"Luna hurry up in there! I really gotta go!" Lincoln called from the other side of the bathroom door.

When you live in a house with eleven children, you have no choice but to wait if you aren't the first in the bathroom. Luna Loud knew this all too well which was why she carefully planned out this particular bathroom trip.

"Sorry Linc!" she called back as she applied eyeliner on her eyelashes. "I'm getting ready for my date with Mikky tonight!"

"Mikky" was the pet name she gave her boyfriend Mikhail. Although almost everyone called him Michael, as his own brothers did. Normally, she didn't pay this much attention to her face, but on this particular night she was going to spend the entire evening with him and she wanted to look her best. Her eldest sister Lori even let her borrow some of her makeup.

"Errruugh…" she heard her younger brother Lincoln groan. She then heard the sounds of footsteps running away "I can't hold it anymore! Lana! Where's ol' Sloshy!?"

"Luna!" she heard her second older sister call. "Are you almost done in there? I need help practicing my clarinet for band class, but I can't get the thing to play any music!"

Luna rolled her eyes and sighed. Leni wasn't the smartest tool in the shed.

"Did you try blowing into it?" she asked half sarcastically, half serious.

She first heard a few deep breaths until eventually a muffled and off tune woodwind sound came.

"Oh! Thanks Luna! I knew you were the music genius!" she cheerfully exclaimed.

Luna couldn't help but giggle to herself. That's my family! It wasn't easy living in a big family but the adventures and loving moments made it totally worth it.

She stared back in the mirror, and applied a little blue shade to her eyes to match her purple shirt and skirt she was wearing. Her sisters Lori and Leni insisted on helping her with her wardrobe, but Luna insisted on doing it herself. It wasn't even like Mikky was one to judge. Luna still couldn't believe it, she had known Mikhail as a casual friend for close to four years now, and it wasn't until a year ago that they actually started dating. In fact, the first couple of dates weren't even romantic. Luna was just chilling with her bandmates after school one day, and Mikhail invited them to coffee at a nearby diner. Since everyone else had other affairs to attend to, Luna went with him by herself. The little date/not date went so well that he asked her out again next weekend. The next thing she knew, her and Mikhail were holding hands in the lunch room and going out on dates on a regular basis.

Once Luna was satisfied with her looks she closed the mirror cupboard and left the bathroom. She then headed to the room she shared with her other sister Luan and grabbed her favorite acoustic guitar. The reason was that she was planning to spend the night at Mikhail's house and wanted to bring her guitar with her, just in case. She and Mikky liked to have their jams on during some dates. Hopefully, they'd have one tonight and play some rocking music.

"Hey Luna!" Luan suddenly barged in holding her ventriloquist dummy, Mr. Coconuts.

"Hey Luan. Tell me, how do I look?" Luna asked her sister. Granted, Luan wasn't the most fashion smart girl but still, it wasn't bad to get a second opinion.

"Why Luna! You look rocking, hahahaha!" Luan laughed as she made a cheap pun. "Get it?"

"Yeah, I get it." Luna responded somewhat annoyed. But hey, after living with an amateur comedian as a roomie for several years, you get used to the bad puns.

She checked the clock on the wall, it was a quarter to seven. Perfect, he said he'd pick her up at seven.

Luna walked out of her room and downstairs to the living room. She decided to wait for Mikky on the couch. The living room still had a few streaming and balloons up from yesterday. A banner reading "Happy Sweet Sixteen" was still strung up on the wall. Luna smiled. Yesterday, she had her sixteenth birthday party. Tonight, she was going to spend time with her man. Mikhail wasn't at the party yesterday, however. He got tied up with his engineering classes and missed the party. It wasn't a big deal though. He promised he'd make it up to her the day after.

As she was waiting, her parents came in to check up on her.

"Oh hey there 'rents!" she greeted her mom and dad. She then noticed her dad had a few tears in his eyes. "Yo popstar. What's wrong?"

Mr. Loud sniffed, "Nothing, honey. It's just, it only seems like yesterday you were just a little baby… Now… Now… Oh, they grow up so fast!"

Mrs. Loud giggled, and held her husband as he cried tears a joy. "What your father is saying is that we're so happy you're growing up into a fine young lady!"

Luna smirked "Thanks Mom. And Pops, don't be so dramatic!"

Mr. Loud sniffed, and wiped his eyes. "I'm sorry Luna. Just promise me one thing."

Luna faced her dad and asked "Oh, and what's that?"

