Chapter 176
(The Loud House)
Lincoln and Jordan are both in the kitchen going through some school work that Simon and Stella brought them. They're both doing pretty well, solving the math equations and with some of the science tests they have and no they did not check online for it.
In the dining room, Luna is doing the same with her biology homework.
Though staying home seems like a good idea to ensure Lincoln won't have a breakdown, it sure bites a little bit when it comes to schoolwork.
But they have to go through with it. Patriot and Valkyrie haven't entered the house in a long while, okay it has only been like two days or something but Lincoln, Jordan, Luna and the rest of the louds are confused as to why they won't come inside. But they'll have to be patient and wait, the answer will come soon to them.
Just then they all hear the doorbell ring. "I got it" said Lincoln. He gets off the chair and heads for the front door, when he opens it he sees it was Zach, Liam, Rusty and Clyde.
"Hey guys, what's up?" asked Lincoln.
"Hey man, we were wondering if you wanted to hang out. Maybe get some time off today and go to Gus'?" asked Zach.
"Yeah, they have this new arcade game. I think it has something to do with small animals crossing the road" replied Rusty.
Lincoln smiles. "As fun as that sounds, sorry guys. But I got some homework to catch up on and even if I wanted to go the last thing I want it to break down and get scarred."
Clyde and Liam elbow Zach and Rusty. "Told you he'd say that."
"Okay, okay. You two proved your point. You do you man" said Rusty.
"We just wanted to cheer you up. You know, help with your problems" said Zach. "It's been a long while since we've hug out as a group, like old times."
Lincoln chuckles. "Those were the old times when I wasn't truly talented and I didn't have a lover and a strong bond with one of my sister's. Also, where are Simon and Stella?"
"Simon and Stella went shopping with Sam they're gonna be a long while before they can hang out with us" replied Clyde.
"Okay, so what about your ladies? Where are they?" asked Lincoln.
"Tabby said she was gonna get a checkup from your mom, somethin' about a wisdom tooth" replied Liam.
"Giggles is hanging out with Luan at the mall, they're having some clown-to-clown, girl-to-girl alone and chatter time" replied Zach. "Sure wish I was part of that one."
"Polly said she's gonna be busy with her own thing at home. Could be some new routine in roller derby, I don't really know what it is" replied Rusty.
"Okay the, well I gotta get going now. Also, Patriot and Valkyrie have been staying in the tree house for a long while. They locked the tower door, no clue why but I think they're planning to surprise me and the family with something" said Lincoln.
They were confused by that. "How long have they been up there?" asked Clyde.
"Probably since Monday" replied Lincoln.
"That does sound odd, maybe when we can all hang out we can figure out what they're doing" said Liam.
"That does sound like a good idea" said Zach.
"What do you say Linc?" asked Rusty.
"Sorry guys, but I'm gonna have to say no to that one. I don't wanna ruin their privacy, so is that all you guys wanna do now?" said Lincoln.
"Yeah, I guess we should get going" replied Zach.
"Have fun at the arcade guys" replied Lincoln.
They all take their leave. "Good luck with your problem buddy, text or call if you wanna hang out with us" said Liam.
Lincoln then closes the door and heads back to the kitchen, he then takes his seat and finishes off his homework.
"You know Linc, you can just take a break from this and hang out with them" said Jordan. "Heck, Luna would come with you just in case."
Luna could hear them from the kitchen. "Yeah, it's okay for you to go with them little bro and have me tag along. And Jordan of course."
"Like I told them, as fun as it sounds I still have some school work to do" Lincoln then goes back to his homework.
(An hour later)
They all finish with their homework. Lincoln and Jordan are both in the backyard underneath the tree reading some comic books of the superhero Spawn.
But then Lincoln and Jordan's phones go off. "What the heck?" Lincoln checks who it is.
Also, the phones Lincoln, Jordan and Luna have are brand new and this time water proof. Lori bought it for them yesterday at the mall, she even got some new phones for the other siblings.
Jordan checks what the text Lincoln got was. "Whose it from handsome?"
Lincoln sees it. "From Sid Chang, she said heads up don't look behind you." they were both confused by this. "Wait what?
"Hey guys!" yelled Sid. Both of them were shocked by this and back up. Ronnie Anne also comes out and chuckles.
