Chapter 87
Enjoy my Loud readers.
(November 28, Loud house)
The Loud house is feeling quite festive. It was Thanksgiving Day and all of the louds are getting ready to celebrate an amazing Thanksgiving.
Lynn Sr is making the food.
Lynn Jr is trying out her pee pants. Gross!
Lana and Lola are guarding the fridge and all of the warm meals.
Lucy is making a poem.
Lisa is excited to reveal what she invented.
Rita is bringing down boxes of Thanksgiving decorations with Leni's help. Though she was confused as to why they can't set it all up now.
Rita remembers what Lincoln said days ago.
(Flashback)
Lincoln, Luna and Lori return from their trip to Great Lake City, they had to drop off Jordan and Sam back to their homes.
The rest of the fam are in the living room watching TV, they then notice the others who had just returned.
"Hey guys! How was Great Lake City?" asked Leni.
"Well, Ronnie Anne needed help with her feelings for Sid" said Luna.
"I literally had no idea she was that kind of girl, but she could be Bi" replied Lori.
The family were shocked.
"I guess there's no need to bend the genders in that relationship" said Luan.
Then Lincoln coughs to get their attention. "Now that I have your attention, we all know this year is going to be Lori and Bobby's first Thanksgiving Day from each other."
Hearing that was not helping Lori, at all. "So, what was it you talked to Rosa Casagrande about?"
"Well, on Thanksgiving Day. Mom, do not decorate the house, just bring all of the stuff into Vanzilla" said Lincoln.
Rita was confused. "Okay."
Lincoln looks to his dad. "Dad, once you've finished cooking. Bring all of the food into Vanzilla as well, we'll have some help from the Rosato's when they get here if there's no space in Vanzilla."
Lynn Sr was confused. "Umm, why?"
Lincoln heads upstairs and smiles. "Trust me guys, this plan is gonna work. I know it."
(End Flashback)
Rita, Leni and Luan bring all of the décor boxes into Vanzilla.
Inside Lori is chatting with Bobby, they were both sharing on what they were all doing at their homes.
Though both sides were doing the same thing.
Rosa was cooking a lot of food and storing them into containers to be transported.
Hector is packing his guitar after tuning properly.
Carlotta, Carlos, CJ and Carl help load the food into the Mercado delivery van.
Frida is bring down boxes of decorations as well and her painting.
Ronnie Anne and Sid are bringing along the rest of the Chang's into this.
Frida had just got back from the hospital and she has to go and change.
"So, any clue what Lincoln is up to?" asked Bobby.
"No. what about your Abuela?" asked Lori.
"Same here, she even won't let me help bring the Tamales into the van" replied Bobby.
Then Lori can hear Rosa in the background. "Because I know you might get one."
Bobby chuckles nervously. "Maybe I won't?"
Sergio flies by him. "Rawrk! Not gonna work kid!"
"Well, at least we're both on the confusing end, sure wish they would tell us what's going on" said Lori.
"Yeah" replied Bobby. Just then he hears Ronnie Anne calling him. "Bobby! Time to go!"
"Sorry babe, I gotta go now. We're supposed to go somewhere but Abuela won't tell us" replied Bobby.
"Yeah bye Boo-boo Bear, talk to you later" replied Lori. She then hangs up her phone and looks down with worry.
She has no clue what was going on and what her little brother was even planning.
Then she sees Lincoln coming down with some keys and wearing his orange long-sleeved hoodie and brown jeans and he's talking to someone on the phone.
"Yeah, yeah. Okay, thanks again" replied Lincoln. He then hangs up the phone and sees a text from Jordan.
"We're close to your house, you guys ready?"
Lincoln texts back to confirm so.
Then he sees Lori looking down. He knows she's confused and upset. "Lori, it's time to go now."
Lori tries her best to smile and follows outside.
Upon arriving to the front yard, they see that there wasn't enough space for the rest of the Thanksgiving Lynnsagna.
They do see Rita and Luna helping tie down a large box on top of Vanzilla, probably Lisa's invention.
Then they all hear a car horn and see the Rosato van. "Hey Loud. Pack it in the back" said Rick.
"Umm, okay. Thanks" replied Lynn Sr.
Jordan comes out and helps him open the back and Lynn Sr is stunned at the pastries they made. But there was enough space for his lasagna.
Lynn Sr then retreats back to Vanzilla. Then they realized there was no space for Lincoln to sit.
They had to make sure that the Turgoosey was well secured by Lynn Jr and Luan.
"It's okay guys. I can ride with the Rosato's which means they will have to be the leading van and you guys have to follow us to the destination" said Lincoln.
They were now even more confused. "okay then" said Lynn sr.
