Chapter 317.
(The Loud House.)
Lori had just finished packing the last bag and then place the bag with some of the others. Then she stops and looks around. She looks to the room she stayed in, the very same room where she first moved after she grew up from her toddler ways.
The room she shares with Leni is now devoid of some of her things, even the closet is lacking some items. But she kept a box in the room and it's still there, and is now labeled for Leni. 'This is it, today is the day I take off from this home and head for college.'
"Hey Lori." Lori turns around to see her sister, her little sister a year younger than her. "Do you….. Do you need help with packing?"
"No, I'm already done and also, last night was the best sister to sister talk we've ever had, but you know we can still spend some more time like that when I go to college, we'll always be in…"
Lori is interrupted by Leni hugging her. "I know Lori, I know and I hope you can make it big when you get to Fairway University, we're all gonna be rootin' for you."
Lori smiles and then she sees the rest of her siblings by the door looking at them. Lori smiles. "Bring it in guys." they all go towards Lori and share in this hug. "Things are gonna be different, that we all know, but it's for the better and I know you guys can handle things here."
They soon break away from the hug. "Okay, so before I take my leave from here, I think we all deserve one last day of fun, together" said Lori.
They all smiled hearing that. "So, what's the big plan sis?" asked Lincoln.
Lori smiles and she picks up Lily. "Follow me." They all head out of the room and head downstairs and they he3ad out of the house and see Lynn Sr, Rita, Michelle and Jessica waiting outside by Vanzilla. "Hey guys, ready for this day?" asked Rita.
"We are mom, and dad I'm surprised you haven't broken down yet" said Lori.
"That's because I'm holding it in and waiting to let it all out when you actually have to leave, which is this afternoon and then it'll be so much tears" said Lynn Sr. He takes a deep breath and does his best to remain calm.
"Yeah, your dad has been doing this like ten times today" replied Michelle. They all head into Vanzilla.
"Um, why the heck is Jessica in here?" asked Lola. "Sorry, just needed to ask."
"Well, since she never has this kind of moment with her brothers because they're all jerks, we're gonna let her tag along to have some fun before she has to leave for college too" replied Lori.
"I also know about this, and I agree with Lori. For this whole day, Jessica Carson will temporarily be, Jessica Loud. Your brother's don't know how to enjoy a last and memorable moment, but we do" replied Lincoln.
Jessica smiles hearing this. They look to the others and they all agree to this, she has been through so much trouble because of her four brothers, so why not let her be part of their fun, before she heads out to college alongside Lori.
"Okay, guys, everyone buckled up and ready back there?" asked Lynn Sr. They all give a big. "Let's go!" Lynn Sr chuckles and he starts up Vanzilla and they leave the drive way and make their way away from the house.
They do spot Mr. Grouse waving at them from his home, he'll keep an eye on their house while they're gone.
"So dad, anything from Carol earlier?" asked Lori.
"She said she's spending a day with her family at the park, then she'll come by to our place to see if you're ready to go along with Jessica" replied Lynn Sr.
"You're friends Dana and Becky are also going to take off soon, and so is Whitney. The only one who'll still be in Royal Woods would have to be Teri, since she's attending the Royal Woods Community college" replied Rita.
Lori smiles. "Well, Teri wouldn't wanna be too far from her family and her baby sister. Dad, did you find someone who would take Carol's spot in cooking?"
"Sure did, I get to meet the new sue chef on Saturday and she will shock everyone when you all head there, okay so Lori won't be there so we'll inform you via text" replied Lynn Sr.
"There's just one thing we wanna know Lori" said Luan. "Where the heck are we even going?"
Lori smirks. "You'll see guys, you'll see." Then they see a familiar van following them. "And it looks like we have another family joining in for the last ride." The van behind them are the Rosato's of course.
(Dairyland Amoosement Park.)
They soon arrive to their destination, and this makes the loud kids happy to see the place, Jessica on the other hand is confused. "Dairyland Amoosement Park? Is it as good as Disneyland?"
"Technically, Disneyland is far more formidable than this, but we so enjoy the full extent of fun and good memories here. For we louds have all gone through this place as a trial of how much fun we have, and since you Jessica Caron are a temporary loud, then it is our honor to have you be part of this fun of ours, just as a loud would do" replied Lisa. They all agree to that one.
Jessica smirks. "Okay then, show me what awesomeness this place has in store."
They all get out of Vanzilla and make their way to the entrance, and turns out Lori is paying for all of this
The Rosato van also parks and coming out are Jordan and her parents. "So glad I could catch up. I didn't wanna miss out on this one day to have fun with Lori, before you have to go."
