Two weeks had gone by.
Hilary stayed at Emily's house for a week and then Chloe said she was ready to go home. The kids went back to school and work was going great.
That Monday morning, Bella had a great time at school and when the clock hit 3:30 she walked outside happy to find Emily waiting for her.

"How was school today?" Emily asked giving Bella a hug.

"Good" Bella smiled.

They headed to the car and Emily drove to the BAU. When they got there JJ told Emily they had a case.

"Go sit on my desk and work on your homework. I won't be long" Emily told Bella and the girl did as told.

Emily went to the conference room and Bella watched from the bullpen. She saw everyone looked very serious and there was a woman crying while talking to Emily. Derek looked at Bella and she quickly looked at her book and started her homework.
After some time Emily walked there and Bella asked what happened.

"The team is going to New York" Emily said.

"And what happened to her?" Bella asked pointing to the woman who was walking inside Hotch's office.

"Her brother is missing. He was taken in the same way two other man was so NYPD thinks it's connected" Emily explained.

"Oh" Bella said feeling bad for the lady.

Derek walked in and kissed Emily.
"I'll see you guys soon" he told them and walked to the door.

Bella looked at Hotch's window and saw the woman crying. She thought for a moment and said "mom"

Emily looked at her.

"You can go" Bella said.

"What?" Emily asked confused.

"You can go help." Bella said serious.

"Are you sure?" Emily asked as she noticed Bella did seem nervous.

"Help her brother like you helped Chloe. He needs you" Bella said.

Emily hugged the girl. She felt glad Bella understood but she was torn if she should go or not.
"Bella, it's okay. I don't have to-" Emily started but Bella cut her off.

"Mom I know you. I know how much you hate staying here while everyone is out there. I wasn't ready before but you saved Chloe and everyone felt so good and I want you to help other people too. Like her... she just wants him home" Bella said as her eyes filled with tears.

"Are you sure you're ready?" Emily asked.

Bella took a deep breath and nodded.
"You can go. Just be safe and do your best to bring him home" the girl said.

"Okay" Emily said and took a deep breath. "Stay with Garcia and anything just call me"

"Okay" Bella said.

Emily hugged the small girl again. "I love you"

"I love you too" Bella said. "Be safe"

Emily smiled proud and went talk to Penelope. She found JJ there. She explained everything and went to the parking lot with JJ to find the rest of team.

"What's wrong?" Derek asked Emily. "You're coming with us?" He asked when he saw her go bag.

"She's ready" Emily said.

"Please don't get hurt on your first day back" Derek smiled and everyone smiled too, glad to have Prentiss with them.

The team headed to NYC and the case went well. It took three days but They were able to save two people including that woman's brother.
Isabella stayed with Garcia and she was impressed that she didn't feel as nervous and scared as she thought she would. She was worried but she wasn't terrified like before. Penelope was happy to see the kid was okay with the situation and she made sure to help by keeping her occupied.

On Wednesday when the team arrived Bella smiled big as she watched that lady hug her brother tight.

"You did it" she ran and told her mom. Emily hugged her tight.

"Are you okay?" Emily asked.

"Yes. I'm fine" Bella said.

Emily smiled.

"Ready to go home?" Derek asked.

"Yup" Bella said making a tired face.

Soon they were at home enjoying the family life.

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A month went by and the team traveled on three cases. Emily went with them every single time and Isabella seemed okay with that. Emily always asked the girl first and Bella would tell her to be safe a million times but never asked her to stay. After what happened to Chloe, Isabella knew how Emily helped people and she wanted her to help. She knew Derek would protect her and they'd be okay. She trusted them.

That Wednesday morning, Derek went to wake Bella up and he noticed the girl was a bit warm.
"Oh no" Derek said feeling bad. He went to the bathroom and got a thermometer. He checked Bella and the girl had a fever. So He went and told Emily.

"Bella has a fever." He said.

"Wake her up and see if she's feeling anything else. Maybe just some medicine will help" Emily said as she got dressed.

Derek went back to the girl's room and woke her up.
"Bella. Princess wake up" he said running his hand on her back and she slowly opened her eyes. "Good morning" Derek said.

"Morning" Bella said. She felt her head hurting so she closed her eyes again.

"Everything okay?" Derek asked.

"My head hurts" Bella said as she took her hand to her forehead.

