A/N: Hey guys I very very deeply apologize for taking so long. Again, more personal stuff in life got in the way, I've been planning on changing jobs soon and it's really cut into my writing and creativity. I hope Chapter 12 can make up for it but if not, again I'm very sorry. Hopefully you'll enjoy.

"Okay c'mon." Mikhail sighed with exhaustion as he typed random javascript on the training computer in his room.

He'd been trying to program the computer's encryption for the past month now but for some reason his programming wasn't working. The computer only beeped and displayed an "Error" message.

"Dammit!" Mikhail swore as he banged his fists on the desk. This had been his fourth attempt to properly secure the computer's program but the damn program administrator on it's hard drive wouldn't read the encryption.

"Well this is a load of bullcrap!" Mikhail sighed as he rubbed his forehead.

He felt very sick and in terrible pain today. Not because he was coming down with something but because he wasn't taking good care of himself lately. He had been struggling to sleep, was barely eating, and was mostly living off of black coffee. He tried to follow his father's advice and try to better balance his schedule but it was next to impossible. He dedicated himself to being there for Luna and their unborn child but dropping out of community college was unacceptable for him. But by doing so he was beginning to let himself go. His hair was a mess, his eyes were dark around the edges, and he also had been very anal lately. To his shame in fact he actually yelled at Catherine earlier this week simply because she knocked on his door while he was working on his encryption project.

"Huh…." he groaned as he typed in more code. "Let's try this again."

He pressed enter and watched nervously as the buffering line slowly filled the bar. With a soft beep the screen completed the boot up and displayed a "Code Accepted" message.

"Hell yeah!" Mikhail prided himself! "And it only took me nine hours!"

With that final sentence he slumped back in his seat and passed out from exhaustion snoring loudly in the process. Silvio and Bernard heard the commotion and walked past his room and opened the door. They found their brother snoring asleep on his chair leaned backward.

"Looks like Michael pulled another all-nighter." Bernard said as he shook his head.

Silvio agreed and said "Yeah I don't think he should be doing this."

"Should we put him in his bed?" Bernard asked unsure of what to but Silvio just shrugged and moved on.

"We probably should," Silvio replied but with hesitation. "But be careful if he wakes up he'll be more pissed."

They crept into his room and slowly lifted him off of his chair and laid him down on his bed though they didn't bother to cover him. He was fully clothed anyway so he'd probably get overheated. Silvio whistled and shook his head as he saw his fraternal twin passed out. Michael was so exhausted he wouldn't be awakened by the movement of his body being placed on a bed. Silvio also noticed his brother looked extremely flushed and wet from sweat.

"Man Michael you just have to be stubborn don't you." He shrugged and closed the door behind him.

Silvio let out a deep breath as he thought to himself. He knew his younger twin had a habit of perseverance but sometimes it bordered on being too dumb to quit. He still had memories of him and Mikhail daring each other to do stupid things when they were younger boys. Silvio did his fare share of crazy things but Mik would also try to outdo him. To Mikhail, "no" meant "bring it on" to him. Whether it was climbing the highest tree at their grandparents place, racing on their bikes and crashing in their neighbors fence. Actually it kinda made Silvio smirk a bit. In many ways, Mikhail's stubbornness helped him become the athlete he is today.

"Just don't push it too hard bro." Silvio said as looked back at Mikhail's door. "Or you're really going to hurt yourself.

Luna kept her head down as she walked down the corridors of her high school with Sam and their drummer Adam next to her sorta acting as some kind of shield. However she could tell there were still plenty of kids staring at her and whispering amongst themselves. She tried to not let it get to her but with the constant barrage combined with the hormonal imbalance made that tricky. Sam and Adam were there for her though. Always have been.

"Luna are you alright?" Sam asked with concern as he patted her dear friend's back.

Luna could only sigh as she approached her locker and began to turn the combination.

"They're starting aren't they?" Luna groaned as she could see through the corner of her eye three older senior girls smirking and looking at her.

The girls were Teresa Simonsen, Hallie Kirkman, and Carrie Hannigan. Luna had a history with those girls especially Hallie, and it wasn't a pleasant one.

