I do not own anything in these stories. All rights go to the creator Chris Savino and the current showrunner, Michael Rubiner.
It was Monday, April 21, 1986 at the Royal Woods Elementary-Middle School and Lincoln and Lori were in the cafeteria sitting together having lunch with Lincoln's friends at the lunch table. Lori on the other hand was trying to get something out of Lincoln's pants. It eventually comes out, and it's a sloppy joe with a note on it.
One of the classmates reads it, "Happy Sloppy Joe Tuesday, boy. We hope to help you have a safe fourth quarter this year. Signed, Ronnie-Anne," he says her name with flair. Suddenly, Ronnie appears behind the two.
"And there's a heart!" Another classmate replied.
"What's going on here?" Lori said nervously.
"Ooooooooo! Lincoln's got a girlfriend!"
"What?! No, he doesn't," Lori denied.
"Come on, Lori. When's the wedding day for him?" Another classmate said as the other classmates, including Clyde, laugh.
"Ha-ha. Very funny, guys." Lincoln said.
"Ronnie and Lincoln sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G," The classmates replied as they start laughing again.
"Guys, Ronnie Anne is NOT his girlfriend! She is Lincoln's sister!" Lori yelled at them.
"See what I mean?!" Lincoln agreed, "She is kind of annoying, sure, but she is actually strong and brave like Lynn, but seriously, I'd rather lick the bathroom floor than kiss my own sister!" suddenly, a gasp is heard, and it turns out it came from his sister Ronnie Anne and they turn around and are shocked to see her.
"Ronnie-Anne!" Lincoln said. Ronnie-Anne at first shocked but then puts on an angry scowl and storms out of the lunch room with her food tray in her hands.
"Wait, Ronnie, we didn't... mean... it," Lori said dejectedly.
"Whoa, Lori. I think you and Lincoln must have really hurt her feelings," Clyde said.
"Look, Clyde, it's not his fault," Lori informed Clyde, "It's just that... well... maybe Lincoln and I can make it up to her."
Later that day, Lincoln and Lori are walking home after school together.
"Hey, Mom, I'm sorry for hurting Ronnie's feelings," Lincoln said dejectedly.
"I know, Linc. I am, too. It's not our faults that it all happened," Lori said when suddenly, her phone rings. She picks up the phone and answers it and it appears to be Bobby, "Hey, Bobby. I'm afraid Lincoln isn't feeling happy today."
"Lori, what happened at school today? Did something terrible happen to him?" Bobby said on the phone.
"Some classmates were mocking him at school today and claimed Ronnie Anne to be his girlfriend," Lori said on the phone.
"Agh! Gross!" Bobby replied on the phone.
"And... Lincoln unexpectedly ended up hurting her feelings," Lori said on the phone, "Look, we didn't mean it, honey."
"Oh my, that sounds awful, Lori," Bobby said on the phone but Lori thought to herself for a few moments and then gets an idea, "Lori, are you there?"
"Wait, Bobby, I think I have a plan that might help us apologize to Ronnie Anne and get us together," Lori said.
"What? What do you mean?" Bobby asked.
"I think we should have us a double date at Jean Juan's French-Mex restaurant this evening. We'll be there no later than six," Lori said on the phone, "I promise you we will make it up to her. Okay, Bobby?"
"Well, all right, Lori. I'll see you there," Bobby said on the phone.
"Okay, bye," Lori said as she hangs up on the phone and puts it away in her pocket. They continue walking home only to be stopped by their neighbor.
"Hey, Lori. Walking your son home, aren't ya?" the neighbor asked.
"Yeah, he was kind of behind on his work so I figured I help him at the school for a few days," Lori replied.
"Well, I've been hearing your sister Leni get herself into a distraught mess herself in the living room," the neighbor explained and they both become shocked.
"WHAT?!" They both screamed in fear.
"Yeah, when she heard that you both hurt Ronnie Anne's feelings, she got really mad and started losing her temper really badly," the neighbor informed, "It was almost like she was throwing a massive tantrum."
"Oh my," Lori said in fear.
"You both better be careful once you step inside the house," the neighbor explained, "She might go all crazy and break your leg, Lori," Lori becomes frightened, "It might happen to your son as well," Lincoln becomes frightened.
"No problem. I'll tell her right when we both head inside that door," Lori replied, "And I'll try to calm her down because I've already arranged a double date at Jean Juan's French-Mex tonight at six."
"Wow. What a clever young lady you are," the neighbor said, "Now be careful getting inside."
"Thanks, Mr... uh..." Lori said.
"Grouse. Mr. Bernard Ulysses Grouse," Mr. Grouse introduced himself.
"Grouse. Thank you," Lori thanked him.
"No problem. I may be kind of grumpy but I do have a heart. Hey, Lincoln," Lincoln turns to look at him, "Be careful when you and your mother go inside, okay?"
