Chapter 2: Lincoln

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Here she was. The apartment that Lisa told her about. The Apartment that her older brother was living in. The Apartment where the brother she never knew much about was living and who didn't really know her or might even remember her. How did she find where her older brother was? Well, that would be thanks to her older sister, Lisa...

It was a few days after their father's funeral. Lisa had pulled Lily aside and away from prying ears, and while Lily was confused as to why Lisa wanted to talk in private when they really needed to help out the family, Lisa had told her it was important. Lily reluctantly nodded and followed her into her room. When they entered the room, Lisa locked her door and Lily sat on Lisa's bed Lisa sat in her chair that was by her desk.

"What is this about Lisa?" Lily asked

"It's about our father's last wish" Lisa replied

"Dad's last wish?" Lily asked

Lisa nodded, "I overheard our mother and our 4 eldest siblings talking about our father's last wish," Lisa said

"Which is?" Lily asked

"He wants us to find Lincoln and bring him back home" Lisa replied

"what!? But how do we find him, we don't even know where he is!" Lily cried

Lisa sighed, "Lily, listen to me, what I'm about to tell you can not leave this room and nor can you tell anyone else in the Family just yet," Lisa said "I... Know where Lincoln has been Living"

Lily was in shock, She had remembered hearing how their family had looked for Lincoln for two years, yet there was no trace of him, Nothing. The Family had tried everything. But now, Lisa knew where their brother was. So many questions had flooded her mind. How long has Lisa known where he was? why didn't she tell the Family? where was Lincoln? was he ok? what happened to him? what was he doing? did he miss them? did he miss her? Did he still care about them?

"How long have you know!?" Lily cried

"Since two year ago..." Lisa replied

"Why didn't you tell us!? Why!?" Lily asked as tears began to form in her eyes

"He would have hated us more if we took him away from his new life Lily" Lisa replied

Lily sobbed a little more, "Why didn't you bring him back!?" Lily asked, "Why didn't you!?"

Lisa sighed heavily "I wanted to Lily, I did, more than anything did I want to have my brother back," Lisa told her youngest sister, "But... I just couldn't tear him from his new home, he would have never forgiven me or the family, we forced him out, hated him, ridiculed him, If we took him back and acted like none of that ever happened, he would despise us all..."

"Why though!?" Lily cried "What did we do to hurt him so much!? Why did Mom and dad take off his photos!? Why did everyone not want me to know that I had a brother!?" Lily asked

Lisa had never told her and the 2nd youngest loud knew that it was time. Time for Lily to know the whole truth. It was the right thing to do, and while it might make things worse it needed to be done in order for their father's last wishes to come true.

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After hearing about what her family did, it now made Lily feel ashamed of being a part of her family. The next day Lisa and Lily left for Lancing, letting them know that they would be a few days visiting a supposed friend of Lisa, and later that afternoon, Lily had arrived in Lansing along with Lisa. Lisa was getting them a hotel room to stay at and Lisa made sure it was as close as possible to the neighborhood where Lincoln's apartments were located.

Once there, Lisa was gonna leave as she actually did need to attend to some small errands that she had within the city. It was up to Lily to bring back her brother to Royal Woods.

Which brought us back to the present, which right now, was Lily standing at the front door of Lincoln's apartment. She was nervous. Could she really tell him who she was? Would he be mad at her because of her family? Would she remember who she was? That thought hurt her the most. Did Lincoln forget about her, because while she was young, she wasn't one of her sisters that Lincoln had to deal with constantly

Lily shook her nerves and worries away as fast as she could, she then built up some small amounts of courage and then Lily knocked on the door.

She waited but there was nothing, so she knocked again this time harder. This time, she heard a grumble and something fall.

"Cock-Sucking motherfucker! Who put that chair there!?" She heard inside the apartment

Lily knocked again

"I heard ya the first time!" the voice cried back

Lily waited and then heard the locks become unlocking before the door opened and a man was standing right in front of her. The Man was tan, Black hair with the tips being dyed pink, the shirt he wore had the Meme Big Chungus on it with the infinity gauntlet and his pants were that of anime girls making those... faces while his shoes were crocs. Ew. The man looked at her and gave her a sigh

"How much?" He asked Lily

"How much?" Lily asked back

"yeah, how much are the chocolate bars or the cookies or whatever?" The man asked

"I'm... I'm not a girl scout" Lily replied

"Oh..." The man asked "wait! Are you my kid I never knew about!?"

