I don't own Digimon or the Loud House.

Well guys, welcome to the next chapter. As I said before, the next few chapters will focus on Luna and Sam as they make their way to get their crests. There are hints throughout the chapter that hint at what their crests might be so if you think you can guess it right then go ahead.

I also wanted to mention that this chapter has some Samcoln in it since it will revolve around how they met in my story. Some of the episodes will still have happened such as L is for Love but Racing Hearts did not since in my story, Sam and Luna have never dated. Also, I just want to point out that both Sam and Luna are bisexual in my story. Not that it makes a huge difference or anything, I just want to avoid any confusion as you read. There is also a hint of Lunacoln in this chapter so you have been warned.

While I'm still not sure about making this a harem story, the Lunacoln bits were already planned in advance. Mostly because it's one of my favorite ships aside from Lynncoln. But I also like Samcoln a lot as well. It's really hard to pick a favorite in this fandom.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter.

The Digi-Loud Adventure

Chapter 14: Memory Lane

The morning of their first day traveling together proved to be quite awkward for Luna as she walked beside her partner. Sam was a few feet ahead of her with Agumon and they were talking about general things. Luna hadn't been alone with Sam since before they arrived in this world and now she wasn't sure how to talk to her.

The reason was because Sam had a whole secret affair with her brother that she knew nothing about! Well, maybe not affair but it still felt wrong somehow that she, Luna, Sam's best friend, wasn't told that she'd been eyeing her baby brother for awhile now. Though now that she thought about it out loud in her head, she could kind of see why Sam would want to keep that in the down low.

Still, there was a part of her that wanted tell Sam that in no uncertain terms that she couldn't date her brother. That if she wanted to date a Loud that she, Luna, was available and that she totally digged her. But again, she also knew that she couldn't say that. A bigger part of her, the more mature part, knew that if Sam and Lincoln had feelings for each other that she would wholeheartedly give them her blessings and support them all the way. But she also wanted to ask her how it had happened. Because she had known Sam for years and not once did she ever mention that she spoke to Lincoln. Hell, she didn't even know that Sam was into Ace Savvy! It was like she was learning about this whole double life her friend was leading and she honestly didn't know what to make of it.

"…na? Luna? Can you hear me?"

Luna was brought out of her thoughts as she noticed that Sam was trying to get her attention. The blond had been waving her hand in front of her face for a few minutes.

"Are you okay, dude?" She asked her friend, clearly worried about her.

"Yea…I just got a lot on my mind. What did you need?" Luna quickly told her.

"I was telling you that we might want to change clothes soon. Agumon said that we're about to reach the border between Native Forest and Ice Sanctuary." Sam informed her. "According to Agumon, the temperature will drop suddenly in about a mile or so."

Luna looked to her partner. "For reals bruh?"

"Yes, Miss Luna, in about a mile we will reach the point where it's much colder due to our proximity to the border. We Digimon can smell the difference in the air." Gabumon said. "We recommend that you don some warmer clothes."

"Unless you can handle the cold like we can." Agumon said.

"Nah, we can't handle extreme cold for very long. Let's change." Luan said.

Opening up her app, Luna selected a pair of warm looking snow pants and boots along with a long sleeve shirt with her favorite band on it. She also picked out a thick looking snow jacket. All of the clothes were in purple of course. As she quickly changed and watched as her old clothes disappeared when she deleted them through the app's deletion function.

As Luna turned around, she noticed that Sam had finished changing as well. She now wore a large snow jacket the same color as her regular jacket with a teal beanie on her head. She wore warm snow pants the same color as her regular pants and thick snow boots. But what surprised Luna the most was the Ace Savvy snow goggles she had on her head.

"Okay, I know this is gonna get awkward but I have to ask, since when have you and Lincoln been a thing?" Luna asked her friend. She then pointed up at her goggles and added. "And since when do you like Ace Savvy?"

Sam paused for a moment as if realizing she had made a mistake. She glanced at her partner almost as if hoping that he had an answer but Agumon simply shrugged.

"Um...it's kind of a long story..." Sam began slowly.

