Luna sat down nervously on the park bench tapping her fingers on her knees trying to keep her mind off things. She had invited Mikhail over to the park for just a little stroll. However she had really planned to tell him she was pregnant with his child. She was shaking in fear and scared despite giving herself time to summon up the courage.

"Luna!" she heard a male voice call her.

Luna looked up and saw Mikhail waving at her as he walked toward her location. He was wearing a denim jacket with a white shirt and a pair of dark jeans to match. She got up and ran towards him jumping into his arms when she reached him.

"Hey babe I missed you!" Mikhail said as he held Luna and gave her a soft kiss. "You feeling better now?"

Luna gave a nervous smile and nodded.

"Yeah dude I'm doing alright. Just a lot's been going on."

Mikhail nodded and took her hand.

"Really huh? School stuff?" he asked her.

"No," Luna responded as she shook her head. "Why don't we go for a stroll first. We haven't been out on a date since…. That night."

She and Mikhail blushed in embarrassment at that comment. But they took it with pride and held each other's hands as they went through a nice little stroll through the Royal Woods Community park. It was actually a very beautiful day for that. The sun was bright in the blue sky while the birds tweeted and sang. Mikhail and Luna sat down on a bench for a bit just to enjoy the scenery, watching the squirrels playing tag with each other and old men playing chess.

"I think you picked the right outing Luna." Mikhail responded. "This is beautiful!"

"Yeah dude. I figured we'd do something easy today." She said nervously while trying to control the fast pumping of her heart. "So uh… how's that apprenticeship you told me about coming?"

"Oh it's going fine." Mikhail said as he shrugged. "It's difficult though to balance it with my college courses."

"Yeah I see," Luna could only say with complete awkwardness.

Dammit Lunes quit stalling! She screamed in her head. Her thoughts were battling each other like two wolves over a deer carcass.

You have to tell him! But what if he leaves me? Well he's gonna find out eventually and he'll really be pissed if you want until it's too late! I can't do it, I can't do it! Yes you can!

"Luna?"

Lunes, it's his child too and you need to tell him before doing anything! I can't! You have to! I can't! You have to!

"Luna?"

Luna snapped out of her internal consciousness war by Mikhail who tapped her on the shoulder.

"Oh what?" She looked at him and saw he had a look of worry on his face.

"Luna are you alright? You were zoned out there?" Mikhail explained.

She could only give a weak smile though in return as she tried to hide her vulnerability. But Mikhail saw right through her and rubbed her shoulder trying to comfort her.

"Baby what's going on?"

Luna got up and walked to the water fountain; she needed a drink.

"Nothing Mikky I'm just a little thirsty." She explained as she took a few sips from the bubbling fountain.

Mikhail patted her on the back, "Luna something's going on. You're not acting like yourself. Is something bothering you?"

Now's the moment Lunes. She thought to herself and good a deep breath.

"Let's go somewhere a little more private first." Luna said with a sad face.

Mikhail seemed a little disturbed by this. He looked scared and unsure as she did.

"Oh alright Luna." He said as he took her hand and she led him to their favorite spot by the small lake not to far in the park.

Thankfully they were mostly alone there. A couple guys on the other side were fishing but they were too far away to notice or care what Luna and Mikhail did. They both sat down on the grass and stared at the calming water.

"Luna what's wrong?" Mikhail brought up again. "You've been acting strange lately."

She looked at Mikhail with this sorrowful and distraught look.

"Mikky, remember you promised how we'd love and care for each other no matter what?"

Mikhail nodded but felt his heart skip as his mind raced with fears. Was she breaking up with him? Was she friendzoning him? He cursed to himself internally. He knew they shouldn't of done the deed those weeks ago.

"Yes babe! And I intend to keep that up." He expressed sounding almost desperate. "Lunes, is it something I did? Are you having regrets? If it's about what we did..."

"Oh no no no!" Luna immediately corrected but at the same time got up and face away from him. "It wasn't that. I'm not leaving you Mikky it's just…."

Mikhail stood up too and held Luna from behind.

"Then was is it Luna?"

Luna sighed in a very deep breath.

"You know how I was feeling sick?" she asked.

She felt Mikhail nod and hum in response.

"Well I went to a doctor about it because it wasn't going away and he did some tests and…." Luna tried to explain but she choked.

