"Hi everyone how was your day?" Stef asked coming home just before dinner. Everyone was gathered around the table as Mariana helped Lena put the rice and salad in the middle before taking their seats. Callie was impressed how healthy Lena was always cooking. Everything was organic, fresh and there was always a vegetable with dinner and a fruit with breakfast.
"Good, how was yours?" Brandon asked.
"Oh you know" Stef shrugged. Callie was beginning to learn Stef didn't talk about work much.
"I actually have some news" Lena said as Stef filled her plate coming to join everyone at the table.
"Oh yeah what's that?" She asked.
"Well as you guys know principal Smith is stepping down at the end of this year, and I am up for the job" Lena announced.
"Oh baby that's wonderful!" Stef smiled.
"Yeah mom that's really great" Mariana nodded not sounding quiet so excited.
"Anyone else have anything good to say to mom?" Stef asked looking around the table.
"I know it's hard guys, I mean it's bad enough having a mom as the vice principal now i'll be the actual principal" Lena said nodding to the kids in an understanding way as everyone looked down at their plates.
"No no no, this is not about all the kids in the room, it's about your mom and the fact that she works very hard and it getting a step up" Stef said.
"We are happy for you mom" Brandon nodded looking up at Lena.
"Thank you baby. I don't even know if I have the job yet it won't be until next August, or if i'm going to accept it, but I appreciate the support" Lena shrugged looking around the table.
"Just don't cut the sports budget and i'll be happy" Jesus said.
"Deal" Lena smiled at him and they shook on it.
Callie and Mariana sat in their room working on homework together. Brandon was at Mikes and Lena and Stef had taken Noah out for the afternoon. Callie was surprised when she heard steps on the stairs and looked up to see Stef in the hall.
"Your home early?" Mariana said.
"I forgot my credit card so we came back to get it. Jesus had it the other day, hey dude do you remember where you…" Stef started saying opening the door to Noah and Jesus's room. Callie heard her gasp.
"Momma!" Jesus yelled and a girl screamed. Callie and Mariana jumped up standing in their doorway. Stef slammed the door shut one hand over her mouth the other over her eyes.
"Momma?" Mariana asked.
"Lenaaaaa!" Stef yelled throughout the house. Mariana turned to Callie grinning a little.
"He's in trouble" She whispered as the heard Lena rush up the steps.
"what's wrong what happened?" Lena asked
"Your son, had a girl in there, horizontal, clothing missing" Stef sputtered pointed to the door as Jesus opened it wearing shorts.
"momma i'm sorry" He cried almost with a bedding tone in his voice.
"Where's your friend?" Stef asked hands on her hips.
"she umm… Snuck out the window" Jesus said looking down at his feet.
"Oh for the love of…" Stef sighed putting her hand over her forehead.
"Jesus you know the rules, No girls over when we are not home and certainly no girls in your bedroom!" Lena said sternly. Callie could see she was clearly the calm one is situations like this.
"I know, I'm sorry" Jesus said. He knew there was not hope for putting up a fight.
"Did you girls know she was in there?" Stef asked. Callie and Mariana shook their heads.
"Go back in your room girls. Jesus living room now, we are going to have a little talk" Lena said. The three of them went downstairs and Callie and Marian giggled going back into their room.
"How long until you think before he can look momma in the eye again?" Mariana said laughing.
"Oh man I would hate to be in his spot right now" Callie agreed.
"Oh yeah he's getting a serious talk about being respectful to girls and wearing a condom all that" Mariana said. The went quiet when their heard footsteps on the stairs and suddenly Noah was in the doorway.
"Lena said I had to come upstairs but i couldn't go in my room. Then Stef said Jesus had to make sure is was clear of anything questionable before I could go back in but first they had to have a long talk with him and that I was never allowed to get any older" He told them confused. Mariana laughed
"Oh man to be a fly on that wall" She said.
"Can I borrow your phone?" Jesus asked Mariana coming into the bedroom a few nights later.
"No way moms took yours away" Mariana said grabbing it from the nightstand away from him.
"Come on please I have to talk to Sarah she's going to think I don't want to see her" Jesus said.
"Eww you had Sarah Scott in there" Mariana cried
"Mariana please" Jesus begged.
"Five dollars"
"Deal" He said and she handed him her phone. He started typing a message when it buzzed.
"You have a text, who is this?" He asked.
"No one." Mariana grabbed it deleting it.
