After what seemed like hours, Stef pulled out of the hug. "I guess we should go inside. Lena is probably pulling her hair out in clumps." She really didn't want to go talk to her wife right now but it beat staying out in the extreme humidity.

"Agreed, the mosquitos are storming me now." Callie made her trek for the back door where they found Lena standing worriedly in the kitchen looking out the window.

As Stef entered Lena felt an overwhelming sense of relief come over her. She was happy that Stef didn't get to…do anything. "Stef baby, I was so worried! Are you alright?" Lena engulfed the blonde woman into a ginormous hug. "I finished Callie's room" she whispered into Stef's ear.

Stef pushed Lena off of her "Yes, I'm fine honey. I'm sorry I just needed some space. I should have told you before that blades make me uncomfortable. It won't happen again" At least she hoped it wouldn't.

"You have to tell me these things Stef! If Callie weren't here…God knows what would have happened." Lena couldn't imagine trying to save Stef from herself.

Stef sighed "I would have sat outside for a while and came back inside. I have a lot more self-control than you think sweets." She hated how all self-harmers recovered or not, were shoved into this little box of having no self-control.

Callie cleared her throat, trying to break up the fight that was about to happen. "Um… did you finish?"

Lena interrupted the teen "yes."

"What do we do now…?" Callie asked, feeling the awkwardness in the conversation.

"Well I guess we can start the checks today and do them every Saturday? We know about the ones on the arm but it wouldn't hurt to check still you know?" Lena wasn't sure how to do this. "I guess we can let you pick who you want to do them or both of unless Stef doesn't want to." This was the most subtle way for Lena to ask if Stef was triggered by cuts. Her guess was that they don't because Stef had seen Callie's marks many times before and she was fine.

Callie didn't want to make Lena feel bad but she was really only comfortable with Stef doing them. She loved Lena just the same but Stef knew what she had been through. "Would it be okay if I could have Stef do them?" the teenager asked meekly.

Lena was relieved she had picked her wife because honestly, she didn't know how she would do them. Stef had mentioned her mother did this to her before so she figured she knew what to do. "Yea, that's perfect. I totally understand" Lena patted Callie on the back and continued "Do you guys want to go in the master bedroom? I'll go check on the kids."

Callie nodded. She was more nervous than she had ever been. How would Stef carry this out? Would she have to get fully naked? As they entered the bedroom she was shaking. "So… um… I hope this isn't as bad as I think it will be." Callie tried to laugh it off.

Stef could see the worry rising in the teen "The first time is really awkward and terrible but it gets better from there. Sorry. So um… Ugh I am making this awkward I am just going to say it." Stef was not the only uncomfortable one in the room, but she knew this had to be done.

Callie nodded. Great, she thought, this is going to suck.

Stef sat on the bed and cleared her throat "Okay um…so I guess strip down to your underwear. I'll just give you the lecture so we don't have to do this fully naked. There are a ton of blood vessels under your underwear and you really do not want to cut there. The bleeding is really hard to stop and it's horrible. I am going to trust you not to do it but if I find out you are then this will get really awkward really fast okay?" Stef hoped she was taking the awkwardness of the situation down by being somewhat humorous.

Callie managed to let out an Okay as she started removing articles of clothing. She felt all the way naked in front of Stef. Her deepest secrets were out in the open in front of everyone.

Stef's eyes immediately landed on the tens of marks on the teenager's thighs. "Recent, like really recent. This morning even? Because it was definitely not yesterday they would have healed somewhat by today."

This was what Callie was so worried about. She slipped up this morning and just kept going at it on her thighs. She only intended it to be one but she couldn't stop. "Sorry."

Stef sighed. "Callie, what do we keep saying? Come to us! You have to come to us. Come to me! You cannot keep suffering through this alone! Listen, you have therapy tomorrow so I want you to talk about this and if you don't then I will bring it up okay? Turn around."

Callie apologized again and spun around. She felt so stripped, so bare. She hated this so much. When Stef gave her the go ahead, she quickly yanked her clothes back on and went into the bathroom in the hall. She started sobbing while looking at herself in the mirror. The water was running so that no one would hear her quiet sobs. She reached into her back pocket and grasped a piece of metal. The last survivor; she brought it to her face and debated whether or not to go give it to Stef. No, she thought, it had to be used one last time. She pulled down her jeans and underwear slightly and made two careful marks on her hipbone. It didn't bleed as much as Stef said it would. She pressed toilet paper to it until it stopped bleeding and flushed it down the toilet. The blade was shoved back into her jean pocket as she exited the bathroom with a smile. She loved the way her jeans rubbed up against the fresh cuts.

Lena flopped on the bed next to her lover "How'd it go?"

"Awkward; Good, but awkward. How are my other babies?" Stef softly stroked Lena's curls.

"Marianna and Jude are swooning over Vampires and Werewolves, Brandon is reading a book, and Jesus is listening to music on his computer." Lena turned to face Stef

"Well it sounds like everyone is doing well. Listen, Callie had some marks on her thighs and they were from this morning. I talked to her and told her she had to talk about it in therapy tomorrow. I just thought you should know" Stef tried to sound as nonchalant as possible when talking about self-harm.

Lena sighed and melted into the chest of Stef. "I feel like I have nothing to do with Callie. She loves you and acts like I don't exist."

"Honey, she loves you just as much as she loves me. It's just…we can relate to one another which I think makes her more comfortable around me. Especially after today."

"Which reminds me, what the hell happened today? You scared the living shit out of me Stef."

"Blades really trigger me a lot and I thought I could handle it but one of them kind of grazed me on the finger when I reached into her bag and it freaked me out. Everything closed in around me and I needed fresh air. I went outside and Callie came out to calm me down. It was nice. I realized that she is pretty much the same person I was when I was a teenager. I told her some stuff that I have never shared with anyone; she told me some stuff that remained a secret to her too. It was like a slumber party." Stef laughed.

"Okay then. Callie really is a treasure isn't she?"

"You don't even know."

The next day, Lena woke up early to do laundry. It helped her to clear her mind of everything. She was about to throw a pair of navy blue skinny jeans in the dark load when she felt something in one of the back pockets. Callie must have left her library card or something in her pocket, Lena figured. She pulled it out to return it to the teenager and she quickly realized it was not a library card. She knew exactly what it was.

NOTE: heeey! So I gave you guys a pretty long chapter didn't I? I shouldn't have because I only got like 2 reviews for the last chapter but I was feeling nice. We had some arguing, we had some awkwardness, we had some cuteness, and finally a cliffhanger! I hope you enjoyed and I will update pretty soon if you leave a lot of reviews but if there is only like 1 then I guess I will just have to leave you hanging :P Love you all!

Xoxo Katie