Hey guys, sorry that it's taken a while to update! I'm in the process of moving 600 miles away from home and i have so much to do hah! Anyway thank you all for your story reviews, as always I really appreciate them! I'll try update regularly but like i said it's slightly hectic at the moment hah!

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Stef had been up for about an hour thinking of last night's events. Although Callie had been living with them for a while, they still didn't know much about her or Jude other than they'd had many bad experiences whilst at many different homes, it was only now she realised the extent of those bad experiences may be of greater magnitude than she had first thought; she figured they had to be, something had obviously triggered last night's panic attack and it was her and Lena's job to find out what.

She made her way, slowly towards where Lena and Callie had fallen asleep, Callie's head still in her partners lap whilst Lena's head was resting, at an angle on the back of the sofa. "Lena" Stef whispered, gently shaking her in an attempt to rouse her from sleep. "Lena, time to wake up my love" Stef whispered again as Lena stirred. Finally Lena opened her eyes, noticing the stiffness in her neck at once.

"Good morning love" Stef smiled at Lena

Lena looked up at her partner, noticing she was already dressed in her uniform for work, the clock behind Stef read 6.15.

"Sorry to wake you, I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye, and i wanted to ask if you could phone Callie's therapist later on when you have time" She knelt down by the sofa, putting her hands on the side of Lena's arm "Watch out for her today, will you? I'm worried about her. Jude too If you can" Stef directed a sad smile towards the sleeping girl in Lena's lap.

Lena ran her free hand slowly through Callie's hair. "Of course I'll contact her therapist, I'll do it during lunch; and I will, I'm just as worried" Lena sat quietly for a moment before speaking again. "I wasn't sure if we should send her into school today, but I think it would do more harm than good to leave her here on her own. Besides, if we send her in I can keep an eye on both her and Jude. I'm worried about him too, I think he knows what triggered it" Lena sighed softly.

"We will talk to him tonight, he seemed pretty sure Callie needed help when he came to us last night, he might enlighten us on how to help her, and anyway they have us to help them through this now; however hard it's been for them in the past we can only make it easier" She looked down as Callie began to stir. "I have to go my love, but wake her up before the rest of the kids come down, Callie won't want to look vulnerable in front of them, I'm going to take a guess and say she doesn't sleep on peoples laps often. Stef leaned down and kissed Callie on the brow, then kissed Lena before exiting the room.

Minutes later, Lena heard the front door shut and she sat there in silence for a moment, thinking of last night, and the fear she had felt when Callie had such an aggressive panic attack. She had never seen anything like it. Thoughts of the day ahead of her also swam around in her mind. Was she making the right decision in sending Callie to school? Would the teen rebel and refuse to go? And what would she do if she did? So many questions, but the time was getting on and the kids would be down for breakfast soon. Sighing, she gently placed her hand over Callie's shoulder. "Callie, wake up sweetie, you need to get ready for school" for a moment there was no response for the sleeping girl, but just as she was about to call the girls name again, Callie sat up, looked around and at once Lena could see her recalling last nights events. She looked towards Lena sheepishly, unsure of what to say, her cheeks reddening slightly.

"Er, thanks. Sorry about last night. Erm. You should have woke me up. I'm sorry" Callie got to her feet, slightly unsteady before finding her balance. She was about to exit the room when Lena gently grabbed her arm and pulled Callie into a hug. Stiffening slightly at first, Callie accepted Lena's hug and relaxed. No other adult had hugged her since the passing of her mother. She felt strange, she felt a kind of longing, and surprising even herself, she felt herself return the hug.

Slowly Callie released the hug and gave Lena an appreciative smile and turned to go upstairs to get ready for school, without a single word of protest to Lena's surprise.


It was nearing the end of lunch; Callie and Jude were sitting at a bench together in silence. It was an uncomfortable silence, Callie knew that her brother had witnessed at least some of her panic attack last night and Jude knew what had triggered it, but neither one of them knew how to talk about it; and this is why 45 minutes into lunch, Callie had finally spoken up. "Jude" she said softly. "I want you to know I'm okay, alright. I just freaked last night, it happens" Callie let out a small laugh, whatever she could do to try and get Jude to not worry about her she would do, even if that was pretending she was okay. But her brother wasn't stupid. He looked down at his half eaten sandwich and sighed. Remaining silent he reached into his bag and produced Callie's phone that had fallen from her grasp last night.

