Chapter 4: Party Plans

"Really? Wow, that's awesome! You're gonna be at the party too? Sweet! I'll see you then!" Luke said into his cell phone.

Luke promptly ended his phone call with his girlfriend, Krystal. He had just received word from his lover that she had finally been released from the hospital, after having gotten into a car accident, and that she planned on attending Linka's birthday party.

"Krystal is out of the hospital, and she's heading over to Loud Park! Ya know, I kinda wish the party was a Christmas party instead of a birthday, because I could kiss Krystal under the mistletoe... but I guess we all can't have nice things. Though, Krystal's recovery is nice enough." Luke thought.

Super elated about the news he received, Luke strolled outside to practice with his guitar before the party, as he, Lyra, Luna, and Sam were going to play together for Linka. However, he saw Gloom sitting on a bench. The brown haired boy couldn't help but notice that she appeared to be all depressed and gloomy, so he went over to the brown haired girl to investigate.

"Everything's going okay with you?" Luke asked.

Right from the start, he knew that Gloom being upset had to do with Lane, but he decided to ask the question anyway just to make sure. Gloom sighed.

"Everything's not going okay. Mannie completely ditched me in my efforts to win over Lane, and now I don't know what to do." Gloom replied.

Luke nodded as he processed this information. The other day, the two siblings had been in a huge argument, with Mannie displeased with how insane and tsundere his older sister had been acting in order to win over Lane, and it became so bad that he told his sister that he was through with helping her out. Thus, Gloom was now a one-man band, beating her own drum with little-to-no assistance.

"I don't know who else to ask. None of the others except Lupa and Charon have really ever been in a romantic relationship of any sort, and they weren't really of any help when I asked them for help." Gloom said.

"Well, I'm in a relationship right now... why not ask me?" Luke asked.

Gloom's eyes widened. All her depression and gloominess went away in an instant.

"You can help me?" Gloom asked.

"Sure, why not? I might even get Lyra to..." Luke started to reply.

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Gloom shouted happily.

She gave Luke a bone-crushing hug before the boy could even finish his sentence.

"When will we get started?" Gloom asked.

"Today, at Lizy's party. But we can start earlier, if you like." Luke replied.

"Nah, the party sounds like the perfect time and the perfect occasion." Gloom replied.

Loan was tasked by Lincoln with finding special entertainment for Lizy's birthday party. Liena was already set to do a magic trick for everyone, and Lyra, Luke, Sam, and Luna were already set to play music, so Loan had to find another set of entertainment for her younger cousin's party. She had asked Rosa to help her, and the oldest Santiago-Loud girl had went and gotten Lane.

"You went and found Lane?" Loan asked, glancing at her younger cousin.

Rosa shrugged.

"What? He's family. And his jokes are honestly really good." Rosa replied.

Just then, Lars walked by and saw Lane. He shook his head.

"Stuff like this is why I hate going to parties." Lars muttered.

He continued on his way.

"See? Not even Lars appreciates Lane's jokes. Take him away this instant!" Loan ordered.

Lane was offended by his older cousin's attitude.

"Woah, woah, woah! That's no way to treat a party animal! My job at the party would be to both party and elevate the attendees, nothing more and nothing less! So how about you quit this and let someone more dignified plan the party?" Lane asked.

Loan glared at Lane, while gritting her teeth angrily.

"Get out of this house and take your lousy talents somewhere else!" Loan replied angrily.

"Some people just don't know a thing about entertainment, do they?" Lane asked.

He shook his head in disgust and left the room. Loan let out a sigh of relief. Since Lane was gone, there was now room for actual special entertainment, in her mind. Just then, there was a knock at the door. Loan thought it was the special entertainment she was expecting.

"Come on in!" Loan called out.

Liby came in, having had to have been pulled away from Linka and Lacy.

"Rosa said that I'd be at the party for special entertainment if things concerning Lane didn't work out." Liby explained.

Loan was enraged. She glared at Rosa. The younger Latino girl shrugged.

"Like I told you about Lane, she's cheap." Rosa said.

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Guest: Sorry, I should have explained that in the introduction chapter. Because Lina, Lana's daughter, already has that name, I had to rename Lina Sharp-Loud and give her the name Lizy. If I had the Sam!Lina keep her original name, it would be too confusing to compare her and the Lana!Lina.