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Chapter 1
6:57 AM
In Lincoln's bedroom..
"Sweet! Right on time." Lincoln quietly cheered as he checked the clock on his phone after getting dressed into his usual clothes, having just finished with his quick shower a couple of minutes ago. After picking up his watch from his dresser, Lincoln put it back on his wrist as he was exiting his bedroom.
He tiptoed halfway down the upstairs hall before making his way downstairs. When he reached the bottom of the staircase, he hummed curiously upon hearing a vehicle honk its horn very briefly from outside.
Before he could ask himself who was causing the ruckus, he heard something else that caught his attention. Quickly and being a bit surprised, the Loud boy turned his head to the right to see his Mother rushing out of her bedroom in her dental assistant's uniform with her purse hanging under her right arm by her shoulder.
Then it clicked for Lincoln as he smiled.
"Morning, Mom!" He greeted chipperly. "Is that your ride outside?" He inquired as he glanced at the front door.
Pacing over to the front door, Rita replied hurriedly. "Oh, good morning, Lincoln! Yup, sure is." She answered as she flashed him a warm smile while she was putting on her shoes.
"Ah, I see." Said Lincoln.
Lincoln was well aware that his Mother was a busy woman during the mornings with her job since she started taking longer hours a year back. So, not wanting to hold her up and have her risk being late for work, Lincoln walked up to her and leaned in to give her cheek a gentle kiss. "Well, I hope you have a good day at work then, Mom." He wished her.
Rita's smile brightened as she gladly leaned her cheek into her son's lips. "Aww thanks, sweetie. I'll for sure try to." She responded with a quiet chuckle as she met the boy's eye when he leaned back.
Now, Rita was well aware that she didn't have to worry about getting her daughters up and ready for school as she knew that she could wholeheartedly trust her son to do all of that for her. Little did her children know, when her husband died.. she honestly didn't think she would've survived handling her children and her job all at the same time if she didn't have the responsible young man in front of her around to help out. She was proud to think that her and Lynn Sr. did right by him as he grew up. She was also very proud of Lincoln to see just how much like his Father he had turned out to be. He was such a caring, responsible and thoughtful boy.. Not to mention incredibly.. handsome and well-built... Er, anyway!
Honk! Honk!
Rita was brought back down to Earth when she heard her ride do another round of honking.
"Oh shoot! Gotta get going." Alarmed and remembering that she was on the clock, the blonde woman didn't think too much on her strange thought as she quickly leaned in to give her son a quick peck on the cheek before she moved with haste to leave the house. "I'll see you guys later this evening! Love you, and tell the girls I love them too!" She said as she opened the door and stepped out.
"I will. Love you too." Lincoln said back with a wave as she was closing the door.
The Loud boy was left alone in the living room when his Mom shut the door and she was heard rushing off the porch to catch her ride. He walked over to the window and watched as Rita entered her friend's car, gave her greetings, and drove off.
Checking his watch, Lincoln saw that the time was just a few seconds away from hitting seven o'clock. So with that in mind, while still watching the seconds go by and raising a finger up by his shoulder, he softly hummed a jolly tune while moseying on over to the kitchen.
"And in three.. two.. one.."
7:00 AM
Then right on cue..
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!
Lincoln chuckled as he could faintly hear the exhausted groans of his waking sisters, excluding Lynn since she was already awake and in the shower, sound off immediately after their alarm clocks went off.
Lowering his hands, he entered the kitchen and put on an apron that was hanging by the entryway. Then after tying said apron on, he went ahead and turned on the stove to get started on breakfast.
And with that, a day in the life of The Loud House truly began..
Upstairs..
As usual, within the minute of waking up, most of the Loud girls were all lined up in front of the bathroom door and waiting for their turns to use it.
A tired Lori was the first in line with an equally sleepy Leni, Luna, Luan, Lucy, Lola, Lana and Lisa following behind her.
"Lynn! You better hurry up in there and not use up all the hot water, or I'll literally barge in there and make you move it." Lori groaned as she lightly beated on the door.
"For real, dude.. Like heck I'm going to shower in cold water again." Luna chimed in before giving off a soft yawn.
"Like, *yawn* totes, the same here." Leni said as she rubbed at her eyes with her sleeping mask still over them.
Being the ever so impatient one, Lola decided to speak up her own concerns in a rather.. convincing tone. "Rrr! Move your butt in there or else, Lynn! We don't have all dang day!" She loudly growled in complaint.
