Chapter 3

A/N Just wanted to say thank you for all the reviews keep them coming and I'll keep updating J Also I guess when I was writing it I didn't realize how relaxed I was making the Fosters seem about a random pregnant teen showing up in there yard. I can definitely see how that would be weird for them, I guess I just didn't really think about that while I was writing it.

They finished shopping and grabbed a couple sandwiches for lunch before they headed back to the Foster's house. Callie grabbed the bags from their shopping trip while Lena carried Gracie into the house. All was empty in the house now, the kids were all in school and Stef was at work.

While they were sitting down to eat lunch Lena started to talk to Callie again.

"I want you to know that while you are living here you have to go to school. I don't know what your prior house was like but we have rules here, and you will not be exempt from them because you are pregnant"

Callie nodded while she swallowed the bite of her sandwich that she had been chewing. "I completely understand. I would like to go back to school." It made Callie feel good to know that Lena cared enough about her future to make her go to school.

"I will go down to the school to enroll you after I'm finished eating, do you think you would be able to watch Gracie for me? She should be taking her nap by then" Lena questioned finishing off her sandwich she crumpled up the wrapping and tossed it in the trash.

Callie glanced over at Gracie who was taking small bites out of her sandwich. "Do you think I'll be okay watching her?" it made her nervous and her voice showed that.

"I think you will be okay it will only be for an hour at most, and while it's not quite the same as taking care of a baby It will be good practice for you." She smiled warmly at Callie before turning towards Gracie.

"What do you think Gracie want to stay with Callie?" she spoke softly to the toddler.

"okay mommy" Gracie was an easy to please child, Lena loved that about her.

"Callie color me?" Gracie's eyes widened when she asked her.

Callie smiled "sure I love to color"

Lena gathered her keys and purse, she kissed the top of Gracie's curly brown hair before rushing out towards her car.

Callie helped Gracie out of her chair and carried her into the living room.

"What do you want to color?" she asked setting her down on the ground.

"we paint!" Gracie exclaimed climbing onto the couch before she began to jump up and down.

"I don't think we should jump on the couch"

Callie attempted to pick her up to stop her from jumping but that just made Gracie giggle while she jumped from one end of the couch to the other. "Callie jump too" Gracie demanded.

"that was fast" Callie spoke mostly to herself when she heard the front door open and shut.

"momma back?" Gracie quit jumping plopping down on her butt letting out a small giggle while she did so.

"I think so" Callie walked towards the front door, she was surprised to see Brandon standing there.

"Don't you have school?"

Brandon smiled "I decided to come home early today, I forgot my paper for History class and rather then get in trouble I decided to fake sick" Brandon explained dropping his bookbag in the hall near the coat rack.

"Oh" Callie didn't know what to say to that, she was pretty sure his moms would be mad at him for leaving school but it wasn't her place to say anything.

"How was your morning?" Brandon questioned walking towards the fridge so he could grab himself a snack.

"Branny!" Gracie ran towards him with her arms wide open so he would pick her up.

"Gracie!" he used the same enthusiasm in his voice that the young girl had before he reached down and picked her up tossing her in the air a few times.

"It was good, Lena took me to the doctors, and then we went shopping" Callie sat down at the table.

"Must be nice to not go to school and get to go shopping"

"I found out I'm having a girl" Callie wasn't even sure why she was telling him, its not like he would care.

"That is awesome congratulations" Brandon gave her a warm smile setting Gracie down he opened his arms to hug Callie.

Callie was hesitant but she allowed him to hug her. "You are lucky to have such a wonderful family" she wasn't sure why she said it, but she was jealous of how great Brandon had it.

"So how did you end up in foster care if you don't mind me asking?" Brandon changed the subject, making Callie wonder maybe he didn't consider himself so lucky.

"it's a long story" She wasn't ready to talk about this right now.

