Lincoln dropped into the bathtub, just now getting back from the treehouse as he pulled himself up, feeling a little beat. Fixing up his hair he left the bathroom to see one of his amber haired sisters in the hallway.
"Lincoln!" Lynn said with some glee.
"Oh sorry were you waiting?" Lincoln asked gesturing to the bathroom.
"No dude just hanging here, making sure princess doesn't break anything." She said looking at Lola and Lana's room.
"She's still mad?" Lincoln asked surprised as he started down the hall.
"Yeah she always holds grudges over the small things. Lucy told me everything." She explained. Lincoln's brain finally caught up to his body to realize what Lynn had said.
"Everything?" He asked hoping it really wasn't everything.
"Yup, seriously over a game of tag? That's petty even for her." Lynn said, Lincoln letting out a mental sigh in relief.
"Oh yeah, well I wouldn't say anything like that here. Never know you know?"
"Totally, man you look tired." Lynn noted.
"I feel a little beat yeah, I was just gonna go pop in bed with some comic books." Lincoln admitted. Lynn scoffed at the notion.
"You do that all the time come on!" She said taking hold of Lincoln's hand.
"Wait Lynn I really…!" he plead to deaf ears.
"Let's go on a little run we'll get the blood pumping you'll sleep better that way!" Lynn said happily as she dragged him down the stairs and out the front door. In a last ditch effort Lincoln tried to grab the door frame but his gripped slipped and out the door he was.
Lola was sitting angry on her bed, actually trying to fight off her anger so it didn't ruin her face with unnecessary lines. Their room was surprisingly in order, not even a plushie thrown because of what happened. Only the door had been slammed shut and Lola left to stew in her little tantrum. A knock took her by surprise.
"Who's there?" She said sounding grouchy.
"Just Lori." Her big sister meekly said. Hearing it was her, Lola got out of bed and walked to her door and unlocked it, letting Lori in. "Heard you weren't in a good mood." She said, Lola nodding in response before going back to her bed. Lori held a small frown as she closed the door behind her. "Boy trouble?" She asked jokingly. Lola shook her head in response. "Family trouble?" She asked this time receiving a nod. Lori then walked over and sat next to Lola on her bed. "Lincoln?"
"How'd you guess?" Lola asked.
"It's always a safe bet with him, what'd he do?"
"He was… he was just a big jerk today." She stumbled on her words, remembering a rule the knd gave her about talking to her older sisters, minus Leni, no mention of the knd.
With a sigh, Lori said "Yup that's boys, sometimes they're the biggest jerks you'll ever meet."
"Is Bobby ever a jerk?" Lola asked, Lori gave a small chuckle.
"Only when I want him to be." She said in a cheeky tone that threw Lola off.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing nothing," Lori tried to wave it off. "Your make up looks good."
"Oh thanks." Lola said with a smile. She tried her best to use the stuff Lori had used on her the other day, guess she didn't do a half bad job. Just then Lori's buzzed from a text message and before she could blink Lori already had the phone in to view. "Bobby?" Lola asked, even though she was more than sure that was the answer.
"Duh! He's coming to get me for a day out."
"Can I come?" Lola asked out of the blue.
Lori was taken a back "Um… you know what yeah sure." She said, originally going to say no. Lola smiled, giving Lori a quick hug.
"Thank you thank you!" Lori laughed in her throat, patting Lola on the back before getting up to get ready.
Lana had taken for her usual spot, a nice big mud puddle that she could stomp around in. She swoshed around in it getting her overalls dirty, making mud pies, and making a general mess.
"I feel the need to point out the sanitary issues in this activity sister." Lisa abruptly said, making herself known. Lana only continued to play, even making mud angels.
"Blah blah, if I wanted to hear junk like that I would've stayed at home." Lana said with Hops surfacing next to her from the mud.
Rolling her eyes Lisa brought out her tablet, "If I may inquire, I still have tests regarding the prototype that needs your assistance."
"Lisa! I'm trying to relax." Lana whined making her little sister annoyed.
"So am I but I need your help." Lisa said.
"Why don't you go shoot Lola in to space?"
"I've tried…" Lisa admitted "Mom and Dad stopped me."
"Well… go try harder please." Lana said. Lisa, still annoyed, let out a sigh with a shake of the head and left. Leaving Lana and Hops alone with gentle breeze and the mud. For about two minutes…
"Hey!" Lana heard a kid yell snapping her out of her moment of zen. "I wanted to catch that!"
"Too bad it's mine now!" she heard another kid yell, now ticking her off as she pushed herself up.
"Well let me battle you!"
"Not for this one I wanted him!"
"Hey!" Lana yelled jumping up to her feat, the two boys on their phones looking over at her. "You mind taking your crud somewhere else I'm trying to relax!" Lana demanded. The two boys shrugged her off.
"Hey crazy you know you're in the mud right?" one of them fired back.
"So what?"
"Weirdo." The other boy said.
"Just ignore her." The first boy said, going back to his phone.
"Hey!" Lana yelled now stomping her way over to them. "Why don't you get off your phones and say that to my face!"
"Hey were just trying to play Zyuoh tamer." One of the boys said as Lana approached them.
"Well go play somewhere else this is my spot!"
"Like heck we are!" the first boy said "This spot has like 5 spawn points."
"What?" Lana asked confused.
"It means the monsters in the game pop up here." The other boy said, showing his phone to Lana who really didn't care what was on it.
"Whatever get out of here!" Lana threatened.
"Or what?" the boy called her bluff.
"I'll make you."
"Psh yeah right." The other boy said.
"I'll just call my mom on you."
"Like heck you will!" Lana spat.
"Like heck you'll make us leave!"
Lynn had wore Lincoln out three times over by the time they got to the park. Huffing, Lincoln broke down to his knees exhausted as Lynn let out a hearty chuckle.
"Ah man that was good!"
In a cough, Lincoln asked "Was there a point to that?"
"Yeah." Lynn said kneeling down to him "To cheer you up."
"Really?" Lincoln asked.
"Psh yup Linc, couldn't let you stay in a sour mood." She said standing back up. "And there's no way to do that than getting your heart racing."
"I think a comic would've been better." Lincoln said as he stood back up.
"Those things will melt your brain." Lynn said, because of course she was the expert on melted. She had one after all, Lincoln thought.
"Ow!" they suddenly heard a boy yell from the other side of the park. Looking in the distance they saw two boys running away, crying calling out mom as someone chased them. While they didn't know the boys, the one chasing them they did know from the overalls.
"Lana!" Lynn called out, she not hearing her. "C'mon!" she instructed Lincoln, breaking into another sprint.
"Ugh more running." Lincoln whined before running after her.
"Lana!" Lynn called out again as they got closer, this time she heard her.
"Lynn?"
"What the heck are you doing?" Lynn asked as they all stopped.
"Those jerks were ruining my mud puddle!" Lana answered.
"Why were they crying?" Lincoln asked.
"Well you see…"
"She's over this way!" they heard one of the boys yell in the distance.
"Who hurt my baby!?" they heard a rather deep voice for a mother yell. With wide eyes, Lincoln and Lynn looked back at Lana.
"You hurt them!?" Lincoln exclaimed.
"W-well they wouldn't leave!" Lana explained.
"Run!" Lynn told them, grabbing Lana's hand she broke into full sprint and Lincoln struggled to keep up with her again. Between the running, the drama with Lola, and now this gunk with Lana Lincoln could a hernia or something building up inside of him. Exaggerating maybe but all this drama was just getting ridiculous.