The next morning after didn't feel any better than last night to Luna. She was up and atem now but moved very slowly and nervously. It didn't matter while she was glad Mikhail came back to her it still didn't change anything. She was still pregnant and Mikhail's family didn't appear to take the news very well. Luna couldn't help but feel like it was her fault. She was the one who seduced Mikhail out of love. She just wanted to be close with him is all.

"Dammit Lunes…" she sighed to herself. "We really bombed this gig badly."

She sat down on her hospital bed not really feeling like laying down anymore. Thankfully she was allowed to walk about now that the sleep meds wore off. She was waiting for her mom to come pick her up and take her home and all she could do right now was tap her fingers on the hospital food tray as if it were some sort of instrument. Music always calmed her down in situations like this but this time it wasn't working.

"Luna sweetie!" She heard her mom greet her as she knocked on the door.

Luna got up without smiling or really looking at her.

"Hey mom." She spoke sadly and almost in defeat.

Rita frowned and walked up to Luna and gently touched her should.

"Luna I'm here to take you home sweetie." She explained. "I'm sure your siblings will be happy to see you."

She hoped this would at least perk her up but Luna seemed to be apathetic. Then again she had a rough week; discovering you're pregnant, almost breaking up with your boyfriend, and having a fainting spell requiring a hospital visit. Rita was surprised her daughter didn't keel over sooner.

"Honey I know it's been rough for you." She calmly asserted as she comforted her daughter.

"Mom, will I be able to see Mikky ever again?" She finally looked up and asked. "You know how devastated I was when Sam rejected me… I don't think I can handle losing him."

The words made Rita's heart sink but she totally understood. Rita remembered the atmosphere at home when Luna was rejected by her crush Sam.

"Well honey," she spoke with hesitance. "That's up to his family to decide."

Luna closed her eyes and swallowed deep. She understood and was ready to accept there was a possibility she would never see him again. Mikhail's parents did look very furious with him and her and the thought of her parents and his being together only worried her.

"Honey don't beat yourself up." the Loud matriarch calmly said as she held Luna. "And don't stress yourself out. It's not good for you or your child."

Luna nodded and breathed deep. She was completely mute, more quiet than Luan when she was in her mime routine. Rita gave a smile and hugged her trying anything to give her some support.

"C'mon let's go home. Your siblings miss you." She said as she escorted Luna out of her room.

They walked through the hallway until they reached the front receptionist.

"I'm Mrs. Loud. I'm here to checkout my daughter Luna." Rita explained to the middle aged nurse behind the counter.

The nurse smiled and reached underneath her desk and opened up a filing cabinet and grabbed a small stack of papers.

"Here you go Mrs. Loud just a few things for you and your daughter to look over and sign." She handed the papers over to Rita.

There wasn't anything too special. Just standard legal jargon, patient confidentiality info, etc. Rita signed the papers and handed them to Luna for her to sign.

"Oh I almost forgot!" The nurse handed over a few pamphlets and lists. "Due to your daughter's condition these are some pamphlets the doctor advised me to give her."

The Loud mother took a look at them and skimmed through them. They appeared to be educational panels about pregnancy and contacts to various charitable groups that assisted young mothers.

"Those are just things you can discuss with your daughter and some contacts if she needs help for things like counseling or welfare assistance." She pointed to one of the pages. "There's also a list of medicines and vitamins we'd recommend she take during her first trimester. That should help ease her symptoms."

"Okay thank you miss." Rita loud said and handed the papers for her daughter to carry. Now came the most painful part. "So what's the damage going to be?"

She pulled out her purse and got ready to be hit with the bill. While the Loud's did have insurance it would only cover so far especially since they had eleven children.

"Actually you only owe us fifty five dollars and thirty nine-cents." The receptionist nurse cheerfully stated as she typed out the bill on her computer.

Rita was dumbstruck by this news. Her daughter spent the night in the hospital so even with insurance she should have at least been charged a few hundred dollars.

