Bella went to Hilary's house after school and she was alright. It was almost 6 and she had not heard from Penelope yet and she thought that since Derek was out of town she would not be going to see the stupid shrink.
But she was wrong.
At 6:14pm, Garcia went to pick her up. Bella decided not to mention it and maybe they would just go home but Penelope went to the practice. She parked the car and Bella's eyes were full of tears.

"Oh Bella" Garcia said feeling bad.

"Please don't make me go" Bella said and tears fell.

"I'm sorry but you have to" Garcia said.

"Why? I'm not gonna talk to her" Bella said upset.

"Because the judge ordered it. You have to" Garcia said.

"But I just hate this" Bella cried and Penelope hugged her.

"I know you do." Garcia said. "Maybe we can go somewhere fun afterwards"

"No, I just wanna go home" Bella said.

"Okay. But you gotta go in there right now" Penelope said.

"Fine" Bella said still looking upset.
"Can you go in with me?" Bella asked.

"I don't know" Penelope said. "We'll ask" she added.

"Okay" Bella said. They walked inside and they sat to wait. Bella knew she wouldn't say anything anyways so she just had to distract herself while in there and not listen to the woman.

"Isabella" Joanna called. Bella grabbed Garcia's hand and they walked to the psychologist.

"Hi. I'm her aunt. Umm... she was wondering if I could go in with her" Garcia asked.

"She's 9. Her uncle was there because it was the first session and then because of her state but she seems okay today" doctor Joanna Huff said.
Bella looked at Penelope. Garcia put both hands on the girl's cheeks.
"You can do it. Just one hour. You'll be fine and I'll be right outside" Garcia said. "Okay?" She asked and Bella nodded.

"Alright, come one in" Joanna said and Bella bravely walked in.

"Would you like to take a toy from the bin today?" The woman asked hopeful their hour would be better.

Isabella sat on the couch and stayed silent.

"So your aunt seems really fun. What's her name?" Joanna asked and Bella stayed quiet and just kept staring at the floor.
"Isabella, it doesn't help you at all if you just stay quiet" Joanna said and Bella's eyes filled with tears. She couldn't help it she just hated it. She hated it so much. She couldn't understand how people would just open up to someone they didn't even know, someone who weren't their friend. She didn't care if it was the person's job or not. She just hated it.

"did you write on the journal I gave you?" the doctor asked and Bella just ignored the question.
The hour went on and the girl didn't say a word. Of course the psychologist felt like a failure. Joanna was used to getting kids to talk on the first session. Her hardest child before Bella was a boy who talked to her on the second one. She had never had someone like Bella. The girl was so determined not to let her guard down that she would spend an entire hour lost in her thoughts and looking away.

"I'll see you next week" Joanna said trying to sound confident as Bella walked to Garcia. They went to the car and Penelope asked how it went.

"This is a waste of time" Bella said.

"You didn't talk again?" Penelope asked.

"No" Bella said.

"Not at all? Not even one word?"

"No" Bella said. "I don't even know her. Stupid shrinks never talk about them and they think they know what you're feeling. But they don't. They don't fucking know anything" Bella said.

"Hey hey language" Penelope said in shock.

"Sorry" Bella said feeling bad. "It just came out"

Penelope couldn't help and laughed. "I don't want you talking like that" she said.

"I know. I'm sorry" Bella said, she knew she shouldn't have.

"Well, it's actually quite impressive" Penelope said. "Cause I mean... Not even a hi?"

"No" Bella said.

"Your Prentiss's genes are strong my friend" Garcia said.

"I guess" Bella said.

"Look. Now I'm gonna be serious." Garcia said. "I really think that she can help. She doesn't have to understand how you feel to help you learn how to deal with it."

"I don't need her help. I have you and Derek and the team." Bella said.

"But you don't really open up to us" Penelope said.

"Yes I do" Bella said.

"Bella" Garcia said.

"What do you want me to say? That I miss my parents? That I'm angry she left me? That I'm terrified of everything?" Bella said as tears just started falling.

"Come here" Penelope said and Bella hugged her. "Let's go home" she said after a while and started driving.

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(Thursday)

School went fine but Bella was pretty down all day. She went to the office after school and Penelope could see the girl was just sad. Around 4, Derek texted saying they were going back so Penelope and Bella waited in the office.

"Derek" Bella said as she saw him walking inside. She ran to him and gave him a big hug. He lifted her up.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he noticed her red eyes filled again with tears.

"Yeah" Bella said. "Just glad you're back" she said.

"I'm back and I'm starving" he said and everybody laughed.

"Anyone up for a dinner out?" Penelope asked.

"I just need a bed" JJ said.

"I want food" Reid said.

"Sure, why not?" Rossi said.

"Hotch?" Derek asked.

"I have a few things to do here and then I'm heading home" Hotch said.

"See you guys then" Derek said. He put Bella down and said "go get your things". The little girl ran to the conference room.