Lori smiles. "Well, I do see you as family too Jordan, since one day you and Lincoln are literally gonna be forever." Lori goes over and hugs Jordan and she hugs her too.
Soon, the eagles come down and land onto the shoulders of Lincoln, Jordan, Luna and also to Lori?"
"Looks like they wanna be part of this too" said Lincoln. "I thought they were flying off to go hunting, guess they changed they're mind." He pets Patriot and Harrier.
"So, where do we go to first?" asked Luna.
Lori then looks to them. "How about, we start from youngest to oldest, so first up has to be Lily."
Lily giggles and smiles. "Cawousel! Cawousel!"
"Looks like we're going to the carousel, some of us might be a little too old for it, but this is our last day of fun with Lori" said Lynn Jr. "So, let's make the most of it!"
"Yeah!" They all make their way to the carousel, Lori smiles seeing just how this day was gonna fo for her and her family, while Jessica looks forward to what it's like to have one last family moment with the louds and what it would've been like if she had siblings who all wanted to show one last good ride before she leaves.
(Dairyland fun time montage.)
They all have a blast at Dairyland and the Carousel, they even run into Darcy and Teri, they too were spending some sibling time there before both have to go to school tomorrow and Lily was happy for this to be the first of their fun.
Next, they went to take some pics with Tippy the cow, and for once Lucy was okay with this. Even though the cow feels like it freaks her out, she is a girl for darkness and the happy cow was something she has to tolerate.
They head to the Tippy bumper zone and this time Lynn doesn't go aggro on everyone, but instead has fun bumping around her siblings and having fun.
They then go to the many rollercoasters around the Amoosement Park, though on each one Lana hasn't thrown up, yet. It wasn't until they make it to the Milk Shaker that she finally throws up and when the ride ends, they all make a retreat to vomit into some trash bins after seeing that.
They soon enjoy some of the food the place has to offer, from Funnel cakes, pop-corn to cotton candy.
After wards they take they're fun to some of the games all over the place and they all try their hardest to win a prize, and thank goodness no Flip was around to make the whole thing hard for any of them. For some reason, Michelle and Jessica ace each of the games with such determination, almost like they saw an enemy they wanted to knock down. (Hint: Doug Rockwell and the Caron Brothers.)
They should be cautious when they recall they're enemies.
They also go to the Dairy's cheese funhouse which was an awesome time and everything smelled like cheese, and they made sure Lana wouldn't eat the walls or everything else, it smells like cheese, but everything is not made of cheese.
But throughout each time they have some fun, Lori would take a picture of this moment with her phone, so she can be able to recall all that has happened, Lynn Sr does the same with his camera to treasure these last fun memories of Lori and her family, Jessica does the same thing too.
(End of montage.)
Lori is now by the picnic benches and she enjoys eating some of the cotton candy she got and the Tippy utters hat on her head. 'This brings back so many good memories. '
"Hey Lori." She turns around to see her brother Lincoln going towards her. "Mind if I sit?"
"Go ahead bro." Lori scooches over a little and she lets Lincoln sit next to her. "So, how are the others doing now?"
"Well, all of them are planning to go round two on the last locations, including Jordan and Lynn on the bumper cars, the eagles are flying high and enjoying the sights and I think Leni is bringing Jessica and Michelle to the gift shop, and Luna just ran into Sam and they're both gonna spend some time at the tunnel of love" replied Lincoln.
Lori smirks. "Yup, we're all enjoying this day. I'm glad we're all having fun."
"Yeah" replied Lincoln. "Lori, I know you won't be there for us anymore, and soon there will be tears from all of us and things won't be the same."
Lori can sense how sad he is, she too is sad and soon the others will as well.
"But, we know this won't be goodbye forever, just until next time. We'll hold our own, and we'll be sure that whatever happens we'll get through it all" replied Lincoln. "We'll keep an eye on things and assure to that the whole family doesn't fall apart while you're not around. You can count on me, Leni, Luna, Luan and possibly Lynn, to get the job done."
Lori smiles hearing this.
"We'll see you in holidays, or when you get a break from college, then we can spend so much time together, but in the meantime when we all have free time we can chat with you through the computer and if something bad happens, then we know who to talk to when the others aren't around" replied Lincoln. "You've been the one to keep us in line, well now we'll keep ourselves in line and we the older sibs in the family will follow some of the words and ways that you showed us, you're our inspiration and we're dang right happy to have you as our big sister."
