Sorry, guys. This chapter will be a bit shorter than usual. But I have to split it or there will no chapter for this week. But I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Disclaimer: The Loud House belongs to Nickelodeon.


Chapter 42

Leni's secret Part 1

"This is really odd, don't you think so too?" says Luna to Lori while they're sitting in the cafeteria of their school.

"I literally know what you mean. We have asked absolutely everyone here in school. But no one has seen Isaac in here," answers Lori, her sister.

"Maybe he doesn't go to our school. What if, he is from one of the neighboring cities and is going still to the school there?" suspects Luan.

"That might be a possibility, but wouldn't it be easier to go to school in the town you live in?"

All three girls are thinking about it.

After school had begun again they hadn't seen Isaac there. So, they wondered where he is going to school.

While Luan was still thinking, she saw a familiar face. "Hey, girls. Give me a minute. I might have a clue."

She stands up and walks to the boy which had bullied her just yesterday.

"Hey. Hey, you. I want to ask you something," Luan calls out to the boy.

"Huh? Oh, fuck no!" he says and tries to walk away from her.

"Wait, man. I just want to ask you something."

"Please. I'm sorry, okay? I'll never bother you again. But please, let me be."

The boy really was frightened. Is this because she knows Isaac?

"Look. I just want to ask you something about Isaac and then I'm gone again," she explains to him.

"Y-you want to know something about him? Aren't you friends?"

"It's a bit complicated. I just want to know why he isn't here. It had looked like you have heard about him. I want to know what you know."

The boy looked dumbfounded at her. "Do you know anything about him at all?"

"Well, I know that his name is Isaac and that he lives in Royal woods. And he loves my jokes."

"Yeah, sure."

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing," he says hastily. "Look, I don't know that much either. I only have heard from some other guys, that there is this guy with red hair and black clothes, which is a real psycho. Just last week he had threatened this bully in middle school."

"What do you mean, with threatened him?"

"He just had approached him and told him stuff that he knows about him. It looks like as he knows the right people to find out everything he wants about you. No matter which school you go to. And he knows how to make your life miserable. This guy means trouble."

"So that's the reason your so afraid of me."

"Please don't tell him I had done something to you again. I promise I will never come near to you again."

"You haven't done something to me by now. Why should I lie?"

"I don't know. Revenge?"

"I'm not this kind of person. Is this all you know about him? Or heard?"

"I don't know more about him. I'm happy that he doesn't come to this school. So can I go now?"

Luan nods and with that, the boy walks quickly away from her.

"What was that? Another victim of one of your cruel pranks?" says Lori to Luan, after she comes back to her two sisters.

"Hey! My pranks aren't that cruel... mostly."

"So? Do you got some useful information?" asks Luna.

"Not really. It looks like he is definitively not going into this school. But he had told me that Isaac had threatened a bully from the middle school."

"Why should he do that?" wonders Lori.

"Hadn't Lincoln some trouble because of a bully? Lynn had told me that this dude had acted really weird after that," mentioned Luna.

"Isaac seems to know some people who can tell him about this stuff. And then he goes after them," Luan says while rubbing her chin.

"So he is some kind of a vengeful hero which hunts those who terrorize others?"

"Nah. It's just us who he is protecting."

"And from where do you know that?"

Luan tells her sisters a very shorten version of yesterday's event.

"So, that means, whoever is bothering us had to deal with him? Interesting, very interesting," says Lori in a near supervillain way.

"I don't like where this is going. And I know what I'm talking about. Lori, we can't use him for our advantage"

"You think about that Carol girl, right?" suspects Luna.

"No. We're on good terms now, remember? But it is good to know that there is someone who is looking out for Lincoln. Besides us, of course."

"By the way. Where is Leni? I haven't seen her in the cafeteria since we're here," pointed Luan out.

"Hm. You're right. Where is she?"

"Hey, everyone," says Leni as she comes to them."

"Well, speaking of the devil."

