Here for another chapter. Someone asked me why I decided to make Lynn the one regretful, she was just the first one I focused on, imo out of all of them she's the one most in need of redemption, kind of off topic but I notice in most fanfics they've made Luna the most reasonable and caring one, and designated her as Lincoln's "guardian", even tho Luna for the most part in every episode is as much a asshole as the rest of the sisters. I mean I could understand if it was Leni because her Character is suppose to be kind (even though the writers ignore that fact in several episodes) but what is it about Luna? She's no nicer than any other sister tbh. That's enough pointless rambling though. This chapter focused on Lola, the next character most in need of redemption.
"Okay girls!" Lori said initiating their exclusively sister only meeting.
"Wait…. Where's Linky?" Leni asked confused.
"Leni, this is a sister meeting." Lori reminded her.
"Yeah, I know! So where's linky?" Leni asked again making her sisters facepalm.
"Leni, Lincoln is our brother, he can't be apart of the sister meeting.' Luan explained to her.
"Oh." Leni said finally understanding. "That doesn't sound very fair…" Leni told her sisters slightly pouting.
"Well since the meeting is about Lincoln, he can't be present." Lori explained.
"Did something happen to lil dude?" Luna asked.
"No, well." Lori stumbled over her words. "Lincoln has been disappearing somewhere this whole week." Lori told them. "Aren't You guys concerned?" Lori asked.
"He's probably holding a grudge!" Lola said with attitude. "Thinking that if he ignores us we'll cave and apologize! Well I refuse!" Lola ranted. Lynn sat there more quiet than usual, thinking about the conversation she had with Lincoln the other day.
"You guys do whatever you want, I'm going to bed." Lynn said standing up.
"What's with you? Usually you're the most concerned." Lucy asked, making Lynn pause for a second and think.
"Guys… Can't we just trust Lincoln this once?" Lynn made a request that shocked everyone. "I mean, sometimes he doesn't have the best judgment, but neither do we…" Lynn tried to express her emotions, Lynn had the least trust issues with their brother, especially after understanding him a little better.
"This… isn't really like you, Lynn." Lori commented.
"Hmph!' Lola scoffed. "I don't trust Lincoln as far as I can throw him!" Lola revealed her true feelings for her brother.
"Lola! How can you say that about our brother?" Leni asked.
"You all know why!" Lola insisted.
"Well… Lil bro can be sneaky…" Luna added.
"As an intellectual I find myself highly skeptical of anyone with somewhat of an above average brain wave, so naturally my trust regarding our sole male sibling wanes." Lisa comment caused all of her sisters to stare at her in confusion. "Clearly I have nothing to worry about with you guys…" Lisa said insulting her sisters.
"Whatever." Lola said brushing Lisa off. "Tomorrow I'm going to get to the bottom of what Lincoln's been doing, and put an end to it" Lola declared.
"Pfft, I'm out of here." Lynn said scoffing at her younger sister. "I wouldn't push my luck if I were you, Lincoln may just start hating you." Lynn warned Lola.
"Yeah right." Lola said sticking her tongue out at Lynn as she left.
"Lincoln would never hate us." Lana said trying to brush off the possibility.
"Yeah, we're literally his sisters." Lori added.
It was Friday, for the entire week Lincoln had been heading straight to the Cavern in order to avoid his sisters. In order to figure out Lincoln's secret Lola decided to follow him after school, rather then going home.
"Ok big brother, time to see where you've been going everyday after school." Lola said spying on her brother. Lincoln began to make his way through the wood, with Lola trailing right behind him. "What is he doing all the way out here?" Lola asked herself, before she knew it, she was deep in the woods and had lost sight of a Lincoln.
"...W-where am I…." Lola's eyes started to water a little bit, scared she'll never make it back home.
"Ughh…" Lincoln sighed. 'It took me a while to finally ditch her, but it looks like the little devil is now lost…' Lincoln said staring at his younger sister, aware she had been following him the whole time. At this point Lola was shedding tears, even though Lincoln couldn't stand Lola, from her annoying screeching, to her bossy attitude, he couldn't stand to see his younger sister crying, scared, and lost. 'I know I'm going to regret this..' Lincoln thought.
