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.
PREVIOUSLY:
They couldn't believe something like this had been exposed to them. Not two but three of their children had come into contact with such a monster. To think she had been in the house with him at such a young age scared both women.
They were scared of what Callie would find out, they were scared of what tomorrow will bring but they knew that as long as they had each other, they would be able to handle it.
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Lena and Stef still sat on the sofa thinking about what tomorrow would bring. Lena had her head laying on Stefs shoulder and Stef had her cheek resting on her wifes head. Both tense just thinking.
"You ready to go to bed love?" Stef whispered into Lenas hair after a long silence had filled the room. With a sigh Lena sat up and nodded, wiping away the tears that had formed.
"Hey, hey hey. Love. Everything is going to be fine. Rylan is a strong and brave girl, we are so lucky to have 6 brave and strong children that are ours." Lena smiled and chuckled.
"They get that from their mom." Stef smiled widely and stood up. She looked all proud.
"Yep they sure do, check out these guns and abs." Stef said as she flexed and then raised her shirt to how off her stomach. When Stef was to busy looking at her abs, Lena hit Stef with a pillow making her stumble a bit. When Stef recovered she raised an eyebrow and placed her hands on her hips.
"And what may I ask was that for Mrs Adams-Foster?" Lena chuckled and stood to face her wife with her hands on her hips.
"You Mrs Adams-Foster are being cocky, but I wouldn't...(Kiss).. have..(Kiss)... you..(Kiss).. any..(Kiss).. other...(Kiss)...way (Kiss) ." Lena says between kisses. Stef moans and wraps her arms around her wifes waist. After they broke from their kiss, they lay their foreheads against each others and just closed their eyes basking in the closeness.
"We so need our bed back. But right now, I really need to snuggle with our little girl." Stef pulled away and nodded in understanding. Making quick work of cleaning up the wine glasses, turning off the lights and locking up the doors, the two of them headed up the stairs to bed.
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Rylan had just woken up and seen that Lena and Stef weren't in bed. She had slowly crept out of the bed and opened the door, peering into the hallway and seeing no one.
Rylan could hear Lena and Stef talking downstairs quietly so she walked across the hall to Mari and Callies room.
"Callie, you sleeping?" Rylan whispered as she peered in and then when she got no response she edged her way into the room. Doing her best not to wake Mariana up.
"Callie." Rylan whispered and gently shook Callie, hoping to wake her. Callie stirred and cracked one eye open.
"Mini?" Callie whispered quietly, her voice laced with sleep.
"Callie." Minis voice was scared and shaky. Callie sat up slowly and pulled the little girl into her arms. Straight away Rylans arms wrapped around Callies neck, she was holding on for dear life.
"Why didn't you wake moms?" Callie glanced at her nightstand and then it hit her, Moms probably were downstairs talking still.
"They talking." Was the only reply Callie got from the little blonde. Callie sighed and just rocked Mini, hoping she would fall asleep so she could put her back to bed.
Callie was desperate for answers to the questions that swarmed her head, but right now wasn't the right time to ask Mini. Hearing footsteps coming up the stairs Callie stood from the bed and settled Rylan on her hip as she headed out of her room to meet her moms.
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"Shit!" Stef swore as she kicked her toe on one of the stairs.
"Stef!" Lena scolded but couldn't help but chuckle as her wife winced and shook her foot out. Heading into her room Lena shook her head and disappeared out of sight.
"Moms."
"Go back to bed bug, I just kicked my toe." Stef said without looking up. Lena then appeared looking frightened until she spotted Mini in Callies arms. Letting out a sigh and bringing her hand up to her heart, Lena felt relieved for the second time that day.
"There you are." Lena walked over and plucked Mini out of Callies arms and situated her on her own hip.
"She woke me up, she looked scared." Callie said walking over to stand next to Lena as Stef finished rubbing her saw toe that she had kicked on the stairs.
"Did you have a nightmare baby girl?" Mini nodded and hid her face in Lenas neck whilst letting out a yawn.
"Go to bed bug, we got this." Stef kissed Callies temple before Callie hugged Lena and Rylan before returning to her own room.
"Alright, lets go to bed." Lena and Stef walked into their room and placed Rylan in the centre of the bed before sliding in on each side of her.
