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:
"You're just and easy target mom." Brandon piped in letting her know what they were all thinking. All the kids nodding, well again except Rylan.
"Gee thanks." Stef sarcastically said scooping some food onto her fork and shoving it into her mouth, her eyes on the little girl next to her as the kids bantered between them.
Stef was becoming worried. The little girl hadn't said a thing, hadn't laughed, hadn't even looked at anyone and hadn't really eaten her food. Stef was really worried when she saw a tear fall from the little blondes eyes.
Stef exchanged a glance with Lena, knowing her wife had seen the tear. Lena mouthed out 'later' and Stef nodded, knowing dinner time wasn't the time to go into it.
All that ran through Stefs mind now was 'what had happened since she left home.'
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"Alright, bath time little missy." Stef said to Rylan after gathering the plates and putting them neatly stacked on the bench next to the sink, to be washed.
The boys had gone upstairs first and were now in the living room playing video games while Callie and Mariana were still sitting at the dining table talking about Marianas dance code. Callie was all to happy to give advice.
"No." Rylan said giving Stef a glare, the glare not going unnoticed by the others in the room. Lena looked at Rylan confused just like everyone else was.
Normaly Rylan would love spending tme with her Mommy but her attitude and looks towards Stef made it seem that the lttle girl was not a fan of her mother.
"Why no?" Stef asked not letting the matter go. She was a little hurt that her baby didn' want anything to do with her right now and it was making her even sadder when she didn't even know what was going on or what she did to upset the blonde.
"Lets go bath." Callie spoke up. She could see an argument about to happen and so she wanted to end it before it even began. Rylan slid off the stool as Callie grabbed her hand and the two of them headed up the stairs with Mariana following. Leaving the moms alone in the kitchen looking stunned into silence at what had just played out.
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"Ok, so we put this mat on the floor and fill the bottom of the shower up?" Callie asked Rylan as Mariana was getting the little girls pyjamas ready. Rylan nodded. She was feeling sad because she wanted her mommy to bath her but she was still mad at her mommy, she broke her promise.
"Alright does that feel right?" Callie asked after placing the little girls toys on the bottom of the shower. Rylan put her hand in and then hopped in after feeling that it was ok. Callie grabbed the cloth and put some soap on it before she began to wash the little girls body as Rylan happily played with the toys.
Callie knew she had to get Rylan to talk. Knowing that it was just her and the little girl upstairs she spoke.
"Why are you not talking to mom for?" Rylan looked up from the boat she was playing with, to look at her sisters face. Wondering if she was mad or not. Rylan couldn't read her sisters face, or emotions so she didn't say a thing. She just returned to playing with the boat.
"Did she do something wrong?" Callie pushed, stopping the movement of the cloth on Rylans foot to see the little girl nod. She let out a sigh of relief but now she had to figure out what Stef had done wrong to make the little girl upset with her.
"Oh, want to tell me what she did wrong?" Rylan shook her head and played with the boat as Callie kept washing her legs and then behind her ears. Callie let out a sigh of frustration.
"Well how is she suppose to fix what she did wrong if she doesnt know what she did. Thats why you need to tell her." Rylan looked up at that sentence. Her movement with the boat ceased and she contemplated what Callie said.
"Im just mad." Rylan whispered looking to her lap. Callie nodded even though the little girl wasn't looking at her. Sometimes Callie forgo that the little girl had been through so much for being so young. Rylan had always been happy and to know that she was mad was a little strange.
"Oh Rylan, thats not good. You need to let it out and the only way to do that is to talk to mom." Callie tried to persuade the girl, hoping that it would work.
"I know...can I do it in the morning though? Im tired." Callie sighed, at least she got an answer. She would have liked to have been told what Stef did but she wasn't that lucky.
"Ok, in the morning you tell her, promise?" Rylan let a tear fall at the word 'promise.'
"Promise." Rylan whispered back, she wasn't going to break her promise, even though Stef did.
"Im going to get mama now, she needs to change your bandage." Callie stood from the floor and went off to go get Lena.
"ok." Rylan whispered to herself and wiped away the few tears that had spilt from her eyes. Rylan pulled the mat from the floor and let the water run down the drain before putting her toys back in the bucket after emptying them with water.
"Hey my baby, ready to hop out and get your bandage changed?" Lena said as she entered the kids bathroom, seeing the little girl standing there and waiting.
"Yep, then bed?" Rylan looked at her Mama with a pout causing Lena to chuckle. Sweeping the little girl into her towel, Lena exited the bathroom and went into the girls room and over to Rylans bed.
"Yes my sweet girl, then bed."
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Lena tucked the blanket tighter around Rylan before bending and placing a kiss to the sleeping girls temple. She then reached up onto the top bunk and stroked Callies hair before moving over to kiss and tuck Mariana in more. Lena stood at the door to their room and gave the girls another once over before she closed the door behind her and heading to the boys room to do the same.
