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"Hi honey" Emily said as Bella walked in the apartment.
"Hi" Bella said serious. She was still upset about what happened in the morning.
"So how was school? Was it too bad?" Emily asked.
"It was crap" Bella said serious and Emily stood up.
"I'm sorry, okay? But school is school. And you need to be responsible about it" Emily said. Isabella just didn't want to talk about that so she managed a little smile and said : " I know" and threw her bag in the island.
Emily smiled back and walked to hug her. They hugged and Bella let go and went up the stairs. She sat on her desk and started working on her homework.
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After about half an hour Emily went up.
"Bella?" She called walking into Isabella's bedroom. Bella was still sitting on her desk doing homework. She looked at Emily who walked in and sat on the bed.
"Penelope wants to show us this cool restaurant she went with JJ." Emily started and Bella just stared. "So go get ready, alright? We're leaving in 20." Emily said and just walked out. Bella didn't feel like going anywhere but she finished her science homework and changed. She put on jeans, a purple shirt and her red rain boots, and headed downstairs. Emily was ready waiting for her in the couch.
"What's with the boots?" She asked Bella noticing how often the kid had been wearing it.
"Nothing" Bella said.
"So Let's go?" Emily asked and Bella said "yes". And they headed out.
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"How are you lovely ladies this afternoon?" Penelope said when she saw the two.
"We're good now," Emily replied taking what had happened earlier in the morning.
"I need to go to the bathroom" Bella said.
"Go ahead munchkin" Penelope told her and she walked away.
"So what happened? She looks a bit down" Penelope said as she went to a table with Emily.
"Horrible morning today." Emily said and Penelope gave her a look as telling her to spit it out. "She didn't want to go to school and cried the whole drive there" Emily admitted.
"Oh." Penelope said.
"She'll be alright" Emily smiled at her friend and they started at the menus.
"I'll get a Caesar's salad" Penelope said. "What about you?"
"Grilled chicken sounds amazing" Emily said.
"And Bella?" Penelope asked.
"I doubt she'll eat anything" Emily said.
"Order desert then. No one can resist an ice cream" Penelope said and Emily laughed.
"Let me go order" Emily said and walked away.
Bella got back, sat for a while but didn't say a word. Once the food was done Emily called Penelope to help her take to the table, so Penelope walked there to help. A few moments later they were heading to the table. Emily froze when she didn't see Bella there. She snapped her head to the side, scouring the room. Meanwhile, Penelope was setting down her food on the table.
"Emily?" Penelope said, frowning in confusion.
"Where is she?" she said firmly, her eyes darting around. "Bella" Emily snapped. "Where's Bella?"
"I'm here" Bella said coming behind her and walking to her chair.
"Where the heck did you go?" Emily asked pissed.
"I went to the bathroom again." Bella said sitting down.
"Don't just walk away" Emily said.
"Okay. Sorry" Bella said a bit confused.
"We got you ice cream!" Penelope said excited breaking the horrible mood.
Bella managed a small smile and started eating the ice cream.
Bella texted Chloe telling her not to go over to the apartment because she was out with her mom.
They chatted and then left around 6:20.
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At home Bella and Emily both went to take a shower and then Emily headed to the living room while Bella finished her homework. Later Bella went down and They watched some tv and around 8:30 Emily decided it was time to tell Bella she would be back at work the next day.
"Bella. We need to talk" she said and Bella stared at her.
"What it it?" Bella said dryly.
"I'm clear to work tomorrow." Emily said and she could see disappointment in her daughter's face even though Bella tried to hide it. "I'll be working from the office so don't worry I'll be fine" Emily said.
"Okay" Isabella said looking back at the tv. Emily could tell she was upset but she thought that talking about it would make it worse at the moment so she decided that she would sit down with Bella on Saturday and have a serious conversation about her work and everything.
"Okay then" Emily said and stared back at the tv.
After a while Emily walked to the kitchen counter and grabbed the home phone. "I'm ordering yaksoba for dinner" she said and Bella didn't even move an inch. She ordered the food and headed back to the couch hoping the kid would just eat. They watched tv and it was 9:13 when the food arrived. Emily grabbed a plate, knowing Bella wouldn't eat everything that came in the box, she poured some on it and placed it on the island and said "Bella come eat". Isabella walked there, sat and ate everything that was on her plate without saying a word. Emily tried talking to her, she asked if she was excited about choir and all she got was an "uhum". Isabella could feel her face burning up. After eating she headed to her bedroom and at the bottom of the stair she said "I'm gonna change my clothes".
