Promt: Stef and Brandon spend the day with Lena

Disclaimer: I do not own the Fosters.

Stef and Lena had not been together for very long, but Stef felt that it was important for Brandon to get to know Lena outside of school. Brandon loved Lena as the Vice-Principal, but she was a bit worried that he would have trouble adjusting to having Lena involved in his life outside of school. She knew that Brandon had a hard time with not living with Mike and she had spent a huge amount of time convincing him that just because she and Mike were no longer together that it didn't mean that they did not love him and that things would work out. She had known that it would be difficult to explain her relationship with Lena to him, but she did think that if he grew to love Lena the way that she that he wouldn't have a second thought about it.

Stef had spent a great deal of time with Lena, and Brandon knew that they were friends, so he didn't think twice about it when she asked him if Lena could join them at the park for the day. It was a Saturday morning and she knew that Brandon would love going to the park, but she was still a little nervous when he came to the table for breakfast.

"Hey B, how would you like to spend the day at the park?"

"Could we have a picnic?" the young boy asked.

"Absolutely, we will pack it as soon as we finish breakfast, okay" Stef said, glad that he was excited about it. "What do you think about Lena joining us?"

"Miss Adams is coming, that's great," he said with his small voice full of excitement. Stef knew that he liked Lena from school and had been very happy the few times that he had seen her outside of school. She was jut relieved that he was open to the idea and just wanted her son to get to know Lena the way that she was.

"I'll go call her now, eat your breakfast and I will be back in a minute."

Stef made her way to her room so that she could have at least a little bit of privacy while she was on the phone. Once she closed the door, she grabbed her phone and dialed Lena's number.

"Well isn't this a surprise, I was not expecting you to call this morning," Lena's delightful voice answered the phone.

"I was just wondering what you had going on for the day. If you aren't too busy, I was wondering if you would like to join me and Brandon at the park?"

"I would love to, is Brandon okay with that?"

"Absolutely, when I asked him this morning he got so excited and is beyond ready to get started with packing the picnic. Do you want to meet us at the one by the coffee shop around ten?"

"I will be there, do I need to bring anything for the picnic?" Lena asked.

"Just yourself would be great. Thank you Lena."

"Of course, its not everyday that I get to spend with you and Brandon. I'll see you then. Bye."

As Stef hung up the phone, she was extremely relieved, but also a little nervous. She was excited that Lena and Brandon could spend some time together, but she was worried about Brandon picking up on their relationship.

At a quarter to ten, Stef and Brandon were headed out the door with their giant picnic basket. After getting Brandon loaded up, Stef made the short drive to the park. About that time Brandon pointed out Lena, who was waiting for them with a drink in each hand. As Stef unloaded the picnic basket, Brandon ran over to say hi to Lena.

Lena and Brandon made their way over to the car where Stef was and Lena handed Stef a cup of coffee.

"Thank you so much, you have no idea how much I needed that," Stef said with a giant smile on her face as she took a long sip out of the cup.

"I am glad you invited me. I can't wait to spend my day with my two favorite people," Lena said making Brandon give her a big hug.

"Mom, can I please go on the swings," Brandon asked anxiously.

"Yes you may, but stay where I can see you," and like that Brandon was gone. Lena helped Stef with the blanket and the picnic basket and both women made their way to a grassy area under the shade of a large tree.

"Thank you so much for coming Lena, it means so much to both of us," Stef said as they both found their respective places on the blanket.

"I love spending time with both you and Brandon and I hope that we can start doing this sort of thing more often," Lena said as she took Stef's hand in her own.

Both women spent a great deal of time just enjoying being together. After a while, Brandon came running up wondering when lunch would be. Stef told him to go play for another five minutes while her and Lena set up the picnic and then they would all eat together.

After getting the picnic set up, each was enjoying one of the various sandwiches that Stef had packed and Brandon was telling Lena all about a project that he was working on for school. Stef just sat by and watched as Lena and Brandon talked about his project. This woman was so good with her son and she couldn't wait for the time when they could be completely together.

After lunch, Brandon was ready to exert some more energy. "Miss Adams, will you come do the swings with me, please."

"Brandon, since we aren't in school, I think that you can call me Lena. In school you should probably still call me Miss Adams, but outside of school, I am just Lena."

"Are you sure?" he asked Lena with a good deal of curiosity in his small voice.

"I am sure. Now how about we go check out those swings?"

With that the small boy took the darker woman's hand and led her over to the swings where she began pushing him and then took a swing of her own. After they got done on the swings, Brandon ran over and got the soccer ball that Stef had packed for him. He and Lena ran around in the grass playing with the ball until each was completely worn out. They both returned to the blanket that Stef was sitting on while watching them run around and play. Brandon laid down on Stef's right side and Lena on her left.

After a short nap in the sun, they decided that it was probably time to call it a day. Lena helped Stef get Brandon and the things from the picnic picked up and put in her car. Lena gave Brandon a hug goodbye and told him she would see him on Monday.

The two women stepped away from the car so that they could have a quick conversation before heading home.

"Lena, thanks for coming. It made it the perfect day."

"I had a lot of fun as well, so thank you."

"You are so good with him. I don't know how you do it."

"He is a great kid, its easy with him. Plus I care about his mother."

" I think that we need to tell him. I can't imagine a life in which you are not a part of it. He needs to know about us. I don't think that I can hide my feelings from him."

"If you are sure. I think you should probably tell him, but if you would like me to be there, I can do that as well. Maybe we can have dinner and a movie and talk to him then. How about tomorrow night?"

"I think that would be great. How about you come by around five?"

"That sound great. I will see you then."

As the women finished their conversation, they shared a short hug and then each went to their respective cars. Stef knew that she had a lot of thinking to do about what she would tell Brandon when they talked to him, but she was just glad that Lena would be there for moral support.

Stef and Brandon stopped and had pizza before heading home. When they arrived home, she sent him to get ready for bed while she unpacked the things that she had taken to the park.

She eventually went in to tuck Brandon in and decided that she needed to have a short conversation with him so she would have an idea about how he would react to what she and Lena had to tell them.

"Hey, B. Did you have fun with Lena today at the park?

"It was great mommy. She is so fun and she is really, really nice."

"So you like Lena a lot?"

"Yeah Mommy. I hope we can do that again."

"I really like Lena too, I think that we can do that again, but for now, Lena is going to come for dinner and a movie tomorrow."

"Okay, that sounds like a lot of fun."

"Okay, time for bed, we have a big day tomorrow. Sleep tight, I love you so much B."

"Goodnight mommy, I love you too."

As Stef walked out the door, she stopped just to look at the amazing little boy that was her son. She thought that Brandon would be very happy about what she was going to share with him tomorrow, and she was just glad that she wouldn't have to hide her love for Lena for must longer. She already felt like she and Lena could be a family, and she just couldn't wait to see if that could be a reality. For now, she just had to decide how to she would tell her son.