Stef POV
I listen as my daughter says all these things to Lena and I slowly make my way outside, slipping my hand into Lena's and she just squeezes it. I watch as Callie's goes off inside her mind and then throws a mug into the fence. Lena flinches and I wrap her in my arms. Callie proceeds to throw another one and tears fall down mine and Lena's face. Our daughter is cracking under the pressure of whatever her and Lena went through and I don't know how to help her. "Callie, it's okay. Please, just breathe." I say this to her as Lena and I get up hand in hand walking to her. I watch as she falls to the ground in sobs. We immediately surround her and she latches onto Lena. We sit there holding her for around fifteen minutes before she opens her mouth to talk. "Mama, I want to tell her. I know I said I didn't want to and I really don't but I need to." I look back and forth between them and I wait. "If you want to tell her what happened to you, then you can Bug. She's your mom and its been killing me not to tell her. I just figured you'd want to come to your own conclusion that you needed to." I watch for a second as my daughter clearly is trying to gain some confidence. My gaze shifts to Lena who is avoiding looking at me. "I..I.. I lied Mom." I look between her and Lena trying to figure out exactly what she lied about. "What do you mean baby?" I reach for her but she sinks herself into Lena some, who holds her tighter. Glancing up to Lena's face I see her looking at me, tears streaming down her face, with the same look that she had when Callie told us about Liam. It hits me like a train then. "No. Please no, Callie baby, I'm so sorry." In that moment she looks at me before diving into my arms and I hold her tighter than I ever have. "It was hard Mom. I was so scared. I made Mama promise not to tell. I wasn't ready to talk about it. Hell I'm not ready now but I need to." I take the chance to look up at my wife and I see all the guilt in her eyes. "I'll be right back I'm going to go get us some water." I watch as Lena excuses herself. "Is Mama okay, Cal?" She tenses in my arms and I begin to worry that my wife isn't as okay as I thought and I'm interrupted by my daughter. "She's okay for the most part, I guess. She saw it mom. She had to watch it. She saw him press the gun into my mouth, and telling her that if either of us said anything, he'll kill me. She was handcuffed to the bedpost just like I was and she tried to tell me to close my eyes. She knew what was happening before I did. I stared at her. I was too afraid to relive it all in my own head, but what was outside was a lot worse. I saw something in her snap mommy. I watched as something that was good and pure, broke." Letting out a breath I didn't even know I was holding, I turned to find my wife staring at us from the window. She was right, in that moment I saw a woman, a mother, who had seen something that would stay with her forever. My wife had seen something that made her feel powerless, she felt like she couldn't protect her child. I shift my gaze back to my daughter once I heard her snoring. I picked her up in my arms and walked inside the house addressing Lena as I walked up the steps. "Follow me, my love."
Lena POV
I head to our bedroom knowing that Stef is laying Callie down in her room. I take the few minutes I get to prepare myself. I'm not ready to talk about me, because I'm not even ready to face it myself. But I'm glad Callie talked, she needed to. This was going to eat her alive the longer she kept it from Stef. I strip down into a sport's bra and a pair of leggings when Stef finally joins me. "So you saw what happened to her." Its more of a statement than a question and I feel myself go numb at the question. "Yes, I did." I say this without looking at her because I'm afraid I'll cave and tell her before I'm ready to talk to myself about it. I feel her hand slip in mine and she leads me to the bed. She lays down beside me and I kiss her quickly, trying to offer a temporary distraction from the conversation. I feel her hesitate but I keep going. I slowly slip my tongue into her mouth and she moans into it before pulling away. "I thought I'd never see either of you again. I thought I'd never get to kiss you again." Before I can say anything her lips are back on mine and slowly working their way down to my neck. I moan at her touch but I tense when her hand starts to slide up my thigh. "Stef honey, I'm sorry but today's been emotional and tomorrow we have to start getting the kids ready for going back to school. Can we not tonight?" She laughs lightly into my neck before latching onto my pulse point causing me to moan. "If that's what you want my love." I smile lightly and then she rolls off of me. Sliding into her side of the bed. I wait until she falls asleep and I sneak downstairs. I make my way around the house cleaning what I can, and even make a list of what all the kids need for school.
"1 a.m." I can't believe I'm still up but I'm finally running out of things to do. I sit at the table with a cup of tea and my mind drifts there. I can feel him inside me, the pain it caused me. I hear his voice, I feel his hands on my body. I can hear every noise he made. I can see my daughter being raped and me being powerless to stop it. I can see the gun in her mouth, the one pressed against my head when they took us. I sit here for hours going through everything we went through. I eventually head back upstairs once I see it getting light out hoping it'll look like I've been asleep. I get upstair and I take off my shirt, leaving me topless but I keep my leggings on. This is how I'd been sleeping the last few weeks before the incident and I didn't want to worry Stef anymore. I lay down under the covers and eventually cuddle into her as her alarm goes off. I listen as she rolls over and I know she's watching me and then eventually she kisses my neck while her hand lightly traces my chest. I moan out and I immediately cuss my body out for betraying me, knowing full well I'm powerless to her touch.
