It was 3:26 am when Isabella woke up sweating. She checked her phone for the time and went to the bathroom. When she got back on the bed she couldn't sleep anymore so she decided to go downstairs and watch a movie. She took her covers with her. She put a Harry Potter film on and turned the volume way down and put subtitles so her mother wouldn't wake up. She knew Emily needed to rest. She laid on the couch with her blanket and her covers and watched almost half of the movie until she fell asleep.

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It was a little over 8 when Emily woke up. She brushed her teeth and then went to check on Bella. She found the bed empty with only the pillows in it. She walked downstairs and found the girl fast asleep on the couch with the menu of Harry Potter playing. She went to get breakfast and then sat on the other couch and pressed play on the remote. During the movie she caught herself staring at the sleeping girl a couple of times. She could stare for hours at the peaceful face Bella had while sleeping and how she held that blanket so tightly.
Almost at the end of the movie Penelope called to see how Bella was doing and Emily told her the girl was asleep in the living room and everything. She also invited Penelope over after work if the team didn't travel on a new case. Of course Penelope said she would go. Then they hung up and Emily went back to watching the movie.

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It was almost 11 when Bella woke up and found Emily staring at her.

"Hi" Bella said.

"Hi" Emily said smiling. "Are you feeling better?"

"I don't know" Isabella answered.

"You couldn't sleep last night?" Emily asked.

"No. But apparently I caught up on it" Bella said closing her eyes again.

"Do you want cereal?" Emily asked standing up to go get it and Bella nodded yes. She knew Emily wanted her to eat something so she did.
After eating, Isabella stayed watching tv while Emily took a shower.

"You should shower" Emily said coming down the stairs. "Or at least change your clothes. You don't want to stay all day in pajamas again, do you?"

"Actually I do" Bella said honestly and Emily smiled.

"Well. Actually" Emily said heading to the couch. "We have a new rule."

"Oh yeah?" Bella asked knowing exactly what was coming.

"No pajamas if it's not bed time" Emily said. "Come on. Go change" she smiled and Bella smiled back.

"Okay" Bella said getting up. Emily hugged her and then she went upstairs.

While Emily worked on some paper work from her last case, Isabella showered. She got downstairs wearing black leggings and a hoodie that was definitely too big on her.

"Are you cold?" Emily asked.

"I don't know " Bella said.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Emily laughed but she was worried and Bella laid on the couch.
They watched tv and around 3pm Emily made mac and cheese. Bella started eating and felt a bit hot so she took the hoodie off, she was wearing a family guy T-shirt. They ate and went back to watching tv.
Around 4 Chloe went over with more homework and the girls sat at the dining room table to do it. Luckily there wasn't as much as the day before, they just had Geography and Science to do.
Once they were done they headed to Isabella's bedroom.

"So how are you feeling B?" Chloe asked.

"Sick" Bella said. "And tired"

"You feel sick all the time?" Chloe asked.

"Pretty much" Bella said a bit down.

"You'll get better soon" Chloe said. "You have to. School sucks without you there"

Isabella smiled. "I know I'm awesome" she said and they bursted into laughter.

"See. I need that back at school" Chloe said. She loved Bella's humor.

"I'm sure I'll be back soon" Bella said. She felt a bit scared of going back but she knew she would have to.

"So what do you wanna do now?" Chloe asked.

"How about a board game? Or do you like chess?" Isabella asked noticing she never really mentioned chess to Chloe.

"I suck at chess but we could play something else" Chloe said and Bella laughed.

"Okay. The games are in the office" Bella said and they headed to the office.

"So what's gonna be?" Bella asked standing next to Chloe in front of the cabinet with the games in.

"The game of life?" Chloe suggested.

"Sure" Bella said and Chloe got the box. They sat at the dining room table and started to organize the game.

"Mom" Bella yelled out. Emily came in running.

"Do you wanna play?" Isabella asked and Emily breathed out relieved.

"I thought you were feeling sick or something" Emily said and sat down next to Bella since the girls were sitting across from each other.

