Odd Day

The school's hallways were littered with students. Everyone scrambling to make it to their lockers as quickly as possible. Everyone seemed panicked about being back to school so early, everyone wondering how the school managed to repair everything so quickly. The only exceptions were two lone students who each had a look of both shock and slight understanding. These two were Lincoln and Clyde.

The duo watched as everyone managed to either throw everything from their locker into their backpack or vise versa, with some students just throwing their backpack into the locker and slamming it shut, before sprinting to the class. A few students tripped and got trampled a bit before they picked themselves up. The smarter students had snuck into school early to leave their necessities in the class and camped out the night. Lincoln and Clyde both dropped a sweat when the last student face planted onto the door when someone slammed it shut behind them.

"That was… something." Lincoln said. Clyde nodded and hoisted up his backpack.

"Something tells me your sisters didn't keep quiet about *gulp* Cristina." Clyde said. Lincoln looked around the now deserted hallways, wondering where his sort-of friend was. "You sure about this Lincoln?" Clyde asked.

Lincoln nodded. "She's normal Clyde. She said she'd bring your card to." Lincoln said.

"Heeeeey guys!" Cheered a voice behind him.

Clyde froze as Lincoln took a deep breath. He muttered a small 'here we go' before turning around. "Hey Cristina" Lincoln said.

Said girl was smiling brightly with her backpack. "Guess what! I managed to convince the principal to allow me back in! Isn't that awesome?" She said happily.

Clyde didn't turn as Lincoln blinked. "Didn't you destroy half the school?" Lincoln asked.

Cristina shrugged. "It was mostly the Tsundere. Plus if they did anything to me then they'd have to do it to the Tsundere too, so yeah I guess Principal Huggins is too cowardly for that." She said. Lincoln chuckled, he couldn't blame anyone for being scared at them.

"Oh yeah! Here Clyde I think this belongs to you." Said Cristina, reaching into her pockets and pulling out his card. Clyde willed himself to turn around, looking very nervous. "Don't worry, I made sure that the packaging didn't get removed." She said casually. Clyde looked into her eyes, and she looked into his. "And… I'm sorry for all of that. I hope we can still be friends." She said, not annoyingly but rather sadly.

Clyde took the card and inspected it. True to her word it was indeed his rare Ace-Savvy card. He looked at Cristina, the girl looking up to him hopefully like a dog begging for food, and he sighed. "Alright, I forgive you. Only because Lincoln- Oof!" Clyde went as Cristina crushed him in a hug.

"Oh thank you Clyde! You're the best!" She praised. Clyde frowned at the girl and gently pushed her away.

"But I got my eye on you" He said. Cristina didn't seemed at all threatened as she nodded, making Clyde sigh.

"You and me both Clyde."

The three turned to see their new guest. Both Clyde and Lincoln looked worried while Cristina blinked before chuckling. "Oh of course, how could I forget you~" Cristina sang, making Lincoln and Clyde flinch. Ronnie Anne stepped toward Cristina until she was directly in front of her. Both seemed to size each other up before Cristina chuckled. "What? You want a rematch?" She asked with an innocent smile.

Ronnie puffed out some air. "What I want is you to leave Lincoln-Ku… I mean Lincoln alone." Ronnie said.

Cristina smile a little too sweetly for Ronnie Anne. "And if I don't? What will you do Tsundere?" She asked.

Lincoln stepped in between them to intervene. "C'mon guys let's just let bygones be bygones ok?" He tried.

Cristina chuckled before hugging one of Lincoln's hands. "Oh you're so smart Lincy~" she sang. Ronnie clenched her teeth at the duo. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have a date to plan. Bye~" Cristina said as she lead Lincoln to their class. Both of them unknowingly stepping onto the kid who had previously face planted the door.

Clyde stood there awkwardly with Ronnie for a moment before the girl let out a growl. "Fine. Let's play puta." She hissed as she followed them, also stepping on the unconscious kid before stepping inside.

