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:

"And shes out." Stef whispered looking down at the little girl, curled around her Bee toy. Lena sighed and both women turned off their bedside lights.

"Pretty good story love." Lena chuckled and shook her head.

"It was alright, the only stories I usually tell are about princesses, the last time I told a story was to Mariana when she was younger. Remember that?" Stef nodded before whispering.

"How could I forget. She loved Mama stories. I guess you have to get use to telling stories about robots and mutants." Stef chuckled.

"Oh shush you. Go to sleep. Goodnight." Lena chuckled as she closed her eyes and let out a sigh of content.

"Love you, my love." Stef whispered as she leant over Rylan to place a kiss on her wifes lips.

"Love you too."

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tuesday morning came around to fast for Stef. Her body clock woke her again at 6am, with everything on her mind, she hadn't been able to get much sleep. Mainly tossing and turning a lot during the night. No wanting to wake her wife and daughter snuggled together, Stef slips out of the bed and heads down stairs.

Stef puts the kettle on and sits down at the table, waiting for the kettle to boil.

She had so much to do today. Calling Bill, checking Rylans stitches, paper work, bills to pay, laundry and grocery shopping were on the list of things to do. A house with 8 people sure did need to be maintained everyday or it would look like a bomb site. It was times like this that Stef was glad that her mom was here to help.

"Morning Darling." Stef was broken out of her trance at the feel of her moms lips on her temple. Stef glanced up and smiled before going over to the kettle and starting to make herself a coffee, Lena a cup of tea and Her mom a tea.

"Pancakes, toast and fruit salad for breakfast alright?" Sharon glanced over her shoulder to look at her daughter. Sharon had noticed how her daughter was staring into space, she could also tell that Stef hadn't gotten enough sleep last night and that concerned her.

"Oh, um yeah thanks mom." Stef smiled back placing the cups of tea and coffee on the table.

"Are you alright darling?" Sharon asked as she mixed the batter of the pancakes, looking at her daughter who was currently chopping up fruit for the fruit salad.

"No, not really mom." Stef let out, not glancing at her mom, knowing her mom could read her like a book.

"Talk to me sweetheart." Sharon walked over to her daughter, still mixing the pancake batter. Stef sighed and looked up at her mom.

"I was restless last night. I just want everything to be alright. I want the case over, I want rylan to be adopted already and I want rylan to be well. Everything is just one crazy thing after another and Im sick of it." Stef had finally gotten what she wanted off of her chest, she hadn't said any of this to her wife and she needed to. Right now she just needed to talk to her mom, she needed a mommy moment.

"You need to talk to your wife sweetheart. Though things might be hard at the moment, but it will all work out in the end. Remember all the hard times with Jesus, Mariana Callie and Jude? You and Lena overcome them and now look at them and everything you have. You will get through this aswell. You are all strong." Sharon finished placing the batter down and planting a kiss on her daughters cheek. Stef leant over and hugged her mom.

"Your moms right honey." Both Sharon and Stef looked up from their embrace they were sharing to see Lena standing in her pyjamas at the entrance of the kitchen, a sad smile on her face. She has heard everything Stef had said and she was sad that her wife had kept all the emotions in.

Lena walked over and took the knife out of Stefs hand before taking a seat and pulling Stef so that she was standing between Lenas legs. Lena placed a hand on each of Stefs cheeks so that Stef was looking straight at Lenas face.

"I want everything to be alright now aswell. But obstacles get in the way and it only makes us stronger when we overcome them. We will face everything together, we can be strong together, we can cry together, we can be happy together and we can be sad together. As long as we are together, everything will be ok." Lena finished, a tear had slipped down her cheek but a smile was on her face. Stef reached out and wiped the tear away.

"Together." Stef said with a smile. Leaning down and planting a kiss on Lenas lips. Her wife always made her feel one hundred percent better after a talk.

"I love you." Stef whispered against Lenas lips before kissing her again.

"I love you to baby." Lena replied pulling away and smiling at her wife.

