A/N: there you go, he next chapter. This chapter and the next one are fillers, just to set the story.

It's a little different from what I usually write, I hope you'll like it.

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Big thanks to my beta and friend pounkcakereal20.

Chapter 3:

Sofia Torres, September 2nd 2015:

It has been 30 minutes since she got out of school and was still waiting for her mother to come get her. She was sitting on the dirty and cold pavement in front of her school with her bag pack next to her. She had hoped that for her first day of school her mother would have been on time, but it seems that she had been foolish to think that such a thing was possible.

She knew that it wasn't her mother's fault, that even if she was on her way out and a trauma came in she couldn't turn it down. Because someone life was at stake and it was more important than picking her up. But that didn't stop the little bit of hope that maybe this time would've been different.
She knew the longer she waited here, alone, the smaller the chances of her mother picking her up.

The sound of a car coming close to her brought her attention and with the hope of being her mother, she quickly raised up her head. Her face fell when she saw whose car it was and who was inside said car.

Ignoring the person waving at her from the car, she looked down and started playing with the piece of wood she was holding in her hands. She couldn't believe that her mother didn't come at all and sent her to pick her up. She didn't raise her head until she felt someone standing in front of her, their shadow blocking the sun. Looking up she saw the redhead with a big smile across her face looking at her.

"Hey Sof! Didn't you see me there?" Katherine asked genuinely oblivious to Sofia ignoring her.

"Why are you here?" Sofia dryly asked the woman. Hearing Sofia's tone the redhead immediately lost her smile.

"Well your mother got held up at work and she asked me to come get you. She told me to tell you that she'll come as soon as she can and that she's very sorry." The woman saw how Sofia's face fell when she told her that her mother wouldn't come and she had no idea when she'll be back. Her heart broke for the little girl. She knew how much the mother/daughter bond was strong between Callie and Sofia. She wanted to cheer up the little girl and said the first thing that came to her mind. "Since your mom isn't here we can have a girl's night until she comes home and then you'll tell her all about your first day of school."

Sofia didn't even acknowledge the woman in front of her. she was too nice, too perky, too smiley, she was too much. Sofia got tired of her trying to be her friend, couldn't she just take the hint and leave her alone. Didn't she understand that Sofia didn't want anything to do with her.

She knew her mother was in love with her, she could see it on her face. She might be young but she wasn't stupid. People said that she was perceptive for her young age and that it was something really rare. But she also knew that some part of her mother was missing and every time Callie looked at her... it seemed that she found it. But only for a few second before the look in her eyes was void again.

When the woman standing in front of her finished talking, the little girl only shrugged, telling her to do whatever she wanted to do since she didn't care. She stood up and want to the car going for the back seat. She would rather go home walking but she didn't have any choice now, did she? She buckled her seat belt and looked out of the car window trying to get lost in her thoughts while the woman kept talking.

She just kept trying so damn hard…

They got home pretty quickly. Katherine tried again to get Sofia's attention, asking her what she wanted to do but the little girl just looked at her and told her that she had a lot of homework to do.

"Maybe next time" she said, but they both knew that they wouldn't be a next time.

On her way to her bedroom, Sofia grabbed something to eat in the kitchen and left leaving the redhead standing alone.
Katherine slightly jumped when Sofia closed her bedroom door a little to loudly. Sighing before letting her shoulder drop, the woman quickly sent Callie a text telling her that everything was fine and that she would take care of Sofia for as long as Callie was needed in the hospital.

Katherine didn't know why the little girl didn't like her. She had tried everything possible and nothing worked. At the beginning things were good between Katherine and the little girl but one day her behavior completely changed. A complete 360°, leaving the redhead completely shocked. Wondering what could have possibly happened making Sofia act this way toward her.

When Callie was around the little girl was careful enough to not be to harsh with her but when they only were together it was a whole other story.

At the beginning, she thought that Sofia had a bad day and it wasn't anything against her, that she was only being a kid with her mood swings. She didn't tell Callie hoping that things would get better and this whole phase would be completely forgotten.

However, three weeks later, things weren't getting better, if not they were getting worse.

She knew that Callie noticed her daughter's behavior towards her. Callie tried to get her to change but it was useless, things weren't the way they were.

She started walking until she found herself standing before Sofia's bedroom door. She raised her hand to knock but she stopped before her knuckles touched the wooden door. What was she even doing here? What would she say to her? She knew for certain that she'll barely open her mouth that the little girl would immediately shut her down. She might be little but she was so much smarter for her age.

She stood there her hand frozen in mid knock. She was scared of a six years old. Could she be even more pathetic then she already was?
She still had the hope that it was a phase -Wishful thinking- She was perfectly aware of how stupid she was but she couldn't do anything. She loved Callie and Sofia with everything she had but things were getting hard and she was getting tired.

Dropping her hand, she turned around and left. Sighing, she went to the kitchen and started making diner.

She had to keep hope, because Callie was so worth it and with Sofia she was a package deal. Maybe she needed to try harder and be patient.

Back in her room, Sofia was laying on her bed looking at the picture in her hand. It was her mother with another woman. She was blonde with big blue eyes. They were both smiling making the woman's dimples more visible. Her mother was looking at the woman while the blonde had her arm draped over Callie's shoulder, looking at the camera. Sofia never saw her mother look at someone the way she was looking at the blonde. Turning the picture, she read what was written on the back of it 'C&A' she guessed that C was for Callie and A was for whatever the woman's name was.

She sighed and put the picture under her pillow. She didn't know why but she couldn't leave the picture where she found it all those weeks ago. Something inside of her told her to keep it and so she did. Since she found it she never spent a day without looking at it at least once. Every time looking for something. What? She had no idea, but still she kept looking and searching for something.