"You have a lot from no one, and missed calls too, who is it?" Jesus asked again.
"It's no one!" Mariana said louder.
"They are asking you for more money, This is Anna isn't it" Jesus asked.
"Yeah" Mariana said.
"You saw her! you gave her money! Mariana she tried to sell us for drugs" Jesus cried.
"I just wanted to find her, see if she was different see if she was sorry and missed us" Mariana said. Jesus's face softened.
"Was she?" He asked.
"No, she wasn't. She just wanted money. Now she's asking for more, she says she's going to use it to get into a rehab but that's a lie. she was high when she met me" Mariana said. Jesus finished his message and pressed send.
"We don't need her" he told his twin sister gently.
"I know, I just wish she needed us" Mariana said.
"Mom I need a dress for the dance, can we go shopping this weekend?" Mariana asked coming down to breakfast.
"Good morning to you too Miss Thing?" Stef said handing her a plate.
"Morning, so can we?" She asked again.
"yes we can. What about you Callie, do you need a dress for the school dance?" Lena asked.
"Oh, well I wasn't really sure if I was going to go" Callie said.
"But you have to, It's the spring dance" Mariana said surprised she would even think such things.
"Yeah, I just…Never been to a dance" Callie said.
"Well sweetheart you don't have to go. But I think you would have a lot of fun. You have some friends now and almost everyone goes." Lena said gently putting some eggs on her plate.
"I don't know how to dance" Callie mumbled.
"Like this!" Mariana jumped off her stool and started shaking her butt. Lena cringed watching her.
"Oh I hope you don't really dance like that" Stef shook her head.
"Yes, we actually made a rule this year anyone dancing inappropriately will be kicked out" Lena added.
"that's no fun" Mariana sighed sitting back down.
"Callie girl don't dance like that" Stef shook her head at her.
"Are you chaperoning this year mom?" Mariana asked.
"No, actually momma and I thought we would have a little dinner party with all the teenagers out of the house for a night" Lena said.
"Callie I'll make you a deal, you go to the dance for one hour. If you don't like it you can call me and i'll come get you. But I really think you should try it. I bet you'll have a lot of fun" Stef said
"Ok" Callie nodded.
Jesus came into the girls room that night. He glanced at Callie then started speaking at Mariana in spanish.
"It's ok, she knows" Mariana interrupted him.
"You told her!"
"Yeah, she won't tell"
"I won't" Callie said when Jesus gave her a skeptical look.
"Has Anna been texting you still?" He asked turning to Mariana.
"I blocked her number but she still e-mails me like twice a day, why?"
"I think you should bring her more money" Jesus said.
"What!"
"What is she really is trying to get clean? What if she really does what to go to rehab, we could help her" Jesus said.
"She doesn't deserve our help! she doesn't deserve anything from us" Mariana said.
"Just bring it to her, please i'll help you ill save my allowance for it" Jesus said.
"If you want to help her so much you bring it to her" Mariana said standing firm.
"Fine. send me her e-mail" Jesus said leaving.
"Where did that come from?" Callie asked when he was gone.
"I have no idea" Mariana sighed shaking her head.
"Oh mom look at this one" Mariana said running through the dress shop. Callie stuck close to Lena while Mariana ran around examining each one.
"What do you think Callie, anything catch your eye?" Lena asked.
"I'm not really a dress person" Callie said making a face at an overly puffy and sparkly pink one.
"Well that's ok, there is no dress code you can wear whatever you want" Lena said.
"Oh but you have to wear a dress" Mariana said popping up behind them making them both jump.
"Why don't we just focus on you first Miss Thing and let Callie look around a bit" Lena said turning to Mariana.
"Perfect! I found the best one" Mariana said pulling Lena to the other side of the store. Callie glanced around the store. A less puffy black one caught her eye. The top was sparkly but not overly and the bottom fell to about her knees.
"Hey Callie" A voice startled her and she looked up seeing a girl from school Amanda. Amanda was what Callie imagined a friend would be like if she had lived anywhere long enough to have a real relationship with one. They had even hung out outside of school a few times.
"Hey" Callie smiled happy to see her.
"Oh that's so pretty is this your dress for the dance?" Amanda asked seeing the dress Callie was holding in her fingers.
"Maybe, I was thinking about it" Callie nodded.
"So cute, Are you here alone? My mom insisted on coming" Amanda said rolling her eyes as her mother came up behind her.
"Mom this if Callie my friend from school" Amanda said.
