Chapter 124
(The Loud House)
Lincoln wakes up and then heads for the bathroom, when he finishes he almost bumps into Luna who was on her phone.
"Oh sorry there little bro, I just got this text from Sam to come by their place later" replied Luna.
"Oh, okay then. Well bathroom's all yours sis" replied Lincoln.
"Thanks bro" Luna hugs Lincoln and then heads inside of the bathroom.
Lincoln heads back into his room and changes into his daytime clothes and at the same time Patriot flies in and sits on his perch.
Then they both see Lincoln's phone vibrate, Lincoln checks and sees it was from Simon Sharp. "I wonder what's going on with him."
Lincoln then reads the text: Lincoln, please come by my place later. I know Sam is bringing Luna because I told her to invite her as well, also a friend of ours is also coming along.
Lincoln is a bit confused and sends him a message: Sure thing, I'll be there later with Luna.
"Well, looks like I'm headed to the Sharp house today" Lincoln then looks to Patriot "You in boy?"
The eagle nods and heads out the window and sits on a tree branch.
Lincoln gets out of the bathroom and sees that Luna was still in the bathroom, he decides to go wait in the living room, but then he looks to the room of Lisa and Lily.
He did recall that something happened last night, he heard some strange noises coming from their room.
So Lincoln goes in and sees Lisa is about to present her new invention to Lily. "Lisa, what is this?"
Lisa turns to Lincoln. "Lincoln, good I would like to show you what I have been making all night."
Lincoln knows that when it comes to Lisa, she goes overboard with most of inventions, and they usually end badly. "Okay, so what is it?"
"Behold, this suit will help elongate Pop-pop's life" Lisa removes the sheet.
Lincoln's eyes go wide seeing this scary tech suit. And the mannequin looks awfully like Pop-pop. "What the heck?"
"As you see these sensors will regulate his temperature, improve his muscle tone and much more! As long as he wears this he's guaranteed to live a long life" then Lisa takes a look at what she made. "Hmm, I suppose the whole thing is a bit of an eye sore. Good thing I have Leni with fashion help."
Lincoln is at a loss for words with what she just made. And he realizes why she made this. 'Oh boy, didn't think it would come to this, usually mom and dad would have this talk with her. But I guess I should be a big brother now.'
"Lisa, tell me what are the flaws this suit has" said Lincoln as he crosses his arms.
"Well, first off once Pop-pop wears this he cannot go out during the day, the rays of the sun might damage the sensors. He may go out at night just as long as there is no full moon, since moonlight is just sunlight reflected off the moon and once the suits battery is used up, I built a charging station for it, it requires to be charged five times a day for three hours and he must not do any movements while it charges. Also he must not touch anyone, the oils from human skin could damage the sensors, which means he has to refrain from all human contacts"
Lincoln suddenly feels like she just made the next generation torture machine. "Lisa, we need to talk" Lincoln sits on her bed. "Come on Lis."
Lisa is confused, but she sits next to him.
"Lisa, I think it's really sweet that you want Pop-pop to live a long life, but you have to know this isn't what he would want. And I know that for the past two days you have been trying to get Pop-pop to be healthy, I can tell" said Lincoln.
"But I want Pop-pop to elongate his livelihood" replied Lisa.
"Lisa, not everyone can live forever, immortality is just a mere belief made by those long ago and is next to nothing impossible. Pop-pop might not time left for the future, but he wants to do what he loves to do for as long as he lives. Think about it Lisa, if he wears this suit, he can't go play shuffle board in the sun, or do high fives with his friends or even go dancing with Myrtle, and he won't get his famous Lisa hugs from you. And as Pop-pop might say, a life without Lisa hugs, is no life at all."
Lisa then thinks about. "I guess, so maybe living a life without those things is horrible. Perhaps I may have gotten way in over my cranium with what I have been focusing on."
