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They all made small talk at breakfast. It was Saturday, which meant they all ate pancakes. Callie was trying to wear her brightest smile for the family but she kept seeing the same worried faces from everyone across the table. Then it hit her. They must have heard her last night. It could have woken them up, she was screaming at Stef to let her go. Jude had always been a heavy sleeper though.

Everyone began to file out of the Kitchen when they completed their Breakfast. "Callie, how about you stay and help me do the dishes?" she heard Stef say.

"Shoot, I almost got away." Callie thought to herself.

As Stef washed and Callie dried Lena stood behind them watching. She didn't want to ruin the symmetry of the moment but this was why they kept Callie in there in the first place. "So Callie, I spoke with Stef and we are going to pick out a therapist. We just wanted to know if you wanted to have a say in who it is. Like would you feel more comfortable with a male or female?"

This made Callie uncomfortable. In her mind she thought neither but they wanted an answer. She thought it might be kind of awkward to talk about a rape with a man so she simply replied "I guess a chick would be fine"

Lena chuckled at the teen saying chick. It reminded her of when Stef used to point out people at a shopping mall to her.

"What?" Callie said almost defensively

"Nothing, you just reminded me of Stef. We would be out in public somewhere and she would always say something like 'Cute chick, 6 o' clock'" Lena realized they had gotten to know Callie really well but Callie did not really know them.

This made Stef laugh too. "Okay Callie, I guess were done with ya. You can leave if you want."

Callie looked down at the dishes still in the sink "No, I'll help dry the rest. We're not done."

"Thanks sweetie, you're a saint."

"No problem! So you never really talk about yourselves, when did you two meet?"

Lena though the teen must have read her mind. "When Stef enrolled Brandon at Anchor Beach for Kindergarten."

Stef chimed in "I was married to Mike at the time, but we were in a separation."

Hearing the tone in Stef's voice when she talked about Mike automatically made Callie regret asking the question. Why did she have to be so nosy?

"Fast forward 10 years and we're married" Lena said, attempting to bring up the mood. She hated when Stef talked about Mike. You could say she was a little jealous, especially after they were partnered together at work.

"Oh yea, that reminds me, has Jude ever uh…said anything to you?" Stef stopped washing the dishes for a second

"Wha—oh, no he hasn't." Callie did not understand at first but she go from Stef's expression that she was talking about his sexuality. It was obvious to Callie that Jude was either gay or bi but he never said anything and she never asked. She figured she would love him just the same anyways.

"I was just wondering because well…gaydar. And I figured that if he didn't want to tell us before because we were just a temporary home, that would be fine but now that we have adopted you two…" Stef really wanted to have a gay son. She wanted to provide a better home for LGBT youth than she had growing up with her dad.

Callie still didn't really care much but the gaydar comment made her laugh. Anyway, she thought, people are people and she didn't care what people people liked. Now she was confused. "Nope, he hasn't popped the magic words but I wouldn't ask him. He might get defensive"

They had just finished drying the last plate and turned around to find that Lena had left. "Ninja mama" Stef commented.

Callie walked up to her room as Stef settled into the couch. She passed by the master bedroom and did a double take. She heard Lena saying her name. When she backed up and looked in the room she saw Lena talking to Jude who was sitting on the bed.

"Was that Callie last night?" Jude said innocently.

"Was what Callie last night sweetie?" Lena replied not quite understanding.

"The yelling, I heard yelling from downstairs last night but Jesus was asleep."

"Um…"

"Is she hurting herself again?"

Jude knows! I put a small little Cliffhanger in there for you! I tried to keep this chapter less intense because I thought I was pretty intense last time. Expect to see the continuation of this conversation in the next chapter and leave some suggestions for what else you would like to see! Love you all!

Xoxo Katie