Pushed

Chapter 24

The next morning Stef woke to fidgeting beside her. With her eyes still closed she reached for Callie and pulled her right up against her and planted kiss after kiss on the side of Callie's face. "Um..." Callie said as she squirmed. "I'm Callie, not Lena." She said uncomfortably, wondering if Stef had forgotten she was there. Stef finally opened her eyes as she and Lena both began laughing. "I know that honey." Stef said smiling down at her daughter. "If you were Lena I would have done this." She said as she reached across Callie and kissed Lena passionately on the lips, knowing full well how much it embarrassed all the kids when they kissed like that in front of them. "Gross." Callie mumbled as Stef and Lena continued to laugh. Lena pulled away from Stef, slightly embarrassed but she had to admit, the look on Callie's face was priceless. Both moms bent to kiss Callie before Lena got up. "Okay I'm going to shower, you two snuggle for a while longer and then it's time to get up." "As Lena grabbed some clothes to take to the bathroom with her Callie turned to Stef. "So am I still in trouble?" She asked sweetly, hoping that after last night her moms would have forgiven her. "You bet your sweet a..." Stef began but was cut off. "STEF." Lena said reproachfully extracting a grin from the two still in bed. "Grounded, two weeks, no T.V." Stef said, answering Callie's question. Callie groaned but buried her head into Stef's side and casually threw an arm around her waist. Lena smiled as she headed into the bathroom for a shower. When she got out the bed was empty and made. She made her way downstairs and found Stef and Callie at the kitchen table, Stef drinking a cup of coffee and Callie eating a bowl of cereal. "Hi love." Stef smiled. "What are you two doing down here so early?" Lena asked as she stole Stef's mug right out of her hands. "I thought you'd both go back to sleep by the time I got out." Stef looked at Callie before answering. "We decided to get breakfast over with before everyone else woke up." Stef explained, not actually saying that she wanted Callie to eat before her check-up. "Well I'll join you." Lena smiled at Callie as she grabbed herself a bowl and spoon and poured herself some cereal and milk. "So are we going to have a lazy Sunday today?" Stef asked her wife. "I think so." Lena said. "The kids all have plans, being that it's the last weekend they are free so it should be pretty peaceful around here." "What are the kids doing?" Stef asked. Lena was always the one who kept track of their activities because it was usually her that refereed between them. "The twins are hanging out with Matt and Hayley and Brandon is going over to Aiden's and Jude isn't coming home from Conner's until the evening." Lena answered. "Looks like it's just us kid." Stef said good-naturedly to Callie. But Callie didn't look happy at the thought. She wanted to do something with her siblings. She was so fed up of sitting home with her moms. Now they weren't hovering over her but she was grounded which basically amounted to the same thing. "You wanna pick something to do?" Lena asked kindly, offering the girl a chance to decide. "I'll just study." Callie said. Stef raised her eyebrow. "You said that last night too." "I know, but I mean it today." Callie answered. Stef and Lena both smiled at her. "I hadn't planned on going last night either." Callie said, not looking up from her cereal. "Then why did you?" Lena asked. "I just wanted to show you that I'd be okay." Callie said. "I guess I wanted to show myself too." "You do understand why we said no, yes?" Stef asked her. Callie shrugged. "I guess." She answered. "We know that you're still having a hard time sometimes and we just didn't want the added pressure of drinking or smoking or anything else to push you back." Stef explained. "I know." Callie said. "And I didn't do any of that I promise." "We know love." Stef said. "We just didn't want you in that position in the first place." "I'm sorry I snuck out." Callie said. "I've never done anything like that before." Both Stef and Lena raised their eyebrows. "I'm not coining running away." Callie clarified. "I wasn't running away last night." "We know." Lena said. "And we are very thankful for that." After breakfast Stef and Callie headed back upstairs to shower while Lena began making breakfast for the rest of the kids who would soon be up and about. She was still thinking about the events of last night and this morning when Mariana walked into the kitchen, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Where's Callie?" Mariana asked in confusion. "Good morning baby." Lena