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:
Mike finds the girls and the girls are reunited with their family.
The fbi talked to the girls and got their statement.
Rylan and Callie had lunch with their mothers and then went and had a check up at the hospital with Dr Jamie Gleeson.
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FRIDAY EVENING.
Stef Lena, Callie and Rylan arrived home around 4.30pm. Rylan immediately went into the living room and turned the cartoons on with Callie following, Lena headed up the stairs and Stef headed into the kitchen.
Brandon, Jude, Mariana, Jesus and Mike were sitting around the kitchen table with a board game set up in front of them.
"Hey Kids, Mike." Stef greeted the four kids and Mike. All looking up with smiles on their faces.
"Hi Mom." All four kids replied as they smiled at their Mom.
"Hey Stef." Mike replied with a kind smile.
"What have you been doing today?" Stef asked as she passed the kids to get to the fridge to grab a water bottle out for herself before moving to lean against the counter near the sink.
"We watched Movies and played some games and now we are almost finished Monopoly." Brandon told his Mom.
"Mike really sucks at board games." Jesus said with a laugh, as the other three kids joined in while Mike just rolled his eyes but there was a smile on his face .
"Jesus, Language."Lena said as she entered the kitchen just as Jesus said that Mike sucked at board games.
Lena headed towards the fridge to grab a water bottle for herself just like Stef had done before she moved to lean against the counter next to Stef.
"I do not." Mike put a hand to his heart in mock hurt as he playfully glared at Jesus and the others.
"Sorry. But its true." Jesus said with a shrug while the kids all nodded giving Mike a raised eyebrow, daring him to protest what they all know is true.
"Fine, I guess its true."Mike sighed out, making Stef chuckle before she took a sip of her water.
"Oh it is." Brandon said nodding his head and giving his Dad a smirk. Mike shook his head and stood up, the game over now that Callie, Rylan and the Moms were home and everyone was getting bored.
"How did the interview and doctors appointment go?" Mike asked Stef and Lena, as he helped the kids pack up the Monopoly board game.
"Callie did the talking and she did so well. Her and that big brain of hers, gave the FBI a lot of information on people and location." Stef explained with pride, Stef knew if the girl was in the room now that she would be blushing.
"Definitely smart." Mike said with a nod. Remembering that the teen had a backpack full of information she had gathered while she was away.
"As for the doctors appointment, they got the all clear for now, just have to wait for results on blood tests and urinalysis." Stef finished her explanation as the Monopoly was packed up and put away and slowly the kids all disappeared from the kitchen and into the living room where the current little red head was with her big sister.
"Well thats good. I'm glad." Mike said with a nod. It was definitely a good outcome.
"We are too. Knowing that they are healthy, is a weight off of our mind." Lena said with relief as she leaned into Stef side more. Stef turning her head to the right to place a kiss to Lenas cheek.
"Anyway I better be off. I have the night shift with Hudson tonight." Mike told the women as he grabbed his phone and keys off of the desk in the study nook.
"Thanks for watching them Mike." Stef said as she followed Mike towards the door, with Lena following behind.
"It was honestly not a problem. I got to spend time with my boy and It was just a bonus to watch the others. They were not a problem. I am happy that I can help relieve some stress off of your shoulders." Mike told the two of them. Both nodding with smiles. Grateful to have Mike in their lives.
"Thank you. We appreciate it." Stef told her ex husband as she pulled him in for a quick hug.
"Alright I'm off. Ill talk to you tomorrow Bud." Mike said as he looked into the living room at Brandon.
"Bye dad." Brandon said with a wave, looking away from the tv at his dad.
"Bye Mike." Came the simultaneous voices of four of the kids and a quiet Bye Uncle Mike from Rylan.
Stef and Lena showed Mike out and waved him goodbye. The two watched him leave before Lena headed inside so that Stef can finally get an update from the agent out front.
"Been all ok?" Stef asked the Agent positioned on the front porch. He nodded at her as he continued to scan the streets.
"No suspicious activity, all ok so far." The Agent said and Stef nodded as she too did a scan of the street before heading inside.
As Stef closed the door behind her, Lena came down the stairs and Stef gave Lena a nod to tell her it was all ok before the two of them were heading into the living room to see the 6 kids.
Noting that their mothers were in the room, Brandon muted the tv and they all turned their attention to their Mothers.
"So we called Matt and Noah and told them that the girls had been found. I suggest that you go calls Grams, Grandma and Grandpa before they find out on the morning news." Mariana said before their Mothers could say anything.
