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.
AN: I KNOW RYLAN HAS BEEN SICK FOR QUITE A FEW CHAPTERS BUT ITS ALL APART OF THE STORYLINE. JUST THE MOM/RYLAN BONDING MOMENTS ARE THE BEST WHEN SHE SICK AT THE MOMENT. SORRY IF YOU ALL ARE ANNOYED AT HOW LONG SHE IS TAKING TO GET BETTER.
Previously:
"Ok, well you draw, while Ill do my paperwork." Stef picked up a piece of her paper work and began to read.
"So it will be a surprise?" Rylan asked after a second, making Stef peak up over her paperwork to look at the little blonde.
"You could say that, you can surprise me with your drawing when you are finished." Rylan thought for a moment before letting out a big grin and nodding.
"Ok mommy." Rylan began to draw as Stef shook her head, a smile on her face.
"Innocent and inquisitive minds, got to love it." Stef chuckled to herself.
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"Hey we're home." Lena called out as the kids all filed in behind her.
"Mama." Rylan squealed out as she bounded towards Lena. Lena bending down ready to catch the little girl.
"Hey baby girl, did you have fun with mommy and grandma?" Lena asks setting the little girl on her hip and walking into the kitchen as the other kids head upstairs to put their bags away.
"Yep, I didn't like going to the doctors though." Lena chuckled. She walked into the kitchen and planted a kiss on Stef lips, where she sat doing paperwork.
"No one really likes the doctors baby girl, but they make us feel better. Did Dr Gleeson make you feel better?" Lena gave Rylan a peck on the temple, checking her fever, smiling at the sign of no fever. Stef giving Lena a smile from where she sat.
"Yeah she did. Mommy held me and I only cried a little bit." Rylan beamed. She was proud of herself.
"wow, my big brave girl. Mommy will always hold you, no matter what." Stef smiled over and nodded when Rylan looked at her. Thats when Rylan remembered what her mommy had said at the doctors.
"Mommy said we can go get ice cream at the ice cream shop together after dinner." Rylan smiled proudly. She really wanted ice cream. If mom said they were doing it, then they were doing it.
"Did she now?" Lena asked giving her wife a raised eyebrow. Stef just smiled and shrugged before paying attention to the laptop screen.
"Yep." Rylan smiled popping the p. Lena chuckled and kissed Rylans cheek before placing her on the spare
"We're going out for ice cream tonight?" Mariana asks as she comes into the kitchen to grab a snack, Jude, Callie and Jesus behind her. Of course Mariana would hear ice cream. For a small girl like she was, she sure could eat. Both moms always laughed at how she could out eat Jesus some days.
"Yep." Stef said, Popping the P like Rylan had done. Lena rolled her eyes as she got herself a cup of tea.
"Wheres B?" Stef asks after greeting all the kids as she puts her laptop and paperwork away. Now that the kids were home it wasn't quiet enough to do her paperwork, that and she would rather spend time with her kids now that they were home.
"Hes upstairs on the phone to Lou." Mariana answered as she took a sip from a water bottle. Stef nodded. Her kids were getting older, they wouldn't need their moms very soon. Stef didn't like that but its what happens and she will have to deal with it when they decide to move out.
"Mama come look at the picture I made to put on the fridge." Rylan called Lena over. Lena smiled and happily went to her youngest. Peaking over her shoulder, Lena smiled at the picture.
"Thats me, thats you, Mommy, Mari, Brandon, Callie, Jesus, Jude, Grandma, Grams and grandpa. MY family." Lena wiped a tear from her eye at the picture the little girl drew.
"Its absolutely beautiful baby girl I love it. Go hang it on the fridge." Rylan slipped off the stool and headed to the fridge to hang her drawing.
"Wow thats really pretty Mini." Callie said as she looked at the picture her little sister had drawn.
"Thank you Callie." Rylan hugged Callies waist.
"No problems. It really is pretty. Now...want to come learn how to play the guitar?" Callie asks Rylan as she lifts the girl onto her hip. Rylan places her finger on her chin, making Callie chuckle.
