Isabella had a hard night. She kept waking up and making sure Emily was still right there next to her and Emily would just say things like "it's okay. I'm here" and she would go back to sleep. 

Around 8am Emily woke up and heard a noise in the kitchen. She went to the bathroom, changed her clothes and went to the kitchen.

"Good morning" Penelope smiled as she flipped a pancake.

"Good morning" Emily smiled back.

"Did you have a good night?" Garcia asked.

"Yeah." Emily said. She woke up several times but she had a good night. The best night she had in months.

"It was good being with your baby again" Penelope smiled and Emily let out a little laugh.

Suddenly Derek walked in.
"Hi. Good morning" he said putting his shirt on. He noticed Emily's face and then he laughed.

Emily took a seat around the table and he sat facing her.
"Did you sleep alright?" He asked.

"Yes" she said.

"I was certain Bellie would wake up crying" Penelope said.

"I thought that too but she didn't" Emily said. "She woke up a few times but she wasn't crying."

"She was just checking to see if you were there?" Derek said.

"Yeah" Emily said and Derek smiled. The girl did the same thing with him a few times.

"We should wake her up so she can sleep well at night" Garcia said.

"I'll go" Emily said and headed to Isabella's bedroom.
She walked in, sat on the bed next to Bella and started running her hand on the child's back.
"Bella" she sang and leaned over. "Wake up honey. Time for breakfast" she said and Bella opened her eyes. As soon as she saw Emily staring back at her she wrapped her arms around her mother's neck. It was kind of involuntary.
"Good morning" Emily said smiling. She waited so long for that.

Bella just stayed quiet.

"Let's go eat?" Emily asked letting go of the hug and Bella nodded yes. Emily sat up again. "Garcia made pancakes" She said with a smile. Bella got up and they headed to the kitchen.

"Good morning my sunshine" Garcia said wrapping Bella in a hug.

"Morning" Bella said, her voice a bit lower than usual.
Penelope let go of her and Bella walked to Morgan and took the seat next to him.

"Why don't you seat over there?" Garcia said pointing to the seat next to Emily.

"No. This is where I always seat" Bella lied. Derek just stared and Garcia gave her a little smile understanding she just didn't want to sit there.

"Alright. I forgot" Penelope said walking to the table holding a plate full of pancakes. "Here you go" she said putting the plate down. Bella grabbed one and poured some syrup on it. They all ate and had an okay time at breakfast. The girl didn't really talk much but all that tenseness was going away.

After breakfast Bella poured Lulu some dog food and filled her water bowl.

"Bella, Why don't you change your clothes and go take Lulu for a walk? It's a beautiful day outside" Garcia said.

"Later" Bella said and went to her bedroom. She wasn't really on the mood to go for a walk. She was scared and couldn't help but still feel confused about everything.

"I'll make sure she'll go later" Derek told Penelope.

"Okay" Garcia said.

Morgan went after Bella.
He walked inside her bedroom to find her on the bed again.

"Hey hey. Get up. No bed right now" he said. He already knew how it would go if he let her stay there. It always started with staying in bed, then there was no eating, and last the crying would come. "You're gonna change your clothes and we'll walk Lulu" he said.

"No" Bella said low.

"Do I need to take her to the cannel? Because you know the rules, right?" He said with a little smile but Bella didn't see.

"Why do you have to be like this?" She asked him as she sat up. "Why do you have to threaten me every time?" She said.

"Because it works" he said smiling.

She walked to him and they hugged.
"Are you going with me?" She asked.

"Yes" he said.

"Okay then" she said.

"Alright. Then go change" he said and walked to the living room while Bella got ready.

"Im gonna walk around the block with Bella, okay?" He told Garcia and Emily who were in the kitchen.

"Okay" Penelope said.

"Can I go?" Emily asked.

"Sure" Derek said.

Suddenly Bella walked in. "I'm ready" she said.

"Can I come too?" Emily asked her just to make sure it was okay. Bella nodded yes with a blank face and went to get Lulu's leash. Bella handed it to Morgan, he got the dog and they walked outside.

"Right or left today?" Derek asked.

"You can chose" Bella said low and kind of emotionless.

"I feel like I need a donut so... Right" he said and started walking. Bella went to the inside of the sidewalk and grabbed his hand. He was so used to it that he didn't even noticed Emily looked surprised with their entire routine.
Instead of asking about it Emily just followed them.
The walk was very quiet. Derek said hi to a few neighbors but Bella just stayed quiet and payed attention on Lulu. Emily could see she wasn't very comfortable walking around the neighborhood but she was happy to see the girl was trying.

They got to a bakery and Derek said "you know what I like" and handed 10 bucks to Bella.

"Would you like one?" Derek asked Emily.

"Sure" Emily said and walked inside with Bella while Derek waited outside with Lulu. Isabella looked nervous.
She went on and asked for the ones she wanted "can I have two chocolate ones and two of the original" she said.

"You sure can" a lady said with a smile.

"What do you want?" Bella asked Emily, serious.

"Same as you" Emily said. She could see the girl was still upset.

"Make three of each, please" Bella told the lady.

Suddenly a guy walked there.
"Hey Bella!" He said. "Turned right today?" He said and she smiled.

"Here you go" the lady said handing her the box of donuts.

"Thank you" Bella said handing the money.

"Where's my man Derek?" The guy asked.

"Outside with Lulu" Bella said.

"Oh and who is this pretty lady?" The guy asked.

