3 Months Later...

The day that would change everything started out normally enough for Colin. He woke up, ate breakfast, and watched TV for a while (while being extra cautious, as always.) He had just begun to head back downstairs when he saw his sister Luan out of the corner of his eye. He couldnt exactly tell, but it seemed like she was carrying a box up the stairs. Curiously, he walked over to the foot of the stairs.

"Luan?"

"NOTHING!" she shouted, obviously surprised to see her brother there. "I mean, uh, hey Colin."

"What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm just carrying my package up the stairs. No big deal!"

"...Right. so what is it?"

"Oh, just some, uh, comedian stuff! Nothing special, heh heh..." she said, then she hurriedly rushed upstairs.

"Huh. Weird," he said to himself as he got his basketball out of the closet. He had bought it after earning some spare change he collected on the streets, and he was preparing to head down to the courts for the first time in a while.

Before he left the house, though, he saw Lynn walking down the stairs.

"Hey, Lynn. Want to head to the courts with me?"

"What?" She asked confused, but then said, "oh, uh, sorry, Colin, I'm gonna stay home. Homework, ya know?"

"Uh, ok?" He said as she headed into the kitchen.

"Gee, everyone is acting weird this morning. Wonder why?" He asked himself as he walked out the door, not realizing that the calender read March 19, his birthday.

6 Hours Later...

"What a day! Seriously, I can take on a 3 on 1 and all, but 7 on 1? Seriously! And great, now I'm talking to no one again! I'm going loco!" Colin said as he walked home. When he got there, however, he was surprised to see both Lola and Lana standing outside the front door.

"Excuse me, chicas," he said, but they blocked his path.

"Identification!" Lana barked.

"Uh, what?"

"You heard her, didn't you, punk? Identification! Now!"

"I, uh, don't have any with me..."

"Then it looks like you're not getting in, are you?"

"Oh, whatever. I'll just use the back door," he said, slightly annoyed by now with his sisters antics. But just at that moment, Leni came outside and walked straight to him.

"Kellen! I need your help!"

"Ok, Leni, first off, I'm Colin, and what do you need help with?"

"I need you to model this outfit for me!"

"Uh, cant you do that inside?"

"Yeah, I guess, but it's funner to do it out here!"

"-sigh- Fine. But I want to go in and take a shower soon. I'm sweating like a pig."

1 Hour Later...

"Colin, can you help me over here?"

"Gee, WHY wouldn't I?!" He said to his sister as he walked over to help her. He had obviously figured I out that there was something amiss in the air, and he intended to get to the bottom of it.

"Leni, what's going on inside?"

"Oh, they're setting the decorations up for your sur-" she started, but was interrupted by a hand over her mouth."

"My what?! MY WHAT?!"

She mumbled something that couldn't be heard.

"Oh, for Pete sakes, I'm going inside!"

He walked towards the door while almost all of his siblings tried to hold him back. He finally managed to get to the door just as the sun went down.

"What has gotten into you guys?! I just wanna go get a show-"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLIN!"

Colin was startled to see all of his friends, Mr and Mrs Loud, and Luna standing in the living room.

"Wait, what? What's going on?"

Both parents walked up to him.

"Well, dear, since today is your birthday and all, I thought that we should surprise you with a party! You know, a surprise party!"

"Wait, it's my birthday?" He asked as he looked at the calender. "Wow. I need to keep track of time!"

"Well, what're you waiting for? Go enjoy!"

"My god, thank you guys," he said, hugging them as he walked over to Luna.

"How did this all happen? All my friends are here and everything!"

"Well, I MAY have borrowed your phone last night and texted everyone to ome here, but I may not have, either, Love."

"You never can tell, can you, Chica?" He asked her as they went off to enjoy the party.

1 Hour Later...

"Alright, alright! The next question here is for Pete over there!" Bobby said as he pulled a card out of the trivia box deck.

"All right, I got this!" Pete said as he got ready to answer the trivia question. "I know everything about everyone!"

"Who painted "The School of Athens" on the Vatican City walls during the Renaissance Era?"

"Except for that one, I guess. I don't know, Peyton Manning?"

"It's obviously Raphael, Pete," Waldo said as he got ready to answer his question. "Anyone with any knowledge of the Renaissance should know that. Plus, it's in the Ninja Turtles names."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, bud. Now, what is the official song of the United States Air Force?"

