Second chapter of the dramatic tale, last we left off, Luna finally came out to her younger brother Lincoln after meeting the young woman of Luna's affection, Sam, at the mall. Now let's just see how Lincoln will handle this new piece of information about one of his nicest and closest sisters, and how things will progress from this point forward. With that being said, I'd like to thank all of you guy who liked my newest story. On with the story!
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When Luan came home form another birthday party act for her business, she expected to see her older sister/roommate Luna in their room probably playing with her guitar like she usually does, but we was nowhere in sight which was the same thing with her younger brother Lincoln, she went to Lori for any information and the eldest Loud sibling told her that she got a text from Lincoln that he was hanging out with Luna at the mall. That was certainly surprising, considering their only brother's lack of enthusiasm whenever they drag him to the place, guess Luna must have made it worth his while since he was there for a while now. Presently, she was sitting on the couch with her favorite ventriloquist dummy, Mr. Cocoanuts with Lucy sitting next to her, writing in her poetry book.
"Say spooky little girl. Don't suppose you can tell me where my good old pal, Eddie's at?" she spoke though the wooden puppet. "I spotted a dog at the pet store that he would love, it was a blood hound!" Luan chuckled humorously. "Ha ha? Get it?" she nudged her younger sister. "Vampires like blood and all that."
The gothic poet looked up form her book. "Edwin would have found that joke very offensive." she said in annoyance. "Besides, he's always been more of a cat person." she added. Lucy and her comedian sister heard the door open and saw both Lincoln and Luna walked in, something that took their notice was the awkward look on their faces, that and there was some sort of silence that was a bit unnerving, almost as if something happened. "Hey there guys." Lucy greeted. "How was the mall?" she asked.
"It was..." Lincoln looked to his sister who fidgeted a bit. "...very fun. Um, Luna and I are gonna go listen to some songs in hers and your room, Luan." Lincoln told the prankster. "So we'd appreciate it if um, if we don't disturbed, I hope that's okay with you. And Mr. Cocoanuts, don't answer for you." he stopped her before she could reply by using the inanimate object.
Luan shrugged. "Whatever you say, watch out for some leftover pranks from last April Fools Day." she warned as she saw them walk upstairs. Making sure that they were out of earshot, she turned to Lucy. "Did you notice anything strange with them?" she inquired. "They look like Lori did when that Carol girl form her school bought the handbag she wanted."
"I try not to delve into the affairs of mere mortals. Except if Lincoln needs me to do certain enchantments on Ronnie Anne to make her love him." she noticed the creep out look Luan was giving off. "I only offered the suggestion to him, I'm still waiting on his reply, which I'm starting to realize might not come as soon as I hoped."
Bringing the focus back to the main pair of siblings, Lincoln and Luna Loud went up the stairs, neither of the two said a single word to each other almost as if they were afraid of what would be said first. Hard to imagine that this would be how her coming out would go, if there was one thing Luna cared about was the relationship she had with Lincoln, she was close to the rest of the family but when it came to Lincoln, the two have always had a tight bond. He was one of the few members of the family who didn't mind her tendency to rock out a little too much, in face he often found himself enjoying her music genre and he always did look up to her as the kind of big sister who would always have his back and love him unconditionally. Luna didn't want his personal opinion on her to change, that was what this made this whole thing so scary to her.
Making sure that no one else was upstairs, both entered the shared bedroom of Luna and Luan, the rock star climbed up to the top bunk and gave her hand to help her little bro up. Both sat in an uncomfortable silence as they tried to find the right words to start this much needed conversation. After what seemed like forever, Luna was the one to finally break the silence. "So, I guess I got a lot to explain to you, bro." she scratched her nape nervously.
"I'll listen." he held her hand. "So, that girl from the mall, she was the same Sam that you told us about. During the whole love letter thing." he said in a matter of fact tone. She nodded. "So...does this mean that you're...?"
"I'm not a lesbian, if that's what you were thinking." Luna said, interrupting him. "I mean, I do like guys, but I guess I can like other girls too." she weakly smiled. "So yeah, I'm bisexual." Silence filled the air once again as she waited for him to give his reaction but so far he was silent. With quivering lips, Luan spoke out. "Well? What are you waiting for?" she trembled.
Lincoln raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Go ahead." Luna told him, looking away in what appeared to be shame. "Go and say how much you hate me now!" she exclaimed, startling the white haired boy.
"Hate you?" Lincoln repeated those words as if they were foreign to him. "Luna, what are you talking about?" he was very much concerned since he never seen someone like Luna freak out like this, she was always so laid back and easygoing, it was quite surprising to see her so...vulnerable.
"Aren't you disgusted?!" she bawled.
"Luna..."
"Don't you hate me now?!" she continued.
"Luna..."
"I mean, you probably see me so different now?! I'm sorry you had to find out this way bro, but I understand if-if you don't want to hang out, or see me, or if you don't even see me as a sister anymore! Just please don't tell this to anyone you know, I can't live with-" she was cut off as Lincoln gave her a big hug, silencing her and making her freeze. He was hugging her, but why? After finding out her deep secret, why is he still showing her affection? Was this some kind of trick.