"Ummmmm...Ok." Rylan smiles out and Callie chuckles and places a kiss on her little sisters cheek as she heads up the stairs.
"Hey, darling." Sharon says as she enters the kitchen, arms full of shopping bags. Jesus and Jude go over to her and take some of the bags.
"Hey grandma, anymore?' Jesus asks. Sharon nods, both boys hug her and then head out to the car to grab the shopping bags.
"Thanks again Mom." Stef says.
"Yeah, thankyou Sharon. You have been a very great help. A god send." Sharon chuckles and waves it away. She walks over and places a kiss on her daughter in laws cheek and then kisses Mariana as she was the only grand child in the room.
'Where are my other grand babies?" Sharon asks as she places her phone and handbag down.
"Callie and Rylan went upstairs. Callie is going to teach Rylan the guitar. Brandon is on the phone to lou." Sharon nods as she unloads the shopping, Mariana, Stef and Lena helping. Jude and Jesus bring the rest of the bags in and then joined the others in emptying them.
"Have you all done your homework?" Lena asks, Mariana, Jude and Jesus all shake their heads, with one look from their mothers, they are giving each of there moms a kiss and heading upstairs to do homework.
"You guys ok with chicken parmigiana and salad for dinner?" Sharon asks the two women.
"Sounds good mom." Stef smiles and walks over to Lena placing her hands on Lenas hips and giving her a proper welcome home kiss, one that was appropriate with Sharon in the room.
"Hey." Stef chuckles out after the kiss. Lena rolls her eyes but wraps her arms around Stef neck and they place their foreheads against each other and sigh.
"Its only tuesday and I am already over the week. I want to be at home with my babies and my wife." Lena sighs out, placing her head in the crook of Stefs neck, breathing in her scent.
"I know, I want you all home aswell." Stef says as she runs her hands up and down Lenas back.
"Oh, want to hear something funny?" Stef speaks after a few minuted of standing in the embrace together. Lena pulls out of the embrace a little to look at Stefs face, a smile plastered on her wifes face meant that it was funny.
"Go on." Lena chuckled, knowing that Stef was going to say it anyway.
"I was folding washing while Rylan was sleeping. She was talking in her sleep. She was mumbling about a chicken stealing and riding her bike." Lena chuckled, that was pretty cute. She loved how little minds worked.
"Stef had dreams like that too." Stef raised her eyebrow giving her mom a playful look telling her not to say anything.
"Really? Do tell." Lena left Stefs embrace and went and leant against the counter, looking amused at her wife.
"Well when she was around 5 or 6 she once dreamt that a robot had invaded the world and was stealing all the red jelly beans from the shops and when she woke up she thought the dream was real and begged me to go get some red jelly beans so the robot wouldn't take them all." Lena burst out laughing.
"Oh mom did you really have to tell my wife that. She didn't need to know what I was dreaming about when I was a child." Stef crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. She was pretending to be embarrassed when she really didn't care.
"Oh that was funny. Don't look embarrassed Honey. Your child mind sounds so interesting. Got anymore Sharon?" Lena asked, Stef gave Lena a roll of the eyes. She wasn't embarrassed, Lena was her wife and hearing about her child self was something Lena was curious about so Stef wasn't going to stop her.
'Well there was one time where she..." Sharon started with an amused tone.
"Argh you two..., im going upstairs." Stef shook her head, pecked Lenas cheek and headed upstairs. But not before sending Lena a wink. Signalling that she didn't really care. A smile on her face as she went. She could hear her mom and wife laughing as she headed upstairs.
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"So how was school?" Stef asks as everyone digs into their dinner.
"I got a B in my Math test." Jude smiles proudly.
"Wow, good job buddy. We're proud of how far you have come." Lena smiles and praises the boy. It was true, Jude had come a long way with his maths. He is a smart boy, he just needs help understanding things and then he has got it.
