Happy New Year, everyone! Sorry it's been a while since I've written anything. All the stuff I wrote for Halloween had taken a lot out of me, and I needed myself a break. I'm back, though, and here to give you the first chapter of the new year! It is the chapter you all voted for, so I hope you all enjoy!

PS. Thank you to 1 for the story idea. I knew your idea was a winner, and this proves it!


One day after school, Linka and her friends were walking through the halls. As the bell rings to let them know school is over, they walk their way to the entrance, where Linka says, "Hey, you girls want to head over to Gus's for a slice? My treat."

Claire told her friend, "Thanks, girl, but I can't." She explains, "I've gotta do some shopping."

Rustee added, "Yeah, me too."

Linka asked, "Shopping? For what?"

Zara answered, "What do you think? For the dance!"

Linka was confused, cocking an eyebrow, which made Claire point to the wall. Linka turned and saw what appeared to be a flyer, which Linka read aloud, "5th Grade Father/Daughter Dance?! This Friday in the School Gym!?"

Claire smiled, "Isn't it great? My dads are so excited!"

Linka facepalmed and whined, "Oh, no! This is horrible!"

Liah asked, "What's the matter, Link?"

She answered, "Why didn't anyone tell me about this!? If my dad finds out about this, my life is over!"

Claire asks, "What are you talking about? I thought your dad loved to dance."

Rustee added, "Yeah. Wasn't he the winner of that "Dance Your Pants Off" contest, or whatever?"

"That's not the problem!" Linka sighed, "Look, you girls know I love my dad and all, but he can be so… What's a nice way of putting it?" She bluntly finishes, "Embarrassing."

Claire asked, "Embarrassing?" She playfully blows a raspberry, "That's ridiculous! You've got one of the coolest dads we know!"

"That's because you don't live with him." She tells the viewer, "Every time I do something with my dad, he totally embarrasses me!"


Linka is shown at a shopping mall, looking at a mirror as she looks at a pair of jeans she put on. She seems happy with said jeans. She hears her father call, "Hey, Linka!" She looks over and sees her dad wearing skinny jeans, which obviously were too small and made him walk all funny, "Check it out, sweetie! I'm hip!"

However, as he walks, the button on the jeans pops off and flies over to a mannequin, hitting it on the head. This causes it to fall over and knock the other mannequins standing by. As the other store patrons and workers laugh, Linka blushes deeply and hides her face with a shopping bag.


At a Boyz Will Be Boyz concert, Linka is among the crowd of screaming fangirls, but those screams soon turn to gasps as Lynn Sr. appears on stage, "Alright! Let's jam!"

He pulls out a cowbell and starts to bang it, which made the bandmates glare. He was soon tossed off of the stage into the crowd. As the fans all laughed at him, Linka blushed and pulled out another bag, almost out of thin air. She puts it over her head to hide her shame once more.


At the public pool, Linka is in the pool, lounging on an inflatable, a pair of sunglasses over her eyes. She hears her father shout, "Cannonball!"

She gasps and pulls her sunglasses up, "Dad, wait!" It was too late, however. Lynn Sr. did a cannonball, splashing his daughter, making her glasses disappear and getting her all soaked. Linka glares at this.

Lynn Sr. climbs out the pool and sighs. He then asks, "Hey, did it suddenly get drafty?"

Linka screams and everyone laughs. Lynn Sr. looks into the pool and sees his swim trunks! He gasps and quickly hides his shame, diving back into the water to grab them. Linka, who was still on the inflatable, had a strange look on her face and her eyes had turned grey. She calls out, "Could someone hand me a bag? I'd get it myself, but I'm blind."


Back with the girls, Claire bluntly hums, "I see your point."

Linka warns, "If he finds out about this dance, he'll totally embarrass me again!"

Liah told Linka, "I don't know, Linka. I think you're pretty lucky to have a dad to be embarrassed by." She sighs, "I wish my daddy were here to take me."

Claire tole Liah, "You know, if you want Liah, I could ask one of my dads to be your date."

Liah smiles, "Well, hot dog!" She hugs the black girl, "Thanks, Claire!"

Linka snaps, "Hello! Crisis over here!"