Callie looked at him, mixed feelings of shock, uncertainty and anger. She felt slightly sick, feeling a familiar churning in her stomach.

"Did you look though it" she asked, already knowing the answer was yes. She looked to her brother who nodded, looking ashamed.

"You know you had no right to do that, don't you?" This time, more harshly than before. She could feel the anger bubbling in her. Not so much at the fact Jude had gone through her phone, under normal circumstances she wouldn't have cared, but now, not only had Liam infiltrated back into her life, but now he was creeping his way into Jude's, and that was not acceptable to her. Not one bit.

Again, Jude remained silent, knowing he had done wrong, but he knew he had to speak up eventually. Taking a deep breath he addressed his sister in a solemn voice. "I'm sorry. I saw it drop and at the time, I thought it better for me to take it than have Lena or Stef go through it later on, but Callie, I think maybe you should tell them, this isn't a game, he could.."

"NO! Listen here Jude if you dare utter a word to Stef, Lena or any of those kids we live with so help me god we will be done. I've looked out for and trusted you our whole life, now I'm asking you to drop this. I can take care of it" Callie was fuming; the last thing she needed was any of the Fosters knowing her business and especially her past secrets. She'd rather keep them secrets.

Jude looked on the verge of tears "Callie…"

"Please" she pleaded with her brother. "Please Jude, do this for me, I told you I freaked out last night but I can handle it, okay?" she sighed as the bell rang, signalling the end of lunchtime. Without saying another word she gave Jude one last pleading look, grabbed her bag and headed to class. Jude remained at the table for several movements more. Had he have looked up, her would have seen Lean watching him from the far side of the yard, frowning as she witnessed their exchange at the bench just moments before. Frowning, she watched Jude scoop his bag up and dispose of his half eaten sandwich in the trash before heading towards his classroom.


Callie was stuck in English class; she couldn't wait for school to end. 2 more hours she thought to herself. 2 hours and she could go home to bed and sleep. She kept thinking about the conversation she had with Jude, feeling slightly guilty at her outburst at him. If he did tell Lena or Stef she'd be beyond mad with him, even feel betrayed but she would never be done with him. I'll apologise later she thought to herself. She needed to get a grip, she was safe with the Fosters, Stef was a damn cop for gods sake, she'd never been in a safer foster home! Last night was the last time I'll lose it. I will not let HIM destroy me or give Stef and Lena the cause to kick her and Jude out. As she was deep in thought, a jeep in the corner of her eye caught her attention. It must have been the third time at least that it had gone past by now, it was beginning to annoy her. Jeez kids at this school, if Wyatt or me was cruising around the car park during lesson time they'd be landed in detention for a week. Thinking of Wyatt made her happy; they were one and the same. He seemed to understand her, at least understand some of her more than most people she had come across in her life. She might have found her first true friend. She warmed at the thought.

Finally the bell rang, she sighed, grabbed her stuff and headed to math, her last class of the day. At least it was an easy class. She quite enjoyed Math if she was honest; she had always been good at it and she found that she could lose herself in the equations, it gave her a strange sense of calm, which is what she needed more than ever today. Before she knew it, the days final bell had rang, feeling slightly less tense, she slowly gathered her stuff together and exited the building and headed towards the main entrance. As she walked Brandon caught up with her.

"Hey! I'm heading home now, if you like I can talk the long way? Walk with you?" Callie smiled at him; he always went out of his way to be nice to her.

"Nah it's okay, I'm waiting for Wyatt" She looked around looking for him.

"Okay cool, well I'll see you at home!" Smiling, he turned and left her waiting for Wyatt. A screeching sound made her spin around, horror struck, she saw that the jeep that had been circling the school wasn't a student's ride at all, but Liam's. Dread filled her and she began to feel the familiar tightness in her chest, much like last night.

