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It had been about an hour and Brick was lost in her reading. She noticed the knock on the door just as the gentlemen at it said excuse me. She gave him a sweet smile and motioned for him to come in. "You are in the right place. Did they give you any paperwork that I might need to sign." She turned to a drawer of her desk and took out a notepad. Second she put her book away and then grabbed a pen. "Please take a seat on the couch." She got up and walked over to the door closing it. It was best that those wandering the halls did not bother them as she got down to work. If he was from the Academy she knew what they wanted. She always knew what they wanted. The peacekeepers had to be in top mental condition before going into training and well she wasn't exactly sure what happened to them inside she knew full well that only certain people could handle it.

She waited for the gentlemen to sit down. She could has swore she had seen him before. Bric was usually good with the faces of the peacekeepers but then again she'd been in her own little world a few moments ago. "I'm Brick Denton. You can call me Brick or Dr. Denton. I'm fine with either." She laughed at her own introduction which was something she always did. She much prefered people to call her Bee or Brick but that usually never happened. No one ever called her Miss Denton they knew better. She opened up the notebook and got ready to write. She always kept notes of everything. Her own house was filled with notebooks. Her thoughts and her observations about well everything.

"Let's first start with your name and why you want to be a peacekeeper." She always found that seemed to be the best place to start with anyone. It opened up the gates just a little bit and she could judge how much effort she was going to have to put in to coax anything out of the individual including what the Academy needed to know.

Brick was trying to picture where she might have seen this male infront of her before. There had to be a place but she couldn't think of it right now. It didn't matter really either. She had a job to do and she would deal with her own issues as soon as she was done assessing the male in front of her. He looked handsome to say the least and it was evident at least to her that he was not exactly happy about being her. Brick really couldn't blame him. After all most people in two would rather be doing anything else other than talking about their feelings or generally very much of anything to a stranger let alone a doctor of any sort. District two was a wonderful place in Brick's mind. She'd seen some of the other districts but two would always be home and the only place she'd ever want to work.

She takes the file and smiles to herself. Upon seeing his name she instantly remembers where she had seen him before. She had helped out at a bar fight a few weeks ago and he had been there. She had helped with patching him up. She shook those thoughts out of her head and then went back to reading the file. She smirked at his words. "Never! I repeat Never call me Miss." Her eyes which had moments ago been completely calm and collected seemed to flash when he called her Miss Denton. She hated when people did that and she didn't care if they were peacekeepers or not. "You'll be out and to that class only if you pass my assessment of you so you might as well cooperate. If you do then you'll make a friend of me. If you do not every secret you don't want out to the academy will find its way there. I can help you out here."

Brick calmed herself moments later and chuckled at his comment about wanting to keep the streets safe. Could anyone really do that? After all even the peacekeepers had trouble doing it. "You know why you are here right Mr. Dunham? You know that what I write in your file and sign allows you to fulfill your dream." She knew most people hated this part or formalities but it didn't matter to her. She had to make sure that he was sane enough to be able to defend at all costs. On top of that he had to be moldable in some fashion.

"Now if it came to you and your significant other if you have one or a dear family member being trapped in a burning building with school children and a few other adults. Would you say your significant other or the other people trapped inside?" It was a simply question when one came to think of it but complicated. Complicated because it made people think more after it was explained.

Brick could jump to conclusion sometimes, exspecially when she was called something she disliked. "Dr. Denton is much better thank you." She never meant to snap but there was a reason why she hated being called miss. It was something that only a few of her clients knew and most of those at the peacekeeper academy would find out. Most knew she could make their life a living hell if she wanted too, the others just egged it on or did as she told them to do and trusted that she'd keep their secrets and she always did. "I'll try to make it as quick and painless as possible." She meant it too. She didn't want to take up to much of his time because she knew how important both alone time and time to prepare for training was.

