Home is Where Our Hearts Are
Summary - Lena is in the running to become principal at another school across town. She and the rest of the family contemplate this, a lucrative offer of a new home as part of a package with the job offer and how much life at Anchor Beach and their home in Mission Bay means to them.
Disclaimer - I didn't create most of the characters in this story. They are the property of Bradley Bredeweg, Peter Paige and ABC Family. Any infringements are unintentional.
Everyone at the Adams Fosters home were rushing around the house, making some last minute preparations before school and work on a warm, sunny morning. In the kitchen, Stef was finishing her cup of coffee, while Lena, Callie and Jude were preparing their lunches and in the living room, Brandon was looking at Jesus' report to help correct any errors he had made on there.
"So what do you think?" Jesus asked.
"It looks better than i expected." Brandon replied. "I'm surprised that you used so many words you probably would never say."
"I wanted to impress Mr. Sanders by expanding my vocabulary, so i looked up some words in the Theasaurus."
"You probably don't know what any of those words mean." Mariana said as she came down the stairs.
"Yeah, whatever Blondie." Jesus said sarcastically, while Brandon, Callie and Jude laughed at Mariana's comment.
Stef came into the living room a few seconds later, ready for work. "Hey guys." She said to bring everyone to attention. "Do you think you can make it home by six for dinner? I like to have dinner with you all for the second time in a week for the first time in a while."
"Me and the band are going to working on a new song and having a listening session at Mat's place." Brandon said.
"I'm going to be working until 7 tonight." Callie said.
"The team is going to have one of the last workouts of the year, so the earliest i'll be in is 6:30." Jesus said.
"How about you Miss Thing?" Stef asked Mariana.
"I don't have anything planned." Mariana replied.
"Yeah, me neither." Jude said.
"Well i guess it looks like it'll be at least most of us for dinner tonight." Stef said as she picked up her bag. "I better get going. Duty calls."
"Okay Honey." Lena said as she went over to hug Stef. "Please be careful out there."
"I will." Stef said as she and Lena shared a quick kiss. "Bye babies."
"Bye mom." Brandon said as he went to give Stef a hug, followed by Callie, Jesus, Mariana and Jude.
After Stef left, everyone remaining in the house gathered their stuff before heading to school.
"You guys ready to go?" Lena asked.
"Yeah Mama." Mariana replied as she finished making some last minute touches to her hair.
Everyone walked outside and got in the SUV to begin their drive to Anchor Beach Community Charter School. During the drive, Brandon was listening to some music he and the band had completed on his headphones, while Jesus was reading his report to find any errors he might have made and Callie, Mariana and Jude were having a conversation about the upcoming summer break. After a few minutes, Lena made her to the parking lot and parked at her designated spot.
"Alright guys, time for another day." Lena said as she turned off the SUV's engine. "Lets make this another good one and try to stay out of trouble, especially you Jesus."
