Monday's are typically the worst, but for Lincoln today was certainly no exception. The weekend was anything but fun for him. On Friday, Lincoln and his friends Clyde, Rusty, and Zach had snuck away from Liam's sleepover and decided to hang out at Girl Jordan's pool party. It would seem like fun until they were exposed at the party and humiliated. Zach had lost his hair after using hair dye, Rusty had a bad allergic reaction to the hot sauce which made his face badly swell up, and Lincoln and Clyde were caught in only their underwear since their clothes were torn up by a dog. Although Lincoln wasn't worried about Liam since he'd forgiven them for sneaking out, he wasn't ready to face the humiliation that he would have to endure at school. He already got plenty of laughs from most of the people who saw the whole thing, but it would only get worse at school when his classmates saw him since them sneaking out was being sent all over social media. At least his sisters haven't figured out about the whole thing yet. If they did, he would never hear the end of it. Though he still didn't want to stand the humiliation. Lincoln looked at the ceiling. For while he thought that perhaps he should skip school to avoid the humiliation. Though he knew his parents wouldn't like it if they found out. Realizing he had no other choice, he got out of bed, got dressed, and went downstairs to the living room to find his sisters chatting like usual as they waiting for him.
"Ugh, there you are!" Lola shouted him grumpily.
"Why does it take you so long to get ready? You always wear the same orange polo shirt every day! It shouldn't take you that long to get ready!"
Lincoln looked at his sister grumpily.
"Well, I don't complain about you wearing the same dress and tiara every day. Let alone in public."
Lola scoffed. "Well, it's to show that I'm a beauty queen and have to be perfect."
Lori then butted in. "Okay you two, stop fighting. We're literally gonna be late for school."
With that said, the sisters all quickly made their way out to Vanzilla while Lincoln trailed in the end. He didn't feel like saying anything back at the sisters as he felt too sad and embarrassed too. Once they were in the van, they quickly buckled their seat belts and Lori eventually pulled out of the driveway and started the drive to school. Throughout the car ride Lincoln was mostly quiet on the way to school. All he did was stare out the window looking at the various houses and cars there were in the neighborhood. There wasn't much to say anyway. The van eventually pulled up to Royal Woods Elementary School and Lisa, Lola, Lana, and Lucy quickly exited to meet up with their friends before class. Lincoln however just sat in his seat still staring out the window.
"Lincoln, we're here. You can get out now," said Lori who looked at him still.
Lincoln ignored her and continued to stare out the window. He didn't feel like getting out. Pretty soon afterward, the older sisters all started to tell him to get out, but Lincoln didn't feel like it. By this time, Lynn was getting worried about being late and finally had enough.
"Hey, Stincoln! If you don't get out of the car, I'll actually throw you out!"
This was able to snap Lincoln out of his trance and realize that he didn't want to be thrown out. Quickly, he grabbed his bags and then stepped out of the van. As soon as he was out, the door slammed shut behind him and Lori drove off towards the middle school. Lincoln then took a deep breath and sighed as he stared at the entrance to the school. It was gonna be a long day indeed.
As soon as he entered the building, snickers started to be heard all around him. Lincoln sighed. It wasn't the first time he was laughed at for doing something silly and stupid, but this time it actually hurt. The embarrassment was too much for him. At least today he would be able to meet up with Clyde and the others to hopefully take their humiliation together. He eventually arrived in the classroom to see his friends there though all were mostly quiet. While Liam looked happy to be back in class again, the others looked embarrassed. Lincoln could also see that Rusty's face was still a little swelled up though not as much as he last saw it and that poor Zach was wearing a beanie to cover up his bald spot. Lincoln eventually took his seat next to them.
"Hey guys." Lincoln said a little depressed.
The others briefly mumbled their hellos and continued to look ahead. Even they weren't in the mood for talking much. Lincoln sighed and then put his head back down on his desk. He didn't feel like talking today and couldn't bear to stand the snickering he heard every time someone walked into the classroom. To make matters worse, when he did look up, he saw Girl Jordan and her friends walking in, and quickly put his head down once again and acted like he didn't see her. He knew if he tried to talk to her, it would only make things more awkward. She probably didn't even want to talk to Lincoln again after what happened at her pool party, and Lincoln felt awful about it. There were even more laughter and taunts that happened as more students came in.
