Chapter 123

(The Loud House)

Once again Lincoln comes out of his room and sees Lisa going down the stairs. "Lisa, where are you going in such a rush?"

"Leni is taking me to the mall today" replied Lisa.

"Oh, are you planning to buy something?" asked Lincoln.

"Not really, I am going to see how Pop-pop is progressing with the health plan I made for him" replied Lisa.

"The what?" asked Lincoln.

"Sorry Lincoln, but I must be off now!" Lisa heads out of the door to meet up with Leni.

Lincoln sighs. "Nothing good can come from this."

Then Lincoln hears Patriot fly out of the twin's room and go to Lincoln. "What's wrong boy?"

Lana comes out with her snake. "Lincoln! Something's wrong with El Diablo!"

Lincoln checks onto the snake. But he can't figure out what. "Lana, we have to take him to the vet."

Lana nods, they both head out and hop into Lulu. "Where to?"

"Vet! And step on it!" yelled Lincoln.

Lulu charges out of the garage and races there, with Patriot following.

Luna sees this as she comes out of Chunk's van. "What the heck was that about?"

"No clue luv, you wanna follow them?" said Chunk.

Luna sighs and hops back in and has a determined look. "Let's do this dude!"

"Right as rain luv!" But before Chunk could punch it. "Luna!"

They both see Jordan with her bike outside of the house. "Where's Lincoln and why are you just leaving now?"

"No time! Get in!" replied Luna.

"Toss your two wheeler into me van!" replied Chunk.

Jordan gets off her bike. "Okay" she the puts her bike in the van and hops in. And Chunk's van drives away from the Loud house and follows Lulu.

"What is going on?!" yelled Jordan.

"We'll have to wait and see Jordan" replied Luna.

"I'm giving her the juice, hang on back there" said Chunk.

Chunk's van passes right by the Sharp house.

Inside Simon goes back and forth trying to make his room clean.

Sam heads upstairs and then sees her brother going back and forth and back and forth. "Simon? What are you doing?"

Simon passes by her with a vacuum. "Can't talk, busy!"

Sam gets confused and follows him, she then sees him in his room cleaning it. In fact she sees it was as clean as it was when they moved there.

"Whoa Simon! This place looks like it's new!" said Sam.

"Thanks sis" replied Simon as he vacuums even his bed.

Sam is completely confused. "Simon, I barely see you clean this place, or do most of your chores. What's the deal yo?"

"Can this wait?!" said Simon as he dusts his shelves.

Sam crosses her arms and leans onto the doorway. "Sorry bro, but like Luna I wanna know what's bugging you."

Simon sighs. "I'm gonna have a friend over."

Sam has no clue who it could be, she knows it's not those two perverted jerks. She then asks. "Which one? Lincoln? Liam? Tabby? Or the rest of their crew?"

Simon looks away and blushes.

Sam then realized who it was and smiled. She walks over to Simon, hugs him and kisses his forehead. "I'll let you and Stella have some alone time, I won't be making any loud music or bugging you. I promise."

Simon smiles and hugs Sam. "Thanks sis."

Sam then leaves the room and then hears a knock on the door. "It's her!" yelled Simon. "What do I do?! I haven't even showered yet!"

Sam heads to the door and sees who it was.

Then Sam comes back up. "It wasn't Stella Simon, just a package I ordered."

Simon sighs in relief. "Oh thank goodness, well I'm done cleaning my room. So I'm gonna go and hit the shower."

"You do that bro" Sam then gets playful. "And don't forget to clean behind your ears!"

Simon chuckles. "Yes mom!"

Both Sharp siblings laugh and head their separate ways.

(Fifteen minutes later)

Sam is headed to the kitchen but then she hears a knock on the door.

Sam opens it and sees it was Stella. "Hi sam, it Simon here?"

Sam feels a bit giddy, but she had to remain calm. "Simon's probably in his room," Sam then let's Stella through "Go on ahead."

"Thanks, also nice place" replied Stella.

"Simon is in his room, probably done changing. He literally cleaned his whole room just so you won't think it was a mess" replied Sam.

Stella gets curious. "Did he now? Well I'd like to see how it looks."

Sam chuckles. "Upstairs to your right, near the bathroom." Sam then heads to the kitchen and Stella heads upstairs.

But at the same time Simon comes out of the bathroom with a towel on his waist and head.