"Oh man! You two should've seen your faces! Priceless!" laughed Ronnie Anne.
"The plan worked Ronnie Anne! Woo!" cheered Sid.
Then the backdoor is opened by a confused, concerned and upset Luna. "What the heck happened?! I heard yelling!"
Luna sees Ronnie Anne and Sid. "What the heck are you two doing here and what happened?"
"Bobby brought us here for some hang out time with Lincoln and Jordan, he didn't really tell me more about why we're here though" replied Ronnie Anne.
"Dude, calm down. We were just having some fun" said Sid.
Ronnie Anne finishes chuckling. "Yeah, no one got-"
They all look to Lincoln who was now on his hands and knees and he looked like he was on the verge of tears.
"Lincoln? Are you okay?" asked Sid.
Jordan helps him up. "It's okay Lincoln, I'm here." Lincoln looks to Luna, she can see some fear in Lincoln's eyes. So she rushes to him and hugs him, Lincoln immediately hugs her back and cries again.
Ronnie Anne and Sid are both confused and were now feeling bad for this. "I-Is he okay?" asked Ronnie Anne.
Both of them were about to come closer but Jordan got in the way. "Please, we need you guys to just back off for a bit. Lincoln needs to gather himself up, again."
Then Patriot and Valkyrie land onto Jordan's shoulders and were also confirming for Ronnie Anne and Sid to back off.
Sid started to shed some tears. "I-I'm sorry. We didn't know what …. We're sorry."
Luna then gets up while still hugging her crying brother. "It's cool guys." She then heads for the house. "You two didn't know." And she goes into the house.
Jordan also follows with the two eagles.
Ronnie Anne and Sid also follow them, they wanted to know what's been happening lately. Which Bobby forgot to mention.
But first Sid noticed the comic books they dropped and brought them with her.
They enter the kitchen and see that they weren't there, so they head for the living room and no one was still there.
They catch a glimpse of Jordan from upstairs and follow her, they follow the Rosato girl into the room of Lincoln and Luna.
There they could see some extra things were placed around. Some of this extra stuff looked like it belonged to Jordan, and it did.
They see Lincoln and Luna hugging each other while sitting on the bean bag chair, she was doing what she could to soothe her brothers scarred pain, Jordan sits next to them and hugs them both.
She looks to Patriot and Valkyrie. "Thanks for being here guys, whatever it is you two have in the Tree House, go on ahead."
The two eagles nod and take off out the window and into the Tree House.
"Guys" Luna opens her eyes and looks to Ronnie Anne. "W-What's going on?"
"Is Lincoln okay? What happened to him?" asked Sid as she wipes away her tears. She also put the two comics onto the table.
Luna tells them to keep quiet. "Guys, to the fact Lily is also asleep right now, I need you two to also be silent and be patient. This could be a while, we have to calm his mind of his memories."
They both nodded and just sit onto the extra beanbag chairs, Sid was confused why there were lots of beanbag chairs, and only one normal seat and it was for the computer only.
(An hour later.)
Lincoln was finally calm and stopped crying. He then kisses Jordan on the lips and Luna on her cheek. "T-Thank you." He gives them one more hug, and they hug him back.
They then break the hug and Lincoln just sits between Luna and Jordan on the same large bean bag chair.
"Hey Ronnie Anne, hey Sid" said Lincoln.
They both look to him with some sad looks. "We're sorry Lincoln, we didn't mean to scare you like that" said Sid, she wipes away her tears.
"Yeah, we just wanted to have some fun" replied Ronnie Anne.
Lincoln smiles. "Hey now, I don't wanna see you two sad as well. And I know you two didn't mean it, I just can't keep my unstable mind at bay anymore. Not until I can get over what Jordan and I went through since Saturday."
Lincoln looks down with sadness. Jordan and Luna see this, Jordan holds his hand and Luna pulls them both closer to her.
Ronnie Anne then asks. "Guys, what happened on Saturday?"
They then tell them about everything that has happened, but they had to make sure Lincoln wasn't telling the story, they don't want him to break down and fall apart.
After telling them about the worst and most terrifying boat trip ever. Ronnie Anne and Sid were shocked, the one thing they didn't tell them was Plessy the monster of Lake Eddy. Instead they told them that Luna knew where Lincoln was and followed her instincts.
"Wow! I'm so sorry for you guys, especially you Lincoln" said Sid.
