Reversal of Fortune: Chapter 6: East Side Story

(Time Skip: 12:30 PM)

As the school bell rung signifying the start of lunchtime, Clincoln McCloud argued over where to spend their lunch.

Lincoln begged, "Come on Clyde, you've gotta look out for your boy. We've gotta hide!"

Clyde urged Lincoln, "Yo, lowe di baddies! Dey blessin us, styll!"

As Lincoln opened his mouth to continue to plead with Clyde to reconsider, he heard Gabby whisper, "Oh my god, is that…", before Rachel yelled, "THAT'S HIM!"

When Lincoln turned his head around in the girls' apparent direction, he saw a huge group of girls squealing loudly as they closed in on Clincoln McCloud. When Lincoln saw the frenzied girls, he asked Clyde, "Uhh… how do you define 'blessing' us? Because it looks like those girls are trying to mob us."

When Clyde saw the speed and fervor with which the girls were approaching him & Lincoln, he quickly realized they would likely paralyze either himself, Lincoln, or both of them. With this in mind, Clyde warned Lincoln while pointing down the hall, "Holyy. Let's dip!"

Clyde started to take off before turning back towards Lincoln, noticing his confusion, and yelling to him, "RUN!", before accelerating down the hall yet again.

As Clincoln McCloud ran through the halls to evade the girls, they passed by Miss Allegra, who yelled at them, "HEY! NO RUNNING IN THE HALLS!" A split second later, Miss Allegra yelped in horror before being trampled by the crowd of girls chasing Clyde.

When Lincoln and Clyde saw the door to the boys' bathroom, they gasped, "The boys' bathroom!"

Clyde then slammed the door to the boys' bathroom open before pulling Lincoln in. As they panted behind the bathroom door, they heard the muffled, wildly excited cheers and footsteps of girls approaching and getting louder before they ultimately faded into the distance. After the cheers faded away, they wiped their foreheads clean of sweat with a joint, "Phew," before Lincoln put his ear to the door to listen for cheering sounds. When Lincoln heard no cheering sounds, he said to Clyde, "I think we lost them."

Clyde concurred, "Yeah."

A relieved Lincoln and Clyde triumphantly exclaimed, "Clincoln McCloud!", before Lincoln suggested, "Let's hide in the stall so no one in here sees us & mobs us."

Clyde replied, "Say less," before the two hid in the stall furthest from the entrance, which fortunately, was both open and clean. After struggling to manuever around the stall, Clyde finally settled himself on the far side of the stall, while Lincoln positioned himself on the near side.

Once they settled in, Lincoln, still nervous about sharing his story, asked, "So Clyde… how was Canada?"

At his question, Clyde burst into a radiant smile and cheerfully started his story, "So yo, take this in."

Flashback: Saturday, September 24, 2016; 3:00 AM
McBride Driveway
Royal Woods, MI

After the McBrides threw the last of their suitcases in the family van, Howard scanned the driveway for potential assailants. When Howard saw that the coast was clear, he whispered loudly to his family, "Get in!"

At once, all 3 McBrides jumped in the van and buckled their seatbelts. After buckling up, Harold locked the car, put it in drive, and stepped on the gas as the McBrides sped off into the night.

The McBrides quickly made it onto the eastbound lanes of I-696. When they saw the "Welcome to Beaverton" sign east of I-75, all 3 McBrides breathed enormous sighs of relief. After doing so, Clyde asked, "So, we're really going to Canada, huh?"

Harold sighed, "Because you want to, dear. With that Sharp girl looking after Cleopawtra and Nepurtitti for us, and the Helmandollars getting our mail, we can hide until this whole 'Girl Guru' mess you and Lincoln got yourselves into dies down."

Clyde couldn't agree more with that logic. Lincoln had nearly physically fought him after the whole "5 pies for the price of 4" deal, and almost everyone at Royal Woods Elementary still gave him scathing looks whenever he passed by them. However, Lincoln knew of Clyde's family's escape plan and swore himself to secrecy, despite their recent fight.

(Scene Change: 5 hours later: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)

As the McBride van sped down a sunlit Brimley Road, Clyde was curled up in a near-fetal position, looking traumatized.

"So… many… trucks," Clyde shivered with a shellshocked expression on his face.

Harold sighed, "I know. But that's what you get for taking the 401. I should've known."

Howard tried to reassure Clyde, "But look at it like this, you get to meet your grandpa, uncle, aunt, & cousins. Isn't that cool?"

Clyde nodded, "Mm-hmm."

(Time Skip: 15 minutes later)

Harold said, "OK, we're past Kingston so we're getting close. It's supposed to be by the school, so we've just got a little bit."

Waze seemed to agree, telling Harold, "In 0.1 miles, turn left, then, you'll arrive. In 0.1 miles."

Obeying the GPS, Harold did just that, making the next left onto Barker Street. When he did, he immediately found the house he was looking for. The house remained as he had left it 20 years earlier: an old house with a red brick exterior and a flat roof, with the road past it littered with parked cars. From the outside, it appeared to have a 2-car garage with plenty of space on the front lawn and a balcony overlooking the family's side backyard. Fortunately, Harold managed to park on the near side of the driveway. The family then emptied out of the van, suitcases in tow, and walked up the black steps to the black door, complete with decaying wood.

After Harold rung the doorbell, the door opened to reveal a tall, wrinkled black man with a medium-length beard and black dreadlocks. The man was wearing a multi-colored Rastafarian shirt with a red, yellow, and green tricolored design, black shorts, and black sandals on his feet.

Upon seeing Harold for the first time, he greeted Harold solemnly, "Ja, Harold."

Harold greeted in kind, "Hi, Horace. Thanks for offering your home to us in our time of need."

Horace responded, "No problem mon. Mi ah jus happy ya got here safe, ya know. Here, take ya bags down ah di basement, ya sleep down dere."

Harold questioned, "But what about…"

Horace interrupted, "Relax, mon. I know we had some problems dem, but at di end of di day - we ah family… and family mus stick together."

Harold nodded as he & Howard walked silently past Horace McBride. Clyde grew nervous at the slight glare Horace gave Howard as he walked past him, but ultimately decided to trust in the "winning smile" his dads often bragged about. After breathing into his paper bag, Clyde stepped on the welcome mat, anxiously smiled at Horace, and awkwardly waved, "Uh… hi. Uncle Horace? Or Grandpa? What am I calling you?"

When Horace heard and saw Clyde, he jubilantly cheered, "Uhhh uhh, but wait? So ah this di Clyde Harold tell me so much good tings about? Relax, mon, you good! Just call me Uncle Horace!"

Horace then pulled Clyde into a big hug, which Clyde returned after some initial hesitance. After letting go of the embrace, Clyde tried to assertively shake Horace's hand and look him in the eye as he said, "Nice to meet you, Uncle Horace!"

