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Experiment Brady	By : EveKnight75 Category: 1 through F > Brady Bunch Views: 26163 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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It was the middle of a Saturday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles. The streets were full of life despite the fact that it was a sweltering summer day. Most people were leisurely going about their business heading towards an air-conditioned destination. No one really paid attention to the elderly woman entering the post office holding a purse and letter in one hand and the door with the other. After all, it was completely commonplace, wasn't it?
Why would they notice the graying brunette in the green dress clutching the handle of the door till her knuckles turned white, or the way the letter trembled in her hand, or the shakiness in her slow steps? It wasn't obvious that she was nervous beyond belief. She was only entering a post office, but it was a matter of trepidation. She slowly walked up to the "Return to Sender" counter and shoved the envelope under the glass. The woman on the other side of the glass was disinterested at first, but that rapidly changed when she saw the letter.
The postal worker asked for a piece of ID, then she closed up the booth and exited through the side door. The elderly woman followed the postal worker to the back, away from the vision of the crowd. The crowd wasn't paying attention anyway. They didn't notice the woman jump at the sound of the employee's voice, or how she kept glancing furtively around her to see if indeed anyone was paying attention to her.
The two women finally reached the back, where the postal worker took out a huge ring of keys, and unlocked the door to a female washroom with an "OUT OF ORDER" notice stuck to it. When the door swung open, a sink was visible, and there was a door on the other side. There was no toilet in the room for some odd reason.
"Just go through that other door and conduct your business there." The postal worker left the elderly woman alone and shut the bathroom door behind her on the way out.
The elderly woman sucked in a deep breath to calm her nerves, and swung the door open. On the other side, there was a large, well-lit room with a wooden circular table and 4 chairs. There were 2 men and a woman seated at the table already with several papers in front of them and an empty fourth chair. The three people looked up at the entrance of the fourth and gave her professional smiles. One of the men stood up and approached Alice.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Nelson. Please sit down and relax. You're not in any trouble if that's what you're worried about."
Alice Nelson relaxed visibly at this man's gentle attitude. None of these people seemed to be dangerous, and the wooden table certainly helped soften the atmosphere. The man pulled out a chair for Alice, who thanked him as she sat down. The man returned to his seat next to her and Alice was left facing the other woman.
The other woman gave Alice a smile and commenced the meeting. "Well Ms. Nelson, the three of us know who you are and why you're here, so it's only proper that we introduce ourselves. I'm Ms. Alastar and I'm a judge who deals with primarily family law. I usually handle unusual cases, involving marriage, divorce, custody, and adoption. I'm licensed in 15 states but I've only sat as a judge in 8 states, including Utah."
The man who escorted Alice to her seat continued. "I'm Mr. Soltek and I have a long history as a social worker. I've worked with families and unplaced children in Los Angeles, New York, and various small towns throughout Washington, Florida, and the Midwestern States. My expertise with children and families with problems is why I am at this meeting."
The third man finished off the introductions. "I'm Mr. Gryphin and I'm a social research scientist. I've been the head of research for many studies regarding family units and interactions between different members of a family. I think you've noticed by now what we all have in common. All three of us have worked closely with many families in general and are considered to be at the top of our fields. Research studies regarding family is the very topic we are here to discuss, and the United States federal government believes that you would be a valuable asset to our project in providing insight. The number of years you have worked as a full-time housekeeper for a large family deems you an expert in the field."
Alice just sat there in shock for a minute, and then found her voice and managed to stutter out, "I'm flattered that you believe that I'm an expert in families. I mean, I do come from a large family, and I've been working for the Bradys for years. But I've worked only for the Bradys for a long time. Before that, I used to work short-term jobs in housekeeping. I'm hardly an expert - "
Mr. Gryphin cut her off. "That's precisely what we're looking for. The Bradys are a large family and you've worked for them for many years. In fact, they consider you yet another part of the family, isn't that correct?"
" I suppose it is. What does that have to do with this project you mentioned?"
