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.

HEY EVERYONE

Sorry about the very late update. Packing for Canada and organising the trip has been taking up my time. Im going to try and write while I am in Canada. Like I have said before, I never give up on a story.

Anyway on with the chapter.

Previously:

"Im hungry." Rylan spoke, her voice less sleepy as she looked at the food on the bench.

"I know, dinner is ready now." Lena said as she sat the little blonde on the bench and got her a hot dog.

"Where is mommy?" Rylan asked as she picked up her hot dog and then took a bite, her head turning and stretching, looking for her mommy.

"Over there cleaning Callies stitches. They will be over in a minute." Rylan nodded, seeing her mom at the car.

"ok." Rylan said nodding and then taking another bite of her hot dog as Lena took a seat next to her, dishing up plates for herself, Callie and Stef before the boys ate everything.

Xxxxxx

Dinner was now done and the kids were all getting ready to sit around the fire and have dessert.

"Rylan come here please, you need your pyjamas on." Lena called as she stood in hers and Stefs tent where the little girls clothes were located.

"Why?" Rylan asked from her position on her Moms chair, swinging her legs back and forth since she couldn't reach the floor. Her brothers and sisters weren't in their pyjamas, so why did she have too?

"If you fall asleep, I really don't want to have to wake you up." Lena said as she walked closer to the little girl. Rylan was just as stubborn as her wife and in times like these it was a hard task to get the little girl to comply.

"I won't fall asleep." Rylan said looking down at her lap, fiddling with the hem of her Mamas sweater that she had claimed. The older kids sitting around the fire with her were smirking. They still couldn't get over how much the little girl was like their Mom, sometimes Stef couldn't believe that she had someone who was just like her.

"Mhmmm, just come get pyjamas on please." Lena said, she wasn't going to back down. The little girl was getting her pyjamas on if it was the last thing she did.

"Go do what Mama says little miss." Stef intervened from where she was cleaning away things that needed to be kept locked up and away from animals at night. The argument could go on for a while, the little girl was just THAT stubborn. Rylan looked from her Mama, then over to her Mom and sighed. She knew she had to do it, she would never win but she would always try.

"But..." Rylan said looking over at her Mama again. She had nothing to say now that her Mom had said something. Lena and Stef along with the other kids continued smirking.

"Its not that bad baby girl." Stef said chuckling as she walked over to the little blonde and crouched down in front of her.

"But I don't want to put my pyjamas on now." Rylan whispered to her Mom as she looked at her hands in her lap. She wanted to be like the other kids, they weren't in their pyjamas and sometimes it wasn't fair that she was little.

"Tough luck kiddo, go get dressed and then we are having dessert." Stef said using the big guns. Dessert always worked for Rylan.

"Dessert? Yay." Rylan perked up at hearing dessert. Stef chuckled and shook her head with amusement.

"That got you interested. " Rylan smiled. She loved dessert.

"Can I keep Mamas sweater on?" Rylan asked. She would get her pyjamas on for dessert, she just wanted to keep her Mamas sweater on. Stef smiled, she knew there was a reason behind Rylan not wanting to get pyjamas on. She was attached to Lenas sweater and didn't want to take it off. Every week was a different sweater of Lenas or Stefs, as long as she had one of her Parents sweaters, she was good.

"Yes you can. Now go to Mama please." Rylan hugged her Mom, slid off of the chair and bounded over to her Mama. Everyone laughing at the little girl. She was just so entertaining and so easy to please.

Xxxxxx

With the little girl finally in her pyjamas and the kids all rugged up sitting around the fire the family could now relax and enjoy each others company.

"Well its been an interesting day today. Did you all have fun at least?" Lena asked the kids as she wrapped her spare sweater around her tighter, glad that she had brought a spare one.

"Yeah even if I did hurt my leg, it was still fun." Jesus said as he wiggled in his seat to get more comfortable. His foot resting on Rylans chair since she was snuggled up with Stef on Stefs chair.

"Yeah, like Jesus said, it was fun and a great bonding experience." The kids nodded to what Brandon said. They definitely needed the hike, it definitely wore them out and gave them family time.

