A/N: Hello everyone, I am back with chapter seventeen of this story. Here, Lori gets desperate now that her flask is missing.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Loud House
Lori and Luna watched the remainder of the Operation Dessert Storm marathon. Lori had to admit she enjoyed spending time with Luna again. Once the marathon finished, Luna left to practice with the Moon Goats.
"That was nice." cooed Lori happily.
Lori reached under the couch, but couldn't feel her flask.
"Where is it?" asked Lori annoyed.
Lori bent down and looked under the couch, but couldn't see her flask anywhere.
"It's here. I know it's here." said Lori.
Meanwhile, Charles had buried the flask in a hole near the tree.
"Where is that stupid thing?" asked Lori.
"Looking for something?" asked Lucy.
Lori jumped banging her head on the couch.
"I thought you were in the attic." said Lori, rubbing her head.
"I came down for a snack." answered Lucy.
"Just my luck." muttered Lori annoyed.
"Your phone is right there." noted Lucy.
"I'm looking for something else." said Lori.
"What are you looking for?" asked Lucy.
"Um..." began Lori.
Lori quickly looked for a lie.
"Gasp!" exclaimed Lucy.
"She's got me." thought Lori horrified.
"You're not wearing the bracelet Leni bought you." noted Lucy.
Lori looked at her bare wrist and had an idea.
"That's what I'm looking for." said Lori.
"I can see if anyone else has seen it." offered Lucy.
"It's better only we know...so Leni doesn't find out." said Lori.
Lucy agreed and search upstairs while Lori stayed downstairs.
"Where is it?" asked Lori worried.
Lori finished searching through the kitchen when the front door opened.
"Man Lori, you look like a mess." said Lana.
Hops croaked in agreement.
"You covered in mud but, I'm the mess!" exclaimed Lori.
"Hops and I were playing in the pond." said Lana meekly.
"I'm looking for my bracelet." stated Lori.
"The one Leni bought?" asked Lana.
"Yes, and now I can't find it." answered Lori.
"I haven't seen it." said Lana.
Hops shook his head indicating he hadn't seen it either.
Lori lifted Lana by the straps of her overalls.
"I swear you better not be lying." warned Lori coldly.
"I'm not!" cried Lana.
Hops croaked to confirm.
"Okay." sighed Lori.
Lori put Lana down.
"You're really stressing out." noted Lana worried.
The door flew open again.
"I kicked butt at soccer practice!" exclaimed Lynn.
"Will you close the door." demanded Lori.
Lynn slammed the door and raced to the kitchen.
"I don't need this." muttered Lori.
Lori could feel a killer migraine coming on.
"I'd kill for my flask." thought Lori hurting.
Lynn returned eating a large sub.
"So, what you are up to?" asked Lynn.
"Don't talk with your mouth full. It's literally disgusting." replied Lori.
Lynn rolled her eyes and swallowed her food.
"Hey Lori, your bracelet is missing." said Lynn.
"I know." groaned Lori.
"Oh man, Leni is going to be crushed if she finds out." noted Lynn.
"Don't tell her." ordered Lori.
"Hey, I once lost Margo's Gordie Howe jersey for two weeks." said Lynn.
Lynn had a large bit of sub.
"Turns out it was in my laundry." added Lynn.
"I remember that." replied Lana.
"Look, I need to find the fl...bracelet as soon as possible." stated Lori urgently.
"I'm sure it somewhere around here." shrugged Lynn.
Lori inwardly winced.
"I can't believe I sold the bracelet. I'm literally a shitty sister." thought Lori.
"Lori, I could consult the spirits." offered Lucy.
"Thanks, but that literally won't help." said Lori anxious.
"Great Grandma Harriet won't like that." muttered Lucy.
"Dammit Luna, this is your fault." muttered Lori.
"What was that?" asked Lana.
"Nothing." answered Lori exasperated.
"I'd finish fast if I where you." said Lynn.
Lynn wolfed down the rest of her sub.
"I'm pretty sure Leni will be home from work soon." revealed Lynn.
"No. No. No." repeated Lori franticly.
Lori pulled out her phone and checked the time.
"Oh man!" cried Lori.
"Don't worry, we can help you." offered Lana.
"Good." replied Lori relieved.
While less than thrilled by her lack of gratitude; Lucy, Lana and Lynn still decided to help her. It wasn't long before Leni returned.
"I'm home!" called Leni.
Lori, Lucy and Lana were upstairs.
'What do we do?" asked Lana.
"Just keep her distracted." answered Lori.
Looking downstairs, the three saw Leni head to the kitchen where Lynn was making a new sub.
"Oh Leni, I didn't know you where home." said Lynn.