Brick gave a nod as Matt acknowledged what she had said and then took a few notes as he began to give her the answer to the hypothetical question she had asked him. She usually kept the question general. She didn't like getting too personal on the first one. It was always easier to go with the hypothetical first. He answered it like most of the peacekeepers before him had. There was an air of cockiness to his voice as he said that he wasn't a firefighter. "No, not yet. The academy will teach you how to put down two types of fire." She wrote a note in her notebook and checked something on the piece of paper from the file she was handling.

A few seconds later there was a flurry or words coming out of Matt. "Its alright you know. There really isn't a need to be nervous. At least not of me. Of the peacekeepers training you but not of me." She wasn't really all that intimidating but she could tell when someone was nervous. "There is a time and place for you to put yourself endanger. There are times when putting yourself in danger is not the best options. They want to make sure that you know the difference. "would you like some tea or water?"

Brick looks up from the papers. "Why did that fight happen. Its written in your file and a part of the reason why they wanted me to see you now. You don't have to answer right away or anything. If you don't want to talk about it right now that's fine too." She got up and put everything down. "Just take your time to calm down. We'll be out of here in no time by then. from what I can see of you right now, is you'd be great but they want me to be completely sure." It was best to get things out now then later. "If you have any reservation about anything, now would be the time to say them, it will not be the time when you are so deep into training that there is no possible way to backout." Two's never backed down but that didn't mean they didn't have times where they needed to let the dark things out

If there was one thing Brick was good at it was making people angry with her. As a matter of fact she'd been doing that since she was kid. She had followed her older siblings to the training center once. Careers were some of the most fascinating people. After all Brick came from a family of them. Of course they all didn't generally talk much anymore. Still she knew in some bit of her parents and siblings they were proud of her. She was young and likely the youngest psychologist in history that had the confidence of the Academy and those working around her. She knew exactly how to test someone's patience and someone's character. She just wasn't a fighter. She'd rather help then fight anything. Still if she was iruked enough she would start fighting. After all that response was in her blood no matter how deep down she burried it. Everyone had their secrets and she didn't expect Matt to spill his upon first meeting. She expected him to do what all good peacekeeprs did and scowl at her until they realized that she was indeed someone they didn't have to worry about talking too.

"Balls in your court. I don't call any shots I just speak that is all." In truth his reaction to what she said was what dictated what she said next. He refused a drink which was fine with her but she went back to her desk and grabbed some water on the way. She couldn't help but smile at his words about throwing himself into harms way. He didn't know but he was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing. It was funny how angering a person could get you exactly what you wanted out of them. He was no lose cannon and even if he got that way somewhere in peacekeeper training he would still be able to hold his own. He was the perfect fit but she wasn't going to let him know that just yet. After all it had turned into a game now and Brick liked mind games.

She wished she could make a prediction of how he would be out of the academy and done with training but she couldn't. Part of her was glad about that. It meant she had something to watch for. She looked down at her notebook and made a few notes and then looked over at the file that was still sitting on her desk. It was amazing how much the academy knew about one person. It would seem that at times they knew more about you then you did. It was funny to Brick though. The right person could keep the right secrets and know just as much if they tried to figure it out. Secrets though kept well by district two families didn't mean that after awhile someone wouldn't slip. It was all part of growing up and of becoming the people they were born to be.

The edge to his voice almost makes Brick want to fall off of the chair she had sat back down in. Of course he was calm. He was letting her words get to him and it was amusing. She studied him as he told her that he had no reservations. She looked down at the file and smirked. She signed it and checked another box on the top of the paper. She put the paper back in the file and looked up at Matt. "One more thing, don't let them break you." She liked the fact that he was looking at her like prey at the moment and that he was so upset with her. She had pulled out of him exactly what she needed too. He was given the clean bill of mental health and training would fit him well. Perhaps at some point he would open up to someone and that's all that really needed to happen. Most did not like to reflect on very much.

Brick had promised him this would be fast and it had been. He still had a few hours to go before the class he needed to be in and taking back the file wouldn't take long. Of course she didn't tell him what she check marked. All he knew now was that she had signed it. She handed him back the file. "I promised you'd be out quick and though I'm enjoying this side of you I do believe that getting all this done and over with will find you in a better place." She had told him the answer in not so many words. From her one about not letting them break him to what she had said right now. If he could take hints he would not he was going to that afternoons training class.