Clyde now stood there alone and, for the first time since they begun the school year, was grateful not to share the first class with Lincoln.

Lincoln wasn't sure if Cristina had sat next to him the whole school year and he didn't notice or if she decided to sit to his left today. Meanwhile Ronnie decided to sit to his right, scaring off the kid who was previously in that seat. The rest of the class took this as a chance to push their desks as far to the wall as they could, forming shields with their book bags or books. Their teacher either didn't notice or didn't care.

Ronnie kept eyeing Lincoln like if he was going to run off, squinting her eyes at him suspiciously every now and then when she thought he wasn't looking. Cristina was taking notes and humming casually like she didn't care. It only seemed to irritate Ronnie. "Alright class" their teacher said, placing down their chalk.

Lincoln began mentally praying. "No group project no group project no group project" he thought.

"We're going to have a quiz this week." Their teacher said. Nobody groaned as they were too afraid of Cristina. Lincoln let out a sigh of relief. "So I'm assigning everyone study buddies" they added. Lincoln paled as both Cristina and Ronnie smiled. "And by assign I mean you'll pick your partner because I know none of you will listen anyways" the teacher muttered as the turned to write more things on the board.

If Lincoln thought their scramble to find a partner was rough before, he hasn't seen anything yet. While before everyone was panicking and pushing, now people were pouncing and clinging onto each other for life. Some people were even trying desperately to pull the same person, making it look like they were trying to rip off their arms. Lincoln meanwhile sat motionless among the chaos as the two girls waited for him.

"So Lincoln-Kun. Guess you're gonna pick me right?" Ronnie began. Cristina chuckled.

"That's sooooo funny Tsundere~" she said.

"Not as funny as you, Puta" Ronnie replied.

Lincoln sunk back as the two began eyeing each other like dogs preparing to attack. He sunk so far back that he felt himself sliding off his chair. Wait a minute, something grabbed his arm too? Lincoln only now realized someone had pulled his arm and forcibly sat him on another chair. Lincoln blinked and turned to whoever was still holding his hand. Then he blinked again. "P-Paige?" Lincoln said.

Said girl hadn't changed a bit since the last time they spoke, even wearing Sandals and still having dyed orange hair. Said girl looked relieved. "Phew, close one" She said, wiping her forehead. Lincoln blinked again. "You owe me one Lincoln" she said simply, getting comfortable in her seat.

Lincoln continued looking at her before turning back. One of them had taken his seat, he wasn't sure which one since all the desks looked similar, and now Ronnie and Cristina were sitting next to each other in a full blown argument. Actually it was more like Ronnie doing all the arguing while Cristina just smirked and occasionally remarked. Neither noticed he seemed to slip away.

"Alright everyone partnered up? Good. I'll give each pair a copy of the study guide." Their teacher said. Everyone seemed relieved. Ronnie and Cristina seemed to come to their senses at that moment, looking at their teacher then to each other. "Partner!?" They both exclaimed.

Lincoln turned away to avoid their gaze. The study guide was handed to him as their teacher casually walked away. Paige grabbed the guide and gave it a quick read. "Yeah I'm not up for studying right now, you?" She asked, handing it back to Lincoln. He looked confused at her.

"I'm fine too" he said. Truth be told, he was sure he wouldn't be able to study if he tried.

Paige let out a sigh of relief. "Ok that's good, cause I REALLY didn't wanna study" she said as she leaned back. Lincoln didn't know what to say to her, but luckily she seemed to take lead. "So long time no speak. What have you been up too?" She asked.

Lincoln took a small glance at the two girls, who were both glaring daggers at each other. "I've been… busy." He said.

Paige chuckled at him. "Yeah I can imagine" she said.

Lincoln eyed the girl up and down for a moment. "Listen Paige, not that I'm not happy to see you but, why are you talking to me?" He asked.

The girl glanced back at the test sheet. "Be real with me Lincoln. Would YOU hang out with me if a boy threatened to, and I quote, stab your eyeballs out if he ever see you hanging around his 'Lincoln-Senpai' ever again?" She asked. Lincoln figured that was the case.