Horace chortled, "Haa, This bwoy ah funny man, eh? Go thru, go thru!"

When Clyde took his first step in the house, Harold firmly reminded him, "Ey bwoy, take off di shoes, no shoes inna di house!"

Clyde, looking at the long row of shoes on either side of him, quickly caught onto the unwritten house rule and took his shoes off. Once he did so, Horace stepped to the side, allowing Clyde to take in the house. It was a finished house with wooden flooring, wooden staircases, and pictures of a bunch of kids, which reminded Clyde of Lincoln's house. When Clyde made it to the living room, he saw six dark-skinned, muscular, tall teenagers sitting on or surrounding the white couch marked with floral designs, staring at the TV. They favored Clyde with scrutinizing looks, daring him to do or say anything stupid to introduce himself. The awkward silence lasted for half a minute before one of the teens walked up to Clyde. Judging by his fully-formed stubble that bordered on being a short beard and him being the tallest and most muscular of the group, Clyde guessed that he was the oldest of the teens.

The teen introduced himself by sarcastically asking the rest of his brothers, "Yo, who is this guy?", to which the rest of his brothers laughed.

Clyde stuttered, "Uhh… C-Clyde. Clyde McBride. I'm in 5th grade, and I'm from Royal Woods, Michigan."

The teen asked, "Where's that at?"

Clyde answered, "Oh, just outside Detroit."

The dreadlocked teen smiled, "OK, OK. Mans saying his ends around the D. Jheeeeeez. Yo the D makes mans hard fam." He then confidently and warmly introduced himself, "Yo, wagwan, I'm Mark. Welcome to my ends. Just know I run tings out here."

Mark McBride gave Clyde a strong bro handshake-and-hug greeting before telling the rest of his brothers, "Eyy, take in di new cuzzo!" The brothers then walked up to Clyde and introduced themselves in descending order of height and muscularity as Clyde apprehensively smiled at them.

One brother with short dreadlocks greeted, "Wagwan, fam, I'm Harvey."

Another brother with braids said, "Yeah, wagwan, I'm Desmond."

Another brother wearing a du-rag with waves introduced himself, "What are you saying, fam, I'm Vince."

Another brother with a prominent pompadour fade told Clyde, "Wagwan, I'm Devon, but everybody around here calls me DK."

The entire group of brothers started hyping Devon up, loudly chanting the name DK, which made Clyde laugh. Finally, the youngest of the brothers approached Clyde. He seemed to have a combination of Lynn Jr.'s musculature and Luan's height, and topped it off with a pompadour fade that made him almost look like a model.

He introduced himself to Clyde, in a higher-pitched voice than the other brothers, "My name's Jaden."

Clyde relaxed around Jaden and returned his handshake, "Nice to meet you, Jaden", before asking, "Hey, I met your dad. Where's your mom?"

Mark told Clyde, "Don't worry about her. She ah sleep."

Clyde then asked, "And what about Grandpa Terrance and Nana Gayle?"

Harvey informed Clyde, "Him inna surgery, him an Nana Gayle nah come back fi ah couple days."

Clyde gasped before asking, "Oh my god, is he OK?"

Harvey assured Clyde, "He good, mon."

As Clyde continued to talk with his long-lost cousins, he learned a lot about them. Mark was a 19-year-old community college sophomore at nearby Seneca College. Harvey was an 18-year-old college freshman studying computer science at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus. Desmond was a high school senior who rapped at local parties and looked to make it big as a rap star someday. Vince was a high school junior and the athlete of the group, playing football and basketball and running track. Devon was a high school sophomore who liked to produce hip-hop beats for Desmond and do calisthenics at nearby parks. And finally, there was Jaden, a 13-year-old high school freshman and nerd of the group. Jaden liked Ace Savvy, Rip Hardcore, and Super Mega Brawlers Turbo Fighter, but also didn't mind playing a game of 2K or real-life basketball with his brothers. However, Clyde was undoubtedly the star of the conversation. His cousins laughed loudly at both the tales of the Loud House, Clyde's home life, and Clyde's school life.

As they talked, Mark probed, "So, Clyde, you got any sweet tings in mind?"

Clyde asked, "What?"

Harvey clarified, "What he means is, is there a girl you like?"

Clyde immediately sighed dreamily, "Well, there is this girl, Lori Loud."

Desmond gasped, "Hold up, Lori Loud? You mean, your best friend's sister?"

Clyde nodded, to which the brothers grumbled in disapproval and shook their heads.

Mark scolded Clyde, "You're breaking the bro code, eh. That's a snake ting to do. Don't snake your day 1 mans, eh? Ya betta find other gyaldem," to which his other siblings nodded.

Clyde defended, "Yeah, but have you seen her? She's like, a goddess! Whenever I see her, I get a nosebleed and I faint, I find her so pretty."

To prove his unimpressed cousins wrong, Clyde pulled out his phone, unlocked it, and opened the Instapic app after scrolling through various pages of app icons. Once Clyde was on Instapic, he typed in Lori's Instapic handle, literally_lori, on the search bar, and clicked on the first entry he found, revealing Lori's Instapic page and all her pictures.

Clyde acknowledged, "Huh, she unblocked me," before scrolling through her pictures and saying to himself, "Come on, where is it?"

When Clyde finally found the picture of Lori he wanted to show to his cousins, he pressed his thumb on it, making it take up his whole phone screen.

"Ah… here she is," Clyde dreamily sighed, "the beautiful Lori Loud," somehow not fainting and bleeding out from his nose like he usually did.

Upon looking at Lori's picture, all of Clyde's cousins reacted with excitement and delight.

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!", Mark cheered.

"JHEEEEEEEZE!", whooped Harvey.

"YOOOOOO! WHAT'S HER IP, FAM?! IM SLIDIN IN RIGHT NOW, STYLL!", Desmond screamed.

"PINE & WINE PON DI BAD GYALS! I RATE HER, STYLL!", complimented Vince.

"AYYYYYYY!", hollered Devon.

"Buh… buh… buh," stammered a red-faced and blushing Jaden.

The McBride cousins hooted and hollered for a full minute when their mom came downstairs and yelled at them, "Eyyy eeey, unuh cova yuh mouth and stop yuh noise! Mi ah try get some sleep! Yu unu know how fi wispa! Mi should give yuh one lick unu yuh head to knock some sense inna yuh!"

Mark urged Aunt McBride, "Mi sorry, mada, wi ah jus get excited."

Aunt McBride sighed, "OK, mi ah come downstairs," before warning, "Buh yuh betta hush yuh mouths! Nuh mek mi tell yuh again!"

Aunt McBride stomped downstairs with a black bandana covering her short black hair, a tan floral sundress covering her body, and an exasperated look on her face. But when Aunt McBride saw Clyde, who she heard was coming to visit, she ran towards him and hugged him, exclaiming, "Buhh Jesus - Clyde? Ahh Clyde dis? Ahhh, dis di bwoy fi mi usband did tell mi bout! Suh nice tuh finally si yuh!"