"Oh Callie so nice to finally meet you, Amanda talks about you" The women smiled warmly.
"Thanks nice to meet you too" Callie smiled.
"Are you shopping with your mom I'd love to meet her" Amanda's mom asked looking around the store.
"Umm she…Lena?" Callie called near the last place she had seen Lena and Mariana. She wasn't exactly sure she wanted to explain everything to this women she had just met. Callie hoped Lena would rescue her a little bit. Amanda's mom looked confused at Callie.
"Yeah love?" Lena asked coming from behind a rack.
"Oh Amanda how are you?" Lena asked smiling
"Good Miss Adams" Amanda smiled.
"Oh Miss Adams, I didn't know you had two girls" Amanda's mom said
"Yes Callie is kind of new to our family, Are you ladies shopping for a dress for the dance?" Lena asked.
"We just got one" Amanda said holding up the bag in her hands.
"Oh I can't wait to see it" Lena said.
"Well we should be going, but Callie you are welcome by the house anytime" Amanda's mom said.
"Thanks" Callie smiled waving bye to Amanda as they walked away. Callie watched them and found herself wishing her mom was here to shop with her.
"Find anything yet love?" Lena asked her pulling her back from her thought.
"I like this one" Callie said holding up the black dress.
"That's very pretty, I love the top. Let's go try it on." Lena said leading the way to the dressing rooms.
By the end of the day Mariana had a long flowing pink dress sparkled out to the max and Callie had her black one.
"I could do your hair and make up for you" Mariana said as they hung up their dresses. Callie tugged on her shoulder length brown hair.
"I wish it was longer" She said.
"You can still do a lot with it" Mariana said sitting down on her bed.
"Do you really think it will be fun?" Callie asked.
"Yeah, You will love it, we walk into the gym feeling all pretty and everyone is there and we eat and dance and the night goes by so fast" Mariana smiled thinking about it.
"Hey ladies, Mom told me about your dresses I can't wait to see you all dressed up" Stef smiled coming into their room. Callie returned the smile, The past few weeks she had been getting more comfortable being around Stef.
"I'm glad you decided to go sweetie, I think you will really love it, But if not…" Stef said and held out an iPhone.
"Really?" Callie asked almost afraid to touch it.
"Yes, I'm sorry it took so long, this is yours" Stef smiled as Callie gently took it from her.
"Thank you" Callie said.
"The tracker is on, please leave it on, I already programed the family numbers in there so you are all set"
"Thanks" Callie gave Stef a big smile hoping her body language would say how grateful she was. Stef nodded giving her a little wink
"Oh my goodness look at you!" Stef cried as Callie walked down the stairs in her dress Friday night. Lena snapped pictures and Callie had to laugh. It was everything she imagined a school dance would be. She adjusted the many bracelets on her arm. She wished she could wear her sweater over her dress but she thought that would give Mariana a stroke.
"Ok stand together, oh my goodness we could not have more beautiful babies" Lena said as the 4 teenagers stood together and she took more pictures.
"Momma come on" Mariana laughed.
'Oh your just so beautiful, and handsome" Stef said gushing over the kids
"Ok Brandon you have the keys, drive safely please" Lena said.
"And call if you guys need anything, Callie you have your phone?"
"Yes" Callie smiled.
"Ok" Stef winked at her.
"Have fun" Noah said giving Callie a hug.
"Yeah, you too" Callie said. she hated leaving Noah behind
"We will right buddy" Lena assured her as they left.
"Be safe!" Stef called after them.
Callie had to admit Mariana was right, she was having fun. She was dancing with her group of friends, the music was great and the night was going by to fast.
"I'm so glad you decided to come" Amanda said as they dances.
"Me too, I would have missed this" Callie agreed. Her friend Macy nodded her agreement.
"Hey you guys someone brought in booze" Jenny cried running up to them.
"Really how did they get it in?" Callie asked laughing.
"I don't know but there's a bunch of girls drunk in the bathroom" Jenny said.
"Oh man I hope they get caught it's so stupid to get drunk at a school dance" Callie said.
"Hey, have you seen Mariana?" Jesus asked her suddenly coming up from behind.
"No why?"
"Brandon and I are going to a party, are you girls coming?" Jesus asked. Callie looked at her friends.
"No i'll stay we can walk home" she said.
"Ok we'll tell mom's where we are we'll be home on time" Jesus assured her walking away.