"Okay" Emily said and Bella went up. Isabella walked to her bathroom. She got in and locked the door. She felt like she was about to explode. She sat on the floor and just cried for about 5 minutes. After calming herself up she washed her face and got out. She grabbed her pajamas and changed. She went to Emily's bedroom and got her blanket and headed back to her room and laid in bed. She tried to force herself to go to sleep and eventually she did.
Around 10, Emily thought Bella was too quiet and she was taking too long to go down so she went up to check on her. She opened the bedroom door and Bella was sleeping already.
Emily pulled the covers higher and gave Bella's forehead a kiss. Then she turned the light off and headed to her bedroom. She showered, checked on the child again and then went to bed.
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(Friday)
Isabella woke up several times during the night, tears flooding because of the thoughts about her father. She just missed him so much.
It was around 4 when she got out of bed and searched her wardrobe for a photo album; she got it and then laid in bed again to see the pictures. It was filled with pictures of her and her dad. There were also some of them with Emily and Jeremy. Pictures of birthdays and fun things they did together. The last picture was one that Jeremy had taken a couple of days after Isabella's 10th birthday. Emily met them in NYC and they had cake in the hotel for her. The picture was Emily and John with a big smile all dirty with cake and Bella in the middle of them with her face covered in cake. They made a mess in the hotel room.
Bella couldn't help but smile at the thought of that day. It was just them and it was one of the best birthdays she had. The smile faded when she remembered her dad was already sick when they took that photograph. She felt her heart ache as she noticed that her dad did look a bit sick in the picture. She started thinking if he thought that was their last birthday together. Tears started steaming rapidly down her face.
She hugged the album and just cried herself back to sleep.
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Emily woke up with the alarm clock at 6:30 and headed to wake Bella up hoping the morning would go smooth. She walked in and smiled at the sight of Bella with the photo album. She got closer to the bed and picked it up and stared at the picture of the birthday. Her eyes filled with tears but her smile didn't fade. She placed the album in the night stand and sat on the bed to wake Bella up.
"Bella" she said softly pushing the hair out of the child's face. "Honey it's time for school" she said and Isabella opened her eyes, which were red and puffy from crying so much.
"Good morning" Emily said. Isabella just sat up and hugged Emily tight. "Good morning mommy" she replied.
Emily could hear the pain in her voice.
"Are you alright?" Emily asked pulling out of the hug.
"I don't know" Bella said. "I'm okay, I guess"
She knew Bella was not okay. She wanted to just sit back on the bed and talk to Bella about things but she knew that if she did that there was no way the kid would go to school and she would probably have to miss work. She knew Bella was holding too many things inside and she knew that she would break eventually.
"Okay. So go get ready." She said and kissed Bella's cheek and went out.
Isabella stared at the photo album in the nightstand and then got up. She showered and got dressed. Then she headed downstairs. Emily had made waffles and cut some strawberries.
Isabella ate almost everything Emily put on the plate but she was feeling really sick.
"Mom? Is it okay if I leave this? I don't feel very good" Bella said. Emily thought Bella looked like she was about to throw up.
"Sure." Emily said. "Go brush your teeth so we can go" she said finishing her coffee. Isabella did what she was told and they drove to school.
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Emily walked in the common area where her desk was and the team greeted her happy.
"How are you feeling?" Penelope asked, giving her a hug.
"I'm fine," Emily told them. "Seriously. I'm great. Everyone can stop freaking out."
"We're just worried about you, Em," Morgan said, taking his turn to hug her. "How's Little Prentiss?" He asked.
"she's hanging there." Emily said and headed to her desk.
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The school day went by fast. They had World history and Geography before lunch, which were cool classes. The teachers were nice. At lunch they headed to the lounge close to the library and those 4 girls were already there. They bullied Gavin for being overweight and the girls for hanging out with him. Gavin didn't seem to care about it but Chloe and Bella did. Isabella just felt like she was about to explode whenever those girls were around.
After lunch they headed to math class and Bella texted her mother.