"You kinda did went way beyond over your head. Pop-pop still has a lot of great years ahead of him, he wants to make many great memories with those lives and one of those memories is spending time with us, his grandkids" said Lincoln.
Lisa is touched and so is Lily. "Okay Lincoln, I guess I should get rid of this thing and go and tell Pop-pop what I almost did" Lisa then hugs Lincoln. "Thank you for this talk elde- I mean big brother."
Lincoln also hugs Lisa. "No problem, that's what I'm here for" He then sees Lily tugging on his leg, so he picks her up and he hugs her as well.
They soon break from the hug. "Well, I should get rid of this thing, or ask Lynn if she wants to use this as a test dummy."
Lincoln chuckles. "You do that."
Then Lisa recalls something. "By the way Lincoln, what has happened to Lana's serpent companion?"
"Oh yeah, turns out El Diablo has a tumor in him, he's still at the vet recovering from surgery. Lana and Lori are gonna head there later to see how he's doing" replied Lincoln.
"But why aren't you going?" asked Lisa.
"I got a text from Simon to come to his place, Luna is also going" replied Lincoln.
"Oh, very well then. I guess I'll see you later Lincoln" Lisa then puts the sheet back onto her invention.
Lincoln heads out of the room and sees Luna coming out in her day clothes. "Hey bro, I'm headed to Sam's."
"Same here sis, Simon texted me to come there" replied Lincoln.
"Cool, you with your pal and me with my gal. Let's hit the road jack" said Luna.
They both head out of the house and walk to the Sharp residence, with Patriot high above.
(Sharp residence)
Simon is in his room pulling out the trash bag labeled "To burn" from under his bed.
Then Sam comes in, "Hey Simon, I'm gonna be in the living room waiting for our guests to arrives."
Simon sighs and looks to his sister with a smile. "Sure thing sis, I'll be down there later."
Sam looks at the bag then back to Simon. "Okay then." she then leaves his room and heads downstairs.
Simon looks back to the trash bag. "This is it, time to tell them the truth."
'And time to end my dark existence, you got this Simon. And Stella will be there soon.'
Simon then has a goofy love grin. "Y-Yeah, Stella!"
His inner thoughts snicker. 'The first phase of your relationship is beginning, the dreamy gaze and goody grin. Just like Loud.'
Downstairs Sam is sitting on the couch in the living room and checks her phone, then she hears a knock from the door. "That must be them." She gets up and heads to the door. "Simon! They're here!"
Sam opens the door to see Lincoln, Luna, Stella and Jordan?
"Okay, I was expecting Lincoln, Luna and Stella. But why is Jordan here?" asked Sam.
"We bumped into her when she was walking her dog Ajax" replied Lincoln.
Sam sees Ajax tied to the tree in the front yard and is fast asleep with Patriot on the tree branch.
"Okay then, come on in" Sam lets them through.
Lincoln and Jordan look around. "Nice place you guys got" said Lincoln.
"Seems pretty spacious" said Jordan.
"Just like how I always come here" said Luna.
"I've already been here before" replied Stella.
They look to her. "You have?"
Sam interrupts "She ain't lying, she was here yesterday to hang out with Simon. In his room, with some games."
Hearing Sam say that makes Stella blush. 'Dang it! Why did she say that?!'
Lincoln, Luna and Jordan grin and snicker.
"So, you and the Sharp boy huh?" asked Jordan.
"And to think, all I wanted to do was for you two to become friends and it looks like it's something more" said Lincoln.
"Looks like the friends are more than just that" said Luna.
Stella looks away and blushes, she then calms down and looks to Sam. "Is Simon here?"
"I am" They look to the top of the stairs and they see him holding a trash bag.
"Umm Simon, didn't you already clean your room yesterday and took out the trash this morning?" asked Sam.
"I did, but this is not trash. It's something I have to confess, to all of you" said Simon nervously.
Stella goes up to him and holds his hand. "Come on, I got your back."
Simon smiles and he goes down the stairs and into the living room with Stella by his side.