Her father came and grabbed her. "Just promise you'll be my little rockstar!" He cried again.

"Relax, Popstar!" She joked as she patted his back. "I'm just going on a date…"

Just then a knock on the door interrupted the moment.

"I'll get it!" Mrs. Loud said as she went and answered the door. "Hello! Oh hi there, Mikhale?…. Mikhole… Uh, Michael." She blushed in embarrassment at the mispronunciations.

Luna heard Mikhail laugh at her mother being unable to pronounce his real name. Mikhail's family was German/Ukrainian on his dad's side, so everyone had difficulty pronouncing his name. Most just called him Michael, and he was okay with that. Hell, Luna herself had to learn a bit of Russian in order to properly pronounce his name herself.

"Hehehe. Alright, Mrs. Loud. Is Luna there?" he asked as he stepped into the house.

Mikhail was very tall for a seventeen year old, going on eighteen. He was as tall as Lori with a long wave of black hair which he tied back in a ponytail, while a pair of bright blue eyes sparkled in the night air. He was dressed very nicely in dark blue pants, and was covered in a black trench coat. Not the most romantic getup, but for Luna it was perfect.

"Hey Mikky!" Luna called as she gently laid her dad back on the couch, and ran to Mikhail with her arms extended. She embraced him in a close hug.

"Babe!" Mikhail smiled, and received her in his arms in a hug. "Sorry I'm a little early than expected. Silvio just installed new tires on my car, so it was faster today than normal." Silvio was Mikhail's fraternal twin brother.

Luna giggled and looked him in the face, and gently booped his nose. "Hey, no prob Mikky! I'm so excited for tonight!"

Mikhail smiled. "Me too Luna. I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it here yesterday. I hope tonight will make up for it!"

Mikhail and Luna leaned into each other and kissed. Nothing too graphic though; just a cute little lover's peck. There were parents present after all. Luna could hear her dad suddenly whimper and cry while moaning something to the tune of, "Oh, they grow up so fast!"

"So, where you guys heading to?" Mrs. Loud asked with a cheerful smile.

"Nothing too special. We're doing to Big George's Grill. It's a steakhouse, and it's delicious! Normally, it's jam packed this year, but my dad's friends with the owner. I was able to get a reservation." Mikhail explained to the Loud parents.

Mrs. Loud put her hands together in front of her and said "Oh, sounds exciting! Oh Luna! Your father and I have to get a picture of this!"

Luna blushed violently, and Mikhail started laughing. "Mom! That's embarrassing!"

Luna and Mikhail hugged and Luna gave a weak smile as Luna's parents took a picture of the two of them. Mikhail pat Luna on the back and escorted her outside. "C'mon babe. We should get going."

"See ya, Mom and Dad!" Luna called out as they walked out the front porch. "Oh, and I'm spending the night's at Sam's tonight too! Remember?"

She actually wasn't going to Sam's although Sam was in on the lie. It was actually an alibi to cover her real sleepover location.

"Of course, sweetie!" Mrs. Loud answered back as she waved them goodbye. "Have fun!"

"And if anything happens to my daughter mister, you are in big trouble!" Mr. Loud screamed.

"Don't worry! She's in good hands!" Mikhail joked as he led Luna to his car.

Mikhail unlocked the door to the car that was parked outside. It was a beautiful dark blue classic Dodge Charger, 1973 model to be exact. Mikhail had mentioned it was his dad's and he got it from an international auction.

"Sweet wheels tonight, Mikky!" she told him as she opened the door and stepped into the passenger's side of the vehicle. She had seen the car before a few times when she was at his house but never had she'd been inside it.

"I know right!" Mikhail exclaimed almost in excitement and he got into the driver's seat. "My dad let me use it for tonight. He never lets me or Silvio drive this baby except for special occasions."

It wasn't like it was the only car Mikhail's family owned. Actually, Mikhail's family was very wealthy. Both of his parents own successful companies, and were successful investors. When Mikhail first began hanging out with Luna and her friends, he actually kept his wealth a secret for fear that they would only like him for his money, and not his personality. Of course, eventually, Luna and friends found out but they liked him for what he was. Luna especially. It didn't matter if he was a rich playboy or poor street punk. She loved him for who he was.

"So. Wanna see her in action?" Mikhail said with a wild smile on his face as he put the keys in the ignition.

Luna giggled and nodded. "Rev up her engine!"

With a playful howl Mikhail turned the keys, and activated the car. The engine roared with the fury only a '70s muscle car could give. For a car that was forty years old, it was very well kept. Even the upholstery felt fresh and new; much more different than old Vanzilla her family drove.

