Chapter 230
In collaboration with Doctor Reality.
(The Loud House.)
Lincoln sits back and relaxes onto the couch after a day of hanging out with Jordan, his friends and of course with his big sister Luna. "Hey bro." Lincoln looks to his left and he sees Luna. "If there's anything wrong I'll be upstairs okay?"
"Okay sis, I'm just gonna chill here for a bit" replied Lincoln. Luna smiles and heads upstairs to relax with her instruments, leaving Lincoln all alone in the living room to take in the peace.
But then Lincoln notices something from where his video games are placed. He gets off the couch and goes over to it, he pulls it out from underneath his PlayStation and he sees it was a scrap book, a scrap book containing all of the memories he shared with his sisters, all of the good memories from the past.
Lincoln smiles and decides to open it and he sees pics of when he had his first kiddie ride along with Luan and Lucy, the time he helped put the twins to sleep, when he took a bath alongside Lynn, he cheered on for Lisa's first ever Nobel prize, when he first met his baby sister Lily, when Leni pushed him on the swings for the first time and his first bike ride without training wheels and his mom and dad were proud of him.
Lincoln sheds some tears seeing a photo of when Lincoln was held by Luna, the first time he was brought into the house, he smiled seeing the warm smile from his 4 year old sister Luna. But then he sees some photos that really did bring back some damn good memories, memories of Lori and him.
A one year old Lincoln sitting on his baby chair in the kitchen being fed his first ice cream by a 7 year old Lori, a 5 year old Lincoln popping bubbles in the park and with an 11 year old Lori blowing them, a 7 year old Lincoln fast asleep while a 13 year old Lori is telling him a bedtime story and lastly, a 10 year old Lincoln along with his 16 year old sister Lori at Dairyland Amoosement park both of them wearing Dairyland hats and milkshakes, and the sky in the background is orange, meaning it was afternoon.
Lincoln sheds a tear from this and looks away from the scrap book and just stares at nothing, he recaps all of the great memories he had with his oldest sister, as of now he feels like time is slowing down and it's been a year. But in real life it's been 10 minutes of staring at nothing,
"Lincoln." Lincoln snaps out of his trance and sees Lucy holding Lily and with her is Lola, Lana and Lisa. "Are you feeling okay?"
"You were staring at nothing for ten minutes when we came in here" replied Lola.
"We just got back from the park" said Lana. "Is something wrong big brother?"
"You appear to be reminiscing some thoughts that may have something to do with the scrapbook" said Lisa. "Were they memories of the times you were with Luna?"
Lincoln smiles, "Yeah, I was looking at the scrapbook, but I wasn't going through some memories of Luna. Those memories are something I can see every day. What I was going through were the photos of Lori. Since she is … Leaving soon." Lincoln looks down in sadness.
The little sisters can tell he was feeling kinda sad. "Well, don't worry Lincoln. Lori will always be in touch with us, she spent a whole day with almost all of us before she graduates and they were fun" said Lana.
"And you should be happy for her" said Lucy. "She gets to go to college and achieve the dream she's been looking for. We're all proud of her."
"She may be leaving, but that doesn't mean she won't forget about us" said Lola. "Chances she'll come by top visit on holidays or any of our birthdays."
"She will be the first within the loud name to go to college" said Lisa. "Though I have been in college many times, but not as a student and I for one am filled with glee and truthful greatness for Lori making it to the big time of education."
Lincoln smiles hearing this from his little sisters. "Yeah, I guess your right guys. Lori will always be there for us, no matter how far away she is. Though, things will never be the same without her in the house. We won't be a family of 13 anymore, this is one change that will be tough to go by."
Lucy and the younger sisters can see he was feeling sad about all of this, they all get onto the couch and they all hug Lincoln. Lincoln notices this and he hugs them back, they were all going to miss the eldest sibling in the family.
(The next day.)
Things seem to be peaceful around the house. Though Lincoln was still reeling from reminiscing old memories of good times with Lori and he knows that the house will miss one pair of eyes amongst the crowd of kids, but he knows it's for the best. For all of them.
Currently Lincoln is on his lower bunk and looking to his comic book of the Teen Titans. Luna isn't there, she is at Bangers n' Mosh hanging out with friends and coming up with some new songs that could go well for their tour with Mick Swagger on June 13.
