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:

sorry guys for the long time between chapters. Having a hard time trying to find time to write.

I will be finishing the story to the end, so don't worry about this story being left unfinished, it will be completed.

Again I am sorry.

On with the story. :)

Previously:

"Mmhmmm, swim now?" Lena chuckled as Rylan sat up, stretched and then yawned. He fists coming up to rub the sleep out of her eyes. Lena smiled at how adorable the little blonde is, simple things like waking up made her look so innocent, vulnerable and cute as a button.

"Yep, thats why I am getting your bathers out." Lena explained, lifting the bathers up and showing the blonde. Rylans eyes went wide with excitement and a large smile lay on her beautiful face.

"Yay." Rylan cheered, tiredness all gone and forgotten. It was time for fun with her family.

Lena smiled, glad that Rylan was rested. Rylan scrambled out from under the covers and over to her mama. This action got a belly laugh from the brunette. Lena and Rylan worked together to get bathers and sunscreen on.

Soon enough the two of them were all ready to swim. Hopefully the swimming would wear all the kids out enough for them all to not be so hyperactive later on in the afternoon.

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When Lena and Rylan arrived down at the lake, the kids and Stef had given up on fishing and were swimming around the lake together.

"Well look whos awake." Stef smiled as she spotted Rylan toddling over to her with Lena not far behind.

"Hi mommy." Rylan spoke as she stood on the wooden jetty looking around at her brothers and sisters.

"Are you ready to go swimming?" Stef asked Rylan as Lena sat down on the jetty and put her legs in the water as Rylan looked around with wide eyed and a large smile.

"Yep, lets swim." Rylan said as she jumped in.

"RYLAN!" Lena screamed seeing the little girl jump. Her heart beating so fast. Stef who was closest to the little girl had managed to grab her before her head went under the water.

"Don't do that again." Stef scolded the little blonde as Lena relaxed after the scare.

"I knew you were going to catch me mommy." Rylan grinned and Stef shook her head at the little girl and looked at her wife. Lena looked to be settling down from her freight. Lena gave Stef a nod to tell her she was ok.

"You're going to give me grey hairs." Stef muttered which made Lena chuckle from her sitting position on the jetty.

"Can I see?" Rylan asked as she tried to look ontop of her moms head. Lena chuckled loudly. Stef sent her a glare but that didn't do anything.

"I do not have grey hairs." Stef muttered as Callie swam over to the two of them.

"Lets teach Miss Rylan to swim." Callie suggested and Stef nodded.

"Alright. I want you to copy Everything Callie is doing ok while I hold you." Callie and Rylan both nodded in understanding.

Callie got into position and Rylan copied. Callie was teaching Rylan how to move her arms and legs. Mariana and Jude couldn't help but giggle when Jesus mention that Rylan looked like a turtle trying to do back stroke.

Brandon ended up taking Rylan from his mom and soon enough it was the siblings teaching the little girl to swim, Stef didn't care who was teaching her, as long as the little girl learnt to swim.

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With the kids teaching their little sister, Stef made her way towards Lena. Lena had her feet dangling in the water and was laying back with her forearms holding her up. Her head was thrown back facing the sun as she relaxed.

"Hey love." Stef greeted as she rested her arms on the wood next to Lena and looked up at her wife. Lena smiled and looked down at her wife.

"Hey babe having fun?" Lena responded as she leant down and planted a kiss on Stefs lips.

"Mhmm. You should come in." Stef suggested. Lena looked at the water and then around at the kids before answering her wife.

"Its too cold for me honey." Lena responded. Stef nodded. Lena did get cold very easily, she would go in when she was ready.

"Ok...are you alright now?" Stef asked hesitantly. The look of panic on her wifes face when Rylan jumped in was one that Stef couldn't get out of her mind. Sheer panic etched on her wifes face was something Stef never wanted to see again.

"I guess, she needs to stop making me panic." Lena sighed out as she looked over to where Brandon and the others were teachig the little blonde to swim. Currently Brandon had her on her stomach floating, though his hands were holding her above the water. Callie was holding Jude just like Brandon was holding Rylan. Using Jude to show Rylan how to move was a really good idea.

