Amelia parked her car, took sleeping Olivia out and walked in the building. The girl was tired and probably feeling bad because she hadn't taken her medicine yet because it would knock her out and she had to talk to the judge so Amelia decided to give it to Olivia after they were done there.
She walked in the waiting room of Judge Richardson's office and went to talk to the secretary.
"Hi. I have a meeting scheduled for 10 and 11" Amelia said.
"Amelia Shepherd?" The secretary asked.
"Yes" Amelia said.
"He'll call you in soon. You can sit down if you like" the lady said and Amelia sat down with sleeping Olivia on her lap.
She decided to wake the girl.
"Olivia. Hey honey. Wake up" she told the girl who moved a little. "Olivia" she said on the child's ear and Olivia opened her eyes. "Hi" Amelia said smiling and Olivia hugged her. "Do you feel okay?" Amelia asked.
"My head hurts a little bit" the girl said taking her blanket to her face.
"Look we're going to go talk to the judge soon, okay?" Amelia said.
"Uhum" Olivia said closing her eyes again.
"Hey don't sleep again. We're next. Hey look, they have toys. Do you wanna play?" Amelia said.
"No" Olivia answered.
"Miss Shepherd" the secretary called her.
"Yes?" Amelia said.
"He wants to see you in private while Olivia talks to the psychologist. Is that okay?" she said looking at Olivia.
"Sure" Amelia said.
"Follow Me." The secretary said. They went through a door, which Amelia had thought was the judge´s office but it wasn't. It led to a hallway with three more doors.
"This one is Dr. Moore. She'll talk to Olivia while you talk to him. That was on the papers right?" The secretary said.
"Yes, but it didn't say she had to see the psychologist today." Amelia said.
"Well, it's usually on the same day. I'm sorry it wasn't written there"
"It's alright." Amelia said knowing it didn't really matter the day and actually having everything done sooner could mean getting the adoption papers sooner.
The secretary opened Dr. Moore's office door.
"Come on in." The woman, blue eyed brunette, around 45, said.
"Oli. I'll talk to the judge now, okay? And you'll stay here with Dr. Moore" Amelia said. "Do you remember I told you they would ask you a couple of questions? It's just that, okay?" Amelia said and Olivia held her tight.
"It's okay honey. I'm not going anywhere. Look" Amelia said turning to another one of the doors. "I'm going to be right there. Okay? Right beside your door" she said.
"Hi" Dr. Moore said coming close to Amelia.
"Hi" Amelia said looking sorry that the child didn't wan to let go of her.
"Hi Olivia" D. Moore said smiling but Olivia was looking at the other side.
"Hey do you want to play for a while? Just so she can go see Mister Richardson?" Moore said.
"I wanna stay with you" Olivia said tightening her hug.
"I have to talk to him for little while so we can go home. Remember we talked about this?" Amelia said.
"I wanna stay with you" Olivia said again but this time she sounded like she was about to cry.
"Look what I bought." Amelia said taking her work tag out of her jacket pocket. "How about if you hold that for me huh?" Amelia asked. Olivia knew that Amelia needed that to work and she knew the woman would go back for that. The girl took it, hugged Amelia again and started silently crying. Everyone could hear her sniffing.
"I'm sorry. She was sleeping when we got here and we just left the hospital. She had to take her stitches out and get shots for school so she's a little.." Amelia said.
"It's okay" Moore said.
"Baby it won't take too long. And I promise I'm not leaving you here, alright?" Amelia said.
"Okay" Olivia said crying.
Dr. Moore got close to pick the girl.
"I'll be right back" Amelia said kissing Olivia's cheek and then handing the girl to the woman. As she left the room Olivia just bursted into more tears. The secretary closed the door and Amelia could still hear the little girl sobbing.
"Don't worry. She'll be okay" the secretary said and walked Amelia to the judge's office.

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- Dr. Moore's office

The doctor walked around her office trying to make the 4 year-old quiet down but without success. She sat in one of the couches and placed the girl on her lap.
"Olivia it's okay. You don't have to cry. She'll be right back" she said but Liv kept crying. The doctor put Olivia's head on her chest and laid the girl on her arms.
"You were sleeping right?" She said but Olivia didn't answer. "You can go back to sleep. It's okay. She'll be right back" doctor Moore said. She had already seen everything she would have asked the girl. She could see there wouldn't be a better person for this child to be with than the one that just left the room.
"I don't wanna sleep without Melia" Olivia cried.
"Oh but she'll be right back" Moore said. "Look at me sweetie" she said and Olivia looked at her. "Amelia is not going anywhere"
"But I don't wanna sleep" Olivia said.
"You don't have to. But you gotta calm down or you're going to be sick" Moore said putting some hair behind Olivia's ear.
"My head hurts" the little girl said.
"See? It's because you're crying so much" the doctor said. "Do you like movies? Why don't we watch a movie while we wait for her?"
"Okay" Olivia said wiping her face and hugging her blanket.
The doctor put her down on the couch and went to set up the film.
"Do you like ´The Princess and The Frog´?" Moore asked and Olivia nodded yes. The woman put it on and sat next to the girl.

