"So this is the Royal Woods mall huh? Not bad," Bruno said whistling. He and the rest of the Brittle brothers made their way through the Royal Woods mall, admiring just how much bigger and more expensive looking than the one back in their old hometown was.

"Not bad? This place puts the mall back home to shame! They have a video game store! And a computer store! And a pet store! We literally don't have to go to twenty different places to get stuff anymore!" Beck said happily. Brutus barked as he walked alongside the group.

Ben looked around for some type of music shop. He'd had to sell a lot of his old stuff since it was taking up room and they could only afford one moving truck. Right now he only had his guitar, keytar, and a few amps. He needed a new drum set, and a new violin, a trumpet. A lot of stuff. "C'mon, where is the music store? I'm gonna go crazy if I don't get to play some more tunes."

Bruce noticed an electronics store and grunted. "Look, they even got a place for Bruce to get his nerd on," Beck said snickering. "Oh! They have a prop store! You think they have trick decks?"

"Who cares about your stupid magic tricks Beck? We need to find the sports store. We gotta stock up on some new gear. We've been saving up so we can get rid of our old junk," Brady said excitedly.

"Do you think we should join the football team, the basketball team, or the baseball team?" Billy asked his twin curiously.

Bruno chuckled. "I thought I saw a sports store on the map a while back. Why don't we split up and grab what we need, then meet at the food court?" he suggested. Bruce nodded before walking towards the electronics store. "C'mon runts, we'll go to the sports store together. I could use some new knee pads anyway." Brutus followed after them.

Beck nudged Ben. "Hey, you come with me to the prop store and I'll help you find the music store?" he offered. Ben thought about it for a moment and then just shrugged. It's not like his brother would need help carrying playing cards. And he could use the extra hands carrying his instruments if he found the place. "Sweet."

They walked into the prop store and Beck immediately led them to the card section. "I still never get this whole card trick thing. It's just some fancy shuffling isn't it?" Ben asked.

Beck sighed. "Dude, you really don't get it. It takes some major sleight of hand and misdirection to be able to pull of card tricks like a pro. I mean saying it's just fancy shuffling is like saying playing guitar is just plucking strings."

Ben grimaced. He could see how that could be a little insulting. "Okay, so maybe it does take some skill. But I still don't get why your so into it."

"Because you can pick up chicks with it," Beck said bluntly as he picked up a deck of black and white bicycle cards. "You wouldn't believe how many girls kept coming back to the café just to see another trick. They use to love the four queens trick."

"Right, and how many of those girls did you actually bother asking out?" Ben asked.

Beck scowled at him. "Shut up! It's not like you've ever had a girlfriend either. And not everyone can be Mr. Velvet voice ladies' man," he complained as he picked up another set of cards. He looked between the two. "Hey, which one do you think I should start off with at the opening, a marked deck, or a rising deck?"

"Is… is there a difference?"

Beck rolled his eyes. "Uh, so hopeless big brother." He got ready to head to the counter and buy both decks, but suddenly stopped. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, cutie alert."

"What?" Ben asked confused.

"Check it out. Smoking hot babe right over there," he said turning his brother around. Ben sighed and looked towards the front of the store. There was a brown haired girl with braces looking at a pair of fake teeth, and beside her was…

"Luna?"

"What?"

Ben couldn't believe it. Purple skirt, brown hair, skull shirt. There was no mistaking that that was the girl from yesterday. What was she doing here in a prop store? It definitely didn't seem like the type of place she'd hang out at. He guessed she was with the other girl. Maybe it was her sister of something.

Beck nudged him. "We should totally go talk to her. You can chat it up with her friend while I try and show the cute one some card tricks."

Ben flinched. If he went over there and they started talking, yesterday's events would definitely be brought up. And when his brothers found out they would either A. Tease him mercilessly about meeting a girl and not telling them, or B. Tease him mercilessly about losing to a girl in Guitar Gladiator (which he himself didn't really have a problem with). Or worse, they'd do both.

None of those options seemed very appealing. "Uh… nah, let's not. They seem like they're busy. Besides, I don't think the rocker chick is really into cards."

Beck raised his eyebrow. "I wasn't talking about the rocker chick, I was talking about the other one. The mega cutie beside her," he said as if it were obvious.

Ben looked slightly surprised. "Wha-?! You mean brace face? You think she's the cute one?"

"Duh. I mean the other one isn't bad looking, but she's a total bombshell. It's not even really a contest," he said looking at the girl with a dreamy stare.

"Uh… okay. To each their own I guess."

Beck suddenly turned towards him looking annoyed. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked slightly offended. "Are you insulting my taste in women?"

Ben raised his hands. "I'm not insulting it… just severely doubting it."

"Oh, and I suppose the wannabe rock star over there is the ideal dream girl."

