WARNING: if you haven't read every single one of these chapters before, then go do that. It won't make sense without them.
15 Years Later...
"And THAT is why you never walk into a a bar with a rabbi! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! I'm Luan Loud, and this is my Brother in Law, Colin! See ya later!"
"Luan, you sure do know how to work those big crowds, don't you?" Colin asked his partner. He had grown when he was in high school, so he now was about 6'8". He still kept his hair cornrowed, and he had grown a pretty decent sized beard in the past few years. Needless to say, his life was going great right now.
"Guys, that was awesome!" Their sister Lily said from the table at the base of the stage. She was 16, and had grown around those two on stage. She tried to attend all of their shows when she wasn't with her nephew, who was only a tear younger than her.
"Thanks, Lily. I gotta go see how Lunas doing, Luan. I'll be right back."
"Well, don't take forever, bro! The next shows starting soon!" She said as he walked out the back door. Luan hadn't really changed that much, only growing slightly taller and having no braces.
"Geez, if I can't check on Luna without my motives being questioned, I'm gonna full on interrogate her when she needs to find Waldo. You know, i just realized something. It's the 16 year anniversary of the day I first came here. It's weird, you know, not seeing your mother in 15 years, but hey! It's for love! And I still talk to no one! What the heck!" He said as he walked up the stairs to his apartment that they lived in.
"Colin! I thought you had a show tonight," Luna said as he came in the door. She was working house shows all across the state, from their apartment/comedy club in Detroit to their old hometown of Royal Woods. It was only a matter of time before her big break, Colin always said.
"Dad! Your home!" His 8 year old daughter said as he past down on the couch.
"Yep! Just watching some football before the next show, Hija. Lola, can you get me a Coke from the fridge, please?"
"Sure, dad," she said as their son came in.
"Dad, can we go to the Lions game this weekend? You always a say that you'll take me one of these days..."
"I don't think so, kid. I have to put on shows, and cook dinner, and-"
"They're playing the Chargers, Dad."
"COUNT ME IN!" He yelled as his sons face lifted up. He reminded Colin a lot of himself when he was younger. Even though he wasn't getting drunk on new Years, though, he was still the same as his old man: smart, sarcastic, and loving.
"but daddy, I thought we were going to see Gram and Pop on sunday!"
"Hmmm... Luna, why don't you take her down to see Lynn and Rita while we're at the game?" He said ad he browsed ticketing seats on stubhub.
"I may have to work then, Love, but I'll see. Maybe I'll invite all your aunts, Lola!"
"Yaaay! I can't wait to see Aunt Leni again! She's so funny sometimes!"
"-snicker- not on purpose, though," their son said as his dad hit him with a newspaper.
"Luis, you know better than that! But I'll admit, that was funny."
"Love!"
"Sorry! And you wonder why I like seeing Aunt Lori sometimes, I don't care if she's the devil in disguise it not," he said playfully as he stood up to kiss his wife.
"EWWWWWW!"
"Luis, why don't you go down and see Aunt Lily? She wants to hang out with you, kiddo."
"Dad, Don't call her Aunt Lily. She's a year older than me. And besides, I'd rather see Aunt Lynn. She plays football with me, at least."
"How bout I ask her to come to the game? I found some cheap ass seats, too!"
"Honey, don't swear around the kids."
"Sorry, moonbeam," he apologized as the clock struck 12.
"Oh, crap! I have to get down there. See you guys!" He said as he ran out the door.
"Bye, Dad!" He heard Luis and Lola say before he shut the door.
"Gee, I never thought I'd lead this good of a life. I have a great job, great wife, great kids...but, something feels off. Like I need to tell people something..."
"Here you are, Colin! I've been looking for you everywhere ! The show sis in 5 minutes!"
"Well, sorry, Aunt Luan, but I had to-"
"Wait, "Aunt Luan?"
"Sorry. Talking to my family, we refer to you as Aunts and Uncles. Sorry."
"You'll never guess who's here, Colin."
"Ladanian Tomlinson?!"
"No, even better! Lincoln!"
"What?! I thought he was still in California!"
"No, he's back on summer break from school! He's gonna be watching!"
"I gotta get my makeup on!"
15 Minutes Later...
"Easy, Lola, don't get in the eyes," Colin said to his sister as she put the finishing touches on his makeup.
"Don't tell me what to do, Colin. I'll have you know I went to cosmetic school and graduated top of my class! Highest score of the 2nd semester!"
"Ha! Were you playing golf or something, Chica?"
"Colin, sometimes I wish I would've sealed up that portal sooner."
"And I'm glad you didnt, sis. How's Lisa, by the way? I haven't heard from her in a while."
"What do you expect? She's too busy giving lectures to care about anything else."
"And Lana? Still in construction?"
"Yep. At least it fits her personality, though, so it's ok."
"Yeah. I'm glad to see all of my siblings doing what they LOVE!" he said to mess with Lola.
"Do you WANT me to use this hair dye, Colin?!"
"Colin?"
He turned in his chair to see his other brother standing there.
"Lincoln! What are you doing back here?"
"I thought I'd look around before the show starts, maybe hive you some jokes. How are you, Lola?"
"Never better, Lincoln. Never better..." she said through clenched teeth towards Colin.
"Chico, you can give me all the jokes you want but I don't think it's gonna work. I don't know. I need a story to tell to them!"
"Talk to Lucy about that. She writes the stories."
"Chico, you know Lucy...scares me sometimes. And I don't even know where she is."
"Good point. Actually, I have an idea."
"What is it?"
"Tell them about how you got here! Tell them that story! With the Love, Action, Sci Fi! It would be awesome!"
"Chico, I know you're studying film in college, but you gotta be crazy. That one? I couldnt. It's too personal."
Lincoln looked Colin dead in the eyes.
"Colin, if there's anyone that can make an audience love them, it's you. Tell the story. They'll love you."
He thought about it for a minute.
"Ok. I'll tell the story. But is it OK if I leave some details out?"
"That's completely fine, man. People will love it. I gotta get to the audience, now. Knock em dead, Colin."
"I will, Chico, I will," he said as Lincoln ran back to the audience.
15 Minutes Later...
"Hey, hey, hey! Whats up, Detroit?" Colin said to the audience of 100 or so people, who murmured inaudible words.
"You know, normally, I'd tell some jokes, make you laugh, stuff like that. But I'm gonna do something different today. I'm gonna tell you a story."
"Colin, what are you doing?" Luan asked him, but he kept talking.
"This is a true story, mind you all. I always wondered what people thought about me, but I didn't think about where they thought u was from. I mean, a Mexican in a family of caucasians? I can see Trump having a fit right now. and that's kinda the case. I'm not technically an illegal immigrant, but I come pretty close to it."
The crowd was on the edge of their seats. They wanted to hear about him. His life before the Louds. And that made Colin Gomez-Loud smile. Because he knew that no matter where he went, or what he did, his family would know whsee he came from. His story. And now, these people too.
"So, here goes nothing," he said.
And so, Colin began to tell his story of being a Loud for a year.
"As Colin Gomez ran away from his tormenters, he realized he hadn't screwed up in the noral way this time..."
That's it. That's all she wrote.
The story is done. Now time to focus on other things, I guess.
To everyone who has read every chapter, every word, and every story favoriter and follower, thank you. Special shutouts to TheLoudHouseWriter and Jack of harts, too. And if you want to write fanfiction, guys, do it. It's anyone's game, as evidenced by me.
And so, I say to you for the last time in this story: I'm Rsizzle34. And thanks for reading.