'Hi mom. I was wondering if it would be alright if I went to the apartment after school. I need to work on a project and I can't really do that in the BAU. Don't worry I'm used to being at home alone, it's fine. Love, Bella'
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Emily was working on some paper work on her desk when she got the text.
"Oh great" she said after reading it.
"What happened?" Derek Morgan asked.
"Bella wants to go home after school" she said with a concern look on her face.
"She doesn't want to come here?" Spencer asked a bit hurt.
"She has a project to do and she can't do it here you know" Emily said understanding but concern.
"Oh Em. She'll be fine" Derek said. "It won't be the first time"
"It will be here." Emily said.
"I'm sure she'll be okay. And it's just for a couple of hours." He said.
"Do you really think she'll be alright?" She asked.
"It's a safe building on a safe neighborhood, Hilary's girls will be right downstairs and she's a smart kid... and it's just a couple of hours. Just relax" Morgan said and Emily said yeah and texted Bella.
'Okay you can go. Please remember to lock all the doors and the windows. Do not open the door to anyone but Hilary or the team. I'll be home around 5. Take care and text me when you get there. xx mom'
Isabella read and whispered to Gavin: "I'm heading home after class."
"Isn't your mom working?" He asked.
"she'll be home before I get there" Bella lied. She wanted to be alone.
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So after the last class they picked up Millie and headed to the bus. Bella rode the same bus as Chloe since they were both going home.
Bella opened the apartment door and walked in heading straight to the living room. She threw her backpack on the floor next to the couch and turned the tv on. She went around the place locking everything and then she laid down on the couch to watch tv. She watched about 10 minutes of Masterchef and fell asleep. She was just so tired from the night before.
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It was 6:27pm when Emily walked in the apartment. She saw the tv was on so she headed to the living room. She smiled at the sight of Bella passed out on the couch still in her uniform and she had her shoes on too. She decided to cook dinner since it was almost 7. She cooked chicken, rice and mashed potatoes and woke Bella up to eat at 8:10.
"Hey honey" Emily said kneeing down in front of the couch. "Dinners ready" she said and Bella opened her eyes. "Hi" Emily said.
"Hi" Bella said embarrassed.
"Did you work on your project?" Emily asked even though she knew the girl probably lied about having one.
"Yeah" Isabella lied.
"Okay" Emily said with a sweet smile trying to hide the 'I know the truth' face. She wasn't mad at the girl, she knew Bella just wanted some time.
Isabella got up and they headed to the dining room. They ate and midway through the food Bella started feeling sick. She felt like she was going to throw up.
"Mom. I think I'm done" Isabella said avoiding eye contact with her mother.
"No you're not. You didn't even eat half of it" Emily said serious.
"I don't feel good" Bella said.
"You don't feel good because you're not eating right" Emily said knowing that wasn't true but it was worth to try.
"I can't breathe" Bella said and her breathing got really heavy. Emily stood up and ran to Bella's side.
"Put your head between your legs" she said guiding Bella. Isabella tried concentrating on her breathing as tears fell down her face.
After a while it went back to normal. She sat up and Emily sat next to her.
"Look at me" Emily said putting her hand on Bella's cheek to wipe her tears. Isabella looked at her and the look on the child's face broke her heart but she knew the kid had to eat or she would get sick. She wiped Isabella's tears then pulled the plate closer.
"Come on just finish this" she said.
"Mom I don't feel good" Bella said.
"It's going to make you feel better" Emily said.
"No it won't!" She said louder than normal.
"You're not leaving this table till you're done" Emily said serious. "I am really sorry you're feeling like this but believe me it will be way worse if you're in a hospital" she said and went back to finish her own plate. Isabella just sat there with tears rolling down her face till she finished the food. Emily tried hard to keep her composure but she also wanted to cry. She hated doing that to Bella but she was her mother and she knew that was for Bella's own good.
"I'm done" Isabella said and stood up.
"Put it on the sink for me" Emily said. Isabella went and did that then went back to the couch.
Emily finished getting the things off the dining table and headed to talk to Bella in the living room. She was feeling really bad for forcing the child to eat and she wanted to make sure Bella knew it was for her own good even if she hated her for it.
"Bells." Emily said sitting next to Bella on the couch. Bella didn't take her eyes of the tv. "We need to talk" Emily said and Bella still didn't look. Emily got the remote and turned it off.
"What is it?" Bella said serious staring at Emily.
