Chapter 179
(Royal Woods Elementary.)
Simon, Stella, Clyde, Liam, Tabby, Zach, Giggles, Rusty, Polly, Haiku, Mollie, Sadie, Kat, Joy and Cookie are all waiting for the return of their friends to school.
"So, are they really coming back to school today?" asked Zach.
"From what Jordan texted, yes they are" replied Sadie.
"Let's hope Lincoln is okay now, I really don't wanna see him look like a wreck" said Clyde.
"I wonder what convinced him to come back though" said Rusty.
Haiku then sigh. "I sense Lincoln has encountered an imaginary sense within his sleeping thoughts, which would lead him to understand and as well as get over what tormented him in the past."
They all look to Haiku in confusion. "What did you say?" asked Kat.
"Lincoln must've had a dream that helped him get over his memories of the boat trip" replied Haiku.
They all replied. "Oh!"
"Well why didn't you say so girl?" asked Cookie.
"I did, just in my language" replied Haiku. "Also, here they come."
They all spot Vanzilla arriving, it stops in front of them and coming out is Lincoln, Jordan, Lucy, Lana, Lola and Lisa.
"Hey guys" said Lincoln and Jordan.
"Lincoln! Jordan!" they all cheered. "You're back!"
They all gathered around Lincoln and Jordan and they welcomed them back to school.
"Welcome back you two" greeted Mollie.
"The king and Queen of Dodge ball are back, and it's a good thing it's Friday and not Thursday" said Sadie.
Rusty and Zach sighed in relief. "Dang right it's a good thing."
Simon and Lincoln fist bump, so does Liam. "Glad to have you back at school Loud" said Simon.
"Same her Sharp" replied Lincoln.
"We were worried you guys would never come back" said Tabby.
"For a minute there, I thought I lost my best pal" said Liam.
"You two must've hated that whole experience" said Joy.
"I sure don't wanna bother being in the water with whatever it was you guys were staying afloat from" said Giggles.
They all look to her irritated. "What? Too soon?" asked Giggles.
Lincoln and Jordan chuckle. "It's alright guys, I'm over it, all of it" said Lincoln.
"We don't mind if you guys bring it back up" replied Jordan.
"Well, we should get to class now. We got ourselves fifteen minutes before the bell rings" said Clyde.
"Come on dude, let's not rush it. Let them take their time" said Polly.
Lincoln and Jordan look back to Vanzilla and they rush in to hug Luna. Luna smiles and hugs them back.
"Have fun you two, and stay safe" said Luna.
"We will Luna" replied Lincoln and Jordan. Then patriot lands onto a nearby tree branch.
"Thanks for helping me through all of this sis. I don't know what I would do without you" said Lincoln.
Luna felt touched by those words, hugged Lincoln and placed a kiss on his forehead and cheek. "Anytime baby bro, anytime."
The others thought it was nice of Lincoln and Luna to do this, which proves to all of them just how strong their bond is.
"Oh yeah, Sam is waiting for you at the High school, along with Mazzy. I don't know if you got the text yet" said Simon.
"What text dude?" asked Luna.
"One of your band mates, Sully is sick for the day" replied Stella.
"Oh man, that sucks. Thanks for the info guys" said Luna.
"We should get going on guys, see you at home Lincoln" said Lori.
"See you guys later too" replied Lincoln. "And Luna, I know I'm still grounded and so is Jordan."
"We'll both be headed home after school, we promise" replied Jordan.
Luna smiled at the responsibility they have to still carry out the punishment. Then Luna waves goodbye to them as she heads for High School.
Lincoln and Jordan then rejoin their friends and head towards the school.
"So, what's this whole thing about you two being grounded?" asked Polly.
"What did you guys even do while out of school?" asked Zach.
Lincoln looked to Simon and Stella. "You didn't tell them yet?"
"Sorry man, we must've forgot to tell them that" replied Stella.
Lincoln and Jordan tell them about the visit of the Rock and their viewing of the recorded WrestleMania, and the reason why they were grounded. And that's when Clyde faints from all of this information.
They eventually part ways with Lucy and Haiku, and then Lola and Lana and Lisa, she runs into Darcy and they both have a playdate on Saturday.
(Royal Woods High School.)
Vanzilla finishes dropping off Lynn Jr and the older Louds come out and head to the school, Luna sees her girlfriend Sam and the two of them hug.
"Good to see you back here Lunes!" said Sam.
Luna kisses Sam's cheek. "Same, it feels good to be back. Sorta." Mazzy approaches them. "Sup Mazzy, sorry to hear about Sully."
