Chapter 7
A/N: Still not going to like me with this chapter but I had gotten away from the family. Keep reading things may get worse before they get better, but they will get better. Read and review.
Thanks so much for the reviews!
Jesus walks into the kitchen with a smile on his face. He closes his phone as he walks up to the counter. He pulls a glass off of the glass shelf and pours some juice out of the fridge. He walks over to where Mariana is setting at the table and sits down.
"You ok?" He asks her.
"Yeah just thinking." She says.
"About?" He asks.
"Callie." She tells him.
"What about her?"
"Jesus do you realize that could have been me? If the moms hadn't taken us in, we could have ended up in the poster system like Callie and Jude did. Then it could have been us put with a family like that. So what happened to Callie could have easily happened to me." She tells him.
"I know, but it didn't." He says.
"No we got lucky. The moms took us in and then adopted us."
"Yeah that was luck. Like we had a guardian angel watching out for us." Jesus says.
"Yeah, well were was Callie and Jude's angel through all of the stuff they had to go through?" Mariana asks.
"Look sis I wish I had an answer for you but I don't. Some times bad things happen to good people. But most of them end up stronger and better for it." Jesus says.
"OK Yeah, tell me how is this going to make Callie stronger or better? She was raped Jesus." Mariana says.
"I don't know Mariana, I know she was raped. I just know they are here now and if the moms have anything to say about it neither of them will be leaving any time soon." Jesus tells her.
"I hope so, I really do. We have to help them Jesus." She says.
"How do we do that?" He asks.
"I am not sure. I think we just have to be there for them. Let them know they can talk to us when ever they need to." She says.
"Yeah I don't think Callie would be up to talking to me." Jesus says.
"No leave her to me, your job will be to help Jude." Mariana says.
"I can do that. But with Callie I think you need to let her know you are there is she needs to talk, but not push her." Jesus says.
"Yeah I agree. One step at a time. I know I have to be nicer to her. I have been being a little stand offish with her. She doesn't deserve that." Mariana says.
"Well good luck with that, I am off to see Lexi." He tells her.
"Ewww! didn't need to know that." She smiles at him.
"I know I just like to hear you say EWWW!" He laughs at her as he dances out of range of the smack she aimed at his arm.
"You're such an ass." She says.
"Yep but you love me anyways he says as he heads for the door.
"Only cause your my brother and I don't have a choice." Mariana laughs as he closes the door behind him.
Brandon walks in the back door almost at the same time Jesus walks out the front. He walks up to the counter and leans against it and sighs. How had this day gone from great to shitty in such a short time.
"Girl trouble?" Mariana asks.
"You could say that." He says.
"What happened between you and Callie?" She asks.
"She pushed... Wait how did you know?" He asks.
"Please I am a girl, besides it isn't like you two have really been trying to hide it." Mariana says.
"Yeah I guess you're right we haven't, at least from the family." He says.
"So what happened?" Mariana asks.
"She pushed me away. When she ran out of here after the meeting I followed her. She said I was just with her cause of pity and that I want to show people I had helped the ' troubled little teen foster girl'. That is not what I am doing though, so I don't understand it." He says.
"You know for a smart kid, you're and idiot." Mariana says.
"Huh?" He questions her.
"Did you listen to her story as she told them? Cause it sounds like you did."
"Yeah, I was sitting on the steps sending her text encouraging her to continue." He says.
"So you heard what Liam did to her?" Mariana says trying to get him to figure it out on his own
"Yeah, why?"
"Brandon please tell me you are not this dense." Mariana says.
"What are you talking about?' He asks her.
"You just heard her tell people something that happened to her that no girl should ever have to g through. She bared her soul, and you heard it. Now it doesn't take a genius to figure out Callie has issues about trust and family and love. So with you hearing what she said to them makes her think you won't want her because she has be violated." Mariana tells him.
"Mariana I don't care about that. I care about her." Brandon says.
"As do I. I would suggest you talk to her and let her know how you feel. And don't be an ass tell her you are sorry for listening in. but most of all Brandon you have to go at her pace not yours." Mariana tells him.
"Did I ever tell you how much I like having a little sister?" Brandon says with a smile.
"No, but we both know I am great." Mariana takes a little bow with a smile on her face.
"Well maybe I don't like it that much." He laughs at her as she swats his arm
Jesus walks out the front door and heads for the street so that he can go meet Lexi in the park. He sees Callie sitting on the curb by the street looking lost and up set. He walks out to where she is he sits down next to her.
"You know the house is just behind you." He smiles at her.
"Yeah I know." She kind of chuckles.
"You ok?" Jesus asks.
"Yes-No, I don't know." She says.
"You upset about what you had to reveal?" He asks.
"Yeah kind of. But there is more." She says.
"You and Brandon having problems?" Jesus asks her.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised you know." She says.
"Hey it is a small house. Besides you two are really bad ay trying to hide it." He laughs at her.
"I know." She says.
"Yeah I mean those goo goo eyes you two make at each other is a dead give away." He says.
"Yeah well I don't think you will have to worry about that any more." Callie says.
"Hey it is just a fight, you guys will make up." Jesus tells her.
