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:
"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.
Xxxxxx
Tuesday morning came and today was the day Stef dreaded but also longed for. She dreaded the emotions her family were going to go through when speaking to the therapist but she had longed for this day because her family was getting help. No matter how she looked at it, there was pros and cons for each side.
"Alright guys time to go." Stef called up the stairs as she put her keys into her pocket and kissing Rylans cheek. The little girl clinging to her mom like she had been for the last day or so.
"Do you have to yell honey?" Lena scolded as she slipped her handbag onto her shoulder and put her phone into it. Stef smirked at her wife as she turned to look from the stairs to her wife standing at the front door.
"No...but they listen to me when I do." Lena rolled her eyes and shook her head as Stef chuckled.
"Alright go to mama for me please." Stef handed Rylan over to Lena. The little girl didn't care much about who was holding her, just that she needed one of her mothers holding her. Although she did prefer Stef most of the time.
Lena settled the blonde on her hip and smiled at her.
"Hey my big girl. You feeling ok today sweetie?" Lena asked when Rylan frowned. The little girl not having smiled in a while. That concerned the moms a lot. Rylan shrugged, yawned and rested her head on her Mamas shoulder.
"Ok, you tell mommy or I if you don't." Rylan nodded as her brothers and sister came down the stairs. Lena kissed Rylans temple and then opened the front door. Lena would be taking her car and Stef would be taking hers since they couldn't all fit in one car.
They would have gotten a bigger car but with most of the kids almost out of home or driving, it was an expense that wasn't needed. They managed this far and could manage in the future.
"Alright, pick a car. Any car." Stef said locking the front door behind her as everyone walked towards the cars.
Lena buckled Rylan into her car seat but as Lena moved to go to the drivers seat, Rylan clenched onto her mamas hand, refusing to let go. Tears in the little girls eyes made Lenas heart ache.
"Uhhhhh, Brandon!" Lena called out to her son who was just heading over to Stefs car.
" Yeah." Brandon asked as he stood at the car next to Lena.
"Can you drive Moms car please and get her to drive mine." Brandon raised an eyebrow. He didn't know why he had to drive but he didn't mind.
"Sure but why?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Your sister wont let me go. You take Jesus, Jude and Mariana with you in moms car. Mom and I will go with Rylan in my car." Lena explained. Brandon looked into the car more closely to see that Rylan was holding onto Lenas hand tightly and tears slowly flowing down her cheeks. Brandon looked back at his mama and nodded.
"Ok, ill let mom know." Lena smiled and gave Brandon a one armed hug before he left to go to Stef. Lena sighed and turned to look at Rylan. The little girls tear filled eyes looking into her brown ones making Lenas heart ache. Blue eyes pleading with her.
Lena stroked Rylans cheek and gave her a kiss to the cheek and wiped away a few of the tears.
"Little miss still clingy?" Stef came over to the car and placed her hand on her wifes back as she looked into the car to see the death grip the little blonde had on Lena.
"Yeah." Lena sighed, turning her face to look at Stef.
"Alright, hop in the back with her, ill drive." Stef ordered. It would be the only solution. So Lena handed her keys to Stef and then slid in the car.
"I figured." Lena mumbled as she slid into the backseat to sit next to the little blonde while Stef closed the door behind her and went around to the drivers side.
"Alright, mamas not going anywhere baby girl." Lena whispered to the little blonde as the little blonde hiccuped and sniffled, her grip on her mamas arm not easing up at all.
"Alright buckle up, were out of here." Stef called to her backseat passengers as she put her own belt on and then reversed out of the driveway. Brandon already gone as he was going to meet them there.
Xxxxxxx
The family piled into the waiting room and sat and waited. Stef had alerted them that they were there and all they had to do was wait.
Rylan sat snug on her Moms lap. Her chest to her moms chest as she straddled her. Rylan lay her head on her moms left shoulder and closed her eyes. Stef pecked Rylans temple and rubbed her hand up and down the little girls back. Lena leant against Stefs right side and stroked the little blondes hair as she rested her head on her wifes right shoulder.
They weren't waiting long at all before the receptionist called upon them.
"Miss Bankcroft will see you now." The receptionist said as she stood and opened the door to the room.
"Ok thank you." Stef said as she stood up with Lena.
"Alright babies lets go." Stef called as they all got up from their seats and followed Lena into the room.
"You must be the Adams – Foster clan. Im Alyssa Bankcroft. You can call me Alyssa." A woman around 5'8 stood up from behind her desk. As they got closer they could see that her long, wavey brown hair was pulled up into a pony take and blue eyes that were hidden behind large thick framed Glasses.