"I will, Mr. Grouse," Lincoln replied as he and Lori then arrive on the front lawn of their house and they head up the stairs and to the front door, when all of a sudden, they begin to hear Leni screaming angrily inside which startles them.
"Oh dear. Leni isn't very happy today. Sounds like she might be throwing a massive tantrum over something we did. I think Mr. Grouse might be right," Lori said as she rubs her hands before she places her hand on the doorknob, "Here we go," she opens the door and they go inside when all of a sudden, Leni was completely angry with them.
"YOU MONSTERS!" Leni shouted angrily as she threw a tissue box at Lincoln.
"Hey! What was that for?" Lori asked.
It is then shown that the distraught and furious and outraged Leni who has made quite a mess herself, with rivers of mascara down her face and her clothes all disheveled as she screamed, "YOU BOTH MADE RONNIE ANNE CRY!"
"Cry? We didn't mean to do it!" Lincoln explained.
"Wait! Leni, how do you know that?" Lori asked before Leni tries to aim a teddy bear at the two, but they jump out of the way before it hits them.
"Bobby told Ronnie Anne about this... RIGHT BEFORE HE ALMOST BROKE UP WITH YOU!" Leni screamed angrily.
"What? Why does Dad care?" Lincoln asked.
"Yeah! There has to be a reason about this!" Lori explained sternly.
Leni throws a couch cushion at the two, prompting them to duck before she opens a photo album showing a picture of Bobby and Ronnie-Anne together, "Because Bobby is literally Ronnie-Anne's adoptive father! He said he could never date someone related to someone who hurt someone he's related to!"
"What are you talking about, Leni? Ronnie Anne and Lincoln get along just fine!" Lori said before Leni throws a bunch of CD's and cassette tapes in rapid-fire fashion and Lori and Lincoln shield themselves with the cushion.
"AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BOBBY WAS TALKING ABOUT, LORI!" Leni screamed as she chases after the two, they both hide behind the chair.
"Lincoln. Stay behind the chair while I handle things out, okay?" Lori asked.
Leni then grabs Lori and holds her by her shirt in a furiously enraging manner and shouted, "YOU AND LINCOLN BOTH HAVE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH RONNIE ANNE!"
"All right, Leni! Calm down! I'll call her right now and apologize," Lori said in fear as she picks up the phone.
"NO!" Leni shouted as she unexpectedly hangs up the phone. Lincoln then comes out from behind the chair and hides behind Lori, "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, LORRAINE! BOBBY HAS TO SEE BOTH YOU AND LINCOLN BEING NICE TO HER! THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE'LL GET BACK TOGETHER WITH YOU BOTH!"
"Leni. It's all right! I have it all arranged for the two of us! Lincoln and I already have a reservation at Jean Juan's French-Mex Buffet at six! I already told Mr. Grouse all about it and..." Lori said before Leni silenced her with her angry enraged voice.
"AND YOU! WILL BOTH! MAKE RONNIE ANNE! FEEL! LIKE THE MOST SPECIAL GIRL! IN TOWN!" Leni shouted angrily at them which causes Lori to duck herself inside her coat.
"Are you serious?!" Lincoln denied, "I'd rather lick the bathroom at this moment than kiss my own sister!"
Leni suddenly gets completely angry and grabs the coffee table and threatens to crush them with it.
"RUUUUUUN!" Lori screamed in fear as she and Lincoln both run upstairs and into Lori's bedroom and lock the door once they get in, "Lincoln! Hold that door while I pick up Clyde! All right?!"
"Got it, Mom!" Lincoln responded as he holds down the door but the infuriated Leni begins to pound on it.
"OPEN UP, YOU LITTLE TWERP! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!" Leni screamed in anger as she pounded on the door.
Lori then picks up the phone and answers Clyde immediately while Lincoln is holding down the door so that Leni does not enter, "CLYDE! CLYDE! PLEASE COME IN! I've got a big situation!"
"What's up, Lori?" Clyde asked.
Leni continues pounding on the door from outside her room which Lincoln is holding down and still screaming, "LINCOLN, UNLOCK THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I COME IN THERE AND BREAK YOUR LEG!"
"You aren't gonna believe this but Lincoln and I are going on a double date at Jean Juan's French-Mex Buffet with Ronnie-Anne. I'm gonna get it all situated for tonight.
"Ohh, I love fusion cuisine! But why?" Clyde asked.
"Because, you were right. Lincoln and I both did hurt her feelings. Ronnie Anne told Bobby, and he almost broke up with me. And now Leni is after us because she found out about it," Lori said nervously to Clyde, "But don't worry. I'll put this double date in action tonight. And you, Clyde, are gonna be there fair and square dressed like a Mexican servant at the restaurant and act like a real servant. Okay, Clyde?"
