Chapter 17

"Ok honey, you can take a break. I don't want you to over strain yourself", Stef said getting up to guide Lena back to the couch, but Lena just swatted her hand away, determined to do it herself. The physical therapist just left and Lena still wanted to walk around. She wanted to get better and back to her old self.

Mariana was already at school and Stef took the morning off to be there with Lena. She was more convinced now than ever that her stubbornness has rubbed off onto the curly haired woman.

"No Stef I got this. I can get there myself". Lena gripped the cane as she took a step at a time. "See I don't even think that I need this thing". Lena said throwing the cane to the side. "Honey I don't think that's a good idea" Stef panicked as she tried to move closer to her.

With the sudden shift of weight, Lena's leg muscle twitched hard enough for her to yelp out as she started to fall to the side with nothing to grab. But luckily Stef was right there and scooped her up off of her feet. Lena pushed the hair out of her face as she looked up to the blonde. "Don't say a word," she said light heartedly.

Stef brought her over to the couch and gently placed her down.

"Honey, there are a few things I do want to talk about with you though, ok?" Lena nodded her head readjusting the cushions behind her.

"So I talked to the feds yesterday about pretty much what is going to happen now, after the shooting"

"Oh gosh, is it good or bad?" Lena said nervously.

"Well, it seems that I may still have to go to trial. Some people in their department are having a hard time believing that the shooting wasn't personal on my half".

"Are they serious? He shot me, he was trying to kill us".

"Yes, Love, they know, but it's something that I still have to go through."

"Are you going to loose your job? Are they going to try to send you to prison?" Lena said with tears swelling in her eyes.

Stef quickly grabbed her hand. "Honey, there's nothing to worry about. It is just routine. Everything is going to turn out fine. I don't want you to worry, I just wanted to know. Plus, for all of those families that Mason affected they are going to receive some sort of reparations and at least now some type of closure now that the man that purposely killed their loved ones is dead. They are also looking to seriously take down that judge that wouldn't let us take Mariana as well as Justine. So don't worry my love, ok?" Stef wiped some of Lena's fallen tears.

Stef sat further back into the couch all the while pulling Lena's feet into her lap. She began to massage them as Lena rested her head on the back rest.

"Remember the two kids I told you about?" Stef said looking out of the window.

"Yeah the abused ones from the burger store?"

"Yes," Stef said taking a deep breath, "I didn't want to bring all of this up before with everything going on but they are in private fosterization. The same one under Justina. I saw them more than, that one time I told you about. They aren't doing so well Lena, and since the oldest one refuses to admit what is wrong we can't remove them. She has an excuse for every bruise and situation."

Stef began to tell Lena about all of her interactions with them, all the way up to when Callie ran out of her car.

Lena smiled at Stef's ignorance, "Honey, she wanted to stay with you and you made it sound like you didn't even consider it" Lena chuckled.

Stef looked at her shocked, " No…she…but then she… Really?"

"You are probably the only adult who has tried to make a real effort with her. I'm sure she could tell that you care. Would you want to foster them?" Lena asked seriously.

"I would love to do anything to get them out of that house. But she wont open up to me or confirm anything. Maybe because I'm a cop. It's like she doesn't fully trust me".

"I want to help. I would love to meet them".

"Do you think it's a good idea for us to foster them honey? We just started to get the hang of things with little Miss Thang. And with you still going through your healing process…" Stef said nervously laughing.

"Yes, I do. Plus we definitely have the room to with this house. And the kids of the staff, even foster kids can go to Anchor Beach for free as long as they maintain their grades. But we would have to get the ok to do so first."

They fell into a comfortable silence, lost in their own thoughts. Lena looked to Stef as she continued to rub her feet. "I remember the first time you did this. The first time you rubbed my feet while we were on the beach. I remember how much I craved this reality. And how much I wanted you".

