Just did some corrections in this chapter. I had to change Chloe and Bella's new friend name to Gavin. He used to be called Johnny but i ended up not really liking it because it reminded me of her father and i wasn't going for that so i decided to change. He's Gavin now
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(Tuesday)
Emily woke up and felt Bella's tight grip on her shirt. She checked the time, it was almost 6:30, the time she had scheduled the alarm clock. Isabella's school started at 7:40 so they had about an hour to get ready and Emily had to be at work by 10. She woke Isabella up.
"Hi" she said as bella opened her eyes.
"Hi" Bella whispered letting go of Emily's shirt. Emily hugged her and said "you gotta get ready. Come on" she ran her hand on Bella's back slightly pulling her up still hugging her. Isabella sat on the bed and tightened the hug.
"Good morning" isabella said.
"Good morning to you too" Emily said letting go of the hug. "Come on let's go" she said and they got up. They showered, got dressed and went downstairs. Emily was drinking coffee when Bella got to the bottom of the stairs.
"I made you some orange juice" Emily said.
Isabella walked to the island and drank the juice and then poured a little bit of cereal. After they ate they brushed their teeth and walked out the door.
Isabella kept telling herself on her mind that everything was going to be alright, and that her mom would be okay and all of that. They walked in the elevator and Bella held Emily's hand. The elevator stopped at the floor below them and for Isabella's surprise Hilary and Millie were the ones waiting for it.
"Bella" Millie said running and hugging Bella. Isabella was surprised and just smiled at Hilary who was smiling at her.
"Hi" Millie said to Emily.
"Hi" Emily said smiling.
"Unm so Hilary this is my mom, Emily" Isabella said and Hilary shook Emily's hand.
"Nice to meet you Emily" Hilary said.
"Nice to meet you too" Emily said. She noticed they seemed very nice people.
"Where's Chloe?" Bella asked.
"Oh she's coming down in a minute. She's not really a morning person" Hilary said making a face. They all smiled.
"Well Chloe didn't mention you at school yesterday. I thought you two were in the same year" Hilary said noticing Isabella's uniform.
"She goes to my school?" Bella asked surprised.
"Yeah." Hilary said.
"Did she get a case of the first day sickness?" Hilary asked Emily smiling.
"Yeah I could say that" Emily said as Bella's cheeks went red.
"Don't be embarrassed. It happens to all of us" Hilary said as the doors opened to the parking garage. They walked out.
"Well I could give you a ride if you'd like" Hilary said. Isabella looked like she didn't knew what to say. She wanted to go with her mother but didn't want to hurt Hilary's feelings. Emily realized Bella was embarrassed so she said:
"Oh it's okay. The school is on my way to work"
"Alright. But anytime you need a ride I'm happy to" Hilary said.
"I can take your girls today if you want." Emily said making a face sort of letting Hilary know it might help Bella.
"Well I'll actually take that. I could use some more sleep today. My work starts at 9." Hilary said smiling and Emily smiled back.
"Millie do you mind riding with Miss Emily and Bella to school today?" Hilary asked her 6 year old.
"Really?" The girl asked excited and grabbed Bella's hand. "Cool" she said smiling. Everyone smiled at the adorable reaction.
Suddenly Chloe appeared.
"Oh Hi" she said noticing Bella and Emily.
"Chlo you're riding with them today okay?" Hilary said.
"Okay" Chloe said embarrassed.
Emily smile as she noticed a lot of her daughter on the blonde girl. She knew that Bella would have done the same thing.
"Just make sure you take Millie to her class alright?" Hilary said giving Chloe a hug.
"Alright" Chloe said.
"So let's go" Emily said and everyone smiled.
"Well I can bring Bella back with us if you want" Hilary told.
"She's staying at my work after school so it's alright I can pick her up" Emily said.
"Oh the BAU is not far I can drop her there" Hilary said. Isabella had told Chloe where Emily worked.