After Aunt McBride let go of Clyde, she introduced herself, "My name's Pam. Buh call mi Auntie Pam."

Clyde shook Pam's hand and smiled, "Well, nice to meet you to, Auntie Pam."

Pam chuckled as she told her sons,"Yuh si him? Him such ah good boy. Yuh behave like him, yuh gonna have a good life, mi ah tell yah."

The boys groaned jokingly, with Mark begging, "Mama, we just linked up with Clyde. Lowe us!"

Pam sighed, "Eh-huh. Irie, now yuh nuh disturb mi while mi a mek breakfast fi unuh. Clyde, bwoy yuh gon luv it!"

As Pam walked to the kitchen and started cooking breakfast, Mark teased Clyde, "So, you're feeling this ting, eh?"

Clyde dreamily sighed, "Yeah. I wanna take her to prom, marry her, and have a family."

The boys laughed at Clyde's proclamation of love for Lori, with Desmond arguing, "Yeah, but you're a twerp out here, guy. She looks our age. I should have her, eh?"

Vince shouted, "No, I should!"

The boys then started yelling at each other over who would have the right to date Lori.

"You just gon' pine & cut! You not bout cuffin'!", Devon yelled at Mark.

"You're a baby out here!", Mark yelled at Jaden.

Pam quickly shouted, "Nuh mek mi cum ova deh suh!", ending the argument before Harvey asked, "So, what's her IP?"

Clyde answered, "literally_lori. Now…"

As soon as Clyde gave his cousins Lori's Instapic handle, they immediately ignored him and furiously typed Lori's handle on each of their phones. They then followed Lori on Instapic & liked all her pictures, except for the ones featuring her boyfriend, who Clyde knew as Bobby.

(Scene Change: Dining Room, Loud House)

Lori saw 7 new notifications from her Instapic app ping her in rapid succession while she ate breakfast. The first 6 told her she had a new follower, while the final one told her, "You have 6 new followers."

Lori squealed, "6 new followers already today? I'm so loved!" She felt even better when she received notifications of her new followers liking all her pictures.

(Scene Change: Living Room, McBride Cousins' House)

As Clyde's cousins viewed Lori's pictures, they kept finding reasons to go crazy over her.

"Jheez, she got 10 sisters! And most of them are sweet tingz!", Jaden cheered.

"That's Lori's man? Yo, he's baby food!", Vince laughed.

"Yeah, he's a fuckin' gerber, eh? But yo, her friends are baddies, ahlie? I'm DM'ing di gyaldem to fawad to my next concert! Takin 'em to Luxy's, styll!'", Desmond exclaimed.

Clyde's cousins didn't just follow Lori on Instapic that day. They also followed most of the accounts listed as "similar to her," like those of Carol Pingrey, Whitney Wetta, Becky Sweetwater, Sandra Chase, Leni Loud, and Dana and Melissa Fletcher. While going through their pictures, they made many of the same comments they made about Lori.

Desmond even bragged while pointing to his brain, "Yo, see, I didn't just pree that Lori gyal! I pree'd all di gyaldem! That's how mans need to be thinking, you know, you need to take all of dem."

After Clyde's cousins calmed down, Mark walked up to Clyde and explained, "Yo, Clyde, I know ya down bad. She's 17, she's got a man, she's your best friend's sister, and you're a twerp out here, guy. And I mean that in the best possible way."

As Clyde looked down in heartbreak, Mark interrupted him, "However, just because you can't get this girl doesn't mean there aren't others out there, OK? There'll be lots of girls your age who'll be just as good as Lori, if not better."

Clyde started, "But," before Mark shushed him, "I know what you're thinking: it's impossible to find a girl as beautiful as this. Everybody thinks like that at your age. I did, too. I had schoolyard crushes. But after growing up, I realized that pretty girls are everywhere, and it's not worth stressing over just one of them. There's actually so many of them that if you thought like you did now about every one of them, you'd be curled up in your room not knowing what to do. You've ever seen videos of a SMOOCH concert? Or a Boyz Will Be Boyz concert? What do you see there? What do you hear there?"

Clyde replied sheepishly, "Thousands of pretty girls screaming?"

Mark smiled, "Exactly. And have you seen the pictures of some of these girls?"

When Clyde nodded, Mark continued, "From what I've seen on Lori's IP, she even goes to some of those concerts. And there's tons of girls there as pretty as, if not prettier, than her. But what do the artists do? They ignore them and keep playing, and that's why they get the girls."

Clyde implored, "So you're telling me to ignore a girl as beautiful as L-Lori? And I'll get her? How does that even work?"

Mark countered, "My guy, you're practically bowing down to Lori like she's some goddess. How's that been working out for you?"

After Clyde thought back to all the times he tried to talk to Lori and fainted, he looked down and replied, "Not good."

Mark nodded, "Exactly", before suggesting, "Now, come on. There's a guy I want you to watch on YouClip that will help you with this. Search for 'Alpha Male Abundance abundance mindset.' I want you to really take in what he says. Then we'll help you find a new girlfriend who'll make you forget all about Lori, OK?"

Clyde hugged Mark and thanked him, to which Mark said, "No problem. Now go get breakfast, OK?"

As Clyde walked to the kitchen to look for breakfast, Harvey sighed to his disheartened siblings, "Poor Clyde. Mans got bare work to do."

Mark reassured his siblings, "No worries, styll. We'll turn di bwoy around. When we're done with him, Lori will be fainting over him," before cheering, "For Clyde!"

The other siblings cheered in unison, "For Clyde!"

(Time Skip: 1 hour later)

After a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon, Mark invited Clyde to the beach.

Clyde cheered, "The beach? Alright!", before Howard & Harold quickly swooped in, "Uh-uh-uh." They then brought up Clyde's suitcase and frantically packed it while explaining, "Here's your extra swim trunks, floaters, life jackets, allergy medications, inhalers, towels, sandals, water goggles, and SFP...", before Mark interrupted them, "Yo, cool it. Clyde needs the sun," to which Harold and Howard snuck it in Clyde's bag anyways just in case.

(Scene Change: Scarborough Bluffs Beach, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)

Once the McBrides arrived at Scarborough Bluffs Beach, Clyde said to Mark, "Thanks for bringing me out here. A day at the beach, going swimming and building sandcastles is a great way to start my vacation. To get away from it… whoa."

Clyde's attention was instantly taken away by two college-aged blondes that walked past them who happened to look like Leni and Lori Loud, but with bigger boobs, wider hips, and bigger butts, in nothing but 2-piece bikinis. He instantly started bleeding out from his nose before fainting in the presence of hot blondes… again.

