1.4 Whatever happened
-x-o- Callie -x-o
A few days later..
I sat at my computer screen staring at the screen at the invite to Liam's party. Was it really time I let loose for once and go to one of these parties that everybody goes crazy for. I quickly texted Sophia to ask her if she was going and she responded instantly with 'yes.' I rolled my eyes and giggled a little. "Of course, she was."
"Of course what?" I quickly shut my laptop screen and glared at Stefanie who didn't looked too fazed anymore. She sat at the desk chair in front of me as I was on the bed crossed legged. "We need to talk."
"No, we actually don't." I got up but she pushed me down firmly which made me flinched a little.
"Callie stop." Stefanie sternly said as she left her hands on my lap and looked directly into my brown eyes. "I've had enough of this. You don't have to talk but I am going to tell you what it is because goddamn it, I am not going to lose you over something I didn't do."
"We already know you are a cold blooded murderer, Stefanie." I replied with annoyance and tried to get her hands off my legs. "You can't lie yourself out of this dark tunnel called the truth, now get your murderous hands off my damn legs." I used all my strength and mighty to push her hands off me. She sat there in silence as I stood up and looked right at her.
"Whatever happened to my little girl?" She finally whispered as she looked back at me with her big blue eyes. "Hm?" She whispered to me as she stood up leaving us arm length of each other. "The one that I know.."
"She grew up." I spoke then grabbed my already packed bag for the night and my iPhone. "She grew up knowing what kind of mother she really had and knew that her life before was just a mistake."
"Callie-"
"I have plans and none of them revolve around you." I pushed past her and ran down the stairs quickly to say good bye to Mum then left for the party in my BMW that would soon be shared with Mariana.
x-o- Stef -x-o
I fell onto the floor stunned by the words my little girl could spit out so easily. I just sat there as I tried to make everything make sense. Just a little sense so I didn't have to feel so broken up about it but nothing did. She was right in her head but I knew it was all wrong and she wasn't going to listen to me. Not to know what really was the truth.. It was like she wanted to suffer. She wasn't going to make herself feel better and actually listen to me. "Stef?" I looked up at Lena who came over quickly and embraced me in her arms.
"She-She just won't let me explain." I cried out into her neck as she rubbed circles around my back. "How is my little girl ever going to feel better if she won't listen to the truth."
"Get the investigation started, Stef." Lena replied sternly but in a loving way. "If you get evidence to back you up and the whole family comes to the court hearing to listen to the whole story then Callie will finally open up to you and be opened to listening to your side."
"We can't force her so what happens when she decides that she just won't go?" I whispered as we pulled apart and sat on the floor.
"We will make her."
"It's getting late.." I whispered as I turned the t.v. off and looked over at Lena who was sipping her tea. "Where is Callie?"
"She said there was a party that she really wanted to go to." My mouth dropped in shock at how I didn't know until now.
"Why didn't you tell me, Lena?" I questioned with worry and disappointment as Lena's face looked a little guilty. "Whose party and where?"
"She just told me as she walked out that she was going to a party somewhere and someones." She whispered as she looked down but back up to me with guiltiness. "I couldn't stop her but I tried."
"Okay.. Fine." I replied as I tried to be fine with the little details that we knew about where she is. Then I yawned really big and Lena laughed a little.
"I will stay up for her, honey." Lena whispered as she pointed to the door with a reassuring smile. "Go to bed babe." I nodded agreeing that it might not be the best thing for me to be here when she comes through the door even though maybe it was time for me to finally step up as a mother and discipline her.
"I should stay up too." I whispered as I moved closer to her in the chair. "Being a mother means I might not get sleep some days. It's a 24/7 job." I reassured her as I kissed her afterwards. We threw the blanket on top of each other then turned the t.v. back on where they were just playing ads for stupid items. We sat in silence until my eyes dropped and I fell asleep.
-x-o- Lena -x-o-
I giggled at the sight of Stef sleeping next to me with little snores that escaped from her mouth. I sighed as I looked at the time once again seeing it was 4 in the morning. I was disappointed in Callie for not giving us a text at least to tell her she was safe.. Doesn't she know how worried we were going to be? After a while of trying to stay awake my iPhone rang and I answered without a second thought. "Callie?" I said with worry and disappointment.
"Is this Lena Adams?" A female voice spoke and my heart dropped instantly. "This is Officer James down at Anchor Beach Police Station."
"Yes!" I quickly replied to her with worry. "Please tell me Callie is okay.."
"She is alive but very drunk, Ms Adams." The female voice spoke as I heard someone say something. I turned to see that Stef was awake and worried. "We want to keep her overnight and have you come pick your daughter up in the morning."
"We can do that." I replied with a nod and rolled my eyes. "Is there anything more I need to know?"
"She almost caused a car wreck.. She has a fine that is $250 for driving under the influence.. Um.. And has lost her licence and has to do another driver's ed course to drive again."
"Thank for you Officer?"
"James." Officer James replied with a soft tone over the phone. I hung up after our good byes and looked over at Stef.
"I am so sorry." I quickly told Stef who quickly shook her head. "If I just tried harder to get her to stop then she probably won't be drunk in jail."
"It is no one's fault but hers, babe." Stef reassured me and I sighed as I looked down in disappointment. I knew I should of questioned her but she was so quick and she knows she would of got away with it.. "Let's go to bed." I agreed as I can rest without worrying that if Callie was in danger.
