Not So Loud...
Hello readers and welcome to part 2. This installment should be a fun one for you all as you seem to have enjoyed the last chapter, I won't keep you so I hope you enjoy it!
Comforting Confrontation: Part 2
To say Lori and Leni were happy to find out that two of their younger siblings were going to homecoming would be an understatement. The rest of the week was filled with nothing but shopping trips, against Luke's will, as well as practicing a few slow dances, due to the fact that Luan has two left feet and Luke has only a right one. After the week was over and the weekend began, final preparations needed to be made.
FWEEEEEET!
"Ahhh!" cried Luke as he tumbled out of his bed due to the sudden sound of the whistle. "Ow...what the hell, Lori?" he grumbled out, eyeing his older sister who merely stood over him in her usual clothes and a silver whistle around her neck.
"Needed to get you up somehow. Now c'mon, wasting time talking!" The oldest sister stated, grabbing her younger brother by his shirt and pulling him from his room where the other highschool teens were waiting in the hallway for the missing two. Luke got his shirt free from Lori's grip before voicing his confusion.
"Why'd you have to wake me up? Homecoming isn't for like..." Luke paused to look into his room at Lincoln's Ace Savvy Alarm Clock which showed that it was almost noon. "Nine more hours!" he finished, clearly annoyed at the rude awakening.
"Yeah, which means we're behind schedule! We still have to put the final touches on our outfits, do all of our hair, get manipedis, and do our makeup!" Lori exclaimed, Leni and Luan agreeing with her.
"Ugh! Fiiiiine." Luke groaned out before making his way to the bathroom to wash up. Once he was finished, he turned towards Lori and Leni's door where, surprisingly, his suit was hanging with a note in Lori's handwriting.
'Go put your suit on and come back when the door's open.
P.S. Don't. Spill. Anything. On. It.'
Heaving a heavy sigh, the oldest Loud boy turned and went back into his room, reemerging a few minutes later wearing the stone grey, tailored suit. Making his way over, Luke leaned against the door and waited for the door to open and while he waited however, something unexpected happened.
"Whoa, looking good, Brah!" came the voice of his twin who was coming upstairs with a root beer in hand. "Trying to impress someone?" she asked, waggling her eyebrows at him, causing a light blush to form on Luke's cheeks and instead of answering her, he just sent her a glare before he posed the question back at her.
"I don't know about me, but you certainly are. I thought you ripped those pants." Luke stated, gesturing to the pair of slacks that she was wearing.
"Nah, these are new, the right size this time too." Luna explained as she popped the tab on her soda and took a sip. "Now that you mention it though, I probably should wear some leggings under here. Just in case" Luna said but before she could continue, Lori and Leni's door was opened and Luke made his way inside with Luna, surprisingly, choosing to follow.
Upon entering, the brunette twins were met with the sights of their sisters wearing rather beautiful looking dresses. "Uh...Leni...you know Seafoam green isn't a fall color right?" Luke asked, looking at the more autumn take on her usual sundress to which Leni easily nodded her head in reply.
"Oh I know, but fall colors totes don't go well with my skin tone" the fashionista stated simply before adding, "And I, like, already told Chaz to wear a matching tie."
"Ah, I guess that makes sense..." Luke mumbled, rubbing his chin in thought before remembering something "Wait, where's my tie?"
"That's why we needed to make these final touches, Luke" Lori spoke up, walking over to her brother with a tie in each hand, leaning over slightly to place the ties near his neck and looking between them. "Let's see, purple or gold..." she muttered, moving each individually to Luke's collar before finally deciding on the purple one and started to tie it with ease. "There we go, literally perfect" she said, leaning back up before something caught her eye and she began to giggle.
"What? What's so funny?" Luke asked, raising an eyebrow at his older sister.
"No wonder purple works on you. You and Luna literally look almost identical!" Lori said, grabbing the attention of Leni and Luan, the latter of whom was having her yellow dress looked over in detail by the former.
"Oh My Gosh, you two totes do, I can't believe I never noticed!" Leni added.
"Nah, Luke doesn't have freckles" Luan pointed out, causing the girls to stare intently at their brother. The staring being more specifically put on his cheeks where they could faintly see the similar splashes of dots in the same place as Luna's own.
"Whoa dude, you really need some sun, you're almost as pale as Lucy" Luna stated, the girls having stopped their staring. Luke turned to his twin and shot her a glare at that statement.
"Not all of us tan well like you four" Luke grumbled. The girls seemingly taking that as a compliment but quickly realized they were wasting time.