As Clyde's cousins laughed uproariously at him, Mark chuckled, "Ok ok… we got a lot more work to do than I thought."

After the McBride cousins woke up Clyde, he quickly hopped to his feet and looked around, stuttering, "Who were they?", causing the McBride cousins to laugh even harder at Clyde.

Mark then walked up to Clyde and joked, "So Clyde feelin' the blonde shorties, eh? Ok ok… jheeeeeze this guy's kinda greezy." Mark then told Clyde, "Take it in, there finna be bare shorties walkin' this beach just as bad, if not badder. Wearing next to nothing. I'm not tryna rescue mans out here all day, and neither are di brodem. Tho it's a lighter issue, it's still cheesin' me. We're tryna game a few tings, styll. You wanna survive in these ends, you need to toughen up. Or else, di brodem takin' you back."

Clyde squeaked, "B-but those girls are beautiful! Hot, even!"

Harvey lectured Clyde, "Look, there's plenty of sweet tings out there. But take it in, every ting on this beach is usually sweet. But most of them dutty, a cyattie, or some combination. Now a ting that's sweet, not dutty, and not a cyattie… that's the Holy Trinity!"

The other cousins cheered, "Jheez!", or, "Ahlie!" in approval.

Desmond then explained to Clyde, "You pree every ting you see like that, they gonna think you off the Henny."

Clyde asked, "What?", to which Desmond clarified, "They're gonna think you're crazy & weird, & they won't want you. You don't want that, right?"

Clyde sighed, "No."

Desmond replied, "Bless. Now, you see that ting over dere under the yellow and white umbrella?"

Clyde nodded as he turned to the girl Desmond was pointing at: a white girl that looked to be around Clyde's age with dirty-blonde hair and a rainbow-colored swimsuit.

Clyde then looked back to Desmond, who instructed him, "Now go over there and talk to her."

Clyde nervously replied, "What?"

Vince encouraged, "Yeah. Go over dere & talk to di girl. Di worst she can do is say no."

Clyde fretted, "Eh, I don't know. Have you seen some of the ways the girls Lincoln likes have rejected him? Plus, what if she puts me on Instapic or YouClip & roasts me? I've seen those videos… I don't want to be the next creep!"

Vince insisted, "Bro, you're hundreds of miles from home, in a big city, in a major tourist attraction… she likely won't ever see you again. And if she does do that stuff… that means she's got problems, not you. Think about it, you don't want to hurt her, right?"

Clyde nodded, and Vince replied, "Exactly. Now go over there, talk to the girl, and just be yourself."

Clyde smiled at Vince, but trembled as he struggled to walk up to the girl, who seemed to be surrounded by her parents. After Clyde walked directly behind the girl's tanning chair, he looked back to his cousins, who signaled for him with their fingers to go to the side of the girl.

Clyde walked far enough to the side of the tanning chair where he was clearly in not only his target's line of sight, but that of the rest of her family as well. He then stuttered, "H-hi. I'm Clyde. I think you're pretty."

The stunned girl scowled at Clyde as her family stared him down. Clyde, now terrified, took her scowl as a "no," and stammered, "O-ok. N-nice to meet you. Bye," while backpedaling away from the conversation.

When Clyde returned to his cousins' side, many of them yelled, "NO!", or "What are you doing out here, guy?"

Devon cried, "NO, mon, no! Ya dun cut wen she give ya a dutty look!"

Vince exclaimed, "Yeah, ya cyaan cut on di first glare! What's wrong with dis guy? Getting violated by tings!"

Even Jaden complained, "Yo, this guy's a Gerber out here!"

Clyde beseeched his cousins, "What… what do you even mean? What did I do wrong?"

Harvey firmly explained, "Clyde, mans are sayin ya can't back out nervously like that when a girl ignores you or looks at ya like that. She's just gonna think you're even more of a punk than she already thinks you are. And that's not good."

Clyde panicked, "So w-what do you want me to do? Fight her? I'm no good in confrontations! I need a paper bag! I need a paper bag!" as he started hyperventilating.

Clyde's cousins winced when they watched Clyde hyperventilate before almost collapsing into the hard beach sand. Just as Clyde started to fall over, Mark hugged him tightly, allowing Clyde to stay upright and breathe into his abs until he calmed down. After Clyde thanked the McBride cousins for "saving his life", the McBride cousins huddled away from Clyde to discuss what to do with him.

Jaden sighed, "Poor Clyde."

Devon added, "Yeah, bwoy finna need bare changes to even talk to a gyal, let alone pull dem."

Vince grimaced, "Now we know why di Girl Guru ting dun work."

Mark summarized, "I know. We can't jump this boy straight into gaming tings & expect it to work. Look at him, the man choked under di pressure and got curved," pointing to Clyde still lying despondently on the sand. Mark suggested, "A man has to get… di 'Complete Flex.'"

The other cousins gasped at the mention of the "Complete Flex", with Harvey begging, "No… no way. For him? Will it even work?"

Mark sighed, "It's di only choice we have." He then pointed at Clyde, who was curled up in the fetal position, and asked his brothers, "Ya really leavin this guy out here?"

The McBride cousins gave Clyde pitiful gazes before turning to Mark, who said "We have to do something, styll."

Harvey recommended, "Maybe pree di 'Abundance Mindset' video?"

Mark nodded, "Yeah, Harvey. Yeah, I'll talk to him."

After Mark walked back to Clyde and squatted to reach his level, he gently said, "Clyde, look at me."

Clyde lifted his face and looked at Mark sadly.

When Mark saw Clyde maintain eye contact with him, he praised, "Good. Now, maybe you're not ready for the big leagues yet," while mentally adding, scratch that, not even the little leagues.

Mark resumed, "No problem, you're just gonna need some… more intense changes."

Clyde nervously asked, "What do you mean by… more intense changes?"

Mark explained, "Well, first, remember that 'Alpha Male Abundance' guy we were telling you to watch?"

Clyde nodded, to which Mark continued, "Well, I had my guy go to the car. He's gonna get his phone and we're watching that video right now!"

Clyde asked, "Right now, on such a hot, beautiful day?"

Mark nodded before Jaden walked up to the two of them with Mark's phone. When Jaden handed Mark's phone to him, he mischievously teased Mark, unable to stifle his laughter, "Yo, your side ting & main ting blowin' up your phone right now!"

Mark growled, "Yo, are you dumb? Don't play with me, my guy!", before Jaden broke into hysterical laughter and started running away with his phone. As Mark gave Jaden chase, "Get back here! Don't make me gurks you!" before eventually catching up to Jaden, tackling him, and prying the phone from his hands.

After dusting off his hands, Mark walked back to Clyde and joked while searching for the video he wanted, "My bad. I just had to take care of a waste yute, ya know?"

Jaden yelled, "HEY!", to which Mark and Clyde shared a laugh.