Brandon nodded "I have time"

Callie sighed before beginning "Well my mom died in a car accident, my brothers father was in jail and my biological dad wants nothing to do with me" it pained her to talk about it. Losing her mom at the age of 10 really changed her life.

"Your brother is he younger or older" Brandon continued asking her question after question.

"He is 3 years younger than me, I haven't seen him in two years. I keep trying to get someone to tell me where he is but no one will" Callie could feel the tears starting to fall from her eyes. She was emotional whenever it came to Jude.

"I'm sorry, you could see if maybe my mom could find something out for you" he suggested handing her a tissue to wipe her eyes.

Callie shrugged "I guess, I don't even know if he is okay. He probably thinks I don't care about him anymore"

"Callie don't cry" Gracie tried climbing up onto her lap.

"I'm not crying Gracie I'm okay" Callie wiped away at her eyes trying to stop the tears from falling.

Callie needed a break from this serious talk, she picked Gracie up and carried her into the living room so they could color like they had planned before Brandon came home.

Lena arrived home an hour later and was shocked to see Brandon sitting in the living room with Callie.

"Brandon what are you doing home from school?"

"mommy" Gracie interrupted jumping at Lena's feet for her to pick her up. She loved greeting people when they came home.

"I was sick" he lied not taking his eyes of the TV that he was watching.

"I'll let you talk alone" Callie excused herself she didn't want any part of the conversation between them.

"Does your mom know that you left school? And how did you manage to leave without a parent signing you out?" Lena shot question after question at him while she picked up the toys that were scattered all over the floor.

"I called my dad" he just about whispered it knowing that he was going to get his dad in trouble.

"Of course you would call your dad, go to your room we will talk about this when mom gets home" Lena approached the tv and turned it off.

"okay, but there was no harm in missing half a day of school" Brandon tried to defend his actions but Lena wasn't having it.

"Go to your room now please" she had such a soft spoken personality that even when she was yelling she didn't sound like it.

After Brandon had climbed the stairs Lena searched to find where Callie had gone to. She found her sitting in the backyard.

"Sorry about that, he knows he isn't allowed to leave school for no reason" Lena apologized for Callie having to hear her argue with Brandon.

Callie nodded "I understand that"

"Good news, you can start school tomorrow" Lena spoke to Callie while Gracie ran towards her swing set.

"How is school going to work once I have the baby?" The more Callie thought about it the more she felt like she wanted to keep her daughter.

"Well since I work from home, if you still happen to be here I would be more then happy to watch her for you, and even if you aren't living here same thing goes I'll watch her so you can finish school. An education is really important, I don't want you to have the struggle the rest of your life because you didn't finish school"

Callie nodded She felt like crying again, she really couldn't understand why Lena was being so nice to her when she had just met her that morning.

"So I have a question, I have a brother. I haven't seen him in two years is there anyway you can find out where he is, and if he is alright?" Callie knew it was asking a lot but she needed to find Jude or at least know he was okay.

"I will see what I can do, What is his name?" Lena asked pulling her phone out so she could jot his name down in her notepad.

"Jude Jacobs he is 13 now."

"I'll make some calls and see if I can find out where he is and at least be able to tell you that he is okay"

The next morning Callie went to school for the first time in almost a year. She was now behind a grade because of it but her prior foster parents just didn't make her go to school so she really had no motivation to do so.

She walked around clueless, this school was huge compared to the last school she had attended. "are you lost?" she heard a voice behind her ask.

Callie spun around her face gave it away that she was lost. "yeah a little" she could feel her cheeks redden she felt embarrassed that she couldn't even find her locker.

"I'm looking for my locker, its number 643" Callie passed the paper that had her locker number on it to the tall guy in front of her. His hair was on the longer side, he was certainly attractive in a rugged bad boy kind of way.

"Right across from mine actually come on follow me, I'm Wyatt by the way" Wyatt handed her the paper back.

"I'm Callie" she replied following him down the hall towards the stairs.

