Lincoln rolled his eyes.

"Lori. Your life, is a cakewalk! Literally."

He smirked while Lori just raised an eyebrow.

I got this

I got this

I can see what to do for me to be you

I got this

I'll bake stuff

I can think like I make stuff like you

I'll have a laugh, have my coffee half-caff

And then yell at the staff on your behalf

I got this

Yeah, I got this

Put a stick up my butt, be quick to say, "What? That! Not this!"

Lori rolled her eyes at Lincoln's poor impression of her.

I'm perfection

I don't need your direction at all

Call me a slob or a slackerish blob

I can act like a snob and fool that mob

I got this

Like it's my job

Lori grabbed a mixing bowl and spoon off the counter.

"Good. You can see what it means to have a job."

She handed the items to Lincoln.

"I'll go to school," she smiled.

I got this

I got this

Do my hair with some care

I'll primp and prepare

I got this

I'm delighted

Lincoln looked on in confusion.

That's not right

You're excited for school?

Lori shrugged as she put on Lincoln's backpack.

Scoff if you may, it's a part I can play

And it's only a day, and so I say

I got this

Yes, I got this

I'll be bright and demure

And right 'till I'm sure they bought this

I'll show you

No, nobody will know it's not you

Leave it to me, 'cause how hard can it be?

When I've got my degree and such a spree

I got this

Soon you'll see

Lori smiled and walked out the front door. Lincoln rolled his eyes and chuckled as he walked back to the kitchen.

"She has no idea what my life's like," he said to the readers.

He looked around the kitchen.

"Now, where are the cookbooks?"


Lori smiled as she approached Lincoln's school.

I think I'm looking forward to my day to tell the truth

A day amid the energy and innocence of youth

A thousand fellow students all excited just like me

A community of learners

She glanced at the readers.

"Really."

How hard could it be?

She walked into the school.

How hard could it be?


Inside, several students are talking in the halls.

I got this

I got this

I got this

I got this

I got this

I got this

I got this

Lori approaches Lincoln's friends, Clyde, Rusty, Zach and Liam.

"Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning," she addresses each of them.

"Hey! Here comes the List Master!," Rusty pointed across the hall.

Ronnie Anne entered the hallway with her hands in her pockets and a cool smile on her face.

"Ronnie!"

Several students crowded around her.

Now listen up, you Hunters

Here's the rules and here's the deal

Ronnie Anne took out her phone.

The list goes up online at five

And then The Hunt's for real

Don't schmooze for clues, 'cause I'll refuse

I only do what's right

'Cause I'm List Master R.A.

Lori raised an eyebrow when she abbreviated her name.

And my word is law tonight!

Students: Her word is law tonight

R.A.: Yeah!

All: Tonight's the night!

Lori watched as the boys cheered, and she quickly played along by cheering with them.

Clyde: We got this

Rusty: We got this

Liam: We got this

Zach: We got this

All: And we're ready to roll, not quite in control

We got this

List Master

Please talk faster

At last The Hunt is here!

Zach: Give us the news

Rusty: And the clue to the clues

Liam: 'Cause I'll die if we lose

Clyde: I swear I will!

Ronnie Anne put her hands up.

I got this

All must chill

Lori felt a strange feeling in her stomach which she recognized immediately. She grabbed Clyde's arm and pulled him aside.

"Clyde. I don't, like her, do I?"

"No."

"Phew," Lori wiped her forehead.

"You LOVE her!"

Lori's eyes widened.

"Oh God! It's Chandler!," Zach cried.

They all turned around and saw Chandler, the most popular boy in school, walking down the hall with a smug look on his face.

I got this

I got this

I'm the King of The Hunt

You're green, you're out-runt

I got this

You'll lose, boy

If you choose to refuse, boy, to see

You shouldn't begin with a war you can't win

I'm smarter than sin

I'm rich and I'm thin

Chandler

Girls: (Look out, it's Chandler)

Rocks the handler

Girls: (You're our hunky dory)

I'm the cock of the walk, I'm talkin' the top banana

Girls: (He's the top banana!)

So trust me

Girls: (Oh-oh!)

Watch The Hunt end with just me on top!

Girls: (Ah!)

I never fail, no, I always prevail

Ask Harvard and Yale

So weep and wail

I got this

Girls: (He's got this!)

Kiss my tail

Chandler walked off, and the hallways emptied as everyone walked to their separate classrooms. Everyone, that is, except for Lori. She kept walking through the halls, with no idea where to go.

"I got this."

She walked down another hallway.

"I got this."

She continued for about ten minutes until she bumped into one of the teachers.

"Lincoln Loud, where are you supposed to be right now?"

"...I don't know."