"I want to say that I'm sorry for doing that" Emily started. "I know you don't want to eat and you're not feeling good but I'm not allowing you to get sick, honey" she said pausing to see Bella's reaction. Isabella just looked pissed. "I know you're probably mad at me right now but that won't change anything. You barely had any food the whole day. I'm sure you don't even have lunch at school, do you?" Emily asked.
"Yes" Isabella said through her teeth.
"What do you eat for lunch there Bella?" Emily asked.
"I do eat okay?! I do. It's not my fault it's not the amount you like" she said pissed.
"It's not the amount I like honey. It's the one that's healthy for you" Emily said. "Bella you look so skinny baby. That's not healthy" she said and she could see the change on Bella's face. Isabella looked not only pissed but also hurt by that.
"I'm just fine. I've always been skinny" Isabella said.
"Not like this" Emily replied.
"Whatever. I don't give a damn about that and you shouldn't too. Dad didn't care so just leave it" Isabella said raising her voice and ran upstairs. Emily flinched with the loud sound of the door smashing. She hated doing that, she hated seeing Bella like that, but she knew she would hate it even more if Isabella ended up sick in a hospital bed.
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Bella jumped in bed and got her phone out of her pocket. She sent a text to Cameron saying that she wanted to go home and that she missed her and her dad and that she hated DC.
A couple of minutes passed and Bella just laid there waiting for a reply but she didn't get one so she started to cry again but without making a sound. She just laid there crying till she fell asleep.
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Emily wanted to give Bella some space after their fight so she waited almost an hour before going up to check on Bella. She walked in the room and Isabella was fast asleep. She took Isabella's shoes off and covered her up placing a kiss on her head before heading out. She felt really bad for not being able to help her daughter. She went back downstairs and called Derek Shepherd. She told him about the eating thing, and about how Bella was acting and her school. And then she called Jeremy to tell the same things. She felt like they would think she was failing as a mother but she knew they knew Bella and they would know how to help. She also told them that she was going to take Bella to DC in the next weekend and they decided to talk to Bella when they were all together. Emily thought that was a good idea because she felt like if things kept going like they were Isabella would end up hating her.
After talking to them Emily headed to take a shower.
Once done she checked on Bella again and the kid was still sleeping in the same position. She sat next to Bella on the bed and just stared at her.
"I'm so sorry" she said, her eyes filling with tears. She just felt so bad for the girl. She kissed Bella's forehead and then went to her own bed.
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(Saturday)
Emily woke up at 9:21. She stayed in bed for a while and then decided to work on some paper work she had to do so she got up brushed her teeth and headed to the kitchen. She made coffee and drank it. Then she got the cereal and a bowl out and placed in the island to wait for Bella. She went and sat in the island with her work.
Isabella got down almost an hour later. Emily let her sleep since she wasn't sleeping very well and it was Saturday after all.
Isabella walked to the island.
"Good morning" Emily said.
"Good morning" Bella said still sounding upset and sat in the seat facing the bowl. Emily got up and went to get the milk. Bella poured a little bit in and when she was about to close the box Emily said, grabbing the box and the bowl "let me do it". Isabella just stared at the island avoiding eye contact. Emily poured some more cereal and then milk. "There you go" Emily said once she was finished then she sat back on her seat and Isabella began eating. It was almost 11 when Isabella finished eating after a long time of just playing around with the food. Emily didn't hurry her since the point was getting her to eat and it didn't matter how long that would take. Bella took the bowl to the sink and went to the living room and turned the tv on. She had watched half of a Friends episode when Chloe called asking if she wanted to go to a museum.
"Sure. Let me ask my mom" Isabella said suddenly sounding excited.
"Mom? Chloe is going to the National History Museum. Can I go with her?" Isabella asked Emily still holding her phone in her ear. Emily took a moment to think about it.
"Yeah. You can go" Emily said giving Bella a smile in the end. Isabella still stared at her looking serious.
" she said yes" Bella told Chloe.
"Alright so my mom will take us in 20 minutes. Okay?" Chloe said.
"20 minutes?" Bella asked surprised.
"Yeah. Just go get ready so we can get there before the place gets packed" Chloe said.
"Okay bye" Bella said really fast and hung up.
"We're leaving in 20" Bella said to Emily and ran upstairs. "I'm gonna change!" She shouted. Emily smiled at her daughter's excitement. She then decided to invite JJ and Penelope over. So she called the and both said of course.
