AN: Ok stuff gets real serious real fast here HAVE FUN.
And do I look like I own Criminal Minds? Nope didn't think so.
Four days later
As the warm May sun shone, JJ ran across the backyard, waiting for Isabel's pass.
"Come on, Bell, think fast!"
With that, the soccer ball flew at her, and she easily stopped it with her foot. She dribbled, moving closer to the house, and looked at her eleven year old, mischief in her crystal blue eyes, and waited for her to make a move. Without warning, Isabel got on her mother, sticking with her as they moved closer to the goal, JJ kicked with great power, expecting to make it, but was pleasantly surprised when Isabel dove for the ball and caught it, landing roughly on her right side with a big smile on her face.
"Ha! Told you I could get it!"
The two burst into laughter, and JJ chased her daughter,
"I'm gonna get you! Come here!"
They ran the perimeter of the yard, stopping when William and Henry Lamontagne stepped out, their three year old beagle, Lucy, following close behind.
"Mommy! Bell!" Henry called out as he ran across the yard, trying to catch up with his mother and sister.
"Hey little man!" Isabel called to him, "Want to play soccer?"
He nodded enthusiastically, and Isabel smiled back at him,
" Ok, I'll be the goalie, you play against mom, ok?"
He laughed and ran to the ball, which Lucy had been playing with.
Colonel William Lamontagne watched his wife, son, and daughter with great admiration. Isabel was a lot like JJ, and Henry was developing the same fiery personality. He was glad they enjoyed the home they'd been living in for nearly two years. Ever since he became an officer, they had been much more relaxed, due to the fact that they moved much less often, and he was no longer at risk of being sent to war. He went deep into thought, and came back when Isabel suddenly stopped.
"Hey, can we go in? I'm getting tired."
She was barely able to breathe, and despite the fact that Henry and JJ could have kept going for hours, JJ said,
"Sure, we can have lunch."
They followed each other through the den and into the kitchen, and made grilled cheese sandwiches with fruit on the side. They all sat down with full plates, and sat down at the little table off the kitchen.
"So, Bell, you excited for school to end in two weeks? Think you'll survive?" JJ asked before plopping a grape in her mouth.
Isabel nodded enthusiastically, however looked down at her untouched plate with sad eyes.
"Mom, I'm not really hungry, can I just cover this and put it in the fridge and have it later?"
JJ nodded and asked, "Sure, bunny, you feeling alright?"
Isabel nodded and left. Will smiled at Henry then looked at JJ,
"That was weird, first she got so tired all of a sudden and now she won't eat?"
JJ shook it off, saying,
"I'm sure she's just stressed and tired from school, you know she just finished all her tests and now they're finishing up. She'll be ok when summer starts."
Xx
That night, Isabel woke up with something hot streaming down the side of her face, and with a massive headache. She sat up, brought her hand to her face, and stopped when she found the source; her nose. 'Blood', she thought. She sighed, got up, and went down the hallway to her bathroom, quietly closing the door behind her and turning on the light. She grabbed a tissue and brought it to her nose, pinching the base of it. Tired, she sat down on the toilet, waiting for the flow to stop. Ten minutes passed, and, surprised that the bleeding had barely gotten better, she tried to stand up, but decided against it when she felt unnaturally dizzy. She got scared when Will knocked on the door and asked to come in.
"Sure, go ahead." She responded softly.
Will looked at her, then at the dozen bloody tissues on the counter, and said,
"What happened, are you okay?"
She nodded, and replied,
"Just a nosebleed. I'm a little dizzy and it's barely getting better, but I'm ok."
Will grabbed a fresh tissue and moved her hand so his could take its place. It took yet another ten minutes for it to finally stop, and when it did Will threw the tissues away, wet a clean one, wiped the dried blood off her face, and carried her back to bed. "Alright, there you go, princess." He said as he laid her down in bed and tucked her in.
"If this happens again tonight come get me, ok?" He asked in a voice just above a whisper.
She nodded, closing her eyes.
"Ok. Remember, daddy..." He started,
"...always loves me." She finished.
Will took one last glance at his little girl before closing her door almost-all-the-way, just the way she liked it, behind him.
Xx
Two days later, Isabel quickly ran up the stairs and hopped into the shower after a long and hard soccer practice. She was unnaturally exhausted, and couldn't wait to just go to sleep. She was scrubbing the back of her right shoulder blade, but stopped when she felt unbearable pain. Looking over her shoulder, she saw a large, blue bruise across the area, then looked down to see identical ones on her right thigh and her ribcage area.
"How'd that get there..." She quietly asked herself.
She finished up, put on a towel, and walked down the hall and into the master bedroom.
"Mom, are you in here?" She called out.
"Coming bunny!" JJ replied from inside the huge walk in closet. "What's up love?" She asked as she walked over to Isabel.