"Alright, let's get this evening started!" He practically sang, and turned on the radio. The radio was set to an alternative rock station, and was currently playing a song from the band Arcade Fire. He pulled out of the driveway, and set the car to drive. Tonight was going to be unforgettable.

"Ah man that was great!" Luna said as she rubbed her stomach. Mikky was right. That steakhouse was great!

"It would've been better if your steak was a little redder on the inside," Mikhail laughed at her. Mikky loved his steaks to be pretty bloody on the inside where she got her's medium well.

"We should go back there sometime. Maybe on a Friday during their fish fry. They make the best roasted cod you'll ever taste!" Mikhail said as he waved his free hand across his chest.

"Hehe, maybe." Luna responded with a laugh.

Tonight was going well so far. The restaurant they went to was great. Although Luna was willing to go Dutch, Mikhail insisted on paying for the meal and dessert. They were now on their way back to Mikhail's house where they had plans to watch a few movies, and maybe play a few tunes. Mikhail's family lived a little farther near the town outskirts in one of the more wealthier suburbs. It wasn't a gated community. However, the houses there were the types that would cost you a pretty penny to live there. His house was one of those mini mansion like houses with six bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a humongous backyard.

"Here we are," Mikky announced as he turned right and pulled into the driveway. He pushed the remote on his car to open the garage door.

He pulled into the garage very cautiously before stopping and turning the car off. As he opened the door, he pressed the remote again to close the garage door. Luna got out of her seat too, and grabbed her guitar from the truck. When she closed the trunk door, she heard a loud but muffled sound of two dogs barking and she noticed Mikhail smirking.

"Sounds like they know we're here," he said with a laugh as he opened the door leading from the garage into his house pantry.

Almost immediately once Luna and Mikky stepped in, two dogs, a German shepherd/wolf hybrid and an Alaskan malamute ran up to them barking and yowling with excitement! Luna had met them before a few times. The German shepard's name was Panzer and the Malamute's name was Kukri; interesting names. They were both males of four years old and were huge although their bark was louder than their bite.

"Hey buddies!" Mikhail exclaimed as he knelt down and hugged the excited dogs petting them and letting them nuzzle and lick him. "Oh yes I missed you too."

Luna laughed as the dogs then came to her and sniffed her compulsively.

"Hey furry dudes remember me?" she teased them as she held out her hand letting them smell it as she pat their snouts.

They looked up at her, and growled and barked but very softly and tucking their ears back.

"Hahaha looks like they do." Mikhail laughed as he closed the door and took her guitar in its case. "Here let me help you with that Luna."

"Oh thanks Mikky!" Luna said as she walked with him out of the pantry and into the the house.

They walked past the kitchen and were met with the living room which was huge. It had a giant class window facing the outside of the backyard giving a good view of the area. However tonight the curtains were covering it up due to the night time desire of privacy. The couches and chairs were facing a giant HD flat tv mounted onto the wall. Below it was a cabinet with a blu ray player, a few wires, and a PS4 console were resting below. While Luna had been in his house a few times she was always impressed how big the house was. The walls themselves were decorated with various portraits of art, Mikhail and his family, and other decorations. There were even a few swords and guns mounted on the walls, mostly old flintlock muskets and replica medieval swords. Some of the paintings were actually drawn by Mikhail's younger brother Bernard, who despite only being fourteen was already a fairly decent artist in his own right. They actually converted part of the massive basement into a studio, so Bernard could paint in peace. Luna at the moment was particularly mesmerized by a painting showing a very thin man wearing black playing what appeared to be a violin. The man had long hair and had somewhat of a look of sadness on him.

"You like that one?" She heard Mikhail say to her which broke her out of her daze.

"Oh? Yeah" she replied as she pointed at it "It looks rockin."

Mikhail nodded his head and said, "Yeah. It's a painting of famed Italian violinist, Niccolo Paganini."

Luna nodded and looked at the painting, "Awesome, man. My music teacher told me about him. She said he was one of the best violin players ever! Imagine what kind of jams he could pull off if he had access to a wicked axe."

Mikhail laughed and placed a hand on her shoulder, "That he was Luna, that he was."

Luna smiled and looked at him, "So dude, where's your family tonight?"

While Mikhail didn't have nearly as many siblings as Luna, he still had three siblings who in Mikhail's own words could be a nightmare.