Fuck don't start crying again Luna!

"And? What's wrong Luna was it something serious!?" Mikhail questioned with extreme panic. He was worried she may have some serious medical condition.

"Well… yeah sorta…."

She turned around and faced him and stared into his blue eyes. Mikhail gasped at Luna's watering eyes, just barely holding back tears.

"Mikhail, I'm pregnant…" she managed to only give a quick sigh as she spoke.

Mikhail's face widened and his pupils dilated. He swore he felt his heart enter his throat as she gave the shocking news.

"You're… pregnant?" Mikhail gasped awestruck.

Luna sniffed and gave a sorrowing whimper.

"With me?" Mikhail blurted out as he pointed to himself.

Luna fell forward and buried herself in Mikhail's arms.

Mikhail held her close but was still bamboozled.

"But how could I have gotten you pregnant we used protection?"

The wheels in Mikhail's head were turning as he desperately tried to solve the puzzle. Luna sniffed a little as he rubbed her back and he soon remembered something. During the night they did it while he was cleaning himself up, he noticed the condom had a strange looking white substance on the outside. At first he thought nothing of it but now he soon realized what it was.

"Oh shit the condom must've broke!" He gasped.

This news seemed to cause Luna to squeeze him even harder. She looked up at him with pleading eyes.

"Mikhail, please… don't leave me!" She whimpered as she rested her head on his right shoulder. "I know I try to act like a tough rock n roll star but Mikky, I'm still a girl. I'm scared Mikky! Please…"

"Shhhhh calm down Luna." Mikhail tried to relax her. "I'm not going to leave you."

She looked up at him and sniffed a tear away, "You… You mean it?"

He smiled and places his hands on her face, "No Luna I could never do that."

He leaned forward and kissed her and she returned the kiss back. They made out the same way they did as Luna shed a few tears of happiness. When they ended the kiss he held her close to him. They held and kissed for ten straight minutes before Mikhail summoned the courage to say something.

"So what are we gonna do Luna?" He asked with care. "Do you wanna carry it or are you going to… you know?"

Luna shook her head and practically yelled, "No! As much as I didn't want this to happen I couldn't live with myself if I did…. That."

He nodded and looked at her, "So you're going to carry it to term then?"

Luna sadly nodded, "I guess so. But I don't know what to do until then. I haven't even told my folks yet!"

"Does anyone else know, Luna?"

"No. Just my doctor, you, and Lori." she sighed. "I'm too scared to tell everyone else. The 'Rents will never forgive me and my sibs, you know how they are. Lori was the only one I could trust. Mikky, I'm scared dude!"

Mikhail couldn't help it, but he shed a few tears and he cradled her in his arms. He had been trying to be strong for Luna but he was only human as Luna.

"Me too Luna." He cried to her his emotional shield slowly cracking.

Mikhail took her hand and walked her back to the park entrance. He felt her shaking in his hand and perfectly understood. He was extremely terrified of telling his parents the news as well. While Mikhail's parents weren't uber strict, they did have very high expectations of him and his siblings. If he were to tell them he got a girl pregnant, even if it was unintentional they'd never take him seriously again. He'd lose their respect and his sibling's respect as well. It was a terrible pickle he was in. He didn't want to lose the respect of his own family but at the same time abandoning the girl he loved was absolutely out of the question. Especially now she was carrying his child. At the end of the day, he figured the very least he could do is take responsibility for his actions. Whether she decided to keep it or give it away for adoption, she would still need him.

"Look Luna we'll figure something out." He tried to assure her doing everything he could to sound assertive. "I can probably get more hours on my apprenticeship and balance my classes out. That should earn me a little extra cash."

Luna could feel the tiredness in his voice however. She knew he was under so much stress and pressure now. It's hard how much their lives were going to change now and how much they realized the crooked bumpiness of the new road. She squeezed Mikhail's arm trying to get his attention.

"Mikky don't put all the stress on yourself dude." She said. "I'm responsible for this too."

"But Luna…."

However he was interrupted as she suddenly kissed him on the mouth.

"Mikky. I love you and if we're both gonna make it through this we need to be together." She softly explained. "We both are gonna need to hold on."

Mikhail nodded and sighed as messaged his forehead with his right stress was getting to him too and Luna turned his face to her.

"Honey, please." She pleaded with him as she placed her arm around him. "Don't beat yourself up over this."

