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:
"When?" Lena mumbled leaning up on her right hand to look at her wife over the two sleeping kids.
"Tomorrow 10.45. group therapy first, then individual ones." Lena nodded and lay her head back down on the pillow with a yawn.
"Sounds good...we really need to go. It will be beneficial in the long run." Lena whispered, tucking a strand of Marianas hair out of her face and behind her ear as she slept.
"I know." Stef sighed and placed a kiss on Rylans temple and snuggling down more into the mattress.
"We can only go up from here." Lena said befre yawning and slowly drifting off.
"Mmmhmmm." Stef mumbled out as she too drifted off.
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Brandon and the boys entered the house with Mike following in behind them.
"Probably asleep. They were all tired." Brandon explains, he knew his mothers and sisters were tired and when he entered the house he knew they would be sleeping due to the quietlness.
"They were tired. We all are. Im going to go watch tv." Jude said as he headed into the living room and planting himself in an unusual spot. Brandon, Mike and Jesus all looked at him with a raised eyebrow but didn't say anything.
The boy had put himself in a on a diagonal from the tv. Brandon however did notice that he had his back to a wall and from the position Jude was sitting, the boy could see the entries to the room from that one spot. 'Smart kid' Brandon thought as he turned to look at his dad and brother still in the entry.
"Im going to go wake the girls and moms up. They wont sleep tonight otherwise." Brandon suggested. Both Mike and Jesus nodded.
"Ok, call me if you need anything bud. Ill head off now." Mike said as he gave Brandon a hug and then placed a hand on Jesus Shoulder.
"Thanks Dad." Brandon nodded at his dad. He really was thankful for having his dad in his life.
"Yeah thanks Mike." Jesus said before heading into the living room to sit next to Jude.
"Anytime. Bye." Mike gave Brandon one last hug before exiting the house. Brandon stood with the door open to let his dad out.
"bye Dad." Brandon lastly said as he watched his dad walk over to his car, hop in and drive off. Brandon stood back and shut the front door. He made sure his brothers were ok in the living room before heading upstairs to wake his moms and sisters.
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"Mom." Stef woke to someone shaking her shoulder. She opened her eyes and blinked a few times before her eyes rested on her oldest son leaning over her.
"Hey B." Stef greeted her son quietly before looking at the other occupants of the bed. Lena was laying on her back with Marianas head on her chest. Rylan was curled into Marianas back but her legs were slung over Stefs legs.
"We just got back. I thought I should wake you otherwise you all wont sleep tonight." Stef nodded and smiled at Brandon.
"Thanks B. How was your time with your dad?" Stef asked as she carefully sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"It was good. He kept our minds busy and off of what happened. The boys are in the living room watching tv." Brandon explained. He didn't know if he should tell his mom about Judes behaviour or let her figure it out. In the end he decided that it could have been a once off and so he let it be.
"Alright, ill wake them up. Can you go get the BBQ started. It would probably be easiest for tonight. Get your brothers to help if need be. We will be down soonish." Stef explained. Brandon nodded and hugged his mom when she gestured for a hug.
"You can count on me mom. Ill have everything under control." Brandon said as he pulled away from his mothers arms and stood up straight.
"Thanks B." Stef smiled in gratitude.
"No problems mom." Brandon smiled as he headed out of the room and down the stairs. Stef sighed out and ran a hand through her hair with a yawn.
"Lena, love." Stef gently leant over the two kids to stroke her wifes cheek. Hoping to wake her from her slumber. Lena leaned her head towards the hand stroking her cheek as she mumbled and groaned a little.
"Mmmmm, hey honey." Lena whispered out as she looked at her wife and then rubbed her eyes.
"Its time to wake. Boys are home and if we don't wake now we wont sleep tonight. You wake miss thing, I got little miss." Stef gestured, leaning over carefully and planting a kiss on her half awake wifes lips. Stef and Lena both smiled at the contact.
"Mmmm ok." Lena nodded and yawned a bit before she began to wake Mariana up from her sleep.