"Dude, we have a long trip ahead of us. I'm sure that we got enough time to talk and walk." Luna said.

"But...are you sure you want to know? I mean, you're my best friend and Ace is your little brother...awkward doesn't even being to cover it." Sam told her.

"Trust me, bruh, I get it. But I just gotta know. Like how come I never knew that you and Linc knew each other? In all our years as friends not once did you mention it. Nor did you ever tell me that you liked Ace Savvy." Luna said. "Also, as his big sister, I also want to make sure that you actually dig him and aren't just taking advantage of him."

Sam gasped as she heard Luna say that. "How could say about me? Don't you know me well enough to know that I would never do that!?"

"Dude, I'm literally just finding out that you and my bro had a secret thing for years and I didn't know! It's like you have this whole double life and I'm just now finding out about it!" Luna said, her voice rising slightly. "How am I supposed to know that you haven't been lying to me all these years?"

Sam glared at her best friend before closing her eyes and counting to ten. When she felt herself calm down a bit, she opened her eyes and looked at Luna. "Look, clearly this isn't something that we can just talk about normally. How about we get some distance first and once we make camp; I'll tell you all about it."

Luna knew that she had crossed a line back there and simply nodded. Sam turned around and began to lead the way again with Agumon at her side. The trip now was quiet as no one wanted to be the one to break the awkward silence that settled in. Luna for her part felt really bad that she said that Sam might be using her brother. She knew that Sam would never do that but a part of her wasn't so sure anymore. Luna let her emotions get the best of her and now she had made her best friend mad. She had basically accused her of raping her little brother. And the truth was that Luna was feeling hurt and jealous that Sam had chosen Linc over her. And she had no right to feel that way since she never had the guts to confess. Even that letter that she left in Sam's locker didn't have her name on it.

The group walked for several hours until mid-day when they reached a cave that they could use as shelter before nightfall. They had crossed the border of Ice Sanctuary hours ago and they had been traveling through the snow for a while now. Luckily Agumon was able to find them a cave since the temperatures would soon drop even more with the setting sun. They gathered a few logs and made a large fire deep in the cave so that they could keep warm.

As they finished their rations, both Agumon and Gabumon stood guard by the entrance to give the two girls some privacy. They still hadn't said a word to one another and it was clear to Luna that Sam was still upset about earlier.

Sighing, Luna got up from her spot and sat down next to her best friend, opting to stare at the fire instead of trying to make eye contact. "I'm sorry, dude. I shouldn't have said that. It was, like, wrong of me to accuse you of taking advantage of my little bro. He'd be lucky to be with a rockin' chick like you."

For a moment Luna didn't hear anything from her friend. She honestly thought that Sam might not speak to her again. But she soon felt Sam wrap an arm around her shoulders and pull her in for a side hug.

"Thanks for apologizing. But I think I'm also to blame for that so I'm sorry too. I should've said something to you a long time ago." Sam said.

"Ya think?" Luna said as she raised her eye brow at her.

"Hey, we're having a moment, don't ruin it." Sam said. "Anyways, the short story of this is that Ace and I aren't a thing. We've never been a thing."

"But do you want to?" Luna quickly asked, unable to stop herself. "Be a thing, that is."

"Yes..." Sam said honestly. She was sporting a rosy blush that had nothing to do with the cold weather.

"Then why haven't you made your move yet, bruh?" Luna couldn't help but ask.

"Because I'm scared." Sam confessed. "I'm scared of ruining the friendship he and I have. I'm not sure he even feels the same way about me since he was always hung up on that Santiago chick."

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you two meet?" Luna asked her. She had known Sam since kindergarten but didn't really start hanging out with her until second grade. In all that time Sam had probably met her brother the handful of times they hung out at her house and not once did they ever let on that they knew each other. Luna had always thought that Lincoln was just accepting of her friends. "I still can't believe that you guys kept this secret."

"It's not like you ever asked us if we knew each other, you know." Sam pointed out. "I mean, whenever we hung out at your house, I did call him Ace in front of you."

