The New Fosters: A Brallie Story

Chapter 12

Brandon's POV:

I put the piano bench back in the house, grabbed Callie's guitar, and we headed to the car. "Callie what's going on?" I ask when we are on the road. She just started pacing back and forth on the porch after she got that text and she won't tell me what's wrong.

"That was Lena. She said that there is a guy at the house waiting for me. He said that we have a school project that we are supposed to work on." She stops and takes a deep breath. "Brandon, its Liam." She says, her voice a whisper.

What? Why is he at our house? This is crazy. "Callie." She just continues staring out the window. "Callie look at me." She turns her head and I see tears running down her cheeks. I pull off the road and stop the car. "Callie. It's going to be okay, okay? I won't let him hurt you I promise."

"What if he hurts Jude or the twins or even Stef or Lena?" She asks, her voice cracking.

"I promise you that I won't let him hurt out family. Trust me, okay? Please Callie." She nods. I wipe her tears away and hug her. when her breathing calms a little I kiss her hair and start to drive again. She leans her head on my shoulder and intertwine our fingers together. We drive the feat of the way home in silence and our thoughts.

I drive as fast as possible. When we arrive at the house I feel Callie start to tremble. I kiss her cheek and say, "remember what I said? I won't let him hurt you or our family, okay?" She nods. "I'll go in with you and we will bring him out here. He won't make it anywhere near anyone else." She give me a sad smile and nods again. I get out of the car and open her door for her. I grab her hand and hold it in mine to reassure her that everything will be fine. I open the front door and we step inside. "Mom we're home."

"We're in here." I hear her yell from the kitchen. As Callie and I walk to the kitchen I give her hand a squeeze and then pull it away from hers. I don't want to, but I don't want to break my promise that we won't get caught. "Oh you're both here."

I clench my teeth when I see him, but slightly smirk in my mind when I see the big bruise that circles his right eye. "Yeah. I saw Callie walking home and I had my car so..." I trailed off.

Callie takes a small step closer to me. Moms didn't even notice, but Liam did. "We should start working on our project now shouldn't we." Liam says.

Callie starts grinding her teeth. "Yeah. I forgot to tell you, the teacher added Brandon to our group last minute." She replies.

Liam smirks, "oh okay. Lets get to work." He says and then he turns to my moms, "it was nice meeting you." They both smile and reply with nice to meet you toos.

"Follow me." Callie says and starts for the front porch. Liam tries to get in front of me, but I cut him off and get in between him them. I will not even let there be a small chance of him doing something to her. We go outside and shut the door tight. "What do you want Liam?" Callie says in a tough voice.

"Oh Callie don't be like that. I just came here to say that I'm sorry about the way I acted at the party. I want us to just start over. I mean you deserve someone better than this guy," he says glancing at me. I move closer to Callie and take her hand in mine. "You deserve someone like me. I still love you Callie and I want us to be together again." Now I'm the one grinding their teeth.

"Brandon is a way better guy than you will ever be. I don't deserve someone like you. I don't deserve someone who raped me." She says almost yelling.

His face turns red and he takes a step towards her, but I pull her behind me. I stare he dead in the eyes and say, "you're a horrible person and nobody deserves to have scum like you, especially Callie. This is your last warning. Stay away from Callie or you won't just have a black eye. Now get out of here and NEVER come back to my house."

He walks by me to get to the stairs. I keep Callie behind me the whole time, so I'm always in between them. When he's down the stairs he turns around and says, "you will regret this Callie. You both will." Then he runs down the street.

We go back into the house and to the kitchen where my moms are still sitting and whispering to each other. When they see us they stop talking. "Callie who was that? I know he wasn't here for a school project because I know he doesn't go to your school." Mom (Lena) says. I feel Callie stiffen behind me at the question. "And how do you know him Brandon?" She asks.

Mom (Stef) straightens up and says, "Start explaining."