IMPORTANT: Sorry, English is no my first language. I apologize for the grammar errors. Hopefully, soon I can find a beta to help me with these problems.
Day 1: The selfie with the most likes
Today is the day, after a whole week suffering from the finals, sweating and praying for the passing year, afraid to see that piece of paper that decided your academic destiny. Still, everything was left behind, and everyone in his class would celebrate this day.
They are going to Dairyland!
"As you heard it, Miss Johnson was so pleased with our efforts these past few days. She somehow convinced principal Huggins to make this trip to the best amusement park in the world" Lincoln speak with those who followed his life, as he walked to the bus with the rest of his class. He felt the envy eyes of his little sisters, especially Lana, who loved to go to Dairyland just like him. Sorry Lana, next time for sure.
When Lincoln got on the bus, as usual, the class was divided by the groups of friends. Miss Johnson had to wear large headphones, so the noise didn't drive her crazy, while the driver was already accustomed.
Lincoln talked to his group of friends how excited he was about to try a new attraction in the park, rocket to the moo, a roller coaster that looked pretty cool. Liam and Zach were looking to spend more time with the farm animals, knowing any visitor can feed them, also to taking care of them. Clyde and Stella would take it easy, walking around and having a good time. After all, they deserved it for so much effort, managing to keep their positions among the best in the class. And Rusty, well, he has the same mission as always, to talk to a girl without getting slapped the next minute.
Once they finally arrived at Dairyland, Miss Johnson gathered the class at the entrance to the amusement park "very well class. Principal Huggins only gave us three hours. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the food area or talk to a park employee, enjoy—"
Boys and girls ran like little monsters of sugar inside the park, leaving the poor teacher with her hair messy and clothes a little dirty, even after all of this, she loved her profession. There was a small problem with the entrance, as everyone wants to get to the attractions first, cramping and pushing who they could get in. Once everyone enters to Dairyland, the class dispersed among the dozens of games and attractions the park had to offer.
"Look on the floor, it even looks like we walked in cheese" Rusty said, looking at the floor closely. It really looked like cheese.
"Rusty, you can't eat the floor" Clyde comment, however, as Lincoln look down, he noticed a blue bow next to his left foot. Lincoln took it and saw it up close, something of this bow seems familiar.
"Did you find a bow?" Zach asks, making others see the object too.
"It seems familiar," Lincoln whisper, looking at it more closely until Lincoln gets an image in his head. "Of course! It's the bow Girl Jordan always wears in her hair. She should have lost it with all mess in the entrance" Lincoln makes sure the bow wasn't broken. "Better give this back to her."
"Yeah, uh...I leave it to you guys, I will go and see the pigs over there," Rusty said, looking away, just like Liam and Zach. It took Lincoln a very short time to know the reason for the sudden change in attitude.
"Oh, come on guys, we talked about this before, it was her decision, and we have to respect her chooses" Stella looked confused, she knows Girl Jordan for being the captain of the girl's dodgeball team at school, apparently had some problem with the boys before.
"You found it. It is your duty, Lincoln. I'll go with Zach and Liam," the three boys walked into the animal area, while Lincoln sighed a little.
"Are you coming, Clyde?"
"Sorry, Lincoln, but you know I have to give all the emergency numbers to the security guy. You know what happens if a European cheese touches my skin." Clyde explained, in this case, it's true; every time Clyde went on a road trip, his parents forced him to give several sheets to a manager about possible dangers. The McBride's are awesome, although sometimes they overprotect Clyde.
I'm going with you, Lincoln," Stella said with a little smile, something the albino thanked, both of which began the search for Girl Jordan. After a minute's silence, Stella was encouraged to ask.
"Lincoln, did anything happen between you guys and Girl Jordan?" Stella asked, seeing as Lincoln´s eyes look at her. "Of course, if I can know."