Stef POV
I watch as she wakes up and I can't help but smile. "I love waking up to you looking like that. All naked and waiting. You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." She smiles lightly before standing up and I want to cry when I see the bruise on her hip. I run over to her and I kiss her, causing her to laugh loudly. I watch as she gets dressed and explains what the plans are. She's taking Jesus and Callie to get what they need for school, while I'm taking Mariana and Jude since Brandon already has all his stuff. She yawns in the middle of all this and I know she's trying to push on for the kids. "Love, you could just stay home and sleep." I'm met with a glare and I know better than to push. I sigh and walk downstairs to find everyone awake and dressed but Callie. "Where's my bug, guys?" They complain about how she took forever in the bathroom, I remind them to give her time and they all say they had time but they wanted her to hurry so we could leave. I laugh and sit down joining them for breakfast.
Callie POV
I sit in the bathroom dressed but holding a razor blade in one hand. While pressing a paper towel to my hip. I want the pain to be gone but I know it isn't going to help. I immediately regret doing what I did. I walk out of the bathroom and shout to mom as I walk towards her room, "Mom can you meet me in yours and Mama's room for a second?" I place the razor in pocket and pull my jeans up slightly so I can look normal before I tell them. I walk in and see mama staring at nothing and she comes to when she sees me. "Hi my love bug, come here." She pulls me into a crushing hug that causes my hip to hit hers and sends a wave of pain through me. "Ow, shit." She pulls back looking at me as mom walks in. "What did you need bug?" I look from Lena to Stef and take a deep breath. "Can you sit with mama for a minute?" She watches me but takes a step to sit with Lena against the headboard. They wrap their arms around each other as I talk. With a deep breath I begin. Reaching into my back pocket I pull the razor out and offer it to them. I watch as Stef takes a breath in and Lena loses some color. "I don't need it. I know cutting isn't going to take the pain away this time but I wanted you to know about it." I watch them as they take it in and I'm surprised when Lena is the one to say anything. "Show me where." I back away slightly not wanting to do this. "I didn't cut, that's why I brought it." I knew I was lying but I couldn't handle the thought of hurting them. They nod and thank me for beinf honest and knowing that cutting wouldnt help and we all head downstairs.
Lena POV
I sit in my office at school while all the kids are in class, waiting for my boss to come in. As far as Johnathan goes he's by far my least favorite boss. He's rude and always looks at me a little wierd. Its been a few weeks since school started back and for the most part Callie and I are handling things okay. She comes to me when she has a big problem and she happens to be around when I need it. Stef hovers still but she doesn't push.
My thoughts are interrupted when my boss walks in with food for our lunch meeting. He sits down next to me and I feel off but I know the meeting will be over soon. We go through our meeting with very little disagreements that is until I walk over to reach into my desk for something. I feel his hands on me and him rubbing himself on me before he says anything. "Johnathan stop." I struggle against him as he spins me around to try and kiss me. His lips touch mine with such a force that it takes me off-guard but I can taste the alcohol on him. I feel his hands on my blazer as he rips it open. I knee him in the balls and he collapses. "Get the fuck out of my office and the school board will be hearing about this." I watch as he leaves and then I collapse to the floor in tears. What I don't expect is five minutes later when arms are wrapped around me. "I got you mama. I got you." I watch as she takes me in and anger flashes across her face. "Who?" I shake my head no when she catches sight of Johnathan's school badge that must've fallen off during the struggle. She sighs and sits me on the couch, cleaning up the area and then I'm surrounded as Jesus and a boy I don't know walks into the office. The boy sits with me, at Callie's request, as she whispers to Jesus. I watch as his eyes gloss over with anger and they are practically swimming with hatred. He nods at whatever she says and Callie tells me to stay here and that they'll be back.
Thirty minutes later they come back and we walk outside to go home. I gasp when I see what they did.
Callie POV
I smile at what me and Jesus pulled off. We spray painted our Principal's car with the word abuser on it. I know mama isn't happy that we did this and I made Jesus promise not to tell mom what happened. We get home and I hide mamas blazer in a plastic bag in the garage in case she ever presses charges for assaut. That's when I hear it, "Callie and Jesus Adams Foster get your asses in this kitchen right now!"