The family meeting went surprisingly well. Lynn had not been anticipating getting any form of understanding or support from half of her sisters, she still had to tell Luna the truth, though no one was able to get ahold of the aspiring rock star still. Lincoln's announcement of going to Leni's went surprisingly alright too, the sports loving girl knew it was only because he shielded the truth of how long he would be gone, instead of saying he was unsure when he would be back, he told his sisters that he was going to be staying at Leni's in order to help her with her recent major workload, and that he would return once it was lightened, the Loud parents did not argue with him, they understood his reasoning.
Right now Lincoln was outside, waiting for Leni by her car, she had to use the bathroom first before they left, her car was a deceptively simple van, Lisa had more or less upgraded it to the point that Leni barely had to worry about driving, turning it into an advanced smart car was for the sake of her safety. The white-haired boy was just absentmindedly staring at some of the fireflies that were currently out, there was something hypnotic to them, maybe it was because his brain was desperate for any distraction.
"Hm?" Lincoln heard his cell phone ringing; he took it out of his pocket, he saw it was Stella calling him, he accepted it with no hesitation. "Hey Stella." The bucktoothed teenager tried to warmly answer, his tone sounded like it was on the cusp of emotionless, as if he had to struggle to keep his heart going.
"Hey Lincoln, I'm sorry if I'm calling at a bad time. I was just wanting to check up on you." Stella said, he could hear the worry in her voice, he had essentially ditched her the moment the party began to wind down, Lincoln knew it was not exactly the politest thing to do on a first date, he had more or less spent that party latched onto her until he finally built up the nerve to finally talk to Lynn, only to subsequently breakdown as result.
"I'm not alright, I won't lie to you..." The Highschool boy stated honestly, he was not even going to attempt to lie to her. "I'm sorry, Stella. I know that was an awful date." Lincoln did not hesitate to apologize; he had wanted to walk her home like a gentleman, he doubted Stella's idea for a first date was to spend it consoling their partner for most of it, the middle Loud child was embarrassed and assumed he had torpedoed any chance he had with the raven-haired girl now. There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, the only Loud boy waited patiently for her reply.
"Would it help if we just pretended that was a test date?" Stella's suggestion made Lincoln lift his head up, he was uncertain if he was imagining it or not, was she offering him another chance? The white-haired boy mentally pondered on if he even deserved to go on a date with Stella to begin with, he had essentially cheated on her before their first date actually took place, that realization did little to help Lincoln's increasingly negative view of himself.
"R-Really?" The young boy sputtered out.
"Well, I mean... Sure, it wasn't what I thought my first date would be like." Stella began, the taller girl was not able to deny, she had not anticipated going to a party for a date at all. "But you really flattered me last night." She claimed, the bucktooth boy blinked in confusion.
"I did?" Lincoln requested her to clarify, all he remembered doing last night was being an emotional wreck, even after calming down, he appreciated how Stella protected him from Lynn during the party, yet the teenage boy could not recall doing anything specifically that could be considered flattering.
"Yeah, everyone in our group knows you hate talking about your problems and try not to. Seeing you be so open and confiding in me, it's flattering to know you like me enough to feel comfortable trusting me with your feelings like that." Stella explained her train of thought, Lincoln had a few unintentional habits, one being a refusal to really talk about his problems to anyone other than Clyde in recent times, there were some occasions where the tall girl and their friends had to more or less force their help onto Lincoln when he was being overwhelmed with some tasks. Last night, Stella got to see something she had never witnessed before, the white-haired boy with his heart on his sleeve.
"So, how about we try again tomorrow?" Stella offered, Lincoln wanted to say yes right away, though found himself pausing, he wondered if he even had any right to this retake of their first date. The young boy ran his hand down his face, if this was a few days ago, he would have been incredibly happy with this kind of opportunity, he just could not shake this feeling of being nothing short of scum, like he had taken advantage of his older sister and betrayed Stella the second she had agreed to go out with him.
