Chapter 189
(The Loud House.)
Lincoln walks down the hall out of the bathroom, he then makes his way to one room in particular to check on a certain someone.
"Hey Lana, you doing okay?" asked Lincoln.
Lana is sitting on her bed looking through a book on different snakes. She looks to her brother sadly. "Nope, not quite feeling like the usual self as I was." she then tosses the book to her bed. "This bites it, hard!"
Lincoln sits next to her and rubs her back. They both look to the cast on her right foot. "Don't worry Lana, you'll be back on your two feet in no time, but until then you're gonna have to stay in bed for a while, but if you need help-"
"I know, I know. Call any of you" replied Lana miserably.
Lincoln then looks around the room. "Umm, where the heck is Lola?"
Lana also realizes this. "Huh, no clue. She said she was headed downstairs to get something."
Then Lola shows up and she was carrying a tray with some cupcakes and milk. "Hey there Lana, I thought maybe you'd like something to eat so I asked mommy to make us some cupcakes! Dad isn't here so she was the only person I could ask."
Lana was surprised by this. "Wow! Thanks sis." Then she hesitates. "Wait, what's the catch?"
"Catch? No catch, just wanna be here to help out my twin!" Lola sits next to Lana and hugs her. Lana smiles at this and hugs her back.
"Thanks Lola, this is nice" replied Lana.
Lincoln smiles and hugs them both. 'Looks like these two are growing an even stronger bond than they did before and I thought Luna and me were the ones with this, thought they are twins so I guess this seems natural for them.'
They soon break the hug. "And if you need any help with feeding your pets or cleaning them, then I'm here to help" said Lola.
Lana then looks to the calendar. "But Lola, what about the two incoming pageants? Don't you still have to practice?"
Lola pats her twin's head. "Pageants will have to wait, I am not doing any of it until your back and feeling like your same old self again, that and you are the best coach I got. No offense Lincoln."
"None taken, plus Lola's right Lana. You became an even better coach than I did. You know how Lola does her dance routines almost all the time and you seem to keep track of all the things she does when she has an important event" said Lincoln.
"See! You are a good coach and the best sister I've got, like how Lincoln is with Luna" said Lola.
Lana smiled, this was touching for her to hear from Lola. The usual mean and bossy Loud who knows how to blackmail all of them. "Thanks sis, and maybe when I'm all done and fixed up. You and I will be on the training wheel for your upcoming pageants, I just hope this will heal up even before the end of April."
"Take your time Lana, after what you've been through you need the rest" said Lola. Hops lands on her head and Lola didn't mind, even with El Diablo and Izzy as well.
Lincoln smiled at this. He liked seeing the twins get along, they fight on some occasions, but they both can be on the same page. "Well, I'll leave you two be."
But then Lincoln recalls something. "And remember what mom said once you're ankle is all healed up."
"Yes Lincoln, never go dumpster diving ever again. And you can believe I am not doing that ever again, after what happened to me" said Lana as she looks down in sadness. Lola hugs her once again.
"I'm here sis, I'm here" replied Lola. Lana hugs her back.
Lincoln then heads out of the room, but he almost bumps into Lucy which startles him. "Jeez Lucy!"
"Sorry, I was just headed to the twin's room to see if Lana needed some company" replied Lucy.
Lincoln smiled. "Trying to step up to the little sister who's badly hurt I see."
"Yeah, after all that has happened. From when Chandler kidnapped Lori, Leni and myself, you and Jordan getting lost at sea and almost getting hurt by all of your old enemies and now Lana taking the beating. I feel as if I don't wanna lose the family I love" Lucy then hugs Lincoln and he kindly terrans the hug.
"Lucy, it's okay. No matter what happens we'll all be standing tall and against the odds. We've come this far and we can handle things, together" said Lincoln.
"Sigh, I know. But I'm just feeling ….. Scared is all" said Lucy. "And I shouldn't be feeling like this, when I'm supposed to be, as Lynn says "The duchess of darkness."
They break the hug and Lincoln kneels down to Lucy's level. "It's okay to be scared Lucy, you have nothing to worry about. Sometimes in life we have to stand up to our greatest feats if we are to be strong, in our own way."
Lucy smiles and wipes away a lone tear. "Thanks Lincoln, I needed this talk."
Lincoln places a kiss on her forehead. "You're welcome Lucy, and that's what I'm here for. Your big brother."
Lucy then hugs Lincoln once again and then she heads to Lana's room, with her poetry book and some new poems for her little sister to listen to.