"Alright, lets get breakfast going the troops will be starting to wake." Lena chuckled at her wife, with one last kiss, Lena was standing up and getting plates out while Stef cut up fruit and Sharon cooked the pancakes.

7am care around and all the kids were up and about getting their things ready for school. Breakfast was almost on the table, Sharon was finishing the last of the pancakes. Lena was up getting changed into her work clothes and checking on Rylan . Stef had just placed the juice on the table as her phone rang.

"Stef Adams foster." Stef said, again not looking at her caller ID.

"Hey Stef, its Bill." Hearing the social worker on the other end, Stef heafed out into the backyard for some privacy.

"Hey Bill how are you going? How is the adoption process coming along?" Stef took a seat on one of the deck chairs as she looked out at the backyard, how quiet it was at this time of morning outside.

"Im doing fine thank stef. Adoption process is going slow but ok. Just sorting out a few bits and pieces from my end before we can get you to sign paperwork, you know the drill." Stef smiled at that. She had been through the adoption process twice with four of her kids. She had prayed to make it a third time if all goes well.

"That we do, so what do I owe the pleasure of the phone call? I was going to ring you later." ' one less thing for me to do later' Stef thought.

"Just wanted to update you on what I have been able to find out about getting an Id on rylans mom." Stef prayed that they were close to finding out the little girls identity, hopefully they wouldn't need to it to officially adopt her but just in case.

"So what have you found." Stef asked, she needed to know. She heard papers shuffling around on Bills end, so she patiently waited.

"Ok so I had the team check any deaths around the time we found Rylan in the alley way.

They found 3 women died around that time in the area we found Rylan." Stef smiled, Three was a good number. Hopefully one of them is her.

"So one of them could be her mom?" Stef was a little excited, she stood up and began to walk around the yard.

"They are working on them as we speak, trying to rule each one out to get a match. All three are Jane doe's." Stef sighed, Jane doe's were harder to rule out. Maybe they had missed someone.

"Were there any that had ID." Stef wondered. She heard more shuffling of papers.

"Nope. There were no other killings or deaths around the time Rylan was found. I asked the team to go back two weeks from the time we picked her up. All they came back with is three Jane doe's." Stef sighed, at least it was something. She wished she could do the investigation but she knew that it would be personal and anything could be used against her if it came to court.

"What have you got on the Jane Doe's?" She didn't know if Bill would tell her, she was a police officer so maybe he could.

"Ok, Jane doe number 1 early twenties, was found three days prior to when we found rylan but the alley was a couple of blocks away from where we found Rylan. She was shot in the head, she showed signs of giving birth previously, so shes a possible match."

Early twenties would put her around 18-19 when she had Rylan but still possible." Stef voiced her thought.

"Ok so, Jane doe number 2, late twenties was found shot in the head aswell in an alley . Found a week before we picked Rylan up in the same alley. Also showed signs of having a baby." Stef nodded as she took the information in, trying to get her own conclusions.

"So those two could be possibles, can you get DNA or something from them to match Rylans?" It was worth a shot, hopefully they had spare DNA left over from the victims.

"It could be a possibility, ill have to get the team to look further into that." Stef heard a scribbles, sounds like Bill is taking notes on what Stefs says. Stef gave a knowing smile, sometimes she loved being a cop.

"Ok, what about the other one?"

"Jane doe number 3 shot to death in a park, three gunshot wounds to the chest, found cross the street from the alley we found rylan. Signs of having multiple children. She was pregnant, 4 weeks along when she was killed. Probably didn't know." '

'That poor women. Lets hope that one wasn't Rylans mom. Although rylan never mentioned siblings, still a possibility though. Why must they be Jane doe's' Stef thought. She was getting frustrated.

"So all three have potential. Damn." Stef stopped her pacing and looked into the window of the kitchen, getting a smile from her wife. Stef could see all her kids at the table eating breakfast, well minus the littlest who was snuggled in Sharons arms. Stef smiled at that.

"the team is investigating further, ill let you know when I get more information."

"Thanks bill." Stef sighed out.