"Alright, alright, enough talking, we still have to get stuff done before our dates get here" Lori said, clapping her hands to grab everyone's attention, "Everything look fine to you, Leni?" the older blonde asked the younger.
"Totes" Leni stated, with her usual big smile.
"Alright then, let's get out of these and go get some lunch" Lori said, gesturing Luke out of the room so that the three could get dressed. Luke easily leaving to go change and Luna shrugging before going into her room, her curiosity having been sated. Luke got back into his normal clothes and hung his suit up with his dress shoes below it. Exiting his room, he made his way down stairs and was met with a soccer ball to the chest, effectively knocking the wind out of him.
"Oh, sorry about that Luke!" came the voice of his athletic sister, Lynn Jr.
"It's...it's fine, Pup, at least it wasn't lower like last time..." Luke replied, taking a few deep breaths before standing with the soccer ball now tucked under his arm. "Little warning next time though."
"Didn't know you were coming down when I kicked it."
"Fair enough" Luke said before looking around at the living room and seeing Lincoln, Lucy, and Lily as the only other siblings in the room, "Where are the twins?"
"Outside, with Lisa, seeing who's car's faster" The young athlete stated, taking her soccer ball from under Luke's arm. "I still don't see why you gave Lana her own car, they seemed fine with sharing Lola's" Lynn added.
Luke, after some really good convincing from Luan, had decided to give Lana her gift early and was gonna just give them both something equal for their birthday. Since the day she got it however, Lana has been doing nothing but either drive the car, Mud Flinger as she called it, or work on it. Needless to say that was the first, and hopefully only, time Lana had ever screamed as girly as Lola.
"Well, I figured she'd want her own" Luke stated with a shrug.
"Well I could use some new baseball equipment" Lynn said with a hopeful smile.
"Then ask Ma and Pa" Luke shot back before walking past her, easily hearing her mutter out 'Dang it' as he passed. Not bothering to sit down, Luke pulled his phone out but quickly remembered something he'd been meaning to tell Lincoln. "Oh, Linc, QT's bringing Renee with her when she shows up so be nice and remember to watch out for fans" Luke said, seeing his little brother flinch before quickly turning around and leveling a glare at him. The glare losing its effect due to the heavy blush on his face.
"I told you that was an accident!" the white haired boy exclaimed only for Luke to start laughing at him, Lynn easily joining in at that. The two continued to laugh before being cut short by the usual sound of first graders arguing as the backdoor to the house was thrown open. A pair of blondes walking into the living room shouting at each other with a smaller brunette behind them with a disinterested look on her face.
"For the last time, I didn't cheat!" Lana screamed, stomping her foot indignantly.
"You cut me off on the last lap on purpose! That's cheating!" Lola snapped back, getting into her older twins face.
"Hey, hey, hey. What's going on here?" Luke interrupted, getting physically between the angry blondes. At hearing their brothers' voice, the two quickly began to talk at the same time with one of them trying to get louder over the other as they kept talking. Knowing he'd get nowhere with this, Luke heaved a sigh before stomping his prosthetic foot on the ground causing the two to cease immediately. "Now that I have your attention, explain what happened, one at a time."
Lana started before Lola could even open her mouth, "Lola's being all butt hurt that Mud Flinger is faster than her stupid Princess Car!"
"I don't care which is faster! Your stupid rust bucket nearly made me crash! I could've messed up my beautiful face!"
"I can mess it up right now and not need a car!" Lana said, rolling her shirt sleeve up.
"You wanna go, Bug Breath?!"
"Ready when you are, Aunt Shirley!"
There was a sudden hush that fell over the room at Lana's statement, everyone staring wide-eyed at the little handywoman while her lookalike stood in front of her, rage very prominent on her face. "What did you just call me?" Lola asked through clenched teeth, her hands having balled into fists as they shook.
"I called you Aunt Shirley."
"Take it back. Now."
"Make me." Lana challenged, keeping her glare even with Lola's and in the blink of an eye, the pageant winner pounced but before her nails could get near Lana's face, she was picked up by the back of her dress and dangled in the air kicking and screaming.
"Let me go! I'm gonna teach her a lesson! No one compares me to Aunt Shirley and gets away with it!" Lola screeched, trying to wrestle her way out of Luke's grip. While Lola was off the ground, kicking and scratching at her older brother, Lana was on the ground making faces at her younger twin.
"Not helping, Lans" Luke grunted out trying to keep a hold on the small girl before he was given relief in the form of Lori who merely took Lola from her brother.