Lori sheds some tears. "Oh Lincoln!" Lori then hugs her little brother and he hugs her back, soon they feel some more arms hug them, the rest of the siblings and parents also join in and so does Michelle, Jordan, the Rosato parents and Sam and Jessica.
These will be moments that will be truly memorable. Then Lori has an idea, they depart from the hug. "How about we end this day in style." They all look to what she's looking at and they all smile.
Soon, all of them are in a cart on the Ferris wheel. Lori, with Lincoln and Jordan, Leni with Michelle and Jessica, Luna and Sam with Lucy, Luan with the Twins, Lynn Jr and Lisa, Rick and Jesse and the last one has Rita, Lynn Sr and Lily.
They all enjoy seeing the whole Amoosement Park and the sun slowly getting half way there to being a sunset. Lincoln and Jordan hold hands seeing this and Lori puts her arms around them and pulls them close to her. "This has been a very memorable day, and I will always treasure it." She then pulls out her phone and she takes a selfie with Lincoln and Jordan.
(The Loud House.)
They soon are back home and all of them are bringing out all of Lori's bags and they pack it into the trunk of her car. Also there, are Carol, Dana, Becky and Whitney with their rides and all packed up.
Lori looks to her siblings, and parents and all the pets. She then goes to each of them. "Mom, dad. I hope you guys can handle things while I'm gone, just try and be there for the others and also maintain order and I'm also gonna miss being the manager of the restaurant. It sure was fun."
"We'll do all we can Lori, you have our word" said Rita.
Lynn Sr starts to cry. "I'm going to miss you so much Lori, my first baby girl is now leaving the nest! I'll always treasure the memories of today and the memories from long ago and the ones we had at the restaurant." Yup, he saved up so much tears and emotions, also someone give him a tissue.
Lori then goes to her siblings. "Lisa, make sure that no explosions happen while I'm gone, we don't want things to go bad and hurt the others, okay?"
Lisa nods. "I shall Lori, and like I said. Since everything that has happened to me during the summer, I will do less on science and everything and do what I can to have fun as the normal 5 year old does, and also be there for my little sister."
Lily goes over and hugs Lisa, then she hugs Lori. "Bye Lowi."
Lori chuckles. This reminded her so much of Lincoln and the others back then. "See you soon Lily." she kisses her forehead and then goes to the next sisters.
"Lola, Lana, try not to make things hard for everyone in the house and I know you two will improve and stop with the fighting and trouble."
"No promises Lori, but we'll give it our all and if we have a nightmare, then we can either go to Leni or the others for some comforting moments" said Lana.
"I'll show some honor and respect when I do pageants and I'll also see if I can do less trouble around town, especially when I tag team with Lana" replied Lola.
They then hug Lori and she hugs them. Soon Lori goes to Lucy and Lucy hugs her immediately. "See you soon little miss Spooky."
Lucy smiles and hugs her. "I'll make sure that whatever happens, the little sister won't do any wrong. I'll do my part in stepping up as a big sister, like you did." This makes Lori smile and she kisses Lucy's forehead.
Then Lori goes to Lynn Jr. Lynn sight. "Go out there and show those other college guys who's good on the course, and show some respect and honor to the competition, but if they don't then show them no mercy sis."
Lori hugs Lynn. "I'll miss our small golf competitions too sis." Lynn tries not to cry, but she sheds some tears and hugs her older sister, they both have a thing for sports. Even though what they like is far different from each other, it's still sports.
Lori then goes over to Luan and Leni. "Guys, I think you two should be roommates."
This shocks them, mostly to Luan and Leni. "What?"
"Lori, are you sure about this?" asked Luan.
Lori nods. "You both know how to have fun and at times be kind hearted and I know Luan could learn a thing or two from responsibility from Leni, just don't try and bug each other with some of your things."
Leni and Luan hug Lori. "We will sis, and I promise that I won't do any more mean pranks to my new roommate, but I'll always do my signature puns."
Lori smirks. "That's one thing we're all okay with. Take care Luan and keep the laughs and smiles going." Lori then looks to Leni. "You got this sis."
Leni nods and sheds some tears and she hugs Lori. "I always do Lori, I might not be able to be you, but I'll give it my all and make sure everyone is okay and not causing trouble. You were my first best friend and I'll never forget that, we'll always be sisters no matter how far away we are!"
Lori sheds some tears as she hugs Leni. She was going to miss being the roommate of Leni, and all the fun they had. They soon depart from the hug. "Leni, listen to me. There's a box in the closet, it has your name on it. When the time is right, when you feel like it, the open it. Whatever is in there, is all yours."
Leni nods. "Okay Lori, okay."