"I just thought that you called him Ace because he there when we wanted to jam together." Luna told her. "You know, like the Ace in the hole or something."

"There's a joke I want to say so bad right now but it would ruin the mood." Sam said as she tried her best not to laugh.

"Don't. I get enough of that with Luan." Luna said as she laughed. She could pretty much guess what the joke would be since she knew her so well.

"Anyways, I guess it's time to reveal to you my dramatic back story with your brother. I do have to warn you though; this story might get hot in places." Sam told her.

"Dude, don't joke about that with my brother." Luna said as she pretended to look grossed out.

"Who said I was joking?" Sam said with a devilish grin.

6 Years Ago

"The story I'm about to tell you is about the time that I first met Lincoln and Clyde." Sam began her story.

"Clyde? He was there too?" Luna interrupted.

"Shut up, I'm telling you my back story."

"Sorry."

"Anyways, I was ten years old, in the middle of the fifth grade-"

"That was when you used to dress in hoodies all the time!"

"Dude, I'm telling a story here!"

"Sorry. Please continue."

"As I was saying-"

"Real quick, I just wanted to say that I always did wonder why you wore those hoodies all the time. Then I hit puberty and I got it."

"Dude, seriously?"

"Oops, sorry."

"I was ten years old and my younger brother had just gotten into Ace Savvy. Since I helped take care of him, I started to get into it too since it seemed pretty cool. It also gave us something else to bond over."

"Awww, that's so cute."

"Luna, I'm warning you, let me tell my story. You're the one who wanted to hear it in the first place."

"Sorry, I'm zipping the lip, Bruh."

"For Simon's birthday, I wanted to get him the latest Ace Savvy comic so that I could read it to him. It was summer time so we didn't have school and I wanted to go alone since I wanted it to be a surprise. But I was also nervous because I didn't want anyone from school to see me go into the comic book store. If they saw me then they might make fun of me and call me names."

A young Sam had been standing outside of the Coming book store for several minutes. She wore a dark blue hoodie that she had over her head to help hide her face. She also had on some blue jeans and wore white sneakers. She had been staring into the store from the window and was watching a pair of boys who were going through the rack and they were seemingly having a blast. Standing next to them was a 12-year-old blond girl wearing a blue tank top and beige shorts and she was texting on her phone. She couldn't hear was they were saying but it was obvious that they were having fun. One of the boys was an African American kid with glasses that wore a blue long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. While the other had was white and wore an orange t-shirt with blue jeans. He also had the whitest hair Sam had ever seen on someone so young.

As she stared at the pair, she eventually noticed that the white-haired boy was looking back at her. Sam glanced to either side of her to see if maybe there was someone else standing there but it was just her. As she looked back, she noticed that the boy was gone and only the African American boy with glasses was still there. Confused, she didn't realize that someone was standing there until she felt a tug on her sleeve. Looking down, she saw that the white-haired boy was standing there looking up at her. He looked no older than 6 years old.

"Hi there, do you want to come inside?" He asked her politely.

"Um..." Sam was nervous at having been caught by this boy and she wasn't sure what to say. She didn't know him but there was something about how he smiled at her that put her at ease. "Sure."

His smile grew and he took her hand and led her inside (Luna: "Awe, what a gentleman!" Sam: "Dude, shut up." Luna: "Are you Blushing?" Sam: "..."). "You'll love it in here. Me and my best friend Clyde come here all the time and we get the latest Ace Savvy comics."

"Y-You like Ace Savvy?" Sam asked as she neared the rack with the blond girl who wasn't paying attention to them and the boy who she now knew was Clyde.

"Of course, he's the best ever!" the boy said. "When I grow up, I want to be just like him!"

"Hey Lincoln, who's your new friend?" Clyde asked as he stared up Sam.

"I'm not sure. I haven't asked him for his name yet." Lincoln said as he grinned sheepishly. "Sorry about that, pal. My name is Lincoln. What's your name?"