Claire told her friend, "Linka, will you stop? You're sounding like a total brat. Besides, it's not like you can keep your dad from finding out about the dance."

Linka got an idea and slyly grinned, "Or can't I?"


As the house, Linka is finishing explaining to her brothers, "So, no matter what, dad cannot know about this!"

Luke asked, "Come on, sis. Don't you think you're being a bit hard on Pop Star?"

Loki said, "He's right, Linka. Sure, our dad can be a bit silly, but it's not like he's embarrassing on purpose."

"I don't care!" She stomps her foot, "I just got everyone to forget about the "public pool" incident. This dance will just be another chance for everyone to laugh at me because of him; I'll die from embarrassment!"

Levi explained, "You do realize that's a physical impossibility?"

Lars smiles at this and says, "We'll see about that."

Loki told his sister, "Alright, sis. I think you're literally being ridiculous, but we'll try to make sure he doesn't find out."

Lynn Sr. walks into the house and waves, "Hey, gang! Daddy's home!"

Almost of cue, Leif stands on the coffee table and shouts, "Pile on Dad!"

As they jump into the air to pile him, Lynn Sr. shouts, "STOP!" Strangely, the boys all stopped mid-air and he explain, "Sorry, Boys! I'm afraid there won't be any dog piles this week!" He stretches, "Gotta keep the old spine in shape for this Friday!"

Linka gasps, "Friday?" She nervously smiles and asks, "W-what's this Friday?"

Lynn Sr. replies, "The Father/Daughter dance, of course!"

This made Linka look worried, she asks, "The dance!? How'd you find out about that!?"

"I got an e-mail from your school about it!"

Linka smiles nervously and says through her teeth, "You don't say."

Lynn Sr. kneels down to his daughter, "Aren't you excited, Princess?" He puts his arm around her, "Just you and me having a grand old time, just like the good old days!"

The Loud patriarch hugs the middle child, who feigns excitement, "Yeah. Great."

As the hug breaks, Lynn asks, "Um, Dad, Linka?" The two of them look over to the boys, who were still stuck in the air! All of the boys looked quite worried, "Could you help us down?"


The next day, Linka was sitting outside at recess, Claire right next to her. Linka whined, "It's officially, Claire. My social life is over."

"Relax, Linka." Claire assured, "You're overreacting. I mean, maybe your dad is a bit…"

As her friend hesitated, Linka told her, "You can say it. I already did."

Claire continued, "Ok, he's totally embarrassing, but I think he's smart enough to not embarrass you in front of all the girls in our grade."

Linka smiled, "Hey, yeah! I guess you're right. My dad is…" She hears her phone go off and sees a text from her father. She opens it to see a picture of Lynn Sr., whom was wearing his tight leather pants. Linka read the text, "Good news, Princess. I squeezed into my old pants. Looking forward to this Friday?" Linka finished her previous sentence, "Is going to totally embarrass me!"

Linka buried her face into her hands and Claire shrugs to the viewer, "Guess I was wrong."

Linka picked her head back up and said, "Oh, why me? Why me?" She grabs her stomach, "I think I'm going to be sick." She then got an idea, "Wait a minute. That's it!"

Claire asks, "What's it?"

Linka explains, "Think about it. If I pretend to be sick, my dad won't want to take me to the dance, and I won't get embarrassed!"

Claire told her, "That's an awful idea."

Linka retorts, "No," She grins evilly as shadow are cast upon her, "It's absolutely perfect."

She's interrupted by Liah appearing and saying "Hey, Claire!" She was holding a pair of overalls that appeared to be the right size for a slender adult, "I found my Pa's old overalls! I figured your dad could fit into them for the dance."

Claire takes the overalls and says, "Thanks. I'm sure he'll love them."

Linka was obviously not amused by being interrupted.


The next morning, there was a loud coughing and wheezing noise coming form the Loud House. Lynn Sr. knocks on Linka's door, "Linka?" He opens the door, "You're going to be late for scho…" He screams at the sight.

Linka was still in bed, her skin pale as a ghost and red dots all over her face. Lynn Sr. puts his hand on her forehead and says, "Sweetheart, you look terrible! Are you sick?"

