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:

"Do you think its something more then just being tired? Shes been tired before and hasn't acted like this." Stef nodded to her wife, there was definitely something more to Rylans behaviour, even Lena could see that too.

"Ill talk to her when she has calmed down enough. She woke up grumpy so there was no way I could have talked properly with her. She will settle down eventually." Stef explained before taking a bite of her own toast.

"I hope so." Lena sighed out, turning back to eating her own breakfast. Her mind still stuck on replay of the little girls actions.

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Stef and Lena gave the little girl enough space and time to calm down. They had cleaned up from breakfast and the kids had moved around and started to do their own thing. Their family relaxing day couldn't really start until Rylan was sorted out.

Stef moved from the boot of the car, where she had been putting away the dry food, to the little girls tent with a packet of wipes, knowing that the little blonde would probably need her face cleaned up from her tantrum.

She took a deep breath and headed inside the tent, hoping that the little girl was calm enough to talk.

As Stef entered the tent, the little girl was laying on her back, looking at the roof of the tent. As soon as she saw her mother come in, she sat up and gave her Mom a small smile. Stef smiled back, so glad the little girl was now calm and smiling. She obviously needed this time to calm down.

Rylans face was still slightly red from her crying, her eyes were slowly becoming less puffy and she had tear streak stains and snot on her face. The wipes were definitely needed.

"Have you calmed down enough?" Rylan nodded, a small smile still on her face. She was glad her Mom was here. She hated being left alone but she could understand why her Moms had done what they did.

"What do you have to say?" Stef said as she knelt down so she was at the same hight and in Rylans vision to talk properly.

"Im sorry Mommy." Rylan spoke clearly. All she wanted to do was hug her Mom. She just had to wait till the talk was done.

"For what?" Stef asked with a raised eyebrow. A sorry wasn't good enough if she didn't know what she was apologising for.

"Not listening and screaming and smacking the toast out of your hand." Rylan explained. Stef nodded. At least she knew what she had done wrong, thats all that Stef needed to hear about that. Now all that was left was why she acted like she did.

"Ok good girl. Lets not do that again. That was horrible behaviour. Can you tell me why you were acting like that?" Stef asked, moving from her kneeling position to sitting crossed legged facing the girl, Rylan doing the same.

Stef opened the wipes and handed one to Rylan. The little girl started to wipe her face. Stef would clean what the little girl missed after their talk.

Rylan didn't answer her Moms question, she just looked down and fiddled with the sock on her foot and wiped her face with the wipe she had in her hand. Stef sighed quietly and looked at her daughter sadly.

"Are you just tired?" Rylan nodded slowly, just giving her Mom a vague answer was all that she could do.

Stef could tell their was something more that the girl didn't want to say. She was not just tired. Stef decided to push a little and comfort the girl with her words, hoping that Rylan would tell her what was wrong.

"Are you sure its nothing else? You can talk to Mommy or Mama baby. We won't get mad or angry, you know that. We don't like to see you like that. We love you." Stef said to the little blonde, who just shook her head, no. Stef just wanted to pull the girl into her arms and never let her go. She wanted to remove all the girls fears and smother her with love.

"I love you too." Rylan spoke looking up at her Mom with a smile. Her parents loving her was something she never had to doubt ever, even if she wasn't adopted yet.

"Can I have a hug now?" Rylan flew at her Mom, arms wrapping around her Moms neck tightly. Tears in her eyes that were almost ready to fall. She had waited for this since Stef entered the tent. Mom and Mama hugs make everything feel better.

"Ok baby girl, I want you to go apologise to mama for screaming as well. I think she needs a Rylan hug." Stef said to Rylan once they pulled apart from their hug. Stef wiped away a few of the little girls fresh tears with her thumb and then pulls the little girl onto her lap and grabs another fresh wipe and cleans the rest of Rylans face.

"Ok, all clean and fresh. Now go see Mama." Rylan slid out of her moms lap, gave her one last hug and then headed out of the tent after slipping on her sneakers. Stef stood and looked out the door to see the little blonde run over to her mama and give her the biggest hug.