As Lena entered her room she shared with her wife, she could see Stef was deep in thought, staring out the window looking deep in thought.
Lena walked to her wife and wrapped her arms around the blondes waist, placing a kiss on her cheek and resting her chin on her shoulder. Stef let out a breath and sighed as she relaxed into Lenas embrace. The long shift and the way her youngest had acted tonight was certainly taking its toll on the older blonde.
"Kids all asleep?" Stef spoke softly, still happy to be in the embrace of her wife.
"Rylan and Callie were tossing and turning but now all the kids are out like lights." Stef nodded and turned in Lenas arms so she could face her wife. Planting a soft kiss on Lenas lips, Stef then rested her forehead against her wifes lips. Lenas heart broke at the sight of a tear fall from her wifes left eye. Reaching up and kissing it away, Lena planted another kiss on Stef lips.
"Speak to me honey. Tell me what is going through that mind of yours?" Lena said as she walked them back towards the bed. Both had already changed into there pyjamas. Stef taking the hint moved onto her side of the bed while Lena moved onto her side and they both met in the middle.
Lena lay on her back with Stefs head on her chest and Stefs right leg flung over her hips.
"Rylan is upset with me and I honestly dont know what I have done to upset her." Lena knew that when the little girl was mad with Stef, Stef took it really hard. The two had a special bond from the moment Rylan had been rescued by Stef.
Lena rubbed Stefs back as Stef let out a shudder. Lena knew Stef was trying to keep her tears at bay and so far it wasn't working like she wanted it too.
"I don't know either honey. She didn't voice anything at all today..." Lena trailed off, realising something. Stef lifted her head up off of her wifes chest to look at Lenas face.
"What? What is it?" Stef asked as she searched her wifes face for any information.
"She stood at the window looking out for you all day and I could tell she was getting angry and sadder with each hour that passed." Stef frowned at the words, that didn't give her much information but it was a start. Lena brushed a piece of Stefs hair behind her ear as she continued to run her hand up and down Stefs back.
"So she sat at the window, wa...im an idiot. I need to apologise to her." Stefs frown turned into realisation, she understood why her little girl was angry with her. She went to slide out of the bed but was stopped as Lena kept her in place with the hand on her back.
"Shes asleep now honey, its going to have to wait till morning. Why do you need to apologise?" Lena watched her wifes face. She wondered why her wife had to apologise.
"I promised I would take her to the park. Have a mommy, mama and Rylan day with her. She was so excited and I forgot. I completely forgot. I feel so bad now, she has every right to be mad at me." Stef let the tears fall freely now. She really did feel like a horrible mother. Lena smiled a small smile of sadness at her wifes words.
"Honey listen, you have a lot on your mind. So you forgot, you can make it up to her. After all she is a mommys girl." She had to stop her wife from thinking horrible things about herself.
"I promised her. I never break my promises Lena." Lena looked at the sadness of her wifes eyes. The horror of breaking her promise to the little girl weighing heavily in her partners mind was what Lena could see when she looked at Stefs face and into her eyes.
"Its going to be alight honey...how about we go tomorrow. You wouldn't exactly be breaking your promise just changing the days?" Lena whispered out soothingly as she pulled Stef back down to rest her head on her chest. As soon as Stefs head was on Lenas chest, Stef let out a sigh as Lenas fingers massaged her scalp.
"Yeah I guess you're right. Thank you, my love." Stef lifted her head and placed a kiss on her wifes lips before snuggling back down onto her wifes chest.
"You're welcome honey, goodnight. I love you." Lena whispered, still running her hands up and down her wifes back. She smiled a little when Stef yawned.
"Night, love you too." Stef replied as she snuggled closer to her wife and tightened her hold on her.
Lena smiled sadly. She could feel Stefs breathing starting to change as she drifted off. Her wife was definitely tired.
"I still feel bad though..." Stef whispered after a few minutes of silence. Lena had thought she had gone to sleep but obviously she hadn't.
"Go to sleep honey." Lena chuckled as she closed her eyes and held her wife tighter to her. Using the gesture to show love and support to her wife.
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Stef yawned and stretched in her bed. Opening her eyes when she met the cold sheets to her left where her wife slept. Blinking a bit to wake up more Stef rolled over and looked at the alarm clock. 08:06 flashed on the alarm clock in bright red numbers. Stef frowned at the time.
There wasn't many times that she had slept past 6am because of her body clock. Stef had to admit she felt really good after sleeping in but she knew that she couldn't lay in bed anymore because her wife was downstairs with the 6 kids all by herself. Slipping herself out of the bed and onto her feet, Stef fixed her hair into a pony tail, brushed her teeth and then headed down the kitchen where she knew the kids would be.
"Morning my love, morning Rylan. Where are my other babies?" Stef said as she got to the kitchen to only see her wife and youngest child and no sound anywhere in the house that alerted her to the other kids presences. Stef kissed Lena on the lips and went to kiss Rylans temple but Rylan ducked her head and moved closer to Lena, not once did Rylan make eye contact or stop colouring.
