Alright fellow readers, here is part 4 to this story!
Now for this chapter, I'll try to make it shorter than the previous chapter that was about 8000 words. I can't make promises, but I'll see what I can do with this chapter.
Now this chapter will essentially contain a reference to Driving Miss Hazy, in regards to Lori demanding her siblings to do her favors in order to be given rides, and it'll be part of Lori's character development as she'll no longer ask for favors for rides. This chapter will also be a slight follow up to No Guts No Glori due to the name of the chapter and how references to that episode will be made and how Lori will border with being strict, but not too strict.
Aside from that, this chapter will show Lori continue to become a better sister and be nicer to her siblings. How will this all go for her? Find out now!
THE FOLLOWING DAY:
It was now a wonderful Wednesday morning in Royal Woods and at the Loud House, we see Lincoln having gotten up already and used the bathroom before heading downstairs to get his breakfast. For breakfast this time, he was eating his favorite brand of cereal; Zombie Bran, as he poured some into a bowl, put some milk into it, grabbed a spoon and made his way to the living room to watch TV while eating breakfast, noticing that no one was hogging the TV at all, which was really unlikely for a home that a boy and 10 sisters live in. Shrugging it off, he took a seat, turned on the TV and started to eat his breakfast. What he was watching precisely wasn't important at the moment as he continued to eat for several minutes. Just as he was about done eating, a commercial started playing that caught Lincoln's attention.
"Hey kids, do you enjoy reading your comic books on a daily basis," A masculine manly voice spoke from the commercial as Lincoln simply nodded his head.
"Well today is your lucky day, because we are now offering a very special deal: A SPECIAL LATEST EDITION OF THE MUSCLE FISH COMIC BOOK SERIES, THE RAREST EDITION THAT CAN HARDLY BE FOUND," The voice shouted. "It's awesome, it's packed, and it's got all of your favorite comic book adventures of Muscle Fish, and more!"
Lincoln's pupils went wide in anticipation as the commercial continued.
"THIS IS AN ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOLKS, AND IT'S ONLY HAPPENING FOR A LIMITED TIME," The masculine voice continued. "IT ONLY COSTS $5.99 AND WE HAVE A WHOLE STOCK OF THEM IN COMIC BOOK STORES EVERYWHERE! This includes the comic book store in Royal Woods for those that are watching this right now. SO GET YOUR FRESH COPY OF THE SPECIAL LATEST EDITION OF THE MUSCLE FISH COMIC BOOK SERIES TODAY!"
The commercial came to an end as Lincoln finished eating and started speaking.
"Wow. The latest edition of the Muscle Fish comic book series is on sale now and they're even being sold in Royal Woods for a limited time, and they have a whole stock in store," Lincoln seemed excited. "I REALLY MUST GET IT! I HAVE TO GET TO THE COMIC BOOK STORE RIGHT AWAY!"
Fortunately for Lincoln, Lori who was in the kitchen the whole time, had overheard the whole thing and then went into the living room to get his attention.
"Excuse me, did I hear that my little brother needs to go to the comic book store?" She asked him.
"Yes Lori," Lincoln nodded. "They are having a special sale on the latest edition of the Muscle Fish Comic Book Series for a limited time and they have a full stock on them at the comic book store in Royal Woods! I must go there immediately!"
Lori couldn't help but smirk at Lincoln's excitement as she said.
"Very well Lincoln. Get your clothes on," Lori told him. "I'll drive you there."
"You will," Lincoln smiled at her before suddenly frowning. "Wait a minute, I suppose you want me to do you a favor in order to get a ride to the comic book store."
This caught Lori by surprised as she bared a shocked look on her face.
"Let me guess, you want me to do your jeggings, your dirty gym clothes and the rest of your laundry that needs to be done, and you want me to use lavender scented sheets with them huh," Lincoln sighed with a frown as he unenthusiastically made his way to the stairs. "Hold on. Let me change up and then I can get your laundry started."
Before Lincoln could go upstairs, Lori then grabbed Lincoln by the wrist and stopped him from leaving as she said.
"Whoa! Hold on there Linc," Lori then revealed. "You don't have to do my laundry to get a ride to the comic book store."
"WAIT, HUH?!" Lincoln wasn't expecting that as Lori took a deep breath and repeated herself.
"That's right Lincoln. I no longer am asking you or our sisters to do me favors to be given rides to places," Lori exclaimed. "I don't do that stuff anymore. I gave up on that."
Lincoln now looked confused as he wanted an answer.
