"Ah mister and misses Loud! Come on in," principal McKenzie welcomed the Louds into her officer. They almost immediately went up to Luna and began hugging her and examining her.

"Are you alright honey?" Her dad asked with worry as he gasped at the cuts and bruises on her face. She didn't look too bad but she did have some dried blood on her lips from accidentally biting them when Hallie punched her.

"Dad I'm fine I…"

"Luna why did you do this!" her mom practically cried as to Luna's embarrassment she lifted her shirt a little to check her swollen abdomen for any signs of injury.

"Mom!" Luna cried as she pulled her shirt down blushing furiously.

"Ahem!" Mr. Gavagan coughed trying to divert their attention towards Mrs. McKenzie. "I believe the principal would like a word with you."

The Loud parents apologized and sat down next to Luna in the spare seats in the office. Mrs. McKenzie frowned as she sat down and held up a folder full of papers and other documents. She opened it up and reviewed a bunch of files and she looked around and sighed with great disappointment.

"Mister and misses Loud I called you here because of an incident with your daughter and another girl." She spoke while taking in a deep breath. "But the truth is that this confrontation was not the only thing I wanted to talk about."

The Loud parents jumped a little and put their hands to their mouths in principal dismissed Mr. Gavagan and he left the office to the worried family. Luna just kept her eyes facing down not wanting to look at anyone. She wished she could just disappear right now, thinking about how she was going to explain this to Michael. He was already working himself to death for her as it is and the fact that she almost injured the baby he helped create. This thought made Luna's stomach grumble in a low grade nausea.

"Mister and misses Loud," McKenzie repeated their names again "A lot of our school's staff have been noticing a change in your daughter's behavior. And it's not just her pregnancy that is worrying us."

Rita and Lynn looked at their catatonic daughter and then at the principal.

"Well what do you mean misses McKenzie?" Lynn Sr. asked with worry about his little rock star.

"Take a look for yourself." The principal slid the documents across her desk and Mr. Loud got up to take them.

Both Rita and Lynn read and skimmed through the documents and they were not pretty. Luna's grades had been plummeting badly and there were constant reports of her being tardy for class. Many of her teachers made comments stating that Luna was coming to school more distraught and withdrawn. Now the teachers had been alerted that Luna was pregnant and they were trying their best to treat her no differently but unfortunately, according to the file, Luna wasn't easy and she was constantly behaving aggressive towards other students. Even Mrs. Vaporciyan who was almost like a second mother to Luna stated she was getting worried.

"Luna… why didn't you tell us!" Mr. Loud practically cried out as he read the awful report.

Luna was completely defeated. She froze and didn't feel like she was in her own body anymore. But sadly she knew the things her dad was reading were true. She'd been letting herself go in school. The combo of the hormone attacks and the fact that many of her classmates finally noticed her pregnancy made school very apathetic to her. Now in the past she could rely on her friends and family for help but only her parents and Mikhail truly understood what she was going through. But her mom and dad were too busy with their jobs and her ten other siblings and Mikhail wasn't as available as he used to be. He wasn't there to help her as he used to despite the fact that he'd always been there for her. Even before they fell in love.

"Look Luna," the principal caused Luna to finally look up when her name was called. "We're all worried about you. Look we get it, your body's going through a lot but…"

"But what?" Luna practically snarled back causing her parents to gasp in surprise.

"Luna, remember to breathe deep and…"

"Mrs. Loud it's okay." McKenzie interrupted and got up. "Now miss Luna I'm here to help, but I can only do so much."

"What are you saying?" Luna demanded as she looked up at the principal.

McKenzie stood up and looked at the three Louds all together.

"Look, Loud family," she explained as she put her hands together in front of her. "The other faculty staff and guidance counselors have been talking and well… we believe that maybe, Luna shouldn't be attending this school."

"What!" the three Loud family members jumped up in shock.

"At least, until her pregnancy is over!" McKenzie then put her hands out in front as if trying to calm them down. "And no she isn't expelled or anything. Instead, we feel it may be in her best interest to attend an alternate charter school for girls like her."

"What do you mean girls like me?" Luna got up and stretched out her hands in offense. "A school for knocked up slutty teens!?"