The two walked out of the park and into the parking lot where Mikhail had parked his vehicle.

"Luna you want a ride home?" He asked her almost exhausted as if the emotional baggage he now carried whipped the fight out of him.

Luna accepted his offer and got in his car in the passenger seat. It was perhaps the quietest car ride she had ever been on as aside from the radio neither of them spoke. They drove through downtown and Luna felt like it was almost as if he was deliberately taking the longer routes on purpose, probably as an attempt to give them both a little extra time to figure things out. But they couldn't drive away from the reality of the situation and soon Mikhail pulled up to Luna's house.

"Here you are…" He said rather nervously. "Do you… Want me to be there when you tell them?"

Luna smiled and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Sorry Mikky but I think I should do this alone." She answered him.

Mikhail looked a little sad at this and breathed deep.

"It's just you know my family. If you were there my popstar will go off his rocker even more." She explained as she got out of the car. "Besides you know how my siblings will react when I tell them and you're here."

Mikhail actually smiled and gave a soft laugh, "Half will probably want to smash me while the rest will be trying to beg me to name the baby after them."

Both Luna and Mikhail laughed whether it was legitimately funny or we're just nervous. Mikhail took her hand real quickly before she left though.

"Luna, I'm more worried about how my parents will react…." He said almost sadly.

Luna quickly got back in and gave him a passionate kiss on the mouth.

"Don't worry Mikhail." She sighed when she broke the kiss. "We've got each other and that's enough for love."

He held her close and whispered to her, "Rock star lady, you're a miracle work for me…"

Luna giggled and held on to him one more time.

"Sorry bro, I have to leave now.

Mikhail nodded as he had to let her go and he watched her walk to her door and ring the bell. He could only watch from his seat as Luna was let in and he drove off sweating and with a knot in his throat. How he was going to break the news to his family was a task. In all honesty, he didn't think he could do it.

Luna sighed in annoyance and embarrassment as her mom and dad took turns touching her forehead to check her temperature.

"How're you feeling sweetie? Did your date with Michael go well?" Her mom asked innocently but with worry.

"Mom why would you let me go on a short date with him if you felt I was sick?" She questioned as her dad grabbed her wrist and felt her pulse.

"Because we love you and care about you Shooting Star!" Her dad explained. "Also Quarantine Protocol Alpha Six is still in effect."

Luna then noticed that Lori was in the living room with her other siblings sitting on the couch watching The Love Boat. However Lori was looking at her not saying anything but communicating with her facial features.

Luna breathed in deep and looked at her parents.

"Mom? Dad? I need to tell you guys something. Something important and in private." She said as she nervously looked at her sibs.

While she was okay with the folks knowing, with the exception of Lori, she felt her siblings didn't need to know yet. Her parents looked at each other with nervous looks but nodded.

"Sure honey!" Her mom said as she escorted her daughter and husband to their bedroom.

The Loud siblings looked at the scene and began humming in inquisition.

Lucy was the one who broke the silence (and scaring everyone in the process).

"I've been noticing Luna's been acting weird lately. And it wasn't just her sickness."

Luan nodded in response.

"Yeah, the only sound she's given me is the sound of silence! Hahahahaha!"

The siblings looked at her with confusion.

"What? I can make rock n roll references too can I?"

Lori quicky interjected, "Oh she's fine! She's just uh…. Been having boy issues that's it!"

However Lori's nervous smile and sweat sorta gave the secret she kept with Luna away.

"Hmmm I smell something off!" Lola said as she put her hand to her chin and rubbed it in suspicion like a detective.

Lori looked both ways and tried her best to keep a composure.

"Yeah she and Mikhail have been disagreeing on uh… on uh…."

But all her siblings ganged up on her and had her surrounded.

"Admit it Lori!" Lynn pointed at her. "You and Luna are hiding something from us are you!?"

Luna was scared and cornered. She couldn't give away the secret she promised to keep with Luna, she couldn't!

"Guys I'm not hiding a secret it's just that…."

"YOU'RE PREGNANT!"

The Loud siblings jumped and the house practically bounced as their parents shouted the big news in unison.

"Luna's what!" The Loud siblings (minus Lori and Lily) screamed in unison spilling their chips and spitting out their beverages.

"Dang it…." Lori said in a disappointed tone.