"She really won't be a problem?" Lynn asked Lyra as the kids packed into Vanzilla for their first day of a girl smiled as she rocked her little sister. "Lynn it, Lulu is a sweet and lovable girl. She wouldn't hurt a fly." Lyra pushed her arms out to give a better look at the girl's face. "Isn't that right." the small girl laughed. Lyra directed the girl to Lynn. The man was still wary.
Lynn sighed. "I'm going to trust your judgment." Lynn held up a finger. "But if she does something that freaks people out, the blame is on you."
The older man found himself stuck with two toddlers and a baby after dropping off all their siblings to their respective schools.
There was a minor scuffle when he arrived at the elementary school. Lops and Lizy had started for Leia to stay.
The pigtailed girl kissed the twins on the cheeks. "It'll be ok pretty girls. I'm just going to school. I love you so much." with that, the bigger girl gave her sisters a big hug.
His restaurant opened at 7:30, so he needed to drop them off a little early.
They Daycare he had chosen to for the youngest Louds, was the same one Lynn had used for most of his children; Marie's Daycare for lovable munchkins. Also, being affordable, the primary caretaker had always been understood to his children's eccentricities, though Lynn doubted she'd be that calm if Lisa's girl revealed herself.
After parking in front of a small building with the title of the Daycare plastered on top, Lynn went to get the baby and twins. As he unfastened the youngest Loud's car seat, he realized this was the first time he held his youngest granddaughter. She was so soft and small. When she looked at Lynn, she smiled. Weirdly enough, he felt a slight tug on his lips. Lyra's description of her sister being a lovable little girl ringed true.
His eyes went to the twins. While Lizy unfastened herself, Lops had not attempted to do so.
Lynn frowned. "It's time to get out, girl."
The small girl shook her head. "I want Lei-lei," the girl whispered.
Ah.
Lynn sighed. "I know, and I understand. But she has to go to school. She can't be here with you, alright."
Lops pouted and did not move. Lynn was about to try again, but Lizy talked first.
"Lei-Lei said we'd see after school... She wouldn't lie! It's ok, me and Lulu are here for ya little sis." the capped girl chirped.
Lops gave her older sister a look of great reluctance, finally unfastened her seat-belt. Lops' twin took her sister's hand as they made their way to the Daycare. Once inside the building, they were greeted by the sight of a husky old black woman. When she saw Lynn, she smiled and walked towards them.
"Lynn, always a pleasure to see you. And I see you've brought some new friends for my little abode." she reached out and gave Lulu a small pat on the head and crouched down slightly to talk to the twins.
"Hello, I'm Marie. You must be Lops and Lizy." she held out her hands. The twins grasped them, and Marie gave them a slight shake.
"It's awesome to have you. Now we have a couple of rules here, but it's also important everyone has fun. I honestly hope you girls your stay with us." the woman explained. She stood up fully and held out her arms. "Now, I'll be taking that little beauty right there." Lynn, with surprising reluctance, handed over the youngest Loud.
He turned to leave, knowing Marie had things well in hand but stopped himself. He turned back and offered the girls what he hoped was a warming smile. "Marie's a fine woman, girls. Don't worry, she'll take good care of you." and with that, he finally began his trek to his restaurant.
Leia stood in front of her new class with the smile her mother to do in the face of large crowds. Her new classmates starred back at her with boredom."Hello, my name is Leia Loud, it's nice to meet you all." a few of the kids verbally responded, and some even clapped softly, but that was the extent to the feeling of welcome the class offered.
"Please take a seat next to Natasha." commanded her teacher. A large blonde girl halfheartedly raised her hand. The girl was so big that Leia had to wonder if she were held back a grade or two. Leia nodded, and the small girl went to take her seat. Throughout the teacher, mostly regurgitated things that Leia already knew since she was five. Yes, three multiplied by thirty was ninety. Leia was not a genius on the level comparable to Little, but she could safely say she was beyond her peers. Leia begged her mother to try to get her moved up a couple of grades. The former-beauty queen had been adamantly resilient to her daughter's pleas and said she wanted Leia to have a normal childhood. The problem was that Leia was not normal. She did not fit in with other people, no matter what she tried.
When recess rolled in, Leia was happy to leave the classroom and get some learning done.
Leia decided against playing with the kids. Their interests were profoundly childish, and she feared they'd find Leia's level of maturity to be intimidating.
Leia decided instead of doing something so juvenile chose to take her Art of war book and read by one of the fences. Little had gifted Leia the book last Christmas, given the older girl was her secret Santa. Leia knew Little only did it because the sharp-toothed thought Leia wouldn't read its' contents. Leia proved the older girl wrong, which is itself a great gift.