"Sorry" Bella said and handed a car to Emily. They started playing and things went great. They had a great time.

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Around 6, JJ and Penelope went over and they decided to do a puzzle together because by that time the girls had played pretty much every game in the house.

Emily went to cook dinner while they played. After a while Hilary called Chloe so she could go home for dinner. She said goodbye to everyone and left. So they went to have dinner too. Emily had made chicken, rice, potatoes and a salad. They put the games away and sat down at the table. Emily started putting some food for Bella when the girl said "mom. I don't feel very good". The first thing Emily thought was that she was having a panic attack but when she looked at Bella she saw her breathing was normal and she looked calm.
"What are you feeling?" She asked and the kid started to cry. Isabella hated how much she had been crying lately. It seemed like since her father died she lost control of everything.

Emily placed Bella on her lap and hugged her.
"Honey you're burning" Emily said noticing Bella was really hot.

"I'll get the thermometer" JJ said and headed to the cabinet in the guest bathroom where Emily kept all the medical stuff. She went back and Emily checked Bella's fever while the girl just hugged her looking really tired and with a wet face.

"It's really high" Emily said looking at the thermometer. "Let's lay on the couch for a bit, come on. You can eat later" Emily said knowing that Bella was not going to eat anything not even if she begged.
Bella headed to the couch while Emily went to get her medicine. She drank the medicine and laid down.
JJ and Penelope sat to eat and Emily sat on the couch next to Bella. They had just finished eating when Bella ran to the bathroom. She threw up again and it had been less 10 minutes since she had her medicine. Emily knew what that meant. She probably would need a shot for the fever. Penelope stayed with the girl in the bathroom while Emily called the doctor and she said that she had two patients to see at the practice but in an hour she would stop by to check on Bella and for Emily to try to give her the medicine again in about 30 minutes. Everyone headed to Isabella's bedroom and Bella laid on the bed while they sat around her. She was so tired and she just hated being sick.
After some time Emily gave her the medicine again and just like Emily expected the kid ran shortly after to the bathroom again. Emily helped her and than she brushed her teeth and just cried. They laid in bed and Emily told Bella the doctor was going to stop by to check on her.

Bella was almost asleep when the doctor got there. She checked Isabella's temperature again and it was even higher. She talked to Emily and she needed to take the medicine and since she wasn't keeping anything down at the moment she needed a shot.
Isabella took it better than everyone expected. She barely cried. It wasn't a painful shot so she just cried because of everything that was happening not because of the shot itself.
After they were done Penelope laid next to Bella while Emily and JJ went downstairs to talk to the doctor. They talked about how Bella was doing and the doctor rescheduled the check up for it to be in two days and not on the next, since she had just seen the girl. She also told Emily to try to make Bella eat a little even if she wasn't feeling good. Emily knew that could possibly be hard but she knew she had to do it. The doctor left and shortly after JJ left too.

"If you need anything just call" JJ said and said her goodbyes to Emily.

Emily went upstairs to find Penelope and Bella fast asleep hugging each other. So she headed downstairs and put all the dishes away.

After a while Penelope appeared.

"Hey" Emily said. "Is she okay?"

"Yeah. She's still sleeping" Penelope said.

"That's good" Emily smiled and sat on the couch.

"Well, I was wondering if I could maybe stay over tonight? Just in case you need some help with the little one" Penelope said.

"Of course you can Garcia. Bella loves having you here. We both do" Emily smiled and Penelope smiled back. The conversation was cut by a "mom" that was screamed upstairs.

They headed up in a blink.

"What happened?" Emily asked seeing the girl crying on the bed.

"I don't wanna be alone" Bella said crying. She was scared she would throw up or feel something else and no one would be there.
Emily went and hugged her.

"We'll stay here with you" Emily said and Penelope went to the tv.

"Let's put a movie on and go to sleep munchkin" Penelope said. She turned the tv on and put 'The Princess Diaries 2' on while Bella just hugged Emily and tried to stop with all the crying.

