Chapter 17

(Big City 10:55am)

The Casagrande truck pulls in front of the Casagrande Mercado and open with a very upset bobby and a very nervous Ronnie Anne, throughout the ride back home they have not spoken to each other after what happened at the loud house Bobby feeling guilt after all that's happened to Lincoln he just never knew that his sister Ronnie Anne, the one who always looks out for him, who tells him what his job of the day is, who helps him when he has a splinter (What a joke) was actually the Royal Woods Elementary resident bully, as for Ronnie Anne all of the horrible things she's done to Lincoln makes her realize that she was more of a bully than a friend, and now we're here as bobby and Ronnie Anne head inside, inside the Casagrande living room all of them are watching the dream boat until they hear the door barge open and see bobby "Hey bobby we're watching the dream boat" says CJ but they soon notice how angry he looks "Roberto? Is something wrong?" asks his mom as he just looks angry then sees Ronnie Anne "Mom we need to talk in private now!" he says as she follows her kids into her room, meanwhile the Casagrande's were confused and curious of whats happening "I don't think I've ever seen him this angry before" says hector "Let's get to the bottom of this" says Rosa as they all listen in on their conversation from behind the door.

(Inside Maria's room)

Bobby explained to his mom of what Ronnie Anne has done at royal woods that they never knew as she just sits there taking in all of the information, then she looks back at her daughter whose sitting on the chair nervous "How could I have been so blind! What were you thinking mija?" she asked her daughter as she remains silent "Ronnie Anne?! Answer me! Did you think picking on him would get his attention?!" she yelled as her daughter still remained silent as her mother then sits back down in complete stress then looks at her son "And you didn't see this coming either?" she asks "I wish I did! But I didn't" he says in guilt "So that double date was forced by Lori?" she asks "Was forced and was also probably my fault" he responds in guilt as their mother still looks down "So how is Lincoln?" she asks "He's doing well, from what I heard from Lori he found talent in dodge ball, He's gotten more responsible and he has a girlfriend now" he explains shocking his mom "But I thought Ronnie Anne-" "They were never a couple from the start! They had a small liking but eventually it went back to being friends, we were all to blinded to ever listen to either of them" as Bobby looks down in more guilt as Maria realizes that she was wrong 'all this time I thought they were going to be a great couple, guess i… we were wrong' she thought hard then turned to her daughter still upset, she had to put her foot down "Ronnie Anne, what you did is unforgivable, so you'll be grounded for two months are we clear!" she demands as her daughter wipes away a lone tear "Yes mom", not knowing whats happening outside "I didn't think this would happen" said Frida "I never knew Ronnie Anne was capable of doing that" said her husband carl "I sure hope Lincoln is doing fine" says CJ "Never knew the beautiful Lori was capable of doing that?!" says Carlos "Guess that's why Ronnie Anne is no as girlish as I am" says Carlota but they're grandfather notices something wrong "Rosa? Are you okay?" asks Hector "No! I refuse to believe that Lincoln and Ronnie Anne are not a couple!" Rosa yells shocking the others "Mom you need to calm down" as Carl tries to calm his mom down "Don't you all see, even though Ronnie Anne can be a little rough she still has a sweet side to Lincoln, Hector do you remember how we first met?" she asked him "Yeah you were one tough guacamole back then and-"then he realizes "You're right, it's only a matter of time before they actually become a couple" he agrees "Indeed and this girlfriend whose with him is blocking him of what is truly in front of him" she says shocking the rest of the family "Do any of us have a saying in this?" asks Carl "No know come on, we have a relationship to fix" Rosa says as both her and hector head for the truck and with no choice the rest of the Casagrande's and thy drive off to royal woods, meanwhile back inside the three Santiago's exit the room "Off to your room young lady" Maria says to her daughter but then "Wait! Where is everybody?" asks bobby who's looking around and sees the TV is off and the time the only thing he sees is Lalo laying on the carpet and Sergio whistling to himself "Dream Boat hasn't ended yet, where did they go?" he says "I checked the rooms and they're not there either" says his mom while Ronnie Anne thinks of where they could be then notices the door of her mom's room, she looks down and sees footprint marks in the dust that lead all the way to the front door, then she realizes "Oh no!" getting her mother and brothers attention.