Linka covers her mouth as she coughs and weakly answers, "No, no. I'm fine, daddy." She sits up, seeming dizzy, "I better get ready for school."

The Loud father stops his only daughter, "Out of the question, young lady!" He lies her back down and covers her back up, "You just stay in bed and get some rest."

She coughs some more and says, "OK, daddy. I just hope…" She fakes a sneeze, "I get better before Friday."

"Me, too, Princess." He goes to close the door, "You just rest and I'll bring you up some of my famous homemade chicken soup!"

As he closes the door and she was sure he was a good distance away, Linka says, "And the Oscar goes to…." She smiles and shouts, "Me!" She laughs and sighs, "I knew this would work."

Later that day, Linka was talking to Claire on her lip phone, "That's right! He totally thinks I'm sick!"

Claire said, "You're playing a dangerous game here, Linka. What if finds out you're faking?"

"Then I'll just have to make sure he doesn't find out!"

She hears her father coming up the stairs, "Gotta go, Claire!" She quickly hangs up the phone and lies back down.

Lynn Sr. enters, holding a tray with soup and some juice, "Soups on!"

Before he can place it down, however, Charles rushes into the room and jumps up on the bed. He begins to lick at Linka's face, whom protested, "Charles! No! Stop it!"

Lynn Sr. places the tray down and picks up Charles, "Charles, no! Bad dog!" He notices that Linka's face was now clean, apart from a few spots around her face. He glares, "Linka…"

Linka smiles and feigns excitement, "Hooray! Charles's tongue has cured me!"

He puts the dog down and says, "Nice try, young lady. Get dressed. You're going to school." He then smiles, "On the upside, this means we can still go to that dance!"

Lynn Sr. leaves the room, and then Linka frowns, "Dang it."


As school, Linka was sitting next to Claire in class. She was sulking, propping her head up with her arms. Claire says, "Cheer up, Link. Maybe things won't be so bad."

Linka replies, "That's what I told myself before the jelly-donut-priest-library incident." Claire looked confused by this, to which Linka said, "Don't ask."

Claire asks her, "Why don't you just talk to your dad? Tell him you just don't want to be embarrassed?"

Linka told her, "No way! Tell him his only daughter is embarrassed by him? It would break his heart."

From in front of them, they hear, "Pssst." They see Liah in the front row, looking back to ask, "Sorry to interrupt, girls. Claire, speaking of dads, would yours prefer a corncob pipe or a straw hat for his outfit?"

Claire responds, "Well, a corncob pipe could possibly influence some kid to smoke, so probably the hat."

Linka looked peeved through the entire conversation, but Liah ignored it and said, "Thanks."

Linka said, "Again, Liah? Give me a break!" She then got an idea, "Break? Of course!"

Linka hears Mrs. Johnson, "Linka! No talking in class."

Linka apologizes, "Sorry."


Back home, Lexx was sitting at a vanity mirror, combing his hair. Linka shows up behind him and asks, "Hey, Lexx. Can you teach me how to fake a broken leg?"

Lexx scoffs and turns around, "Just a leg? Child's play."

Linka responded, "You are a child."

Lexx smirked, "Exactly."

Later, Lexx and Linka were at the base of the stairs. Lexx tells her, "Remember, 7 groans of pain. No more, no less."

Linka nods, "Got it." Lexx runs off into the kitchen and Linka clears her throat. She starts to act, "Well, I'm going to go down the stairs now! Me! Linka Loud. Down the very long staircase."

In the kitchen, Lexx says, "Note to self. Get her a writer. Her improv is terrible."

Linka sounds, "WHOOOOA!" She starts to pretend she was falling down the stairs, giving a pained groan, and then another. She did so seven times. Each time, Lexx would hit the kitchen wall, each hit getting softer, as if she was descending the stairs.

After the last groan, she lies on her back, grabbing her leg, "OOOOOOW!"

As she worked up some tears, her father and brothers rush over in a panicked hurry. Loki asked, "Linka, are you ok?!"

Linka grabs her leg and begins to cry in pain, "OOOOW! No! My leg!"