"Shes a tomboy, a rebel and our baby, we are always going to worry and panic with everything she does, and everything our other kids do." Stef explained as she reached out and grabbed Lenas hands in hers. Lena looked at her wife and nodded.

"Doesn't make it any less scarier." Stef laughed and pecked Lenas hands.

"I know." Stef sighed out. Looking at her wifes face and how her body was still tense Stef had an idea to get her wife calm and more relaxed. It was a holiday after all.

"When the kids go to bed, what do you say to a back massage?" Lena smiled at her wife and her eyes went wide.

"Ooooo, I like the sound of that." Lenas body was already tingling in anticipation. The feel of her wifes hands on her body as they worked away the tension was already getting her excited.

"I even bought the lavender oil." Stef smirked. Lena loved Lavender oil and it always calmed and relaxed her.

"You spoil me to much." Lena smiled as she leant down to kiss Stef.

"You deserved to be spoilt, my love." Stef responded after kissing Lena again.

"I love you." Lena said between kisses.

"Love you too, my love." Stef also responded between kisses. The two were kissing, but their kissing wasn't over the top or inappropriate with the kids around. Just enough to show their love for each other. There would be time for the other stuff later on.

The two were brought out of their own world to the sound of their youngest daughters voice.

"Mama come in the water." Rylan called from Marianas arms. All the kids looking over at the moms, hoping that the two of them would come over and play.

"Mama doesn't want to swim baby girl." Lena responded.

"But mama, please?" Rylan pouted and the others had to hold their giggles as Rylan worked her pout.

"Oh alright." Lena gave in, the little girl was to cute to resist most of the times. It was just swimming, it wasn't something dangerous so she of course would give in.

"That puppy pout works every time." Brandon chuckled out as he watched his parents swim over to them.

"Yeah, shes got you guys wrapped around her fingers." Jesus replied laughing as Rylan was transferred over to Lenas arms. The little girl wrapping her arms around her mama neck and smiling happily that her whole family was with her.

"Jesus throw me." Rylan asked. The kids had been throwing Rylan in the air to the next person to catch her.

"She has you guys wrapped around her fingers as well." Lena pointed out as Rylan was transferred to Jesus's arms.

"n...i guess she does. " Jesus gave in as he threw Rylan in the air in Brandons direction for him to catch her. The whole family laughed as the little girl squealed and because they all knew that It was true, the little girl had them wrapped around her fingers.

Xxxxx

Swimming had been a success. Rylan was catching on really quick on how to swim, with more practice she would be swimming unassisted soon. Both moms would still want someone in the water with her when she did start swimming on her own. Just for precautions.

Everyone was out of the lake, dried and in normal clothes. It wouldn't be long before dinner would need to be prepared and so everyone was going to do their own thing.

"Mom, Can Jude, Rylan, Brandon and I go for a walk?" Jesus asked as those that he mentioned followed him to stand near their Moms, who were sitting on the log outside of their tent. Stef and Lena shared a look before turning to look at the four kids in front of them. Their eyes mainly lingering on Rylan, since the incident of losing her before and fearing the worst, before looking at the three boys.

"Sure but not to far and don't do anything too dangerous please. Also look out for each other." Lena spoke looking at the four, her eyes landed on Rylan. The three boys knowing that they had to watch Rylan like a hawk, they didn't want to scare their moms again or themselves if something were to happen to her.

Thanks Mama, We won't." With that the four of them headed off, Brandon clutching on to Rylans hand. He was going to take the lead of keeping an eye on his little sister, he was the oldest and his brothers and sisters were his responsibility when his parents weren't around.

"Where is Mariana?" Stef asked as she looked around, already seeing Callie but not Mariana.

"Shes in the tent sleeping. She has a headache." Lena sighed as Callie responded. The teen always got headaches, hopefully she was alright and this wasn't a bad one.

"Ok thanks Cal, Ill check on her in a bit, what are you doing?" Lena asked looking over at the girls tent where Mariana apparently was before looking back at Callie.

"Im going to take some photos if thats alright?" Callie responded holding up her phone.

