A/N: Sorry it took so long for this update. I wasn't sure how I wanted to write the ending of it. I am still not happy with it, but I figured that I made you all wait long enough.

All mistakes are my own. :)

Friday night, after everyone had gone to bed, Callie laid awake thinking. She always seemed to have a hard time sleeping. She wasn't sure what was causing her not to be able to sleep, the thing with Daphne was over. She got out her journal and began to write.

So, here I am. Awake again. I don't know why. My body feels tense, like there is an elephant sitting on my chest. Its like there is a pressure inside of me building and I can't get any relief. I wish Robert would just go ahead and give Moms custody over me. Can't he tell that this is where I want to be? Maybe if I cut some of this pressure would be relieved. Yeah, I think I will give it a try. Anything is better than what I am feeling now.

She closed the notebook and placed it back in her bedside drawer. She looked over at Mariana. Every night this week she has asked Callie if she was doing okay, or if she needed to talk. Callie understood her concern but was beginning to get aggravated with her sister. Everyone was treating her like she was a fragile piece of glass or something. She recalled a couple of nights before when she has stubbed her toe on the end of her bed, tears instantly sprung to her eyes. Wouldn't you know that Lena walked in about the same time that this happened? She saw Callie crying and she ran to her side, pulling her into a hug.

"It's okay, Bug. I promise." At first Callie was confused but then it clicked.

"It's nothing, Lena. I just stubbed my toe. I am fine. Stop worrying about me so much." She was getting annoyed. Callie climbed out of bed and tried to make it to the bathroom without waking Mariana up. As soon as the door shut, she heard her sister's voice calling her name.

"I'm just going to the bathroom." Callie called out.

"Okay." She waited until she thought Mariana was back asleep then she began rummaging through the cabinets looking for the blades. They were gone. As was everything else sharp that she could possibly use to cut herself. Slamming the cabinet door, she flushed the toilet and went back into her room.

"Looking for something?" Mariana sat up in her bad and turned on her bedside light.

"Go to sleep, Mari. I'm fine." Callie plopped down on her bed, faced the wall and covered her head with her pillow. The younger sister got up and sat on the edge of Callie's bed.

"You don't have to be strong, Callie. I know that you feel that if you cry or need help that means you are weak but it doesn't." She paused to see if there was any sort of reaction from her older sister. When there wasn't, she continued. "You are the strongest person I know. You have been through so much but you still find it in your heart to love others and care for others. Please talk to me. Let me in." Mariana wiped a few stray tears that began running down her face. It took a few minutes, but Callie sat up and pulled her sister into her arms, crying.

"It just hurts. I want to be happy. I want things to work out. I want Robert to sign over his rights. I want to be an Adams Foster. I know I already am, but I want it to be official." She sobbed.

"Were you going to cut tonight?" Mariana asked. She needed to hear her say it out loud.

"Yeah. But I couldn't find anything in the bathroom to use. Don't tell moms."

"Okay. But why? What's going on?"

"I just needed a release. I felt so much pressure in my chest, and I thought that by cutting, the pressure would go away." Callie looked down.

"Maybe talking about it will relieve some of the pressure. Have you thought about that?" Callie shook her head. She wasn't sure, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Why do you call moms by their names again?" Callie stiffened.

"I can't get too attached."

"What do you mean? Why not?" Mariana was confused.

"If Robert gets custody, then I will no longer have them as my moms. I just don't want to hurt them," Callie paused looking down at her hands. "or myself. The thought of not being here every night is too much."

"They will always be your moms, Callie. You will always have a place in this family. You will always be my sister, no matter where you live. Just like Sophia. You live here, but she is still your sister, right?"

"Of course. I just. I don't know. I don't want to live with Robert and I am not sure that if I were made to move in with him that I could promise not to harm. I wouldn't have anyone else there to make sure I am okay. They are so busy with Sophia and her personality disorder, I don't think they will have time to deal with me as well."

"Well then they are not worthy of you. But hell, why would a judge in his right mind send you somewhere that he knows will cause you to self harm?" Mariana thought out loud.

"Because he is my biological father and Moms aren't my biological moms." Callie yawned.

"That's crazy." Callie nodded before yawning again. "Get some sleep, Callie. We can talk more tomorrow."

"Okay, good night. Thanks. I love you."

"Love you too, sister." Callie rolled over and went to sleep. Mariana went to the bathroom, as she was about to go back to the bedroom, Stef opened the bathroom door.

"Hey Miss Thang. Is everything okay, Love?" She asked.

"Yeah. Callie was having a bad night, but she is asleep now. I was thinking about something but I will talk to you and Mama in the morning about it. Plus, I don't want Callie to know about it until we talk."

"Okay. Thank you for helping her. Get some rest. I love you, baby." Stef kissed her daughter's temple before going back to bed.

The next morning when Mariana woke up, Callie was still knocked out. She decided to let her sleep. Downstairs, her moms were sitting at the table, alone.

"Where is everyone?" She asked stifling a yawn.

"They all had plans for the day. Do you want to talk now, my dear?" Lena asked.

