Disclaimer: I do not own the Fosters.

Lena and Stef were so happy, they had finally moved in together last week and they were really enjoying all of the time that they had to themselves. Brandon was in Florida visiting Stef's mom while they got all settled in. They had finally gotten everything at least sort of in its place. It was much easier for them to move into a new house than just have one of them move into the other's place and no Brandon had a big yard to play in and they had extra rooms for guests and maybe even more children.

Stef had been working all day, but since Lena had had the day off, she was going to make dinner for them tonight and they were hopefully going to have some alone time. Stef decided to stop by the flower shop and get Lena a bouquet before she headed home.

Once Stef was home, she made her way inside of the house, dropping her keys in the bowl by the door. She then checked the kitchen and found that Lena was nowhere in sight. She made her way through the first floor of the house and still hadn't found Lena. She decided to check their bedroom and made her way up the stairs. Lena wasn't in their room, but the bathroom door was closed so Stef assumed Lena would be out soon. She took that time to put her gun and belt away and decided to take off her uniform shirt. She was going to wait to change altogether, but with any luck she would not have her clothes on for that long tonight, so why do more laundry.

Not long after she had emptied her pockets Lena came out of the bathroom slowly. She seemed to be clutching her stomach and the look on her face was more than enough to tell Stef that she didn't feel very good.

"Hello my love," Stef said as she made her way over to kiss her girlfriend. She then handed her the flowers that she had picked up.

"Stef, sorry I didn't realize it was time for you to get home," Lena said, however the cracking of her voice told Stef that there was definently something wrong.

"Whats wrong, baby? Are you sick?"

"My stomach is just a little upset."

Stef knew right away that there was more to it than what Lena was telling her. She took the woman into her arms and slowly walked them back to the bed so Lena could lay down. Once Lena was down, she quickly curled up into a ball. Lena didn't know why she was having a hard time telling Stef the truth about what was bothering her. It wasn't like she wouldn't understand, but she just felt uncomfortable. They had only been together about six months and she just felt a little embarrassed. Hopefully with time she would be able to get over it because she really wanted to spend the rest of her life with Stef.

Stef decided that she needed to make the first move so she went around to the other side of the bed and laid down behind Lena, wrapping the woman in her arms.

"Love, I hope you know that you can tell be anything. I promise I will never judge you, but I want you to always be honest with me. What's wrong?"

Lena knew that Stef loved her and just wanted to make her feel better, so she decided that she would have to get over the embarrassment.

"It's nothing Stef, I promise. I just have... I have cramps." The embarrassment was so evident in Lena's face when she said that.

"Oh baby, come here," Stef said in a sympathetic voice as she held Lena even tighter in her arms.

"Baby, you don't have to be embarrased. Its not like it isn't something that a ton of women get. I wish you would have just told me. I was starting to get really worried. Stay right here. I will be back in just a minute."

After quickly kissing Lena on the side of the head, Stef quickly left the room. Lena continued to lay on the bed and was completely uncomfortable. She hoped that Stef would come back soon. Stef was the one person in the world that made her feel completely safe and just being in her arms made Lena feel at least a little bit better.

Stef came back a few minutes later with a heating pad, a glass of water and some ibuprofen. She handed her the pills and the glass of water which Lena gratefully accepted.

"Now how long have you been in pain love?"

"It just started this afternoon. Thanks for the pills Stef."

Stef then crawled into bed with her woman. She leaned against the headboard and then pulled Lena in close to her. Lena's head laid down on Stef's chest and Stef wrapped her arm around her. She then placed her other hand on Lena's abdomen. She slowly started making small, slow circles.

Stef had never had bad cramps or really cramps at all. She figured she was the lucky one, but she did have horrible migraines at least every once in a while. Lena had been there for her the last time one of them struck so she wanted to make sure that she was here fully for Lena now. She had heard about how bad menstral cramps could be and that definently explained the look on Lena's face when she had first come home. It had taken Lena a little while to open up to her about what was really going on and she felt like the only way to make sure Lena could do that in the future was to be here for her now.

Stef was pulled out of her thoughts when she felt Lena cringe and nearly topple over in pain. Stef immediately removed her hand, hoping that she hadn't caused Lena's pain when Lena reached over and took Stef's hand in her own. She then guided it just underneath the waistband of her pants and left it there.

"Please don't stop, it makes it a little better," Lena said in a soft voice. That was all Stef needed to start her motions again.

Stef had planned on giving Lena the heating pad to hopefully help her, but she thought that maybe a warm bath might be better. When Lena had finally seemed to relax, she gently moved the woman out of her arms.

"Stef, where are you going?"

"I'm just going to start us a bath, Love. I think that the warm water will help you."

Lena couldn't believe that she had met someone who was so willing to do things for her. She had figured that a bath might help resolve the pain, but she had been in too much pain to even start it and all she had wanted to do was lay down. She was hoping to have felt better by the time Stef got home so that she wouldn't scare the woman off. She didn't know why she was so uncomfortable, they were both women and she figured that Stef would understand female issues, but she just felt like maybe it would be a bit much for Stef. It was true that dealing with female problems was a bit different when it was yourself. Having someone else dealing with it could be a bit weird when it was the first time that you were involved.

Soon Stef was back and making her way to Lena's side of the bed. She helped Lena to her feet and they made their way into the bathroom. Stef quickly discarded her clothes and helped Lena out of hers. Stef had added lavendar to the bath hoping that it would help Lena to relax a bit. Stef was the first one into the tub and she helped Lena in and then guided her to sit between her legs.

Once both women were in, Stef reached around and started to massage Lena's abdomen again and Lena leaded back against her. She had finally began to relax when another cramp hit her. She groaned in pain and she held Stef's hands against her and then guided them to where she was feeling the pain. Stef continued to massage the area and finally it seemed to subside.

After a while, the water started to get cold, so both women climbed out of the tub. Lena seemed to be feeling at least a little better and she was so glad that Stef had been there for her. It was a great comfort knowing that Stef didn't mind taking care of her. She was always the strong one and Lena loved that about her.

After drying off and getting their pajamas on, Stef led Lena to the bed and sat her down. Stef then climbed into her side of the bed and Lena snuggled up. She was still not feeling great, but being in Stef's arms seemed to make her feel better. Lena was sure that Stef was the one if she hadn't been before and was looking forward to having someone there to just hold her when this sort of thing happened.

Stef decided to order some take out since neither one of them had had any dinner. Soon it came and they ate dinner in bed. It was just after they had finished that Lena spoke up.

"Stef, thank you for taking care of me. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you what was going on a first. I think that I just found it embarrassing. It is something that I have always dealt with by myself, but you made me feel so much better. Thank you for being there when I needed you. I love you so much."

Stef leaned in to kiss her girlfriend. She loved Lena and was so happy that she could be a source of comfort for the woman that she had grown to love.

"I love you too Lena, and never be worried to tell me anything. I will always be there for you. Now lets get some rest."

Stef kissed Lena once more and then laid down with the other woman still clinging to her. She was so happy that she had found the person of her dreams. She was often hesitant to say things like always, but she knew that with Lena it was different. Their love was different so she had no problem making that type of commitment.

After a short while of just being with each other, both women fell asleep. Stef laying on her back and Lena in her arms.

AN: Thanks for reading. I don't think that the story went quite where I thought it would so I hope that you liked it. As you know, I extended it to a two shot, but I had a crazy idea that maybe I would continue it. Please let me know what you think. I can't wait to read the reviews and hear what you have to say. As always, thanks for reading and reviewing.

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