Bella just let out a little smile and walked to the door.

"Who is he?" Emily asked.

"He owns this place" Bella said.
Joey was a 44 year-old, regular white guy with a ginger hair. He was always very nice to Bella and she really liked him.

"Here" Bella said handing the box to Derek. They walked to a table outside and sat to eat.
Derek saw Joey inside and the man waved at him. Emily laughed and Bella smiled taking a bite of her donut.

"Did he hit on you?" Derek asked Emily.

"He tried" Bella said and Derek laughed. Emily smiled happy at how good her life felt at that moment.
She wanted to ask them everything about Joey and their walks but she was scared Bella might not really like that so she didn't ask.

They finished eating and then walked home.

.

"Saved you my chocolate one" Bella said handing the box to Garcia who was sitting in the living room watching a movie.

"Oh thank you bunny" Penelope said grabbing it and taking a bite. Bella smiled and went to her room. Emily walked to the couch and sat next to Penelope.

"It's crazy this routine you three made" Emily said.

"Oh I didn't make anything. It was all Derek" Penelope said and smiled at Morgan who sat on the other couch.

"Was there a reason for that or..?" Emily asked.

"Kind of" Penelope said making a face. "Your bunny wasn't really into going out and when she started walking Lulu she had a really hard time whenever she got three or four houses down the road. So Derek made up this game of right or left" Garcia explained.

"A game?" Emily asked.

"Yeah. Right or left. Donuts or Churros" Derek explained. "It was to make her walk at least to those places and it works great"

Emily smiled. "That's adorable" she said.

"I know" Penelope smiled.

"Do you go every day?" Emily asked.

"No. Lulu does her stuff in the backyard and Bella cleans it up but taking the dog for a walk is good. For everyone you know" Penelope said.

"Yeah" Emily smiled. "Is there anything else like this that you guys do? Or something I should know?" She asked.

"Movie nights whenever we are back from a case, she's doing ballet every Monday and Friday after school, we go to the park every Saturday if we are in town and... I think that's it" Garcia said and Emily smiled.

"Baby girl you forgot one thing" Derek said and Emily looked at him. "She stays at Chloe's house every Monday, Wednesday and Friday till we're done working"

"Oh god Hilary" Penelope said as it hit her that someone had to tell Hilary about Emily.

"We should call her" Derek said.

"do you think Bella told Chloe already?" Emily asked.

"nop. Her phone is in my bag and she hasn't asked for it" Garcia said.

"So we should call and invite her over to explain." Derek said.

"yeah. We can't tell her over the phone" Garcia said and went to get the phone.
She called Hilary and explained she had something important to talk about so Hilary agreed to stop by around 2pm.

"She'll stop by before she goes to the school to get the kids" Penelope told them after she hung up.

"What's Bella doing?" Asked Derek.

"she went to her room" Penelope said. Derek went to check on her. He found her petting Lulu.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

Bella shook her head no.

"Are you still mad at her?"

"I don't know" Bella said looking down.

"Hey it's okay. No one is expecting you to forgive everybody and just move on" he said. "Alright?"

She nodded.

"Alright" he smiled. "But let's get out of this room. Come on" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her out of bed. They went to the living room and sat to watch tv.
They watched tv, ate lunch and then sat in the living room again to wait for Hilary.

"Bella when she arrives we'd like you to stay in your room with your mom, okay?" Derek told her and she nodded.

After a little while Hilary arrived. Emily and Bella headed to the bedroom and the woman walked in. Derek and Penelope explained everything and she was very very shocked. Hilary felt a bit angry for what Bella went through but as she thought about what she would have done she knew she would do the same thing. She understood Emily's reasons.

"Where is she?" Hilary asked.

"Bella's room" Derek said.

"Can I..?" Hilary asked and Penelope and Derek nodded.

The woman walked to Isabella's bedroom, opened the door and smiled when she saw Emily standing there. They hugged and Hilary let a few tears fall.

"I'm so glad you are okay" Hilary said letting go of the hug. Emily smiled.

"How are the girls?" Emily asked.

"they're good" Hilary said. "And how are you Bella?" The woman asked the girl.

"Fine" Bella said. She was sitting on the bed and didn't really look fine.

"Was this why you missed school yesterday?" Hilary asked and Bella said yes. Hilary smiled and then they went out of the room. They followed them out. Hilary walked to the door as she noticed it was almost time to pick her kids up.

"I'll tell the girls and maybe tomorrow we'll stop by" Hilary said. Everyone said goodbye and the woman left.

Bella went back to her bedroom and started crying.
So many questions went through her mind. How would she explain that to her friends? How would she go to school? With who would she live now? She started to panic and her heart was beating fast, her breathing got heavy and her hands got sweaty.

Emily suddenly walked in and saw something was clearly wrong. She ran to Bella.
"It's okay baby it's okay" she said.

Bella was having a hard time breathing. "Head between your legs" she said and guided Bella but it didn't help.

"Derek" Bella cried.

"Derek come here!" Emily yelled. Derek ran inside.

"What happened?" He asked worried.

"I walked in and she was having a panic attack." Emily said.

Derek picked Bella up and she just sobbed into his neck. "Let's go outside" he said and walked to the back door. He went to the backyard and sat on a chair with Bella on his lap. "Just breathe deep" he told her and she tried hard to. She rested her head on his chest and concentrated on her breathing. She started to calm down.

"Just breathe" he told her again as he ran his hand on her arm.