Hey guys! Thanks for all the follows on only 1 chapter, I appreciate it! So here's the next one, it focuses on basically the whole family, but for this chapter mainly Callie, Marianna, Stef and Jude. Also, tell me which TWO characters who you want the next chapter to focus around! Thanks for reading guys! Sorry for any typos this was really late at night, so I apologize for that! Anyways thanks again and remember to vote for two people you want the next chapter to focus on!
"Callie, Callie, Callie, Callie, CALLIE!" Marianna kept on repeating her name, sounding like a broken record. She was following her around the house for around three solid minutes, but Callie kept putting her arm back, pointing out a finger, explaining she needed a minute, as the other hand scrolled through her phone.
Callie turned around to face her and sighed, exasperated. "Yes, Marianna. What is it?"
"Remember last week, when you promised me something?" Asked the teenager, as she gave her future sister a 'you-better-remember' kind of glare.
Callie made a face, trying to remember. She tried her hardest to think of all the times she hung out with Marianna last week, which was basically most of her days, considering they almost always hung out.
"Sorry, I can't think of anything," Said Callie and she threw herself onto her bed, Marianna plopping onto the edge.
"No. Really, really, really thin-" Marianna tried to continue but Callie just cut her off, annoyed. "Just stop wasting your time and tell me, Marianna!"
"Ugh fine. We're supposed to go see The Fault in Our Stars together!" Callie just gave Marianna a questioning look. "We are?"
"Yes!" exclaimed Marianna as she practically jumped off of Callie's bed, throwing her hands up in the air, determined to get her to remember.
Callie just shrugged. "Oh, okay then, when do you wanna go?"
Marianna just gave Callie another glare.
"Okay, what's the problem now?" Asked the older girl, crossing her arms over her chest. "The problem is, last week you promised me we'd go today! On Friday, Friday night!"
Callie just let out a loud sigh, exhausted at all of the enthusiasm. "Umm, alright, what time does it play at?"
"7:05," stated Marianna as she flipped her hair back. Callie frowned. "Like literally, at 7:05. Could they be any more precise?"
"Yes, it's literally at 7:05, now its 5:58 so I'm going to get ready. There could be hot guys."
"Okay, 1: Chances are the theatre is going to be filled with crying girls, no single guys. And 2: What's up with people and your extremely precise time?" Asked Callie as she laughed at Marianna.
"I don't know, maybe it's better that way, or something, I guess?" Replied Marianna as she exited the room. Callie just closed her eyes and laughed. She needed a nap, all this enthusiasm was getting to her.
Lena, Stef, Jesus, Brandon and Jude were all in the living room, watching TV and enjoying they're funny conversations. Lena and Stef were cuddled up by on the couch, Jude sitting on the single chair, Brandon on the other one and Jesus on the floor.
"I seriously don't understand the point of dressing your child up in weird dresses, putting make up on them, fake tans, fake teeth and then when the kid doesn't win, they feel like absolute crap!" Stef said, expressing her opinion on Toddlers and Tiaras.
"I completely agree, no child of mine is going through that," said Lena as she looked down at her boys. Jesus looked up at her from his spot on the floor.
"Mama, we're all boys here, you don't need to look at us. You wouldn't even be able to say this about Callie and Marianna because they're too old to be in this show."
"I know, but I mean when the baby comes along, you all know it's a girl, anyway," Lena explained to her son.
"Yeah, yeah. Can we please watch another TV show, or a movie, or anything," said Jesus in an exasperated manner. Stef and Brandon shared a laugh at his unsatisfied face.
"Alright, alright, what do you guys want to watch?" Asked Stef, as she kicked Jesus on the head with her foot softly.
"A really old horror movie, those rule!" With that said Jude shuddered at the thought. He wasn't one for horror movies, even if they badly filmed and silly instead of scary. Last time he saw a horror movie, or the first time he saw a horror movie was when things were all good at the Olmsteads.