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It wasn't long till Bella ran back downstairs. She had her hair laid down, dark blue jeans, a NYC shirt and her black doc martins. She also had a purple jacket wrapped in her waist since the weather looked weird. She drank a glass of water and suddenly the doorbell rang.
"It's her" Bella said running to the door. "Do I look to bad?" She asked Emily before opening.
"You look great honey" Emily smiled and Bella turned around and opened the door.
"Hi" Chloe said and hugged Bella. "Hi Miss Prentiss" she said smiling at Emily.
"Hi Chloe" Emily smiled and walked to the door. She gave Chloe a hug and then asked: "you guys are only going to the museum or are you stopping somewhere else?"
"As far as I know just the museum. If my mom decides to go somewhere else afterwards we'll let you know" Chloe said.
"Okay." Emily smiled. "Alright then. Anything just call" Emily said and hugged Bella. "Have fun" she said.
"Bye" Bella said letting go of the hug and walking out. She didn't even look at Emily. Emily tried hiding the hurt and gave Chloe a little smile. "Be safe okay girls?" She said.
"Okay. Bye" Chloe said and she ran to catch up on Bella who was already walking to the elevator.
Emily closed the door.
"So what was that?" Chloe asked Bella.
"Nothing. She's just acting weird" Bella said.
"I think you are the one acting weird Bella" Chloe said. "What's going on?"
"Nothing, it's fine. Really don't worry about it" Bella said smiling as if nothing was wrong. Chloe just made a face at her as if she knew it was a lie and they headed to the car. The drive to the museum was fine. Millie was super excited. And they ended up having a really great time. After walking around half of the place Millie was a bit tired and hungry so they stopped at a coffee place inside to buy her a treat and to sit for a while. While waiting for Millie to eat, Bella played on her phone till she got a call.
"Hello?" She said sounding pissed off. It was Cameron.
"Hi Bella"
"Why aren't you answering me Cam?" Bella asked standing up and walking away from Hilary and the girls so she could talk in private.
"I'm really sorry B. I lost my charger and I could only head to town to buy one today." Cameron said.
"Whatever" Isabella said.
"I really am sorry. But what exactly happened?" Cameron asked worried.
"Nothing. Well, it's fine now anyways" Isabella said. "I actually have to go. I'm in the museum with Chloe and her family, okay? We can talk later maybe if you don't lose your phone or break it or something" Bella said.
"Okay" Cameron agreed. She knew Bella wouldn't tell her anything at the time.
"Bye" Isabella said and hung up. She put her phone in her pocket and headed back to the coffee place.
"What happened?" Chloe asked.
"I just wish I could go home" Bella said sitting down and putting her purple jacket on.
"Do you want me to take you now?" Hilary asked.
"No it's fine. It's not here." Bella said but the women didn't really understood what she meant.
"Do you want a drink?" She asked changing the subject.
"I'll take a mocha actually" Chloe said.
"Good idea" Bella said standing up and heading to the counter. After a while she went back to the table with two mochas. They drank it while Millie played with the doll she had taken. Once they were done they walked around the museum some more. Isabella loved that placed. Everything in it was so cool. It was 2:30 when Hilary said they should have lunch. So they agreed on going to the mall to eat. Bella texted Emily:
'We're having lunch at the mall with Hilary. Xx- B'
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Back at the apartment Emily who had just finished lunch with her two friends picked her phone to read the message.
"She's heading to the mall to eat" Emily said.
"That's probably good" Penelope said. "I mean she'll have to eat something"
"That really doesn't mean anything Penelope. She's stubborn and I'm sure she'll barely eat anything even with Hilary there" Emily said.
"She's stubborn just like her mama" Penelope said smiling.
"Sometimes I wish she wasn't so much like me you know" Emily confessed.
"Yeah. You're a complicated being" JJ joked and they laughed and headed to the living room to watch a movie.
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At the mall they decided to eat at Chick-Fil-A. Isabella knew how big their sandwiches were so she bought chicken nuggets, fries, and a coke. Surprisingly she ate almost everything, she just left some fries. Isabella didn't feel so bad eating there, she was distracted with everything around her and Millie playing like crazy and Chloe talking to Hilary about the museum.
Once they were done eating Chloe asked Hilary if they could stay in the mall for a while.