Lexx rushes out and says, "It doesn't look good! She must've fell down the stairs and broke her leg!"

Lynn Sr. kneels to his daughter and asks fearfully, "Linka! Don't worry, sweetie!" He picks up his daughter bridal style and says, "Daddy's here."

She gives a pained groan, "Darn. I guess I'll have to miss the dance, huh?"

"Forget the dance, Linka! This is far more important." He orders, "Boys, find the keys! I need to take your sister to the hospital!"

Linka gulps, "Hospital?"

Lexx frowns and says to himself, "Dang it! I wasn't planning on that!" He gets a quick idea, "Wait, Dad! We don't need a doctor!" He suggests, "Levi can patch up her leg here!"

Linka asks, "He can?" She realizes what Lexx was doing and says, "I mean, of course he can!"

Levi glares, "Hmm. I find these conditions a bit suspicious," He then smiles and pulls out a remote, "But this is a great chance to test my new GauzeBot!"

He pushes a button, causing a robot twice the size of Levi to appear. It had a wheel as its one way to get around and had several arms holding some gauze.

The sight of the wrapping robot made Linka wipe sweat from her brow, "Phew!" She looks over to Lexx, who gives a thumbs up and a wink.

Later on, Linka was lying on the couch, her leg in a cast and propped up by a pillow. She shrugs and tells the audience, "I know, I know. This is low, even for me, but it's for the best!" She relaxes, oblivious to the fact a rat was sneaking about. It crawls up the couch and into Linka's cast. She continues, "Now I can just lie back, relax, and not think about…" A loud bite sound is heard, followed by Linka screamed, "YOWCH!"

After getting bit, Linka hops off the couch and removes the cast with ease. She dumps out the rat, catching it in her hand. Her father and brothers rushed in, Lynn Sr. asking, "What's going in…" He sees his daughter with her cast off, "Here?"

Linka realizes something and says, "Uuuuuh…" In the blink of an eye, she was back on the couch, cast on, still holding the rat. She tried to pretend she was in pain, "Oh, pain! Oh, a-go-nyyyyyyyy!"

Loki glared, "Faking a broken leg? That is literally low, sis, even for you."

Linka frowned, "I know."

Leif grabbed the rat, "Oh, there you are, Bitey! I've been looking everywhere for you!" When she realizes that was her brother's rat, Linka glared at him as Leif walked off, "Who let you out of your cage?"

Linka stood up, "Sorry, everyone."

Levi approached her and said, "No, I'm sorry that I wasted perfectly good gauze!" He pushes a button, causing his robot to approach. It grabs the gauze and pulls, not only unraveling it, but causing Linka to spin like a tornado!

Lynn Sr. says, "Well, I'm not happy about a fake injury," He then smiles, "But I love the new dance, Princess! You'll have to teach me that before Friday!"

As she spins away out of earshot, she yells, "Daaaaaaang iiiiiiiiit!"


It was finally Friday, and Linka was officially giving up. As she sat on the ground, her back to her deck, she sighed, "It's all over. Come Monday morning, I'll be the laughing stock of the school."

Claire assure her, "Look on the bright side, Linka. As least you still have me and the girls."

Liah's voice calls out, "Hey, Claire!"

Claire smiled, "Speak of the devil!" Claire says, "Hey, Liah! Looking forward to tonight?"

"You know it!" Liah explained, "I got my good dress all clean for it!" She grabs her wrist and squeezes her hand, "My hand hurts from cleaning all the mud off it, but it'll be worth it!"

Linka sighs, "Well, at least one of us is looking forward to it."

Liah approaches her friend and sits down with her, "Ah, buck up, Link! So what if your Pa is a bit embarrassing? It comes with the territory."

Linka said, "Easy for you to say." She sighs, "I know you're trying to help, Liah, but there's no changing my mind." She then got an idea, "Wait a minute." She stands up and smiles, "That's it!"

Liah also stands up and asks, "What's it?"

Claire says, "Liah, don't encourage her."


At home, Lynn Sr. was ironing a shirt when Linka walks in, "Hi, Dad!"