Lena smiles at her daughter and returns the hug. She was happy to see her daughter more cheerful then before. With one glance to Stef, Lena knew that she would tell her later.

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The morning consisted of swimming and relaxing. The boys were throwing balls around in the water while Mariana sunbathed and Callie read. Stef and Lena lay together on a rug near the water with Rylan doing some colouring between them.

Since her tantrum this morning, the little girl had been quiet. Both Moms knew that she hadn't said the whole truth, there was more to her behaviour then being just tired. For now the Moms were just going to keep an eye on the little girl. There wasn't much more they could do, the little girl would have to come to them.

"We should go get lunch started. Little miss needs to eat since she hasn't eaten since last night and I am sure the boys will complain that they are hungry in the next half hour or so." Stef said as she sat up and looked over at the older kids before looking at her wife.

Lena sat up and sighed. There was always one thing after another but at least they could relax in between.

"Alright. Good thinking. Get the others to keep an eye on her, ill meet you up there." Lena explained , gesturing to Rylan, as she stood up and stretched before moving off of the rug.

"Sure my love." Stef smiled up at her wife and watched Lena walk away. Her eyes glued to her wifes behind as she walked. It was a sight to behold. Only once Lena walked away, was Stef able to get to her task. Her wifes aura and proximity was very, very distracting.

Jumping up off of the rug, Stef made sure Rylan was fine with her colouring on the rug before heading over to speak to the other kids.

"Hey guys, Mama and I are going to go make lunch. Can you watch Rylan please?" Stef asked her kids.

"Sure Mom. We got it." Jude answered for all of them. Stef smiled and ruffled his hair, kissed his cheek as he rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Thank you." She said before heading back over to the little girl. Stef crouched down in front of the little blonde. The little girl looked up at her Mom, waiting for what her Mom was going to say.

"Mama and I are making lunch at camp. Listen to your brothers and sisters please baby girl." Stef told the little girl as she pushed some of the blonde hair behind the little girls tiny ear.

"Yes Mommy." Rylan nodded to her Mom. Stef smiled and leant over to kiss Rylan on her head and saying good girl before standing up and heading towards camp.

Turning around to take one more glance to the kids to make sure they were ok, Stef headed towards the camp to help her wife.

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Fifteen minutes later, Lena and Stef had made a mixture of sandwiches, grabbed out water bottles and some apples before Stef headed down to get the kids.

"Lunch is ready guys." Stef called to the kids. The boys only needed to hear the word lunch and they were on their way to the camp site. The two older girls were coming but slowly and then the youngest, well she was another story.

"You too Rylan. You need to eat." Stef called to the little blonde as she made her way towards her. The little girl still in the same place Stef had left her.

"Im not hungry Mommy." Rylan said not looking up from her colouring. Stef crouched down in front of the little girl for the second time today and put her hand under the little girls chin and gently raised it so that Blue eyes met Blue eyes.

"You need to eat, you haven't eaten since last night. Im not asking, im telling you. Now to the picnic table please." Stefs tough Mom voice wasn't something you could really argue with unless you felt brave, very brave. Rylan knew she had no choice. She was going to eat even if she didn't want to.

"Oh alright." Rylan sighed out as she grabbed her colouring books and pencils and headed up to the camp. Stef watched her go, the little girls shoulders slumped, she was sulking.

"What am I going to do with that girl?" Stef spoke softly to herself as she shook her head, picked up the rug and followed the sulking little girl back to camp.

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Once Rylan dug into her food, she went from not being hungry to almost out eating Jesus. Both Moms weren't surprised, the little girl could eat a lot and she hadn't eaten in a while.

The older kids had finished and were back doing the same activities that they had been doing before lunch and Stef was taking the big bag of rubbish to the camping grounds big bin to dispose of. Which only Left Lena and Rylan together, eating their lunch.