"Oh it's just Hallie and her drongo friends Lunes." Adam spoke in his semi Australian accent. His parents were from Australia (he was born in Melbourne but moved to Royal Woods when he was five) and while his voice was mostly Americanized, he still held onto the slang and phrases his parents had. "Pay them no mind."

"I know brah…" Luna mumbled to her drummer as she grabbed some books from her locker.

She had history class up next followed up by math. Apart from her normal classes she also had to attend Early childhood development classes by mandate of the school. Going there made her feel utterly embarrassed. Many of the girls there came either from questionable backgrounds and were always giving Luna a stink eye. Then again, a lot of the school had been treating Luna differently. She tried to be as normal as possible but lately it wasn't unheard of for rumors about who the father was and occasionally she would find the word "Slut" written on her locker.

"Look Luna," Sam explained as Luna grabbed her books and closed her locker. "I know you're going through a lot right now. If there's anything you need, I can help."

Luna smiled a bit but it was a small one of insecurity. While she was with Mikhail now, Luna still blushed looking at Sam in the eye. She was so beautiful still.

"Thanks Sam." Luna leaned forward and hugged her dear friend. She smiled a little as she held her former crush.

"Well well Loud! Tired of Michael already!" Luna's moment was interrupted by the cruel nagging voice of Hallie.

Luna pulled away from Sam who in turn looked around and saw Hallie scowling at her and walking towards them as Teresa and Carrie looked on and snickered amongst themselves.

"What do you want Hallie?" She demanded of the spoiled girl.

Hallie just "humphed" and held her nose in the air as she walked by Sam and Adam earning a scorn from both of them. Luna noticed Adam balling up his fists and was shaking a little bit. He didn't like Hallie either as she constantly mocked his parents because of how they talked. Actually, she didn't get along with Sam or any of Luna's siblings. Hallie was the spoiled rich girl of the school. Her mom was the chief secretary of the Royal Wood's mayor and her dad was a lawyer with connections to the police and city council. Because of her family's wealth and political connections, she had a high ego of herself and felt she was better than anyone else.

"I wasn't talking to you Samantha!" Hallie snapped as raised her hand in front of Sam's face in a very disrespectful manner.

Sam's frown opened into a face of rage and she shook and balled her fists resisting the urge to smack Hallie's living daylights out. Adam despite being pissed off as Hallie himself, tapped Sam's shoulders to calm her down.

"Easy Sam," He spoke under his breath so only he and Sam could hear. "She isn't worth it."

Luna scowled at Hallie and held her books low sorta trying to cover the bump of her pregnancy but obviously Hallie already knew and had seen it.

"Hah I always knew you'd be the first." Hallie laughed after looking at Luna's slightly expanded abdomen.

Luna's eyebrows lowered as she squinted her eyes in a more intimidating stare. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Why the first of the Loud kids to get knocked up of course!" She laughed as if she had just told the funniest joke in the world. "Though considering your family I'm surprised your sister's Lori and Leni haven't gotten themselves fucked and knocked up!"

"Hey don't diss my family!" Luna responded with low growl.

It seems their confrontation was getting attention and some students were fast walking away or pulling out their phones to probably try to record. Luna didn't care though. Nobody dissed her family!

"Oh please, you and I both know your mommy and daddy popped out babies like a bunch of rabbits!" Hallie smiled at Luna in a smug mockery. "Ugh and now another Loud is about to pop out. Eugh, it's gross enough with… uh… how many siblings do you have. But also I know who the daddy is. Jeez I always knew Michael had a bad taste in fashion but I never knew his taste in women was that low either!"

Luna was burning hot with anger at Hallie. What was her problem! Why did she target Luna? She didn't want this to happen. Nobody wanted this to happen.

"Alright Hallie that's enough!" Adam practically shouted causing other students in the hallway to either gasps or coo with excitement.

"Oh shut up you dingo!" Hallie yelled back without even having the balls to look at Adam in the face when she insulted him.

