Everything Changes

Friday's Child

Bedelia's bad mood improved a great deal improved a great deal when they got to the precinct because though Maggie Blue still wasn't talking, she didn't reuse help to get cleaned up and changed into clean clothes. Her mood also improved when Nick magically appeared with a wheelchair for her at Amanda's car, and after helping her into it and making sure her damaged ankle was elevated, he personally pushed her all the way up to Olivia's office, himself.

"Well, I'm impressed." Olivia said when the family arrived. "You actually beat some of the people that I called."

"Who is it?" Amanda asked.

"I can't believe you haven't figured it out, Amanda."

Fin added, "Nick still hasn't."

Before the couple could say anything to that, there was a knock on the open door. "Is there any room for us?"

They all turned to see Alex, Casey, and Trevor filing in.

"Do you three travel in a pack?" Bedelia asked, very taken aback.

"Sometimes, but not often." Alex responded cheekily before looking over at her fiancée. "Olivia, I think it would be best if we all headed over towards the interview rooms?"

"Right." Olivia nodded when she realized what her wife-to-be was communicating. "Come on, everyone. Let's go."

With Alex leading the way, they all headed towards a different part of the precinct and coming into a part of the building she'd never seen before. She'd seen the interrogation rooms, but the interview room was extremely different because just from a glance through the mirror, she saw that everything inside was kid-friendly.

When they all crowded into the small room, there stood in front of the interview room door a kind-faced, sharply-dressed man, and though Bedelia didn't recognize him, Amanda did.

"George? What are you doing here?" Amanda hugged him briefly. "I thought you were in Oklahoma!"

"Things change, but that is neither here nor there at the moment." he told her. "Will you introduce me?"

Remembering that her mother and sister were watching, Amanda turned to Bedelia.

"Mama, this is Doctor George Huang, and he's a psychiatrist and FBI profiler who has been associated with our squad since 2001, I believe."

George nodded in confirmation as he shook Bedelia's hand. "I was just being brought up to speed by Alex, Casey, and Trevor because they wanted my opinion on things. When Olivia called to ask for help with Maggie Blue, I thought I would lend a hand, if that's alright."

George's calming personality alone won Bedelia over immediately, but because everyone around her trusted him, she decided to, as well.

"Alright, but when she's nervous, she speaks ASL as her second language to get around her speech delay."

"I work very well with children, and I have an advanced degree in child psychology." George told her. "And amongst other languages, I'm very fluent in ASL, too."

Satisfied, Bedelia turned to her youngest daughter and explained the situation to her in term that she would understand. By the end, Maggie Blue understood perfectly and gave George a thumb's up to show her approval of him.

Upon entering the interview, Maggie Blue was happy to see the kid-friendly environment, but she was positively thrilled at the sight of crayons and drawing paper spread out on the table in the middle of the room. Though Maggie Blue was going to be three in less than a month now, she had advanced motor, thinking, and cognitive skills for someone her age, and they were best seen when she drew, an activity she loved to do.