Stef smiled and moved her body between Lena's to kiss her. "I knew that I was going to love you the moment after I slammed into you at the precinct. Cupid definitely did a number on me that day. It's like, the moment I saw you, I just knew".

Lena wrapped her arms around Stef's neck and pulled her into a kiss. It didn't take long for the two to deepen the kiss as Stef rubbed her hand up and down Lena's side before resting right beneath the hem of her bra.

Lena began to pull at Stef's shirt who quickly sat up to pull it off. Stef was nervous about hurting her, but the doctors said that as long as she isn't doing anything strenuous, or has too much weight and support on that leg she will be fine. So pretty much, Lena had to stay on the bottom. And Stef was deviously ok with that.

"Honey are you sure you are ok? Am I hurting your leg?"

Lena reached up and unhooked Stef's bra and slid it down her arms. "Shut up and come here woman". It has been such as long time and they both were more ready than ever.

Stef grabbed the bottom of Lena's dress and pulled it up and over her body throwing it across the room. Looking down from Lena's eye she could see that all Lena originally had on under that dress were her lace panties and a devious smile herself knowing that Stef would instantly go into overdrive.

Stef bent down and began to kiss Lena fiercely as she ran her hand down the front of her body. She began to kneed her left breast before pinching and pulling on her brown perky nipples. Lena deeply sighed while reaching for Stef's breast and playing with them and pulling her closer.

Stef ran her hand down the side of Lena's body and rested it on her hip as her lips began to travel. She kissed Lena's nose, her closed eyes smiling into them as she opened them. She laid a trail of kisses down to her neck where she licked and suck knowing that was one of Lena's favorite parts. "Oooh Stef" Lena said closing her eyes again and lacing her fingers through the blonde's hair, throwing her head back to give her more access.

Stef started to move further and licked and nibbled only Lena's nipples as she yelp in excitement. "Stefff" Lena moaned with her eyes close. Stef was determined to make her scream her name louder and louder. She started on her quest again to go further, kissing down her toned stomach and sucking hard on Lena's hips. Stef ran her finger up and down her slit through the lace already feeling her wetness seating through. Her aroma alone was driving her crazy and she knew she couldn't wait much longer.

Lena lifted her hips so Stef could slide her panties down. But when Stef slid past her bandaged thigh she noticed her wince in pain.

"Lena, baby, maybe we should stop".

"No Stef please, I need this. I need you. I will be fine".

Stef sat Lena up and began kissing her. "Ok Love, but we need more room". Picking her up she wrapped Lena's leg around her body. "Hold on tight my baby" With Stef's secure beneath Lena she could feel the heat radiating from her center. She really couldn't help herself as she reached and slid a finger through her wetness. "Ahhh, Stef what…" But she could finish she felt Stef sliding a inside of her and instantly began moving it at a steady rhythm. "Mmm, Stef!" Lena tried to muffle herself within Stef's neck but it wasn't working. For every step Stef took up the stairs she would go deeper and harder. "Ahhh, Stef, Yes! Please, it feels so good. MMMM"

"Almost there love".

Stef kicked open the bedroom door and gently laid Lena across the bed. She took off the rest of her clothes and quickly joined her. She waisted no time as she laid face to face with Lena's dripping center. She spread her legs wide and began to kiss and suck her lips. Lena gyrated her hips trying to get Stef to do that more so towards her middle. It didn't take much coaxing as Stef began to feast on Lena. Loving the deep moans and curses escaping her mouth to the point where Stef couldn't help but rub herself as well.

"Stef, sit on my face". Though shocked Stef continued to finger Lena while saying, "I don't think that's a good idea Love. Not yet".

"mmm, it won't hurt my leg. Oh fuckkkk" Lena arched her back as Stef purposely hit her spot "Now Woman! mmmm"

Knowing she couldn't deny her anything, Stef went to the top of the bed and turned around as she lowered her wet pussy onto Lena's mouth. Instantly she felt Lena's tongue lap up her juices and lick and suck on her clit. "OOo Lena!" Lena wouldn't let up at all. She knew exactly what Stef liked and was determined to make her cum as Stef started riding Lena's face.