"Do you want to talk about your nightmare Mini?" Rylan shook her head no and turned away from Stef to snuggle into Lenas neck. Stef sighed and kissed the back of minis Head before snuggling in behind Mini, wrapping her arms around the little girl.
"Night Lena, Night Mini." Both said goodnight as Stef closed her eyes.
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"Mini, come on. Go to sleep." Stef was tired and Mini had yet to fall to sleep after tucking her in after her nightmare.
"No sleep." Mini said strongly as she looked at the ceiling and crossed her arms defiantly. She was determined to not sleep. She didn't want more nightmares.
Stef sighed and ran a hand down her face. She just wanted to sleep and after todays events and what will be going on tomorrow, all she wanted was a decent night sleep. Mini had other ideas though.
"Baby girl, come here and cuddle mama. Mama wants some Mini cuddles so she can sleep." Lena held her arm out, waiting for mini to come into her arms. Sighing, Mini rolled over and snuggled into Lena, she wasn't going to sleep though.
"Stef Maybe you should get that thing, probably help her sleep?" Lena said after a while. Lena could tell Stef was getting more impatient due to the lack of sleep and so she had to do something.
"Yeah alright, good idea. Hey Mini, do you remember when Mama and I went shopping with you to get new clothes?" Stef asked the little girl. Mini nodded and yawned a little, that was a good sign.
"No pinks." Lena and Stef chuckled remembering the battle of the no pink war.
"Yes well, Mama and I got you a surprise." Minis eyes went a little wider as she turned to look at Stef. She looked rather intrigued as Stef got out of bed and went over to the walk in robe in the room. Minis eyes followed Stefs movements.
"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE." Rylan squealed out as Stef placed the Transformers Plush toy in Rylans lap. Stef and Lena shushed her, they hoped she didn't wake the others.
Ryaln giggled and hugged her new toy tightly. Both moms enjoyed the delight on her face, they were happy that she was happy.
"Do you like it?" Lena asked smiling.
"Mine?" Rylan looked at Lena with a raised eyebrow. Lena chuckled and nodded.
"Yes baby girl. Its yours to keep forever." Rylans thousand watt smile brought tears to the moms eyes. Tears of happiness.
Rylan fell asleep half an hour later, Bumble bee, or as she called It Bee safely tucked between Lena and Rylan.
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"Morning Callie-Q." Callie smiled at her Mama as she took a seat at the table and dished herself up some of the fruit salad. Brandon, Mariana, Jesus and Jude were already sitting at the table. It was a sunday morning and the kids had school tomorrow so they were going to make use of the day.
"Mama, where's mom and Rylan?" Jude asked after swallowing a piece of strawberry he had just shoved in his mouth.
"Rylan had nightmares last night so shes just laying in the bed, Mom was in the shower and the two of them will be down soon. Getting his answer, Jude nodded and continued to munch on his breakfast.
"Hey my babies." Stef greeted her children before walking over to peck her wife on the lips. A chorus of hey mom filled the room and then the clanging of dishes started up again.
Lena gave Stef a look and Stef pointed up stairs. Lena nodded, not needing anymore information she looked over at Callie and Callie nodded. She was going to talk to Rylan after everyone had headed out.
"Alright, Plans for today?" Lena asked at she and Stef took a seat at the table.
"Mari and I are going to go practice and hang with the band." Brandon announced. Both moms nodded, ok with that plan.
"Jude, Connor and I are going to the skate park. Im teaching them to skate." Jesus said looking at Jude to see If he was still ok with that. Getting a nod from Jude, Jesus nodded a the moms.
"Ill be with Wyatt after lunch sometime." Both moms nodded, they didn't want to announce anything about Callie talking to Rylan or let the other kids know that Rylan had been in the Olmstead house.
"Alright, Mama and I are just going to be here paying bills, and doing boring adult stuff." The kids laughed at that and shook their heads.
"Yeah, old people stuff is boring mom." Jude announced, both moms looked at him in mock hurt, which got smirks around the tabled.
"He did not just call us old." Stef looked at Lena with her mock hurt and offended look. Lena put her hands on her hips with her mock offended look and the two of them looked at their youngest son, who was trying hard not to burst out laughing.