"Okay, Lori. I'll remember the whole thing. Love ya, big sis. Gotta go. Bye," Clyde said as he ends the phone.
Lori then puts her phone back in her pocket and she runs up to the door to answer Leni who was still pounding on the door screaming angrily, "Sorry. Nobody's home. Linc and I are getting ready for that double date we planned," she replied.
Leni stops pounding on the door upon hearing Lori's answer and then regains her composure.
"Very well, Lori. Just don't screw it up! Otherwise you'll have to sleep with someone else from now on because I can't sleep with someone who broke one of their friends' hearts, all right?" Leni asked angrily.
"All right, Leni. We'll open the door for you now," Lori said as she unlocks and opens the door, to see Leni still angry.
"I was just giving you an order for your double date not to screw up one bit," Leni said angrily.
"I know, Leni. Thank you," Lori replied, "Now, if you'll excuse me. Lincoln and I need to get dressed and ready for the big date, all right?"
"Well, whatever you say, Lori," Leni said.
With that, Lori then gets her formal attire consisting of a light pink blouse, a dark purple skirt with a belt at the waist and her pink flats. Then afterwards, she and Lincoln go to the latter's linen closet room and Lincoln grabs his orange dress shirt and khakis. They both then went to the bathroom and got out of their clothes and into their formal attire. Lori then applied makeup to her, then she and Lincoln even combed their hairs to make them look perfect. They then head out of the bathroom with their formal attire on. Lori then got her purse that contained her wallet with her credit cards and driver's license, her diary with some spare pencils and her phone.
"I got a feeling that tonight's double date is going to be a good one," Lincoln said eagerly.
"Now, remember, Lincoln. Leni's watching what we do now. If she finds out that we screw up, we'll probably end up in the hospital because of her," Lori said when suddenly, the doorbell rings, "Ooh my, that's gotta be Bobby," they both head on downstairs to get the door. As Lori opens the door, it happens to be Bobby and Ronnie Anne," Bobby honey, there you are."
"Lori, my darling," Bobby said as he hugged Lori.
"Hey, Bobby, I'm sorry about what happened earlier today," Lori said sympathetically.
"Hey, don't worry dear. It's going to be all right," Bobby said softly.
"So, you must be the visitors coming for the double date," Leni said as they were coming downstairs.
"Yes, Leni. We are," Ronnie Anne said.
"Well, don't just stand there, twerp! Help them out with the double date or else I'LL BREAK YOUR FREAKING LEG!" Leni shouted at Lincoln but they all gasp upon her statement.
"Leni!" Bobby said in shock.
"What? I'm just explaining to him!" Leni said sarcastically.
"Well, you're not explaining if your threatening to break Lincoln's leg!" Lori pointed out to Leni, "That's very insulting and cruel to somebody like him!"
"Yeah! Lori and I have arranged the double date and you're not going to lash out at us if we screw up in the slightest bit, okay?!" Bobby said sternly to Leni.
"Leni, you be on your best behavior, all right?!" Lori asked sternly to Leni.
"All right! All right! I will! I will," Leni said as she took a deep breath.
"Thank you," Lori said, "Well, fellas. Are we ready?"
"Yep/Yeah/I'm ready," they all replied.
Leni sighed before she said, "All right. I've made my decision. I'm going with you guys, but that's that."
"Well... all right then. Let's get going," Lori said as she grabbed the car keys to the van as they all head on out the door and into Vanzilla. Lori and Bobby are up at the front of the van with Lincoln, Ronnie and Leni sitting behind the two.
"I hope you know what you're doing, Lori," Leni said bitterly.
"Relax. Trust me. It's gonna work, "Lori then places the key into the area that starts the engine, "I make this double date look really good," they then pull out of the driveway and onto the road. While on their way to the restaurant.
"All right, Lincoln. I need you to hear me straight up loud and clear!" Leni explained to Lincoln, "I need you and your mom to make this double date be crystal-clear and perfect. Because if you and Lori both screw up one bit, I'm gonna brea..." Suddenly, Lincoln then silences her.
"Hey, Mom. Don't listen to her right now. She's just in a very bitter and unsympathetic mood today," Lincoln said before he removed his hand from Leni's mouth.
"I know, dear. I just don't want to screw up and end up in the hospital because of Leni lashing out at me over the smallest accident," Lori said.
"It's all right dear. I think we should handle the arranged double date perfectly," Bobby said to Lori softly.
"Something tells me it's gonna be a very weird double date," Ronnie Anne said to herself.
Later, the five fellow relatives arrive at the restaurant. The four look to see each other when they get out but Leni looks to her phone.
"So, honey. How's it coming tonight?" Bobby asked.
"Not much actually. We're putting Operation: Double Date into action," Lori explained, "I promise you it will work."
"Wow, Ronnie-Anne. You're looking lovely this evening," Lincoln said gladly.
