Q: what more depressing realizing you should die?

A: A failed suicide attempt

When Lincoln returned home he noticed that the Vanilla was not in the driveway. Lincoln was confused but went inside. When Lincoln entered his home to see that there were streamers, Balloons, party stuff around the house.

"Hey twerp" Lincoln heard

Lincoln turned to face his older sister Lori

"Hey Lori," Lincoln said, "what's with the streamers and stuff?"

"Oh, Mom and Dad are going to head up to Aunt Ruths because she apparently won a cruise and she needs someone to feed the cat's" Lori began "Thankfully, Mom was on our side and she and dad volunteered to head over there and feed that cats, So I'm throwing a party, but since mom and dad are gone this makes-"

"you in charge, blah, blah, blah... I get in Lori" Lincoln said

"Hey! Watch it twerp or-"

"turn me into a human pretzel... I know" Lincoln told her "come up with something better" Lincoln replied and he went up the stairs

Lori was left speechless and confused and a bit angry, "what's his problem?"

Lincoln made his way up to the room and saw Luna playing her guitar while Lola and Lana were arguing

Lincoln walked to his room. and Luna saw him and smiled,

"hey Lil bro! are you excited for Lori's party?" Luna asked with a smile "you could pull some of those crazy Russian dances again!"

Lincoln didn't look to her but he shook his head, "I don't think I'll be coming down for it" Lincoln replied

"what? why not?" Luna asked

Lincoln turned back to her, "do I need a reason?" Lincoln told her with a hint of anger in his voice

"Easy dude, I just wanted to know," Luna said as she rolled her eyes and walked away.

Lincoln entered his room and dodged the twin's little fight. Once in his room, he locked the door and put his backpack down and laid on his bed

he looked to the mirror that was on his dresser and looked at it and began to chuckled sadly, "can't they see that somethings wrong with you?" he asked the reflection

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The party roared downstairs. Most of the siblings were there except for Lily and Lisa as they were actually put to bed. Lincoln, however, was not inside to enjoy the party, instead, he was outside in the back on the steps and smoking. He needed the smoke as he was indeed not feeling happy, he felt down and tired, it may be due to not smoking one for half of the day but Lincoln blamed it mostly on his mood.

Lincoln took his phone out to see if he got any messages from Clyde or Ronnie. There was none. Lincoln cursed to himself, but Lincoln took another puff of his cigarette

"Aren't you a little young to be smoking?" came a voice

Lincon froze and turned around to see Carol Pingrey, Lori's old social enemy. Lincoln rolled his eyes

"Yeah, aren't you a little young to be acting like my mother?" Lincoln responded

Carol looked at him her eyes went wide a little, "hold up... Lincoln? Your Lori's little brother right?" Carol asked

"Eh... ask her, she doesn't treat me like a brother" Lincoln replied before taking a puff of his cigarette

Carol walked up and sat next to him, "Lori told me that you're a good kid, so why are you smoking something so bad for you?" Carol asked

Lincoln looked at her like she was dumb.

"what?" Carol asked

"Is that all you people seem to notice about me?" Lincoln said

"Wh-"

"Jesus fucking christ... here I thought maybe it was just my family who was blind but I guess it's everyone!" Lincoln cried

Carol was a bit taken about Lincoln's outburst, "Are... Are you ok?" Carol asked

Lincoln took a long puff of his cigarette before dropping it to the steps and crushing it under his foot. "I think I've given enough hints that I'm not ok," Lincoln told her

"What's wrong?" Carol asked

"What's wrong? Everything is wrong... I wake up and deal with Lori's attitude, my sister's problems and stress at my school, and I use to be able to handle it with a fucking smile on my freckled face but when I asked for help or even seem down, do they notice or seem to care? No" Lincoln told her "Every day it's the same problem, same words they say to me 'hey twerp' 'Lincy can you help me?' 'Linc do my make up!' 'hey bro listen to this new jam!' And I agree to help them. Every. Fucking. Time. I agree but if I ask them for something I don't get help..." Lincoln finished

Tears fell from Lincoln's face and Carol noticed and never knew this was what the only brother of the loud family had to go through. Suddenly she began to hear the Loud boy chuckle and it was a complete 180 of his previous mood.

"Did you know that they kicked me out of the house because I made them believe I was bad luck?" Lincoln sadly told her with a smile on her face.

Carol was a bit shocked and was taken back by the words he told her, thinking it was a joke, "y-your kidding right? Lori and your sisters kicked you because they thought you were bad luck?" Carol asked

Lincoln nodded, "do you remember when people took those photos of that squirrel mascot walking around town?" Lincoln asked

Carol nodded

"Well that was me... still have the costume to... in the closet that's right under the stairs," Lincoln told her

Lincoln got up and went up the stairs but before going inside he looked to Carol, "Thank you Carol... thank you for listening to me when no one else would" Lincoln then went inside.

After 3 minutes Carol headed inside to join the party once again.

Lincoln was in his room and could still hear the music playing downstairs. and then heard a knock at his door. Lincoln sighed and then told whoever it was to come in

"Heya Mate!" came a voice

Lincoln looked to see Tabby, the girl that Luna set him up with at the Sadie Hawkins dance. Lincoln was a bit surprised but he smiled a little when he saw her

"Hey Tabby," Lincoln said with a smile

"It's been a while mate!" Tabby said with a smile "what's up with you?" she asked

"Not much" He replied, "what about you?" Lincoln asked her

"Not much, mind if I come all the way in?" Tabby asked

Lincoln nodded. Tabby walked in and sat on the end of Lincolns bed, Lincoln moved to give her some room but he got up and opened his window before sitting down.

Tabby was confused about why he opened his window but then saw why. Lincoln pulled out his pack of cigarettes, and his Zippo lighter, which had the image of Marilyn Monroe. He lit the cigarette in his mouth and took a puff of it before realizing the smoke into the air and it went out the window

"Wow, bloody hell you smoke Linc?" Tabby asked

"Yep, started smoking about a month ago," Lincoln told her

Tabby was a bit confused about what do to at the moment but did the only thing she thought was right at the time, "mind if I have one?" Tabby asked

Lincoln looked at her, "you ever smoked before?"

Tabby shook her head, "no, but I might as well give it a try"

"I'm warning you... it's gonna hurt the first time" Lincoln told her

He handed her one of his cigarettes and she held it in her mouth and leaned into Lincoln's hand as he lit the lighter once again.

The sensation of cigarette entering Tabby's lungs hit her hard and she began to cough, lincoln chuckled and tabby looked at him before taking another hit, this time, her lungs didn't burn as bad. The two smirked at each other before talking and smoking. Lincoln actually had fun talking to Tabby about what they did after the dance incident.

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Carol was downstairs enjoying the party. she walked around before she stopped. She had just left the kitchen and there she saw a door under the stairs.

"still have the costume to... in the closet that's right under the stairs,"

Those words of Lincoln came back to her.

She wanted to see if he was telling the truth. She made her way to the closet, she had to dodge people that passed her. She was right by the door. She took a deep breath in and put her hand on the knob of the door, turned it, and opened the closet door...

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Q: Why can't depressed people leave the maze?

A: Because their lives are the walls and they are too scared to meet the exit.