Disclaimer: I do not own Loud House.

The table was silent. It seemed like the table was frozen in time. Everyone was processing what Isaac just revealed. No one knew what to say. Most of them knew people on the autism spectrum. But it was just one of those situations where the words never seemed just right. Luna was practically upset. She knew first hand what someone bullied while on the spectrum could do. Leni was on the spectrum, Leni had high functioning autism and not PDD-NOS. Luna never heard of it before. Now that she thought about it Isaac showed a few of the symptoms like not understanding social cues and repetitive movements. But Leni taught her that some people can hide it. Luna remembered how Leni would come home crying. How she would cry over not making friends and feeling like a freak. How during those days nothing could console her. Did Isaac feel like that?

"I guess I should go now." Isaac started to gather up his things to leave.

"You're not a freak." Luna said quietly. She could feel the tears forming in her eyes. The memories of Leni now fresh in her mind.

"What?" Someone, probably Aria asked very quietly.

"You're not a freak." Luna lifted her head with her eyes full of tears. "You may feel that way but it you're not. I know there are days where you feel like an alien on Earth but you're a person. Those you think any different are the weird ones. If you leave they win. And the ableist can't win."

"Um what's an ableist?" Melody ask quietly.

"Someone who thinks poorly of people who has a disability." Luna said angered by the thought of those people. "It doesn't matter if it's physical or mental or if the person have a mild one they see them as less than human. They're some of the worse people in the world."

"You know Luna that meant a lot." Isaac said as he sat back down. "I've know about my autism for as long as I can remember. My parents got me diagnosed when I was two years old. Even though it's been sixteen years I still have trouble telling people. I befriended someone my junior year and only last summer did I tell her about my autism. She didn't seem bothered by it. It's makes me very uncomfortable to tell people about being autistic because I have no idea how they'll react. Hearing you say those things made my day."

"Well on of my sisters is a high functioning autistic. I've seen first hand what people not understanding can do." Luna was given a napkin by Aria and she started to wipe her tears away. "Thanks Aria. I know there isn't much that we can do but we have each other and that's the best way to fight back."

"Do you ever feel like that?" Isaac asked to the surprise of everyone. "Well with being a member of the LGBT community."

"Sometimes but I was lucky that my family is very supportive." Luna explained taking a sip of her soda. Her speech dried out her throat a little. Though crying made have caused it to dry quicker.

"It took my family a little bit to accept that I was gay." Ethan admitted a bit quietly. "Some of my classmates took longer than others to accept. Of course there were those who never accepted it but plenty only took one second. One girl even asked me before I was ready to come out."

"What did you say?" Melody asked sipping her lemonade.

"I told her no of course." Ethan was quiet for a bit before speaking again. "I may have been a little harsh but I wasn't ready."

"I understand." Melody said eating some of dinner. "I was part of the GSA at my school and a lot people had trouble just going to the meetings. Still surprised you never joined Aria aka Miss Representation."

Aria started to cough a little before taking a sip of her milk. "Sorry she caught me off gaurd. And Melody we've been over this GSA was the same as Writer's Association I chose to do that over GSA."

"You only did Writer's Association after Mrs. O'Reliey told you about sophomore year." Melody smirked a little. "You know you were her favorite."

"Oh come on Mrs. O'Reliey loved all her students. It was her first year at the school and she became the new teacher for Writer's Association. I didn't even hear about it until sophomore year."

"I wish my school had a history club." Isaac sighed taking a bite of his sandwich. "The

"My school needed more music programs." Luna admitted rolling her eyes a bit. "Like most schools Royal Woods preferred sports over music. Even if we did have a school concert."

"But what got Mrs. O'Reliey to get Ari into Writer's Association is priceless." Melody started to hold in a laugh. "If was a short story where she found a way to roast the annoying kid in Spanish."

"What I had a bad class with him and writing is my stress reliever." Aria sighed and shook a bit. "I even do it in my head when I'm stressed."

"Still think you should go into writing full time." Melody said as Aria rolled her eyes. She turned to the others. "Just so you know O'Reliey was the teach Aria submitted fanfiction for a writing assignment."

Aria shook her head a little. "I don't why you keep telling people about that. I'm going into zoology so I can have money. Writing is not the most money making career."

"Oh I think I forgot to mention the best part." Melody's eyes got wider. "It was gay fanfiction!"

"No no get it right." Aria said before anyone could respond. "I did it twice once for a non graded poetry assignment to see if it would be pointed out. The second was for a free write project. I just started Fandom Life and I noticed a flaw when Kat submitted fanfiction. First she did it from a popular book series, which any teacher could notice and two she didn't change the names."

"Whatever." Melody rolled her eyes.

"Are you two sure you're best friends?" Ethan got glares from both of the girls. "You two act more like sisters."

The two girls tried and failed to hold in their laughter. They looked at each other for a second before laughing again.

"Do you get that a lot?" Luna asked eating some of her stir fry. It surprisingly took quicker than she thought to get off of her father's schedule for meals. It probably helped that Amberheart's dining room had a variety of food. She hadn't even seen weinerschinitzl or goulash since she moved in. Sure her father had started to cook more but sometimes still fell on his old schedule. Luna wondered if her sisters felt that way. Dining hall food wasn't a subject they brought up to often. As she ate she questioned if her siblings would like stir fry. If they did maybe she and her dad could make some. Over the summer her dad had taught her a few cooking tips for whenever she needed them.

"I mean we do but we don't." Aria explained but she sounded a bit puzzled. "People who don't know us tend to think so people who do don't."

"Remember when Caleb Tingly asked if we were twins?" Melody asked laughing a little.

"Oh who could forget." Aria said. " I also remembered when he tried to use me to get you to date him."

"Well that seems rude." Isaac said to Luna. "I wouldn't do that and I wouldn't want to be apart of it. No matter what side it feels like deceiving."

"I feel like I saw in a movie recently." Luna whispered as she thought about it. Was it a common movie trope? She had no idea. It was likely but it seemed familiar.

"Dating is complicated subject one that shouldn't be toyed with." Ethan admitted with a hand over his heart. "I miss Jason so much. I wish he applied here."

As the Aria comforted Ethan a little. Luna's mind went to Sam. Sam so far loved it at Michigan State. It looked like she and her roommate got along fine. Her name was Wendy if she remembered correctly. But being so far away had it's downsides. Marching Band was very time consuming and that made it very hard to get in touch. The change from seeing each other almost everyday to not seeing each other at all was very drastic. The one video chat helped but Sam had said she was busy the past week so she was unable to talk to her for long. The two had been through so much seeing her less often made wonder was it worth it?