"We brought food" Emily said as she walked in. Bella held the glass door open for her.
Penelope and JJ quickly made their way to Emily and helped her with the bags. They went to the conference room.

"Hey look who's here" David said with a smile.

Derek wrapped Bella in a hug. "How was the test?" He asked.

"Good" she said.

"What subject?" Reid asked.

"French" Bella said.

"I'm sure you'll get an A+" Derek said and everyone smiled.

They sat to eat. Everyone was there but Hotch.
Once they were done, Emily said they had to go look at another house so they said goodbye and she left with Bella.
As Emily parked the car in front of the house she couldn't help but hope that was the one. She loved the front of the house and it was a great neighborhood. It was 10 minutes away from Isabella's school and just a couple minutes from Derek's house. Bella could just walk there.

"That's pretty" Bella said as she saw the big white house with black window frames.

"The door is red mom" Bella said with a smile when she saw it.

"Let's go look inside" Emily smiled and they went.

They looked around the house and pretty much smiled the entire time. It was perfect.
The first floor had a little front hall with coat hangers and a bench; they walked in further and entered the living room and the kitchen. Everything was open and they loved that. Next to the stairs to the second floor there was a door. They walked in and it was an office. Then they went upstairs and found two master bedrooms with bathrooms and closets, which was perfect for each of them, and one smaller guest bedroom. They went to the third and last floor and Emily smiled when she saw it was a big open space, she thought that would make a good play room/study room for Bella.
They went down and checked the basement which had a laundry room and a big carpeted room which Emily thought would make a great movie room. Then they went to the backyard.

"It has pool!" Bella said excited. The girl had loved everything she saw and the pool was the cherry on top.
Emily smiled and how excited Bella was.

"As you can see we have a fence. That's because of the dog. You can take it out if you'd like" the lady said pointing to the tall white fence that surround the entire backyard.

"The fence is perfect. We also have a dog" Emily smiled.

"The pool is here and we have a barbecue area, the swing set is right there next to the garage." The lady explained.

Emily couldn't help but smile as she saw Bella looking at everything with a big smile on her face.
They looked at the garage and then Emily talked to the lady about the price while Bella played on the swing set.
Emily peeked at the girl from time to time and couldn't help but feel happy. She could see them having a beautiful life in that house.
She made an offer and then they left.

"So..?" Emily asked Bella as they buckled up.

"I like this one" Bella said.

"Just like?" Emily asked making a face. "You were smiling the whole time" she said and Bella laughed.

"I love it. Can we get it?" Bella said.

"I made an offer so now we need to wait to see if they'll accept it" Emily said.

"So we're buying this one?" Bella asked really excited.

"Calm down! I made an offer, we gotta wait now" Emily said happy about the girl's reaction.

They headed to Derek's house and Bella was all smiles.

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Around 7:45pm, Derek and Penelope arrived and Emily told them about the house and how Bella loved it. They were very happy for her.
They had pizza for dinner, watched some tv and then headed to bed.

"Is that house really the one?" Emily asked Bella. Emily loved it but she wanted to know if that was really what her daughter wanted.

"Yes" Bella said nodding and hugged Emily.

Emily kissed the girl's cheek and covered her up.
"Goodnight" she said.

"Night mommy" Bella said.

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Around 4am, Emily was asleep when a dream filled her mind. She was climbing a hill to try to get to her daughter who was on the top.
She suddenly woke up. She was sweating. She hated that dream. She always hated that dream.
She stared at the girl fast asleep next to her for a while and then just picked Bella up.
Isabella moved and opened her eyes.
"Shuuuuuu it's me. It's okay. I just need this tonight" Emily said getting Bella to a comfortable position. Bella closed her eyes and relaxed in her mother's embrace.

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(Saturday)

Emily woke up that morning and she was sitting up on the bed holding Bella. Her back was hurting but she didn't really care.
She put the girl down and checked her phone. It was 8:34am. She heard a noise in the kitchen so she covered Bella up and went to the kitchen.

"Good morning" Morgan said.

"Good morning. What are you doing?" Emily asked as she saw Derek shirtless and sweaty.

"I'm fixing up the garage" he said and walked out.

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Around 10, Bella woke up and had breakfast. Emily got a call from Rossi inviting everyone to have lunch at a local restaurant that had just opened.
So they just hung out at the house and at 1pm they headed to lunch.
The place was really nice and the food was amazing. Bella ordered chicken parm and loved it.

