Woohoo! Hey guys! How are you? So I posted my new story this afternoon called Wonderful, and if you guys want to check it out, it'll be on my page.
So the finale wasn't my favourite episode at all. As you probably know, I don't ship Brallie because I would much rather have her be adopted than be taken in by the Quinns or date Brandon. To be honest, I really dislike Brallie because it's just causing more issues on the show, and I heard that because of the kiss, we've lost viewers, which doesn't surprise me. They're ruining a show about family and embracing who you are by adding two teenagers who are chances are going to be over each other eventually. BUT because this is TV and not reality, they will never find anyone like each other again. I was really hoping Callie could get adopted, by next season, but there goes all hope.
Besides the Brallie kiss, which disturbed me. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT CONNOR AND JUDE DID IN THE TENT! Also I wonder what Sophia was going to do. I'm hopeful she won't commit suicide, but we'll see how that goes. Also, I'm pissed at Lena for quitting her job, and I'm really pissed at how Stef wasn't herself in this episode. Usually she's more loving towards her children and less supportive. In the episode I was getting this weird vibe of how she didn't show any affection for her children what so ever. I got especially angry when Jude was speaking to Lena and she just stood there in the back. Like, do something!
Anyway sorry for my rant, this chapter is based on Callie and Lena, as well as Stef and Jude, hope you enjoy!
Set after 2X10.
Everyone loved Saturday's. It was simply human nature to love something you can only have once in a while, it made things so much more special. Although everyone loved Saturday, no one really loved spending Saturday's together. Everyone had something to do. And if they didn't, well, have fun spending time alone with Moms.
Luckily, most of the house was occupied this Saturday. Jesus went out with Hayley, much to Stef's internal disproval. He decided to bring her to a movie, and then he'd treat her for dinner. Everything was planned out perfectly…well to him anyways. He hoped Hayley would actually find any sense of intellectual effort in his plans. She was hard to impress, a little too hard in fact.
Brandon and the band finally had a gig which wasn't linked to a party anyone in their family was throwing. Some guy at Robert Quinn's fundraiser for Girls United owned a huge restaurant and asked the band if they wanted to play on a daily basis. This was an offer they didn't need to think twice about to accept, especially at the amount he would be paying each one of them individually. So now, Brandon and his bandmates were occupied every Saturday from noon until seven o'clock at night. And also every Friday from five 'till nine.
Marianna and Mat also had a date. Mat's friend, Caspar, who was also another band member, his father, he owned this huge yacht company. So Mat got a deal to take Marianna on a date on one of the yachts for no cost what so ever. When he had told her, he was certain she'd die of excitement before the actual date even started. Although the boat didn't cost any money, Mat was buying all these fancy foods, making Marianna feel guilty for making him buy such expensive dishes. But he, genuinely, didn't mind at all. And that right there, was why she was into him.
Jude and Connor had a science project to do together. At first, when the teacher asked them to pick out partners, Jude was certain Connor wouldn't pick him. His father wanted him to not have a friendship with Jude, and Jude didn't want to get Connor in trouble, he cared too much about him to do that. Besides, why would Connor disobey his dad any more than he already has, he got a punch in the face because of sharing a tent with Jude on their camping trip. Even if he says he backed into a door, he just won't admit it. And Connor had so many more friends in the first place, there was Adam, on the soccer team. Kyle on the swimming team, and Noah on the baseball team. Why would he pick Jude? He wasn't on any of those teams. He was practically a loser. But, much to Jude's surprise, he asked him anyways, with a huge grin and bright eyes, and there was no way Jude could say no to him.
Stef was busy too on this Saturday. She was setting an arrangement with her lawyer. Ever since Callie had explained to everyone about what Sophia had done, and about how Robert didn't want to sign the papers any longer, the family was devastated. They were all getting sick and tired of this. How could an adoption be so complicated, take so much time? It wasn't fair. Not to Callie, or Jude, or Marianna, or Jesus, or Brandon, and especially not to Lena and Stef.
