Chapter 76
(Loud House Residence)
Lincoln had just finished his book report. "Finally and it only took me" checks his watch. "Huh, only one hour."
"Well, I should put this away and enjoy the rest of this day" said Lincoln. Then he realizes what he just said. "I must be taking rhyming lessons from Lucy."
Lincoln heads out of his room and encounters Lynn Jr coming out of the bathroom looking miserable.
"Hey Lynn, you okay there?" asked Lincoln with some concern.
Lynn sighs. "Well, I'm doing my best to hold up in this punishment I'm getting. Still I'm sorry for what I did at Jordan's party."
Lincoln did remember what Lynn did. She almost ruined Jordan's twelfth birthday, but thankfully Lincoln was able to fix it.
But Lynn Jr did get punished by their parents, she was not allowed to be on any of the next sports teams until the end of November, which meant she had to call all of her coaches about this and she was banned from watching any sports shows. She was lucky she was still able to play ball, but only outside the house. The only thing she doesn't want to encounter again is Ronnie Anne.
"Well, at least you can still play ball" said Lincoln.
"Yeah, just not in here" replied Lynn. She then heads towards her room and lays down reading a sports magazine.
Lincoln then heads downstairs and spots Lisa on the couch. "Hey Lisa. What happened down here while I was in my room?"
"Well, Lori finally got a letter from the college of her dreams, then father was proud of her. Then he broke down crying same with Lori. They both devised a plan to spend their last moments and became over joyed, in which I told them to do it elsewhere while I was eating my cereal" replied Lisa.
"Huh, so what was their plan to spend their last moments?" asked Lincoln.
"Lori is going to help father in the restaurant. Though I may guess it won't end quite well" replied Lisa.
Lincoln knows Lori is leaving soon, maybe not today or tomorrow, but the day will come when they're will only be ten loud siblings in the house. Lincoln wanted to make his last moments with Lori great. But she was preoccupied at the restaurant, so he just has to wait for his moment with her.
Lincoln heads to the backyard and climbs up the tree house, there he spots what appears to be Waltz on top of a flamingo. "What is Waltz up to?"
Then the Flamingo falls down and Mr. Grouse gets angry and Waltz flies into his bird house.
"Well, that ended badly for him" said Lincoln. He then grabs some books and reads for a while.
Lincoln got a text from Jordan that she's at the mall with her friends since there is a huge sale going on and Jordan needs to be ready for whatever chaos will unfold.
(An hour later)
Lincoln wakes up from the beanbag chair he's on and sees the time. "Huh, lunch time already? Guess I fell asleep."
He then looks to the book he was reading. "And this is what I get for reading Harry Potter."
Lincoln then spots a duck coming out of the dog house and Waltz with her as well. Along with Cliff, Geo and Charles in the sidelines.
Lincoln then sees Patriot land next to him. "So, you're not getting involved in whatever they're up to?"
Patriot just shakes his head in response. "Oh, well to me it kinda looks like their trying to find Waltz a soul mate. Don't they know ducks have to migrate this time of year?"
Patriot just sighs and flies up to the tree house tower.
Lincoln comes down from the Tree House. Lincoln heads back inside and checks the fridge while Charles, Cliff and Geo run past him.
Lincoln grabs some bread and peanut butter. "Huh, guess we're out of sauerkraut. Oh well, I'm over that stuff already."
After Lincoln makes a sandwich he looks outside and sees Luna had just returned with Chunk. Chunk carries all of her stuff into the house and upstairs.
"Hey Luna. So how was Sam's party?" asked Lincoln.
"It was pretty rad, sorry you couldn't come bro. it was a party that wouldn't be appropriate for you" replied Luna.
"its okay, did you at least give Sam the birthday card I made for her?" asked Lincoln.
"Sure did and she loved it. Man, it was one heck of a party, they were serving some alcohol there, but I didn't want any part of it and neither did Chunk or Sam" replied Luna.
"Wait, then why was there that kind of stuff there?" asked Lincoln.
"Turns out the delivery man got them the wrong drinks. He had to go back and get the real ones, we all had to wait two whole hours for the sodas to arrive" said Luna.
Then Chunk comes down the stairs. "At least there was some water there, I didn't really mind. Though the next time Sam has a party, they should just celebrate it in a place that won't be too confusing."
"What do you mean?" asked Lincoln.
"Took us thirty minutes to look for the building, but it turns out the building was a club Chunk and I never even seen before" said Luna.
