Love Always, Callie

Chapter 1 - The Call

Brandon's POV:

I was pacing around my floor like a mad person, my heart still pounding from the conversation I had with Callie last night. Today's the day I have to say goodbye to her love forever and whether I was ready or not, I had too.

"Brandon! Get down here now." I jumped at the sound of Lena's voice, so authoritative. With a heavy heart I moped down the stairs trying not to think about a certain brown eyed girl.

"What is it?" I mumbled lazily. I didn't want to come out of my room and Lena's pissed off face wasn't helping.

"Do you know where Callie is?" My mom asked, practically interrogating me.

"No? Why would I? I just woke up. She's probably hanging out with AJ somewhere." I tried to hide the jealousy and annoyance in my voice, but failed miserably.

"She's not. We called Mike and she left her phone." Lena spoke up, pointing to Callie's cellphone on the table. My mind was flooded with flashbacks from the first time she ran away. The first time because of me. The second time, because of me. The guilt in the pit of my stomach was unsettling and made me want to vomit, just to see if I could get it all out.

"I haven't seen her." I croaked. Today was the day of her adoption, why would she leave now? I looked at my moms' faces and the guilt inside me only grew. They knew what was happening and their faces wore a look of hurt. It's my fault. "Have you checked her drawers?" I questioned. They knew what I was implying, they knew she was gone but they didn't want to admit it.

"No.." My mom trailed off picked at the hem of her shirt. My heart ached at the sight of her like this. Guilt is a pain in the ass.

"I'll go. Where's Jude?" I asked grabbing Callie's phone and entered in her code, 5622 and checked for any signs of where she could've went. I wanted to smile at the selfies between her and I on here from Mexico but refrained myself because of the reason I was even on her phone to begin with. I clicked the messages between her and Daphne.

"He's at Connor's." Tho

Callie: it's getting to be too much.
Daphne: don't run again Callie
Callie: I love him I don't know what to do I can't hurt them
Daphne: I know decide what you want and go for it
Callie: it's not that simple

My heart swelled at the messages. She loves me still. God I felt so selfish. I noticed no other messages were on her phone except a few messages from Jude telling him where she was.

"How'd you know her passcode? We tried forever to figure it out." Lena asked surprised and held up a paper with all kinds of different 4 number codes on it.

"I know Callie like the back of my hand." Was all I said and turned on my heels to go look in Callie's room. I knew she was gone, and it was my fault. I reluctantly checked her drawers and found nothing but a piece of paper. I slowly unfolded it, scared of what it read.

Dear Fosters,

I love you all so much. I know it may not seem like it, seeing as I have run away again. But I have my reasons. I love you both like the moms I wish I still had, you've taught me to stand for what I believe in because everything works out in the end. I want to thank you for taking care of me and never giving up. But please let me go. Please keep Jude safe like I know you will. Tell Jude I love him and to never be scared to be who he is. Tell Mariana not to listen to the crap boys tell her and to continue doing what she loves. Tell Jesus that I'll miss his wrestling matches and sarcastic comments. Tell Brandon that-"
               
                              Love always, Callie.