"Well, Emma and I are working on this new coding thing. There is a competition In the class and even though we are really good, the guys in the class think we are just dumb girls. Emma and I are going to prove them wrong next week. After all she is the best coder in the class." Mariana explains.
"You show them sweets. Girls can do anything boys can." Stef says to her daughter with a smile. Knowing that no one at the table was going to debate that because it was true.
"So Rylan, have you been having fun with Mommy and grandma?" Callie asks. Rylan looks up from her plate that she has been picking at to look over at her sister.
"I like being with Mommy and grandma , but I miss you all when you aren't here." Rylan whispers.
"We miss you aswell when we are at school. The best part of the day is coming home and seeing you and Mom." Mariana says as she smiles at her sister. Everyone nodding.
"Good...we go get ice cream now mommy?" Rylan looks up to her mom sitting next to her with a grin. Stef rolls her eyes and the kids and Lena all laugh.
"Not yet baby girl, we are still eating and you haven't eaten a thing on your plate." Rylan looked around at every ones plates and then back at her own. She hadn't touched her dinner, yet she wasn't that hungry but she knew her moms wouldn't let her have any ice cream if she didn't eat her dinner. She definitely wanted ice cream.
"Just eat this bit ok?" Lena says as she divides the plate up, showing Rylan what to eat before she could be done. Looking at the plate, Rylan nods and slowly starts to eat.
Both Lena and Stef knew the girl wasn't that hungry, being sick made the little girl not as hungry and they weren't going to push her into eating all her food, she would only get a sore stomach and vomit later if she ate it all.
"Good girl sweetie." Lena whispers kissing Rylans temple ad getting back to her own food.
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"Alright, sweaters and shoes on troops. Its ice cream time, Cals can you help Rylan change into some real clothes please." Stef calls up the stairs before turning and putting her shoes and coat on, knowing she wouldn't be able to do it after. Just as she slips her coat on she hears movement in the hallway upstairs and chuckles when Jesus and Rylan are the first ones down the stairs.
'Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream." Rylan jumps up and down on the spot near the door.
Rylan was now in her jeans, white socks and red hooded jumper. Her hair pulled up into a messy pony tail but was still presentable to go out.
Lena comes out of the kitchen with the little girls medicine and her water bottle, Rylan frowns at the yucky tasting medicine that was in the medicine cup.
"Here sweetie, you need to drink this before we go." Lena holds out the medicine and Rylan takes it without a fuss and then sculls her water to get rid of the taste. Lena takes the empty cup and the waterbottle back into the kitchen as Stef gets Rylan to sit on the floor so she could put her shoes on.
"Alright little missy shoes on." Stef helps Rylan slide her shoes on just as the others joined them.
"Mom, are you coming?" Stef asks after helping Rylan stand up from the floor and slipping the little girls coat on her.
"No thats alright sweetheart. Ill just hang around here. Let you girls spend some time with your kids." Sharon smiles as she kisses each of them on the cheeks as they pass out the front door.
"Are you sure?' Stef raises an eyebrow at her mom. Sharon nods giving a kiss to Stefs cheek.
"Positive, now go." Stef and Lena chuckle as they follow the kids out.
"Ok, everyone got everything because as soon as I close the door behind me, no one goes back in again." Lena raises her eyebrows at all the kids. All shaking their heads, signalling they didn't need to go in.
"Alright, lets go." Stef says herding the kids.
Mariana, Jude and Callie leading the pack with Brandon and Jesus behind them and then the moms and Rylan at the rear.
Rylan stood in the middle of her moms, a hand in each of theirs.
"1...2...3" They said together as they swung Rylan between them, the little girl giggling between them.
"Again, again." Rylan asks as she laughs, both moms laughing along with her.
"1...2...3" Rylan lets out a squeal as she flies in the air.
"Mamas arms are getting sore baby girl. " Lena said after the fifth time they swung the little girl. Rylan looked up at her moms, her face red from the laughing she had done.
"Ok. Are we almost there?" Rylan asks, looking up between her moms. The moms shared a knowing look and rolled their eyes with a smile before answering the girl.