"Ok, but why now?" Lincoln asked. Paige held out her phone, allowing Lincoln to read the latest notification from an unknown number.

'Heeeeey Cristina. Lol not sure how to say this. Sorry about almost killing you? Kinda realized how dumb that whole thing was. Please hang out with Lincoln again. I don't want him near that Tsundere. Plus you have a boyfriend right? Also I love your shoes. Sorry again.

Oh one more thing. Do you know Jordan's phone number?'

Lincoln resisted the urge to facepalm at that. That was hardly an apology. "Wait so you're only talking to me because you're afraid of Cristina?" Lincoln asked.

"Can you blame me?"

"Fair enough." Lincoln said as he rested his head on his palms.

"Hey I do miss hanging with you and Clyde though. You two were fun dorks." She said. Lincoln chuckled at that, pulling out his fake-textbook (which was a textbook that was hollowed out so that he could fit his Ace Savvy comics in there).

Lincoln took a small glance at the two girls one more time. Ronnie seemed to have her arms crossed and had turned her desk completely away from Cristina. Meanwhile Cristina remained in her spot with a smirk. She then looked at Lincoln and gave a small wave. He waved back before turning back to his comic.

"Oh by the way, I don't have a boyfriend Lincoln" he heard Paige say. He pretended not to hear. "Also which one of them gave you that bruise?" She added. Lincoln pressed his face into his book.

"But seriously, be careful."

He nodded.

"So… why aren't we sitting with the rest of the gang?" Cristina asked as she, Clyde, and Lincoln sat down with their lunch trays.

"Because I was banned from there." Lincoln said. Cristina arched an eyebrow as Lincoln.

"Was it because of me?" She asked.

"No, but I'm pretty sure I'd be banned right now if I showed up with you no offense. It was because… well…" Lincoln trailed off, not sure if he wanted Cristina to have another leverage on Ronnie.

The trio heard a tray slam down on their table. Cristina smirked without turning to the Tsundere. "Oh right. Now it makes sense." Cristina said with a tone like she figured out who broke something.

"What makes sense?" Ronnie growled. Cristina merely giggled at her, making the Hispanic girl blow steam through her nose.

"Anyways, you guys wanna hang out at Flips later? The old geezer is frightened of me and will give us free Flippies just to get us out the door." She said.

Lincoln had to admit, that sounded amazing. Lincoln would never admit this but he secretly loved when Flip got a good dose of karma. He didn't mind it when the man tried conning them to work for free, nor when he constantly milks them for all their money. What he DID mind was when he nearly let his family freeze to death and forced his sister Lana to give up her winning ticket. Since then, Lincoln always kept an extra eye on him.

"As if we'd go anywhere with you, Puta" Ronnie said, venom dripping in her tone.

Cristina giggled. "Well good thing I wasn't inviting you~" Cristina sang. Ronnie clenched the table so hard that a chunk of it shattered in her palms.

"Well Lincoln-Kun is... I mean Lincoln is coming with me later today! Right?" Ronnie yelled, turning to Lincoln. Said boy didn't get a word in as Cristina sent Ronnie a sinister smirk.

"You're funny if you think Lincoln-Senpai wants to be anywhere near you" She said.

"Cristina" Lincoln scolded.

"Whaaat? I'm not doing anything~"

"I'll makes sure you don't do anything" Ronnie hissed. At this point everyone nearby had either fainted or scattered to safety.

"What? You want another bruise to match the ones you have now?" Cristina asked, pulling out one of her pencils.

"Cristina!" Lincoln scolded.

"What." Cristina said. Ronnie at this point had stood up.

"You mean like the one you gave Lincoln-Chan?" She hissed.

Cristina blinked at Ronnie for a moment, the words processing through her head. For a while, Ronnie thought she had shut the annoying Yandere up. However her smugness turned into cold fear when Cristina slowly stood herself up, her eyes never leaving Ronnie Anne. Almost eerily, she was completely quiet, her eyes not even blinking as she continued looking.