"It's okay, Stella" Lincoln respond, with his hands in his pocket "before you came into the school, I could say Girl Jordan was the girl in our group, she likes comics as much as we did, we were together for three years, even the first months of fifth-year" Lincoln took a moment, and start talking again. "But one day, she ran excitedly to us, the popular guys invited her to a party, you'll understand that for us, being with the popular group would be a great thing, a dream, so we supported her...can you imagine what happened next?"
"She spends more time with them, leaving you guys," Stella assumed, to which her friend nodded.
"Exactly, soon we also noticed, it was until Girl Jordan herself asked to talk to us, explaining she would change groups, although she would try to go out with us sometime, of course, the boys didn't take it well, saying that she sold out. I had to intervene with Clyde to make a peace agreement."
"Whoa, I had no idea."
"She did it, Girl Jordan invited us to her pool party at her house, only we had a sleepover at Liam's house that same night. We couldn't resist and went without him, making the biggest fool of our life. Me and Clyde in our undies, Zach being partly bald, and Rusty with an allergy on his face" Stella smiled sympathetically at him, she understands her friends might have a magnet for rare situations.
"I see, I think Girl Jordan's changes may have caused you that bad image of me that day" Lincoln pondered her friend's words, he hadn't thought about it. The only girl leaving the group may be created that ridiculous idea Stella liked one of them because that never happened with Girl Jordan.
"Look, they're in that game" Stella points to her right, pulling Lincoln out of his thoughts, the characteristic braid, and the yellow shirt, next to Mollie and a guy named Artie if the memory didn't fail him, played the typical hoops and bottles game.
"Hey, Girl Jordan," Lincoln approached to her, to which the girl turns around and smile at him.
"Hi Lincoln, Hi Stella, what's up?"
"Here, I found your blue bow in the near the entrance, must have fallen with all that movement" Lincoln shows the bow, instinctively, Girl Jordan put her hands to her head, where the bow should be, noticing had actually fallen off.
"I hadn't noticed," Girl Jordan took the bow, to put it in the same place "thank you, Lincoln, it was lovely of you."
"He's always a sweet boy," Stella said, playing with Lincoln´s hair, both laughed a little.
"Ahh! This can't be!" Mollie screams, distinctly frustrated.
"Sorry girl, it's three bucks for another twenty hoops."
"Flip? How did you get your gaming license back?" Lincoln asked, approaching the older adult.
"The magic of the business, Loud. It's always easy to make money in the face of children's frustration," Flip said, playing with some cash.
"I'm going to-"
"Calm down, Mollie, hitting the old man will only cause you to be kicked out of the park for life" Girl Jordan had to hold her best friend so she wouldn't do something foolish.
"She's right, for sure this game is fixed, Flip is always like that with everything," Lincoln adds, watching Flip ignore them for his beloved money.
"Then we are leaving."
"Wait a minute, Artie, I have a plan" Lincoln walks to the table, putting fifteen dollars on it "five boxes of hoops, please.
"Thank you so much for falling into the trap" Flip gave him the five boxes. Lincoln makes a signal with his hand to others to come and take a box.
"What are you planning, Lincoln?" asks Stella, with a box in her hand.
"Simple, I want you to help me by throwing all the hoops to the bottles at the same time."
"Is that your plan? I doubt very much that it will work," Artie said, who didn't see the logic in this.
"It's a carnival game. We need a little bit of luck. Besides, I lose the fifteen dollars, you three seconds" well, it wasn't like they had something to do now, so they did it after the count of three, throwing a wave of hoops on the bottles.
"Hey, look over there!" Stella points, of all the hoops, only one had come in, everyone laughed and celebrated, of course, Lincoln had lost twelve dollars. Still, Flip's face when giving them a prize was priceless, here Flip's traps were limited, so he was able to modify the bottles a little, making the game more difficult, but not impossible.
"Since I don't know who throws the winning hoop, take your prize, Loud, now leave me alone!" Flip shouts, giving Lincoln a big polar bear stuffed animal, the satisfaction of the group is very significant, laughing as they walked away.
