Bella, Derek, Emily and Penelope had a wonderful time at the churros place.

"I can't believe we're having ice cream and churros for lunch" Bella said and they laughed.

"I do expect you to have a healthy dinner tonight" Emily said.

They finished eating and then May gave Lulu some leftover churros.

"Penny, when we get home can we watch that Doctor Who episode again? The one with that island thing" Bella asked.

"Oh I think I'll be kinda busy" Penelope said unsure how to tell the girl she had to pack.

"Are you going to work?" Bella asked.

"No" Garcia said looking nervous.

"Spit it out Penelope" Emily said just knowing.

"Well, I wasn't sure how to bring this up but I'm moving out tomorrow" Garcia said and Bella looked down a bit sad.
"Oh I'm sorry." Penelope said feeling bad. "But you're moving with your mom to the new house in two days and I have my little place just there waiting for me" she said.

"Hey" Emily said grabbing Isabella's hand. "Why are you sad?" She asked.

Isabella looked up and said "it's scary that we're all going back"

"Going back?" Derek asked a little confused.

Bella nodded and said "to how it was before... I like how we are now better"
The girl couldn't hold the tears. The change was scaring her.

"Come here" Derek said, pulled her chair closer to him and wrapped her in his arms. "What did we talk about in the house?" He said. "It will change a bit but we'll always be here for you. Garcia is just going back to her apartment, that's it. I'll be at my house and you'll go to your new one. That doesn't change how we are with each other"

"I'm scared it will" Bella said honestly.

"I'm your dad now, huh? and I promise I won't let that happen" Derek said. Isabella looked up at him and failed to hide a small smile. He hugged her again.

"Well, today is a very busy day so we should probably go" Emily said.

They paid and went back to Derek's house. Emily and Bella sat to watch Doctor Who and Emily noticed Bella seemed nervous.

"Are you nervous about the recital or about moving?" Emily asked.

Bella looked at her and said "both".

Emily threw one arm around the girl and pulled her for a hug. "Everything is going to be okay" she said. Bella looked in her mother's eyes and gave her a little smile. She wanted to really believe that but she was scared. She felt ready about the move but with Penelope moving out too she felt scared that things would just go back to how they were before. Not that she didn't like the way they were, it was just that she really loved how things were with Garcia, Morgan and her mom. She loved hanging out with them and going on walks or going out to eat. She didn't want that to change.

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Emily and Bella finished watching the episode of Doctor Who and then went to shower. Morgan finished working on the garage and showered too. Penelope was the last one to get ready for the recital because she had packed her clothes and completely forgot to pick an outfit.

"Wear the blue one" Bella said as she and Emily helped Garcia chose a dress, while Emily finished the girl's hair.

"This?" Penelope asked holding up a dress. Bella smiled and gave her a thumbs up. Garcia ran to the bathroom to change.

"Please don't take forever! You still need to my make up" Bella said.

"I can do it" Emily said.

"Thanks mom but it needs to be Penny. She already knows what I want. We've tried it out before" Bella said.

"Alright. Penny will be" Emily smiled at how excited Bella looked.

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"Ta-dah. All done" Garcia said handing a mirror to Bella so she could see.

"Cool" Bella smiled staring at her red lips.

"Oh my god" Emily's jaw dropped.

"Wait. Red lipstick?" Derek said walking in the living room right after Emily.

"Yeah. My teacher said red lipstick for everyone" Bella said.

"She's looks so cute. Doesn't she?" Garcia smiled.

"She looks... grownup" Emily said not really liking it.

"Mom. It's just dance make up. Chill out" Bella said. She grabbed the red lipstick and ran to her room to get her bag leaving Emily and Derek unsure of what to do.

"Well, I don't want her to be a teenager anytime soon" Morgan said.

"Good luck" Penelope smiled and went after Bella.

Emily looked at Derek and couldn't help but laugh. He looked so shocked.
"Hey. It's okay. If she's the only one with red lipstick I'll make her take it out" Emily told him.

"You better" Derek said and Emily laughed.