"Sure, I'd love to." Lincoln finally agreed after a few moments, his heart was as heavy as his mind at this point, he took notice of Leni stepping out the front door of the house now. "I gotta go Stella, I'll see you tomorrow." The white-haired teenager said before hanging up and pocketing his cell phone, opening the side door and hopping into the passenger seat while his 2nd oldest sister got into the driver's seat.
"Sorry for the wait Lincoln, are you ready to go?" Leni asked her only brother, sounding bright and bubbly knowing she was going to have family spend some time at her home for the first time in a while.
"Yeah, I got everything I need." Lincoln nodded, after a moment Leni started the car, the white-haired boy just staring at his house as the vehicle gently backed out of the driveway, he felt an overwhelming sense of relief when they began to drive away, he just tried to relax and enjoy the ride.
Lynn found herself staring out her window as she watched Lincoln and Leni leave, the weight of most of her secrecy had been removed, now a new one was being applied in replace of it, one of guilt. The brunette kept staring at the now empty driveway, her mind was all over the place, trying to figure out why the obsessed personality did what it did, and what the real ultimate goal behind its actions were. The aspiring sports star had told her family everything about 3 of the 4 voices in her head, she left out the obsessed personality, not wanting to really go into detail about it tonight, Lynn knew her many sisters hearing about that one would only result in making Lincoln's life more difficult.
Lynn wanted to just keep apologizing to Lincoln, holding onto him, and never letting go until all his pain went away. She had no choice but to let her only brother go, she wanted to tell him goodbye, to say she was sorry once again, yet knew he would only continue to blame himself and feel uncertain in her presence. The only way Lynn could think of to make things right with Lincoln, or rather, the first step to it, would be to discover why that obsessed split personality had existed to begin with, what its end goal was, the aspiring sports star hated the irony, one of the voices was seemingly gone and now she desperately needed to solve the psychology of it.
"You thought about how you're going to break the news to Luna? She's probably going to have a heart attack when she finds out about your problem." Luan commented to Lynn, the sporty Loud having her back turned to the few siblings that were downstairs at the moment. Luna was still seemingly absent tonight, while she normally stayed out some nights to be with Sam, normally when a family meeting got called the aspiring guitarist did not hesitate to show up.
"Don't remind me, please." Lynn sighed while holding her head, she finally forced herself to leave the window, stepping upstairs, she had someone else she needed to talk to first, the 5th oldest Loud was going straight to the younger kid's room. The sports loving Loud found her 2nd youngest sister sat at her workbench, typing away on her laptop, Lynn looked around to make sure it was just the two of them in the room currently.
"Lisa? I need to talk to you." Lynn spoke, closing the door to the room behind her and locking it, the intelligent girl turned around in her seat, Lisa looked pretty happy at the moment, clearly being free from secrecy and having her older sister agree to get professional help had brightened her mood a lot.
"I was in the middle of composing emails to psychologists. Is something the matter?" Lisa quirked, wondering if that family meeting had stressed one of the split personalities into rearing their ugly head, though the sports loving Loud was not showing any signs of stress currently like she typically did. Currently Lynn actually was completely voice free, like her families unconditional support in the given situation was enough to suppress them for the time being.
"It's about the obsessed personality." Lynn stated, her little sister still did not understand why this was private, she assumed that her older sister had just delayed sharing information about that one due to how overwhelming the night already was.
"Was there a change to its behavior?" Lisa insisted her 5th oldest sibling not beat around the bush; she saw her older sister nod.
"It uh... well, it's been taking over my body whenever I'm asleep at night, but now it's like it's gone, I haven't heard it talk in two days." Lynn tried to explain, the glasses wearing girl looked shocked hearing that, it was rather random, a personality that obsessive suddenly disappearing without warning. That was when it clicked in Lisa's head, their only brother going to Leni's coincidentally at a similar time, their parents asking her to recommend a therapist for him as well, the bespectacled girl looked to her sporty sister.