"Would that be alright Bella?" Emily asked to make sure.
"Yeah" Bella said shyly.
"Alright then. I'll pick you guys up 3:30 on the dot" Hilary said.
"Bye mom" Chloe said giving Hilary a hug and then Millie gave her a hug too.
"Bye" Bella said and they walked to the car.
Isabella sat on the front and the 2 girls jumped on the back.
"Your car is really big Miss Emi" Millie said and everyone laughed.
"It's Emily, Millie" Chloe called.
"Oh that's alright honey" Emily smiled.
Everyone buckled up and waved goodbye to Hilary. The drive was quiet. Isabella was embarrassed and Chloe too so no one really said anything. Emily parked the car and she could feel Isabella was tense.
"So Hilary will pick you up" Emily said. "3:30 on the dot don't forget" Emily said as she parked the car, smiling to Bella. Isabella took a deep breath and hugged Emily.
"Anything just call" Emily said.
"And you'll pick me up?" Isabella whispered as Chloe opened the door.
"Yes" Emily said serious letting go of the hug.
"You three have a nice day" Emily said to the girls as Bella walked out of the car.
"Thank you for the ride Miss Emily" Chloe said. Emily rolled her window down.
"Just Emily is fine honey" Emily said smiling.
"Alright. Bye Emily" Chloe said with a sweet smile taking Millie's hand.
"You be good, okay?" Emily told Bella as she got close to the car window to give Emily a kiss. Isabella nodded yes. "And be safe" she added.
"You too mom" Isabella said and went to kiss her mother goodbye.
"Bye girls" Emily said as the three girls walked away. Isabella just followed Chloe. Emily stayed there till they went inside. Right before Bella walked in she looked back to check if Emily was still there and she smiled when she saw the car parked and her mother smiling back.
"Bella, I have to take Millie and you need to see the principal. It's a first day thing. If you don't go now they'll take you off class later" Chloe said as they walked to the main hall.
"Alright." Bella agreed.
"He'll tell you where the classroom is" Chloe said noticing Bella's eyes wondering around.
"Okay. So I'll see you there?" Bella asked.
"Sure" Chloe said smiling. She felt for the first time in a long time that she had a friend. She just hoped Bella felt the same way about her.
Isabella walked to the principal's office. Emily had told him that isabella was feeling sick the day before that's why she didn't go so he asked her if she was better. They talked a little about the classes she would take and the school rules and things like that. He gave her all her text books and told her where her classroom was and also that she should look for him if she had any questions and she walked out. She found her locker and put her books in only keeping English and geometry because it was her classes before the first break. She was walking through the hallway almost at her classroom door when four girls approached.
"You must be the new kid" one of them said with attitude.
Isabella just nodded.
"Did someone bite your tongue off?" The other one asked.
"No" isabella said feeling her face hot.
"Calm down shrimpy were just talking here "one of the girls said and there was little pause. This girl looked older than the others.
Isabella thought they were done talking so she took a step and one girl grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Wait up" she said. Isabella looked serious.
"What did you do to get in? Did your parents gave them money?" One of the girls asked.
"Did your father threaten the principal?" The other said. Isabella just stood there not saying a word.
"Oh I know" the oldest said. "Did your mommy sleep with him?"
When the girl said that Isabella just walked pushing two of the girls out of the way. She could hear them laughing and she could feel her eyes burning. She just wanted to disappear. She couldn't believe that was happening.
She walked into the classroom, looked around for Chloe but she didn't see her so she went and took a seat on the front. The seats weren't assigned and she didn't like sitting on the back because when the attention was on her everyone always turned around to stare and on the front she couldn't see anyone's faces. She grabbed her English text book and began reading it to distract herself. She was so concentrated that she didn't see Chloe walking in and taking the seat next to hers.
"Are you okay?" Chloe asked. Isabella looked up and nodded yes and went back to reading. Chloe felt bad because it seemed like Bella didn't want to talk to her or something.
