Back inside the house, Albert went into the master bedroom to read one of his novels while Lynn Jr. dashed upstairs. Every night Albert would do some reading then shower at seven p.m. then before his bedtime drink a cup of warm milk. Lynn rushed upstairs to grab her basketball while the other kids settled down on the couch to watch the latest episode of Vicky, Micky, Becky, and Sean.

"Does anyone want to watch Lord of the Rings afterwards?" Lincoln asked turning on the TV.

"Not me bro, I'm going upstairs to study after the show," Luna replied.

Lincoln got up and retrieved the movie from the drawer of the TV stand.

When Lynn returned downstairs carrying her basketball she called out, "Hey guys I'm just going to shoot some hoops."

"Just don't stay out until night, Pop-Pop might get angry," Leni warned.

Royal Woods High School

Once Bobby and Lori arrived at school Bobby parked in the empty space to the left of Whitney's car in the parking area reserved for students. After unbuckling their seatbelts, Bobby surprised Lori by taking her hand which made Lori instinctively turn her head in Bobby's direction. She noticed him wearing an anxious expression on his face.

"Is something wrong?" the teenage girl inquired worriedly.

Bobby took a deep breath before speaking.

"Lori it took me a long while to make this decision, I know you regret how your actions towards Lincoln so I'm willing to give our relationship another chance," Bobby declared.

"Are you serious," she whispered in disbelief, then realized he meant it by the expression on his face.

"I'm serious Lori, let's get back together," Bobby replied.

"Yes," she squealed in delight then Lori enveloped him in a warm embrace which he returned.

The embrace lasted for five seconds until they released each other. Bobby told her, "Wait here."

He embarked from the vehicle, went around the passenger side and opened the door for her then the reunited couple walked arm in arm towards the school smiling happily.

Later

"I wish I could eat another one of those hot dogs we had for dinner," Lana admitted once the movie credits rolled on screen. Lynn had gone straight upstairs to shower and retired to bed after spending almost an hour outside. Lola didn't stay around until the end however when she became sleepy eyed and departed for bed thirty minutes before the movie ended.

"Well we might as well go to bed," Lincoln remarked then lifted Lisa head from his lap where she had fallen asleep.

While Lincoln gathered the empty bowls that held popcorn Luan made before the movie began Leni gently picked up the genius child and went upstairs with the others.

It was past eleven the next morning when Lori eventually awoke. Being hungry she washed her face to wake up properly, dressed in her usual attire and headed downstairs for breakfast. She saw the twins watching cartoons and discovered everyone else finished breakfast. Albert saved a couple of pancakes for Lori on the dining table which she reheated in the microwave then poured a mug of coffee. After breakfast Lori passed the small table near the couch when the telephone rang. To her surprise Lori saw her grandmother's name on the caller ID and swiftly picked up the receiver.

"Oh hi, Grandma Amy," she squealed causing her other siblings to come rushing towards her.

"Is this Lori," she heard her grandmother ask.

"Yes, it's me, how are you Gran Amy," she replied.

"I'm doing well, could I say hello to everybody," their grandmother requested.

"Gimme," Lola said rudely extending her right hand but earned a harsh glare from Lori who stretched the receiver toward her siblings.

They gathered close to each other around the receiver and chanted, "Hello Gran Amy," in unison.

"Nice to hear from all of you," she replied, "Is Albert around."

"Right now Pop Pop's in the bathroom," Lori answered.

"Have you made any plans for tomorrow? It's been over a year since I've seen all of you. I'd like to come for a visit," she asked.

"No Gran Amy we usually stay home on Sundays," Lori replied.

"Is four o'clock in the afternoon okay," was her response.

"Yes Gran Amy," the teenager replied.

"All right then I'll be there," their grandmother said.

"I will tell Pop-Pop you called. Bye Gran Amy," Lori said.

"Goodbye Lori Lou," Amy replied before hanging up.

Lori turned to her siblings once she placed the receiver down.

"I'm starting on the laundry, Leni could you dust the furniture and Lola tell Pop-Pop when he gets out of the bathroom Gran Amy called and is coming tomorrow," Lori commanded.

"Okay Lori," the second oldest replied.