During lunch Emily got a call.
"Hello?" She said not recognizing the number.

"Hi, this is Martha from Rhodes Homes." The woman said.

"Oh hello" Emily said as she made a sign for the team to lower their voices so she could hear the woman better.

"I'm calling about the offer you placed"

"Yes" Emily said.

"They accepted it." Martha said.

"Oh really?" Emily smiled excited.

"What?" Bella asked excited and Emily just kept smiling.

"If you want we can meet later today so you can do all the necessary paperwork and you can get the key on Monday" Martha said.

"Yes please. That would be great" Emily said.

"Alright. Would 6:30 be a good time?"

"Yes, that would be great" Emily said. "Thank you"

"I'll see you then" the lady said and they hung up.

Emily just sat there smiling.

"What is it?" Bella asked. Emily looked at her with a big smile and Bella just knew.

"We go the house?" The girl asked excited.

"Yes. I'll sign everything tonight" Emily said.

"The red door house?" Bella asked.

"Yeah" Emily smiled.

"Oh my gosh" Bella said and hugged Emily. She was so happy.
Everyone around the table was smiling. Everyone but Reid.

Bella let go of Emily and noticed Reid's face. She kept it to herself.

After lunch they headed back home and at 6 Emily headed out to meet Martha. Bella stayed with Derek and Penelope.
They sat to watch tv and Derek noticed Bella was a bit tense.
"Is everything okay princess?" He asked her.

Bella looked at him and her eyes filled with tears. She really wanted to move to the new house with her mother but she knew she would miss them a lot.

"What's wrong? You were so excited" Penelope said.

"I'm gonna miss you" Bella said and Derek pulled her to his lap.

"You'll see us all the time, baby girl" Derek said. "And you'll always have a room here. You know that. You can come visit anytime" he said.

"But it's going to be different" Bella said with tears rolling down her cheeks. "You're not gonna be like a dad anymore" she said.

There was a moment of silence in the room. Bella had never referred to him as that.

Derek made her sit up straight and said "I promised I would always take care of you, didn't I?"
Bella nodded yes.
"And I always will. No matter where you live" he said and Bella hugged him tight.
"I love you" Derek said.

"I love you too" Bella said.

"Hey" Penelope said walking to them. Both looked at her. "You'll never get rid of us. You're cursed, child" Garcia said with a witch voice and Bella and Derek laughed.
Isabella let go of Morgan and hugged Penelope. The girl sat between them and they finished watching the movie.

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Later that night Emily got back.

"Did we get it?" Bella asked her.

"Yes we did" Emily said with a big smile. "This one will have soooo much room to run now" she said petting Lulu.
Emily placed the pizza box and announced she got them dinner to celebrate. So everyone ate pizza and had a great time.
Later on, Emily went to the bathroom for a shower and Bella sat with Penelope to watch Doctor Who. The girl remembered how Spencer was like at lunch so she got her phone and called him.

"Spencer?" Bella said.

"Hi Isabella" he said.

"Can you take me to the museum tomorrow?" She asked. "They're having an expo about Presidents there"

"Sure. I'd love to" he said.

"Okay then. I'll see you tomorrow at 2pm?" she said.

"Okay" Reid said and Bella hung up.

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Bella woke up excited to go to the museum with Reid. She was a bit nervous about just the two of them going but she wanted to talk to him so she just had to be brave and go.

The morning went great. Bella had breakfast and then studied for a while, then she sat to watch tv with Emily and Penelope while Derek finished working in the garage. They had lunch around 12:30 and then Bella went to get ready to go out.

"Looking good little Emi" Penelope smiled as Bella walked back in the living room with a navy blue dress, black tights and flats.

"Thanks" Bella said sitting next to Emily.

"Do you want braids?" Penelope asked.

"No thanks. I'll leave it down" Bella said.
She snuggled up to Emily and they just watched tv while waiting for Spencer.

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It was 2:10pm when Reid got there. Bella answered the door.

"Let's go?" Reid asked.

"Yup" Bella smiled and ran in to hug everyone goodbye.
She hugged Penelope and while she did that Emily walked to the door.

"Anything just call" Emily told Reid.

Suddenly Bella hugged her tight.

"Be good for Spencer" Emily told the girl.

"You can come if you want" Reid told Emily. Bella looked at him with a big smile on her face.

"Can you?" Bella asked Emily.

"Are you sure?" Emily asked Reid.

"Yes" he said.

