A/N: Here we go!

Two week time jump from the last chapter.

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Road To A Meaning Of A Name

Ben walked into the Adams Foster home on the one year anniversary of Frank's death. Stef was holding Lena on the couch when he came in the only Padre sweatshirt that he had. While cleaning out his house, Ben asked if it was okay in honor of their dad if he took his favorite sweatshirt.

"Wow," Stef said surprised. "Don Mattingly of the Dodgers called, he wants all your Dodgers gear back."

"Do you always have to ruin moments like these?" Ben asked.

Stef titled her head as she was just kidding, "You alright?" She asked standing up to wrap her brother up in a hug. He buried his face into her shoulder and nodded. She kissed his head and said, "Let's go." Stef turned to her wife to say goodbye and smiled at the sight.

Lena's hand was resting on her very pregnant belly with her eyes closed. It was early in the morning and with how pregnant she was, she wasn't sleeping well at night. Stef leaned down and kissed her two babies inside of her wife's belly and then her wife.

"Hm?" Lena said at first before kissing her wife back. "Ben here?"

"Hi Lena," he said.

Lena looked up to see Ben standing next to her wife, "Hi honey." She said.

"We're going to head out," Stef said. "Go back up to the bed. It'll be more comfortable for you."

"Okay," she slowly stood up with both Stef and Ben's help. Kissed Ben's cheek and then her wife's lips before making her way upstairs.

Once Lena got upstairs and they heard the master bedroom door softly shut, Ben said, "I'll drive. I have coffee for you in the car."

"Thanks." She said. "I appreciate it."

Ben led them out leaving Stef to lock the door behind them and when she turned around she saw Emily walking up the driveway, "I'm here to cuddle with my sister." She said. "I have my key. Go ahead." The lawyer said.

"Don't I get a hug first?" Stef asked blocking her baby sister's way to the door.

Emily smiled, "Of course," she said hugging the blonde. "I love you Stefy."

"I love you too Emmy." She responded. "Your sister is looking forward to Emily snuggles."

"Ben's taking you out to breakfast," Emily whispered. "Please don't be stubborn and let him pay."

Stef smiled, "Okay," she responded and then she kissed Emily's cheek before making sure she got inside okay.

When Stef walked to the car, Ben said, "I like the way you take care of her."

Stef smiled, "She's my baby sister." She shrugged.

"It's just nice, y'know? Especially since she thought you were going to hate her at first." Ben said.

"I could never hate her," Stef said. "I just was protective with Brandon and Callie." Stef said.

Ben chuckled, "Oh okay." He said. A few minutes of silence went on and then he said, "So we're slowly beginning to plan the wedding."

"Yeah?" Stef asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"And I was wondering if you could take the place as the best uh well woman in your case, but the title of best man." He asked. "Emily is asking Lena to be her maid of honor."

"Really?" Stef asked. "You want me to your best woman?"

"I do," he said. "You and Leo are going to share the title, well him being best man. Emily's going to have Leah be her second maid of honor. We wanted it to be a sibling thing and well, Emily and Leah have this bond that nobody can describe."

"They do," Stef said remembering Thanksgiving and a little of Christmas. "So myself, Lena, Leo, and Leah? Have you discussed the kids yet?"

"We just were talking about it after we finish moving her in last night," he said.

"Finally asked her to move in with her, huh?" Stef asked.

Ben nodded, "The night of the proposal. She just had to wait for her lease to run out and it did last week." He said.

"Awh," Stef said. "Thank you for taking care of her for us."

Ben shrugged, "It's more of a pleasure, really." He said.

The two drove in silence for the rest of the way to the cemetery to see their dad. Stef had been a couple of times since they buried him, but Ben had never been to the graveside. It was going to be an interesting morning.

Emily was curled into Lena on Stef's side of the bed rubbing her hand on her sister's seven and a half month baby bump, "So have you come up with any names yet?"

"We've come up with some," Lena said playing with her sister's curls. "We haven't agreed on any yet."

"Is Stef trying to name one of them after Frank?" Emily asked.

"Surprisingly, it's the other way around." Lena said. "She's just not feeling it. I think we'll know once we see them."

"That's how Mom and Dad named us, right?" Emily asked placing her head on her sister's chest.

"Yeah, though, I got to help name you." Lena said kissing her baby sister's head. "And I'll be honest when I say I had a huge crush on some girl named Emily when you were born."

Emily chuckled, "Did you tell Mom and Dad that?" She asked loving the one-on-one time the two of them were having.

Lena smiled, "Funny enough, no. Mom thought it was a beautiful name. And Mae is because of her mom." The older sister said.