"Hey Lincoln, wanna come to my pool party? Be sure to wear your undies again as you did at Girl Jordan's!" Andrew taunted at him.
The taunts got only worse until Mrs. Johnson entered the room. Once she arrived, everyone became quiet much to Lincoln's relief. The class went by faster than Lincoln had hoped and by the time lunchtime came, his fears started to catch up with him. He knew that going into the cafeteria would have students continue to make fun of him. When he got to the cafeteria with the others, he really began to feel uncomfortable.
"Hey guys. I think I'm gonna go sit by myself today," he told his friends very quietly.
Before they could say anything, the white-haired boy was already moving away from him to a table in the far corner where he didn't want any attention. He eventually sat down and started eating his sandwich slowly keeping his head down hoping that no one would bother him. After a while though, he then looked to see Girl Jordan and her friends happily chatting at a table nearby. He began to feel even more miserable seeing them, especially Girl Jordan since he was partially responsible for ruining her pool party. Then Girl Jordan suddenly spotted Lincoln staring at her and seemed to turn towards him. Not wanting to humiliate himself even further, Lincoln put his head down in shame. He thought to himself that after what happened Friday she wouldn't ever want to talk to him or see him ever again. Though at the other table, Jordan saw how miserable Lincoln was and started to feel sad. She knew he was quiet today in class and didn't talk to her like normal, but she didn't see how embarrassed and miserable he was until now.
"Hey, Jordan. Are you still going to the mall with us?"
Jordan then snapped out of her train of thought and turned back to her friends Mollie and Joy who were looking at her curiously.
"Actually," said Jordan. "Something just came up."
The rest of the day went slowly for Lincoln. After a few more hours in class and more teases from his classmates, Lincoln finally came home and buried his face in his pillows on his bed. Today really was just as awful as he anticipated. His best friends were too embarrassed to talk, his classmates constantly made fun of him, and he would have to endure this again and again for the next few days. Then all of a sudden, he suddenly heard a sudden rush of footsteps coming to his door and he started to dread it.
"Oh no. Now my sisters know," he thought to himself.
His door slammed open and Lincoln looked up expecting to see ten sour faces staring at him. Though his sisters' faces weren't sour, they were enthusiastic. Lincoln looked confused.
"What's going on?"
"There's someone here to see you, bro," said Luna in a singsongy tone.
"What? Who could be here to see me?"
"A GIRL!" all of his sisters practically shouted.
Pretty soon he was bombarded by his ten sisters surrounding him to make sure he doesn't screw up. Though Lincoln was still confused.
"Wait!" he shouted. "What does this girl look like?"
"Well, she had blonde braided hair and a blue bow as well as a…."
Lincoln's face suddenly went pale.
"Oh no…," he muttered under his breath.
"What is it Linky?" Leni replied a little worried. "Is something wrong?"
"That girl at the door….I can't talk to her."
The sisters couldn't believe it and started to look a little confused.
"Well, why not?" Lynn asked.
"I..I can't say. It's rather embarrassing."
Lori then sat down next to her bother and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Lincoln, what's going on? Why don't you want to talk to this girl?"
Lincoln then sighed. "Will you guys promise not to laugh if I tell you?"
All of the sisters nodded.
"That includes you too Luan."
"I promise. I'll try not to laugh," she replied.
Lincoln then proceeded to tell his sisters about the events that happened on Friday night about how he snuck to the girl's party and was eventually caught in only his underwear. The sisters all looked very sad at their brother hearing this. It explained why he was so quiet over the weekend and why he didn't exactly talk that morning. Lori then put a hand on Lincoln's shoulder.
"Lincoln, I know what happened was embarrassing for you, but I think you should still at least talk to her."
"But what if she won't listen to me? She'll probably think I'm just a joke."
"Why would she come here to the house to talk to you if she won't listen to you?"
Lincoln thought about it and realized his sister was right. She did come over to the house to talk to him. Maybe things won't be so bad as he thought. He then gained some confidence and stood up.
"You know what, I think I will talk to her."
