The Fear

Disclaimer: I do not own The Fosters.

Warning: Self harm and talk of Rape.

A/N: I don't know quite how all the police things work so sorry if I got that wrong or made any mistakes I am not good at editing. Enjoy!

Callie had been living with the fosters for about 6 months now and she was starting to feel close to them. She had just found out that they wanted to adopt her and Jude. She trusted Stef and Lena and felt like she could go to them about anything.

Monday morning and everyone was in the kitchen Stef was about to leave for work "Love you my babies," she said, as she walked out the house letting the door slam closed behind her.

"Alright everyone into the car," Lena said with great enthusiasm in her voice. But of course she was met by round of groans.

"Mama do really have to go to school today?" Mariana asked.

"Yes now get into the car!" Lena began to usher everyone into the car. She turned around to see Callie sitting at the tale still. "Come on honey," Lena said, "we have to go!"

"Do you mind if I walk?" Callie asked,

"Ok do you want someone to come with you?"

"No I will be fine" Callie said picking her bag up and flinging it over her shoulder.

"Well make sure you are at school on time," Lena said as she shut the door behind Callie. After watching her for a few seconds walking down the road she got into the car.

"Where is Callie?" Jesus asked with a little concern in his voice.

"Oh she is going to walk to school today properly wants some fresh air," Lena said starting the car and driving down the road passing Callie.

The reason Callie wanted to walk to school today was not for the fresh air but because she was going to meet someone before school. She had got a text from a friend at breakfast asking to meet her. So about 2 minutes before reaching the school, she turned down a dark alley. Walking about 10 feet she leant against a metal pole this was where she was supposed to meet him. She checked her phone she would wait 5 minutes and then she would have to leave. He wanted to ask her for advice on something but she didn't know what. When Callie decided he was not going to show she started to head back towards the school when she heard someone come up behind her. Thinking it was her friend she spun around only to see a face, a face she thought she would never see again. "Hello Callie long time no see." A thin smile spread across his lips. Callie turned and ran. She ran straight for the school and ran into her classroom only a couple of minutes late. She sat down hard on the seat, her mind racing. Liam!

Why had Liam been there? Did her friend know he was going to be there? What did Liam want? Why was he here? And more importantly, should she tell anyone?

Callie decided against telling anyone knowing it may cause a problem. She hadn't told anyone it was to embarrassing. The rest of the day Callie tried to stop thinking about the new problem she had. She decided it would be safer to ride in the car on the way home just in case he was still there.

"So how was everyone's day?" Lena asked as she got into the car. Everyone started talking at once, Callie let the noise take over her longing to be at home where it was or was it safe? If Liam was that close to where she was living and knows that she is here, he could find her, or maybe he has already found maybe he knows exactly where she lives. She needed to move she needed to get out of here. She looked over at Jude talking and laughing. What about him? Jude doesn`t know about the rape so if he stayed he would be safe. So long as Liam didn't get a hold of him. What if Liam took him it would be all her fault. Callie was in such a panic she didn't realise they had pulled up in the drive way. "Callie honey are you ok?" Lena said with some concern as to why Callie hadn't got out of the car yet.

"Yes I am fine just day dreaming." Callie quickly got out of the car so she wouldn't draw any attention to herself.

Callie made her way to her and Mariana's room. She grabbed some books pretending to do her homework but not focusing on it. She felt her phone vibrate, she read the text she had just been sent.

I know where you live, I will be waiting for you Liam x

Her hands began shaking as she dropped her phone. This could not be happing, she had tried so hard to forget that life and now it was back. She felt someone breathe down her neck she could hear Liam's voice everywhere in the roomshe spun around trying to see if he was really in the room or if she was just losing it. She was not crazy was she? Now being in a full state of panic. Running into the bathroom she locked both doors. Grabbing a razor, she pulled the thing apart until she had what she needed. Sitting down on the toilet, she began dragging the thing hard and fast across her arm. Callie felt the blood drip from her arm and she started to calm down taking deep breaths she did a couple more cuts and then grabbed some toilet paper and began to press down on the cuts trying to make the bleeding stop.

After a couple of minutes, she had got most of the cuts to stop bleeding. She heard the front door slam shut Callie jumped violently and let out a small scream before quickly shutting her mouth. "Who screamed?" Callie heard Stef yell. A small amount of relief spread over Callie. It was only Stef not Liam well at least not yet. But then she realised she was going to be questioned for screaming. Callie quickly binned the bloody tissues and put a couple of band- aids on the remaining bleeding cuts before running out of the bathroom and down the stairs.

"It was me who screamed sorry about that!" Callie said with a nervous laugh.

"Honey why did you scream?" Stef asked pulling Callie into her side. Callie tensed up with the sudden she tried to relax into it but it didn't work.

"The slam of the door made me jump, sorry it won't happen again." Tears began to fill Callie's eyes. She wasn't usually this weak she knew it was because of Liam, tears are a sign of weakness and Liam made her weak. Stef exchanged a quick glance with Lena when she noticed the tears fill Callie's eyes. Stef bent down and grabbed Callie's wrists, putting pressure on her fresh, new cuts. Callie winced from the pain. "Baby are you ok?" Stef asked, looking into Callie's brown eyes.

"I'm fine, just got a headache that's all," Callie said looking down at the floor. She hadn't lied to Stef she did really have a headache thought it wasn't the headache that was causing her grief. Stef decided to leave Callie alone, if she wanted to talk she would come to her.

"Ok baby just get a drink of water you are probably dehydrated." Stef dropped Callie's arms and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. Callie offered a weak smile in return. Stef started to head upstairs giving Lena a worried glance.

