Lena Adams was having her patrolling day at the backyard of the Anchor Beach Charter School and she couldn't help but smile when she saw her kids all over the backyard: Brandon at 14 was under a tree with her new girlfriend Talya and some of his friends and he was playing the guitar while Taylia put her head on his shoulder. Lena was transported years later to the first music concert of Brandon.

"-And our new boy is the greatest young pianist in this town, he is 10 and have magical fingers. He also plays the guitar and the harmonica but as he said: there's nothing like let my fingers move slowly through the keys so please welcome Brandon Foster.

Brandon make his way through the center of the stage and make a reverence, smiles at his moms and siblings and started playing the beautiful Chopin song, it was a masterpiece, sometime difficult to an adult ten times more for Brandon but he did a very great performance. When he finished Stef and Lena were wearing huge smiles on their faces and his siblings were all cheering and clapping, very prouds of their brother.

-Very great baby boy, you did it absolutely amazing! –Stef hugged her son, then Mike and then Lena. 4 years old Frankie run to his brother and hugged his leg – Pod of du Bandon!

Brandon laughed and then he hugged the rest of his siblings. His moms and Shaorn took him to his favorite pizza place. It was one of the greatest days of his life"

Lena keep listening to Brandon soft music and felt a rush of deep love when she saw the smile on his face, it was a love smile, the smile of the first love, he kissed Talya and Lena, as her mother, couldn't look anymore, her baby boy, her first baby ever was old enough to kiss girls and date them.

So she focused her attention on Mariana that was having lunch in one of the benches, at almost 13 she was a very beautiful girl, long dark hair, big brown eyes and her body was getting some curves. Lena looked at Matt and Nick her two best friends and the way they looked at her, adoringly while Lexi and Emma looked a little bit jealous and Sammy was reading, like always. Lena smiled at the memory of Mariana's first crush.

" 7 years old Mariana was looking out the window where Garret and her two brothers were playing football and she sighed. How was she supposed to say I love you to Garret? He was her best friend. Was this love?

Garret looked at her window and waved at her and with just that Mariana smiled and waved back. Lena and Stef were at the door, smiling at their little girl. When she saw them there she blushed but then she thought: moms love me more than anything, they would help me, right?

-Mommies? How did you knew you were in love? –At this question both women chuckled and then Stef sat down beside her little Mariana while Lena sat on the floor, they both took her hands.

-Well, you know you are in love when you can't stop thinking about that persona, when you smile every time you see that person, when you laugh at every funny thing that person does or when you are sad because a bad thing that happened to that person.

-But Miss Thang, love at your age is not the same us our age.

-But…when I look at Garret I smile and I laugh wih his funny things and he is cute and handsome and funny and smart.

Lena chuckle –Yeah, but in your age this is called a crush, maybe you can ask him out?

-No mama! –Mariana looked at her like she was crazy- he should be the one asking me to be his girlfriend.

Stef frowned.

-That's not true baby, but if it is what you want then it's ok. But in every other situation you just ask him out, ok? But whn you are older, young lady!

Mariana giggles and run out of the room, when the moms looked out of the window Mariana was in the swings and Garret went there and sat down beside her, both kids laugh. At least they would always be best friends.

It was just a crush, they said.

Lena found out two days later that they were girlfriend and boyfriend and they shared kiss. Kiss on the cheeks but for them, 7 years old, were the most romantic kisses"

Mariana was talking and laughing with all of her friends, at 12 she was very popular. When she saw her mother there she waved and smiled at her with shyness so Lena looked at the end of the backyard near the beach where Callie and Aaron were cuddling near Angie and Wyatt. Callie kissed Aaron and Lena saw the look of sadness in Angie's eyes. At 14 they still were best friends, inseparable, but Angie had been in love with Callie for at least a year , Stef was the one that notice it.

"It was Callie and Brandon 13th birthday and all their friends were at the backyard playing games and listening to music. Stef was with all the other adults chatting and just for a moment she looked at her kids and saw Brandon playing basketball with Mike, AJ, Ty, Jesus and some of his friends while Callie and Mariana were playing a card game with Angie, Wyatt, Aaron, Luke, Stacie and Garret. Stef saw the look of adoration in Angie's eyes, the smile on the thirteen years old that seemed so…pure and at the same time sad. When Stef focused her attention back to her group of friends Tina said with her eyes that she knows the exact same thing. Angie was in love with Callie and probably Angie was in deep trouble."

Aaron asked Callie to go out with her three months ago and Callie said yes because she has confided to Stef that she likes Aaron and in that moment Stef was sad for the little girl that would suffer because she was too afraid of losing her best friend so now has to be with her and her boyfriend feeling terrible and sad. The next one of her kids that Lena saw was playing volleyball on the beach. Her little Jesus at 10 was over energetic but also very popular and funny, he was always surrounded by friends, running and getting in trouble.

"Lena was finishing some paperwork when Karina knocked on her door.