"Sure bug, not to far." Stef smiled at Callie. The girl really loved taking photos. Stef was glad that Callie had a hobby that she was interested in and one that she was really good at. That girl really has talent.

"I won't go far, ill be back soon." Callie smiled at her mom, kissed the two of them on the cheeks and then headed off in the opposite direction her brothers and youngest sister went.

"So we are alone, no kids, no distractions. " Lena spoke, her voice hinting at something as she looked at Stef with a smirk.

"Oooo, I like that thinking." Stef smirked as she said this and leant over so she could capture her wifes mouth in a kiss. Stef moaned, it had been a while since they had time together, the last time was their little date night that they had been called early in the morning because Liam had taken the kids hostage.

As Stef thought about their last time together, her mind wandered and she frowned. She had to tell Lena about Liam, then tell Callie.

Their kissing stopped and Lena could tell that Stef was now deep in thought. She wondered what had her distracted. It must be of importance if Stef was stopping their intimate moment.

"Stef?" Lena asked gently as she placed a hand on her wifes face, Stef immediately looked at Lena with a frown, obviously still thinking.

"I need to talk to you about something." Stef sounded serious and Lena couldn't help but worry. Stef was trying to think of the best way to tell Lena. It had been on her mind since Mike had told her but she hadn't really though about it because she had been too busy to think and now, now she had time and she needed to tell Lena.

"Oh, ok. Whats up honey?" Lena asked giving her wife her full attention.

"Its about Liam." Stef said slowly, trying to gauge Lenas reaction. As she expected, Lena frowned at Liams name. Lena was hoping she never had to hear his name again but apparently she was going to. She wondered what Liam had done now to get Stef thinking this hard. She couldn't help but think the worst.

"Did he escape again? Did he get out? If he comes near..." Lena spoke fast, her mouth was just spluttering out the worst things that could happen without letting her wife finish what she was saying.

"Woah Lena calm down. Its not that bad." Stef said stopping her wife by grabbing her wifes face, her hands on both cheeks. Lena looked into Stefs eyes and knew she had gone all Mama tiger. She couldn't help it, her kids could be in danger but with Stef not looking worried Lena calmed down straight away. Although now she was intrigued.

"What is it then?" Lena took a deep breath and let it out as she waited for Stef to tell her what was going on.

"Liams dead."Stef said getting straight to the point. Lena didn't react. Stef waited for Lena to do something, anything but she didn't

"Wait, what?" Lena shook her head as she answered, it finally sunk in and she was confused. Liam was dead?

"Mike called me this morning. Liam killed himself. Well thats what they are ruling it as." Stef explained with a sigh. Lena raised her eyebrow and looked at her wife.

"You don't think he killed himself do you." It wasn't a question. The look on Stefs face said it all.

"No, Liam wouldn't have killed himself. Hes too proud. It was definitely not a suicide." Stef told Lena. Lena continued to frown. Deep down Lena was happy because her kids didn't have to worry about him anymore but it was still horrible that he was killed.

"How? Why?" Lena was still confused. How did Liam end up getting himself killed in prison?

"Its prison Lena. It wouldn't have been long before they found out he was a child rapist. Women bashes, Paedophiles and Rapists, mostly child rapists are the lowest scum in prison. Other prisoners find out that you are one of them, you are pretty much dead." Stef explained. To Stef, Lena was an innocent angel, things like this were things that Lena never thought of or had to deal with on a daily basis, yet here she was getting an idea on the type of stuff her wife dealt with daily. The world was definitely a scary place.

"Are we telling Rylan and Callie?" Lena asked after a bit. Callie was old enough and deserved to know. She could handle it. Rylan on the other hand was still young, yes she had been through a lot in her small time in the world but things like this was something Lena didn't feel comfortable telling her.

"Callie, Yes, Rylan, probably not." Stef answered. Stef was looking at her wife, she didn't want to have to tell her on their camping trip, yet she had to because it was something that Stef couldn't keep to herself. Lena was deep in thought processing everything because this was big news, big news for their family, mainly their two daughters.

