Back at the hospital, Isabella was sitting on the couch. She finished the book but decided not to start the new one. So she was watching a cooking show on TV with Callie when Jeremy came in.

Isabella stood up.
"Can I see him?" She asked.

"We need to talk" Jeremy said.

She could see her brother had been crying and it had been a little over an hour since he left to see what was going on.
"Is he alright?" She asked as her eyes teared up. She was so scared of the answer to that question.

"They took him to his room" Jeremy said. "Come here. Sit down." He said leading her to the couch. He sat down and Bella sat next to him.

Callie stayed up in front of them.

"I need to tell you something that's been going on but I need you to understand that we didn't tell you before to protect you, okay?" He said. "Dad didn't want to scare you so he made us promise we wouldn't tell you anything, alright?" Jeremy said and Bella looked very concerned.

"What is it Jeremy?" She asked fighting her tears.

"3 years ago dad wasn't feeling very good so he got a check up and they found a tumor. He fought it and beat it but it came back last year. And he fought it all over again and he won but a couple of months ago it came back again and he just couldn't win this time" Jeremy said. Tears were rolling down his face. Isabella knew what that meant. She knew it was cancer. She knew her dad was going to die.

"3 years?" She asked suddenly realizing. She couldn't believe it. How could they have lied to her for 3 years.

"I'm so sorry Bella. We all wanted to tell you but he made us promise not to. He didn't want you to be afraid of losing him all the time. He wanted you to be happy and enjoy life with him."

"What do you mean we all?" She asked. She looked mad and scared at the same time.

"Some of the doctors here knows and your mom too" Jeremy said.

"How long does he have?" She asked serious but Jeremy couldn't answer that.
The look on his little 8 year-old sister was killing him.
"How long Jeremy?" She asked again more firm this time.

"Not long" he said absolutely broken.

She got up and tried to run but Callie got her before she made through the door.
"Let me go! I wanna see him. Let me go" Bella screamed while all the tears she was holding started to fall.

"You will. It's okay. Calm down." Callie tried calming her down but it didn't work.

Jeremy went and grabbed her. She started fighting more to be let go.
"Get away from me." She screamed.

Jeremy picked her up and she gave up and just cried. It took about 20 minutes for her to fully calm down.

Marley, Jeremy's girlfriend, and Shepherd were there now together with Callie, who was sitting next to Jeremy who had Bella on his lap.

"I wanna see him" Isabella said. She was so scared. She wanted her daddy. She just wanted to go home with her dad and all of that to go away.

"I can take her" Shepherd said and Jeremy nodded.
Shepherd got close to them and picked her up. She's small for her age and very skinny so it was easy to carry her around.

"It's going to be okay" Shepherd said.

"No it's not" Isabella said and hugged him tighter.

Shepherd went out of the room with Bella on his arms. He was followed by Jeremy, Marley and Callie.
They got to John's room and Shepherd put Bella down.
She was scared so she held his hand, as if she wanted him to go in with her.

"Hey. I got you" Jeremy said putting one arm around her shoulder. She looked at him and let go of Shepherd's hand.

"We'll be right here at the door" Shepherd said and gave her a sad smile.

She went in with Jeremy.
John was lying on the bed sleeping. He had so many tubes and machines around him. Bella's chest was pounding so much that she thought she was going to explode. She got close to the bed and placed her hand on her dad's. His eyes slowly opened. John saw his girl's face and he had to fight with all he had to look the best he could.

"Hi honey" he said.

"Hi" Bella said so low they could barely hear her.

"It's going to be okay, alright? Don't worry" John told her.

"Why didn't you tell me dad?" Isabella asked trying not to let her tears fall again.

"I didn't want you to feel what you're feeling right now. But I promise that all will be fine. You're gonna be okay" John said serious but warm.

"Nothing is going to be okay dad." Bella said.

John squeezed her hand. "I'm sorry" he said letting go of her hand. "Is Marley here?" He asked.

"Yes" Jeremy said.