"Wait, why all of a sudden?" He questioned her.
Lori sighed as she then explained.
"Lincoln, I've been thinking back to the day where I sabotaged Leni's driving test, and really, I figured out that I've been really selfish to you guys by forcing all of you to do me favors, tasks and chores in order to be given rides to places of your interest. It was really selfish of me to force you and the others to do stuff to get my approval of transportation. So I literally no longer do that stuff to you guys."
Lincoln's eyes grew wide as he could not believe what Lori had just said. His eyes gained a look of hope as he then asked meekly.
"Lori? Do you really mean that?"
"Mhmm. I literally mean that little bro," Lori nodded before grinning and asking him. "Now, you said this comic book was a special edition that is only out for a limited time right?"
"That's right,"
"Well get your clothes on," Lori exclaimed. "We better get going before they all get sold out and before your unable to buy one."
Lincoln then gained a look of excitement as he then cheered.
"Thank you so much for this Lori," Lincoln thanked her. "I'll get dress as fast as I can."
"Good," Lori got her purse and her car keys on hand as she went for the door. "I'll get the van started and wait for you, alright?"
"You got it sis!"
Lincoln then spent the next minute getting dress and getting some of his allowance out for the comic book sale as fast as his 11 year old body could move, while Lori got the van started and waited for Lincoln so they could get to the comic book store…
After a few minutes, they made it to the comic book store.
"Here we are Lincoln," Lori exclaimed.
"Great," Lincoln opened the passenger car seat as he got out. "I'll be right back Lori, with the comic book I'm looking for hopefully."
"Okay. I'll be here waiting for you bro," Lori hollered to him as Lincoln gave her a thumbs up before entering. Lori couldn't help but smile at house she was acting.
It feels good to act like a better older sister. Lori thought to herself while waiting for Lincoln.
Inside the comic book store, Lincoln skimmed through the shelves to hopefully find the comic book that he is looking for. To his complete surprise, he found the Special Edition Muscle Fish Comic Book Collection on one of the shelves as the store still had plenty of them in stock. Lincoln was thrilled when he saw they still had some.
"YES! THEY STILL HAVE SOME," Lincoln cheered as he grabbed one of them. "This is so awesome! I can't believe it. This is turning out to be a spectacular day!"
With that being said, Lincoln then took the comic book and then decided to pay for it with his allowance which lasted for a few minutes…
After purchasing it, Lincoln went back to the van and got into the passenger seat and closed the door as Lori noticed this.
"Hey bro, your back," Lori then asked. "Did you get the comic book you were looking for?"
"You bet I did Lori! They still have some in stock," Lincoln showed her the book as proof before he put it away. "This is so cool! I actually got it! Thank you so much for this Lori!"
"Anytime Lincoln," Lori grinned while rustling his hair as Lincoln buckled up and Lori then drove them back to the house…
Once they got back to the house, Lori and Lincoln got out of the van and approached the door.
"Well, we're back," Lori opened up the front door.
"I'm so psyched! I'm really going to enjoy this," Lincoln entered the house and approached the stairs, but not before looking at Lori and saying. "Seriously though Lori, I really appreciate this."
"It was nothing Lincy, and bro," Lori then informed. "If you need a ride to go anywhere in particular, just let me know and I will take you there."
"Will do Lor," Lincoln went up the stairs to his room. "See ya later sis."
"You too," Lori then called to him one last time. "Have fun reading your comic."
Lincoln gave her the sign of approval before entering his room. Lori felt good inside and couldn't help but grin at how much better she's gotten as a sister.
In Lincoln's room, because Lincoln got a brand new comic, he stripped out of his shirt and pants, took off his shoes and socks and was now shown in his underwear. Taking the comic book out, Lincoln got onto his bed as he then stretched out and began to read the Latest Edition of the Muscle Fish Comic Book Collection he got, hoping on enjoying every moment of it and felt like it was worth the purchase as he read it for a good amount of time…
LATER THAT EVENING…
It was now 6 o'clock in the afternoon at the Loud House as the siblings were enjoying the stuff they liked doing. Lincoln had read a good four stories in the comic book he gotten today as he was now giving it a break for a bit. Lincoln sighed as he started speaking.
"Yeah. There was nothing better than to read the comic book I got today," Lincoln then decided to turn to the readers and speak to them. "Now readers, I don't know if you noticed, but Lori has been acting a lot nicer to me and the others lately. I'm not sure if the loss of her phone has something to do with it or what, but she has been acting like a nicer sister. She's been spending time with me whenever she got the chance. Heck yesterday she took me out to breakfast and lunch while we were going to places she enjoys going to. I don't know about you, but I really appreciate the way Lori has been treating me lately. I seriously enjoy it."
