The pain continued to plague Lincoln as he lied down on his bed and waited for his sister to get him help. Hoping to ease the pain he dug his right hand's nails into the mattress but he forgot about his twitching and his hand began twitching again. Soon Rita quickly entered the room with along with all his sisters waiting outside the door.
"Honey, how are you?" Rita asked in a panic. All of his sisters watched the conversation with worry.
"It hurt." He said in a heartbreaking tone. Upon hearing this Rita reached into her pocket and pulled out a familiar-looking plastic bottle. She quickly unscrewed the top and pulled out a pill that Lincoln was already familiar with.
"Here, think you can swallow without water?" Said Rita while reluctantly giving Lincoln the pill. He reached out with his left arm and grabbed it before putting it in his mouth. He swallowed and felt the pill go down his throat. After he swallowed absolute silence ensued, nobody wanted to speak or say anything and just waited for Lincoln to say something.
Soon enough Lincoln felt the familiar feeling of the pain melting away as his tension in his right hand disappeared and he released his nails from the mattress. He calmed down and his breathing became slower and everyone saw this and sighed out of relief.
"How are you feeling now sweetie?" Asked Rita. Lincoln pulled his right arm up and made a fist making it twitch again. He then released his fist and it stopped twitching.
"The pain is disappearing. Thanks mom." Lincoln said as he got up and hugged his mom. Upon releasing the hug Lincoln saw that his mother was thinking about something.
"Here Lincoln. You should have this if you start feeling pain when we are not around." Said Rita. She reached out her hand with the pill bottle in it. Lincoln looked at the offer with hesitation. He looked at his sisters for any help, but they all looked at him wondering what he will do. 'Mom's right, if my pain returns and she is not around then I would have to wait in pain.' Thought Lincoln. He made his decision and reached out with his left hand and took the pill bottle.
"Thanks." Lincoln said silently. His mother nodded before she and hugged him.
"I think it time for us to head to bed. Lori get the girls to bed. Wake us if there are any problems alright kiddo?" Asked . Lincoln nodded and watched as his parents left the room. He looked at his open door and saw all of his sisters standing there not knowing what to say before Lori spoke up.
"Same goes for us Lincoln. If you literally need anything you can wake us." Said Lori with the other older sisters nodding. Seeing that there was n other conversation to be had Lincoln decided to follow his parents and try to sleep for real this time.
"Okay, thanks guys. I'm going to try and get some sleep now. Goodnight." Smiled Lincoln while saying. He laid down on his bed feeling how the pain medication was making him tired enough to sleep. Seeing Lincoln lay down and close his eyes Luna proceeded to turn off the lights to his room and close the door slowly.
Soon all of the sisters began to scatter but they stop when Luna speaks up.
"Guys, can we get a sibling meeting?" Asked Luna. All of her sisters turn around and Lori nods before going to her room with the other sisters following her.
"I hereby call our Sibling meeting into full effect." Started Lori. Everyone was sitting down in Lori's room and waited for Luna to say why she wanted this meeting.
"Luna explain why you wanted this meeting?" Asked Lori.
"As we all know Lincoln is going through a tough time. I think that as his sisters we should do something to help him." Suggested Luna.
"That would be great if we knew how. Lisa doesn't even know why this pain is happening." Said Lynn before looking at Lisa.
"Correct I do not know where this sudden pain could have come from, but I shall do a test tomorrow to see why the pain is." Responded Lisa.
"Maybe an ice pack would work?" Asked Leni. All of her siblings facepalmed at the idea.
"Leni did you not listen or were you too distracted when I explained to you about Lincoln's pain?" Asked Lori. When Lori finished it gave Lynn an idea.
"Guys what if we distract him from the pain?" Suggested Lynn. Everyone looked at her as she began to explain.
"Maybe we could try to give Lincoln something else to do that would distract him from the pain. Maybe Lincoln would even forget about his twitching arm for a while." Finished Lynn surprising everyone.
"You know Lynn that might actually work. Does anyone have anything that might distract Lincoln?" Asked Lori. The siblings began to think.
"Lincy could totes help me with my fashion designing." Said Leni.
"Me and Linc could rock and roll and make even Mick Swagger jealous." Said Luna while playing air guitar.
"I did just buy a new football." Said Lynn remembering that she accidentally kicked the last one a 'bit' too hard.
"Linky could join my tea party." Suggested Lola.
"I will be performing test tomorrow on him as requested by the doctors." Said Lisa casually.
"Lori, Luan, Lucy, and Lana do you have anything to do?" Asked Luna after noticing that none of them said anything. They all shook their heads saying that they're busy with plans. Lori had to go on a date with Bobby, Luan had a girls only birthday party to attend, Lucy will be at the morticians club, and Lana will have to do the monthly check up on vanzilla.
"Okay, then it's decided. Leni, Luna, Lynn, and Lola will occupy Lincoln tomorrow and we'll see if that helps Lincoln with the pain." Said Lori with everyone nodding in agreement.
"Okay, now get out of my room. I need at least 8 hours of sleep to look good for my date tomorrow." Finished Lori. Soon all of the sisters began to leave including Leni.
"Leni where are you going? You sleep here." Said Lori while facepalming.
"Sorry I totes forgot." Said Leni before walking back into the room. And with that, every Loud went to sleep.
