The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and a cool September breeze blew in the sky. And several different alarm clocks were blaring throughout the Loud house. The first day of school had arrived, to the joy of some (read: really only Lisa) and the dismay of most. The alarms were silenced with a slap of each of their hands.
The twins were slowly trying to wake up. Lola was already out of bed feeling just as energized as though she was already used to the feeling of being awake. As someone to valued beauty sleep, her motto was 'early to bed, early to rise, makes a girl healthy, wealthy, and wise.' She walked over to her wardrobe and pulled out her usual go-to outfit.
Meanwhile, Lana barely had it in her to fight the urge to close her eyes and just go back to sleep. She definitely would if it weren't for the fact that she knew she'd get pulverized by everyone else for making them late if her twin sister didn't do so first. Lazily throwing her bed sheets to the foot of the bed without bothering to fix them up (why bother if they'll just get messed up again later?), she grabbed her own clothes. They were strewn all around her side of the room, both since she didn't have a closet of her own and because even if she did she would probably never use it.
They faced each other while putting on their trademark headwear - Lola's tiara and Lana's backwards baseball cap.
"Morning, sis." Lola greeted.
"G'mornin'..." Lana grumbled half-heartedly.
The next events were pretty much what you'd expect. A long wait for the bathroom, trying to finish up as quickly as possible to keep the line moving, tearing into breakfast as if they would never get to eat again with some room for small talk. As of now, they were all heading out of the house and into Vanzilla.
The twins took their seats in the far back next to each other, being the last to arrive. Lori seemed this close to leaving without them, judging by her griping about almost making them late for their first day.
"Okay okay, jeez. We're not losing that much time." Lana muttered, but shut up immediately once Lori shot her a glare.
"We would be here sooner if you didn't spend 10 whole minutes in the bathroom. 5 minutes is the limit!" Lola said.
"Well excuse me, maybe next time I should ask my bowels to lay off for a little while!"
"Maybe you should!"
In the midst of their bickering, the van took off at the maximum speed that would be allowed without warranting a ticket. Eventually, their bickering stopped and the car ride became rather silent.
A few minutes later, Lori stopped in front of the familiar-looking Royal Woods Elementary School. "Alright, here we are at the first stop. Move it, people."
One by one, the younger kids got out of the van and headed towards the building.
"And have a good day." Lori said with a smile, before driving off to the next two schools.
Everyone was handed a piece of paper once they were inside. On it was a list of their classes and their schedules for the week.
They walked together, trying their best to follow the guide they were given.
"So… first day of first grade, huh?" Lola started off. "You nervous?"
"I dunno, kinda. I mean, there's gonna be new classmates, a new teacher… probably harder work." Lana replied.
"We're actually gonna be with the big kids this year. Well, big for us, anyway."
"And we'll be big kids too."
"Yeah."
They continued walking. However, they started drifting away while completely distracted. By the time they realized it, Lana was almost at her class but Lola was completely gone. Taking a few steps away, she caught a glimpse of long blonde hair, and a glimmer of something shiny. It had to be her.
She followed her, only managing to catch up when she went into the bathroom.
"Hey wait!" She opened the door and went inside as well. There was only one stall door closed. She knocked on it a few times.
"Someone's in here."
"Uhh, you know we have class, right? Why'd you suddenly ditch me?"
"I couldn't find my class, there's barely any instructions in here."
"Then why didn't you ask someone, or y'know, stick with me?"
"I didn't want to set off a path of trouble or something like that. Not on the first day."
"Uhh… what do you mean?" Lana asked, scratching the back of her head in confusion.
Lola unlocked and pushed the stall door open and walked out. "Didn't you hear about the stuff that happened with Lynn before? Two years ago?"
"Well yeah, but that doesn't mean it's gonna be that way for everyone. Sometimes you just gotta take chances. You never know, it might help you."
"Well maybe, but I'm still a little worried about something else…"
"About what?"
"It's just… things are changing so fast. I thought we'd have all the time in the world, but we're already moving in to first grade." Lola sighed and slumped in her seat. "Next thing we know, we'll be graduating high school, and then there'll be college, and then-"
"Whoa whoa, calm down, Lols. You're overthinking things."
Lola took a few moments to catch her breath before going on. "I know, but I just can't help it! Everything's going by too quickly. Soon I might not have time for pageants, or playtime, or- or even you-!"
Lana brought a finger to Lola's lips, shushing her. "Look. I promise that no matter what, we'll both still have time for each other. I'm not going anywhere, you don't have to worry about that."
With the same hand she used to shush her, she reached out and gently held her hand. The more refined girl's hand was much smoother to the touch compared to Lana's, which had more calluses and scrapes. "No matter what life throws at us or how fast things go by, we'll always be there for each other."
Lola looked toward her, confused at first but then giving her a warm smile. "We will." She said.
Suddenly, the bell rang. The twins, still holding hands, looked toward each other.
"Shall we?" Lola asked.
"We shall." Lana said.
And so they walked out, ready to handle whatever the day had in store for them together.