It was an early tepid, bright sunny and rainy Spring morning in Royal Woods, MI. Flowers started blooming on trees, several residents started to volunteer at the local park to plant trees, rainbows started to appear a lot often in the sky, kids were jumping in puddles filled with laughter. Tiny raindrops fell down from the sky and landed on a window of a driving car.

Lynn Sr. was driving his kids to school and his wife to work. It wasn't a good time in Vanzilla, they had to listen to his awful choice of music on the whole ride. Whenever someone wanted to change the radio station, he would give them a dirty look and changed it back. An older Luna constantly begged her father to stop the music and singing along to it.

"Pops, you're already giving me a migraine!" Luna whined. Her siblings minus Luan agreed with her statement.

"Well… who's car is it? If you have a problem with my CD, then… You're just gonna have to put up with it." Lynn Sr. questioned.

"Yours…" Luna begin to talk under her breath, which her father heard. "I just don't understand, man. You really cannot sing. At all."

"I heard that!" He replied with a bit of anger in his voice.

While the car was full of communication between the parents and the children, 15-year-old Luan, she now looks nearly unrecognizable. Her hair was finally let down, she wore different clothing but of course, there was still pink and yellow coordinated.

She had gold colored earbuds on, looking out the window. The beautiful sun shined upon her reddish-brown hair. She couldn't take her mind off of Benny, her first crush. The only class periods they have together are: Drama Arts and lunch. He meant the whole world to her, when Luan was down in the dumps, he could wipe her tears away and hugged her. When she was happy, he adored seeing that smile, anytime or anywhere. Majority of the time in Drama Arts, they would spend their time kissing behind the stage curtains, they gotten caught by Mrs. Bernardo almost every time. As Luan continued daydreaming about it, a voice interrupted her. She jumped up from fear and hit her head.

Lori was also absent since she had gone to university.

"Earth to Luan! We're at school!" Leni said with enthusiasm as she tugged Luan's shoulder to get her attention. "We're gonna be late for first period."

"Oh, sorry." Luan snapped back to reality, grabbed her bookbag, her phone and got out of Vanzilla.

As the elder sisters walked into the school, the hallways were crowded like always., kids were talking and walking, Once they arrived at the school, the elder sisters said their goodbyes to their parents and entered the school with an array of emotions varying from disinterest and apathy to anxiety over tests and other assignments. Once inside, they saw that the hallways were crowded with students, some heading towards their first classes, but others standing around to engage in chit chat with their peers. Aside from the usual conversations that focused on gossip and plans for the weekend, there was nothing that piqued the interest of the sisters. Luan in particular, was still somewhat daydreaming, having drowned out the world around her and thinking about Benny.

"This place smells like butt and Lynn's dirty socks all in one! I'm surprised they haven't anything about the flooding water in the teachers lounge from last month." Luna said with disgust. "Anyway, I'd better head off to class. Catch ya later."

"Wait for me!" Leni said as she got caught up with Luna.

As Leni and Luna left, a familiar figure walked to one of the girls and waved at her. It was Sam. Luna couldn't believe it. She finally returned to school after days of feeling under the weather. A small flu has been going around the town lately. Only a few people were infected by it.

"Hey, Sammy! You feeling better?" Luna blushed and smiled as she said those words.

"Yeah. That flu was something else, rather not go into details. But let me say for sure, my stomach was screwed up the whole time." Sam replied back.

"Oh, okay. Glad you're feeling good. I missed you, Sam. I really did." Luna said.

"I missed you too, girl. Now let's get to class before Mr. Cameron marks one of us absent." Both of the girls ran to class while Luan was all left alone.

Just then, Luan snapped back to reality and looked around and to find that all of the sisters left. She went off to her first period class, which was Drama Arts, her favorite class besides French class. Mimes inspired her to learn about the culture. She knew several words of the language and also speak in a full sentence, kinda. Anyway, she walked into the auditorium where the students would usually practice. But today seemed a bit off.