"I never thought that a plan of yours would actually work Loud, not bad," Mollie praise, to which Lincoln scratched his neck along with a smile, "and do you think you're going to keep it?"
"Mhh, Lola already has a lot of stuffed animals, Lily is happy with her teddy bear, but I'd like to give this fluffy friend purpose" an idea came to Lincoln. "Girl Jordan, if you still like polar bears, you can keep it" extend the stuffed animal to the girl, who didn't expect it.
"Oh yeah, I still remember when she cried in silence watching that global warming documentary."
"Shut up, Mollie!" Girl Jordan turned to see the stuffed animal, who looked at her with such cute little eyes, ah forget it. The girl takes it and pets the polar bear, "thank you, Lincoln."
Artie made the typical sound of when a guy does something nice for a girl, hinted at something romantic, to which Girl Jordan very kindly responded with a strong blow to Artie´s shoulder.
"Stella!" Stella turns around, watching Liam approach her "I need the help of your grandfather's techniques, I need someone to help get some milk from a somewhat aggressive cow, the first place takes thirty bucks, fifteen for me and fifteen for you."
The first time Stella went to Liam´s farm, he was fascinated by the techniques the girl used with farm animals, explaining that she learned them from her grandfather, who spent most of his life as a farmer in the north of the Philippines.
"Count me in, are you coming Lincoln?"
"Thank you, but I pass, I'll see you with Clyde later," Stella said goodbye him, Lincoln was ready to go and wait for Clyde when he notices Girl Jordan was also saying goodbye to her friends "where are they going?"
"They just want to get into tractor crushers game, but I don't like those kinds of attractions," Girl Jordan explained, then being left in awkward silence, until Lincoln saw the new attraction he wanted to try, but he couldn't leave her alone.
"I was planning on getting on the new roller coaster. You want to come with me?" Lincoln asks a little nervous, had time since he didn't talk to Girl Jordan alone.
"Sure, I was planning on doing the same, let's line up" both walked a little to the start of the line, if the sign didn't lie, twenty minutes of wait, it didn't sound so bad, the advantages of going in the morning and weekdays, once Lincoln have to wait three hours with Lana, which became a pain. Now both, like the vast majority of people the line, have their eyes on their cell phones, a great way to kill time by seeing things that interest you, as well as avoiding awkward moments, no topics of conversation.
Lincoln got bored with his cellphone fast. His sisters are in class, his parents at work, his friends are on other things, no one to message with, the data is too slow to try to connect to the internet. For that human morbid, Lincoln looked what Girl Jordan is doing, hugging the stuffed animal with one arm, while with the other, she held her cell phone, sliding, reading Ace Savvy?
"Do you also catch up with the series?" Lincoln asks out of nowhere. The poor girl makes a little jump of surprise.
"Lincoln! It's not good to see other people's cell phones!" some people turned them over to see, then went back to whatever they were doing.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know a theme to break the ice, I'm surprised that you still read Ace Savvy" Lincoln explained, with the palms of his hands glued, in clear sign of apology. Girl Jordan only sighs, to look again at the chapter she downloads for these long wait scenario.
'I'm not as much a comics fan as I used to be, but I have a unique space for Ace Savvy. I really like the new villain, Karma, that phrase when the culprit of the case is undercover in Ace's organization. 'If you plan to expose a liar, then you must corner him psychologically...'"
"'...Only in this way will they be able to reveal the card of the liar, hidden behind his cloak of deception and trust'" both repeated that phrase, realizing it, they both laughed for a few moments, that feeling of discomfort disappeared.
"Karma is a great villain. Her personality so scathed gives her fresh air, although I don't share the ship she has with Ace," Lincoln said.
"True, putting the main hero with the villain is a cliché, but I can't help it, they have their chemistry, although I also like the protagonists together."
"Wait a minute Girl Jordan! Did you ship Jace?! Jack and Ace?!" Lincoln said, surprised. He is not that fan of the ship.