"Um...I'm Sam." Sam said, still feeling too nervous to talk to them. She also didn't bother to correct them about her gender since she would probably never seem them again. (Luna: "He thought you were a boy?" Sam: "For a couple years, yea." Luna: "When did he find out you were a girl?" Sam: "...I'd rather not say." Luna: "Now I have to know! Come on, spill the deets!" Sam: "Do you really want to hear about how your brother felt me up?" Luna: "What!?" Sam: "I'll tell you later now shut up!")

"Hi Sam, I'm Clyde." Clyde said as he offered his hand to her.

"Hello Clyde, nice to meet you." Sam said as she shook his hand.

"So, why were you just standing outside if you wanted to come in?" Clyde asked her.

"W-What?" Sam asked. She was taken aback by his question.

"Yea, we saw you standing outside and you looked like you wanted to come in but couldn't for some reason." Lincoln said. "I said to my buddy Clyde that maybe you just needed someone to give you a hand."
"Oh...thanks, I guess I did." Sam said as she felt her cheeks warm up.

"So, Sam, which issue are you..."

"And that's how we met." Sam said as she finished that memory. "Lincoln could tell that I wanted to go into the comic book store but couldn't, at least not on my own. It was him offering his hand that let me continue down the road of Ace Savvy. And thanks to that kind gesture I gained two friends that liked something that I liked and wouldn't judge me for it. We would meet every Tuesday when the new issue would arrive and hang out for a bit. Our age difference didn't really matter because I was one of them. It wasn't until later that I learned that he was your younger brother but I guess that I never really thought about it much. I honestly thought you knew already and that's why you didn't bring it up."

"Nah, Bruh, I was totally clueless." Luna told her.

"Well, slowly I began to crush on your brother for the little things he would do. He would ask me how my day was or if I needed help with anything. He once told me that he liked me very much because I reminded him of his sisters."

"Awe, that's sweet."

"Tell me about it. Anyways, there's another part to my story."

"Is it the part where Lincoln felt you up?"

"...yes..."

"Oh my god..."

"Do you want to hear it?"

"...yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Dude, just tell me! I'm dying to know if my bro's a pervert or not!"

"Well rest assured that he's not. At least not how you're picturing it."

"That doesn't make me feel any better."

"Anyway, a couple of years later during the summer of seventh grade right before we fell in love with rock and roll."

"Dude, remember how I used to dress?"

"Luna, I'm telling a story here."

"Sorry, Bruh."

"Ace and I were in the arcade together because Clyde had gone antiquing with his dads. We were playing street fighter for a while before we got bored and went to looked for another game. There was this girl who was in the same class as me and she was jealous that I had a bigger chest than hers so she wanted to embarrass me in front of my boyfriend."

"Didn't you tell me that you and Linc weren't a thing?"

"She thought Ace was my boyfriend. Anyways, she had walked up to us carrying a cup of soda in her hand and 'accidently' bumped into me and spilled her soda all over my hoodie, which I still wore because I wasn't comfortable yet with my chest."

"Dude, tell me about it."

A 12-year-old Sam and an 8-year-old Lincoln were finishing up a game of Street Fighter in the arcade. Sam wore her traditional hoodie that and jeans while Lincoln now wore an orange polo shirt with his blue jeans. The two had been playing the game for a while until Sam finally won.

"Ha! In your face, loser!" Sam cheered as she raised her fists in the air.

"Ah man. I thought I had you that time." Lincoln said.

"Nope, I'm still the king of street fighter." Sam said as grinned at him. The best part of playing video games with Lincoln was that he was never a sore loser. He looked up at her and returned the grin.

(Luna: "If you referred to yourself as the king then it's no wonder he thought that you were a guy." Sam: "You really can't stop interrupting, can you?" Luna: "Sorry, force of habit.")

"what game do you want to play next?" Lincoln asked as he looked around the arcade.

"How about we go play that racing game?" Sam suggested.

"Sounds good." Lincoln agreed.

As the two of then began to make their way towards the racing games, they started talking about general things, mostly about Ace Savvy though. As they talked, they didn't notice as a girl around Sam's age made her way towards them holding a large cup of soda. She had been eyeing them for several minutes and once they began to move, she made to intercept them. As they turned around the corner around the crane machine, they bumped into another person who was holding a soda in their hands. The soda was spilled all over Sam's sweater and the bottom half of her face.