"It's some sort of secret club. Not easy to track those ones" replied Chunk. "Well, I'll be on my way now, cheers luv. See you on your next gig" said Chunk as he walks out the door.
"Later Chunk" replied Luna. "Come on, I can show you the pictures of the party upstairs."
Lincoln and Luna walk up the stairs passing by Lucy who was writing in the hallway.
They enter their room then they notice the closet door was open. "What the heck?" said Luna.
When they look inside. "Okay, who took my three polo shirts?" asked Lincoln.
Lana came with one of the shirts. "I used one of them to change Vanzilla's oil filter, I don't know what happened to the other two."
"Lana, what did mom say about taking others stuff without permission?" said Luna with crossed arms.
"To not too, sorry guys. Though Lola does it" said Lana. "Wait what?" said Luna.
"It's okay Lana, those were my old clothes, I was planning on throwing them out or donating them to someone" replied Lincoln.
"Still, who would take the other two?" asked Lana. Then she sees some animal tracks on the ground. Lincoln and Luna also noticed this. "Didn't think they took it" said Lincoln.
Soon Lana heads back to the garage and Luna and Lincoln check out some of the pictures she got from Sam's party.
(Night time)
They all have dinner and Lori tells them about what she did in the restaurant. They were shocked that she failed as a waitress, sue chef and pretty much everything else. But she did succeed in being manager. They all knew this was a start to her dream of being a business woman.
Later all the louds are in their bedrooms, except for Lincoln who is in the living room watching TV, if there was anything good on.
Lori comes down and spots her little brother. He looked a bit worried and she knew why.
Lori takes a seat next to him. "So, Lisa told you about me and my college letter right?"
Lincoln nods. "It's not gonna be the same without you here Lori."
Lori scooches closer and puts her hand on his shoulder. "I know, but College is the one thing I want for my future, so I can accomplish my dream."
"I know, it's just. I'm gonna miss you Lori, you might not be leaving tomorrow or the day after that. But I really am gonna miss you" replied Lincoln with a sad tone.
Lori then hugs Lincoln and he hugs her back. "It's okay Lincoln, I know it's gonna be hard and I know things won't be the same without me here, but I can always call and visit on holidays."
Lincoln still felt a bit sad. "I just hope I can help make sure this place doesn't fall apart. Usually it's you who makes things right."
Lori then wipes a lone tear from his face. "Lincoln, you are as responsible as I am. You helped fix all of the mistakes from the restaurant, you stood up for me when the Bobby didn't understand the relationship you had with Jordan, you made Patriot part of the family and you were the one who fixed many of the problems at the Aloha beach resort."
Lincoln smiled. "Yeah, but it was mostly Jordan who did one of those things."
"True, but who made the plan for the Tree House?" asked Lori.
Lincoln smiled at Lori. "Me, and all of this wouldn't have happened if I never met Jordan that day in the park."
Lori then kisses his forehead. "And I am proud that you two met. I know that you can keep this place together and the rest of our siblings in line. I would give that role to Leni, but I have some doubts. Luna can back you up as well, she is your legal guardian and roommate."
Lincoln hugs Lori. "Thank you Lori. I love you sis."
Lori hugs him back. "I love you too little bro."
They soon break the hug. "So, I heard you talk to Jordan earlier when you were in your room, so what happened at the mall with her?"
"She told me it was the wildest sale she has ever been to. Mollie had a tug of war against a thirteen year old for some socks, Kat and Sadie fought over a sweater, Joy and Cookie kept asking if there was any size shoes for them that looked new and pretty and Jordan just used her intimidating looks to keep other shoppers away from her purchases" replied Lincoln.
"So did they go to Reiningers?" asked Lori.
"No, Reiningers had a senior sale and Jordan said she saw Miguel and Fiona rush to the place" replied Lincoln.
"Yup, that's exactly what Leni mentioned" said Lori.
Pretty soon the two of them continued to talk.
(Two hours later)
Lori wakes up and looks around, she was on the couch still and she looks to the clock. It was now eleven-thirty.
Lori then sees Lincoln has fallen asleep on her lap. 'Huh, how long were we chatting?'
She then turns off the TV and picks up her little brother and carries him to his shared room with Luna.
She opens the door and sees Luna fast asleep on her top bunk with her headphones. Lori then places Lincoln on his bed and hands him Bun-Bun, she tucks him in and kisses his forehead. "Goodnight Linky."
Lori then heads to her room and gets some sleep.
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