Callie's Pov

My head was spinning as I sat in my last class of the day. College was nothing like high school. There were so many more decisions to make, so many more things to do. It didn't help that I was not feeling the best. I looked up toward the clock praying that it would tick just a bit faster.

When the professor announced that the class was ending a little bit early I was the first one out of my seat and to my car. All I wanted to do was get to my apartment and crawl into my bed. Luckily for me, I lived in an apartment all by myself. No one was going to bother me.

As soon as I saw my bed my shoes were off I moved to lay under my covers. I just needed a twenty-minute nap and then I would be good. My eyes closed quickly.

I awoke to my phone buzzing against my arm. I looked over to see Lena's name appear across the screen. I silently groaned before pushing the ignore button and putting my head back down. My mind was once again filled with darkness.

I awoke to my phone buzzing against my arm once again. This time it was Stef's name appearing across the screen. I knew they were not going to give up, but I did not want to talk to either of them right now. This time I tossed my phone across the room. Hopefully, that would let me sleep for just a little while longer.

The next thing I knew was my alarm was going off. I looked over to see the time. I had been sleeping for almost four hours. I cringed. I knew I was going to regret that later. I had work in less than thirty minutes, so I pulled myself out of bed to hopefully fix myself up.

I grabbed my phone noticing I had two missed calls from both Stef and Lena. I know I needed to answer, but to be honest I did not want to. My mind went back to the event that played out three weeks earlier.

I was traveling the five hours to get home from my college that I chose to go to. Stef and Lena both said it was too far. It felt like it when I wanted to be home, but I also wanted to get out and see the world a little. I never thought I was going to have the chance to have a life like this, so I was going to live it up.

When I got home, I noticed that only Stef's car was in the driveway. I just assumed that one of the twins or Jude took Lena's to a friend's house or something. I wanted to get inside as soon as possible, so I basically sprinted to the door.

"Mom… mama?" I called out, "Is anyone home?"

"Is that my Callie girl I hear?" Stef called out to me.

"It certainly is", I said as I followed her voice into the kitchen.

"Hi baby", she said as she immediately came to hug me, "What are you doing home?"

I avoided her question as I looked around, "Is mama home?"

"Not quite yet", she said and I could tell she was studying me, "She just called and said she was on her way."

"Okay", I said looking over her shoulder, "What are you making?"

"Parmesan chicken with a caesar salad. Do you want to help me?" She asked, moving back to continue working on dinner.

"I would love to. Do you have enough for me plus one", I asked her as I moved to help.

"We always have plenty", she said and then looked at me with a questioning look, "Plus one?"

Lena walked in the door just in time, "Callie?"

"In here mama", I called out to her avoiding Stef's gaze.

"Hi baby", she said as she moved quickly to give me a hug.

"Hi mama", I said and hugged her back.

"Why didn't you call and tell us you were coming?" She asked as she pulled away.

"I wanted it to be a surprise", I said with a laugh.

"Callie…", Stef said, drawing both of our attention to her and then asking again, "Plus one?"

Lena looked at me curiously at Stef's question.

"I brought home a guest. I hope that is okay?" I said in a rushed manner trying to hide my nerves.

"Of course baby. Why wouldn't it be?" Lena said rubbing a hand up and down my back.

"A guest as in…" She finished her remark by wiggling her eyebrows up and down.

"Stef!" Lena chastised while I turned a deep red.

"Mom, do not make it awkward, but yes we are in a relationship." I laughed out after brushing her remark off.

"Well where is this person you speak of", she asks.

"He was just checking into the hotel we are staying at tonight", I said as I looked down to chop some of the herbs for the meal.

"A hotel", Lena said, "You can stay here, you know?"

"Yes I know, but he wanted to stay somewhere else. I also did not want it to be super awkward the entire night", I said with a little laugh.

"What is his name?" Stef asked after a minute.

"His name is Benjamin, but he goes by Ben. He is 23 years old and goes to the same school as me. He is a full-time student", I said quickly knowing all the questions I was about to be asked.

Lena and Stef both nodded their heads.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked I was hoping everyone was going to be home to make this less awkward for everyone.

"Jude is with Lucas. Mariana and Jesus are with their friends at the mall. They all said they were going to be late getting home today. I bet they are going to be disappointed when they realize you are here though", Lena said.

There was a knock on the door drawing everyone's attention to it. I gulped trying to hide my nerves. I wanted everything to go exactly as I had planned. I went to answer the door; Stef and Lena were right behind me. I answered and saw his smiling face. It made me smile and I moved to the side so he could walk in.

"Mom, Mama this is Ben", I said gesturing to Ben and then reversed it, "Ben, this is Stef and this is Lena."