Lori then goes to Luna. "So, this is it huh big sis?" said Luna.
"Yeah, I guess it is" replied Lori. "Whatever happens, I know I can count on you to take care of everything, mostly to Lincoln and Jordan. You're the legal guardian to the two of them and by far the second responsible person amongst the siblings, and no matter what trouble gets in the way, I know you can fight it all, with the others by your side."
Luna sheds some tears and she hugs her older sister. "We had our ups and downs sis, but I'll never forget who inspired me to be the best big sis and middle child of the family. See you alter sis!"
Lori hugs her back. "Rock on and keep the dreams going little sis." They then break from the hug and Lori looks to Lincoln and Jordan who are both talking and sharing one last hug from Carol, they already had some talk with Dana, Becky and Whitney.
Carol then steps aside and let's Lori take her turn. Lori goes down to the level of the two lovers. "Middle School is coming and I know that you two can handle it, especially with some family issues as well."
"We know what to do Lori, this is gonna be a big thing for the two of us and for you going to college is your big thing" replied Jordan.
"If I do have some issues, I know I can talk to the others for some advice and comfort, but I'll always talk to you for when things do go way out of hand Lori" replied Lincoln.
They then hug Lori. "See you guys soon, and keep this love going, you're both meant for each other and I will always admit I was truly wrong about Linc and his relationships, because there is no other girl I would want my little brother to have, than to be with the one who I am hugging now."
"Good bye Lori" replied Lincoln and Jordan.
They then depart from the hug and Lori goes to Michelle, and the eagles. "Take care guys, and keep an eye on everyone. You guys are also family and I wouldn't be any more proud at how far you guys have come."
Michelle hugs Lori. "We will Lori, we will and I'll try and keep things in line, when they need an adult to keep an eye on them." The eagles also nod, they're gonna do what they can to take care of everyone, even the pets go over, and we're gonna miss being around Lori too.
Then Jessica goes to all of them. "Thank you, all of you. For letting me enjoy this moment of family." She then hugs all the louds and they hug her too. She was glad she got one day to be one of them, she has a lot to tell to her parents and little sister later when she video chats.
(Cue them song: See you again.)
Lori then looks to her friends. "Time to head off Lori" said Becky. Jessica goes into Carol's car. (Yeah, she didn't bring her car with her.)
Lori nods and is about to head to her car, but then she turns around and goes back for one last family group hug. ."Goodbye everyone, take care and I'll see you all soon."
They all shed tears in this group hug. "Good bye Lori."
They soon depart from the hug and Lori looks to her family, all of them with tears of joy, Lori was happy at how far their lives have come. She is the first born and now she is the first to take the next step, to adulthood.
Lori gets into her pink Cadillac Eldorado and she starts her engine and so do the others. She looks to her family and smiles, seeing them wave at her and recalling all they have done. From humble beginnings, troubled times and the day their lives became incredible and she looks to the two kids who are holding hands, the Jordacoln spark that started it all and made them all what they are now.
Lori then drives off with the others following as well. Lori then looks to the mirror and smiles seeing them all wave to her, she was gonna miss them and they were gonna miss her, but they'll meet again, soon.
Lori then sees some people and friends waving towards her, giving her a good luck for college. 'Lincoln, he knows how to make things awesome with his plans. Good bye everyone, till we meet again.'
Everyone in Royal Woods, even the louds all watch as Lori and her friends are no longer in view. They have left Royal Woods, and college awaits them.
The louds all look to each other with tears and hug each other. The Loud House won't be the same anymore, for now it's a house with one boy and nine girls. But they'll manage, they always do.
(Nighttime.)
Leni comes into the room and in her night gown, she sees some of Luan's things are in the room and she sees Luan fast asleep. Leni smiles and kisses her little sister's forehead and she looks to the time which is now 9 PM, they have school tomorrow and Leni is going to be a senior.
Leni then recalls something, she goes to the closet and she sees the box with her name on it just sitting on the shelf. She brings it down and she goes to her bed.
Leni opens it and is shocked at what she sees, they were the hand-me-down clothes that Leni has had her eye on, the clothes that got her attention and they all once belonged to Lori, and she sees a photo album with the name "Memories of my Frit Best Friend."
Leni opens it and she enjoys going through all the memories she had that made things the best she had, from the day she met her first best friend, roommate and sister, Lori Marie Loud.
To be continued …..
A/N: And farewell to Lori Loud, they'll see her again soon. Most of the new chapters won't have much Lori in them, we might see her when they have video chats, next is time for them to take their path back to school. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 8/8/20 – 8/9/20.