The three women just laid there and watched the movie till all of them were asleep.

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(Thursday)

It was a little over 7 when Penelope woke up to find Emily already awake staring at Isabella who was sleeping between them.

"Hi" Garcia said.

"Good morning" Emily smiled.

"Are you lost on her face again?" Penelope joked and Emily smiled and said yes.

"I need to head to work" Penelope said.

"Well, let's get breakfast then. I don't think this one will wake up any time soon" Emily said and they went to get breakfast.
After breakfast Penelope went to work and Emily went back upstairs, changed her clothes and went to stay with Bella. She checked Isabella's fever and it was all good. She just hoped the kid would wake up feeling a bit better.

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Around 9 she headed back to the kitchen and got a bowl of cereal and half an apple for Bella. She woke the girl up and asked her to eat a little. Isabella didn't want it at first but Emily sat next to her and said she needed to eat something in order to get better and the kid was just so tired that she grabbed the apple and ate it all without saying another word. The cereal she wasn't so okay with it but managed to eat half.

"You'll try better at lunch?" Emily asked putting a lock of hair behind the girl's ear and Isabella nodded yes.
"Alright" Emily said and gave Bella a kiss on the head.
"Remember our new rule?" Emily asked.

"Yes" Bella said and got up to change her clothes.

"I'll wait for you downstairs" Emily said and headed out the door.

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It wasn't long till Bella headed down wearing black leggings, a plain navy blue long sleeved shirt and socks. She had her blanket in hands and sat next to Emily on the couch. She felt sick and tired. She didn't want to do anything, just sleep. So she laid her head on her mother's lap and it wasn't long till she was asleep again. Emily couldn't help but think at how little the kid seemed to look nowadays.

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Around 11 Emily got a call from Penelope.
"Em?" Penelope said.

"Yes?" Emily answered while striking Bella's hair.

"Our case is here in the city. We're in the office. It's a kidnapping and we have someone in custody but he seems to only speak Russian. The Boss told me to call you. It's urgent" Penelope said.

"I'll be there in 20" Emily said.

"Okay. I can watch Bellie, don't worry" Penelope said.

"Okay. I'll be there soon" Emily said and they hung up. Emily didn't want to go. She just wanted to sit there with her peaceful sleeping daughter in her arms. But she knew that if Hotch called knowing Isabella was sick, it was really important so she woke Bella up.
"Honey. I need to go to work" Emily said as soon as the girl opened her eyes and turned her head to face her mother.

"What?" Bella asked still sleepy.

"Penelope called and they need me. It's just at the office, okay? You can come too and stay with Garcia" Emily told the child.

"Okay" Bella said.

"Let's go." Emily said. "Go get your shoes on and a jacket." Emily told Bella and she did what was told still a little sleepy. They got everything and headed to the car.
The ride was quiet. Bella sat on the back and in the middle of it she was out. Emily was impressed at how much she was sleeping and she didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad one.

She parked the car and woke Isabella up who was not happy at all. She was tired and she just wanted to sleep.
"Come on. You can sleep at Garcia's office" Emily said smiling at the girl who stepped out of the car and took her mother's hand. "Jump" Emily said and picked the girl up. They headed in and Emily took Bella straight to Penelope's lair.

"Hi. Buttercup" Penelope said happy to see the girl again.

"Hi. Can I sleep here?" Isabella said as her mother put her down, she looked a bit grumpy, Emily and Penelope smiled at the girl's mood.

"Sure. You know where the blankets are" Penelope said and Bella got a throw from a cabinet and laid on the couch.

"Anything just go get me, okay?" Emily said covering the girl up. "I'm sorry" she said giving a kiss on Bella's forehead.

"It's fine mom" Bella said and hugged Emily, who than headed to find the others. Isabella basically passed out on the couch all day. Emily talked to the man and then Hotch said she could go. When she got to Penelope's office to get Bella, Penelope told her that Bella was out since she left and that she had checked the girl's temperature and she was fine.
It was almost 1 so Emily decided to stay and help them with the case.
Around 2pm, they ordered and ate lunch at the office and Emily woke Isabella up to eat a chicken sandwich.