Silence fell between the two sisters, before Emily said, "So Ben and I officially started planning the wedding last night after we finished moving me into his place."

"Oh?" Lena said.

"I was wondering if you could be my maid of honor? Ben is asking Stef to be his best woman." Emily said drawing lazy patterns on her sister's baby bump.

Tears welled in Lena's eyes, "Of course, I'd be honored." She said.

Emily looked up and into her sister's eyes, "Oh sissy," she said looking at the tears.

"Sorry, pregnancy hormones." Lena responded. "My baby sister is just growing up."

Emily blushed and looked down, "I wouldn't be half the person I am today without you though sissy." The younger sister said.

"I wouldn't be half the person I am today without you either sissy." Lena said kissing her sister's forehead.

Emily buries her face into Lena's chest, "I'm really tired." She said.

"Let's sleep for a little bit," Lena agreed kissing the top of her sister's head.

Ben and Stef were standing in front of Stef's grave. They had been standing there for twenty minutes, not moving or saying anything.

Stef finally looked over to her brother to see the he had tears threatening to spill over, she walked over and wrapped an arm around him and started speaking to the gravestone, "Hey Dad, it's us. Stef and Ben. You know it's quite a shame that you kept him a secret from me in your life because he's the best brother I could ever ask for." Stef looked over at her brother who had tears flowing down his face still looking at the grave, "We've had quite a bond over the last year." Stef stood up a little on her tip toes and kissed his cheek, "I'm going to give you two a minute. I love you Daddy."

Stef walked away leaving Ben with the grave, cold and alone, and Ben said, "Uh hey Pops." He scratched the back of his neck and said, "It hasn't been easy and I didn't ask Stef what cemetery you were at because I wasn't ready for that kind of closure, but uh I am now." He took a deep breath, "You were right about Stef, she's pretty great, well minus the fact that she's a Padre fan." He let out a chuckle, "Speaking of which, I'm sure you know that you guys took Matt Kemp from us during the offseason, I'll probably always be bitter because of that." He scratched the back of his head and then said, "I'm getting married. Funny enough, to Lena's sister, the woman you would always make fun of me for liking."

He took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry." He got out another shaky breath, "I'm sorry for what I said. I shouldn't have left angry. I love you Dad. A lot and I know you did the best you knew how. I'm sorry that I scared you all those times, I'm sorry I left angry."

Ben fell to his knees and fell over and cried for a minute, only stopping when he felt Stef shift his head into her lap.

"Let it out," Stef said. "I got you, let it out."

That afternoon, Stef was holding Lena while Ben was holding Emily, the Adams sisters knew better than to not asked the Elkin-blooded siblings how it was just yet. They knew how they worked, they had to process it before speaking about it.

"So do you guys have a date set yet?" Lena asked as Stef drew mindless circles on the principal's pregnant belly.

"Late December. So Callie and Leo can be here." Emily said.

"Awh," Lena said.

Silence filled the room before Ben finally broke it, "Do you think he knew?" He asked Stef.

"Knew what bro?" Stef asked.

"That you'd come and find me?" He asked.

"He left me a letter," Stef said. "Of course he knew I'd find you. According to Lena, I'm impulsive."

"I said that out of love," Lena quickly said.

"Do you miss him?" Ben asked.

"I miss the hell out of him." Stef answered. "Do you miss him?"

"Of course I do." Ben said. "I miss him a lot."

The Adams sisters looked at each other, knowing that their loves needed a moment, Emily got up and then helped Lena up, "He was a good dad." Stef said. "He didn't know how, but he did his best."

"Is it true that you thought snow falling out of the sky meant the sky was dusty?" Ben asked.

"He told you the first time I saw snow, huh?" Stef said moving to curl into her brother.

Ben wrapped his arm securely around his sister, "Yeah, I took him snowboarding when I was 18." He said.

"So you're the person who took all those pictures of him falling on his ass?" Stef said.

"Yeah, that was me." He said.

"Those were good pictures." Stef said with her head on his shoulder as Emily came rushing in.

"What's wrong sissy?" Stef asked.

"L-l-lena's water broke." She said as calm as she could.

"What?" Both Stef and Ben said jumping up.

"Lena's-"

"No we heard you the first time honey," Stef said rushing into the kitchen. "Lena, baby?"

"I'm fine for right now." Lena said. "I thought I was feeling contractions, but I didn't know."

"It's fine," Stef said. "We're going to go to the hospital. I'll take you and I'll have Ben and Emily round up the rest of the kids and call the big twins."

"Okay," Lena said. "And Stef?"

"Yeah baby?" Stef said looking at her wife.

"Remember to breathe." She said.