"What did it do?" Lisa demanded an answer, her building anger being easily apparent just from her body language, the aspiring sports star sighed.
"It raped Lincoln." Lynn came out and said it, there was silence in the room, Lisa took her glasses off and buried her face in her palms, as if a massive migraine had suddenly come on from the news.
"So that's why you shared the truth with everyone, it wasn't because you wanted to get support and were sick of secrecy, it was essentially forced after your sexual intercourse?" Lisa was understandably angry, she told them that Lynn needed professional help when they initially came to her, Lisa had insisted upon getting said help before it was too late and something irreversibly damaging happened, and now, here they were, in one of the exact situations that Lisa feared the most.
"Lisa, I know, Mom and Dad already know about it too. You were completely right and I'm sorry I didn't listen to you sooner, I feel like crap, but I need your big brain to figure out why it's gone now, it existed for a reason and now it's gone for a reason." Lynn pleaded with her younger sibling, the smartest Loud put her glasses back on while keeping that glare on her older sister.
"You don't believe the end goal of that split personality was to molest our only male sibling?" Lisa had to question, she wondered if it truly mattered in the end? The damage was done, the trauma was inflicted, the voice was gone, none of that was undoable, their whole family would kill Lynn if they discovered the truth, the fact the sporty Loud was not disowned immediately when telling their parents was nothing short of a miracle in itself.
"No, I don't. And I want to know what it actually wanted, because if it's gone, then that means it got whatever it was that I wanted, right?" Lynn explained her reasoning, she couldn't sit aside and do nothing, she believed if she found the answer, then maybe there would be some way to salvage what the two once had.
"Assuming that's how they function, yes, they should cease existence once they've achieved whatever it was you could not do on your own, or you overcome the psychological barrier that they represent." Lisa repeated herself, while making an effort to calm down, Lynn had never seen her this riled up before. It appeared an idea began to form in the 2nd youngest Loud's head, she held her chin while pondering.
"You and Lincoln shared one of the closest bonds in our family, you two were roommates until Lucy was born, and the bigger our family got the more his attention was divided amongst us all..." The child prodigy began speaking her current train of thought, thinking out loud, something a lot of the Loud house rarely got to see.
"It's possible that what your obsessed personality wanted, was not a romantic relationship with Lincoln at all, but a guaranteed connection to him, even after both of you are no longer living within our household." Lisa continued, if trying to form a permanent lifelong connection was the main goal of the obsessed personality, then it would obviously default to what it thought was the best method.
"It bastardized your feelings of cherishing Lincoln in an effort to achieve that goal." The child genius finished elaborating to her sporty sister, Lynn was staring in nothing short of confusion.
"I mean... Sure, I'm worried no one will want anything to do with me once I go to college. I don't get how sex helps the situation at all though? If anything, it's just broken that bond we had forever..." Lynn questioned while flopping onto her younger sister's bed, treating this like an impromptu therapy session. Lisa reached into the nearby cabinet, retrieving a small medical supply kit, opening it and taking out an alcohol swab, a tourniquet, and a syringe. The sports loving Loud felt herself shrinking immediately in her spot at the sight of the needle, she hated shots or the sorts especially, they always made her old injuries ache, another one of her many reasons for why she hated going to the doctors.
"I require a sample of your blood." Lisa began to secure the tourniquet around her older sister's left arm.
"What for?" The aspiring sports star chirped, while it was not the first time that her little sister had requested a blood sample from any of her family, that did not make it any less disturbing.
"I need to run a test, now remain still." The child genius insisted, just focusing on trying to draw blood for the moment, not seeming to want to talk about what was going on in her head, as if her thought process would cause unnecessary trouble if she was incorrect.
After an uncomfortable blood draw, Lynn had to leave the younger kid's room, she looked at the bandage on her forearm, just ignoring it and trying to head for her room. Though something caught her attention, Lincoln's bedroom door was ajar, she quirked a brow, wondering if he had come back and forgotten something, Lynn stepped over and opened the door the rest of the way, only to see Lily sat on Lincoln's bed.