"Mommy! Daddy! Lincoln! Someone!" Lola kept crying too afraid to go any deeper into the woods.
"What are you doing… Lola?" A voice she recognized all too well spoke to her.
"Linky?" Lola said wiping her eyes, her call for help worked.
"Lola what are you doing following me?" Lincoln asked.
"I-I, I just wanted to know where you were going.' Lola said, still a bit shaken and fragile, unlike her usual self. "Why are you in the woods?" She finally asked.
"I'm taking a walk, a walk in the woods helps clear my mind. As a blue bell I figured you'd understand, but maybe I overestimated you, seeing as you got lost." Lincoln said slightly mocking Lola.
"Leave me alone! Stupid brother!" Lola yelled at Lincoln.
"Well if you insist." Lincoln said leaving, before Lola grabbed his shirt. "Okay fine, I'll take you to a path you're familiar with, but quit following me! I hate to sound like Lori, but I'm older so you need to listen to me." Lincoln commanded, Lola reluctantly nodded her head, as Lincoln grabbed her hand and led the way.
"What do you think the girls brought this time?" Kat said walking with Girl Jordan. The girls had been going overboard bringing items to the Cavern, like flat screens, one of Lincoln's game systems, fans, chairs, beanbags, portable tables, Mirrors, Pictures, etc. You'd think it'd be a hassle, but it hardly phased them.
"I don't know, I just hope a wild animal doesn't break their stuff." Girl Jordan said laughing. While marching through the woods, Kat and Girl Jordan noticed a wide figure ahead of them, they were scared until they realized it was just a fat boy, as they continued walking they got closer and closer to the fat boy who they recognized from their school.
"Hey, Jordan?" Kat said talking to Jordan, trying to make eye contact with her through the fat kid who was in between them.
"Yeah," Girl Jordan said also trying to catch Kat's eyes beyond the kid between them. "Kat?"
"Do you think, Lincoln will come today?" Kat asked.
"I-" Girl Jordan said while trying to rearrange the boys belly to see her friend. "Don't… Know. I hope so though." Jordan told her, Jordan struggling made Kat laugh.
"Maybe we should invite him." Kat said halfway joking.
"Are you kidding? I don't know if he'd even got through the door!" Jordan replied.
'Alright, it took me a minute to drop Lola back near our house, but I've finally made it to the Cavern.' Lincoln thought to himself.
"Ayo! Linc!" Mollie called him near the Cavern as she and Renee walked towards him.
"Hey girls! Sorry I'm a bit late." Lincoln chuckled.
"No worries, all you missed was Renee getting dusted in Ace Savvy Vs. Muscle fish 2." Mollie bragged much to Renee's annoyance.
"Hey! My controller wasn't working!" Renee defended herself, making Mollie and Lincoln laugh.
"That's what everyone says when they lose!" Mollie said laughing even harder.
"Wow that must've been a serious loss for-" the implications of this conversation just hit Lincoln. "Wait? Ace Savvy Vs. Muscle fish 2 JUST came out!" Lincoln commented somewhat excited.
"I preordered it way back." Mollie explained. "Hopefully you're better than Renee." Mollie laughed while Renee blushed in embarrassment.
"Oh it's on." Lincoln said smiling like a villain.
"Lin...coln?" A voice Lincoln had only heard just a moment ago.
"Oh please Lord no." Lincoln prayed.
"Lincoln?" The voice called for him again, catching Renee and Mollies attention.
"Is that your sister? She's so cute!" Mollie and Renee ogled over the young blonde, Lola just blushed.
"Ughh Lola what are you doing here!?" Lincoln demanded, snapping her back into the situation at hand.
"No, what are you doing here!?" Lola turned the question on Lincoln. "This is where you've been going all this week? To hang out with these girls instead of your own sisters!?" Lola ranted feeling rejected.
"Yes! Cause I don't have to worry about being antagonized or being the bad guy!" Lincoln yelled, catching Lola off guard. "Why do you care? I'm the root of all the problems and can't be trusted right? Why don't you just beat it, you're annoying!" Lincoln said everything he wanted, but came to regret it seeing Lola begin to hold back tears. Mollie and Renee attempted to comfort Lola but as soon as they did, she ran off in tears.