"Huh?" Luan questioned with a puzzled look as she looked around. "What's going on?"

Luan looked up and saw a young woman onstage, reading from a piece of paper. Luan slowly approached with caution as the woman's voice sounded vaguely familiar. She just couldn't put her finger on where she had heard it before. As she drew closer to the woman, Luan was finally able to recognize where she'd heard that voice before.

"Ugh, you've got to be kidding me," Luan groaned as she sat in her seat, haphazardly placing her backpack on the ground. "Out of all the teachers at this school, why did they have to choose this one?"

Before Luan said anything else, the teacher starts introducing herself to the class.

"Hi, there. For the ones who don't know who I am, I'm Mrs. Dawson. A 10th-11th grade math teacher." Your regular teacher, Mrs. Bernado is out today so I will fill her in for a few days." The teacher said, introducing themselves with a tired look on their face.

"Umm… Mrs. D, I hate to ask you this but why do you look so beat? How come you didn't get a full night's rest?" A student asked.

"That's none of your concern, Jane. But when I finally get home, I will take a long, long nap. Anyways, there was I? Oh! I was about to do roll call, so…" Mrs. Dawson replies back and grabs her clipcard and starts reading off the names.

"Jackie Mendoza? Did I say that right?"

"Yeah. You did. Here!" Jackie raised her hand in the air and continued putting on pink lipgloss.

"Kehlani and Kody Albright?"

"HERE!" Both of the twins replied and raised their hands.

"Jane Robinson?" Mrs. Dawson said out loud.

"Present!" She replied.

After a little while, there was a boy who would jokingly answer to almost every call-out, Mrs. Dawson gave him a dirty look and the kids looked very annoyed. Then Mrs. Dawson called on Luan's name, she simply said "here" with no enthusiasm in her voice. Mrs. Dawson was on the last name…

"Benjamin John?" But there was no answer. Crickets could be heard around the room. Everyone seemed concerned about Benny running late, he was normally the first or second student to arrive in the auditorium.

Mrs. Dawson called out his name a second time just to be on the safe side, only to receive no answer.

"Well, this is certainly out of character for Benjamin," Mrs. Dawson remarked. "He's normally very punctual when it comes to attending class."

Luan sat silently and stared off into space. She couldn't help but feel a little frustrated and disappointed. She'd been looking forward to seeing Benny again so much, yet here he was nowhere to be found. A number of scenarios started running through her head, ranging from reasonable to absurd and outlandish.

"Maybe he was out sick," she thought to herself. "Or maybe he's intentionally absent so that he doesn't have to see me. Did I say or do something that annoyed him last time we spoke?"

Luan shook those negative thoughts out of her head and did her best to return back to reality. Still, there was a part of that just couldn't help but to think about Benny and his whereabouts.

"Jeez… what happened to him?" Kehlani asked. "Why did he yeeted outta there like that?"

"I know, right? I really hope he's okay." Luan replied while still looking very worried about him.

"He'll be fine. Don't worry." Kehlani said.

The whole class was murmuring about Benny's disappearance until Mrs. Dawson clapped her hands from the distraction.

"Alright, everyone. Mrs. Bernado didn't assign me to anything, so, keep yourself occupied until the bell rings." Mrs. Dawson said.

Most of the students pulled out their electronics and some talked to their friends. Meanwhile, Luan had excused herself to take a private chat. She grabbed her phone, got up from the seat, went on stage behind the curtains and begun to call. The phone was still ringing, leaving the girl more anxious than usual. As she was about to hang up, a person had answered. The speaker had a low-pitched voice but it was mixed in with a squeaky tone as well. Luan was a bit bewildered.

"Huh? Who is this? Can I talk to Benny?" She asked.

The speaker cleared his throat and said- "I am Benny. You probably didn't recognize my voice 'cause I had woken up from a long nap."

"Obviously. I'm happy to hear you're okay, I have been worrying about you all morning. Why haven't you shown up for school yet?" Luan replied.