"With the exception of Bernard, everyone is out tonight. Mom and dad are in Grand Rapids celebrating their wedding anniversary, Katherine's spending the weekend at a girl scout's club, and Silvio's gone out to do some evening racing on his motorcycle."

Luna laughed "Oh if I know Silvio who knows when he'll be back."

Mikhail laughed in response. Silvio was his fraternal twin brother who had a personality that was similar to Luna's own sister. However while Lynn pretty much played any sport with the word "ball" in its title, Silvio preferred racing down a dirt track at seventy miles an hour. He was also a skilled hockey player and had been accepted by the Royal Woods University Snow Wolves as a right winger. However Silvio loved motorcycle racing and would spend hours sometimes an entire day riding his bike on tracks.

"What about Bernard?" Luna asked.

"Oh don't worry about him. He won't bother us. He's downstairs in the basement, working on a few paintings," Mikhail explained as he pointed to the basement door. "I told him you'd be coming over and he said it's alright as long as we aren't too loud."

Luna nodded and gave a thumbs up. "So… whatcha wanna do?"

Mikhail shrugged his shoulders and giggled. "I don't know honestly. I mean we can take your guitar upstairs to our guest room where I have the keyboard set up."

Luna nodded her head "Awww yeah man! You know how to pump up the jam!"

Mikhail escorted her upstairs to the second floor and led her a guest room. The room, like the rest of the house, was pretty big and could easily fit two master bedrooms in it. However it was used sorta as a music room and rec room as their were musical instruments, and shelves packed with board and card games. Almost everyone in Mikhail's family could play a musical instrument (his nine year old sister Katherine was still learning how to play the violin). Mikhail could play a few himself and was proficient in the guitar, the cello, and even the bass. He was also a thrashing keyboardist.

"Hey Luna I wanna show you something," he said as he dug through a closet looking for something before coming out with a weird looking wooden flute. "Ah, here it is!"

"What's that dude?" she asked with interest at the instrument. It looked very exotic.

"This Luna, is called a Xiao," he explained as he moved his hand along the length of the short instrument. "It's a bamboo flute from China."

"Wow dude it's cool!" Luna admired the bright wooden shine of the flute.

"Oh it gets even better!" Mikhail said as he brought the tip to his lips "Listen to this."

At first he only blew a few soft toots as a warmup while wiggling his fingers on the holes of the flute to get a quick feel. He then proceeding to play a short but very catchy song. "Love Song of Kangding," it was called. Luna smiled and tapped her foot to the tune a little it had quite a hook. The flute itself seemed to have that right balance too. It was high pitched and energetic but at the same time had a softness to it that felt as if the xiao's sound was a naturally occuring noise generated by mountain winds. When he finally finished Luna clapped her hands.

"Awesome bro!" She practically cheered. "That was beautiful!"

Mikhail smiled and gave a bow as if he had just finished performing a major symphony at an opera house.

"Yeah I can't believe I still know how to play this thing!" He snickered as he pointed at the xiao flute. "Oh I know another song for you!"

He put the flute back and then played a song that made Luna burst out laughing. The song he was playing was that infamous jingle sung by the classic children's toy Fenton the Feel Good Fox. Luna remembered that song in particular as she and her siblings gave the baby Lily Fenton to stop her from crying. It worked but Lily kept playing that song over and over where it drove the family nuts!

"Oh my god dude! It took me forever to get that song out of my head!" She laughed. "Thanks a lot!"

Mikhail stopped and laughed back, "No problem. I aim to please!"

Luna pulled her guitar out of its case, "Got an amp I can hook it up to?"

"Oh sure Luna," he answered as he grabbed one of the amps and carefully plugged the guitar into it. He then grabbed his guitar and plugged it in too.

"So what're you in the mood for?" he asked as he adjusted the volume. "Just keep it quiet. I don't want Bernard to have a cow."

Luna laughed and strummed a few notes while adjusting the tune.

"Don't worry brah. Last thing I want is to hear Bernard go on another rant."

Mikhail tuned his guitar and strummed a few notes and chords. Eventually the two got their guitars in tune and synced into a few songs. They played a few classical rock songs here and there such as The Joker by Steve Miller, some old school rock by Mick Swagger, and they even performed a few alternative songs that Mikhail was particularly good at.

"Wow dude you're getting better at the guitar!" Luna smiled amused by his musical skills.

"Well I have one hell of a teacher!" Mikhail smirked at Luna causing her to blush.