When he closes the bathroom door he turns around and sees Stella right in front of him.

Both twelve year olds just look at each other.

Stella looks at Simon from top to bottom and blushes.

Simon realizes this and blushes as well.

They both look away.

"I-I didn't ….. I'm sorry Simon" said Stella as she blushes.

"No, no. This ones on me …. I think, plus I didn't expect you to be here so soon, that or maybe I was in the shower for too long" replied Simon.

They then remain silent. And then Sam comes up the stairs with a pudding cup and a can of soda and she sees Stella looking into another direction.

"Hey Stella, I thought you were- Oh!" Sam is shocked to see her little brother in a towel.

Sam backs away and heads to her room. "This is awkward."

Stella then coughs. "I …. I um … I'll be in the living room."

Simon is still blushing madly. "Y-Yeah, I'll change …. I'll call you when I'm …. Done."

Stella walks down the stairs and Simon heads to his room, but Stella looks back up just in time to see Simon closing his door.

Stella goes back down the stairs and sits on the couch. 'I can never unsee that, ever.'

Simon puts on his normal clothes. 'That was …. That was awkward.'

He then comes out of his room and heads to the living room and sees Stella getting up. "Well, you look descent now."

"Yeah, so you wanna go and hang out. In my room?" asked Simon.

"Y-Yeah, sure let's go" replied Stella.

They both head upstairs, side-by-side. Both of them not even looking at each other.

But both with one thing on their mind. 'This is just so awkward right now, and I think I like it.'

Simon then opens the door for her and she sees just how big his room is. "Huh, seems as big as Lincoln and Luna's room, and a bit more spacious than the tree house."

"Yeah, Sam's room is as big as mine, my parents is bigger" replied Simon.

Stella does see that his room seems almost spotless. He does have some of his game consoles on the ground, but not at the areas where they get stepped on.

"Sam was right about one thing, you really did clean your room" said Stella.

Simon is shocked to hear what she just said. "What else did Sam tell you?"

"That was just it, she told me that you cleaned your room just for us to hang out, also she looked really happy to see me" replied Stella.

Simon chuckles. "Of course she is." Simon then turns on his Xbox and hands her the other controller. "What game shall we play?"

Stella snickers. "You pick, besides no matter what we play I am so gonna beat you."

Simon chuckles and has a competitive look. "We shall see!"

"Oh heck you will, just like how I beat Lincoln, Jordan, Liam, Tabby, Zach, Rusty and Clyde. And you're yesterday self!"

Simon then places in the game Mortal Kombat 11. "That yesterday me was the past, right now I am Simon Sharp and I know I'm gonna win."

"Then bring it Mr. Sharp" said Stella.

The two of them then start playing.

(Two hours and thirty minutes later)

Simon and Stella put the controllers away.

"So, I guess we're tied" said Stella.

"Tied in Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Tekken, Mario Kart, Obliteracers and Animal Kaiser! Ten and Ten for the score" replied Simon.

"So when we're in the arcade you're horrible, but here you're kinda like a pro" said Stella.

"That's because I am a pro" replied Simon.

just then they both hear some rumbling and it turns out it was their stomachs.

They both chuckles and blush.

"I guess it's time for some lunch" said Stella.

"Yeah, I guess" replied Simon. "Stay here, I'll go downstairs and see what I can find."

"Oh no, Simon I don't want you to strain yourself over that" replied Stella.

"It's okay Stella, your my guest and I am gonna get us something to eat, stay there I'll be right back" Simon heads out of the room.

Stella looks around the room and sees that many of his comic books were not Ace Savvy or Muscle fish, in fact he also had some Marvel and DC Comics, but these ones were different from the ones she's seen from Lincoln's.

Deadpool, Punisher, Morbius, Venom and a couple of other action packed comic books, with some blood in them. 'Wow, he really is growing up fast and into a lot of action packed stuff, or better yet beyond the action packed stuff.'

Stella continues to look through his many things. But she was shocked about his wallpapers.

'So, Simon plays this too.' It was the wallpaper of League of Legends and next to it was World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.

She then sees something sticking out from under his bed, it looked like the edge of a trash bag.

Stella knows this is Simon's room and it would be rude to invade his privacy, but she was a bit curious.

