It was a fast day at school and everyone came out of the school very fast. Chloe was more excited than usual due to her birthday being that day. She looked around in excitement looking for the Doctor. She saw him trying to enter a porta potty. She ignored the weirdness of that and greeted him.

"Hi!" She shouted. He looked over and saw her. He waved. She quickly ran over.

"Guess what!" She asked.

"What?" He asked.

"It's my birthday! I'm 16 finally!" She said joyfully. The Doctor nodded.

"Ok, cool, happy birthday." He said, trying to unlock the door. It wouldn't budge.

"I think it's occupied." She said, pointing to the red half circle indicating someone inside. He shook his head.

"I keep it like that so no one gets in." He explained.

"Oh, it's yours?" She asked. He nodded.

"In a way yes." He said. She looked over towards a group of girls in her car ready to leave for her birthday.

"I have a question." She said.

"Brilliant." He said, not being very responsive.

"Do you want to come home with me? Tonight is my party and it's kind of an all day celebration." She explained. The Doctor looked at her and at her car with the group of girls.

"Why are you inviting me?" He asked.

"Well, it's my birthday and I was allowed to bring friends." She said.

"No I understand that, but why me. I'm a guy. Everyone else there are girls." He pointed out. She nodded.

"Well, yeah. You wouldn't feel too out of place would you?" She asked. He shrugged.

"No more then I do everyday." He said. Chloe saw her friends waiting for her.

"Can you come? We kinda have to leave now." She said. He nodded.

"Sure, why not. What are we doing?"

"Going to the YMCA to swim. I have a swimsuit you can use. It's my dad's. He said I can borrow it." She said. He nodded.

"Alright. I can try."

"Will you be ok with the cane?" She asked.

"Sure, I'll be fine."

"Ok! Let's go!" She said cheerfully. They both went over to the car. The group immediately looked at the Doctor with a confused look.

"Why is he here?" One of them asked. Chloe quickly tried to cover it up.

"I invited him. Isn't that ok?" She asked. They nodded, some a bit slower than others. Her friends consisted of 3 other girls. 1, was a redhead with a buttoned up light blue flannel. Another was a girl with black hair and glasses who seemed to be the most welcoming in the group. The last was another black haired girl with earrings shaped like diamonds.

"This is Zach." Chloe said. The Doctor smiled a bit and waved. The redhead didn't make eye contact, the one with glasses smiled and waved back a little, and the one with the diamond earrings just moved back and forth on her feet like she was waiting to go.

"Anyway guys, let's go!" Chloe said. Diamond earrings got in the first, redhead got in second, then Chloe, but instead of going in, glasses let the Doctor in first. He smiled in response and got in, with her soon following. Glasses closed the door behind her and they got on their way.

It was silent in the car for a while. Two of the girls, Redhead and Diamond earrings, got on their phones. Chloe and Glasses were sitting on either side of the Doctor while the other two girls sat in the back. Chloe's dad was in the front driving the car. He was the first to break the silence.

"So! Let me guess names. Dana?" He asked. The redhead rose her hand. "Rachel?" Diamond earrings held her hand up. "And Taylor?" Glasses held up her hand. "And you must be the guy I've heard so much about, the Doctor?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, you've heard so much about me?" He asked. The Dad nodded.

"Oh yeah! I heard you played Baba O'riley with one hand." He said.

"That was pretty easy to learn." He said. Then Dana looked up from her phone.

"Wait, the Doctor?" She asked. He nodded.

"Yeah."

"I though your name was Zach? Where'd the Doctor come from?"

"I picked it. I personally like it better then Zach." He explained. Taylor smiled a tiny bit.

"I like it." She said quietly. The Doctor smiled back.

"Thanks! Me too, obviously." He said. Rachel kept texting on her phone, but she talked anyway.

"It's not exactly a cool nickname." She said. The Doctor nodded.

"I agree, but Zach will have to do for now." She looked up.

"I meant, the Doctor." She said. The Doctor looked a bit let down.

"Oh well that's disappointing." He said. Then he faced back towards the front.

They were quiet for a while. The Doctor started tapping his fingers rythmically. Taylor noticed, and watched for a while. Then she spoke up.

"Can you really play Baba O'riley with one hand?" She asked, still quiet but a tiny bit louder. He looked over at her.

"Yeah." He said.

"That's really cool. I also play piano." She said in response. He gave a light smile.

"That's good. It's an amazing instrument." He said. She smiled, pushing some hair back behind her ear. "So how did you meet Chloe?" He asked.

"I was in a library studying, I dropped some books, she helped me pick them up and we became friends after that." She explained. The Doctor rose an eyebrow.

"You study with books?" He asked. She went a little red and seemed to contract in her seat.

"Y-yeah." She said quietly. She was obviously expecting judgement for not researching online. The Doctor gave her the opposite.

"That's brilliant! So much better then researching online in my opinion. You don't need to go to another website find citations, it's all there! Right in front of you." He explained. Taylor wasn't expecting that reaction. She smiled a bit brighter. The moment was interrupted by Rachel.

"Stop flirting! It's annoying to watch." She complained. Taylor looked a bit red again and faced forward. The Doctor looked at her.

"Do you like me?" He asked. She looked surprised at the question.

"Of course not, gross." She said. He ignored the obvious insult and continued.

"Do you like her?" He asked. She quickly shook her head.

"What? No!" She almost shouted.

"Then what reason do you have for us to stop 'flirting'?" He asked, making quotation marks with his hands when he said flirting. She didn't have an answer, so she just went back to texting on her phone.

It was silent again. Chloe was looking out the window, while the Doctor and Taylor kept making awkward eye contact. Eventually, Chloe took a deep breath and started talking.

"So, anyone up for Truth or Dare?" She asked. A couple people perked up at the suggestion.