Tristen: Thank you and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
cabgrant: true and I should have remembered those times.
Geo Soul: Nah Lucy's in the safe zone.
Guest: You're actually close about what I have planned for Lori
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it was a cloudy Friday afternoon, the school had just been let out and one Ronnie Anne Santiago was walking down the sidewalk. She wasn't doing anything, she wasn't listening to music, she wasn't even on her phone, no, she was just thinking. Thinking about how she had messed up. How she messed up her chances with Lincoln. Even if she was figuring things out she should have been there for him, she should have consoled him and told him that everything was going to be ok if only she could take it back. She hated thinking about this, part of her didn't want anything to do with Lincoln, he was the one that broke her heart, but a much larger part of her told her that it wasn't right to be mad at Lincoln, he had every right to be mad after all. He had been alone with so many problems, so many problems that he couldn't or wouldn't tell anyone about, but she knew that he couldn't hold in all his anger, all his sadness, no one could hold that all in for long, one way or another, those feelings and emotions would come out. Ronnie Anne knew things had become much more complicated than they were before. She had also been worrying about how things would end up between Bobby and Lori.
For the past couple of days, Lori had seemed more relaxed then she has been, hell it was odd, she wouldn't even stress over if someone had gotten more likes on swiftypic. It was very odd behavior for the girl, and Ronnie knew her well. Bobby... well, he was handling things as best as he could, but he still couldn't make conversation with Lori, he had just been wondering about the situation. She hoped that things got better soon because, in just two days, the two siblings were leaving to go back home.
Ronnie continued walking until she tripped in a piece of the sidewalk that was protruding slightly up. she hit her left elbow hard as soon as she fell and brief pain surged through it and she swore under her breath.
"Oi! you alright!?" Came a voice
Ronnie Anne looked up and saw the last person she wanted to see. Tabby was standing a foot away from her. Ronnie had seen her and Lincoln holding hands when she saw them at the school or walking home. Tabby had also been told about Ronnie Anne and knew she was the one who ignored Lincoln as well as gave him a black eye. As soon as Tabby saw that it was Ronnie Anne, her demeanor slightly changed from concern to annoyance.
"Oh it's you," Tabby said, the venom in her voice was clear
Ronnie Anne got up with a groan and didn't take Tabby's hand and began to get up herself. Tabby rolled her eyes and she walked past Ronnie. Ronnie looked back and watched as Tabby walked away, She had felt a bit of anger at the girl, she was the one who was with Lincoln, she was the one making Lincoln happy... and it wasn't her. Ronnie Anne needed to know, she needed to know why after everything Lincoln and she had been through, she had chosen her, someone he barley started hanging out with. What made them different?
"WAIT!" cried Ronnie Anne
Tabby stopped and turned to look at her. They stood there for a few seconds and Ronnie Anne took a deep breath.
"Can we talk?" Ronnie Anne asked
Tabby eyed her with suspicion but decided that maybe it was time for them to talk. They were in love with the same boy after all. Tabby nodded and Ronnie Anne walked up next to her as they walked.
"so, what do you wanna know?" Tabby asked
Ronnie looked at the ground for a few seconds before turning her head to Tabby, "I wanted to know why he chose you" Ronnie Anne asked "I don't mean to sound like a bitch but I just wanna know... why? what makes you different from me?" Ronnie asked
Tabby understood the question clearly and she too uses to ask the same question. Why had Lincoln agreed to be her boyfriend when they only began knowing each other for two weeks, however, tabby had actually found out why everything Lincoln told him about her allowed Tabby to understand what made them different.
"It's because you can't express yourself" Tabby replied
Ronnie looked at Tabby, confused with her answer, "what do you mean?" Ronnie asked
"You expressed liking him by bullying him. You couldn't just talk to him and try to get to know him first, you just bullied him, even after you two became friends, you never could express yourself to him without being... a bitch, sorry" Tabby told Ronnie
Ronnie Anne heard the answer and looked to the ground as she began thinking about how much of it is true. Ronnie began to realize that she was right, she always wanted to be tough, and not emotional, so when she began feeling things for Lincoln, she did the only thing she could, and that was bully him, She didn't want to feel that way about him that way. Back then, she had thought he was a geek and a dork, someone who wasn't even worth her time, however, she began to realize why she liked him, but she never could express herself without being rude or accidentally hurting his feelings. She was always worried about how people saw her, she was always worried about how people viewed her.
