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Lynn sped through the front yard of the Loud house, moving so fast Lana had only seen a blur go by as she was knocked to the ground. She quickly made her way through the door just as Lori and Leni were leaving, nearly toppling the two eldest sisters. "Lynn! I literally told you to watch where you were going just this morning!" Lori shouted.
Once again, the blonde was ignored as Lynn rushed upstairs towards her room. She tripped at the top of the stairs, almost bumping into Luna. "Whoa, you okay little sis? You don't look so good…" the rocker asked concerned.
"I'm fine!" She quickly got up and scurried to her room, then slammed the door behind her and leaned against it. She was out of breath, and her heart was pounding out of her chest. What in the world had happened back there?! What was wrong with her?! What had he done to her?!
She slumped down onto the floor and grabbed her head. She had no idea what was going on right now. Why were her palms so sweaty? Why were her knees shaking? What had he done to her back there? It was like the moment she saw him she started freaking out. By why?
A knock came on her door and she jumped. "Lynn! Lynn, it's me, open up!" Lori called.
"N-no!"
"Look, we're just worried. You looked kind of scared just now. Is something wrong?"
"No! Everything's fine!"
"It doesn't seem fine," a stoic voiced answered from mere feet away.
Lynn jumped once again and turned back around to find Lucy. "When did you-?!" Lucy pointed up towards the vent once more. "Uh! Of course…"
"Yo Lynn, what's going on with you dude?" Luna called.
"Yeah, you almost ran down Lana outside!" Lola shouted.
"And where's Luan? You two were together right? Is she okay?" Leni asked concerned.
Lynn was slowly getting more and more stressed. "Yes she's okay! Everything is okay! I'm okay, Luan is okay! We're all okay! Now can you guys just go do whatever you were going to do and leave me be already!" she shouted trying to get them off her back.
She heard a few footsteps coming up the stairs. "Okay?! What about any of that was okay Lynn?!" she heard Luan shout from the other side of the door.
Before Lynn could answer, the door was opened and she fell backwards. Leni was standing over her with a bobby pin. She cursed under her breath. She'd forgotten Leni could pick locks. The rest of her sisters were looking down at her with mixes of concern and annoyance.
"What happened? I thought you guys were just going to visit the Jordan's," Lori said clearly confused. She turned towards Luan. "Did she start a fight with Jason? Lynn, you literally just saw him again and are picking fights already?"
The sports star didn't respond. "She didn't start a fight. Well, she tried but…"
"What happened?" Lori repeated turning back to Lynn. "What did you do?"
Lynn paled slightly. She didn't want Luan telling them what had happened. She didn't want to tell them either, but she also didn't want to risk facing Lori's wrath. And even if she didn't Luan would probably tell them anyway.
As if answering her silent prayers, a knock was heard on the door. "Oh look! Someone should probably get that, I'll do it!" She ran down the stairs before any of her sisters could stop her.
"Lynn! Get back here!" Lori yelled.
She kept going. She might pay for it later, but she didn't care at this point. She opened the door fully intending to speed past whoever it was knocking, but gasped when she saw Jason standing there. "Yo," he greeted with a wave.
Lynn froze like a deer in headlights. Her heartbeat began racing and her face started to heat up again. She could feel her knees starting to shake too. She struggled to say something, anything, but only a dry wheeze came out.
Jason raised an eyebrow. This was not how he was expecting his morning to go. "Okay…? So, my dad said I have to apologize for forgetting about you and your sisters. Also for whatever else I did that scared you off. I'm not exactly sure what that was, but sorry. We cool?" he asked raising his fist towards her.
Rather than the fist bump he had obviously been expecting, Lynn yelped and tried to back away from him. In her mad scramble to distance herself from him, she ended up tripping and falling backwards. She braced herself for the fall, only to feel an arm around her waist. "Whoa, are you alright?" Jason asked. Lynn's eyes widened. He was touching her. He had his arm wrapped around her waist. Their faces were close. Too close. "Uh, hello? Earth to-?"
"AH!" She yelled before shoving him away.
Lynn fell to the floor as Jason stumbled back and hit the back of his head on the door frame. He winced in pain as Lynn turned over on her hands and knees and then took off back up the stairs, ignoring the bewildered stares her sisters shot her.