But then someone comes in and sits on the bed. "Lincoln, what' wrong? You don't seem like the hanging out or normal good mood today?" Lincoln lowers his comic and sees it was Lori looking towards him with concern.
Lincoln puts his comic book away and he sits up. "Feeling fine, Luna said she was busy at Bangers n' Mosh with her pals, Jordan is busy bringing Ajax to the pet salon, Patriot and Valkyrie are back at the tree house tower with their nest and chicks and the rest of my friends are all busy preparing for their big Summer Vacations."
Lori smiles. "Good, come with me little bro. We're going somewhere." Lori gets up and walks out the room, Lincoln is confused by this, but he follows her. He makes sure he has his phone with him and his wallet.
They both board into Vanzilla and they drive off. Lincoln is confused as to what is happening, but he just thinks Lori needs help with something important.
(Burpin' Burger.)
Vanzilla stops and Lincoln sees the place. "Lori, what are we doing here?" They then exit the can and enter the fast food restaurant.
They see Polly, Margo and Paula sitting at a booth and talking to each other, and Trent, Lance and Artie talking to each other in another booth.
Lori and Lincoln then reach the front counter. "So, what will you be having Lincoln?" asked Lori."
Lincoln is still confused at what was even happening. "A burger and curly fries and a milkshake I guess."
"Okay then, go find a booth for both of us and I'll order our food." Lori heads to the cash register and speaks with the cashier who is Tad. Lincoln is confused still and heads to a booth where they can wait for their food.
It didn't take long for Lori to come back with their order. Lori ordered the chicken burger and soda and she handed Lincoln his food. "There you go Lincoln, well let's eat." They both eat their lunch.
Lincoln takes a bite and then looks to Lori. "Lori, why are you doing this?"
Lori then drinks her soda. "Just wanted to do something nice for you Lincoln, it's no crime to do that." Lori then takes a selfie of herself and Lincoln, and of course Lincoln was okay with this. But he was still confused as to what was even happening.
(Gus's Games n' Grub.)
Vanzilla makes it to the arcade and parks. Lincoln and Lori get out and enter the arcade, Lincoln was even more confused. 'What the heck are we doing at the place I hang out and where Lori used to work?'
He then sees Lori talking to an old friend at the counter and then goes over to Lincoln. "Here you go." Lori hands him 15 tokens. "I also ordered us a pepperoni pizza after you've had your fun here, the money is on me Lincoln."
Lincoln takes the tokens and was kinda happy, but then he looks to Lori. "Umm, what's this all about Lori?"
"Nothing much, now go and enjoy yourself." But then she has tokens of her own. "Or, would you rather get beaten by your older sister?"
Lincoln then has fiery determination in his eyes. "Oh, it is on!" They both head off to the racing game and enjoy some competitive arcade gaming, then they place some other games that were meant for two players. Eventually they used up all their tokens and went to a booth and ate some pizza.
Lincoln was amazed Lori still had the gaming spirit in her, he does recall she used to come to Gus's when she was a kid and also played the video games, though she played old games. But Lincoln was still confused. 'Why is Lori doing this? What is even happening?' And of course once again Lori takes a selfie with her baby brother. Lincoln was okay with this.
Lori then has an idea after eating and they soon leave the arcade and into Vanzilla. At the same time Simon and Stella arrive on the scene and enter the arcade.
(Royal Woods Mall)
Lincoln was now seeing this is a good reason as to why this is happening. 'Yeah, this makes sense. Lori wants to let me do some fun before I have to help her with whatever it is she needs here, though I honestly don't mind. She can just ask me and I'd say yes depending on what it is.'
They pass by Reiningers and like two dozen clothes stores and places Lori normally goes for her shopping. 'Okay, maybe there's a new store opening up and she wants me to go there.' But Lincoln sees no new stores in the area and he sees where they were headed to.
The Royal Woods Mall Movie House.
Lincoln is confused and then he sees Lori buying their tickets and then going back to him. "Lori, what is this? Why are we even here?"
Lori hands him some 3D glasses. "Godzilla: King of the Monsters is back on theaters and they put in on 3D, so why not watch it in 3D. What do you say Lincoln?"
Lincoln has never watched a 3D movie in ten months. "Wow! Heck yeah I wanna watch it! Thanks so much Lori!"