"Hiya, you're name's Leia right." Leia looked up from her book. A brown-haired older girl wearing a blue hoodie was starring at her. Leia noticed other kids had stopped what they were doing to watch the two.
"That is the name my mother gave me."
"I'm Gwen." the older girl introduced herself." I wanna say it's a real nice ta have ya at are fine little school."
Leia's eyes narrowed. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Gwendolyn."
The older girl laughed. "Not even my ma calls me that. Just call me Gwen." the girl's smile grew, and she held up a finger. "Hey, we're gonna play a game."
Leia shook her head. "Thank you for the offer, but I'm afraid I must refuse." she then offered the bigger girl a smile. Feeling she fulfilled her social-obligation, Leia returned to reading her book.
The blonde got startled when the older girl snatched the book from Leia's hand.
Gwen never stopped smiling.
"Who says I was offering anythin?" before chucking the book over the fence.
Leia got up. "What the heck is your problem?" she demanded.
"So the game I wanted to play is this thing called 'mob.'" the older girl went on as if Leia hadn't spoken.
"Here's how it works-you give me money, and I don't hurt you, sounds fun, right?" the fact the older girl was still smiled added on Leia's furry.
"Now, practically everyone on the playground plays this with me. They usually kick in about three bucks for every week, but you since your the new girl, whatever you have in your pockets will work just fine. For now. I mean It'll be a shame if you're left out. I'm doing you a favor honestly. So how about you just cough up the bucks so you could become a proper member of the community."
The pigtailed girl held a finger in front of the older girl's face. "I will not and if you do not_." Leia was interrupted by a punch to the face that rendered her on the ground.
The brown-haired girl looked down Leia. She was still smiling. Leia, while holding her hand over her cheek, glared at her her assaulter trying to mask the fear that was developing within her. It was not the first time the pigtailed girl has gotten in a physical scuffle. But this new girl hit much harder than Little did.
"Hey, you know when you do that, you kinda look like a Gremlin!"
Leia didn't know what that was, and she starred at the older girl in confusion.
Her assaulter's smile fell half-way. "Well, a Gremlin is like a weird little monster in a really old movie my uncle used to watch with me. It's freaky and well_." she fumbled, trying to explain herself. Her smile dropped, and she scowled at Leia.
"Look, just give me something."
Leia did not relish the prospect of fighting the bigger girl. She liked the prospect of acceding to the bigger girl's highway robbery even less. Leia's mother said never to give what is yours without proper payment.
Gwen was bigger than Leia. She was stronger. But Leia never backed down from a fight, and she would not back down now and humor this brute's attempt at a shakedown. She got up and continued glaring at the bigger girl. "Gwendolyn_."
"I told you not to call me that." the older girl growled, losing all vistage of humor.
"Gwendolyn, I do not believe in giving anything to those who've given me nothing in exchange. " Leia pronounced loudly enough for everyone in attendance to hear. "If you yearn for some of my legal tenders, I'll happily give it to you, but not for nothing. You'd have to earn your reward. My shoes are a little dirty. Maybe you could clean them up with the rag you call a face." Leia finished much to the shock of everyone watching.
The older girl hit Leia in the face at that time. "Are you trying to make me look as ugly as you do? You'll have to hit much harder than that!" Leia sneered before attempting to spear the older girl; it proved to be a mistake as the brute did not budge an inch. Leia tried pounding the other girl's sternum, which only prompted chuckles from the monster. Leia felt a hand enter her pants and yank her underpants in her rear before her assault delivered a punch to Leia's stomach that rendered the pigtailed girl once more on the ground.
"Gremlin, you may sound brainy, but you ain't being smart." the brute remarked from above her. "This could all be over if you just give me something."
Leia spat on the older girl's shoes. She smiled as she looked up at the older girl's face. "That is the only thing I'll deign to give you for free. And I think even is to good for that, you damn peasant."
Gwen reared backed her leg to deliver another blow.
"Gwen!" It was a teacher.
Leia silently thanked whoever went and alerted the proper authorities.
The brute groaned. "Ah, I wasn't done playing yet." She turned her eyes towards Leia.
"This isn't over, Gremlin." she declared. As the teacher finally made her way over.
The teacher pointed a dark-skinned glasses-wearing girl. "Marsha, please take this girl over to the nurse's office."
As Leia and Marsha made their way to the nurse's office, the older girl commented upon Leia's brave display in a matter befitting of Little. "That was immensely idiotic," Marsha said less in chastisement as much as a statement of fact.
"I take it you'd cater to that brute's juvenile attempt at extortion," Leia responded disdainfully.
"Of course. Gwen is vexatious to be certain, but typically leaves those who pay her tribute alone."