Benny sighed, "I'm in the car. Driving to Indiana to stay with my cousin while my parents are out of town." In response, Luan's eyes widened and her blood started to boil.

"You're what?! How come you didn't let me know yesterday. "I was worried sick about you!"

"Luan... I-I-I-I didn't know I was gonna stay at my cousin's home at first! My parents told me after I came back from your house..."

"But still. You should've called me last night instead of doing it at the last minute."

"Are we really gonna get into this? It's way too early in the morning!" Benny raised his voice.

"Anyways, why couldn't your folks just let you stay with me and my family instead of going to another state!"

"That's none of your business!"

Luan was quite taken aback by her boyfriend's harsh reaction that she couldn't think straight.

"I'm so pissed off at you. I don't think I should say another word to you." Luan replied back.

"Good." Her not-so-happy boyfriend says as he immediately hangs up on her, making her more upset about the situation.

She couldn't believe that she got into a small argument with Benny and hung up on her like that. She began to sob quietly and walked off the stage. "Why did he tell me at the last minute?" She thought.

"What's wrong?" Kehlani said as she looked quite concerned, the former looked at her with despair and replied with, "Nothing. Don't worry about it." Kehani started to ask her questions like, "what happened?" etc

"You can tell me, Luan. I'll understand." She said as she held her hand.

"It has nothing to do with you. Could you give me a few minutes to calm down?"

"Uh… sure." Kehlani says as she gets up from the seat and walks away from the scene.

One hour later, the bell rang, signifying the end of first period. Like racehorses at the sound of the starting pistol, the kids ran out of their classes in droves, making their way towards their next period. It wasn't long before the halls were crowded with students, all intent on making it to their next class without being marked tardy. As for Luan, she had home room after this period, but following the argument with Benny, was rather demotivated and didn't feel the need to rush there. She was at a snail's pace. When she got into the classroom, kids were staring at her. Luan looked in utter confusion and thought, "Why are they staring at me?" Then the teacher turned around and saw the girl.

"Young miss?" The teacher questioned in a pleasant voice.

"Yes?" Luan replies back.

"I am fully aware you are in the wrong in the classroom." The teacher said. Luan looked around at the students and the teacher. Realization hit her like a ton of bricks.

"Oh no. I'm in the wrong class! I'm so sorry." Luan says as she freaks out. Before she knew it, the whole class breaks out in laughter and pointing at her. Her face burned with total embarrassment, rushed out of the classroom immediately.

Luan walked down to her actual classroom, when she arrived there, the teacher was already teaching a subject to the rest of the students. Flopped down at her desk and pulled out a textbook. She tried to distract herself from thinking about what happened. Another thing came into her head but it was positive thought, "Spring break." She smiled. Tomorrow, which is Friday, was the last day of school for a little while, everyone has been looking toward to spend their 2 weeks off from a day of learning. Luan did not know how to spend her week off yet. Anyway, the teacher rambled on educating the students about Geometry shapes.

"Will anyone else answer these quadrants written on the blackboard?" The math teacher questioned but no one answered. Instead, there was a sound of crickets chirping, the sound of bubblegum popping, students whistling and taking their phones out of the bookbags."Can someone at least answer?"

Again, silence. Until the teacher walked towards his desk and hit a big dictionary against the metal desk, so the students could pay attention. Cleared his throat and said: "If you aren't going to work on your do-now and continue to horseplay, I'm afraid to give you all DETENTION after school!

The students heard the word "detention" and rapidly grabbed their Mathematics textbooks, pencils and begin working on a Geometry worksheet. Luan stopped her daydreaming, she focused on her work to get her mind off of what happened this morning and still also was thinking about her Spring Break plans. The teacher walked around the classroom to see if anyone else was doing what they were told to be doing.

"If you children behave yourselves and do the work, I will bring in treats tomorrow." The teacher said as he walked back to the blackboard and wrote some equations.