"Has she been to your office yet?" JJ asked.

"She went there to get food today but she didn't get in" Garcia said.

"At least she's coming here" Reid said.

Suddenly Bella ran back.
"Let's go?" Derek asked and the girl nodded yes, so they went out to the parking lot. Derek drove to an Olive Garden close by and they had dinner.

As they ate, Derek noticed how down Isabella looked.
"Are you alright?" He asked her and she nodded yes but her eyes told something different. Derek wrapped her in his arms. "I've got you" he said and pulled her to his lap. "Do you want to go outside?" He asked as he saw she was holding her tears.

"Yes" she barely managed to say. Derek just carried her out to the car. He sat on the back with her and she just cried.

"What happened?" He asked her once he saw she would be able to talk.

"I don't know." She said. "Sometimes it's like... It's like it hits me that she's not here anymore. And she is not coming back" she said between sobs and just cried. "And it's hard. It's so hard"

Derek wrapped her in his arms again.
"I know it's hard. It's hard for me too. I miss her so much" he said.

They stayed quiet for a while and Bella calmed down.

"I just wish I could have her back" Bella said.

"I wish that too baby girl" Derek said. He made her sit straight and he wiped her face.
"Why don't we go back there? I know they miss her too and they want to be with you right now more than anything" Derek said and Bella stayed quiet. "Do you think you can finish the dinner?" He asked and she nodded yes. "Okay. Let's go then" he said.
They walked back to the restaurant and sat to eat. No one asked anything, they just talked about how the food was and ignored what had happened.

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The next day Derek knew Bella would probably be sad so he woke up really early, checked the weather and made plans for the day.
The girl went to school, and Derek and Garcia went to work. Derek told Hotch he needed the afternoon off. So he went home around noon. He worked on Garcia's new bedroom till it was 3pm. It was almost done. At 3, he showered and went to pick Bella up. The girl was surprised to see him and even more surprised to hear his plans. They ended up going to the Zoo, to a children's museum and then ate at McDonald's. They met Garcia back in the house around 9. Bella was exhausted so she went to shower.

"How was it?" Penelope asked.

"Really good. She seemed way more confident" he said.

"That's great." Garcia smiled.

"Small steps and she'll get there" he said.

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On Saturday they worked on Penelope's bedroom, had lunch at Outback and then finished the room. All they had left to do was put the furniture in but they had to leave that for the next day. It was almost 7 and Bella had a check-up. So they showered and headed to the clinic.
Doctor Sullivan was happy to see improvement on the girl's emotional state. Bella was sitting by herself on the exam table and didn't have one single tear on her face. The doctor checked her heart, lungs, the places she had bruises and then her back.

"This looks really good" she said as Bella took the shirt off. The girl's back was a bit red but nothing compared to how it was before.

"I'm gonna take this bandage out just to look at it, okay?" Sarah said and Bella nodded. She took the bandage out and was also impressed with that too. "I think that in 3 or 4 days she can take the bandage out and just put the other cream on. It looks so much better" Sarah said.

Derek looked at it and said "wow it really does".
There was a bit of scaring on a place that looked like she was hurt multiple times and the clover was a bit to the side of that. But otherwise it was healing really well.

Doctor Sullivan explained she had to do a blood test and Bella looked a bit nervous, her eyes was filled with tears but she did fine.

"That's just routine. I'll be getting the results tomorrow but I can see she's alright." The doctor said and smiled at Bella. "And you're all done" she said.

Derek helped Bella down.

"In about 4 days if the redness goes down you can take the bandage off and just put the cream like you're doing to the rest of her back" Sarah told Penelope.

"Okay" Garcia said. "Thank you"

"Bye Bella" doctor Sullivan said.

"Bye" the girl said. She looked a bit down but she definitely looked better.

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Emily left Paris that night and went to a small town a couple hours away. She knew staying very long in the same city could be dangerous so she decided she would be moving around. She missed Bella so much. Pretty much all she could think about was getting back home.

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Sunday started great.
Derek and Bella went to Penelope's house to help her pack some things and then had lunch at a local restaurant close to her house.

"How come we never came here? The food is really good" Bella said.

"I have no idea" Penelope said making a face and taking a bite of her sandwich. They finished lunch and went to Derek's house. Bella helped them get the boxes inside and then they took a break and sat to watch some tv. They were halfway through a movie, around 3:12, when Derek's phone started ringing. It was JJ.

"We have a case. It's really bad" JJ said.

"Where?" He asked.

"San Diego. We leave in 30" JJ said.

"Alright" Derek said.

"Morgan" JJ said.

"What?" He asked. He could notice she was worried.

"Penelope has to come" JJ said.

"We'll meet you there" Derek said and Bella just stared at him. She knew exactly what he was about to say when he hung up the phone.

"We have a case" he said. "And Garcia... JJ said you have to travel with us this time"

"What?" Bella said, her face showed fear.