The moms made their way to Callie's room and found her lying on the floor doing her homework.

"Love, Mamma and I would like to talk to you a minute." Stef said as she and Lena sat on the edge of Callie's bed. Callie sat up, on the floor in front of them. "We have decided that because of the way everything worked out, you and Brandon will not be grounded. We just want you to promise that if something like this were to ever happen again, you will come to us first."

"I know that you are worried that we will throw you out, or not want you anymore, but you have to trust us that we would never do that. You are stuck with us, Callie. Okay? Nothing you do or say will ever change that or our love for you."

"Okay. Thank you. It may not seem like much but that really does mean a lot to a foster kid. To me. I have grown to love it here and love being a part of a real family. I love you guys." Callie said, getting up to give her moms a hug. Stef pulled her down to where she was sitting between the two of them, each one grabbing a hand.

"Callie, I know that you know better than to cut. However, I also understand why you were doing it. We all have habits that we do when life becomes too much. Some good, some not so much. We are going to put our trust in you that it will not happen again, and the next time you will come wake one of us up." Lena said, sadly.

"Right, Love. We are here for you. If you need to vent, cry, scream, anything. That is what parents do. They try to take the pain of their child so that their child can be as happy as possible. So, we are going to talk to Mariana and have her help us with keeping an eye on you. For a while, it may seem like we are smothering you, but as you prove to us that you are going to stop, we will back off, okay Love?"

"Okay." Callie took a deep breath. "There is something I need to tell you both, before you talk to Mariana." She sighed, hopefully this would go well. "You can't get made at Mari, I made her promise not to tell you, okay?" She looked at both women to see their nods of approval to continue. "She already knows that I used to cut. I told her one day when she walked in on me applying the makeup to my leg. She asked me about it and I told her everything. I also told her that I had stopped as well as the urges, so she had no reason to tell."

Lena let out a sigh of relief, so Mariana did know more than she let on in the kitchen that morning.

"Thank you for telling us that and for telling someone about your history. We aren't mad or upset. We understand that there are somethings that you kids talk about in confidence and that is okay, as long as it doesn't place you or others around you in danger." Stef replied before side hugging Callie. "I need to go get ready. I love you, Callie Girl."

"I love you too, Stef." Stef left the room, but Lena stayed.

"I am feeling like a nap, what do you say?" Callie nodded. "Take out the trash in here and then meet me in mine and Mom's bed." The teen had a questioning look on her face so Lena explained further. "Mariana asked me this morning if the reason you were staying home had to do with the blood in your trash can, so she saw it. Then I want some Callie cuddles since Mom had you all day."

Callie smiled at Lena before going to her trash can to take the bag out and replace it. She loved that she was getting a lot of attention and love from Stef and Lena. She had never received that kind of love before in any of her other homes; she was going to soak it up while she could.

Ten minutes later, she found her way into the parent's room where Lena was waiting in the bed as promised. She could hear the shower running, so she figured Stef was still in there. Crawling into the bed, she snuggled next to Lena. The mamma had the TV on and was watching some sappy love story. Lena smiled down at Callie, who now had her head on her shoulder, before placing a kiss on her forehead.

They lay there in silence watching the movie and before they knew it, Stef was coming out of the bathroom in her uniform, pulling her hair up. She walked over to the closet and grabbed her jacket before sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Honey, didn't you just watch this movie last night?" She asked her wife, holding back a smile.

"Yes, but it is sooooo good." Lena replied, a bit over dramatic. The cop just shook her head, smiling the whole time. She leaned over their daughter and kissed her lover, before giving the younger one a peck on the cheek.

"Okay, my loves, I have to get going. I will see you tonight. I love you both, very much."

"Love you too." The mother and daughter replied.

Once Stef was gone, Lena pulled Callie in closer. The brunette laid her head on Lena's chest. The mama ran her hand through Callie's hair.