The teacher walked in and sat on his desk. He went through some papers and then stood up.
"Everybody in?" He asked looking around the class noticing all the seats were filled. "Alright" he said. "So we have a new student today. Would you mind coming here..?" the young English teacher, Samuel Davis, said smiling and showing her where to stand.
"sure," Isabella replied, feeling herself blush, and walking to the teacher.. She hated having to speak in front of the class.
"Well, so tell us a little bit about yourself Isabella," Mr. Davis said.
Isabella took a deep breath. She could see those stupid girls staring at her. She stood next to the teacher and began.
"Well, I'm 10. I was born in New York City and then moved to Seattle and now I live here" she said.
Mr. Davis could see she was embarrassed. "So where did you go to school before this?"
"Massachusetts. It was a boarding school" she said.
"And did you like it there?" He asked.
"sorta." She told him not really knowing what to say
"Alright" he said giving her a little push on the back telling her to seat. "Welcome to Bristol" he said and she went to her seat.
Suddenly she felt someone giving a little tap on her shoulder so she turned around.
"hi. I'm Gavin" a brunette boy said.
"hi" bella said embarrassed.
Isabella noticed Chloe staring at her talking to Gavin. She then realized Chloe followed her to the front of the class and she didn't see her talking to anyone.
"Unm do you and Chloe know each other?" Isabella asked.
"Kind of I guess" he said.
"What do you mean kind of?" Bella asked thinking that He seemed nice.
"She's not much of talker" Gavin said and Bella could see Chloe blushing. Then she realized Chloe wasn't very good at socializing. Chloe seemed a bit worse than her.
"Well maybe we could try talking at lunch break or something?" Bella said. She couldn't believe she said that, she felt so embarrassed and she could feel she was blushing.
"Would that be okay Chloe?" Gavin asked and Chloe nodded yes. Bella smiled at them.
Mr. Davis, still talking, walked in front of them and placed his hand on top of Gavin 's desk; a quiet plea for them to pay attention.
The beginning of the day went on okay with Chloe, Gavin and Bella chatting from time to time. Isabella found out that was Chloe's first year at the Academy too and that kids were a bit mean to her. Gavin told them that some kids weren't very nice and they used to make fun of him because of his weight. He said his only friends were the choir and theater kids. At break both showed the school to Bella and she texted Emily letting her mom know everything was fine. She was feeling alright and happy that she was making friends. She was just glad Chloe was there because she was still really nervous.
They went back to class and it was time for Geometry. Time flew by and suddenly it was 12:40, lunch break. Isabella bought chips and coke. She wasn't hungry at all. She sat with Chloe and Gavin and they just talked about life in general. Bella told them about Seattle and about her mom and things like that, not mentioning her dad being dead. Chloe mentioned her parents' divorce and Bella was very surprised by that. They just talked a bit more and traded phone numbers. When everyone finished eating they decided to go to their lockers to get their language books. Sadly Isabella found out Gavin took Russian and not French like Chloe and her. Language classes were at different classrooms so they went.
As the two girls appeared at the hall they spot those 4 girls who bullied Isabella earlier. Chloe stopped walking and grabbed Bella's shirt.
"You don't wanna go close to them" Chloe said looking genially concerned. Bella could see she probably got bullied by them before.
"Is there other way to class?" Bella asked.
"No" Chloe answered disappointed.
If there was one thing she had learned at boarding school was to never hide from the bullies because they'll always find you and that will just make it even worse. They walked to class and just like they thought the 4 girls made them stop.
"So I see Miss read face has met Miss speechless" one of the girls said. "I guess you two will do good together."
Isabella and Chloe stood there without saying a word.
"You know Isabella." one of the girls said making a face of disgust. "Did your mommy like the sex?" She asked.
"Shut up" Isabella said. Chloe's eyes were big with surprise.
"Oh she does talk. I thought you would really become Miss speechless number two" a girl said.