"Oh I think he did." Lena laughed as Jude got up and bolted from the room with Stef chasing him, trying to tickle him. He had seen it in her eyes but he also knew that whenever Stef was in the playful mood like now she always tickled the kids and the best thing to do is run.
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Rylan had come down the stairs just after the tickle war had ended, everyone was out of breath and panting as they finished their breakfast.
"Hey Mini." Stef scooped mini onto her lap as Lena made a plate of breakfast up for the little one.
"Hey Mini, what you got there?" Mariana asked, spying the bumble bee toy in her sisters arms. Mini hugged her toy tighter and smiled at Lena and Stef.
"My Bee." The biggest smile that the little girl could produce was stuck on her face. The smile was so catching that everyone was now smiling.
"Mom and I got it for her when we went shopping but we hadn't figure out the right time to give it to her. So when she had nightmares and wouldn't go to sleep we gave it to her and she settled right down and went to sleep." Stef explained kissing the top of Rylans head.
"Well you made the right choice, it is her favourite." Brandon pointed out, even though everyone already knew. He got eye rolls from Callie, Jesus and Mariana.
"Umm mom, shes eating." Jude pointed out. Everyone looked to Stefs lap where the little blonde was situated. She sat with a piece of pancake in her hand nibbling it happily. To say everyone was shocked is an understatement.
"I...um. I think she feels safe. Just like Jude and I did when we went to one of the nicer homes." Callie stated as her eyes remained glued to Rylans figure. Both moms were watching the little girl in awe, Rylan oblivious to everyone's eyes on her.
Watching the little girl that had wormed her way into her family, Callie felt proud to know her. A young girl that looked to be so innocent and loved, survived from what Callie could tell a horrible start at life. Looking at the girl who now felt comfortable and safe around her family made Callie remember back to when Jude and herself had been in a foster home that they finally felt a bit safer in.
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Flashback
"Dinner is served kids." Callie and Judes current foster mom calls up the stairs where the children were currently going about their afternoon activities.
Callie and Jude had been living with this family for a few months now. Jude had just turned 10 and Callie 14.
As Callie looked up from her homework she slowly stood and gestured for Jude to do the same thing. Following his sister down the stairs, Jude followed her all the way into the kitchen and took his seat at the table.
"Hey, Hows the homework going?" The foster mom Nancy asked as she placed a bowl of stir fry chicken and vegetables in front of both kids.
Nancy Andrews is a lovely woman, shes a stay at home mother/housewife and loved every minute of it. She had this mom aura about her, she was destined to be a mother. She had the heart shaped face with caramel skin, brown eyes and long wavey brown hair. She reminded Callie of her own mother.
Nancy is married to James Andrews, he worked a lot but when he was home, he was very nice and fatherly with his honey blonde hair, green eyes and charming smile, as Callie would think. He would try to spend his time with the kids and his wife when he wasn't working and thats what made it feel safe for Callie and Jude, enough to let their guard down, but only a little.
"Its going great. Callie is a really good teacher. I have these homework questions that I didn't really understand but Callie showed me a easy way to solve them. I think im going to go alright on my next test." Jude announces happily before taking a bite of his food.
Callie sat in shock as she watched her brother eat something without her having to eat first. For once in a long time she was actually glad that her brother felt safe, maybe this would be their safe home for a while, maybe even adoption could be considered.
End of flashback
That never happened though. The Andrews ended up getting pregnant after a long time of trying, that baby was their miracle child. After a long time of trying and giving up on ever having biological children, the couple were over the moon. There was a lot of joy in the Andrews house, well not from Callie and Jude who were sent packing after that news.
Callie could understand, young couples didn't want older children if they could help it. It wasn't upsetting for her but for Jude, it was. Seeing him upset made her upset. It was this house that made Callie more wary of who she trusted and let in, not just for her sake but for the sake of her own brother.
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"Is that good baby?" Lena rubbed Rylans back getting the little girls attention. Rylan smiled and held out a piece to Lena, who happily opened her mouth to let the little girl feed her.
"Alright we're off." Jesus and Jude got up and headed upstairs to grab there gear before heading back down to give their moms a goodbye hug and kiss. Mariana and Brandon soon followed leaving Callie, Rylan and the moms home.