"Rylan baby. Wake up for mommy." Stef gently whispered into the mini blondes ear. Running her hand through the blonde locks and stroking the little girls cheek.
"Rylan." Stef whispered a little louder. Rylan flinched a little and curled in deeper to Marianas back. Lena was still trying to coax the brunette from her sleep.
"Mmmm." Rylan mumbled with her eyes closed, sleepily trying to push the hand that was on her away so she could continue sleeping. Stef chuckled lightly and continued her tast.
"Wake up baby." Stef spoke normaly. Rylan grumbled and when Stef pulled the covers off of the little girl Rylan let out a whine.
"Nooooooooo." Rylan whined trying to pull the coveres over her again.
"You need to wake up or you wont sleep tonight" Stef pulld the little girl into her lap and stroked her cheek to get her to fully wake up.
By now Lena had Successfully got Mariana awake. Lena was sitting on the bed still while Mariana slowly walked out the door to her room and into the kids bathroom to wake herself up more, the teen rubbing the sleep out of her eyes the entire time.
"Nooooooooo." Rylan whined again and pushed against Stef so that she could lay back on the mattress and fall asleep again. Stef wouldn't budge a bit though.
"Hey come on. Brandon is cooking a BBQ for dinner. I know you are probably hungry." Stef kept talking. Rylan grumbled and whined more.
"Noooo go way." More whining from the little girl. Lena raised her eyebrow at this sentence and then scolded the little girl.
"Rylan Elizabeth, you do not speak to your mom that way." A tear fell out of the little girls right eye. Stef leant down and kissed the tear away. Lena stood and went into the bathroom to wash her face to wake up more and to freshen up while the little girl was still trying to wake.
"You need to wake up please." Stef was more firm as Rylan finally opened her eyes.
"No wake. More sleep." Rylan strongly said as she pushed away from Stef and sat on the bed. Stef stood just as Lena came out of the bathroom.
Lena looked at the scene on the bed. Stef was standing from the bed and Rylan still lay grumpily on the bed, not moving but frowning and rubbing her eyes.
"Well, I guess mommy and I are going to leave you up here alone. Come on honey." Lena gave Stef a knowing looking. Stef nodded and fixed her shirt before following her wife out the door to their bedroom. Stef and Lena waited out near the stairs.
"NOOOOOO mommy." Rylan wailed from her spot on her moms bed. Stef and Lena kept looking at each other for strength. It was hard to see their daughter upset and not hold and comfort her but they had to set boundaries. The little girl wasn't behaving and they were not letting her get her way.
"Mommy, mama don't leave me." Rylan called again. Streams of tears fell down her cheek and she began to sob heavily.
"MOMMYYYYYYYY" Rylan screamed. She was waiting for them to come back in to get her. Lena and Stef waited, it was really hard not to give in.
"MAMAAAAAAAA. MOMMYYYYYYYY" Rylan screamed more. Her throat was hurting from the screaming. She was becoming more worked up as the seconds ticked by.
It had been 5 minuted according to Stefs watch.
"We should go get her." Lena said, her heart was hurting due to her child screaming. Stef hugged her wife to her side.
"She needs to learn that we are in charge and she doesn't get her way. This is the best way. You started it so now we have to follow through." Stef hugged Lena tighter, reassuring her that this is what Rylan needed.
"I know, it just hurts hearing her cry and scream like that." Lena whispered holding onto Stef, waiting for the little girl to come out of the room.
Jude headed up the stairs as he heard his sister still screaming and crying. He saw his moms at the top of the steps and wondered why they weren't going to her.
"Why aren't you getting her?" Jude asked them. Lena and Stef both turned to look at Jude.
"She was being rude and not listening so we are waiting here till she calms down and doesn't be rude." Jude nodded and headed back down stairs. His moms had the situation under control but he too felt hurt in his heart as he listened to his sister scream and cry.
Rylan was still sitting on the bed. Her head hurting from her screaming and crying. Her throat hurting from the screaming. The blurriness of her vision was also taking its toll.
Rylan didn't know how long she had been alone in the room by herself and then she realised she actually was alone and they weren't coming back. Rylan began to panic.