The other's just thought it was cute to see Simon and Stella together, but there was something off with that kid.
They all take their seats on the couch and the chairs. "So what's up Simon?" asked Luna.
"Why are we all here and whats with the trash bag?" asked Jordan.
Lincoln then figures it out. I'm gonna guess, whatever is in the bag is the secret that Poppa Wheelie and Flat Tire used to blackmail you."
Simon nods. "Yeah, it is."
The others were shocked at what Lincoln just said.
"Wait what?!" yelled Jordan and Stella.
"You were blackmailed?!" yelled Luna.
"By those two perverted jerks?!" yelled Sam.
Simon sighs. "Yeah, they wanted me to steal Lincoln's car little car Lulu."
"But its okay now, Patriot and I with Lulu's help stopped them dead in their tracks, now they're gonna think twice before doing that stunt again" said Lincoln.
Sam feels like she wants to explode and hunt those boys down, but right now she was greatful that Lincoln put a stop to the whole chaos.
"So, what is this big secret?" asked Jordan.
Simon felt unseasy doing this, but Stella's hadn holding his hand made huim feel better. "Let's do this, together."
Simon smiles. "Okay."
Simon and Stella then empty the bag of all its contents.
They are all shocked to see what was inside.
Pictures, hair samples, list of favorite things and other junk. And they're all Luna oriented.
"What the what?!" said Jordan.
"Simon …. What is this?" asked Sam.
Luna's eyes grow wide at all of this.
Lincoln looks at all of the stuff and remains silent.
Sam then looks to Simon in a stern manor. "Simon Sharp!" she yells. "Simon, what is this?!"
Simon looks away and closes his eyes in fear from Sam's raised voice. But Stella places a hand on his shoulder.
Then his voice speaks to him. 'Tell her, tell them.'
Simon opens his eyes and he looks to Stella who wipes away his tears. "You can do this."
Simon gets up and looks at all of them, and then to Sam. "I have a crush on Luna Loud, well had a crush on Luna."
Sam and Jordan gasp. "What?" said Sam.
Simon nods. "It all started when you brought her over and our parents were okay with it, but when I saw Luna my mind was at a blank slate. From that day forward, I haven't been myself because I have been holding in these feelings I had for Luna, and at most times when she tries to speak to me or even touch me I panic and bail. That's why I'm always acting so weird."
Sam didn't know what to think of this, Lincoln and Luna were just shocked.
Simon took a deep breathe. "Then I started having these sick, twisted thoughts about Luna, thoughts that aren't good for me. And they're mostly in private." He then looks to Sam. "You know what I mean sis. A boy thing."
Sam covers her mouth with her eyes wide. "Oh my god!"
"Yeah, that's why I wanted to be Lincoln's friend, my obsession took over me. I wanted to ask about all the thing Luna likes and then my dark desires got worse to the point I was starting to devise some sick plan to … to ….. to get closer to her."
Sam was now in deep horror.
Jordan gasps and looks to Lincoln and Luna.
Lincoln was still sporting the same deep emotion, but his hadn was holding onto Luna's and she was doing the same.
Stella was in complete shock. 'He …. He had a plan! I am so glad I stopped him!'
"But then, then I …. I was confronted by her" Simon looks to Stella. "She convinced me to stop this madness, to help me from my dark intentions. So that's what I'm doing, I wanna put an end to this evil inside of me and end this horrible crush I had on Luna. And the best way to put it all behind, is to tell you all."
Sam was still in deep shock, Simon was planning on the same what Poppa Wheelie and Flat Tire were about to do to her last year.
Then Stella stands up and stands by Simon's side. "Guys, I know you're all feeling like you wanna yell at him right now, but he's done with all of this. He doesn't wanna become someone who would lose all the trust he was given. Please take it easy on him guys."
Sam could tell from Simon's regretful eyes, this was her brother. The same brother who always needed help when he was very young and now after all this time, he needed more help.