"Stairs are not my friends these days" Callie tried to laugh at herself but as she grew bigger during this pregnancy stuff like stairs and sometimes even just walking got harder.

"I'm sorry, you should probably lay off the donuts" he answered.

Callie was offended by that. "I'm not fat, I'm pregnant" normally she would have welcomed people not knowing she was pregnant but she certainly didn't want them to think she was fat either.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know." Wyatt stopped walking and placed his hand on the locker.

"here you are 643" he patted the locker before removing his hand.

"Thanks" Callie glanced down at the paper so she could figure out her combination. She was already late for her first class. Today was not going so well for her.

"I'll get it" Wyatt hovered over her to unlock the combination lock for her.

Callie smiled "what am I going to do when I have to do it by myself?"

He shrugged "my locker is right there, I'll help you out. But it will cost you"

Callie rolled her eyes. Just when she thought he was being nice to her of course it came at a price. Didn't everything in life.

"In case you haven't noticed I'm pregnant, and there is no way I would have sex with you in exchange for you helping me with my locker" Callie shoved her purse into her locker before slamming the door shut.

"that's not what I meant, let me take you on a date, that is if you aren't seeing your baby daddy" his eyes locked on her stomach.

Callie put her hand over it in an inadequate attempt to stop him from looking at it.

"I'm not with him, and I don't know I'll think about it"

Wyatt turned smiling and walked away. It was nice that he seemed interested in her despite her condition, Callie didn't know how to feel about that. She wasn't sure if she should be flattered or worried.

Callie successfully found her first class of the morning, English and she was only 20 minutes late. She handed the teacher a note before sliding into the only empty desk that was in the front of the class.

"Class we have a new student her name is Callie, please be welcoming" the teacher had a monotone voice, one that was so boring that Callie knew she was going to struggle to stay awake in this class.

"Callie would you like to tell the class a little something about you?"

Callie shook her head "I'm alright"

Anything they would care about they could already see, she was a pregnant teen what else was there to tell.

English drug on as did several of her classes. It was lunch time and she was starving, she wasn't used to having to wait to eat. Usually she ate when the baby was hungry which was pretty much constant.

Callie grabbed a tray and tried to scan over the menu to find something slightly healthy, she knew that much about being pregnant that the baby needed good food not just junk. She picked up a bottle of apple juice and continued down the line. She grabbed a fruit salad and a grilled cheese since nothing else really seemed appealing to her right now. She felt like all eyes were on her as she walked along the rows of tables trying to figure out where to sit.

"Callie over here"

She looked up Brandon was waving at her. She smiled finally someone she somewhat knew.

Callie made her way to the table and set her tray down. The girl next to Brandon coughed as her silent way of telling Brandon to introduce her.

"Callie, this is Talia my girlfriend" he motioned towards the obviously annoyed girl with reddish hair that was sitting next to him.

"Nice to meet you Callie" Talia extended one of her hands towards her while wrapping her free arm around Brandon's arm.

"You too" Callie glanced down at her tray and picked up her grilled cheese. She took a bite, almost wanting to spit it out seconds later it didn't taste that good to her.

"So how has your day been so far?" Brandon spoke making small talk with her.

Callie shrugged while she finished chewing. She picked up her juice and washed it down. The cold juice made the baby kick inside of her, the hardest she's ever felt her kick before. A smile spread on her face.

"Is she okay?" Talia whispered to Brandon, she found it weird that Callie would smile so big for no reason.

"I'm fine, the baby just kicked really hard that's all" Callie placed her hand on her stomach rubbing it a few times.

"So I mean are you a slut or something? No offense but most girls who are teen moms are" Talia was blunt, Callie found it annoying.

"I'm not a slut, you know nothing about me" Callie shouted picking up her tray she stormed away from the table. Callie wondered if that is what everyone thought of her. She certainly wasn't a slut, having sex wasn't even something she consented to how could she be a slut.