The sun rose up in the sky, signalling the start of a new day. As the light filtered through the window, falling onto his eyes, Lincoln slowly began to wake up. His eyes gently fluttered open, wincing due to the sudden light exposure. He steadily sat up, stretching his arms out wide as he yawned. He looked at the viewer with a tired smile. "Well, it's the start of a new day," he monologued. "After yesterday, I'm feeling a lot better. Seeing Tabby sat on the couch made me feel nervous because of how things were left between us at the dance. But, she was able to make me see that I didn't need to act like that around her. If I'd just listened to Luna before, I would have realised that." He got up from his bed. "Still, at least I can forget about what happened and move on, now that I know there are no bad feelings between us… although, I'm probably going to have to speak to Liam at some point." He looked at the guitar on his desk and picked it up, feeling at where the glue was applied. "Hmm… I'll have to ask Luna to check it later. I don't want to take the tape off in case the glue didn't work."

With that said, he put the guitar back down and left his room. Looking down the landing, he rolled his eyes at the sight of the bathroom queue, with at least three of his sisters stood patiently- or, for some of them, impatiently. He walked as quickly as he felt necessary to join the queue before anyone else could. Standing behind Lisa, he stood and waited, just as he saw Luna, Sam and Tabby appear from the rocker's room, still in their pyjamas. "Morning, mate!" Tabby tiredly greeted, taking her place behind him.

"Morning, Tabby," he responded. "If you want, you can cut in front of me."

"You serious?" He nodded, stepping to a side. "Cheers, mate!" She stepped forward, with Lincoln stepping behind her, neither acknowledging the smirks from the two fifteen-year-olds. "So, how'd you sleep?"

"Good, actually! How about you?"

"Decent, although I had to tune out Luan's constant jokes. How does she do that in her sleep?" Lincoln simply shrugged. "Still, it was nice of Luna to give up her bed."

"You're my guest, dudette!" They heard Luna tell her. "I'd have done it anytime!"

The younger rocker smirked, placing her hands on her hips. "Are you sure it wasn't just so you could cuddle up with Sam?" Both Sam and Luna blushed madly, causing Tabby and Lincoln to chuckle, the former whispering to the latter, "I'll show you the picture later."

"What was that?" Sam asked.

"Nothing!"

Lincoln chuckled some more. "You know I think everyone else would agree when I say that we've enjoyed having you here!"

"You mean that?"

"He's not wrong, Tabs," Luna added, the four of them moving forward as the queue shortened some more. "You and Sam definitely left an impression on my peeps. I wouldn't be surprised if they want you guys around again some time."

"Sounds great!" She turned back to Lincoln. "Maybe next time, we'll be able to hang out a bit more."

He smiled sheepishly, giving a nervous laugh as he rubbed the back of his arm. "Y-Yeah… I guess we didn't really get to do that this time, huh?"

She rolled her eyes. "Lincoln, don't beat yourself up about it. Besides, with your sisters' Girls Night, we wouldn't have had much more chance to anyway." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Plus, we can always hang out at school if you want. All you've gotta do is come over and say hi."

"Sure thing." Before he could say something else, they saw the bathroom door open, with Lisa stepping out of it and walking past. "Guess I'll see you at breakfast."

"You know it!"

With that, Tabby entered the bathroom and shut the door. While he continued it wait, Sam stepped forward and kneeled down to his level. "Hey, Lincoln?" She said, getting his attention. "Luna tells me you and Tabby had a little talk last night."

He nodded. "Yeah. She made me realise how dumb I was being, and everything's cool between us now."

She smiled, giving him a hug. "I'm really glad to hear it. Thank you, Lincoln. It means a lot to me that you two are okay around each other."

"Same here, bro," Luna told him. "Plus, it seems like you two care for each other, huh?"

"Uh… what do you mean by that?"

Sam chuckled, releasing the hug. "Just that you two are happy to be around each other, that's all."

"Oh. Well, yeah. Tabby's pretty cool, and now that there's no awkwardness between us, I wouldn't mind hanging out with her or getting to know her better, you know?"

"I do." She smirked, her eyes catching his. "Just try not to hurt her, because if I found out you did, I'll hunt you down like a bat out of hell." His eyes went down as he gulped, silent for a few seconds before Sam began to laugh. "Oh, you are too cute!" His face turned red out of embarrassment. "Don't worry, Lincoln. I can tell you're not that kind of guy, and I trust you."

Lincoln exhaled heavily, clutching his chest as if he had just had a heart attack. "Okay. I'm glad that you trust me. And don't worry, I would never do anything like that on purpose."

He turned around once the door opened, and saw Tabby walk out. "All yours, mate!" She told him.

"Thank you," he replied, before locking himself in the bathroom.

Tabby looked at her sister. "Why did Link look like he was about to have a panic attack or something?"

"Just a little joke on my part," Sam explained. "Hey, why don't you go get changed and I'll meet you downstairs?" Tabby shrugged before walking into Luna's room to do so. As soon as the door was shut, she looked at Luna. "Let me ask you something- what do you think the chances are that they like each other?"

Luna smirked. "Well, it's kinda obvious that Tabby likes him, since she pretty much admitted it last night. As for my baby bro, I don't see why not. The two of them look like they would be cute together."

