispered, a smile on her face. Rylan looked over at Callie who was exiting the bathroom in her pyjamas.
"Alright, done. Im pretty sure mom and Mama are letting us watch a movie before bed." The little blonde smiled and went downstairs following behind Mari and Callie. Mari had put the little blondes hair in two plaits to keep the hair out of her face when she sleeps.
"Finally!" Jesus said. He was sitting on the sofa with Jude and Brandon next to him. Brandon poked his tongue out at Rylan, and Rylan did the same back.
"Nice shirt." The little blonde looked up and saw Stef smiling at Her. Stef picked her up and kissed Rylans forehead.
"Its your shirt." Rylan smiled the whole time looking at Stef. The little girls hands were around Stefs neck and she had a large smile on her face as she played with Stefs hair that was hanging freely.
"Nice shirt sweetie." Lena says kissing Rylans forehead and walking into the living room with bowls of Popcorn. Stef follows Lena in the living room and sits on a one person seat with the little blonde on her lap. Lena sits on the one person sofa beside her wife and foster daughter and the other kids sit around on the other sofas. Lena hands the bowls out and then the movie starts playing.
"Rylan, come sit with me!" Brandon says patting his lap.
"She doesn't want to sit with you, you want to sit with me hey?" Rylan looks between Brandon and Mari, she didn't know where to sit and didn't want to hurt their feelings. Soon enough all the kids wanted her to sit next to them.
"Nope, Little miss is sitting with me." A groan filled the room as Stef pulled Rylan back into her arms and hugged her tightly before tickling her. They all settle down as Rylan tries to get her breathing under control from the tickling torture Stef had done.
"Here kiddo." Stef says. Rylan looked over her shoulder at Stef. She watches as Stef takes a piece of popcorn and puts it in her mouth before giving Rylan one. Rylan looks at it and then at Stef.
"Its popcorn." The little girl nods and puts it in her mouth. She chews hesitantly and then smiles, earning a laugh from the other kids. She leans her head back on Stefs shoulder and Stef places another piece in the little girls mouth. Rylan smiles and looks back at Stef. Stef pokes her tongue out at Rylan and Rylan pokes hers out. Stef couldn't help but smile at the small child.
The kids and Lena couldn't not smile at the interaction of Rylan and Stef. It was something they thought was cute and funny.
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Lena couldn't help but watch her wife interact with the kids. It makes her love her even more each and every time she sees her with the kids.
Everyone smiled as Rylan turns around in Stefs lap so she was kneeling, grabs a piece of popcorn and feeds it to Stef. Stef smiles and chews it before Rylan is feeding her another piece. Each time Rylan would feed her, Stef would pretend to bite her fingers, this causes the cutest giggle to come out of her mouth.
"Lena." Rylan says. Lena watches as Rylan picks up a piece of popcorn and goes over to her, leaning on the arm rest. She holds out the popcorn for Lena to eat and Lena smiles before opening her mouth and letting the little blonde feed her the piece.
The starting credits for the movie started and thats when Rylan stopped and sat back on Stefs lap, back to her chest, her eyes glued to the TV but were slowly drooping.
Stef and Lena share a look and both nod. The little girl would be out very shortly and then Lena and Stef could just talk. Lena suddenly realised something and her eyes widen as she realised the little girl hasn't got a bed to sleep in. One look to Stef answers everything.
Our Bed. Lena sighed and turned her head to look at the tv.
I guess I have to get use to a little foot in my back again. Was lenas thought before she solely focused on the movie.
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