Callie was their child now, and they were not going to let the Quinn's take her in instead. She belonged to them, just as much as they belonged to her. Lena and Stef were not going to give up on her, not until she would belong to them permanently.
Due to all the drama, Callie was getting tired, so she decided to stay home. Besides, everyone was busy, who would she possibly spend time with? So today, she decided to relax, read a book, try her hardest ignore the problems, try to run from them, not physically, but emotionally instead.
Lena wasn't busy today as well, she would spend her day cleaning the house and then taking a nice bath to relax, let off some steam. She knew Callie was staying home today, but she knew that she needed to space. Despite the fact how Lena knew she needed space, she also knew Callie was being completely ignorant to the Robert Quinn situation. Every time Stef would bring it up, she's find a quick answer and change subject, as if nothing had ever happened.
Lena felt the need to speak to her, to protect her. She wanted to give this girl any type of comfort possible. The only problem, was Callie acted like she didn't need it. Ever since Robert had disagreed to sign the new papers, she's been re-building the walls Stef and Lena had managed to destroy. Even Jude couldn't get anything through Callie anymore, and it hurt him. She really was pushing everyone away, even the one person she promised she never would.
"Hey," Lena said, walking into Callie's room to find her reading a book. At the sight of Lena, Callie instinctively let out a smile, as if she forgot about rebuilding her walls. But just as Lena's hopes went up, Callie's realization went up as well. She cut her smile so abruptly, it seemed almost humanly impossible. Callie then turned her head back into her book, causing Lena to internally sigh. "What are you reading?"
"The Perks of Being a Wall Flower." Callie's voice was monotone, not even the slightest emotion came through her mouth. "Do you like it?" Callie looked up at Lena, her eyes burning brightly.
"Of course, I do," She stated coldly, staring deeply into Lena's eyes. "If I didn't then why would I be halfway through?" Lena was almost hurt at how cold Callie seemed. She hated seeing her like this. It was as if Callie completely forgot the past six months. But Lena knew why she was acting this way; it was her way of cooperating with everything.
"Callie," Lena began, her words as soft as feathers, sitting on the edge of Callie's bed. Callie, on the other hand, cut her off, dropping her book out of her hands and moving them to push Lena out of the way. "No, no Lena. I don't want to hear it. Please, I don't want to hear it, and you can't make me." Although her voice was forged in anger, it was also forged through sadness. And Lena could almost hear her own heart break.
"Callie, I want you to listen," Lena insisted, sitting back on Callie's bed, but Callie moved passed her and walked straight out of the room. Lena knew how much persistence was in that young girl's heart, but Lena wasn't willing to let her go this easily. So, she followed Callie out the room, and down the stairs, where Callie turned around abruptly in the living room.
"Lena, stop it!" The girl yelled loudly. But Lena didn't flinch one bit. She was used to screaming children, and she was suddenly grateful for all those years as vice-principle. "No."
Callie knew what Lena was doing. She didn't want to. Why would she? No one could let her express how she felt but herself. There were some things she didn't want Stef and Lena burying their noses in and this was one of them. Besides, they didn't have the right to tell her what to do anymore. They weren't her moms anymore, no matter how hard it was to let her brain process that, it was the truth.
"Lena, I'm fine, alright?" The girl spat, Lena stood staring at her. "There's nothing wrong, I'm not angry, or sad, or disappointed. I'm used to this! I know I shouldn't be, but I'm used to this. And I hate myself, I hate myself for ever believing that this could've happened, that…that I could've gotten adopted by you. It was too go to be true. It always will be!"
Lena just stared at her, completely shocked. This was the most honesty Callie had spoken since the Girl's United fundraiser. "Callie," Lena whispered, moving towards the whimpering girl. But Callie backed away, and sat right into the couch, burying her face into her hands. At first, Lena just stared. She couldn't tell whether Callie was shaking in realization, or sobbing hysterically, finally letting her feelings out. When Lena heard the loud noises, she knew Callie was bawling. There it was again, the cracking sound of her heart breaking. Lena sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around the shaking girl. Callie didn't bother moving away, considering the small gesture was the most comforting feeling she's had all week.