"Not sure abut that. Brandon heard the whole story today." Callie says.
"What and he broke it off with you?" Jesus says a little angry looking back at the house, wondering if Brandon was in there right now.
"No, I ah-well I um.. I pushed him away." Callie says looking at him with her nose scrunched up.
"Why would you do that?" Jesus asks.
"It is complicated." She tells him.
"I am no genius here but let me take a shot at this." He says wait for a reaction.
"Ok." She says looking strait ahead.
"Let me see. You think because now that he has heard the whole story, that he won't really want you. Maybe cause you think you are below him or maybe you think you are damaged in some way. Maybe even damaged so much that there is no way someone like Brandon could ever want to be with you now that he knows the truth. How am I doing so far?" Jesus asks.
"A hell of a lot closer than I thought you would be." Callie says.
"Callie, Brandon isn't like that. He isn't going to turn away from you because of what happened to you. It wasn't your choice, he forced you to have sex with him." Jesus says.
"I know, but it still happened." She says.
"It did you're right. But what you need to do is go and talk to him Callie. Let him know how you are feeling, but this time let him talk. Listen to what he has to say. Not every one will hurt you Callie." Jesus says.
She looks at the setting sun and wonders if what Jesus says could be true. "Thanks."
"You're welcome. Now I must go my beauty is wait for me in the park. Some thing tell me yours is in the house. More than likely beating himself up wondering what he did wrong. Go cut him a break would you." He smiles at her.
"Maybe in a little while I still need to sort a few things out. Tell Lexi I said hi." She says.
"Will do, don't wait to long." He says as he stands up and walks away.
Stef and Lena were walking down the stairs when they heard voices coming from the kitchen area. They stop to listen for a couple of moments before they turn around and walk back up stairs, so as not to interrupt. When they make it back to their room Lena can see Jesus and Callie sitting on the curb in front of the house. She motions for Stef to come over and look. After watching until Jesus walks away Stef looks at Lena.
"Do you think we should have a talk with one or both of them?" she asks.
"No I think we should let them work this out one way or another." Lena tells her.
"Do you think he got scared?" Stef asks.
"I don't know, but if he did can you blame him?" Lena asks.
"No but I think it may crush Callie if he did walk away now." Stef says looking at where Callie is still sitting on the curb.
"Then we will just have to be there to help pick up the pieces. But we can't interfere in this. We have to trust that we have raised him the right way and that he will figure out the right thing to do." Lena says.
"I know your right Lena, but after hearing all of the story today, it makes me want to do a few things." Stef says.
"What is that?" Lena asks already knowing one of them.
"Drive over there and kick the crap out of this kid Liam, for one. Walk out there and grab that girl in hug so tight that she almost can't breath. No one that young should have to have gone through all the things she has. It is like thing just can't go her way. The last thing I am thinking about doing is going down there and kicking that son of ours in the back side s maybe his brain will start working. I love him I do but sometimes he tries me." Stef says.
"Ok momma bear calm down. First of all we have no idea what has happened between Brandon and Callie. Until we do we should stay out of that. If they need us they will come to us. I am just glad Jude is staying the night with his friend Conner. That way he misses most of this. We will have to let Callie decide what she wants him to know. As for Liam relax he will get what is coming to him in the end. As a cop you have to have faith in the justice system, even though it is flawed it is still the best in the world. Some how I have a feeling they will get this one right. So all we can do is sit and wait, sucks I know. Wait on the guardianship to come through, wait on the kids to decide if they need to talk to us or can work it out on their own, wait and see what happens with Liam. I know that look and yes it is a lot of waiting, but that is what us parents have to do sometimes." Lena smiles as she hugs Stef.
"Yeah I know we have to do a lot of waiting here, but doesn't mean I have to like it." Stef says as she kisses Lena.
"No I don't like it either, but it is what we have at the moment." Lena laughs as she kisses Stef again.
Callie walks to the front door and steels herself for what she know will be waiting for her. This is the reason why she didn't want to start anything with Brandon in the first place. She is sure that several people will be mad at her. All her young life she has wanted a place like this, for Jude if not her. Now she wonders if she has screwed it up? She takes one more breath and then opens the door and walks in. she sees Stef and Lena walking down the stairs and waits to see what they have to say.
"Hey kid u ok?" Stef asks.
"Yeah." Callie responds.
"Ok well dinner will be ready in an hour or so." Stef says as she walks into the kitchen.
"Callie you know we are here for anything right?" Lena asks.
"Um-uh, yeah sure. Have you talked to Brandon?" Callie asks nervous.
"No, but we know something is up, we are the moms. But we figure if you need to talk to use you will, until then we plan on staying out of it." Lena says.
"Ok." Is all Callie can say.
"Ok, well time to cook dinner see you soon." Lena says.
"Yeah sure see you soon." Callie says as she watches Lena walk into the kitchen as well.
What is going on here? She thinks to herself. Shouldn't they be mad cause I hurt their son? I guess they are waiting to see how it plays out in the long run. She had never had anyone give her the benefit of the doubt before, it was kind of weird.
"Hey, can we talk?" An oh so familiar voice asks.