"Moms?" Callie nodded in Rylans direction. Lena and Stef exchanged glances before giving the go ahead.
"Hey Mini, come outside with me." Rylan looked at Lena and Stef and they both smiled and nodded at her to go.
"Here bug, take your drinks." Callie grabbed her water bottle and Rylans kiddy bottle from Lena and the two of them headed outside, but not before Callie grabbed a picnic blanket to sit on.
Both moms exchanged glances as they watched their oldest daughter and youngest daughter head out to have a very necessary talk. Although they wished they were the ones Rylan would talk to, but they knew Callie was the best option since she had been through the same house.
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The two of them sat on the grass outside on the picnic rug Callie had placed on the floor.
"Rylan, I want to tell you something very important." Rylan looked at Callie. The tone of her foster sisters voice was serious, she didn't know if she should be afraid or not. Nodding slowly and hugging her Bumble bee toy, Rylan waited for Callie to start.
"You know how I was in the foster care with Jude," Getting a nod from Rylan, Callie continued. " Well, Jude and I we were in a foster home about three years ago or something like that. Well they had an older boy. He was nice and he treated Jude and I really nice. He turned out mean and he hurt me a lot. What im saying i..." Callie was cut off by Rylans little voice.
"Liam." Rylan whispered as tears started to fall. Callie looked shocked but she slowly nodded.
"Rylan, what did he do to you?" Callie was upset, she tried to not show her fear but she couldn't help it.
Rylan looked into Callie watering eyes and sighed. She didn't want Callie to be upset, she didn't like it when the people she loved or liked cried.
Slowly lifting her pyjama shirt up, Rylan showed Callie exactly what Liam had done to her. Callies breath caught in her throat, she could feel the vile coming up from her stomach and threatening to exit her mouth. Tears streamed down her face as she took Rylan into her arms and hugged her with all her might.
Hugging Rylan wasn't just to comfort the little girl, it was mainly to soothe herself. The monster had hurt a child, a very young child and it made her want to kill him, resurrect him and then kill him all over again.
"He wanted us to be reminded. We are his collection." Rylan sniffed as she spoke, the way she spoke that once sentence was like a robot, like it had been drilled into her mind. Callie couldn't process this information, it was killing her inside all over again.
"What did he mean?" Rylan asked after a minute or so. Callie sniffed and wiped her eyes before lifting her shirt up aswell.
"We match." Was all that Callie explained. Rylans eyes went wide and she slowly moved so her finger could trace what the monster did to Callie.
In big enough letters, LO was burned into their skin just to the left of their belly buttons. In exactly the same spot.
"Rylan, I know your scared but we need to tell moms all about this, we need L...Li...we need him to go away forever. Can you do that?" Rylan looked Callie in the eye. She searched Callies eyes, not knowing what she was looking for but she knew she could trust Callie. So taking a deep breath, Rylan nodded. Callie gave a small smile and stood up, extending a hand out for Rylan to take. Rylan picked up her transformers toy and held it tightly in one hand and grabbed Callies hand with her other.
"I wont let anyone hurt you anymore, not with me around." Callie said as the two of them walked towards the house, they would grab the blanket and drinks later. Rylan stopped and looked up at Callies face.
"Promise?" Rylan whispered. Callie nodded and knelt so she was eye level with Rylan.
"You are my baby sister, its my duty to protect my little siblings. I will protect you." Callie wiped away the single tear from her cheek before leaning in and kissing Rylan on the cheek and brushing away her tears.
"Alright, lets go." Callie said as she stood and swung Rylan up onto her hip, heading inside the house. Dreading about the conversation with her moms and what else Liam could have done to Rylan that was similar to what he did to her.
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"Moms." Callie knocked on the door to her parents room. Rylan still situated on her hip. Callie was actually glad that her moms hadn't seen or witnessed the conversation and had given them privacy to talk.
"Come in bug." Stef called as she placed a now folded shirt into the washing basket along with the other clothes and moving it to the side for the kids to come sit on the bed.
Lena and Stef sat on the bed facing the two girls. Callie was nervous and so was Rylan, the two of them were scared and both moms could sense it.
"Take a seat babies." Stef patted the bed.