"MOMMMMY!" Lena and Stef jumped at the scream that came from the small child. Soon enough Rylan bolted from the bed and out the door, she feared that they had left her for good on her own and that scared the crap out of her.
Stef and Lena heard the little girl run out of the room. Rylans eyes went wide as she spotted her parents outside of the room. She immediately flung herself at Stefs legs and held on tight.
Both Lena and Stef felt really bad at the sight of their daughters red face covered in snot, drool and tears from her crying. Stef immediately bent down and scooped the crying child in her arms.
"Hey shhhhhhh, mommy is right here." Stef whispered as she swayed from side to side.
"Calm down, shhhhhh." Rylan was still panicking and very hysterical. Lena rubbed the little girls back as she continued to cry.
"Don't leave me. Don't leave me." Rylan mumbled out through her crys, her grip on her Mom never loosened.
Stef and Lena gave each other a look. After seeing the hysterical and panicking child in Stefs arms, they both agreed that this might not have been a good way of dealing with things.
Both knew that they should have put her in a naughty corner or something. The little girl was afraid that they really had left her and that made the moms feel really guilty. It had been a learning curve and trial and error. They knew that this was something they couldn't do again.
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The episode upstairs had worn the little girl out that she was currently clinging to Stef neck loosely and tiredly. She was exhausted beyond reasonable doubt and everyone could see it. Stef and Lena felt so bad for doing it, like really bad.
It had been almost and hour and a half since they had come down stairs and in that time Rylan had refused to let go of Stef and she always wanted Lena in her sights. She needed the reassurance that they were still there. She was still silently crying and sniffling but it wasn't hysterical like it had been upstairs.
When Lena had gone out of her vision, Rylans breathing picked up and she started panicking. Stef noticed and called Lena back in and the little girls breathing slowed down. That concerned both moms, they had caused this and they felt sick to their stomachs.
Brandon, Jesus and Jude had cooked the BBQ while Mariana had made a salad. Both moms grateful that they didn't have to cook.
The family had called Callie to see how she was going. She was enjoying her time with her grandmother and Sharon was loving the one on one experience with her eldest grand daughter.
The family minus Callie, sat around the dinner table. Rylan still clinging to her mom. Stef ate with one hand and rubbed the little girls back with the other. Rylan was exhausted and refused to eat and both moms didn't push it. The little girl had only just stopped sniffling from her hysterics that they didn't want to start it again.
Lena knew the little girl needed to eat or at least have something in her belly before she went to bed. Lena decided to make Rylan a fruit smoothing, just like she liked it.
"Here baby, drink this for Mama please." Rylan refused to move her head that was resting on her Moms shoulders or her arms but she opened her mouth. Lena sighed and put the straw into the little girls mouth.
Rylan slowly drunk half the smoothie before turning her head away from the smoothie and burying her face into Stef neck. Lena smiled a sad smile and kissed the little blondes temple as she stood up to put the smoothie container in the sink.
Chit chat went around the room, the boys told the girls and their moms about their day with Mike and what they wanted to do tomorrow.
Stef took the time to look at all of her kids. She was glad that nothing serious had really happened to them all and that they would all be with her in the near future.
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Mariana and Jude headed to bed half an hour ago. The moms were upstairs with Rylan getting ready for bed. Jesus and Brandon were down stairs.
Jesus and Brandon were down stairs locking up. They had heard what Liam had said and they were not taking chances. They would double and triple check the locks on the house if they had too. There was no way Liam was coming back to hurt his sisters if they had it their way.
'Front door is locked. Back door locked Jesus?" Brandon asked as they stood in the entry way. Jesus walked from the kitchen and nodded.
"Yeah, I already locked the front door. But its good to double check." Brandon nodded and double checked the front door.
"All windows secure?" Brandon asked. Jesus nodded and looked around, making sure he didn't forget anything.
"Yep, once more?" Jesus said. He wasn't taking chances.
"Yeah, better to be safe then sorry." Brandon said as the two boys got ready to check the locks on the house again.