"Um... No" Lily said with a bit of bewilderment

The Man sighed in relief, "Whew! dodged a bullet there" he said to himself, "Anyway, what do you want kid?" he asked

"I'm here looking for Lincoln Lo- I mean Lincoln Walker... is he here?" Lily asked

"Linc? what do you want with him?" The man asked

"I'm his-"

"Wait! Are you his daughter he didn't know about!?" The man asked

"No, I'm *sigh* never mind, is he here?" Lily asked

The man shook his head, "Nah Linc went to a family party" The man said

Lily became a little heartbroken hearing the news, but there was a bit of... relief knowing that he had... another family and that they had seemed very close. "oh... I'll um... I'll come back later than" Lily said with her head down

"What's your name kid?" He asked her

Lily stopped and turned back to look at the man and tried to think about how to respond.

"Lily... Lily Loud" Lily told him

"I'm Marshel, Marshel Woods" Marshel introduced himself, "I can tell Lincoln you stopped by when he gets back," Matthew told her

"T-Thank you!" Lily said and without thinking, she ran and gave Marshel a hug

Matthew was a bit uneasy that he was being hugged, "Yeah, no problem kid, now enough with the hugs" Matthew told her

Lily then broke the hug and looked at Marshel, "W-When he comes could you give him my number?" Lily then took out a pen and grabbed Marshel's hand and wrote her cellphone number on his hand

Lily then left before Marshel could say anything else. He shrugged and then went back to the apartment. He walked into the kitchen to make himself some ramen noodles, as he did he couldn't help but notice that Lily had reminded him a bit of Lincoln when they first met.

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Time had passed and it was now 4:00 and currently, in a blue Honda Civic, one person was driving home. This was Lincoln Loud, or now known as Lincoln Walker.

Lincoln, now 23-years-old, had his hair dyed black, and he wore an orange longsleeved t-shirt, with the sleeves being a white color, he also wore a pair of dark navy blue jeans and a pair of black and white converse shoes. A Lot had happened to him since he had run away from home, but that story would have to wait.

After a long drive, he arrived back home and with his keys' he unlocked the door and walked in and he could hear the living room tv, he walked out of the hallway and saw that Marshel was currently watching some movie on Netflix, while he was also writing down things on a lined piece of paper.

"Hey Marshel" Lincoln greeted

"sup dude" Marshel greeted back "Oh Hey, by the way, while you were out, some little girl came looking for you"

Hearing this, Lincoln became confused and looked to his friend, "Little girl? How old?" Lincoln asked

"I didn't ask," Marshel replied "But she said she wanted to talk to you and She even gave me her number so you could call her when you came back"

"This little girl have a name?" Lincoln asked

"Um... Started with an L... fuck what was it?" Marshel said as he tried to think of the name "Ah, Fuck it, I can't remember, just grab your phone and call the number on my Hand"

Lincoln just rolled his eyes and grabbed his phone out from his pocket, walked over to Marshel and Marshel held out his hand and Lincoln saw the phone number that was written on it. Lincoln opened his phone and dialed the number, he then pressed the call button and held his phone to his ear. There was ringing until finally, someone had answered the call.

[H-Hello?] Came the voice on the other end. Lincoln noticing that it did sound like a very young girl

"Uh, hi, I was told to call this number when I came home, are you the little girl that came over yesterday looking for me?" Lincoln asked

[Oh! Um! Y-Yes, I'm her!] cried the Young girl

"Well, can I at least know your name please?" Lincoln asked "I'd feel a lot more comfortable if I knew who I was speaking to"

There was no answer on the other end of the line and Lincoln waited for a good minute, but there was still no answer, "Um hello? Are you still there?" Lincoln asked

[I-I am!] Replied the young girl [Sorry I just... I zoned out for a second there]

"Right... well um, your name please?" Lincoln asked

[I-It's Lily... Lily Loud]

Hearing her name, Lincoln's heart dropped. A Rush of fear and anxiety had filled within his head and heart. He couldn't believe that Lily had found him, most of all, she had come over to his home and knew where he lived. Just then, another horrifying thought came to his head

'If Lily knows where I live, doe that mean... NO!' Lincoln thought

"I'm Sorry You have the wrong person," Lincoln said

[Lincoln wai-]

But Lincoln didn't get to hear the rest of what she had said over the phone as he quickly ended the call. Lincoln then set his phone down and rushed to his bedroom, panic kicked in, he grabbed his car keys, and Marshel noticed his behavior and was a bit unsettled by how panic his friend looked.

"Lincoln, bro you ok?" Marchel asked with worry

"I gotta go real quick" Was all Lincoln had told Marshel

"But you just got back? where the hell are you going?" Marshel asked, sounding very worried

Lincoln didn't bother to answer as he left the apartment and made his way down to the parking lot and unlocked his car, sat in it, started it up, and then drove off. No one knowing where he had gone to...

But there was one place Lincoln had felt safe, and it was the only place he trusted right now. His parent's home...