"Dinner is in 5 minutes!" Lena called after Stef. She turned to see Callie drinking a glass of water. "Maybe she did just have a headache," she thought to herself, as she went back into the kitchen to finish making dinner.

After dinner Lena turned to Callie, "Callie it's your turn to take out the trash," Callie gulped a few times, go outside, alone, in the dark, with Liam out there. He said he would be waiting for her. Callie had already cried once today she didn't want to seem like a baby. So she picked up the trash and headed outside. She left the door open. She opened the lid of the bin outside when she heard someone coming towards her. In a moment of panic Callie throw the trash on the ground and ran as fast as her legs would carry her back to the house.

Once inside Callie locked the door. She ran up the stairs and locked every window. She ran back downstairs and locked the back door and the windows down there. The last windows Callie locked were the ones in the kitchen. Stef and Lena had been surprised when they heard Callie, running upstairs and back down even more surprised when they saw her locking the windows. "Callie what's going on?" Stef asked "why did you lock the windows? Before Callie could answer her phone went off. She looked at the text and started shaking,

I saw you Callie I am close Liam x

Callie fell to the ground in tears. She was shaking and rocking back and forth she just let the fear take over her entire body.

Stef and Lena immediately jumped into action. Stef picked up Callie and took her up the stairs while Lena walked in front so she could move any kids and open any doors. Laying Callie down on their bed Stef signalled to Lena. Lena left the room and gathered up all the kids taking them downstairs to watch a movie so they would not be in the way. "Where is Callie?" Jude asked,

"Callie is with mom at the moment sweetie," Lena replied

"Is she ok?" Jude asked his eyes wide with concern. Lena's heart melted to see how much Jude loved and cared about his sister.

"Mom just wants to talk to her alone without any interruptions she is fine," Lena said "Why don't you go and pick a movie." Once the movie was in Jude snuggled up close to Lena while the rest of the kids sat on various chairs. Everything downstairs was peaceful.

Upstairs Callie had her face buried into Stef's chest crying hard. When she had started to calm down a bit Stef pulled Callie away a bit and looked into her eyes. "What's going on baby, please talk to me so I can try to fix this."

"I don't want to talk about it," Callie mumbled.

"Why don't you want to talk about it honey?" Stef asked.

"Because it's too embarrassing," Callie whispered.

"Whatever it is you can talk to me," Stef said hugging Callie close, "please!" Callie took a few seconds to regain her composure so she could talk.

"At one of my foster homes, there was this boy Liam he was really nice to Jude but a little too nice to me. He began kissing me when no one was around. Then when people's backs were turned. One night I was alone in the house with him when he came into my room. He told me I would enjoy it, I kept telling him no but he did it anyway. He," Callie sniffed her voice going to a whisper, "He raped me!"

Stef felt anger take over her body but she kept herself together. She wanted more details like how old he was and how long ago this was. Because Callie had been here six months and had been in juvie before that it must have at least been 7 months ago. "Baby, there must be something more because this seems to be a random time to be getting upset over this." Callie looked up at Stef,

"Today I was going to meet a friend before school and Liam showed up instead," Callie started crying heavily again. Stef knew she wanted to say more to she waited for Callie to start talking again. "I got a text message from him saying he knew where I live and he would be waiting for me. Then when I took out the trash I heard someone coming. That is when I locked all the doors and windows I got another text saying he saw me and that he was close." Stef lay Callie down on the bed,

"Stay their baby and don't move." Stef said. She moved over to where she kept her police things and brought one thing over to the bed. "This is office Stefanie Adams-Foster I am reporting a rapist in the village, Stef made Callie give a description to the police officer, thank you." Stef went and put the kit back a then climbed on the bed with Callie she wrapped her arms around her and whispered, "The police will get him baby, and he will be sent to jail don't worry."

"Mom I'm sorry," Callie said looking into Stef's eyes.

"Baby it's not your fault, don't blame yourself for this."

"But mom I did something else to," Callie said,

"What honey?" Stef asked,

"I was panicking about Liam so I did this to calm myself down." Callie said rolling back her sleeve, still crying. Stef looked at the cuts and the Band-Aids on her arm.

"Baby it's ok you were panicking let me get the first aid kit." Stef got up and went into the bathroom. "Hold out your arm," she said. Callie did what she was told. Stef carefully cleaned all the cuts checking them and putting fresh Band-Aids on them. As she was finishing up she heard her police kit go off.

"We have found the man we will put him in a holding cell tonight and question him in the morning." Stef walked over to her kit.

"Thank you," she said. "See baby, he has been caught you are safe." Stef put away the First Aid kit and hugged Callie until she fell asleep. Carefully Stef picked Callie up and put her to bed. Stef sat on the end of the bed until Lena came in. "Are all the kids in bed?" Stef asked.

"Yes they are all asleep as well, is Callie ok?" Lena asked,

"Yes it's a long story we will be going down to the police station tomorrow I will tell you all about it in the morning. Right now I could do with some sleep!" Stef said with a laugh,

"me too I am exhausted," Lena said as the two of them crawled under the blanket "goodnight honey,"

"goodnight," Stef said crawling under the blanket.

In the middle of the night Stef woke up to a shake of the arm. She saw Callie standing in front of her. "What's wrong baby?" Stef asked.

"Can't sleep." Callie said in a whisper so she wouldn't wake Lena. Stef shifted into the middle of the bed and patted the empty space next to her.

"Lie down with me." Stef whispered. Callie got into the bed next to Stef. Stef pulled her into a hug. "I love you my baby,"

"I love you to mom."