One Sunday afternoon, a dark green pick-up truck pulled up in front of the Loud house. The truck belonged to none other than the Spokes family. They were stopping by so that Rocky can talk to Lucy before they head out on their important trip.
Speaking of Rocky, he exited the truck and closed the door behind him. His father rolled down the window and called out to him.
"Try and hurry, ok? We don't want to miss our flight," Rocky's father instructed.
"Don't worry, I'll be right out," Rocky reassures him.
Rocky slowly walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. Within seconds, Lincoln answers the door. When he sees that it's Rocky, a smile appears on his face.
"Hi Rocky, how are you?" Lincoln greeted.
"I'm doing fine. Hey, is Lucy here? I have to talk to her really quick," Rocky asks politely.
"Yeah, she's upstairs in her room," Lincoln pointed upstairs.
As Rocky made his way upstairs, he started nervously biting his bottom lip and looking downwards. He had to tell her something important and he was afraid of how she's going to react.
When he approached her bedroom door, he wanted to be polite, so he lightly knocked on it. When Lucy answered, she smiled at him.
"Hi Rocky," Lucy greeted.
"Hey Lucy. May I come in?" Rocky asked.
"Of course, by all means," Lucy stepped aside and allowed Rocky to enter her bedroom.
After Rocky enters the room and shuts the door behind him, Lucy appears in front of him.
"So, what brings you here?" Lucy asks, while retaining her smile.
Her smile wasn't making it any easier for Rocky to tell her what he needed to tell her, especially since it will most likely erase that smile. To show her that things were serious, he looked at her solemnly.
"Lucy, dear, there's something I have to tell you," Rocky mutters.
Given Rocky's serious demeanor, Lucy's smile instantly fades and she listened intently to what he had to tell her.
"I...I have to leave town for two weeks," Rocky hesitantly confesses.
Lucy's eyes widen under her bangs, "Two weeks? But...why?" Lucy icily whispers.
To keep his girl at ease, Rocky placed his hand on Lucy's shoulder, "My grandmother is dying Lucy. She has very little time left, and she lives in Florida, so we're all going there," Rocky explains.
Even though it pains her to ask this, she was genuinely curious, "I don't mean to sound insensitive, but why two weeks?" Lucy wonders.
"It's Ok," Rocky says, "The reason we're going for two weeks is because we have a lot of stuff to do. First, the grown-ups have to meet with a lawyer to go over her will. Then we have to help clean out my grandma's house so it can be sold. Of course there's also the funeral. I want to go help out."
While she listens to Rocky's explanation, Lucy understood perfectly. "Yes, I understand. That kind of stuff really does come with the territory," Lucy replies.
"Oh I'm so glad you understand," Rocky sighed in relief.
After realizing that Rocky will not only be gone for two weeks, but he will also be several states away, Lucy started to realize that she will miss him.
"I'm going to miss you," Lucy mutters.
Rocky gives an understanding smile and opens his arms, "Aww, give me a hug," Rocky says.
Lucy does what she's told and hugs him. While hugging him, she suddenly doesn't want him to go, especially since he'll be gone for a long time. Of course, she doesn't say it out loud, so instead she relies on her inner thoughts. She whispers in her mind, "Don't go."
"Lucy, I have to go," Rocky says while tightly hugging her.
It was incredibly odd to have Rocky reply to something that Lucy thought in her mind. Could he read minds?
Ignoring that, while she still held Rocky in her arms, Lucy whispers in his ear, "I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too," Rocky whispers back.
Rocky releases Lucy from his grasp, "I should really get going. We're going to miss our flight," Rocky explains.
He's about to exit the room when Lucy grabs his hand to stop him, "Rocky wait," She says.
Before he could protest, Lucy brought Rocky's hand to her lips and kissed his hand. Then she walks up to him and kisses his cheek.
Rocky, grateful for his girlfriend's sweet gesture, blushes and smiles at her. He then opens the door so he can leave. Before he closes the door, he winks at her and blows an air kiss at her. It was then he finally left.
Lucy goes to sit cross-legged on her bed. Just a few seconds later, Lincoln comes into Lucy's room.
"Rocky was here for a pretty short time. Usually he's here longer," Lincoln observes.
Lincoln takes a closer look at his sister and notices that her demeanor is much gloomier than usual.
"You ok?" Lincoln asks.
"Rocky left me," Lucy softly whispers.
As soon as Lincoln heard the words "left me", he completely misinterprets what Lucy means. In response to this, his eyes and mouth widen.
"He broke up with you?!" Lincoln gasped.
Lucy immediately corrects her brother, "No Lincoln, he did not break up with me," Lucy clarifies.
Lincoln put his hand on his chest, "Don't scare me like that," He sighed in relief.