(Time skip Loud House 11:42am)

Lincoln is now in the living room watching TV with Jordan, Leni and Lana, Lori is upstairs still feeling guilt, Luna just got out of the bathroom and is headed for the kitchen, Luan is cleaning her clown shoes, Lynn is in the backyard kicking her soccer ball against the tree in frustration, Lucy is in her coffin all gloomy and whatever, Lola is reading a magazine about pageant winners, Lisa is at her studies while lily is asleep and their parents are at work, everything seems to be doing well until they hear the doorbell ring "I've got it!" says Lana as she heads towards the door as she opens it the two elder Casagrande's come in, luckily Lana was able to back away in time, as the two elderly see Lincoln on the couch with the girl they heard about "Lincoln!" they yell as the other Casagrande's show up "Oh no" they say "You've got to be kidding me!" Lincoln groans to himself "Who are they?' asked Jordan in confusion at the same time Luna comes out from the kitchen with pudding and seeing the situation "We are the grandparents of the girl who was meant for this young man" says Hector "the young man that you took from him" as Rosa continues and Lincoln groans "Here we go" Jordan than says "Wait you're Ronnie Anne's grandparents?" she then sees the others "and I'm gonna guess the other relatives" she continues "She really has a good eye on some things" says carl "she does look kinda pretty" says Carlota "Enough! This relationship is a scam!" Rosa yells "I'm sorry a scam?" asks Jordan "Yes, everything was going so well with Ronnie anne and Lincoln until you came and sweeped him off the deck" hector continues making Jordan confused even more "That sounds like a dream boat thing" she replies as Lincoln just watches in annoyance "This is pointless! I know this has something to do with Ronnie Anne earlier, but for heaven's sake Ronnie Anne is not my girlfriend! We're just friends why can't everyone else see that!" he yells as his voice gets the other louds attention and he is soon given a strangling hug "Oh my poor boy Lincoln what has this witch done to you!" as Rosa hugs him in desperation and Lincoln struggles to break free "Let me go!" then with instinct she was able to pull Lincoln out as he tries to regain his bearings "You okay handsome" she asked "I am now" he says looking at her and soon she looks towards the family "Leave him alone" as Rosa starts to speak "I knew this was you're doing! What witchcraft have you used on him?!" making everyone else lost in their mind then Luna stands beside Jordan in defense "Witchcraft?! Are you serious dude?!" she yells "Oh no she's gotten to you as well!" she yells in shock then hector sees that this is turning bad real fast "Okay Rosa maybe this is going too far" as he tries to hold her back "No I will not let this little witch ruin our Ronnie Anne's future, she and Lincoln were meant to be!" as she reasons with hector "What did you say?!" as they all turn towards the stairs to meet a very pissed off Lori "I thought that Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were supposed to be a couple" as she walks slowly down "I thought I knew better for him" making everyone nervous "Then I realized I was doing this for myself" as she takes one more step "But I never thought of asking my brother what was his opinion" and she glares daggers at the Casagrande's "Lori? My beautiful gazelle?" from a nervous Carl "I am not you're girl you creepy little pervert!" she yells at him as he hides behind his mother "and as for you!" she then turns to Rosa as she backs away in fear "If you ever try this insane stunt on my brother again! I'll make sure you say hello to Los Muertos!" making the family shocked at what she just said to an old lady "Babe?" she then sees bobby, Maria and Ronnie Anne outside who just arrived "Bobby I-" she stutters but is soon hugged by him "It's okay, I'm not angry with you" as she returns the hug "I'm proud of you for standing up for your brother like that" he said as she cried and hugs him, the Casagrande's turn around and face an angry Ronnie Anne and Maria "It was her idea!" they say pointing to Rosa "You snitches" she gasps "In the truck now!" coming from Ronnie Anne "But-" "Now!" as she interrupts her grandma as they all do what they're told "Thanks Ronnie Anne" she turns to see Lincoln and Jordan "Yeah well, I had to do something" she said sheepishly as Lincoln puts his hand out to her "Friends?" as she looks at them "Friends!" she says "I hope there isn't any bad blood between us?" she asks Jordan as Jordan shakes her hand "Not at all Ronnie Anne" making Ronnie Anne smile "Thanks" then Bobby comes out "Come on sis time to go, we've got a family matter to consort with" he says as she follows "Bye guys" she says as she looks back "See you later Ronnie Anne" they respond as the Spanish family drive back to their home. Lincoln then turns to Lori and hugs her "Thank you Lori" as she hugs him back "Anytime little Bro" and soon they all join in a group hug.

(Time skip 7:22pm)