"Hey, we're sorry we hurt your feelings, little girl," Lori said to Ronnie Anne.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I placed a sloppy-Joe inside your son's pants, Mom," Ronnie Anne said sympathetically to Lori, "But don't worry. This date will help all four of us get back together as just a family."
"Lori, don't screw this up or else!" Leni said bitterly and coldly to Lori.
Lori took a deep breath and replied to herself, "Well, here we go," and the five of them walk inside when suddenly, to their surprise, they find a poorly-disguised Clyde, wearing a Mexican scarf, a French beret, and a fake mustache, at the counter.
"Good evening, Senors y Senoritas. Welcome to Jean Juan's French-Mex Buffet!" Clyde greeted before Lincoln pulls Clyde towards him.
"Clyde, what are you doing!?" Lincoln said before Lori silences him by putting a finger by his mouth.
"Shh shh shh. Let Mommy do the talking," she spoke sweetly to Lincoln.
"Lori, what are you doing?" Leni asked coldly to Lori.
"Let me do the job, Leni. Just watch and Learn," Lori said when Bobby suddenly notices the bowl of mints situated on the counter before eating one.
"Ohh, mints!" Bobby said excitedly.
"Go ahead, Senor Bobby. Take one," Clyde replied as Bobby takes a mint and eats one. He then turns to Lincoln and Lori, "Hey, fellas. I'm Just here to help you both. Especially you, Lori. My big sister.."
"Clyde, you stay out of this," Leni said bitterly to Clyde.
"Just please don't mess this up for me, please Clyde?" Lincoln begged, "I would hate to have myself hospitalized because of Leni."
"Yeah, I don't want to have to make myself suffer from drinking so much over the next couple of years," Lori begged Clyde.
"You better not, Lori!" Leni growled at Lori.
"Don't worry. You won't even know I'm here!" Clyde said but just as Clyde steps back onto the phone book he was standing on, he knocks the counter over and spills the bowl of mints, startling Lincoln and Leni and making Lori jump into Bobby's arms. As Bobby puts Lori down, a waiter slips on the mints and crashes off-screen, sending a mask rolling away from where he crashed, "So, table for four?"
Bobby tried to explain, "Actually, there are five..."
"Very good. Four. Right this way," Clyde ignored him as he brings Lori, Leni, Lincoln and Ronnie-Anne to their table, and then pulls up a chair for Lori and Leni as he calls them... "Senoritas," Lincoln tries to do the same for Ronnie, but she instead just sits in another chair, so he sits in the chair he offered her. Bobby approaches their table.
"Wow, table blankets? Pretty romantic," Bobby said nicely.
"I know. Isn't it?" Lori replied.
"Ugh! Just get motivated and try to get yourselves reunited!" Leni demanded angrily.
"I mean, whatever. it's fine," Bobby said as Clyde suddenly pulls away the table's last chair, "Hey, thanks, man, "He prepares to sit down, thinking Clyde has pulled up the chair for him, but instead Clyde walks away with the chair and Bobby ends up hitting the floor with a thud, "Ow! Hey, wait!" He pulls a nearby potted plant to use as a seat. Lincoln, not sure of what to say right now, looks at Ronnie-Anne, who's still scowling at him. but she is then suddenly started by the appearance of a Mexican band.
"Ooh, la la! Young senorita! This calls for... musica!" The musician claimed but before he and his two companions can perform...
"No, no! Please, no musica," Lincoln demanded as the three musicians dejectedly walk away, "...So, I hear the Quiche Rancheros is excellent," But his attempt at small talk does not appear to have done him any good. Ronnie-Anne is still unhappy with him a bit.
Clyde then comes up with three glasses of water and gives two of them to Lincoln and Ronnie-Anne, "Two flat water...,"gives the third one to Lori, "...and one sparkling, to match your eyes," before Bobby taps Clyde's shoulder.
"Uh, could I get a water?" But Clyde just ignores him again and walks off, to his annoyance, "And maybe a chair?"
Later, Lincoln is still trying to get back on Ronnie's good side.
"So, how about that exam back in May? I mean, "show your work?" What is that?" Ronnie Anne asked.
Bobby and Lori just quietly chew their food when Clyde suddenly comes back with a silver plate.
"If I may..." Clyde said as he lifts the cover so that he slams it in Bobby's face, "...a special treat for a special Senorita - a nacho from Jean Juan's private collection!"
"I think I'll hit the buffet again," Bobby and Lori said in unison but Lori suddenly gasps as Clyde gets a disillusioned look on his face.
"We both said the same thing at the exact same time! It's like we're literally meant to be," Lori said excitedly.
Clyde can only watch forlornly as his unrequited crush and his rival walk off to the buffet, so he vents his frustrations by punching the nacho down on the plate he's holding and storms off.
