My Gothic Older Brother brought home his Friend, to the joy of this Cute Preppy Blonde
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Now to answer some questions, and from here on out they'll be answered directly by name.
Geo Soul: Your suggestion is very much appreciated and I will at some point write it, where you'll be given even more fair credit when I publish that chapter.
Hassan Elgami1: I actually did some post searching once this chapter was done to see what story you were talking about, and while it is a fixer upper, it's a shame that the author never bothered to conclude the story, something I can agree to.
With those questions answered, now we're onto the story.
Group Projects, you either love them or you hate them, you either love them because it's an excuse for you and your friends to actually not only hang out, but to get work done.
Otherwise it's an excuse for the common populace to leave it to that one member in you group who prefers doing it themselves, while the rest of you screws around, which is exactly why people tend to hate them.
For Lincoln, it has to do with the fact that one, he's been isolated and ostracized by his peers since he was put into the public school system in elementary.
Whether because the majority of the male population find him disturbed, creepy, or jealous of this lady killer, or girls who felt the same way, accept it was the scarring memory of fear from Ronnie Ann when she was around, or because the ones who did found Lincoln interestingly charming had a hard time focusing.
And on top of what was mentioned in the intro, and given how Lincoln doesn't get a voice in the matter or a second opinion, it's no wonder he hates these group projects.
The only exception to this rule was whenever Lincoln would team up with Clyde McBride, a nerdy boy who sits in his class.
So even though Lincoln was brooding that they had to do a group project on creating an original story, with Clyde he had no such problem, since they do a fair share of work, and Clyde is one of the few people to treat him as a normal human being.
So right after school, Lincoln had texted his sisters in advance that he was gonna walk home, so that he and Clyde could pass by and get supplies for their project, and other necessities.
"Thank you come again, Loud I expect to see you come in tomorrow bright and early this weekend" said Flip as he handed Lincoln and Clyde their Flippy's, junk food, and stack of blank printer paper.
"Whatever Flip, just keep on the DL remember" said Lincoln as he waved his boss off as they left the convenient store.
"Do you actually work for Flip's after our previous group project when we worked their together" asked Clyde as he raised a brow as Lincoln let out a sigh.
"Don't tell anyone about this, but yes, yes I do work for him. He's probably the only sleaze bag in this country who could give a rats ass on child labor laws, yet at the same time knows better to rip off a kid in this modern day" said Lincoln as he took a sip from his cold beverage.
"No worries Lincoln, I promise not to tell, but why are you working" asked Clyde, "I'm an 11 year old pushing 12, who doesn't have to worry about paying taxes for the next 6 years, I get payed under the table for my own expenses and what not, plus having money in my pocket feels good" explained Lincoln.
"Now enough about me, let's get down to business, what are we going to write about and how should we approach this" asked Lincoln as Clyde was pondering the thought while tapping his chin with Red Vine knock off, orange flavored by the way.
"Well I don't got much of a story, but I figured we can format the story like a comic" said Clyde as this got Lincoln's attention, "I mean, that is if you're alright with that".
"I can get behind that, now all that remains is to how do we approach the story itself" said Lincoln, "We got a week to figure this out, so how about we take today to brain storm some ideas" said Clyde as Lincoln nodded to his suggestion.
While their rest of the walk home was silent, they were greeted by a loud awakening when they approach the Loud residence.
Walking up the steps to the front door, upon entry, the usual Loud house chaos ensued, Lana and Lola were fighting, Lynn was playing ball in the house, Lori talking obnoxiously loud on the phone, and so forth.
"Follow me and try not to stand out" said Lincoln as they made their way into the dining room table, where they tried to concentrate.
"Ok so we agreed we're doing this story in a comic book format, but my question now is what kind of comics or graphic novels have you read as a source of inspiration and style" asked Lincoln.
"Well my personal favorite is Ace Savvy, but I am inclined to reading anything on the super hero genre" said Clyde as this didn't surprise Lincoln, "What about you, what kind of comics do you read".
"Army of Darkness, Hack/Slash, the Krow, the Walking Damned, and other darker edgier comics based on slasher movies, and this is me not including manga" said Lincoln.
"Wow, I'm a fan of the Army of Darkness series too" said Clyde which surprised Lincoln, "Heh, could have fooled me" said Lincoln.
"The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness is a piece of Michigan pop culture pride, I'd be ashamed to not watch any of the movies, or at least be a fan of Bruce Campbell" said Clyde.
"Heh, color me impressed" said Lincoln with a smile as Lucy was ready to leave the mall with Leni and Lori before spotting Lincoln's interactions, and began to smile.
Later
While nothing of work was done, Lincoln and Clyde did compared and talked about their love for Army of Darkness, in between talking about as to what kind of story they want to write about.
Eventually they settled on writing their version consisting of the old horror tale of a cabin in the woods, with a curse that was unsealed in the basement, with a leading male hero protagonist who wounds up surviving the night.
Speaking of night time, Clyde was kindly dropped off back to his home courtesy of Lori, with Lincoln and Lucy help dragging his unconscious body to his dad's.