"She needs to take her home" John said. "Marley needs to take her home"

"What? No!" Bella said looking confused.
"Dad no! I wanna stay with you. Please" Bella said fighting her tears.

"You need to go home" John said serious.

"No!" Bella said louder than normal. Shepherd and Callie ran in the room.

It was hurting John so much to do that but he didn't want her to see him like that. He didn't want his baby to remember him lying in a hospital bed. He didn't want her to see him die.

"Callie take her home. Get her out of here" John said.

"I'm not going anywhere" Isabella said. She couldn't hold the tears anymore when she saw Shepherd walking towards her to take her out.

"No please I want to stay" she began crying. Shepherd tried picking her up but she was fighting him off. "No please. Let me stay" she cried. "Daddy!"

"Dad" Jeremy said as if he wanted his dad to know what he was doing was wrong.

"Take her home" John said quietly so Bella wouldn't hear and also trying not to look at her crying.

"Dad, let her stay" Jeremy said holding his father's hand.

"I don't want her here damn it. Take her home" he said louder and sounding mad.
Isabella heard it and she just stopped fighting. Instead of trying to get away from Shepherd's arms she buried herself in them. She tried her best to hide her face because too many tears were falling.

"I got you" Shepherd said picking her up and running his hand on her back.

"I want my mom" Isabella cried.

Jeremy came to the side of the bed they were and went close to her face. "I'm sorry" he said and placed a kiss on her head.
"Take her home. Marley can stay with her." Jeremy told Shepherd.

"I'll stay there with them. Don't worry." Callie said while Shepherd went out of the room.

"Callie will go home with you and Marley, okay? I'm gonna stay here in case they need me for something" Shepherd told her.

In the room John looked at Callie and said "she knows I love her, right?"

"Of course she does. Don't you worry about that. Worry about getting better" Callie said giving him a sad smile. She knew he was going to die but she couldn't let herself feel it. She had to be strong for Bella.

She went outside to find Shepherd sitting on a chair with Bella on his lap. She had stopped crying but Callie had never seen her looking so sad.

"Are you taking her to the car? Mine is right on the front" she said.

"Sure" Shepherd answered getting up. Isabella hated being carried around like a baby in the hospital but she was just feeling so sad and embarrassed for crying that she didn't even care. She just wanted to get home and go to her room and stay there forever.

They walked to the car.
Shepherd placed her in the back seat and Marley sat next to her just in case she needed something. Shepherd gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"I'll go see you as soon as I can okay?" He told Bella and she nodded yes.
"I love you" he said looking her straight in the eyes. She didn't say it back. She just looked at him like as if she knew it and she loved him too but couldn't say it. He gave her another hug and closed the door and walked to Callie's window.

"Anything call me okay?" He said serious.

"You too" Callie said. And they were off.

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The ride home was quiet.
Isabella just didn't feel like talking. When they got to the apartment Bella went straight upstairs to her bedroom while Callie turned the lights in the living room and Marley went to the fridge for a glass of water. She closed the curtains and laid on the bed covering herself with way more blankets than she needed.

Callie went up to check on her. When she got to the bedroom Bella didn't have one tear on her face but she was curled up hugging her stuffed dog Tramp, from Lady and the Tramp, one she slept with since she was 2. Callie knew the kid was so scared and sad but she didn't want her to focus on that all day.

"Hey. We're going to watch a movie. Come watch with us" she said but Bella didn't respond. Callie sat on the bed.
"Look I know you're sad and mad at us for lying but you can't shut us out." Callie said and Bella looked away.
"Look at me" she said but Bella didn't move. "Look at me." This time Isabella looked her right in the eyes. "I know it hurts but staying here it's just going to make it worse. Come down and sit with us" she said soothing Bella's hair.

"Okay" Bella said. Isabella thought it would be best to just shove the thoughts on the back of her head, so she decided to go downstairs.

"Come on" Callie said, helping her get up.