"What did you just call me ye cunt!" Adam swore as he moved in Hallie's face towering over her.

"You heard me Adam! I'm not scared of any of you! That dumbass Michael isn't here to protect you any… ahhh!" Hallie screamed as Luna charged forward and grabbed Hallie by her hair and began violently pulling

"You fucking bitch! Don't you dare insult my friends or my family!" Luna roared as despite being pregnant she pushed Hallie on the ground and pinned her. "Or Mikky!"

Sam and Adam gasped in horror and desperately tried to pull Luna off of Hallie as the two girls clashed in the hallway. Teresa and Carrie just looked scared and confused with each other unsure of what to do.

"Luna stop!" Sam pleaded as she pulled Luna back with great difficulty.

"Get your freak of a friend off me!" Hallie demanded as she covered her face from the punches Luna was throwing at her and throwing a few hits back at Luna.

By this point a crowd had gathered around and was watching. Many were gasping in shock and horror while others were chanting "Fight" egging the two girls on.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!"

The whole hallway rumbled and jumped in fear as they heard the shout of the one person everyone in the school feared.

Mr. Gavigan, their school's vice principal.

He was a very tall man in his early fifties but you would never know as he was well built and fit. Prior to becoming their principal he had served in the US Navy for almost twenty years as a special weapons operator and master at arms. It was his job to discipline roundy seamen and marines and he had a reputation as a ball buster. He was proud of his service so he kept a model of the Destroyer vessel he served on in his office and treated the school as if it were a ship.

"Kirkman! Loud!" Gavigan marched up to them with his shoulders broadened and his angry face displayed. The school custodian was following right behind him.

Luna and Hallie jumped up and stopped standing up still and stiff. Hallie's hair was a mess and tangled from the fight while Luna's mouth was covered with a few bruises and cuts.

Gavigan towered over the two girls and folded his arms across his chest.

"Well?" He scorned with them in the same tone he used to discipline his men back in his Navy days. "Care to explain this scuffle."

"Mr. Gavigan it's not what you…" Sam came forward and tried to explain but he just raised his hand.

"Samantha, Adam, get to your classes right now!" He demanded of them both.

Sam lowered herself and looked at her friend. Luna was now in shock and by what she had just done. Luna got into a few fights with her siblings before, but never at school nor with a non relative. Adam came and took Sam.

"C'mon Sam." He told her as he held her close and walked past the vice principal occasionally looking back at Luna.

Hallie immediately pointed her finger and scowled screaming "This crazy girl attacked me for no good reason!"

"What!?" Luna suddenly turned back and stared down her rival. "You were going around insulting my…"

"Silence!" Mr. Gavigan shouted to them both caused them to return to attention.

Gavigan turned to the custodian and pointed at Hallie.

"Andre, take Ms Kirkman to the nurse's station." he ordered and turned back to Hallie. "Also Ms Kirkman, when the school day ends I want you in my office!"

Hallie frowned but ultimately went with the custodian who took her and escorted her down the hallway. Once they were out of sight Mr. Gavigan turned to Luna. She quivered in her purple rock boots as the vice principal pinched his nose and sighing.

"Luna come with me to the principal's office." He spoke with a gruff as he approached her.

"But…. Mr. Gavigan I…"

"No buts Ms Loud." Gavigan demanded in a commander's tone.

Luna lowered her head and nodded as she walked by Mr. Gavigan's side and they headed down the hallways. Luna had never felt so ashamed in her life, even more shameful than when she discovered she was pregnant. To make matters even worse, in the crowd of students who had witnessed the conundrum, were her sisters Leni and Luan. Leni had a look of shock and had her mouth covered with her hand while Luan was biting her lower lips.

"Alright shows over, all of you get to your class now!" Gavigan ordered as he walked alongside Luna.

Everyone including Leni and Luan immediately complied and headed off. Luna could only shut her eyes.

"I'm sorry" She whispered to herself as she went on the longest walk she ever felt.

Luna sat down in the principal's officer with her head in her hands looking at her feet.