But still on a mission of her own, Stef bent down and continued to eat Lena out as the smell of sex filled the air. Lena felt a familiar feeling begging at her toes and making its way through her body. Wanting Stef to come with her she slid two finger into her and began to fck her as hard as she could, curling her fingers to touch the right spot as Stef started to throw it back on them.

"Ahhh Fuck Lena. Fuck….I'm going to cum Lena"

"Me too Stef…MMM…mm… don't stop. Ahhh! Don't stopppp!" With that Lena came all over the bed as Stef continue to lick at her clit. Feeling Lena's body shake below hers made her do the same as she came hard and Lena was right there to lick up every bit of it.

Completely spent and sweaty Stef moved off Lena, scared that she would collapse and hurt her. She climbed to the top of the bed and pulled Lena on top of her. Rubbing her curly hair as she already began to drift off to sleep.

Kissing the top of her head she whispered, "I swear I'm going to marry you one day".

…

"You little bitch! I told you before to have food ready for me!" It was two in the morning and Allen dragged Callie out of her sleep and out of the room. Callie, being always on the alert tried her best to fight back but that only angered him more. Plus she was sore from the last beating. So right now she was sitting in the corner of the kitchen with a busted nose trying to stop the bleeding.

"You know what. The other one has been slacking too! Where the hell is his little ass hiding!"

"No!" Callie yelled as she ran after him. Jude jumped off of the bed and ran beneath it as far back as he could. Allen crawled on the floor trying his best to reach him. "Stay away from him!" Callie yelled trying to pull Allen back. But he just shoved her back still trying to get to Jude.

Thinking quick she ran out of the room and grabbed Allen's wooden baseball bat and came back in the room to see Allen pulling Jude from under the bed by his foot and Jude screaming trying to get away. Without giving it a second thought Callie swung the bat as hard as she could. The first hit caused him to let go of Jude. He held his head as he tried to get up , turning to look at her. With the second swing Callie was able to knock him out.

She ran and picked up Jude. "Listen! Listen, we have to get out of here ok. It's time to go". They grabbed their one bag and ran out of the house and made their way to the shed.

Once there they plopped down on the couch and Callie tried her best to clean herself up.

"Maybe we should call Stef" Jude said a little shaken up grabbing the blanket to wrap around himself.

"We can't. She's a cop and we ran away and I hit Allen. She could send me to juvie. Then you will be placed somewhere alone, ok. We can…we can just stay here until I figure something out. We will be ok".

The next day was thankfully the weekend and Callie tried her best to convince her manager to let her work but he didn't want to run the risk of someone reporting an abused minor working there. But needing to be out anyway they decided to just eat and hang out there for a little while.

Stef was at work and Mariana was starving. Lena was not up to make anything for lunch so Mariana suggested the infamous burger place. Usually Lena would have rejected, but she wanted to see if she would run into Callie and Jude.

After they order their food they go in search for a table. But the moment Mariana sees Callie and Jude she runs over to them. "Hi guys!" she squeals seeing them. Jude jumped out of the booth excited to see her and gave her a hug. "Hi Mari." Mariana looked to Callie and saw her bruised up condition. "She's going to ask what happened," she whispered, "just tell her the truth. She's nice".

Before Callie could say anything the curly haired woman slowly made her way over relying much on her cane.

"Mama, this is Callie and Jude" Mariana said proudly introducing her to her new friends.

"You have two moms?" Jude whispered, but still loud enough for the others to hear.

"Yeah! Awesome right!" Mariana was so proud of her moms and their relationship and it warmed Lena's heart each time.