When Mark found the video he wanted, he handed his phone back to Clyde and instructed him, "Now, watch dis, mon."

Clyde took Mark's phone from his hands to see the familiar black buffering screen. Then, the screen came to life, showing the logo of "Alpha Male Abundance" with bombastic sound effects before the sound effects and logo faded out. When they did, a tall, muscular, bald, medium-skinned black man with a goatee dressed in an all-blue striped suit with dark brown dress shoes stepped on a dark stage. The phone roared to life with what sounded like the applause of a large crowd. Judging by the appearance of this video, it appeared as if this man was about to start giving a speech. And as if to prove Clyde right, the man bellowed to the crowd, "Yo, how we doin' abundance motherfuckers!"

The crowd immediately roared so loudly that Clyde jumped back in astonishment. Then, the video continued.

When the crowd calmed down, the man on the screen instructed his audience, "Now, breathe in!"

The crowd loudly inhaled before the man yelled, "ABUNDANCE MENTALITY!"

The crowd cheered back in response, "ABUNDANCE MENTALITY!", with the process repeating itself three more times before the man put his hands down to silence the crowd. His booming voice, positive energy, and accent combined to make the man sounded like a ghetto version of Rocky Johnson, which immediately excited Clyde.

The man then asked the crowd, "Now, when I say abundance mentality, what do I mean by abundance? Mentality?", pausing in between the words of the core philosophy he was trying to preach.

The man continued, pointing at the crowd, "You. Are the prize. That's right, you! Now, I want everybody in this crowd to say, I! Am the prize!"

The crowd yelled back enthusiastically, "I! Am the prize!"

The man yelled, "That's right, you are the prize! Now when I say, I am the prize, what do I mean?"

Clyde continued to watch as Kevin Robinson, known to the world as Alpha Male Abundance, broke down what it meant to have an abundance mindset with women.

Kevin's first main point was, "Put yourself first. PUT. YOURSELF. FIRST. Get your money right, get your physique right, get some hobbies… you've got to think about that before you get a bitch. You've got to get her to respect you if you want her to date you. And putting her first won't get you respect."

As Clyde listened to Kevin explain what "putting yourself first" meant, he realized that most of the guys he saw with a lot of girls in school were good-looking, had stuff going on with their friends every weekend, and had rich parents who allowed them to throw parties, were good-looking. On top of that, they already had lots of girls hanging out with them, so they didn't have to care. From that, Clyde figured out that despite being a good student and a regular "Perfect Attendance" award winner, maybe he hadn't been trying his hardest in school. And maybe he could stand to rebel against his parents' overbearing safety measures a little more. And maybe his wardrobe could use a little upgrade.

As Kevin talked about "one-itis" and "not fussing over one special bitch, 'cause you need to have ten more in line," Clyde thought back to Cristina, the girl Lincoln chased out of their fifth grade class with his video to apologize to his sisters. Clyde realized that Kevin was right: Lincoln treated Cristina like she was special and effectively, from her perspective, put her on a pedestal to make up for showing embarrassing videos of his sisters. Sure, Lincoln did the right thing for his sisters, Clyde thought, but I'll be damned if it didn't fuck up his game.

Clyde's jaw dropped and his eyes popped out of his sockets when he heard, "I don't give a fuck if I lose the bitch at all. I'm tired of fucking… I want a bitch's soul." and the crowd roared with uproarious laughter and cheering.

For Clyde, some of the concepts he heard were unbelievable, and incredibly counter-intuitive. Date multiple women like Lincoln at the Sadie Hawkins Dance? Women won't bring you happiness? Not even Lori? Put yourself first no matter what? 1000 girls in my inbox? No way I could handle that.

When Clyde heard, "No fear of loss. You might get the pussy, but you lost her respect, and it's only a matter of time before that bitch does some dumb shit. These bitches goofy as fuck. These bitches belong to the streets. These bitches will flake on you for any bigger, better option, so stay talking to other females," he wanted to throw that phone as far as he could. That was before he remembered Girl Jordan dumping their group of friends to hang out with the "popular girls" who had access to popular guys who threw crazy parties.

Kevin's next point, "Ima just do my own thing and see them when I see them. They have to respect your time," made Clyde sweat all over his body because he thought back to Lori. Clyde thought back to all the times he tried to monopolize Lori and Lincoln's time just to have a chance with Lori, only for her to freak out over Clyde's nose bleeding all over her shoes. As Clyde thought back to all of the stories Lincoln told him about his sisters bullying him, he finally understood Kevin's main point: girls are people just like guys, and a lot of them are just not worth it.

After nearly 30 minutes of earth-shattering revelations, Kevin concluded his speech, "At the end of the day, remember: do you want her pussy, or do you want her respect? Live for yourself."

The on-screen crowd gave Kevin a loud standing ovation that lasted for minutes. Clyde dropped his sweat-stained phone as he fell backwards into the sand. While the speech's content astonished Clyde, it made perfect sense when he measured it against his and his friends' life experiences. Rusty would try to seduce every lady he came across, only for most of them to be disgusted with him and laugh at him when he inevitably embarrassed himself. Liam and Zach were spastic and could have used a boost in the confidence department, and now that Clyde thought about it, them throwing stuff at him & Lincoln in response to the Girl Guru incident made him think a little less of them. And then, there was Lincoln, who was scared to death of his 10 sisters. Even though it may have been for a good reason, acting scared & sneaky around them certainly wasn't helping Lincoln's case to get what he wanted in that madhouse of a home. Clyde's whole life flashed before his eyes, and he did not like what he saw: a desperate, dweeby guy trying everything to be popular & date Lori, only to fall flat on his face every time.

When Clyde regained his bearings, he thought to himself, this ends today. When Mark saw the newly determined and confident look on Clyde's face, he walked up to him and asked, "Do you understand?"

Clyde responded, "Mark, I understood completely. I am the prize. Not Lori, but me. Let's do this. Not for Lori, but for me."

When Clyde's cousins heard those words, they squealed with joy before immediately hoisting him onto their shoulders, carrying him into the van and buckling him into his seatbelt like a baby. As Clyde's cousins took their seats, Mark, in the driver's seat, cheered, "OK, OK, let's turn Clyde into a sweeterman!"

The siblings cheered once more as the van took off.

Start Montage: "Mambo No. 5" – Loud House Edition – based on the Lou Bega song

(light applause sound effect) Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mambo No. 5. (intro beat starts playing)

(Scene Change: Scarborough Town Centre (STC) parking lot, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)

(intro beat starts playing)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, everybody in the car so come on let's ride

Mark parked the van in a large mall's main lot. As Clyde and the McBride cousins jumped out, they excitedly chatted with each other about what they wanted to buy.

Devon excitedly asked Clyde, "OK, OK, you ready to become a sweeterman?"

Clyde responded, "Oh yeah."