It was then downstairs, we see the Loud parents heading for the front door as they were planning on going out. The mother, known as Rita was shown to have light blonde hair (kinda like Leni), she had a red dress shirt on, wore a skirt, and she has a very impressive and curvy looking body, with the good sized bust and the rather big hips (which shouldn't be a surprise seeing that she gave birth to 11 kids). The father, who was known as Lynn Sr. was shown to have some brown hair on his head, had a very strange nose, wore a long sleeved dark green shirt, brown pants and wore some dark brown shoes on his feet. Both of them were heading out for the evening, but not before they hollered to their kids.
"Children, your mother and I are going out for a little bit," Lynn Sr called out. "We'll be back when it gets dark."
The Loud kids heard that and looked curious, with Lincoln hollering back to them.
"Wait a minute! Mom and dad," Lincoln called out to them. "It's Wednesday! Don't you guys usually go out like this on a Friday night!?"
"Why yes sweetie, but you see, your father and I are going to be punching in overtime for work tomorrow and Friday," Rita exclaimed.
"That's right, and there's also the fact that we have a special announcement to make on Saturday," Lynn Senior stated.
"Oh, okay," Lincoln started to understand, while wondering what the announcement was.
"Oh, Lori you're in charge while we're out for the evening," Rita shouted. "Kids, I want you to be on your best behavior while we're out!"
"And I better not come home to see my golf club all dented up again like what happened last time," Lynn Senior added. "And be sure to the lock the front door too!"
"You got it Mom and Dad," Lincoln sounded enthusiastic while the other siblings except for Lori sighed, knowing how Lori would act.
"We'll be back before you guys turn in for the night," Rita stated one last time. "We'll see you when we get home!"
With one last farewell, the parents went out the front door and closed it. While Lori went downstairs to lock the front door and get things ready for tonight, Lincoln went back to his room while the other siblings started groaning within their own room, for they were already dreading how horrible tonight will be with Lori in charge. Lincoln however seemed excited about it as he then started to explain to the readers.
"I know what your asking readers; 'Lincoln, why are you in such a good mood with Lori being in charge while our parents are out for the evening when you should be aggravated and dreading this moment?' Well folks, allow me to explain. You all remember what happened last time Lori was in charge right," Lincoln asked the readers. "Well, that night turned out to be a rather drastic and chaotic night for us: Luna was playing her amps at a loud volume, Lana, Lynn and Lucy were having an insane food fight while drag racing in the house, and I couldn't get Cliff to use the litter box! Not to mention Luan was scaring and torturing Leni with her fake spider. Fortunately, Lori came through in the end and got everything back on track…except for Dad's dented golf club. Since that night, I have come to actually respect and appreciate Lori's means of keeping the house from turning into a pile of rubble, and I perfectly understand that there is a good reason why Lori has to be strict when it comes to following her rules, and tonight, I'm more than ready and prepared to get through whatever Lori has in store for us."
"SIBLINGS! MEETING TIME! DOWNSTAIRS! NOW!" Lori shouted from the living room as Lincoln knew what that meant as he then said to the readers one last time.
"Looks like that's my cue readers," Lincoln got ready to leave. "Wish me luck out there."
After he said that, Lincoln then dashed out of his room and went downstairs like Lori wanted with the other siblings following close behind him…
Once they got downstairs, the siblings where in a single file line (from oldest to youngest) as they stood straight while Lori came in with a board of instructions to follow. Lori was revealed to be wearing the same sergeant uniform she wore in 'No Guts, No Glori', with the shades and everything else. The other sisters were dreading this moment while Lincoln was more than ready to put up with it. After clearing her throat, Lori then started speaking.
"ALRIGHT SIBLINGS, LISTEN UP," She shouted before speaking normally. "As you all may know, Mom and Dad left me in charge while they are out for the evening, and as such, you will all have to follow my rules, in order to make sure this house doesn't become a pile of rubble, like it almost did the last time I was in charge! So you will all be having dinner at 7:00 and you'll be cleaning up after supper and not cause chaos while I'm in control!"
Lincoln nodded in agreement as the other sisters sighed and frowned at this. Lori knew this was coming, as she then sighed and continued.
