job , as your moms , to keep loving you anyway . we love you so much callie , and we are so so glad you're safe at home."
lena kisses callie's head and stef squeezes her shoulder and callie feels herself relax . home . she's home . her moms are home . and they always will be.
just by pushing a button , so i did . i prayed that you would understand. that you and mom would come get me . "
" always cal. we will always come to get you . "
lena promises , stef having joined their hug by now . the words mom and mama make them so happy , to hear [ + ]
like it or not . you're our daughter callie . nothing you can do , is gonna make us give up on you. "
" your mom is right you know," lena agrees , " we're not going to leave you . no matter how badly you mess up . you're our kid , its your job to mess up . it's our [ + ]
" i got you baby , i got you . "
" we are so proud of you love . " stef says , " for trying to help . you have such a huge heart callie girl , and that will never ever be a bad thing . "
" i remembered when you told me i could always let you know when i needed you , [ + ]
callie looks at lena , its the first time she's ever said it , called her mama , even if she's thought it to herself a thousand times .
" oh callie . "
lena echoes stef's earlier tone, sweeping her daughter into her arms , letting her take whatever she needed from her . [ + ]
help. i couldn't leave her . they hit me with a gun... i think... and when i woke up, i was in that truck, and i knew exactly what they were going to do to us . "
lena's eyes cloud with worry , but she doesn't reach for callie, not yet .
" i was so scared mama . " [ + ]
" oh callie , oh baby . "
stef cooes , just holding her there , not asking anything . not for an explanation, not for anything yet . just relieved to see her alive .
" i'm sorry . "
the brunette manages, how many times has she apologized to stef ? countless . [ + ]
" i ... i know you told me not too, but i went to girls united . "
she watches her moms , they just nod . even stef is eerily calm .
" after i left, i heard something outside. a struggle . one of the new girls, maya, she was trying to fight this guy off. I stepped in to [ + ]
๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ . she tells herself , it's a losing battle , but she tries .
" i... i don't know . "
" yes you do , cal , take a breath and tell us . "
lena's voice is guiding her towards the truth, and callie clings to it like a bouy. [ + ]
most right now .
" i know . "
" we just want to understand love . " stef adds , " what were you doing tangled up in ... that ? "
her mom can't bring herself to say it for what it is, and callie can't blame her for that . most people wouldn't .
" i ... " callie blinks [ + ]
from her . an answer . a reason . something that makes sense , why she'd been on that truck .
" we're not mad at you sweet . "
lena hums , callie yearns, aches for lena , they'd never been as close as she and stef, and for some reason that was the thing that hurts [ + ]