"It's like we're literally meant to be," Lincoln said to Ronnie Anne, "Just like Mom said."
"Oh, they're so cheesy!" Ronnie Anne said.
"Yeah, Yeah! Cheesier than this Fromage Con Queso!" Lincoln replied.
"Oh, remember that time Bobby thought store-brought flowers were too "impersonal", so he picked his own?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Yeah, and they turned out to be poison ivy! Mommy swelled up like a salted turkey!" Lincoln replied as they share a laugh over this, the camera zooms over to their mother and father watching from the buffet.
"Aw, look, they're getting along like brother and sister," Bobby said happily.
"Does that mean...?" Lori asked as Lincoln stops laughing as he sees Bobby taking Lori's hands into his hands.
"Lori, my dear, this has been torture!" Bobby said to Lori.
"Oh, honey! I know this has been unsatisfying but hey, at least I got it all planned for us," Lori said happily.
They pucker up to kiss, but Clyde comes between them and ruins the moment, "Hot raw tamales, comin' through!"
"Clyde, did you really have to ruin the moment," Lori said sternly.
"Wow, those nicknames. They're actually kinda cool," Lincoln said to Ronnie Anne.
"Whoa, Linc.. And plus the kissing. It's so gross! But at the same time, it's a bit romantic. Who does that!?" Ronnie Anne said to Lincoln.
"Yeah, and how about a little selfie joke?" Lincoln said as Ronnie-Anne chuckles and then puts her arm around him while lifting out her other arm as if she's taking a selfie with a camera right now as he imitates Bobby again, "Don't get my bad side, dear!
"You don't have a bad side, honey. Click, click, click!" Ronnie Anne said as they laugh some more.
"You know, sis. I'm really sorry for what Mom and I said at school," Lincoln said sympathetically.
"It's okay. Sorry about the sloppy joe, brother," Ronnie Anne said sympathetically.
They both give heartfelt smiles at each other when suddenly Bobby and Lori come back with their arms around each other.
"Guess who's back together?" Lori asked happily.
"Mom and Dad?" Lincoln and Ronnie Anne said excitedly.
"Yes! Wheeee! Reunion selfie together!" Lori said excitedly as she takes one of herself, Bobby, Lincoln and Ronnie, with a smiling Leni and a scowling Clyde behind them altogether in the photo.
"Wow. That's one big selfie together, isn't that right?" Ronnie Anne said excitedly.
"Ahhh, now I'm becoming impressed. Keep up the good work," Leni said happily. But however, Lincoln looks behind him to see that his five classmates who were teasing him at the beginning have just arrived at the restaurant.
"I'll be back to pick you boys up," an unnamed mother said.
"Okay, mom," the classmate replied.
"All right, what are the classmates doing here?" Leni angrily asked.
Suddenly, Ronnie-Anne gulps, Lincoln quickly hides under the table.
"What are you doing?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Just, uh, dropped my fork," Lincoln said as he crawls under the table, startling Leni, Lori and Bobby.
"Lincoln, where are you going?" Lori asked Lincoln.
"Uh, just going to the bathroom, Mom," Lincoln said nervously, "I really hope no one else had the Chile Con Escargots!"
"All right. Just don't take too long!" Lori said.
"Lori, do not let him take too long otherwise I'll beat him up for screwing around!" Leni said angrily.
"Leni, that's enough!" Lori said before Lincoln dashes for the men's room and locks himself in.
"Phew! I'll just hang out here until those guys leave, Lincoln said when suddenly, the musician appeared behind Lincoln with his two companions.
"Musica!" The musician shouted but...
"No, no! No musica," Lincoln demanded.
"Hurry up! I gotta escargo!" the classmate was pounding the door from outside and Lincoln groans, unlocks the door and dashes out while the customer dashes in.
"Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!" The musician demanded as he and his band start playing. Outside the restroom, Lincoln sees that his classmates are still here.
"Well, I gotta pee," a classmate replied as he heads for the restrooms, Lincoln quickly ducks under a food cart containing the dessert tray. Clyde then comes out of the kitchen, talking on his cell phone, and starts pushing the cart.
"Hello, Dr. Lopez? I know I'm supposed to call you at home, but it's a Leni emergency," Clyde explained before Lincoln pulls Clyde by his collar.
"Clyde! You gotta get me out of here!" Lincoln said in fear as he points to the laughing classmates at their table.
"Guys, there's a band in the bathroom!" A classmate commented.
"I can't let those guys see me on a "date" with my own sister Ronnie-Anne. I just convinced them she's not my girlfriend," Lincoln explained.
"I gotcha, buddy. Just stay under there and I'll wheel you out," Clyde said as he wheels the cart past the classmates' table just when...
"Hey, dessert guy!" A classmate called as Clyde wheels the cart up to their table when all of a sudden, another classmate is pointing at Lincoln's tuft of hair sticking out from under the cart's tablecloth.