"Callie," Lena began again, this time no one cutting her off. "I know you're scared. And, it's okay, it's okay to be scared. To be completely honest with you, I'm scared, too. I don't want to lose you, just as much as you don't want to leave. But, Callie, this isn't the end, we're not giving up. We love you too much to do that, Baby."
Callie lifted her face from her hands and turned her face towards Lena, tears escaping her eyes every other second. "You don't understand. Robert's rich, he has good lawyers. He'll win. Rich assholes always win," Callie slurs the last words, thinking of Liam.
"Yeah, you're right, he's rich," Lena agrees, keeping an arm around her, pulling even closer. "But we love you. And we wanted you first. And when the judge asks you what you want, well, you'll tell him you want us. Your opinion is the most important."
"No, not with my record. I've been to juvi, why would he even consider my opinion?" Callie asks, looking into Lena's eyes, tears still spilling over. "Because you went to protect Jude. You'll just have to tell the judge that, and he'll believe you."
"Why would he believe me? I'm a sixteen year old girl who is going against her rich biological father who's been such a saint to their damn community," Callie laughs in unbelief, in utter irony. Lena manages a small laugh, hers more genuine than Callie's. "Callie he's going to believe you because of how far you've come. You're an amazing girl, you always were. But now, it's so much clearer, anyone who meets you can easily like you. You're so lovable. Why else would Robert want you?"
"Because he wants to destroy my happiness entirely." Lena smiles, stroking Callie's hair softly, listening to Callie continue babbling about her biological father. "He says he wants me to be happy, and I told him. I told him the only way I could be happy was if I could be with you. If I could get adopted. But he won't understand, he insists I could be happy with him to. It's like he's completely ignorant to my opinion."
"Sounds like someone I know," Lena recalls, twirling Callie's hair with her long fingers delicately. Callie looks at her rudely, fire burning into her eyes. "I'm not ignorant to other's opinions!"
"Oh, Callie, I know that, we all do," Lena proclaimed, continuing to stoke the girl's hair. "I mean, you're ignorant to your own needs. You try and push away your problems, act oblivious to them. Callie, I know that it's tempting, that it seems as though it can fix all your problems, but it can't. If not, it'll be swirling through the back of your mind, haunting you forever. That's not right. Sometimes, you have to face your problems for them to leave you. We can help you, together."
Callie turns her head and looks up to Lena, smiling brightly at her, the tears still coming down onto her face. "Thanks," Callie whispers, sitting there quietly. Lena just chuckles slightly and pulls her into a hug, holding on tightly. "I love you, Callie. We'll go through this together. I promise we will. You'll be fine."
Callie just leans her head upon Lena's shoulder, her arms wrapped around her neck tightly. "I love you, too, Mama. I'm sorry for trying to do… What I always do."
Lena laughs slightly. "Oh Baby, you can't help but follow an instinct you've been following most of your life. It's not your fault." Callie smiles, wrapping her arms tighter around Lena even tighter.
Callie now knew, that whatever would happen, they'd go through it together.
Stef knocked onto the door which belonged to Connors mom, wondering if she was as offensive as Connor's father. Yet again, they were divorced, which made Stef a little less reluctant for Jude's safety. Besides, Connors mom has never said anything rude about Jude, or thrown any threats against him.
The door opened, revealing a women as tall as Stef, with raven hair and dark eyes. "Hi, you must be Jude's mom!"
"Yes that's me. I'm Stef," she introduced, placing a hand in front of her to shake it. "I'm Jenny, it's a pleasure to finally meet you," she answered, shaking onto Stef's hand.
"Likewise," Stef smiled, letting go of the women's hand. "So, is Jude ready?" Jenny just burst out in a smile before answering her. "Oh yeah! One second. Please, please come on inside." At first, Stef was reluctant, but the women's friendliness made her feel less stressed. Stef slowly stepped inside the large home as Jenny called up for the boys, who came down only seconds later, both of them with angry looks on their faces. Jenny and Stef shared a small look, curiosity crossing over both of their minds. But Stef was in a hurry, Lena had already finished making dinner and Stef was hungry, and she was tired. She just wanted to leave.
