Detective Badass

Andy Weston (1)

The next morning I called Liv to let her know what was going on. I told her the truth and said that I hadn't seen my sister in a long time and she was coming in today. She was hesitant to let me have the 3 days off but I compromised and said that if they needed help with a case I would come in. She agreed and that was that.
I texted Sonny a heads up that I wouldn't be in but I would be if they needed help with a case. He asked me if I was ok and I told him that I was having family over. He understood what that meant.
I parked my car and headed inside to pick up El at the gate. I was waiting for a few minutes before I saw her. She had changed appearance wise but when she saw me it was like nothing had changed at all. We ran into each other's arms and started crying.
"Oh my God, you look fantastic!," she complimented me while I grabbed her bags.
"You too, the tattoos are sick!"
She pulled the neck of her shirt down to show me the cursive M she got for me. "This one's my favorite."
I pulled at my shirt to show her the one I got for her. "Mine too."
She started to cry a bit. "I can't believe I'm here, with you right now."
"So much to talk about."
We walked to my car, talking about our jobs as we did. When she saw my ride she gasped. "This? This is your car?"
I smiled proudly. "Yes it is."
She looked at me. "How?"
"Bought it off an old co-worker and put some work into it myself," I brushed at my shoulders, showing off.
She was surprised. "It looks great! Very you."
I smiled at that.

"I can't believe your mom remarried, good for her," we were catching up on everything we could think of.
"Yeah, Joe's a pretty nice guy. I warned him too, I said that if he hurts my mom I would kill him and I know a good lawyer that'll get me off without doing time."
She shook her head. "You're terrible."
"Yeah, I know."

"I've been on movie sets, music videos, runways, and even behind a few award shows," El was telling me about the jobs she's worked as a makeup artist/ stylist.
"Really! That's awesome!"
"Yeah, my name pops up in the credits."
"Sick! You'll have to tell me about them so I can look out for your name."
She nodded. "So what are we doing today?"
"Well I'll take you to my place so we can drop your bags off and then I thought we could go get some breakfast. Whatever you want, you are my guest."
She beamed. "This is gonna be awesome."

I opened the door to my apartment and we walked in with her bags. She gasped once she got a good look at the place.
"This looks exactly what the inside of your soul would look like," she said in awe.
"Thanks, that's exactly what I was going for."
"All it needs is a puppy."
I laughed. "It does! I was actually thinking about adopting one."
"Oh, let me go with you, please!"
I nodded. "Yeah, we'll go tomorrow."
She walked to the kitchen and continued to talk about how nice my place is. "This fridge is so cute! Your bathroom looks amazing! Your room, oh my God!"
I was laughing to myself when I got a call from Sonny.
"Garcia."
"Hey, Maia, we got a case and Liv wants you to come in for an hour."
I sighed. "On my way."
"Sorry, I know you have family over."
"It's ok," I hung up and wrung my hands a bit. "El, I've got some bad news."
"What's wrong?," she asked walking over to me.
"I have to go in to work for a little bit, sorry."
She gave me a look. "Don't apologise. I understand. You have work and you warned me that they would call."
I gave her a quick hug before walking to my room. "I have to change really quick then I'll head out. Do you want me to take you somewhere before I go?"
"I'll wait here, you have cable right?"
"Of course."
She rushed into my room a second later. "Can I dress you and do your makeup really quick, please!"
I sighed but agreed.

*Janelle Monáe inspired Maia's look*

"Are you sure about the tie?," I asked pulling on it. I looked very different from the usual attire I wear to work, jeans and a nice shirt.
"Yes, you look great! Aren't you supposed to look businessy anyways?," she talked while she fixed my hair so that it was in waves.
"Yeah, but I can wear jeans too."
"Not while I'm here," she stepped back and looked at my reflection. "Done. You look amazing, Mai."
I laughed and took a moment to eye the outfit. "I feel amazing."

When I walked into the precinct I looked for Sonny and walked over to him. "Dominick."
He turned around at the sound of my voice and surveyed my outfit, mouth agape. "You look. Great."
I smiled and bowed a bit. "Thanks, my sister's work."
I went into Liv's office to let her know that I was here.
"Garcia, what's the occasion?," she asked looking at my outfit.
"My sister's work, she's a stylist for the stars."
She nodded, impressed. "You look good."
"Thanks. So what do we have?"
"There's a gang terrorizing women at night so we have a few who came in with bruises and cuts."