"Lunch time baby. Come on" Emily said softly to the girl who sat up on the couch sort of half asleep.
"Come on" Emily laughed and handed the sandwich to Bella who took a bite of it. She ate a little more than half but than got full.

"I'm full mom" Isabella said still a bit sleepy and scared Emily would make her eat everything. But Emily just grabbed the sandwich and put it in the mini bar. Isabella laid back on the couch and fell asleep really fast.

"I think she's sleeping too much" Emily told Penelope.

"She's just tired" Penelope said and Emily nodded but still looked concern at Bella.
"Hey. She's okay" Penelope said putting her hand on Emily's who smiled at her. "She's a tough cookie" Penelope said in a tough way and Emily let out a breathy laugh.

They resumed the work and Isabella stayed asleep the rest of the afternoon. Emily was glad that at least the girl wasn't throwing up.

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It was sometime over 6pm when Emily thought it would be best to take Bella home. They made some good progress on the case and the kid should be sleeping in her own bed so she woke the girl and said goodbye to everyone.
At home it wasn't long till Chloe called to ask when they were going to be home because she had brought homework for Bella.

"We just got home Chlo. You can come if you want to, or I just go and pick it up?" Emily said.

Isabella was laying on the couch and she had just started cooking Mac and cheese for their diner.

"It's fine I'll be up soon but I can't stay" Chloe said.

"Okay" Emily said.

"I already finished mine and I'm helping mom with Millie. She's not feeling very well."

"Oh alright" Emily said and they hung up. Emily headed to the couch were Bella was and when she was about to tell her that Chloe was coming she realized the girl was already out. She smiled at the sight of peace on her baby's face then she put her hand on Bella's forehead just to make sure she was okay and she wasn't hot. Looking so close Emily could see the girl had a bit more color than the day before which made her smile even bigger. She got a throw that was just sitting on the other couch and covered Isabella up. She put a lock of hair that was on the kid's face behind the young girl's ear and said "you're going to be just fine Bells" , she gave her a kiss and then headed back to cook dinner. Chloe came up quickly after and handed Emily the homework and went back home. Emily finished diner and sat to watch some tv while she ate. Once she was done she put some on a plate for Bella.

"Honey. Dinner" she said waking the girl up. Isabella sat down like a zombie.
"Are you feeling okay?" Emily asked still slightly bothered by the amount of sleep.

"Yeah" Bella nodded yes. Emily handed her the plate of Mac and cheese and she ate everything without saying anything. Emily was glad.
Once she was done she told her mother she was going to take a shower and went. Emily did the dishes and as soon as she finished cleaning up everything Isabella went down the stairs.

"Mom? I think I'm gonna go to bed" Isabella said. She had a long sleeved shirt and pajamas shorts on. Emily smiled because at least it was not pants.

"Okay honey, but it's not even 9 o'clock" Emily said.

"I know. But if I stay here I'm just gonna sleep on the couch anyways" Isabella said. "I'm tired"

"Alright. Go on and I'll be right up" Emily said and Isabella headed to her bedroom. She laid in bed and waited for Emily while Emily turned the lights off downstairs and took some paperwork she had to work on upstairs. Emily left the things on her desk and went to tuck Bella in.

"Do you want to sleep on my bed tonight?" Emily asked walking in the girl's bedroom.

"No. It's okay" Bella said.

"Are you sure?" Emily asked.

"Yeah" Bella said and Emily smiled sitting on the bed. "But if I need to I can go there, right?" Isabella asked shyly.

"Of course you can" Emily said and pulled the covers up. She kissed Bella's forehead and stood up. "Goodnight Bells" she said.

"Goodnight mom" Bella said and Emily walked to the door not forgetting to turn the night light on.

"Anything I'm right next door" Emily said.

"Okay" Bella said and Emily turned the light off.