Isabel stepped in,
"Well, you know how I fell the other day when we were playing soccer? Well now I have these big bruises from where I fell."
She turned around so JJ could see the one on her shoulder, then lifted the towel just enough so the one on her thigh was visible.
"Oh my goodness," JJ said, sounding shocked, "These are big! Do they hurt?" She asked as she gently brushed her fingers across Isabel's shoulder.
When Isabel nodded, JJ continued,
"Hmm, well you didn't fall nearly that hard, and besides you've done much worse and had far less damage. Let's check them again tomorrow morning, and if they're worse, we'll make you an appointment to see the doctor, okay?"
That night, Isabel had not one, but two more nosebleeds, and she was too exhausted to bother checking her bruises. When she woke up, she was surprised to see more had formed on her ankles and shins, presumably from soccer. She heard a knock on the door as she was brushing her hair, and heard JJ's voice,
"Bell, it's me love, can I come in?"
Isabel opened the door and let her mother in.
"Alright bunny let's check these..." She stopped as her eyes caught sight of Isabel's legs. "Oh, honey, what on earth? Ok, well, show me the ones you saw yesterday."
Isabel let her mother see, and flinched as just the slightest touch sent pain throughout her body.
"They've definitely gotten worse, and you shouldn't be bruising just from soccer, you've played for years and you're strong enough that shouldn't happen. I'll go have daddy make an appointment for you, ok?" JJ said as she studied the bruises.
Isabel nodded, hugged her mom, and went back to getting ready for school.
The next day, Isabel's foot was shaking as she sat in the chair in the exam room while she and JJ waited for the doctor to come in. They were silent until a pretty blonde woman with a big smile came in.
"Hello, Mrs. Lamontagne, Isabel, I'm Dr. Robins How are you guys today?"
JJ stood up, smiled, and shook her hand,
"I'm doing well but Isabel here isn doing so great."
Dr. Robins walked over to Isabel, smiled, shook her hand and said,
"Yeah I heard you got some pretty bad bruising, and you're getting tired easily?"
Isabel nodded, and Dr. Robins continued,
"Can I see your bruises?"
As JJ watched Dr. Robins carefully examine her daughter's bruises, she found herself holding her breath, Isabel's bruises looked much worse in the bright lighting. Dr. Robins finished, grabbed Isabel's chart, jotted something down, cleared her throat, and looked at Isabel again,
"Anything else that's been different recently?"
Isabel nodded, and said,
"Yeah I keep having really bad nosebleeds, like they last longer than ten minutes."
JJ added,
"She's also losing her appetite, she'll come home from school or soccer and be starving and get all this food, but then not want to eat anything by the time it's ready."
Dr. Robins eyed them, and said,
"Alright, well for now, I want you to put ice on those bruises, okay? Mom, don't give her any Motrin or Ibuprofen, ok? I need to take a blood test, just to narrow down what it is we're looking at. I'm also going to give you some iron supplements, they'll help the bruises heal faster and your nosebleeds hopefully won't be as frequent, and try to eat as much as you can, okay?"
JJ and Isabel nodded, and Dr. Robins wrote some last notes on the chart.
"Alright, I'll send a nurse in to come take your blood, and then you'll be all set to go! Thank you, bye Isabel!"
JJ stood up, shook Dr. Robin's hand and thanked her yet again, and Isabel called out a goodbye as she left, then looked at JJ.
"Mom, wha-what's going to happen to me?"
JJ smiled, her heart breaking a little, and she sat next to her daughter,
"Well, they're going to put a needle with a tube in your vein on your arm, right here." She showed her daughter on her own arm,
"Then, they're going to run some tests to see what's wrong, if anything, and a couple days later they'll call us, probably ask us to come in, and tell us. Then, we just take it from there. Okay?"
Isabel nodded, and looked at her mom with fear in her eyes. JJ took her daughter's right hand and put her arm around her shoulders as a nurse came in with equipment for drawing blood. Isabel looked away and squeezed JJ's hand tightly as the needle sunk in and took her blood. After it was over, they left with nervous thoughts running through their heads.
Xx
Three days passed, and when Isabel came home from school on Friday, JJ got a phone call from the doctor's office.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mrs. Lamontagne, this is Dr. Robins, we have Isabel's blood tests ready."
"Oh, hi Dr. Yes, do you need us to come in?"
"Yes, ma'am, and if your husband could come as well that would be best."
"Ok, he should be home soon, we'll be in within a few hours."
"Great! Goodbye!"
"Thank you, Dr. Goodbye."
JJ hung up and told Isabel to get ready to go as soon as Will got home. She then called Will, asking him to come home soon, and was relieved when he said he was on his way. They were waiting by the front door, along with Henry, when Will stepped in, and just as quickly as he had come home, they all left.