"Before you fall asleep, I wanted to talk to you. I know that you and I are not as close as you and Stef, but I do love you so much, Bug. You and Stef are close because you are both so much alike. Did you know that when she was younger she used to cut as well?" Callie sat up so she could see Lena's face. She shook her head. "I know I should probably let Mom tell you about it but if you have questions you can ask her later. When she was in high school, her dad came home and found her cuddling with a girl on the couch. He sent her away to some church camp to try to "get rid of the gay"." Lena used her hands to show the quotations. "When she returned home, she decided that she was supposed to love men so she pushed the feelings for women aside. Bottling up her feelings caused a sort of pain that she was not expecting. She became withdrawn from everyone. She tried cutting and it helped her feel better. She did it for a long time, up until she married Mike." Callie was shocked; she would have never guessed that Stef had self harmed before. Why didn't Stef tell her this earlier?

"If her dad was so against it, how did you two end up together?"

"She came to tour Anchor Beach when Brandon was five." Lena closed her eyes remembering the first time she laid eyes on her beautiful wife. "She was married to Mike at the time. Things escalated from there. Mike and Stef had separated, so we began messing around. I finally had enough and told her that I couldn't do it anymore until she told her friends, family, and Mike. I got a phone call about a day later; she had asked me to meet her in the parking lot at the school. I was going to end it, ya know? I couldn't be someone's side chick. She told me that she had just told Mike as well as her family and a few friends. She even used the word lesbian, which believe it or not at the time was a hard word for her to use when referring to herself. That was when things began to move even quicker. She wanted happiness and I made her happy. In this world, Callie Bug, you have to do what makes you happy. Life is too short to be unhappy."

"I am glad you two found each other. I am glad she chose happiness. Do you think if I ask her about the cutting she would tell me about it?" Callie wanted to talk to someone about it, someone who had been through the same thing she had.

"She may be hard to break, but I don't see why she wouldn't."

"Will she be mad you told me?" Callie didn't want to cause problems for the moms.

"No, honey. If it is something you really want to talk to her about, I say go for it. She will do anything for you kids." Callie leaned forward and gave Lena a hug before lying back down next to her, cuddling with Stef's pillow. Soon, they were both fast asleep.

A couple of hours later, Callie woke up to find that she was in the bed alone. Heading downstairs, she saw that her bedroom light was on and Mariana was practicing her dance for the upcoming competition. Deciding that she should warn her about the talk with Stef and Lena, Callie interrupted her sister mid spin.

"Sorry. I just wanted to talk to you for a minute." Callie said after Mariana jumped when she spotted her.

"it's okay. What's up?" She sat down on the side of her bed, joined by Callie.

"So I know that you saw the blood in the trash can. I'm sorry about that." She paused, not knowing how to continue.

"It's fine. But please tell me it isn't from what I think it is." Mariana became concerned.

"Yeah, it is. I cut again two nights ago, and then again last night. Stef caught me and she and Lena kept me home to talk to me about everything."

"I figured that someone had busted you. Are you okay? Are they going to send you somewhere for help? Do you even need to go away?" Mariana may be self centered, but she was genuinely concerned for her foster sister.

"No. No. Nothing like that. They are going to let me stay here now that they have figured out the root of the problem."

"What was it? I mean you don't have to tell me…." Callie raised an eyebrow. "Okay. I do really want to know. Please tell me."

"Well Daph called the night we had our Christmas dinner and told me that she had kidnapped her daughter and didn't know what to do. So Brandon and I went to help her. We talked her into taking Tasha back. Well the cops linked Tasha to me because of a toy I gave Daphne. They came asking all kinds of questions. I panicked and called Robert. He told me he would help me, but I couldn't tell anyone what was happening. I was so scared. So that was why I chose to leave. I felt like I owed it to him for helping me."

"Moms know this?"

"Yes."

"Wait, so are you still moving out now?" Mariana hated to get her hopes up.

"No. I am staying. Everything is worked out." Mariana lunged at Callie and enveloped her in a hug.

"Thank God! I didn't want you to leave. I just got used to you being here." The girls laughed.

"Anyway, I wanted to talk to you before they did. Stef and Lena know that you know about my previous cutting problem. They aren't mad, they are glad I told someone about it. But they are going to talk to you about keeping an eye on me. I just didn't want you to be blindsided by everything."

"Thanks." Callie nodded.

"I'm going downstairs. Hopefully dinner is ready. I am starving."

"Tell Mama I will be down shortly."

AN: I am torn. I kind of want Callie to call Stef mom, but I am not sure if it is too out of character or not. What do you think?