"Should we mention this to the others?" I whispered as I got dressed for the day and Stef shook her head.
"It's something we will leave Callie to explain as part of her punishment." Stef answered as she tied her curly blond hair up in a bun and smiled at me. "Is it okay if I go pick up Callie and talk through her punishments?" She questioned as she put on her clothes.
"I was hoping you would step up and show Callie that you aren't going to be walked all over anymore." I replied with a small smile and went up to hug her. "Good luck!" I skipped out of the room to wake everybody up for breakfast as Stef went to drive to the police station.
-x-o- Callie -x-o
I woke up feeling like shit. "I should've not drank." I muttered under my breath as I stayed on my back on the floor.
"You are telling me." I heard a familiar voice then the jail door opened revealing Stef with her arms crossed. "You look like you have been hit by a donut truck a thousand times over and over again... Oh. Is it a bad time to offer you a donut?" I saw she had a donut in her hand. I felt disgusting and quickly ran to the toliet to throw up. "Think of might been. Oh. I will just eat it." I shook my head annoyed as I slid onto the floor seeing the grin on her face.
"Where's Mum?"
"At home with the others." She replied as she leaned on the wall opposite of me. She sighed after I stared at her shoes. "We were worried sick about you Callie."
"Wow." I replied as I crossed my arms and heard her do a loud sigh again.
"I think it is good time to talk because it isn't exactly you are going anywhere besides this small room." She spoke with a strong, firm and no nonsense tone which startled me a little because I never seen her so serious. I sighed knowing that she was very right with it. I wasn't going to be let out until she talked, that was the way it had to be. She slowly sat down on the bed that really wasn't a bed and did another a sigh. "I am not going to bother talking about the shooting because I know that you won't believe a word I say unless there is prove in front of you." I tried not to nod but my body wouldn't listen so I nodded. "But what I am going to talk about is your respect towards me which is right now, zero. There is none. I don't care what your opinion about the past is but you are going to respect me as your Mother because that is still who I am."
"N-"
"I am your Mother and you are my daughter." I kept speaking so she wouldn't have her two cents worth in it. "And my love for you darling girl will never ever stop not even if you throw all the nastiness at me for my whole life. I will still be here today and every day until infinity and beyond... And that means I get to give you a punishment that I see is best."
"Get a gun and shoot me as you did to my Dad?" She whispered after I saw a flash of nervousness hit her face. "I don't care.. Just do it." She held her head to her hands and I heard soft cries but I shook the guilt off.
"Callie Adams Foster." I spoke slowly but softly too with a motherly tone. "You will be explaining the effects of drinking to your three younger siblings and why they should never drink drive." She looked up at me with a glare. "You are grounded for a month. School and home, that's it. No technology either." She looked calmer and stopped the tears. "And you will be doing a few more extra chores around the house."
"And why do you get to decide this without Mum?" She whispered with sass and I folded my arms with a smirk.
"Because I am your Mother too and she thought it would be best if I stepped up for once as a Mother should." I answered her question and she dropped the face. "And I agreed so here I am without a second thought or regret." I stood up and let myself out, well the Officer let me out leaving Callie to sit there a little longer. "What does Callie need to do?" I asked with a soft tone to Officer James who lead me to the front again.
"All she needs to do is pay the fine by next month and she is clear to go now as she seems sober now." She explained to me as she handed me the fine and Callie's personal belongings in a ziplock bag. "She is a very lucky girl to be alive and well."
"I know she is." I replied as another police officer came out leading Callie towards me. "Aren't you, honey?" I touched her arm and she moved away from me. She sighed and I handed her ziplock. "Let's go home." I whispered after saying good bye to the officers and walked out as she walked a few steps behind me. We got into her BMW and I drove slowly through the streets. "Don't ever do this again.. I don't think I will ever forgive myself if something ever bad happened to you that you did in spite of me." We stopped in front of the house but I still had the doors locked. "No matter what you think about me, I have and will always care about you. I want to be able to keep you safe from the world and I can't protect you from everything. I am deeply sorry that I couldn't protect you enough to be able to fight for myself after the shooting."
"I thought we weren't going to talk about this." She muttered angrily under her breath clutching her zip lock bag tightly across her chest which is a sign of nervousness.
"I know but I just need to tell you this one bit that might help you to hear me out." I replied as I looked at her taking close attention to the little things on her face. "I was there with your father outside the apartment, that part was true but there was someone else there too. That man-"
"I don't want to hear the same old, same old things!" Callie screamed as finally looked at me for the first time. "I want to get out of here." She was breathing heavily like she was having a panic attack. "Please just let me out!" She tried to get out and I finally unlocked my door and ran to her door to open it. She wasn't trying to get out anymore but she was trying to breath.
"Follow my breathing Cal." I whispered as I placed her hand onto my chest where she could feel me breathing. She followed and calmed down. She slowly looked up at my eyes and I sighed but she didn't pull away. "We won't talk about it right now." I whispered and she looked down with a nod. She finally moved her hand away letting my hand that rested on her hand fall down on to my lap. I stood up and let her out of the car. We walked into the house in silence then heard noise in the kitchen and leaded ourselves into the kitchen where everybody sat ready to eat lunch.
Aw.. Looks like Callie might back off a little...