"It's all good Luna. He'll be back on his feet on Monday, he is a bit bummed that he can't jam with us anytime soon this weekend" replied Mazzy.
"Maybe we can visit him at his place" said Sam.
"And that's a red light on that" said Lori. "We can't let Luna do that one guys."
"She's right, the last thing we need is everyone in our house turning into infected zombies or something" replied Luna.
"Okay then, we should get to school now and later we got to show you some new instruments we got!" said Mazzy.
"Whoa! Really?" asked Luna.
"Heck yeah really!" replied Sam. They all head into the school.
Luan then sees Benny. "Hey Benny, glad I met up with ya. Seems like my sis is ready rock and roll on to class."
Benny chuckles. "Good one." Then they spot Ruby and Spencer talking to each other.
"Looks like those two are starting something" said Luan.
"They are, I heard from last night from one of our friends at theater club. She said that Ruby and Spencer are gonna be doing this small relationship experiment to see if they are meant to be and it starts tonight at Jean-Juan's!" replied Benny.
"Aww, that's so sweet of them to see if they're good for each other. I for one think it's cute" replied Luan. "Kinda like Jordacoln and LuBenny!"
Benny chuckles and looks to Luan. "LuBenny?"
Luan snickers. "It's a shipping name I came up for us, Jordacoln is obviously Lincoln and Jordan, and then there's Saluna, Simonellla and finally LorBobby. I think."
"Whoa now! Take it easy with the shipping, otherwise we'd get them off scheduled for departure!" said Benny.
The two of them chuckle at their jokes.
Lori and Leni meet up and talk with Dana, Becky, Chaz, Teri, Whitney, Tad, Jackie and Mandee, and of course Carol.
Though Carol was getting distracted as if she was thinking about something. 'Keep it together Pingrey, it's only a matter of time before Jordan calls you and then we can put this small dispute behind us. Even though I don't have any beef against her, this is something I have to take with stride.'
"Carol!" Carol snaps back to reality and sees all of her friends looking at her. "What?"
"Are you like, okay?" asked Leni.
"You kinda spaced out back there, is there something wrong?" asked Dana.
"Also, you almost ran into a wet floor signs" said Chaz.
Lori knows what Carol is thinking about, and she knows she can't get involved. This is between Pingrey and Rosato, and Carol is going to take the punishment, no matter what it is.
Then they all hear the bell. "Well, that's the bell. We can talk about my little bro later girls" said Lori.
They all nodded and headed off to their classes.
(Royal Woods Middle School.)
Lynn is kicking a line of soccer balls into the goal, and training with her is Margo and Paula.
"So, your little bro is at school now?" asked Margo.
"He is! And so is Jordan!" Lynn kicks another soccer ball. "And he said he was okay going today and that he was now over with the whole boat trip." Lynn kicks the soccer ball to the goal that it slingshots back to her, but she catches it and bounces it on top of her head.
"Wow! Your little brother has some courage and guts to get over something as bad as getting lost in a lake" said Paula.
Lynn tosses the ball to Margo. "He's tough like that, sure he's not as tough as I wanted him to be. But he has his own ways to show it."
"And what about The Rock who arrived a few days ago?" Margo passes the ball to Paula.
Lynn does recall that one, and she liked that memory. "What about the Electrifying one?"
Paula chuckles and kicks the ball to Lynn. "Don't you think it would be a great idea if he helped Lincoln toughen up? He could be as great as The Rock is."
Lynn kicks the ball several times to both her feet and then kicks it to the goal. "Huh, that does sound like a good idea. Lincoln does show some signs of strength, and he did use a wrestling move when he was trying to stop Boy Jordan last year. Maybe wrestling could be a good future for him!"
"But first you gotta go and ask your little bro, he might have some second thoughts about it" replied Margo as she goes to the bench and drinks some water.
"She's right on that one, just ask Lincoln if he wants to be trained and maybe have a future" said Paula as she also drinks some water. She tosses Lynn her sports drink.
Lynn catches it. "You're right, I'll ask him later after school. He is still grounded by Luna." She then drinks her sports drink and then gets another idea.
'Perhaps Lincoln doesn't have to train alone, maybe the dodge ball queen would love to train as well.'
(Royal Woods Elementary, Lunch time.)
Lincoln, Jordan and their friends all exchange their lunches, though none of them want to exchange with Zach, again.
"So, any plans after getting grounded you two?" asked Tabby.