Callie climbed onto the bed and sat Rylan on her lap. She realy needed Rylan with her right now otherwise she would freak out. It would be the first time she has spoken out about this part of the abuse Liam had done to her and she didn't know if she was ready, but she would do it for the sake of the little girl on her lap. Giving Rylan a kiss on the head Callie began.
"Umm, Rylan and I need to talk. You will probably need a tape recorder or something." Callie was hesitant and scared. She really didn't want to do this, Rylans little thumb stroking her hand was all the courage Callie needed.
Sensing the discomfort Lena headed down to get everyone something to drink while Stef grabbed her recorder. Holding the device in her hand Stef prayed that whatever the girls would say wasn't going to be too bad. In the back of her mind though, Stef couldn't help but think the worst.
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The four of them were situated on the bed. The moms at the head of the bed and the girls at the end. Rylan was clinging to Bee and trying to bury herself in Callies Body. The moms waited and watched their two girls fight inner demons before there very eyes, but couldn't do anything until they released what was on their mind. All they could do was wait and dread about what was going to come out of the girls mouths.
Stef pressed record and all that she could do now was wait and listen.
"It happened on the night he raped me..." Both moms winced internally having to remember what Callie told them about that night. They watched Callie struggle to get it out but knew she would, she is a strong and brave girl.
Taking a deep breath and releasing it, Callie composed herself before continuing.
"I didn't explain every detail to what he did to me. I remember after he had left the room I waited and waited, contemplating on having a shower when he came back into the room. I remember crying...
Flashback
"Oh callie baby, don't cry." Liam sat on the bed beside Callies naked body. His hands behind his back and His eyes gazing at her body and then back up to her face before smirking.
"I came to give you a present. You gave me a good time and I want you to have something to remember this by." Callie looked at him with fear as he pulled out a knife with a burning red tip. Callie couldn't get her voice to work and she ended up making a choking sound.
"Now this is going to sting a little, but it will be worth it trust me." Liam said moving the knife towards Callies stomach. Callie couldn't get her voice out and struggled to scream as the knife was pressed into her stomach and the smell of burning flesh filling the air made her want to vomit.
End of Flashback.
"I wouldn't have said anything but..." Callie trailed off, she couldn't say it. It was hard enough that she had to go through it let alone her little sister. Seeing both her moms look so distraught was enough to let the tears fall. Holding onto Rylan tighter Callie gulped and tried to voice what she wanted to say but her throat was dry and she couldn't talk again.
"Take a deep breath baby. Mama and I are here for you. We love you, both of you." Stef encouraged looking deeply into her daughters eyes. She could see her oldest daughter struggle internally and it pained her a lot to see it.
Rylan had been quiet the whole time. Hearing and feeling her big sister become upset and struggling, she decided to help her big sister out. The two words that Rylan spoke sent both mothers white as ghosts and Callie into a flood of more tears.
"We match."
"Y...y...you match?" Lena choked out through sniffles and tears. Rylan nodded. Stef composed herself enough to say something, all though it wasn't the tough mom voice they were use to hearing but a heartbroken, shocked small voice that came out of the cop instead.
"Show me." Stef really didn't want to see it and neither did Lena but she had to see it. She needed to see it to make everything seem real. Both Moms eyes were glued to their two girls.
Callie slowly pulled her top up enough to show off the brand. Both moms looked like they wanted to vomit. Their eyes were as wide as saucers and ready to jump out of their heads and run far away.
Rylan felt Callie pull her shirt up and so she did the same. This was the last straw for the moms, Instantly Lena was off the bed and bending over the toilet emptying her stomach and Stefs face was pouring tears like a downpour.
Stef leant forward, turned off the recorder and then pulled both her girls into her arms and just held them. Lena soon joined them on the bed and the four of them cuddled together, offering comfort and support to each other.
"Im hungry..." Rylans little voice whispered out after a few moments of silence. Stef, Callie and Lena let out laughs as they wiped away their tears and kissed Rylans head.
"Just like Jesus." Stef laughed out. Lena kissed her daughters on the head and then her wifes lips before scooping the little blonde into her arms.
"Lets get you fed then baby girl."
One of my readers fifirosepfingston suggested that I put some info from Callies other homes and so I did. Hope it was alright. If not, ill try better and im sorrry.
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