"Why don't I read out the statistics we have regarding the Bradys and you can verify them. We can explain the project more thoroughly after that," Mr. Soltek replied. "According to the files, the Bradys are a combined family. Is that correct?" Alice nodded her head.
"The father of the family is Michael Brady, aged 45. he has 3 biological sons from his first marriage. The oldest one is Gregory Brady, aged 19, currently pursuing his post-secondary degree. The middle son is Peter Brady, aged 16, currently in high school. The youngest son is Robert Brady, aged 14, currently in middle school."
"That's correct, yes." Alice tried to look at the file in front of him but she couldn't without being too obvious.
"The mother of the family is Carol Tyler Martin-Brady, aged 43, she has 3 biological daughters from her first marriage. The oldest one is Marcia Martin, aged 18, currently pursuing her post-secondary degree. The middle daughter is Janice Martin, aged 16, currently in high school. The youngest daughter is Cynthia Martin, aged 13, currently in middle school.
"Actually, their last name is Brady. The girls changed their last name after the marriage."
Ms. Alastar frowned. "I see. Did the girls have their name legally changed?"
Alice had to think about that for a few minutes before replying. "No, I don't think that they did. Not that I can remember anyway."
"Then legally, the girls' last name remains Martin so our files are correct." Alice was about to protest but Ms. Alastar cut her off. "The girls' last name has not been changed legally, but they can do so afterwards if they wish." There wasn't much Alice could say in retaliation, so she kept quiet.
"I'd just like to clarify these statistics with a few more facts. In order to do so, I'm going to have to ask you a few more questions about the family. Is that all right?"
"Sure, ask me anything."
"All right then. I'm going to put this photo chart in the middle of the table as my first display. The first thing that I've noticed is that when I separate the two halves of the family, they match up perfectly into pairs." The chart did indicate that. The females formed a vertical line on the left in order of age, Carol at the top and Cindy at the bottom. The males formed a similar line on the right, with Mike across from Carol and Bobby across from Cindy.
"How far apart in age are the children indicated in each pair?"
"Greg is a year and a half older than Marcia, Jan is three months older than Peter, and Bobby is a year older than Cindy."
"All right, I'll just fill that in here." Ms. Alaster drew lines to form the pairs, wrote each adolescent's age next to their photo, and wrote down the age difference in the center. Alice was so busy watching Ms. Alastar mark the chart, and glad that they were letting her see their notes, that she didn't notice the two men on either side of her scribble down notes of their own.
"How would you describe the relationships between the members of each pair?" This inquiry had come from Mr. Gryphin. "Please try to give us as much information as possible. Don't mind if I write a few things down. It's a habit of mine. You can even look at the notes regarding their interactions afterwards if you like."
"Oh no, it's all right. I understand that. I'll decide whether or not I want to look at the notes later."
"All right then. I'll just flip over a new page to start my notes. Begin with Greg and Marcia. How do they get along with each other?"
"Well, in general, they get along fine. Most of their conflicts center around women's rights. Greg's a bit of a chauvinist and Marcia is very vocal about gender equality. They usually don't have too many problems with playing the oldest sibling rule - they usually share the role, like babysitting the other four together."
"What kind of people do they usually date? Do they ever express dislike towards the other's date?"
"Both Greg and Marcia were popular in high school, and dated other popular kids. Greg usually had issues with most of Marcia's boyfriends, and Marcia despised a few of Greg's girlfriends."
"What about their physical types?"
"Greg usually liked tall girls with nice legs. Marcia had a thing for football players."
"I see. Moving on...Peter and Jan. Same questions."
"Both of them have what I refer to as middle child syndrome. They tend to be overlooked by the rest of the family because they're forced to live in the shadows of their older blood siblings and they're not as cute as their younger blood siblings. I can relate - I'm a middle child myself. They don't exactly have much of a relationship, but they respect each other through their middle-child conflicts."
"Dating habits."
"Neither of them date that much, but I know that Peter prefers busty blondes with blue eyes and Jan prefers boys with dark eyes and darkish hair. They never have problems with each other's dates, but then again, they're not close enough for that to occur."
"Bobby and Cindy."