"Well, we could either do some sky diving or practice with some music" said Jordan.
"Or we could go roller skating or just relax in the Tree House" replied Lincoln.
"Those sound like romantic date kind of things, doesn't really make it a normal hang out time" said Liam.
Lincoln thinks about this. "You do have a point. How about this? Once Jordan and I are no longer grounded, we all hang out. Separated friends group."
"Now that does sound like a plan, I could use some girl-to-girl hang out time with my pals" said Jordan.
"That's what we're talking about girl" said Mollie.
"What about the so-called Sleep over you wanted to plan Jordan?" asked Sadie.
Jordan realizes it. "Oh dang! I totally forgot about that!"
"We're gonna need a plan on when we can have it, and we know we can't do it at my house" said Lincoln.
"Don't remind me man, I am so not going back there" said Zach.
"Same here, even though your sisters seem less scary. They can be a bit intimidating when there's a sleepover" said Liam.
"To the exception of Luna of course" said Tabby.
Jordan then has an idea. "We can have the sleepover next week Friday, all of us. Boys and girls!"
They all cheered and liked the idea. "But!" They look to Lincoln. "We're gonna have to lay down some ground rules so that there won't be any trouble."
They all knew he was right. "So, what are the rules Sherlock?" asked Giggles.
Zach chuckles. "Nice one."
"That will be for next time, Jordan and I have to come up with the rules for the sleepover and we'll also have to bring this up to Jordan's parents, my parents and Luna" replied Lincoln.
"Why Luna? Is she coming along?" asked Kat.
"Well, you see guys. Luna is Lincoln second mom figure" said Jordan. Lincoln decided to admit something.
"At some point, I sometimes call Luna …. Mom" replied Lincoln.
They were shocked a bit. "Whoa! Did not see that one coming dude!" said Stella.
"That does sound kinda sweet, I just see Sam as my sister and friend" said Sam.
"We can't blame ya man, she's been watching over you and helping you since you first met Jordan" said Rusty.
"We're okay with you guys talking about the rules of the sleep over and we'll wait for when you guys wanna tell us" replied Joy.
"And we're okay with you calling Luna mom" said Polly.
"Just try not to say it in public, it could get awkward real fast" replied Clyde.
"No need to worry Clyde. I already know" said Lincoln.
They then spot Patriot on a tree branch by the window eating some cooked steak, which Lincoln gave Patriot before he ate his lunch with his friends.
"Where the heck is Valkyrie anyway? Why is it juts patriot out there?" asked Tabby.
"That's the thing. Patriot and Valkyrie have been spending these past few days in the Tree House watch tower, they even locked the door that leads to it" replied Jordan.
"Have you guys tried asking them what this was all about? Or why they would lock the door?" asked Stella.
"We don't plan to ask them. We're just gonna wait till their ready to show us. We have to respect their privacy" replied Lincoln.
"Well, whatever it is their planning it must be big" said Simon.
"Maybe we can all go to yer house once they finally reveal what it is" said Liam.
"Now that sounds like a good idea, have all our friends and family come and see what Patriot and Valkyrie are up to" said Lincoln.
"What about Sid? Maybe she can provide some answers to what they're up to" replied Joy.
"As much as we wanna know, we're not gonna ask her. We'll let them be with their privacy" said Jordan.
"So it's settled then. We have the big sleep over next week Friday night, coordinate the rules of the sleepover and when the times is right we all see what Patriot and Valkyrie are up to" said Lincoln.
"And the man-with-the-plan is back in it man!" said Polly.
"So, you guys wanna know what we did yesterday at Dodge ball?" asked Clyde.
"Sure, how bad were you guys?" asked Jordan.
They're friends all looked at each other. "Terrible."
"We missed" said Sadie
"We needed up hitting ourselves, still no clue why" said Zach.
"Some of us tripped" said Liam.
"We did end up accidently hitting Coach Pokawski" said Stella.
"I ended up with detention for that one" said Mollie.
Lincoln and Jordan chuckle. So, you guys didn't do well? Who won?" asked Lincoln.
"Both sides were tied, team Clyde versus team Simon" said Polly.
"I guess we're not strong without our king and queen" Simon admitted.
Lincoln and Jordan chuckle again. "Don't worry guys, next Thursday we'll lead you guys and lay down the hurt on the other team" said Jordan.
They all didn't know if they should be happy to hear that or not. But for all of them, they were glad Lincoln and Jordan were back to the young couple they know and love.
A/N: And a return to school and the announcement for the incoming sleepover chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 3/22/20.