Yet Another leo valdez Memories Fan Fic

names have meaning, even if we don't put a lot of thought in them.

(A/N, hey so I don't know if you guys know about my old account, and how I got locked out of it about a year ago I think... but anyway, I just checked on it and it has nearly three hundred reads!!! to those who have read 'The silence' on my old account animeweirdogirl2005 thank you guys so much! ok enough about that, on with the story.)

Leo stands outside a suburban house, the rain soaking his clothing Cadenza had dropped him off a few seconds ago. he had met the 'family' before but he can't bring himself to go knock on the door, Cadenza was supposed to be here with him, but she got a call about another kid.

he knows that he has to do this, but the prospect of knocking on the door and having a welcoming 'family' bring him inside a house he doesn't know, show his room as if it's his own, and treat him as if he's part of the 'family'? he can't, because it's not.

his home is an apartment, his room was small but his, and most importantly? his family is his mom and that's all he wants. but all he wants is all he can't have.

plus, he doubts they would like him ruining their house with his now sopping wet clothes. but none the less, he has to go inside or spend the afternoon in the rain. taking a deep breath he walks up the driveway and onto the porch and rings the doorbell.

after a few minutes a woman opens the door, her bottle blonde hair pulled up into a ponytail, her chocolate brown eyes looking around as she asks in a sickly sweet tone "where's Cadenza?" he shifts foot to foot answering "um, she had to go, something about there being to many kids and to little time." he expected the woman to be disappointed but she seems happier, an evil grin spreading across her face saying "ok, come inside, you must be freezing."

in all seriousness, he feels like something horrible is about to happen, every cell in his body screaming at him to run as far away as possible. swallowing thickly he nods, stepping into the house with his garbage bag of things. the place looks like a tornado of beer, glass, and what looks like used needles came through.

a rather large man walks into the room and asks "you Leo?" he nods, the man makes a face saying "we're changing that, your name's Elliot now." Leo honestly doesn't understand why something as unimportant as his name changing makes him angry but it does.

immediately he begins arguing saying "no, I like my name, it doesn't need changing!" but this only causes the man to walk up and back hand Leo, searing pain spreading across his face as the man shouts "shut the fuck up, and don't slouch. Elliot." purposely using the name he chose. before grabbing him by the back of his shirt and dragging him down the hall and to the right saying "this is your room. dinners by five, if your not there I'm coming to get you."

Leo has the feeling that he really meant 'either come to dinner or I'm beating you and then dragging your unconscious body to dinner.' sighing Leo looks around, the room looking more like a warn down jail cell, the windows having bars across them, the door having a dead bolt from the outside. cracks spreading up the walls and over the ceiling, paint chipping and peeling onto the floor. a single mattress on the floor.

all of the group sat in silence, Jason asks him "why didn't you tell us about your name being Elliot?" Leo flinches at the name, straitening his posture in reflex. Leo says "my name isn't 'Elliot' it's Leo. it's the name I was given to at birth, I don't care what a piece of paper or that fat fuck says."

Hazel says quickly "language." before blushing when all the attention turns to her, Franks giving her hand a squeeze in reassurance. Nico immediately glaring at the shapeshifter, Leo nearly laughing at Frank who lets go of Hazel's hand as if it's poisonous.

Frank asks "so he legally changed your name?" trying to distract the attention from the two of them. Leo wants nothing more then to shout at them that all there questions would be answered but he knows that Frank is scared of the little ball of angst and emo that is Nico. "uh, yeah. trust me it wasn't my idea and I hated every moment of it."