Brandon all, but ran into the hospital with Lou three hours later to see his family sitting in the waiting room, "Any news?" He asked his aunt and uncle as they came up to him.

"Not yet." Emily said. "But, your mama is going to be okay. Women typically give birth to twins early. Everything's fine."

"Does Callie know?" Brandon asked knowing that she would hate to be the last to know.

"Yes," Ben said. "She can't make it back until spring break in a few weeks, but she's been asking for an update every 30 minutes."

"What about Pops and Grams and Grandma Sharon?" Brandon asked.

"They're all on the next flight out." Emily assured.

Just as she said that Stef came out to check on the family, "Hi B," she said when she saw her oldest son as her three youngest jumped to their feet to get an update.

"How is she?" Brandon asked.

"She's six centimeters dilated." She said. "This will probably be the only time I'll come out here."

"Is she okay?" Mariana asked.

"She's tired, but that's to be expected." Stef said. "I just came to check on you guys, I need to get back to Mama."

"Give her our love," Brandon said, his hand holding Lou's.

Stef kissed his cheek, "I will." She said.

Just as Stef was out of eye sight, Ben's phone buzzed, "It's Callie," he said. "I'll take it outside." He walked out of the hospital and said, "Hi Callie."

"How is she?" Callie asked.

"She's tired and six centimeters dilated." Ben answered. "How are you?" He asked knowing that the girl had been calling him on bad days instead of her moms.

"Why does college have to be so hard Uncle Ben?" Callie asked. "I'm used to school being easy."

"Mmmhm." Ben listened.

"I have to choose a major, write all these papers, and off season practice? I just want my mama." She said.

"Not your mom?" Ben asked.

"I love my mom, but my mama is the one who cuddles more. Even she would want my mama in this case, I want my mama." Callie explained.

"Well I can guarantee you that your mama is going to want to cuddle with you when you come home for spring break." Ben said.

"Even with the babies?" Callie asked.

Ben sighed, it was that moment that he realized that the little twins and Jude weren't the only ones with issues of abandonment, "Even with the babies." He said. "She wishes that you were here, I know she does. B just got here, this family isn't complete without you, but you know what Callie?"

"What?" Callie said evidently wiping away tears.

"You choose Penn State to get a new start, to succeed in life. It's hard, I'm not knocking that, but you have to do what you need to do to be the best Callie Foster that you can be. Can you do that for me? For your moms and dad. For your siblings? For your family? Can you do that for us?" This was Ben's way of giving her a pep talk and this was the best way he could do it.

"You're right. Thank you Uncle Ben." Callie said.

"You're welcome kiddo." Ben said. "I'll send you text updates, but I'm going to go sit with your Aunt Emily and siblings now okay?"

"Okay. I love you Uncle Ben."

"I love you too, Callie." Ben said before they said their goodbyes.

It took close to ten more hours before Stef finally came out and by that time, Lena's parents and Sharon had made their way to the hospital. Stef looked beyond exhausted.

"So?" Dana asked jumping up.

"They're here." Stef announced, "And they're beyond healthy."

"Good," Dana said. "And Lena?"

"She's exhausted, but she hasn't slept much since the fifth month anyway. So that's to be expected." Stef said.

"Good, good." Dana said.

"We want you all to meet them, but we want their godparents to meet them first." Stef said.

"Why us?" Emily asked taking Ben's hand.

"Uh follow me and I'll let Lena explain." Stef said wrapping her arms around both her siblings.

The rest of the family watched them walk away and Jesus asked, "What do you think it is?"

"They named them both after somebody special." Stuart said.

"Probably Frank," Sharon added lovingly.

When the three of them made their way into Lena's room, the younger couple saw Lena sitting up with two babies propped up against her arms making Emily gasp.

"Hey," Lena said looking up at the three of them, "come meet your godchildren."

Ben stood behind Emily as Stef went to the other side and Emily said, "Sissys, they're beautiful."

"Really beautiful." Ben added. "What're their names?"

"That's why we wanted you back here first." Stef said.

"If you named them after us, you didn't have to," Ben said.

"It's mixed matched." Stef said. "Between the two of you and our dad."

"Really?" The younger couple said.

"This little beauty," Stef said picking up her daughter and placing her into Emily's arms, "is Mae Francis Adams Foster."

"So you named her after grandma?" Emily looked up confused at her sisters.

"No," Lena said. "We named her after you. Grandma's nickname was Mae, remember? Her legal name was Megan, but she hated that name."

"Right," Emily remembered starting to bounce the little girl.

"And this little guy right here," Stef said picking up her son, "is Cooper Lincoln Adams Foster."

"Cooper?" Ben asked as Stef put the boy in the man's arms.