"But how… I thought it would be more." She spoke quite confused.

"Oh Mr. Wolfe paid for the hospital bed last night for you." The nurse smiled. "What a gentleman he was. We only had to charge you for the meds and the test."

Luna looked up and her eyes widened at this news. But Mikhail's dad looked pissed last night and he was known to be a very froogle man. Why would he spend his own money on them?

"Oh well thanks." Mrs. Loud said as she use her debit card to pay for the rest.

"Thank you and have a good day!" The receptionist farewelled with a smile as Rita and Luna exited the hospital and walked to Vanzilla.

"Whoa finally free huh Luna?" She smiled and looked back at her daughter.

But Luna didn't look too good. She was a little pale and depressed looking. Rita could also tell by how she was clutching her fingers on her legs that she was in a lot of pain.

"Luna it's okay honey." She said as she started Vanzilla and proceeded to leave the parking lot.

"I don't feel good…" Was all Luna could squeak out.

Rita nodded, "I know honey it's been a rough day. Look as a woman who's had eleven kids I can tell you the first trimester is the hardest."

Luna just shrugged and looked out the window. While she did feel fatigued and queasy that wasn't what was bothering her.

"Mom…" She spoke out, "What if I'm not allowed to see Mikhail again?"

Rita frowned and struggled to focus on the road and her daughter.

"Oh honey don't beat yourself over thinking about it. Listen we're seeing his family tonight and I'm sure we can talk something out." She sighed as she turned left on the interaction. "Look this is a big deal though honey."

Luna gave a soft tearless sob, "It's my fault mom."

"Oh don't say that honey…"

"No, I was the one who wanted to have sex. I pushed Mikky to sleep with me." She stammered through quivering lips. "I just wanted to be close to him. I know I brought this up plenty of times but when Sam told me she didn't love me like that Mikhail was there for me. Even if we never ended up dating I still couldn't be without him. He's more than my lover mom, he's my close friend."

Rita Loud's heart sank at hearing this. Luna was pouring her heart and soul out and she wasn't using any of her rock n roll lingo. She really loved Mikhail.

"Well honey I'm sure if you speak with the Wolfes about that they might be easy on you."

Luna leaned back and groaned as a combo of a stomach and heart ache struck her. Her mom was right, this was hard.

"Don't worry we're almost home Luna." her mother spoke calmly.

The ride home seemed to take forever in Luna's mind. She felt like complete shit and was exhausted. She tried staring out the window and focusing on the horizon like you would do on a boat but it wasn't't helping. Her head was throbbing and her heart and stomach felt like they swapped places. Luna gave a big sigh of relief when she saw them pull into their neighborhood and head to their house.

"Look honey just go inside and get some rest okay?" Rita said as she pulled into their driveway and unlocked the doors.

Luna weakly opened her door and got out of the van and closed the door. With her mom by her side she went up to the house and entered. Lincoln was on the couch watching the tv when she entered and thankfully he stood up quietly enough to not overwhelm her.

"Hey Luna welcome home!" Lincoln cheered to her however with a bright smile. Luna could tell he was holding back his excitement.

"Hey bro," She groaned as she clutched her stomach.

Lincoln frowned and approached her with worry and care. He came up and held her hand and asked if she was okay.

"I'm alright bro." She sighed in pain. "Still just nauseous. You know how it is now."

Lincoln nodded and said "Do you want me to get you anything? Water? Soda?"

Luna smiled and giggled a little bit, "Linc I'm okay. Just morning sickness and all. I just need to pass out for a bit."

Lincoln nodded but still had a look of nervous on him. He cared for Luna very much as he did with all his sisters. But again, Lincoln had a very special bond with Luna. It actually kinda saddened Lincoln a little because he and Luna used to do everything together when they were younger but very recently they hadn't been hanging out.

"You can have the couch if you want." Lincoln said with a worrying smile. "I mean it's closer than your bed and you have the tv."

Luna snickered at her little bro as she patted his white hair.