"Come here. Let's go see your mama" Derek said and picked the 9 year old up. She rested on his shoulder and couldn't help but feel awful.

Derek carried the girl to his bedroom and Emily was combing her hair.

"She's not feeling well?" Emily asked rushing to the girl. She put her hand on Bella's forehead and said "she's burning up"

"I don't feel so good" Bella said sounding upset.

"What exactly are you feeling?" Emily asked.

"My head hurts"

"Just your head? Nothing else?" Emily asked scared it was pneumonia again.

"No" Bella said.

"Okay. That's good" Emily said tucking a lock of hair behind Bella's ear. "Let's get you some medicine and you can come to work with us" Emily said. "Okay?"

"Okay" Bella mumbled.

Derek carried Bella downstairs and sat in the living room with her. She really didn't look okay. Emily walked in with some medicine.

"Here take this" Emily said and gave the medicine to Bella. "Derek, do you want some coffee?" Emily asked.

"Yes please" he said and Emily went to get it. She took some coffee to him and sat to drink hers.

"Bella, are you sure just your head hurts?" Emily asked.

"I'm sure" Bella said.

"Okay." Emily said. "Derek, I'm gonna get her jacket so we can leave" She said and headed upstairs. She grabbed a jacket, Bella's red rain boots and the girl's iPad.

"Let's go?" Emily said when she got to the first floor. Derek got up and carried Bella to the car and they headed to work. When they got there, Emily put Bella's boot and jacket on and Derek carried the girl inside. She was very sleepy because of the medicine.
When they walked out of the elevator JJ was there.

"Hi. Is she okay?" JJ asked worried, when she saw the girl all bundled up and still in pajamas.

"She's not feeling very well" Emily said.

"I'm gonna take her to my office" Morgan said and headed there.

"What happened?" JJ asked Emily.

"She woke up with a fever and her head hurts." Emily said. "She looks pretty bad."

JJ nodded.

Garcia suddenly arrived.
"My lovely women, we have a case" she said.

JJ followed Penelope and Emily went to get Morgan. She walked in the office and he was sitting on the couch with Bella in his arms. Emily hated seeing her daughter sick.

"We have a case" Emily said.

Bella looked at Morgan and said "dad, can you stay just this time?"

Derek looked at Emily surprised.

"You don't want me to stay?" Emily asked walking to them.

"I think I want dad this time." Bella said.

Emily gave Derek a sad smile and He said "of course I'll stay with you. Let me just talk to Hotch"

Bella nodded. Derek laid her down on the couch.

"I'll be right back princess" he said and went to the conference room with Emily.

"Are you sure you want to stay? I don't mind doing that Derek" Emily told him.

"I got it. I'm gonna take her home, we'll watch a movie. She'll be okay" Derek said and Emily agreed.

Derek told Hotch Bella was sick and he needed the day off. Hotch agreed so Derek went back to his office and told the girl. They said goodbye to Emily and Derek took her home.
They spent the day in the living room, Bella slept most of the time and Derek watched tv and did some paper work. Her fever wasn't going down and that was worrying him. Around 9, he made some soup and convinced her to eat some. After dinner she showered and asked Derek to stay with her so they laid in her bedroom and she snuggled up to him and held her blanket tight. Lulu and Sergio laid at the end of the bed at their feet.

"you'll feel better soon" Derek told her as he ran his fingers through her hair.

Bella fell asleep quickly and Derek called Emily to give her news. They talked about the girl and the case and then decided it was time to sleep.

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The next morning, Derek woke Bella up and was happy to know she was feeling a bit better.

"Do you feel well enough to go to the office today or would you like to stay home again?" He asked her.

"Can we stay?" She asked hopeful.

"Of course we can" Derek said and she hugged him.

As the day went on, Isabella's color came back and her head wasn't hurting so bad anymore. She only had a fever in the morning which Derek felt relieved. Around 4pm, Emily arrived at home and was glad to see the girl was almost all better.

The next day, Bella woke up feeling pretty good so she said she wanted to go to school. She missed her friends and she had choir practice. So Emily drove her to school.

On the car ride there Bella asked when Emily and Derek was going to get married.

"We haven't picked out a date yet but it will be this year" Emily smiled.

"Good!" Bella smiled back. "I can't wait" the girl said excited.