Since they were right beside her, Lana and Lucy flinched at the bratty sister's cry.
"Sigh.. Why must it always be like this?" Lucy asked no one in particular after she had recovered, slightly slouching as she hung her head. Yeah, Loud may be their family name. But they didn't need to live up to that all the time.. right?
"Geez Lols, chill out, will ya?" Lana mumbled as she rubbed at her right ear, feeling it become slightly numb due to Lola's piercing shout.
"Yeah, Lola. No need to be such a hothead." Luan uttered as she weakly giggled at her own dumb joke. However, it had the opposite effect on her sisters as they all just groaned and deadpanned in exasperation.
"Your foolish jokes are the last things we need to hear at the present time, Luan." Lisa sighed as she lifted her glasses slightly when she rubbed at her heavy eyes.
It was then that they heard the shower turn off and Lynn finally responded to their complaints.
"All right, all right, I'm finished! Hold your horses." Lynn said with an annoyed tone as she could be heard opening the shower curtain and stepping out of the bathtub. Those sounds were music to the girls ears as they were quick to express their relief.
Now while all that was going on, a barely conscious Lily Loud, who was wearing a pink princess nightgown, walked out of the room that she shared with the brainy sister of the bunch. When turning the second corner, she slowly descended down to the first floor and went to the kitchen to join the one person she loved and appreciated most in the world.
"Linkyyy.." Lily whined as she rubbed at her eyes and stood at the doorway, looking at her big brother by the stove with a weak pout.
In the midst of cooking some eggs, Lincoln looked to the young girl upon hearing his name. "Well good mornin' there sleepyhead." He greeted with a wide smile.
Seeing as how the eggs needed a bit more time to cook, Lincoln lowered the spatula he was using down onto the counter and walked over to Lily, knowing exactly what she wanted him to do.
"Morning.." Lily yawned as she lifted her arms slightly when Lincoln picked her up with ease and held her close to him. She smacked her lips together lightly a few times as she wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on her left shoulder.
"Sleep well, my little sunshine?" Lincoln softly questioned after giving the girl's forehead its good morning kiss. He then moved back over to the stove. When getting there, he held Lily up with his left arm while his right arm picked up the spatula and continued tending to the eggs. To ensure that she wouldn't get hurt by it, he had his body tilted so that her back wasn't facing the very hot stove and instead his right side more so faced it.
Lily shrugged at his question as she couldn't help but smile upon hearing his nickname for her. "I slept okay, I guess.. though Lisa's snoring kept waking me up.." She replied.
Lincoln scoffed anxiously as he could very much vouch for that. He'd be lying if he said that Lisa's snoring, which seemed to be gradually getting worst, didn't wake him up here and there during the night. Curse these thin walls of theirs.. Why haven't they done anything about it yet? Like, seriously? He wondered. Dah well, it's the least of his concerns at the moment.
'Tell me about it..' He thought.
Quickly getting over it, Lincoln shook his head as he put on a positive demeanor once more. "Well don't you worry. Perhaps a warm, tasty breakfast will wake you right up." He chuckled as he looked to her for a reaction.
Lily giggled tiredly, yet enthusiatically, at the mention of breakfast. "Yay.." That was all she could bring herself to say to acknowledge his remark.
Wanting to do his littlest sister a solid and to satiate his urge to baby her, Lincoln started to sway Lily side to side steadily. "How 'bout you sleep for a little awhile longer until it's your turn to use the bathroom, huh? I'll wake you up when it is." He suggested.
"Will you keep carrying me if I do?" Lily asked, hoping that he would.
"You know I will, Sunshine. How silly of you to even ask." He replied promisingly.
Lily grinned as she nodded contently and nuzzled into her Linky's neck. "Okay.. Thank you, Linky.." She whispered as she immediately began to doze off when she was given the go ahead, falling back asleep almost instantly as she was already emitting soft, adorable snores.
"No problem.." Lincoln whispered to the sleeping girl, giving her a comforting experience as he continued to make his slow movements for her. Gosh, he lost track of how many times he did this for the baby of the family. Not that he had any complaints about it.
7:43 AM
It took nearly three quarters of an hour, but eventually the Loud sisters were all washed up, dressed up into their usual clothes and at the table eating their breakfast. Still having a little over half an hour before they needed to head to school. The Loud children weren't in any rush to finish their meals.