Lincoln hops into the Rosato van and sits next to Jordan.
"So, you still won't tell anyone what the whole plan is?" asked Jordan.
"Sorry my love, but that's a surprise even for you" replied Lincoln.
Jordan starts to pout. "Not even a little spoiler?"
Lincoln chuckles and kisses her nose. "Nice try, but no."
"by the way, what about Pop-pop?" asked Jordan.
"Yeah, where's Albert?" asked Rick.
"Well, he said there's a big thanksgiving party at Sunset Canyon, this is his first ever Thanksgiving shindig. But he said he will join us next year with Myrtle" replied Lincoln.
Lincoln peeks out the car window and whistles. Patriot flies high and heads to the destination first.
Then both vehicles drive off with the Rosato vehicle leading and the Loud Vanzilla following.
(A few minutes later)
They arrive at Ketchum Park and put their vehicles into the parking space.
Lincoln comes out of the Rosato van first and pulls out the keys he has, he spots Patriot and the eagle lands onto the top of the gate.
The Louds figured it out. "So we're having Thanksgiving here?" asked Lola.
"This is so cool! I love the fresh air" said Lana.
"Well, I gotta admit. This is a pretty good idea and we can decorate the gazebo nearby" said Rita.
"We can put all of the food onto those benches, we can connect them with some of the others as well" said Lynn Sr.
But then they hear another horn honking.
The Louds and the Rosato's are shocked, it was the Casagrandes!
Lori walks towards the Mercado van then following behind it was the Chang car and the Santiago van and coming out first was bobby.
The two teens hug each other.
"Oh Babe!"
"Oh bobby Boo-boo bear!"
Then Lori realizes. "What are you guys doing here?"
"No clue, I fell asleep when we passed by the Royal Woods sign" replied bobby.
Ronnie Anne then hands Lori a photo of bobby asleep. "Thought you might want this."
Lori thinks he looks adorable when he sleeps. What is she talking about? His face is on the car window and he's drooling!
Then Rosa comes out. "Lincoln, you and your familia made it and so did Jordan and her parents! Wonderful! Now we can all celebrate!"
All families are shocked at what she just said. "What?!"
They all looked at Lincoln and Rosa who fist bumped and high fived each other.
"Okay bro, what the heck is going on here?" asked Luna with her arms crossed.
Lincoln smiles. "Well, I knew this was going to be Lori and bobby's first Thanksgiving away from each other and I kinda had a hunch it won't end well for both family parties, including the Rosato's and the Chang's."
"So, I thought why not have our Thanksgiving here at the Park, where all families can come together and enjoy this holiday" replied Lincoln.
They were amazed. Lincoln planned all of this quite well, Jordan is awe struck. She did not see this coming.
"So, let's get to it then" said Lincoln. He uses the keys he has to open the park's gates. Which made them all confused even more.
"How on earth did you acquire those keys?!" asked Lisa. The others also want to know.
Lincoln looks to them and smiles. "On Monday, I got a call from Mayor Davis. She said she needed Lori or any of the older sisters, not Lynn. To see if they were available for babysitting her kids while she gets to planning for donating food to the feed the homeless Thanksgiving. But at that point you guys were all busy."
Leni has no idea what he was talking about, but Lori does. "We had a big test on Thursday and we were all studying."
"Exactly. So she asked if I was available and I said yes. When she came back home, she was impressed at how her kids liked me being their babysitter and she wanted to pay me a huge wad of cash" said Lincoln.
They all gasped. "How much did she pay you?" asked Sid. Then she gets nudged by Adelaide.
"I didn't take the money" replied Lincoln.
"WHAT?!" they all yelled.
"Why didn't you take the money man?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"Well, I wanted something else in return. Duplicate keys to the Ketchum Park gate. She wanted to know why and I explained to her my plan, she was indeed impressed at how tactical I was with it and gave me the keys, I am to return them tomorrow and I have to make sure the park is clean when we're done renting it" replied Lincoln.
They were all speechless at this. Lincoln had all of this tactically planned and made sure that no one knew.
Then the Casagrandes looked to Rosa. "I know about the whole thing. He told me his plan and I went along with it."
Then something came to Lucy mind. "How did you know the mayor would call for babysitters?"
"Simple, it's gonna be Thanksgiving. So I knew she would have a lot on her hands to do and would want someone to watch over her kids" replied Lincoln.
Luna whistles. "Nice one bro."
Tio Carl was impressed. "You are more than five steps ahead Lincoln."
"Nice one dude!" said Sid.
"Way to go Linky!" said Leni.
Lincoln smiled and Rosa petted his head. "Now come on guys, let's set things up!"