"Easy. The U.S. Air Force Song."

"Geez, why did we invite Waldo to even play? He's smoking all of us!" Herb said as he pulled out a card for Colin to answer. "I'm just kidding, bud."

"Yeah, very funny," he said as Herb read the card.

"Oooh! Wild Card! I can ask any question!"

"And I can hopefully answer it."

"Ok, umm... I got one. If you had to chose your favorite thing about Luna, what would it be?"

"Oh, geez..." he said as he looked to his side, where his girlfriend sat. "Anything?"

"Anything!"

"Hmmm... her name. That's the thing I like most about her. Her name."

The room was silent.

"What? Did I do something?" He asked as Luna turned to face him.

"My name? Out of all the things you could have chose, it's my name?"

"Yeah! I love your... uh oh," he said as Luna stood up and stormed out the back door.

"Dude... her name? Really?"

"Well, yeah! I mean, its..."

He stopped talking and thought back to the question.

"Oh, geez. I sounded like an ass, don't I?"

"Uh, yeah. A big one."

"I'll be right back," he said as he stood up and followed Luna outside.

He got to the backyard to see Luna staring up into the stars. He sat down beside her and adked, "What's wrong, Luna?"

"Nothing. I was just tired of..."

"Luna, I know something is wrong. Tell me."

"No."

"Oh, come on, Chica. It's OK to open up to me! I'm your boyfriend, for Petes sake!"

"Out of everything you could have said you liked about me, it was my name? My stupid name? Not my looks, or my style, or musical ability?"

"Chica, there's a reason that I said that I like your name, you know."

"Well, what is it?"

He sighed heavily, laying down on the wet grass.

"Colin, the ground is..."

"I know. I can wash my clothes, you know."

Pretty soon, Luna was laying next to him on the ground.

"Well? The name?"

"Do you speak any spanish, Novia?"

"Not really..."

"Well, in Spanish, do you know what "Luna" means?"

"Uh, Luna?"

"Nope. It means Moon."

"So?"

"When I heard your voice for the first time, Luna, when I first met you when you knocked me backwards from your guitar rift, I likes you. And I think it was fitting for your name to mean Moon."

"Why?" She asked softly.

"Because, well, you're MY moon, Luna. You make me happy whenever I you're with me, you make me feel sad when you're not. You lift my spirits when I'm gloomy, and you keep them up. It's like the earth and the moon. They're nothing without each other in their lives."

"Oh, Colin..."

"I never was able to see the man in the moon. But now, whenever I look at it, I only see one face. And that's yours, Luna. You're my woman in the moon."

he wrapped his arm around her, as he felt drowsy all of a sudden. They layed like that for a solid 5 minutes. Then, a short time later, Luna looked at him.

"Colin, I have to tell you something."

"Yeah, Luna?"

"Do you remember New Years Eve? That party at Jims house?"

Colin tried to not think of that memory. It always gave him the might mare of having the same hangover as before, so he tried to stall.

"Yeah. In fact, here's a fun fact about New Years Eve: did you know that the new years eve ball is stored in a glass case on Broadway? I found it fascinating how-"

"It's a boy."

"And so the glass is bulletproof, but I don't think anyone would steal a- wait, what?"

"It's a boy, Colin. I'm pregnant."

Silence. The only sound audible was their breathing and the commotion inside the house.

"Y-youre, pregnant?"

"Yeah, love. I am," she said softly, curling herself into Colins side.

"And so I'm gonna be a, dad?"

"That's how it works, isn't it?"

He was speechless. He was 17 and going to be a dad? He suddenly had flashbacks of his own life without a dad in it.

"How do you know it's a boy?"

"Well, you know how I had to practice guitar at the school? I was going to see the doctor."

"Who took you?"

"Oh, just my friend. Don't worry, Colin, no one on this family knows anything."

He soon felt himself at a loss for words. The first time he had no words. Ever.

They layed like that for the rest of the night. Not caring whether they would be caught. Not caring If they were even missed. Not even caring about life.

"I'm gonna be a dad."

"And I'm gonna be a mom."

"Wow." They said in unison. They laughed at the coincidence, then Colin finally thought of something to say.

"I love you, Luna. So. Freaking. Much."

"I love you, too, Colin. So. Freaking. Much."

They fell asleep in each other's arms, not noticing the small microphone that had been placed on the collar of Colins shirt. It was no matter to them, however. They were too happy to care.