So, Stella checks what is in the bag, but then she sees the tag labeled "To burn" on it. Stella in completely confused as to why this thing was labeled like that, and not just because she thinks it was better just to toss it away than just let it burn possible noxious fumes.

Stella opens it and she is shocked at what she finds, many things that incorporate Lincoln's third eldest sister Luna Loud.

Pictures, a piece of her hair, drawn images, small soap made sculptures, cut out images on comics and a small voodoo doll of her.

Stella was horrified by this, but then she looks to the name "To burn" which could only mean one thing. 'He's trying to move past it.'

All of a sudden she hears footsteps approaching, so she ties up the bag and puts it back underneath Simon's bed.

Simon soon returns with a plate of Chocolate chip cookies and two glasses of milk. He sees Stella reading some of his books "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."

Stella then notices Simon. "Hey Simon, I got bored and decided to read this for a bit, I didn't know you liked reading this stuff."

"Actually I think my dad forgot it was in my room, I don't usually read that" replied Simon. "I brought us something to eat."

"Cool, I am starving" replied Stella.

The two of them eat the cookies and milk on his bed.

After eating Simon looks to Stella. "You saw the bag didn't you?"

Stella was shocked that he knew. "Yeah, yeah I did."

Simon then looks down in sadness. "So, I guess you now know just how sick my obsession for Luna is, or was."

Stella then scooches closer to him. "Simon, what I saw was the sickest thing ever, something I don't even want to see ever again. And the only people who have that are those who deprive themselves as malicious stalkers or worse."

Simon feels like crying from hearing that.

But then Stella remains calm and does the one thing that would make him feel better, she hugs him. "But I'm proud of you Simon. I know that deep down it hurts just fighting whatever twisted emotions you had in there, but you did it. You overpowered your dark influence and now you're ready to move on and look for a better future. Good job dude."

Simon is shocked by this and starts to tear up, but these were tears of relied and Simon returns the embrace.

Stella is caught off by this, but stays like this with him.

Both of them felt like, they don't wanna let go. Stella does smell the nice scent he has on him, Simon also picks up the lovely cologne Stella used.

In both their minds:

'He smells like apples and carrots'

'She smells like lavender and lilacs'

They then depart from the hug and look at each other, they both blush and look away. But their hands were still on the bed, holding each other.

And the good part about this, no one else knows what is going on in there.

"So, when are you gonna tell Lincoln, Luna and Sam" says Stella as she breaks the silence.

Simon looks down nervously. "I don't really know, I haven't gotten to that part. But I was thinking that, when I tell them, I'm also gonna show them the bag. And ask if they wanna help me burn it."

Stella smiles. "That actually sounds like a good idea Simon. Having friends and family watch your horrid past burn will help."

"Yeah, I know" replied Simon nervously.

Then Stella gets an idea. "Simon, how about you tell them tomorrow. Invite Lincoln over to your house, and have Sam invite Luna here as well. then you can tell them, everything and if things go wrong, I'll be there to back you up."

Simon smiles and looks towards Stella. "Okay, okay Stella. Tomorrow."

They both remain like this, just staring into each other's eyes.

Then they realize what they are doing and look away again.

(Later in the day)

Simon and Stella are both sitting on the swing porch in the backyard of the Sharp house, just watching the sunset on the horizon.

"This feels nice" said Stella.

"Yeah, it does. To be honest I haven't enjoyed a good time in the backyard in a long time. It feels good to be out here again instead of being cooped up in my room" replied Simon.

Stella chuckles. "You really need to go out more."

Simon smirks. "Yeah, I probably should."

Then Stella knows this would be weird, but she decides to lean her head onto his shoulder.

Simon gets tense, but then he calms down and wraps an arm around her.

Stella notices this and smiles. She then asks him. "How long have you had this crush over me?"

Simon's eyes go wide hearing that. "W-What?"

Stella looks to him. "I can tell, I also have a crush on you."

Simon looks to Stella in shock. "Y-You have a c-crush on m-me?!"

Stella leans back. "Yup, and it started at the Winter end Carnival."

Simon's blushing is gone and he goes back to looking back at the sunset.

And for the first time since Luna first entered his thoughts, Simon smiles. But this smile was a heartwarming one, one he hasn't felt in a long while. "Same here."

They both remain like this, while Sam takes a picture of them from her room. 'That is just so cute! Way to go bro!'

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