'Oh man your foster brother is hot" Jenny said.
"Oh stop!" Callie laughed.
"Hey, I just heard your sister's one of the girls drunk in the bathroom" Amanda said running up to Callie.
"Oh no! I have to go get her out of there before she gets caught" Callie cried running to the bathroom. Sure enough Mariana and three other girls were slumped against walls or sitting on the floor drinks in hand laughing.
"Mariana!" Callie yelled seeing the younger girl on the floor.
"Oh come on Callie, it's fun!" Mariana yelled loudly offering Callie her cup.
"No, come on your about to get caught we have to get you our of here" Callie cried putting the cup down and pulling Mariana up.
"Oh your ruining all the fun!" one of Mariana's friend called after them as Callie took Mariana out.
"Callie! Come dance! where's Jesus?" Mariana yelled drawing the attention of every around her.
"Oh man, let's get you home" Callie said. She waved by to her friends and snuck Mariana out the back door.
"Callie your such a good sister, I always wanted a sister" Mariana blabbered as they walked the few blocks home.
"I know" Callie said pulling Mariana along as she stumbled over her dress. At the front door Callie sprayed Mariana with her perfume.
"Just don't say anything ok, I'll do the talking don't say anything" Callie said putting her finger to her lips. Mariana laughed copying her motion with her finger on her lips. Callie sighed opening the door.
"Who's that?" She heard Stef call from the dining room.
"Just us, we got tired, shoes don't agree with feet" Callie said turning to them. Stef and Lena sat at the table with two of their friends Noah sat by Lena.
"Oh yes, I wish they would make those more comfortable" One of their friends said.
"Jenna! Your here!" Mariana called. Callie saw Stef's eyes widen as Mariana's loud voice and she held Mariana's arm jabbing her in the side.
"What's going on there girls?" Stef asked.
"Oh umm you know feet!" Mariana giggled lifting up her dress and waving her bare foot in the air.
"We're screwed" Callie muttered closing her eyes
"Mariana are you ok?" Stef asked.
"Yup!….Nope!" Mariana cried and suddenly threw up all over her dress and the floor.
"Oh!" Stef cried as she and Lena rushed to Mariana.
"Oh, looks like one of those dances" The women Mariana had called Jenna said.
"Would you excuse us please we need to talk to our daughters, Noah you can go watch some TV it's almost bedtime." Stef said taking Callie's arm and leading her upstairs while Lena cleaned up Mariana.
"what exactly happened tonight?" Stef asked Callie when they got to the girls bedroom. She was not yelling but Callie could tell from her voice she meant business.
"I heard some girls were drinking in the bathroom, someone snuck something in and then Jesus couldn't find Mariana and I heard she was in there and I went to go get her before they got caught" Callie said.
"Did you drink anything?" Stef asked as Lena helped Mariana up the stairs.
"No, I didn't" Callie said. To her surprise Stef nodded believing her.
"Thank you Callie for being the responsible one and taking Mariana home. In the future please call us and one of us will pick you up. You, Mariana…" Stef said turning her attention to her as Lena slipped a shirt over her head and put her in her bed.
"Stef, not now" Lena said gently.
"We will talk about it tomorrow. I'm sure the way your going to feel in the morning will be punishment enough for now" Stef said.
"You bet" Mariana sighed blocking out the light with her arm over her eyes.
"Callie there is food downstairs you are welcome to join us if you are hungry" Stef said following Lena out of the bedroom.
"I'm ok thanks, Hey Stef?" Callie called after her.
"Yes?" Stef reappeared in the doorway
"You knew the minute we walked in Mariana was drunk didn't you?" Callie said.
"Of course I did. I'm a highly trained cop it's my job to know, good job trying to get it past me though. Don't do that again" Stef said winking at her.
Callie sat on the front porch sketching the tree in the front yard. Inside she could hear Brandon playing piano while Lena hummed along. Jesus and Noah road skateboards in the quite street in front of the house. Suddenly there was the sound of skidding on pavement and Callie looked up to see Noah hit the ground. Jesus jumped off his board rushing to his aid as Noah let out a blood curdling screen. Callie jumped from the porch rushing to her brother while Lena came out the front door.
"What happened?" Callie asked as Noah sat on the ground crying.
"He hit a patch of sand" Jesus said.
"Are you ok buddy let me see" Lena said quickly taking off all the pads and helmet she made Noah wear.
"My leg" Noah was crying. Lena lifted is pants legs.