"Huuuuuhhhh!" the Loud parents gasped in surprise at Luna's foul language but McKenzie just kept her cool.

"Calm down Luna. No it's not like that. It's just charter school called Creighton's Charter." She explained in a calming tone. "It's merely a place for pregnant and parenting high school age students to get an education in an environment more suited to their needs."

Luna folded her arms and still scowled not feeling the least bit better. The idea of attending a "special" school irked her. It's not that she had anything against those kinds of people or schools but, she wanted to feel somewhat normal and the thought of going there only worsened her fears.

"Look Luna it's no different than what you will have here. The classes are the same, the courses are the same. Plus I know a few of the teachers there personally and they are very caring and understanding."

McKenzie then handed them a pamphlet for the particular school she was talking about. The panel had a cover of young teenage girls and boys about Leni's age smiling at them. The top logo written in bright white letters read:

Creighton's Charter For Parenting Students

The brochure explained that the mission and layout of the school was to provide a safe educational environment for pregnant/parenting high school students. It wasn't even too far either with the classes being held at a building not too far from Rita Loud's dental place. Luna's parents read through it and to them it didn't seem like a bad idea but would their daughter approve?

"Luna," Rita spoke to her third eldest girl in a caring but careful tone. "I honestly think this might not be a bad choice for you."

Mr. Loud frowned but nodded in agreement with his wife about this.

"I don't know dude…" Luna frowned as she read the brochure.

True Luna was losing patience with her current school but she still had friends and two sisters there. At this new place she would have no one there. The thought of being a stranger in a strange land on her own was worse than any form of bullying. Principal McKenzie realized the situation and gently approached Luna and put a supporting hand on her shoulder.

"I understand it's a tough decision Luna." She explained with a bright smile. "Look this isn't a punishment it's just a suggestion. If you need time, I can give you until next Monday to decide."

Luna nodded in agreement though she wasn't sure it was in sincerity or just being used as an excuse to get out of there.

"I think that's a fair deal." Lynn Sr. responded and he got up with his wife and Luna.

Principal McKenzie did have to give a frown in order to deliver the bad news.

"Unfortunately I do have no choice but to suspend her for the rest of the school week I'm afraid." She explained while shaking her head.

"What!" Luna exclaimed with anger. "But Hallie was the one who bloody started it all!"

Mr. and Mrs. Loud tried to restrain Luna to prevent her from getting all riled up again.

"I'm sorry Luna I don't agree with it either but it's a strict zero tolerance policy rule I'm afraid. But rest assured Luna, Ms. Kirkman will be punished as well."

McKenzie wasn't lying, while she wasn't allowed to tell Luna the details, not only would Hallie be suspended for the rest of the week too, Mr. Gavagan would have her in his office during lunch and after school detention for awhile.

"C'mon honey we're taking you to a doctor first." Rita explained as she held onto her pregnant daughter.

"Thank you for showing up mister and misses Loud. Have a nice day and please talk about this with her." McKenzie said with a smile. "Oh and Luna!"

Luna looked back at her principal.

"What?"

"Say hello to Michael for me." She cheerfully smiled while waving goodbye.

Luna smiled and nodded before leaving the office with her folks. Luna was allowed to go back to her locker to gather her belongings and before she knew it, she was in Vanzilla on the way to the hospital. She wasn't seriously injured but her 'rents insisted on taking her to emergency care to have her taken a look at. Just in case.

"Listen honey you're aren't in trouble or anything but I will still say I am very disappointed." Mrs. Loud said as she looked back and her husband drove.

"Mom I'm sorry but Hallie was insulting you guys!" She cried out trying to justify herself. "And Michael"

She sighed sadly and began, "She called me and you guys sluts because we have a large family."

The Loud parents frowned as they heard this. While they were upset Luna had let herself get emotional and reckless at the same time they couldn't blame her. Thing is having that many children did get a lot of stares and gossip around them. Hell Rita remembered one time she was at the hospital while pregnant with Lucy and she overheard one of the nurses yell "Dammit not the Loud's again!"

It wasn't an easy choice but Rita and Lynn wanted a big family.

"Look honey," Mr. Loud explained as he focused on driving. "I understand you are angry and all but still, fighting isn't the solution."