"Can I be done now Mama?" Rylan asked after pushing her plate away from her, to the middle of the picnic table.

"Yes sweetie. You ate a lot. Im proud of you. Have some more water please." Lena said smiling to the little girl. She really was proud of her. Rylan drunk a couple more sips of water before Lena nodded to tell her that was good.

"Can I go back to the water and do some more colouring, please?" Rylan asked hopefully. Lena smiled. How could she say no to that simple question.

"Yes, as long as one of your brothers or sisters is with you." Lena said as she grabbed her plate, Rylans and Stefs and put them in a new rubbish bag. Paper plates were amazing and kept the mess away and there were no dishes to do.

"Callie and Mari are going to sunbath and the boys are going to kick a ball around so they all can watch me." Rylan pleaded and Lena chuckled before nodding.

"Ok, thats fine. Make sure you listen to them." Lena said tying the bag of rubbish up so if the wind catches it the rubbish doesn't go everywhere.

"Alright Mama." With that, the little girl bounded over to the tent to grab her colouring book and pens before heading back to the water where her siblings were. Lena shaking her head laughing as she watched the little girl go.

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With the kids all occupying themselves and watching Rylan, the moms were able to sort out the food plans for the next few meals. Making sure they had enough to last them till they headed home tomorrow.

Stef was placing the cooler back in the car while Lena cleaned up the lunch items to put them away.

"Hello" A voice, Lena didn't recognise made her jump. She hadn't expected to hear a deep male voice. Turning around with her hand on her heart Lena smiled and blew out a breath of air.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." The deep voice of the man said. Lena smile still remained on her face as she looked at the man, who was standing next to a very pretty woman. The strange man was kind of handsome. He was sort of tallish, with a athletic build. His hair a dark brown almost black, together with his deep brown eyes made him very mesmerising.

"Its ok. Im ok." Lena said taking a deep breath and removing her hand from her heart and the two strangers smiled warm heartedly. Stef chose that moment to walk back from the bins just in time to exchange pleasantries with the two strangers.

"Im James and this is my wife Amanda. " James gestured to the woman beside him. Her long light brown hair, blueish grey eyes and athletic slender build was a sight to behold, she was an attractive woman. The two looked amazing together, like they were put on earth just for each other.

"Hello, nice to meet you. Im Lena and this is my wife Stef. " Lena introduced herself and Stef. Both of them shaking the no longer strangers hands before Stef was wrapping her right arm around Lenas waist. James and Amanda smiled at the two before James spoke.

"We were wondering since you look like experienced campers, if you know of a good hiking track around here. We just love to walk and take a look at different sceneries. Its our favourite past time." James explained as Stef nodded with a smile and removed her hand from Lenas waist as she spoke and moved closer to the couple.

"Yeah sure, we found a good one yesterday. Do you have a map of the area with you?" Stef asked as James nodded and pulled out his map. The two heading over to the picnic table just as Rylan came bounding into camp, over to her Mama.

Lena catching the little girl before she could knock the two of them over. Lena squatted down so she could be at eye level with the little blonde. Very aware that Amanda was standing a few feet away.

"Mama can I go swimming now? Brandon said he would take me in" Rylan asked, looking into her Mamas brown eyes, pleading with her to go. The little blonde too busy thinking about going swimming to even notice the new people in the camp talking to her mothers.

"Sure baby, make sure he puts sunscreen on you first please." Rylan smiled brightly at Lena.

"Ok thanks Mama." Rylan hugged Lena tightly before pushing off, allowing Lena to stand.

"Rylan?" Lena called as the little girl skidded to a stop and turned to look at her Mama.

"Yeah mama?" Rylan asked fidgeting in excitement on the spot. She just wanted to swim already.

"Listen to what he says please, hes in charge." Lena warned. Of course Rylan would listen but she had to put rules in place. Plus the others would watch her, they were responsible enough.

"Ok." Rylan nodded. Looking at her Mama for a minute, Rylan waited to see if her Mama was done talking, seeing that she was, Rylan continued in a fast pace back to the water to swim.