"Sure." She pulled up a seat across from the moms. "So Callie and I talked last night and she said some things that were alarming. She said she went back to calling you by your names because she doesn't want to get attached and be pulled away from here again. At first she said she did it to save you from hurting then added she didn't want to hurt any more. She told me that if she is forced to move in with Robert, that she will resort back to self harm. She said that they won't have time to take care of her, because of them dealing with Sophia. Which led me to think that maybe there was something we could do about this. Would a judge send a kid to live with someone knowing that by doing so they are endangering the child?" Mariana looked to her parents for an answer.

"Absolutely not. But Robert isn't an unfit father, Miss Thang."

"You're right, he isn't. BUT Callie would be in danger because she is forced to live with him. He may not hurt her, but she would hurt herself. Same thing, really. Why would a judge do that? Isn't there some way we can use this as a loop hole?" Mariana pleaded. The moms exchanged a glance before Mariana continued. "I just don't want to lose her, again. She ran once, who's to say it won't happen again?"

"Well, I would have to talk to our lawyer about this, but I think I understand what you are saying." Stef said looking at Lena, who nodded on confirmation. This was a plan she could actual get behind.

"Of course, it would ultimately be Callie's choice." Lena added.

"I'd do it." Callie startled everyone, coming around the corner. She had been listening in on the steps.

"Are you sure, Love?"

"I am willing to try anything to be able to stay with my family." She smiled.

"Well don't get your hopes up just yet. We need to talk to our lawyer to find out how to go about this before we bring it to the judge." Lena spoke up, always the voice of reason. Callie walked over to Mariana and gave her a side hug.

"You will never have to worry about losing me. Even if I don't live here, we are always going to be sisters, right?" She smiled before sitting in her seat, next to Stef.

"Right." Mariana nodded, holding back her tears.

"So girls, any fun plans for the day?" Lena asked changing the subject.

"I have to work this afternoon."

"Yeah and I am going over to Tia's to work on a new dance. What are you two going to do with the house to yourself?" Mariana asked suggestively. She was always the romantic.

"Probably do some cleaning and catch up on bills." Stef answered her.

"Lame. Ugh I don't want to get old." Mariana teased. She knew how her mom hated it when she called them old, joking or not.

"Good bye, daughter." Lena spoke before Stef had a chance too. If the look on her wife's face was any indication, her youngest daughter was in for it.

The girls got up to go upstairs, laughing the whole way.

"So can I go to work with you?" Mariana asked once they were in their bedroom.

"What about Tia's?"

"That was a cover. I really have nothing to do but I figured that with everyone else out of the house for the day that they could use some alone time." Once again, always the romantic.

"You are so sneaky. Yeah, you can come but it's our busy day."

"That's fine. You won't even know I am there." She pleaded.

"Get ready, Miss Thang."

The girls both took their showers and were dressed in no time and out the door.

Lena came downstairs after taking a shower and found Stef in the kitchen on her laptop, glasses perched on her nose.

"What are you doing, Honey?" Lena asked rubbing her wife's back lovingly.

"Paying bills."

"Fun. So about this loop hole with Callie…" Stef removed her glasses and turned around to face the taller woman. "Do you think we have a case with what Mariana told us? I really don't want to lose Bug."

"I don't know, Love. I called our lawyer to talk to her about it. We will just have to see." She pulled Lena in placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "Mmmmm, you smell good." Stef's voice changed.

"Oh do I?" Lena smirked, catching on to where this was headed.

"Mmmhmmm." Lena leaned down and captured Stef's lips with her own. Their hands began roaming, Lena's on Stef's back and Stef's hands became wrapped up in her wife's hair. Stef was the first one to break the kiss up.

"How long do we have until the kids are back?" The blonde woman asked.

"Long enough. Let's go." Stef smiled before wrapping her arms around Lena's waist, picking her up. Lena wrapped her legs around the cop's waist and began placing soft, sweet kisses on her neck. Once in the bed room, it was game time. Clothes were being thrown all over the room, heavy breathing took over the silence. Stef laid Lena down and began placing soft kisses along her wife's jaw line, before making her way down. She paused at Lena's breasts, giving each one the attention they deserved. Then, she came to her toned, flat stomach. Before they knew it, they were in rhythm with each other. Lena was the first to finish, so she flipped Stef over and climbed on top of her, finding her lips with hers. It didn't take much longer for Stef to finish as well.

Afterwards they laid in the bed, snuggled up against one another.

"It's been a while since we have been able to do that." Stef said, letting out a small laugh.

"Too long" Lena replied, placing a sweet kiss on her lover's cheek. Stef's phone began to ring. "UGH. Really?" Lena groaned.

"Let it go to voicemail. I am not ready to move." Stef said, snuggling even closer to Lena.

"But what if it's the lawyer. Check it." Stef reluctantly rolled over and looked at her phone, sure enough it was.

"Mmmm. Hello?" She asked, her voice still groggy. "Yes. So you got the email? Okay. Well she is already in a group therapy. No, yeah, I get it. Okay. I will talk to them. Okay. Thank you. Mmmhmmm, bye."

"So, what did she say?" Lena asked once Stef had hung up the phone.

"Let's go get a burger. I'll tell you on the way." The women got up, searched for their clothes and then hoped in the car to go talk to Callie.