Hello everyone, nightmareking here, and since I am doing a reboot of my story 'With Star's Help' I decided that I can try and reboot 'Strengthening the Relationship' only because I feel like it can be written better. And just like my other reboot, there will be some elements shared from the original while others will be on their own. Yes, Ronnie Anne is still in this story, so I don't want to hear that they moved away.
So, with that being said, please enjoy the first chapter.
Lincoln sighed as he shook his head and stared at his reflection in the mirror and took a deep breath, "Okay, you can do this Loud. Just go out there and ask her to the winter formal," he turned and walked out of the bathroom and down the hall to the cafeteria.
Entering the cafeteria, he looked around and saw Ronnie Anne sitting with some of her friends, talking. Taking a deep breath, he walked over to the table.
Standing next of her, Ronnie Anne looked up and arched a brow, "What do you want lame-o?" Lincoln swallowed hard and Ronnie Anne narrowed her eyes, "Well?"
"Well…Ronnie Anne…the winter formal is coming up, and I was wondering if you would go with me," the cafeteria fell silent as all eyes fell on the two. Lincoln cleared his throat and nervously chuckled, "So…is um…is your silence a yes or a-"
"What do you think you're doing? Why would I go to a dance with you, Lincoln Loud? You are gross and rude and totally annoying! I would rather date a snail than go out with you!" the cafeteria fell silent before the lunchroom began erupting with laughter.
Lincoln opened his mouth to speak, but the sound of a gunshot overpowered the laughter and Lincoln's eyes widened as he fell back in shock. The students stared at Lincoln in shock before everyone started screaming in a panic as they saw a puddle of blood forming next to his body and everyone began running around in a panic.
Lincoln moaned as he slowly opened his eyes and looked around the white room. He moaned again as he spoke in a scratchy voice, "Where…where am I?"
"You're up," he looked up and saw Luna, Luan and Lynn standing next to the bed he was lying in, smiling at him, "You're in the hospital dude. You had everyone worried,"
Lincoln groaned and shook his head, "Here Linc," he looked up and saw Luan holding a bottle of water out, "You've been in a coma for a week…so you're probably thirsty," Lincoln nodded before he took the bottle from his sister before opening it and slowly drank the contents.
He panted before looking up at his sisters, "So…where is everyone else at?" they looked at him and Lincoln continued to pant, "You said I had everyone worried, so where is everyone?"
"They're either grounded or stuck watching the younger ones and mom and dad had to go to work," Lynn answered and Lincoln sighed and nodded, "We're glad you're okay. We were worried about you," Lincoln smiled and nodded again before the sound of the door opening caught their attention.
They looked up and saw a doctor walking into the room, "Heh, well it looks like you're back to the world of the living," Lincoln sighed and the doctor walked closer to them, "You had your family worried, kid, especially these three…you're lucky you have people who care about you,"
"Yeah…I know,"
"Well…I'm going to have to ask your sisters to leave while I talk to you and-"
"Uh…I can't keep secrets from my sisters, well…at least not these three, so you might as well say whatever you have to say," the doctor looked at the white-haired boy in confusion and Lincoln shook his head, "I'm telling you, asking them to leave will be a waste of time. So you might as well tell us what you need to tell us."
The doctor sighed and shook his head, "Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you, kid." The four siblings looked at the doctor in confusion, "The bullet had pierced your lung to the point where it was inoperable and we had to remove it," the four looked at him in shock, "We will be starting you on cardio therapy in a few days to see the full extent of your injury,"
The doctor turned and began walked towards the door, "I advise you to rest up, kid, someone will be around shortly to deliver you some dinner," Lincoln slowly nodded as the doctor walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Luna looked down at her phone and frowned, "Well…mom and dad are here to pick us up," the three sisters looked down at their only brother and Luna gave a forced smiled, "Are you going to be okay, dude?"
"Yeah…um…just…one thing…can you not tell the others about this?" their eyes widened and Lincoln sighed and shook his head, "Look…I know they're going to find out, but I want to be the one who tells them."
Lynn groaned and shook her head, "Find, but you better know what you're doing," Lincoln nodded before Lynn hugged him, "Get better soon,"
Lynn broke from the hug and Luan hugged him next, "Take it easy Linc, and you better be ready for my jokes tomorrow."
Lincoln chuckled and nodded as Luan broke from the hug and Luna hugged him, "Take care, bro, see you tomorrow." She broke from the hug and the three sisters walked out of the room as Lincoln sighed and laid back on the bed and stared up at the ceiling.
"Your sisters care about you," he looked back at the door and saw the doctor walking back into the room, "I'm sorry, I thought it'd be best if I give you and your sisters a minute to yourselves."
"Yeah…right…um…listen, I'm not a big fan of hospitals and…I really can't be alone in one unless you want me to have a mental breakdown, and Luna, Luan and Lynn…I'm closer to them than any of my other sisters, so I was wondering if they could-"
"I'll pull some strings and see where we'll go from there," Lincoln nodded and the doctor turned and began walking out of the room again, "Rest up, your food will be here shortly," Lincoln nodded again as he watched the doctor walk out of the room.
Luna, Luan and Lynn sat in Luna's and Luan's room, looks of disbelief crossing their faces, "So…he expects us to keep this a secret until tomorrow?" Lynn sighed and shook her head, "And how are we supposed to do that? This place isn't exactly good to keep secrets in,"
"We know, dude, but Lincoln asked us not to tell anyone about his missing lung and we have to respect that,"
"Lincoln has a missing lung?" the three sisters jumped and looked back to see their gloomy sister Lucy standing in the doorway, "What happened?"
Lynn growled before standing up and walking over to Lucy, "What happened is if a certain someone tells the others what she just learned, then until Lincoln returns home, I'm going to have a new sparring partner!" she grabbed Lucy by the arm and began pushing her down the hall, "Now let's get to bed!" Luna and Luan watched as their athletic sister push their gloomy sister out of the room and down the hall.
Luna sighed and shook her head, "Lynn's got the right idea. It wouldn't be a good idea to visit Lincoln tomorrow if we're all dead tired," Luan nodded in agreement as Luna climbed onto the top bunk, "Goodnight, sis,"
"Night Luna," Luan turned the light off before walking over to the bed and laid down before falling asleep herself.
Okay, like I said, this is going to be a reboot and some elements will be different from others in the original. I'll keep the original up for notes and everything. And before we go a step further, let me make myself perfectly clear: Do not ask me to add this person or that person, those reviews will go ignored, the culprit(s) are not who you think they are and a few things here and there.
As always enjoy everyone and please let me know what you all think.