"Hey, watch where your walking!" the girl said as she looked at Sam and Lincoln.

"We're sorry, are you okay?" Lincoln asked her.

"You're lucky that my clothes didn't get soda on them because they're very expensive!" the girl told them before she walked away.

Sam had remained silent the whole time because she didn't want to cause a scene but the truth was that she knew the girl from class. That girl was particularly mean to her because she was jealous that her bust wasn't as big as Sam's. She would often spread rumors about her to everyone in class and everyone in the whole school knew why she wore baggy sweaters and hoodies all year long. Boys and girls like to tease her because of it but Sam didn't want Lincoln to know about that so she remained quiet.

"Are you okay, Sam?" Lincoln asked her once the girl had left.

"Y-Yea. I'm fine." Sam managed to say after a bit.

"Come on..." Lincoln said as he took her hand and led her to back of the arcade where the bathrooms were located.

Sam was silent as she let him lead her away, her mind wondering what she was going to do once school started again and that girl started spreading rumors that she had a much younger boyfriend.

(Sam: "She did by the way. She told everyone that I was dating a younger boy because I had a brother complex." Luna: "Dude, I remember hearing about that in school. I asked Lori about it and she said that it was when a sister loved her brother as in more than a brother and I remember thinking that it must have been even better than normal sibling love." Sam: "Well, in a way, I guess it is." Luna: "I remember telling Lori that I wanted to have a brother complex too and then I ran after Lincoln. Lori managed to catch before I said anything in front of mom and dad. She had to explain it to me in detail why it was a bad thing to have one but to be honest, I never really got why it was bad. Just that society said it was bad." Sam: "Are you trying to tell me something?" Luna: "N-No. Just continue with the story.")

Lincoln opened the door to the boy's bathroom and led her inside. Sam was so caught up with her thoughts that she didn't pay attention to where she was at. Lincoln then pulled out some paper towels and then proceeded to attempt to dry Sam's hoodie. On her chest. With both hands.

(Luna: "..." Sam: "I know right?")

Sam's and Lincoln's eyes both widened to the size of dinner plates as Lincoln's hands grabbed a handful of breasts. (Sam: "Did I mention that at the time I didn't wear bras because they itched like crazy?" Luna: "...noooo..." Sam: "Oh yea.") Neither of them moved for several moments which seemed to last for hours. Lincoln's hands remained on her chest, frozen in place, too shocked to do anything except continue to squeeze them through the fabric. Eventually, Lincoln was able to speak.

"S-Sam, you're a girl?" He asked her. His hands were still there.

Unable to speak, Sam simply nodded. She was too shocked and mortified to do anything.

"I see." Lincoln then slowly removed his hands from her chest and lowered them at his side. He then took a deep breath before looking up at her and then proceeded to faint.

(Luna: "He fainted?" Sam: "Yup. Ace was always mature for his age so I'm sure that he knew what copping a feel meant." Luna: "That's my bro you're talking about." Sam: "And when did he start asking question about the opposite sex?" Luna: "T-That's not important!" Sam: "I already know since he told me. He started asking questions when he was seven. He was surrounded by girls so it was only natural that he'd be curious." Luna: "I remember how embarrassed we all were when we had our sibling meeting and Lincoln started asking questions. Lori thankfully answered most of them because she knew that Lincoln could tell when we were lying to him about stuff like that.")

Sam watched him hit the floor like a sack of potatoes and she quickly fell down to her knees to see if he was alright. It took a few minutes but eventually Lincoln woke up.

"Oh my god, Ace, are you okay?" Sam asked him.

"Y-Yea...um, Sam, are you a girl?" He asked as he sat up.

"Yea...I'm so sorry that I never told you." Sam told him.

"No, I'm sorry. I'm especially sorry that I touched you...there. My sisters always told me that I wasn't allowed to do that to a girl that I wasn't planning to marry." Lincoln said. He noticed that Sam began to blush again and he assumed that her cheeks were growing red from anger. "I never meant to do that, Sam, honest. I'll accept whatever punishment you think I deserve and if you don't want to be friends anymore then I understand."