Luna just folded her arms above her pregnant belly. It wasn't fair. Why did Hallie have it out for her. She and her gang of teenage bitches were always out for Loud blood ever since eighth grade. Whether it was deliberately ratting out Lori for texting during class (even though Hallie did it all the time too) so the teacher would read her and Bobby's conversations. Mocking Leni for being a dumb blonde and deliberately giving her false information to confuse the poor girl. She even once made Luan cry after sabotaging one of her pranks which ended with Luan getting tossed into a garbage can. Hell even before she got pregnant Luna and Hallie had it out for each other. Whether it was mocking her clothes, her British lingo, her friends, or being in a relationship with Mikhail. Even her younger sister Lynn was terrified of Hallie and dreaded encountering her when she first started high school.

The funny irony was that Hallie and Mikhail used to date for a bit before Luna started going out with him. This was back when Luna was a freshman and him a junior. Luna always knew that Mikky had feelings for her even though he tried his best to control them, especially when she was around Sam. In all honesty Luna had no idea why a sweet and awesome dude would go out with a she-demon like Hallie. Though according to her friend Mazzy, he went out with her only because she kept bugging him to do so. It lasted about a month or so but even back then Luna could tell Michael was miserable with Hallie. Speaking of which, Luna considered maybe asking him whether she should transfer to the charter school the principal talked about.

"Hey mom?" Luna asked out. "I'm gonna contact Michael and get his opinion."

Mr. and Mrs. Loud were a bit worried about this. They've been in touch with his parents and they stated that lately Michael wasn't looking so good and they suspected that the stress of supporting Luna was getting to him. But ultimately he was the father of their grandchild and he and Luna should discuss important life decision if they were going to be raising the baby together.

"Sure honey." Mrs. Loud responded as Vanzilla took a right turn at a four way stop sign intersection.

Luna pulled out her smartphone and scrolled down her contacts till she came across the one that spelled "Mikky". She touched it with her phone and clicked the call icon. She heard the phone ring and vibrate for almost thirty seconds which was kinda odd because Michael almost always picked up right away when she was the one calling. The ringing finally stopped and she heard his voice.

"Hello this is Michael! Sorry I'm not at the phone but leave a message and I'll call you back."

It was his voicemail.

"Huh? That's weird dude." Luna said to herself quietly before she put her mouth closer to the phone's microphone. "Hey Mikky it's Luna. Look I need to talk to you about something so call me back okay luv?"

She then pressed the hang up button and sighed to herself.

"No answer honey?" Lynn Loud Sr. asked as they pulled up into the hospital's parking lot to the Emergency Service entrance.

"No popstar it went to voicemail…" Luna sounded kinda saddened.

"Oh it's okay honey." Rita tried to assure with a smile. "I'm sure he's just real busy with school or his job. He's been taking a lot of responsibility lately."

Luna frowned and nodded to herself. While her mom probably didn't intend to do it, being reminded of Michael's job made her feel guilty. Michael was making so many sacrifices for himself just to prove a point to his parents and to support her. While they still chatted and video called on a regular basis, they rarely had time to spend physical time together except during the nights when they would baby sit Lily together. She also noticed that he was looking paler and had a persistent dry cough. He said it was just allergies but she honestly thought something was up. The family pulled up into the parking lot and entered the hospital explaining their situation to the front desk lady. She said she would have a doctor see them at the walk in as soon as possible. Luna sat quietly with her parents trying to keep calm. All the while she was worried about Michael. Little did she know, she was in the same building as him.

Michael was lying in a hospital bed feeling the worst he had ever felt before. He was sweating profusely and his throat and chest burned as he occasionally coughed violently. He was groaning in pain as his fevered body pulsed and ached. He had only gotten worse on the way to the hospital. He was running a fairly high fever and his coughing was more spasmodic and had gotten so bad he almost threw up from the force. His chest felt like someone had put him under a hydraulic press and each breath he took felt like he had just ran a mile. After checking his temperature and analyzing his chest via X-ray his worst fears were confirmed.

"Okay mister and misses Wolfe your son has pneumonia." Dr. Smith, the physician assigned to him spoke to his parents as they reacted with shock.