"Well I hope your daddy never finds out about your mother and the principal okay? For the sake of the family. But it wouldn't hurt me to let him know" she said.
Isabella could feel her eyes burning and she felt like she was going to explode. She ran off not knowing exactly where she was going. She just wanted to leave. Chloe followed her as the girls laughed at them and pointed that Bella was crying. Isabella could hear them calling her 'cry baby' and stuff like that. She ran to the bathroom and pushed the door open and locked herself in. Chloe got in and she could hear Isabella sobbing.
"Bella?" She said. "Just don't think about it. They are just stupid girls" Chloe told and Bella just cried. The bell rang but Chloe stayed there with Bella.
"Look don't worry about it. I'm sure your dad knows your mother would never do something like that. You got here because you're smart. They are just being mean."
"My dad died Chloe" Bella said trying hard to control her breathing. Chloe was in shock so she just stood there quiet. There was silence for a while and Bella opened the door. Chloe was crying.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just-" she said and Chloe cut her off.
"It's alright."
"he had Cancer." Bella said with tears rolling down her face. "So I came to live with my mom"
"I'm really sorry" Chloe said staring at Bella.
"Why are you crying?" Isabella asked.
"I'm not sure" Chloe said. Isabella went and hugged her.
"Are they always like this?" Bella asked heading to the sink to wash her face.
"Yeah" Chloe said. "You shouldn't have walked to class with me. It's my fault I'm really sorry"
"Hey it's not your fault. They did it before when I was by myself" Bella said. She could see Chloe was surprised.
"Are you gonna tell your mom?" Chloe asked.
"Did you ever tell yours?" Bella asked.
"Yeah." Chloe said.
"Did it ever change anything?" Bella asked.
"No" Chloe answered.
"It never does right?" Bella said and Chloe nodded.
"I assume this isn't the first time you got bullied was it?" Chloe asked.
"No. Boarding school. Almost every day. I told my dad, he even talked to the principal multiple times but nothing ever really changed." Bella said.
"That must have been hard. Especially not going home after a school day." Chloe said.
"Yeah. It was horrible. I guess it only got a bit better when an older girl became my friend. She sort of took me under her wings" Bella said. "She's the only friend I have. Her name is Cameron. She's a senior now" Isabella said.
"She must be really nice" Chloe said.
"She's like my big sister"
"You must miss her a lot"
"Yeah" Bella said as a tear fell.
"We should go back to class" Chloe said changing the subject.
"I think I'll stay here for a little while" Bella said embarrassed. "You can go ahead."
"Are you sure? I don't mind staying too" Chloe offered.
"It's alright. I don't want you to get in trouble because of me. I know about the skipping class rule" Isabella said remembering the rule the principal mentioned earlier that day.
"Okay. Anything just text" Chloe said.
"Alright" Bella said and Chloe left. Isabella went back inside, locked the door and just sobbed. She couldn't control it. She just wanted to go home, she wanted her mom. She just wanted to leave. She stayed there for a while crying and then she walked out and headed out of the school. A couple kids walked by her but she did her best to hide her face and she walked out the school main entrance. She was lucky nobody saw. She noticed a bench at the side of the big stairs and sat on it. She just cried. She wanted to just run away from there. She was trying her hardest not to call her mom but she couldn't help it, she just wanted her mom. She got her phone and texted Chloe 'I'm gonna call my mom to pick me up right now. I'm not feeling very good, okay? Please tell your mom I was sick and my mom picked me up. Xo- B' and then she called Emily.
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Emily was sitting on her desk doing some paper work when her phone rang. She spent the morning hoping her phone wouldn't ring with Bella written on the screen. After she had lunch she felt like maybe everything was going great for the girl.
She picked up and said "oh no it's Bella". Derek who was close to her gave her a pat on the back.
"She probably just wants to check on you" he said and she answered the phone.
"Mom?" Bella cried before Emily could even say hello.
"Honey, what happened?" Emily asked worried.