It was at that moment that Ronnie Anne realized something. A simple fact that a super strong Tsundere seemed to always forget. A fact that made her gulp and sweat a little as Cristina's eyes hardened on her. One simple fact.

She didn't want to die.

"You fucking little piece of-"

*POP*

Ronnie jumped in place from the sudden noise. Lincoln snapped out of his fear-trance from the sound. Cristina however did something Ronnie didn't expect her to do. She let out a shriek and jumped from her seat.

Ronnie didn't move, but she felt someone's hand in her shoulders shivering in fear. After a moment of nothing she turned to see Cristina shaking in fear, clutching Ronnie Anne's shoulders like her life depended on them.

Cristina didn't seemed focus on Ronnie however a she poked her head out a little. "Clyde! You know I hate- no wait don't-"

*POP*

Cristina shrieked again as the snapper firework popped near her feet. "Clyde stop!" Cristina shouted in fear. Ronnie looked at Clyde, seeing him holding up said fireworks in his hands.

"Are you calm?" Clyde asked.

"I'm calm I'm calm!" Cristina pleaded. Ronnie gawked as Cristina got on her knees and held her palms together. "Just please stop!" She said.

"Alright then" Clyde said as he lowered his hand, making Cristina sigh in relief.

"You're so mean" she mumbled.

Lincoln sighed in relief. He had completely forgotten of the girl's fear of fireworks. "Now. Apologize to Ronnie." Clyde said.

"WHAT! But she-" Cristina began. Clyde lifted his hand again. "I'm sorry Tsundere!" Cristina shrieked and covered her face. Clyde seemed satisfied as lowered his arm again.

Ronnie began laughing. "Oh man! You're such a-"

Clyde interrupted her by clearing his throat. Ronnie's laughter quickly died down. "Now Ronnie. You apologize to Cristina." Clyde said.

Ronnie's jaw unhinged. "What! Why would I do that!?" Ronnie exclaimed.

"Because if you don't then you can't eat with us anymore." Clyde said.

Ronnie stared at the boy for a moment. "You wanna repeat that?" She hissed.

Clyde was unfazed. "If you hurt me, then not only will Lincoln hate you but Cristina will also defend me."

Ronnie's eyes held disbelief. "Lincoln-Kun wouldn't-"

"Apologize!" Clyde demanded, making even Lincoln shrink back in surprise.

Ronnie said nothing at first, choosing to continue glaring as if to see if he'd crumble. Then she sighed. "I'm sorry, Puta" she mumbled. Clyde seemed satisfied as he sat back down. Cristina sat herself down along with Ronnie who seemed ticked off.

Lincoln stared at his friend. "What was that?" He asked.

Clyde closed his eyes. "Lincoln, after being tied up and nearly killed when the school almost collapsed, my dads have spent our few days off training me to be more assertive." He said.

Lincoln blinked. "I think it's working." He said.

Clyde looked confused. "Really? I don't see it." he replied before munching on his food.

Cristina sighed into her arms. "Great. I'm turning Clyde into a Kuudere." She mumbled.

Lincoln arched an eyebrow. "A what?" He asked.

Cristina gave him a deadpan look. "See now THAT one makes sense."

'Say Lincoln, I'm free next weekend for our date. I was thinking we could hit up the arcade like we used too. Unless you got any better ideas. Anyways don't forget your promise. ;)'

Lincoln made a mental note to ask her how she got his number. He could've sworn Lisa had changed it for him. Pocketing his phone he turned to Clyde. "How're you holding up buddy?" He asked.

Clyde stuffed his books in his bag. "It's been a crazy month, but I think I'll get by" he said. "Anyways how am I gonna tell my dads? They're gonna flip when they see me hanging out with Cristina!"