(Scene Change: Inside True Faith, an anchor store at STC)

To Gus' Games & Grub 'round the corner
The boys say they want a large pizza but I really don't wanna

Mark, Harvey, Desmond, Vince, Devon, and Jaden dapped up the store workers, who they apparently knew personally, before dragging Clyde around the aisles.

House party like I had last week
I must stay deep because talk is cheap

Clyde and his cousins held up various clothing items and scanned them before Clyde shrugged his shoulders at a pair of jeans he liked and took them with him into the fitting room.

(Scene Change: Various Fitting Rooms)

I like Cristina, Fiona, Luna, and Rita

Clyde tried on various pieces of clothing, some of which would form the basis of his new outfit at school, while smiling and making goofy poses.

(Cut: About 7 hours later)

And as I continue, you know they're getting sweeter

Clyde came out of the dressing room in the outfit he would later wear to school before looking to his cousins for approval. All 6 of them gave him wide, goofy grins and thumbs-up gestures, which Clyde smiled at before going back into the fitting room to change into his old clothes.

(Scene Change: Checkout Line, True Faith, STC)

So what can I do? I really beg you, my Lord?
To me flirting is just like a sport

With his brothers carrying the rest of the bags, Mark put all the clothes they ordered on the checkout line conveyor belt as the cashier scanned them. A credit card swipe combined with the "cha-ching" sound effect of a cash register confirmed the family's purchase of some of Clyde's new clothes.

(Scene Change: STC Main Concourse)

Anything fly, it's all good, let me dump it
Please set it in the trumpet

Clyde's cousins surrounded him, complimenting him on his new outfit as he walked through the store with a big smile, his shoulders back, and long strides.

As Clyde walked past a couple of middle school girls loitering in the mall, Desmond elbowed Clyde and told him, "Yo, bless these tings!" Clyde gave the girls a cheesy wink and finger-point in their direction, which the girls giggled at in adoration.

(Scene Change: FUTURE FADEZ Barbershop, Sheppard Avenue East & McCowan Road)

A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Fiona by my side

The McBride boys walked in the barbershop and dapped up and bro-hugged all the barbers.

A little bit of Rita's all I need
A little bit of Luna's what I see

Mark and Harvey were seen introducing Clyde to their favorite barber in the shop: a young man with box braids and a short but full beard known as Antoine.

A little bit of Dana in the sun
A little bit of Lori all night long

All 6 brothers were briefly seen getting their hair cut into their preferred styles before the camera panned over to Clyde, completely clad in a barber's cape while Antoine put the finishing touches on his new hairstyle.

A little bit of Cristina, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

Clyde jumped out of the barber's chair, observing his hairstyle in the mirror. Liking what he saw, Clyde immediately gave yet another cheesy smiling point-and-wink gesture to his reflection before walking away from the mirror with swagger.

(Scene Change: Day 2, Early Sunday afternoon, Hakeem Optical, Markham Road & Sheppard Avenue East)

(Trumpet instrumental)

Howard was chatting with a Chinese receptionist in a lab coat with shoulder-length black hair who was giving him Clyde's prescription. After handing Howard Clyde's prescription, the receptionist retreated into a room full of contact lens packs. Once there, she briefly chatted with a tall African man in a lab coat, who handed her the contact lenses that matched Clyde's prescription, which she then gave to Clyde to try on. With his parents accompanying him, Clyde went to a separate table away from the other customers and opened the test contact lens pack, where his parents quickly and heavily sterilized everything before letting Clyde try on his contact lenses for the first time.

Mambo No. 5! Ha…

After quickly blinking his eyes repeatedly to provide moisture to his eyes, Clyde looked into the portable mirror provided to him before attempting to put on the contact lens for his right eye for the first time. Unfortunately, his eye closed too quickly, dropping the contact lens onto the store floor.

(Trumpet note beat plays)

Clyde shrugged at his parents, who shrugged back.

(Scene Change: About an hour later, Scarborough Bluffs Beach)

Jump up and down and move it all around
Shake your head to the sound put your hands on the ground

Clyde was doing sit-ups on the beach's soft sand while Vince held Clyde's legs in place as the rest of Vince's brothers encouraging Clyde. Unfortunately, Clyde struggled mightily before ultimately falling backwards on the sand, resulting in his cousins glancing at each other and shaking their collective heads.

(Scene Change: Late Sunday afternoon, Scarborough Blast MMA, just up the road from the McBride cousins' house)

Take one step left and one step right

Clyde wore a black training shirt, black MMA shorts, a red mouthguard, and protective red boxing gloves. Clyde seemed to be in a weak and generic-looking, but still noticeable, martial arts fighting stance as his cousins watched.

Clyde shuffled his fighting stance to the left, before shuffling it again to the right at the instruction of a young Middle Eastern man named Shakeel.

One to the front and one to the side

Clyde stepped forward in his fighting stance, before shuffling yet again to the right at Shakeel's instruction. This directly squared him up with a small heavy punching bag.

Clap your hands once and clap your hands twice

Shakeel then yelled at Clyde, "Jab!" Clyde gave a left-handed jab at the punching bag at Shakeel's command. Shakeel then commanded Clyde, "Jab-Reverse!", which Clyde obeyed, punching the bag with a left-handed jab, followed by a right-handed cross.

And if it looks like this then you're doing it right

Shakeel then yelled, "Jab-Reverse-Kick!", to which Clyde immediately busted out a jab-reverse punch-roundhouse kick combination that lightly impacted the bag.

(Scene Change: Day 3, Monday, Scarborough Bluffs Beach)

A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Fiona by my side

As Clyde finished a push-up, he looked up to see two cute middle-school-aged girls walking past him. One was a Latina girl with black braided hair in a green swimsuit, while the other one was a tall white girl with a blonde ponytail in a black and yellow swimsuit. Clyde immediately collapsed to the floor, starting to stammer, "Buh... buh...", before shaking his head and saying to himself, "I am the prize." Clyde's cousins saw him blushing and chuckled, with Vince teasing him, "Them right there? That's your cardio workout. Go get 'em, Romeo!", to which Vince's siblings cheered Clyde on.

A little bit of Rita's all I need
A little bit of Luna's what I see

Clyde immediately picked himself up off the sand and ran to get to the girls.

A little bit of Dana in the sun
A little bit of Lori all night long

When Clyde caught up to the girls, he waved at them charismatically. Both girls immediately checked him out and giggled. The Latina girl introduced herself as Cici, while the white girl introduced herself as Phoebe.

A little bit of Cristina, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

Clyde pulled out his phone, exchanged Instapic info with each of the girls, and took a selfie with them, causing Clyde's cousins to give him thumbs-up gestures with goofy grins.

