Lincoln and Leni arrived at the school and there sitting outside of the principal office was Lily. she had a busted lip and a scratch that was on her eyebrow. Leni waved to her little sister and Lily waved back
Lincoln sighed and Lily looked to him and she put her head down in shame and Lincoln sat next to her.
"What happened?" Lincoln asked her
Lily didn't reply and didn't look up from the floor
"Lily your better tell me before I hear it from Clyde," Lincoln told her "what happened Lily?" Lincoln asked her again
"I got in a fight with Maria again..." Lily said
Lincoln sighed, "what did she say this time?" Lincoln asked
"She said the same thing... like she always does," Lily said with a hint of anger in her voice
"Lily... what have I told you about this?"
"But she kept saying how you-"
"Lilly I told you those rumors aren't real"
Leni was now confused, what rumors were going around about Lincoln? and why were they going around? Leni was going to ask but before she could, Clyde, an old friend of Lincoln and the Principle of the school had come out of his office
Lincoln looked to his friend and gave a small smile, "hey Clyde"
"Hey Linc," Clyde said with a soft smile, "you can come in"
Lincoln and Clyde went into the office, leaving Leni and Lily alone in the hallway. Leni took a seat next to her sister.
"Hey, Lily!" Leni greeted with a smile
"Hey Leni," Lily said with a sad tone
"Can I ask what that girl said?" Leni asked Lily
Lily looked at her sister and took a few breaths in and then out before answering Leni. "A year ago... Lincoln was caught in a strip club outside of town and some people saw some of the girls get real close with Lincoln and so some older students posted a picture claiming that Lincoln had sex with some of them..."
"What!?" Leni cried
"It's not true, even the stip club told the paper that Lincoln had went there and fixed their poles as well as their sound system... but people, students mostly kept spreading rumors about how Lincoln paid them off or threatened them to keep quiet..."
"Why were you fighting someone about that?" Leni asked
"wouldn't you do the same for Lincoln!?" Lily cried
"Of cour-"
"Lincoln always defend us! why can't we defend him?" Lily asked
Leni sighed, "Lily... Lincoln doesn't get mad about that kind of stuff because he knows that their not true" Leni said, "how many adults have you saw look and Lincoln like he's a creep?" Leni asked
"None but-"
"Do you know why?" Leni asked her
"...No" Lily replied
"Because most people know who Lincoln is... Lincoln wouldn't do something like that, and people who know him, which is totes everybody, knows that he's not a creep"
Lily looked at her sister and felt a little better.
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Lincoln was home and cooking dinner for Him, Leni, and Lily, which was just Sloppy Joe's. Clyde had Lily suspended for a day as well as the other girl, and Lincoln had grounded Lily. Lincoln sighed and continued stirring the meat with the sauce.
"Lincoln! Can you help me?" He heard Leni cry
Lincoln ran upstairs and saw her head peaking from the bathroom.
"What do you need Leni?" Lincoln asked
"I forgot a towel... c-could you get me one?" Leni asked with a blush
Lincoln nodded and grabbed a towel that was in the closet and went back and handed it Leni, she took it went back inside before the door opened and she just came out with just the towel on. Lincoln got a good look at her, some of the water still dripped from her body onto the towel and he noticed a tattoo on her arm and leading down, it looked like a plant. Lincoln gulped.
"Thanks, Lincoln," Leni said with a smile and went to her room.
Lincoln went back downstairs and tried to calm himself down. Seeing her like that reminded him of his worst memory... Thinking about it caused him to feel disgusted and hatred for himself. Even now, despite being away from the bathroom and Leni, the scent of her shampoo was in the air. The Lincoln still felt like he was there upstairs, the smell plagued his mind.
"Danm it..." Lincoln began with a shiver "I'm fucked up..."
Lincoln turned off the stove put the lid over it and went up to Lily's room to tell her that dinner was done
lincoln knocked on Lily's door, "Lily Dinner's done" he said through the door
Lily opened it and looked at her brother and worry spread itself over her face. Lincoln saw this and was confused
"What's wrong Lily?" Lincoln asked
"Why are you crying Lincoln?" Lily asked
Lincoln was confused and he put his hand up to his and felt cold liquid touch his hand. He was crying. He didn't even notice...