She lied to Kate. Katherine. She didn't have any homework to do, it was the first day. She knew that the redhead probably figured it out but she didn't care. She realized that she was being mean toward Katherine for no reason. Well maybe there was a reason but she still didn't know it; Yet.
Since the day she found that box, she realized that the thing her mother was missing was probably not a thing but a person. But then she realized that she couldn't help her mother find the missing peace if there was this perfect, inside and out, woman taking all the attention of her mother.

To top it all of, since her mother introduce Katherine to her, the woman was acting as if she was Sofia's other mother but Sofia didn't want her too. She had been fine all these years with only her and her mother. If she wanted someone to act as her other mother it should be her real other! Not some woman her mother found to mend her probably broken heart.

She didn't understand why her mother needed Katherine in her life. Wasn't she enough? She always said that it was them against the world and that nothing would change that, but since Katherine came in the picture it seems a lot more different. Did her mother still loved her? What would happen to her if her and Katherine were to get married and have babies? Would she get forgotten and replace with the new baby?
She had no idea what to think anymore. Everything was to much of her poor little head and for that she only had Katherine to blame. She hated the woman for making her have all these questions. Everything was fine before she came in their life. Even if she only had one mother instead of two, things were good.

She rolled on her side and closed her eyes. She decided to take a little nap before Katherine came to wake her for dinner. She had an exhausting day, even if it was a super awesome cool day she was literally spent.

Three weeks ago:

"18…19…20! I'm coming Sofia, I hope you'll have a good hiding spot!" Katherine yelled from her spot in the middle of the living room.

Callie was due to come home in an hour. After picking Sofia up from daycare they both went to get ice cream and now that they were home she was trying to entertain Sofia with a hide and seek.

She had been dating Callie for a year now but the brunette being overprotective of her daughter only introduced her as her girlfriend a week ago. She had already met Sofia a long time ago but it was as her mother's friend and work colleague.

In the week that she officially met Sofia as her mother's girlfriend, things had been going pretty well. Sofia was an angel and she fell in love with the little girl immediately. She was polite and well spoken, always cracking up jokes to make Callie and her laugh. She was a really active and smart kid. It was like she was a 25 years old woman stuck in a six years old body.

Chuckling to herself she opened her eyes and went to look for Sofia.

The little girl was giggling to herself until she realized that Kate might hear her. She immediately brought her little hands to her mouth to stop the giggling.

She was sure that Kate would never find her in this place. She was hiding in her mom's closet. She was careful enough to close the brunette's bedroom behind her to avoid bringing Kate's attention to it.

She was well aware that she wasn't allowed to play in her mother's bedroom when she wasn't here and let alone hide in her closet. However, she couldn't let Kate find her. They were both fighting over who was the best at hide and seek and Sofia was determined to prove her that she was the best.

She met her mother's girlfriend a week ago. At first she didn't understand what it meant but then she saw them kiss and hug each other. She was a little confused because her mother usually kissed and hugged her not other people. To be honest, she was a little jealous that she was the only one who got her mother's affection but then she realized that Kate wasn't that bad, she even was pretty cool and nice. She was always giving her sweets and told her not to tell to her mom and that it was a secret between the two of them.

Soon her jealously wore off and she was like best friend with Kate much to her mother's pleasure.

She shifted around trying to find a good place to sit but found none. It was very uncomfortable and something hard was poking her in the back. She turned around in the dark closet and touched the hard thing. She had no idea what it could be. Reaching for it she realized that it was a box and took it out of it's resting place.

She couldn't see anything and was suffocating in this little closet. She was intrigued by the mystery and couldn't wait to know what it was. Maybe it was a surprise gift from her mother? Who knows?

She opened the closet door and stepped out of it with box in hand. She didn't care about the game anymore; she was too curious to care. Kate would still check Callie's room in the end when she'll already have checked all the other rooms in the house. It was a big house. She had time.

Without wasting anymore time, she quickly stood up and went to her mother's bed, putting the box on it.
It was a simple shoes box, nothing special written on it. What brought Sofia's attention was how the box felt heavy to only have shoes in it.
She opened it, setting the top of the box next to it on the bed. What she saw was far from what she imagined she would find. The box was filled with photos and other things. Looking through them she saw that it was of her mother and some blonde woman she didn't know. In some photos she could see her grandparents and some other elderly couple. She didn't understand why would her mom keep all of these photos in a shoe box hidden in her closet instead of in their album photo? It seemed logical to her to keep them with all the other photos they had. Looking through the box she saw another small box. She opened it and found a beautiful little ring in it. She put it on and realized that it was to big,
in a few years it might fit.

She put it back in its place when something caught her attention. It was a photo of her mother and the blonde. They seemed really close.

"Sofia I'm coming! I know where your hiding!" She heard from the other side of the door. She barely had the time to close the box and quickly putting it in its place and back in the closet when that door to her mother's bedroom fled open. She still had the picture in her hands but she didn't want Kate to find it. Scared that she would tell her mother and then get grounded for it. She did the only thing that she could think of at the moment and shoved the picture in her pocket.

"Ha found you!" Exclaimed Kate happy that she had won. However, she didn't notice the look on Sofia's face, how she looked guilty and confused at the same time.

The little girl forced a smile before walking out of her mother's room.
"Yay, congrats" Sofia replied unenthusiastically. She walked passed Kate and told her that she wasn't felling very good and that she'll go to rest before her mother's came back home.

"Oh ok then" Kate said a little disappointed, "Do you need anything sweetheart?" She asked a little that concern for the little one walking passed her.

"No, I'm good thanks." And with that, Sofia went to her bedroom, a million questions running through her head.

A/N: as usual let me know what you thought of the chapter.