"Honey I need to stop by the office before it closes" Hilary said.
"Mom it's Saturday" Chloe said.
"I just need to get some papers." Hilary said.
"Can we both stay then?" Chloe asked looking at Bella and then looking at her mom.
"No way" Hilary said.
"Please mom" Chloe said.
"Let's go. We can stay for 20 minutes" Hilary said and Chloe hugged her, Isabella smiled.
Suddenly Bella's phone rang.
Isabella picked her phone and answered.
"Mom?" She said.
"Hi honey" Emily said. "Are you coming home now?"
"We're staying for a while at the mall okay? We're just gonna walk around" Bella said.
"Alright. Anything just call. I just wanted to check on you" Emily said.
"Im okay" Bella said.
"Hi peanut!" Penelope said grabbing the phone out of Emily's hand.
"Penny?" Bella asked.
"Yes!" Penelope smiled. "Have fun okay" Penelope said. "Bye" she said and before Bella could answer she hung up. Isabella laughed and Chloe asked what happened. Bella told about Penelope and they both laughed and then Chloe said she had saved up money and she wanted to get a pair of doc martins.
"The sparkly one?" Bella asked excited.
"I'm not sure yet. I wanna try some on before I decide" Chloe said.
"Yeeees!" Bella celebrated. "I took you to the dark side" Bella joked.
"You're not darth vader" Chloe said making a face and Bella laughed.
"Can we go to hot topic first?" Bella asked when she spotted the store.
"Sure" Chloe said and they headed there. Bella bought some things, Chloe bought an Alice in wonderland throw for her bed and Hilary bought Millie some Disney Funko figures. Then they went to look for the doc martins. Isabella thought they would stay in that store forever. Chloe had tried about 4 different pairs on and she couldn't make her mind. After a lot of debating she was between two: the pink sparkly one or just the regular black like bella's.
"Come on you gotta chose. We've been here forever" Isabella said making a tired face. "I like shopping for these but not the entire day"
"I don't know which one" Chloe said.
Hilary had had enough.
"Alright so you buy the sparkly one and I'll buy you the black one" Hilary said already picking up the boxes.
"What? No! Are you crazy?" Chloe asked. "It's expensive." Chloe said serious.
"I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. I'm buying." Hilary said staring at Chloe and then turned to the guy who was helping them "This is it. I'll take this one" she said handing the box to him.
"Mom" Chloe said.
"It's fine. It's your birthday gift" Hilary said.
"My birthday already passed. Come on it's okay. I don't need both" Chloe said.
"You are a good kid Chlo. And it's been a long time since I got you a gift right? Just be happy like a normal kid would" Hilary said.
"You are crazy" Chloe said unable to keep a smile hidden.
"I'm crazy and I'm buying it" Hilary smiled.
"Fine" Chloe said. "Okay so I'll take this one" Chloe said handing over the box to the guy. They paid and left the store.
"You deserve it" Bella said smiling.
"Thanks" Chloe said.
"You're my best friend you know" Bella said.
"You're mine too" Chloe smiled and they walked to JcPenny.
Isabella had said earlier she wanted to get a jacket she saw on the website a couple of days before. They had been walking around the store for a while and they were away from Hilary and Millie when Chloe said: "Bella? You said I'm your best friend, right?" Isabella just stopped walking and stared at Chloe. "Can you just tell me what's going on with you and your mom?" She asked. She was really worried about Bella.
"She's just doing some things that I don't like I guess" Bella said.
"Like her work?" Chloe asked.
"No. More like around the house. I don't dislike her work you know. it scares me sometimes. But that doesn't mean I actually hate her job" Bella admitted.
"What do you mean around the house? Like chores and stuff?" Chloe asked and Bella couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh I wish it was chores" she laughed. "Look" she said now serious. "I know you're worried but don't be, okay? There's no reason to. We just had a little fight but everything is okay." Bella said walking again and Chloe followed her.
"If you say so" Chloe said. "But anything you can just tell me, okay?"
"Okay" Bella said. "Thanks. And You too" she smiled and they kept walking.
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They stayed at the mall way longer than 20 minutes.
"I think we should go home" Bella said.
"Do you want to have dinner first? It's kinda late" Hilary asked. Bella thought a little bit about it and said yes. She really didn't want to have dinner with her mother again.