He blushed slightly at the accusation. He had just met Luna yesterday, but he did think she was kind of cute in the looks department. "I didn't say that. I'm just saying I think when your comparing a punk rock girl to a… whatever that other one is, she comes out on top."

"Oh come on. She's looks the same as any other rocker. But you don't hardly ever see that cute adorkable looking girl anywhere nowadays. And she's even into props and stuff. How can you not appreciate a girl who's into fake teeth and vomit?"

Before Ben could argue, another voice cut in. "Hey dude, didn't think I'd find you here." Ben quickly turned around and saw Luna and the other girl approaching.

He panicked. He was an idiot. He got so caught up in arguing with Beck he forgot to get out of here. "Uh, hey there," he greeted nervously.

Luna raised an eyebrow at him. "You okay dude? You're looking a little shaky."

"Yeah, I'm good. I'm good."

Beck stepped in front of him and cleared his throat. "Sorry about my brother here. He's not much of a talker. Hey there, the name's Beck. This is my brother Ben. We're new in town," he introduced putting on his best smile.

"Yeah, I know. I met him yesterday," Luna said smiling towards him.

"Wait, what?" Beck asked looking at her surprised.

"Yeah. He's a pretty wicked Guitar Gladiator. Almost took the top spot from me."

The older Brittle felt himself starting to sweat as his brother slowly turned and looked at him with a smirk. "Oh, he did huh? That's funny, he didn't mention anything about playing you yesterday. Or about meeting you at all. That's strange. Why wouldn't you mention that big bro?" he asked in a knowing tone.

Ben glared at him. "If you think I won't murder you because there are witnesses here you got another thing coming. I'm willing to serve the jail time."

The girl beside Luna laughed. "Well, looks like you brother is quite the card? Get it?" she asked as she held up a pack of playing cards. Luna and Ben both looked at her with deadpanned expressions. They then heard a small chuckle and looked over at Beck, who was trying to stifle a laugh. "See, he gets it." she said elbowing him lightly.

Ben wasn't sure if he seriously found it funny, or if he was just giving her a pity laugh. "Right, anyway this is my little sis Luan. She's got a thing for comedy," Luna explained. "So what are you bros doing here? Buying stuff for the new crib?" she asked.

At this point the cat was out of the bag. Beck was going to tell everyone and they'd demand to know what happened, so there was no point trying get away anymore. He shrugged. "Yeah. We couldn't fit a lot of our old stuff on the truck, so we had to sell it. Now we're kind of restocking. Beck here just had to get some new playing cards."

Luan laughed. "I guess you could say you guys are trying to make a Full House again? Get it?"

Beck once again covered his mouth to keep from bursting out in laugher. Ben raised an eyebrow. "Are… are you serious?"

"Aw, leave your brother alone. He's having a pun time," Luan joked. This time Beck couldn't contain himself and burst out laughing. He knelt over and grabbed his sides. "I like this guy, he appreciates the power of the pun."

Ben and Luna were both at a loss for words. "You know what, I feel like if I question it it'll only lead to more confusion," Ben said shaking his head.

Luna decided to just go with it and turned back to Ben. "So dude, what'd you come here for?"

"Me? Uh, I was just checking to see if they had a music store. I had to sell some of my old instruments and sound equipment so…"

Luna smiled. "You're looking for Rad Rhythms then. That place has everything a real rocker can dream of. We can show you there if you want," she offered.

"Oh, it's cool. You guys are probably busy and-"

Beck elbowed his side, hard. "We would love for you guys to show us," he said quickly. Ben growled at him before punching him in his side. "OW!"

"Hey Luna, seems like they're not playing with a full deck. Get it?" Luan asked nudging her sister. Beck, despite the pain in his side laughed once more.

"This is gonna be a long day…"


On the way to the music shop, Luan kept on telling puns that Beck was practically dying over. Ben couldn't believe that he actually found all the puns funny. Then again, Beck always did have weird taste. The two older siblings had decided to walk a little farther ahead so they wouldn't have to hear the comedy routine going on behind them.

"So, you didn't tell your bros about yesterday huh?" Luna said smirking. "Don't tell me you're embarrassed that you got beat by a girl."

Ben scowled. "Give me a break, I'm not that shallow. It's just my brothers can be really, really annoying and I didn't want to hear their mouth," he said. "That being said, I'm still not planning on taking that loss lying down. I'm gonna get you back Loud."

"Anytime dude," she said bumping him playfully.

"Sounds like you two have a score to settle in Guitar Gladiator. Get it?" Luan called from behind. It was quickly followed by Beck's laughing. Ben and Luna both frowned.

"Walk faster."

They approached the front of the music store and Ben whistled, impressed. "Not bad huh?"

"Puts my old place to shame," Ben admitted. They made their way inside and he looked over everything they had. It had a large music selection, and just about every type of instrument you could think off. "Is that an ocarina? They actually sell ocarinas here?"