"Dad's middle name." Stef said.

"Oh right," Ben said. "So why us? I understand Dad, but us?"

"Yeah," Emily agreed. "Why us?"

Stef and Lena looked at each other and after Lena nodded, Stef said looking at Ben, "A year ago today, I didn't know who you were. I didn't know that I had a little brother, who needed a big sister. We didn't know that there were holes in our hearts that needed to be filled. A year ago today, I found out father dead in his house and my whole world stopped for a moment. Then two months later, you came into our lives and made it better. Sure, Callie made it a little difficult at first and there were times where I thought you'd up and leave, but you stayed. You allowed us into he deepest part of you. You let us love you and in return you loved us, you loved with a deeper kind of love, our," she gestured between her and Lena, "baby sister. We named him after you because quite frankly, you're one of the strongest people that we know. Cooper Lincoln Adams Foster is really lucky to have such a name and such a positive male influence on his life."

"And Mae Francis Adams Foster is named after you," Lena said, "because we hope that one day, she'll never have to experience what you've been through, but we hope that she could be strong yet soft, independent and beautiful as your are. Stef and I watched you go through it all and though yes, you rightfully broke down every once in awhile, you were one of the strongest people we know. She's lucky to have such a name and such a positive female influence in her life."

"So Ben and Emily," Stef said, "Cooper Lincoln Adams Foster and Mae Francis Adams Foster are your godchildren."

Ben and Emily looked from their sisters to the babies then to each other and had a look in their eyes, both watery and both very grateful for their sisters.

A few weeks went by and the twins were settled in at home, the twins slept side by side in the moms' room and Callie was on her way home for spring break.

Stef went solo to pick Callie up from the airport giving Lena time to clean up the twins so they would look a little more presentable to meet their oldest sister.

Stef waited patiently in the baggage claim for her baby girl and when she saw the girl with her duffle bag and carrying on wearing a pair of soccer pants and a Penn State t-shirt, the blonde cop's smile grew big, she didn't know that her smile could get bigger when she heard out of her daughter's mouth, "Mom!"

Stef met the girl at the bottom of the escalator and wrapped her up in a huge hug lifting her off of the ground and kissing her cheek repeatedly.

"Hi baby," Stef said putting her down while grabbing her face. "I'm glad to have you home for a week!"

"Me too," Callie said. "Where's Mama?" She asked a little disappointed. "She always comes with you."

"Sorry kiddo, the twins needed her a little extra this morning." Stef said. "Don't worry though, we're going straight home."

Callie smiled, "Cool." She said. "I can't wait for mama snuggles and to meet my siblings."

Stef smiled, "Mama's been wanting Callie snuggles lately." She said. "She's really missed you."

"Well then let's go!" Callie playfully pushed her mom to the exit, "Don't want to keep Mama waiting!"

Stef laughed and wrapped her arm around the girl, "How much airplane coffee have you had this morning?" She asked her daughter.

"Not enough, but let's go!" She said playfully.

"They're adorable," Callie said curled into her mama several hours later. "They look a little like Uncle Ben though. The 50% Asian in him kicked in, they'd be cuter if they looked a lot like you."

"Hey, I heard that!" Ben called from the other room where he was watching a Padre-Dodger game with Stef.

"I love you," Callie called back.

"Uh huh, suuure." Ben said. "I love you too kiddo."

Callie put her head on Lena's shoulder continuing to look at the babies, "Whatcha thinking about slug-a-bug?" Lena asked.

"I've been having some problems at school." Callie admitted wanting to be honest with her mama.

"What kind of troubles sweetheart?" Lena asked.

"I'm passing all my classes, but they're hard. I miss school being easy." She admitted.

"You could call me if you need help." Lena said.

"I don't want to cut into your time where you need to be with the babies." Callie said.

"I can do both baby." Lena said. "I promise you that."

"I don't want you to feel like you have to," Callie said.

"It's not a chore for me my love." Lena said. "Never a chore."

"Okay," Callie said. "I just don't want you and Mom to worry."

"That's our job as mothers," Lena assured.

"I love you Mama." Callie said placing her head on her shoulder.

"I love you too slug-a-bug." Lena said kissing her oldest daughter's forehead.

The two sat there cuddling, watching the two babies sleep, and every once and awhile Lena would kiss Callie's head and squeezing her tighter in a way to remind the girl of how much her mama loves her.

A/N2: So it wasn't really revealed until the Christmas episode what Frank's last name was and by that time the name Elkin was used a lot in this story so that's why I had Frank's middle name be Cooper.

But, the babies are here! As you can see I'm wrapping up some loose ends because their are about to up The Road In Which Life Leads and start the sequel.