Sitting at the ends of the long dinner table were the two eldest siblings, Lincoln and Lori. Lincoln sat at the end near the kitchen entrance and Lori was at the opposite end. On the side that faced the dining room window, starting from Lincoln's end, sat Leni, Luan, Lola and Lynn. On the other side, also starting from Lincoln's end, sat Lily, Lucy, Luna, Lana and Lisa. There wasn't any room along the side of the table for Lily to sit at. So she would always instead sit at the corner of the table to Lincoln's right, which was her preferred spot if one asked her.
"Oh my god, this is literally the best.." Lori said to herself as she was eating her food eagerly. Now usually at times like this, she would be texting away at her phone to chat endlessly with her friends. But when it came to breakfast though, or more specifically her elder brother's breakfast meals, she was more than willing to put her phone down for now in order to truly appreciate the effort Lincoln put into the meal.
"Mm~ Your cooking is like, totes, delicious as always, Linky." Leni chipperly complimented the chef after she had ate a small strip of bacon, sending a happy smile the boy's way as she was chewing.
"Indeed, it is quite delectable, elder brother." Said Lisa as she stared at the scrambled egg on her fork for a moment before quickly making it disappear into her mouth.
"Bro's cooking is always rockin' you guys! What did you expect?" Luna smirked, taking in a cubed hashbrown.
"He does know how to make breakfast the most important and egg-cellent meal of the day, get it?" Said Luan as she showed off an egg before bursting into a brief fit of laughter. Then she ate it after she was finished.
"Sigh.. Your food never fails to shed light into the dark void that is my soul, big brother." Lucy said as she could be seen flashing a smile upon saying her comment.
Upon hearing the compliments, Lincoln put on a proud expression and bowed his head. "Thanks! I do always try to give it my all for you girls." He grinned, raising his head as he went back to eating, taking a bite out of a slice of his white toast.
"You were right, Lincoln! This did wake me up." Lily chimed in as she smiled widely at the white-haired boy beside her before picking her fork into an egg and eating it with an audible 'omph!' and a satisfied hum.
"See? I told ya it would do the trick!" Lincoln chuckled as he lightly ruffled his youngest sister's hair before reaching for his glass of orange juice and taking a sip of it. Lily merely giggled gladly in response to his action.
Lily no longer wore her nightgown, not since her bath, as she now wore a purple spaghetti strapped top with tiny yellow flowers lining the edges and a matching frilly skirt. Her shoulder length blonde hair was neatly brushed back and atop of her head was a purple headband that had a small pink lily flower on it.
"Here you go, Charles. Eat up!" Lana spoke as she fed their pet dog, who was sitting by her seat with his tail wagging, a few of her hashbrowns by dropping them on the floor in front of him.
Charles panted excitedly as he didn't hesitate to gobble down the potato treats after they were down.
"Walt!" Lana then whistled for their pet bird after grabbing a single hashbrown off of her plate. When the sound of flapping wings hit her ears, she tossed the hashbrown up into the air. "There ya go, buddy!" It was when she flinged it that a yellow blur flew right over their heads and took the treat.
Walt chirped as he flew around for a short time before stopping on top of the cabinet that was in the dining room. After dropping the hashbrown upon landing, he pecked to tear it up first before eating the contents that were within the skin.
Lana hid a few more in her overall pockets to give to Cliff and Geo later, the other main pets who were still asleep.
Meanwhile, Lola wasn't able to enjoy her beautiful meal as her table neighbor, Lynn, distracted her with her savage eating.
As much as she wanted to scream the sporty brunette's ear off, Lola was one who enforced table manners. So being somewhat able to hold back her disgust at the sight, she spoke up. "Can you stop acting like such a wild animal and eat like a proper lady for once in your life, Lynn? Really, it's not like your food is going anywhere." The blonde groaned as she lightly glared at Lynn.
"Hmm?" Lynn ceased with her senseless munching when hearing Lola's complaining, blinking dumbly at her with puffed cheeks for a second or two. When processing the princess's words, Lynn growled and glared at the girl as she chewed a bit more before swallowing down her food in one easy gulp. "Hey, I'm freakin' hungry, all right! So get off my case and mind your own business, brat!" She huffed, leaving her arguement at that as she continued on with her feast.
"Ugh, you're so hopeless.." Lola grumbled as she rolled her eyes, seeing the futility in protesting any further.
