Lincoln was enjoying his food at the table as the Boarding House members looked at him in confusion.

"Thanks for the steak, Mrs. Shortman." Lincoln said.

"No problem, Lincoln." Pookie said, delighted. "So, your family's having problems, eh?"

"Yeah." Lincoln said, finishing his steak. "Just feels good to be out of that house."

"So, you have somewhere to sleep, kid?" Phil asks.

"Yeah, the couch." Lincoln said. "Ace Savvy is on tonight."

The boarding house members looked concerned, it's like Lincoln doesn't even care if his sisters are looking for him!

As Wednesday arrived, Leni looked exhausted. She hasn't been sleeping well for days, trying to find Lincoln, to no avail at all, and her grade work is suffering because of it, she's got 4 D's in Health Class, Film and Production, Math and US History, and 3 F's in Science, English and Cooking Class. And only a B in Physical Education and an A in fashion.

"Leni!" A teacher was heard, it was none other than Frank Grimes. "Don't be late for your class."

Leni sighed as she knew what was gonna happen, she got another F on an assignment..

She walked in Frank's classroom as Frank sighed in angst.

"Another D- on a homework assignment." Frank then said. "And It's not even November."

"I'm so sorry..." Leni sighed.

"Don't say Sorry, show me you're sorry." Frank said, before noticing the bags in her eyes. "Have you been sleeping at all, Leni?"

"Oh...uh...yeah!" Leni lied.

"Doesn't look like it." Frank said.

"Looks can be decieving." Leni said.

"Well, we got a big standardized test coming up in October, so you may want to rest up for the Career Aptitude Test." Frank said, getting his papers organized.

At the cafeteria, Luna was sitting with Jamie-O, Sora, Luke, Sam, Carol and surely enough, Daniel Fenton arrived.

"So, what do you guys have for lunch?" Danny asks.

"I'm havin' pizza. A godly lunch!" Luke said.

"Neat." Danny said, taking a bite of his burger.

"Did you find Lincoln yet?" Luna whispered to Luke.

"Nah, brah." Luke whispered. "I checked Loki's van, Sora's basement arcade, no luck."

"Alright, we need to check around town." Luna then said.

"Why not around the state?" Luke asks.

"He couldn't have gone that far, right?" Luna said, nervously. But Friday Night is going to prove Luke right.

After a few days, it felt like it happened in a flash when Friday Arrived. Normally, Friday makes people feel good, but for one town in Texas, it makes them feel estatic as much as Odessa for their high school, Permian High School. For Lola Loud, she just can't understand it:

Closed movie theaters from 6 to midnight, beauty pageant buildings closed. Empty store fronts, windows, saying "Gone to the Game", "Go Tigers", etc., the haunting cheers rocking the stadium filled with thousands of fans, who are there to root for their Mitchell Elementary Tigers, but to live out their own hopes, dreams and aspirations. To Lola, it's a game, but to the state of Texas, football is like catholic church.

The girls looked everywhere in town by the time it was 6 o'clock, but they got the same answer, "Where have you been, the Stone Age?" or "You're really not from here, are ya?". And it was getting on Lola's nerves.

"Ugh..." Lola sighed.

"This is getting Lori pissed. Why can't we just get the others to help?" Lana sighed.

"Because they'd find out about what happened, this is between our family!" Lynn groaned. "If something bad happened to Lincoln, I'd never be able to forgive myself for it."

"Look, I don't care if everyone finds out, we need to talk to someone!" Lana snapped.

"Let's just find Linky and get this mess behind us." Lola snapped.

"Geez, you sound awfully concerned, considering how much you love blackmailing your family and destroying our beloved treasures instead of spending time with our family." Lana said, annoyed.

"At least I'm not the one who spends all her time in dirt!" Lola scoffs.

"Guys, knock it off!" Luna said, annoyed. "We need to Find Lincoln!"

"If y'all are gonna find Lincoln," A child in a passenger seat said. "Try finding him in Houston!"

"Houston?" The girls ask, shocked.

"Oh, no..." Luna said. "The little dude is in Houston!"

"Well, just be glad he isn't Dallas," Lori said, relieved. "We better go get mom and dad."