"Pleasure to meet you. Im Lena, my wife Stef and these are 5 of our 6 children." Lena introduced, shaking the womans hand. Alyssa smiled and nodded looking around at the family.
"Well, im sorry we had to meet under these circumstances but it is nice to meet you anyway. Why dont you all have a seat." Alyssa gestured to her seating area before taking a seat behind her desk.
"Thank you." Lena smiled as everyone took seats. Of course Rylan remained snuggled on her mom just like she had been doing in the waiting room.
"Now before we get started I just want to get a few details from you all. Names and ages and other details like that mainly so I know what ill be dealing with." Everyone nodded as Alyssa pulled out a writing pad.
"Ok sure we can do that right guys?" Stef asked sounding enthusiastic, trying to get the kids motivated. They only nodded in response, Stef rolled her eyes.
"Yeah." Lena enthusiastically said to add to the motivation. Alyssa smiled and wrote things down.
"Brandon your the oldest you start please and work down ok." Stef asked. Brandon nodded and sat straight as he looked at Alyssa.
"Ok Brandon. I just need your name, age and if you have seen a therapist before." Brandon nodded. That wasn't hard.
"Im Brandon, age 17, and yes I have seen a therapist." Alyssa wrote down before looking up, waiting to hear from the next child.
"Jesus, 15 and yes to a therapist." Short an simple for Jesus. Alyssa smiled and then looked to the other tanned child, obviously she would be next. She assumed right when Mariana started speaking.
"Im Mariana, im 15 like Jesus. We are twins and yes to seeing a therapist." Mariana explained. Alyssa smiled and nodded. She had guessed that they were blood related but Mariana had clarified that for her.
"Hello, Im Jude im 13 nearly 14 and I have seen a therapist before." Jude smiled. Alyssa seemed like a nice therapist, there weren't many nice ones out there so that was comforting.
"Callie isn't here but shes almost 17 and is seeing a therapist already." Alyssa wrote that down as Lena explained their missing child.
"And who is this little beauty?" Alyssa genuinely asked.
"This is Rylan, shes almost 7 and no to a therapist. She can talk, shes just been rather clingy." Alyssa nodded. This family was one she definitely wanted to help.
"Moms?" Alyssa asked.
"Yeah we have seen therapists." Nodding Alyssa wrote that down. She sat her pen down and then looked over the family. Observing them for a second or so.
"Ok now can you tell me what made you all come and see me?" Alyssa then picked her pen backup, she was ready to jot down notes. Stef shifted Rylan a little and then spoke after looking at all of her kids.
"Well, my family has had really tough times. Recently my kids were held at knife point by a former foster brother that three of them had in the past." Alyssa nodded. Stef noticed Alyssa had a really good poker face or she had heard a lot of crazy things in her life.
"I see." Alyssa nodded and again looked around at the family and began to notice things and wrote them down, like behaviour when the incident was spoke about etc.
"Each of them are coping in different ways and we don't like that it has changed them." Lena explained, Stef nodded agreeing with her wife.
"Well all I can do it listen to each of you individually and go from there. At the moment I can tell you are a close family just by looking at how you all interact together. You all share a unique bond." Stef smiled as she reached over and squeezed Lenas thigh, Lena turned her head and gave her wife a smile and a wink.
"Thank you. We love each other very much." Alyssa nodded at Stef, both moms had smiles on their faces just like Alyssa. She hadn't seen so much love radiating off a couple in a very long time and she loved it. Even the love for their children was a beautiful aura.
"Ok when would you all like to start your individual sessions?" Alyssa turned her page and began to write down the childrens names and then the moms, waiting for them to speak.
"Whenever you can fit each of us in." Lena spoke as she looked at Alyssa. Their health came first, anything else comes second.
"Ok no problems. Ill just have a look at my Diary here." Both moms nodded as they watched Alyssa look through her diary. Rylan sighed out as she switched her head to her moms other shoulder and reached her hand out for her Mama to hold it. Lena clasped it and leant over and kissed the little blondes temple. Rylan gave Lena a small smile, it wasn't her full smile but it was a smile none the less.
"Ok so do you want them by age or any order?" Alyssa asked after watching the moms interact beautifully with the little girl. The four other children just looking at their phones or chatting away with each other.