"Ooh, what's that with the whipped cream on top?" A classmate asked when Lincoln quickly ducks so that his hair tuft is not sticking out.
"Uh, sorry, that's a to-go order," Clyde explained as the classmate pulls the cloth back only to see nothing under it, "See? It's gone."
Lincoln dashes for the entrance, but suddenly runs into the Mexican band again.
"Musica!" The musician said but...
"NO! No musica. Silencio!" Lincoln shouted as he ducks into a nearby closet.
"Lincoln?" Clyde asks as he comes in with the dessert cart and Lincoln pulls him into the closet with him, "How are we gonna get you out now? We'll need a disguise," Lincoln pulls out an oversized mask of a Mexican man.
"I'm way ahead of you!"
Clyde just lowers his eyelids at Lincoln's imitation of Luan. Later, Lincoln, wearing the mask, is on the shoulders of Clyde, who has hidden his face with his scarf, but is not keeping his own arms hidden.
"Adios and Gracias!" Clyde greeted.
"Okay, Clyde, less talking, more walking. We're almost out!" Lincoln said.
"We need our check. Say, where's that cute little waiter we were speaking with earlier?" Lori asked.
"She thinks I'm cute? I gotta get that check for Leni!" Clyde said as he dashes off, causing Lincoln to fall off his shoulders and drop the mask.
"Clyde, no! Wait!" Lincoln screamed.
But it was too late as his classmates have spotted him.
"Hey Lincoln. Whatcha doing at Jean Juan's French-Mex Buffet?" A classmate asked.
"I'm just here with my family," Lincoln explained.
"Isn't that Ronnie-Anne?" Another classmate asked and commented, "Hey, are those khakis? Gasp! You're wearing date pants!"
"I knew it! Ronnie-Anne is your girlfriend!" Another classmate said as he and the others laugh. Leni then begins to get involved in the laughing, but Lincoln then suddenly turns his face red.
"SHUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPP!" Lincoln screamed like Arnold Schwarzenegger and the classmates were shocked along with customers includes Lori, Leni, Bobby, Ronnie-Anne and Clyde by Lincoln's outburst, "YOU GUYS THINK RONNIE-ANNE IS MY GIRLFRIEND? WELL, SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND! SHE IS MY SISTER! SO I'M GOING OUTSIDE!
Lincoln is about to leave when Ronnie-Anne tries to catch up with him, "Hey..." But Lincoln quickly turns around in anger which startles Ronnie-Anne and left the restaurant and the whole restaurant were silent.
"I'm afraid I have to go with Lincoln! We're both outta here!" Lori agreed as she got up from the table.
"Guys! Wait!" Leni said nervously as she runs out from the table and catches up to them, "Listen, Linc, I just want it to..."
Lincoln turns around in anger and screams, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT SITUATION!"
"Woah, Lincoln, calm down..." Leni said nervously.
But Lincoln slaps Leni in the face really hard, "YOU! CALM DOWN! US? IT'S BECAUSE, MOM AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE ACCIDENTALLY INSULTED RONNIE-ANNE, THEN YOU, LENI, WERE FORCING ME AND MOM TO GO ON A DOUBLE DATE IN ORDER TO GO BACK WITH DAD AND THEN MY CLASSMATES ARRIVED AND TEASING ME ABOUT RONNIE-ANNE IS MY GIRLFRIEND BUT SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND THAT I TOLD THEM ABOUT THAT! SHE IS JUST MY SISTER ALONG WITH LILY! AND GUESS WHAT? IF YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THREATENING ME ABOUT THAT SITUATION EVER AGAIN, THEN I WILL NEVER TALK TO YOU EVER AGAIN! GOODBYE!" Lincoln shouted as he walked away in anger.
Leni then gets a tear in her eye, "Lincoln! Wait!" But Lincoln ignores Leni as he angrily walks away, "Come on, Linky! I was just trying to get you guys together again," everyone finds out that Leni has ended up hurting Lincoln's feelings, "Guys! I was just kidding! C'mon, c'mon. You all know I was just kidding… Right?"
"Aww, man. That poor kid," Lori said sadly.
"That sister of yours has definitely got some issues to work out, dear," Bobby said nervously.
"Come on, Bobby. Let's head back home together," Lori said as she and Bobby get up from the table and leave the restaurant, "Leni, you are in so much trouble when you get home!"
The customers angrily glare at Leni as they begin to leave.
"Wait, I didn't mean to hurt his feelings," Leni started to tear up.
"Leni, you are a horrible sister to my dear Lori!" Bobby said sternly.
"No, please. I didn't mean it," Leni was still tearing up.
"Thanks a lot... jerk," Ronnie Anne screamed as she punches Leni heavily in the stomach twice as all the customers including Clyde storm out the door in disgust as Leni starts to look upset by their reaction.