"I thought I told you to shut the hell up! Your little boyfriend just sent me a threat online!" Liam looked angrier than Callie had ever seen him, she felt sick. Sick from fear and for a moment, she thought she might pass out, the tightening in her chest getting worse. I won't break down, I won't break down. There is nothing he can do to me here. I want Lena. The thought of Lena surprised her. She had never depended on anyone but right now, she longed for a hug in Lena's safe embrace.

"What did you tell him?!" he screamed at her, grabbing her arm. She was screaming herself now

"OW, get off me, LIAM get off me!" and just like that he no longer had her in his grasp. It had taken her little time to realise that he didn't willingly let go, but forced to as Wyatt tackled him to the ground full force, beating him until Brandon had came running back trying to pry Wyatt off of Liam. As soon and Liam was free, he shot one more death glare towards Callie and end off.

Had Callie not been terrified and in pain from where Liam had grabbed her, she would have been impressed by Wyatt's tackle, Liam was a big guy. She watched Brandon struggled restraining Wyatt who was furiously shouting threats after Liam.

Callie approached Wyatt, shaken from her confrontation with Liam. "I TOLD you to stay out of it and now you've made things worse!" She felt bad for Wyatt, he was trying so hard to fight for her, to protect her, and she was pushing him away. "Go home Wyatt" she said, struggling to compose herself.

"Fine. If you want me to stay out of it I'll stay out of it for good" Wyatt looked hurt, he couldn't understand why Callie was pushing him away. This was the second time that guy had found her; the first time he scared her but the second time he hurt her. Why wouldn't she let him help her?

As he stomped away in anger, Callie let a tear escape, she had just ruined her best relationship she had and she felt the pain of it. Just another thing she can add to the list of things Liam had taken away.

She looked to Brandon who was looking confused as ever and walked away. She couldn't wait to curl up in bed and sleep.


She had barley been in an hour when Lena called her out onto the porch. "Callie, I had a chat with Dr. Kodema this afternoon. She said you haven't participated, even once in your group therapy sessions. I told her about last night, she'd like to talk to you next session…" Callie's interrupted Lena's soft voice.

"I'm not going to talk in front of that group" Callie said harshly. Looking up at Lena she felt bad. This wasn't her fault.

"Sorry, I know you're trying to help, I just don't feel comfortable in the group. I was going to ask you about getting me into a different one" Callie sighed, taking a deep breath trying to control her anger. She had already lost it twice today, once with Jude and the other time with Wyatt. Thinking of Wyatt made her sad; she had potentially lost her best friend.

"It's okay Callie, I know you're feeling frustrated at the moment. I'll look into a new group straight away for you, but as it's a requirement that you go, I have to insist you continue with this group until we get you in another one, okay?" Lena looked at Callie, expecting rebellion, but she received none.

"I understand, is that it?" Callie asked, about to stand up.

"Actually it isn't. I wanted to talk to you about last night" Callie had known this was coming. She hated herself for causing such a scene. Stef and Lena would never drop the subject, she knew that deep down.

Sighing she flopped back into the porch chair. "Look I'm okay now, I just had a bit of a freak out last night. Guess I'm still getting used to a new environment that isn't juvie. It won't happen again" Callie sighed, "Can I go now?"

Lena remained quiet for a moment "You may go, but when Stef gets in, no doubt she will want to talk to you too, Callie we're not done with this, you know that right? You had a severe panic attack last night. I've never seen one so bad. We just want to help you, understand what the trigger is to stop it happening again, you understand that right?" Lena looked at her with sad eyes.

"I expected nothing different" Callie got up and went inside the house, heading up the stairs towards her room leaving Lena to her thoughts on the porch. Finally she thought as she entered her room and flopped down on the bed. Apprehensively, she checked her phone, expecting to see more threats sent by Liam, but to her surprise there was none. Maybe Wyatt really did scare him? Was this the end of it? She doubted it, but she took the opportunity to rest whilst she could. She closed her eyes, thinking of Wyatt. I really hope I didn't fuck things up for good.