"Luna." this time she didn't interrupt, allowing him to speak his mind. "I still love you." he declared with a kind smile.
"Really?" she gaped. She wasn't imagining it, those were real words, her only brother actually still loved her despite finding out. "But why?"
Lincoln chuckled. "Why not?" his face then turned serious. "Luna, you're my big sister. Why would you think me learning that you're bisexual suddenly change all that?"
"Because bro, you're practically the first person I ever told." she explained.
Lincoln's eyes lit up a little. "Really?"
"It's true." Luna looked down in sadness. "Before now, everyone I ever knew has no idea. I was never brave enough to admit it, not to Lori, or Luan or even mom and dad. Everyone sees me as Luna Loud, the chill rock and roll gal and that's all they can think of me as, not as a girl who likes other girls the same way I can like a dude, or as someone who has deal with hiding that part of herself from her own family because she's too much of a wuss to just tell them and get it off her chest. You, me, and the girls, the eleven of us have our quirks that may get on each other's nerves a lot, but we always stick together, I'm just scared that if any of you dudes knew about this, it would change everything."
Lincoln could understand her reasoning. Living in a house filled with a total of 13 people plus 4 pets can have its challenges, because there were so many occupants, the thought of being judged by the majority of those people can be scary. He's certainly isn't a stranger to most of his sisters sometimes not understanding his habits, same with him not understanding theirs. But this is a whole different kind of situation, the fact that he was the first to know of this was something, but he saw how disheartened his sister was and knew that he needed to be a good brother now more than ever. "Luna, I understand why you didn't want to tell any of us, you're scared that some of our sisters might not accept this side of you, but I can tell you right now that they can never stop loving you, just like me. You've always been one of the best big sisters any kid could ask for, you're kind, willing to help your family, and you look out for us. I know I sometimes get annoyed by your antics, but I can never actually hate you girls, especially you. I love you, sis."
After that heartfelt speech by her brother, Luna felt tears beginning to form in her eyes, she soon enveloped Lincoln in a big hug full of tender care and love for him, which he happily returned. "You're the best little brother ever, Linc." she sniffled. "Thanks for understanding."
"Anytime." Lincoln said as they pulled. "And in case you forgot, I have a best friend with two dads." he pointed out." I'm not really in a position to judge anyway."
"Heh, true that." Luna chuckled as she wiped away some tears.
"If anything I'm more surprised, I wouldn't really peg you as liking other girls. Remember my old tutor, Hugh?" he asked.
His older sister blushed, but more in embarrassment. "Yeah, the girls and I weren't that bad, right?" after getting over him, most of the sisters began to realize that they may have gotten a little overboard with him.
"Ehhhh...pretty much." Lincoln shrugged. "So, how did you and Sam first meet?"
"Remember that music camp I went to last summer?" he nodded. "Well, me and Sam were both in the same cabin and we totally connected. She's just as into rock and roll music as I am, not to mention idolizing Mick Swagger like me. At first I didn't realize it until after camp was done, but after thinking about it for a while, I actually grew to like her. Like really like her." she smiled, but then frowned. "Thing is, I'm not sure is she feels the same way, or if she's cool with it, it's so confusing."
"But didn't you leave her a love letter like the rest us?" he inquired.
"Yeah, but I don't think she knows that it was me."
"Too bad there's no way to at least see if she does, like maybe hang out with her." Lincoln said.
But that got her to remember something. "Wait a second, there is!" she climbed down from the bed and pulled out a trunk from the bottom bed, she searched frantically for something that Lincoln couldn't help but feel curious about. From the looks of it, she was trying to find something of great importance that she needed to show him. After what seemed like forever, the rocker found it. "There it is!" she went back up the bed and presented Lincoln a poster that read: ROCK AND ROLL FESTIVAL! FRIDAY AT 8:00! A CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS rock! "Check it bro, tomorrow there's gonna be an epic rock and roll party, it'll have all things that relates to my favorite music!"
"Wow, that sounds pretty awesome." he commented.
"You bet it is. Anyone who loves rock music will be there, and if I know Sam, she'll definitely be one of those people. It's only been the thing me and my buddies from school have been talking about, if I could meet her there, maybe we could talk, get to know each other a little more." she gained a hopeful smile but then turned fretful. "But wait, what if I mess up? Maybe someone might get in the way, it could lead to major disaster!" she began to panic, but Lincoln grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Calm down sis, take deep breaths." he instructed which she followed. "You make a good point, anything could go wrong, but what if you had a little help?" he suggested with a grin.
"Help?"
"Yeah, someone to maybe help you get Sam to notice you, like maybe someone who doesn't have anything planned tomorrow." he gave her a knowing grin.
"Lincoln, are you asking me if you could be my wingman?" Luna asked with widened eyes. "You would do that for me?"
Lincoln nodded. "You like to do nice thing for us, consider this me paying back. Besides, I like helping a sister out, it's what family's for."
"Oh, come here you!" she gave him an affectionate noogie as they both amusedly laughed over this. She was glad that her little bro still loved her even when he found out her secret, even moreso that he was willing to help her out with trying to see if her crush felt the same way.
Maybe things could work out for her after all.
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