Bella looked at Emily waiting for a yes.
"Let me get my bag" Emily said with a small smile.
"Can you drive us then?" Bella asked. Reid always used the subway or the bus to go places.

"Sure" Emily said and went to get her things.

Bella walked out to the car and Reid followed her.
They stopped next to the car and Bella hugged him. "Thanks" she said.
Reid just gave her a small smile.

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They walked around the museum for a long time.
Bella loved going to museums with Reid because he always knew so much. She loved seeing everything with Emily and him. They were having a great time but Bella could see Reid was a bit uncomfortable whenever he talked to Emily. But she was happy to see that he was trying.

They were almost done when Emily spotted the museum's coffee shop.
"Do you guys want anything?" Emily asked them.

"No" Bella said.

"Spencer?" Emily asked.

"No thank you" he said.

Bella grabbed his hand and pulled him to look at another piece of art while Emily went to the coffee place.

"Thanks for inviting her. I'm glad you're trying" Bella told him.

"I love her. She's my family too" Reid said and Bella hugged him.

They were interrupted by Emily.

"Is everything okay?" Emily asked a bit worried as she saw they had glossy eyes.

"Yup. It's perfect" Bella said letting go of the hug and smiling at Spencer.

They finished looking around and then headed home. Emily dropped Spencer off and then stopped at McDonald's. They ate and headed home.
That night Bella went to bed and again Emily hugged the girl extra tighter.

"Mom, are you okay?" Bella asked.

"Yes I am" Emily said.

"You're hugging me too tight. I don't like it" the girl said serious. She didn't like when Emily did that for no reason. It scared her because it felt like a goodbye hug.

"Oh sorry, honey" Emily said letting go.

Bella cuddled her and hugged Duffy.
Emily kept hugging the girl but not too tight. The woman was freaked out by that stupid dream. She had it for so many years, she thought it was gone but she was wrong.

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Once again Emily woke up from that terrible dream around 5am. She pulled Isabella closer and just stared at her sleeping daughter. She failed to go back to sleep.

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"Good morning Mom" Bella said with a smile when she woke up at 8am to find Emily staring at her.

"Bonjour mon amour" Emily said wrapping the girl in a hug.

"Quelle heure est-il? (What time is it?)" Bella asked.

"8:12" Emily said in English.

"Did they go to work already?" Bella asked.

"Yeah"

"Can we go to iHop for breakfast then?" Bella asked.

Emily smiled happy that the girl wanted to go out. That showed she was improving.
"Of course we can" Emily smiled and hugged Bella tighter. Bella suddenly remembered of when she woke up a couple nights before with Emily holding her for no reason.

"Mommy, why did you hold me at night the other day?" Bella asked.

Emily suddenly looked serious. She didn't really want to talk about that nightmare.

"You can tell me, mom" Bella said also serious. Their faces looking very much alike.

Emily nodded and started...
"I used to have this weird nightmare... I thought it went away for good but a few nights ago it came back" she said.

"What's the nightmare about?" Bella asked.

"I don't... I can't talk about that with you honey" Emily said not wanting to scare the child.

"But you always say that talking about it helps. You can tell me anything mom. I wanna know so I can help" Bella said now looking even more worried.

"It's about me getting hurt, about that day" Emily lied. She did have nightmares about the day Doyle had them but that wasn't the dream in question.

"I have nightmares about that too" Bella said. "It used to be almost every night."

Emily just nodded and hugged Bella again.

"Mom, if you wake up scared I can help you. Just like you help me sometimes" Bella said.

"I'd love that" Emily said unable to hide a smile.

"I love you"

"I love you too, Bells" Emily said and kissed the top of Isabella's head. "So... Let's go to iHop?" Emily suddenly asked.

"Yeah!" Bella said excited.

Emily felt bad for lying but she didn't want to scare the child.

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They had a great time at iHop. Once they finished eating they headed back to Derek's house.

"Mom, do you know when we'll move to the new house?" Bella asked as she sat next to Emily on the couch with a textbook in hands.

"I'm not sure yet. But I might get the keys today" Emily said.

"Already?" Bella asked.

"Yeah. The owners moved already"

"But won't the house need repairs?" Bella asked suddenly feeling nervous. She didn't think they'd go so soon.

"The house is pretty much brand new, baby. They built it and only lived there for 4 months till the owner got a job offer in Tokyo" Emily said. She saw Bella was nervous so she said "we'll probably paint a few walls so that might take a while"

Bella gave her a little smile just knowing that Emily knew she was a little nervous about moving.