After the chore fiasco a few months resulting in the female reporter who arrived to interview Lola for an upcoming Miss Cute and Clean pageant who saw the entire house in disarray reporting them to CPS only for the CPS worker discovering the house was completely immaculate upon their arrival. The parents made a compromise with the children to assign chores fairly so they could do different chores every once in a while except the younger girls were exempt from collecting and taking out the garbage and to give them five dollars each for doing chores along with their weekly allowances. Lynn decided to sweep the back and front porches but first made a call to her friend Margo Roberts.

"Hey Margo wanna do some skating in the park. I'll be there in about half an hour," Lynn told her friend.

"Sure," Margo replied.

With her chore finally completed Lynn was free to hang out with Margo. She quickly grabbed her skates from her bedroom and informed Albert she was heading to the park.

"Have fun LJ," Albert said.

Unaware that a tall and husky teenage boy Lynn's age named Denver, a cousin of Marvin Bennett who testified against the family was waiting for her arrival in the park intent on getting payback for Lynn intimidating Marvin a few months ago. Denver wasn't in the same seventh grade class as Lynn and Margo. He often came to the park to ride his bicycle and saw Lynn and her friends often.

At Ketcham Park Margo Roberts sat on a bench waiting patiently for Lynn and another friend Paula who was running late. Only a few people were currently at the park when Lynn arrived. She noticed that her friend's shoelaces were undone.

"Margo, you're left shoelaces are untied," Lynn pointed out.

When Margo knelt on the ground and began tying her laces, Lynn heard a loud voice behind her.

"Hey Lynnsanity," Denver shouted angrily.

Lynn quickly spun around to face the person. Before she could get the opportunity to speak, she found herself being grabbed harshly by her collar by Denver and hoisted off her feet. Paula now appeared and stood beside Margo.

"H-H-Hi Denver," Lynn said nervously while struggling to free herself.

"Leave her alone," Margo shouted

"Butt out Margo, this only concerns us," Denver growled before strengthening his hold on Lynn while Marvin stood a distance away smirking with his arms crossed.

"You wanna know the reason why she was absent from school, her parents were on trial for child abuse. My cousin Marvin was there and testified that she accused him of picking on her brother and dragged him home so her brother could identify him," Denver said.

"Ho-how'd you find out," Lynn sputtered.

"My uncle's a Bailiff at the courthouse. He came to my family's barbeque Monday and said he was working at the trial. He told us he couldn't mention anything else," Denver explained.

Denver placed her down roughly still holding her collar with his left hand then growled, "Now I'm pulverize you for what you did to Marvin," then pulled back his right fist.

Lynn's head snapped backwards when his fist collided with her right cheek, then Denver released her making Lynn Jr stagger then fall on the ground in pain.

A few onlookers in the distance and out of hearing range watched the attack in complete shock fortunately nobody had bothered to take their phones to snap photos. Lynn slowly raised her head and saw Denver looking down at her with an intense scowl on his face. Margo and Paula remained rooted to the spot shocked at everything Denver had revealed.

"You're lucky, I won't blab to everyone at school," he snarled then without saying another word Denver and Marvin walked away satisfied.

Lynn's friends immediately rushed towards her in concern as she managed to stand on her feet.

"Are you all right?" Paula asked with concern and Lynn nodded slowly.

"Let's go to my house since it's nearer and get you treated," Margo suggested.

Paula snatched Lynn's skates that had fallen on the ground when Denver grabbed her and the friends crossed the street to the Roberts residence, a blue one story house that faced Ketcham Park. On their arrival the girls could hear someone starting a lawnmower which came from the backyard.

"That's dad working in the backyard and mom went to work at the hospital," she explained.

Margo unlocked the front door and they walked inside. Margo led the way into the bathroom with Paula and Lynn following close behind.

"So you know why I was absent from school for a while," Lynn said glumly as Margo placed the cotton, rubbing alcohol and bandages back into the medicine cabinet after treating Lynn's injury.

"We understand why you wouldn't tell us," Paula said.

They remained quiet for a moment until the silence was broken.

"Are you going back home or coming back with us to the park," Margo asked.

"I can manage," Lynn replied, "Let's go."

They spent an hour skating then bought chocolate ice cream from the park vendor to enjoy before heading back home.