The Hunting Hour - A Criminal Minds Fiction

Chapter 51: The Girl Behing The Red Door

"We brought food" Emily said as she walked in. Bella held the glass door open for her.
Penelope and JJ quickly made their way to Emily and helped her with the bags. They went to the conference room.

"Hey look who's here" David said with a smile.

Derek wrapped Bella in a hug. "How was the test?" He asked.

"Good" she said.

"What subject?" Reid asked.

"French" Bella said.

"I'm sure you'll get an A+" Derek said and everyone smiled.

They sat to eat. Everyone was there but Hotch.
Once they were done, Emily said they had to go look at another house so they said goodbye and she left with Bella.
As Emily parked the car in front of the house she couldn't help but hope that was the one. She loved the front of the house and it was a great neighborhood. It was 10 minutes away from Isabella's school and just a couple minutes from Derek's house. Bella could just walk there.

"That's pretty" Bella said as she saw the big white house with black window frames.

"The door is red mom" Bella said with a smile when she saw it.

"Let's go look inside" Emily smiled and they went.

They looked around the house and pretty much smiled the entire time. It was perfect.
The first floor had a little front hall with coat hangers and a bench; they walked in further and entered the living room and the kitchen. Everything was open and they loved that. Next to the stairs to the second floor there was a door. They walked in and it was an office. Then they went upstairs and found two master bedrooms with bathrooms and closets, which was perfect for each of them, and one smaller guest bedroom. They went to the third and last floor and Emily smiled when she saw it was a big open space, she thought that would make a good play room/study room for Bella.
They went down and checked the basement which had a laundry room and a big carpeted room which Emily thought would make a great movie room. Then they went to the backyard.

"It has pool!" Bella said excited. The girl had loved everything she saw and the pool was the cherry on top.
Emily smiled and how excited Bella was.

"As you can see we have a fence. That's because of the dog. You can take it out if you'd like" the lady said pointing to the tall white fence that surround the entire backyard.

"The fence is perfect. We also have a dog" Emily smiled.

"The pool is here and we have a barbecue area, the swing set is right there next to the garage." The lady explained.

Emily couldn't help but smile as she saw Bella looking at everything with a big smile on her face.
They looked at the garage and then Emily talked to the lady about the price while Bella played on the swing set.
Emily peeked at the girl from time to time and couldn't help but feel happy. She could see them having a beautiful life in that house.
She made an offer and then they left.

"So..?" Emily asked Bella as they buckled up.

"I like this one" Bella said.

"Just like?" Emily asked making a face. "You were smiling the whole time" she said and Bella laughed.

"I love it. Can we get it?" Bella said.

"I made an offer so now we need to wait to see if they'll accept it" Emily said.

"So we're buying this one?" Bella asked really excited.

"Calm down! I made an offer, we gotta wait now" Emily said happy about the girl's reaction.

They headed to Derek's house and Bella was all smiles.

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Around 7:45pm, Derek and Penelope arrived and Emily told them about the house and how Bella loved it. They were very happy for her.
They had pizza for dinner, watched some tv and then headed to bed.