"The devil? Where?" she screams and tries to hide behind Lori.

"Leni. That was just an idiom."

"Hey. Just because the devil is mean it doesn't mean to call him an idiot."

"Leni, I..." Lori sighs, "Forget about it. Where have you been?"

"Oh, eh. I, I just had to help some-someone with her clothes. You know I, I can't look away when someone wears shoes that don't fit her dress."

All three looking at her, not buying anything she says.

"Leni," Lori says to remind her of her lack of lying skills.

"Oh, look at the time. Lunchtime is nearly over. I shouldn't be too late for class. Bye, see you at home," says Leni quickly as she walks away.

"What to the headless, in circles running chicken was that?" says Luan.

Lori and Luna are looking baffled at Luan.

Then shakes Lori her head. "Whatever. I don't know what that was but Leni is hiding something from us."


The next day wasn't that different.

Leni wasn't seen most of the time from her sisters in school. And when she was asked, where she was, she gave just simple excuses that were obviously lies.

Luan didn't really want to snoop around Leni. But it was strange that she lied so much, and with that, she was worried about her like Luna and Lori.

So she asked Lincoln for Isaac's number.

"Who's there?" came it rude from the phone.

"Charming as always, Isaac," answers Luan.

"Luan? Is that you?"

"Yep. I have asked Lincoln if he can give me your number."

"All right. What can I do for you? Is this guy picking on you again?"

"No, no. He is leaving me in peace, thanks to you. So no reason to murder him. I'm calling you for another reason. I wanted to ask you about a little favor."

"A favor? You know, my services come at a price," he says imitating a Mafia Don.

Luan chuckles. "Ah, you mean the good ol' 'quid pro quo'."

"Yes. I do something for you and in exchange, I get something from your sweet and soft Lips. Like..."

Silence. Isaac doesn't finish his sentence and Luan was speechless with a very red face.

Then, the silence was ended as Isaac speaks the words on his lips out. "A good joke. But I already got a great one. I can imagine your perplexed face right now," he laughs through the phone.

Luan let out a sigh of relief. For a few seconds, she thought he wanted her to pleasure him. "Wow," laughs Luan slightly embarrassed. "You really got me good with that one."

"Yeah, I can tell."

"And I thought for a second, since when are you into cute, bucktoothed girls, like me."

"Well, well, well. Look who got more confidence about herself. So you had talked with Lincoln about that."

"Yeah. He really knows how to make you feel good."

Isaac let out a small laugh. "Neat."

Luan got red again. "I mean, he knows how to make you feel good about yourself."

She hears loud laughter through her phone. Great. You have made a fool out of yourself.

"Man, you're one funny girl." Isaac calms down again and stops laughing. "Okay, so what is it you need help with?"

Luan explains to him about Leni's strange behavior and that she and her sisters are worried about her.

Isaac takes all in before answering her. "All right. So you want me to spy on her?"

"Not directly. But maybe she's more likely to tell you something than us. We just want to know if there is something that we should worry about or not."

"I understand. Okay. I can look if there is something. But, you definitively owe me for that. If there should be something I need help with, I'm coming to you."

Luan gave him her okay and with that, things were settled.


Leni was very careful as she sneaks through the school.

While most of the students made their way to the cafeteria, she headed to another destination. But without others noticing it. She didn't want her sisters to find out.

After a bit more sneaking, she finally approaches a group of guys. It was the football-team of Royal Woods' highschool.

"Ah there you are, babe," one of them says as he sees Leni and gave her a slap on her butt.

Leni let out a little squeak and then rubs her buttocks while fake-laughing about it.

"How is my big boy doing?" she asks him.

"Great as always. Now come here and give me a kiss."

He grabs and drags her close to him to kiss her.

You would expect that a girl like Leni would do this love-movie thing and raise her leg while kissing. But no leg is going up.

What Leni didn't know is that even with her sneaking very carefully, someone had seen and followed her.


Stay tuned and have a great day.