"Alright. Um, thank you Jenny for having him. We have to go, my wife is waiting on us," Stef spoke quickly, grabbing onto Jude's shoulders, moving him forward, opening the door, and turning around one last time. "Thanks again," She says before closing the door on Connor and his mother who both look surprised at how Stef reacted. Right now, Stef couldn't care less about the first impression she just made on Connor's mother. She was having a stressful day already.
She sat in the car, Jude right next to her and turned on the engine, exhaustion filling over her, almost forgetting her son's presence. "Hey Buddy. How was Connor's?" She asks, forgetting about the angry expression he and Connor shared as he came down the stairs.
"Fine," he answered quickly, turning his attention out the window, Stef noting the tension. "Are you sure?" She asked, wanting the truth out of the young boy.
He hasn't been having the best few days. When Callie wanted to tell the family about Robert, she planned on doing it to each member individually, besides Stef and Lena of course. She remembers how badly everyone had taken it.
When Callie told Stef and Lena first, they were positive she was playing a joke on them, but the tears which were falling down onto her face proved them wrong. All Stef remembers was both Lena and her holding one another, trying to be calm through the mess. She remember how awful the sensation was. It was like losing a child. Basically, they were losing their child. The sensation of anger and heartthrob ached Stef so strikingly, she thought she was going to be sick. This was not fair, not at all. Not only was Robert ruining their family, but he was ruining his by adding someone who didn't want to be a part of it.
Marianna was shocked. She felt as if the world had been turned upside down entirely. Callie was her sister, her only sister, and now she'd have to leave. No matter how many times Stef and Lena would insist how they wouldn't let her leave until the judge confirmed it, she was still certain Callie would be leaving. Stef remembers watching from outside their bedroom door as the two girls latched onto one another, crying softly.
Jesus carried the most anger out of it. He didn't think Robert was this much of an ass, to do this. She remembers almost laughing as she watched Jesus jump out of his chair and start swearing non-stop, threatening words being thrown every second word. But she remembers how he abruptly stopped swearing when Callie threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly, comforting him when she was the one who would be leaving. Yet again, he was losing his sister.
Brandon already knew. Stef was curious about that. She wondered why Callie would tell him of all people first. But they're so similar, good people, talented musicians and best friends. It suddenly made so much sense to why he would know first. They were close, good friends. And she remembers watching as Brandon helped tell her other siblings about the news, watching her carefully, observantly, behind Stef and Lena.
Jude seemed to most… hurt. He went on their boat, spoke to them; thought they were good people! And here they are, taking someone who has always been there for him, someone who cared for him when no one else would. He was so angry, too. He was willing to share, and here they are, taking her from him, form everyone, entirely. Stef remembers clutching tightly onto Lena's hand as they wrapped their arms around one another, not speaking, yet being able to understand each other.
"Yeah," he spoke more gently this time, yet not still his typical behaviour. "It was fine." Stef stopped at a red light, staring at him, his head ducked down now.
"Baby," Stef insisted, placing a hand onto his knee. "What happened? Tell me the truth." He stayed quiet. Stef suddenly felt so much of Callie in his character. The denial of facing his problems. Of speaking about them. But Stef knew, there was so much more than Connor which was causing him to act this way. But she knew she had to take this one step at a time.
"Jude, I know you want to do what you did when you figured about Sophia. You wanna stop talking," Stef speaks calmly, driving as the light turns green, but keeping one hand on his knee. His head turn upwards at her last words, and he stares at her, listening. "But, it's not the solution, Baby. You have to talk to us, talk to Callie. She needs you just as much as you need her right now. We all need you, and we all need her. So talk to us, and I promise, we'll get through it together."
Jude nods and smiles. "You're right, I'm sorry." Stef Smiles, grasping his hand instead of his knee. "Wanna tell me how your feeling. About everything that's been going on."