"Lily? What are you doing in here?" Lynn asked while stepping over to her littlest sister, Lily was upset, she did not take the news of Lincoln leaving as well as the other sisters, mostly because the child felt it was a lie, Lincoln had told her goodbye and promised to be back before she knew it, but the youngest Loud girl could tell he was uncertain about returning at all.
"Lincoln's gone..." Lily solemnly replied to the best of her small vocabulary's ability, the auburn-haired girl felt a twinge of guilt in her heart, it was all her fault that Lincoln had gone to Leni's, Lynn tried to volunteer to go instead, but their parents felt it would be safer if she was around more people at home.
"I'm sorry Lily, but it's not like it'll be forever." Lynn tried to reassure while stepping over to her littlest sister, she took a seat on their brother's bed as well, although the sporty Loud felt uncomfortable being there again. The sports loving Loud running a hand along Lily's back, wishing she could get advice from the maternal split personality right now.
"I've really been relying on those voices more than I thought..." Lynn mentally considered, it was weird not hearing any at the moment, while she was not complaining, she was personally not the best in delicate situations, especially when it came to being emotionally supportive. That fear of saying something stupid, making things worse, it always made her freeze.
"I promise, Lincoln will be back before we know it." Lynn declared, she was determined to try and make things right with him, yet she had no clue how to do that, and that realization slowly setting in made her feel helpless and hopeless. Lily did not reply, she just kept her gaze fixed to the floor.
"Tell you what, tomorrow, why don't I take you somewhere?" Lynn suddenly offered when the idea came to mind, she knew how loneliness was Lily's biggest issue, if Luna was here, she would probably offer the same thing, the sporty Loud still wondered where their rock loving sibling was.
"Really?" Lily looked up to her 5th oldest sister, seeing the aspiring sports star had a bright expression on her face.
"Sure! I don't mind at all." Lynn assured, while wanting to offer a way for Lily to shake this lonely gloominess she had, the brunette wanted an additional safety net for herself.
"Thank you!" Lily wrapped her arms around Lynn, seeming to already be cheered up, Lynn smiled warmly, picking up her little sister and letting her hang on as she stood up from Lincoln's bed, beginning to leave his room, stopping at the doorway and giving one last look inside before turning off the lights and closing the door once more.
Stepping out into the hallway, Lynn carried Lily in her arms, the youngest Loud having her arms wrapped around her sports loving sibling's neck, she had her head resting on her shoulder.
"Hey, Lynn." Lori's voice caught Lynn's attention; the two saw their oldest sister stepping up the stairs. "Awe, you look cute like this." The oldest Loud sister could not resist commenting when seeing the two of them, she had never really seen Lynn acting so motherly before, the college student was slightly worried that it might be because of one of the split personalities, her younger sibling at the moment seemed perfectly normal from what she could tell.
"Lori, leaving?" Lily asked, looking sad knowing her older sister was going to most likely leave and go home tonight as well, the emptiness of the house felt like it was only increasing now with Lincoln absent.
"No, I don't have any classes tomorrow, so I'm going to spend the night here and hang out tomorrow." Lori claimed, that sounded suspicious to Lynn though, she knew her oldest sister would kill to spend those free days from college entirely with Bobby, now here she was voluntarily opting into giving up that chance at free time tomorrow.
"To keep an eye on me, huh?" Lynn commented while she walked past Lori, resuming her pace back to the youngest Loud's room, wanting to try and get Lily settled down for the night, the oldest Loud following after her younger sister.
"Is it so wrong that I want to help you?" Lori questioned, the two of them did not have the greatest relationship, actually the two fought probably the second most in their family, only being beaten out by Lola and Lana in terms of brawl numbers, but their bond was by no means bad.
"Yeah, I told you all I don't want my problem to drag any of you down with me." Lynn claimed while stopping at the doorway to the youngest Loud's room, turning to her oldest sister, Lily looked confused, she did not want these split personalities to affect anymore of her family's life than they already had, Lori's especially since it was just getting started, it also was pretty insulting to Lynn.