(Scene Change: Day 7, Friday afternoon, ID Shack, Eaton Centre, Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

(Trumpet instrumental, Part 1)

Clyde walked into the store in boots with height-increasing insoles that made him as tall as Jaden. A First Nations Canadian man with a black ponytail was working the cash register. Mark told the man, "Yo, wagwan. Gotta cop a fake ID for my guy," pointing to Clyde before continuing, "We're going out tonight."

The First Nations man responded, "Fake ID, eh? Well, stand right in front of that camera over there."

Clyde walked over to the camera and posed in front of it with a straight face. The picture appeared on an Ontario Health Card in Clyde's name that looked extremely genuine.

(Scene Change: Day 7, Friday night, REBEL Nightclub, Polson Pier, Downtown Toronto)

(Trumpet instrumental, Part 2)

Clyde's cousins were at the front of the line to get into an All Ages event, Summer Wrap-Up 2K16, each with a girl they brought to the party. Clyde was with them, Cici, and Phoebe. The bouncer, a big, burly, bald, clean-shaven black man with sunglasses dressed in all-black, scanned everyone's ID's. After scanning Clyde's ID, the bouncer glared at Clyde suspiciously. Clyde held a steady, blank gaze at the bouncer, causing him to open the velvet rope to let everyone, including Clyde, inside.

Trumpet, the trumpet

Once inside, everyone made their way to the dance floor, where Cici & Phoebe began to grind & twerk on Clyde. A couple of other girls took notice of this, giggled, and joined Cici & Phoebe in dancing with Clyde. One of the new girls was a pretty, tall, thin, white girl named Lainey. She had orange hair, and she wore a pink midriff and light blue miniskirt with black flats. The other one was a medium-height, skinny white girl with long blonde hair, a pale purple T-shirt with a collar, and turquoise Mary Janes over white kneesocks named Taryn.

(Trumpet note)

Taryn, Lainey, Cici, & Phoebe smirked mischieviously at each other.

Mambo No. 5

Taryn & Lainey whisked Clyde away to a private booth at the nightclub.

Ha, ha, ha

Taryn & Lainey seated themselves on either side of Clyde, and simultaneously hugged him and planted kisses on each of his cheeks while taking selfies, which caused Clyde to blissfully smile as his face turned red.

(Scene Change: Day 8, Second Saturday Afternoon, SkyDome, Downtown Toronto)

A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Fiona by my side

The entire McBride family was seated behind the left-field wall to catch the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Cleveland Indians. Everyone was clad from head-to-toe in Blue Jays gear, with Clyde waving a pennant with the team's logo adorned on it.

A little bit of Rita's all I need
A little bit of Luna's what I see

With a full count and 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning with the bases loaded and the Jays down 5-2, the Indians' pitcher served up a fiery and deadly accurate fastball that the Blue Jays' batter hit deep into left field for a walk-off home run. The batter followed this up by flipping his bat in celebration.

A little bit of Dana in the sun
A little bit of Lori all night long

As the ball flew into the left field stands, the crowd's cheers grew louder while Clyde realized that the ball was headed directly for the face of an innocent girl. Clyde stumbled over a couple of pairs of feet before snatching the ball with his outstretched left hand, inches in front of the girl's face.

A little bit of Cristina, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

As the crowd's cheers drowned them out, Clyde took a moment to take in the girl he had just saved. She was a cute white girl with long brunette hair wearing a light purple beret, a t-shirt in horizontal black and white stripes, a pink overall dress, black and white striped socks, and purple shoes. Clyde grinned at the girl, who blushed. When Clyde let go of the baseball to hold the girl's hand directly, she blushed madly.

(Scene Change: Day 8, After the Game, CN Tower, Downtown Toronto)

I do all to fall in love with a girl like you

Clyde and the pink-clad girl, who had since introduced herself to Clyde as Chloe, ran through the queue to the CN Tower elevator holding hands before riding said elevator up, along with the rest of their families, to the 360 Restaurant.

'Cause you can't run and you can't hide
You and me gonna touch the sky

Once the elevator opened, Clyde and Chloe ran out of the elevator, still holding hands, and ran to the window beside the first empty table they saw to take in the spectacular, sunset-kissed view of the Toronto Islands, the Lake Ontario shoreline, and downtown Toronto itself. Clyde marveled at the view in awe. Chloe slyly giggled before leaning against Clyde's shoulder.

(Scene Change: Night 8, McBride Cousins' House)

(Trumpet instrumental)

As the Bouchards dropped Clyde off at his cousins' house, and Clyde stepped out of the car, Chloe also stepped out of the car, took his hands in hers, and looked him deep in the eyes. The two shared a passionate kiss underneath the moonlight before Chloe walked back to her family's car, after which the Bouchards sped off. Clyde, clearly lovestruck by the kiss, stumbled his way inside his cousins' house as his parents held the door open for him. When Howard and Harold saw Clyde about to collapse, Harold caught Clyde in his arms and carried him to their guest bedroom. The McBride cousins watched Clyde with wide, goofy grins while cheering loudly, giving away their hiding spot.

Mambo No. 5! Ha…

As soon as Harold tucked Clyde in, Clyde hugged his pillow and fell asleep practically immediately. The clock read "11:00 PM."

(Scene Change: Day 9, Sunday, Final Day of the Trip, Guest Bedroom)

(Trumpet closing note)

Clyde was still sleeping blissfully as the digital alarm clock on his nightstand read "11:30 AM." He was snuggling his pillow in his arms as if it were Chloe.

When Clyde's parents walked in the room, they briefly gave him adoring glances before Harold walked to Clyde's bedside, ruffled his hair, and gently prodded him, "Clyde… sweetie… time to get up. We have to leave for Royal Woods if you want to be on time for Monday."

Clyde woke up by yawning and stretching his arms. As Clyde's vision focused on his dads, he asked them, "Ayy, wagwan pops? When we gotta cut?"

Harold and Howard looked at each other with a knowing smirk before Howard sweetly told Clyde, "Honey… it's 11:30 AM right now."

Clyde's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he frantically put on his glasses before pressing his thumb on his phone screen to check the time. The phone read 11:32 AM. When Clyde saw the time on his phone, he jumped out of bed and rushed to the guest bathroom to start his morning routine.

(Time Skip: 11:40 AM)

Before leaving the bathroom, Clyde used some hair products and washed his hands once more to put his contact lenses on safely.

As soon as Howard and Harold noticed Clyde getting ready to put on his contact lenses, Howard asked Clyde, "Are you sure you're going to need those, honey? It's a 5-hour car ride, and what if you fall asleep?"

Clyde assured his parents, "Nah, I'm good, styll. I can do this."

While Clyde put his contact lenses on, his parents frantically rushed to pack their bags for the car ride home. Once Clyde was done, he packed his contact lenses, school books, and comic books into his backpack before walking upstairs to meet the rest of the family. There, a swarm of family members offered their help packing the McBrides' bags into the van.

"Yo, fam, I got you, styll," Harvey volunteered.

