"Alright boys, ready to make a good first impression?" Bruno asked as the Brittle family truck slowly came to a halt.

Ben opened his eyes and glanced out of the window from the back seat. He pulled off his headphones and yawned. So this was Royal Woods high. It would be kind of weird being here without all his brothers. Back home the high school and middle school were in one building, and the elementary school was right nearby. So the brothers were pretty much always together. Now it would just be him, Bruno, and Bruce.

Bruno would no doubt fall into his own click with the jocks, and Bruce would tag along with him. His two older brother were always hanging out. Ben on the other hand didn't have an interest in any sports or clubs, and he didn't think he'd blend in with any friends his brothers would make either. Maybe he would just find a place to himself to hang out outside of class.

"Okay, so we're just not going to answer me? Alright then," Bruno said as he parked the car. The three stepped out and began making their way into the building. "Guess I'll catch you guys later. Remember, we're gonna be trying out for Football later. Right Bruce?" Bruce nodded. He turned towards Ben. "I know you need to get back home to spend time with your lady, so I put your bike in the trunk."

Ben frowned at him. "Knock it off, she's not my lady. And we're just practicing." He still wasn't sure about this whole band deal, but having someone to play music with couldn't hurt.

"Yo dude!"

The three turned and saw Luna standing down the hall. She was waving towards them, motioning for Ben to come. "Well, you better get going. Your lady is calling you," Bruno said smirking.

"Shut up…" Ben said as he began heading towards her, leaving his brothers behind. Luna met him halfway down the hall. "Hey," he greeted.

"Morning dude!" she said excitedly. How someone could have that much energy in the morning was beyond him. Then again, he was never a morning person. He saw her glance at the piece of paper in his hand. "Is that your class schedule. Let's check it out man. Maybe we got some of the same classes."

Oh right, he still hadn't checked this thing. He didn't even know where the heck his homeroom was yet. "Well, let's find out," he opened up the paper and Luna looked over his shoulder to get a look at it. He turned slightly red from how close their faces were.

Luna looked over the sheet of paper. "Sweet man. Same home room, four classes together, and same lunch period," she said happily.

"Huh, you're right. Cool." He had been worried that he'd be lost around this place, but having a familiar face around would definitely make things easier for him. "So I guess we should head to homeroom then?" he asked.

"Sounds like a plan bro. It's right this way."

They made their way through the crowded halls the school and eventually entered into their homeroom class. Everyone inside seemed to already be talking with their friends about whatever it was friends talk about. Luna took a seat near the middle of the room. "There's an empty seat in front of me if you want," she offered.

He shrugged and got ready to take a seat, when suddenly the bell rung. Everyone quickly scurried to their seats, and He got ready to do the same when suddenly a voice yelled out behind him. "Okay! Everybody quiet down! We got a lot of work to do and a new student to… oh, speak of the devil." Ben turned around and saw a middle aged man with wild curly black hair and sunglasses. "You're Benjamin Brittle right?"

"Um… yeah." This guy was a teacher? He looked like some guy who just walked in off the street. His top button was undone, his tie was loose, and his shirt was only half tucked in.

"I'm your homeroom teacher Mr. Mcgillicutty. I know it's a mouthful, so just call me Mr. Gill," he said before nodding towards the rest of the class. "Go ahead and introduce yourself to the class. Say something about yourself and all that jazz." Ben raised an eyebrow. He was saying this like it was a chore more than a job. "Well, go on."

Ben turned towards the class, felling a bit nervous when he felt all the unfamiliar eyes on him. Luna gave him a thumbs up from her seat. "Uh… I'm Benjamin. Benjamin Brittle. You can just call me Ben though. Um… I like playing music and cooking. I hope we can get along and stuff."

Most of the kids seemed disinterested, but he did hear a few snickering. "Okay then, you can take your seat." Ben did as he was told taking the seat in front of Luna. Mr. Gill cleared his throat. "Okay then. Time for roll call…"

So far Ben couldn't complain much about his first day in school. He was a little behind the others on the material, but that wasn't surprising. The teachers helped him out where they could. A few of his classmates had asked about him, wanting to know a little more about him. Though most just seemed to ignore him.

Gym class had been… an experience. He'd zone out in the middle of a volleyball game and gotten spiked in the face, which had everyone laughing at him. Luna had asked him why he had seemed to space out, but he'd brushed it off. Lunch had gone pretty smoothly. They'd sat and chatted about some of their favorite bands and musicians, and once again she had noticed he'd seemed to drift off when trying to think of a song he'd forgotten.

But he had really brightened up when he heard they were going to cooking class. Now this was actually a class where he wouldn't be left behind in. "Okay everyone, today's assignment will be a simple one. We're just going to be making a breakfast dish. I know you're all probably used to making the basic bacon and eggs, but I'd appreciate if you try and branch out a little," their teacher said kindly. "Let's partner up and get started. We'll present them when we're done."

Ben suddenly felt something bump into his side. He looked over and was not surprised to see Luna smirking at him. "Partners?" she asked.

He smirked back at her. "Are you asking me because you just felt like being partners, or because you know I can cook?" he asked.