"HEAR ME OUT THOUGH SIBLINGS! It has come to my attention that I might be a little too harsh and strict with my rules," Lori exclaimed, getting all the siblings, including Lincoln surprised. "Therefore, this time around, before and after dinner, I will not have you just sit under your arms and stare at the wall and do absolutely nothing! I will allow you guys to do something that you enjoy doing…"
The sisters sighed in relief before Lori went on.
"HOWEVER, that does not mean that I am not making restrictions at all, because I am," Lori shouted. "I will be giving all of you a restriction on what you can and can't do, YOU HEAR ME!?"
The sisters were taken aback as Lori then started with Luna.
"Luna, you are restricted from using your amps and your electric guitar," Lori stated. "However, I won't restrict you from using your acoustic guitar and play some soft music! You are allowed to do that!"
Luna sighed at that, as she then said.
"Well, it may not be rocking, but I'm alright with going acoustic for this night," Luna got out and showed her acoustic guitar as proof. "I'm kind of in the mood for some Soft Rock anyway."
Lori sighed seeing that Luna was taken care of as she moved on to Luan.
"Luan, you are restricted from pulling pranks, messing with your siblings, and from causing a scene," Lori shouted. "And that means you are ABSOLUTELY forbidden from scaring and torturing Leni with your fake spider! GOT IT!?"
Leni perked up when she heard what Lori said as Luan sighed.
"Well shucks. I guess there is no web out of this one," Luan joked and chuckled. "Get it?"
The other siblings groaned as Lori rolled her eyes at that one. It was then Leni spoke and got Lori's attention.
"Hey Lori," Leni then said. "Thank you for that."
"Don't mention it Leni," Lori smiled slightly as she approached her roommate. "I got your back sis."
Leni then went on ahead and placed her hands onto Lori's back, getting the latter confused.
"That's great Lori! I got your back too," Leni said.
Lori sighed with a smirk on her face at Leni taking what she said literally before moving on to Lynn.
"Lynn, you are forbidden from drag racing and playing sports inside the house tonight! You will be spending it in your room doing something that isn't chaotic," Lori shouted before a firm look of warning crossed the eldest sister's face. "And heed my warning Lynn, if I catch any of your many sports balls in the hallway at all, there will be dire consequences for your irresponsibility, and you will be punished for it.
Lynn snorted in annoyance as she then retorted.
"Jeez Sergeant Lori. Your acting like a total buzz kill yo."
Lori did not appreciate that attitude and then gave her an angry glare.
"I am being a 'buzz kill' for a GOOD REASON LYNN!" She barked at the sporty sister. "If your balls are in the hallway, anyone could end up tripping over them, potentially fall down the stairs and get SEVERELY HURT! And it's not just me who could get a major injury! You could end up getting yourself injured from your own stupidity and you'll get really hurt! Not only that, but all of our siblings could get severely injured as a result, and this does include Lincoln!"
Lincoln perked up when Lori said his name as Lori looked at him and smiled while winking at him, which was a sign that she had his back too. Lincoln smiled as a result and appreciated the gesture. Lynn on the other hand did not enjoy this, and was completely annoyed by it. As a result, she rolled her eyes and snorted.
"Fine, sure, whatever. As you wish, your majesty," Lynn retorted.
Lori glared at her again as she didn't appreciate that tone either. Nonetheless, she waved her off and moved on to Lucy.
"Lucy, I will be allowing you to write those poems that you enjoy writing," Lori exclaimed. "But you will have to do it in your room only! UNDERSTAND!?"
Unlike Lynn, Lucy didn't seem aggravated by it.
"Sigh. I can live with that," Lucy remarked. "At least Edwin can keep me company."
Without another word, Lori moved on to Lana and told her.
"Alright Lana, you are restricted from making mud pies, and taking part in crazy food fights," Lori sternly told her. "However, you are allowed to play around with your many pets in your bedroom as long as they don't leave your room, you hear me!?"
Lana sighed for a minute before just going with it.
"I can live with that too," Lana admitted. "At least I can have Izzy, Hops and El Diablo keep me company." She referred to her lizard, frog and snake respectively.
"Lola, you will be allowed to have your own tea parties in your bedroom as well," Lori exclaimed to the bratty twin sister. "But what you will not do is use Dad's golf club and whack someone on the head with it! Am I clear?"
Lola just shrugged her shoulders and spoke.
"Fine by me. I can just throw myself my own personal tea party that none of you will be invited to," Lola shouted. Lori didn't care about that as she then moved on to the brainy Loud child Lisa.
"And Lisa, tonight, before and after dinner, you will be allowed to continue making the repairs to my phone battery and nothing else, caphiche?!"