-Lena, I have jesus in my office, you can't be there so please, call Stef. This is the fourth time that he had been there this semester.

The vice principal called her partner and asked her to come to the school. After this Lena couldn't focus, she wanted to know what her son has done this time and what would happen to him. His doctor has put him in new pills but they weren't helping him. Stef came to her girlfriend's office almost an hour later with a very guilty looking Jesus.

-Hello young man, can you explain to mama what you did?

-I ran after a few kids and then threw rocks at them because they were hurting Mariana. I don't like Mariana getting hurt.

-Ok, what have mom and I told you about that?

-To let you take care of Mariana

-And what have mama told you about throwing rocks?

-That it was not funny and I can get someone pretty hurt

-So…why you did it?

-Because they were hurting my sister

-Stay in your corner for 10 minutes and then I would talk with you again, Jesus.

Lena took Stef out of her office and asked what would happen to Jesus

-He is suspended for 2 days and without recess for a week

-Wow, that's a hard punishment for a 8 years old, don't you think?

-I know but this is the third time he had been there, it's fair.

-Ok

-I would take tomorrow off, can you take the next day off?

-I would try

-Ok, you can handle him from here?

-Yes

-Bye baby –she kissed her –I love you

-Love you too

Lena came back to her office and waited five more minutes and then talked with her son: Okay Jesus Antonio can you tell me now if what you did was good or bad?

-It was bad if you think about the boys but it was good that I was protecting my sister. I should be punished for throwing rocks but I would not apologize for protecting Mariana.

Lena couldn't fight that logic. He was a very kind kid. Her Jesus was a very smart man."

Jesus never throwed rocks again but…he did a lot of more troubled things but he still protect his siblings and have a big heart.

Lena felt two hands on her waist and another two from behind, there they were, the two little ones: Frankie and Jude, 7 almost 8 and 8 almost 9 respectively. Frankie was the spitting image of Lena and she was a very active girl, in that way she was like Stef and they have a very deep bound too.

" The Adams Foster family were celebrating Stef's birthday on the beach. Lena was sunbathing with her girls except for Frankie that was running ahead of her mother behind Jesus. Brandon was swimming. Lena smiled when Stef finally catches Frankie and started tickling her and she laughed even harder when her daughter gave away from her rolling. Stef acted like she was mad at her but she was too seriously considered by the 5 years old Frankie who cried and went to her mama.

-Mama, I made mommy mad and sad…I'm a bad girl?

-No baby girl, I'm sure if you give mommy a kiss she would be okay with you.

Stef smiled at Lena but when Frankie went to her she acted sad again.

-Mommy you know how much Frankie girl love you? –Stef shook her head – This much –the five years old opened her arms so her mother can see how much she loved her – Are you still sad?-Stef said: a little bit so her daughter gave her a kiss on both cheeks, then on the noose and then on the lips –That's what mama make to you when you are sad or angry, are you better?

-Yes, I'm way better but can you keep a secret? –Frankie nodded- Then come here, I don't want anyone to hear –Frankie put her little ear to her mother's mouth and Stef said loud enough for Lena to hear – I feel even better when you give me those kiss, you know why?

-No

-Because they demonstrate me the sweet little girl that you are. You promise me you would always be like this? Like your mama forever?

-Yes mommy, I would be like this forever and I would love you forever

-I would love you forever too baby.

They hugged and Lena captured the moment in a picture that from that moment would hang on the halls of their house"

Francesca has always been this kind and sweet and that's reminds Lena of the time she took Jude home…

" Stef and Lena were having dinner with Bette, Tina, Kelly and Jenna when Luca a friend of Lena called her.

-Hi Luca, what's up?

-Well…-Luca was hyperventilating – Colleen and Donald died in a car accident tonight. That fucking bastard of a husband was drunk and collide with another car and now…now Coleen is dead Lena

-Oh my gosh, Josh….and Jude? What about little Jude?

-He was with…he was with the nanny and…well… I suppose he would go to social services and into…foster care

Lena and Stef went to the funeral with all their kids two days later and they saw poor Jude, crying and panting, not believing that he has no parents. He was 6 for goodness shake. When they were leaving the funeral Jude said something to Lena that amazed her: You are as good as my mommy so probably one day you can be my mommy too.

Six months later after they discovered that his foster parent had hurt Jude they fostered him. When he came home Frankie took his hand and told him: you can share my room, you are going to be my new brother"

For legal reasons and financial reasons they had not adopted him yet but they were okay: Lena would be the principal of the school in two weeks so her salary would increase a lot, Stef was still a detective. Brandon and Callie were in music scholarship, Jesus in the volleyball and football school team and Mariana in dance scholarship. Clothes from Brandon goes to Jesus and then to Jude. Clothes from Callie goes to Mariana and then to Frankie, the same with the toys. Of course they have new things but they are ok with what they have. Grandparents also made presents and they have lots of friends in birthdays who made the best presents.

So yes, the Adams Foster kids are becoming teenagers and Lena see a lot of drama in her future.