"Oh no Michael!" His mom practically cried. "Pneumonia!?"

The doctor smiled and raised his hands to calm her down as Nicholas held his wife.

"Don't worry misses Wolfe it's not a severe case." He explained as he held up Michael's x-rays.

He pointed to their son's right lung which had streaks of what looked like grey dust smudges in them.

"See this grey area here indicates inflammation in his right lung's bronchi alveoli." He explained the diagnosis in detail. "His left lung appears to be fine though we want to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't spread."

Nicholas patted his wife on the shoulder and asked with a rarely seen worried look on his face, "Is he going to be okay?"

Dr. Smith smiled and nodded.

"I think most likely. It hasn't spread to both his lungs and I'm having the lab identify a sample of his sputum to check for what kind but it's most likely a bacterial infection."

Nicholas and Teresa nodded and looked back at their son who gave another deep wet cough that made them cringe with parental instinct. They just wanted to burst in and comfort him but sadly they knew full well that wasn't going to help and in fact might put them in danger as well.

Smith continued, "We're going to keep him here under observation for about two weeks and monitor how he is. If his condition improves within that time we'll send him back home to recover and if not we'll keep him here for a bit longer and put him on stronger medication."

The Wolfe parents nodded as the doctor continued to explain how despite how ugly it looked their son would most definitely recover though he'd been in rough shape for awhile.

"Can we see him now?" Mrs. Wolfe asked with tears in her eyes.

Dr. Smith nodded but gave them some white masks, "Sure but you should put on face masks to protect yourselves but also your son. Right now his lungs are weak and fighting an infection and we don't want him catching an opportunistic infection."

The parents nodded and carefully put the masks over their mouths and noses make them look like the other doctors in the hospital. They walked into their son's room, his skin so damp from sweat and tears he looked like he was melting. He looked up at them his face bright with fever and pale from coughing.

"Mom," He choked out with a cough. "Dad… I'm… I'm sorry."

"No honey it wasn't anything you did." Mrs. Wolfe tried to calm her son.

"I...blew it." Mikhail struggled to say as he gave a violent cough. "I didn't take care of myself."

"Michael you're going to be alright." Teresa said with a smile resisting the strong desire to hug her son. "It's just a nasty bout of pneumonia. But you'll recover."

Nicholas Wolfe nodded, "Listen son I know I was being sort of hard on you. Look you made a lot of mistakes but this wasn't your fault."

"I know dad…" Mikhail said sadly.

Mikhail moved his head to face the window of his room gazing outside. It was bright in the afternoon sun and he imagined himself out there. With Luna.

"But look at me…" He said with a few tears. "I'm going to be sick for who knows how long, I can't work, I can't go to class, I can't even see Luna…"

He choked out a few sobs only to be interrupted by a coughing spell. He was in so much pain, but the fever and inflamed lungs were nothing compared to the pain in his chest from the fact that he was incapacitated and unable to care for the ones he loved.

"Speaking of which," his mom brought up and pulled out his phone from her pocket. "Luna called you a few minutes ago. I didn't answer to respect your privacy but I think you should call her back."

But Mikhail just shook his head, "No."

The Wolfe parents raised their eyebrows at this statement. Mikhail never failed to call back when he missed a call from Luna. He was always there to make sure she was alright. Something was up.

"No? Michael why? She's your girlfriend and the mother of your child! I think she has a right to know what's wrong with you," his mom began to explain but Mikhail just turned his head away again.

"She's going through enough!" he struggled to exclaim but this only brought on more coughing. "I can't let her see me or hear me like this. You know how she reacted when she thought I abandoned her. If she sees me like this…"

Mikhail stopped as he cringed to think about the potential consequences. His love Luna, their unborn child in her womb, if she saw him like this, she could seriously get hurt from the stress. What kind of partner was he now? In his mind, he was currently dead weight.

"I'm just a burden right now." Michael sighed sadly to his parents.

"Son, look," Nicholas Wolfe sat down next to his son's bed. "Stuff like this will happen. Being a parent is a twenty four seven job, but even if we get sick and need help we always have loved ones here."

Teresa smiled and knelt down next to her husband.