"If you insist eldest sibling," Lisa remarked. "I shall continue with making the proper repairs to getting your phone battery back to it's former glory and get your phone working again."
Lori looked satisfied by that as Lincoln then got Lori's attention.
"Hey Lori? What about Lily," Lincoln pointed to their baby sister. "What do you want her to do?"
Lori thought for a moment and realized that she hasn't given anything for Leni to do yet. As a result, she then got her attention.
"Leni!?"
"Yes Lori?"
"For tonight, I would like you to watch after Lily and keep her company," Lori picked up Lily and gave her to Leni. "And be sure to change her diaper whenever she poops in it! Can I count on you to do that Leni?"
"Of course you can sis," Leni smiled brightly. "I want to keep Lily company anyway!"
Leni cuddle Lily as Lori then turned her attention to Lincoln.
"And lastly, Lincoln," Lori grinned while keeping that serious look in her eyes. "I will be allowing you to read your comic books in your room before dinner, but I can't let you play video games…not yet." She muttered the last part to herself.
Lincoln heard her say that last part though, but he decided not to question her about it, seeing that it might be a bad idea doing so.
It was then Lana had her hand raised as Lori took notice of this.
"What is it Lana?"
"Hey Lori, if Cliff ends up pooping outside of the litter box, can I pick up the poop he leaves behind," Lana asked while pointing to Cliff the black cat, who was planning on doing his business near the fire place again.
Not answering her question, Lori then grumbled.
"Which reminds me…" Lori then barked loudly at the cat. "CLIFF! LITTERBOX! NOW!"
This scared the cat as Cliff made a run for it and headed for the litter box. Impressed with her determination, Lincoln let out a low whistle in admiration, which Lori took notice of. Fortunately, she smiled and exclaimed.
"Yeah, I know bro. When you turn 17, you'll find out what it takes to be assertive in certain condition such as that," Lori stated calmly as Lincoln nodded in agreement.
"Are there any other questions?"
The siblings shook their heads no.
"Good. NOW GO TO YOUR ROOMS AND DO WHAT I ALLOWED YOU TO DO UNTIL DINNER," Lori shouted in commanded. "MOVE OUT!"
"YES LORI!" The siblings shouted as they all headed for their bedrooms and went on to do what they were allowed to do until supper time. Letting out a sigh, Lori then thought to herself.
After dinner, I want Lincoln to play some video games with me, since that's something he enjoys doing, and the last time we did that was when the last time I was in charge. Lori thought as she then entered the kitchen. For now, I should probably cook dinner.
She then saw what was available to make for dinner tonight as she raised an eyebrow at the choice.
Tonight's choice of dinner is…Beans and Wiener Stew? Honestly, I literally don't know why Dad cooks the kind of food he makes at time. Lori sighed from this. No matter. I might as well start cooking dinner for all of us.
Lori then took out all the stuff from the fridge that was needed and decided to follow the instructions that were left on the fridge by their father on how to cook it properly, and it took a good amount of time to accomplish…
Sometime later, upstairs, we see the siblings in their rooms doing the stuff that they were allowed to do while Lori was cooking dinner downstairs. Leni was watching Lily and keeping her company, Luna was playing a soft and gentle ballad on her acoustic guitar, Luan was looking through her comedy book, Lynn was on her bed bouncing a tennis ball on the floor in boredom, Lucy was writing some poetry with the statue of Edwin (who appeared to be a vampire head) near her, Lana was in her room with Izzy, Hops and El Diablo keeping her company, Lola was having a private tea party with only her stuffed animals attending, Lisa was continuing to make the repairs to the battery of Lori's cell phone, and Lincoln was lying back and reading the comic book he got today, smiling away while reading, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think about what Lori meant by saying he can't play video games yet.
I wonder what Lori meant by that. Lincoln thought to himself. I get the feeling that something suspicious is going on…
It was then Lori was heard hollering from downstairs.
"SIBLINGS, DINNER IS READY! TIME TO EAT!"
After hearing that, Lincoln closed his book and left the room to go downstairs and was followed by his other sisters, with Leni carrying Lily in her hands as they then entered the kitchen. Once they got into the kitchen, Lori then said to them.
"Good. You all showed up like you were suppose to," Lori then explained. "Now listen up, as the one in charge, I will get my dinner first! After me, we'll go from oldest to youngest as to who can make their plates! That means Leni comes after me, and Lily will be the last one to get her dinner! Does that make sense!?"
The siblings nodded as a result.
"Good work girls, and Lincoln," Lori smirked. "That's what I like to hear. Now let's do this!"
