Cassi threw her purse on her bed after a long day at work. She was about to go lie down when she heard the doorbell ring. "Coming" she called as she slumped her way down the stairs. She opened the door to see Nikki and Bradin there "Did I forget something?" she asked, pushing her hair out of her face

"No" Bradin replied laughing "Nikki was coming over to see Allie and I thought I'd drop by. Is that ok?"

Cassi took a deep breath, "It's fine, I'm just kinda tired. Allie's in the back Nikki, doing something apparently important, not that I think it is at all. Go have fun"

"Thanks" Nikki said as she ran off toward the backyard

Cassi signaled Bradin to follow her as she made her way into the living room "How was your day?" she asked as she collapsed onto the couch

Bradin smiled "Apparently better than yours" he said, walking over to her and sitting down next to her "You look like you got hit my a train"

She laughed "No, a train would have been less painful. No I got attacked by little kids, they're so much more intense"

He laughed "Work?" he asked

"Yep. I love kids, but these ones try to make me in pain, I think they find it amusing"

He laughed "Where do you work? At one of the summer camps?"

"No, I used to work at Camp Playa Linda, but I recently took a job at the orphanage down near the water. It's kinda personal penance"

Bradin looked at her confused "What's that? Well, I know what penance is, but why is it personal penance?"

Cassi sighed "I'll explain it to you someday" she said simply, but she knew he wouldn't like that answer

"Um, ok?" he responded "But I'd really like to know now"

She sighed, looking into his deep green eyes "It's a long, complicated story, it goes way into my past. Are you sure you're ready for it, I mean we've only been dating for like what 16 hours?"

He laughed "No, I want to know. Are you ok with telling it, or is it personal?"

She smiled "No, like I said, what I did shapes who I am now. It just goes into the stupid things I did, like how I got into The Order, the thing Callie and I got dragged into"

"The Order?" he asked "It had a name?"

She nodded her head "It's a very well thought out organization. I didn't know that when I got into it, but it really is. So you want the full out version, right? No the easy, kinda simple version"

He smiled "I want the full out one. Like I said, just as long as you're ok telling it"

She sighed "I'm cool. So it started when I was 13, years before Callie moved here. I was a brat, and decided I wanted to rebel against my parents, so I started going to high school parties in 8th grade. That's where I met the then leader of The Order, Matt. He was 19 and I was 13. Creepy, huh?" he laughed "Anyway, we started talking at a party and he invited me to go to his place and meet some friends. One thing led to another and I somehow became a member. Do I really know how, no? I just did. Anyway, the more I hung out with them, the more I got sucked into their life style" she paused

"Are you ok?" he said, rubbing his hand along her back

"Yeah, its just hard to think about. Anyway, the way the order worked was the oldestguys liked sleeping with the younger girls, and the younger guys wanted the older girls. And since the guys ruled, they got who they wanted. In the 4 years I was there, I slept with 6 guys consistently. Matt for my first year he was 19 and i was 13, Adam the first half of my second he was 18 and i was 14, Erik the other half he was 17, Rory the first quarter of my third, he was 18, Jake the second quarter, he was 17and Nathan the last year and a half, he was my age. That was my life Brae, sleeping with them whenever they wanted some. It was a sucky life if I do say so myself. Cal was only in it for a year and a half, but that was way too much for her. Anyway, the reason I say working at the orphanage is personal penance is because in those 4 years, I got pregnant twice, once with Matt, the week before he went off to college, and once with Nate, Nathan. Both times I got an abortion. I work at the orphanage to help the kids, since their parents were so much stronger than I was. There's not a day I don't think about those two kids, I just couldn't do it" she looked down at the ground, ashamed "And Allie doesn't know about it."

Bradin looked at the pain in his girlfriend's eyes and leaned over and picked her up so she was sitting in his lap "I'm sorry baby" he kissed her gently on the head "I'm so sorry"

She sniffed "So there's my life story" she laughed and rolled her eyes "And the guys don't know either. God, if Nate ever found out I got rid of his child, he'd kill me" she shook her head "I was much more of a player in their game than Cal was, so if they ever come back, it's me they'll look for. We both used the same excuse, mental instability, Callie actually has it. You say the words 'THE ORDER' to her and she freaks. Me, I just wanted to get out"

Bradin held her tightly "I won't let anyone hurt you Cass. I promise" he gently kissed her on the top of the head again

She cuddled into his chest "Unless its you, right?" she said quietly

He let go of her and looked at her "No. I'll try my hardest not to hurt you Cassi. I know I have a bad track record, but I'm going to use all my strength not to hurt you. As I see it, you've been through enough in your lifetime"

She smiled "Thank you" was all she could manage to say as she cuddled into him. They sat in silence for a while. "Brae, do you want to go grab something to eat tonight? I know we didn't have plans, but I was just wondering"

He smiled and kissed her passionately "What do you think?" he said laughing as he pulled her closer to him and put his head on hers "Any time I get to spend with you is good for me"

She smiled as she leaned into him How did I end up with him? She asked herself I must have done something right.

A/N: hey guys. I know they never really said what Callie did on the show, they just kinda implied, so i made it up. Hope you liked it. Don't 4get to review! Thanz to everyone who did!