"No problems stef. How is she going anyway? I got the call from your lawyer telling me about the case on Liam Olmstead, im glad you found out, im sorry I didn't know." Stef shivered at the name, she really hated that name.

"Its ok bill, sorry you had to find out from our lawyer, its just been crazy here. ive kinda figured out that foster kids dont really share there experiences." She really did, five kids showed and told her that.

"Yeah, I need to pay closer attention on my vists. So rylan?" Stef could hear the curiosity in Bills voice. He really did care for the kids.

"Oh,sorry. She now eats on her own without being afraid of her food, we are working on getting her to not be afraid of the bath. She recently started having nightmares of her moms death, were hoping to get more information out of her but were not going to push her." Stef explained, her eyes on the little girl as she now snuggled in her Wifes arms.

"You work wonders with these kids Stef, you and Lena are miracle workers." Stef couldn't help but smile. They werent miracle workers, they just cared.

"I wouldn't say that, its just that we love kids and we want whats best for any kid. It just so happened that these kids came into our lives and won our hearts." Stefs voice laced with pure love. Anyone could tell that Stef loved her kids the way she talked about them and interacted with them, she was a true mother.

"It is true, the world needs more foster parents like you two." Stef rolled her eyes, it was true though. There were a lot of unfit foster parents that only care about the money and not the child at all.

"Thank you bill."

"No problems stef, well I better let you go. I have other kids to go see." Stef was glad Bill had called, he probably would have been busy later.

"Ok thank you Bill. Bye." Stef said as she made her way to the back door.

"Bye." She heard Bill say before he hung up, slipping her phone from her ear, Stef carried it inside, where she was greeted by her kids, wife and mother.

Xxxxxx

"Morning mom."

"Morning."

"Hey mom."

"Morning mom"

"Morning honey."

"Good morning Mom."

A round of different greetings were given to Stef as she entered the kitchen, Stef placed kisses on each kids head as she passed them, going to put her phone on charge.

"Hey little lady look, Mommy?" Lena points out. Rylan lifted her head off of her mamas shoulder to see her mommy walk in through the back door. Giving a yawn, Rylan places her head back on her Mamas shoulder. Stef and Lena share a look of concern.

Stef walks over to Rylan and Lena hands the little girl over. Rylan not even fussed, as long as she was being held, that was fine with her.

"Still not feeling well baby." Stef whispers, earning a shake of the head from the child. Stef sighed and headed up the stairs. She needed to check Rylans temperature again and check the stitches.

"Alright, lets see what going on." Stef sat Rylan on the counter in the bathroom and stripped the little girl of her pyjama top and singlet. Taking off the bandage so she could get a look, she sighed.

Grabbing the ear thermometer from where they had left It last night, Stef placed it in Rylans ear and waited.

"101, Looks like you and I have a date with the doctors sweets." Rylan just sat looking at her mom.

"Alright, let get you cleaned and changed." Rylan nodded. Stef helped Rylan dress and then she got dressed herself and then the two of them headed down stairs.

"Hey" Lena smiled up from her bowl of fruit. Most of the kids were still eating, Brandon had gone to school already, he had to practice the piano and Mariana was gone aswell because she had dance. Only Callie, Jude and Jesus remained. They would be catching a lift to school with Lena. Stef had heard the shower going, so her mom was probably showering.

"So Rylan and I have a date with the doctor after breakfast." Stef informs her wife as she places the little girl on a stool in between Callie and Lena.

"Still has a temperature?" Stef nodded as she put a pancake and some fruit on a plate for Rylan before serving herself some.

"Yep, 101 and her chest is still red a puffy." Lena nodded, leaning over and kissing the girls temple.

"What are you going to do today?" Lena asked after Rylan was settled and talking to Callie.

"Well, I have to take her to doctors, pay bills, do paperwork, grocery shopping, do laundry. The basics." Lena nodded.

"Don't over do it ok. The last thing we need is for you to be sick and tired from doing to much." Stef rolled her eyes but had a smile on her face, leaning in to peck lena on the lips.