That night at Houston's Memorial Stadium, which was consisted of one side of bleachers and another side of smaller bleachers, The Tigers were playing the Tomahawks.

The Tigers were wearing white jerseys with orange numbers and letters and black outlines on them, as well as white pants & white cleates.

The Tomahawks were Wearing maroon jerseys and white pants. The helmets were grey with numbers on them and grey facemasks.

It was late in the 4th quarter, and Young Reezy was having the best performance of his career. 295 rushing yards, 4 touchdowns, and 195 receiving yards.

Johnny was having a great night as well, 102 rushing yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 receiving TD's.

Lincoln was having the best of them all, 349 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions and incompletions.

By the time Link threw his last Touchdown to Young Reezy, it was 56-3 in the Tiger's favor, the Defense shut the opponent's offense down to the ground, stalling them, the offense was dominating all night, making the Tomahawks look stupid.

Clyde...not so much...he's only had 99 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 2 interceptions and 3 fumbles. He did have 99 rushing yardage, though. Even so, he was lucky enough that he didn't cause any turnovers.

Arnold complimented Lincoln as he said, "Damn nice job out there, Link, damn good!"

"Thanks." Lincoln then said, chugging some Gatorade as he sat on the bench.

The defense was on the field as the offense lined up.

"Hike!" The Tomahawk QB shouted, setting the play in motion. Ed went after the Quarterback as he bull dozed through the Right Guard and Right Tackle.

"Prepare to meet your maker!" Ed shouted as he sacked the Quarterback for a loss of 9.

"Atta boy, Ed!" Arnold shouted.

The offense, thanks to the defense, stalled, and were forced to punt. Clyde sighed in relief, at least he could end the drive with a bang and go home with a touchdown, but Arnold stopped him, "Clyde, I think you should rest up, you had a long night."

Clyde was shocked as Lincoln was called to finish the game for the offense. Little did anyone know, a family of 2 parents, 10 girls were there, watching in shock as they saw their son succeed in Football.

After the game, it was time for the road trip back to West Texas to get ready for games in their conference. Lincoln was out of the lockers, but then, he saw a surprising sight: his family waiting for him.

He glares at them as he walks up to the family, saying, "Oh, what? Now you suddenly care about me, now that I'm successful?"

"Lincoln," Lori said, concerned.

"Save your excuses. I've just gotten some anger out of my system." Lincoln said. "Now if you don't mind, conference games start next week, and I gotta get ready."

"Lincoln, do you have any idea what you're getting into?" Lynn said, showing concern. "This is like Permian Football! You have to deal with high expectations!"

"Don't like the theraputic sessions? Maybe you should've thought about that before you kicked me out!" Lincoln said, uninterested.

"Lincoln, come on, you know there's still a part of you that cares about this family!" Luna then said.

"Last time I checked, I stopped caring months ago." Lincoln then said. "You were supposed to treat me with the respect that I deserve. I admit, it was stupid enough for me to drag the lie for so long, but why didn't you guys listen to me?"

"You don't understand, Lincoln..." Luna then said.

"I do understand that you considered me to be a burden to this family." Lincoln said.

"Linky, nobody ever said that you were..." Leni said.

"You say that," Lincoln then said, interrupting his sister, "But your actions clearly say otherwise. If you really cared about me, you wouldn't have ignored me over a collection of your embarrassing moments, you wouldn't have threatened me over a stupid phone, you wouldn't have made fun of me for clogging the toilet, you would've let me have my peace on Saturdays, stop fighting over childish crud, or even treat me like a human being!"

"Lincoln..." Lynn said, showing genuine concern.

"But you, you had the nerve to beat me up with that bat, you had the nerve to label me as bad luck! That's why you are the worst human being I've ever met!" Lincoln said to Lynn, making her feel more guilty.

"Look, we're sorry, alright?!" Lynn snapped, guilt ridden.

"Well, sometimes, Sorry isn't good enough." Lincoln said. "If you want to be trusted again, you have to show me that I can trust you guys again. At any point should you drag me home by force, then that will be the last thing you ever do."

Lincoln storms off, leaving behind a shocked and sullen Loud family. Deep down, Lincoln regretted saying such words, Lincoln still loves his family, he's just having a hard time showing that.