"Can you come pick me up?" Bella cried.
"sweetie what happened?" Emily asked broken with the sound of Isabella's sobs.
"Just come here please. I wanna go home. Just come get me" Bella cried. "Please just come"
"Alright I'm coming. I'll be right there okay?" Emily said already grabbing her keys and walking away. Derek followed her. JJ and Spencer looked confused not knowing exactly what was going on. As Emily walked out the door Derek saw Hotch approaching.
"Hotch!" He called and Aaron stared at him. "Prentiss and I are going to get Bella alright? We'll be right back" he said and Hotch nodded yes.
"Is everything okay?" David asked.
"I'm not sure" Derek said and ran as the elevator's door opened.
They walked to the car as fast as they could. Derek drove and Emily texted Bella saying she was on her way and for Bella to wait for her in the hallway. Bella was sitting outside the school building close to the playground and she would not go inside again. She hugged her legs and laid her face in them. She just wanted to disappear.
It wasn't long till the SUV parked and Emily got out followed by Derek. They walked to the school and Emily noticed the girl on the bench.
"Bella?" She called getting closer. Isabella looked up and ran to her mom. She hugged Emily as the tears fell. Emily picked her up.
"Honey, what happened?" Emily asked.
"I wanna go home" Bella said. Emily put her down and sat on the bench. She pulled Bella to her lap.
"What happened?" She asked and Derek sat beside them.
"I hated it here. I want to go back home. I want Cameron" Bella cried and hugged Emily. Isabella knew if Cameron was there she would be okay. Cameron had a way of getting the words those bullies said out of Bella's head. She just knew how to.
"Bella where's Chloe?" Emily asked.
"She's in class" Bella answered trying to control her breathing.
"She didn't hang out with you?" Emily asked.
"She did but I told her to go. I didn't want her to miss class because of me" Bella said.
"But what happened? You texted me saying everything was okay and now this." Emily said.
"There were these girls mom... I just wanna go home"
"Did you get bullied?" Derek asked and Bella nodded yes.
"Please I just want to go home" Bella cried and stood up. "Just take me home" she demanded.
Emily kneed down in front of the girl and grabbed both of Bella's hand and said "honey I have to work. You can't be at home by yourself. If you're not staying here you have to go to work with me" and Bella let more tears fall.
"I just wanna go home" she cried.
Emily and Derek could see the kid was really hurt.
"Come here." Derek said standing up and picking Bella up. "Let's go" they walked to the car and Derek placed the crying girl on the backseat. She was embarrassed that he carried her.
"Em I think you should let the principal know you picked her up earlier. Go in and tell him and I'll stay with her" Derek said.
"Okay. Anything just get me" Emily said and walked to the school while Derek sat next to Bella who was calmer but still crying.
"Come here kid" he said opening his arms and Bella hugged him.
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Emily explained to the principal that Isabella called her saying that she wasn't feeling good so she decided to go pick her up. She decided not to tell the truth because she thought the principal could think that Bella just didn't really wanted to go to school so she went with sickness.
It wasn't long till she went back to the car.
"Bella your French teacher will send your homework through Chloe, alright?" Emily said as Morgan opened the door. Bella nodded yes. She wasn't crying anymore but she looked broken and red. Emily got in on the back sitting next to Bella and hugged the girl.
"It's gonna be alright honey" she said and Bella just stayed silent. Derek drove them to the BAU.
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When they walked through the door Isabella was holding Emily's hand tight.
"My desk or Penelope's?" Emily asked.
"Yours" Bella said. She didn't want to have to explain everything right now and she knew Penelope would ask. They headed over to Emily's desk and Bella sat on the chair that Derek pulled for her. Emily kissed her forehead and said "I'm gonna talk to Hotch."
"Could you keep an eye on her?" She whispered to Morgan.
"Sure" he said. Emily walked to Hotch's office to tell him why she had left out of nowhere and Derek sat on Emily's chair next to Bella.