"Good, im glad. I enjoyed it to. That scenery was to die for as well." Lena smiled out as she spoke. The view was amazing not one could say it wasn't. Although, for the Moms, the bonding and hanging with their kids all together as a family was the best thing.

"Oh It definitely was. I got some really good pictures so we can look at the view whenever we want." Callie gushed. She really was into photography, the Moms were so glad she found something that she loved to do. The kids nodded. Callie had sent some of her good pics to her brothers, sister and Moms phones so they could have the view to look at all the time too.

"Whos ready for smores?" Stef asked, already knowing what the answer was. She just liked to tease.

"Me!" Jesus yelled out excitedly pumping his fist. He couldn't exactly jump out of his chair because of his leg so fist pumping was the best he could do.

The kids all nodded apart from Rylan, who was looking extremely confused.

"More of what?" Rylan asked with a frown to her brothers and sisters. She was extremely confused. The little girls frown deepening at the sound of her brothers and sisters chuckling.

"Not more of something, smores." Stef said to the little girl. Rylan was still confused and her face showed it.

"Whats a smore?" The little girl asked leaning back so she could lookup at her Mom from her spot on her Moms lap.

"You don't know what a smore is?" Jesus asked shocked, after hearing what his sister had said. All the kids looked at Rylan, some with confusion, some with sympathy and some with amusement.

"Shes never been camping remember." Mariana informed her twin as Lena went to get the stuff they needed for smores.

"Never been anywhere remember." Rylan said in a duh tone as they all chuckled slightly, though they didn't really find it funny, it was actually sad to think she hadn't had any experiences so far, not even a smore.

"Well you are in for a treat little sister." Jesus said as he gestured for Rylan to go to him. The little girl hopped off her Moms lap and walked over to her brother. He pulled her to stand right next to him and then he started to explain how to make a smore to the little girl.

"And we are in for a child on a sugar high." Stef said quietly to Lena as her wife sat down next to her with the ingredients for the smores.

"Not particularly, she will be in with the girls so they can deal with her." Lena spoke smiling at her wife. Maybe tonight they could have some time for themselves.

"Yeah before she sneaks out and joins you guys, we all know she will." Callie said chuckling, having heard her Moms conversation.

"Yay." Stef cheered sarcastically as the kids each came over to grab their stuff for smores.

"You love her." Lena said and Stef nodded. She did love the little girl to pieces. Their life would be so different and weird if she wasn't in it.

"I love you Mama" Rylan said as she took her turn at getting the ingredients for her and Jesus since he was teaching her.

"Hey what about me? Am I chopped liver?" Stef said faking a pout. Rylan looked at her Mom from her spot standing in front of her Mama, with a confused expression. The Moms looked at her with amusement, wondering what had her confused.

"Whats chopped liver?" Rylan asked with her nose crinkled. Chopped liver sounded yucky to her. The kids all belting out laughs at their sister. Things really did confuse the little girl so easily.

"Nothing. I love you Rylan." Stef chuckled out as she pulled the little girl towards her and into her arms.

"Love you too Mommy. " Rylan said back giving her Mom a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Rylan grabbed what she needed and headed over to her brother and the two of them began to make smores. Jesus helping the little girl with roasting the marshmallows of course.

"Here." Jesus said as he held the smore for the little girl. Rylan stood near her brother and looked at the gooey sticky mess in her hand. It looked weird but there was marshmallow and chocolate with it so it had to taste good.

"Try it, its good." Jesus said before he took a bite of his own smore. Rylan hesitantly took a little nibble. Everyone watching in amusement at the little girl. Callie was using her phone to record the little girl, the moms would want to have some memories of the little girls firsts.

"Oooooooo more please?" Rylan said after her first bite. Her eyes wide, she really liked smores. At the girls sentence the family burst out laughing. The little girl was so funny over random things, Callie was glad she was able to record the little girls first time eating a smore, it was something to remember.

"Eat that one first." Stef said as she chuckled on her chair next to her wife watching the little blonde enjoy her first smore.

"Only two, then its bed time." Lena said, two was enough for the little girl otherwise she would be bouncing off the wall for hours and she really needed to go to bed.

"But I want to stay up with the bigger kids." Rylan said before taking a big bite of her smore. She was still standing next to Jesus since he was making her smores.