Jason rubbed the back of his head and glared after her. "Man, what the heck is her deal? I was just trying to apologize," he said bitterly. He then noticed the other member of the Loud family in the room. They were all still staring after their sister. "Uh… hey."
They turned back towards him, still looking totally shocked. Jason stiffened slightly at their stares. "Geez, how many of you are there…?" he muttered.
Luan, who had already expected something like this and was less shocked, stepped forward. "Sorry Jason, Lynn really isn't feeling well today. I know you don't really remember us, but would you mind if we picked some other time to catch up?" she asked.
Jason scratched his head. He wasn't exactly eager to see the girl who might've just given him a concussion. But his dad would be on his case if he just blew them off. "Yeah, sure. Again, sorry about not remembering. I've never been good with that sort of stuff. Tell your sister sorry I guess?"
"Will do! Don't hit the door on your way out!" Luan said chuckling.
"Hilarious…"
With that he walked out, closing the door behind him. The moment he did the Loud sisters sprinted up the stairs after their sports loving sibling. They once again found her door closed and locked, but Lori banged on the door. "Lynn, get out here! We're literally having an emergency siblings meeting right now!"
"No! Go away!"
Lori turned towards Leni, who nodded before she began picking the lock. A few moments later Lynn once again came tumbling out of her room. "Dang it!" she cursed. Lori and Luna quickly grabbed their sister before pulling her towards Lori's and Leni's room. "Let me go!"
"Are you kidding dude? No way! We need to talk about what just went down!" Luna said.
"I don't wanna!"
"Lynn, you're acting like a child!"
"So?!"
"So too bad!" Lola screamed. "We're getting to the bottom of this!"
Lynn soon found herself tossed onto Lori's bed. The rest of her siblings, save Lincoln, Lily, and Lisa, all took seats around her. Lincoln had already left, Lily was taking a nap, and Lisa was locked in her room. They doubted she would care much about this anyway. "Okay, spill, now!" Lori demanded.
The thirteen year old looked around at them all feeling more nervous than she ever had in her life. How was she supposed to tell them what was going on? She didn't even know! "I-I don't know…" she said rubbing her arm nervously.
"You don't know?!" Luan asked in disbelief.
"You were blushing like crazy bro!" Luna shouted.
"You couldn't even talk right." Leni pointed out.
Lynn grit her teeth. "I know okay! I know! I'm fully aware I was acting like a total dork! I just don't know why!" she shouted back. "When I looked at him I just totally freaked out! He… he must have done something! He knew I was coming back for him and he used some kind of spell or something like that to make me sick! Lucy, you can fix it right?"
Lucy stared at her sister for a few moments before a small smile broke across her face. She shook her head. "Sorry, but there's no spell for what you're going through."
Lynn glared at her roommate. "What are you talking about?"
The rest of the sisters quickly began catching on. They all smirked towards her. "What she's talking about is the real reason you're acting so weird around Jason," Lori said amused.
"What?"
"Oh come on. Your blushing, your sweaty palms, your stuttering. Do you seriously not see it?" Luna asked crossing her arms.
The twins flashed her a toothy smile. "You like him," they answered giggling.
The world seemed to stop as the implication her sisters were making sunk into Lynn's brain. Did they just say she like him? That she liked Jason? Jason Jordan?
The boy who couldn't even take her on for two seconds before crying like a baby? The boy who was a weak comic loving nerd? The boy who couldn't even walk five feet without tripping over himself? She balled her fist up. "No way! You're all insane!" she shouted.
"All the signs are there Lynn," Luan said.
"Yeah, and they're big neon signs too," Lola added.
"I do not like Jason Jordan! He's a wimp! A total spaz! He-!"
"Used to be. But look at him now." She hated the smug look on Lori's face right now. "Face it Lynn. You went there expecting the wimpy kid from next door you knew from all those years ago, and you ended up with a guy who totally has everything you're into. You're crushing on him, hard."
Lynn growled. "No, I'm not! That can't be it! If it is than how come I wasn't this bad around Hugh! Huh?! Or around Francisco? How do you explain that huh?!"
"There's a difference between finding someone unbelievably attractive and crushing on someone Lynn. It might not be that big of a difference, but it's still there."
She waved her off. "You're all nuts! I just… I must have done one of my morning rituals wrong this morning, that's all!"
Lori sighed before clearing her throat. "Lynn Jordan."
Lynn looked at her confused. "What?"