"He's going to Florida for two weeks so he can visit his dying grandmother. The reason he's going to be gone for so long is because there's a lot of stuff he has to do," Lucy explains.
She pauses for a minute before continuing, "This will be the first time we'll be apart for a long period of time. I'm really gonna miss him Lincoln," Lucy sighs.
Lincoln's face immediately softens and he places his arm around Lucy's shoulder, "You're right, this will be the first time you'll be apart," Lincoln says, "But you gotta remember that he'll be back."
The two siblings' tender moment was interrupted by their mother's bellowing voice calling out to them, "Kids, come help your father bring the groceries in!" Rita yelled.
Several hours later, the Louds are having dinner, which is pot roast, mashed potatoes, and corn. Dinner time is usually just a typical routine where nothing unusual happens. However, today the Louds notice that Lucy wasn't her usual self.
Now while Lucy obviously isn't a ray of sunshine, she's at least a little bit sociable. She'll talk about her day, she'll laugh at her dad's and Luan's jokes and so forth. However, tonight, she was much more subdued.
After she fixed her plate and settled into her usual spot in between Lana and Luna, Lucy didn't do much except sit there in complete silence, only occasionally fiddling around with her food. She began using her fork to draw a small portrait of Rocky in her mashed potatoes, or at least as close as she could get to replicating her beloved.
Rita was the first to notice Lucy's unusual behavior, so she looked over at her goth daughter, "You ok, honey?" Rita asks.
Lucy briefly looks up at her mother and just shrugs indifferently. She starts poking small dots on her little Rocky portrait to represent his freckles.
Luna glanced at Lucy's Rocky portrait and then looked at everyone else. "What's up with Lucy?" Luna wonders.
"I know what it is," Lincoln announces. Everybody turns their attention to him as he goes on to explain.
"She's upset because Rocky is going to Florida for two weeks so he can visit his dying grandmother," Lincoln repeats what Lucy told him earlier.
"Hmm, two weeks huh," Lynn Sr. mumbles as he places his index finger on his chin.
"I guess she misses him huh?" Leni comments as she glances at Lucy.
"This reminds me of when Bobby left to be with his family," Lori comments, "But the only difference is that unlike Bobby, Rocky will be back."
"That's what I told her," Lincoln says.
Lynn remembers how Lori moped when Bobby left and starts to wonder if Lucy will act the same way over the course of the two weeks. It certainly seemed that way.
"Hmm, I never thought Lucy would act like this," Lynn thought to herself.
While she was listening to her siblings talk, Lucy suddenly lost her appetite. She looked up from her plate and finally spoke, "I'm not hungry," Lucy mumbles.
Rita looked at Lucy's full plate and refused to let her leave the table without eating more of her food, "Sorry dear, but you have to don't even have to finish the whole thing. Just a couple more bites, ok?" Rita gently suggests.
Lucy decides to do so, but only slightly under protest. While she ate, she remained silent and tried to do the best she can to erase Rocky from her mind.
Several hours later, at 8:30 pm, Lucy went up to her room so that she could be alone. Luckily Lynn doesn't come to bed until about 10 or so, therefore Lucy can be in her room all by herself.
Once she put on her pajamas and settled into her sheets and blanket, her cell phone rings. When she looks at who's calling her, she's ecstatic (or, at least, as ecstatic as she could be) to find out that it's Rocky. She immediately answers it.
"Hello?" Lucy answers.
"Well hello to you too," Rocky greets happily.
"I'm so glad you called," Lucy says, a smile appearing on her face.
"I'm sorry for calling you so late," Rocky apologizes in a guilty tone.
"Oh, it's not that late," Lucy says, "What time is it over there? Not too late I hope."
"Actually Lucy, we're in the same time zone," Rocky explains, "I would have called you earlier but I was far too busy. Once our plane landed, we had to rent an Uber to take us to our hotel, which is several miles from the airport. After we arrived at our hotel, we unpacked and settled in."
"Sounds like you had quite a day," Lucy comments.
"I did, and it seems like it'll only get busier as the two weeks go on," Rocky says.
"Sigh, thank you for calling me," Lucy sighed as she placed a hand on her heart.
"Of course. I had to let you know that I made it here safely," Rocky replies.
"I'll think I'll try and call you as much as I can over this two weeks," Rocky suggests, "But it might be late at night since this will probably be the only free time I have."
"Even if it's late at night, it'll be good to hear your voice," Lucy sighed.
"Thanks, love," Rocky replies, "Well we should go to bed since it's a school day tomorrow."
"You're right, goodnight Rocky," Lucy bids goodnight.
"Goodnight Lucy," Rocky also bids goodnight.
After they hang up, Lucy places her cell phone on her nightstand, right in front of the framed picture of her and Rocky from their first dance. Speaking of the picture, Lucy blows a kiss at it and finally goes to sleep.