"A bit of both," she admitted shrugging. "So what are we making? Gonna whip up a fancy breakfast from the café? Some blueberry muffins? French toast?"

"Pancakes," he said simply.

"Pancakes?"

He nodded. "Yep."

"…oh."

"You sound disappointed."

Luna shrugged. "I don't know man. I guess after hearing your aunt and bro talk about how good you were in the kitchen that I thought you'd make something a little more…"

Ben chuckled. "I never said they'd be normal pancakes now did I?" he asked. He said as he looked over the ingredients on their table. "See, we Samoans like to add a little style to our pancakes. Watch and learn Loud."

Luna watched as he began grabbing up random ingredients and items. "First let's get the oil ready," he said before pouring some cooking oil into a pot. He put it over the stove and turned it on before passing her a thermometer. "Could you make sure that stays anywhere between 320 and 350 degrees?"

Luna nodded as he turned back around. "Let's see here, since we're going to double it. That's 4 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, a cup of sugar, pinch of salt…" he muttered as he threw the ingredients into the bowl. He grabbed a sifter and began shaking the dry ingredients through them.

His partner just watched him. For the third time today, Ben seemed to be in his own little world. She had seen Ben as a bit of an aloof guy. Kind of laid back. But it seemed like whenever he was doing something like playing music or cooking he got laser focus. It was like he didn't even notice she was here anymore. "Um… you need some help dude?" she asked.

He didn't answer her.

"Dude...?" She waved a hand in front of his face, but he didn't respond. Then she snapped her fingers a few times.

Ben seemed to snap out of his trance and turned to her, blushing slightly. "Crap, I was zoning out again wasn't I?"

Luna nodded. "You kind of do that a lot," she said looking a little worried. "Earlier today in volleyball, and then again at lunch. You okay?"

He waved his hand. "Y-yeah, I'm good, I'm good. Just… you know, my first day in school in all. I got to get used to it and stuff," he said chuckling nervously.

Luna raised an eyebrow at him. That wasn't even remotely believable. He was lying, that much was for sure. But she didn't want to pry. At least not in the middle of class where everyone could hear them anyway. She decided to ask about ti again later. "Whatever you say dude."

He added 2 eggs and 2 of cups milk to the batter. Then he added some water and mixed it up a bit. The batter didn't exactly look like batter. It looked more like wet dough. He grabbed some of up in his hand and rolled it into a ball. "Wanna help me roll em up?" he asked.

"No problem."

After rolling a few up they put them in the oil. When the dough reached a golden brown they took them out, and repeated the process until they were had twenty six little ball shaped pancakes. "And viola, Samoan pancakes!" he said holding up the plate.

"Cool. So this is how you guys eat pancakes huh?" Luna said before picking up one and taking a bite. "Mm, this is really good bro."

Ben smiled proudly. "Thanks. We do like to have regular flat ones too sometimes. But these are just a little more stylish don't you think?" he asked chuckling. "You can put banana or blueberry flavoring in these too, and I personally like to put powdered sugar on mine."

Before Luna could answer back, another student leaned over their table. "Whoa, are those donut holes?" he asked. "Sweet, can I have one?"

"Their pancakes. Ben made them," Luna said before passing one to him.

"We both made them," Ben corrected. She did help him after all, and he didn't want the teacher thinking he did all the work or something.

The boy took a bite and his eyes widened. "Dang man, this really is good! Hey guys, come check this out. The new kid made some round pancakes thingies." More of the students started making their way towards the table to take some of the pancakes.

"Wow, these are good."

"Is this powdered sugar?"

"Not bad new kid."

The teacher walked over and looked over their dish. "I'm sorry, do you mind?" she asked looking towards them. Ben and Luna both nodded. She picked one up and took a bite. "Oh my…" she muttered. She looked towards Ben. "You said Ben made these?"

He opened his mouth to correct her but Luna covered it with her hand. "Yep, he made them. I just helped roll the dough."

"To shape these the dough would have had to been mixed to a very specific texture, and it was also cooked to a near perfect golden brown. You even added a bit of vanilla extract for flavoring it taste like. This certainly isn't something you just try on the fly. Benjamin, do you have any prior experience in cooking?"

"Not really-"

"He sure does! He cooks at his aunt's café all the time," she said. "He's practically a chef. He can make some super wicked deserts. You should swing by when it opens up."

"Whoa, seriously?"

"I gotta come by there then."

"Are these things on the menu?"

Ben looked down a bit embarrassed. Well, at least this probably meant more business for his aunt. "Uh… they're not officially on the menu, but I could talk to my aunt about it." The next few minutes had been filled with questions about him and the restaurant. After a while things died down and they got back to class.

After school the two had made their way out to the parking lot. "Sorry if I kind of put you on the spot back there," Luna said. "I just figured it'd be a good chance to get more people to check out the café. And you're like super humble and stuff, so I knew you wouldn't brag."

"It's no big deal. Just not used to being in the spotlight… for something other than rocking anyway. Off stage I'm just kind of… me, you know?" he said shrugging his shoulders.

Luna laughed and bumped his shoulder. "Yeah, but you're awesome. By the way, I don't mean to pry or anything, but were you okay earlier? You kind of kept zoning out today."