"Michael," she began, "You aren't alone in this. You do have us and Luna. She isn't vulnerable just because she's pregnant honey. I know it's your paternal instinct to want to protect her and your child but you need her just as much as she needs you."

Mikhail just looked back with a look of defeat on his face.

"But how can she help me like this?" He responded almost rather cynically.

"You'd be surprised what a woman can do." Nicholas said as his eyes slowly aimed at his wife.

Mikhail looked at his parents and began processing his thoughts. It was a tough decision to make. He knew Luna had been jumpy since discovering she was pregnant and knowing stress was bad he'd been trying hard to cover his illness from her. But they were right. He couldn't hide things from her. She was his better half and the mother of his child.

"Give me my phone then." He requested of his parents.

Luna's check up went very well. The doctor who examined her said that other than a few cuts and bruises she was okay and no harm to her fetus was detected though he did advise her to not get into any physical confrontations like that. Luna entered the lobby and reunited with her parents and explained everything to them.

"Oh that's perfect to hear!" Mrs. Loud sighed as she wiped the sweat off her brow and her husband put away his hyperventilation bag.

"Mom, pops I told you I'd be fine." She said with a smile.

Mr. Loud took his wife to the front desk to handle the payment and insurance talk leaving Luna to herself. She was about to head to the door when her phone started vibrating (she had set it to vibrate during the check up). She pulled it out of her pocket and smiled as she saw it was Michael on the caller ID. Luna hit "Answer" and put the phone to her ear.

"Hey Mikky!" she cheerfully responded.

"Nice to hear your voice Moonlight." she heard Mikhail address her on the other name.

However even over the phone Luna could tell something was wrong with him and she heard him wheezing and coughing badly.

"Are you okay honey? You don't sound so good."

On the other end she heard him give a deep breath.

"Listen Luna, I'm in the hospital.."

Luna gasped and put her hand to her mouth. Michael, hospital!

"Don't freak out or anything!" Mikhail spoke almost as if he could read her mind. "It's nothing serious."

"Michael why are you in the hospital if it's nothing serious!?" She inquired with panic.

"Moonlight…" he was cut off by a bout of coughing. "I just have pneumonia but I'll be okay. Just breath in deep."

She complied and controlled her breath not wanting to let her hormones get the better of her this time.

"Alright brah but is that why you didn't answer me earlier?"

More coughing on the other line continued before he spoke again.

"Yeah. But like I said I'm alright. They're taking care of me and it's only in my right lung. I'm gonna be out for three weeks though."

"Three weeks!" Luna gasped. "That's bullshit!"

Luna probably said this a little too loud as other people in the lobby looked up at her and didn't look too pleased with her language.

"Hehe, sorry." She apologized with a weak smile as she walked outside the door.

"I know Luna. But it's doctor's orders."

"Hey brah, what hospital are you at?" Luna demanded on her end.

"I'm at St. Christopher's Medical Clinic. They're taking good care of me."

Luna's eyes widened at this. That was where she was at.

"Babe?" Michael asked clearly hearing her silence.

"Dude I'm here too!"

"What for!?" Michael panicked on the other end. "Is something wrong with the baby?"

Luna looked into the lobby at her parents who were leaving to the door. She was contemplating asking them if they knew.

"Dude I'm fine but what room are you in? I need to see you!"

"Babe don't!" Michael coughed a sickening hack on the other line. "It's dangerous for you. I don't know if I'm contagious but I don't want risking you getting an infection."

Michael gave a long on the other end. He sounded really weak.

"Listen, Moonlight," he spoke so tired but tender. "I'm really tired right now and need to sleep for a bit."

Luna nodded to herself, "Yeah that's a good idea brah. It's just that I really need to talk to you about something."

"I totally understand babe. Tonight you go on Discord and we can talk through video."

Luna smiled and shed a few tears but she was mostly good.

"Yeah that sounds perfect. Hopefully Lincoln will let me borrow his laptop."

"Well babe I need to hang up now. I really need some sleep. I love you my moonlight."

"I love you my bass man." Luna answered with a smile as she heard him hang up.

Luna sighed as her parents walked out.

"Luna who were you talking to?" they asked. "Was it Michael?"

Their daughter nodded and walked back with them to Vanzilla to head home.

Man this crazy little thing called love.