The next morning Lincoln woke up with a yawn. He got up and put on his clothes but before he left the room, he remembered something. He went to his desk and picked up the pill bottle that he had received yesterday and put it in his pocket before finally heading out. While walking he attempted to move his right arms fingers once more and his arm began to twitch again. 'Guess this isn't a bad dream.' He thought before arriving at the usual bathroom line. He went behind Luna who was at the back of the line.
"Good morning bro, how are you feeling?" Luna asked Lincoln. Lincoln once more yawned before answering.
"Fine, how are you?" Asked Lincoln. Suddenly Luna's face changed like she remembered something.
"Pretty great. Hey Linc, do you want to jam out today? I just got some sweet new picks for my axe." Suggested Luna. Lincoln thought about it and remembered that he doesn't have anything else to do today and might as well have fun with his sister.
"Yeah, sure!" Just then the bathroom door opened and they both noticed that it was Luna's turn for the bathroom.
"Gotta go now Linc!" Said Luna before walking in and closing the door. While he was waiting for his turn Lisa went up to him.
"Hello, brotherly unit. I've come here to inform you about when I would like to do the required tests on you." Said Lisa. Lincoln turned around and saw Lisa with a device scanning him.
"Can we do the test now. I was planning on playing guitar with Luna today." Said Lincoln. Lisa shook her head while continuing to scan her brother.
"No, that why I'm here for. Due to your current medicinal tablets, the test would show inconclusive results. I need you to inform me when the tablets start wearing off." Said Lisa. When Lincoln heard this, he got a mild annoyance on his face.
"Are you sure that I need to wait for that? Don't get me wrong I can handle and function with the pain for the most part, but it still hurt. And I'm supposed to wait the entire time until the test is done." Said Lincoln hoping that there is a way to avoid this.
"I don't see another way. Come and talk to me when the tablets start wearing off." Said Lisa before turning around and walking to her room. Lincoln sighed knowing that he had to do this no matter what. Soon the bathroom door opened, and Luna walked out. He went in and closed the door behind him, he showered and went to brush his teeth.
He went to grab his toothbrush with his right arm out of sheer habit but stopped when his conscience realized what he was about to do. Instead, he used his left arm and it felt uncomfortable but soon enough he was done and went downstairs to eat breakfast.
During breakfast, he noticed that sometimes his sisters would glance at him while they were in the middle of talking. His mother asked him if he was feeling alright, but he gave a normal nod because he needed to focus on eating with a fork that he held in his left hand. He couldn't even hold a knife in his right hand out of fear that he would accidentally twitch and hurt himself.
After breakfast, he got up and began walking to Luna so that they could jam out. But his journey was cut short by Lola walking in front of him with a smile. A smile that he recognized because she always had that smile when she needed anything from her sibling.
"Hello Lincy. I'm having a tea party and I want you to be my waiter." Said Lola plainly before smiling even more.
"I don't know Lola. Luna asked me if I could jam out with her." He said expecting the worst. But to his surprise when he said that Lola smiled back.
"That's okay big brother. We can have one later." Said Lola happily before walking off. 'What was that about? She normally doesn't move her tea parties to another time just because someone can't come. She would force us to come.' Thought Lincoln finding it suspicious.
When Lola walked off Lincoln continued his journey hoping that no one would interrupt him.
"Lincoln! catch!" Was all he heard before he got hit in the head by all ball making him fall over. Soon he saw Lynn run over to him while he began to get up.
"Sorry Lincoln, forgot that your reflexes have a weak game. How about we train them?" Asked Lynn. She picked up her soccer ball off the floor.
"I'm already busy with Luna, Lola, and Lisa for today." Explained Lincoln. Lynn got a sour look on her face and began to speak.
"Come on I promise to take easy on you." Promised Lynn. Lincoln sighed before agreeing.
"Fine then. But only after I'm done with the others." Said Lincoln.
"Can't wait to kick your butt." Said Lynn energetically before running off.
With that out of the way, Lincoln began making his way towards Luna only to notice that she wasn't there anymore. He looked around before someone spoke to him.
"Hey bro ready to rock?" Asked Luna.
"Yeah sure!" Lincoln said before following her to her room. 'Today is going to be a busy day.' He thought. Right as the duo were about to enter Luna's room the door to Lori and Leni's room bust open revealing Leni.
"Lincy there you are. I totes need your help with some designs I've made." Said Leni as she was walking to him.
"Yeah Leni I would love to but I'm busy with Luna, Lola, Lynn, and Lisa. Maybe ask Lola she normally knows what looks good." Responded Lincoln. He already knew his day was going to be busy, but it was about to get busier when he saw Leni giving him puppy eyes. While he tried to resist, he knew that even after all this time he couldn't resist.
"Alright, Leni I'll help you. Let me just help the others before." Said Lincoln already feeling tired from today. Leni stopped giving him puppy eyes and smiled at him.
"Thanks, Lincy. You're the best!" Leni said before walking back to her room. While normally he would deal with 1 to 2 siblings a day. Today he was forced to handle Luna, Lynn, Lola, Leni, and Lisa. He breathed in before breathing out and walked into the room along with Luna
"Everything alright?" Asked Luna seeing her brother obviously stressed.
"Yeah, it's just going to be a busy day for me." Answer Lincoln.
"Well better get started then if you want to make it thru bro." Finished Luna.
c0ffeee here and thank you for reading 'Pained Mind Chapter 4'. The next chapter will take a bit longer due to some IRL stuff happening soon and me wanting to post another chapter for 'Guardians of Royal Woods'. That's all I have to say, review and tell me what you liked, and I'll see you in Chapter 5.