I apologise for the long absence; I was at a robotics competition in Boston.

Here is some clarification for the odd plot premise:

Luna is not transgender, nor does she like dressing in drag. She merely acted based on her impulse, on the perception that pretending to be a boy seemed like a good idea at the time.

Mr. Loud's reaction to Luna's revelation of faking her gender towards Maggie is due to his inability to empathise properly with his other daughters' crushes, so he's inordinately excited about being able to empathise with Luna. I know he seemed a bit creepy and out of character, but I hope you understand.

Well, I hope I didn't scare any of you away (I must not have if you're still reading this), and enjoy!

Luna eagerly strode over to her usual lunch table, where Sam and Mia were already seated. Sam turned to her and asked, "Moon Unit! You look pumped! What's up?"

Luna replied, "I wrote a song last weekend! Wanna hear it?"

Sam and Mia nodded in affirmation, pleased to see their friend so excited.

Luna nearly began singing, but Mia cut her off. "Tall Kate's heading over. Let's wait for her."

Luna looked around for Tall Kate, but didn't see her. She must still be in the lunch line.

She noticed Short Kate sitting at her usual table, pencil poised over her sketchpad, observing her out of the corner of her eye. Upon registering Luna's gaze, Short Kate quickly looked down at her unopened lunch box and set down her pencil.

Shortly thereafter, Tall Kate set down her lunch tray between Luna and Sam. "How's it going, guys?"

Sam said, "Uh, Luna was just going to share a song she wrote a couple days ago. You interested?"

"Not particularly."

Luna, crestfallen, turned away. Sam gave Tall Kate a withering look.

"What?" Tall Kate asked defensively.

"**** it, Kate," admonished Mia.

Tall Kate was silent for a moment before suddenly realising her insensitivity. "Oh ****. I'm sorry, Luna; I'm a dumb***."

Luna looked up from the cafeteria table, forced a small smile, and replied, "It's all good, bro." She then returned to staring at the table, noticing the words ROONEY EATS IT carved into the table in block capitals.

Tall Kate continued, "I guess I'm being such an ***hole 'cuz I broke up with Henry on Saturday."

Luna noticed movement over at Short Kate's table; Short Kate stood up, hesitantly gazing towards Luna's table again. She made a motion as though wanting to go there but stopped short.

What's her deal?

"Oh. That sucks," commented Mia.

Sam looked up at Tall Kate, barely concealing a smile. Tall Kate noticed her eagerness and suspiciously asked, "Is there something you'd like to admit to me?"

I'm betting Sam's gonna try and pair Tall Kate with Jamie. I hope it works.

Sam began, "Well, for starters, just to make sure you're aware, I'm not into girls."

Tall Kate nodded, looking only partially convinced.

Luna piped up, "I can vouch for that."

Mia, confused by Luna's comment, asked, "Wait, what?"

Short Kate spoke up in a soft voice: "Uh... hi?"

The people sitting around Luna's table all looked over to her.

"Can... can I sit with you guys?" Short Kate looked ready to shrink out of sight.

Well, thanks, Kate. You saved me an awkward moment.

Sam smiled warmly and replied, "Of course!"

Mia quipped, "You're perfectly capable of sitting with us."

Sam gave Mia a look and said, "Not helping!"

Short Kate sat between Mia and Sam. She set down her sketchpad and began to draw again.

Sam turned to Tall Kate and said, "So, I know a guy who's got a crush on you. If you're interested, I'll give you his number."

Tall Kate blinked, thinking. "Uh... Not right now. Don't want Henry ****ed at me."

Mia asked, "You mean he isn't already?"

"Nah, he was understanding and wants us to stay friends. It's just that he texted me WAY too much, to annoying levels. I mean, he'd never had a girlfriend before, so I can get that. I was just fed up."

"Gotcha."

Kind of an odd thing to break up about, but hey. She's doing what works for her.

Tall Kate asked, "So, uh, how 'bout that song, Luna?"

Luna replied, "Actually, come to think about it, I'd rather show you guys it later. I'm gonna run it by Patrick first."

"Who's that?"

Sam explained, "He's my brother. He's on break from college for the week, and he started my and Luna's band, so we'll all be jamming together."

"Oh. All right then."

Luna unwrapped a peanut-butter-and-fluff sandwich and took a bite out of it. Likewise, the rest of the girls at the table began to eat their lunch, except for Short Kate, who continued to draw.

Luna asked Short Kate, "Why aren't you eating?"

Short Kate peered at Luna over the edge of her thick-framed glasses and replied curtly, "I eat quickly. I'm not hungry now. I'll draw now and eat later." She then returned to her sketch.

Sam asked, "What are you drawing?"

Short Kate turned around her sketchpad so all the girls could see it. On it was a half-finished picture of a Hispanic girl with claws coming out of her hands.

Sam smiled. "X-23? Nice."

Short Kate smiled back shyly. "Thanks."

They ate (or drew) in silence for a few minutes, then Short Kate muttered something unintelligible.

Tall Kate asked, "What's that?"

"Poser alert," Short Kate said more distinctly, gesturing with her pencil towards a blond girl clad in a purple flannel shirt, tight black jeans, and a purple headband, standing not more than 20 feet away from the table.

Hey! That's what's-her-name... Coral? Carol? What the **** is she doing?

The girl appeared to be flirting with two guys, a red-haired junior named Jimmy and a brown-haired senior named Greg.

Tall Kate smirked. "Carol ****ing Pingrey. I've got an idea."

She took her unopened straw (she had been drinking her milk directly from the carton), carefully tore the wrapper in half, removed one half, took careful aim, and blew the wrapper directly at Carol's neck. It struck its target successfully, and Carol slapped her hand to the back of her neck, muttering indistinctly and angrily. Her demeanour quickly changed back to a hokey friendliness, however, once Jimmy and Greg started to look at her confusedly. Luna heard her say something along the lines of "stupid fly".

Tall Kate giggled with malevolent glee. "She's making a complete *** of herself!" The other girls similarly snickered as Tall Kate fitted the other half of the straw wrapper to her straw, took aim, and fired again, this time hitting Carol in the left wrist. Carol's hand jerked upwards, smacking Jimmy in the nose. He exclaimed in surprise and pain, cradling his nose in his hand.

The girls at the table were all laughing hysterically now, even Short Kate. Carol heard the laughter and turned to see them. The girls abruptly froze.

Carol glared at them all, then stomped away, huffing, "Stupid ****ing sophomores..."

Mia shook her head and commented, "That girl needs to lighten up."

Luna added, "Yeah, she's got one **** of a stick up her ***."

The girls chuckled, resuming their eating.

****, Tall Kate's friggin' great.

Can't wait to meet Pat for once! I hope he likes my song!

Luna smiled. Today's gonna continue to be a good day.

But seriously, what's the deal with Short Kate?

OH ****! I TOTALLY FORGOT TO MESSAGE BACK TO MAGGIE WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT HER POEM!

Luna's face contorted in anxiety. She rapidly removed her phone, opened up an email from Maggie, and read it through as carefully as possible.

Contained within is a cameo of two awesome Loud House fanfic authors, JamesSunderlandsPillow and lttlgreg. I was just going to reference Pillow to get back at him for his ref of my story, "Listen to the Band" (which I invite you to check out if you haven't already), but I decided to throw in Greg too, just for the heck of it. I invite you to read their stories.

I hope you got the Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference. Now go home; the chapter's over.

(YOUR *** IS MIN- sorry wrong person)