The Girl and The Foster Brother
Chapter 2 out of 4: Telling the Family
AN: I've been getting a lot of reviews for this, so I decided to turn this in to a mini story. If you love this than check out my Foster Series, "Callie Choice," followed by it's sequel "The Foster Clan," and it a month or so the next book called "Just one more" will be put up as well. This story will NOT be connected what so ever to my Foster Series.
Thanks for the Reviews! I will take an one shot suggestions! I wish I was writer for the show, but than again you guys have to think about it. I mean! Haven't you read "The Foster Clan," you'll know I had killed characters, had drama and fights that hurt the family. hehehe. This won't be the last one for me! I wouldn't be surprise if I find myself writing a TV show for ABC family in the future.
-SukiStory
After the encounter with Robert, Callie had confessed her love to Brandon Foster which took him by surprise. He loved Callie to the end of the endless universe to the point he would always be by her side when he can. She had no friends other than Mariana, and the girls from Girls United. Kiara and Gabbi started to go to school at Anchor Beach too, but with the age difference and special classes for the two girls, Callie barley sees them. Callie didn't mind that Brandon followed her sometimes, since she enjoyed his company she often wouldn't get.
Though it was obvious the two had something for each other, the family was oblivious when it came to two of them. They would tell moms that they would be at friends houses or at the library when they we're actually at the diner where Daphne worked at, or at a secluded beach barley anyone went too. They would do homework, and play music at they're spot on the beach. It was the time Callie looked forward to every day, but that was before Brandon took a internship job. They limited their time to three days a week to spend time with each other and each time Brandon found new ways to tell Callie that he loved her. Flowers, necklaces, serenades and make out scenes. She didn't push Callie to sleep with him, and Callie loved how Brandon respected her.
It was just three months later when the adoption attorney and Bill came knocking on the door for the papers Robert was suppose to sign. Callie froze as the moms asked her for the papers, and with one sentence a fight broke lose.
"I left it... I can't be adopted because... I love- I love Brandon." she says with confidence.
Brandon was right behind her on this one, holding her soft warm hand, standing there to protect her from moms words.
"Brandon?!" his mother screams on top of her lungs, "BOTH IN YOUR ROOMS NOW!"
Callie turns, but Brandon stops her caressing her face before kissing her gently. She returns the kiss, and he looks at her with his loving green eyes. Callie nods, she knew that this might be the last time they can hold each other. They connected in ways most teenage couples don't, but the moms didn't believe it, they didn't want to see it. The moms stood in shock, as well as the audience behind them. Jude, Jesus and Mariana stood there with mix emotion's. Jude was angry at her sister, Jesus was mad at Brandon, but Mariana stood there with a smirk painted across her face.
She knew, and it was about time word got out.
"No." says Brandon to Stef.
"What?!" she replies.
"I won't go to my room!" he says pushing the limit, "I love Callie, and I want to be with her."
"That's stupid Brandon! Callie needs a family more than-"
"Don't say it!" Callie yells.
It took the whole family by surprise. Callie Quinn Jacob was standing up for what she believed in. This wasn't for Jude, she was standing up for her self.
"You don't know what I need. I need Brandon." she says turning to everyone in the room, "You guys will always be my family, paper or not, but Brandon will always be more than a foster brother... he's my best friend and my boyfriend. I love him."
"I thought you would have learned from Liam." sighs Bill, "Callie you can't just-"
"Brandon is not Liam! he's not." she yells, "You guys always told me to be happy, and Brandon makes me happy."
The family was now split in half. Stef, Jude and Jesus didn't agree at all, along with Bill and the adoption attorney. Lena and Mariana however, saw that Callie needed Brandon, and Brandon needed Callie.
"You guys are sixteen years old, you guys don't know what you want!" yells Stef, "You guys don't know what love is! What if you guys break up? What if-"
"I won't break up with Callie!" shouts Brandon.
"You don't know that!"
Mother and Son look face to face, angry at each other. Stef knew what it was like to be young, but she never knew love till she met Lena. If she knew what love was, she would have never married Mike at the age of nineteen. Callie didn't know she would be splitting a mother and son's relationship. She began to doubt this whole thing.
"Brandon." Callie whispers, "I-"
"No." he says, "Callie we love each other, and you know that! I love you, and I'm not giving up on us."