"Nah Lincoln I'll be okay. My body's just out of tune."

Lincoln nodded but followed her in case she needed him. Thankfully the younger more louder siblings were outside playing while the others were under strict orders to not hound her unless she needed them. A minor exception was made for Lincoln because of course he was very close to her. As she headed up the stairs she came across Luan who was holding Mr. Coconuts and doing some sort of routine.

"Oh Luna I'm glad you're back!" She greeted her roommate perhaps a little too loudly as Luna's eyes flinched. "Oooh I'm sorry!"

"Nah Luan it's all cool." She spoke with a daze as she opened their door. The pain was really getting bad and she was almost out of energy.

"Luna, if you want, you can sleep in my bunk instead of yours." Luan offered in an oddly serious manner. "Since it'll be easier on you because… you know."

Luna raised an eyebrow and looked at her sister. Sharing a room with Luan for almost fifteen years made her suspicious because as long as she could remember, Luan only offered you something if she was setting you up for something.

"Is this setting me up for some kind of prank Luan? Because I'm really not feeling it!"

"Oh no no Luna!" She responded shaking her hand. "I swear I'm doing this out of generosity. I swear there's no fake vomit or dog poop in it."

Luna still gazed at her with deep suspicion "What about…"

"No cream pies, pudding, or whoopie cushions either." She answered immediately.

Luna entered their room and surprisingly Luan's bed on their two person bunk bed was clean of any pranks.

"Wow… thanks Luan… I don't know what to say."

Luan put down Mr. Coconuts and hugged Luna closely.

"It's fine Luna we're all here for you." She spoke softly. "Look I know given my history it's hard to take me seriously but I am here for you Luna if you need anything."

Luna smiled and hugged Luan back before eventually falling on the mattress. Before she could say anything a wave of nausea struck her causing her to cough a little.

"Luna are you alright?" Luan looked with worry.

Luna smiled weakly and got into bed, "Yeah just nauseous. Actually can you get me a cup of water or something?"

"Already on it!" Lincoln said as he rushed to the bathroom.

Luna heard the sound of the water faucet being turned on and water running. After a few second Lincoln turned it off and came back with a small paper cup of water.

"Thanks Linc." She took the small cup and drank the water greedily.

It may have been stale tap water but it refreshed her and actually relieved her stomach.

"Ah, I feel good!" Luna sighed with relief as she laid her head on the pillow. The water really helped though she was still nervous for tonight.

"Do you need anything else?" Lincoln and Luan both asked.

Luna smiled and gave her siblings a thumbs up signalling she was okay. However she gave a loud yawn and they decided to leave her be for now. Luan turned off the light and quietly closed the door.

"Just holler if you need anything." Luan asserted as she closed the door.

"How's she doing?" They heard Lori whisper as they walked away.

"She's okay she's resting now." Luan explained quietly trying not to wake her.
Lori smiled and nodded, "That's good. Because tonight mom and dad are taking her to Mikhail's place to discuss what to do with his parents."

At that point the Loud siblings nodded but frowned. They weren't present at the hospital when Mikhail's parents showed up but from what they overheard their mom tell their dad, it didn't sound good. Especially mister Wolfe. To tell the truth, other than Luna, Luan, and Lincoln, none of the Loud's really met Mikhail's parents. Luna tried to invite them over for dinner a few times but something always come up before that could be arranged. Mikhail himself mentioned that his parents were very busy running their individual businesses and taking care of him and his siblings.

"What are we going to do if Mikhail's not allowed to see Luna again?" Lincoln questioned with worry.

Lincoln was actually really cool with Mikhail almost as much as Lori's boyfriend Bobby. Mikhail actually vouched for him that one time when he really wanted to hang out with Luna and her band after school and even showed Lincoln a few notes on the bass.

"It'll be okay guys. Now we're going to have a sibling meeting tonight while mom, dad, and Luna are gone okay?" Lori asserted as the eldest sister.

Luan and Lincoln nodded.

"Tonight at seven o'clock sharp!"

