Hi everyone! It's Erik from EAP715, back again with a new chapter for this story. I want to give you all my sincere thanks and appreciation for your reviews. I'm so glad to see so many people interested in this story. I hope to make this story very enjoyable to you all and I'm looking forward to see where this goes. And lastly, I'd live to give a sincere shoutout to BarnMaker for providing me with many useful ideas on the structuring of this story. With that said, enjoy this second chapter of "The Loud Crush."
The night quickly flew by, and before the Loud family knew it, it was 6:30 am. The Loud girls woke up to the morning sunlight gleaming on their faces, full of energy and ready to tackle the day ahead of them. After all, they hadn't forgotten about the surprise their parents had in store for them after-school, so they were very motivated in getting through one more day of school for the week.
About a minute after having woken up, Rita Loud's voice boomed into the hallway from her bedroom. "Girls, time to get up and get ready for school!" Normally, the girls would have taken their time getting up from their beds, groaning as they walked towards the bathroom to wait their turn to wash up and change from their pajamas into their daytime clothes. However, given that today was a Friday, let alone that there was a special special ready to meet them in several hours, the girls jumped out their beds and rushed towards the bathroom as fast as they could. They just could not wait to get through the school day and were as eager and optimistic as they could possibly be. The fact that the girls were quick in obeying their mother's command left Lynn Sr. in a state of surprise.
"Huh, what do you know? I guess the girls must be hyped about today," the father of ten daughters spoke to Rita.
"It sure seems that way," she replied. "And I'm sure that after spending so many hours in school today, I'm very confident that our reward to our kids will truly pay off."
"I couldn't agree more. Now come on honey, let's get ready for what we have planned today. I'm so excited to get this over with!" With that, Lynn Sr. and Rita both got up from their beds and began changing into their daytime clothes, excited to finally be able to get a son for once and for all. Unbeknownst to them, however, the Loud girls were nearby in the hallway in their usual line awaiting their turn for the bathroom, sans Lori, who had claimed first to the bathroom for being the eldest sister. Because the door to their parents' room was half open, the girls closest to their parents' room—Luan, Luna, and Leni—overheard their parents' conversation regarding the girls' surprise. Hearing the words their parents had spoken only excited Luan, Luna, and Leni ever so more. As soon as Lynn Sr. closed the door to his bedroom to change clothes, Luan spoke up.
"Hey guys! Me, Luna, and Leni just heard our parents talking about the surprise they have for us this afternoon. They say that the surprise is going to be so good that it will truly pay off!"
"This surprise better be good in that case," the Loud princess said. "Mom and Dad wouldn't want to make me mad!"
"I'm sure this surprise will be worth the wait," Leni said with confidence. "Why else would our parents be so exited?"
"Um, you mean 'excited' Leni?" Luna corrected her fashionista sister.
"Oops, my bad!" Leni blushed a bit, slightly embarrassed about her mistake. Lynn Jr. was about to speak up next but the rest of the girls heard their parents' bedroom door open and they quickly shushed her up to prevent their parents from finding out that their conversation had been overheard.
Just then Lynn Sr. and Rita stepped out into the hallway all changed into their traditional clothes. "Hey there girls, thanks for being quick at getting up today!" the father commended. "I'm so glad to see you all hyped up for today."
"And you all should be," Rita continued. "After all you've got that surprise we told you about coming up after-school!"
"Absolutely. Now hurry up and get yourselves prepped up because you wouldn't want to be late to school." Lynn Sr. said. The Loud girls all nodded in agreement as their parents walked downstairs to prepare their daughters' breakfasts and school lunches.
At around 7:05 am, all the Loud girls came rushing downstairs into the kitchen, all changed up and with their backpacks ready to go. Lynn Sr. and Rita served the daughters' favorite breakfast dishes as they finished up making their school lunches. The Loud girls finished up their meals quickly and grabbed their school lunches as soon as they were ready.
"Thanks for a delicious meal mom and dad!" the Loud girls exclaimed happily.
"You're all welcome kids. It's our pleasure," Rita responded. "Now go ahead and get in Vanzilla, we'll be right out." The Loud girls did as they were told and quickly got into their family van.