"Oh I got to call Wyatt. And Daphne." Callie said immediately after Mariana as she jumped up from her seat on the sofa and rushed upstairs, Rylan following up after her sister with no explanation. All the family watching the two of them go.
Stef and Lena sharing a look at the way Rylan stuck to Callie.
"I guess we better go call our parents." Lena says with a sigh as she and Stef head into the kitchen leaving the 4 other kids to do what they wanted to do. It was definitely something that needed to happen straight away as they had no idea when the news of the girls being found would be on the news.
"Alright. Ill go call my mother while you start preparing dinner, then ill take over while you call your parents." Stef says as she entered the study nook to grab her phone.
"Sure, sounds good." Lena said placing a kiss to Stef lips and she walks over towards the fridge to figure out what she would be cooking.
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With Lena in the kitchen, Callie upstairs talking on the phone, Rylan upstairs with Callie and the other kids in the living room, the only other quiet place was the garden. So Stef headed towards the backyard with her phone in hand to call her Mother. The call with her Mother wouldn't be a long as Lena and her parents conversation.
Taking a seat on the bench on the deck, Stef speed dialled the all to familiar number. She watched as the Agent from the front did a walk around the back yard.
"Hello?" Came Sharons voice. Stef chuckled softly.
"Mom." Came Stefs reply so that her mother would know who it was.
"Stefanie. How are you sweetheart? How are the kids and Lena going? Any news?" Sharon blurted out. Stef rolled her eyes but a smile remained on her face. She couldn't be annoyed right now, she was on cloud nine since her kids were all home.
"Thats why I am calling you. The girls were found last night." Stef told her Mother.
"Oh my gosh, that wonderful news. Are they ok?" Stef could hear the happiness in her mothers voice and it made her smile grow wider. She was glad she was able to give her mother good news instead of bad.
"They are ok. Callie has a graze on her arm from a bullet but we took them both to the doctors today. They have a clean bill of health." Stef explained to her Mother as she stood up from the bench and slowly walked around the backyard, seeing the Agent exiting the backyard towards the front yard after his check.
"I am relieved. Is Callie alright though?" Sharon asked. Knowing that her daughter had been shot and now one of her granddaughters had been shot was a scary feeling.
"She's fine. That girl is strong." Stef said with a smile. All her girls were strong in their own way, Callie more so then the others.
"That she is. Ill be over tomorrow morning." Sharon told her daughter. She wasn't asking. She hadn't seen the two girls in over a week. She trusted when Stef said that the girls were fine but Sharon had to see for herself that her eldest granddaughter and youngest granddaughter were ok.
"Ok, Mom. Just thought I would call you before the tv airs it in the morning." Stef tells her Mom. She wasn't even going to argue with her about coming over.
"Give those girls a kiss from me and ill see you all in the morning." Sharon said. Stef nodded with a smile as she made her way towards the house.
"Ok I will, bye Mom."
"Bye Stefanie." Was Sharons response before the call ended. Stef slid her phone into her pocket before heading into the house, ready to trade places with her wife.
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Jesus, Jude and Mariana sat around the living room watching the Smurfs 2. Brandon had disappeared upstairs to go use his keyboard, Callie was still upstairs talking to either Wyatt or Daphne with Rylan, Stef was in the kitchen preparing dinner that Lena had started and Lena was outside on the phone to her Parents.
Finishing her phone calls with Daphne and Wyatt, Callie made her way downstairs with the little girl in tow. Callie took a seat at the kitchen table and watched her blonde mother cook. Rylan seeing that Callie was busy, found her way outside where her Mama was curled up on a chair talking on the phone.
Rylan moved towards her Mama and stood in front of her. Lena smiled and pulled the little red head onto her lap and cuddled in with her. Rylan grinned and lay her head on her Mamas shoulder as she looked in through the kitchen window, watching her big sister and Mother cook together.
"They are honestly fine Daddy. You and Mom don't need to come back out. You were just here, no need to come back so soon if you don't have to. We can arrange some time where you can come back over." Lena said into the phone as she stroked Rylans back. The little girl yawning as she curled in deeper to her Mama. Lena smiled and placed a kiss to the little girls head.
"I have Rylan here curled up with me and Callie is in the house." Rylan moved her head from her Mamas neck as she heard her name. Lena smiled at the little girl.
"Ill put Rylan on the phone and go get Callie for you." Lena said into the phone as she stood with Rylan. She placed the little girl on the seat she had vacated and crouched down so she was at Rylans eye level.
"Here sweetheart, its grams and Grandpa." Lena said with a smile as she held the phone to the little girl. Rylan hesitantly took it. Lena placed a kiss to the girls temple before heading in to get Callie.
