"Falling"

You're Family

Bella stands with Josh, Donna and Mackenzie behind Jensen's coffin, the funeral procession making its way to the Royal Cemetery. They walk in silence, people walking behind them saying soft prayers for the King's Military Commander, all in deep thought.

She looks at the coffin, her heart beyond broken, but she knows she needs to be strong for their child. The Royal Healer had wanted her to stay at the Castle and rest, afraid that the emotions and stress of the last few days would have a negative impact on the baby, but Bella told him that she would rest once the funeral was over, a compromise the Healer agreed to.

At the cemetery, Bella watched Jensen's coffin being taken to the Royal Family's Crypt, Jensen's final resting place. It had been a struggle to get her father to let Jared and a few soldiers retrieve his body, and it took Bella threaten to kill her father's new wife for him to agree to it. There must've been something in Bella's expression that told him it wasn't an empty threat.

After everyone payed their respects and she was alone, Bella walks up to his coffin, promising Jensen that she will make sure that their child knows who he was and of the sacrifice he had made for them. Telling him she loves him one last time, Bella walks out, the doors to the Crypt closing behind her.

Mackenzie is there waiting for her, Donna and Josh a few steps ahead of her, her hand stretched out for her to hold, which Bella takes, thankful to have someone there.

-"How you holding up?" - Mackenzie's voice is soft and soothing.

-"I'll survive. I need to focus on the little one now."

-"That child will be loved by everyone they meet, specially their family." - Mackenzie gives her a sad smile, Bella nodding, not sure what to say. -"No matter what Bella, your place is here, with us. You will always be a part of this family."

-"Thank you for saying that. You have always made me feel like I was family, and I have always been more than grateful for that."

-"No matter what happens from this moment on, Bella, I have two daughters, Mackenzie and you. Don't ever doubt that, alright?" - Donna smiles at her.

-"I'm honored. Jensen would have been so happy to hear you say that." - Bella can't contain her tears.

-"Oh, he knew." - Donna smiles at her, seeing a look of confusion on Bella's face.

-"What'd you mean?"

-"Well, on more than one occasion, when I would ask Jensen about you, I would ask about my 'daughter'. That always made him smile."

-"He never told me."

-"I think he probably thought you knew, or, if you didn't, that I would tell you, and didn't want to ruin it for you."

-"That was probably it."

Bella smiles softly, thinking that that was something that Jensen would definitely do. The four of them make their way back to the Castle in silence, each one of them in deep thought, but all wondering, at one point or another, what the future is going to bring them.