"Fuck" Callie whispered to herself. She had always been so good at hiding her cuts but this time they were fully exposed. When she realized the fresh marks were out in the open she dropped the remote and yanked the sleeve of her sweater down. "Oh, nothing just…um, you guys don't have a cat do you?" She chuckled at her own joke but her moms weren't in the mood.

Lena tried to talk through the tears welling up in her eyes. "When was it?" she croaked. How could she have possibly let this happen? She never left Callie's side.

Stef placed her hand on Lena's knee. She was surprised that her wife was showing more emotion at this point than Callie.

Callie cleared her throat "The other day when you went to go talk to Jude for a while and left me up in my room." She felt as if she were standing naked before her two moms. This, she thought, would probably be the case soon if they were going to start checking her body for cuts.

Tears were now pouring down Lena's cheeks. "How could I have let this happen? I knew I shouldn't have left you alone up there." At this point Lena was just rambling on what she could have done better, she was blaming herself.

Stef squeezed her hand. "Hey sweetie, don't beat yourself up." She looked back at Callie who looked somewhat uncomfortable "Oh, sorry, bad choice of words." Stef's heart was breaking for this teen. She was cutting every time she had a sliver of time alone. "Hey, Lena, can I talk to Callie for a little bit."

Lena nodded and sped off to their bedrooms.

"She always was a little bit of a sap." Stef exclaimed, trying to lighten the mood a little.

Callie chucked while looking down with her hand buried under her legs. She was so embarrassed. What kind of a person was she to have to cut every time your mom's aren't looking? All she wanted right now was her bed. Everything lately was exhausting her.

Stef scooted next to her on the couch. "I'll just sit next to you so we don't have to make eye contact. That may be awkward for you, it always was for me." Stef attempted to rub Callie's shoulder but Callie flinched away. "Mind to tell me what you were thinking when that happened?" She said as she pointed to Callie's left wrist.

Every part of Callie's body was on high alert right now. All of her muscles were tensed up and she was prepared to defend herself from anything. This always happened to her whenever someone was talking to her alone. "Jude knows. I passed by Lena and him talking in your room and he asked her if I was cutting again. I must be the worst sister in the world to expose him to that. What happens if he thinks it is okay to start self-harming? Anyways, I couldn't breathe and when Lena left me alone…" Callie trailed off, not wanting to give Stef any details. "Well I guess you don't need the details. You would already know."

Stef took in a sharp breath at the mention of her old self-harming days. "Yea, about that, I just want you to know that I am finished with all of that. I didn't have anyone to talk to and it was excruciating. That is why I want to be there for you at all times. And also, I would appreciate it if your brothers and sister don't hear about this.

Callie nodded "Of course, I wouldn't want you telling them anything about my past…even though they already know I guess." She was referring to the Liam trial and how the whole family was there.

"They know about Liam but we don't have to tell them about this okay?" Stef was pleased to find out that when she went to pat Callie on the knee she didn't tense up. "Okay we are getting off track here. So why didn't you come to Lena or me?"

Callie shrugged. "You were talking to Jude." The solution seemed simple enough to her.

Stef's face melted. "Oh my sweet child, I'm so sorry, if I had known…" She felt incredibly guilty for leaving Callie alone with no one there to calm her down.

Callie shrugged again. "Its fine, you guys shouldn't have to babysit me all the time. It's my fault.

"This isn't your fault Callie. How about we get you to bed and we will discuss some things in the morning okay? I'll walk you."

Stef entered the master bedroom pleased to find that Lena had calmed down quite a bit. "I put Callie to bed and I told her we would discuss some more things tomorrow." She lied down on the bed next to her wife and planted a kiss on her cheek.

"What did you say to her? What are we talking about tomorrow? Is she okay right now?" Lena was frantically asking questions. For some reason she thought that Callie would be magically cured after one therapy session.

"Lena sweetie, slow down! Callie is fine, she is going to sleep now and Mari is in the room with her. I just asked Callie what happened and told her to come bother us whenever she needs to. And I figured tomorrow we would discuss what steps need to be taken as far as making sure she doesn't self-harm." Stef yanked the blanket back over to her side. Lena had always been a blanket whore.

Lena seemed to relax more knowing her daughter was doing okay. For a while she though Stef was just really good with distressed teens but after she learned about her partner's past today, she knew it was personal for Stef. "So…what are we going to do to make sure she doesn't…you know"

Stef turned to face Lena "I figured the first thing we would do is go through her room and the bathroom and take away all of the tools she could use. I feel bad for invading her privacy but it's what needs to be done. And then I thought we could start…checking her for marks every week or so." Stef didn't want to let up that this was exactly what her Mom did to her when she was a teen.

"Sounds good to me" Lena responded.

Stef smiled and turned to face the other way before her smile faded into a frown. She hoped that she would be able to control herself when going through Callie's tools. Blades were her biggest trigger.

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