"Lynn Jordan," Lori repeated casually.
Lynn thought over for the words for a moment, and what they implied. Lynn Jordan. As in her, and Jordan. Together. Her face started to heat up as multiple images flashed through her head. But rather than letting out a sound of disgust as she had intended, she let out a dreamy sigh.
Lynn's eyes widened and she quickly covered her mouth. Her sisters all gasp. "It's true! It's really true!" Lana yelled.
"No! I was… I was just-!"
"Crushing on Jason, so hard!" Leni said hugging her sister. "Oh! I think you guys will make such a cute couple!"
Lynn pried herself free from Leni's grip. "No! No! No! It was an accident! I must be sick!"
"Yeah, with a case of the love bug," Luan said.
Leni gasped and looked concerned. "Is that contagious?"
Luan sighed and rolled her eyes. "It's a figure of speech Leni."
"I'm not that surprised. He does seem like your type now," Lucy threw out.
Lynn slowly backed up until she was against the headboard of the bed. She wrapped her arms around her knees let out a nervous grunt. Did she… did she seriously like him? Jason Jordan of all people? She couldn't he was... him! "Uh…"
Her sisters shared a glance before giving her a sympathetic look. They began crowding around her. "Lynn, it's not a big deal you know. People change. It's been years since you've last seen him. Of course he's not the same guy as before," Lori explained.
"Yeah dude. And if you got a thing for him now, it's nothing to be ashamed of. We all get that one crush we get super nervous around," Luna said trying to cheer her up.
Lynn ran a hand over her face. "Okay, so let's say that I like him. I'm not saying I do, it's just a hypothetical question… he kind of hates me."
"What? No, he doesn't hate you Lynn," Luan said reassuringly. Lynn gave her a look that just screamed 'are you serious'. "Alright, so you guys obviously didn't get off on the right foot. But that can change."
Lucy crawled up onto the bed in front of her. "In my experience boys tend to be more interested in you when you show your real self. At least Rocky was."
Lynn sighed. "Lucy, the real me made him eat dirt when we were little."
"Maybe, but he said he doesn't remember-"
"The real me also slapped his hand away, screamed in his face, and then shoved him into a door frame," she added.
Her sisters winced. "Even if I did like him, which once again I'm not saying I do, there was no way he'd go for it. He hates me."
Lori scoffed. "Lynn, there are relationships that took off under way worst conditions than this. Trust me. I mean remember Lincoln and Ronnie Ann? She stuffed food down his pants and he still ended up falling for her."
Lynn grunted, not taking much comfort in the example. Especially since Lincoln viciously denied any relationship with the girl. "If you want, we could help you," Lana offered.
She looked up and saw her sisters all smiling at her. "Yeah, between all of us we're bound to be able to find a way to make him fall for you," Leni said.
"And it'll be so romantic! Childhood bully and victim end up dating as teens! It sounds totes adorable!" Leni cooed.
"Are you guys serious?" Lynn asked.
"Dead serious bro," Luna said. "What else is family for?"
Lori put an arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry little sis. I guarantee you by the end of this we'll have him eating out of the palm of your hand. We just need to teach you to learn to be a bit more...ladylike."
Lynn looked down at her feet. She felt a little better seeing her sisters so willing to help her out, but she was still trying to process just how she had ended up falling for… him! A large part of her was still trying to deny it. But another part was saying that if she didn't do something about this then she'd never be able to look him in the eyes again.
She'd just be a babbling idiot around him for the rest of their lives. There was no way she was going to let that happen. "Let's do it…"
Jason Jordan didn't know what was going to hit him.
A/N: Well, what did you guys think? It's always been a little troublesom for me to write dailogue with so many characters at once, so I hope I did a decent job giving everyone enough. Lori had more since in this type of situation I'd assume she'd be the one taking the lead.
Okay, review responses!
StolenMemes77: Glad you're enjoying the story so far, and HA! That's hilarious. I love it when someone in a story reminds me of someone I know. I get to picture them in all types of crazy scenarios. Hope you keep reading, and thanks for reviewing.
Omega Ultra: Thanks, I was struggling to find a way to start this but then eventually I just figured screw it, we're going with the beginning of a normal day. And yeah, looking back I probably should have been a little more descriptive about Jason's intro. I think I was a bit too focuses on Lynn's perspective. Glad you enjoyed and hope you keep reading!