Naturally, the students became excited at the mention of treats and began chatting amongst each other. They speculated as to what type of treat the teacher would bring.

"Maybe he'll bring us chocolate chip cookies" One student proposed.

"Or maybe it'll be cupcakes!" Said another.

"You know, things are starting to heat up with the changing of the seasons so maybe ice pops is what he has in mind."

The teacher chuckled before calming down the situation, saying "Settle down, students, settle down. You'll find out what the treat is soon enough, but for right now I want it to be a surprise."

The mention of treats brought the thought of her dad's delicious desserts into Luan's mind. In her opinion, nothing could measure up to her dad's cooking. Luan was quickly snapped back to reality when the teacher said:

"Alright students, as you know spring break is approaching and I am curious as to what your plans are for the break."

"I don't know about you, but my wife and I are planning a getaway to Hawaii for the week," The teacher said.

"You can afford that on a teacher's salary?" One student joked, prompting laughter from the classroom.

"Well, maybe my wife is the one financing most of the trip," The teacher played along. "But I'm serious, how do all of you plan to spend your spring break?"

Afterwards, Luan finally gets an idea how to spend her spring break. As she thought about it, she grinned and blushed but hopes she can convince her parents to do this. The teacher noticed the girl smiling and called on her.

"Luan? What's making you smile all of a sudden and what are you going to do while on break?" The teacher questioned.

"Oh! Uhhh, nothing?" She says. She didn't want anyone to know about her plan. "Well… I'm going to um, it's personal, Mr. Ferguson."

"Ohhh, alright. I hope you have a great time there." Mr. Ferguson replies. In response, Luan nods back.

In a bid to pass the time, the class chatted with each other about their plans for spring break. Some of them were going on vacations to sunny beaches and resorts. Others were visiting family members they hadn't seen in ages. A few had no plans for spring break aside from taking advantage of the lack of school to stay at home and sleep in. One thing was for certain though, everyone planned on making the most out of their holiday. The conversation about their plans lasted until the bell rang, bringing math to a close and dismissing the students to their next period.

Much, much later…

The scene fades to black and then we see a cafeteria, which was very loud, full of high students eating lunch, talking with their friends, playing on their phones, going into lunch lines etc. Anyways, Luan is seen walking to lunch with Leni. She vented her problems to the second-eldest sister, whom understood.

"Me and Benny got into a small argument earlier this morning."

"He's flying to another state to stay with his family and he didn't even tell me about it!" She said while she still quite sad. "And he hung up on me…"

"I'm sorry to hear that, Luan." Leni replied. "Did you guys, like, break up after?"

"What? No!" A confused Luan responded to the comment. "We just didn't talk it out without yelling at each other but I have a plan."

"Oh. So, what's the plan?" Leni asked while looking curious. Luan checked if anyone was in sight, there wasn't and then whispered into Leni's ear.

"That's nice! Anyways, boys can be so annoying sometimes.I had to deal with, like, two of them before. One used me for popularity and I rather totes not go back to that time." Leni said with a grimace.

"Oooh, I remember too. But seriously, I need to get Benny off of my mind. His chocolate curled brown hair, beautiful big brown eyes and-" Luan replies but as soon she could say another word, someone talked over her.

"How about I take you to the mall after school?! Me and you haven't spent that much time together lately. Plus, I've been feeling pretty lonely ever since Lori left to go to university in Great Lakes City." The latter said as she sadly sighed.

Luan knew how Leni had felt, the Loud House was not the same without Lori. You wouldn't get to hear her voice when she agreed to take you wherever you wanted, or when she declared sibling meetings or when she would play some video games with you, go to her golf tournaments and cheer her on, helped you out with something but… no. Lori had just left for college in February. Saying goodbye to her was the hardest thing the rest of the Louds ever did.

Back to the point, Luan and Leni entered the school cafeteria, got their lunches and sat down with Chaz, Miguel, Fiona, Jackie and Mandee.