Lynn Sr. smiles, "Hiya, Princess!" He puts down the iron, "Look!" He holds up the shirt, which had the pattern of a tuxedo on it, "I found my old tuxedo shirt!"

Linka cringed at the sight of the shirt, but put on a positive front, "That's great…" She suggests, "Hey, Dad, I was thinking about the dance. Why wait and go to some lame elementary school dance when we could have fun somewhere else?"

Lynn Sr. laughed, "Good one, Link!" He goes back to ironing his shirt, "There's nowhere else I wanna be."

Linka suggests, "Think about it, Dad! We can go see that new movie you've been dying to see!"

Lynn Sr. answered, "Your mom and I already have tickets to that for tomorrow."

Linka then suggested, "Well, what about that new American-Canadian fusion cuisine restaurant that just opened up? We could go to that!"

Lynn Sr. asked, "You mean the "US-Eh?"? Already went there for lunch today!" This made Linka frown as he continues, "Their Moose Cheeseburger is to die for!"

Linka then excitedly suggests, "Oh, oh! I know! We can go to that cowbell store you like to go to?!"

Lynn Sr. frowned, "Can't. Got banned from there last time I went." He explains, "If you don't want people playing the giant cowbell, you should have a sign, buster!"

Linka frantically suggests, "Alright, then! There's other stuff we can do! Mini-golf! Burpin' Burger! The retirement home to see Pop Pop! I'll even settle for visiting Aunt Ruth!"

Lynn Sr. stopped ironing his shirt as his daughter and asks, "Linka Marie Loud, what's with you lately? First you fake being sick, then fake a broken leg, and now this? It's almost like you don't want to go to that dance at all." Lynn Sr. then realized something, "Wait a second. I know what's going on here."

Linka gulped, feeling she was finally caught. She sighs and says, "I'm sorry, Dad. I just…"

Lynn Sr. holds his hand up to hush his daughter, "Not another word, Linka. I know exactly what you're about to say. You don't want me there so I don't embarrass…" There was a slightly pause for suspense, until Lynn Sr. smiled and finished, "The other dads!"

Linka groveled, "I'm sorry, Daddy! I just can't take the…" She stops once she realized what he had said, "Wait, what?"

Lynn Sr. laughed this off, "Oh, sweetie, you don't have to worry about that! I know you think your old man will make all the other dads look bad, but I'm just going to be my old, normal self."

Linka said to herself, "That's what I'm afraid of."

Lynn Sr. walks his only daughter out of the room, "Now you go and get ready for tonight, OK?"

Linka sighs, "OK."

As she walks off, Lynn Sr. smells something, "What's burning?" He turns around and sees he left iron on, and his shirt was burning! He screams, "MY SHIRT!"


That evening, the Father/Daughter dance was in full swing. Linka was dressed in an orange dress and her father was dressed in his leather pants and tuxedo shirt, which had an iron burn on it.

Lynn Sr. takes a deep breath and says, "I love the smell of dancing in the evening." He asks his daughter, "Don't you, sweetheart?"

Linka was obviously not happy about this situation, but she humored her father and replied, "Who doesn't?" She looks in the distance and sees her friends hanging around the snack table.

She smiles at this, until Lynn Sr. says, "Alright, Princess! Ready to show everyone why we're called Loud?"

Linka promptly responds, "Totally!" She then hesitantly adds, "Totally, after I go talk to my friends!"

"But…" Lynn Sr. tries to stop her, but she rushes off in a huff. He shrugs, "Eh. I'll just dance until she gets back."

Linka makes a beeline for where her friends were. Claire was in her usual attire, while her other friends were dressed different. Rustee was wearing a white dress like the one they all wore during the "Moving on from Ronnie" episode, and Zara was in a tent dress that was striped exactly like her shirt.

She waves, "Hey, guys!"

Claire says, "Hi, Linka! Nice dress!"

"Thanks." She told them, "You guys looks great! I never thought you would wead a dress, though, Rustee."

Rustee bluntly responded, "I didn't. My dad made me wear it."

Linka asks, "Where's Liah?"

Zara pointed to the dance floor, "She's dancing with Claire's dad."