"Come on. Let's go" Emily said and they went to the car.

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"Did you get everything?" Garcia asked Bella as she entered the girl's bedroom.

"Yup. Mom's got the costumes and the rest is in here. I already checked" Bella said.

"Alright. Are you ready?" Penelope said excited.

Bella smiled and nodded.
And to the car the went.

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When they arrived at the theater, the place was crowed. The first thing Emily noticed was that some girls that looked around Bella's age indeed had red lipstick on.

"So I guess the red is staying" Emily told Derek who let out a laugh.

Suddenly Chloe ran to them.

"Bella!" The girl said sounding excited. She also had red lipstick on.
They hugged and Hilary showed up.

"I saved your seats" Hilary said and they walked to their seats. Hilary and Emily sat next to Garcia, and Morgan sat next to Emily.

"We need to go now" Chloe said when she saw their dance teacher calling them out.
Hilary wished the girls good luck and Emily wrapped Bella in a hug.

"You're gonna rock this" Emily whispered in Isabella's ear and the child smiled big.

"Good luck" Derek smiled and Bella smiled back as she let go of her mother's hug.

"Break a leg!" Penelope said and the girls ran backstage.

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They waited 20 minutes for their first dance. Bella was confident but Chloe was really nervous.

"I'm gonna throw up" Chloe said.

"No you're not. You're fine" Bella said and the song started.
It was a Jazz routine and they danced beautifully. Bella smiled as she spotted the rest of the team watching.
When they finished the entire crowd clapped and they felt amazing.

"I'm dead" Chloe said walking off stage super out of breath.

Bella laughed and fanned her friend's face.

"Did you see Gavin and Michael?" Chloe asked her.

"No" Bella said.

"Too busy watching your mom?" Chloe joked.

"Yup" Bella laughed.

"Bella! Chloe!" Their teacher called "the trio. Come on" she said and they went to get ready.

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"Oh my god! you look so much like your mom." Bella told Chloe.

"And you are so Garcia!" Chloe said making Bella turn and look in the mirror.
Isabella smiled big when she saw. The costume was perfect. It was super colorful and perky just like her favorite aunt. Her dance teacher did pigtails on her hair and put cute fluffy things on it. And of course Bella wore fake glasses for her special dance.

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"The next performance is a very special one. We always do somethings very meaningful in our recitals and this is one of them. The next dancers are Chloe, Bella and Hayden and this dance goes out to some special women in their lives. Hilary, Penelope and Cara" the host said.

"Is this our Bella? My Bella?" Garcia said as her eyes filled with tears.

Emily smiled at her reaction.

The music started. Bella, Chloe and Hayden walked on stage ready to deliver and it was absolutely amazing.
They danced to "I Wanna Be Like You" from "The Jungle Book" and Penelope cried the entire time.

Once they were done the host asked them to join him center stage.

"So do you guys want to tell us a little bit about this dance?" He asked.

Bella looked like she was trying to hide behind Hayden. She was so embarrassed about talking in public.

"It was inspired by some people that we love." Chloe said.

"We told our teachers about them. How they were like and what they meant to us and they choreographed this beautiful dance so we could show them how much we love them... And we're dressed like them also" Hayden said.

"So who is it that you dedicated this to?" The host asked Chloe.

"My mom, Hilary" she said.

"Where is she?" The host asked and Chloe pointed. "Could you please stand up?" He asked and Hilary stood up and smiled shyly.

Then he moved on to Hayden and did the same thing.

"How about you?" He asked Bella.

"My aunt Penelope" Bella said shyly.

Garcia stood up with a proud smile and a wet face.

"I see she really liked it" the host said as Penelope blowed kisses to Bella who just laughed.

"Thank you very much girls. It was a wonderful performance" the man said. The girls took a bow and left the stage to get ready for their final group dance.
In little time they were back on the stage. The second group dance was called "Stomp The Yard". Once that dance was done Chloe went to sit with the other dancers at reserved seats.
But Bella was nowhere to be seen.

"Didn't she walk out with Chloe?" Hilary asked.