'Great… Now they're going to think I'm the bad guy…' Lincoln thought to himself face palming. They stood silent for a few seconds, Lincoln prepared to be told off, that's what his sisters would do.
"I don't know what's going on with your family, and maybe it's not my place to comment but… Don't you think you were a bit harsh?" Mollie commented.
"Look you don't-" Lincoln paused for a second. "Wait, what?" Lincoln asked confused.
"I didn't mean to be judgmental, I just thought that you could've been nicer…" Mollie commented.
"Yeah I'm sure your feelings are valid, but she's younger than you." Renee chimed in. While they weren't on his side, Lincoln wasn't used to his point of view even being considered. He didn't know what to say. Mollie put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry, I hope I didn't make you angry." Mollie said also trying to be supportive.
"Me too. I get how annoying younger siblings can be, but deep down they all look up to their older siblings in their own annoying way." Renee explained.
"Hey Guys! I finished the sign to advertise the cool cavern! What do you think?" Beatrix interrupted mot reading the mood, making the situation even more awkward. Lincoln finally broke his silence with a sigh.
"I need to go find her, she'll get lost without me. Sorry." Lincoln said preparing to leave.
"No worries." Mollie said with a smile. "I hope you guys make up." Lincoln couldn't help but smile at the positive energy Mollie was displaying.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow! You've got a little more time to prepare for that beat down in Ace Savvy v Muscle fish! You'll need it." Lincoln said making Mollie laugh.
"Confidence is a good thing Loud, but delusion? Not so much." This reply earned a chuckle from Lincoln who took off to find Lola.
"Despite his harsh words, he's a pretty good brother. I hope he makes up with his cute little sister and brings her by once in a while." Renee commented.
"Yeah." Mollie agreed while Beatrix just stood in confusion wondering what they were talking about.
"Geez, what happened here, and why isn't anyone paying attention to my flyer?" Beatrix said slightly pouting.
"Dammit! Where is she!" Lincoln said running through the woods worried about his sister. Lincoln kept running in the direction he saw Lola run, which thankfully was in the right direction home, 'maybe she remembered the way home.' Lincoln thought being optimistic, until he started hearing the cries of what sounded like a little girl, 'yep, that's her'. Lincoln continued running towards the cries until he began to hear a voice.
"Lynn was right." Is all Lincoln could make out. "He hates me!'.
"Lola?" Lincoln said calling out his sister, gaining her attention, she got up prepared to run away again. "No wait stop!" Lincoln demanded making her pause. "Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't of said all of those things. I was just frustrated." Lincoln's apology managed to calm Lola down a bit, but she was still sniveling.
"You hate me." Lola said making him cringe.
"I don't hate you. I just…." Lincoln tried to express himself. "I just, you girls… You always act like I'm the cause of every problem in the house, and you make me feel like an untrustworthy failure." Lola admittedly was outspoken about her distrust for Lincoln, but failure? Sure they always insulted his hobbies, made fun of his cosplay, roasted his coffee mugs he made out of love, called him pathetic… After thinking about it for a second Lola began to understand why Lincoln maybe felt unappreciated and had to find the positive attention elsewhere.
"So that's why you're hanging out with those girls instead!?" Lola asked.
"Well… kind of…" Lincoln didn't want to say the wrong words.
"But you're OUR brother!" Lola loudly cried out wanting Lincoln to know he was appreciated and she was ready to fight for his love. "I promise I'll be more trusting and I'll only playfully tease you! So please don't replace me!" Lola said grabbing the top of Lincoln's shirt.
Lincoln was rendered speechless, he never realized how much his sister actually valued him.
"Deal." Lincoln said bending down to get to Lola's level. "You know, if you really want, you could hang out with me at the Cavern if you want. It's actually pretty cool." Lincoln offered.
"Really?" Lincoln's offer managed to cheer Lola up.
'Maybe Renee was right… Maybe Lola really looks up to me… In her own annoying way.'
To Be Continued.