Lincoln smiles and then feels his phone vibrating, he checks who it is. "Hey there beautiful, I know you're asking about Lana. Well she's doing fine and she still has some more days ahead if she is to recover."
"Thanks for the info handsome, I just wanted to see if you're free to hang out later. And I also wanted to drop off something for Lana to enjoy" replied Jordan.
"Well, whatever it is I'm sure she'll love it" said Lincoln. "Also, I do have some free time. You can come over if you want, where are you by the way?"
"I just got back from the mall and I am on my bike headed to you. Also I think I'm being watched over by some jets, I guess my godfather wants to keep an eye on my safety" replied Jordan.
Lincoln chuckles. "Can you blame him? After what that psycho Jeffrey could've done to you, even I'm getting concerned about you my love, and to those he could've gotten his filthy hands on!"
Jordan sighs. "Yeah, I'll talk to you when I get there. See you soon handsome."
"And to you as well my love" Lincoln then puts his phone in his pocket. He then enters his room and he gets hugged by Luna.
Lincoln could tell she had tears in her eyes, Lincoln smiles and hugs her back. "You heard what I said to Lucy didn't you?"
"I did brah! And you were so sweet to her too, just as I am always to you little dude!" replied Luna as she tightens the hug.
Lincoln notices that Luna wasn't the only one in the room, he sees Lynn Jr, Luan, Leni and Lori. They all felt like they were gonna have tears and they soon join in the hug.
"You are literally the most caring siblings in this house!" said Lori.
"And the sweetest bro we have!" said Leni.
"We're so happy that Lucy looks up to you!" said Luan. "And there's no pun intended!"
"Being strong in your own way, nice call bro. I guess we all have our own strengths and not just physical!" said Lynn Jr.
Lincoln smiles and hugs all of them, they soon break the hug after a few minutes. "Thanks and to be honest it's you girls who inspired me to be the big brother I am today. None of this couldn't be possible if it weren't for all the experiences I've learned from all of you."
"Even though at times we all get into scuffles that never end well for you?" asked Luan with sadness.
"What we all did was the past, and we have to change to get to our new and improved future and we're all changing for the better" replied Lincoln.
Lori then kneels to his level. "We're happy you look up to us, well mostly to Luna. And whatever is gonna happen, you are right we'll all face it together as a family."
Lincoln then hugs her and she hugs him back.
They all gather for one more group hug. "Now this is a sibling moment I don't think I will never ever forget" said Lincoln.
"Agreed" they all replied.
(Later.)
They all break the hug and return to their respective rooms, though some of them head to see how Lana was holding up.
Lincoln then grabs his acoustic guitar. Luna then shows him what she got from a text, it was from Sam. "What's this?"
"Read it bro" replied Luna.
Lincoln sees the text. "Lunes! We got a gig at Bangers n' Mosh this Friday! We can use the two new songs we've been working on!"
Lincoln smiled and looked to Luna. "Congrats on the gig sis! And it's at your face restaurant!"
"I know luv, this is awesome. We had some small gigs there, but I found out something about this one!" said Luna. She then shows him what she found on social media.
"Says that Mick Swagger is gonna be there, he's looking for some new songs that he could incorporate in honor for his next tour! And he picked us and wants to see how good we are bro!" said Luna in excitement.
Lincoln then hugs Luna. "This is awesome sis! The two songs you and Sam made could strike it big, and maybe you could ….. Join his tour one day!" that last part, Lincoln felt as if he was choking up.
Luna could tell he was a bit upset. She then kneels to his level. "Bro, I understand that you wanna see me hit it big, but I can tell you're also scared of me going off to do my own thing and it could happen, one day."
Lincoln looks down in sadness, Luna then hugs him. "But, we all just went through another bad kid problem, and sure as heck I ain't leaving to be on Mick Swagger's tour. I still got to keep an eye on my little bro who needs me the most, and I still got high school to deal with. So no more feeling sad my wayward son and let's see that chipped-tooth smile I love to see."
Lincoln chuckles and hugs her back. "There it is, and I got you little brother."
"Thanks sis, and I do hope you do make it big" said Lincoln.
"But until then, we got all the time in the world to enjoy. You, me, the sibs and your lover who's gonna be here soon" replied Luna.
They soon break the hug. "Well, I should go and wait for her. Thanks for this small talk sis, I needed it" said Lincoln.
