Jude pushed open the room door and the moment he set eyes on his sister he ran up to her. "CALLIE!" He yelled with excitement like a little kid, as he flung his arms around her neck and held her tight.

But Callie was too shocked and surprised to respond. It took her a few seconds before she was able to wrap her own arms around her brother and hold him tight as well. "Jude?" She practically asked, still unable to believe he was actually here. A huge smile spread on her face as it all sank in.

"I missed you so much." Jude said, not releasing his grip on his sister. "Bill told me you were in the hospital but no one would tell me how you were doing." He admitted, remembering how afraid he was for her.

"How are you?" Callie asked as she finally managed to release him and hold him at arms length to get a good look at him. "Where did they send you?" She asked, brushing a thumb over the faded purple bruise that was still visible under his eye.

"Group home." Jude answered with a shrug, hoping to downplay his experience there. "They couldn't find me a foster home."

Callie just smiled sadly at her brother and hugged him one more time. Somehow she felt like it would be hard to track him down but he was here, standing in front of her and actually smiling, despite obviously having bad experiences in his group home.

"How did you find him?" Callie asked, finally acknowledging that Stef and Lena were in the room as well. "How did you bring him here?"

But before either of them could answer, Jude began to speak. "They were great." He began animatedly. "They talked to Bill and found me and Lena came to visit me at the home and they were getting permission for me to come visit you here but they needed permission from the group home and Bill and the judge and all kinds of stuff." He said, showing just how much they'd put into all of it. "They are really nice too and they have an amazing house and this huge tree in the back yard and their kids are so much fun. Brandon's kind of boring and only plays the piano but Jesus is so cool. He let me try his skateboard and he even let me play his video games." He said, as he began describing everything he'd done so far.

"How do you know that?" Callie asked in confusion. Sure, they got him permission to visit her but did they take him to their house first? How had he met their kids?

"They're my foster parents now too, until Bill can find us a forever home." He stated with a smile, knowing that it was probably the only thing that would get Callie to reconsider her anger towards Stef. "And they set up a bed for me in Jesus' room and one for you in..." He continued to describe.

But Callie was no longer listening for now all she could do was stare, open-mouthed, at Stef. She was in complete awe of this woman for not only had she befriended and cared for Callie while she was here but she'd kept her promise to come back and on top of all that, they took Jude too. Stef had realized that this was the one way to prove to Callie that she truly meant what she said and Callie was immensely touched by the gesture. And what made it all the more special was that she hadn't done it because they had something to prove or an image they had to maintain; they hadn't done it because Jude was a good kid that deserved a good home - no, they'd done it simply because they cared about her.

"We love you and we're waiting for you." Stef finally said as she watched the change in Callie. She could see that the girl finally believed that they were true and her anger towards Stef was gone.

Callie just stared at Stef as she continued to tune her bother's chatter out. She still couldn't quite believe that this was happening but one thing she did know was that she wasn't going to blow this up over a small, insignificant detail. So what if Stef was a cop - the most important thing was that she was a good to the Jacob siblings and that's all that really mattered.

"Ready to go home love?" Stef finally asked with a soft smile.

Callie nodded once in response, still too choked up to speak. She was more than ready to go home - for however long it lasted.

Author's Note:

Okay so the conclusion is really short but I honestly got sadistic joy in leaving you with that last cliffhanger :P. I'm so glad you guys liked this story though. It's my first AU (even though I have a couple I've been working on for a while). Thanks again to meyouthem123 for the idea and request even though she herself writes such amazing stories.

A sequel will be posted soon. I'm still working on the plot so it will be a while. I'm also in the middle of planning my daughter's first birthday (where the hell did the time go?) so that's taking up a lot of my time as well.

In the mean time I'll be posting a few new chapters of History again and a couple of one shots as well.

Thanks again for reading and for the amazing reviews.

Love Junebug (and babybug)

PS: I need name suggestions for the sequel. Something that goes along with the Girl Next Door theme. Any suggestions welcome.