"It's nice to meet you Jude" Lena said smiling to the young boy. "And you too Callie," turning to the girl Lena was momentarily taken back by the obvious harm that has come to her, but she quickly recovered. "Stef has told me so much about you both". Looking at her Callie could tell that she instantly noticed her appearance. But already there was something about this woman where she didn't want to hide it from her. She brought this presence in with her that made Callie almost want to cry as if she has found a lost relative of some sort. But crying didn't come easy for that girl and she was a pro at hiding her emotions. Or so she thought.

"You are married to Stef" Jude asked innocently. "No," Lena corrected, "we are just each other's girlfriends right now".

Jude looked to her as if thinking it through. "Is that allowed?" Lena just smiled and nodded her head, "Yes. It is. Thankfully".

"Cool". Jude said smiling himself.

"Mama can we have coins for the games over there?"

Lena dug in her pocket and handed her all of the quarters that she had. "Make sure that you share with Jude".

"No you don't have to," Callie tried to say. But Lena stopped her. "It's my pleasure". The kids ran off as Lena now looked to Callie.

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

"Uh, no it's a free country".

Lena placed and hand on the table as she contemplated how she was about to slide in the booth.

"Wait, you're going to hurt yourself if you do it that way" Callie said jumping up. She stood in front of Lena and instructed her to put her hands on her shoulders. She moved the cane out of the way and grabbed Lena's sides carefully guiding her down to the seat. "Now just swing your leg under the table". Callie said focusing on her movement. "Thank you Callie" Lena said smiling at her. But once Callie realized she let her walls down she tried to mask it by not returning the smile and just returning to her seat.

After a moment of thoughts running through her head Callie finally asked, "Did Stef do that to you? Did she hurt you?" Callie liked Stef, she really did, but she was also scared to trust her for some reason.

"No. Actually, she's the one that saved me. Numerous times in fact". Thinking that maybe Callie could connect to her Lena opened up about her abusive past. She mentioned her past relationship when she thought no one cared about her and that she was in this world alone. To Stef helping her get her life back and finding her family and even becoming her family. But obvious leaving out the age inappropriate details.

"So he wanted to kill you all?"

"Yes, he was a really bad guy. I didn't completely see it then. But I'm glad that I'm out of that situation. Stef is a very loving and protective person. I don't know what life would be like if I hadn't met her".

Callie took a second to reflect on what Lena just said and how comfortable she was talking to her. "Our parents are gone too. But they aren't coming back".

"I'm sorry to hear that Callie" Lena said placing her hand on top of hers on the table.

"Yeah, we've been to four different home since then. But no one really wants us. Too much baggage, they always say".

"What is your foster home like now?" Lena ask trying to see if she could get Callie to open up. But Callie looked at her with glassy eyes not saying anything before looking back down. Lena's heart was crushing and she just met this girl.

"So who loved you? Who has taken care of you?" Lena asked ready to take her home at that moment.

"We take care of ourselves. We have each other and that's all we need".

"You are still so young Callie. You shouldn't have to do this alone. How old are you?"

Callie starts to say her rehearsed line that she gives to everyone but Lena gave her a look and Callie stopped. "I don't think Stef believed me either".

"Nope, she didn't" Lena said giving her a smile.

"Then why didn't she arrest me?"

"Because she knew that for some reason you felt safest here. But let me guess, 16?"

"In four more months" she said softly.

"Oh Callie. Do you two have a safe place to stay tonight?"

"Yes. We are fine."

Lena looks into her eyes to see if she can see any doubt.

"Really. We are fine."

Lena took out a paper and pen from her bag and wrote down her name and address. "I know Stef already gave you our number. But I heard that you are also a stubborn one", she winked at her getting a slight chuckle in return, "So here it is again. No matter what day or time. You can always reach out to us".

When their food finally came the other two children ran over to indulge. Lena asked them about school, things they liked to do their dreams and aspirations. Lena was surprised that she got Callie to open up some and Callie was surprised of the feeling that overcame her by being able to let things out.