Ben flinched. For a second Luna thought he was just going to blow it off again, but he sighed. "I got ADHD," he said bluntly. Luna looked a bit surprised. She knew the symptoms of ADHD. Leni had it after all. But he didn't had any of her quirks. He hadn't seemed like he'd had any trouble paying attention in class. He only seemed to zone out when he was talking or thinking about music. Well, there was also when he was cooking.

"Sorry, didn't know."

"It's cool."

"So, you have trouble paying attention then?"

He shook his head. "No. Most people think ADHD is just not being able to pay attention, and most of the time it is. But mine isn't really like that. I mean it can be hard, but I learned how to focus when I really need to. My problem is sometimes I pay too much attention to stuff. I just get so wrapped up in something I lose track of everything. That's hyper focus."

"Hyper focus?" she asked confused.

"Uh-huh. Remember when I met you at the arcade? I'd been there for like two hours before you showed up. I was supposed to be going to the store for Aunt Berta. I got caught up in the game and just forgot. When I played on stage and when I was cooking, I just got lost. It's like everything around me just disappears," he explained.

She kind of knew what he was talking about. Sometimes Leni got so oblivious to stuff they'd have to shout in her ear to get her attention. "Usually it just happens when I'm playing a song or cooking, so it's not really that much of a problem. I spend a few minutes in the zone, and I'm out. But sometimes when I start thinking new song lyrics or music I can go for hours."

"Worst one is when I was writing this new song and ended up staying up all night. Didn't hear my aunt or brothers banging on the door, and Bruno had to kick it down to snap me out of it," he said shaking his head. "Nobody back home really wanted to deal with me blanking every five minutes, so I start hanging on my own."

Luna just stared at him for a few moments before smiling. She reached up and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Well, no way I'm ditching you. I'm gonna have way too much fun thinking of all the crazy ways to snap you out of your trances. Wet willies, burping, trombone in the ear. It's gonna be hilarious. Maybe I'll make a video series of it."

Ben scoffed and pushed her away playfully. "So glad me zoning out is gonna be a blast for you," he said as they reached Bruno's car. "Your sister dropping you off at the café?"

"She would, but she's got to pick up the others first. Was hoping I could just hitch a ride with you guys," she answered.

He opened the trunk and reached inside. "Well, my brothers are going out for football right now, so we can't take the car. But if you don't mind something a little bumpier." He pulled out his bike and set it on the ground.

Luna whistled. "Sweet ride. Room for two?"

"Lucky for you, yes." He pulled out his helmet and placed it on her head. Luna was about to take it off and say something to him, but he held his hand up. "No way. I only got one helmet and it's going on you. Aunt Berta is gonna get on my case just for letting you ride. She sees you without a helmet and she'll murder me."

Luna sighed, reluctantly putting the helmet on. "Better not get helmet hair."

"You don't already?" Ben asked smirking as he close the trunk and got onto the bike.

She scoffed and punched him lightly. "Very funny Brittle." She got on behind him and wrapped her arms around him. Ben suddenly stiffened. For some reason the thought of her having to grab him had completely gone over his head. "You alright? Not zoning out on me again are you?"

He chuckled nervously. "N-no. I'm fine. You ready?"

"Let's rock dude!"

He revved the bike up and then took off. Luna cheered as they sped out of the parking lot.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry this chapter is a little shorter than the others. I tried adding both the school scene and them practicing at the cafe, but it just felt forced. So I decided to split the chapter into two. I hope you enjoyed this one. I wanted to show Ben has another hobby aside from playing music.

As far as him having ADHD, I got this trait from a family member of mine. My little cousin had ADHD and while he can usually pay attention to most things just fine, he gets super focused whenever he's doing something that actually interest him.(He's super hard to beat in video games). This little quirk won't be a huge part of the story, but just a little something I wanted to add to his character. It'll be a thing that pops up every now and then.

Also, forgot to mention this last chapter, but can any of you guess which song Ben sung in the cafe? Just wanted to know if anyone could name it without looking it up. ;)

Time for some reviewer responses! Four of them this time!

BlankBlankBlankityMcBlank: I also try to make sure I avoid making my characters too perfect. A character with no flaws is just... ugh. Hopefully you didn't find this chapter too pandering to Ben. I just wanted to get help everyone get to know a little more about him. Next chapter will be more about the chemistry with him and Luna... oh, and some family shenanigans of course. Thanks for reviewing!

DannyPhantom619: Oh yea. I'm planning on having plenty of interactions with Lincoln and the guys. You know, one of my favorites episodes of the Loud House was the gender swap. I really enjoyed the parts with Lincoln and his brother really did get along. Of course I knew they were going to make it so he couldn't stand them later, but it was really fun to watch while it lasted. Thanks for the review!

Rsizzle34: I'm still deciding on whether or not I want Sam to join the band or not. She's definitely going to Ben, Luna, and their friends, but as for right now her joining is still up in the air. But you're right, it would make for some reall great tension later down the road. Thanks for reviewing!

Gage the Hedgehog: Glad you're enjoying the story so far. Hope I can keep it up! Thanks for reviewing!