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I know it's been forever, since I've updated and if anyone is still following this story I'll be amazed, but I just didn't have the time or motivation to write. But, I'm definitely feeling the inspiration again so I'll be updating more frequently :)

(Callie's narration appears in italics)

Stef was dreading telling Brandon about Callie. But, she knew he was probably going crazy right now. She just didn't want him to feel the heartache that she and Lena were feeling right now.

As Stef approached Brandon and Tyler, Brandon instantly looked at her expectantly. "Mom, how's Callie? Is she okay?"

Stef sighed as she sat down on the side of Brandon's hospital bed. "Callie had a really bad brain injury. She must have hit her head pretty hard when the bus crashed."

"Okay, but they fixed it right?"

Stef didn't know how to answer him. Technically, they did. But it just might have been too late.

"Please, mom. Tell me they fixed it."

Tyler could sense the hesitation in Stef. He could tell that she had bad news. He could just feel it in the pit of his stomach. How could someone he just met a few hours ago have such a big impact on him? He felt like crying. He didn't know Callie, but he knew she was an amazing person.

"Mom, please" Brandon pleaded as he began to cry. "Please tell me Callie is going to be okay!"

"I can't do that honey," Stef cried. "The doctors think that Callie might be brain dead."

Brandon looked down as he sobbed uncontrollably. Stef pulled Brandon into a hug as she sobbed with him. "Listen to me. We are not giving up on Callie. I know what the doctor said, but he doesn't know Callie like we do. Callie will fight to stay with us!"

"But, what if that's not good enough?"

"Then, we'll fight for her! Callie is going to come back to us! She has to."

Callie's hospital room…

Okay, hold on. Calm down, Callie. Just take it easy! You're freaking out and you might not have to. Use some common sense here. If I were brain dead I wouldn't be able to hear everything that I'm hearing. I wouldn't be able to think the thoughts that I'm thinking right now. So maybe I'm not brain dead. Maybe the doctors just think I am. Maybe they made a mistake. Well, that's great. My doctors suck.

"Callie, I am so sorry," Lena sobbed.

Why are you sorry? Wait, she can't hear me. Duh.

"I should have never forced you to go on that trip. I knew you didn't want to go, but I just wouldn't stop. If I had just listened to you none of this would be happening right now."

Seriously, momma? She's blaming HERSELF for this!? That's ridiculous. She had no idea our bus would crash.

"Callie, please fight! I need you to fight. We can't lose you. Not like this!"

Maybe if she knows that I can hear her, it'll make them realize that I'm going to be okay. I'm just… Well honestly I don't know what the hell is going on. Maybe this is what being in a coma is like. You can hear everything around you, but you just can't wake up. It's like being trapped in your own body. Feels like hell to me!

Stef came back into the room after being gone for fifteen minutes. Lena could tell that she had been crying more. "I take it Brandon was a mess," Lena stated understandingly. She knew how close Callie and Brandon had grown. She could imagine the pain her son was feeling. She wished she could take that away. She wished she could take away the pain that they all were feeling.

"Yeah, but I told him we're not giving up. I wanted to stay with him but I wanted to make sure I was here in case there was any change. Tyler is with him."

"Tyler?"

"Oh, he was the boy that called in the accident. He was with Callie before she passed out. He seems like a nice kid. Thinks the world of Callie." Stef smiled at that. Of course he would think the world of Callie. She just had that impact on people.

"Well, she is pretty great," Lena smiled for the first time since she got the call from Stef that morning.

Poor Brandon. God, I wish I could tell him that I'm going to be fine! I wish I could tell all of them!

"Did you get a hold of Mike?"

"Yeah, I told him about Callie. He's just going to tell the kids that Callie had to have surgery. I think it's better if we tell them. He's bringing them here, so they should be here in the next hour."

"How did this happen?" Lena asked after a beat. "How did we go from being a happy family this morning to possibly losing our daughter? How?"

"I don't know. I keep asking myself the same thing. It doesn't feel real. None of this feels real."

I have to show them that I'm still here. I have to do something! Anything!

"What do we do, Stef?"

"I don't know Lena. I'm just trying to have hope here."

"I am too. But, I can't stand the thought of Callie suffering because we're not willing to let her go. I don't want that for her. I don't want to just hold onto Callie's body when it's not really Callie anymore."

Stef knew that Lena was right. She didn't want that for Callie either. If it came to it she would want to pull the plug. She didn't just want Callie's body. She wanted Callie. "I just don't think we're there yet. If she gets worse, then we have to discuss what to do. But, until then I just want to sit with her and hold our baby's hand." Stef grabbed hold of Callie's other hand, while Lena still held her other hand in hers.

Come on Callie! Move! I can do this! I have to! They're talking about pulling the plug! They don't have to do that! I can get through this! Just do it! Just move! Dammit! I can't even tell if I'm moving or not! This is so screwed up!

Stef and Lena sat in a comfortable silence, holding Callie's hands. For a brief moment, Stef could have sworn she felt Callie's finger twitch. She quickly sat up, alerting Lena.

"What is it?" Lena asked.

Stef stared at Callie's hand, but nothing happened. "Nothing," Stef sighed. "I just thought I felt her move."

I moved! I moved! Okay! Do it again! I can do this! I can do this! Move your hand Callie!

"Callie, honey, can you hear us?" Stef asked hopefully. "Please, baby if you can hear us, show us. Please, try."

It was a movement so minor that they almost missed it. If they hadn't have both been staring at Callie's hands they would have thought the other had imagined it. But they both saw it. Callie had moved her finger.

Callie moved! The moms know she can hear them. But, Callie's not out of the woods yet. She still has a tough, long road ahead of her. Expect a time jump soon, possibly next chapter. Not a big time jump though, very small one actually.

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