"That has got to be the worst thing ever! Maybe me familia and myself shouldn't do the same, Abuela told us that she wanted all of us to go on a lake for some family bonding" said Ronnie Anne.
"That's a good idea dude" said Luna.
Ronnie Anne and Sid see Lincoln get up and hug them both. "I'm glad you guys came, it's nice to have some friends to come by."
The two girls smile and hug him back, they soon break the hug and Lincoln asks. "So, what happened to you guys? Anything new?"
Ronnie Anne and Sid smile, this was the Lincoln Loud who was willing to deal with emotional problems once again.
"Well, Ronnie Anne can tell you all of that" said Sid.
They all look to her. "What does she mean by that?" asked Jordan.
"Sit down guys, it is about to get intense" replied Ronnie Anne.
She then tells them about what happened on Sunday involving Carlota and her biggest singing idol, Alyssa and how embarrassing the whole Casagrande familia was.
Then Ronnie Anne told them about her Abuelo being in school with them, and he still is! And is humiliating both herself and Carl.
"So, you and Carl want him to go back to working at the Mercado?" asked Luna.
"Yeah, he is not making things any better for us at school, and even though it was cool of him to show everyone about the family tree. It was not cool for him to show me when I was a baby!" said Ronnie Anne in anger.
Sid places her hand onto Ronnie Anne's shoulder to calm her down. "Hey now, let's get that angry face out of the way and think of the nice cute puppy that's within your thoughts, or the image of a baby blue whale."
Ronnie Anne eventually does calm down. "Okay, okay. I'm calm, thanks Sid."
"No problem girl" Sid kisses her cheek.
Lincoln was thinking of what they can do. "Have you thought about talking to Abuelo Hector? Telling him about how he's humiliating you and Carl?"
Ronnie Anne was about to answer, but then she stopped and realized what he just said.
Jordan chuckles. "You and Carl haven't thought about it didn't you?"
Ronnie Anne sighs. "No, no we did not. I wish we did, but I guess we were just too desperate."
"Yup, classic Ronnie Anne" teased Sid. Ronnie Anne chuckles. "Oh shut it you goof ball."
Lincoln, Luna and Jordan chuckle. Then Lincoln gets an idea. "How about after you two go back to Great Lake City, you talk to your Abuelo and tell him how you and Carl feel. Maybe he'll understand."
"That does sound like a good idea, but what about my Abuela? She won't like it if my Abuelo doesn't go to school" said Ronnie Anne.
Then Jordan recalls something. "Have you ever suggested homeschool?"
A sound of glass could be heard breaking within Ronnie Anne's head.
Luna snickered. "Dude! You didn't think of that?! Lola gets homeschooled when she has a big pageant coming up, and as of right now she doesn't have one until May."
Ronnie Anne buried her face into a pillow and groaned. "Why?! The one thing that was so simple and I didn think of it!"
"Hey now, you and Carl were just panicking. Also, you should call him and tell him about this plan, before he does something that could be bad" replied Sid.
Ronnie Anne sits up and grabs her phone. "Yeah, your right Sid, and thanks for the advice you three, I owe you guys big time!"
"No problem Santiago, and hey, if you're done calling your cousin. You wanna play some video games?" asked Lincoln.
"We finished our school work and we're free as of now" replied Jordan.
"Now that sounds like a plan!" said Sid.
"You know I'm in man" said Ronnie Anne.
Luna just smiled, she was happy that the man-with-the-plan was still kicking it in there. Then they hear Lily crying. "I got this dudes, you four have fun."
She heads to the bedroom and tends to Lily. Lincoln, Jordan, Ronnie Anne and Sid all head for the living room and play some video games. This was a fresh start for Lincoln to try and get all of his scarred memories out of his thoughts.
But they're gonna have to keep trying, and heck we know they'll get through it.
"By the way, where the heck is Lori?" asked Ronnie Anne.
"Dad's restaurant" replied Lincoln.
"You think she'll get mad at him for having a crush on Alyssa?" asked Sid.
"No good can come from that one" said Jordan. All four of them chuckle and proceed to play the video game, Gang Beast.
A/N: I decided to add some of the two episodes of the Casagrandes I saw, it looked like the right time. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Gang Beast is an actual video game, and it looks fun and funny.
Date made: 3/20/20.