They then started to get their dinner, with Lori going first and then was followed by Leni and it went down from there until Lily was in her baby seat and was given her dinner by Leni herself. Once they all had their dinner, Lori then told them.
"Alright crew, let's enjoy dinner and then after that we can clean up the mess we made at the table and the dishes will be washed," Lori informed them. "And Lana, this means no starting any food fights of any kind, alright?"
"Sure," Lana said.
"Alright let's eat," Lori said as they all started to eat dinner, which was the Beans and Weiner Stew that Lori was asked to make tonight and even though it wasn't the best, the Loud siblings ate it regardless. This lasted for a good 15 minutes or so…
After they finished dinner, the Loud siblings cleaned up after themselves (except for Lily for obvious reasons). It took them another good 15 minutes to clean up, but they managed to clean off the table, wash the dishes, put them away and made sure the kitchen and the dining room table was spotless. Lori was quite impressed by their hard work.
"Well guys, I must say I'm impressed," Lori grinned. "Not a single mishap was made during the cleaning up the aftermath of dinner." She then commanded. "Now that that's set, YOU ARE DISMISSED! GO BACK TO YOUR ROOMS AND DO WHAT YOU WERE DOING BEFORE DINNER WAS DONE!"
"ROGER THAT!" The siblings went back upstairs to do what they were doing previous with Lily being carried by Leni. Lori then sighed as she then approached the living room where the TV was. She looked at Lincoln's video game console and looked to see what game was in the cartridge holder. It was Super Mega Brawlers Turbo Fighter XXIV. This got Lori to smile as she then decided to speak.
"It's time to get things ready for what I want to have planned with Lincoln..."
With that said, Lori spent the next few minute prepping things up, getting both controllers set and turning the TV on and the console so she could do something with Lincoln that he loves doing…
Meanwhile, back upstairs, the siblings were still doing the stuff that they were doing previously before dinner and they didn't seem bothered by it (except maybe Lynn). Lincoln was continuing to read his comic book with no interruptions whatsoever. It was then Lori was heard hollering from downstairs.
"HEY LINCOLN!" She hollered which got Lincoln's attention as he set his comic book down and left his room.
"WHAT IS IT LORI?!" Lincoln called back to her from upstairs as the other siblings were also curious.
"COULD YOU COME DOWNSTAIRS PLEASE," She shouted. "THERE'S SOMETHING I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR YOU TO DO FOR ME!"
Lincoln was confused as some of his other siblings were 'ooo' ing at this. Lynn in particular commented.
"Oh. Sounds like your in serious trouble Lincoln," Lynn remarked. "What did you do?"
"I don't think I did anything," Lincoln was honest.
"Well it sounds like you're in a lot of trouble with Lori for some reason," Lynn teased him.
"Yeah Lincoln. Looks like your busted," Lola smirked.
Lincoln gulped and was nervous. It was Lisa then decided to comment.
"Oh come off it now siblings. Whether our brother did something wrong or not, it's not of our concern, so maybe we should do the honor and not belittle whatever it was Lincoln did to our eldest sister and perhaps drop it," Lisa explained.
"She's right dudes," Luna agreed. "I don't think we should tease Lincoln, especially if it might be serious."
"And besides, I am in the middle of continuing to repair Lori's cell phone battery," Lisa retorted. "So if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to working on it."
Lisa then went back into her room as the other siblings shrugged their shoulders and went back to their rooms, while Leni peeked from her creaked opened door and was concern for Lincoln and worried that Lori might hurt him.
I sure hope that Lori doesn't hurt Linky and turn him into a human pretzel. Leni thought to herself as Lincoln went downstairs…
Once Lincoln got downstairs, he then asked Lori.
"What is it that you want me to do Lori?" He asked as he faced the living room.
"It's simple Linc," Lori directed his attention to the video game console. "I'd like you to play some video games with me for a bit, until Mom and Dad get home, since we did everything we already had to do."
Lincoln grew wide eyed at what Lori just told him.
So that's what she meant…
"Yes Lori. I would love to do that with you," Lincoln exclaimed excitedly as he rushed over to the couch.
"I knew you would little bro," Lori patted him on the head as she hands him a video game controller. "You ready to play Lincy?"
"You bet I am Lor," Lincoln shouted in excitement. "Let's start!"
"You got it bud," Lori said as they then started to play Super Mega Brawlers Turbo Fighter XXIV, which was the same game they tried playing that one time before their father found his golf club dented up. They were having fun and they didn't care who won or lost, but they were enjoying themselves.