At first, it's almost like he doesn't have enough words to describe how he's feeling. Anger, sadness, betrayal, guilt, loneliness, fear, those were just a few of many he could use to help define how he was feeling. There weren't enough words for him to explain to Stef how he was feeling.
"I don't want Callie to leave. I want her to get adopted!" That was the simplest, easiest answer to him. Those were the only words he could possibly add into a sentence to describe only part of how he was feeling. Stef just lets out a sigh and squeezes his hand tightly.
"Me too, Baby," Stef admits, multiple feelings overwhelming her all at once. "Me too." Jude just stared at Stef, unshed tears threatening to spill over her face. Watching Stef cry made Jude want to hug her, and cry himself. Instead, he tried to keep his composure and hold her hand tightly.
"This isn't fair," he whispered, feeling the tears come up, but he tries his hardest to force them back down. "I know, Jude. If it's unfair for us, can you imagine how Callie is feeling?" She tells him, trying to make him understand how everyone was suffering from this.
"She doesn't deserve this!" Jude suddenly yells, his temper suddenly changing to anger. "All Callie's ever done, is be a good person! Of all people, of all people in the world, why her? Why!?" He was crying freely now, still holding onto Stef's hand as she cried as well. It takes those minutes to stop crying, people in other cars giving them weird looks, but Stef would always glare, causing them to look away. After finally being able to quit crying, Stef speaks.
"Jude," Stef says. "I spoke to the judge today. And, he told me that he's going to arrange a court date for the whole situation. I wanted to know, if he calls someone from the family to talk, I wanted to know if you wanted to do it."
Jude just snapped his head up to Stef. He was confused. Yes, he's known Callie the longest, but Stef loves her just as much as he does, and she's a cop. Why would the judge care about what a 13 year old boy want to say?
"Why me?" He asked, wondering why she would chose him. "Well, first off, you are the best public speaker of the family." Jude just laughs.
"Stef, I got an award for a stupid essay at school," Jude tells her. It was true, he did win an essay. But it was seventh grade essay. How could he compare that to going up to speak to a judge to help decide his older sister's future?
"And you wrote a speech for Frankie. Jude, you're amazing," She assures him, squeezing his hand in comfort. "Besides, you'll have so many stories to tell about her, so many ways to say how much she deserves to be with the people she loves. Tell the judge how amazing of a sister she is, how much you love her. How much we all do. Just speak from the heart."
Jude just smiles at him. Stef was always so good when it came to comforting her children, but never had Jude thought it would mean as much to him as it does. He suddenly feels the most confidence, the most comfort he's felt in the past few days. The only usurping thing was how Stef was the one who managed to make him feel that way.
"Thanks," he says, smiling. But then he remembers the current events which happened with Connor, and his heart starts beating quickly. "Stef, the reason I was angry with Connor, was because he told me how angry his father is about him still hanging out with me."
At first Stef is confused, he's angry because of that? Wouldn't he be happy? But then he continues talking and suddenly Stef understands where he's coming from. "I'm angry at him, because I don't want to be the reason Connor is getting hatred towards his dad. I don't want to be that friend. It's just, I don't have many other friends." Stef just smiles and squeezes his hand again, stopping into the driveway of their home.
"Jude, you are so lucky that you have a friend like Connor. Those are hard to find. And he's so lucky to have you. If he wants to stand up for you to his dad, be glad, not lots of children have to courage to do that. He must love you a lot."
Jude really thought of it. Yeah, Connor really must love him. He loved him, too. Best friends were supposed to love each other the way Jude loved Connor, right?
"Come on," Stef said opening the door. "Mama made tacos." Jude just smiled and launched himself out of the car. Stef, grasping onto his shoulders behind him. Yeah. They really needed tacos.
NEXT CHAPTER WHO DO YOU WANT A CONNECTION WITH?
Part 1:
Jesus and Brandon or Callie and Brandon (as friends)
Part 2:
Marianna and Stef or Marianna and Jude.