"Yes Mr. Loud she's here in my officer." she heard Mrs. McKenzie, the principal speak on the phone. "Yeah, she's fine she doesn't appear to have any injuries to her abdomen. I'm well aware of her condition Mr. Loud. Okay. Goodbye."

Mrs. McKenzie hung up her phone and looked at Luna with a look of disappointment.

"Your mom and dad are on the way." the middle aged principal spoke softly.

Luna just whimpered as she buried her face in her hands. She really fucked up now. Mr. Gavigan was there with them too and he walked around and shook his head.

"You know Ms Luna, I ain't gonna lie, you were never the best behaved student in this school." He started and earned a scorn from Mrs. McKenzie.

"Johnathan!" She scolded calling Gavigan by his first name.

"Well It's true. But still, you were still a good student Luna! You always showed up for class, did your homework, everything." Mr. Gavigan stated. "But now, look at you! First, your unexpected pregnancy and now fighting? What were you thinking?"

Luna looked up at Mr. Gavigan and tried to protect herself.

"I'm sorry but Hallie, she was insulting my family and Mikhail! And my family!"

Mrs. McKenzie interjected before Gavigan could speak.

"Luna I understand you and Ms Kirkman don't get along. And rest assured that she will be punished appropriately." the principal stood up from her desk and walked towards Luna. "But getting into a physical fight was not the right thing to do! Especially considering you're pregnant now."

Luna almost broke down hearing that. Realizing she had let herself get so emotional that she'd put the child in her womb in serious danger just to prove a point to a bratty prick. It made her feel sick. She could've seriously hurt her baby with her recklessness.

"Oh God what have I done…" She choked under her breath so no one would hear.

Mrs. McKenzie must've seen Luna being distressed and she walked up to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Luna listen, you're going through a lot, I know that. If you are having any issues there are plenty of resources out there for you." She assured the young expectant mother.

The moment was interrupted however by a buzz from Mrs. McKenzie's desk who had to walk up and pressed the button.

"Yes?"

"Mrs. McKenzie," it was the front desk lady at the school. "The Louds are here to see you.

Mrs. Mckenzie nodded and pushed the button again, "Alright let them in."

Wow that was quick, Luna thought to herself. Then again if you heard that your pregnant teenage daughter got into a physical fight at school you'd probably be speeding to the school too. Luna swallowed a thick lump in her throat. This was the worst day of her life…

Across town Mikhail wasn't doing any better. He was strumming Dark Steel, his favorite black colored Harlem X bass guitar, desperately trying to master a rather hard tab he'd been practicing. However he couldn't get it to sound just right and he kept flopping.

"C'mon Mik you're better than this!" He feverishly screamed to himself as he started over again. First the computer and now this.

Mikhail coughed and leaned forward messaging his head. He wasn't feeling any better. His throat and nose were burning with pain, he was weak, and he was sweating heavily.

"Dammit!" he cursed to himself as he got up but was hit with a spell of weakness and collapsed. "What the hell is wrong with me!"

He lifted up his hand and put it on his forehead and it practically burned.

"No! I can't be sick!" He protested but was struck down with a coughing spell.

"Judging by how you look I say you are!"

Mikhail jumped when he heard this off guard and turned around to see his brother Silvio standing outside of his room with his mom and dad. His mom gasped as she saw his flushed face.

"That's it Michael! You're going to a doctor this instance!"

Mikhail rolled his eyes and groaned. "Mom! I'm sure it's just a little cold it can't be anything that bad! And how long were you out there watching me!?"

Nicholas Wolfe was the one to explain, "Enough to know that you've been neglecting yourself and now you're paying the price. Didn't we have a conversation about this?"

Michael nodded but knew his dad was right. They had the talk about not over pushing himself but he'd let that slide and now here he was a sick mess.

"C'mon Mikhail we're taking you to get looked at." His mom ordered as she helped him up and walked him out. Mikhail coughed violently with each step.

"Silvio you're in charge while me and your father take Michael to the doctor okay."

Silvio nodded and watched as his parents escorted his brother out the door and into their car. Silvio shook his head at the whole thing.

"I warned you now didn't I Mikhail..."