Stef grabbed Lena and pulled her back against herself. She did it both to protect Lena as well as to show the girl that they weren't a threat. Suddenly she was no long Stef Foster - the foster mom, she was Stef Foster - the cop. Callie had a weapon in her hand and Stef had to find a way to get it away from her. She pushed Lena behind her and Lena complied knowing that she needed to be out of the way for Stef to focus.

Stef took a tentative step towards the girl with her hands up but stopped when Callie took a step back. There was glass all around the girls feet and the last thing Stef wanted was for the barefoot girl to hurt herself.

"Okay Callie." She said in a gentle but firm voice. "I'm not going to come near you but I need you to step away from where you are.

Callie didn't move a muscle.

"Sweetheart," Stef continued. "You could get hurt so please could move away from there."

Still Callie remained where she was. She didn't want to take her eyes off Stef long enough to see where to step.

Just then Mariana came down the stairs after hearing something break. "Hey, I heard a crash." She said as she entered the living room not realising what she was walking into.

Callie was distracted for just a split second. Not really long enough for the situation to change but Stef was a cop and new how to make things go her way. She used this opportunity to grab Callie's arm that held the broken glass with one hand while the other she wrapped around the teen's waist to have better control over her. Lena went to Mariana, ready to protect the girl if needed.

Callie thrashed against Stef stepping on a shard of glass. It must have hurt but just like Jude, Callie gave no indication that she was in pain.

Stef kept a firm grip on the girl. "Lena, take Mariana upstairs." Stef instructed.

This made Callie stop thrashing instantly, even more afraid. What would happen if she was left alone with Stef?

Once Lena and a wide-eyed Mariana were gone Stef lowered her voice. "Callie, I promise you that I am not going to hurt you but I need you to put that down." She watched as Callie's fingers gripped the vase tighter. "Honey, you could hurt yourself. Please put it down." But still there was no change.

Finally Stef realised that as long as she was holding on to the girl she wouldn't release her weapon. "Okay Callie, if I let you go will you put it down?" She asked. She kept a hold on the girl until she received a small nod in answer.

"Alright." Stef said. "I'm going to let go of you and you are going to put the vase down on the table. I promise I'm not going to hurt you." She said as she gently released the girl.

Stef took a tentative step away from the girl ready to grab her again if need be. Callie waited for a moment before she leaned back and placed the broken vase back down on the end table, never taking her eyes off Stef.

"Good girl." Stef said in relief. "Now can you please come this side carefully. You're already hurt and I don't want it to get worse."

Callie readjusted her foot. Something about the way Stef let her go before she put down the vase told her that she wasn't in danger. She looked down and saw the pieces of glass around her, then she tentatively took a step away from the glass. Stef noticed that Callie kept her heel slightly off the ground. It hurt Stef to think how high Callie had to raise her pain threshold. What horrors had required her to do that?.

"Callie, I need to get that piece of glass out of your foot before it does more damage okay." Stef said before she took a step towards the girl. She was relieved when Callie didn't move away. Stef slipped an arm around her waist to help take some of her weight off her foot. "I need to get you to the bathroom." Stef said.

Callie allowed Stef to help her to the bathroom. Once there, Stef knocked gently on the door. "Jude, honey, please could you open the door." She expected to hear a click but there was no sound. She tried the knob but it was locked. "Jude?" She said again as she turned towards Callie realising that he wouldn't open the door until his sister said it was okay. Obviously this had been a practiced plan and once again Stef found herself wondering about their past.

"Jude." Callie finally said and that was all it took for Stef to hear the click of the door unlocking. Stef quickly opened the door to find Jude huddled in the tub. She lead Callie over to a stool and had her sit down. Jude noticed the blood on Callie's foot and glared at Stef.

"Callie cut herself on a piece of glass." Stef said as she grabbed a hand towel. She didn't want Jude thinking that she had hurt Callie.

"I'm okay Jude." Callie said in a steady voice. All the fear and anger that had been in Callie's eyes was hidden around Jude. If he saw that she was afraid then he would be even more afraid than he already was.

They watched silently as Stef pulled out the piece of glass from Callie's foot. Thankfully it wasn't a large piece and the vase had been thick so it broke more than shattered. The piece came out easily and put pressure on it for a few minutes until it stopped bleeding. Once she was sure it had stopped she relaxed a little - the fact that it had stopped bleeding meant that they didn't need to make a trip to the ER. She carefully cleaned and bandaged Callie's foot trying hard not to hurt the girl.

The whole time Callie just stared at Stef. She couldn't believe what was happening. Not only were these people kind and allowing them to stay in their home for a while but they also seemed to care - genuinely care, and Callie didn't know how to process this.

Stef had finished her task by now and was looking up at Callie. She could tell that the girl was thinking deeply about something and she wished she knew what. She needed some way to get through to the girl.

Callie suddenly noticed Stef staring back at her and diverted her eyes.

Stef signed as she got up to put things away. She watched both siblings as she cleaned up the bathroom. Stef could almost cry at the look of them - both had the same dejected look on their faces and both had hints of fear in their eyes. But they were both so strong. Past experiences had forced them to be strong - strong for each other and strong to make it through. The fact that they both had a swollen lip only intensified the feeling that they had gone through all their horrors together. They had only ever had each other. Stef made a promise to herself then that she would do whatever she could to take away some of that burden off the children. She wasn't in a position to keep them permanently, they didn't really have the space nor the finances. But what she could do was keep them until she was sure that where they went next was a good home. She'd investigate any potential parents Bill found to make sure that Callie and Jude would be safe.

Stef lead the two kids back out of the bathroom. She really wanted to talk to Callie but it was already late and she could see just how tired they both were. Besides she wanted to talk to Callie alone and she knew that Jude would not leave his sister's side tonight. As she ushered the kids back into the living room she quickly made a detour through the kitchen to grab an aspirin and a glass of water. She handed them both to Callie. "For the pain." She said and watched Callie swallow the little white pill.

She then waited until the siblings were both curled up together on the couch. She walked over to them and noticed how they tensed ever so slightly. Jude clung to Callie and she covered him with an arm.

"You're safe." She said as she gently stroked Callie's head. "Go to sleep. Nothing is going to happing."

Neither child took their eyes off her and she knew that they wouldn't close their eyes as long as she was in the room standing over them. She sighed as left the room wishing them good night as she left.