"Almost sweets." Rylan let go of her moms hands and walked along the edge of the footpath, coming to a stop at a set of bushes.
"Rylan put the snail down." Stef chuckled out at Lenas grossed out face, when the girl had picked up a snail. Both still walking but keeping an eye on the little girl that was behind them now, still at the bush where the snail was.
"But...but...alright." Rylan sighed swinging an arm as she follows behind her mom.
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"Rylan baby come on. Your lagging behind." Stef called over her shoulder, they were almost at the ice cream shop but what should have taken 10 minutes, took double that because Rylan stopped every so often to look at something, anything like snails and bugs.
"Coming Mommy." Rylan called putting a caterpillar on the leaf. She looked up from where she was looking at the caterpillar to see where it was, she would come back for it later on the way home.
Rylans eyes got wide as she spotted the man from the park. He saw her and smiled, he was sitting on a bench waiting for a bus, supposedly. He put his finger to his lips and made a quiet gesture and then pointed at her family before making a slicing motion over his own neck. Rylan gulped and nodded slowly.
"Rylan baby are you ok?" Stef and Lena had stopped to wait for the little girl, when they turned they could see the little girl looking pale and then she slowly nodded at something. Both moms looked over to where Rylan was looking and found no one or nothing suspicious, sharing a look they went over to their baby.
As soon as Stef knelt down infront of Rylan, the little girl was immediately wrapping her arms around Stefs neck like her life depended on it. As soon as Stef felt her shirt become wet, she immediately became concerned.
Not very long after that the girls tears were now full blown sobs into Stefs neck. Both moms sharing a look.
"Rylan baby, whats the matter? Tell mommy baby." Stef rubbed Rylans back as she stood up, situating the little girl on her hip.
"The...the man." Rylan got out.
"What man baby?" Lena asks kissing Rylans cheek and running a hand through the little blondes pony tail.
"Park." Rylan buried her face in her moms neck and cried more. That one word had their eyes wide as saucers.
"The man from the park was here baby. Why didn't you call me over straight away and show me?" Stef whispered, trying to get the little girl to give her answers. Stef was worried, why was this man stalking Rylan? What did he want?
"Not now Stef, later." Lena asks, the little girl was too worked up to talk right now, Stef nodded in understanding.
There wasn't much of anything they could do until Rylan talked more, she hadn't even told anyone what he looked like. Stef couldn't keep the man away from her baby without answers, or a description.
"Its ok baby, mommy has you. Mommy has you." Stef whispered, running her hand up and down rylans back as they continued to walk towards the ice cream shop. Stef wiped a stray tear from her own eye and Lena gave Stef a look of 'are you ok?'. Stef just nodded and mouthed later as they pulled the door to the ice cream shop open and headed in.
"Moms over here." Jesus called from the tables they were at. All the kids were sitting around two tables. Brandon and jude on one tables side with Callie and Mariana sitting in front of them Leaving Jesus, Rylan and the moms to the other table next to them.
Lena slid onto a seat and Stef slipped into a seat next to her, Rylan still cuddled into her moms neck.
"What happened?" Brandon asks, his little sister had been excited before and now she was cuddled into Mom.
"She saw the man from the park." Everyone eyes went wide, Immediately Jesus was standing from his seat but Brandon was able to grab his arm in time.
"Dude, hes probably gone and you have no idea what he looks like. Calm down." Brandon says, Jesus sits back down on his chair and steals a glance at his little sister curled up in their moms arms.
"Brandons right buddy. There is nothing we can do. We don't know what he looks like. All we can do is make sure we keep an eye on her." Everyone nods.
"Alright ice cream time." Lena says clapping her hands once and standing up. All the kids apart from Rylan get up and go over to the counter. Lena gives Stef an eyebrow raise.
"Want the usual to share, we can share with her aswell." Lena says gesturing to Rylan. Stef lets out a sigh and nods.
"She wont eat much now that shes in this mood." Lena nods with a sad sigh before going up the counter.