They must've spent a good hour or two just playing songs and occasionally looking up songs on their smartphones. The real fun came when Mikhail got out his beautiful black bass guitar and the real jams really started! Mikhail was a hell of a bass player and probably would've put many too shame. Heck even Luna couldn't rip out those

Without even thinking about it, the two of them leaned into each other and merged their mouths into a kiss. Luna closed her eyes and smiled as she danced her tongue along side Mikhail's. She could practically taste his raspberry mint toothpaste. After about half a minute, they stopped and Mikhail embraced Luna.

"I take it you didn't come to my place to just sing a few songs?" he said as he held her.

Luna murmured softly in his warm embrace, "To be honest, yeah. There's something I wanted to do with you tonight…" she sounded kinda nervous.

"Oh… And that is…?" Mikhail was blushing bright red. While he acted as if he didn't know, deep now, he knew what she would be asking him.

Luna looked up and stared at Mikhail, "Michael…. I… if it's alright… do you wanna have sex?"

Mikhail and Luna both blushed furiously and Mikhail swore he felt his heart skipped a beat.

"Luna, I know we've been dating for a year…"

"Year and a half."

"Right, but don't you think we should wait a little longer?" Mikhail asked with concern. "And besides you're only sixteen and…"

But Luna put a finger to his lips.

"So?" She said, still blushing a little, but flickering her eyelashes seductively.

Mikhail swallowed a deep knot in his throat and stammered, "Well… I do love you Luna and, well… Fuck it. I've been dreaming about doing… that with you for awhile now."

She giggled and pulled him close to her and went in for another kiss.

"Will Bernard disturb us?" she asked half concerned and half seductive.

Mikhail smirked and shook his head. "Nah."

Luna took his hand and they both got up and he led her to his room.

"Oh, wait a minute." Mikhail suddenly stopped at his door.

Luna looked at him with some concern, "What is it Mikky?"

Mikhail gently pushed her in his room but walked towards his brother's room.

"I don't have any condoms on me so I'm taking one from Silvio's stash."

Luna giggled and flirted, "Don't keep a lady waiting!"

However she didn't have to wait too long as Mikhail was back almost as quickly as he left.

"I'm back, Luna. Sorry about that," he explained with a weak smile and a blushed face.

Luna seductively got up and slowly closed the door and locked it.

"Now we're all alone, handsome." She cooed, and tickled his chest.

Mikhail gulped again, but held her close and rubbed her back. He caressed her ever sensually. His heart skipped a beat though when he felt Luna slowly pull up his shirt.

"Relax darling," she cooed "I feel like making love!"

She took off Mikhail's shirt and he responded by removing her t-shirt and unstrapping her bra. The two began to kiss and strip and slowly laid across his bed. Mikhail could only gaze at Luna's beauty as she laid on top of him and smiled.

"Hey babe, let's take a walk on the wild side!" She said slyly and leaned down to kiss his neck causing him to gasp.

The two young lovers both felt like it was a dream, but the feelings were real. They were doing the taboo deed...

And boy did it feel good.

Thirty minutes later….

Luna yawned as she nuzzled against Mikhail's bare chest. He in turned rubbed and caressed her hair, pushing his fingers through it's soft comforting touch. He

"That….was…" he gasped out practically out of breath, and moving against his lady lover's soft bare skin.

Luna giggled and kissed him again. "That was wonderful, babe…."

Both of them were practically lost for words in their state. All they could do was cuddle and kiss as they waited to recover their stamina.

"Mikhail?" Luna raised her head.

"Hmm? Oh what is it Luna?"

Luna rested her head on his shoulder and touched his side, "Ever since Sam told me she wasn't into me, I felt so alone… I mean… Sam was my crush since I was in sixth grade."

Mikhail nodded. Luna was actually bisexual and had previously courted a girl in her class named Sam. He was actually fairly good friends with Sam too, and she sometimes accompanied them on their more casual dates. However, when Luna finally asked Sam to be her girl, Sam broke the hard truth. While she loved Luna as a close friend, she didn't love her like that.

"But then, you asked me out and…" Luna tried to continue but suddenly a few tears built up. "Mikky, I love you so much!"

He smiled and kissed her passionately. He felt her breath along with him as the two kissed and cuddled.

"I think it's time we went to sleep," Mikhail stated with a loud yawn.

The story of contagious yawning was proven when Luna gave one herself.

"Yeah. I'm pretty beat…" she sighed as she closed her eyes.

The two remained silent for the next moments and just held onto each other in a warm embrace. Eventually, their stamina had been depleted and the two young lovers fell asleep.

It was the best birthday Luna ever had.