"Callie?" Bella said and Callie looked at her. "He's gonna die, isn't he?" She asked with such a sad face that Callie had to use all her strength not to sob. She hugged Bella tight.

"I'm sorry" was all she could say.

Isabella didn't cry. She wasn't a crier. She never was. She put on a brave face and went downstairs.

Marley was surprised to see her there.

"We're going to watch a movie" Callie said.

"Oh okay cool" Marley said surprised.

"You pick or I do?" Callie asked Bella.

"You do. But please no romances okay?" Isabella said.

"Okay. How about 'Super 8'?" Callie said looking through the DVDs.

"Sure" Bella said.

Callie went to put the dvd while Bella sat on the couch with a blanket and tramp. Callie sat next to her.
"Hey. Lay your head here sweetie" she said pointing to her legs. Isabella laid down and the movie started. Around 15 minutes into the film Bella was out. Jeremy called to let Callie know that Emily was on her way from Texas so it would take a while. He was relieved to know that Bella was asleep.

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She slept for about 3 hours. When she woke up her friend Cameron was there. Cameron had just turned 17 years old and she became friends with Bella when Isabella moved to the building. Isabella suddenly got a big sister. They went to the same school and when Bella went to boarding, Cameron's mother decided to send her too. So they were really close friends.

"Hi" Cameron said to Bella the moment she opened her eyes.

"Hi" Bella responded a little sleepy still. "Did you know too?" Bella asked.

"No" Cameron said. Isabella looked relieved. "Good" Bella said and then turned her head to Callie.
"Did Jeremy call?" She asked.

"Yeah. He said everything's good there" Callie said with a warm smile.

"Yeah I bet everything is awesome" Isabella said upset and got up. She headed to the kitchen to drink some water.

"Do you want to pick the movie now?" Marley asked.

"Sure" Isabella agreed. She finished her water and went to check the DVDs. She picked up 'Beethoven' and held up the dvd.
"How about this one?" She asked.

"Not Surprising" Cameron said and they all smiled but Bella. She went and put the dvd on and sat next to Callie again. They smiled and even laughed while watching the movie. Callie was thinking how her idea was working. Just the fact Bella wasn't looking so miserable anymore was helping her. They were almost at the end when the intern con rang. Callie got up and answered.

"Hello. Who is it?" She asked.

"Hi Calliope. It's Emily." Emily said.

They had landed in Seattle almost 40 minutes ago.
Emily didn't know Bella was at home so she went straight to the hospital and her team went with her.
When she got there Shepherd and Jeremy told her everything that happened and she went to see John. He was glad to see her and he was scared too. He knew his daughter would stay with her mom now and she would be involved in her work. He didn't like that idea but he knew that Isabella needed Emily and she would be okay because she has her mother with her no matter what. He begged Emily to make sure Isabella knows how much he loves her and that he is very sorry for leaving her. They both cried a lot.
Just like Bella, Emily was not a crier so her team was actually surprised to see her coming out of the room with red and puffy eyes.

She told Jeremy she was going to their apartment to see Bella. All she could think about was her kid. She knew she was scared. She knew she was putting on a brave face but she was broken. She knew that her baby needed her more then ever. So she went to the apartment and her team went with her. They were all at the door a couple of minutes after Callie buzzed them in. Callie didn't tell Bella her mom was there. She wanted to be a surprise. So she sat on the couch again.

"Who was that?" Marley asked.

"They're coming up." She said.

Isabella went back to paying attention to the film when the apartment door bell rang.

"Be right there!" Callie shouted.

Outside Penelope asked too excited "that wasn't her, was it?"

"No. That was Callie" Emily answered.

"Can you go get it Bella?" Callie asked looking at the others with murder eyes, letting them know Isabella should be the one to answer.

"Sure" Isabella said getting up. The bell rang again.
"Just a second please!" The little girl shouted.

Outside Emily said "now that was her" and they all smiled. They were sad about the situation with John but were excited to meet the girl.

"She sounds alright" Derek said.