"You aren't dragging any of us down, I can't just go home and try to pretend everything is fine when I know it isn't." Lori retorted, if there was one thing her boyfriend and her put emphasis on, it was that family came first, the two realized that a year ago when they were addicted to one another to the point that it distracted them from anything else going on in the world.
"Don't fight, please." Lily sheepishly requested, her sisters both looked to one another, both of them calming down in that mere instance at the youngest Loud's plea, the oldest Loud sister taking in a breath to gather herself, shocked that Lynn was not exhibiting any signs of her usual aggressive nature when on the cusp of a fight.
"Why don't we spend some time together tomorrow? We haven't hung out in a while." Lori offered to the auburn-haired teenager, the blonde putting her hands together while making a 'please say yes' face at the same time. Lynn wanted to make some remark about how the two of them never spent time together alone, usually their interactions were all family based.
"Alright, some time with you and Lily sounds great to me." Lynn agreed while letting Lily back down to the ground, feeling the youngest Loud still holding her hand, Lily looked happy hearing that she would get to spend time with Lori and Lynn tomorrow. Lori felt relieved hearing her younger sibling agree, the blonde woman merely hoped that she could maybe strengthen their bond tomorrow, she wanted to show Lynn how much she cared about her wellbeing, Lori wanted to let her know she was not gone from their life. For now, Lynn just wanted to focus on getting ready for bed.
Lincoln had been trying to relax during the ride to Leni's, he had been texting Stella for most of the ride, talking about their plans for tomorrow, it was nice to have his mind be taken off from recent events for once. The white-haired teenager felt the vehicle coming to a slow stop, when he looked up, he took notice of a small two floor building, the familiar mannequins displaying a wide assortment of different dress designs Leni had made this season were prominent in the store window, the sign featuring several flowing ribbons, with the words 'Golden Ribbons' written across it, even with the lights off it all stood out.
"We're here Lincy, do you need any help with your stuff?" Leni offered while removing the keys from the ignition.
"It's only one bag, I got it." Lincoln said while hopping out from the passenger seat and pocketing his phone, after retrieving his bag he followed Leni around to the side of the building, seeing a wooden staircase that led upwards towards another door.
"You'll be staying in my work room, is that okay?" Leni quirked to her only brother while they got to the decently thick door at the top of the steps, she began to unlock it,
"I don't mind, I'd sleep on the couch if I had to." The white-haired teenager replied while following his sister inside.
"Wow. Your place looks nice." Lincoln complimented his 2nd oldest sister, seeing the wooden floors, the walls were a light white color, several dozen pictures of their family over the years were dangling from various frames. "And really clean." Lincoln commented, everything looked pristine, he didn't see a speck of dust anywhere even.
"Leni, is that you-…" Someone piped up from the kitchen, Lincoln recognized it as the familiar voice when he tried to call Leni the other day, only they froze midsentence, the white-haired boy seeing someone he identified easily standing in the kitchen, a teenage girl with wavy auburn hair that was being held back behind her head with three hair clips, she was wearing a white t-shirt and red jeans.
"Taylor?!" Lincoln gawked upon realizing who it was, Taylor was a bully in his school, him and his friends had a lot of trouble with her and her personal clique for a short time, when he started Highschool he had been worried that trend would only continue, only Taylor seemingly had vanished a few months after classes began.
"Beaver boy? I mean, uhm, h-hey there... What're you doing here?" Taylor nervously greeted him, catching herself after the insult like it was an impulse, attempting to inquire why he was here, she looked startled, this was the first time he had ever seen both of her eyes, she used to always have her hair covering one of them.
"You two know each other?" Leni questioned, seeming pleasantly surprised that the two already were acquainted, now she was curious why Taylor never told her, it was clear by the bully's uncomfortable mannerisms that she had intentionally foregone that detail.