"Let her, she will fall asleep anyway." Callie whispered to her Moms since she was close to them and the little girl was too busy enjoying her smore to listen to what Callie was whispering.

The Moms both looked at each other. They didn't know what to do. On one hand Callie was right and on the other hand the little girl had a bed time. Also this was their holiday.

Lena gave a nod. Stef knew what that meant without even having to ask. With a sigh Stef nodded back to Lena and then looked at the little girl.

"Alright fine you can stay up with the others." Stef said as the two Moms gave in as they looked at their little girl licking her fingers clean of chocolate.

"Yay thankyou...Smore please!" Rylan cheered and held out her hand to her brother for another smore. She liked this camping trip.

Xxxxxxx

"Mama, Cuddle please?" Rylan asked, rubbing her sticky hand against her eye as she yawned and held one arm up in her 'pick me up' gesture. As expected the little girl was tired. It was passed her bed time and the sugar high hadn't even come.

"Oh how can I refuse that chocolatey face. Sure come here." Lena pulled the little girl on her lap and placed a kiss to the chocolate covered cheek. The little girls back was to Lenas front and Rylan leaned her head back so it was rested against her Mamas chest, she slouched a little and yawned more. Smores did get messy but the little girl was even messier then normal. She did enjoy her first smore though so she was allowed to get messy.

"Were they good?" Lena asked her little blonde as she cuddled her. Rylan nodded and yawned, snuggling into her mama more.

"What do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Stef asked getting the kids talking. She also wanted to plan out their day for tomorrow.

"Can we go swimming and just relax? Hiking was fun but once is enough and I just want to relax and not do anything to strenuous." Mariana asked looking at her Moms.

"Ok sure, you all ok with that?" Stef asked looking around at everyone. The kids all nodding. Hiking had worn them out today and with Jesus's leg they couldn't go hiking again anyway.

"Good, relaxing and swimming it is." Stef said clapping her hands once, their day for tomorrow was sorted.

The older kids engaged into their own conversation as Stef directed her attention to her wife and youngest daughter.

"Well someone couldn't handle staying up." Stef chuckled out looking at her sleeping daughter snuggled on her wife.

"She tried, I give her points for that." Lena said running her left hand through the little blonds hair.

The Moms just sat looking at the little blonde, how peaceful and cute she was before they looked over at their other kids. They sat together just listening to their kids chatting about god knows what and listening to the fire crackling and just enjoying the time relaxing. It was peaceful.

"Can you get the wipes to clean her face and hands before putting her to bed?" Lena asked after a bit. They needed to get the little girl into her own tent, hopefully she sleeps right through and doesn't wake and come into their tent.

"Sure can my love." Stef said as she stood and headed to grab the packed of wipes to clean the little girl up for bed.

"Thank you." Lena called after her wife. Smiling down at the sleeping blonde and then around at her other kids. They had different traits and tempers and may not always get along but she wouldn't change them for anything in the world, they were hers.

Xxxxxxxxxxxx

Stef had cleaned Rylan up and then taken her to the girls tent to put her down. She then joined her wife and the two of them looked at each other.

With Rylan asleep they were now able to talk to the kids. This was something that had to be said to them and they needed to know because when they got home they had no idea what could or might happen.

"Hey guys, can we talk to you all please?" Stef called to the remaining kids. They all stopped their conversations to look at their Moms.

"Sure whats up?" Brandon answered for them all. With all the kids attention on them, the Moms started to talk.

"Mom and I need to tell you this because when we get home we don't know what will happen and we want you to be prepared." Lena started looking at the kids and then her wife. Callie knew what this conversation was about. Rylans adoption and her uncle.

"You're scaring us Mama, is this about the knife and notes?" Jude asked as he reached over and clenched onto Callies hand. All the kids looked a little worried about this conversation.

"No, we still have no idea who sent those, this is about a whole different situation." A few of the kids sighed out but were still worried. If it wasn't about the notes then they had know idea and that was a little scary considering the tones their parents were using.

"Ok what is it?" Jesus asked.

"Ok so before the trial I got a phone call from Bill." Stef started to tell the kids but was interrupted by Jesus.

"About?"

"Rylan." Callie said. Lena and Stef nodded. Callie already knew and so the Moms nodded to Callie letting her know that the conversation was about Rylans potential Uncle.