"Is it bad that a girl liked a little yaoi? I still remember you still cosplay as Ace and Clyde as Jack..." Girl Jordan teased him, of course, Lincoln understood what she means to mention his cosplay.
"Don't look at me like that! you make me imagine strange things..." Girl Jordan giggled again in front of an embarrassed Lincoln.
The time passed quickly, both dedicated to talking about the story, the characters, opinions of them, even talked about the universe Lincoln created with his sister as heroines, a fan project that surprised master Billy himself, they felt more in confidence. For Girl Jordan, it felt great to finally share opinions besides the internet forums, as her friends didn't share this like for comics.
At every step they took, young Loud realized that the roller coaster looked more impressive up close, with curves, full turns, even worse, a big down at the beginning, a part of him was regretting having breakfast before he came.
Trying to be brave, Lincoln agreed to sit forward, where he felt more movements along the way, would regret passing the minutes, as Girl Jordan raised her arm, smiling and screaming.
Lincoln also screams, only in a low tone, indicating that he wasn't enjoying the trip at all, clinging tightly to the safety bar, unable to appreciate the drawings during the ride, Lincoln was just trying not to vomit.
As they walk to the exit, Girl Jordan came out happy for the experience, only to turn around, watching her friend trying not to pass out, his legs shaking like jelly and both hands in the mouth.
"D-do-y-you-w-want t-to do it again?"
"It really looks like you went to the moon and gravity destroys you" Lincoln made a rare attempt to smile, with a rather strange result "let's sit down for a moment, I don't want you to faint."
Girl Jordan helped Lincoln walk, letting him lean on her shoulders until they reach a bench to sit for a moment. To help him recover a little quieter, she left to a store, returning with two cokes, a classic drink to calm down the emotions, said the internet.
"Thank you, Girl Jordan" the albino accepts the coke, giving it a great sip, felt terrible in his male pride. In theory, it should be the other way around, at least, she's having a good time, which is the important thing, after a long time, they shared a moment of fun.
"Can I ask you something?" Girl Jordan asks, reloading her arms over her legs, sipping her drink, "did you guys are still mad at me?"
"Me and Clyde stand firm on what we told you that time, despite not hanging out as much as before, you're still our friend," then Lincoln look forward. "On the other hand, Liam, Zach, and Rusty still don't get over it. It will take them a long time to accept it, with Stella as the voice of reason. You'll see they'll stop that grudge soon."
"I'm glad to know that Stella does well the role I left vacant," Girl Jordan said, looking at Lincoln "thank you for supporting me, for real, it means a lot still have my friendship with you...and by the way, I´m sorry for what Ajax did with your clothes in the pool party. Usually, he is lovely. I promise I'll pay you when I have the money" blush appear on the Girl Jordan's cheeks, seeing a boy in his undies is something you can never forget.
Remembering this fact, Lincoln also blushed with shame, that walk of shame back to Liam's farm was an eternity, more because several girls saw how skinny he is.
"Don't worry, seriously, we deserved it for lying on a friend" both pre-teens stayed a few minutes on the bench, enjoying each other's company while resting, finished drinks, until Lincoln got up, stretching his arms.
"Are you feeling better now?" Girl Jordan asked.
"Yup, I can walk without any help. Hey, I planned to go to the lookout for a while, are you coming?"
"Sure" at a slow pace not to force Lincoln's weak balance, they both climbed the stairs until they reached the viewpoint, which luckily was almost empty, giving a beautiful view of the Dairyland, but also of Royalwoods, a real postcard.
Lincoln reloaded on the railing, appreciating the view, he could even see in the distance the suburb where he lives with his chaotic family. Although he sometimes gives fast looks at how Girl Jordan was also mesmerized by the view, he found Girl Jordan cute, seeing how with her hand she moves some hair behind her ear. Girl Jordan does the same thing, looking at him unnoticed, appreciating his white hair, plus that unique smile.
"Wait a minute. This gives me an idea!" Girl Jordan, though.