They all bring all the food into the park. Lynn Jr, Rick, Bobby, Lori, Ronnie Anne, Sid, CJ and Luan move the picnic benches together to form one long table, with the benches of course.
Rosa, Jesse and Lynn Sr have the food with them and they're still warm.
Lisa brings in her gravy-bot, this one had a hose like mouth, a thin body, Droideka-like legs and serving dish hands and can also clean any gravy spills. And luckily this one won't malfunction.
Rita, Leni, Frida, Lincoln, Jordan and Carlota bring the boxes filled with decorations. They even start talking on how they can set it all up.
Frida then looks at all the families together and has an idea, while everyone else is busy. She starts painting over what she originally made.
Then they all hear a large truck horn and see a Semi truck without a trailer and it makes it to the parking spot.
Coming out from the truck was Jordan's godfather Peter.
"What are you doing here?" asked Rick.
"Lincoln told me about this whole Thanksgiving thing, so I came by to be part of it" replied Peter.
He then heads back into the truck and brings out a small TV with an antenna. "This is for the sports stuff!"
Lynn Jr hears this and smiles. "Yes! I won't miss the game! And I still have my pee pants with me!"
"What are pee pants?" asked Adelaide.
"You don't wanna know" replied Lincoln.
Soon the whole Thanksgiving was set up. All of the food, from the Turgoosey, Tamales, Pastries and everything they made smelled good together, now that is a lot!
The decorations were looking fabulous and among them were the Turkey hadn cut outs from all of the Loud kids.
Frida then puts up her painting to make it look even better!
They all were amazed by it. The painting was all of them as different fruits and vegetables. It symbolized the families that came together into one big patch.
"Why am I horse radish?" asked Peter.
"Look Bobby! We're both Peas!" said Lori.
"In a pod! That is so romantic!" said Bobby.
"I guess I am okay being Cauliflower" said Lisa.
Lincoln and Jordan thought it was cute that Lincoln was the orange and Jordan was the Apple.
"I guess you're the apple in my eye" said Lincoln.
Jordan giggles. "Orange you glad we're meant to be?"
Luan laughs at this. "Good one! Can I use it for one of my stand up comedies?!"
"Sure" replied Lincoln and Jordan. Luan has a plan for that joke, with Benny of course.
They all gather towards the table of food. Then Rita, Hector and Rick ding their glasses for a toast, well this is awkward.
"I would like to be Thankful today to family! Which we Louds all agree" said Rita.
"I would like to give thanks for coming together along with the Chang's, Louds and Rosato's, this is perfect harmony!" said Hector.
"I am truly Thankful for this petty dispute between the Casagrandes and my daughter to finally be over" said Rick.
Rosa kinda chuckled nervously at that remark, but this was truly a good thing she was over it.
Then they all looked to Lincoln. "What?"
"Come on bro" said Luna.
"You made this all possible" said Maria.
"Bring all of us here together" said Jordan.
"Thankful Speech!" yelled Lynn Jr and Peter.
Lincoln smiled and stood up. "The only thing I would be thankful for, is how all of this turned out. Some part of me saw all families turning into a civil was chaos, but know here we are. Thankful for getting together and understanding who we are, I don't wanna take all the credit for all of this, I truly am thankful to find love, special bonds, true friendship and to more adventures to come!"
They all cheered and clapped. He was right, this was a moment to be thankful for.
Suddenly Hector had his guitar ready and so did Luna and both were ready for some music or better yet a duet! Oh and Tio Carl has his trumpet.
[Hector]
Four different families
Yet so much in common
[Luna]
The loudness, the chaos
But we'll just keep strummin'
[Hector and Luna]
Together, it's better when we're in harmony
[Hector]
For Bobby and Lori
Our hearts would be breaking
[Luna]
But now we're together
Its memories we're making
[Hector]
Mis amigos nuevos
That's you
[Luna]
And you
[Hector and Luna]
And you
And you
And you
And me
[Hector]
Thanksgiving fiesta
[Rosa]
¿Aqui?
[Lynn Sr.]
You betcha!
[Lana]
Will somebody save me the beak?
[All]
Eww!
Grateful, por todo
Agredecido means I'm grateful for it all
Grateful, por todo
Agredecido, for breaking down the walls
We're grateful for it all
And all four families feeling happy for what has happened, for Lincoln and Jordan being together, all conflicts being solved, Luna and Lincoln's special bond growing, Ronnie Anne and Sid's feelings and now to the unified families of the Casagrandes, the Chang's, the Rosato's and the Louds!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers. Leave a review and tell me what you all think of this changed version to "The Loudest Thanksgiving!"