"What!? Ace, what happened was an accident. And of course, I still want to be friends with you! You and Clyde are some of my closest friends outside of my age group." Sam told him.

"So, you're not mad?" Lincoln asked.

"No, Ace, I'm not mad." Sam said as she gave him a warm smile.

"Good. I like you a lot Sam, even if you are a girl." Lincoln said as he returned the smile.
"I like you too, Ace. You're a cool little dude." Sam then leaned in and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "And I don't want you to ever change."

"Wow, even back then my little bro was a lady killer." Luna said with a whistle.

"What do you mean by that?" Sam asked as she glared at her friend.

"Well, did he ever tell you the time that we, um, hooked him up with four girls at the same time for a dance? He was able to handle them all for half of the dance before Ronnie Anne showed up."

"You hooked up your kid brother with four girls at the same time!?" Sam asked, her tone rather dangerous.

"Um...one of them was Tabby, if that makes this any better." Luna said as she back away a bit.

"Oh...now that makes a lot of sense..." Sam said as if she just connected the dots with something.

"What do you mean?"

"Tabby has been talking about this kid that she's crushing on with a wicked hair color and sick air piano that likes to turn things up to an 11." Sam told her. "I didn't know it was Ace that she was talking about."

"Wow, sounds like you have competition." Luna said but quickly shut up as Sam glared at her. "Sorry."

"Are there any other girls that you or your sisters have tried to set him up with?" Sam asked her, her glare still there.

"Um..." Flashes of several other girls quickly passed through head. "N-No..."

"You know that you suck at lying, right?" Sam told her.

"I know but I choose to stick with my answer for fear of my life."

"Just tell me, do I want to know the number of girls that are also crushing your brother?"

"Probably not..."

"Great..."

"Hey, Um, not to be anymore nosy than I've already been but I'm curious, when did you two kiss?"

"What?"

"Yea, Clyde mentioned that you two kissed, remember?"

"Oh my god, I forgot that he said that!" Sam said as her face turned bright red.

"Is that really something to be embarrassed about after everything that you've already told me?" Luna asked her.

"Dude, it was my first kiss, okay?"

"You're first kiss was with my bro?"

"Yes. Who was your first kiss?"

"..." A memory flashed in her mind of when Leni had made then all play house while she had been left in charge and Lincoln was the husband and they were all the wives with Lola and Lana being the babies since they were just born. She remembered that she had kissed Lincoln on the lips because Leni said that all good wives did that. "N-No one."

"You haven't been kissed yet? Bummer, I guess you just haven't found the right person then."

"Y-Yea..."

"Anyways, to answer your question, the day that I kissed Lincoln was after Valentine's Day last year when he left me a letter in my locker."

"What?"

"Yea, Ace left a really nice letter in my locker that he initialed at the bottom as if I couldn't guess who it was from. Like L.L. was a big mystery." Sam said as she chuckled.

Luna remained silent as she realized that Sam thought that her letter had been from her brother. It made sense why she never brought it up. As Luna was busy with her thoughts, Sam continued her story.

Lincoln and Clyde at the comic book store after school to pick up the latest Ace Savvy comic. They were talking about what the next issue was about when Sam found them. Since it was Tuesday, she knew that they would be there after school. She walked up to them and as Clyde waved to say Hi to her, she turned Lincoln around and placed her lips on his. Both boys were wide eyed with surprise as Sam kissed the white-haired boy. As she pulled away, she could see that his face was red from being flustered. She knew that she was blushing as well from the kiss but she decided to play it cool.

"Hey, Ace, thanks for the V-Day letter." Sam said as she ruffled his hair.

Lincoln was silent for a moment, still stunned at having an older girl kiss him before he was able to process words again. "N-No problem, glad you liked it."