"I've got this one, you handle Lana" The eldest daughter said before walking up the stairs. Luke turned to the small handywoman and knelt down to her.
"You know the 'Aunt Shirley' thing was uncalled for right?" Luke asked only earning a small hmph from the girl as she folded her arms over her chest.
"She started it. Not my fault I won" Lana muttered out softly.
"But you could've gone for something like Princess Pony, it was the easier shot to take. C'mon Lans, I taught you to have some honor in your smack talking especially with family" Luke stated, looking at the little blonde with a raised eyebrow who in turn let out a defeated sigh.
"I guess you're right...sorry..."
"Nothing to be sorry about, I'm kinda proud honestly" The older boy said with a smirk, making Lana's own smile start to appear before he continued "But next time, try not to make Lola want to claw your eyes out." Lana nodded at that, her smile not leaving until she saw the two blonde sisters return downstairs, the younger of the two having calmed down a bit. Walking up to her older twin, Lola looked at her for a moment before rolling her eyes and sighing but before speaking, she was cut off by Lana.
"Sorry for calling you Aunt Shirley, Lols. That was kinda low, even for me." The pageant winner was shocked at the apology, half expecting a snide remark from the tomboy.
"Apology accepted. I still owe you for calling me Aunt Shirley though" the princess said, Lana sighed at this before closing her eyes, expecting a punch or kick. Instead, in an unexpected twist, Lori handed the small girl a tube of some sort and with quick yet experienced precision, Lola swiftly applied lipstick to her twins lips.
Lana's eyes shot open wide upon the substance being put on her and, after taking a quick glance at the tube in her twins hands, went screaming out of the room with her hands trying to desperately rub the cosmetic off. The two blondes started laughing while everyone else in the room held looks of shock.
"That'll teach her" Lola exclaimed between giggles before handing the tube back to Lori and leaving the room in the same direction Lana went.
"Well that was...unexpected to say the least" Luke said, his shock having worn off before turning to Lori "Anyway think we should start on lunch before we start getting the preparations finished?"
"Who's ordering this time?" The taller blonde asked easily, Luke merely looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I ordered last time, it's your turn this time" the eldest daughter said with a roll of her eyes, Luke just sighed at that, knowing she was right.
"Just two extra larges? Or should we splurge a bit on them?" Luke asked, pulling his phone out.
Lori thought the question over before answering,"Hmm...splurge, it's a special day today but no personal orders." Luke nodded before dialing the pizza place that the Loud family usually orders from. Someone picked up on the other line and Luke began to place the order. After putting in the order and giving them his debit card information, the eldest boy hung up.
"Should be here in about an hour or so. Also got a nice deal on some hot wings" Luke informed Lori, the latter nodding before doing her usual hobby of texting on her phone, most likely texting Bobby while Luke secretly began to text Carol, still a bit upset that she wasn't going to the dance since something unexpected came up at home.
Time passed by quickly, Luna having come down to grab another root beer but stayed due to finding out they were having pizza for lunch, as well as Leni and Luan coming down right after, and the parents exited their room after having finally woken up for the day. There was soon a knock on the door and Luke walked over to answer it. To his surprise, Ian, Nicky's current boyfriend, was at the door.
"Oh man, I knew the address seemed familiar. Sup, Lothar! Haven't seen you all week!" the lead singer said. Luke was visibly cringed at the nickname but tried not to seem bothered by it.
"Hey, du-" Luke began but was cut off by Luna who had run over to greet her friend.
"Ian! Been Taking Care of Business, I see" Luna said, casually sliding a reference into her statement.
"Sup, Lunes! Excited for the gig tonight?" Ian asked her, his excitement palpable to the Loud Family.
"Yeah, dude! Still can't believe you got us at The Turquoise Elixir!"
"The Turquoise Elixir? How'd you swing that?" Luke asked, suspicion leaking from his voice. While Luke was the last person in the family who has a right to judge any of his siblings, he couldn't help but worry about what Ian might be getting them into.
"Calm down, Lothar, at least I didn't get us a gig at Velvety Vixen" Ian said with a small shrug before looking at Luna and finally noticing her outfit. "Well someone's dressin' to impress."
"Psh, nah, just wanted to mix it up a bit." Luke and Ian both looked skeptical at her at that, knowing for a fact the brunette rocker was lying.
"Riiiight, so the cleavage and perfume are a part of 'mixing it up'?" Luke asked, causing his twin to immediately wrap her arms around her chest with a light blush. The two teens laughed at that reaction before Ian felt his phone buzz. The boy quickly answered the device and was bombarded by the angry shouts of his boss.
