A/N: Hello everyone, I am back with chapter twenty-two of this story. Here; we deal with the ending to last chapter, see how Rita and Lynn Sr. are handling things then there's the ending.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Loud House

Shock was the only way to describe the situation. Leni sadly walked across the hall to the room Luan and Luna share. She broke down explaining what happened. The rest of her siblings (minus Lisa and Lily) joined them.

"I can't believe Lori just sold your bracelet." said Lincoln stunned.

"That bracelet was gorgeous! She's crazy to sell it for some drink!" declared Lola.

"You don't understand addiction." noted Luan.

"I can't believe we feel for her lie." said Lynn.

"I can't believe we helped her." said Lana.

"I feel so foolish." said Lucy.

"It's not your fault." replied Leni.

"But..." began Lana.

"Lori tricked you guys." said Luna.

"Even you didn't try this." stated Lynn.

"Honestly, I'm surprised I didn't." shrugged Luna.

"Well, I'm swearing off booze forever!" declared Lincoln.

"Good to hear little bro." replied Luna relieved.

"I'd prefer the blood of the undead myself." shrugged Lucy.

Everyone gave Lucy was worried glance.

"What?" asked Lucy confused.

"Moving on..." began Luna.

"What do we do now?" asked Lola.

"Let me think." answered Luna.

"We could try an intervention." proposed Luan.

"Like that TV show?" asked Lynn.

"I'll organize it!" declared Lincoln.

"Would that work?" asked Lana.

"That's the million-dollar question." answered Luan.

"Like, we'll get a million dollars from a question?" asked Leni confused.

"No." answered Lucy.

"I'm fully in support of this." said Lincoln.

"We should keep the option open." mused Luna.

"But..." began Luan.

"Lori is super mad right now." noted Leni.

"I can't believe Bobby dumped her." said Lola.

"What's a handjob?" asked Lana.

"You'll find out when your older little dude." answered Lana.

"I could try talking to Ronnie Anne." offered Lincoln.

"She's probably with Bobby right now." noted Lynn.

"Can we circle back to the intervention?" asked Lucy.

"Lori could just barge out." stated Lola.

"Most likely she will." added Lisa.

Everyone turned to the see the child genius in the hallway.

"I heard the noise, but due to me past incident with Lori, I hesitated to join you." explained Lisa.

"Then what can we do?" asked Lola.

"Locking the doors could work." answered Luan.

"She can unlock them." shrugged Lisa.

"Lana and I can hold her down." proposed Lynn.

"Totally!" declared Lana.

"Lori can be really strong when she's angry." warned Lincoln.

Lisa shuttered.

"Are you okay?" asked Luna.

Lisa took a moment to compose herself.

"Indeed." answered Lisa.

"Maybe we should put it to a vote." proposed Lincoln.

"Good idea." replied Luna.

Meanwhile, Rita and Lynn Sr. where trying to process everything they learned. They always pictured themselves as good parents though flawed. However, these recent revelations threw all of that into question. After Lori stormed, off the parents retreated to their bedroom. Lynn Sr. curled up on the bed and began to cry while a crestfallen Rita rubbed his back.

"It's okay honey." said Rita calmly.

"Where did we go wrong?" asked Lynn Sr. crying.

"I don't know." answered Rita.

Rita let out a mournful groan.

"I knew we weren't perfect, but nobody is." said Rita.

"We're failures." moaned Lynn Sr.

"No, we aren't!" declared Rita

"How the hell can you say that?!" asked Lynn Sr.

"Because we have eleven great kids." answered Rita.

"I do love all our kids." stated Lynn Sr.

"So do I." agreed Rita.

A solid minute of silence followed.

"There were signs we probably missed." mused Rita.

"Twice." noted Lynn Sr.

"What do..." began Rita.

Rita realized he meant Luna's drinking.

"I guess so." conceded Rita.

"We should have seen this coming." stated Lynn Sr.

"Our laissez-faire parenting style isn't working." decided Rita.

"So, we should be more hands on?" asked Lynn Sr.

"Yes. We shouldn't become helicopter parents, but we should be more aware of what the kids are doing." explained Rita.

Lynn Sr. thought it over.

"That, makes sense." mused Lynn Sr.

A knock came on the door.

"It's Luna." noted the rocker.

"I don't know..." began Rita.

Lynn Sr. sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"It's fine." said Lynn Sr.

"Come in!" called Rita.

Luna came into the bedroom and shut the door behind her.

"How are you?" asked Luna.

"Rough." answered Lynn Sr.

"How are you guys?" asked Rita.

Luna walked over and joined her parents.

"Lori sold the bracelet Leni bought her." revealed Luna.

"We heard through the vents." noted Rita.

"Leni is taking it hard." continued Luna.

"I'll visit her later." stated Rita.

"So, we held a vote whether or not to hold an intervention." continued Luna.

"And, what was the result?" asked Lynn Sr.

"The vote was in favor." answered Luna.

"Okay, we'll join you." said Lynn Sr.

"You need too since your family." noted Luna.