"What about Rylan?" Mariana spoke.

"Just let mom speak" Lena said looking at all the kids. They wanted to know and with their minds on overdrive they were thinking about a million questions.

"Sorry." The kids all apologised and let their Mom get the whole story out.

"Ok, I got a call from Bill and he told us that Rylans uncle has come forward. We don't know details but Bill said they were checking him out. We all know how the system favours biological relatives over adoptive parents if they can help it." Stef said and waited. The Moms looked at their kids and waited for their reactions.

"So they can take her from us?" Mariana asked a little upset about it. Her reaction was understandable. Mariana saw Rylan as a little sister, no Rylan was her little sister.

"Her uncle can, he has to be cleared first and checked out. Then there could possibly be a trial run with him for the weekend or a week. There is a long process but potentially, Rylan could be taken from us." Lena confirmed. There were a lot of steps when it came to it but Rylan could be taken.

"Can't they see shes happy with us? Why would they destroy that." Jude piped up. He was a first time big brother and he didn't want anyone to ruin that, he had to protect his little sister and he couldn't do that if she was taken.

"Whoa hey, nothing is official. I was just giving you warning." Stef held her hands up in a surrendering motion. Lena and Stef could clearly see that their kids were upset and angry about the news but they had to inform them sooner then later because their could be no later.

"Moms right, this Uncle could have the wrong kid. Its just a waiting game now, the adoption is on hold. Mom and I just wanted to inform you just in case." Lena explained. The kids looked so upset and angry that it was heartbreaking for the Moms to see.

"We will fight to get custody of her if that happens though? Right Mom?" Jesus asked with force. He was such a protector and he knew that Rylan being taken would hurt their family a lot and he couldn't have that.

At Jesus question, Lena and Stef looked at each other.

"Honestly, Mom and I would have to think about what would be best for Rylan. Yes she belongs with us but do we really want to have her go through a custody battle at her age?" Lena asked the kids. She hated that she had to say that but with Rylan being so young, would it be a good thing to drag her through a custody battle, so many emotions and heartbreak comes from it.

"You're right, but shes my sister and Im gonna fight for her. She belongs with us." Jesus was getting angrier and angrier as he though of his little sister being taken.

"I know bud, we think the same. Only time will tell." Lena said softly. The kids remained silent after that. All of them letting the knews sink in a lot more and thinking about what the future could possibly hold.

"Does Rylan know?" Brandon asked his Moms.

"No, we were thinking of telling her on Monday evening." The kids all nodded.

"Yeah, she needs to know. That way its not a surprise if Bill calls to come collect her." Callie said, she remembered how it was in foster care and she would hate to have not been told and then ripped from the family without any warning.

"This blows. Im going to bed." Jesus said angrily, still clearly angry about the news. He stood and headed to the tent. Slowly because of his leg but he walk was still in anger, the family could see it radiating off of him.

"Me too." Jude said giving his Moms kisses before he headed off towards the tent. Slowly Brandon and the girls headed towards their tents after kissing their Moms.

"That went well." Stef said as she slouched in her seat and looked at the fire.

"They needed to know. Im with them though, I want to fight for her. I love her too much to let her go." Lena voiced her thoughts and Stef nodded. Lena was right. Rylan is their daughter.

"Ive never seen them so attached." Lena voiced her opinion about how the kids reacted.

"Shes their sister, it was an instant connection. A rare instant connection." Stef said, she had the same connection with Callie and Rylan. It was like the universe meant for them to be together. It was like Lena always said, they could have come from Stef herself.

"Shes our little girl." Lena whispered wiping away a lone tear. Stef reached over and grabbed her wifes hand making Lena stand up. Lena sat down on Stefs lap and the two of them cuddled on the chair, just basking in the closeness of each other was the best thing when they needed comfort.

"Would you hate me if I said I wanted Rylan to crawl into bed with us tonight?" Lena asked looking into her wifes eyes. Stef smiled and placed a kiss on Lenas lips.

"I could never hate you. After that conversation I would love it if she crawls in with us later." Both smiled and cuddled in closer as they looked at the fire that was keeping them warm. Both silently praying that Rylan would remain in their care.

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