Lori smiles. "You're welcome Lincoln. Now then, let's go and watch this epic monster movie." They both get some snacks in which Lori paid for and they went into the large theater room and watch the movie.
Lincoln felt like questioning Lori about this, but he's too excited to watch the movie in 3D. He does notice Zach, Rusty and Mr. Grouse? Lincoln also sees some of Lori and Leni's friends. Chaz, Dana, Becky, Ruby, Spencer and Principal Rivers?
The movie starts and they both enjoy the startling 3D of the film whether it be Ghidorah emerging from his slumber or Godzilla fighting the 3 headed false king. To Lincoln, it was awesome and it felt even better with Lori by his side.
(Hours later.)
The sky is now orange as the sun is at the low afternoon time. Lincoln and Lori leaves the Royal Woods Mall and head into Vanzilla, Lincoln wants to ask Lori about this but he doesn't and just heads to the passenger's seat as Lori turns on the engine and they drive off.
As they drive, Lincoln couldn't help but feel completely confused by all of this. Lori brought Lincoln to the places he likes, but there aren't all the places he likes. These seem to be the places he went to from way back then. Lincoln feels as if his mind is a whirlpool of confusion. Because sure as heck Lori doesn't drive for favors from her siblings anymore.
'Something tells me, I know where Lori is taking us next.' Lincoln could only think of predictions of what will happen today with his eldest sister.
(Ketcham Park.)
Lincoln looks out the window and sees the park and smiles. 'Nailed it.' He knew she would take them here, but he was still kinda confused.
Lori parks Vanzilla and they both get out and take a nice and peaceful stroll around the place. They see lots of kids enjoying what time they have left there at the park before it closes its gates.
They see some familiar friends there. They spot Teri and her little sister Darcy, Haiku sitting underneath a tree, Polly and Margo roller skate by and they high five Lincoln, Trent and Kat chatting near the fountain and they wave when they see Carol sitting by the pond and skipping stones.
Lori smiles and chuckles a bit seeing some kids playing with some bubbles, Lincoln also sees this and it reminds him of what they did back then. Then, some part of Lincoln was figuring out what was really happening here.
"Lori?" the 18 year old blonde looks to her brother. "Why are you doing this? Why did you bring me to places that seem to make me happy and you'd pay for them?"
Lori smiles and then sees a bench. "Come and sit with me little brother." Lincoln and Lori go to the same bench, the very same bench where Lincoln and Jordan first met. They both enjoy the wind blowing on their hair.
Lori then breaks the silence. "Yesterday, I left the bathroom with my phone in hand and I was about to head to the living room, but then I saw you going through the pictures of you and me in the scrapbook, then I heard you talking to Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa and Lily and that's when I decided to make the plan to spend a whole day with you. One last day before I have to graduate, though chances we will do this again before I have to leave on September."
Lincoln felt a bit guilty for saying what he said yesterday. "Sorry Lori, about yesterday. I guess I was feeling kinda upset to the fact you were going to leave after a few months and it just got emotional to me."
Lori then pulls him close to her. "There's no need to apologize Lincoln, I understand what your saying and I too feel a bit saddened that I won't be around soon, but know this. We will always be in touch and no matter how far away we may be, I will always be there to help you guys out. Either call or text me, I'm okay with either one."
Lincoln smiles and hugs Lori. "We'll try not to call or text you when you got something busy to do."
Lori rubs his hair. "Family is all that matters and I will always be there for family." She then kisses his forehead and they both tighten the hug.
"I love you Lori, so, so much." Lincoln closes his eyes and he hugs Lori and lays his head onto her side.
Lori hugs him back and strokes his white hair. "And I love you too Lincoln, always."
They both enjoy this moment of peace and sibling love as the setting sun shines onto them, tomorrow will be the day Lori leaves her high school days and starts a new life. But she will always treasure her family, just as they will always treasure her.
Old memories pour into the thoughts of these two siblings, and they await for new ones to come with all of their friends and family along for the ride. They have all summer for these moments.
A/N: Thanks again to Doctor Reality for the idea of this chapter and concept for it as well, even though this chapter seems short. Normally I do 7 pages and more than 3,000 to 4,000 words, but this was 6 pages and more than 2,700 words, still this turned out okay and I hope you all liked it too. Next up, Lori graduating and there might be some tears involved and lots of emotional memories. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 5/29/20.