The Little Boy and the Police Captain

The day after young Blair found himself in the care of one Jim Ellison, was an interesting day indeed. The day started out with Jim trying to find a babysitter upon realizing that he had an important meeting that morning. Unable to find one, he brought Blair with him to work. Upon arriving at the station, Captain Simon Banks offered to watch the boy as he reminded him of his own son, Darrel.

Armed with crayons, paper, and a chair that swiveled Blair kept himself busy while Simon worked at his desk. However, he soon became bored and upon spotting a book asked if he could read it. Simon glanced up and said, "Sure," smiling indulgently as the book was a large book and he figured that the little boy would make up a story as he paged through it.

The time passed by in silence when suddenly Blair looked up and asked, "What's deee-cap-i-taa-zation?" Simon nearly choked on the coffee that he had been drinking and quickly snatched the book away. "You shouldn't be reading that," he said replacing the book back on the shelf. Blair turned confused eyes on him, "But, you said I could--I asked if I could read it and you said 'sure'."
"Yes, well...I changed my mind," he answered, flustered.

Blair shrugged and sat back down on his chair with a sigh. He rested his head on his hand as he swiveled back and forth. He was in fact very...very...bored. A little while later, Simon received a phone call and had to leave. He asked Blair to stay there as he would be back in a couple of minutes.

Blair was getting hungry and he waited and waited for the police captain to return for what seemed like forever…but was in actuality only a few seconds. The little boy worried his lip as he thought about what the police captain had said. He had told him to stay 'here', but hadn't said if the 'here' meant in his office 'here' or in the building 'here'. Blair's stomach growled so he rationalized that he had meant in the building 'here' and went off in search of something to eat.

The detectives in the bullpen were all occupied with their work and did not notice the small boy as he walked out of the bullpen door. After wandering around for awhile, he soon came upon a snack machine. Unfortunately, he had no money with him. As Blair contemplated this problem, Simon walked back into his office and nearly had a heart attack upon discovering that Blair was no longer there. He further began to panic when he found out that no one had seen Blair leave.

Unbeknownst to the panic he was causing, Blair wandered out into the hall and asked the first person that he saw if he could please borrow 50cents. As soon as he asked, the little boy realized that he had asked the wrong person and quickly backed up. The man went to grab him and missed. Blair turned to run--the man right behind. Reaching into his pocket, Blair discovered some of his crayons. He threw them at the man, but missed his mark.

However, the man slipped on crayons and crashed heavily into a wall, knocked out cold. Blair's jaw dropped and his eyes widened as he took in the sight. He went to check on the man and breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered that he hadn't killed the man. Then, a shiny glint caught his eye and he realized that the change had fallen out of the man's pockets.

After rationalizing that it wasn't really stealing, as he was only borrowing the money, Blair picked up two quarters and headed back to the snack machines. He ate the treat that he bought and yawned. Discovering that he was now very tired from all that excitement the little boy curled up on a chair and soon fell asleep, chocolate smeared around his mouth.

Meanwhile, the whole Major Crimes Department was involved in a frantic search that only intensified when the unconscious man was discovered. Five minutes later, Rhonda discovered Blair sleeping in the chair and moved him to the couch in the office of the much relieved police captain. As Simon watched the innocent looking child sleeping he wondered if Jim had any idea what he had gotten himself into… And that was how little Blair spent his first full day in the Major Crimes office under the care of one Captain Simon Banks.