Mikhail sat alone on his bed saddened and depressed about what he had done. Running away from not only his family but his pregnant girlfriend was a really low thing for him. He was self exiled in his room with only his acoustic bass and Panzer to keep him company.

"Oh Panzer I really fucked up…" He groaned sadly as he scratched the wolfdog behind the ears.

Despite what they say about wolfdogs, Panzer was a very calm dog and was very loyal to his family and could tell when someone was upset. His family rescued him as a pup from a Mexican gang leader who was planning to raise him as a fighting dog. Since then Panzer was the most loving and loyal dog ever.

"I'm surprised Luna forgave me for that stunt." He snickered but then frowned. "But will mom and dad do the same?"

The German shepherd/wolf mix just looked back at Mikhail and tilted his head while giving a canine whimper.

"Yeah you're probably right…" Mikhail spoke and sulked back onto his bed. "I mean I will take responsibility for this. I mean if Luna wants to keep it, I'll get an extra job, cut down on the music sessions, heck I'd give up music all together to support her."

The last sentence made his heart sank though because he loved music almost as much as Luna did. Before coming to Royal Woods, Mikhail didn't have a lot of friends in all honesty. It's not that he didn't try to but growing up in a wealthy family did have some major drawbacks though. For instance in his old elementary school back in Vermont, Mikhail was unable to relate to his classmates in most ways. He wasn't bullied or anything but he was largely ignored. He was like white noise in the background. Then of course the whole controversy over his dad's private military contracting firm often meant his house was harassed by anti war activists and various other radical political groups. Music was the only thing that helped him get over the social neglect and isolation. He would spend hours in his old room listening to old records of Fleetwood Mac, Steve Miller, The Cranberries, and many others.

When they moved to Royal Woods, Michigan and he finally met Luna it was like his whole world changed. He not only found someone in common with but he also soon got friends who he could talk to and turn too. Not just Luna either, Sam, Adam (their drummer), Chunk, and heck even Luna's family were there for him.

"I wish you could speak human Panzer…" Mikhail said as he stroked the dog's coat along his back. "When I'm home alone I feel like you and Kukri are the only ones who listen to me."

He snickered at the statement but it was true. He loved his family and all but they had their own things to worry about. Granted Silvio was there to provide him with a shoulder to cry upon sometimes but he was off doing his own things now, especially with his hockey and college schedule getting in the way. Panzer seemed to sense his master was feeling down and moved around and laid his head on Mikhail's leg.

"Oh thanks Panzer." Mikhail smiled and patted his dog's head. "You know, maybe this won't be bad. If I can show mom and pop that I'll do anything to take responsibility they'll go easy on me."

Panzer just yawned and nuzzled his master.

"Yeah I'm a little beat myself buddy." Mikhail sighed.

But he had to keep himself upright tonight because Luna and her parents were going to be coming over for a meeting. A meeting that could potentially change his and Luna's lives forever.

Two hours later….

A doorbell rang throughout the Wolfe home causing Panzer and Kukri to start barking and yowling. The Wolfe matriarch walked to the door to welcome them while Mr. Wolfe calmed the dogs down.

"Panzer! Kukri! Ruhige Hunde tscchhh!" He scolded in his native German tongue at the dogs causing them to fold their ears and hunch down in submission.

He took the dogs to their back patio door and opened them up to let them outside so they wouldn't get in the way. Mikhail's siblings were in the basement studio watching tv, their father giving them strict orders to stay down there until the meeting was over. They did this to ease the atmosphere a little bit though as they knew about what Mikhail had done.

"Oh hello Rita, Lynn, Luna." The Wolfe mother said as she let the Loud family into their home. It was clear from the expression on Lynn Sr.'s face that he was awed by the size of their house.

"Hey Teresa!" Rita Loud greeted as she walked in holding Luna's hand.