Leia found the words the girl used to express herself interesting. Typically she had to dumb down her rhetoric when dealing with those close to her age. Marsha though being a few years younger, was responding with far more intelligence than most 9-year olds Leia has dealt with, "Though I cannot compliment your invertebrate, your Lexington seems rather advanced." Leia remarked.
Marsha shrugged."I prefer to think of it as having an adequate sense of self-preservation. What were in your pockets anyway?"
Leia showed Marsha. The thing she'd refuse to part in the face of such brutality.
"That's a stick of gum." the older girl remarked dryly.
"Indeed it is," Leia responded.
"I cannot believe these words are about to leave my mouth, bu Gwen Miller is right. You sound smart, but it appears to be a superficiality."
Leia rolled her eyes, grabbed Marsha's left, and placed the stick of gum in her hand as they reached the nurse's office.
The older looked at her with a quirked eyebrow. "I thought you would not part from it."
"I never said that. I said I would never give something of mine for free. You escorted me, and for that, I am rewarding you." Leia explained.
Marsha took the gum out of its' wrapper and plucked it in her mouth. "You're a strange little girl Leia Loud."
The pigtailed girl shook her head. "I'm just true to my principles."
Lemy wished Lynn kept Lemy at his old school. The boy begged Lyra to let him keep going. It was only 25 minutes away. But against all common sense, his older sister said no. He then tried going to Liena-who immediately went to Lyra. His older sister somehow found something wrong with he did.
So he was forced to suffer going attending this stupid place. He almost decided on skipping but wasn't in the mood to be chewed out by his sister again so soon
When lunchtime came around, he sat with his cousins. At his old school, the three pre-teens mostly went their ways. They all had different interests, different friends. Though Lacy, and Little, usually sought the other after class they were siblings, so it was a little different Lemy figured.
They were all doing exceptionally better than him at fitting. Lemy was glad for them, he really was, but he also hated them just slightly at the moment.
"The school's young mortician decided to name me president once I told them who my mother was. She started first in school. I turned them down on the offer for the position. I explained I wanted to demonstrate my value as an individual member." the gothic girl recounted before biting into one of her apples.
After giving one last slurp to her apple juice, Lacy next. "That's cool, London. I know you'll do great. My P.E when he saw our names asked us who our mother was. He kind of stopped the whole class to see how many sports I'd be trying out this year. I asked him how many my mother did when she went here. He said five. I said I'd do six." The girl smiled. "Do you know what he said in response?" the girl started giggling. Lacy nudged her older sister. "C'mon, you tell em; I can't."
Little rolled her eyes and responded drily. "He replied 'But we only have five sports.'"
With that Lacy pounded, the table burst out laughing and rather loudly at that. Lemy noted Little wasn't asked how many sports she played.
As he ate his lunch for the day, Lemy saw something unfortunate. A small blonde girl was barely bigger than Little was bumped into by a giant-sized boy a couple of boys, who, although smaller, were significant as well. .The girl's lunch fell from her tray fell on the floor upon contact with the biggest boy, "Watch it midget!" before continuing on his way, pose in tow.
The girl just stood there. She was starring at what had been something which was supposed to be her lunch. She looked distressed.
Lemy recognized the girl from his English class. Callie. Lemy remembered. Or was it was Bailie. Lemy knew it had something with an E at the end.
The young rockin roller felt sorry for the girl. He got up and went over to her carrying one of the baloney sandwiches Liena made for him. His mother and sister hammered into his head to be generous when he could. He had three sandwiches; he could spare one.
"Hey, that guy is a prick. If you need something to eat, you can have this."Lemy said while offering her the sandwich in his hands.
The girl's eyes narrowed. "Not interested chico." the girl said in a light accent
Lemy waved his hand. "Dude, it's fine. Look one, my cousin always overpacks for my family and me." he pointed to his table with his cousins who were watching with curiosity."Hell, you can join us if you want."
The girl continued to frown but seemed to relax slightly at the sight of the girls. "Ok." with that, the two returned to Lemy's table.
"Hey guy's this is_." he stopped realizing he forgot the girl's name.
"Allie." the girl finished for him. He gave her a smile that he hoped didn't look too awkward.
"I forgot your name too. It was Leny, right?"
The young rocker shook his head. "It's Lemy. With an M."
Little put a hand on her chin. "I don't know Leny sounds right. It says boring white-person."
Lacy gasped into her hands. "He looks like a Leny."
Lemy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, my cousins have a lot of jokes. They're pretty bad, but if you ignore everything about them, they're alright."
"Welcome, Allie. Are you friends with our dear cousin Leny?" London asked, joining in on the negging.
The small girl shrugged her shoulders. "Nah, just a classmate."
Little grinned. "Hmm, you're not crazy then."