"They do, don't they?" They both giggled at this. "Still, even if they don't get together, I'm glad to know they can at least be friends now."

"Too true, too true."

It wasn't long before Lincoln was done with the bathroom, and not much longer after that, he and everyone else had made their way downstairs, fully clothed in their regular attires. They were sat round the dining table, once again with Tabby sat next to Lincoln so the two of them could chat happily, although this time, a few of his sisters would throw sly glances in their directions with cheeky smirks, since they remembered what the young rocker had said the previous night. After a while, Lynn Sr filled up everyone's plates with eggs, bacon and toast, which everyone began to immediately dig into.

"Oh, wow!" Sam said, making sure not to do so with a full mouth. "These eggs are amazing!"

"And that bacon is cooked beautifully!" Tabby added. "You're gonna have to tell me where your restaurant is, Mister L, because I'm gonna have to try it out some day!"

"You flatter me," he replied. "I'm just happy to know that you enjoy it!"

"Seriously, Mister Loud, this is incredible!" Sam assured. "I'm sure if I tried to get a reservation at your restaurant, I'd struggle because pretty much everyone in Royal Woods must be making regular reservations to try your food."

"Well, I wouldn't put it like that, but thank you, Sam!"

"You know, Sam, you and Tabby have been a delight to have here," Rita spoke up.

"Thank you, both of you, for letting me and my sister stay here for the night. I know it was kind of sprung on you at the last minute, and most people would probably have told us no, but we're really grateful. I hope we can make it up to you someday."

"Not at all, Sam. You're a friend of Luna's, you're welcome anytime. Hopefully with a bit more warning next time." The majority of the table laughed at this. "But, seriously, we were happy to have you once we knew what was going on, and you've been great house guests. So you don't owe us anything."

"I don't know if I agree, but thank you all the same."

"Yeah, cheers for letting us bunk here!" Tabby added. "You guys absolutely rock!"

Once again, a series of chuckles followed from this, before everyone resumed their own conversations and ate the delicious breakfast. By the time they were done, everyone had rushed off to do their own thing, except for Luna, Lincoln, Sam and Tabby, who simply stood by the door.

"Tabby, you hold on here for a second," Sam explained to her sister. "I'm gonna make a call to mom and see what's happening."

"No problem, sis," Tabby replied, giving a thumbs up. Sam nodded back, before walking away whilst pulling out her phone and beginning to dial. Tabby looked back to Luna. "Here, thanks for letting us share your room for the night, Luna."

"I already told you," Luna said while chuckling, "you don't need to keep thanking me. You're a mate, and mates look out for each other. Plus, everyone was happy to have you, and you needed a place to stay. If you ever need somewhere to stay for the night for something like that, then mi casa es su casa."

"I know, but still. It's no wonder my big sis loves you so much." Luna blushed, much to the amusement of the younger kids.

"To be fair, I can tell why you love her so much, too, Luna," Lincoln added. "You two really seem to connect with each other."

"Yeah, we do." She smirked as an idea came to her head. "I'm gonna go see how Sam's doing with her call."

"Okay," Tabby responded before turning to Lincoln once Luna had left. "So, uh, I guess this is it for today."

"Yeah, I guess so. I mean, I'm sure you'll want to get home to make sure everything's okay."

"Yeah, you're right, mate. Still, you ever want to hang out at school, just swing by and we can jam or something." She pulled out her phone. "You mind if I get your number, Link?"

"No, I don't mind." He then helped her to insert his number into her phone, before pulling his phone out and doing the same with her number. "And, that should do it! I'll send you a message sometime."

"Eeh!" They heard Luna squeal, causing them to go red when she and Sam returned. "Did you two just exchange numbers?!" They both gulped and blushed before nodding, prompting her to hug them both tightly. "That's great, dudes!"

"Luna… can't… breath!" Lincoln wheezed. Upon realising they were turning blue, Luna let them go, allowing them to regain their breathing. "Warn us next time, okay?"

Luna smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, dudes."

"It's… fine, mate," Tabby replied, still settling her breathing. Once she was calm, she looked up to Sam. "So, what did mom say?"

"Well, the gas leak is fixed and the house should be okay to go in," Sam explained, "but we won't be able to go back in until she's spoken to the fire warden. She said she should have everything done by about three o'clock."

"So, what should we do until then?"

"How about we all jam in the garage?" Luna offered, looking at Lincoln. "Maybe you can join us, little bro!"

"I'm up for that," he told her, then turned to Tabby. "What do you say?"

"That sounds epic, mate!" She answered, both her and Lincoln smiling widely. "Plus, Luna told me you like SMOOCH!"

His eyes widened. "I LOVE SMOOCH! They're, like, my favourite band!"

"Mine too!"

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Sam asked. "Let's go!"

So, Tabby and Lincoln followed the blonde rocker, Tabby wrapping her arm around the white-haired boy's shoulders. Luna followed behind them, smiling to herself while resisting the urge to scream upon seeing how close the two of them looked, and feeling prideful that at the very least, the two could be friends.

THE END

(A/N: thank you all so much for reading this story. You've continuously blown me away with your support for this story. While the main story is over, I do have one last surprise that I'll be adding in the next couple of days, as well as something I want to ask you guys, but I won't spoil what they are just yet. Thak you guy again, and I'll talk to you soon!)