Liam had brought home the movie Phsycho, one of the very first horror movies ever made. He had convinced Callie to watch it with him, and when Liam asked Jude at first he thought of saying no, but he didn't want to seem like a wimp in front of Liam, so he had said yes. Even though Callie had questioned his response, he still ended up watching it. Although it was stupid, and badly plotted, and the acting was awful, he hid under Callie's arm and practically sat on her lap the whole movie. Liam made a noise which sounded awfully like a laugh and an insult towards Jude, which led to Callie, always one to protect him, explaining to Liam that he was only ten.
He also ended up having nightmares, which led him to crawling into bed with Callie. Here, despite him being older, which meant reducing his chance of nightmares, he didn't wanna end up sleeping in Callie's bed, or Stef and Lena's. Besides, the horror movies these days were ten times worse, so screw his age.
"Umm, can we not watch a horror movie? I'm just not really used to them, and by the time I wanna get used to them, I would rather it being around seven in the morning," Jude admitted, fumbling on his words.
Jesus, at first seemed hesitant, but then accepted that it was hard for the kid, he was 13 after all. And even though by 13 Jesus was already watching horror movies at midnight, he understood that some people need more time.
"I think Jude is right, besides, there are lots of other action-like movies," said Brandon, sticking up for his little brother. Stef nodded at her sons and asked them what movie they'd like to watch instead. Jesus, as usual, was first to open his mouth.
"Let's watch The Hunger Games, I wanna know why the hell Marianna keeps telling me about these books. But because I'm too lazy to read, I'll just watch the movies." Lena rolls her eyes at his comment, wanting to tell him that reading is extremely healthy for his brain and this and that, but she decides to spare a lecture for the night, considering it was Friday.
Stef orders the movie and they're all settled down starting it off. At first when Jude reads the words on the screen, he's positive that this is another horror movie and he's going to end up running upstairs and into Callie's arms. Luckily, Stef reassures him that this is only an action movie and if it gets bad, they'll switch movies.
Suddenly two oddly dressed men appear on screen, one with blue hair, the other with an artistic-like beard. Jesus makes a face and adds, "This is what Marianna freaks out about?"
"Alright, alright, let's just keep watching and see what potential it has," says Lena as she throws some popcorn into her mouth. Everyone settles into their seats and continues watching.
"Callie, are you awake." Marianna shakes Callie's body as she lies in bed, causing a groan from her future sister's mouth. "Callllliiiiiieeeeee, we have to go see the movie. I'm not leaving until you get up."
Callie slowly turns her face towards Marianna, opens her eyes and scowls. "Can I please have at least five more minutes, Marianna?"
"Let me think," says the blonde as she playfully scratches her head, as if she were making a difficult situation. "No. Hurry up, Callie."
"What makes you think Moms are even going to let us go?" Callie gets out of the bed, stretching forcefully.
"Because if they can watch a movie downstairs, than we can watch a movie at the theatre," answers Marianna as she grabs her purse from her bed. "I'll be downstairs, now hurry up and get ready!"
"Yeah, yeah. Which movie are they watching, anyway?" Asks the older sister heading towards the bathroom door. Marianna answers with an 'I don't know and I don't care, now hurry up already!'
Callie lets out another groan before she disperses into the bathroom. Marianna smiles to herself and makes her way down the stairs to see the other half of her family looking so fixated onto the screen. When Marianna finally saw what they were looking at she let out a shriek, causing the entire living room to turn their attention towards her.
"Are you seriously watching The Hunger Games without me?!" Lena pauses the movie, the scene where Effie was just about to pull out a name from the bowl. They all look at Marianna with different stares.
Jude looks apologetic, as does Lena. Stef and Brandon have their heads half tilted with a stare that says 'why not?'
Jesus just gives her the are-you-serious-right-now look and adds, "Marianna, you've watched this movie at least twenty times already."
"Do you think I care? You guys know I love this movie, why won't you watch it with me? But you know what, I don't care, because Callie and I are going to watch The Fault in Our Stars." She manages to scramble of all of that into one paragraph, flipping her hair back.
"Well, I think that's great, Marianna. But, umm, where is Callie?" asks Lena as she smiles brightly at her daughter. "Oh, she's upstairs getting ready. You know what as I wait, I think I'll join you."