"Look at them honey, they're very happy and excited," Lynn Sr. proudly beamed.
"They sure do indeed," Rita said as she kissed her husband's cheek. "I'm just going to grab my purse from upstairs, I accidentally forgot to bring it down as I was in a bit of a rush."
"No worries, I'll wait for you in the car," Lynn Sr. said.
"Sounds good!" Rita said as she raced up the stairs. It took her about thirty seconds to grab her purse, run back downstairs, and lock the door to the Loud residence. Afterwards, the Louds departed in Vanzilla to their respective places. The Loud parents dropped off their daughters at their schools, minus Lily, who was only 15 months old and therefore needed to stay under the care of her parents.
"Alright, now that that's over with, let's go get our daughters the brother they've always wanted!" Lynn Sr. yelled happily.
"Wee get a brther (We getting a brother)?" Lily asked her dad as best as she could.
"That's right Lily, you're finally going to get a brother to play with," Lynn Sr. responded. Lily giggled and clapped her hands with delight.
It took Lynn Sr. and Rita Loud around twenty minutes to arrive at the Royal Woods Adoption Center. Upon arriving, the Loud parents raced into the center with Lily in Rita's arms to the receptionist who was startled by their sudden appearance.
"Oh God! I'm sorry," the female receptionist excused herself. "You all ran in here so fast that you scared the heck out of me. Anyways, how can I help you?"
"We were wondering if it would be possible for us to adopt a son as me and my husband have always wanted a boy in our family and thus far I've only been able to give birth to ten girls," Rita said.
"Ten girls?!" the receptionist asked, shocked.
"Yeah, I know, that's a lot of daughters. Everyone tells us that," Rita said dismissively.
"I bet. Well, anyway, as far as adopting a boy from our center, I'm sorry to inform you that we only have one boy in our care center right now. It just so happens that you have come to our center during the city's semi-annual 'Adopt-a-kid' event. Normally when parents come to our center to adopt a child we place them on a waitlist for a minimum of two weeks while the city examines the parents' legal records. But when we host these 'Adopt-a-kid' events, the process is completed within an hour as we put extra staff on duty to expedite the record examination. And you know how people react when they hear the word 'today'," the receptionist said.
"Wait, but it's barely 8:25 am! How could this possibly be?" Lynn Sr. asked, confused.
"The 'Adopt-a-kid' event started yesterday, as a matter of fact," the receptionist said. "Normally these events will span a two-day period and yesterday we had a record volume of parents in our center asking to adopt children. At the time we had around 50 boys, but by the time we closed yesterday, all but one boy had been taken for adoption."
"Oh, I see," Rita said, starting to get disappointed.
"Yeah, I'm very sorry. But like I said, we do have one boy left in our care center. Would you like to go see him?"
"Yes, please!" the Loud parents exclaimed in unison.
"Poo poo!" Lily said, giggling excitedly in Rita's arms.
"Ok, great! I'll just ask our care center specialist Roger to lead you into the care center. Roger?"
"Follow me please," Roger said, smiling. The Loud parents then followed Roger into the care center, climbing up a flock of stairs to reach the male section of the care center. Once at the top of the stairs, Roger opened the gray door leading into the male section and as courtesy had the Loud parents enter first.
"Well, here he is. He's the only guy we got left. Have a look and see if you like him," Roger directed the Loud parents.
"Oh...my...goodness!" the Loud parents smiled excitedly. "He's so cute and adorable!" They both stared at a handsome young boy with white hair and a chipped front tooth wearing an orange polo shirt, blue pants, and a pair of sneakers. He had been playing with a set of Ace Savvy action figures until he glanced up at the Loud parents upon their entrance to the male section.
"His name is Lincoln," Roger introduced the boy. "He was brought to our center when he was only four days old. His original parents didn't want him because he had white hair and they were afraid of their neighbors making fun of them for raising a son with 'old-man's hair.'"
"Wow, I can't believe his parents did that!" Lynn Sr. said disgustedly.
"Yeah, a sad truth indeed. But in spite of that, he is a healthy boy. He's got all his vaccinations, he has always been fed nutritious, quality food, and he is quite polite and smart," Roger told the Loud parents.
"How old is he?" Rita asked.