Sure enough, we see Liah and Howard McBride were dancing together. Howard was in the overalls Liah had found, as well as a straw hat and no shoes, while Liah wore a blue and white checkered gingham dress.

The two were square dancing as Liah says, "Thanks again, Mr. McB!"

"You're welcome, Liah!" He then speaks in a Southern accent, "This sure is one heck of a hoedown, ain't it?"

Liah chuckles, "You said it!"

Claire laughs at this, "Looks like their having fun!" She asks her white-haired friend, "How's it going with your dad?"

Linka looks back and says, "Well…" She sees Lynn Sr. on the dancefloor, who was moving and grooving in a typical dad manner, "About that well." She shrugs, "I guess it could be worse, though."

Almost on cue, Lynn Sr. did the splits, and ripped his pants! He stands back up and chuckles, "Whoops! Guess I gotta lay off the sweets, eh?"

Linka smacked her forehead, "Me and my big mouth." Linka tells her friends, "Well, if you need me, I'll be on damage control."

Claire tells her, "Good luck." As soon as Linka was out of ear shot, Claire said, "5 bucks says she snaps before the end of the night."

Rustee and Zara bluntly agree, "Yep."

Linka approaches her dancing father, "Dad, I…"

Before she could respond, Lynn Sr. grabbed his daughter and began to swing dance with her, mostly against her will. "Isn't this fun, Princess?! This music you kids listen to is on period."

She corrects, "It's point, dad. The music's on point."

"So you agree!" He then throws Linka under his legs, still holding onto her hands. He then launches her in the air, prepared to catch her. On the way down, Linka lands right behind him, face first! "Oh, no!"

Linka stands up, looked dazed from the impact, "No more cookies, grandma. I've got a tummy ache."

Lynn Sr. asks, "Linka, are you okay?! You're not hurt, are you?"

Linka shakes her head rapidly, "Just my pride."

She hears some girls laughing at her, all of whom looked like gender bends of Lincoln's male classmates. The most striking parallel was one who looked like a girl version of Chandler, only with clear skin and long red hair done up in a French braid.

This very girl told the others, "Wow! Talk about embarrassing!"

As they laughed, Linka glared and said, "Dad, can we…" She turns around and doesn't see her dad, "Dad? Where'd you go?"

She sees a group of fathers together, one of which was Harold McBride. Harold was holding a photograph of Claire as a baby, holding a teddy bear, "And this was when Claire got her favorite toy, Sir Grizzly. She used to take that thing everywhere with her. Just like best pals."

Lynn Sr. showed up and sees the picture, "Aaaaw! That reminds me of my little Linka." He pulls out a picture of Linka hold Bun Bun, "I remember when we first gave Linka her Bun Bun. She still sleeps with it."

Linka whines, "Daaaaad!"

A random girl overhears this and asks Linka, "You still sleep with a stuffed rabbit?" This only made more girls laugh at her.

Her friends take notice of this and Claire says, "Uh-oh. This isn't good."

He then pulls out another picture, "Oh! I thought I left this one at home!" He flashes the picture toward Linka, showing it to everyone there, "It's from the first time you ever used the potty!" The picture showed the same picture shown in "Anti-Social", only with a toddler Linka in place of Lincoln.

Linka's whole face with red from embarrassment, and she squeaks out a response, "Oh, no…"

This made all the girls laugh, their mocking laughing echoing in Linka's ears. Finally, the middle Loud had enough. Her eyes narrow, her nostrils flared, and she grits her teeth as flames erupt in her eyes.

She shouts, "THAT'S IT!" Linka marches over and grabs her father by the wrist, saying through her teeth, "Dad… I'd like to have a word with you."

Lynn Sr. was oblivious to her anger and says, "Just a second, Princess." He uses his left hand to pull out his cowbell, "I was just about to…" Before he could finish, Linka dragged her father out of the gym.

Lynn Sr. could sense something was wrong and asks, "What's wrong, Linka?"

Linka snaps, "What's wrong!? You drag me to this stupid dance, wear a shirt with an iron burn on it, split your stupid leather pants, and embarrass me in front of the entire Fifth Grade, and you ask me what's wrong?!"