"I loved it. Next time though, just tell me in person that you like me. A girl likes a man with confidence." Sam said as she leaned down and kissed him on the cheek this time. While she had wanted to thank him for the letter and show that she felt the same, she no longer felt as brave as she displayed before. She could feel her legs trembling as well and knew that she had to leave before they gave out on her. "Till next time, Ace. See you around, Clyde."

As Sam walked away, she couldn't believe that she had done that in front of Clyde. In her rush to show Lincoln her feelings, she didn't register that she had an audience. She would have preferred that no one was watching them but Clyde had proven time and again that he was a true friend to the both of them and she knew that he would keep it a secret.

"Dude..." Luna began but was caught off by Sam.

"There you have it, my first kiss ever and it was with your brother." Sam said as she tried to hide her blush with her hands. "Please don't make this any weirder than it already is."

"...I'm afraid that I can't do that, Bruh." Luna said.

Present Time

Sam looked over at her best friend and watched as Luna had gone pale and looked nervous about something important. She had seen Luna like this before it was usually right before she spilled her guts and revealed the truth about something.

"What's wrong, Luna?" Sam asked, suddenly worried that Luna was about to reveal that she was in love with Ace as well.

"Sam...I don't know how to say this but that letter that you found in your locker...was mine." Luna confessed.

Sam wasn't sure she heard her friend right. "What? It almost sounded like you said that the letter Ace wrote for me was actually from you."

"That's what I said, Dude." Luna watched as Sam's expression changed from confused to shocked to embarrassed to confused back to shocked and then finally to despair as she buried her face in her hands. "Wow, thanks bruh, why don't you tell me how you really feel."

Sam groaned before speaking. "No, it's not that. I'm flattered that you like me, Luna, I really am. And if I wasn't in love with your brother then trust me, you'd totally be my type. But I kissed you brother on the lips under false pretenses!"

"Hehe...I bet he was really surprised when you kissed him." Luna said as she tried to find humor in the situation.

"He was! At first, I thought it was because he was surprised that I figured it out so fast since he only left his initials on the letter. But now I realize that he was surprised because he had no idea what was going on!" Sam groaned once more, louder this time into her hands. "And since he's Ace, he probably went along with it so that I wouldn't be embarrassed in front of Clyde!"

"That does sound like something he would do." Luna agreed. "Man, I think I would die of embarrassment if that had happened to me."

Sam looked up from her hands to glare at her best friend. "Thanks for the support, Luna. I feel so much better now." She said sarcastically.

"Dude, don't worry about it. It's obvious that Lincoln likes you." Then Luna remembered something that Sam had said moments ago. "Wait, did you say that you were in love with my bro?"

"Yea..." Sam allowed herself to fall back on her sleeping bad that they had rolled out before sitting down beside the fire. She suddenly felt emotionally drained. She would probably be mortified in the morning but she suddenly didn't care at the moment. She had already revealed her secrets so what harm could a few more do. "I knew I liked him for the longest time. I crushed on him when we were younger and it slowly grew from there. But it wasn't until I almost lost him to Dokugumon's poison that I realized my feelings had grown to the point of love. As we ran towards Primary Village just to know if he was still Alive, I kept replaying all the moments we had over the years. I also kept thinking about all the things we would never get to do if he died. The thought of losing him crushed my heart in a way that I had never felt before."

"Whoa, that's heavy, dude." Luna said as she looked down at her friend. "If it makes you feel any better, I get where you're coming from."

"What? You're in love with your brother too?" Sam meant it as a joke but as she looked over at Luna, there was something in her eyes that made Sam pause. "Nooooo..."

"Dude, I swear it's not like that!" Luna said quickly as she waved her hands in front of her. She also could tell that her cheeks were getting warm, a clear sign that she was blushing. "Just because I told Lori that I'd like to have him as a boyfriend doesn't mean-"

Luna then slammed her hands over her mouth so fast that there was a loud pop. Sam could only stare wide eyed as Luna stared back at her, mortified that she had revealed a secret like that. Neither spoke for what seemed like hours though in reality only a few minutes had passed. Finally, Sam broke the silence.

"You what?" She asked in a low voice.