"He is currently eleven years old. He is very smart and mature for his age," Roger said. Lynn Sr. and Rita then walked over to introduce themselves to Lincoln.
"Hey there Lincoln," Rita spoke. "I'm Rita Loud and this is my husband Lynn Sr. and this baby girl in my arms is Lily."
"Hi!" Lily waved to Lincoln.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Loud, I'm Lincoln. And hello to you too you cutie pie!" Lincoln said. Lily giggled and patted Lincoln's head upon hearing Lincoln's sweet words.
"Nice to meet you Lincoln," Lynn Sr. said. "We're here in the adoption center because we were hoping to adopt a son."
"Yes, me and my husband have always wanted to have a son in our family and until now I've only been able to give birth to ten girls. So we were hoping to adopt a boy for ourselves and our ten daughters. They really want a brother in their family."
Lincoln only gazed his mouth open. But before he had a chance to question Rita's statement she immediately caught Lincoln's astonishment and spoke on. "Yes, I know. It must be shocking to learn that we have ten daughters. But trust me, they're very nice girls and are well-behaved. Even their teachers call us saying that they really like our daughters."
"Well, yes, that is shocking indeed," Lincoln said. "But I'm very glad to hear that they are excellent children."
"You bet Lincoln. We're very happy and blessed to have our ten daughters," Lynn Sr. said. "But recently, me, my wife, and our girls have been upset at the fact that there is no boy in our family. We were at the point of giving up but my wife Rita told me we could try adopting a boy since she hadn't been able to give birth to one."
"And looking at you, you are just so cute, adorable, and a very polite young man," Rita said, patting Lincoln's white hair. The boy couldn't help but blush and smile at Rita's compliment.
"So what do you say Lincoln? Are you interested in joining the Loud family?" Lynn Sr. asked hopefully.
Lincoln thought about Lynn Sr.'s question for a short while. He had always wanted to be part of a family that loved and cared for him, especially since his biological parents never wanted him. He had spent many of his days in the adoption center crying over how his parents abandoned him, and seeing how other parents came to the adoption center and took all the other boys made him feel worthless. But now, the eleven-year-old was being presented the opportunity to finally become part of a family. And from his first impressions of the Loud parents, he could tell that they were good parents and were being very sincere to him.
"So Lincoln, what do you say?" Lynn Sr. asked again. Lincoln began to tear up and weep happily.
"Aww, don't cry Lincoln. We aren't bad parents, we promise we'll love you and take care of you," Rita said. She handed Lily over to Lynn Sr. and bent down to give Lincoln a heartwarming hug.
"I'm not crying because of you guys," Lincoln said, crying into Rita's blouse. "It's just that all this time I've been wanting to get adopted into a nice, loving family. I've always wanted to experience what a true, good family is like. Every parent who has come to this center has always taken the rest of the boys. I've never, not even once before been asked if I wanted to join a family. I've always been turned away. But you two are the sweetest parents I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. So yes, yes! Please adopt me! I'll be more than happy to join a family with parents like you."
Lynn Sr. and Rita both smiled upon hearing the white-haired boy's words. Lynn Sr. bent down, placed Lily on the ground, and told Lincoln, "Welcome to the Loud family, son. From now on, you're going to be Lincoln Loud." He then gave Lincoln a hug. Lincoln happily returned his new father's embrace with a very tight hug. After Lynn Sr. broke from the hug, Lily walked over to Lincoln and gave him a welcoming hug saying, "Wecome, Yincoln Youd." Lincoln returned her embrace and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Thank you, mom and dad," Lincoln said, no longer crying. "I appreciate how you both have received me with kindness and I look forward to meeting my new sisters at my new home."
"You're very welcome son," Rita said, smiling. "Your new sisters are going to go crazy once they find out you're going to be the new member and brother of the Loud family."
Lynn Sr. and Rita then began walking towards the exit with their new son, where care center specialist Roger had in the meanwhile shed some tears from seeing the touching bond between Lincoln and the Loud parents.
"Come on Louds," he said, "let's go sign the paperwork before I shed the waterworks." Roger nearly let Lincoln leave the male section but he remembered that he was not supposed to let the boy out prior to approval from the administrative office. After all, he didn't want to risk being fired from his job for allowing a child to leave with strangers who hadn't undergone the background records check for safety reasons.