"So do you want to tell me what happened?" He asked Bella who thought for a while and then said:
"These girls said some things and I just panicked. I wanted to talk to Cameron but I knew I couldn't do that. And I wanted my mom. I just wanted to leave" Bella admitted.
"Do you want to tell us what they said?" JJ asked.
"No" Bella said as she shook her head, almost a whisper.
"Okay" Derek said running his hand on Bella's back. She just sat their quiet.
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It wasn't long till Emily went back. She hugged Bella who was now playing with Derek's phone and then Derek called her over to talk. They walked to a quieter place with JJ while Spencer kept an eye on Bella. They told Emily what Bella said and JJ thought she had to push the girl into telling who bullied her. Emily agreed and said that if it happened again she would tell the principal. They talked a bit more about the matter and then went back to their desks.
The rest of the day went okay. Bella just sat there reading, playing games on Emily's phone and occasionally talked to people. Around 6 Emily and Bella went home. When they got to the apartment Bella went straight to the shower. Emily went to shower too. She couldn't help but notice how quiet Bella was.
Emily finished and headed downstairs to cook dinner. She cooked lasagna and when it was done she went upstairs to get Bella. She found Isabella sitting on the ground at the corner of her bedroom playing with her iPad.
"Hey. Dinner's ready" she smiled.
Isabella got up and walked to her mom. Emily took her hand and they went downstairs. Isabella barely touched the food and she was looking awful.
"Honey you need to eat" Emily said concern. "You look so pale"
"I am pale mom" Bella said.
"Not like this" Emily said and the conversation was cut by the door bell ringing.
"Do you want to get it?" Emily asked.
"Not really" Bella said so Emily got up and headed to the door. She looked through the eye thing and smiled at the sight of Hilary, Chloe and Millie. She opened the door.
"Hi" she said and Bella looked at the door.
"Hi. I hope we're not bothering you but Chloe has Bella's homework" Hilary said and Chloe handed out a folder.
"Oh come on in" Emily said. The three women went inside. Millie ran to Bella when she spotted the girl. "Bella" she called happily. They hugged.
"Millie!" Hilary called embarrassed that the kid ran inside.
"It's alright" Emily said. "Would you guys like some lasagna?" Emily asked.
"Oh thank you but we already had dinner" Hilary said. "I was just wondering if I could maybe talk to you" she said serious.
"Sure" Emily said. "Hey Bella why don't you take Millie and Chloe to see your room huh?"
"Okay" Bella said, she didn't want to eat anyways.
Isabella took Millie's hand and walked to the stairs, Chloe followed them.
"Wow your room is cool" Millie said as she walked in.
"Thanks" Bella said sitting on her bed.
"So here's your homework" Chloe said. "It's pretty easy actually I finished mine just before dinner. Did you do your geometry already?" She asked.
"No" Bella admitted.
"Do you want some help?" Chloe asked.
"It's okay. Thanks. I'll do it before bed" Isabella said. "Oh I finished that Jane Austen book"
"Is it good?" Chloe asked sitting on the bed next to Bella.
"Yeah. You can take it home with you if you want and then bring back when you're done" Bella said.
"Sure." Chloe smiled. Isabella walked to her book shelf and got the book and handed to Chloe.
"Bella?" Chloe said.
"Yeah?"
"Are you going back to school tomorrow?" Chloe asked and Isabella could see Chloe was scared. Bella really didn't want to go but she felt like she couldn't leave Chloe there alone. She really liked Chloe, they had so much in common and they were starting to feel like really good friends.
"I think so" Bella said. "Why?"
"It's just Unm... " Chloe said embarrassed. "I don't really have other friends and you're really nice and cool so"
"Well if I change schools it doesn't mean I'll stop being your friend." Bella said and Chloe smiled.
"I hope not" Chloe said.
"You're really nice and cool too" Bella said smiling and both laughed.
The girls just talked about books and played with Millie while Emily and Hilary talked.