"Sort've." Lincoln said, there was an awkward air in the atmosphere.
"I'm going to go make sure your room is ready, you two can catch up." Leni obliviously hummed, taking the bag from her little brother and making her way down the hall, and somehow the tension only increased in the room.
"I'm staying here for a while, that's what I'm doing here." The bucktoothed boy answered the older girl's question, seeing Taylor was currently getting a tub of ice cream out from the refrigerator.
"My boss didn't tell me it was you that was coming..." Taylor sighed, she did not seem as hostile as she used to be, which did little to help Lincoln's ever-growing confusion, hearing her refer to his older sister as her 'boss' was also pretty strange.
"You're her new employee? I didn't think you cared much about fashion." Lincoln stated, going over and taking a seat on the couch, trying to relax, the living room was rather small, the couch was basically taking up a lot of the room, the TV was mounted to the wall.
"I don't. I'm just trying to repay Leni." Taylor tore the lid off the ice cream, sinking her spoon into it and taking a big bite with no hesitation, like she needed to stress eat from the mere topic of this conversation as well as his presence. "But if I catch you in my room, I'll snap you in half like the twig you are." She threatened like it was a precaution, Lincoln raised his hands defensively.
"Alright, alright, I get it." Lincoln insisted he understood, being reminded a lot of Lori at the moment, he decided he may as well press further on his questions, wanting to find out more about their relationship between one another.
"Repay her for what though?" Lincoln asked, watching as his apparent housemate came over and flopped onto the seat beside him, now the middle Loud child was wondering if Leni had been hiding something, that did not sound right to him however, Leni was not the best liar, and she hated hiding things from her family.
"For stopping me from ruining my life. Now please, shut up, I don't wanna talk about it, and my show's about to start." Taylor begrudgingly answered while turning on the TV, changing the channel to a medical drama before resting the remote aside, Lincoln was not going to complain about it, this was more her house than his after all.
"Lincoln, your rooms ready!" Leni called out from the back, the white-haired boy got up, leaving Taylor alone to enjoy her show.
Lincoln could tell that Leni had not been kidding about setting him up in her work room, there were materials and clothes all over, it was chaotic organization at its finest, like all of the mess of the house was concentrated in this one room. The bed setup to the side looked like it was more so there in the event of an emergency crash during late night working, he knew Leni definitely would lose track of time when it came to tailoring and fashion designing.
"I'm sorry about the mess." Leni apologized in embarrassment, having never really anticipated having anyone else spending nights at her home, so having one moving in and another staying over for an unknown amount of time in the last few months was a sudden, albeit welcome change.
"It's fine, Leni." Lincoln assured he did not mind; he was more than used to trying not to trip over things first thing in the morning by now. "How did Taylor wind up as your worker? She told me you stopped her from ruining her life." The bucktooth teenager requested to know; he was not able to deny his curiosity, if Leni had helped someone's life, he presumed that she would at least tell their large family about it.
"Oh, that's a long story... I told Lynn all of it when I was last over." Leni replied, totally unaware that Lynn had not even listened to most of her rambling during that time.
"A few months back my car got broken into, the thieves took all the expensive parts that Lisa and Lana had installed for me too." Leni began, she took a seat in a chair that was at her workbench, her little brother standing in front of her.
"I had an expensive dress to deliver in the trunk, but it got stolen too... I was devastated, I had to refund the client from my savings, that client dropped me afterwards because of it." Leni continued her story, seeing her brother's eyes becoming as wide as saucers when hearing that.
"Two weeks later, Taylor came into my store right when I was trying to close for the day, she told me that it was her and her friends that stole them to make money." The young woman exclaimed; the middle Loud boy's mouth was agape now.
"Leni, why would you let a criminal live with you? Yeah, it's great that she confessed, but she should be in a jail cell right now." Lincoln found it ridiculous to believe, though the white-haired boy guessed he was no better than Taylor in terms of criminal activity, after the felony he had committed with Lynn. He thought Leni knew better than to trust someone so easily, from his perspective, Taylor was a thieving leech who probably was stealing more without Leni knowing, all the while living rent free, he calmed down when feeling her hand on his shoulder.
