Chapter 3: A Game Of Tennis
Since today was Linka's birthday, all the Loud families were being extra nice to her, and they made sure to congratulate her on her special day. Lacy and Liby were nice enough to invite their younger cousin to a tennis game held in Loud Park. In addition to all their houses being in a small neighborhood, a private pool and recreational facility had been set up for the families to enjoy if they wanted. Linka usually wasn't into sports, as she preferred to stay indoors and read, play games, or hang out with Claudia, but she never turned down matches if any of her family members wanted to play with her. She and Lacy were currently facing off against each other in a match.
"Serve's up!" Lacy called out.
The white haired girl served the tennis ball and sent it flying across the net. Linka hit the tennis ball, sending it back to her cousin's side. The girl delivered too much power, and Lacy was unable to serve the tennis ball back. The younger white haired girl pumped her fist.
"Oh yeah, forty all! Match point!" Linka cried happily.
Just then, Liby came by the court, carrying a plate of assorted fruit, vegetables, crackers, and trail mix.
"I've brought some refreshments!" Liby called out.
The light auburn haired girl was originally supposed to go up against Lacy first, but Linka wanted to go up against Lacy first. Liby was fine with it, and had taken the time to make the refreshments while her cousins played for a bit.
"Neat!" Linka said.
She immediately stopped playing and ran over to Liby, helping herself with some refreshments.
"You made these yourself?" Linka asked.
Liby smiled.
"Yep." Liby replied.
After eating some of the refreshments, Linka returned to the tennis game. Lacy served the ball and Linka served it right back, and the two really got into the match, until Lacy made a mistake and Linka managed to score again, winning the tennis match. The white haired girl jumped in the air and cheered, celebrating her victory. But when she was done, she looked around, as if looking for something.
"You know, I've seen everyone except Ronaldo today. Where is he?" Linka asked.
Liby chuckled nervously.
"Ronaldo is... doing things right now." Liby replied.
Loan was walking down the hallway that had her, Ronaldo, Linka, and Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's bedrooms in their house. As she walked passed Ronaldo's room, she thought she heard something coming from inisde and opened the door all the way, to see him dancing. The Latino boy was apparently dancing to Shawn Michaels' theme song and singing the lyrics.
"I think I'm cute... I know I'm sexy... I've got the looks... that drive the girls wild... I've got the moves... that really move'em... I send chills... up and down their..." Ronaldo sang quietly as he worked out his dance.
The Latino boy suddenly jumped in surprise when he saw Loan watching him. The oldest Loud-Santiago girl just stood there, confused and feeling concerned for herself and anyone else that might stumble upon her brother's dancing in the future.
"Please tell me why you were dancing just now." Loan said.
"My dance moves must be perfected for Linka's birthday party. I want to get them right, so I don't look like an idiot in front of everyone." Ronaldo explained.
"You aren't an idiot, Ronaldo, don't worry. But Linka doesn't want to see you dancing, unless she wants to dance with you. If you were dancing just by yourself, it won't work." Loan said.
"You're telling me not to dance? But I've been really trying to perfect my dance moves, and I must show Linka..." Ronaldo started to say.
Lupe suddenly entered the room with a shoe box. Her older cousin had gotten the shoes before, but hadn't felt they fit him quite well, so Lupe agreed to make some modifications to them to suit his style.
"Here are your dancing shoes, Ronaldo." Lupe said.
"Just put them on the dresser." Ronaldo ordered.
The brown haired girl started to do as instructed.
"Stop!" Loan ordered.
The Latino girl jumped in the way of Lupe, took the shoe box, and tossed it out of the window.
"Loan? Just what are you doing?" Lupe asked.
She inched slowly towards the door, in the event her cousin went full psycho. Randomly throwing items out through the room was one step towards losing it completely, especially for her. She could have some pretty bad meltdowns when her nerves got the best of her.
"Well, since Uncle Lincoln and Aunt Ronnie Anne have put me in charge of planning the party, I will decide what is and what isn't allowed. Dancing at the party is not allowed." Loan replied.
"Why would you do such a thing?" Ronaldo asked.
"Instead of dancing, we'll have more fun, great, and outgoing activities, like... like... Lupe, help a girl out!" Loan replied.
"Negative. You're the party planner, so you're coming up with the activities on your own." Lupe said.
Loan gave a nervous smile.
"I did come up with some activities on my own... I just can't share them yet!" Loan said quickly.
The teenager ran out of the room, likely to avoid any further suspension.
Reviews:
Guest 1: Um... thanks?
Guest 2: Thank you for the suggestion. It works better, so I have made George as Luna's husband, and Luke, Lyra, and Lemy's father.
