Truth Be Told

Callie sat next to Brandon on the beach seat outback. The same bench that they broke up on, the same bench that they said it was too late on. In all ways possible the bench had this feeling like something was wrong and it was prone for heartbreak. Of course Stef and Lena were gonna talk to them on the bench.
It was only about ten or eleven o'clock. None of the kids were going to school so they decided it was the perfect opportunity.
Stef and Lena sat on cane chairs in front of them.
Stef laced her fingers together almost if she was psyching herself up for what was about to be told.
"We, we wanna understand...what this was." Lena began calmly. "What happened, between you two."
Callie looked down as she laced her fingers together so hard her knuckles were turning white.
"Um, yeah, ok." Brandon nodded speaking for the both of them.
Lena mouthed some words trying to come up with something to say.
The four of them just sat there in silence as tension set in.
"Were...were you two ever together?" Lena asked hesitantly.
Stef looked at her then to her kids waiting for their reaction. By the way Brandon's eyes flicked down and Callie just staring at the ground, Stef already knew the answer.
"Brandon?" Stef asked softly as she tilted her head.
Brandon swallowed hard then spoke. "We...while Callie was at GU we, we saw each other."
Stef closed her eyes in frustration.
"Ok, yeah." Lena said almost proudly as they were making progress.
"Is that when you guys had sex or..." Lena asked calmly. Stef stared at the two.
"Uh, we.." Brandon muttered trying to tell the truth without even telling the truth.
"No." Callie said directly.
Stef, Lena and Brandon both looked to her instantly.
"No, it wasn't then."
Brandon bit into his lip trying to tell her to stop by just staring at her longingly.
Stef's mouth opened slightly. "Then when did you do it?"
Callie looked at her then she looked away. She had already ruined and lost  her spot in the family. I wouldn't even matter what she said.
"When, uh" Callie began.
Brandon looked to her. "Callie, don't."
Stef looked to Brandon and she could see the stress and the fear on his face.
"Let her talk Brandon."
Callie looked over to him sadly.
"When did you have sex?" Stef asked strongly. The fact that those words had come from her mouth made her feel hurt and shocked.
"Iddywild." Callie said in an almost whisper.
Stef and Lena both froze. "What?"
Brandon looked down as he clenched his teeth together trying to take away the pain he was feeling inside.
"When we went to Iddylwild...and Rita was getting arrested, I didn't think there was even a possibly of me getting adopted."
"Why? Why would you think that?" Lena asked confused.
"I had a recording of Carmen admitting that she lied. I sent it to Rita, and it cleared her."
"But why would you think you weren't gonna get adopted?"
"Because it wasn't the only thing on the recording."
Brandon shook his head in disbelief and anger as she was even saying these things. She was ruing every good thing she had made of herself.
"What was on the recording?" Lena asked.
"Callie?" Stef added in an almost whisper as she wasn't sure if she wanted to hear the answer.
"Um..." Callie began as she breathed in slowly. "I, I kissed Brandon at the fundraiser."
"What fundraiser? For GU?" Lena asked.
"Oh my god." Stef muttered she placed her hands on to her face.
Something in Lena clicked and she seemed more betrayed and terrified then ever.
"That's why you had sex at Iddywild." Lena stated like she was talking to herself.
Stef looked up to her in shock."
"You thought you weren't getting adopted so you-"
"Oh my god." Stef interrupted in an agonising groan.
Callie looked down as she could feel tears began to blurry her vision.
"That was three days before you're adoption. How could you be so stupid."
Stef got up from her chair and began to pace back and forth staring at the ground with her hand covering her mouth.
"I warned you Brandon, I asked you!" Stef began in a yell.
Callie looked to Brandon who just sat there staring out like he was numb as tears began to pool in his eyes.
"It's not his fault." Callie said turning back to Stef.
Stef looked at Callie and shook her head in disbelief.
"Ok. I was the one who kissed Brandon at the wedding, I was the one who wanted to see him, I was the one who kissed him at the fundraiser, I was the one who would've given up everything for him!, cause in the end I just fell in love with someone who I could never be with." Callie replied back in anger. "If you're going to blame someone...." She lowered her voice. "Blame me."
Brandon looked up to her as a tear ran down his cheek.
Stef and Lena gazed at her in pure shock as the truth had been rewritten. No, it wasn't just some one off thing where Brandon fell for her and she didn't feel anything. It was that two kids, pulled apart by reality and law fell in love and nothing could shake those feelings.
Stef and Lena were like frozen statues, just staring at her.
Callie stood up and breathed in deeply as she could feel warm tears running down her cheeks.
She looked down to Brandon and they both shared the same look. Through the tears and the pain and the agonising need to scream or run there was a smile. Almost like a thank you or a recognition.
Callie swallowed then turned and walked back into the house.
Stef and Lena didn't even call after her. They were just stuck there with Brandon in shock.
Lena looked down at Brandon and she felt almost guilty that she blamed him for everything that had happened between him and Callie.
It wasn't his fault. Or hers even. They were just two kids that fell in love that could do nothing about it.