"Right. Yes. Uh-huh. I'll get right on, Boss!" the pizza boy said, hanging up and turning to the twins "I gotta run! A few more deliveries to make, then I'll be off to get ready."
"Alright, brah, take care" Luna said, taking the pizzas and heading to the dining room while Luke signed the receipt and waving to the vocalist as he closed the door.
"Ugh, finally! We've literally been starving!" Lori exclaimed, seeing the older twins enter the room. The rest of the family sharing her sentiments as the two placed the pizzas down.
"Whoa!" Came the voice of Lincoln.
"This is for all of us?" Luan asked.
"Dibs on the wings!" Cried Lynn Jr. And with that the family of fourteen dug into their meal. With the pizza and desserts finished, belly's now filled, the dance goers sprung up and sprinted up to the front door.
"We'll be back in a few, Mom!" Lori exclaimed, grabbing the keys to Vanzilla as she went out the front door. Untrue to her word, the four returned from the appointment two and a half hours later with a visibly exhausted Luke making up the rear of the line. Upon the door being closed, the oldest boy collapsed to the ground.
"You okay, Luke?" asked a concerned Lynn Sr, taking in his son's crumbled state. Luke turned his head to the side as he looked up at his dad with an empty expression, one that Lynn himself had every time he went shopping with Rita.
"If that's how long 'A few minutes' is with sisters, then I have a newfound respect for you..." the teen stated, missing the understanding look from his father. Lynn merely patting his son's head before moving to the couch where his younger daughters were watching a cartoon movie.
"C'mon, Lukey, we still have to do your hair!" Leni exclaimed excitedly. That caught Luke's attention as he seemed to have gotten a second wind and sprung up from the floor, nearly bumping into the platinum blonde. Hands quickly covering his thick, brown hair, Luke sent a glare at his older sisters.
"You're not touching my hair."
Lori scoffed at that before saying "We have to do something about that mess. You literally still have bed head!"
"Yeah, so does Luna and Lisa but I don't see you guys assaulting their heads!"
"They don't have long hair."
"What does hair length have to do with it?!" Luke cried, trying to get some distance from the blondes.
"Everything. Now c'mon before I get Lynn to pin you down."
The two siblings stared each other down for a bit, Luke not moving his hands and Lori weighting the option of calling on her athletic sister. The tension was broken however, when Leni decided to step forward and speak gently to her brother.
"Please, Lukey, we just want to make you look really handsome for Isabelle, that's all. I promise we won't hurt you this time, I even have a nylon brush for you." The teen spoke in her usual motherly tone.
A few more moments passed before Luke sighed and removed his hands, "Fine but I'm holding you to that promise, Leni."
"Yaaay! Thanks, Lukey!" Leni exclaimed, hugging her brother tightly before escorting him upstairs with their older sister in tow. To say the process was painless would be a lie, at least until Leni took over the brushing and then it was the most painless thing in the world to the elder Loud boy. Time passed by quicker than they all expected, Luna having left for her gig with the band, before there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" called Lynn Sr, opening the door to the Thomas sisters. QT holding her dress in a garment bag with a soft smile while Renee was merely reading an Ace Savvy comic next to her, the utility belt clamped to her waist.
"Hey, Mr. Loud!" QT said, waving at the dad of her best friend while her little sister waved without saying a word. The two entered the humble abode as Lynn closed the door behind them.
"Hey, Renee" Lincoln said, making the younger brunette pause in her reading to look at the snow capped boy with a blank expression before making her way over and sitting next to him on the couch.
"Renee, don't be rude" QT said sternly, only to receive an eye roll from the smaller brunette. "Renee Jacklyn Thomas, don't you roll your eyes at me and don't be rude" QT exclaimed in a stern, motherly tone.
"UGH!" The smaller brunette said before turning to her classmate with a harshly sarcastic tone, "Hello, Lincoln, it's a pleasure to be here."
"Renee..." QT uttered before she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning her head, she saw that it was Luke who merely shook his head. The taller brunette sighed heavily before nodding, "Alright, whatever, I need to start getting ready anyway."
QT started to make her way up the stairs with Luke in tow, keeping his head down the whole way. Renee merely rolled her eyes and went back to her comic while Lincoln was entirely confused by what just happened. Once the two brunette teens entered Luke's room, the taller one quickly flopped onto his bed and screamed into his pillow.
Luke sat down at his desk and waited for her to be done before speaking, "So what was that about?"