"Sam, I swear I didn't mean it like that." Luna quickly said. "I was just telling Lori that I was super jealous that you were dating Lincoln and-"

"DUDE! You're not making this any better!" Sam almost shouted as she continued to stare at Luna with wide eyes.

"I know! Just let me explain and it will make sense, I swear!" Luna said. And Luna quickly retold her conversation with Lori about when Leni had said that she'd like to date Lincoln after they found out about him and Ronnie Anne. And how she liked the idea of dating Lincoln but obviously not Lincoln. Just someone like him. "And that's what I was trying to tell you."

Sam stayed quiet for a moment as she tried to process everything. That night had been one for revelations and this one might have been the biggest one so far. Sam knew Luna pretty well; she knew that Luna was bisexual, she knew that Luna was also terrible at keeping secrets since she was just too honest for her own good. She also knew that when Luna was nervous that she'd spill her guts and reveal the truth if she trusted the person she was speaking to. And the truth was that on some level, Luna was also in love with her own brother. Sam wasn't sure how she could respond to that. So, she didn't. Which made Luna more nervous.

"Don't leave me hanging, bruh, say something!" Luna pleaded with her.

"I honestly don't know what to say..." Sam finally said.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, how do you respond when your best friend tells you that she's in love with the man that you love as well?" Sam asked her.

"Dude, I'm not in love with Lincoln!" Luna snapped. "He's my brother!"

"And does that really bother you? Honestly, does it?" Sam asked, already knowing the answer. Luna was a pretty open and accepting person. And because of that she was also a rebel at heart. Whatever society deemed wrong or weird, Luna could embrace. It was one of her best qualities. And knowing her as well as she did, Sam knew that the fact that he was her brother wouldn't be a deal breaker for her.

"Well...if I'm honest, no..." Luna said after a moment. "But that doesn't mean that I'm in love with him! I just don't think that something like that really matters if you really love him."

"I can't believe that my best friend has a brother complex..." Sam said as she allowed herself to fall back on the cave floor. "And that she's in love with the same guy I am..."

"Dude, I do not have a brother complex!" Luna said as she was getting angry at having to repeat herself.

"And that she might also want to have a threesome with us..." Sam said in an attempt to lighten the mood. But once again as she looked over at Luna, it was clear on her face what her true feelings were. "Oh my god, really? Are you sure that you don't have a brother complex?"

"Um...would you believe me if I said that I don't?" Luna asked as she tried her best to ignore the blush on her face. When Sam had said that Luna might want to have a threesome with them, the idea didn't repulse her. In fact, if she were honest, it kind of excited her. Not necessarily because of Lincoln but more because of how it would be considered taboo and forbidden. But that was something else entirely, right? Right!?

"Let's just go to bed and talk about this in the morning." Sam said as she crawled inside of her sleeping back and laid down on her side so that she wouldn't have to look at Luna.

"G-good night." Luna managed to say as she followed suit.

That night Luna lay awake for a long time as she went over everything in her head. She was positive that she didn't have any romantic feelings toward her brother. And while the idea of being with him didn't repulse her, she would never do that to Sam. Sam was her best friend and she, Luna, should support her no matter what. Although, if the possibility of a threesome did arise...

"No, bad Luna! No thinking about threesomes with your crush and brother." Luna quickly thought as she scolded herself.

It wasn't easy, but Luna was eventually able to get to sleep that night.

End of chapter.

What did you guys think? This is the back story that I have for Sam and Lincoln in this story. I wanted to show that they had met early on and that they had been friends for a long time. I'm not sure exactly how old Sam's brother Simon is but in this story I have him being one year younger than Lincoln. Also, in case you were wondering, when Sam kissed Lincoln, it was during the time that Ronnie Anne had moved away and they weren't a couple. There's going to be a part later that will explain when they started dating. It didn't last very long I'm afraid since this story takes place roughly one year after the events of L is for Love during the summer break.

And no, Ronnie didn't move back but she did visit a lot during the summer since it was the summer that she was helping Lori pack to move into the city. Again, this will be explained a lot more in a future chapter. I figured I'd share this little tidbit to avoid confusion.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you guys next weekend. Till next time.