Luna was surprisingly dressed very nicely tonight. She was wearing a long sleeved shirt and pants instead of her usual skirt and hard rock t-shirt. She chose this largely because her parents insisted she dress in something less "rebellious" as an example to Mikhail's parents. However she was scared and had a rather resigned look on her face. Thankfully that nap she took soothed her nausea earlier.

"Nikky the Louds are here!" Mrs. Wolfe called to her husband.

Nikky? Luna thought to herself. Very similar to the nickname she gave Mikhail.

Nicholas Wolfe came from his location and greeted the Louds with a stern neutral nod. Luna had forgotten how tall Mr. Wolfe was as she only met him in person once or twice before. Despite being in his fifties he was very tall and still had muscle on his body. His hair was a graying shade of black which is where Mikhail and Bernard got their threads from. The most powerful thing was his eyes. They had a gaze that instantly gave you a clue as to how he was feeling without having to read his face. Now Luna understood why Mikhail was so scared.

"Welcome to our home Mr. and Mrs. Loud." He said rather charmingly and faint trace of his Germanic dialect was still in his accent. "Ms Luna…"

Hearing him address her caused Luna too look down on the ground and avoid eye contact with him. She felt like a six year old at a "Meet the Teacher" event. They escorted the Loud's to the dining room where Mikhail was already seated down. Nicholas Wolfe sat down next to his son while his wife went to the kitchen to fetch some coffee for their guests.

"Now then," Mr. Wolfe began. "We all know why we're here tonight."

He looked at Mikhail and then at Luna with a look that made them both shiver silently. Teresa sat down to the left of Mikhail and began to add sugar to her coffee.

"Yes uh… you wanted to talk about our children right?" Mr. Loud said almost a little nervously.

"There's no need to be nervous Mr. Loud." The Wolfe patriarch nodded having sensed Lynn Sr.'s nervous shaking.

"Oh what? No I'm not nervous!" He said with a weak smile though the waterfall of sweat pouring down his brow gave it away.

"Anyway back on subject. We're here today because your daughter is pregnant and our son claims to be the father is that correct Mikhail?"

Mikhail closed his eyes and nodded, "Yes sir…"

Luna frown and looked at her love across the table. She had never seen Mikhail like this before well except when he was in the hospital by her side.

"Ms. Luna? Is this true?" Nicholas asked Luna.

Luna's heart jumped and her body trembled a bit.

"It's okay sweetie." Her mom whispered to her as she held her hand underneath the table.

"Y… yes Mr. Wolfe." She responded with a stutter.

Mr. Wolf gave a deep sigh as his wife took a few sips from her coffee.

"Look, what we really are worried about was how did this happen?" Mrs. Wolfe explained as she looked at Mikhail then at Luna. "How long have you two been having sex behind our backs?"

Mikhail looked at Luna and then to his mother.

"That was our first time doing that mom." Mikhail swallowed hard. "We didn't do anything like that before."

"Is he telling the truth Luna?" Lynn Sr. looked at his rock star daughter.

"Yeah popstar…" Luna said with a down face. "I swear we weren't doing anything like that prior to that night."

The Wolfes and Louds looked at their children with suspicion but that was just a natural reaction. Truth is kids having sex behind their parents' back was nothing new even with today's generation. However the family's were concerned as to how their kids ended up like this despite knowing about safe sex.

"Look dad we used protection I swear." Mikhail explained to his dad but also moved his eye to Lynn Loud Sr. "The condom we used broke."

"Are you sure?" Lynn Sr. judged like a Spanish Inquisitor.

"Yes popstar!" Luna practically shouted causing them to jump a little. "How many goddamn times do we have to tell you!"

"Luna! Luna! Calm down!" Mrs. Loud immediately grabbed her daughter's shoulders and helped her relax and breath deep while Lynn Sr's mouth was agape at the language Luna used.

Rita looked at the Wolfes blushing in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." She apologized.

Mrs. Wolfe actually smiled a bit and giggled, "Hey I fully understand."