So they went to the Cheesecake Factory. The place was packet so Hilary sat with Millie in one table and Bella and Chloe shared one. They didn't have any big ones available.
Isabella ordered from the kids menu and when the food got there Chloe asked why she doesn't eat very much.
"I don't feel very good when I eat I guess" Bella said.
"What do you mean?" Chloe asked a bit confused.
"After my dad died I've had a couple of panic attacks and it usually happens when I'm eating so whenever I eat anything I start feeling weird. I don't know" Isabella admitted. She finally felt like she could open up to Chloe about things.
"Oh" Chloe said. She didn't really know what to say.
"That was the reason of the fight with my mom" Bella said and Chloe just stayed quiet letting Bella open up to her. "She was okay with me just trying to eat and then all the sudden she started forcing me... And it's awful. I just feel like I'm gonna explode or something. And I don't feel good at all" Isabella said, her eyes filled with tears.
Chloe held her hand.
"Hey don't cry" she said and Bella stared at her. "I'm sure it will go away soon. You just need to go slow"
"I hope so" Bella said wiping a tear that escaped.
"I can try to help. You should try it at school. Just try eating a little bit more every time. And no one is gonna be there to pressure you to eat so you can just try it" Chloe said.
"Yeah. Maybe it will work" Bella said and they both smiled. "Can you not tell anyone any of this?" Bella said.
"Sure" Chloe said and they continued eating without mentioning the subject again.
It was almost 7 when they headed home.
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Isabella got home to find Emily eating some leftover food from lunch.
"Hi" Emily said.
"Hi Mom" Bella said placing her bags on the floor and taking her shoes off, leaving them there. "Where's Penelope?" She asked and grabbed the bags.
"JJ and she came for lunch and we watched a movie. They headed home a while ago. They'll come by tomorrow" Emily said. "How was it?" She asked.
"It was cool. We just walked. A ton" Bella said walking to the stairs and Emily smiled getting a pick of her baby's humor back.
"Cool" Emily said as Bella reached the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm gonna put this stuff away" Bella said.
"Okay. And then come down to have dinner" Emily said.
"We already ate at the Cheesecake Factory " Bella said starting to go up.
"You did?" Emily asked not really believing it.
"Yes. Call Hilary mom. I'm sure she can tell you exactly what I ate" Bella said and ran up. Emily just stayed quiet and grabbed the phone. She had to make sure Bella was not lying. Hilary told her exactly what Bella ate and said there was a bit of chicken left on the plate but she ate well. So Emily decided not to bring the food up again.
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Upstairs Isabella took the things out of the bags. She had bought a red hoodie, two shirts and a pair of floral keds flats. She spent some of her saved up money from her allowance. She wasn't planning on using that anymore so she just bought some things she liked. She felt her phone vibrating so she took it out of her pocket. It was Cameron.
'So what happened?' The text said. Isabella didn't feel like talking so she replied:
'As I said it's fine now. And I'm busy. I'll talk to you soon. X'
Then Cameron sent 'I'm sorry and I'm here' Isabella just stared at the message and threw her phone on the bed. She got a book and leaned in the head of the bed to read. 'Fallen' was the name of the book. She read a couple of pages and exhaustion took over and she ended up falling asleep. After about 35 minutes Emily went up to see what Bella had bought and she smiled when she found the girl sleeping with the book on her hands. Emily put the book in the nightstand, covered Bella up and gave her a kiss on the side of the forehead. Suddenly Bella's eyes slightly opened.
"Goodnight" Isabella whispered and closed her eyes again.
"Goodnight Bells" Emily said giving Bella another kiss then she turned the light off and the little night light on and left. She headed to her bathroom and took a shower. She got dressed and laid in bed to watch tv. It wasn't long till she fell asleep.
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(Sunday)
Isabella woke up around 8 and stayed in bed reading her book till almost 9:30. She then headed downstairs and wasn't very happy to find Emily cooking breakfast.
"Good morning" Emily said as Isabella walked to the island.
"Good morning" Isabella said biting her lip. She sat down and poured some orange juice. Emily poured some scramble eggs and a strip of bacon on Bella's plate. Bella looked surprise with the small amount of food.
"You have to eat all of it, okay?" Emily said smiling noticing Bella's surprised look.
"Okay" Bella said keeping a straight face and started to eat.