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As the movie went on the girl calmed down and completely stopped crying so the doctor decided to try talking to her a little just to confirm what she initially saw.
"So Olivia, you live with Amelia now, right?" She asked.
"Yeah"
"Does anyone else live with you two?"
"Yeah" the girl said.
"Who would that be?" The lady asked thinking perhaps a boyfriend.
"Aunt Meredith and Maggie" Olivia said not taking her eyes of the tv. "And Meredith's kids" she added.
"Oh so there are other kids?" Moore asked relieved it wasn't a boyfriend because that could possibly complicate things a little.
"Yeah. There´s Zola and Bailey and baby too" Olivia said. "They my cousins now" the little girl added and Moore smiled at the way the child spoke.
"So you like living there?" She asked.
"Yeah" Olivia said.
"Do you play with your cousins a lot?"
"Yeah" the girl said looking at the woman now.
"Do you play with Amelia too?"
Olivia nodded yes.
"So you want to stay there?" She went straight to the point.
"Uhum" Olivia said serious.
"Yeah?" The lady smiled and Olivia gave her a little smile back. She could see the girl really loved her new mother.
"Why is it taking too long?" Olivia asked impatient.
The doctor smiled and said "she'll be back soon. Don't worry. Let's watch the movie huh?"
And they drove their attention back to the film.

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- Judge Richardson's office

Amelia walked in and sat nervously on a chair in front of the old man's desk. They talked about what happened to Olivia, how the two met exactly and how the girl was doing. He also said that he wouldn´t need to talk to the girl since Dr. Moore was doing that already.
"Why did you decided to adopt her?" He asked the woman.
"Um..." Amelia said thinking about how she could answer that. But she wasn't sure. She just knew she wanted to there wasn't much to it.
"I fell in love with her and I felt like I could be the mother she deserves" she finally said it.
"And do you know if she sees you as a mother?" He asked.
"I know that she loves me Sir. But she knows what happened to her parents and I'm not sure what her old foster family told her but she is having some trouble with that" she answered honestly.
"What kind of trouble?" The man asked.
"Her cousin was talking about being adopted the other day and tried to explain to her that sometimes when you lose your parents you get new ones. And she just broke down because as far as she understood she assumed Sean and Cecilia." Amelia said.
"So her cousin was adopted too?" He asked.
"Yes. She's just a bit older than Olivia" Amelia said.
"Alright. So Olivia didn't want them to be" the man said understanding.
"Yes" Amelia said.
"And what did you tell her?" He asked interested at how she dealt with the situation.
"I tried explaining that parents are people that love her and take care of her and that they didn't do that so they couldn't be that. I told her that she would only have a new mom and dad if she allowed that person to be." Amelia said. "She would choose"
"That's good" he said writing something on his papers.
"Look Miss Shepherd. As far as I see here the only thing stopping me from signing her adoption papers right now is the background check we did" he said serious and Amelia felt like she was going to throw up. "I understand that was almost 5 years ago, but for the sake of the child we need to do further evaluation" he added.
"Sir. I am not the woman I was 5 years ago. I have priorities now and Olivia is on the top. You have to believe me I wouldn't do anything that could hurt that little girl." Amelia said as her eyes filled with tears.

The thought of losing Olivia was too much.
"I believe that Miss Shepherd. The moment Rose brought your case here I knew it was the right fit. She told me how the girl was with you and you just knew her for a couple of days. She was really impressed. She had never seen anything like it. So I knew it was the right thing to do and that's why you got the foster papers so fast. But with an adoption is more complicated. Things like this can end it all" he said.
"Sir. Please, you can´t take her away. Please she won't make it" Amelia said on the verge of tears.
"I won't take her away Miss shepherd. That is the last thing I want to do" he said and Amelia calmed a bit down. "You'll have custody of the child as a foster parent and I'll need her to see a psychologist for 2 sections. Which one she's already in. You can have her talk to Dr. Moore or another one of your choosing but I'll need the reports by next Friday. And you'll have to see one too and then we'll see how this will go" he said.
"If i get the reports by Monday can I bring it in?" Amelia asked.
"Of course you can" he said smiling. He could see how much the woman wanted the girl.
"And when would I know if.." She asked.
"Before the end of the week" he said. "Miss Shepherd you have to believe me when I say that I would sign this right now if I could." He smiled.
"Thank you" Amelia said.
"Well, I think we are done here" he said standing up. "These are the papers for the psychologist" he said handing it to Amelia. "So I think I'll see you on Monday" he told her smiling.
"See you on Monday then" she said shaking his hand.

He walked her out and she went to Dr. Moore's office.
"Do I go in or do I knock?" She asked the man and then put the papers on her pocket.
"Let me" he said and opened the door.
"Hi" Amelia said when she saw the doctor. Judge Richardson smiled at the tv and then at the doctor when he saw the little girl was fast asleep resting her head on a pillow on the woman's lap.
"She said her head was hurting" Moore said and Amelia walked to them.
"It's time for her medicine" Amelia said.
"She did really good" Moore said.
"Can I take her home now?" Amelia asked.
"Of course" Moore said so Amelia picked Olivia up.
The girl woke up scared.
"Shuuu it's me. It's Amy" Amelia said and Olivia looked at her, smiled and hid her face on Amelia's neck.
The judge and the doctor smiled at the scene.
"So I'll see you on Monday" he said smiling.
"Yes sir" Amelia smiled and walked out.
She was happy that both judge and psychologist seemed to want them to be together but she knew so much could happen and that scared her.