"Oh buddy, that's some pretty bad road rash." Lena said. Callie went to hug her brother but he pushed her away reaching out for Lena who gathered him into a hug.
"Your ok sweetie, let's go get you cleaned up and we will put some ice on it ok" Lena said standing up with Noah in her arms. She started walking back to the house carrying him like he was a toddler.. Callie stayed where she was waiting for her brother to start screaming for her but her never did. He held tightly to Lena already quieting down as she carried him up to the house.
"Is he going to be ok?" Jesus asked handing Callie all Noah's pads from the ground.
"Yeah, yeah I guess so" Callie said surprised.
"Are you supposed to be watching TV before dinner?" Callie asked going inside finding Noah on the couch.
"Lena said I could" Noah said.
"I just wanted him to sit for a few minutes so we could get some ice on his leg, I want to make sure it's not going to swell up" Lena said coming into the room.
"Well that's a bad idea don't you think. What about his homework?" Callie asked.
"I already did it with him, Callie is there something you want to talk about?" Lena asked. Callie shook her head heading up the stairs. A few minutes Lena knocked on her door sticking her head it.
"Is something bothering you?" She asked coming in to sit on the foot of Callie's bed.
"no" Callie said not looking up.
"Whatever it is I bet you will feel better talking about it" Lena pressed her.
"Noah got hurt" Callie said. after a minute.
"Oh sweetie he's ok that's not your fault" Lena said. Callie shook her head.
"Noah got hurt, and he wanted you" Callie told her meeting Lena's eyes. She saw surprise in Lena's face.
"Well sweetie, I think part of you guys being in a stable home is that your relationship is changing a little bit. You don't need to be the parent in his life anymore. You are free to just be his big sister. You don't have to worry about that responsibility, you can be a kid." Lena said Stef popped her head in and came to sit with them. Callie had a feeling Lena had filled her in on everything before they had come up.
"Callie girl 15, is not very grown. I know it must feel like it especially with all you kids have been through. But 15 is still a kid. You deserve to get to be a kid and not have to be a parent to an 8 year old. Noah doesn't love you any less then he did before, your relationship is changing a little bit but love, you have to let it. It will be better for both of you that you can both be kids, you owe it to yourself" Stef said gently. Callie was surprised she felt a tear trail down her cheek. She wiped it away angry at herself. She didn't cry, crying showed weakness.
"You will still be his big sister no matter what, and he loves you and will never forget all you did for him, and will do for him" Lena assured her.
"Ok" Callie nodded knowing they were right. Before she could stop herself she reached out leaning into Stef and Stef folded her into her arms. Callie couldn't remember the last time someone had hugged her, really hugged her like they cared about her. Stef smoothed back Callie's wavy hair and glanced at Lena who was watching them, looking as surprised as Stef felt.
"Go wash up for dinner love" Stef said when Callie let go.
"Where did that come from?" Lena asked when they heard Callie going down the stairs
"I have no idea but i'll take it!" Stef whispered excitedly.
"Hey" Brandon said finding his moms cleaning up after dinner.
"Hey B" Lena said.
"Can I talk to you guys about something?" Brandon asked.
"Yeah, sure" Stef said they put down the dished sitting at the table as Brandon sat across from them.
"I just umm, I know it's kind of busy around here, I mean bathroom schedules, we don't even all fit in one car anymore, I could… if you wanted I could go live with dad" Brandon said.
"Is that something you want?" Lena asked.
"I mean, I don't hate it there, we have fun when I stay overnight. I could stay with him more and give you guys a little break, more room, one less kid" Brandon said.
"Well B if you want to go live with your dad we won't stop you, and i'm sure he will be glad to have you more but you don't take up space. You are part of this family, a big part, your the oldest and your brothers and sisters would miss you very much. As for taking up room we need your room will always be your room and that will never change. I also don't think either of those girls will wake up easily enough to take your spot in the bathroom" Stef said making Brandon laugh.
"We love you very much B, we want you here if you want to be here" Lena added taking his hand.
"Ok, I mean I don't know, I was just throwing out the thought" Brandon shrugged.
"Thank you for the thought love" Stef said
"Let us know what you decide ok?" Lena said.
"Yeah I will" Brandon nodded.
"Mariana your going to be late" Lena called up the stairs. Stef was making lunches with Noah's help while Callie and Brandon had breakfast.
"Hey mom can I go to Kelly's tonight" Jesus asked rolling into the kitchen on his skateboard.