QT sat up slowly before looking at her friend and before she could answer, she suddenly noticed Luke's hairstyle, "Whoa, dude. Nice hair, never thought I'd see you rocking the Viking look."
The teen's hand immediately went to the braid that was resting on his shoulder, "Yeah, it was Leni's idea."
"Oh? Well it looks nice."
"Thanks, but anyway, what's going on with Renee? I've never seen her act that...uh...what's the word?"
"Bitchy? Yeah, she's been acting like that all day."
"Do you have any idea as to why?"
"She wasn't too happy finding out that she couldn't stay home while my parents and I were out for the night."
"Ah...sounds about right when it comes to Renee. Never thought I'd see you act like your mom though."
"Ugh, tell me about it." At that statement, the door opened to reveal Lori wearing her dress and what looked to be a bit more makeup than she normally wears. Luke wasn't surprised at that, considering the fact that whenever his sister had a chance to dress fancy in front of Bobby then she'd pull out all the stops.
"Oh great, you're here Belle! I was starting to get worried that you were gonna stand Luke up," The oldest teen said, adding a small chuckle to show she was joking "Let's get you ready for tonight though, we've only got about an hour left before we need to leave."
Before either brunette could say anything, Lori had taken QT's arm and garment bag before practically dragging the taller brunette into her shared room. Luke sat there in confusion for a bit, trying to piece together what he just witnessed. After a moment of gathering his thoughts however, the boy rolled his eyes before choosing to start getting himself ready.
After a few minutes, Luke was ready and waiting in the living room with the others. The sounds of girlish giggling could be faintly heard from upstairs as the girls continued to get ready. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and with little effort, Lynn Sr. got up and opened it wide only for Luke to see the familiar eyes of the last person he wanted to see: Benny.
"Oh...H-hey, Mr. Loud" The younger teen muttered, a look of uncomfortability etched on his face but before the patriarch could say anything, an older woman with black hair spoke.
"Why, hello there, I'm Robyn Hillson. Benny's mother" she said, extending her hand outwards.
"Pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Hillson, I'm Lynn Loud Sr. Luan's father" He responded, shaking the woman's hand firmly. "Luan and the others will be down in a bit but until then, would you care for some tea or coffee?" The father of twelve asked to which the woman gave a nod of acceptance before making her way inside. The two parents made their way into the kitchen for their beverages while Benny stood in the doorway, being glared at by his dates younger siblings and her older brother giving him a chilling side glance.
"You're letting the bugs in" Luke said flatly, making the boy realize his error and quickly stepped inside before shutting the door behind him. Benny remained stock still after making his way into the house while a particular set of blue eyed little girls kept their gazes on him, making him feel even more uncomfortable.
With one word, the princess looking girl got the boy to move. "Sit, Benjamin" She said sharply before pointing to the chair that wasn't too far away from the couch. The tone as to which she said it got him to comply very quickly before he saw the girl get off the couch, jump onto the coffee table and make her way over to him. Under a scrutinizing eye, Benny was looked over by the small blonde who didn't once let up on her glare but just as she was about to speak, there a ring of the doorbell followed by the sound of a loud thud and groan.
Lola sent one more glare before hopping off the table and making her way over to the door and peered outside. The girl saw three figures on the porch, two of the figures helping the third off the ground. After a moment, the tallest of the figures turned to the small girl and spoke in a friendly tone.
"Oh hey, Lola, sorry about the noise" Bobby spoke, smiling nervously at the terrifying girl. Lola merely raised a single eyebrow as if to ask what happened and Bobby responded in kind. "Kinda forgot to tell Chaz not to ring the doorbell."
"Yeah, a bit of a heads up would be great next time, Santiago" Chaz said, clearly annoyed at having been shocked but the annoyance went away quickly as the boy got over the surprise.
"Hey Bobby, Ronnie Anne. Lori'll be down in a few" The pageant princess said just as friendly. With that, the three made their way inside the house as Lola slammed it behind them.
"Hey Ronnie Anne" Lincoln said, catching the young Latina's attention.
"Sup, Lame-O" she called back before realizing there was someone sitting next to the boy, a very familiar someone. "Oh!" she started before something odd happened, she blushed "Hey, Renee, didn't expect to see you here..."
"Not like I wanted to be" the young brunette responded, rolling her eyes at Ronnie Anne's statement only making the Latina nervously chuckle.
"Same here" she said. Before their conversation could continue though, Bobby interrupted them.
