Wow! I was shocked at the amount of reviews, follows, and favorites I got... thank you all so much :) And also, alot of you pointed out that Callie's last name was Jacob and I fixed it. I made the first chapter at like midnight... so thank you for pointing that out.

Okay... the next chapter.

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down
Stand In The Rain by Superchick

It was the next day of school and as Callie got up, she wasn't excited to go to her math class. She wondered if she could fake being sick but the more she thought about it the more she realized it wasn't the best idea.

She groaned and put on some ripped up jeans and a long sleeve shirt. She made her way downstairs and ate breakfast with her foster family.

They were making conversation, but Callie wasn't too interested in it this time. Her mind was too busy with the images in her head and the worry of going to math class. She was thinking about telling Stef since she is a cop, but she has no proof. And they would believe the teacher over some foster girl who's been in Juvie. So in reality she was screwed.

As they made their way to school, the whole family noticed something was off with Callie and Lena pulled her aside, "Callie? Are you alright?"

Callie plastered on a fake smile, "Yes. You know just tired."

Lena kissed her cheek, "I understand. Now go have fun!" She gently pushed her out the door and Callie gave a small, real smile.

When Callie went to class, she was tapping her foot, nervous for when she went to math. She didn't want to see his face again. But, she had too. And she wondered why she just couldn't admit the stuff he did to her mom. She thought about it for a minute and realized it was because she was weak. And she didn't want to admit to being weak. To anyone. Not even Brandon.

People tried to make conversation with her, and she did, but she was just out of it today. The bell rang and the next class she had was math. She was about the last person in and sat all the way in the back, farthest away from him. He called attendance again and he caressed the name, on the sheet, Callie Jacob. He couldn't believe that after all this time he would get to see her again.

He looked intensely at Callie and then started lecturing about some random math things. He knew the class wasn't paying attention, especially Callie, but he decided to let it pass knowing that kids wouldn't listen to him no matter how hard he tried.

When he was writing an equation on the board, he decided to get someone to come up here and do it. He spoke out loud, "Callie? Would you like to do this problem on the board?"

Callie shook her head, but he said again, "Come on. I know you can do it. It's not that hard." Callie didn't want to but she didn't have a choice. She didn't want to get in trouble and make her foster parents mad at her, so she went up there and did the equation.

He was in close proximity to her and her hand was shaking as she was holding the marker. But, eventually, she finished it and sat down.

Callie saw the teacher eye her figure as she was sitting down. She wanted to punch him, but knew that she couldn't do that.

Once the bell rang, Callie was the first one out of the class but the teacher called her over, and Callie just ignored him and just left him. She knew he was going report her, but she didn't care. Not one bit. She never wanted to see his face again. Ever.

She continued onto her other classes and at the end of the day she was shocked when she didn't get called out for ditching her teacher. In a way she was grateful, but also paranoid. He ignored her, but that only means he was planning something big and she didn't want to know what it was. She just hoped it wouldn't get her in trouble.

She went home with her siblings and she smiled, this time for real. Once they got home, Jude hugged her. She hugged him back. "What was that for, buddy?" She asked as she ruffled his hair.

Jude just smiled, "You seem down. Not like yourself. And I just wanted to let you know that it will all be okay." Callie hugged her brother once more and squeezed him. She loved her brother more than she loved herself.

"Okay, bud. Now, don't you have homework to do or something?" Jude nodded and went upstairs to do his homework.

"Jesus, can you help me with my homework?" Jude asked him as they went up the stairs.

Jesus smiled at him, and said, "Of course! Let's go work!" Callie smiled, happy knowing that he was safe and protected.

That left her and Brandon alone. "Hey, Callie, you want me to teach you more of the guitar?" Brandon asked, making conversation knowing that she needed something to distract her from whatever was plaguing her mind.

Callie smiled, "Sure."

Brandon took her hand and they went upstairs and sat on his bed, "Alright." Callie grabbed the guitar and started playing it with Brandon giving her little cues now and then.

Brandon smiled as he watched Callie play guitar. She truly was amazing at it, he thought. Callie smiled back at him, and soon they started talking and laughing about random things.

"Really?" Callie said in disbelief, "You honestly stole your mom's credit card, out of her wallet, to get some ice cream? Wow. And what did Stef do?"

Brandon laughed also, "umm… she punished me by not taking me to Chuck E' Cheese." Callie chuckled at a little Brandon stealing something.

"So… good, little Brandon actually stole something. Wow. The world must be ending." She joked, and Brandon gently pushed her.

"Wow, Callie. Alright? I told you an embarrassing story? Do you have one?" He asked while putting a hand on her thigh which caused Callie to froze and jump.

Brandon automatically took his hand off her thigh, and wondered why she jumped. Callie, in a second, put on her mask, and acted like nothing was wrong. He knew something was up, but he didn't know what it was.

Callie, to distract Brandon, decided to tell him a story, "I actually stole something, too. I was at a grocery store with my mom, and I wanted a toy – a brush for a My Little Pony.-"

"What? You played with My Little Ponies? Geez, the world must have come to an end."

"Anyways… I put it in my coat pocket, and once we were out of the grocery store, I took it out of my pocket and my mom saw. She asked me where I got it and I replied that someone gave it to me. But she didn't believe it, and made me face the manager."

Brandon sniggered, "What happened next?"

"The manager said that it was okay, and he gave me a caramel for being honest to him. My mom on the other hand, stole the caramel saying that I was grounded for a week."

Brandon smiled; he loved hearing stories about a younger Callie when she was young and carefree. He wished that she could have stayed that care free instead of growing up so fast.

Brandon had this question in his head ever since he met Callie, and he really wanted to know, so he asked it, "Callie? Can I ask you a question?"

Callie looked at him in disbelief, "What am I… a teacher? Of course you can."

"Okay. How many foster homes have you been in? Including this one?"

Callie thought about it for a minute, and answered honestly, "I don't know, to be honest. But there has been a lot of them."

Brandon agreed with her, and then asked her another one, "Why did you jump when I touched you?" He asked, worried.

Callie took a deep breath, "Well… you know about the abuse from my foster dad?" He nodded his head, "Well sometimes it just brings back memories. That's all." Callie wasn't exactly telling a lie. But it was more than just about her foster dad.

"Oh… okay. Anyways, how was school? I heard you got a new math teacher? Do you like him?"

"Hmm… not really. He's just really boring." Callie said, hoping that Brandon would believe it.

"Well alright. Anyways both of us have homework to do, so I'll let you get too it. It was nice playing the piano with you, Callie."

"Thanks! It was nice, also, Brandon." Callie went into her bedroom, and did her homework.

When it was dinner time, she went to eat some dinner and made small talk with the family, and this time she was more in to it.

"So, Callie. How are your classes going?"

Callie finished eating her French fry, "They're going good. I mean I'm understanding everything."

They smiled, "Well that's great, honey."

Callie smiled back, finally feeling home.

Only if that feeling would have lasted…

So... I hope you liked the chapter. And I promise you all that there will be a lot of family bonding (more in the later chapters), and that there will be a better plot too. This one was kind of a filler chapter. But anyways, I hope you enjoyed it all the same!

Until Later,

Lauren.