"Any order is fine." Lena said as she lifted Rylan into her arms. The little girl had slipped off of Stefs lap and now wanted Mama cuddles. Lena happily obliged and settle the little girl on her lap. The little girls chest to her Mamas chest, her legs straddling her Mama and her head resting on her Mamas shoulder as she yawned and looked at her brothers and sister on the other chairs all doing their own thing.
"Ok, well I have room for Brandon on Mondays at 3.40pm. Does that work for you?
"Yeah any time. My kids health and well being is important." Lena explained. Alyssa nodded and marked it in her diary.
"Ok then. Ill write down times and days or you then."
"Thanks." Lena smiled and run her hand up and down Rylan back as Stef walked over and told the other kids quietly to put their phones away. It was rude.
"Ok so every week I want to see them on their days at exactly the same time. We will go from there." Alyssa said after doing her writing and then handing a piece of paper to Lena. Lena and Stef read through it.
Brandon monday 3.40pm
Callie Saturday 10am
Jesus Saturday 11am
Mariana Tuesday 4pm
Jude Wednesday 4.20pm
Rylan Friday 3.30pm
Stef Thursday 4pm
Lena saturday 2pm
Mmmhmmmmm. Yeah thats fine. We will arrange our days around them." Lena spoke, tucking the note into her handbag so she can put the days and times in her calender.
"I can see that Rylan is clingy right now so I put you and Stef down as individual sessions rather then together. That way one of you will be with her at all times until we can figure a way to get her less clingy." Alyssa explained. Both moms nodded. Both hadn't even thought about that, they were glad Alyssa was a step ahead of them.
"Thank you." Stef sighed out, running a hand through her hair as Rylan slipped off of Lenas lap and toddled back over to her Mom. Stef picked the little girl up and hugged her. Immediately Rylan was back in her comfortable position with her head on her Moms shoulder. Alyssa viewing the entire scene and making notes as she watched.
"No problem. Anyway the first individual sessions will help me determine if you really need to see me or someone else in a different field." Alyssa explained. Some of them might not need a therapist, some might need a psychologist or other type of doctor or no one at all. The first and second sessions are the main key to figuring that out.
"Ok, we will take all the help we can." Lena sighed out as she looked at her kids on the sofas. All of them looking so worn out. Mariana with her head on Jesus's shoulder, Jude snuggled into her side while Brandon sitting on an arm chair, he was able to see the entire room for his position and Alyssa noticed that aswell.
"Well im hoping I can help you all. Now ill let you go, im sure you have many other things to do." Alyssa said as she stood from her seat and walked around her desk to say goodbye.
"Thank you Alyssa." Stef said as she put her hand out to be shook. Both women smiled and shook hands. The first step on the road to recovery was done, they had a long road to go but the future is improving with every minute.
"Your welcome but don't thank me yet." Alyssa smiled and said as she and Lena hugged.
"Alright troops lets go. I have an appointment to see your sister at the hospital and to relieve ur grandmother." Stef called, being quiet since the little blonde resting on her shoulder had just fallen asleep.
The kids all stood up and said goodbye to Alyssa and followed their moms out the room. Each teen had different thoughts running through their minds but at some point they had all thought about how they didn't need to see a therapist, that it was a waste of time.
Xxxxxx
The Adams foster clan had just pulled into the drive way of their home after leaving the therapists office. Stef decided that she would go take over from her mother and sit with Callie for the night. Hopefully the teen would get to come home soon. She would just go get changed and get a few things for Callie before she went.
Brandon, the twins and Jude headed up the path to the front door as Stef and Lena got out of their car. Lena got to the back and unbuckled a still sleeping little blonde from her car seat when Brandon yelled in a yell her hadn't used before. It was a mix of a bunch of emotions, Lena could hear the fear, the terror and anger mixed in with a few other emotions and that gave her shivers.
"MOMS!" Brandon had yelled.
Stef had bolted to the kids at the door, she didn't like the sound of Brandons yell and that scared her.
"What is it?" Stef got to the kids and saw nothing out of the ordinary but she could see that they were shaking in fear. Stef waited for an answer.
Brandon pointed at the door. Not a word coming from his mouth.
Stef turned to look at the door and the blood drained from her face.
A note was attached to the door, a knife covered in a red substance, most possibly blood, held the note to the door. Stef didn't touch it, it would be needed for evidence. She read it out loud as Lena came to stand with them. Her eyes too were wide at the sight of the blood covered knife.
You know who I am
you've seen me before
ill be coming for her
so make sure you lock your door.
Ill be seeing you
You know who xoxox
DUN DUN DUUNNNNNN
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