"Boys what are you doing?" Lena asked as she and Stef came down stairs, hearing part of their conversation. Rylan was asleep on her Mommys shoulder. Stef had tried to lay her down in the bed but the little girl had clung on so tightly that it was no use, they didn't want to wake her.
"Locking up" Jesus said as if it was the dumbest question that he had heard. Stef raised her eyebrow at her sons smart remark.
"Why?" Lena asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Because, we have to." Brandon said looking at his moms.
"That mine and mamas jobs, you don't need to worry about it." Stef waved the boys off, not knowing the real reason behind it.
"We will worry. We heard Liam say he was coming back and we aren't taking that chance." Stef and Lena gave each other a look and then looked at the boys. They hadn't thought the boys had heard what Liam had said, obviously they did. Lena sighed.
"Mom and I will do everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen." Lena tried to reassure her sons but they weren't going to believe it till the guy was dead.
"So are we. They are our sisters. We were bound, helpless and couldn't do anything to stop him from hurting them. We wont make that mistake again, right?" Brandon said looking at his moms and then turned to Look at Jesus.
"Right." Jesus responded.
"Ok, go upstairs and get ready for bed please." Stef said as she ran a hand through her hair and shifted Rylan to her other hip. The little girl not stirring at all.
"One more check first?" Brandon asked. Stef shook her head and pointed upstairs.
No its fine. Ill do another check before I go to bed." Stef said aswell as the pointing. Both boys sighed and nodded. They would go check the upstairs windows before they went to bed.
"Ok, night moms." Brandon said as he went up the stairs. Jesus following.
"Night." Jesus called over his shoulder.
"Goodnight." Lena responded.
"Night." Stef responded as she looked at Lena and the two of them headed into the kitchen. Stef took a seat at the dining table, setting Rylan into a more comfortable position.
"I guess this thing with Liam has taken its toll on everyone. Have you noticed that Mariana always check the windows and doors, is more aware of her surroundings, doesn't like to be alone and also likes to know where her siblings are?" Stef asked Lena. Lena stopped in her spot and nodded before opeing the fridge and gettng a bottle of water out for herself and one for Stef.
"Yeah, I did. I also noticed the same about Jude, hes more interested to know where Rylan is though. I saw him checking the windows in the girls room with Mariana as we came down." Lena explained as she handed Stef a water bottle and sat down next to her wife. Both sighed out.
"So all of our children have become so protective and more aware and afraid out of their minds even if they aren't showing it." Stef clarified, gathering all the knowledge she had to cut it down into a simpler explanation.
"Yeah, seems that way. I don't like it. They are children Stef. They shouldn't have to feel like this. This makes me dislike Liam, a hell of a lot more." Lena said. Not even bothering that she had said hell. Stef nodded and pecked Lenas temple and Rylans before taking a sip of her water.
"Little miss is even really clingy and we made it worse by leaving her in the room and making her hysterical. We really need to see that therapist soon." Stef said as she ran her hand up and down Rylans back and leant over to wrap her other arms around Lenas shoulders. Lena lent in and put her head on her wifes shoulder that Rylans head wasn't on.
"Yeah, good thing we have an appointment. The sooner the better." Both women sighed out as they listened to the quietness of the house, the only sound is Rylans soft snores.
"Yeah, well we better do a double check of the locks and then go to bed, little miss needs all the rest she can get after her hysterical moment this afternoon." Stef smiled a sad smile and kissed Rylan head. Both of them stood up, Stef and Lena both walked the house together making sure it was locked before heading upstairs.
Lena and Stef checked on the kids. Jesus and Mariana curled up together in Marianas bed, Jude sleeping in Rylans bed and Brandon sleeping on Callies bed. Smiling at the sight, they headed into their room. Getting themselves situated in the bed and Rylan between them, the three cuddled together. Enjoying the quiet and closeness, soon enough all the kids would be under one roof and together. Both moms couldn't wait.
I love you My love." Stef whispered after she yawned, snuggling herself down into the mattress as Rylan snuggled into her moms side.
"I love you too honey." Lena mumbled, already drifting off into slumber.
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