Lynn was always a girl who did her own thing and refused to let anyone stop her. Which explained why the blonde gave up so easily.
"It's okay, Lola. Settle down." Lincoln spoke up in an attempt to ease the nine year old, catching her attention as she looked to him in surprise. "As long as she's not hurting anyone and not making.. too big of a mess." Lincoln scoffed nervously as he noticed the little mess of toast and hashbrown crumbs that surrounded Lynn's plate. "She can eat how she wants. So just try to ignore her and enjoy your food, okay my princess?" He requested as he smiled warmly at Lola and gave her a pleading look.
"B-But.."
Ooh, why did he have to go and say that? Lola really wanted to say something that would go against his reasoning. But after he called her his princess, she struggled to think up the words to do so. So feeling as if she had no choice, the flustered blonde conceded as she displayed an adorable pout. Everytime he gave her that look, there was absolutely no way that she could go against her prince. "Ooh all right. Sorry Linc." She took a deep breath to cool her head. She did her best to try and ignore Lynn at that point as she went on to eat her food in a prim and proper manner, much unlike the brunette.
"Thank you, Lols." Said Lincoln, showing a relieved smile at her reply.
'Boy. Not to toot my horn or anything. But what would this family do without me?' Lincoln stifled a chuckle at his thought as he shrugged and continued on eating.
If one were to ask the girls, they wouldn't know what to say or even think if they lost him..
8:14 AM
"Girls! It's time! Let's get going!" Lincoln called out as he stood by the door with his sisters packed school bags resting on the floor beside him. The white-haired boy kept an eye on his watch as he tapped a foot on the floor.
"Coming bro!" A few voices responded from upstairs as he could hear a stampede of footsteps moving to the stairs. He smirked as his sisters came into view when moving down the stairs.
"As always! Line up, get your bag and head to Vanzilla!" He instructed as he opened the front door for the complying Loud sisters before picking up the first bag for the first sister in line.
"Lily." Lincoln smiled as he held out Lily's bag in her path.
"Thanks Linky!" Lily giggled as Lincoln gave her forehead a kiss before allowing her to leave. When he stood straight again, she bolted out the door and to Vanzilla after taking her bag.
And thus began the everyday short-lived cycle.
"Lisa."
"Much appreciated, brother." Lisa adjusted her glasses as she took her bag, nodding gratefully before walking out. Lincoln didn't hesitate to return the gesture.
"Lola."
"Thank you very much, my prince~" Lola bowed elegantly to the boy before leaving, Lincoln doing the same with an arm across his chest as he smiled widely.
"Why of course, my princess." He chuckled as he looked to the next girl.
"Lana."
"Thanks bro!" Grabbing her bag, the two gladly fist bumped before Lana stepped out.
"Lucy."
"Thanks Lincoln." Lucy faintly smiled at the Loud boy, her only reason for smiling, as she took her bag and walked out.
"No problem." He smiled back as he watched her leave before turning back to the next sister.
"Lynn."
"Aye, thanks bro." Lynn chuckled. Instead of the usual fist bump they did, she opted to bump her free fist against the boy's clothed abs, grinning up at him as she did. As always, the motion hurt her hand ever so slightly due to the muscles solidity.
Lincoln showed no pained or tickled reaction as he just grinned back at Lynn. "Careful. Don't go trying to hurt yourself now." He joked in a cocky manner, the two sharing a laugh at that as Lynn walked out.
"Luan."
"I gotta say, Lincoln. I'm very surprised that you still got being a big brother in the bag." Luan giggled as she grabbed her school bag.
Lincoln couldn't help but give a soft chuckle at Luan's humorous remark. That was a new one for him. "Good one, Luan. And well, you know what they say, a big brother's work is never done." He smirked.
Luan smiled as she nodded in agreement at that. Knowing her and their sisters, or their family in general, that was without a doubt true.
'and I'm glad that you're my big brother.' The comedy-loving brunette thought contently as she walked out after shooting Lincoln an adoring glance.
"Luna."
"Much thanks, luv!" Luna chipperly said in her typical british accent, grabbing her bag and placing one strap over her left shoulder before throwing the pouch around to her back. She gave Lincoln a two fingered salute as she was walking out.
Lincoln returned the gesture with a smile.
"Leni."