"I totes just got back." said Leni.
Leni pulled several pieces of fruit out of the fridge.
"I'm going to make a smoothie and head upstairs." said Leni.
Lynn had an idea.
"You'll have to wait; I'm making a protein shake." said Lynn.
"I'll just come back later." shrugged Leni.
Leni turned to leave.
"Wait!" called Lynn.
A confused Leni turned around.
"Tell me about your day." requested Lynn.
Leni smiled brightly.
"I totally help Scoots buy a jacket." said Leni.
"Oh, tell me about that." replied Lynn.
"Well...Scoots came in for a jacket..." began Leni.
As Leni talked, Lynn was too distracted to think.
"Lucy says if we help Lori, she might trust us a bit more. I hope she's right." thought Lynn.
"Lynn!" called Leni.
Lynn shook her head.
"Are you okay?" asked Leni.
"Yeah. Fine." answered Lynn.
Leni turned and went upstairs to pee.
"Leni." said Lucy.
Leni jumped in fear.
"Sorry." said Lucy.
"Do you want me to read your future?" asked Lucy.
"Okay." answered Leni delighted.
Lucy led Leni to her room.
"Let me get my crystal ball." said Lucy.
Lucy pulled out her crystal ball.
"I'm seeing something." said Lucy.
"Ooh, what?" asked Leni.
"You need to stay away from Lori for the next few days." answered Lucy.
"Oh My Gosh!" cried Leni.
"It will be bad fortunate if you do." said Lucy.
Lynn began sniffing.
"Do you smell pee?" asked Lynn.
Leni looked down.
"I guess I peed myself after Lucy scared me." revealed Leni embarrassed.
"I'll get panties." said Lucy.
"Can you drop them these in the hamper?" asked Leni.
Leni stripped her dirty panties off and gave them to Lucy.
"Lucy dropped the dirty panties in the hamper, washed her hands then went into Lori and Leni's room.
"I need new panties for Leni." said Lucy.
Lori raised her eyebrow so Lucy explained the situation.
"Good work." said Lori.
Lori tossed Lucy a new pair of panties.
"Thanks." said Lori gratefully.
"Hopefully, this will build a bridge of trust." thought Lucy.
Lucy returned to Leni with the new panties. Luckily, Leni took Lucy's advice and avoided Lori to escape bad fortune. The next day, things were back to normal around the Loud house. Lori declared her bracelet must be lost somewhere in the house which Lucy, Lynn and Lana accepted. Lori left to run errands, but in reality, she headed back to Flip's. The sleazy man was behind the counter reading a magazine.
"Hey there Loud." greeted Flip.
Lori walked over and saw the magazine was the monthly Penthouse issue.
"Really?" asked Lori.
"Old Flip needs to gets his rocks off too." answered Flip.
Lori tried her best to scrub that image out of her head.
"How's the flask?" asked Flip.
"I kind of lost it." answered Lori.
"That's too bad there." replied Flip.
"I was hoping for a replacement." revealed Lori.
"Sure. I can give you one." shrugged Flip.
Lori felt her spirit soar.
"For a price." added Flip.
And Lori felt her spirit flatline.
"How much?'" asked Lori.
"Seventy-five." answered Flip.
"What?!" asked Lori outraged.
"Insurance in case you're trying to cheat old Flip." explained Flip.
Flip pulled out a new hip flask.
"That's literally rich coming from you." huffed Lori.
"Do you want it or not?" asked Flip annoyed.
"I do but, I can't afford it." answered Lori.
"Then no deal." stated Flip.
"I'm desperate. I will literally do anything!" begged Lori.
Flip smirked menacingly at this.
"I think we can make a deal." cooed Flip.
"Oh, thank God." sighed Lori in relief.
"How about you take me up on that nude modeling offer and I'll give you this for free." proposed Flip.
"Never!" declared Lori disgusted.
"Then I guess you can go without." shrugged Flip.
Lori stood firm.
"Without that sweet, suculent booze anytime you want." began Flip.
Flip wavered a bit.
"Having to wait hours to drink when you could have it right away." continued Flip.
Lori began to debate with herself.
"Make all your problems go away." said Flip.
Lori hung her head in defeat.
"Got you." whispered Flip victorious.
"Fine. But, only tasteful softcore. Nothing explicit. And so, sharing these." demanded Lori.
"Of course." agreed Flip.
Lori knew he was couldn't be trusted, but she couldn't do without her flask either.
"You've...got a deal." said Lori flatly.
A/N: That's where we'll end things. So, Lori's sisters are hoping for trust while Flip is taking advantage of Lori. I promise, Flip will get some form of comeuppance. Next time, Lori poses nude. Please review.