While that was happening, Leni was actually concerned for Lincoln's well-being. As a result, she sneakily left her room with Lily in her hands and went to the stairs to take a peek from above.
I wonder what Lori is doing to Linky… She looked and then saw it for herself. Huh?
To her complete surprise, she saw that Lori wasn't hurting Lincoln. Instead, they were playing video games together, and they were laughing and having a good time doing so. Seeing this caused Leni to smile. She may not be the brightest of the Loud sisters, but she was also the kindest and sweetest sister, and because of that, it touched her heart to see her only brother and her roommate doing something together and having fun with it. This moment to the ditzy sister was really heartwarming.
Awwww… Linky and Lori are actually having fun together. Leni thought to herself. It's so sweet to see my roommate and my little brother spending time together and enjoying themselves while Lori is going without her phone. I guess I should leave them alone to have fun.
With that thought in mind, Leni went back to her room with Lily in her hands as Lori and Lincoln continued to play video games together while waiting for their parents to get back…
Eventually, it was about 9 o'clock at night as the parents finally made it back home and Lori and Lincoln noticed the headlights through the front door.
"Looks like Mom and Dad are home," Lori exclaimed.
"Yup, and we did a good job tonight," Lincoln sounded proud. "We kept the house from turning into rubble, we made sure we cleaned up after supper, and we didn't damage Dad's golf club this time."
"Yeah," Lori laughed for a second. "Not to mention I locked the door and I made sure Cliff used the litter box."
"You got me there Lori," Lincoln chuckle too. "This ought to be good."
It was then their parents approached the front door and unlocked it and entered.
"Oh good, so they did lock it up this time," Lynn Senior said to himself before announcing. "KIDS, WE'RE HOME!"
"Hey Mom and Dad," Lincoln and Lori said together.
"Well what is this, are you two behaving," Rita asked. "Better yet, are the others behaving like they should be?"
"Yeah. They are in their room doing their own stuff," Lori exclaimed. "I decided to spend some time with my little brother and play some video games with him."
"And everything was handled since Lori was in charge," Lincoln added.
"Well that's sweet that you two are getting along," Rita remarked.
"And oh goodness. My golf club was not damaged this time," Lynn Senior let out a sigh of relief at seeing his golf club remained untouched.
They then got settled for the night as the other sisters upstairs were informed of their arrival and they got ready for bed, while Lincoln and Lori decided that they had enough video games now as they turned the console and the TV off and decided to head upstairs for the night…
Eventually, Lori and Lincoln were just about ready to go to bed as Lori got her brother's attention.
"Well Lincoln, I really had a lot of fun with you playing video games tonight," Lori admitted. "I can't remember the last time I ever had that much fun before."
"Neither can I," Lincoln shrugged his shoulders. "And I definitely had fun with you as well Lori."
"Well, I'm beat," Lori yawned and stretched. "I'm going to turn in for the night."
"Same here sis," Lincoln yawned too as he was about ready to go to sleep.
"Have a goodnight Lincoln," Lori said while approached her room and opening her door.
"Goodnight Lori," Lincoln said back to her while opening up his door and entering his room. Lori then closed her door and Lincoln closed his door as the both of them went into their separate beds and went to sleep for the night, as Leni was smiling in her sleeping, recalling Lori and Lincoln spending time together as the night went by…
Thursday and Friday eventually went by like nothing as Lori continued to cope through her Nomophobia by spending time with her brother. On Thursday, Lori offered to bring Lincoln and go with him to a place he wanted to go. Lori had asked Lincoln if he would accompany her to go to Dairyland and Game N Grub, which were two locations along with an unrevealed third option that Lincoln wanted him and his sisters to go to as part of their sibling meetings, and from that time, the sisters denied going to those places (along with the unrevealed option) and instead decided to go to the mall. Lincoln was taken aback when Lori offered to go to those places with him, but then grew excited. He had informed her that if they were heading to Dairyland, they should not go on the Milk Shaker, since Lincoln remembered the time he went there with Lana and went on that particular ride and, well…let's say that the result was rather disgusting. They also had fun at Game N Grub, which reminded Lincoln of the time he helped Lori by getting her a job there in order to get that expensive dress she wanted to wear to that Friday night dance with Bobby. It would appear that Lori was at her nicest that day, even though Lincoln started taking advantage of it to impress someone who was a big jerk, which was all for two tickets for himself and Clyde. Despite this, the two of them had fun on Thursday.