"Luna, I think it's to put you in charge." stated Rita.

"I'm fine with that." agreed Lynn Sr.

"No problem guys!" declared Luna.

Luna thought for a moment.

"I might call Crystal and see if he can help." mused Luna.

"Whatever you need to." said Lynn Sr.

"So, what do we need to do?" asked Rita.

"I'm sure you're familiar with the basics of an intervention." began Luna.

"We've seen the television show." replied Lynn Sr.

"Lynn brought that up too." said Luna.

Luna shook her head.

"We tell Lori how her drinking is affecting the whole family and ask her to get help." said Luna.

"And if she refuses?" asked Lynn Sr. worried.

"Then we set consequences and stick to it." answered Luna.

"Would that include kicking her out?" asked Rita.

"We can't do that!" exclaimed Lynn Sr.

"I don't want to, but we have ten other children to think of." replied Rita.

"I'm going to be sick." groaned Lynn Sr.

"If Lori refuses, we have to hold firm." stated Luna.

Luna and Rita both looked at Lynn Sr.

"I can do this." stated Lynn Sr.

"One thing we have to do is no money for anything." stated Luna.

"Of course." agreed Lynn Sr.

"This is going to be really hard." noted Luna.

"I'm in it." said Rita.

"So am I." agreed Lynn Sr.

Suddenly, a knock came on the door.

"Mr. Grouse is yelling about something and it's not my fault!" called Lynn Jr.

Luna and her parents went out the back door and found Mr. Grouse by the fence.

"Sorry Bud, but this isn't a good time." noted Lynn Sr.

'I'm surprised your both here since your van took out like a bat outta hell." said Mr. Grouse.

Luna froze and quickly turned to Lynn Jr. who was at the door.

"Check on Lori now!" demanded Luna.

Lynn Jr. raced upstairs and Luna as and her parents tensely waited. After a minute, Lynn Jr. popped her out of Lincoln's window.

"She's gone!" called LJ.

Luna and her parents went flush.

"Oh God, where is she?" asked Luna horrified.

In her room, Lori Loud was miserable. Her life was over, her relationship was dead and she had snapped at her sister. Lori would kill for a drink, but knew her parents didn't keep alcohol in the house. Luckily, her parents had forgotten they gave her a spare key to Vanzilla and didn't know about her fake ID. Lori quietly slipped outside then shot off for Hazeltucky. Once there, she used her fake ID to get into a bar and drink her woes away.

'Hey bartender!" called Lori drunkenly.

The bartender, a middle-aged man, walked over.

"Another sex on the beach." demanded Lori.

"Miss, don't you think you've had enough?" asked the bartender.

"I was to drink until I literally forget my name." answered Lori slurring.

Lori thought for a moment.

"Oh shit, what is my name?" asked Lori.

"I think you reached your goal." noted the bartender.

Lori waved her highball glass.

"Put extra vodka this time." demanded Lori.

"Sorry, but I have to cut you off." said the bartender.

"What?!" screamed Lori outraged.

"You've clearly had enough." explained the bartender.

"This is bullshit!" cried Lori, slamming her fist on the bar.

"You're young, you don't need to drink so much anyway." stated bartender.

"If you were in my shoes, you'd get wasted too." groaned Lori.

"I've heard plenty of sob stories." shrugged the bartender.

"My life is ruined; I've ruined my relationship with my family and my boyfriend won't talk to me again." explained Lori.

"Sorry to hear that." replied the bartender sympathetically.

"And I won't go to Fairway University either." added Lori.

Those words caused the bartender to freeze.

"How old are you?" asked the bartender.

"Um..." began Lori worried.

"If the cops find out I served a minor they'll close me down and yank my liquor license! Leave!" exclaimed the bartender.

"I'm going." muttered Lori annoyed.

Lori marched out and hopped in Vanzilla. Lori turned Vanzilla on and backed out. Fortunately, she id remember to put her seatbelt on. Lori drove off still drunk looking for somewhere else to drink or somewhere to go that wasn't home. In her drunken state, Lori headed over the speed limit and began to widely swerve as she drove. However, she was too drunk to notice.

"Stupid family. Stupid Bobby. Stupid bartender." muttered Lori.

Lori was going back and forth across the median line.

"Stupid..." began Lori.

Lori looked at her reflection in the rearview mirror.

"Stupid me." said Lori disgusted.

Lori noticed something blurry coming ahead.

"Are those lights?" asked Lori.

Lori heard a loud horn and realized she was in the path of an oncoming semi.

"Fuck!' cried Lori.

Lori spun the steering wheel recklessly and managed to avoid the truck. However, she lost control and crashed through the barrier. Vanzilla rolled down an embankment ending up a crumpled wreck at the bottom.

"Oh." groaned Lori.

In the driver's seat, Lori was badly hurt and losing blood.

"I don't want to die." said Lori sadly.

With those final words, Lori lost consciousness.

A/N: That's where we'll end things. So, the family came together with a plan, but it might be too later. Next time, we'll see if Lori survived and the general aftermath of the crash. Please review.