An: You're all awesome, and I suck, sorry! I'm a freshman in high school... 'nuff said. Enjoy!

* Yes I realize I'm jumping around by using S4 and S5... I don't care. *

Katie sighed, and tried to push the thoughts of Maggie out of her mind, she definitely didn't want to think about that, it would only make her cry, and Damon didn't deserve to see her cry, or so she thought. He'd practically flew down the road to the school, and Katie figured he was pushing 90, which she was used too by now from all the different people she'd lived with. Most Foster Parents weren't very good drivers... Not at all.

She drummed her fingers against the banister of the office window, trying to ignore the conversation Damon was having with the secretary, who's name could've been Ms. Denzel, but she wasn't paying much attention so she couldn't sure. Frankly, she was pissed off at Damon for making her ride in the back of the car, all because she'd argued with him once they got outside, and to make matters worse, he swatted her butt three times. The problem with Damon and Katie was the power struggle they were engaging in, and both of them were stubborn as mules.

"When's your birthday?"

The sound of someone talking snapped Katie out of dream land and back into reality, "Mach 3, 2001," she instantly replied, standing on her tip toes to see the who's voice she heard. Her name was in fact, Ms. Denzel, and she was in her early thirties with mousy brown hair, and on her face were peculiar rad glasses that connected to a pearl necklace. She heard fingers clicking against a key board, and sunk back down to her normal height, which frustrated her because she was ten thousand times to short for her age.

The next thing she knew, Damon's hands were on her shoulders and she was being guided outside to the parking lot, "Katie."

"Hm?" She asked, trying not to walk too slow that Damon would run into her, or too fast that he'd pull her back tighter.

"Your middle name," he repeated, "What is it?"

"Oh," Katie murmured, sticking her lip back between her teeth, and trying to think of a way to avoid the question. She hated telling people her so called middle name, even though on her birth certificate she had two first names separated with a hyphen and a capital letter with a period where her middle name should be, then her last name, which wasn't exactly something she knew. "Uhhh."

Before she could answer Damon was opening the car door for her, and she slid in with crossed fingers, praying that she'd be off the hook. Damon got in right after her door was closed. There was a legit reason Katie didn't want Damon to know her middle/other first name, A, he'd probably use it against her by saying it when she was in trouble, and B, she didn't like being called by her full-name, and C, the school probably needed to know.

Chanced were, Damon already knew and just wanted to see if she'd tell him the truth. And that was the problem, Katie knew that if Damon already knew then she'd probably get in trouble for lying.

Finally, Katie sighed, "It's not a middle name. It's part of my first name," she mumbled, "And it's hyphenated... I just go by Katie though."

Damon scoffed, "You still haven't answered my question, Katie."

The gnawing on her lip got harder, and she swore she's bite through it if she didn't stop, "I don't wanna' tell you." There, she'd just be stubborn. Hmph.

The car was quiet for a few minutes, and Katie started to relax into her seat, she had one leg tucked under her butt, and the other balancing on the seat, while one arm rested against the door bar thing that attached the handle to get out, with her head in the palm of her hand, and the other arm just kind of went wherever it wanted.

Damon fought the urge to smile at Katie's melodic little singing voice; "She's got a smile and it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memory, and if I stare to long, I wanna' break down and cry. Ooooh, sweet child o' mine."

"Where'd you hear that song?" He asked.

"Um," Katie paused, and looked thoughtfully out the window, "I used to live with these people who listened to good music."

"Good music?" Damon asked, playing along with Katie's adorable yet odd answer.

"Mm Hm." She mused, "Like Guns n' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Bon Jovi... Oh, and Taylor Swift."

This time, Damon couldn't help but laugh at the fact that Katie threw Taylor Swift in with a bunch of classical rock artists. He sighed, "Stefan went to a Bon Jovi concert."

Katie's face lit up in excitement, "Really?"

"Yep." He replied, popping the 'P.'

The car was quiet again, and Katie thought about how she could tell Damon her middle name without actually telling him her full name, which would be nearly impossible. "Damon, where're we going?"

"Don't worry about it. You'll find out soon enough." He answered, being as vague as possible.

Katie sighed, "Will you tell me if I tell you my middle name?" She asked, smiling mischievously at him while batting her pretty eyelashes.

Like earlier, Damon scoffed. "No. But, I'm still waiting to hear about that middle name."

"Welll," Katie stopped, "You already know what it is," she pointed out, "The school would've known because that's what's on my record or whatever it's called."

Damon's eyes rolled Heavenward, "I'm impressed. Most little girl's wouldn't of thought that much into it." He smirked, watching in the rearview mirror as Katie's cheeks turned red, and her bottom lip crept out instinctively.

"That was mean." Katie mumbled, changing positions to lay down where her head was on the side behind Damon's seat where he couldn't see. "Dick," she muttered under her breath, wanting to see what reaction she'd get.

But, Damon gave no reaction. At least he didn't yet.

The reaction would come later, and so would the question about Katie's middle name being answered.

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An: Let me know what you think! I tried to make this chapter longer, which didn't exactly happen, but I'm really tired due to being up late last night, and just from the usual chaos that life throws my way, lol. I'm gonna' try to update again tomorrow or sometime this week, as long as you; review, review, review. :)

* Oh, I kind of wasn't sure what to make Katie's name, so let me know any suggestions you have in a review or PM. Thanks. *