Lincoln finishes off whatever extra homework he has left from Friday, then his walkie-talkie goes off "Hey Clyde" he greets "Hey buddy how's it going over there?" he asks "Well things happened, I suggest you sit down for this" he says as he tells Clyde of the conflict that has happened "and now you're caught up" he finishes "That's terrible! Why didn't you tell me earlier" making Lincoln confused "I'm sorry what now?!" as Clyde then speaks "I should've been there to confront Roberto and his relatives!" Lincoln sighs "Clyde this is a family matter" he explains "But I'm family too, well not yet though, but when I marry Lori I-" "Enough Clyde!" he yells shocking his best friend "Look I've had a very long day and you talking about you're stupid crush on MY 17 YEAR OLD SISTER is not making things any better! Seriously why can't you move on! She has a boyfriend who loves her very much and would never betray her or do anything to hurt her! He makes her happy! And for some reason whenever something happens between them you go all out on trying to win her! You take those dumb lectures with Doctor Lopez and you still haven't gotten over it! It's time to grow up McBride!" he pants after his ranting hearing only silence on the other side then sighs "Clyde, I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling great right now!" he says as he hears the walkie die on the other side 'Oh man' he thinks to himself then he hears a knock on the door "Come in" he says and it opens tor reveal Lori and Luna "You were eavesdropping weren't you" he asked in annoyance "sorry bro I was the one who was listening Lori just followed suite" Luna says in regret as Lincoln then smile "at least you were honest, so I'm guessing you heard everything huh?" he asks as the sisters nod, then Lincoln looks down they sit on the bed with him "Lincoln what you said was harsh, but we know you were just venting" said Luna "After what happened today you were pretty steamed" said Lori, Lincoln still looking down "I don't know, it sounded like I meant all of it" he said still looking upset as the two sisters try to comfort him "like we said Linc, you were just angry, we get it" says Luna "But if we're being honest, thanks for standing up to Clyde like that and trying to knock some sense into him" says Lori as her brother looks up to her "Well it was a family matter and Clyde thinks he's family" he says "He's you're best friend, now I can't promise this but let's just hope he'll understand come tomorrow" says Lori "Thanks you guys" as he hugs his two sisters and they also embrace him.

(Time skip Monday inside Royal Woods Elementary 7:16am)

Lincoln is still worried about Clyde after he snapped at him "Hey there handsome" he hears Jordan then smile "Hey there beautiful" he responds as they share a small kiss "So nothing from Clyde?" she asks "Nothing" he admits as she holds his hand to comfort him "It's okay Linc, he'll turn up soon" she says reassuringly and then Lincoln sees Clyde walking towards them nervously "Hey Lincoln" he greets "Hey Clyde" Lincoln replies as awkwardness surrounds them "About what happened" says Lincoln "No it's okay, I understand, you were just venting and I forgive you" he says "Thanks buddy" Lincoln replies "Look at you two, being all friendly again" she teases as they all laugh and head off to first period, once science class begins "Alright class find a partner and let's start mixing" says Mrs. Johnson as Clyde decides to team with Lincoln as usual but instead he sees him tag teaming with Jordan causing him to gasp and the two turn to him "Oh hey Clyde" says Lincoln "Hey buddy" greets Clyde "Sorry but I was thinking of changing things up a bit for science today if you don't mind?" he asks Clyde "Not at all buddy" Clyde responds nervously and decides to go partner with someone else, this has been happening wince they started dating during gym instead of the scorpion formation Lincoln pairs with Jordan and they both go on the offensive even Stella joins in, when they climb rope Lincoln doesn't come up with an excuse and joins in on the rope climbing, most of the time in the cafeteria he sits with Jordan and even Stella joins in, whenever Lincoln comes to school he's sometimes wearing an orange jacket hoodie with a white polo inside blue pants with an orange lining to the side and sometime red or blue sneakers and the icing on the cake he sees him with Jordan going to the new computer shop that just opened and playing online games with other people, he's not the kind of kid to accept change as easily as Lincoln, but he has to try to adapt to it, for his friendship with Lincoln.

(Time Skip after school)