"Please, let me finish, Lincy." Leni gently yet firmly requested, Lincoln slowly nodded, deciding he would listen to the whole story before speaking any further.
"Taylor only did it because she needed the money to pay a bill or her family would lose their house, Taylor didn't get any of that money though, her friends just took it all and left her. She tried telling her mom and dad what she did, but it got her kicked out of their house..." Leni tried to continue with the retelling of what she had been told herself.
"She had been living on the streets since then, her friends got arrested and she was planning to turn herself in after she apologized to me. Before she left though, I had an idea." The long blonde girl had a smile on her face, like she was proud for what she chose to do. "I told Taylor that I'd give her a chance to work off what she stole, in trade for being my assistant and my stores guard, she gets to live with me." Leni finished her tale there, she seemed to recall it in a mostly positive manner.
"Ever since, she's been really helpful with everything, she keeps the place clean and even keeps the mean customers that used to scare me from causing trouble, she's helped so much." The blonde woman hummed, remembering the last few months and just how hard Taylor had committed herself to making up for her mistake.
"Leni..." Lincoln sighed, it still did not sit right with him, like his 2nd oldest sister was being taken advantage of by someone he saw purely as a bully.
"Lincoln, I know everyone thinks I'm dumb. But I made a choice to give her a chance to make things right. Wouldn't you want a chance to fix things if you made a mistake?" Leni responded to her brother when hearing his uncertain tone, Lincoln winced when hearing that question. His gaze looking directly into Leni's, the fashion loving Loud seeing that pain and regret his eyes held.
"Yeah. I really do." Lincoln choked the words out, his lip quivering. Leni had hit a nerve on accident, one that was very sensitive. The fashion designer pulled her brother into a hug, in an attempt to help calm him down, all the while insisting everything would be fine, now the 2nd oldest Loud was worried that her brother was here for reasons different to what their parents had said. For now, all Leni could do was try and give her brother the assuring comfort he seemed to desperately need.
The night had gone by seemingly with no issue for Lynn, the sports loving girl had been emotionally drained from the prior day, she fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillow. Lynn was pretty ecstatic when she woke up the next morning and felt like she had finally gotten her first full night of sleep in a long time.
At the moment, the sports loving Loud found herself waiting in the line for the bathroom, Lana being the only other one in line ahead of her at the moment. "You feeling alright this morning, Lynn?" The red capped wearing Loud asked, innocently enough, Lynn internally sighed.
"They're gonna all be askin' ya that, don't act surprised." The aggressive split personality spoke up within the brunette's head, she ignored her own annoyance easily enough.
"For the first time in a while, yeah." Lynn gave a smile in response, she took the fact she did nothing in her sleep last night as a good sign that the obsessed split personality was still gone, the aspiring sports star could only pray that it stayed that way.
"I got to fix Vanzilla after breakfast, one of the pistons shot out of it the other day." Lana stated, sounding like she was almost nearing her limit on repairing the family van, at this point doing it purely because it was a challenge.
"That's a new one." Lynn murmured, deciding not to dwell on it for the time being. "Did Luna ever come home last night?" The aspiring sports star questioned, starting to become concerned about their older sister's whereabouts if she was not home yet, even if staying out all night with Sam was typical.
"Yeah, she did, but she's out cold, I think she was drinking." Lana explained what she remembered hearing this morning, Luna was currently deep asleep in her own bed, Lynn hoped that the drinking was not a sign for how the music competition went last night.
"Lynn?" Lisa poked her head out from the younger kid's room, leaning around the door, still having bedhead, like she had not gotten the chance to fully awaken yet.
"What's up Lisa?" Lynn stepped over to the child prodigy.