"Bobby and Cindy used to play together often when they were younger. There was a brief period when Carol's nephew came to stay with them where they drifted apart from each other but grew close to their cousin. That repaired itself when cousin Oliver left. They still talk to each other often, but I can't tell you about any dating habits because they haven't really developed any at this point."
"Understandable, considering their ages. Would you like to see my notes?"
"Would you mind?"
At this, Mr. Gryphin chuckled. "I'm the one who offered, aren't I?" He held the notes in front of Alice, and then they continued.
"I suppose it's my turn to ask questions. Do you mind if I call you Alice? It's so much friendlier than Ms. Nelson, and you seem like a friendly person." Alice turned to Mr. Soltek now.
"Of course you can call me Alice. You seem kind of nervous. Is there a problem?"
Mr. Soltek paused. "Before I start my round of questions, I just want you to know that I'm not making any assumptions about the Brady family. I've been a social worker for many years, and have worked with thousand of combined families. I've dealt with certain issues, especially in that type of family. I'm not saying that those issues apply to the Bradys, but they certainly have the classical structure for us to tackle these issues. All I'm saying is that -"
"Mr. Soltek, you're starting to make me nervous again." Alice cut him off. "Just ask me the question. It can't be as bad as you think."
Mr. Soltek took a deep breath. "Have you noticed any sexual tension between each pair of children?"
The room was silent for about five minutes until Alice finally whispered, "Yes." The others heard her despite the whisper.
"You have?" Mr. Soltek replied quietly.
"I've seen the way Greg and Marcia look at each other when they think no one else is paying attention. They've checked each other out when they thought that no one else was looking, and now that they share an apartment, I think they might be having an affair. Peter and Jan have so much friendship potential, but they've never really utilized it. I think they're aware of their mutual physical attraction and try to keep away from each other for that very reason. Bobby and Cindy are still innocent as far as I know, thank goodness. But now that they're teenagers, who knows?"
Alice hadn't whispered those statements, but she was still quiet, still embarrassed. She hadn't meant to blurt that out, but she had. And now she couldn't take it back or cover it up.
"Wow. That was....wow. Don't worry, Alice, we won't tell anyone or be judgmental about this. We're aware of many step-families that have this problem. And in every case I've seen, it's never been a matter of disgust."
And Alice believed Mr. Soltek when he said this. He was just as quiet as her, but he was honest.
"I'm afraid that this is primarily why we consulted you Ms. Nelson. You see, we wish to re-write some of the laws regarding marriage, particularly laws that define what incest is under marriage laws. However, we need specific scientific research to back up our statistics before we can commence. We were planning to use the Brady family as our test subjects, but we cannot let them be aware of the experiment. However, because you shall not be a test subject, we can inform you of the experiment as it commences and throughout the proceedings up to the final results, provided that you do not allow any member of the Martin-Brady family to become aware of the experiment."
"Are you serious, Ms. Alastar? Do you actually expect me to agree to this?"
"You may once you hear the rest of the details. This experiment will be launched with your express permission. You are not an official member of the family, but you are emotionally close enough to them to be considered as such. You will be one of the main members of the research team observing the family during the experiment, and will report on any changes in interaction between the members of each pair. If you believe that anything is getting too out of hand as far as observation or interference from others go, then you will have the authority to step in discreetly, again without the test subjects' awareness. If any of the test subjects approach you with a problem, you shall continue to play the role of mentor. You may neither encourage nor discourage any sexual behavior during the experiment, but do lend them your support, and let them know that you will always care about them no matter what happens, and not judge their actions. Can you agree to this?" Mr. Gryphin looked straight into her eyes as he outlined her part.
"I'm being given a lot of authority in this experiment, aren't I? I mean, it's also a lot of responsibility and allows very little room for slip-ups, but I think I can manage. As for the last part, I'd do that anyway. All right, where do I sign up?"
The three professionals breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other. Ms. Alastar went over the legal contracts and documents with Alice.
After they wrapped up their meeting, Alice left the post office and whistled a merry tune. Maybe this experiment would be the best thing to bring the Bradys closer together.
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