"I was thinking the same thing." Stef nodded. Lena sighed and leant her head on Stefs shoulder. Stef wrapped her wife up in a hug. Hopefully getting this out of the would make the camping trip better. Stef felt better by telling Lena and now they just had to tell Callie and then they could get on with their family time. Everything else could be pushed out of their minds till they got back to civilisation.

"When are we going to tell her?" Lena sighed out, not moving her head from her wifes shoulder.

"After dinner, sooner then better, then we can get on with having fun." Stef replied before placing a kiss on Lenas head. Both just happy to sit their in each others arms before they were interupted by kids.

Camping fun and then back to civilisation where a lot of things needed to be sorted. For now the moms decided to push everything back, family came first, everything else came last.

Xxxxxx

Dinner had gone down fine, no fights, only a small argument between the twins about something random that the moms had no idea about and now Callie, Lena and Stef were talking on the log outside the moms tent while the others got ready for bed, everyone too tired to stay up and sit around the fire. There was always tomorrow.

"Love?" Stef looked at Callie. They had just told Callie that Liam was killed, she deserved to know the truth. She hadn't said anything since they told her and they were worried. Callie sighed and looked up from her lap to look at her moms.

"Does it make me a bad person because im glad that he is dead?" Callie asked looking at both her moms.

"No it doesn't Cal. It makes you human. He hurt you and your sister badly, you can feel whatever you want." Callie nodded and processed that. She guessed she felt angry now that she thought about it. It was silent, the moms letting the teen process it.

Callie sat in the middle of her moms, her right leg crossed over her left and her arms folded and resting on her knees as she hunched over to think.

Lena on Callies right and Stef on Callies left, both watching their daughter silently. They knew she had a lot to process and they were going to allow her the time to do that.

"I guess I feel angry as well. I...um..i am angry that he got the easy way out and didn't have to face his punishment. Rylan and I have to live with what he did to us forever and I really wanted him to live with what he had done to us forever and knowing the fact that we won, we bested him and survived. But he doesn't, hes dead and I hate him so much because hes dead." Callie ranted, tears of anger falling down her cheek.

Lena wraped her left arm around Callies shoulder and pulled the teen into her. Callie went willingly and then the tears and sobs started getting harder. Both moms hearts broke at the sound of their daughters crying. Even with the bastard dead he could still hurt their daughter.

No words were said as Callie continued to cry into Lenas shoulder as Stef rubbed the teens back and placed kisses on her head at random intervals.

Callie slowly removed herself from her Mamas embrace and sighed as she wiped her tears on the sleeve of her sweater.

"Im going to bed." Callie whispered as she stood and faced her Moms. She just needed a good night sleep right now and some more time to think.

"Ok sweets. If you need us at any time.." Stef started as Callie finished the sentence.

"I know, ill come to you if I need you." Both moms smiled warmly at the teen.

"Good girl. Goodnight." Stef said as Callie leant down and gave her a hug.

"Night bug." Lena smiled and gave Callie a hug as the teen leant down to give her one.

"Night Moms, I love you." Callie spoke as she turned and headed for the tent she was sharing with her two sisters.

"We love you too Cal." Callie heart both her moms say at the same time as she made her way towards the tent. She had to smile, she had a family that loved her, that will love her forever and Liam hadn't destroyed that, so that was a bonus.

Callie opened the tent and slid in. Rylan was asleep, curled up under the blankets in the middle of the air bed that Mariana had bought with them and Mariana was laying on Rylans right side. She was awake though and her eyes met Callies when Callie entered the tent and slid into the bed on Rylans left side.

"All ok?" Mariana asked. She could see that Callie had been crying and she was worried.

"I will be." Callie responded as she turned onto her side to face Rylan and Mariana. Mariana did the same so that she could look at her sisters.

"Im here if you want to talk." Mariana spoke softly to avoid waking the little blonde between them.

"I know, thanks Mari. Goodnight." Callie smiled softly and snuggled into the bed.

"Night Cal." Mariana closed her eyes, she was still worried about her sister but she knew Callie would definitely come to her if she needed a sister talk.

More to come.

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