Emily finished cooking hers and sat next to Bella to eat.
Once they were done they headed to the living room for some tv. They were watching and episode of Friends when Bella got a text from Gavin.
'Hi! my mom is going out right now and I was thinking maybe I could stay at your house while she gets things done. We could watch a movie'
Isabella smiled at the text. "Mom? Can Gavin come over?" She asked Emily.
"Sure" Emily smiled.
"Can Chloe too?" She asked shyly.
"Of course she can honey" Emily said and Bella smiled and texted her friends. Both of them said they would be there any minute so Bella went up to change and then she waited in the living room.
About 5 minutes later Chloe rang the bell. The girls just chilled at Bella's room talking about books and then Gavin arrived. They decided to watch 'Billie Elliot Live'. When the movie was done it was almost 1 so Emily said:
"What do you guys want for lunch?"
"Pizza?" Bella asked.
"Pizza? For lunch I don't think so" Emily said.
"Just today" Bella said.
"Just this time then" she gave in happy that the girl seemed to be excited about it. And the three kids smiled.
"Thanks Miss Prentiss" Gavin told Emily who smiled at him.
They ordered pizza and put on another movie. They ate and at 2:32 Emily said she had to go grocery shopping.
"Can we stay here?" Isabella asked walking closer to Emily who had just finished washing the dishes. Emily didn't really want to say yes but the kid looked so happy. She could be tough and strict when she had to but she wouldn't do that if the reason was silly like that so she said yes.
"Thanks mom" Bella said.
"Come here" Emily said pulling Bella into a hug.
"You take care okay. And anything call" she said and then let go of the hug to stare at Bella.
"Okay" Isabella said and Emily left.
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The three kids watched some tv and then decided to play some board games. Chloe went to get some at her house and then they sat at the dinning room to play.
An hour later, they were playing 'Clue' when Emily walked in.
"Hi mom" Bella said.
"Hi guys. Is everything okay here?" Emily asked putting the groceries down.
"Yeah. We're playing" Bella said and her friends smiled.
Emily put away the groceries and joined them.
"It's not fair with you Emily" Chloe said after Emily won the second time.
"Why not?" Emily asked smiling.
"You do this for living mother" Bella said and everyone laughed.
"And you guys study for living, is there any homework waiting to be done?" Emily asked.
"No" the three kids said in unison.
"So how about another game?" Emily asked excited.
"Wait. Mom, can you take a picture of us first? I wanna send it to Jeremy" Bella said.
"Sure" Emily said smiling. She could see the kid was having fun and she loved that. She took her phone out of her pocket and the kids smiled. She smiled as she stared at Isabella's happy face on the screen.
She took the picture and then they went back to playing games.
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After playing a lot, the four of them headed to the living room to watch tv. They went to the fridge to pick some drinks and snacks. Chloe got a bag of Lays and Bella got coke for them while Gavin turned the tv on. Emily poured herself some wine.
"What do you guys want to watch?" Gavin asked.
"I have no idea" Chloe said.
"Oh have you seen 'The 100' ?" Gavin asked and Bella looked interested.
"Isn't that a book?" She asked.
"Yeah. And they made it into a show now. It's cool, I was watching it with my mom the other day" Gavin said.
"It sounds good for me " Bella said.
"Yeah. Let's watch it" Chloe said.
They ate potato chips and watched one episode. When the episode was over Gavin's mom texted him saying she was going up to get him so he told them and Chloe decided to head home too.
Suddenly the bell rang.
"Hi" Bella said opening the door to find Colette.
"The doorman let me up" Colette said and Emily smiled.
"Did you behave?" Colette asked Gavin who was walking to her.
He looked embarrassed but said "yes"
They smiled and said goodbye.
"See ya" Gavin smiled hugging Bella.
"Bye" she said.
"Bye Bell" Chloe said hugging Bella too.
"Bye" Isabella said.
"Bye Emily" Chloe said. Emily smiled and they headed out.
"What a day huh?" Emily said heading to get a drink of water.
"Yeah." Bella said serious noticing two glasses on her mother's hand. She started walking to the stairs. "I'm gonna read for a while" Isabella said still serious. Emily could see the bubbly happy girl from minutes before was gone.
"Okay" Emily said and Bella went up. She drank the water and put away the other glass and headed to the couch to watch some tv.