"Whoa..." he said, looking up the stairs as he saw his girlfriend start to descend followed by Leni, QT, and Luan who made up the rear of their line. Each teen boy giving their own 'Whoa' as they took in their dates.
Meanwhile, across town, the third born of the family was helping her band set up for their gig. With only a few more things to place before they can start relaxing, the anxious energy was starting to become palpable to the point where it began to look as though Ian was about to drop the whole thing.
"Dude, chill. It's not like this is our first one" Luna said, placing a hand on her friends shoulder.
"I'm trying, Lunes, but this is our first real gig! Like in front of other rockers like us, more experienced than us" The singer responded, looking back at his friend.
"So? They're here to rock, not judge."
"I know, but-" Ian began but was cut off by a pair of hands grabbing his face and a pair of lips planting themselves on his. After being hushed by the gesture, Ian saw that it was Nicky who simply stood in front of him with a soft smile.
"C'mon Ian, we'll be fine, we've got the sound they want and we wouldn't have gotten the gig if they didn't think so" The red head said, moving her bangs slightly to look him in the eye.
Ian, while a bit more cooled, still seemed nervous and that's when Sam made it her que to speak, "I have something that can help you."
"What? A joint?" Ian asked sarcastically.
"Nope, a mantra" the blonde responded kindly before adding "Luna's Mantra to be exact." That caught the three's attention, Ian and Nicky being confused while Luna smiled softly at the suggestion. "It's real easy actually" Sam said, pausing to take a breath before continuing "Repeat after me: Don't fret, just play your set."
The brown haired singer did as he was told, running through the mantra a good couple of times before he seemed to finally calm down enough for them to finish preparations.
While the band finished and awaited to be called to stage, a certain blonde haired teen came into the building with a taller brunette following close behind her. "Ugh, why'd I let you talk me into coming to some stupid rock concert?" Asked one Carol Pingrey who turned to the side shaved boy that was behind her.
"C'mon babe, you said somewhere exciting! And this..." he paused to gesture around at the people who were either chatting or drinking, "This is exciting! Plus I heard this band's pretty good" he finished, his excitement having been shown so easily to the girl.
Carol looked at him for a bit with faux annoyance before smiling, "You're lucky you're cute" she said before pecking the boy on the cheek. The teen had a response at the ready for that but was cut off when her saw what looked to be a college student get on the stage.
"For those about to rock!" he exclaimed to which he got the immediate response from the audience.
"We salute you!" they cried out.
The college student chuckled at that "Rock on! Now I'd like to introduce to you all some personal faves of mine! The Scrummy Badgers!" he declared, gesturing to the band that was walking onto the stage with a rapturous applause.
As they walked out, Carol noticed that the band members seemed to be teens but her casual observation was thrown out of the window when she saw a guitarist walk out. Had it not been for the hair and obvious chest mounds Carol would've thought Luke himself walked out on stage but it was someone just as bad, his twin sister Luna.
Carol felt her heart drop to her stomach upon the rocker coming out and that feeling only got worse when the girl looked out to the audience and then saw her. The look of surprise on the girl's face almost made Carol want to vomit but her surprise soon disappeared and she smiled warmly at the girl before giving her a wink.
With a countdown and clacking of the drumsticks, the band launched into their first song but the music fell on deaf ears for Carol as all she could think of was how screwed she was now that Luna had seen her and possibly with another guy who clearly wasn't her brother. Song after song played and Carol saw the audience getting really into the music, especially when Luna herself started singing a song she wrote.
The set was played and the audience gave an ear splitting applause while Carol's date, Adam, let out a few hollers and whistles even throwing up the goats to the band. Carol however, couldn't help but start to feel dizzy. Adam noticed this and helped her to a seat before leaving to get her some water.
"This is bad...this is really bad..." Carol muttered to herself, tears welling up in her eyes at the idea of what could soon become a catastrophe. With her muttering and tears though, the blonde didn't notice a brunette's approach.
"Sup CP, didn't expect you to be here!" Luna exclaimed, taking the seat opposite of the older teen.
"Yeah...a...friend...of mine wanted to come here and I couldn't say no" Carol responded, trying not to make eye contact with the rocker. Luna noticed her odd behavior and leaned forward a bit in her seat.
"You feeling okay? You look a little pale" Luna commented, placing the back of her hand on Carol's forehead and took note of how warm it was. She opened her mouth to speak again before someone came over, a glass of water in his hand.
"Here you go, babe! Geez, I didn't know you were-oh! Sorry, didn't see you there" Adam said, noticing Luna sitting there, extending his hand to greet her "I'm Adam, nice to meet you."