She actually felt sympathetic to Luna. As a woman who carried and birthed four children herself she knew all about the pains and woes of pregnancies. And she was in her late twenties when she was pregnant with Mikhail and Silvio. She could only imagine what poor Luna, still a teenager was going through.

Mr. Loud gave a deep breath trying to keep his mood under control.

"Look we understand now. It was an accident. Now the next set of business is what is Luna going to do?"

This statement caused both Luna and Mikhail to skip a heart beat. Mikhail didn't recall Luna telling him what her decision was yet. He knew she wasn't going to terminate the pregnancy but she still didn't tell him what to do after the baby came out.

"She told us she wasn't going to terminate the pregnancy." Mrs. Loud explained as Luna was still cooling off from her hormonal outburst.

Nicholas nodded and looked at Luna, "So that leave two options left then."

Luna put her hands on the table and she took a very deep breath.

"I want to keep it…"

The Louds and Wolfes all looked at her with eyes widened at her answer.

"Luna honey are you sure?" Her dad asked with worry and concern.

"Yes popstar… I wanna keep the child." She explained as she put a hand on her lower stomach impulsively. She didn't show it now but she knew eventually it would happen.

"You understand the responsibilities and consequences of doing such a thing right young lady?" Mrs. Wolfe said concerned.

Mikhail looked up at Luna and saw that while she was looking sad, her voice was confident in her decision.

"Luna…" He spoke, probably out of line but he didn't care. "I'll support whatever decision you make."

His parents looked at him.

"Really?" his father said as he placed his hand under his chin. "You think you're ready for a responsibility as a father Michael? You think you can support a baby or a girl you think…"

"Dad I get it!" Mikhail interjected earning a few jump gasps from his parents. "And to answer your question I don't know. Maybe I can, maybe I can't. But I love Luna dad! If she wants to keep the baby then I'll take responsibility for my actions!"

"We will take responsibility." Luna corrected with a soft smile as she looked at her lover. "I was the one who wanted to have sex. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, I love Mikky so much. I just wanted to… you know be closer to him."

The Wolfes nodded but still were serious about this.

"Well then I give you both kudos." Mr. Wolfe said with a nod. "While I'm still not happy with what happened, it appears you two are willing to take responsibility for your actions. I can respect that."

Mrs. Wolfe agreed with her husband, "Listen you two, you are very lucky to be in this situation where you both have loving families willing to support you. Not a lot of teenage parents have that luxury so don't take advantage of it."

Mikhail and Luna agreed as did the Loud parents.

"Mr. Wolfe," Luna said with a bit hesitation. "Does this mean me and Mikky can still see each other?"

Mr. Wolfe looked at his wife and at the Loud parents before looking back at her.

"Yes Luna you and Mikhail can still see each other." He stated causing Luna and Mikhail to smile at each other. Had their parents not been there they would've been jumping up and down like that one famous hollywood actor on Oprah.

"However…" He interjected. There was always a catch. "We will be watching you two closely!"

The Louds agreed with them and got up with Luna.

"Okay now that we got this all settled I think it's time for us to head home." Mr. Loud explained as he took his wife and daughter.

He took them to the door and got ready to leave but not before Mikhail got up.

"Wait Mr. Loud just one sec!" He called.

He then came and hugged Luna in a deep embrace. She smiled and hugged him back despite the fact that their parents were in the same room.

"I love you Mikky." Luna whispered.

"I know." Mikhail responded back with confidence.

However they soon had to end their embrace and go their separate ways for now. Mikhail stood at the doorway and watched as the Louds go into their van leave. While Luna didn't wave goodbye she could see the look in her face.

"God I love that woman…" Mikhail sighed to himself before he closed the door.

He walked back to his parents and prepared his fate.

"So what's the punishment for me then?" He said as he clapped his hands together as if he was getting ready for a fight.

Mr. and Mrs. Loud smiled and said "You won't be punished."

Mikhail tilted his head like a dog, "Really? Why?"

His dad gave a low snicker while stating "Because the next eighteen years will be punishment enough. Hehehe"