"Yes love. Moms here anyway, she will help me." Lena chuckled. Of course Stef would do most of it, she knew her wife to well.

"Alright, lets go kiddos." Lena stood from her seat, kissed her wife and youngest daughter before leading the other three out the door.

"Behave." Lena called out to her wife with a smirk.

Xxxxxxxxxx

"Hello again, Stef. Miss Rylan. I wasn't expecting to see you so soon but I hear you are not feeling well." Dr Gleeson could tell by just looking at Rylan that she wasn't feeling well at all. She could see the pastiness of the girls skin, the tired eyes and the sluggish movement.

Stef was sitting on the bed with Rylan resting on her lap. Rylans back to Stefs chest, so that Dr Gleeson could get to Rylans chest.

"She had a temperature of 100.2 yesterday during the day and she slept away most of the day, we checked last night and found her chest to be all red and puffy and her temperature was 100.3. We decided to see if it would go down over night but her stitches are still red and puffy and her fever was at 101 this morning." Dr Gleeson nodded as she listened to Stef talk.

"The bandages are being changed regularly and medication is been taken?" Dr Gleeson asked, it was a standard question that she had to ask.

"Yeah, Lena and I have a schedule written down so anyone can follow it if they are around. We want her to heal fast and so we followrd your instructions down to a T." Dr Gleeson nodded and wrote the information down on the chart.

"Alright, can you take her sweater and shirt off for me?" Stef nodded, slowly helping the sluggish girl take her sweater and top off.

"Is that your wifes sweater?" Dr Gleeson asked as she placed gloves on as she was looking at the large sweater. Stef nodded.

"Yeah, she likes to wear Lenas sweater everywhere she goes. She has me around all the time because I took time of to look after her, but Lenas at school so Rylan uses it as a comfort item." Dr Gleeson nods.

"Separation anxiety. The smell of your wife on her sweater helps Rylan be calm. I see it quite a lot." Stef nods at the explanation. It was exactly what she had thought herself.

"Ok lets take a look shall we." Dr Gleeson stepped forwards and looked at Rylans chest after taking the bandage off.

"Well its definitely been cleaned thoroughly. All I can say is that Rylans body is fighting the stitches, looks like her body is trying to push out the foreign object." Dr Gleeson says as she looks at the wound more carefully before standing up straight and nodding to herself.

"So shes allergic to stitches? What can you do to close the wound up?" Stef looked at Dr Gleeson with a raised eyebrow.

"Im going to say that she is allergic to the type of material used in this stitch. So I want to use dis-solvable stitches. They will start to break down within four weeks, and may take about six months to completely disappear" Stef sighed, it was trial and error with things. Stef nodded, placing a kiss on Rylans temple.

"Im going to give her a shot of pain medication so we can take the stitches out without it hurting her too much, although it will hurt a little so prepare for a few tears." Dr Gleeson informed Stef as the nurse set up the equipment and then left. Stef nodded and kissed Rylans temple.

"Alright sweetie. Are you ready?" Rylan looked at her mom from the corner of her eye. Leaning back into her mom further, Rylan grabbed her moms hands and held tight before nodding. She wanted to hurry this up and go home.

"Alright, im going to start taking the stitches out sweetie." Rylan nodded and closed her eyes. As soon as Dr Gleeson started pulling the stitches out carefully, Rylans eyes filled with tears. Small sobs escaped the little girls mouth. Stef whispered soothing words into her little girls ear, kissing her temple at random intervals.

"Your doing so well sweetheart. Two more." Rylan nodded through her tears and squeezed her moms hands. She turned her head to hide it in her moms neck as she continued to try and be brave.

"Alright there we go. Im just going to clean it and then ill put the other stitches in. It wont hurt as much ok." Again Rylan nodded and let out a breath she didn't realise she had held.

"How about ice cream tonight after dinner? We go to the ice cream shop with the others. Does that sound good?" Rylan nodded, a small smile playing on her lips.

"Ohh lucky girl." Rylan smiled a little smile at her doctor.

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