"You put it there now?" Asked Emily.

"Yeah" Bella said looking scared.

"Do you want to go get it?" Emily asked.

"No. I just... I'm just scared about what he'll say" Bella said.

"Don't be scared of that, baby. He loves you" Emily smiled and grabbed Bella's hand.
Bella looked at her and gave her a small smile.

"Can we go then? Or we're going to be late" Emily said.
Isabella nodded yes so she drove to the theater.
When they got there the kids got their costumes and were told to go backstage to the dressing room to change. The parents weren't allowed to go in and watch the rehearsal. Emily was certain that Bella would freak out so she talked to dance teacher. Of course the woman knew everything that was going on with the girl so she allowed Emily to be backstage. They went on and rehearsed their two group numbers with their costumes, later Bella rehearsed a trio with Chloe and another girl, Hayden, but they didn't wear their costumes because it was meant to be a surprise.

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At Derek's house, Penelope went to the garage and told Morgan she was going to move back to her house since Emily and Bella had a new house now.

"Garcia you don't have to leave" he told her.

"Derek this is your place. I've got mine. I love living here but I do miss my little place" she said and he smiled.
"We'll have movie nights all the time with the little one. I'm pretty sure I'll basically still live here" she said and he laughed.

He walked to her and hugged her.
"baby girl, you know I love you , right?" He said.

"I love you too, you sweaty sweaty lovely guy" she said and he laughed.
They let go of the hug and she said "we both need a shower"

"Wanna go in with me?" He joked.

Penelope hit his arm and said "don't play with fire my love. I'll say yes"

They both laughed and went inside the house. Penelope went to her bedroom and Derek went to his.

When he walked in he saw the envelope on his bed. He raised his eyebrows and got the envelope.
"Derek" he read. By looking at that writing he knew it was from Bella.
He sat on the edge of the bed and opened it. His heart started beating fast when he saw how long it was. He knew that was a very well thought letter. He was so scared but he went for it and started to read it.

"Derek,
it's me Bella.
I am not sure if I am good with letters but I wasn't brave enough to just go and tell you this.
When I was alone you took me in and you took care of me and loved me from the very first day. You made sure I knew you were there with me through all of the crazy things that happened. Even before mom left, you were always there for me.
I know that my father is John.
My birth father is John, and it's always going to be him but at the same time I know we can have more than one dad and that he wants me to be happy and he wants me to be safe.
You two never really met but I know he'd love you and you'd be great friends.
You are my best friend now and I want you to always be. I don't want to lose you too. I know it will be different now that we wont't live together but I hope it will be a good different. I hope you'll go see me and you'll go out with me just like now.
I want to thank you for being a great adoptive father to me. The best one I could ever wish for.
I know i'll live with mom now but I want you to always be like that with me.
You changed my life.
I love you and I can't imagine my life without you.
You're my second dad. You'll always be.
I don't really know how to ask you this but mom said it was okay so I just want to know if even though we won't live together you want to be like a dad still.
I love you and I want you to be my dad forever.
It's okay if you don't want to. I know it's a lot.
But I love you so much,
So much!

Isabella"

Derek finished reading and failed to keep his tears in. He felt like he just wanted to run to the girl and hug her tight.
He never thought he'd have a daughter, especially not the way he got one. But he was more than happy.
He loved Isabella so much and he wanted to be there for her. He was honored that she wanted him to be her dad.
He read the letter one more time and then went to show it to Garcia.
She cried soooo much.

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The rehearsal went great. Emily didn't know about the trio so she was very surprised.
"Why didn't you tell me about the trio, honey?" Emily asked as they buckled up to head back to the house.

"It was supposed to be a surprise" Bella said.

"Well, I was surprised" Emily smiled and Bella laughed.

"It's mostly for Penelope though" the girl said.

"Really?" Emily asked a bit confused.

"We had to chose a woman in our lives to represent. I actually chose you first but it was hard" Bella said and Emily looked sorry. "And I also thought it would be hard for everybody. And also the dance is reeeally perky... like her. So I thought it would be perfect"
Emily smiled.
"When you see our costumes you'll understand." Bella said with a smile and Emily laughed.

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Emily parked the car on the driveway and Bella suddenly got nervous. Emily held her hand and said "he loves you. It's going to be okay".

Bella took a deep breath and they got out. Emily carried the two costumes inside and placed them on the dinner table. Bella put her dance bag there too and they went to the living room.
When Bella walked in she froze when she saw Derek was sitting on the couch with her letter in hands. Her eyes immediately filled with tears.
Derek saw it and just went and picked her up and she just burst into tears.

"The answer is yes. Yes, yes, a million times yes" he said holding the girl in his arms.

Emily and Penelope smiled through a shed of tears.

Derek carried Bella to the couch and sat down placing the girl on his lap. Bella looked at him and he was crying too. She hugged him tight and just kept crying too.
"I love you so much, princess" Derek said as Bella rested her head on his chest. "And I always will"

"I love you too" Bella cried.

"Look at me." He said and she looked up at him. "I'll be honored to be your dad too" he said and she held a sob.

"I love you" he said and kissed her cheek.

"You two are too much. My heart just melted right at this sec" Penelope said and they all laughed.

Bella sat up straight on Derek's lap and he kept hugging her.
"Look but you know that if I'm your dad I can still ground you, right?" Derek said.

"I don't care" Bella smiled.

"Good, cause I will if I have to" he said with a big smile.

"You just can't take Lulu to the cannel now. All the rest can be the same" Bella said.

"Okay" he laughed.

Bella looked at Emily and smiled.
Emily had a big smile on her face, she was so happy for the girl. She knew how much that meant to Bella.

Suddenly Derek said "but wait a minute" and everyone looked at him.
"When was the last time you took her on a walk?" He said serious.

Bella's eyes widened and she said "I'm not sure"

"Well, I can still take her to the cannel now if you want me to. You still live here" he said with a really serious face.

"No!" Bella said and got up. She ran to the other room and grabbed the dog's leash.
"I'll go now" she walked back in.

Everybody laughed.

"You were joking?" Bella asked making a face.

"Of course I was. Do you really think I'd do that to you?" He said.

"I don't know" Bella said.

"Of course not! ...But... since you want to go I think we should. We all should." He said.

Bella smiled. Penelope and Emily got up and they got Lulu and walked out of the house.

"Right or left?" Derek asked with a smile.

"I want a bunch of churros and ice cream" Bella said and they laughed.

They turned and walked down to the shop. Bella held Derek's hand and smiled the entire time. She knew that wouldn't be the last time they'd be walking down that road. She wasn't so scared anymore. She was happy. She was happy to have Derek there with her and to know he would always be.
The girl knew that no one would ever replace John, she didn't want to replace John. But she was glad she had Derek to be there for her like a dad would.
She was glad to have someone who loved her and took care of her like a dad would.
She was glad she could count on him.
She was glad she could have a second father.
And she was happy it was Derek Morgan.