"Rylan baby, its ok." Stef whispers, running her hand up and down the little girls back.
"Lets go get your hands washed and face cleaned up ok." Stef whispers, as she stands and moves off towards the bathroom once one of the kids takes a seat to save the tables. Jude sits down first and thats when Stef heads to the bathrooms with Rylan.
"Alright, look up at mommy please." Stef says setting the little girl on the counter and grabbing some paper towel and wetting it so she could clean the girls face of dry tears.
"Why is he everywhere?" Rylan whispers, her voice still hoarse from crying. She was looking at her hands and then she raised her head to look her mom in the eyes. Stef stops wiping Rylans hands to look the girl in the eyes.
"I don't know baby, but im not letting him get whatever it is he wants from you." Stef had a feeling that the man wants something from Rylan but she didn't know exactly what it was he is after.
"He wants something from me?" Rylan looks at her mom with a confused face. Stef shrugs and continues to clean Rylans hands.
"I hope not sweetie. I just hope that was the last time you see him." Rylan nods and waits for her mom to finish cleaning her hands and then she moves onto her face.
'Alright all clean, lets go eat ice cream." Rylan nods, not to excited about ice cream any more but she raises her arms and Stef scoops her up and sets her on her hip, exiting the bathroom and heading over to the rowdy bunch that was her family.
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"Last mouthful baby, do you want it?" Lena asks holding the spoon to Rylans mouth. Rylan smiles and opens her mouth. The vanilla flavoured ice cream covered in chocolate sauce entering her mouth made her taste buds go crazy but she was extremely full now.
"Everyone should be full now." Lena raises her eyebrow as she says this. She gets a bunch of yes's from the kids as they relax on the chairs.
Rylan hadn't eaten much of the ice cream and they were glad they ended up sharing instead of getting her, her own. It wouldn't have gone to waste with three growing boys at the table, they just didn't need anymore.
"Alright, ready to go?" Stef asks as she wipes Rylans face free of ice cream and chocolate sauce.
"Yeah, a walk will help. I ate too much." Jude says as he stands up and rubs his stomach, a bunch of the kids, mainly the boys agreeing. Both moms laughed and shook their heads. The kids sure do love sweets, even if it made them sick, like now.
Stef places Rylan on the ground to walk, hopefully to burn the sugar high she would probably have very soon.
Sugar high she did have. Sure enough the little girls sugar high burst out of her and she was running circles around them. Picking up any bug she saw, jumping around and talking non stop.
"Rylan slow down, only go to where we can see you." Lena called watching the girl run ahead, Jesus running after her and scooping her up off of the ground, making her squeal.
"Here comes the tickle monster, im going to get you." Jesus called in a pretend monster voice. Rylan squealed out and ran off laughing towards Brandon. Raising her arms up to her eldest brother, hoping he would protect her from Jesus the tickle monster.
Stef and Lena along with the other kids smiling and laughing at their antics.
Brandon swings Rylan up into his arms and settles her on his hip.
"No fair." Jesus calls out, Rylan just pokes her tongue at her brother and he rolls his eyes before turning back around and heading to walk and talk with Jude.
"Moms, shes out." Brandon called over his shoulder to his parents, not even five minutes after he had picked her up. The little girl hand her legs wrapped around her brothers waist, her head on his shoulder, her left arm hung over Brandons shoulder and her right hand resting in between her chest and Brandons.
"Good, her sugar high is gone." Stef says chuckling as she walks with Lena behind the kids.
"Yeah but now you have to deal with a cranky child that you will have to wake to bath and change her bandage." Lena smiles, knowing what Stef would say next.
"Me?" Stef looked at her wife, as she stopped, with a raised eyebrow and her hands on her hips. Lena stopped as well and also raised her eyebrow and put her hands on her hip.
"Yes you, you suggested Ice cream so you deal with the consequences." Lena gives Stef a smirk before turning on her heel and heading off.
"Yay." Stef gives out a sarcastic cheer and then grumbles as she follows behind Lena. Her wife still chuckling in front of her.
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