Chapter 2

"No it is ok, even though I know it is wrong, I have wondered what that would be like." She smiles

"Yeah me too. I was worried you would be mad at me for kissing you." he tells her.

"No I am not mad, just a little worried is all. I mean I think I will be taken out of here any way, and put into a group home. So I shouldn't care, but I do Brandon, I don't want to leave this house. I also don't want to sneak around either. The whole thing with Liam has me going crazy. Everything in my body is telling me to run as far away from you as I can. Except my heart, it is saying I can trust you . But I have done that before and got raped. So you will have to forgive me if I say no to this." Callie tells him with tears running down her face.

"Callie?" Brandon says.

"No Brandon I can't risk it. God I hate my life!" she says as she breaks away from him.

"Callie." Brandon says again as he gently grabs her arms forcing her to look at him again.

"No Brandon!" She says as she forcefully pushes him away again,tears beginning to form in her eyes.

"Callie." He says as he grabs her again.

This time when she tries to push him away he doesn't let her. He holds her close as she struggles against him. He keeps saying soothing words as she is Punching and shaking trying to get away. But through it all he keeps his hold on her as she struggles, blood seeping from the scratch marks on his arms. Lip swollen from the punch she threw, he could taste blood as well.

Finally she breaks down and sags into him and the tears start to flow. She cries as sobs escape her throat. When this happens he slowly walks them to his bed and sits down with her in his lap. He keeps his hold on her as he keeps repeating over and over everything will be ok.

It seems like forever before she falls asleep in his arms. He knows he should wake her and have her return to her bed. He figures he can give her an hour or so before he does, at least so she can get some rest. He slides them farther into the bed as he leans back against his head board. Just an hour or so and he will wake her up and send her back to her room.

Brandon becomes aware of pressure on his chest. He tries to move to lessen it and finds pressure on his side as well. He slowly opens his eyes to see Callie snuggled up next to him his arm under her as her head rest on his chest. He looks up to see both of his moms looking at them with amazement on their faces. He shoots out of bed almost knocking Callie off the bed on the opposite side. She awakes to the scene of Brandon standing in front of his moms her still laying in his bed.

"We didn't do anything!" They both say together.

"We were talking." Brandon starts.

"Then he made me deal with some emotions." Callie continues.

"She started crying and I couldn't leave her alone." he says.

"I was in real bad shape, he was just comforting me." she says.

"I was just comforting her." He says.

"Don't worry about it Brandon. It is all my fault don't be mad at him. I will go pack my stuff up so you can take me to the group home. I can tell you two now think it was all me and that I seduced both Liam and Brandon. I won't give you any trouble, I will confess to it all." Callie says as she heads for the door.

"Think maybe we can get a word in edge wise before you condemn us and yourself?" Stef asks as Lena smiles.

"Sure." Brandon says nervously as Callie stops at the door back still to them.

"Callie sweety please come back in and close the door." Stef says.

Callie steps back and slowly closes the door as she was asked to do. She places her forehead against the closed door and takes a breath. She then turns to face the music.

"First let me start by saying that can never happen again, ok." Lena says.

"Yes." They both say together nodding their heads.

"Good, now that we have that settled, lets talk. Callie in this house we do not automatically assume bad things. Even if our eyes say it seems bad we want to know what happened then we determine if it is bad, ok?" Stef says.

"Sure, ok." Callie says.

"Now since we have already heard your reason for what we saw, well garbled reason any way." Stef laughs. " We believe you."

"Callie we would never believe in a thousand years that you asked for that to happen to you. We will support you every way we can. We know you are worried about the group home and being sent there because of them thinking you are sexually volatile. Sorry, but that is not something we are willing to allow if it is in our power to stop. ok." Lena tells her.

"You mean you want me to stay?" Callie asks.

"Yeah we do, maybe even on a permanent bases." Stef says.

"Really? What about Jude?" She asks.

"Well we kind of consider you two a matching set." Lena says.

"Brandon I have to tell them." Callie says with tears in her eyes as Brandon nods.

"Tell us what?" Stef and Lena say in unison.

"We kissed last night. I am sorry I won't let it ever happen again!" Callie says knowing she may have just blown her and Jude's chances. "Keep Jude and send me away don't punish him for me being stupid."