Sam goes to Simon and hugs him, Simon is shocked by this. "Simon, thank you for telling me this."
Sam parts from the hug and looks to her brother. "I am disappointed and disgusted at what you almost did, but I am proud that you came and let it all out, and that you're putting an end to what you were thinking for all this time."
Simon sheds some tears and cries. Sam kneels back down and embraces her little brother.
"I'm so sorry Sam! I'm so, so sorry! I didn't mean to make all of this! I didn't wanna make this all happen!" Simon hugs Sam tightly and cries onto her shirt.
"Shhh, its okay bro. I forgive you" Sam rubs his back.
Stella wipes away her own tears, so does Jordan.
They then look to Lincoln and Luna who are looking at everything that has happened.
"Lincoln? Luna? Are you guys okay?" asked Jordan.
Sam and Simon part from the hug and look at the two Loud siblings.
'Oh boy' within Sam's thoughts.
Simon walks up to them. "Luna, I'm sorry that I had these dark desires on you, and I'm sorry for almost trying to do something very, very bad."
Then he looks to Lincoln. "But most of all, I'm sorry Lincoln. I'm sorry for tricking you into being my friend so I could get close to Luna, I'm sorry for almost doing the same dark thing my old friends almost did to Sam, and I'm sorry for being this dark, evil and sadistic friend. I understand if you hate me."
Lincoln gets up and walks to Simon with the same stern look. Simon could tell this wasn't gonna end well.
Luna snaps back to reality and looks to Lincoln confronting Simon.
Lincoln looks down and sighs. "Simon, let's get one thing straight. I let you become part of my group of friends, I let you into my tree house, I gave you my trust, I helped you out of a situation that was Grimm and I called you my friend, and all this time you were going to hurt my sister- No, you were gonna harass my roommate, my friend and my legal guardian! And you were going to do the same heinous acts those two bike riding jerks almost did to Sam! You're sister!"
Simon was ready for whatever Lincoln has left to say.
Sam was ready for whatever was gonna happen, same with Stella.
Lincoln looks to Simon in the eyes. "I guess I can forgive you, you confessed what you were planning and all of the dark deeds your brain was conjuring up."
Simon was shocked, he was expecting Lincoln to hit him.
"But, I can't trust you anymore" Simon goes wide eyed. "We can still be friends, but I'm gonna have to stop inviting you over to my place for a while, until we can get this all clear. Do you understand Simon?"
Simon nods. "Okay, I understand. This is what I get."
"And we are talking to mom and dad about this" said Sam.
Simon sighs. "Yeah, I know."
Lincoln then looks to Stella and smiles. "Thanks for helping him Stella, things would have been way worse if you hadn't had stepped in."
Stella chuckles. "Lincoln, this was all on you." they were all confused by what she just said.
"What do you mean?" asked Jordan.
"Guys, Lincoln was the one who called me and Simon to come to the Winter end Carnival and hang out, that's where it all began" replied Stella.
Then she walks to Simon and holds his hand. "And I guess that's where we …. We realized we … like each other."
Simon blushes and holds her hand. "Yeah."
Lincoln smiles. 'So, I saved my sister's life. Huh, did not see that one coming.'
Then Simon looks to Luna. "Luna?"
Luna stands up and looks to Sam. "Sam, can we talk alone?"
"Sure" Sam leads Luna into the kitchen.
All four kids were confused by this, Lincoln and Simon were afraid at what might happen.
But one thing was on their mind. 'Please don't break up!'
Soon they see both teens come back. Luna remains silent.
"Okay, we decided that Luna isn't gonna be coming over here for a long while, just until she can calm her nerves again, and as Lincoln said I don't want you anywhere near their house or even near Luna, okay Simon?" said Sam.
Simon nods. "I understand."
Then Lincoln picks up all of the junk and puts them back in the trash bag, Jordan gets up and also helps.
Simon then sees Lincoln hand him the bag. "I saw the labeled on it, you were gonna burn it weren't you?"