"Ugh, while I understand your stuck doing a group project, why do you have to be always partnered up with the one kid who not only has the persistence hots for me, but bleeds like a fountain and passes out like those characters in those Japanese cartoons you watch like the little pervert he is" ranted Lori as this got Lincoln's attention.
"Also, when you're done using the living room T.V., remember to not only log out of your Munchyroll account, but the last show you were watching, you pervert" Lori said to Lincoln.
"Yes ma'am" Lincoln said as he lowered his head in shame, since Lori could be talking about any anime, that she didn't knew the name of, nor whether or not to defend himself, since shows like Crucifix + Dhampire was echii as hell even if it's one of the first early shonen harems to be mainstream, to even full on shonen like Hinata or Tiger Ball.
"Anyways we're here, now hurry up, dad made his famous mac n' cheese bites and turkey meat loaf for dinner" said Lori as she pulled up to the McBride residence as Lincoln and Lucy began to carry Clyde home.
"Sigh, I can tell you have something on your mind, plus you've been glancing and smiling at me, what's up" asked Lincoln as he and Lucy gently carried Clyde up to his house.
"I'm just happy that my big brother finally has a friend he can talk to and bond with" said Lucy, smile still on her face.
"Sigh, just cause we like the same comic and can get along well during group projects, doesn't make us friends" said Lincoln, "Oh there you go again, one of these days your gonna have to wake up and smell the black coffee and realize you like it with toppings and that it's enjoyable" said Lucy.
"First of all only posers drink coffee, secondly I don't like coffee, I like black tea with honey, and finally we're not friends" said Lincoln as they rang the door bell.
"Hello there Mr. McBride, just dropping Clyde off home, don't worry he's alright" said Lincoln as Harold began to carry his son, "Thank you very much Lincoln, I hope you and Clyde were able to get some progress done today" said Harold with a smile as Lincoln nodded.
"Well sorry for being a bother, have a good night" said Lucy as she spoke on behalf of her brother, "And you too children, and take care" said Harold before gently shutting the door behind him.
"They seem rather nice" said Lucy, "I'll admit, his dad's are definitely chill, but then again Clyde is an only child with all the attention in the world" said Lincoln.
Friday
When it came to turning in their comic, as it wounded up being a major group effort with not only Lincoln and Clyde, but Lucy in writing the story, since the 2 tweens knew better than to publish a full on cabin in the words horror comic in an elementary class.
While it did carry a more gritty art style made by Lincoln, story was done thanks to Lucy and her knowledge from reading and watching Princess Pony, and diaologue was written by Clyde.
The overall inspiration of colorful characters used in the story was based off of Lincoln sisters, as the story centers around a cast of friends coming from an alternate dimension, stuck in a hotel room, surviving the harassment from a gang of clowns, who prank them throughout the night before they get their well deserved justice.
"Sigh, we passed" said Lincoln as he and Clyde walked out the class room, "We sure did it buddy, I can't wait to tell my dad's how much of a great job we did. Speaking of, they asked if you wanted to join us for dinner tonight, we're going to enjoy ourselves a Rotisserie Chicken dinner, served with steamed organic veggies, and cauliflower mashed potatoes" said Clyde to Lincoln as this got his attention.
Lincoln pondered the offer, before he smiled, "Let your father's know that I'd be delighted to join, just let me tell my sisters of what I'm doing tonight" said Lincoln before he spotted Lucy.
"Hey Lucy, over here" waved Lincoln as Lucy made her way over, "Listen, tell Lori and our parents that I'm spending the rest of the day over at the McBride residence for dinner" said Lincoln
Hearing this got Lucy to smile for what she had heard her brother to inform her family, "I will and I'll see you later Lincoln" said Lucy before making her way out the school.
Minutes later, Lori rolled up and began to pick up her younger siblings, "Hold on where's Lincoln" asked Lori as everyone began to notice he was missing to.
"He's spending dinner over with Clyde" said Lucy as all the sisters turned to her.
"Wait hold on, are you saying that Lincoln is spending the evening at a friend's place" asked Lisa, "Yes" Lucy answered simply as this left joy in the hearts of the Loud sisters, since even a girl like Lisa could agree the importance of having friends and friendship.
As Lori was driving off to the Loud residence, Lincoln and Clyde walked to the McBride house, where even though Lincoln will be hard pressed to admit to having any friends, he wouldn't mind making friends with Clyde.
There we go another chapter out, and I hope you guys like this and the flow of the story so far, and to any future chapters that I'll be publishing.
Also be sure to leave a review if you like the story or anything you'd like to suggest be it to future chapters or improving the story, since I enjoy that along with the knowledge that you guys enjoy reading my material.
Next chapter while still focusing on our 2 main characters, will also center around everyone's favorite superstitious athlete, Lynn, for what reason, your just gonna have to wait and see, since I know that everyone within the community loves this particular threesome, and yes my friends that is what we call an entendre.
Other than that I'll see you all on the flip side with a new chapter, and hopefully something news worthy.
This has been your Humble Narrator Tobi Yaza. =3