said. "She slept in our room last night." Mariana's eyes went wide with worry. "Why?" She asked. Lena smiled at her daughter. "She's fine, she just didn't want to be alone." "Oh." Mariana said confused. She figured the last thing that Callie would want would be to hang out with their moms any longer. "I was gonna ask her if she wanted to come to the mall with us today." "That's nice of you." Lena said, glad that her kids were bonding so well. "But actually Callie is grounded." "I thought you said she was fine." Mariana asked in confusion. "She is fine." Lena assured her daughter. "But she got into some trouble last night." "Trouble?" Mariana asked, wondering if it was code for hurting herself. "She snuck out and went to Allan's party." Lena explained. "She WHAT?" Mariana asked in shock. Callie was the last person she imagined would do such a thing. "I can't believe it." Lena smiled. "Neither could we." She said. "Mom must have been so mad." Mariana said, picturing Stef's face when she realized that Callie was missing. Lena laughed. "And how." She said, extracting a grin from her daughter. She placed a waffle down in front of her daughter as she planted a kiss on her head. "What time are you going to the mall with Matt?" She asked. "Early evening." Mariana said. "Then how about we do a movie this afternoon. It's just going to be us four so we can have a girl's afternoon, it will be nice for Callie." "Okay." Mariana smiled enthusiastically. "Can Callie and I got get the movie at least? We'll go straight there and back." Lena thought about it for a minute. "Okay." She finally said. "But straight there and back." "Promise." Mariana said with a smile and she jumped off her stool and ran up the stairs to tell her sister. After they were all showered and dressed Callie reluctantly left with Mariana for the video store. "Isn't she supposed to be grounded?" Stef asked as she watched them walk out the door. Lena looked guiltily at her wife. "I'm sorry, I should have talked to you about it first." "It's fine love." Stef said as she kissed her wife. "It gives us a little time alone." Stef reached for Lena's hand and pulled her out of the kitchen and up the stairs to their bedroom. "What are we doing?" Lena asked. Stef gave her a suggestive look. "What do you think?" She asked as she pushed Lena down onto the bed and crawled on top of her. Stef began to kiss Lena all over her face staring from her forehead and ending with her lips. "I've missed this." She said blissfully. "Me too." Lena said as she wrapped her arms around Stef to pull her closer. Stef slowly lifted the hem of Lena's shirt up slightly, exposing the slight bump that was now visible. She gently placed a hand over their baby. "Do you have any idea how beautiful you look?" Stef asked. Lena giggled but her eyes sparkled. "I can't wait for this baby to get here." She said as she stroked her own hand over her stomach. "Me either." Stef said. "I can't wait to experience it all." Lena admitted. "Even the childbirth and the sleepless nights and dirty diapers." Stef laughed. "Wait till it actually starts." She teased. "The things I'm waiting for the most are breastfeeding and having a baby fall asleep in my arms." Lena said. "Um..." Stef said smiling, remembering those days. "What's it like?" Lena asked. "Breastfeeding?" Stef asked. Lena nodded. Stef thought about it for a moment. "It's the most satisfying feeling ever." She said. "Knowing that you're giving your baby exactly what it needs." "But what does it feel like, physically?" Lena clarified. "Sort of a pull." Stef tried to explain. "It can hurt if they haven't latched on correctly but eventually you get used to it." "How do I know if it's right?" Lena asked, completely intrigued. "You'll know." Stef said. "You'll feel it." "I can't wait." Lena said. "I can't either." Stef said and Lena looked at her quizzically. "Mike used to say that it was the most erotic thing watching me feed Brandon." Stef explained. "I can't wait to watch you do it." Lena smiled. "Will it make me completely aroused?" She asked, slightly embarrassed. "Actually, no." Stef answered. "It tends to do the opposite actually." The look of disappointment on Lena's face made Stef laugh. "Don't worry babe, you'll be so exhausted that you wouldn't want it even if you did feel like it." But Lena didn't look amused. "But we aren't there yet." Stef said suggestively as she began pulling Lena's shirt higher exposing her black bra. Lena moaned as Stef began to do things to her that still drove her crazy even after all these years. They finally had a good thirty minutes to themselves and Stef was going to take full advantage.