"Hello?" Rylan asked hesitantly. She hadn't spoken to Dana and Stewart over the phone before, she hadn't really spoken on a phone at all.
"Hello darling. Hey Rylan." The voices of her Grams and Grandpa came through the phone.
"Hi." Rylan said shyly as she played with the material on her pants.
"We are so happy to hear your voice." Stewarts voice came through.
"When are you coming here?" Rylan asked hesitantly
"We were just there when you were first taken but we had to come back for work. I will talk to your Moms and we can see about coming back. Ok?" Stewart told the little girl. Rylan nodded before mumbling a yes.
"Mommy and Mama cried." Rylan told the two on the phone.
"When did they cry, darling?" Dana asked the little girl. Rylan looked up from her pants towards the kitchen window. She could see her Mother chopping up vegetables with Callie still sitting at the table with her Mama talking to them.
"When they saw us."
"Thats because they were happy to see you. Some people cry when they are happy. I cry when I am happy. Did you cry when you saw them?" Dana replied. Rylan frowned. She couldn't remember if she did. All that she knew was that she was so happy to see her parents.
"I think so. Callies here." Rylan replied as she saw her sister coming out of the house towards her.
"Ok, thank you honey. We love you." Stewart said with Dana echoing that she loved her too.
"Love you too." Rylan replied back as she thrust the phone into her big sisters hand. Callie took the phone from her sister and sat on chair close to the little girl. The little girl snuggled up on the chair as she looked through the kitchen window at her Moms and then back over to her sister on the phone. She really loved being home.
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Friday night
"Alright, Thai green curry with rice. Dig in." Lena told the kids as they all stumbled into the kitchen and took seats around the table.
"Ok, now that we are all together. Grandma is coming around tomorrow. I just want to know what you are all thinking of doing tomorrow since it is the weekend and also summer holidays." Stef asked the kids.
The kids looked around at each other and shrugged. They haven't got plans. With their Grandmother coming in the morning they were bound to have a family day.
"Well Grandmas coming, so I guess family day and chill like we did today?" Jude asked and the others nodded. There was plenty of time to go hang with friends or go to the skate park and other stuff, family time was fun either way.
"Well alright then. A family day to start off the summer holidays." Lena said with a smile. She really loved family days. She loved it a lot when the kids all stayed home to spend time with each other and their mothers.
"Rylan? Are you ok?" Callie asked all of a sudden as she looked at the little girl beside her. Everyone stopped eating to look at the little girl who now had tears running down her face.
"Mama." Rylan cried out as she reached for her Mama. Lena was immediately out of her seat and scooping the little girl up.
"Whats wrong sweetheart?" Lena asked as she rubbed Rylans back in a calming way. The little girl sobbing and shaking in her arms.
"My.. My.. mouth hurts." Rylan cried out into her Mamas neck.
"Mama, its too spicy for her." Jude pointed out and immediately Stef was out of her seat and over to the fridge.
"Here sweets." Stef says handing the little girl a cup of milk once Rylan had moved her face away from her Mamas neck. Rylan immediately guzzled it down, the burn in her mouth was horrible and hurt a lot.
"Better?" Stef asked the little red head as she filled Rylans cup with more milk. Rylan nodded as Lena placed her back in her seat that was to the right of Stef and the left of Callie.
"Little better." Rylan mumbled as she sipped at her milk. She really didn't like spicy food.
"You haven't had spicy food before huh?" Stef asked the little girl as she rubbed the little girl on her back.
"No. I don't like this." Rylan stated as she shook her head fast as she pushed her bowl away.
"Well we know for next time. How about a sandwich?" Lena asked as she got up to start making a sandwich. Rylan needed something in her stomach before bed.
"Peanut butter or chicken?" Lena asked when Rylan nodded in confirmation of a sandwich.
"Peanut butter." Came the little girls reply before she continued to sip her milk.
Lena made the little girl her peanut butter sandwich before placing It in front of the little red head before she took her own seat. Everyone resumed eating their dinner now that everything was dealt with.
"Really?" Lena asked as she watched Jesus grab Rylans bowl and scoop it into his own.
"No point in wasting it." Jesus said as he shrugged his shoulders. Lena and Stef shook their heads in amusement. Meal time always held some sort of drama and amusement.
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With the downstairs all locked up the, Stef checked on the Agent outside. The Agents had changed shifts an hour ago ready for the night. Stef took a bottle of water outside to the agent and then let him know that the family were all going to bed now. Giving Stef a nod, the Moms headed upstairs. Lena headed to the girls room to check on them while Stef went to Brandons room and then the boys room.