Luna then ruffles his hair and then fixes it up. "Just as you had that small talk with Luce, I got your back to bro. always."
Lincoln hugs her again and soon he heads downstairs. Luna smiles at the sweet work she's done, she then goes to her lyric book to see the two songs she and Sam made lately. 'I hope these songs work and I hope they can make Mick Swagger proud.'
She looks to the two songs: Irresistible and we are young.
Luna then thinks of something. 'What if, what of I do have to leave home? When I'm done with high school, should I follow my dream and start touring? What do I do? Oh no, this is now becoming a problem. Maybe I should talk to Sam and the others about this, before I make this plan out with my little bro, I feel like … I can't be away from the little dude who sees me as his mom.'
Looks like Luna has some mixed emotions that she has to go through.
(Tree House.)
Lincoln and Jordan are both leaning onto each other, all while listening to the soothing tunes Lincoln is strumming on his guitar.
Lincoln already told Jordan about what Luna told him, it was awesome for Luna and her band to hit this big gig and also touching at how sweet she is to comfort Lincoln that she's not going anywhere anytime soon.
"You know Linc, if there's one thing I still find completely unbelievable is how much you and Luna always have to be near each other, almost like she's the mama wolf and you're her cub who wants to be like her" said Jordan.
"True, though we both have to be brave for each other and learn to go our own ways, and it'll be a long while before that happens" replied Lincoln.
Jordan then looks to him. "Do you think Luna has some doubts about after what will happen to her when she graduates from high school?"
Lincoln thinks about it. "That would make some sense, so maybe she does. Perhaps that's something we should talk about next time, but right now let's just enjoy this moment. You, me and whatever it I those two are up to."
They both look to the door that leads to the tree house tower. They only see Patriot when he flies off to get something and he then comes back with either a dead squirrel, rabbit or mouse. At most times he comes to the kitchen to get some breakfast and bring it to the tree house tower.
This was making all the family members feel very worried and also suspicious, but they have to take Lincoln word when he says that they have to give them some space and time, they'll show them what they have when the time is right.
"So, what do you think they're up to?" asked Jordan.
"That's the twenty fifth time I've heard that question before, but as I said we have to give them some space. But I have been getting some odd smells and at times I see Della and Walt's go up there and take Patriot and Valkyrie's place so they can fly together elsewhere and sometimes our resident duck and canary are joined by Hops, Izzy and El Diablo. Whatever it is up there, seems to be reptile and fowl related" replied Lincoln.
"I guess we'll have to wait until they're ready to show us. Let's hope the eagle fans are willing to wait as well, they all wanna know what's going on" replied Jordan.
"Yeah, so tomorrow we talk about what Luna could do for her future after high school?" asked Lincoln.
"That's a plan we can both agree on. And then we can discuss this with Luna" replied Jordan.
"Then it's a plan" replied Lincoln. They both share a kiss and go back to relaxing in this moment. But they have no idea that Lucy was hearing this. 'This could be a problem.' Why? She got word from Great Grandma Harriet about what Luna was thinking as well.
(Skip, nighttime.)
It's past nine and Lincoln leaves the bathroom, he then heads to the twins room and he sees Lola and Lana sleeping on the same bed and Lola didn't mind having Lana's reptiles with them. 'Lola really doesn't wanna let her twin go.'
Lincoln then sees Lynn Jr coming out of her room, sleepwalking. Lincoln helps redirect her to the bathroom, obviously she needs to go.
Lincoln then enters the room he shares with Luna and he sees her sitting on his bunk. "Hey bro, is it cool if I doze next to my little bro tonight?"
Lincoln smiles. "Sure thing sis."
They both get comfortable underneath the blanket and close their eyes and enjoy the warmth of each other's embrace.
Luna then kisses his forehead and pulls him closer, both of them having the same smile of the bond they have, but both with one thing in their mind.
Lincoln: Whatever happens sis, I'm gonna figure out how we can still be together when the future comes, I am not letting you go down any dangerous road without me, mom!
Luna: Whatever happens bro, I'm gonna figure out how we can still be together when the future comes. I ain't letting you go down any stray road without me my wayward son!
"Goodnight baby bro, Luna loves you" whispered Luna.
"Goodnight Luna, I love you too …. Mom" replied Lincoln. And they both drift off into dreamland. They both had a lot to plan when tomorrow comes.
A/N: And this is an aftermath and the beginning of another Lincoln and Luna Heart-to-Heart moment, with a dash of Jordan and Sam into the mix. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 4/5/20.