"Sleep tight" Emily said and headed to her bedroom. She felt exhausted so she decided to sleep too. She took a shower, got dressed and went to check on Bella who was already out. She checked the girl's forehead for a fever, just in case, and it felt normal. She pulled the covers up on the girl again than headed to bed.

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(Friday)

Emily woke up and went on with her usual morning routine before waking up Isabella a little passed 9am. The girl said she was feeling better and for Emily's surprise Isabella said she was kind of hungry.

"You kind of hungry? Is this a miracle?" Emily teased hugging the girl and Bella smiled. "So, since you're kind of hungry you get to pick whatever you want for breakfast. huh? What do you think?" Emily told.

"How about cinnamon toast? I haven't eaten that in a long time" Isabella said.

"That's a wonderful idea chef" Emily said imitating the people from Masterchef, a show they watched sometimes, and Isabella laughed.

"So let's go then, chef" Isabella said doing the same and they headed out to the kitchen.
Isabella helped Emily cook and they had a great time doing that. After eating they decided to go and pack for Seattle, then they went back downstairs to watch an episode of Masterchef since they had been joking about it but as they made their way to the couch, Hotch called Emily. He said they found documents in Russian at a crime scene and the translator would take too long to get there so he asked if it was possible for her to stop by again and help them.

"Sure. I'll be right there" Emily said and they hung up.

"Right there where?" Asked Isabella.

"Office" Emily said already expecting the girl to be upset about it.

"Again? I thought you would go back only next week" Bella said.

"I'm sorry honey. I'll be fast, okay?" Emily said.

"Whatever... I'm going with you, right?" Isabella said not wanting to be away from her mother.

"Of course. Go change" Emily said and the girl went upstairs. Isabella changed her clothes, got her things, including her iPad and her homework, and they headed to the office.

At the office Emily went to the conference room to work and Bella headed to Penelope's office. She watched a movie on Netflix and since Emily was taking so long she started doing her homework. Emily went to see her at lunch time and brought a happy meal from McDonald's that JJ had bought.

"You said it was going to be fast" Isabella said and Emily handed her the lunch.

"Would you mind hanging out here today?" Emily asked at the door.

"No. It's fine" Bella said sounding a little upset. "Just none of this tomorrow okay?"

"Okay" Emily smiled.

"Do you promise?" Bella asked.

"I promise, peanut" Emily said.

"Peanut?" Bella said. "Mom, I'm not 5!" She said and Emily laughed.

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After eating she read some chapters of a book and finished her homework.
It was around 4 when Emily walked back in the lair to tell Bella they finished the case and got the guy.

"So we can go home now?" Bella asked relived.

"Paperwork" Emily said bummed.

"Mom!" Bella said. She wanted to go home.

"It won't be long." Emily said. "And your check up is today at 6, remember?" Emily said and she could notice Bella's face changing.
"I'll be fast I swear" Emily said and left Bella reading her book again.

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It was almost 6 when Emily went to get Bella so they could leave. Isabella was really nervous and was trying hard not to show it. They said goodbye to everyone and JJ invited them to have dinner at her house and they all agreed. So they headed to the car.

"Mom?" Isabella said almost whispering while she buckled her seat belt.

"Yeah?" Emily said.

"I won't need another penicillin shot, will I?" Isabella asked not even looking at Emily.

"No." Emily said. "And I promise" she added, holding the girl's hand. Isabella looked at her and Emily smiled and then drove.

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At the doctor's office Isabella was very nervous.
The first thing Emily told the doctor was that Isabella was sleeping quite a bit, especially after she went to check on her at home. The doctor said that was completely normal because of the medicines she had taken.
They took her for a CT scan of her lungs at the lab on the building next door and she did a blood test also, then headed back to the doctor's office. After a little bit of waiting the doctor went and told them that her lungs were way better and that she should be good as new in few days and Emily hugged Bella happily.

"Well, the other thing is her vitamin count" the doctor said and their smiled sort of faded. Emily knew exactly what that meant.
"Her vitamin B is still lower than it should be and she needs to take some now" the doctor said.