Simon nods. "Yeah, but I was thinking of burning it all, with all of you watching."
Lincoln looks to the others. "Alright, who here agrees to help Simon burn his dark past?"
They all agree. "I!"
Luna just nods.
"Okay then, let's go" said Lincoln.
"I know just the place" said Simon.
(Hours later)
They were now in an area where there are multiple abandoned warehouses.
"Simon, what are we doing here?" asked Sam.
"This is where I do some of my …. Private business" replied Simon nervously.
Sam sighs, she knew he might say that.
Stella and Jordan were shocked that he goes here for his sick mind to take hold.
Lincoln looks around and sees just how dark and dreary the place was.
Luna on the other hadn didn't like being there, after what Simon just said.
Simon then grabs a nearby white box and underneath it is a can of gasoline labeled "Emergencies only".
"I had this planned in case some part of me was ready to move away from my own darkness" said Simon.
"And I thought I had contingency plans" smirked Lincoln.
They place the bag onto the ground out in the open, Sam pours all of the gasoline on it and then Simon pulls out a box of matches.
But then he gets an idea. He hands Lincoln, Luna and Sam their own match stick, though Luna doesn't want to touch him. So Sam hands her the match stick.
Simon sighs in sadness. 'Good going Simon, now someone is scared of you. This'll be hard for everyone to heal, sorta.'
They then gather around the bag, Jordan and Stella also stand next to them.
"You guys ready?" asked Simon. Lincoln, Luna and Sam nod.
They light up their match sticks and toss them onto the gas covered trash bag and it soon lights up.
Everything within gets burned, they watch as all of it starts to fade away.
Simon sighs and closes his eyes. 'So long Simon, may your new found love be the one to fill your shadowed heart and free you from any other dark desire, we shall not meet again.'
Simon opens his eyes and smiles. His dark mind was gone, then someone holds his hand.
He looks to see who it was, Stella. "So, when are you gonna ask me on a date?"
Simon smiles and intertwines his fingers with hers. "When I'm done getting grounded."
Stella leans onto his shoulder. "I'll be patient."
Lincoln and Jordan hold hands and Jordan leans onto his shoulder.
Luna and Sam hold hands and share a kiss.
Lincoln then uses his other hand to hold onto Luna's free hand, Luna feels this and holds onto his hand.
Lincoln knew Luna was feeling a bit fearful. He has to try and help Luna, as if he were Simon and Luna was Sam.
They all just watch as the fire burns the trash bag.
"Wait a minute! Is that my picture of Luna?!" yelled Sam.
"Oops!" replied Simon.
Epilogue.
Lincoln and the others start sweeping up all of the ashes and Sam was able to recover the picture of Luna, the one that actually belongs to her!
While Simon takes the empty gas can into one of the warehouses.
Inside Simon places the can down and heads into a room, inside are many more pictures and other stuff of Luna, including a mannequin that is dressed like her, a small sculpture of Luna and his chalk board with his plans on how to engage Luna.
Simon sighs. "Time to end this one too."
Simon picks up another gas can and pours its contents all over the room, he then steps back and tosses a lit match and the fire ignites.
Simon leaves the whole warehouse and catches up with Lincoln, Jordan, Luna, Sam and Stella.
They all leave the warehouse area and all head on home, what they don't know is that the fire is spreading throughout the warehouse, the old Simon was now gone.
And that ends this Simon shadowy crush and coming pretty soon might be a chapter involving Simon and Stella, with some hints of Jordacoln in it. I'm gonna be taking another break, until I finally post the Music Contest Chapter.
I will also be making a Valentine's day chapter as well as the Sadie Hawkins Dance, if you guys got any ideas for future chapters, review, give an idea, summary to it, concept of beginning to end and I will think about it. Just PM me, this is Heavy5commando, the owner of A Sparking Relationship. Leave a review and tell me what you all think. Peace out my Jordacoln readers!