"In other words... I wasn't being honest with myself and him"
Tabby nodded, "The reason I think he may have chosen me was that I understood him, I related to him, I was truthful with him, about everything and about my feelings" Tabby replied
"but aren't you worried?" Ronnie asked
"worried about what?" Tabby asked
"About how people see you when you're dating him?" Ronnie asked
Tabby scoffed, "I don't care about how people look at me and him" Tabby replied, "I learned that people are always gonna judge you, but should it matter how a stranger, someone you don't even know, thinks of you?" Tabby asked
Ronnie Anne thought about what Tabby and when she finally saw why Lincoln had picked Tabby instead of her. Tabby didn't care about how others thought about her and Lincoln being together, no, she only cared that she was with Lincoln. While Ronnie? She was always how she would bee seen if she dated Lincoln, what people would say, what people would think. In the end, Ronnie Anne realized that she was being selfish and only worried about herself, and because of that and because she couldn't express herself in the right way... she had realized that she had missed her chance a long time ago, maybe even since the very beginning.
"T-Thanks for the talk... I think I have the answer now" Ronnie Anne told Tabby
Ronnie Anne then ran back to the loud house, tears fell from her eyes as she had finally faced the truth about who she was and how she acted. The question now was simple.
Could she change?
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Lynn Loud was at the park for one reason, and one reason only, because she needed to talk to Lincoln. She had known this is where he went for his daily walks. and she was going to confront him and bring him home. He was acting like a baby, and she was going to slap some sense in him and show him that he was tearing up the family from the inside.
She waited for him, but as most know, Lynn wasn't someone that liked waiting. He was almost about to run and find him but as luck would have it, Lincoln had turned around the corner.
"There you are!" Lynn cried
Lincoln jumped in surprise and looked to see Lynn. "Lynn? what are you doing here?" Lincoln asked
"I'm here to bring you home Linc!" Lynn said as she quickly walked to him so she could grab hi and bring him back home.
Lincoln backed away, "Lynn stop!" Lincoln told her
She managed to grab him by his hands but Lincoln pulled his hand away. Lynn looked back at her brother and her expression went from anger to confusion. Lincoln glared at her, his anger was now very present. They stood there for a moment, and Lynn decided to speak up.
"what's your problem!?" Lynn cried "Stop being a baby and come home, you're just doing this to get attention," Lynn said
Lincoln was dumbfounded at her words, "Are you fucking kidding me!?" Lincoln cried
"What? it's true!" Lynn yelled
"Fuck you, Lynn! Why can't you see that I am in actual pain!" Lincoln cried "why can't you stop thinking about yourself!?"
"I don't just think about myself!" Lynn yelled back
"Bullshit! Have you ever thought about how much you made me hate myself!? Have you ever thought about how I feel when you call me names? did you even THINK about how I felt when I was kicked out of the house because of you and your stupid luck!?" Lincoln cried
"I-"
"NO!" Lincoln cut her off "Your done talking! Every word that comes out of your mouth is going to be about how I messed up! about how I'm and fault! how I'm the problem! But you never look at yourself and see how much of a bitch you can be!? NO! Because all that goes through your thick skull is how great and amazing you are!" Lincoln finished
Lynn looked at her brother with a painful expression on her face, his words hurt her, they shouldn't have, she knew they weren't true, but they hurt. Lynn knew she wasn't a bitch like Lincoln said, she wasn't who he said she was. Was she? No! of course not! she was Lynn Loud, she was a great athlete and a great sister. She was the best sister! right?
"Your wrong" Lynn told him "you're just trying to hurt me"
Lincoln scoffed with a smile, "of course that's what you think..." Lincoln said "It's always me... never you," Lincoln said
"Lincoln just come home, stop being like this and just come back," Lynn said
Lincoln sighed, "why do I even try to talk to you? you never listen, Lynn... Try looking at what'st wrong with you... and then maybe, maybe I'll come home"
Lincoln walked away, he could see the conflict in Lynn's eyes. However, he knew that she probably the last person that would change. He knew that she couldn't see her own faults, she couldn't even admit them to herself, that's how much her ego had gone to her head. He turned his head to look back and saw Lynn walking away. He was surprised that she didn't chase after him. Maybe he had gotten through to her... but he doubted it, she was Lynn loud after all.
Almost nothing got through to her...
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I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. The next chapter is going to be a rough one! What should you expect!?
Lynn confronts her faults...
Lori and Lincoln look at stars...
and something terrible happens...
Lincoln smokes...