~I run to you~

3

The next morning I woke up snuggled again'st Stef. I was so scared last night. I keep thinking Liam is going to find me and hurt me again. Stef stayed with me the whole night, she kept her arm around me and held me close, I felt safe. But I was still scared.

"Good morning there darling." Stef smiled amd pushed the hair out of my face.

I yawned, "what time is it?"

"5:43." She replied.

"Oh my goodness." I yawned again, and burrowed myself agains't Stef again. She leaned agains't me and we both started dozing off, until something thumped agains't the window on the far side of the room. I jumped immediately and sat up, breathing fast and rugged.

Stef sat up, "hey hey, it's okay. It's probably a bird or something. You're okay."

I started shaking, what if it was Liam, and he has a gun?

"Callie you're okay, come here." I could tell Stef felt terrible when she saw me like this.

I sat back and leaned agains't her again, still shaking. I scrunched myself into a ball and hid my face agains't her. I was was still breathing heavy.

Stef pulled the blanket over us again, "It's alright Love, you're okay. Just get some sleep." She put a protective arm around me, and I slowly began to calm down. Eventually, I fell back to sleep.

When I finally woke up at a decent hour I was buried agains't Stef still.

"Oh look who's finally awake." She chuckled.

"You've been awake this whole time? And you didn't get up?" I asked, looking up at her.

"No, I said I wouldn't leave you Love. Especially when you're that afraid." I smiled at her and hugged her, then sat up. I stretched my arms and legs out as Lena came downstairs.

"There you two are!" She laughed.

"Here we are." Stef smiled, I leaned back down onto the couch agains't Stef again. I always felt safe with her because I knew she would protect me.

"Why were you two out here?" She asked. Her poofy hair was even poofier than usual.

"Um.. I was nervous.. So I wanted to stay out here with Stef." I explained.

"Why were you nervous? What's been going on Cal?" Lena sat down next to me and put her hand on my leg.

"I've just been having nightmares and flashbacks and other things that... Um... Involve Liam." I said quietly. Stef rubbed my shoulder.

"Well maybe we should send you to a therepist." Lena proposed.

"No, Lena!" I shot up off the couch.

"Honey it's just a thought-" she started, but I interuppted her.

"No Lena!" I started crying, "no. The last time I went to therepy was when a foster father sent me, and I told my therepist whag he had done and what he had been doing to me and Jude, and the therepist ended up being a fraud, who was our foster father's friend. And so my foster father found out and-" I wiped the tears off my face, "and when he brought me back inside the house he hit me like he'd never hit me before. He threw me on the ground, and he kicked me, and Jude was there. Jude saw the whole thing. He wipped me with his belt, so hard he left scars along my body," I choked out. Both of them were teary eyed, Stef held her hand above her mouth in shock. I lifted my shirt and showed them the scars on my stomach and back, and lifted my pants legs. They bolth gasped. "Please don't send me back, please." I cried. Stef stood up and hugged me, I sobbed, and she sqouze me tighter.

"Oh Callie, I'm so sorry." Lena choked out. She stood up and hugged me as soon as Stef let go of me.

I wiped my face off with my sleeve.

"I'm gunna go get dressed." I said quietly, and turned to walk up the stairs.

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"Oh my god." I said, rubbing my forehead.

"I can't believe what she's gone through, she's such a brave girl." Lena said.

"Me neither. It kills me to picture her getting hurt so bad... And her scars.." My voice trailed off. Lena and I were sitting on the couch, Lena put her arm aound me and kissed my cheek.

"She's our daughter now, that won't happen to her anymore thankfully." Lena said.

"All last night... She woke up so many times from nightmares. It kills me Lena. It really kills me. How do We fix that?" I leaned into Lena and sighed.

"We can only hope she finds a way." She mumbled quietly.

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