Clyde sees Lincoln and Jordan talking with Mollie, Kat, Joy and cookie and soon they say they're goodbyes leaving the two young couple alone as they walk together, Clyde decides to catch up "Hey guys" they turn to see him "Oh hey Clyde" they say in unison "whats up" asked Jordan "I was thinking I'd tag along to wherever you're going" he says making them confused "Are you sure?" Lincoln asks "We're going to Local Net Gaming Hub, are you sure you wanna be part of this?" asked Jordan as Clyde shakes nervously "Yeah, I'm down for that!" he says in a nervous tone as Lincoln and Jordan look on with concern "Okay then" as they all head for the computer shop and enter, for Clyde he's never been to one with not much light, a lot of video game wallpapers on the wall and no loud sounds unlike the arcade, he even sees a kitchen station where the customers can order food and drinks, he still looks nervously at everything then they arrive at the front counter and see a man in his twenties wearing the employees uniform with brown pants has his hair combed back and seems Asian "Hey if it isn't the MOBA power couple, you here for your usual?" he asks "till four thirty Adrien" says Lincoln "You got it chief" he says as Lincoln and Jordan hand him their membership cards and they pay up "And him?" he says as they turn to Clyde "Oh yeah, uh this place has a membership thing" Lincoln says "Wait what?" asks Clyde "No need to worry Clyde, the membership means that you'll pay less when you're here" Jordan explains "But if you're not a member you have to pay as the regulars do" says Adrien "And how much is it for nonmembers" asks Clyde "23 per hour for members, 58 for nonmembers" shocking Clyde but then he regains his posture "Okay then I'll take that chance" he says "You sure about this, it's okay if you don't want to" says Lincoln "No its fine" he says as he hands out his payment, by the way how much for a membership?" he asked "250" replies Adrien "Okay just asking" he says "Alright you're all logged on just go find some computers" he instructs "wait you're not gonna escort or help us?" Clyde asks "It's not that hard buddy come on" says Lincoln and Clyde follows Lincoln and Jordan and they take their seats and headsets and start playing, when Clyde turned his computer on he saw so many games he's never seen before "Whoa" he says in shock and then sees Lincoln and Jordan logging onto a game he's never seen, the game needed an account and had a search match button and once the match was found they selected they're characters and waited as the whole thing loaded (I think we know what this game is) then he turned back to his computer and selected the kiddie games, no sooner within twenty seconds later Lincoln and Jordan focus with they're team on pushing through while Clyde has been stacking up on Tetris then he looks to his watch and does the most stupidest thing ever, he pauses his game then turns to the two others and pauses theirs shocking them "What the heck?!" they yell "It's time for the 20/20 rule" he says happily and then sees both Lincoln and Jordan angry "What?!" then they unpause they're game and go back to what they were doing "Wait what are you doing?" he asks frantically "There's no stupid 20 rule in this game Clyde!" said Jordan as she draws a kill "We're playing with other players and I am not disappointing them if we lose!" Lincoln yells dueling in mid lane "But… wait you're playing…. With other people?" he asks "Yes! Now please we need to get back into the fight" he says still focusing on the MOBA leaving Clyde to think to himself, eventually he returns to his game but to his instinct after twenty seconds he pauses his game and trying to fight the urge pauses theirs! "What?!" they yell and turn to him in shock "I'm sorry, but this is necessary! We'll be needing these little pupils for the future!" he crosses his arms "So say the guy who need glasses" says Jordan which gets Clyde attention "Hey!" he replies "I'm sorry Clyde, but we have a game to finish!" he says as they unpause they're game but was too late "You have been slain" they hear leaving them shocked then see the comments 'what the heck?' 'Are you two okay?' 'Did you lose connection or something?' as they both turn to Clyde in anger "Sorry" he says nervously, then Lincoln walks up and talks to Adrien who soon follows Lincoln back "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to move to another computer" he asks "What?" from a shocked Clyde "We can't have you disturbing they're gaming time" Adrien adds "But I-"Clyde is about to speak "It's either that or leave, and I'll make sure you have your money back, well half back" says the clerk as Clyde decides to sit somewhere else and soon Lincoln and Jordan are back into their team fight and succeed in victory, while Clyde sits five chairs away from them feeling depressed 'What's happened to you Lincoln' he thinks to himself.

(Time skip 4:30pm)

The trio leave the shop with spirits high well sort of "That was awesome!" says Lincoln "And no loses!" Jordan continues "And we even leveled up!" Lincoln explains then sees Clyde then sighs "Look Clyde I know you do your whole 'My dad's rule thing' but you have to understand not everything applies to they're rules" he tells his best friend "And what you did back there was the dumbest thing ever" as Jordan continues then Clyde snaps "Well what do you know? He's my best friend and he knows me well and I know him well unlike you! Right buddy?" he says then sees Lincoln looking all dumbfounded "Lincoln?" he asks "Did you… just yell…. At Jordan?" making Clyde realize "My Girlfriend?" he then approaches Clyde and grabs him by his shirt "Wait I didn't mean it?" he tries to explain "It sure looks like it" they turn to see vanzilla with Lori, Leni and Luna inside who just got back from the mall, then Lori steps out "You need a ride home?" she asked Jordan who just nods "Good, Lincoln lets go" she says, Lincoln lets go of Clyde and walks towards the van with his girlfriend in hand, then Lori looks back "Go get your dad's to drive you home" she exclaims in a tempered tone as she heads back to the driver's seat and vanzilla drives off leaving him scared, sad and with guilt "Lincoln?".

To be continued…

Sorry if some of you don't like this chapter, I had to get it off my mind and I do have a few issues such as Ronnie Anne's grandmother who seems to see more of Ronnie Anne and Lincoln and doesn't know that they're just friends and she's way too superstitious kinda like Lynn, and since the episode of Cheater by the Dozen that stupid 20/20 rule of Clyde and in Predict Ability where Clyde can't cope with change seriously what's his problem, also the game Lincoln and Jordan are playing is League of Legends and the computer shop is a real place, I just thought it would be nice if added that there, well please review.

Ps. League of Legends is the property of Riot Games.