"Rad Rhythms sells everything dude. This is where I pick up all my gear. I kind of end up smashing a lot of my axes," Luna said.

Ben laughed. "Wish I could afford to keep smashing my stuff. I barely managed to save up for my last guitar." He looked through the isle of stringed instruments. He came across a violin. He quickly picked it up. "Sweet, just what I was looking for."

"Violin huh? You any good?" Luna asked.

He scoffed. "Are you doubting my violin skills? You insult me," he started to tune the instrument and grabbed the bow next to it. "Doesn't matter what type of instrument it is, I can totally rock it."

"Okay then dude, let's hear it," Luna challenged.

Ben lifted the violin and began playing. He started off very slowly, but soon began to pick up the pace. Luna bobbed her head along with the song. She recognized it as The Rising Sun by CFO$. "Dude, you really can rock the violin. Looks like your skills just aren't on the game huh?"

He stopped and smirked. "Sorry Loud, but I guess you're not the only rock star in Royal Woods anymore," he said pointing to his shirt.

"Well, at least I'll have someone to rock out with now. I mean, if you want to. I got some amps and stuff at my place so if you want to drop by and jam until you get your own stuff it'd be cool," she offered.

He looked a little surprised by the offer. "Oh, wow. Thanks. I'll uh… I'll think about swinging by then," he said as he made his way to the counter. He decided he'd come back for the drum set later when the rest of his brothers were free.

After they were finished the group made their way to the food court. Their brothers hadn't shown up yet, so they decided to sit down and eat with the girls. Ben insisted he and Beck pay for the meal. As they sat and ate, Beck showed off some of his card tricks to Luan, while Ben and Luna just made idle chit-chat.

"Ten?! You have ten siblings? Jesus Christ, I couldn't imagine having one sister, let alone nine," Ben said in disbelief. He could barely deal with his five brothers. Having twice that sounded absolutely insane.

Luna shrugged as she plucked another French fry from his plate. She had finished her meal a while ago and was picking off his, which he didn't seem to mind. "Guess you just get used to it after a while," she said. "You have to, otherwise you're done for."

"And all of your names start with L? Doesn't that get really confusing in school and stuff? I know they were always mixing up me and my brothers with our initials being the same."

"I think the schools used to it by now too." Ben just hummed. "So Ben Brittle, I know how you got so good at Guitar Gladiator, but how'd you get into rock in the first place?" Luna asked.

Ben scratched his head at the question. "Uh… I guess I've just always been into it. My dad used to play some, and he said it used to be the only thing that could get me to stop crying when I was a baby. So whenever I start whining he'd take me to the garage and jam out. Sent me right off to dream land. I guess I just picked it up when I got older."

"Your dad sounds like a pretty righteous dude," she said.

"He was. Died a couple years back," Ben said. Luna frowned, but before she could even start to apologize he held his hand up. "Don't worry about it, it's cool. Not like you knew. Besides, I don't even remember that much about him. I was like, maybe four when he went. Mom was always in and out, and split for good when dad died. Auntie B took us in, and she's been raising us ever since."

Luna gave him a sympathetic look. He was talking about something so sad pretty casually. He could tell she was feeling a little uncomfortable and decided to change the subject. "Well, enough of my life story. What about you? How'd Luna Loud become the rock queen of Royal Woods?"

She smiled as she thought back to the memory. "Back when I was in seventh grade, I went to this Mick Swagger concert. It was the first concert I'd ever been to, and it was totally wicked. I got to go up on stage and jam with the band and everything. When I was up there I just felt that rush, you know?" He nodded. "And right then and there, I knew I was born to rock."

"Wow, you were on stage with Mick Swagger? That's freaking epic," he said impressed.

"Yep. Since then I've just been following the road rock and roll takes me."

They heard clapping and looked over at Beck and Luan. "Those were some pretty cool tricks Beck. So many different ones to. You're like a Jack of all trades."

"Well, I spent a lot of time at the card Club back home."

"Well, I think you're a real King of card tricks."

"Coming from a Queen of comedy that's a real compliment."

Ben banged on the table a few times. "I'm sorry, but that got really old really fast," he said.

Beck scoffed. "Geez, you see what I have to Deal with at home Luan?"

"Beck…"

"I hear ya. When I'm dealing with my sisters I feel like I get lost in the shuffle sometimes."

"Luan…"

"And my between all my brothers I'm considered the real Wild Card of-"

Ben growled. "Beck, I swear to god, if you finish that sentence I'm going to burn every last one of those decks when we get home," he said glaring at his brother. Beck looked at him for a few moments before wisely closing his mouth.

Luan smiled. "Well, looks like he's really drawing the line with his patience. Get it?" Luna glared at her sister. "Sorry, sorry. Had to get that last one in. No more. We're done, promise." She and Beck high fived across the table making their older siblings roll their eyes.