"Wait, don't go!" Leni begged.
"Hey, you stink, Leni!" Clyde screamed angrily at Leni.
"Wait, wait, it was a joke! Uh huh..." Leni said before she looks around at the mess she made and starts to feel ashamed of herself and turned to the viewers, "Why is it whenever I tried to make things right for them here at the double date, I end up ruining it? I didn't mean to make them upset. I guess this means I'd better tell them that I'm sorry and that I have to apologize to them. I feel like this is going to be tougher than I thought."
Back home at the Loud House, on the front porch, Leni walks up the steps and to the front door and prepares to knock on the door.
"Hello? Uh, someone come to the door. I'm just here to apologize. Hello?" Leni asked as she opened the door and suddenly, much to Leni's dismay, it was her parents Lynn Sr. and Rita alongside Lori, Bobby, Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Luna, Lily and even Maria and Arturo all mad at Leni as Rita held up a picture of Leni about to crush and beat up Lincoln with the coffee table.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS, LENI?!" Rita shouted.
"I... uhhh... um... uhhh... just wanted them to make things right. It started when Lori and Lincoln both said things about Ronnie Anne at lunchtime at the school. When Bobby heard about it, he almost broke up with her when he called me about it," Leni said in a frightened manner, "But Lori prevented Bobby from breaking up with her by arranging a double date with Lincoln and Ronnie Anne at Jean Juan's French-Mex Buffet, and when I confronted both of them about it, they both tried to explain things, but I didn't give either of them a chance to do it so...I told them to make things right. And that I forced them to go on a double date."
"YOU WHAT?!" Everyone shouted in unison because they couldn't believe their ears. Leni wanted the two to go on a double date despite them having better options to show that he and Lori meant to apologize. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne weren't even dating for Pete's sake, since they were son and daughter to Lori along with with Lily, though Leni on the other hand wanted to force both her and Lincoln to go on a double date to make things right again.
"Yes, guys. It was a double date," Leni said depressingly, "But unfortunately... Lori got scared by my angry screaming and Lincoln refused, so I..."
But Ronnie Anne then spoke out, "So Lincoln refused and you threatened to hit both him and Mom with the coffee table!" Everyone gasped upon Ronnie Anne's explaining and then they all glared at Leni and looked at her with complete disgust. Lori even looked at Leni with complete rage.
"And while I was at the double date with the four, I tried to make things right with them after Lincoln's classmates arrived and teased Lincoln about the fact that Ronnie is his girlfriend," Leni explained.
"What?!" Ronnie Anne said in anger.
"Leni, she is not Lincoln's girlfriend. She's just a sister of his along with Lily, and you have no right to force me and Lincoln to go on a double date!" Lori said sternly.
"And then afterwards, when Lincoln got really mad at me and blamed me for making him and Lori go on a double date immediately, I really began to realize my mistakes," Leni said as her voice began breaking, "It is all my fault. I should have known better."
No one was surprised seeing how terrible her actions were, but they did notice that she was realizing her mistakes.
"Leni, we are all extremely disappointed in you!" Rita yelled at Leni.
"You threatening to hit them with the lamp table almost placed them in the hospital!" Lynn Sr. screamed angrily at Leni.
"ALL BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T KEEP A CAP ON YOUR ANGER!" Maria shouted in full rage.
"Yeah! Besides, did either Lori or her bro say anything about apologizing to Ronnie Anne another way than being forced into a double date?" Luna asked Leni.
"No. I've proven my point," Leni explained, "They both wanted to apologize in their own way but rather Lori made a plan for them to hang out with her at a fancy restaurant.
"So let me get this straight, Leni! Lori and Lincoln both said some choice words about Ronnie Anne who sometimes likes to prank him," Lynn Sr. scolded Leni, "They wanted to apologize with some gesture, but instead of accepting it...you instead threatened to beat them up with a coffee table repeatedly."
"Mm-hmm," Leni admitted it, but they were still angry and furious with Leni.
"Leni Lydia Loud, What the hell is the matter with you? Your mother and I trusted you to set a decent enough example for your siblings, but at least your sister Lori sets an example for her kids unlike you," Lynn Sr. said angrily to Leni, "And instead of doing that, you force your sisters to do what you say with the threat of violence."
"But I take it back now," Leni begged, "I didn't mean to do any of this."
"No, Leni! It's too late!" Rita said coldly to Leni, "You are grounded until you apologize to both Lori and Lincoln for what you've done! And there will be no dessert for you tonight, young lady!"
"I know, mom. ! I'll think about it in my room," Leni said sadly as she prepared to walk up to her room but...