Lynn Sr. was hurt by this and tried to calm her down, "Now, now, Princess. I was just…"

Linka interrupts, "No! Don't you get it? I'm sick of you always embarrassing me!" Lynn Sr. gasps, a sad look upon his face. However, Linka didn't let up there, "All week, I've been trying to keep you from finding out about or going to this dance, so you would make me a laughingstock again! Now, thanks to you, my social life is over!"

Lynn Sr. was silent for a moment, and as sad music begins to play, he says, "I… I'm sorry, Linka." He turns around, fighting back his tears, "All I wanted to do is spend time with you, like we used to."

Linka sees her father's reaction and instantly regrets what she said, "Dad, I…"

"No, no. It's fine." He sniffles, "If you need me, I'll be in the car until you're ready to go." He adds, "Unless you're too embarrassed to be seen riding with me, in which case, I'll see you at home."

As he walks away, Linka looks to the ground and says, "What have I done?"

A familiar Southern voice replies, "You mean besides the fact you just broke your Pa's heart?"

Linka turns around and sees Liah standing right behind her, "Liah? How long have you…"

Liah interrupts, "The whole time. Linka, I didn't want to do this to ya, but…" Liah leads Linka by the hand back into the gym, "Take a good look, Link. What do ya see?"

Linka looks around and says, "I see all the girls in our grade and their dads."

Liah shook her head, "Uh-uh. Look closer."

She looks over and sees Rustee and her father. Rustee had something on her cheek and her father tells her, "Rustee, sweetie, you've got something on your cheek."

He pulls out a handkerchief and licks it, cleaning her cheek as Rustee tries to pull away, "EW! Dad, gross!"

Chandler, on the other hand, was on her father's shoulders. Said father, of course, was having some trouble keeping his balance.

One of the girls said, "Wow, Chandler! You were right, your dad is strong!"

"Told you!" Chandler gloated, "How many dads do you know who can…" This was short lived, as her father was starting to stumble about, "Dad, careful! You're going toOOOOOO!"

Chandler and her father fell backward, landing on the snack table! This caused the punch bowl to fly up into the air and land on Chandler's head, covering her in punch! She shouts, "MY HAIR!"

The punch had spilled onto the floor and the puddle stretched out a bit. Nearby, Claire and Harold were dancing when Harold spun his little girl. However, as she spun away, she went towards the puddle and slipped, "WHOA!"

As she lands on her back, Harold gasps and runs over to her, "CLAIRE! Are you okay?"

Claire stands up and rubs her back, "Well, besides a sprained back and punch-stained dress, I'm OK."

Rustee joked, "Could be worse! You could have punch-stained hair like Chandler!"

Chandler blushed as the other girls and their dads laughed at this, "This is so embarrassing!"

Liah explained, "See what I mean? You ain't the only one who gets embarrassed by their pa, Link. All girls do." She frowns, "Goodness knows I wish my pa were around to embarrass me." She looks to Howard and apologizes, "No offense, Mr. McBride."

Howard replies, "None taken!"

Linka looks back at the group as they laugh heartily, a sullen look upon her face, "And those dads did what they did to make their girls happy. To show them they care." Continues in a quiet voice, "Like my dad does".

Suddenly, she began to flashback to when she was 5 years old.


Linka, who was dressed in a princess outfit, was holding a tea party in the living room. We see her and some of her stuffed animals, one of which was Bun Bun, sitting down at a small table as she asks, "Would you like some more tea, Bun Bun?"

She speaks in a deeper voice, "Yes, please!" She pours the imaginary tea and asks, "More tea, Mrs. Nesbitt?"

Lynn Sr. was also sitting down, wearing a dress like the one in "Home of the Fave". He holds up his cup and answers, "I'd love some more! Thank you!"


Lynn Sr. was reading a book to his daughter, who was in bed, "And they all lived happily ever after." He closes the book, "The end."

As her father tucks her in, little Linka says, "Goodnight, daddy!"

Lynn Sr. replies, "Goodnight, Linky." He gives his daughter a tender kiss upon her forehead.