"Lincoln" when he flipped, saw Girl Jordan with her cell phone, she wanted to take a selfie "smile."
While Lincoln is not a selfie fan, watching Lori and Leni take non-stop photos, even worse, when Lori competed against Carol Pingrey for who got the photo with more likes. He just smiles at the camera.
"Cheez" she took a couple of pictures, Lincoln with three fingers on his forehead, as a kind of relaxed military salute, while Girl Jordan made the sign of love and peace, both with a big smile and a beautiful background.
"Excuse me, do you want me to take a picture you together?" offers a young man with black hair and a grey jacket, perhaps captivated to see them together.
"Sure" Girl Jordan handed this man her phone, showing the cute polar bear stuffed animal Lincoln give her. The young man took photos both vertically and horizontally.
"Thank you," both thanked the young man, who only bid farewell with his hands, with a barely audible ´you are welcome.´
"Don't you mind if I update this on my Instagram?" Lincoln shook his head, letting Girl Jordan finish fixing the photos, as all the girls do before uploading a photo to the internet. I look at a station with the classic mole-hitting game.
"Hey, Girl Jordan," the girl looked up from her cell phone "I hope you keep your reflexes for moles."
Jordan, faking surprise, placed her hands on her hip, with a mocking smile "are you challenging me, Lincoln Loud?"
Lincoln responded with the same smile "that's what I did, Jordan Rosato."
They played for a while, with Lincoln winning for hitting two moles in the last three seconds, Girl Jordan should buy him lunch in the future, they had such a good time, they didn't notice that their respective groups had sent them a message to get together. Girl Jordan raised her fist, quickly Lincoln caught the message, he bumps his fist with hers, to take different paths, yes, this was a great day.
The morning came to an end. Lincoln´s class were already on the school bus, which would take the trouble to leave each student in their respective home. Lincoln said goodbye to Clyde and Zach, who were still on the bus, saw Girl Jordan say goodbye with her hand, he also goodbye.
"Ah, this was a great day, I'm glad to spend time with Girl Jordan again after so long, but well, time to get back to my noisy reality," Lincoln said to himself, entering the Loud house, which is strangely silent. He saw his sisters on the couch, watching Leni's cell phone, and then turn to see him with a big smile, oh no.
"What's the matter!?" Lincoln asked, confused, and scared of having to survive another sisternado.
"Duh, Linky, you look divine to your girlfriend, like, perfect" Leni showed him her cell phone, seeing the photo Girl Jordan uploaded to her Instagram, the selfie of them together.
Having a great time with LincolnLoud, I'm glad to know that our friendship is still intact.
LoriLoud, LeniLoud, and 117 other people liked it.
"That picture with the polar bear stuffed, both of you managed to light my soul for a few moments," said Lucy, who, despite not being apparent at first glance, Lincoln knew his little sister was happy for him.
"First of all, as the text says, she's my friend, not my girlfriend, second, since when do you follow Girl Jordan´s Instagram?"
"Thanks to Jenny, Jenny is Jordan's older sister, and our high school friend. When she saw the photos, she quickly shared it with us, you literally look adorable together," Lori said, with a big smile, proud that her little brother began to overcome his shyness for girls.
After escaping another version of the sister tornado, Lincoln looked around, making sure Lucy wasn't in her room, then pulled out his cell phone, opened Instagram, and liked the photos her friends uploaded. Of course, also to those Jordan uploaded to, also, he adds a comment.
LincolnLoud: I had a great time today. Let's repeat it another time.
JordanRosato: You bet it, I send you a message later to keep talking. ;)
When Lincoln read the answer, he hears a scream of joy coming from the floor below. Lincoln just looked at the readers, raising his shoulders with a smile, another day to survive in the Loud house.
A/N: I know Jordancoln week happen like 6 months ago, but until now I have the chance to translate my fic. This also helps me to practice my English writing skills. I hope you like it and have a nice day/night. Kuna out