Lena opened the girls door quietly and walked in quietly. She looked up at the top bunk seeing it was empty. Before she could panic she saw that Callie and Rylan had curled up together on Rylans bed. She lent over and pulled the blanket up and over both of the girls before turning to Mariana who was also sleeping peacefully. With the girls all good, Lena headed out of the room and closed the door behind her as Stef made her way into the hall.
"All good?" Stef said quietly as she pulled Brandons door closed softly.
"All good." Lena confirmed with a nod as well.
With the kids all tucked up in bed the Moms headed into their room to get ready for bed. Stef disappeared into the bathroom while Lena got herself some sleep clothes out.
"I felt so bad Stef. She was horrified over dinner. I didn't think it was that spicy, the others always enjoy it." Lena said to Stef through the open bathroom door as she stripped out of her day clothes and into her pyjamas.
"Well at least we know not to give her curry. The kids all have to try something once, its a part of life." Stef responded as she came out of the bathroom and headed over to her closet.
"You're right. It was a horrible sight though. Her taste buds must be very sensitive." Lena said as she sat on the chair next to the bed and began putting moisturiser on as Stef changed into pyjamas.
"Must be. But Shes fine now love." Stef told Lena as she slipped into bed.
"I know." Lena sighed as she continued to moisturise her legs.
"I'm a little worried about Rylan and Callie being glued to each other. Rylan doesn't like when she doesn't know where Callie is and prefers to have Callie in her sight." Stef sighed out, thinking about all that she had seen when the girls interacted.
"They only had each other to rely on for a week in a place that was unknown to them. They probably had a routine that kept them sane. Its going to be hard for them to break, but they will ease back into normal life." Lena explained.
"I know, I just worry." Stef said as she watched Lena put her moisturising cream away and slipped into bed, turning the lamp off as she did.
"I know you do Mama tiger, I love you." Lena told her wife, leaning over to kiss her wifes lips.
"I love you too. Night my love." Stef told her wife as she relaxed into the mattress with Lenas head on her chest.
"Night honey." Lena responded before placing a light kiss to Stefs jaw and then closing her eyes.
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Rylan peered into her Mothers dark room. Rylan knew where Callie was and she knew she was safe here at home and right now she really wanted her Moms. She could see the alarm clocks red numbers as it cast a small light around the room. Rylan slowly moved into the room, towards her Mamas side of the bed as it was closer.
"Mama?" Rylan whispered, hoping to wake her Mama.
"Mama?" Rylan whispered again but this time tapping her on the back.
"Mmmmm, whats up sweetheart?" Lena asks as she sits up and rubs the sleep out of her eyes and looks at the alarm clock, reading 2am.
"I had a bad dream." Rylan tells her Mama softly.
"You did? Come here sweetie." Lena says as she pushes the covers off of herself and holds her arms out for the little girl. Rylan holds her arms out and lets her Mama scoop her up.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Lena asks as she places Rylan on the bed between herself and Stef carefully.
"Can I stay in here with you and Mommy?" Rylan asks softly deflecting about talking about her nightmare as Stef begins to stir next to them.
"Whats going on?" Stef asks quietly in a sleepy voice as she turns over.
"Rylan had a nightmare." Lena explains as she lays back down in the bed, Rylan doing the same.
"Oh my love. Are you ok?" Stef asks as she lays on her side so she can see her wife and little girl.
"Yeah." Rylan says softly as she snuggles down in between her mothers.
"Do you want your bee toy?" Stef asks the little girl. Rylan sits up and looks at her Mom with a hopeful look.
"I don't know where it is." Rylan says softly as Stef hops out of the bed and heads over to the closet.
"I found it behind the sofa again. You always seem to lose it there." Stef says as she places the bee toy next to the little girl. She had put it in the closet and totally forgot about giving it back to the little girl.
"Alright, lay down and sleep now sweetheart." Lena says as she snuggles up to Rylans back. The little girl burying her face in her Moms neck and hugging her bee toy.
The Moms watching the little girl as they waited for her to fall asleep. They started to drift off but were woken as Rylans little voice echoed in the silent room.
"Did you miss us?" Rylan asked softly.
"We really did sweets. We missed you and your sister so much. We were very sad but we never gave up on finding you and Callie and we never will give up on you two." Stef told the little girl as Lena placed a kiss to Rylan temple and hugged her tightly. Stef doing the same.
"I love you being my Moms." Rylan says as she snuggles down for the rest of the night.
"We love you too sweetheart." Both Moms share a look over their little girls head and smile.
So Rylan and spicy food are a no no. The Moms are slowly learning more and more things about their little girl.
More to come
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