As far as Friday was concerned, Lincoln really has taken notice of how nice Lori has gotten with him. Not once did she kick him out of the bathroom, push him off the couch to watch what she wanted on TV, snap at him for doing something stupid or minor, and she also didn't call him 'twerp' at all. Also, all the encounters they had that day were all friendly and had no hint of malice, or meanness. He also noticed Lori had also stopped calling her other sisters twerps, not being mean to them, and has hardly gotten mad at the twins for an accident that they had no control over. Lincoln assumed that because she hasn't had her phone on her, she hasn't been mean to any of her sisters and felt like she really did need to defrag from her phone and give it a rest. Needless to say, Lincoln was all too satisfied that his entire family was balanced and not going out of control.
It was now Friday night, and Lori said goodnight to her brother and vice versa before Lincoln turned in for the night while Lori entered her room and saw that Leni was still getting ready for bed. Lori had put her PJs on while Leni smiled at her, happy that she has been coping around her lost phone.
"So I think you are handling this far better than I thought," Leni remarked getting Lori's attention. "I also, like noticed that you have been spending time with Linky."
Lori looked shocked at what Leni said as the latter grinned widely.
"Don't pretend I don't know Lori, I've seen you too hang out and get along with each other," Leni remarked.
Lori sighed and then confessed.
"Yes. I have been getting along with Lincoln lately and being nicer to the others," Lori revealed. "But I'm trying to make amends for a lot of the horrible stuff that I have done."
"Like, what do you mean?"
"I literally mean that I have been a bully in the past and I often acted bossy to get what I wanted," Lori cried. "And Lincoln got the worst of it. I want our only brother to know that I'm sorry that I've been a horrible sister to him in the past. I was a horrible person to him."
Leni felt like assuring her and said.
"Lori like, you are not a horrible sister. You're a wonderful sister," Leni told her. "You are totes the best roommate I could ever ask for. I don't think you are a horrible sister to Linky or any of us."
"But I've done some horrible stuff," Lori interjected. "I literally was a huge jerk back then."
"And you made Lincoln feel better by being nicer to him right," Leni questioned as Lori nodded yes. "Then like, your totes good with making it up to Lincoln. He's the best brother we ever had and I don't think we could ask for a better brother than him, especially since none of the stores in the mall actually sell brothers."
Lori sighed as she thought about that (except for the last part which she disregarded).
"I know that Leni," Lori said. "I just really want to apologize to him for all the awful and horrible stuff I've done to him in the past. I want him to forgive me for all the terrible abuse I put him through over the years."
"Then by all means do so Lori," Leni assured her. "You're like, the oldest sister in this family. Since that's the case, you totes got this sis, and I know you can apologize to him and make up for some of the mean stuff you did to him in the past."
Lori had tears dripping down her face as she remembered that horrible stuff she did to Lincoln, but she managed to wipe them away.
"Thanks for that Leni," Lori gave her roommate a genuine smile. "I really do appreciate your help, although I still feel bad about some of the other stuff I did, such as the time I sabot…er I mean, messed up your driving test and made you fail. I don't know if you're still mad about that."
Leni looked wide eyed, but decided to wave it off.
"Lori, that was ages ago. Like I actually forgot about that until you brought it up just now," Leni admitted. "I'm not mad at you since I'm not the sister to hold some hatred towards you for something you did, and I'm pretty sure Linky won't hold some hatred towards you either. I promise that when you talk to him about it, it'll be fine. Just trust me."
Lori smiled once again. Her ditzy roommate had just given her advice.
For someone who is as bright as a rock, there are times where Leni does know what she's talking about. Lori thought to herself. Not to mention she has the biggest heart in this family.
Lori then went and hugged Leni and thanked her.
"Thank you for this Leni," Lori spoke. "This really does help."
Leni returned the hug by responding.
"You are welcome Lori. I am here for all of my siblings when they need someone to talk to," Leni exclaimed.
Lori smiled towards her as she then said.
"I do love you Leni, literally."
"And I like, love you too sis." Leni responded. "Now let's get some sleep. I totes need to rest my eyelid thingies."
"Yeah good idea Leni," Lori yawned as they separated and went to their respective beds. "Have a good night Leni."
"Good night Lori," Leni said afterwards as the light was turned off. They then decided to go to sleep, as Lori was wondering what was the announcement the parents had to make with their kids, which was something that they would find out first thing tomorrow.
For now, the Loud kids were asleep and would find out what the announcement is tomorrow, unaware of the surprise that was in store for all 11 of them…
END OF PART 4…
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