"Hey hey dude not on the floor please" Stef said.
"Who's Kelly?" Lena asked.
"You know Kelly Kay"
"Who names a kid Kelly Kay?" Stef asked.
'Not the point momma" Jesus said.
"Will her parents be home?"
"Yes"
"You may, just be home by 5 please" Lena said.
"Thank's got to go" Jesus said kissing her cheek and rolling out into the living room.
"Jesus the floor!" Lena called after him.
"Sorry!" He yelled walking out the front door.
"Mariana let's move" Stef called up the stairs again after chasing Jesus out to give him his lunch. Mariana came down and picked up the plate at the table.
"Well it's about time you graces us with your presents Miss Thing" Stef said turning around to greet her. She stopped suddenly
"Umm what's that there on your face?" Stef asked they all looked up. Callie was surprised to see Mariana had a nose ring in. She could have sworn it was not there last night.
"You like it?" Mariana asked
"No I don't like it. You have a third hole in your nose! Mariana what is going on with you lately, You are drinking at the dance you pierce your nose" Stef said.
"Did it hurt?" Noah asked looking at her nose closely.
"A little" Mariana shrugged.
"Of course if hurt you punched a hole in your nose!" Stef cried.
"How did you even get that done your 14 you need a parent with you" Lena said examining Mariana's nose
"My friend did it" Mariana said.
"Well my dear that's not the best idea is it. I want you to march right upstairs and take that out of your nose right now." Stef said.
"No! I like it, I'm not a baby besides mom says in this house we express ourselves." Mariana said her voice tick with attitude..
"Yes we wear what we want we paint our nails we dye our hair Mariana hair goes back your nose does not!" Lena said. Callie noticed both women really rolled their R's when they said her name mad. It made her name sound much more spanish as Callie imagined it was intended to sound.
"I like it, you can't make me" Mariana said. Callie was shocked the amount of attitude Mariana was giving her moms.
"Mariana upstairs, Now!" Stef barked. Mariana sighed making a show of getting up and walking up the stairs.
"Brandon please take Callie and Noah to school. Have a wonderful day guys" Stef addressed the three remaining kids as she and Lena climbed the stairs.
They found her laying on her bed not facing them as they walked in.
"Mariana I hope you know how dangerous doing a piercing at home is. especially having someone who doesn't know what they are doing and on your nose. What do you think that is going to look like if it gets infected" Stef asked.
"It won't" Mariana said.
"and how can you know that?" Lena said.
"It's not real" Mariana said sitting up and pilling the sticky stud from her nose placing it in Lena's hand. Stef leaned forward searching her nose for a hole.
"All that over a fake" Lena asked sitting next to Mariana on her bed.
"Mariana why put up such a fight if it wasn't even real, we were about to ground you and that sassy mouth" Stef said her voice softening.
"I don't know" Mariana shrugged.
"Do you know what I think?" Lena asked Mariana shook her head turning to her.
"I think that not to long ago you were the only girl in the house, and the baby of the house. And you got all the mom time you could ever want. Maybe more then you wanted sometimes. And then all of a sudden you weren't the only princess in the house, and you weren't even the baby of the house and you had a much younger brother and an emotionally needy sister who needed some extra mom love for a little while and you may not even realize it but you were doing everything you could to get some attention from your moms even if it was us yelling at you" Lena said.
"Does that sound like it could be true?" Stef asked gently. Mariana nodded.
"Sweetheart, we love you very much. And i'm sorry that Callie and Noah needed a little extra loving since they got here. But now that they are fitting in a little better they don't need so much. And Brandon has piano, Jesus has sport's i'm sorry if you felt like you were getting lost in the shuffle a little bit. 5 kids is a lot and I admit we were in a little over our heads. We have a better grasp on you all now but it took us a few weeks to adjust as parents. But baby we love you so much and you mean everything to us. I'm sorry if you got a little lost" Stef said taking Mariana's hands in hers.
"I'm sorry I was drinking at the dance" Mariana said.
"It's ok. I'm sorry we are not doing a better job with all you guys. We will try harder, I promise" Lena said.
"You know what I think you need?" Stef asked.
"Oh no" Mariana laughed knowing what was coming.
"Oh yes. momma sandwich" Stef and Lena cried wrapping Mariana up between both of them.
"I love you guys" Mariana smiled.
"We love you too baby" Stef said kissing her cheek.