"Luna" the girl responded, shaking his hand while holding a look of confusion on her face.
"Man, you guys were awesome up there! You guys gotta be like pros or something!" the taller brunette said, talking excitedly while the two teen girls stared at each other, Carol holding a look of worry and fear while Luna simply held confusion and suspicion. The brunette rocker deciding to voice her confusion to the boy.
"Say, Adam, are you and Carol dating?" Luna asked hoping her gut feeling was wrong but she noticed Carol flinch at the question while the older boy seemed confused at first before his excitement returned at the question.
"Oh yeah, dudette, two years as of today!" he exclaimed, smiling bright before continuing "I'm actually surprised she wanted to celebrate it here than at a restaurant."
Luna's eyes widened at that before her surprise turned to complete outrage. In one motion, the girl shot up from her seat and, as if it was a scene from a typical Romance movie that she and the girls watched together, snatched the glass from in front of Carol and threw its contents into her face. The two older teens taken aback by her actions but too shocked to stop her as she stormed out.
Back at Royal Woods High, Luke was currently sitting at a table by himself while the others either danced or talked to their friends. Looking around idly, Luke took note of some people sneaking off to possibly private locations with their dates. Releasing a sigh at that, knowing what they were possibly getting up to, Luke continued to look around before he noticed Benny slinking off but quickly stopped at turned around, making eye contact with Luke before hurrying out of the gymnasium.
Without hesitation, Luke shot up from his table and made his way over to the doors that Benny had walked through. Once through, Luke saw the younger teen round the corner and he quickly chased after. Benny looked over his shoulder and noticed Luke following which made him speed up significantly, shooting around a corner with Luke having chosen to speed up himself.
After many twists and turns however, Luke finally caught Benny and proceeded to pin him to a wall roughly. "Where the hell are you going, Hillson?" Luke asked suspiciously, his anger flaring a bit.
"I-I was just trying to go to the bathroom! Honest!" Benny exclaimed, throwing his hands up in surrender.
"Then why were you running? Why didn't you just say that when I first spotted you?"
"W-well I-" Benny started but was cut off.
"Well you what? Wanted me to chase you? Wanted to make me think you were up to something? Answer me, Hillson. I'm working on very little patience with you" Luke said, venom starting to seep into his tone as he spoke. Benny seemed to be too scared to respond to the older teen which only added fuel to a building fire.
Luke slammed the boy into the wall, knocking the air out of him "Answer me!" He roared the statement out. Benny still didn't response, even when he regained to air in his lungs, which only seemed to piss the older brunette off more. Luke, having had enough of Benny's cowardice and sneaky behavior, cocked his fist back with the intention of sending it to Benny's face.
Just as the eldest Loud boy was gonna send the fist hurtling forward, it was stopped and he was pulled from the freshman with sudden force. In a quick motion, Luke hit the lockers on the other side of the hall. Clearing the small amount of dizziness from his head, he stood on his feet and was greeted by the sight of Darrell, Reggie, and Bradley.
"What the hell are you three doing here?" Luke spat, his anger rising more than it already was.
"What's it look like, dumbass? We're helping our boy out" Darrell said before turning to Benny "You did good, Benny, now go so you don't keep her waiting." Benny nodded dumbly at that before pushing past the older teens and making his way down the hallway before turning the corner.
"So you're outsourcing your help now, Darrell? Didn't think I'd see the day, but then again worms like him do go great with dirt like you" Luke spat, his displeasure very evident. Darrell didn't take too well to that statement and without much prompting, he lunged towards Luke.
The brunette didn't seem surprised by the move and easily sidestepped the charge but was blindsided by the cross that Reggie threw when he wasn't looking. Putting his arms up in a trained block, Luke didn't feel the hit connect and just as he was lowering his arms, he was tackled to the ground.
Darrell straddled the brunette before going for a jab to his face, Luke easily moving his head out of the way before performing a cross of his own, landing it on Darrell's jaw while the jock was recoiling from accidentally punching the tile floor. Luke wiggled his way from beneath his old friend before back rolling to get to his feet. As his foot made contact with the ground again, Bradley rushed forward with Reggie flanking him.
Bradley threw two quick jabs towards Luke, hoping one would at least clip him but they didn't and once Reggie saw that, he threw in a high kick that the eldest Loud boy ducked under with easy. Luke saw an opportunity with Reggie's kick however and took advantage of it, before the dirty blonde could put his leg back down, Luke did a leg sweep which caused Reggie to be knock off balance and go crashing to the ground with a thud as his head hit the tile.