"I feel like we've done something terrible by introducing them…" Ben said shaking his head. Luna nodded in agreement. Suddenly he felt his phone vibrating. He pulled it out and looked over it before sighing. "Crap. Beck, c'mon. We got to go."

Beck stopped in the middle of shuffling his cards and frowned. "What? But why? I was just getting warmed up over here? I thought we were meeting the others here anyway."

"No. Bruno said they already finished up and auntie ordered out, so we're heading straight back to the car," he said getting up. "Sorry guys, but we have to get going. Thanks for showing us around and chatting. Oh, and it was nice meeting you Luan."

Luan waved. "No problem. It was nice to meet you tat-too." She said gesturing to their tattoos. "Ha! Get it?" Beck burst out laughing again.

Luna decided to ignore the bad joke. "Alright guys. Thanks for lunch. Maybe we'll catch you around or something. And don't forget, if you ever want to come over and jam, or just chill, you got our numbers. Just call and swing by."

"I'll keep it in mind."

With that the brothers turned and walked off. Beck looked absolutely giddy. "I don't believe it man! Second day here and I'm already hitting it off with a super cute funny girl! This has got to be like a record for a new kid in town or something."

"First of all, you seriously thought she was funny? I mean some of her jokes were, but those puns? Second of all don't you think you're getting kind of ahead of yourself? You told a bunch of card puns together. It's not like this was a real date."

Beck scowled. "Geez man, way to be a total downer. You should be happy. You totally hit it off with Ms. Rock Star back there. You should ask her out or something."

"I'm not asking out a girl I've known for two days. Besides, we need to be focused on the opening. It's going to be busy the first couple days you know. We got to get into the swing of things before spring break ends."

"Yeah, I guess you're right… but you know I'm totally telling everyone right?"


Ben scowled as the rest of his brothers sat around the table and laughed at him. The only one who wasn't was Bruce who seemed too busy staring at something on his computer. "I don't believe it! You actually got beat by a girl! How lame is that!" Billy shouted.

"That's your favorite game! How did you let some prissy girly girl beat you?!" Brady laughed.

Ben grit his teeth. "Come on now fellas. There's nothing wrong with losing to a girl," Bruno said putting an arm around his shoulder. "He should be happy he found someone who can give him a run for his money. Especially a girl like that. So, when are you bringing her over Romeo?"

"Shut up! It's not like that!"

Beck scoffed. "Really? Because she seemed pretty eager to invite you over. I hit it off with Luan I think, but she really seemed to like you. She was 'Oh Ben, you're so cool and funny and smart, and your tattoos are so awesome'!"

"She didn't say any of that!" Ben snapped.

"Well that's how I remember it."

"Brutus!" The dog jumped up upon hearing his name. "Get him!"

"AH!"

The dog prepared to pounce on the younger sibling until his aunt spoke up. "Alright boys, that's enough," she said. Everyone stopped immediately, even Brutus. They knew when they could afford to push their aunt's limits, and from the tone of her voice just now this was not one of those times. "No more teasing for today. Eat and get some rest. The opening is tomorrow and you all need to be on your A game."

They all nodded and got back to eating. "But you know Ben, if you did want to bring this girl around so the rest of us could meet her I wouldn't be opposed to-"

Ben stood up and grabbed his plate. "Eating in my room."


A/N: Okay, there goes chapter two! Hope you guys enjoyed it. I had originally planned for Ben to meet all the sister when he was bringing the cookies they made last chapter to all the neighbors, but I thought I needed to give a little more on the Brittle Brothers personality first. At least showing some of their hobbies and whatnot.

Bruno and the twins are into sports, Bruce works with computers, Beck is into card tricks, and Ben is obviously a rocker. The sisters will all be making a proper appearance next chapter(except maybe Lily. Not sure.)

The song Ben was playing on the Violin is Rising Sun by CFO$. Some of your wrestling fans my know it better as the theme song of Shinsuke Nakamura. I highly suggest checking it out. It's a pretty epic guitar solo.

And now I'll be adressing the reviews!(All two of them). This isn't something I did with my older stories very often, but I feel like people are more willing to give their opinions/advice on the story when they KNOW that it's actually being read. Reviews aren't just a number to me, they're legitimately helpful to help improve the story and gauge how the readers are feeling towards it.

Review Responses

BojackHorseman: I appreciate the kind words man. Hope this story lives up to expectations.

Shadowprove97: I'm glad you brought that up. I have seen 'L is for Love' and Sam is actually going to play a pretty big role in this story. I was honestly pretty hesitant about making this because I didn't think people would respond well to a story where Luna could possibly be with anyone other than Sam, but in the end I decided to just go with it. I'm planning some really interesting chemistry between Luna, Sam, and Ben down the line. Hope you stick around to see it!