"Hi, Chazzy!" Leni said simultaneously she kissed her boyfriend on the cheek. "Hey girls!" She waved her at them with a big smile.

"Hey," Fiona and Jackie replied in a dull tone. Both sounded uninterested in being there with their voices having an apathetic "whatever/don't care" edge to them. Mandee on the other hand, was drinking her pumpkin spice latte while being on her phone but she looked up at Leni and Luan.

"Hello, Leni! Who is that next to you? I dig her sense of style." Mandee said.

"That's my younger sister, Luan. Well, one of my younger sisters, anyway. Mandee meet Luan, Luan meet Mandee." Leni introduced the two characters to each other.

"Nice to meet you," Mandee greeted Luan. "As I said, I really dig your style."

"Thanks," Luan said, her cheeks flushing red slightly.

"So what're you guys talking about?" Chaz asked.

"Oh, I was just talking to Luan about taking her to the mall after school to help her get over-," Leni said before Luan gently nudged her in the ribs to keep her from saying too much.

"Oh, you guys are going to the mall?" Jackie asked. "Think that we can tag along?"

Leni beamed at the thought of having her friends accompany her, but remembered that her sister needed her at this time.

"I'm sorry," Leni apologized. "But Luan's had a really rough day today and I thought it would be best if we spent some sister bonding time together."

"No, no, it's totally cool," Jackie said. "We totally get it."

"You do?" Leni asked.

"Yeah," Jackie replied. "After all, I have a little brother to take care of."

"I just hope you guys don't get caught up in the afternoon rush." Fiona said. "I hear that everyone and their mom is going to be there"

"Really?" Leni asked.

"Yeah," Jackie said. "Something about final preparations for spring break or something."

"I don't know, Leni," Luan said. "Maybe we should just reconsider and go some other time."

The fact that she didn't tell a joke or make a pun like she normally would have was a huge indicator to Leni as to just how upset she was and Leni was not about to let the events of today weigh on her mind.

"No way!" Leni said. "I promised that I was going to help you so that's what I'm going to do." Luan just nodded her head in response.

"This cheeseburger is so good. The naturally cooked meat and the melting cheese…" Fiona said as she bite into a burger.

"Okay?" Jackie replies, then turns to the others and continued talking. "It was so weird to see Benny not turn up for first period. He was always the very first person to show up even before the teacher does!"

Luan winced at the mention of Benny, something that Jackie noticed right away.

"Are you okay?" Jackie asked.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine," Luan lied as the memory from earlier this morning flooded back into her head. "It's just...could you maybe not mention Benny right now?"

"Um… sure, okay," Jackie agreed.

Lunch wrapped up shortly afterwards and Luan reported to her next class. There were still a couple of hours left in the school day and Luan was hoping that they'd speed by in a flash. No such luck as instead the opposite seemed to happen with the hours dragging and time slowing to a crawl. Finally and mercifully, the final bell of the day rang, bringing about the end of another school day.

Shortly after school dismissed for the day, Leni fulfilled her promise to Luan to take her to the Royal Woods Mall. During the ride there, Luan couldn't help but to gaze off into the distance. The argument with Benny was still fresh in her mind, with a thousand different scenarios playing out in Luan's head about how she could've handled things differently. There was also a sense of paranoia in her thoughts as she wondered whether Benny would possibly break up with her over the argument. Luan definitely didn't want that scenario to play out, but couldn't help but to worry, causing a single tear to fall from her eye.

Leni noticed this and gently grabbed a hold of Luan's hand as if to tell her that everything was going to be alright. When the sisters arrived at the mall, they found it crowded beyond belief, even more crowded than it normally was in the evening.

Luan chalked it up to kids doing their last minute shopping before spring break officially began. Leni wasn't going to let the abundance of people stop her from cheering up her sister and grabbing Luan by the hand, pulled her into a clothing shop to look for a new blouse.