"We let you sleep in a while. You needed sleep honey. The kids are all off out and about dong their own things. Just us Three so Rylan and I were doing colouring, hey baby girl?" Rylan nodded and leaned more into Lena, as Lena ran her hand through the little girls blonde hair.
"Have you two eaten?" Stef said as she looked from her wife to her daughter and then back to her wife. Lena nodded and kissed Rylans temple, giving Stef a sad smile.
"Yeah, we ate with the kids and now we are just colouring here." Lena explained as she picked up a pink pencil and continued to colour in the same spot she had been when Stef entered the room.
Stef watched her wife and daughter colour for a moment before making herself some toast and taking a seat across from Rylan at the table.
Rylan could see that Stef was watching her. She was trying very hard not to cave in and look up at her mom but she was still mad. If she didn't get up and leave soon she was going to cave.
"Hey Rylan, can you look at me please?" Stef asked after she had eaten a few mouth fulls of her breakfast. It was now or never, she couldn't go another hour of not getting her little girl cuddle time.
Rylan slowly rose her head and looked into her moms eyes. Stef could see the anger and the sadness in the little blondes, bright blue eyes and she felt a pang of hurt knowing that she had caused that. Taking a deep breath before releasing it, Stef got the courage to speak to her little girl.
She stood up and moved around the table so she could kneel infront of the little girl. Rylan turned in her chair so she was facing her mom. Stef placed her hands on the little girls knees, Rylan felt safe again knowing that her mom was there even though she was mad.
"Im so sorry about the park yesterday. I am so sorry for forgetting. I was busy and I know thats no excuse I should have called. So mama thought it would be a good idea if we go have a picnic at the park today. Is that alright with you?" Stef got out as she looked into her daughters eyes. Sadness and anger was replaced by happiness and love. Rylan smiled a small smile and nodded. She felt good now that her mommy had apologised. She really missed her mommy.
Lena smiled at the two infornt of her. The love that was shared between them making her heart beat faster. Her wife and daughter reconnecting was an amazing feeling.
"Can I give you an 'im sorry' hug, my baby girl?" Rylan nodded, a big smile plastered on her face and she flung her arms out ready to be engulfed by her mommy. Thats what Stef did. Stef stood and grabbed her little girl and brought her into her arms, tears of happiness fell from her eyes as she hugged her little girl. She hated it when her kids were mad at her and it was an amazing feeling to reconnect like this.
"Thankyou baby girl. I really am sorry. Do you forgive me?" Stef whispered into the little girls ear as the two blondes continued to hug. Stef placed kisses all over the little girls temple and cheek as she waited on a reply.
"I know mommy. I forgive you and Im sorry for not talking to you. I really wanted you to bath me. I like when you bath me." Stef pulled Rylans face away from her neck so they could look each other in the eyes.
"You were mad, I understand. I love you." Stef smiled and kissed Rylans cheek after she had explained.
"I love you too mommy." Stef and Rylan both smiled and crushed each other in a big hug.
"Bath tonight?" Stef whispered.
"Yeah with bubbles." Rylan cheered making Stef and Lena chuckle. Lena stood up and moved into hug the two blondes.
"Mama sandwich." Stef called as Lena hugged the two of them. Rylan squealed and giggled. She felt at home again, she always felt at home with her moms and she really, really hated it when she was mad at her mom.
"Alright, lets finish colouring while mommy eats her breakfast." Rylan nodded and clung to her Mama before being placed back on her stool where her colouring was located.
"Mommy?" Rylan called just before Stef went to her seat. Stef turned around to look at her little girl.
"Yeah baby girl?"
"Can I have another cuddle?" Rylan smiled shyly making Stef chuckle.
"You don't have to ask baby girl." Stef said as she scooped Rylan up and brought her to her spot at the table so she could eat her breakfast.
Stef took her seat and sat Rylan on her lap. Stef looked across to Lena and saw the love shining through the brown eyes she loved.
"I love you." Lena said as she looked at her wife. Knowing that Stef and Rylan were no longer mad and ignoring each other made her extremely happy. Her family was back to the normal, well as normal as it could be.
Stef heard some crunching and when she looked down, Rylan held up a piece of Stefs toast with two Rylan sized bites in it.
"Hey thats mine baby girl. You already ate...alright fine ill share." Stef said before caving in seeing the little girl was smiling an no longer mad. How could she deny her baby girl anything when she smiled like that. Lena chuckled as she watched the interaction between her wife and youngest daughter, two peas in a pod those two.
"Why do I put up with you?" Stef said letting out a pretend sigh causing Rylan to giggle.
"Cause you love me mommy." Rylan said as she shrugged and took another bite from the piece of toast, smiling up at her mom as she did. Stef chuckled and shook her head.
"That I do...that I do."
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