Linka was in Lynn Sr.'s room, tears in her eyes and cuddling Bun Bun, "A-and then, one of the kids at school said I looked like a granny!" She tosses Bun Bun on the bed and gently tugs her hair, "I hate my stupid, ugly hair!"

Lynn Sr. comforts his daughter, "There, there, sweetie. You know what? I think you've got the prettiest hair in the world!"

Linka sniffles, "Really?"

"Of course! It's what makes you special. Anyone's hair can be blonde, brown, black, or even red; but you? You've got beautiful white hair." Linka stopped tearing up, "It's what makes you unique, like a snowflake."

Linka smiles, "Really?"

"Really." Lynn Sr. wipes away the last tear on her face, "You've got beautiful snow-white hair. Never let anyone tell you otherwise… my little Snow White."

Linka's eyes lit up at the nickname and she hugs her daddy around the neck, "I love you, daddy!"

Lynn Sr. returned the hug and smiled, "I love you, too… Princess."


Back in the present, Linka was tearing up, but her face changes back to normal and she told Liah, "I'll be right back!"

The middle Loud rushed outside towards Vanzilla, where she sees her father bawling his eyes out. She enters the car on the passenger side and asks, "Dad?"

Lynn Sr. looks up to see his daughter, which makes him stop crying on the spot, "Linka?"

Linka scratches the back of her head, "Dad, I just wanted to say… I'm sorry for what I said back there."

Lynn Sr. told her, "It's okay, Linka. Look, I know your old man can be a bit… goofy at times, but I'm not trying to embarrass you on purpose."

"I know." She explains, "But that doesn't excuse what I did. I should have just talked to you about all of this instead of lying to you and getting mad. I mean, sure, you are a little embarrassing, but there's a lot of great things about you: You're a loving father, a great cook, you know how to make people laugh, you cheer me up whenever I'm having a bad day. I just wish I could've realized that sooner." She looks down, "I can understand if you hate me now."

"Hate you?" Lynn Sr. was shocked at the very idea of her thinking that, "Linka, that's silly!" Lynn Sr. placed a hand on her shoulder, "I could never hate you. You're my only daughter, my baby girl, and I'll always love you."

Linka heard this and brought her head up. She looked like she was about to cry, complete with a quivering lip, but soon cheered up and hugged her father, "I love you, daddy."

Lynn Sr. returns the hug, tearing up, "I love you, too…" He says as his voice cracks, "Princess."

They broke the hug and Linka asks, "So, wanna go back inside?"

Lynn Sr. perked up, "I thought you'd never ask!"

The next day, Lynn Sr. and Linka were on the couch looking at some pictures, which were on Linka's phone, of the prior night. Linka laughed, "OMGosh! Last night was so much fun!"

"You said it, Princess!" Lynn Sr. asked her, "Did you hear that crowd after my cowbell solo?"

Linka laughed, "I thought they'd never stop laughing at you!"

Lynn Sr. told her, "It was a lot of fun, but I've learned my lesson. From now on, I'll try to dial back the goofiness."

Linka told him, "Dial it back? After last night? Not a chance!" She assures her father, "You don't have to change for me, Dad. I love you just the way you are."

Lynn Sr. smiled, "Thanks, Linky."

Linka bluntly told him, "Speaking of which, you forgot to put pants on."

Lynn Sr. realized he was sitting around in his normal attire, minus pants, "Whoops! I thought it was kind of drafty today."

As he rushes off in a cloud of smoke, Linka smiles and laughs, telling the viewer, "That's my dad!"

As always, thank you to my co-writer, DiamondDollDark! You helped me so much through this chapter, correcting my NUMEROUS typos and helping me crack this tough nut of a story. Here's to continuing to work with you in the future!

Also, thank you to everyone for getting me to 10K views! I'm so going to approach 20K, but don't really plan to writing anything in celebration (mostly because this already took so long XD), but I hope see you guys for some upcoming stories, which I hope to put Chandler in a more prominent role, am April Fool's story, and something special for the 1-year anniversary! Let's just say it's a popular topic to write about for Linka, but it'll be treated like a half-hour special and be the longest chapter yet. Good thing I've got three months to work on that.

Until next time, thank you all once again, and here's to more chapters in the future!