"No, you are not, Leni!" Maria said sternly as she stopped Leni, "Your room is full of sparkly workout stuff. You're going to be sitting in the time-out corner in your parents' bedroom thinking about what you've done," the family is surprised upon Maria giving Leni a punishment, "Your own grandfather would be so ashamed of you!"
With that, Leni reluctantly accepts as she slowly walks to Lynn Sr. and Rita's bedroom, knowing that she will be staying in there until she apologizes to Lincoln.
Meanwhile, Lori and Lincoln were in her room with Bobby and Ronnie Anne.
"Wow. What a rough day it's been. Leni was just so harsh to us this evening," Lori said in sadness.
Bobby and Ronnie-Anne come out and comforts Lori and Lincoln.
"I'm sorry that I almost broke up with you," Bobby said softly as he hugged Lori, "I see that our son was really angry at Leni."
"I feel like this is all my fault for causing all of this to happen!" Ronnie Anne teared up.
"Come on, Ronnie-Anne, don't be feel sad about that," Lincoln replied.
"I am sad, okay?" Ronnie Anne said in both anger and sadness.
"What do you think we should do, Mom and Dad?" Lincoln asked, "I know I was very angry at Leni for forcing us to go on a double date with you guys."
"Wait, I got an idea. We should apologize to Leni for this whole mess that she caused at our date," Bobby explained.
In the parents' room, Leni was crying in the time-out corner facing the walls thinking about what she did, feeling like she deserves it after what she did.
"What have I done? I can't believe I had to make such an undeserving threat towards Lincoln," Leni cried to herself, "I didn't mean to make him upset. After all this time today, I think I finally am getting what I deserve."
Suddenly, she hears a knock on her parents' bedroom door, "It's open. Come in but keep your distance from me." She still cried to herself.
It opens and it reveals to be Lincoln and Bobby.
"Hey, Leni," Lincoln said dejectedly.
"Lincoln? Bobby? Is that really you?" Leni said, crying softly now.
"Look, my son and I are here to tell that situation, Leni," Bobby said.
"What situation?" Leni said dejectedly.
"Look. You know that I almost broke up with Lori earlier because of the classmates making fun of her and my son Lincoln about the fact that Ronnie-Anne is his girlfriend," Bobby said, "I see you were angry at both him and Lori and I know how you feel."
"Really?" Leni sniffed.
"Yes, Len. Dad really means it," Lincoln said dejectedly. Soon afterwards, Leni then begins lightening up and becoming a little more cheerful and selfless like Lori.
"Gee, thank you," Leni said as Lori and Ronnie-Anne then come in, "Lori, Ronnie Anne?"
"Look, Ronnie Anne and I just want to apologize like Lincoln is," Lori said dejectedly.
"Look, guys. All I have to say is... is that... I'm sorry for that situation between your classmates and all of us," Leni said in sorrow.
"Me too. And Lincoln," Ronnie Anne said to Leni and Lincoln.
"Yeah, sis?" Lincoln asked her.
"Sorry about the sloppy joe," Ronnie Anne said sympathetically.
"I am too, older sister. I think we would definitely prefer to be like brother and sister to each other, Ronnie just like Mom pictured us. Would you agree with that, Ronnie?" Lincoln asked before Ronnie Anne turned to Lori.
"Go ahead, Ronnie Anne. It's all right," Lori encouraged her before Ronnie Anne turned back to Lincoln.
"Of course, Lincoln. The one brother perfect for my age," Ronnie Anne said as they both hug together.
"Hey, guys," Leni said as they turn to see her, "Can you forgive me for what I did to you guys?"
"Yeah, you are forgiven, Leni. And we're sorry for yelling," Lincoln said sympathetically.
"It's okay, we'll always be here for one another," Leni said as they hugged together.
"Awwww. Our plan worked," Lori said sweetly as her parents then see Leni hugging Lincoln, knowing that she has apologized.
"Well, Leni, since you apologized to Lincoln and Lori and said that you forgive them, your father and I have decided that you are off your punishment," Rita said sweetly.
"Really?" Leni asked.
"Yep, you're off the hook," Lynn Sr. agreed.
"Gee, thanks, you two. In fact, I'm starting to feel happy again," Leni said now cheerfully.
"Well, fellas. It looks like all we need now is...Musica!" Lincoln shouted as Luna, Luan and Lynn came in dressed as Mexican musicians.
"MUSICA!" Luna shouted.
"UNO, DOS, TRES, CUATRO!" Lori shouted and the musicians play music and she, Bobby, Lincoln, Ronnie-Anne, Leni, Maria, Arturo, Lynn Sr. and Rita all begin tangoing.
"And so, this family has learned another harsh lesson about being in a large family. There can always be a way around in apologizing to a friend of yours instead of having to be forced into a double date at a fancy restaurant," Lori narrated as the tango continued. When the tango wraps up, they all land on the floor and they all start laughing together, "Ooh, I felt that on my back."