"Hold it right there! I'm sorry Loud parents, but I'm afraid Lincoln will need to wait here while you both complete the background check. We just want to make sure you both don't have any criminal records which could pose a threat to the little boy."
"Oh, right," Lynn Sr. said, nodding in agreement. To Lincoln he said, "Son you'll just have to wait for us here okay? We promise we won't take long; it's just that we need to complete some legal stuff before we can take you home. Sound good?"
"Yes dad, no worries, I'll just play with my action figures in the meantime," Lincoln said with a wide smile.
"Great, we'll be back soon!" Lynn Sr. replied.
"Okay Louds, follow me this way," Roger instructed the Loud parents. They did as they were told and descended back downstairs, where he then directed the Louds to the administrative office.
"Alright, here you are. Go to window #2 please and let the attendant know you are interested in adopting Lincoln," Roger directed.
"Thanks so much!" both Loud parents said. They then went to complete the registration process with the attendant. They presented their Michigan state ID's and answered all questions regarding their home and whether they had enough room to accommodate another child. They also were asked to answer questions regarding how long they had been married and whether or not they had been involved with legal issues in the past. After a good twenty minutes of questions and answers, the attendant instructed the Louds to have a seat outside the office in the lobby while they completed the background records check.
After another twenty minutes of nervousness, a staff member came out from the administrative office and said, "Lynn Sr. and Rita Loud, please report to window #5 in the administrative office. Thank you."
"It's time," Lynn Sr. said. He then mobilized along with his wife and youngest daughter into the administrative office where the staff member who called them in awaited them.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Loud, how are we doing today?"
"We're doing great!" the Loud parents smiled.
"That's good to hear. Our office just concluded the background records check with the city and we are pleased to inform you that your record is clean. We have approved your request to adopt Lincoln and you can go pick him up immediately."
"Man, this is great news! Thank you, thank you, thank you soooooooo much!" Lynn Sr. exclaimed joyfully.
"Yes, thank you so much for this wonderful news!" Rita chimed in.
"You're very welcome Mr. and Mrs. Loud," the staff member smiled. "I just need you both to sign and date this form which certifies that you agree with the terms and conditions of adopting a child and that you promise to care for him and raise him well. Your signature also certifies that you understand and agree to all legal laws applicable to adoption and that if any problems arise within your household that the Royal Woods Department of Child Services is authorized to revoke your adopted child as well as any other child in your home that may be in danger. Do you agree to these terms?"
"Absolutely," both Loud parents said.
"Very well. Do sign and date the form please." The Loud parents did as instructed and with that, the staff member allowed them both to retrieve Lincoln from the male section.
Upon reaching the male section, Lynn Sr. was the first to speak. "Guess what son?! You can come home with us now!"
"Awesome!" Lincoln jumped up and raced to his father and gave him a tight hug.
"It sure is awesome son! Now how about let's head on home?"
"Yes dad. Let's go," Lincoln said with tears of joy in his eyes. To himself he said, "Finally, I'm going to be part of the family I have always wished to have." The four Louds then left the Royal Woods Adoption Center at around 11 am and headed on home in Vanzilla, with everyone smiling and having a lively conversation as the day progressed on.
Meanwhile, the Loud girls were in school, hoping that the day would move on as fast as it could. Fortunately for them, the Royal Woods School District had recently enacted a new policy that all Royal Woods schools were to host a free day for all students on the second Friday of every month so that the students could destress themselves and have some fun. And because it just so happened to be said Friday, the Loud girls got to have some fun, doing the activities they liked most. In fact, they were so engaged in their interests that the school day quickly passed by and before they knew it, the time had finally come for each of the girls to line up at the parking lot and board their bus to return back home.
Okay guys! This wraps up chapter 2 of "The Loud Crush!" I hope you enjoyed this build-up chapter. I look forward to uploading chapter 3 hopefully by next week if not sooner. In the meantime, please give me your honest feedback on this chapter. And as always, feel free to send me any suggestions through private messenger if you have any! I appreciate your feedback and look forward to publishing more soon. This is Erik from EAP715, signing off. God bless. :)