Upon coming back up from the sweep, Luke was met with a haymaker that Bradley had thrown. Luke was almost knocked to the ground from that, but he quickly planted his feet and threw his head up from his bent position, knocking into Bradley's nose. Before regaining his bearings however, Luke was brought to the ground again by Darrell, who now took advantage of Luke's disorientation to straddle him again this time succeed into landing a hit on the brunette which furthered his disorientation.
Darrell now seized his opportunity and began to land punch after punch on the boy, starting to draw blood as he laid into him and Luke did the best he could as he blocked some of the hits from landing. This continued to happen until Darrell felt his fists start to ache and that's when he chose to let up, getting off the boy entirely before giving a swift kick to his ribs. Luke layed there in pain, his nose bleeding and his arms ached from the hits they took as well as his head from the repeated hits.
"Now let this be a damn lesson to you. When I tell you to do something, you do it. Got it?" Darrell spat out before kicking Luke in the ribs again to try and get a response but didn't receive one. "Tch, guess getting your ass whooped runs in the family" Darrell stated smugly before gesturing for Reggie and Bradley to follow, the two doing so while they nursed their aches that they had received.
As the three smugly walked down the hall, they didn't take care to notice the quickly approaching footsteps until the two lackeys saw their leader get completely shoulder checked by the eldest Loud boy, causing the leader to go slamming face first into the tiles. The tables had officially turned as Luke grabbed a fistful of Darrell's hair before raising it up and swiftly bringing it down into the tiles.
The sound of Darrell's face making contact with the ground had filled the hallway which made the two spring back into action as best they could but the minute either of them touched the Loud boy, they were given a rage filled punch to the crotch. Luke got off his opponent enough to roll him over but before Darrell could try to speak, Luke gave him the same punishment he had received just moments earlier but with more ferocity. Punch after punch, Luke kept going before he was quickly pried off by two sets of arms.
"Luke! What the hell?!" exclaimed the panicked tone of Bobby as he and Chaz struggled to keep Luke in their grip.
"Talk shit about my family again, Darrell! Do it! I dare you, you piece of shit! See what'll happen next time when no one's around to save your punk ass!" Luke screamed with nothing but pure rage coating his tongue. The two older teens struggled more to keep Luke held as they, alongside QT, Luan and Benny, made their way out of the school and to Vanzilla where they promptly dropped Luke next to the ancient vehicle.
"I'll stay with him, you guys go back inside and let someone know about those three" QT said, promptly letting the others go back and enjoy their night while she sat with her friend. Upon leaving, with more than a couple of worried looks being thrown back to the bloodied and bruised teen. The two sat there in silence once they were alone, neither of them daring to say a word while the dance went on.
"Sorry..." Luke muttered, breaking the silence between them.
"Sorry? What for?"
"For ruining your night..."
"Pft, you didn't ruin it. I mean, yeah I was expecting a dance from my date but to be honest, that probably would've been weird" QT stated calmly as she turned to look at her friend "If anything you kinda saved me some annoyances, can you believe how many guys kept coming onto me?"
"I would try to count but I think I'm a little too concussed to do that..." QT laughed at her friend before realizing that he might be serious. Looking him over carefully, the tall beauty figured that he didn't have anything too serious of an injury. Taking a calm breath, QT went back to relaxing with her friend with the comfortable silence taking over again.
Before either of them knew it, they saw the remaining six of their group making their ways over with four of them wearing crowns on their heads. They all seemed to be talking about something serious as when they got over, the two eldest sisters almost immediately knelt in front of their brother. After questions were answered and QT had given her report on Luke's injuries, the six teens climbed into the van before pulling off and the group made their way to the Loud house.
While the car ride had been silent with everyone seemingly worried for Luke's wellbeing, upon walking through the front door to the house, "Oh my god! Luke!" came the panicked tone of Rita as she and her husband helped get their son into the house and on the couch where Luna had been sitting but she quickly got off when she saw the state her brother was in. After being treated and questioned by his parents, Luke was allowed to go to his room with QT behind him.
Luna watched her brother go upstairs with his best friend while she continued to debate with herself on whether she should talk to Luke about what she witnessed earlier, her anger still present but kept under the surface. She'd have to tell her brother but she wouldn't do it now.
Well I hope Luna figures out what to do and soon. Also, it might be the first time but I doubt it'll be the last time we see these two slug it out in this story. I'm excited to see what you guys think so until then, Stay Tuned, Readers!