"Thanks a ton, Linky~" Leni sing-songed as she took her bag and leaned up on her tippy toes to give Lincoln a kiss on his cheek to show her gratitude. Her affectionate action caused him to blush.
"A-Anytime, Leni.." He replied bashfully as he rubbed at his head.
'Aww, he's such a cutie!' She thought as she beamed upon witnessing his reaction. The sight causing her heart to race. Hmm, why has she been feeling this way towards him as of late? How strange..
Anyway, getting out of her silly, yet pure, mind, Leni left the house. Leaving Lincoln in his current state.
Shaking his head, Lincoln gathered his composure and got back to the important matter at hand.
"And last but not least, Lori."
"Thanks, Linky." Lori simply said as she just took her bag with her eyes glued to her cell, her left thumb typing away rapidly at it. Boy, good thing she wasn't the eldest sibling, huh?
"You're welcome.." Lincoln deadpanned as he watched the eldest blonde sister walk out without saying much else.
With the line having ended with Lori, Lincoln shrugged and sighed as he made sure that he had his phone, keys and wallet in his pockets. "Got everything..? Great! Time to go then!"
And with that, Lincoln exited the Loud House and locked the door upon shutting it. Then off to drop off his sisters at school he went..
8:17 AM
At this time, the Loud sisters were loaded and buckled up into Vanzilla with Lori being in the front passenger seat. Leni, Luna and Luan were in the first row of the back seat. Lynn, Lucy and Lisa were in the second row. Then lastly, Lola, Lana and Lily were in the third row.
Now if only their driver, AKA Lincoln, would hurry up and join them, they can finally take off.
As Lincoln was making his way to the family vehicle, he noticed that their neighbor, Mr. Grouse, was outside tending to his little garden by his doorstep.
"Hey, good morning Mr. Grouse!" He greeted the elderly man as he waved over at him while walking down the stone path.
Mr. Grouse hummed as he steered his attention over to the boy. "Ah, good morning, Lincoln!" He greeted his respectful chore boy back as he waved at him as well before going back to what he was doing before.
Despite the... tense relationship Mr. Grouse had with his family in the past. Lincoln liked to think that they were now good friends ever since he became the elder's chore boy back when he was fifteen years old. By that, he meant that he would help out Mr. Grouse with the occasional yard chores, such as cutting his grass during the summers and shovelling snow off of his property during the winters. Stuff like that to make some easy money.
Satisfied with the greeting, Lincoln walked up to the driver side door and entered Vanzilla, taking out the keys to the old heap.
"So, we all good to go?" Lincoln asked as he put on his seatbelt and started the vehicle, gazing up at the rear view mirror to look at the ones in the backseats.
They all immediately assured him that they were.
"Okay, let's go." With that, Lincoln put Vanzilla into reverse and carefully pulled out of the driveway before taking off. Him and Mr. Grouse gave a final wave before they would be out of each other's sights.
8:26 AM
"Bye, Linky! See ya, Lincoln! Catch you later, bro!"
"Have a good day, you guys!" Lincoln waved at the five sisters aged closest to him as he had just dropped them off at Royal Woods High School. A few minutes prior, the Loud boy had dropped off Lily, Lisa, Lola, Lana and Lucy at Royal Woods Elementary School.
He waited until they were inside their, and his former, school before taking a minute to relax within Vanzilla. Man, being the older sibling can be a tiring duty. Despite that though, Lincoln loved doing it.
When the minute was up, he tilted his watch hand slightly on the steering wheel to check the time..
8:28 AM..
It was about that time where he needed to do the next responsibility of his day. So with a light sigh, he put Vanzilla back into drive and pressed on the gas pedal.
"Time to get to work.."
A/N: aaand there's the next one! This was honestly fun for me to write as I did very much enjoy imagining up the girls personalities, especially Luan's. She's my favorite. I don't know what it is, just something about a girl who can make silly and cringe-inducing puns just drives me crazy! In a good way of course. XD
I just wanna say, big thanks to those who have left positive reviews for the prologue chapter! I'm glad to know that you at least found it interesting and are waiting to see more. Again, I'll try not to disappoint. XD
For those who are wondering. Yes, there will be other girls besides the Loud ladies in the harem. CX Next chapter will reveal one or maybe even two of them, who knows. *shrugs* XD
Alrighty, I don't got much else to say other than that. So thank you very much for reading and I hope that you at least somewhat enjoyed this update! Have a good one!
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Until next chapter, deuces!