Lemy threw up his hands. "Hey, what is this? Beat up Leny day?"
He grimaced, realizing his error. His cousins laughed. He buried his head in his hands. The young rocker peered slightly and saw Allie smiling. It was a small smile, but Lemy thought it looked beautiful.
Lyra fundamentally believed the first day of doing anything was the most important. Aunt Lori told her never to procrastinate in terms of building up a solid reputation in a new place, and she believed her 100 percent.
For this reason, Lyra, on the first day of school, reached out to join Mesa and the Christian-Students club, as well as the Allies for the LGBT+ club.
The teen urged her cousins to follow suit.
Liena joined the culinary club to no one's surprise.
Lois was displeased to discover there was no magician's club-like their old high school had. Lyra urged her magic-prone cousin to start one herself, pointing out that too would look good on a college resume.
She tried to get Loan to join something. Lyra even pointed to a club about those Japanese cartoons the blonde girl was obsessed with.
Lyra's oldest cousin said she wasn't interested. Lyra, although disappointed, was not surprised at her cousin's answer. Loan had always been a solitary person in addition to her other issues
The brunette worried about Loan. Lyra and Liena would be heading to college soon, but Loan has expressed no interest in what she'd after high-school.
After school was let out, the teens made their way to the Daycare that the twins and Lulu were left, it was about an 8-minute walk from the high school, so it wasn't too out of the way.
When the group of teens arrived at the Daycare, the two tots and Lulu scrambled to get into Liena's large yolk. It was a nice sight to see.
When the group got home, she made sure her younger family members and Loan did their work. Lyra loved her family dearly, but most of them could easily be distracted. They needed a stern hand to keep them on track.
Leia was the last one to arrive home. She was immediately tackled to the ground by Lizy and Lops. "What's wrong with your fave with your face Lei-lei?"
Lyra's face she appeared in front of the girl to check on her faster than Aunt Lucy would appear out of nowhere. Leia had a black eye.
"What happened?" Lyra demanded.
Leia looked down. "I got into a slight altercation at school. A brute wanted my possessions. I told her no, so this happened," Leia pointed to her eye. "It's no big deal," Leia explained.
"Oh no, young lady bullying is not a small deal. I'm calling the school. This should not have happened to you." Lyra declared. She put a hand on her shoulder. "You did nothing wrong."
The little girl glanced at Lyra's hand. "I know I did nothing wrong. But you're bringing at the whole of proportion." the small girl sighed. "I'll get to work shortly. I just have to use the bathroom." she looked towards the twins. "And, I promise to play with you after I finish my work."
Upon exiting the bathroom, Victory was greeted to a rather unsettling sight, her cousin's face.
Victory noticed in addition to its usual ugliness it was sporting a bruise.
"What happened?" Victory asked.
"None of your damn business," Leia responded before trying to shove past Victory. Keyword tried.
"Come on, Lei-Lei, tell me what happened — going to hear about it from Lyra anyway.
Leia gritted her teeth. "Don't call me Lei-lei, and if you must know, I got into a fight."
Victory nodded. "Did you win?"
"No, the brute was way bigger than me and stronger. I had no chance and was humiliated in such a way that would leave you cackling. There are you happy? Or do I have to go into detail. " the small girl ranted.
"Why did you fight?" Victory inquired.
At this, the girl grew silent.
"Ah, you're embarrassed. I could try guessing the reason. Is it because the attacker has a crush on you."
"It was a girl," Leia said tersely.
Victory shrugged. "Girls can like other girls. Wake up, Leia it's the 21st century."
Leia put her hand on her face. "You're really not going to let up?"
Victory just starred at her.
Leia groaned
"She tried to take something from me without paying," Leia explained. "My mother said never to give what you have for free. I-I didn't want to disappoint her." the pigtailed finished meekly.
Victory continued to stare st her little cousin.
"Come on, get it out of your system, tell me I'm an idiot for not just doing the easy thing. That I'm small and weak and stupid." the girl said venomously eyes were starting to water. "That what I did was pointless, but I don't care what you_."
Victory embraced her small cousin in a hug. "I'm so proud of you, Leia. You did well. Stuck to your guns even when it got tough. That's a woman right there."
Victory felt Leia wrap her tiny arms around her. "Thanks, cuz."
Victory pushed her back slightly so she could speak to her younger cousin face to face.
"It was damn good on you for standing up for yourself. And I know I bust your little nonexistent balls a lot, but you are smart. I don't want you not to defend yourself and what's yours; I just hope you'd do it smartly. Could you promise that?"
The small girl nodded.
Victory gave her peck on the head.
Victory would be a horror on her little cousin tomorrow. Leia would likewise be a pain in the ass in an hour.
But for one moment they managed to enjoy the others company.