Brick had figured out that it would take likely a very long staring and silence contast for her to get through to Matt. She was prepared for that if it came to it but she also knew she had other clients that day. She could always have them wait but he'd shown her enough to get the paper signed and have him on his way. She had told him after all that he didn't have to answer the questions until he was ready. She might not have said it in so many words though. She was never exactly all that blunt about some things anyways.

The response to her statement about not letting htem break him made her smile turn into a bit of a smirk. She gave a nod to him when he said it was a pleasure and then he was gone. She laughed to herself. If she knew the peacekeeper recruits like she thought she did she would be seeing him again. Ninety precent of them didn't get all the way back to the academy before opening their file to see the paper she had signed. That same ninety percent usually had the mark of, he's fit but he needs to see me again. It worked the same way with males and females but females were a little easier at times to get to open up just a little bit.

She laid down on her own couch with her book back in hand and her wanter down by her arm so she could just pick it up. She was about three sentences in when there was an angry voice that rang through her ears. She didn't even look up she knew exactly what he was holding. "I thought you'd be back at your superiors by now Mr. Dunham. After all you do have to prepare for you class." She continued to read unphased by him for a few more moments before she graceful pulled herself up and closed her door. "Never said you were off the hook with the telling me about the fight that is in that very file. You see I said you didn't have to talk about it now as you wanted to get this over with painlessly, but that didn't mean you wouldn't have to talk about it later. Now if you want to do it now by all means sit back down or stand I don't care which." She walked over to her desk with her notebook still opened to his page and sat bac down.

Her voice had been stern and not exactly friendly and though she was holding herself as a professional she was by no means going to be scared of the man standing infront of her. No one but her father was able to scare the living daylights out of her. Her expressions and body language began to soften just a little bit as she picked up the pencil again. "Either talk or march right back on out and to your superiors so you have that in, in enough time to do that class. The faster you talk the faster you get to leave. You will truly do well as a peacekeeper that I have figured out already. Loose cannon or not. But they want to make sure you can be there cannon."

The anger in Matt's posture, his eyes did nothing to Brick. She merely just calmed herself down and became the listener. She was good at that, she didn't hate people and other people's anger came from things that sooner or later they would open up to her about. She could understand the anger as well. The peacekeepers wanted to be sure that any loose cannons could be used for their benefit andnot against them. That was what they wanted herto find out. The fight he had been through had caused them to wonder. She wanted to know why. She saw nothing wrong with defending others but the reasons for it were always the thing that was the most interesting.

A calm settled across the room, at least it did for here anyways. She made no notes about the way he came in because there wasn't a need too. She has been half expecting it. Still you couldn't be sure with every person. Everyone was different and that was just the way she liked people. You could try to make them the same but truly it was their motivations and how they handled things on a higher level that was different. Peacekeepers were trained to react thesame and to do things with a certain protocol but there were still was for them to stay and individual and that was something she liked seeing. That meant that they were strong and Matthew Dunham standing before her was strong.

Discussing the fight had caused something in him to be different though. There was so much more then what he opened up and started to tell her. She started to take notes and noded her head. Only trainees were with him which meant it might be possible for them to be coming her way as well. It was good to know the gentlemen that seemed to have caused the lady harm had also caused him harm in some way. Whether it was just mental harm or pyshical was to be determined. "Thank you." She said after he was done. It looked like he didn't want to discuss more but she had to ask one more question one that would be personal and if he answered it she would be able to formulate a way to help him become stronger because of the incident. The man that they had faught with was locked up which was good for now.

"Was one of those females someone special to you or were you just in the right place at the right time to save them both?" She wasn't exactly sure on the status of each of the girls but she figured that perhaps they were okay. After all she had remembered helping with the healing of three people a few weeks back. After all she could heal some physical wounds as well. She looked up at him kindness and the want to understand shinning through her eyes.