Isabella just hugged Emily, as her eyes filled with tears but she fought not to cry.

"It's alright honey. They'll do it really fast" Emily said hugging the girl who bursted into tears.

"I don't want more shots" Isabella cried. She was really upset for having to get a shot and also for crying about it. She wasn't a crier, she never was. She never even cared about shots but now she felt like she couldn't control anything anymore.

"I know you don't, baby. I'm sorry" Emily said sitting at a chair at the office and bringing Bella to her lap.

"I'm not sick. I'm fine" Isabella said sounding more angry than just upset.

"Sweetheart it will be very fast, okay? And this is nothing like that other one you took" the doctor said thinking she could be acting like that thinking it was going to hurt like penicillin. "Okay? Come on" the doctor said getting close to her.

"No. I don't want to" Isabella said.

"Bella, don't do this. You never acted like this for shots, honey. It's going to be okay" Emily said.

"I'm not sick" Isabella said between her teeth.

"Miss Prentiss we gotta do it" the doctor said and Bella tried getting off of her mother's lap but Emily held her tight.

"Bella don't." Emily said. "We don't want to hold you down, don't honey"

"Let me go. I'm not doing it." Bella said angry and the nurse that had the shot went inside the room.

"Come on honey" Emily said.

"No" Isabella said firmly.

"I don't want to hold you down but if I have to I will" Emily said also firm. She hated doing that but it was for Isabella's own good.

"Let me go" Isabella said and the nurse walked out for a minute and went back in followed by a male nurse and another female nurse.

"Look we can do this the easy way or the hard one. It's up to you" Emily said serious.

"I'm not doing it" Isabella said thru her teeth again.

Emily knew she wouldn't cooperate, so she signed to the nurse who went and picked Bella up . Isabella started crying and saying she wasn't going to do it. The male nurse carried her to the exam table and the three nurses managed to force her to lay down while Emily watched with her heart beating out of her chest.

"Mom!" She cried. "Mom I don't want to" she said and Emily walked to stay next to her.
One nurse was holding her legs hanging from the end of the table and the other two were holding her arms. One nurse pulled her pants down to show her thigh and she cried even more and started fighting even more to be let go. Emily went and held her chest down and one arm while the nurse moved to hold her tummy down in order for her not be able to move.

"You're gonna be alright" Emily kept saying trying to calm the crying child who was still fighting them off. The doctor went and gave her the shot on her left thigh and she cried really bad. The shot hurt, not like penicillin but it hurt. It stung quite a lot and everyone there knew that. Once they were done the nurses let go of her and walked out while Emily helped her down the table. Emily pulled Isabella pants up and hugged the girl who just cried.

"It's all done" Emily told her.

"Yeah sweetheart. It's over" the doctor said. "Alright so Miss Prentiss just keep making sure she's eating and in 3 days she'll need another blood test, okay?"

"Okay" Emily said still hugging Bella who was calmer but was crying still.

"I'm thinking of taking her to Seattle this weekend, would that be okay?" Emily asked.

"Yeah sure. Just drink lots of water on the plane to help your lungs, okay young lady?" the doctor said to Bella who just ignored.
"Well, alright then can I see you on Monday?" The doctor asked.

"Monday is great" Emily said. Emily and the doctor shook hands and they left.
Isabella's leg was still hurting as they walked to the car and Emily could see that as the girl walked limping a bit.

"It's gonna go away soon baby" Emily said and Bella just ignored. Emily went in the car and Isabella sat on the back seat.

"Why are you riding on the back?" Emily asked confused.

"Leave me alone" Isabella said a bit angry and with a couple of tears still rolling. Emily ignored and started the car.

After about 10 minutes driving to JJ's house, Emily couldn't take that silence anymore.
"Look. There's no reason for you to be mad at me right now Bella." She said. "You know you had to take that."

"No I didn't" Isabella said angry.

"Yes you did. We don't want you to get even sicker and I'm sure you don't want that too" Emily said serious.

