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Callie let out a gasp from the doorway. How did Jude find out? She never told him, or anyone for that matter.
Lena looked up at Callie, surprised to see that the teen was watching from the doorway. She could tell that Callie did not know that Jude knew about her self-harm. Poor Jude, she thought, his sister does something most 12 year olds don't even know about.
"Callie, are you hurting yourself again? Remember you used to do it in the house after the Olmsteads?" Jude seemed so innocent in saying all of this, as if there was nothing wrong.
"Hey, Jude buddy, I think it'd be best if you went to your room okay? Can I talk to Callie for a minute?" Lena wanted to get to Callie as soon as possible, she looked like she was about to throw up.
At this point Callie was hyperventilating. It was all her fault that her baby brother knew about self-harm. What if he started too? She thought she was the worst sister in the world.
"Callie, sit down." Lena sat her daughter on the bed. "Breathe sweetie, breathe." She didn't know what to do so she continued to assist Callie in her breathing. "In, out, in, out"
Before long Callie was breathing normally again. The hyperventilating was replaced with crying. "I am such a bad sister. How could I expose Jude to all this? He is only 12!"
"That is not true; you are the best sibling I have ever met. Jude looks up to you like a mother. And he had to learn at some point right? You are wonderful Callie." She continued with words of encouragement. "Hey, hey, crying is good Callie. When you are crying, you aren't cutting right?"
Callie repeated all of this in her mind until she calmed down. "Okay. Um… talk to Jude for me? And I'm going to go to bed."
"Sure thing. What do you want me to tell him?"
"Just tell him he was right and that it's not his fault."
"Okay I'll tell him and come check on you."
Great, Callie thought, she would come check on her. The perks of being a self-harmer, she got not privacy at any time especially after she had been crying. Callie still felt bad for Jude but she began to feel bad for somebody else, for the first time, Callie felt bad for herself.
*Knock Knock*
"Jude?"
"Come in!" Jude yelled at the door as Lena entered. "Can someone answer me now?"
Lena noticed a hint of sass in the young boy's tone. "Okay Jude, you were right. Callie started self-harming again. It was only one time around a week ago and she did not harm herself last night, though she tried to. Don't worry about her though because Stef and I are handling it and getting her help. Know that this was not your fault at all and there is no way you could have stopped her. Got it little dude?"
Jude fought back his tears "Okay. Can I talk to you and mom for a second?"
Lena knew what was coming. "Sure, we can just go downstairs."
Jude couldn't believe he was actually about to follow through with this. There was no turning back now, he thought. Walking down the stairwell seemed like an eternity until they finally arrived in the living room.
"Hey Stef, Jude wants to talk to us." Lena raised her eyebrows so Jude couldn't see and Stef returned the look.
"Okay, what is it sweets?" Stef said, devoting her full attention on the 12 year old
Jude shifted in his seat. "I heard you guys talking in the Kitchen earlier and I just wanted to let you know that um… I don't like girls." Jude thought for a moment at what he said. "Wait, I like girls , I love girls I just don't like girls."
Stef stifled a laugh at the awkwardness of their son. "You heard us talking earlier?"
"Yea, I came down for a glass of water and you were all talking about me."
"Oh baby, I'm sorry, It's just we didn't want you to be hiding anything. I'm proud of you now though!"
Lena patted Jude on his lap "Me too!"
"Alright, good night!" and Jude went back up the stairs. When he got in his room he released the breath he had been holding that whole conversation. He was happy that he did not have to hide anything from his moms anymore.
"Shocker" Stef said sarcastically to her wife.
Lena playfully hit Stef and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Alright my love, I am going to go check on Callie and I will come back and tell you everything that happened tonight. Pop some popcorn because this is a real shocker."
Stef settled into the couch and mumbled "Nothing shocks me anymore."
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