"Maybe you should offer to do her hair for her, it would be so much nicer if it was brushed a little more." The maternal personality suggested, Lynn did not acknowledge it, she was not confident at all when it came to handling someone else's hair.
"The test was inconclusive; I require another blood sample." Lisa stated, Lynn swallowed nervously, though decided to not try and run or fight it, the child genius obviously had important reasoning behind trying to run this test, whatever it may be.
"Can you at least tell me what this is for?" The 5th oldest Loud requested while reluctantly following Lisa.
"No, whether I'm right or wrong is irrelevant currently, since the subsequent stress at the mere idea would allow one of your split personalities to most likely take over." The 2nd youngest Loud retorted, she wanted to share her thoughts, unfortunately the situation was forcing the genius to bite her tongue.
"Wait, so you're gonna just keep bleeding me until you get any result?" Lynn did not like the sound of that.
"Correct." Lisa nodded while fetching the tools she needed, not caring if her older sister was happy with that answer or not.
After having another three vials of blood taken from her, and getting another bandage, her chance at the bathroom finally came along, once she got ready for the day ahead, the sports loving Loud headed downstairs.
Not seeing Lincoln anywhere in the morning felt weird, Lynn found most of her family members at the kitchen table, the brunette decided to just have cereal this morning, not wanting to bother cooking because she knew if she started then the maternal personality would suggest they cook for everyone. While it was nice to have Lori joining them this morning, it felt wrong not having Lincoln there, the morning meal was mostly uneventful, being primarily small talk amongst the family for their plans today, and Lynn having to deal with being asked if she was okay a lot by both her parents and siblings.
It was a typical morning for Lynn, she was sat outside on the front porch, waiting for Lori and Lily so they could go out and do whatever Lori was planning, while waiting for them she heard her cell phone ringing, the ID saying it was Clyde calling, she swallowed nervously at seeing his name, she felt terrible due to the fact she literally cheated on him the same night that he asked her out, split personality driving it or not, the sporty Loud felt like crap about it.
"Hey Clyde, what's up?" Lynn answered, trying to keep calm.
"Hey Lynn, I just wanted to check up on you, you doing alright?" Clyde asked, he had been worried about her after the party, any attempts at talking to Lincoln were hit and miss.
"I'm doing a lot better, thanks." The 5th oldest Loud replied, having to stop herself from saying that she was doing worse in other aspects.
"You feel good enough to go on another date?" The glasses wearing boy offered, he sounded pretty happy this Saturday morning.
"Who would want to date a whore like us?" The depressed personality sighed; Lynn winced at the throbbing pain in her skull, she groaned, aware she was getting upset from overthinking again.
"I'm sorry Clyde, I can't. I've got plans today." The aspiring sports star apologetically answered, she wished she could say yes, she held too much guilt though, Clyde reminded her a lot of her only brother too, she doubted she would be able to look him in the eye even.
"Ah, that's okay, does it have something to do with Chandler being sent to the hospital?" Clyde queried, that news surprised the sporty Loud, as far as she knew, Chandler had been perfectly fine when she parted ways with him at the party, drunk, but safe.
"He's in the hospital? This is the first I'm hearing about it." Lynn said, baffled, holding her head while trying to think, did her own problems distract her from acting as a guard at the party? The brunette sighed, starting to feel like her plate was already too full to even bother wasting any brain power on someone she disliked.
"No, it doesn't have anything to do with Chandler... Sorry, I gotta go Clyde." Lynn ended the call when seeing Lori and Lily stepping out from the house.
"Are you ready to go?" Lori chimed up, taking notice of her younger sister looking a little stressed out.
"Ugh, do we really have to waste time with someone that hates our guts? Lori's only wanting to spend time with us to make herself feel better." Lynn-Sanity groaned out their complaint, the 5th oldest Loud nodding to her oldest sister.
"Yeah, let's get going." Lynn was eager to do anything if it meant serving as a distraction for her brain. The three heading for Lori's car, the sports loving Loud wondered what her oldest sister had in mind for the three of them.