"Brandon, I will always love you and-"
Before she could give up and make people other than her self happy, Robert comes in with the knock on the door. He had to come by to give the papers Callie left, and he knew if Callie truly loved Brandon she would have taken from his hand at the door and shred it in to pieces. He didn't know there would be a storm brewing in the household and it took him by surprise. He looked at the couple who where in tears and at the angry parents and social workers.
"You guys should be ashamed of yourselves." he yelled at Bill, Stef and the adoption attorney, "Acting like this."
"And who are you?" asks Stef.
"Robert Quinn."
"How would you know about raising children? You can't even take care of one." judges Stef.
Lena gasps. It was unlike Stef to judge someone just like that. She was angry, and she lost control. Lena could feel their unborn child jump as he hears Stef's angry voice.
"No I don't, but I know how it feels to be like Brandon." Robert answers.
Lena sends the children upstairs except for Brandon. Callie ran to Mariana's room locking the door, she knew if her so called father didn't change the family's mind she would be shipped away to another group home and Brandon will be served with a restraining order from the state. She loved Brandon, and she knew that he loved her back. She was not going to make the mistake her mother made. She was scared, but she had to trust Brandon.
Downstairs Robert told his story about his love for Callie's mother, and how he too was forced by his parents to let Colleen become his sister. Colleen needed a family, so he did a regrettable choice that ruined his life. Lena broke down at this story, as Robert who was so passionate about Colleen, told his story. Stef soften down along with Bill and adoption attorney. As the story ends, with Robert crying at the steps of Colleen's grave, the failed suicide and the custody argument of Jude when Donald was in jail, it broke everyone, but it gave Brandon strength and hope.
"I love Callie," Stef whispers, "And if that's what she wants... if she wants to be with Brandon, than okay. Paper or not, she's family."
Stef hugs Lena who was carrying they're child inside of her. She understood this mans struggle, but the law was the law.
"I can't let this happen you know," says Bill. "What are we going to do?"
"I can live with my dad," offers Brandon, "Callie can get you guys as her guardians till she turns eighteen."
"And what if you guys break up?" says the attorney.
"I would marry right now if I could... I'm not going to let her go."
The family knew that Brandon kept his word. He was serious about loving Callie, and he made up his mind. Lena called Callie down from upstairs. She ran in to Brandon's arms.
"I'm I leaving?" she asks.
Brandon kisses her deeply holding her tight.
"No. I'm going to live with my dad, and when we're eighteen we can be together." he whispers.
"You guys will be monitored by your moms... you guys are allowed on dates, and no one can not know about this. Is this understood?" says Bill. "Lena and Stef will be your guardian's till you turn eighteen, by than you can live with Brandon and get married or whatever."
Brandon and Callie blush at the married part. They knew that if this worked out, marriage would be at the prize along with the couple of kids, they talked about one time at the beach. Callie loved Brandon, and Brandon could already imagine Callie walking down the isle. She turns to Robert and hugs him. It has been sixteen years since Robert held his child this close, and he treasured this moment.
"Thank you." she whispers.
"I love you so much, and I'm sorry that failed you as a father." he says, "It will take time, but If you would let me... I would like to be there for you."
Callie nods. It's been so long since she ever felt support and love from the people who surround her. It wasn't yet perfect till Jude and Jesus were on board, but she was glad Mariana was okay with it. Callie held Brandon's hand as Bill signed over the papers of guardianship to Lena and Stef. It was going to be a hard two years till they were able to be together and tell the whole wide world. They had to be kept secret for a while, and it was worth the wait.
"You take care of her." Robert whispers to Brandon, "You love her okay?"
"I always will." he whispers back, "I fought so hard for Callie, and I want to be with her."
Robert leaves unnoticed, he was happy that his daughter was able to be with this man who had so much love for her. He loved her so much, more than I ever loved Colleen he thought. Robert knew that the love for Colleen will last forever just like Brandon and Callie. He just wished he never gave up on Colleen and she never gave up on him. For the past twenty five years, he was in grief and regret, but now he was able to forgive and move on. He had to be there for his daughter, and he was keen to see Jude again as well as Donald. It's going to be a long road for him as well as his daughter. Many say she just like her, and he agrees but she inherited the passion and sense of true love from him. He was happy, and so was Callie.