"No" Emily said worried that Bella wasn't there. She kept repeating in her head that the kid was fine, that she was probably just talking to a friend backstage but time went on and Bella didn't go to where Chloe was. They were starting to get really worried.

"I'm gonna go check" Emily said and stood up. When Chloe saw Emily was leaving her seat she stood up and signed for her to calm down and sit down. Emily was confused but did as told.

Suddenly a song started playing and Emily knew that song very well.

"Baby don't you cry... I'm gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle..."

As the song played, Isabella danced a beautiful lyrical solo.
Emily's eyes filled with tears and she failed to keep them in. Her little girl looked like an angel flowing on that stage. She wished John was there to see their daughter. She felt so happy and so proud.

When the song ended Isabella also had tears streaming down her cheeks. She let it all out on that stage. All her frustrations, all her pain, all those feelings she had been fighting for almost 5 months, all went out on that stage.

For a moment the entire room was quiet. Isabella stared at the spotlight and she could feel her legs shaking. She wasn't sure if she had done well, she just simply danced.

Suddenly the crowd were on their feet. Bella stood and took a bow. She looked at her mother and simply ran off. She ran to her mom and when Emily saw, she got off her seat and walked to the girl. Bella threw herself in her mother's arms and Emily picked her up.

"I love you" Emily whispered in her ear as the crowd kept cheering.

They hugged for a while and then Emily put Bella down and wiped the girl's cheeks.
"That was amazing" Emily smiled proud.

Isabella smiled shyly and then another performance started on stage. Emily went to her seat and Bella sat on her lap.

"You were incredible" a lady that was seating in front of Emily said.

"Thank you" Bella smiled shyly.

The woman turned around and Bella looked at Emily. "So did you like it?" She asked.

"Are you kidding me?! That was the best dance I've ever seen" Emily said. "I loved it, honey"

Bella smiled big.

"I just have one question" Emily said. "When did you learn it? Cause I didn't see you rehearsing that. Not even during class" Emily said.

"It was a dance routine i learned during class a while ago and then when you came back and I thought about the dance for Penelope and I wanted to do something like that for you too so I asked my teacher if I could change the song and do that dance... and that song worked perfectly" Bella said.

"It really did" Emily smiled.

They watched the rest of the recital together. Once it was finished they went to meet the rest of the team.

"My little ballerina" Rossi said handing a bouquet of flowers to Bella.

"Thank you" the girl smiled shyly.

"And one for her best friend" Rossi said and handed one to Chloe. The girl smiled and hugged him. "Thank you so much" she said.

The girls talked to everybody and then Gavin and Michael stopped by to say hi. Then they went to have a special dinner at a fancy restaurant that Rossi had picked out and was paying for. During dinner Bella got a little embarrassed as everyone went on and on about her solo.

"That was for sure very special" Emily smiled at the girl.

Bella hugged her and bursted into tears.
Everyone around the table wasn't sure what was going on.

"What's wrong?" Emily asked worried.

"I'm just happy" Bella said as she tried to hide her face.
"Happy that you saw me dance" she added.

Emily's eyes filled with tears.
After everything they had been through, the last thing Emily imagined doing was watching her daughter dance like that, specially dedicating it to her. All those months in France she imagined little things like watching Bella swim with her friends like they used to, watching Bella sing in choir, do her homework, and simply laugh.
She dreamed of those little moments and there she was celebrating a big one. The first dance recital she ever watched. The first time she saw her daughter with full make up on. The first of many times she would tell Bella how proud she was.

Together with everyone on that table Emily smiled, as she hugged her crying daughter.

Isabella looked at her and whispered "do not ever leave me again"

Emily got serious and said "never ever" and wrapped Bella in a hug again.

"I wouldn't trade this for the world... not even for 10 more seasons of Doctor Who"  Isabella said smiling and everyone laughed.

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**** Hey!!
Ps: the song Bella danced to is the song Emily usually sings for her as a lullaby. It's called "Baby Don't You Cry" and It's from the movie "Waitress". You can listen to it on YouTube :)