Luan didn't exactly know what she was looking for, just that she wanted to change up her appearance somewhat. Maybe she could switch to wearing a tank top instead of the blouse and skirt she was known for. Perhaps she could ditch the flower that was her signature.

"How do you think I look in this?" Luan asked, trying on a yellow and white T-shirt with a pair of shorts.

"You look cute," Leni said.

"You think so?" Luan asked.

"Yeah," Leni said. "Like, if I were you, I'd be careful. You mind end up catching the attention of other boys."

Luan laughed and said "As if. Benny would literally-,"

"Are you okay?" Leni asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Luan said, blinking and shaking her head before moving on to try something else. Luan ended up changing into an oversized tye dye T-shirt, purple shorts and a pair of sneakers that were sky blue and white. She even ended up letting her hang down.

"What about now?"

"You kinda look like a VSCO girl," Leni laughed.

"You wouldn't happen to have seen my hydroflask, would you?" Luan joked, prompting both sisters to laugh.

Despite the hiccup earlier, soon enough Benny had completely slipped from Luan's mind.

The argument was little more than a distant memory. Needless to say that Leni's mission was a success.

As they wrapped up the shopping, Leni noticed a small, cute, yellow beagle standing its hind legs at a pet store window. She ran up to it and called out to her younger sister's attention. Leni glazed into the dog's sparkly eyes.

"Doesn't he look like the dog from that comic strip?"

"What comic?" Luan replied with confusion.

"The one with the weird guy and fat cat. I have forgotten the dog's name but I'm pretty sure it's, like, 'Oldie'. Leni responses back while thinking.

"Don't you mean Odie? And the comic strip's name is 'Garfield'." Luan corrects her.

"Oh, yeah..." Leni replies. "Isn't he the cutest?!"

"I wouldn't say he's the cutest, but doggone is he adorable!" Luan does her signature laugh. "Get it?" In response, the former does a groan.

"Okay, I have some money left over so I'm gonna get some smoothies from the food court. Want kind do you want?" Leni said.

"Banana smoothie, I guess." Luan answers back.

"Alright. Please stay right there." Leni says as she walks away to the food court, leaving Luan alone.

Luan nodded her head and patiently waited for Leni. She watched as shoppers walked past her, bags of merchandise in their hands as they talked to each other. One thing that immediately stood out to her was the presence of multiple couples walking hand in hand. She'd come so close to completely forgetting about Benny only to be reminded of him yet again. She started picturing the couples as her and Benny walking hand in hand. Slowly but surely, Luan started to get bored as she waited for Leni to return. The line at the smoothie bar must've been long if she was taking this long. Deciding that it wouldn't cause too much harm, Luan decided to maybe wander off a little. She wouldn't go far, just outside the food court. She planned on returning before Leni even noticed she was gone.

The girl headed off to the clothing store that her and her sister went to shop not so long ago. She browsed through the teenage-girl clothing section. T-Shirts with witty sayings, cartoon characters, celebrities, animal print and sparkles, tie-dyed sweaters, bedazzled, ripped, floral printed jeans. By the checkout aisle, there was some lucky charm necklaces, gold jeweled earrings, scrunchies in different varieties. There was a blue, pink, white, yellow, purple, green and all of the colors you could imagine. There was sneakers as well. Slides, Converse, Nikes, Vans and much more. Of course, there was even hydro flasks on the white shelf. She rolled her eyes and moved on.

Went back to the clothing section and checked out some sport bras and normal bras. There was bras with red hearts on them and different patterns. Luan stared right at her chest and sighed sadly. Suddenly, two middle school-aged girls leered at Luan, giggling and whispering.

"What's the point of getting a bra if you don't have any boobs?" One girl said as she pointed at Luan.

"Yeah!" Said another. "She could always just stuff it with tissue to hide what she's lacking," the other girl taunted.

Luan turned around and heard the girls laughing and talking about her. She ignored it and promptly walked out of the store before anything else would happen there. She walked back to the water fountain and waited for Leni to return.

A few seconds later, Leni is seen with two smoothies in her hands, rushing to Luan.