"No moms it was my fault don't punish her for my mistake." Brandon says as soon as Callie stops talking.

"Hold on a sec here." Lena says.

"Callie do you really think we are going to send you away cause Brandon kissed you?" Stef asks.

"Well from her reaction I would say she kissed back." Lena says with a strait face, which causes Stef to break out in laughter. "Way to ruin my moment."

"Hey sorry it just kind of hit me funny is all." Stef says.

"Are you two on drugs? I just told you me and your son kissed a clear violation of the rules, and you're cracking jokes?" Callie asks.

"Sure sign that they are not mad, or at least not real mad." Brandon smiles a little relaxing for the first time since jumping out of bed.

"No we are not mad at you two. Last night there were some real strong emotions in this house. A lot of them surrounding you Callie. We figured you would need to talk to someone, and well with the connection you two have formed. Yeah we knew it would be Brandon you would open up to." Lena said.

"Hey speak for yourself there woman, I was hoping it would have been one of us. But ok maybe he is cuter than us to her." Stef smiles as she says it causing both teens to blush.

"She was worried that I would think less of her after finding out what happened to her. Oh and she was worried about being sent to a group home. Wait she also thought that we would think like all the others she has been around. What was it you said; oh yeah ' I have been nothing more than white trailer park trash most of my life, so I get it .' took me kissing her to convince her other wise." Brandon says.

"Callie sweetheart you are not worthless. You are a special young lady, who has a bright future if that is what you want. We will never think less of you." Stef tells her.

"Callie we are here to help you in any way we can. We will won't let another person hurt you so long as it is in our power to stop them." Lena says.

Callie is standing close to the door as the tears are freely flowing down her cheeks, her whole body is shaking. She has the look of a terrified kid who thinks someone is playing a mean joke on her. Brandon sees this and open his arms to her. She hesitates for just a split second before she rushes in to his arms. Lena and Stef smile at the scene before them and close the gap so it becomes a group hug.

"Callie, are you ok? Do we have to leave again?" Jude asks from the door way.

"No Buddy you two are going to be staying here for a long time." Brandon says.

Jude looks to Lena and Stef with questioning eyes. When they nod at him he smiles and runs to join the group hug. They all open up a little so he is in between them.

"Hey can anyone join this little group hug or do we need a written invite?" Jesus asks from the door way.

"Sure come on in." Stef says as both Jesus and Mariana rush in.

They all form a circle around the two new comers. Callie and Jude had never seen a foster family like this. They had been bounced around and mistreated almost from the start. So this was so unfamiliar to them, they weren't sure how to act.

"Jesus why don't you and Mariana take Jude down and get some cereal or something while we finish talking to B and Callie." Stef says.

"Sure mom we're on it." Mariana says.

"Cool food, love some food." Jesus jokes as he picks Jude up and runs for the door with Jude laughing. Mariana closes the door slowly giving Callie a smile and a look that said 'told you so'. Callie could only nod as Mariana finishes closing the door.

"Ok now the serious stuff. Don't get caught and don't flaunt it. Callie as for what you told us we have bill coming over this morning at ten. We will sit down with him and figure out what our options are. But I have to warn you, we have to report what you told us, we don't have a choice in the matter." Stef says.

"Stef, did you just encourage them to do what I think you did?" Lena asks.

"I am just covering the basics. We know it is going to happen. Hell I don't think wild horses dragging one away could stop it. So I would rather be informed than have it hidden from me. What about you?" Stef asks.

"Ok maybe you are right. You two need to know the ground rules. If you do decide to date, no sleeping in the same bed. Even if you don't decide to date no sleeping in the same bed. Brandon we have always tried to keep you informed on sex. But now some how I think it may become an issue. Please think about your actions before you do them. Callie same goes with you. I know you may not be ready yet, especially after what happened to you. Trust me you won't always feel that way. If either of you need to talk come to us ok." Lena says.

"Mom I don't think you are going to have to worry about that." Brandon says.

"Yeah there is nothing to worry about Lena as me and Brandon won't be dating. It is true I can talk to him, but the kiss was a mistake. I can't take the chance that me and Jude get kicked out of here because of my actions. So nope don't have to worry about us dating. I am going to go take a shower, thanks for everything." Callie says as she walks out of the room.