Lincoln didn't put much thought into that. He was hoping that Cristina would make up with everyone, namely his sisters, but the more he thought about it the less likely that seemed. Heck his parents didn't even give him a straight answer when he told them. It just seemed more complicated than its worth, and that's not considering Ronnie. He didn't even wanna know what she was thinking about all of this.

"Want me to go with you?" Lincoln asked.

"Thanks Lincoln. Maybe you can convince them not to move us to Singapore." Clyde joked.

As the duo made their way out the school and to Clyde's house, Ronnie was impatiently waiting next to a few lockers. She was tapping her feet and scanning the area a few times before another person walked in. "Ok I'm here, what do you want Puta" Ronnie hissed.

The figure stepped out of the shadows with a smile. "No need to be so hostile Ronnie, I just wanna talk~" Cristina sang.

Ronnie crossed her hands. "About what? Because I don't wanna talk to you." She said.

"C'mon be friendly" Cristina tried.

"Why? You're stealing my boyfriend from me." Ronnie hissed.

Cristina stared at the girl for a moment before chuckling. "Awww that's cute" she said.

Ronnie's hands clenched into fists at that. "I'll show you cu-"

Ronnie bit her tongue when Cristina, in the blink of an eye, dashed to her and held one of her pencils to her throat. Ronnie went wide eyed when she realized for the second time this week just how sharp these pencils actually were. Cristina leaned into Ronnie, a creepy smile and tilted head.

"Listen Tsundere, I don't care how much you 'love' Lincoln-Senpai or how well you think you know him. Guess what, you don't know him. I know him. I've known him for years, we've been best friends, and he kissed me. How long have you known him? Oh right, this school year. Maybe I messed up, but what have you done? All I've seen you do is bully my senpai. You're lucky he likes you because if it wasn't for that I would've killed you. NOBODY HURTS MY SENPAI BUT ME!"

Ronnie was pressed hard onto the lockers as Cristina held her. However the girl refused to give Cristina the satisfaction of knowing she effectively scared her. Ronnie tried keeping her glare as Cristina practically pressed her forehead onto hers.

"...but I don't wanna hurt my senpai. I've done too much of that. So I'll make you a deal. You keep your hands to yourself, and I won't kill you. Easy right?" Cristina said happily. Ronnie didn't reply, choosing only to glare. "Maybe we can be friends. I mean I doubt it, but us freaks gotta stick together right?"

Cristina removed her hold from the hispanic, letting her slowly slide back onto solid ground. While her chest was aching, she wasn't sure if it was from the hold she was in or from the fear. "Consider yourself lucky being Lincoln's friend. Otherwise… Well, you'll get the message."

As Cristina walked away from the girl, she pulled out her phone and began texting. Ronnie stood there for a while before her phone chimed. An unknown number had sent her a message. It was a phone number and an address. To be more precise, it was her address. To make matters worse, it was Bobby's phone number. She allowed herself to crumble onto the floor, clutching the phone tightly in her arms and surprisingly unable to break it.

"What am I gonna do?" She wondered.

Author's Note = I finally can begin updating again! Sorry for taking so long updating, but it's kinda been a long end-of-the-year for me. I should be able to get into the swing of things again.

Anyhow, I have some plans for the rest of Lincoln's friends namely Stella! Obviously I can't say what, but I'm glad I thought up a role for Stella since she's become a nice edition to the Loud House. As for Paige, she'll have her moment. Also I might make a few filler chapters in between, just because I have some ideas BUT it wouldn't contribute to the overall plot. Oh well I'll figure that out.

I hope you all are enjoying the new year so far! Thanks for the read and enjoy your nights!

Chapter 11 preview:

The Tsundere set her bike in the side of the house, not bothering to chain it since nobody (except Cristina) would dare steal her bike. She knocked on the door and waited.

A second later a group of hands reached out from the slightly opened door and dragged her in. Ronnie's vision was blinded for a moment as she went from broad daylight into sheer darkness. Ronnie squinted when the hands pulled away from her eyes, but she couldn't see just yet.

"Good, you're here"