"I was fine. I was just fine..." Isabella started saying with her voice rising and Emily started slowing the car down. "...But then just like the other day you just held me down and let them give me that fucking thing" Isabella said loud and really angry.

"You do not talk to me like that" Emily said parking the car at the side of the road. Isabella froze and Emily turned to face her.

"You don't talk to me this way. Do you hear me?" Emily said serious and Isabella just looked out the window ignoring her.
Emily than started the car again and drove to Jennifer's. She didn't really want to go to JJ's but she knew that it would probably be a really bad idea to take Bella home like that.

The rest of the car ride was quiet.
When they got to JJ's house Isabella put on a brave face and just walked beside Emily to the door.

"Hi. Come on in" JJ greeted them and they walked inside.

"Can I use the bathroom?" Isabella asked feeling her eyes starting to sting.

"Sure sweetie. It's right there" said JJ, pointing to a door on the left. Isabella walked to the bathroom and the two ladies went to the dining table where everyone was seated.

"Hi" Emily said.

"How was it?" Derek asked.

"Pandemonium" Emily said sitting down. "She hates me now" Emily added.

"Oh what happened?" JJ said placing a bowl of salsa on the table and than sitting down.

"She had to get a vitamin B shot and completely freaked out. 4 people had to hold her down" Emily said. "And then we had a little fight in the car" she added.

"She'll be alright. She's just upset" Derek said.

"Oh no. This time she's mad. There were cursing and everything" Emily said.

"My sugarplum wouldn't" Penelope said making a surprised face.

"Oh she did" Emily said smiling at her friends reaction.
While they talked a bit more about Isabella, the girl sat on the bathroom floor crying. Her leg was burning from the shot, she wanted to go home, and she was just sick of all of that. She blamed herself so much for running away and getting sick.
She stayed in the bathroom for a long time and everyone got a little worried so Derek went to check.

"Bella?" He called her, knocking on the door.

"I'll be out in a minute" she said and he could hear she had been crying so he just stood there waiting for her to get out.

"Hey" he said as she steeped out of the bathroom with really red eyes. "Come here princess" he said and wrapped his arms around the small girl. "Do you want to watch some tv?" He asked knowing she probably wouldn't want to stay with the grown ups.

"Yes" she whispered and he walked with her to the living room, which luckily for her didn't pass through the dining room where everyone was seated. Everyone, but Hotch and Rossi, were there.
So Isabella sat in the living room with Henry, who was watching a cartoon and playing with dinosaurs on the floor and Derek went back to the table.

"So. How is she?" JJ asked.

"Watching tv with Henry" Derek said. "But I'm pretty sure she was crying in the bathroom" he said and Emily nodded thinking about the fact that he was probably right.
"But she'll be alright" he said.

"Em. Do you really think it's a good idea taking her to Seattle tomorrow?" Penelope asked.

"I have to" Emily said.

"Did she talk to you about going?" Reid asked.

"a couple times" she answered. "She'll be alright and if anything happens we'll come back. It's just a weekend" Emily said.

They talked and ate a bit more and than Derek decided to go check on Bella to see if she wanted to eat something. When he got to the living room the girl was fast asleep in a very uncomfortable position on the couch. He picked her up knowing JJ would offer the girl a bed.

"Where should I put this one?" He asked smiling at the sleeping girl in his arms. Everyone smiled too and JJ told him to take her to the guest bedroom. So he did that and put her on the bed, then went back to the table.

"She has been sleeping so much" Emily said still a bit concerned about that.

"Did you tell the doctor?" JJ asked.

"Yeah. She said its from the meds." Emily answered.

"She's probably just catching up on the sleep she lost." Penelope said.

"Yeah" Emily said and they started talking about work.

After a while, everyone was done eating and was just sitting there talking about work.
Isabella woke up from a nightmare and when she opened her eyes she was already crying. She went to the bathroom and washed her face. Her leg was still burning a bit and it felt sore, it was nothing like penicillin but it did hurt.
She washed her face and then walked to the dining room.
She wanted to go home.