"O-M-Gosh! I'm sorry for making you wait so long, The line has been absolutely crowded for the past 20-30 minutes." a nervous Leni said as she given Luan her smoothie. "Oh and by the way, they were out of bananas so I got strawberry instead."

"Thanks, Leni. Can we please go home now? I'm too tired and had a rough day." Luan hugs her sister and sips her strawberry smoothie.

"Of course!" Leni replies with a small smile on her face. They grabbed their shopping bags and headed out of the mall.

The girls left the mall and patiently waited for their mother to come pick them up. Although she felt better than had before, today had still been a rough day for Luan. She honestly wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed and sleep. Maybe tomorrow would be better for her.

She was thankful for Leni taking the time to try cheering her up. Though she could be a ditz sometimes, the blond fashionista still had a heart of gold. Luan took a moment to take another sip of her strawberry smoothie. It was something small, but it helped ease what she was feeling at the moment. The girls only had to wait for about 15 minutes before Rita arrived in Vanzilla to pick them up.

"Hey girls!" Rita greeted them with a friendly wave. "How'd the shopping go?"

"Oh, it was great," Leni said as she and Luan loaded their bags into the car. "Luan and I found like, the cutest clothes you've ever seen! And I found the most adorable shoes that just fit me so well!"

"That's great, honey," Rita said before asking Luan. "What about you, sweetie? Did you find anything that suits your fancy?"

"Eh, I found a few new outfits I thought were cool," Luan muttered.

"Are you alright?" Rita asked. "Sounds to me like you didn't have a good time."

"Oh, I'm fine," Luan lied. "Today's Just been a handful is all and I can't put my finger on why that is! HAHAHA! Get it?"

She made it a point to intentionally leave out the part about the happy couples as well as the part with the middle school girls.

Rita chuckled and said "I understand. Well, I'm glad the two of you had fun."

"Like, we should really do this some other time," Leni said to Luan.

"I'd be up for it," Luan said, a small smile starting to form on her face.

"Well, with Spring Break having started, you two have all week to get out more," Rita told them.

"Yeah." responded Luan.

Once both girls had settled in and gotten buckled up, Rita slowly pulled out of the mall's parking lot. By this time, night had fallen and the sky was nearly pitch black, save for the constellation of stars in the sky and moonlight that shined brightly on Royal Woods. It was a beautiful sight to see, with Leni and Luan both taking a moment to gawk at the sight as they headed home.

When they reached the location, the sisters and Rita got out of Vanzilla, grabbed the shopping bags & the drinks and went into the house. As they walked in, the lights were shut off and it was quiet.

"Did, like, the power went out again?" Leni questioned.

"I don't think so. I mean, it is pretty late.." Rita responses. "So you two head off to bed now."

"Okay. Goodnight, mom!" Leni said while Luan hugs their mother.

As the girls head upstairs to their room, Leni turned to Luan and asked "So, did our little outing help you feel better? Are you going to be alright?"

"I'll be alright," Luan said, nodding her head. "And thanks for taking me out, it was fun."

"Any time, little sis, any time," Leni said before the two went their separate ways and head to their respective rooms.

Luan was careful to be as quiet as possible as she entered her and Luna's room, not wanting to wake up the latter. She didn't utter a peep as she changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed, eager to move on to tomorrow. Today had taken a great toll on her and while it wasn't completely bad, it still left her feeling rather blue. From the situation with Benny to the daydreaming during class to the taunting middle schoolers at the mall, it seemed today just wasn't meant to be good to her.

"Maybe tomorrow will be better," Luan whispered, letting out a sigh as she rested her head on her pillow and waited for Mr. Sandman to take her to never never land.

It took some time and she had to do her best to clear her mind, but slowly Luan was pulled into a peaceful slumber. Despite everything that had happened, she couldn't help but feel that things were on the cusp of looking up. That thought brought her some comfort as she smiled and drifted off into sleep.