Callie and Jude's first night at the Fosters'.

Dinner was quiet that night as they were all thinking about the events of the evening. The five who had just got back from San Ysidro kept imagining alternate scenarios to the end of the evening while Jesus and Mariana were thinking about Ana. No one said much except to 'pass this' or 'pour that'. The two newest additions to the family had barely anything on their plates; both were too afraid of their future to really be hungry. As a result of this Jude was the first one to finish his meal and politely excused himself to go put his plate and glass in the sink. What he didn't see was Jesus' skateboard lying at the corner of the table. Jude stepped on it and lost his balance hitting his face on the counter and dropping his plate and glass with a loud crash. Stef was the closest to him and immediately reached out to grab a hold of him before he could fall to the ground on top of the broken glass and china.

She was about to chastise Jesus for leaving his skateboard where someone got hurt but before she knew what was happening Callie bound off her stool, knocking it over with a loud bang and was standing between Stef and Jude with a determined look on her face. The entire room went silent as they watched in shock. Jude was right behind Callie holding on to her t-shirt for dear life, his face buried in her back sobbing and whispering 'I'm sorry' over and over again.

Stef studied Callie for a moment. She was using her left arm to keep Jude behind her and her right arm to block Stef from coming closer to them. Stef let out a gasp as she realised that Callie was protecting Jude because she thought that Stef was going to hit him.

"Callie." She said softly causing Callie to take a step back.

Lena also got up slowly and stepped towards the two siblings. "We're not going to hurt you Callie." She said as she walked up beside Stef.

Jesus, feeling guilty and wanting to help defuse the tension went to pick up his skateboard "I'm sorry Jude." He said. "It's totally my fault."

Jesus' acceptance did nothing to calm Jude down but Callie looked from the two adults to Jesus and then back again. When she finally accepted that they weren't going to hurt either of them she slowly turned around keeping herself between Jude and the two women.

"Jude!" She gasped when she saw his face. He had banged his mouth on the counter and his teeth had cut his lips and blood dripping down his chin.

Lena instinctively went around Callie to examine the boy but he cowered behind Callie in fear.

"Why don't you go get cleaned up." Stef suggested, trying to ease the two children.

Callie guided Jude to the bathroom and shut the door. As she gently cleaned up his face she thought about how the night had played out. These people were definitely different from anyone she had ever met. She lead their son into a house where a gun was pointed at him and they take her back home and give her dinner and more importantly they took Jude too. She knew it would only be one night but she was still surprised that they hadn't sent her away immediately. She couldn't predict them because she had never been in a home with people like them and that made her uneasy.

Once Jude's face was cleaned up and he had managed to stop crying she took him back out into the now empty kitchen except for the adults where Stef handed her an icepack wrapped in a towel. "A minute on, a minute off." was all she said.

Callie took the icepack and did as she was told. Stef and Lena watched as Callie gently placed the icepack on her brothers face. The boy didn't flinch even though they knew it must have hurt. They wondered if it was because they were too afraid to show weakness or that they were just used to pain. Either way both women felt their hearts break. They continued their regular routine in the kitchen pretending to ignore the siblings but both were watching closely. Callie kept whispering to Jude as she iced his mouth. She was trying to keep him calm. Every time either Stef or Lena would glance at him he was looking back which meant that he wasn't taking his eyes off them. He was clearly afraid and they both knew that they would have to do something about it.

Later that night all the kids were in their own rooms ready for bed and so were Lena and Stef. Callie and Jude were in the living room. Callie was sitting on the couch were she had slept the night before and Jude was sitting next to her. He had been given a sleeping-bag on the floor but he wasn't in it yet. Stef came downstairs to make sure that all the doors and windows were locked when she unintentionally overheard Callie talking to Jude. She couldn't help but sit down on the step to listen.

"I'm not mad at you baby." Callie said gently.

"We're already in trouble and now I broke stuff." Jude said miserably.

"It wasn't your fault Jude." Callie assured him. "Besides they didn't seem angry so don't worry about it."

She waited a moment before she continued. "This home is different Jude. These people are nice. I will probably be sent back to juvie or a group home because of tonight but they may keep you. We'll see what we can do okay. If you stay here then at least I'll know your safe if you can't come with me."

Soon Lena came out looking for Stef. Stef motioned for her to sit quietly.

"But if you do go to another foster home you'll take me with you right?" Jude asked.

"Of course baby." Callie promised. "Even if they do split us up I'll come for you. If they send me to a group home and you can't stay here then I'll come for you and we'll run away but if I'm sent to juvie you're going to have to be careful. I won't be able to get out from there."

Stef and Lena looked at each other with a mixture of worry and sadness in their eyes.

"This house is different. They may keep you anyways." Callie continued. "They won't hurt you and you'll be well fed. It's safe here Jude. You need to be careful and be good but I don't think that they will hurt you. Be careful of Stef, she's a cop so watch what you say around her. I don't think she'll hurt you but just be careful around her okay."

Stef couldn't help but feel hurt. Her position that was supposed to make people feel safe was causing more anxiety for these two children. What had law enforcement officers done to them in the past to make them so distrusting?

"Just lay low and I promise I'll find a way to come back for you." Callie continued.

"I know." Jude said without a hint of hesitation and it made Stef and Lena realise that Callie had obviously sheltered Jude from a lot of the horrors to make him so trusting of her.

"Can I sleep with you?" Jude asked softly.

"Of course." Callie said. "Get your sleeping bag."

The two adults heard the rustling of sheets as the two siblings cuddled onto the couch.