Lena shook her head, a smile on her face. Lena turned back to Amanda, who was smiling.

"Shes a cutie. She looks so much like your wife. How old is she?" Amanda asked the smiling Mother.

"Shes almost 7." Lena gushed. She loved her kids, she could talk about them for hours. They were her pride and joy.

"Such a precious age. Are Brandon and Rylan your only children?" Amanda asked. Lena smiled and shook her head, no.

"She is a precious little thing. Brandon is our oldest and Rylan is our youngest with four others in the middle." Lena explained. Amandas jaw dropped before she recovered quickly and chuckled.

"6 kids? Wow you guys have your hands full." Lena nodded with a smile. It was true, they did have their hands full with 6 kids but life would be so very boring and different without the 6 of them.

"Stef and I manage. We wouldn't change them for a thing though. They are joys to have." Amanda smiled and nodded. She could see how much Lena loved her kids. It was a beautiful thing to hear the love that laced Lenas voice when she spoke of them.

"Children are precious. James and I want kids but it just hasn't happened for us." Amanda said sadly. Lena gave a sad smile. She felt sorry for women that couldn't have kids or have tried hard to have them without success. There are always other options so she really wasn't to sad about it.

"Have you tried adoption or foster care?" Lena suggested looking at Amanda, who nodded.

"We looked into it. Is that what you and your wife did?" Amanda asked curiously.

"Well yes. Brandon is my wifes biological child from her previous marriage then we adopted 4 and are in the process of adopting Rylan." Lena explained.

"Shes in foster care? Shes so young."

"She is, there are a lot of kids that are her age and younger in the system. You should really look into foster care. Its worth it." Lena suggested. Amanda and James looked like caring people. Foster kids did need some parents that were nice, there were a lot out there that were horrible.

"I might have to." Amanda said as she looked like she was giving it a thought as Stef and James walked over.

"All good?" Lena asked as the two came to stand with her and Amanda.

"Yeah, Stef showed me the track. Its got a nice view at the end. Callie showed me a picture and its beautiful." James explained with excitement, Amanda chuckled and then frowned.

"Callie?" Amanda asked her husband.

"Our eldest daughter. She likes to take photographs. We think she may take the hobby into something more professional one day." Stef explained and Amanda nodded in understanding.

"Well we should get going, get this trail done before nightfall. It was nice meeting you. Thanks for the suggestion." James said shaking the Womens hands again with a smile.

"Yeah nice meeting you too." Stef smiled as she shook James' hand. The two started to head off when Lena called to them.

"James, if you both get a chance, why not come over after your hike, have some dinner with us?" Lena asked them. Amanda and James shared a look before Amanda answered.

"Sure, that sounds like a good idea. Thank you." Amanda smiled.

"Have a good hike." Stef called to them as they headed towards the trail.

"Thank you we will." James said back, waving as he and Amanda disappeared out of sight.

"They seem nice." Lena smiled as Stef wrapped her arms around Lenas waist so they were face to face, chest to chest.

"They do, give us some more adult company tonight I guess. Being surrounded by to many kids, we are outnumbered." Stef explained looking into her wifes eyes. Lena chuckled and wrapped her arms around Stefs neck.

"Yeah we are definitely outnumbered. 3 to 1." Lena whispered, her lips getting closer to Stefs.

"3 to 1." Stef whispered closer to Lenas lips before closing the gap and capturing her wifes lips with her own. Both moaned at the feel of one another being so close. They didn't know when they would get another moment alone, so they would make the most of being close to each other.

After a few minutes of heavy make out session in the open. Lena chuckled and pushed Stef away. They both knew that they couldn't keep going because they had kids to check on and kids that could walk back to camp at any time. Both chuckled as they fixed their clothing and went on with make sure everything was put away before heading to the lake to check on the kids. Hopefully they weren't up to too much mischief.

Hopefully this chapter was alright.

The camping trip is almost over.