"Nah… allow me, fam!", Jaden pled.

As Pam rushed to hold the front door open, a parade of McBrides into the driveway where Howard and Harold's van was parked. While trying to fit the bags into the trunk, Horace and Harold began talking.

"Ya sure ya nuh wa fi stay?", Horace asked.

Harold answered, "Nah, I'm good, styll. Got a fam, and I got business mi ah keep back home - money haffi mek, ya know?"

Horace commented, "Hmmmm. Mans doin' it real big in America. Jah know."

After finally stuffing the bags into the trunk and closing it, Horace and Harold then faced each other.

Horace spoke, with pain in his voice, "Ya know, Harold, I must say,mi ah deeply, deeply sorry. About everything. We shunned you for being gay. Wi should nah ave dun dat. If yuh bwoy eva ave problems again, shout me."

Harold smiled, "Szeen. It's all good, bro."

The two brothers then shared a long, warm embrace for the first time since Harold told his family that he was gay.

After that, Horace shook Howard's hand before Harold hugged Pam. As Harold hugged Pam, the two exchanged a kiss on each cheek.

Immediately afterward, Harold heard Devon bellow, "PILE ON UNCLE HAROLD!"

When Harold heard Devon, he ran from his nephews before Vince chased him down and tackled him, with the rest of Vince's brothers joining soon after. Soon enough, Howard and Clyde also fell on top of Harold. While Harold felt that every part of his body was crushed on the bottom of the pile, he couldn't be happier that for the first time in 20 years, his biological family accepted him and his husband for who they were.

As the McBrides got off Harold, Mark told Clyde, "Now, you already know what to do. Look after Lori for us, or two-twos we might have to come thru and regulate."

Mark's brothers murmured in agreement as they pulled Clyde into a tight hug. As the McBride cousins let go of the hug, Mark reminded Clyde, "Now, we might link up for Christmas, styll, so stay blessed."

Clyde chuckled, "Yo, I'll stay blessed, styll. I'm off this. Ya dunnoe."

The rest of Clyde's cousins waved, "Ya dunnoe!", as Clyde and his family climbed into the van. But before they took off, Pam ran out of the house carrying three large plastic trays while yelling after them, "Yo, nuh forget dis pan yuh way home!"

As Clyde's mouth watered at the meal, he yelled to Pam out of the backseat of his van, "Thanks, Aunt Pam!", before rolling down the window, unbuckling his seatbelt, and pushing his face through the window to give Pam a kiss on the cheek.

Pam giggled, "You ah good bwoy. Neva forget dat."

Clyde chuckled before wishing Pam, "I won't. Bye, Aunt Pam!"

Pam waved at Clyde, "Tek care!" The rest of the McBride family waved goodbye to Harold, Howard, and Clyde as Harold's van sputtered to life, backed out onto the road, and headed out.

5 hours later, the McBrides were back home.

Flashback ends

(Scene Change: Royal Woods Elementary School Boys' Bathroom)

Clyde finished, "So yeah… that's di story."

Lincoln blurted, "W-W-WOW! An entire new family you didn't know about, cool older brothers, getting new clothes, multiple girls wanting to be your girlfriend, all in a new country? Dang it… I guess fleeing me after the "Girl Guru" incident may have been a better decision than I thought. Why couldn't you have taken me, huh?"

Clyde pointed out, "You dun wanna make moves like that, remember? You told mans, 'I have to face my punishment.' Look where that got you, styll."

Lincoln chuckled sheepishly, "Yeah… right."

Clyde then asked, "So, Lincoln… how were tings while I was gone?"

Lincoln blankly but crossly responded, "Umm… yeah… about that Clyde, there's something you should know."

As Clyde saw the bitter look on Lincoln's face, he raised his eyebrow and warily said, "Sure, Lincoln, wagwan?"

Lincoln hesitated for a split second, causing Clyde to ask in concern, "You good?"

Lincoln sighed deeply, "OK, Clyde. Here's what happened."

Closing A/N: Looks like while Lincoln was suffering, Clyde had the time of his life! I wanted to make this chapter a sort of "comic relief" before everything that's going to happen next. If you like warm & fuzzy chapters, this is for you. And if anybody else likes a heartwarming Loud House chapter, refer them here.

A/N 2: I wanted to give a little background as to how Clyde transformed himself so completely in such a short span of time. Also, I initially had a fanfic idea where the Louds moved to Toronto, and had to adapt to the culture. Not the Canada we saw in "Schooled!", but the Toronto I grew up in. I decided to incorporate that idea into this fanfic instead as soon as I knew I was doing "6ixBuzz Clyde." I knew Nana Gayle was already French, so maybe I could have done something with a Montreal flavor, but the idea of making Harold also be of Jamaican descent so I could have him be from my home city was too good to pass up. There was honestly so much potential here and I'm glad I took it. In retrospect I could've probably written in Nana Gayle & Harold's dad & given them lines, but just know that they did hang out with Clyde and his family at various points during their time in Toronto.

A/N 3: Though this chapter was really tough to write, and I even had to go back and talk to some of my old friends to remember how we used to talk to and hang out with each other, it was so worth it! Big ups to you guys, especially my proofreader! Clyde's cousins are literally based on me & my childhood friends.

A/N 4: Given that I grew up in Toronto, I'll give you 2 guesses as to who I named 'Vince' after.

A/N 5: I looked for a reggaeton song to use for Clyde's transformation, but a redone Mambo No. 5 was honestly too fitting. I edited some of the lyrics to fit The Loud House. Astute fans will catch it.

A/N 6: The girl Clyde was talking to under the umbrella that rejected him? I intended that girl to be Riley Andersen from Inside Out.

A/N 7: Phoebe is the same Phoebe from Gal Pals. Shoutout to Alexpv22… great fic.

A/N 8: "Alpha Male Abundance" is meant to be a hybrid parody of Tony Robbins & the YouTuber, Alpha Male Strategies (AMS).

And now, for the reviews:

Saccharine Melody: BIG shout-out. Our conversations in the PM Inbox over the last few weeks over these theories were legendary, and you've greatly inspired me in helping me flesh out the direction of my story! Thank you so much!

Chaosh.H.A.O.S.: Leni ain't innocent in this, LOL.

James B. Cameron, Ginta1, RCurrent, wollyworld, Guest, davevad, yami15147: Thanks!

Vizor5: Yeah. It is what it is, though.

Toto McNono: Like I said, keep having fun with this!

ABC: We'll see.

kingofgodzilla: Thanks for the follow!

BG: Watch the first 2 seasons of The Loud House & tell me that again.

Geo Soul: ETA to karma? Keep reading. Karma level? Let's just say this fanfic is called "Reversal of Fortune" for a reason.

What will Lincoln tell Clyde? Find out next episode on… REVERSAL! OF! FORTUNE!