With that being said Jesus groans loudly, causing another light kick in the head from Stef. Marianna scoots up next to Jude, the only sibling who wouldn't mind her company, a small smile from him proves her right. Finally, Lena presses play and the entire family, once again, gets absorbed into the movie.
Suddenly the frozen figure that was Effie, slowly starts moving again, her long fingers picking out a small shard of paper. She slowly waddles back to the microphone, opens up the piece of paper and reads out the name Primrose Everdeen. Basically the entire family, besides Marianna, have their eyes wide. Not necessarily in shock, but in heartbreak.
Then the screen pans to Prim, who stands in place, hesitating whether she should go up or not. She gingerly starts walking towards the stage, but then the screen pans to Katniss. She is also making her way out of the group of girls, crying out her sister's name, almost sounding defeated and tired and frantic. Suddenly, as the Peacekeepers try and push her away she yells out to volunteer.
The family looks as though they were there themselves, their eyes filled with sadness and anger. But those two always came together, because whenever you're sad, you're angry about who or what made you sad or why they made you sad. And when you're angry you're also sad, knowing that it could've gone differently.
Stef slowly turns her head and her mouth finds Lena's ear and she whispers, "Katniss reminds me of Callie, you know." Lena moves her head back but smiles and nods in agreement and turns to look at Jude, who is most likely thinking the same thing because of the far off look on his face.
Ever since Callie had met with Sophia, Jude hasn't really felt the same sense of comfort and familiarity he usually gets around Callie. He doesn't really understand why himself, but deep down he knows what he's scared of, and the whole Connor situation was something else entirely.
Eventually, during the scene where Gale was coming to say his goodbye, Callie came downstairs. She smiled at the scene of her family.
Stef had her arms wrapped around Lena as her head was on her shoulder. Jesus was leaning against the couch, sitting on the floor covered in popcorn and plenty of soda cans around him as well. Brandon had his head rested on the comfortable cushions and was enveloped in blankets, despite the heat. Marianna and Jude were sitting together on the single chair, she had one arm around him and Jude leant his head onto her shoulder. Every single one of them engrossed into the movie.
Once she noticed what they were watching she slowly made her way to the couch, Stef patting the seat next to her once she noticed her. Callie reluctantly sat next to Stef, who threw her other arm around her, causing Callie to smile. Once Marianna noticed Callie, she jumped off of the chair causing Jude to jump at the sudden separation.
"Great, you're ready. Let's go!" Marianna pulled Callie off of the couch with one arm, causing Stef and Lena to laugh. "Hey, hey, hey now, calm down. Have you thought about whose going to drive you, huh?" Asks Stef as she stares at her daughters.
"Oh, right… Hey Brandon, my amazing, funny, strong brother!" says Marianna with a large smile causing the room to burst into laughter. "Nope, I'm not driving you, nice try." Marianna lets out a groan and turns to her mothers.
"Moms?" Stef and Lena share a look and smile. Then Stef gets up causing Marianna to fist pump the air and start doing an excited dance, once again causing everyone to laugh.
"Alright, let's go, girls," says Stef and then leans in to kiss Lena. "Bye, Love. Keep me updated on the movie once I get back. Bye Babies!" She then leans down to hug Jesus and blows a kiss to Jude and Brandon who smile. Marianna quickly hugs Lena as well, while Callie reaches out to Jude, who gratefully accepts the little bit of Callie he has left, afraid that soon she'll belong to the Quinn's.
"Enjoy the movie girls, bye!" Says Lena as they leave the door, leaving only Lena and her sons. She suddenly decides the pause the movie once again.
"You know what, this is rare, I barely get to hang out with all of my boys together. So tell me, what's been happening?" She asks while patting the seat where Stef used to be for Jude. He quickly gets up, and unlike Callie, who sat next to Stef in hesitation, sits next to Lena without any.
"Nothing interesting for me, Mama," says Jesus, but then looks at Brandon. "What about you, B?" Brandon glares at Jesus, who ever since Brandon told him about the brownies, has been teasing him non-stop.