"Mom?" She said shyly as she walked in the dining room. Emily looked at the girl and knew exactly what had happened.

"Come here" she said softly and the kid walked to her. Emily made Bella sit on her lap and the girl shyly said "I want to go home" and then just rested her head on her mom's chest.

"Okay. I'll take you home" Emily said softly.

"Well, I'm a little tired and would so love a car ride" Penelope said a little excited trying to change the concern mood in the room.

"You're more than welcome to join" Emily said knowing what her friend was doing.

"Alright. So let's go?" Emily asked Bella who stood up but didn't let go of her. Isabella was mad at Emily for holding her down like that but she was scared and apparently her mother was the only one that was able to calm her down somehow.

"So I'll see you guys on Monday" Emily said.

"Yeah" JJ said. "Have fun in Seattle guys" she said smiling at Bella who just ignored it and looked away.
Emily made a face at JJ noticing what the girl had done and then they finished with goodbyes and left.

In the car Bella sat on the back seat and Penelope on the front with Emily.

"So I'll meet you guys at the airport tomorrow at 8:30?" Penelope asked.

"Yeah. The flight's at 10" Emily said.

"Alright" Penelope said. "Are you excited B?" She asked the girl.

"Not really" Isabella said honestly.

"Oh. It's gonna be fun. You'll see" Penelope said and than there was silence in the car till they dropped Penelope off. Emily saw Bella was silently crying in the backseat after Penelope left.

"Are you okay?" Emily asked a bit afraid the girl would blow up on her again.

"I'm fine" Bella said wiping her face. "I'm just.. scared" she said. "But I'm fine so don't worry" she added.

"Alright" that was all Emily said knowing the kid didn't want to talk and impressed she actually told she was scared.

The rest of the ride was just as quiet as before.
When they got to the apartment, both went to take a shower. After the shower Bella got her book from the night stand and sat on the floor to read. But she didn't seem to be able to concentrate. The thoughts about going to Seattle and that stupid pain on her leg wouldn't leave her alone. When she saw she was already in tears and more and more just kept rolling. It seemed like her leg was hurting more after the shower. But it was a weird pain. She felt like screaming in frustration.

Out of nowhere Emily walked in to find Bella on the floor in tears.
"Oh honey" Emily said waking fast towards the girl. Bella went on her knee and opened her arms as her mother went down to hug her. They hugged and Bella just cried.

"What happened?" Emily asked.

"My leg hurts and I don't know if I can go to Seattle mom" she cried.

"It's going to go away soon, honey. And don't worry about Seattle, okay? I'm gonna be right there and Penelope is going to be there. There's nothing to worry about. Okay?" Emily said and Bella just cried.
"Look at me honey" she told the girl and Bella looked at her. Emily wiped a tear away and said "we'll go slow there, okay?".

Isabella nodded and just stared at her mother's eyes.

"Come on. Lay down on the bed" Emily said and they got up. Isabella laid down and Emily tucked her in.
"It's going to be fun you'll see. You're gonna see everybody and we could go around town if you want to. Okay?" Emily said.

"Okay" Bella said almost a whisper. Emily kissed her forehead and said goodnight.

"Goodnight" the girl replied and turned to the side and Emily went to her own bedroom to sleep too.
Emily laid in bed and not even 10 minutes later Isabella appeared on the door.

"Mom?" She said embarrassed. Emily looked at her and knew what she wanted.

"Come here" she said pulling the covers down from one side of the bed. Isabella got up there and just hugged her mother and started crying again. She hated she couldn't control it around Emily.

"I'm sorry" she said. "I'm sorry for talking like that" she cried. "I shouldn't have."

"Okay." Emily said forgiving the girl. "You promise you won't do it again?"

"Yeah I swear I won't. I'm sorry" Isabella said.

"Okay. It's okay" Emily said. "Let's sleep now, baby. We gotta wake up early." Emily said and they snuggled together and it wasn't long till they fell asleep.