Chapter 2

After breakfast Mariana brought Callie upstairs to go through the pile of shoes that she no longer wore because they weren't stylish enough for her.

"You can take as many as you want, I'm a bit of a shoe addict" She smiled motioning towards the huge pile of shoes.

"This is probably more shoes then I've had in my entire life" Callie forced herself to laugh but she just wanted to cry. Why couldn't she have found a nice family like The Fosters? She certainly wouldn't be pregnant right now if that had happened.

"So are you excited to have a baby?" Mariana asked a question that seemed stupid to Callie.

"I'm terrified, not only do I not have a family neither will my baby, unless I give her up for adoption" Callie shrugged she didn't want to make any decision like that right now she just enjoyed being able to carry her baby inside of her where she was safe from the cruel world that Callie had grown up in.

"I think it would be kind of cool to have a baby"

Callie rolled her eyes at the naive girl in front of her. "If you think it's so cool you can have it" she laughed afterwards to give away that she was kidding.

"My moms would kill me if I was pregnant, so is the dad your boyfriend or something?"

Another question that Callie didn't want to answer.

"It was my foster brother, and I don't want to talk about it" She picked up the first pair of sneakers she saw and put them on her feet before rushing out of the bedroom.

"Thank you all so much but I really need to get going" She headed for the front door.

Lena stepped forward and placed her hand on the door. "I spoke to Julie, you are going to stay here until she can find a more suitable home for you, I also made you an appointment to get your baby checked up on. I'll take you and then we can stop by the store and get you some maternity clothes"

"I don't know how to thank you" Callie wasn't one to normally hug people but it must have been a combination of how kind Lena was being and the pregnancy hormones. She threw her arms around her hugging her.

"Well we better get going if we don't want to be late" Lena pulled back and ventured off to gather her purse, keys, as well as Gracie who would be accompanying them on this outing.

Callie was nervous as she laid on the table waiting for the doctor to come in. She hadn't been able to see a doctor regularly during her pregnancy and hadn't had a chance to have an ultrasound as of yet.

"I remember being nervous waiting for the ultrasound for Gracie" Lena spoke letting her know it was going to be alright.

Callie nodded "I'm just scared, I don't know how I'm supposed to be able to have a baby"

Lena reached with her free hand and squeezed hers. "Well while you are with us I'll help you whatever way I possibly can, if you want to keep the baby or if you want to consider adoption."

Callie remained quiet as the doctor entered the room wearing a smile.

"So let's take a look and see how this baby is doing"

Callie pulled her shirt up enough to expose her round stomach.

"This will be a little cold" The doctor warned before squirting a jelly like substance onto her stomach.

She pressed the ultrasound wand to Callie's stomach spreading the gel around to capture the best picture possible of her baby.

"wow, theres really a baby in there" Callie stared at the screen with amazement in her eyes.

"would you like to know what you are having?" the doctor asked after she had taken all of the measurements that she needed from the scan.

"You can tell that now? Wow yeah that would be great" Callie didn't know much about pregnancies or Ultrasounds for that matter. She focused her eyes on the screen trying to make out the images that weren't that clear to her.

"It looks like you are having a little girl" the doctor smiled lifting the wand off of her stomach she handed Callie a rag to wipe off the excess gel.

Callie pulled her shirt back down and sat up smiling. A girl, she was having a girl.

"Thank you so much" Callie beamed with pride when she looked at the pictures that the doctor had handed her.

"As far as I can tell she is extremely healthy, growing at a great rate considering your age. I do want to start seeing you once a month until you reach 34 weeks and then you will be coming every two weeks until the last four weeks when I need to see you weekly. I know you didn't have the support to come get checked out before this but it is important for your health and the health of your baby that you come for these appointments"

Callie nodded trying to take in everything the doctor had just said.

Lena gathered her diaper bag and shifted Gracie so she was positioned on her hip. Together the three of them walked towards the car.

"I want to thank you for doing this for me" Callie spoke quietly buckling her seat belt.

Lena smiled warmly at her, her hand was on the keys giving it a quick twist the engine of the car roared. "It's really nothing, like I said we told Julie we would keep you until they could find you something else. Callie I do have one question who is the father?"

Callie's eyes widened she didn't want to talk about that. The thought of Liam made her feel sick to her stomach. She turned away before uttering a lie "it was just some guy I met at a party, I don't even know his name" relief flooded her now that she wouldn't have to talk about it anymore. A lie was certainly better than the truth.

"Well that is okay, you have about 4 months or so to figure out what you are going to do if you decide to keep the baby I'm sure you will be able to apply for independent living but you would need a job for that" Lena explained as the car came to a stop. They were in front of a cute little baby boutique.

"I figured you could pick out a few outfits for her, even if you decide you can't keep her, she will at least have a few things from you. Plus I need to get Gracie girl here some new clothes, this child grows like a weed" Lena laughed at her own joke.

Callie followed her quietly into the store, she knew she couldn't be a good mom to this baby, she had nothing and no one but it hurt her deeply to think about giving her to someone else to raise.

Callie's eyes lit up while she browsed through the dozen racks of baby girl clothes. "This is all so adorable, yet so expensive" she frowned putting back down a dress she was holding once she got a glimpse of the price tag.

Lena picked the dress back up "it's okay I'm paying for this, I have a place where you can get a job if you'd like. It will give you a chance to save up, also not trying to pressure you either way but if you decide to keep her. I have a ton of baby clothes from Gracie, as well as her crib. Stef and I decided we were done having kids so it is just sitting in the attic collecting dust."

"Thank you I'll consider that when I'm making my decision" That made Callie feel a little bit better, maybe she would be able to keep her after all.