"Mama already knows, Jesus. So stop making a big deal out of it." Jude looks at his brothers with confusion. "A big deal out of what?" Almost immediately they all reply with 'nothing' in unison, causing Jude to shrug and give up.
Brandon then looks at Jude, he's changed quite a bit. He got taller and got a different haircut, and also his voice deepened. But the main change about Jude was his personality, he became much more confident and Brandon is proud of his brother for that. But he hasn't really spoken to Jude much, which means he doesn't really know much about what's been happening in his young life.
"What about you, Buddy. Anything new?" At first Jude wants to tell them everything, but it would take the entire night to describe his feeling for things these days. The whole Connor thing was a huge weight on his shoulders. Just the fact that he was questioning his sexuality already was bad enough, but when his best friend's father told him that Connor couldn't hang out with him anymore because he thinks he is gay. So what? What's the big deal about being gay? But when you're 13 and you're confused, the fact that Connor's dad thinks he's gay and won't let them talk anymore because of that, it's a lot of pressure.
And then the fact that Callie might be taken away from him, well that was complete different subject. The one person he's always had, who's never betrayed him, the person who's always put him before herself could be taken away from him. He didn't want Callie taken away from him, she was his sister. His sister and Marianna's sister, and Jesus' sister, and hell, even Brandon's sister. No one else's.
"No- no, nothing new." Lena smiled at her son, but she knew he was hiding something. She knew that it had to do with Callie and her biological father, but she also had her suspicions about him and Connor, she just didn't wanna push it. She was willing to wait until he was ready. Patience.
"I literally cannot wait anymore!" Shrieks Marianna with a huge grin on her face. Stef and Callie share a look, smiling at her enthusiasm. "Miss Thing, you really are something, aren't you?" Asks Stef smiling at her daughter, who is scrolling through her phone for TFIOS merchandise. "Duh, Mom. Why else would you call me Miss Thing?"
"Point taken, Love." Callie smiles at their relationship and leans her head onto the chair seat, closing her eyes. Stef turns her attention towards Callie and notices how tired she's been lately.
"Hey Baby, you've been real tired lately, are you sick?" Callie reacts by opening her eyes wide and shaking her head, trying to prove that she isn't.
"I think it's just all the stuff with the adoption and the Quinn's, you know." Marianna stops scrolling at the mention of Callie's biological father and half-sister. Marianna agrees 100% with Jude on this one. Although he hasn't said anything, you could tell he was thinking it.
"How'd it go," asks Marianna as she sets her phone into her lap. "With Sophia, I mean." Callie turns to face Marianna, who was in the back seat, and smiles.
"I mean she's really nice. She looks like the sweetest girl. It's almost like she's too nice, I'm afraid of people stepping all over her, you know. And she goes to this private school, and I'm sure her grades are off the charts. But…She isn't Jude. Or you, or Jesus, or Brandon. She can never take what you guys have."
Stef smiles at her soon-to-officially-be daughters kind words and her heart almost melts at the fact that she's finally getting used to having more than just Jude as a brother. "That's great. The thing is, when is Robert going to sign those stupid papers?" asks Marianna, obviously agitated.
When Marianna says that, Stef immediately tenses. Now that Callie's met Sophia, she thought he'd already have signed them, but nothing yet. And now, here we are two weeks later, and still nothing. It's making Stef worry, because he has the power to take her back.
"We don't know yet, Mari. Hopefully soon, though." Finally Stef pulls over at the movie theater and says bye to Marianna, who immediately jumps out of the vehicle. But Callie stays and stares at Stef.
"You'll be here in two hours, right?" Asks Callie, with a hint of worry. Stef smiles and reassures her immediately.
"Of course, Love." Callie leans in for a hug, clinging onto Stef, as if the reality that she could be taken at any time by Robert, someone who she didn't know- someone who she didn't want to know.
Before Callie opens the door and leaves, she turns back to look at Stef, who smiles.
"Bye, Mom." And with that being said Callie escapes the car and gets dragged by Marianna into the theater, leaving Stef with the biggest smile on her face. Callie was her daughter, and she was safe with them. She wouldn't let her be taken by a rich man who shares her DNA. She would keep her at home, with people who love her, DNA or no DNA.