Lori then gave his brother a small smile. "That's the brother we know and love."
Lincoln then gave his sisters a group hug then stepped out of his bedroom ready to meet his fate while his sisters watched hoping things would go well for him.
As he walked down the stairs, he eventually saw Girl Jordan sitting on the couch. As soon as she heard him walking down the stairs she turned around towards him and gave him a small smile.
"Hey Lincoln," she said a little quietly.
"Hey Girl Jordan," he said walking towards the couch. "Do you mind if I-?"
"Oh, not at all."
Lincoln then sat next to her.
"So what are you doing here?"
"Well, I came here to talk to you about….you know, the thing that happened on Friday."
Lincoln then sighed. "Oh, yeah."
They both frowned looking away from each other.
"I was kind of hoping I would talk to you about it today in school, but you seemed so uncomfortable that I didn't."
"Yeah….I was too embarrassed."
Jordan then looked down. "I'm sorry."
Lincoln turned to her curiously. "What?"
"I'm sorry to make you seem so embarrassed. I didn't want people to make fun of you since it happened at my party."
Lincoln looked surprised. For a while, he was quiet before he spoke. "I actually thought I made you seem embarrassed."
Girl Jordan then turned to him surprised. "Wait, what?"
"I mean, since it happened at your party I thought you would be embarrassed that I ruined it with being in…well, the situation I was in."
Jordan stared at Lincoln for awhile before she started to giggle.
"Lincoln, you didn't ruin my party or embarrass me."
"Wait, I didn't?"
"No, in fact, you kind of made it a highlight. The party was honestly starting to get boring until you and the others showed up."
Lincoln then smiled at this.
"I actually was a highlight of your party?"
"I'd say so," she giggled. "Although it must be embarrassing for you guys, my friends kept saying that it was a big surprise. I actually didn't really mind that happening."
Lincoln started to laugh. "Well, then I guess I should keep making more surprises at peoples parties."
The two then started to laugh at this before Jordan also remembered something.
"Also speaking of which, I'm sorry Mollie's dog tore up your clothes."
Lincoln looked even more surprised at this. "Wait, that wasn't your dog?" Jordan shook her head.
"Nope. My mom thinks one will make a mess."
"Well, then why did Mollie bring her dog over?"
"Her parents weren't home and she couldn't find anyone to look after him so she just brought him along."
"Ah, I see."
Jordan then raised an eyebrow at Lincoln. "Also, why were you and Clyde in your undies anyway?"
Lincoln shrugged. "We didn't bring any swimsuits, so that was our second best option. At least we didn't go in naked."
Jordan giggled. "Yeah, true. So anyway, don't worry about what happened on Friday. I'm sure it'll pass over eventually and we can both put this behind us."
Lincoln smiled at this. "I'd think I'd like that."
"Great!"
She then reached over and gave him a hug. Lincoln was initially surprised by this but eventually hugged her back. When they eventually released, Jordan blushed.
"So anyway, you wanna do something together this week after school? We don't typically hang out much."
Lincoln smiled. "Sure! What do you wanna do?"
Jordan shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe we can figure out in school sometime."
"Sounds like a plan!"
Jordan gave Lincoln another smile before standing up. "Well, anyway. I better get home. My mom is probably wondering where the heck I am."
Lincoln smirked. "Yeah."
She then walked towards the door and opened it.
"So, I'll talk to you at school Lincoln."
"Okay sounds great. See ya Girl Jordan."
"See you Lincoln."
She began to walk out and stopped before turning back to him while blushing.
"Oh, and one more thing Lincoln. You can just call me Jordan."
Lincoln then blushed back.
Okay then. See you…..Jordan."
"Yeah, see you too…..Lincoln."
She then walked out the door while Lincoln closed it. As soon as he shut it and turned around, he started to smile even if he saw his ten sisters grinning happily at him.
"And wasn't that easy Lincoln? Don't you feel better after talking to her?" Lori asked him.
Lincoln then smiled at all of his sisters.
"Yeah, I feel better than ever."
Well, that was the first chapter of a fanfic I'm working on as well as the first fanfic I ever wrote. I hope you enjoyed it.
