The Loud House: Memory of A Promise
Part 1: Recorded Memory Chapter: 18 A Promise Renewed, Lola's Proposal?
Disclaimer: I do not own "The Loud House"
Questions: lampe. andrew1: Are you going to be using other Loud House characters as antagonists like Hank and Hawk or the classic use of making Chandler a bully antagonist like in other Loud House fanfictions? I plan to include as many cannon characters as possible for the full Loud House experience so there is a strong possibility you will see them in the future. Specially considering I already used Chandler once in my Halloween chapter.
ImperialGoldenSun: Sully again, huh? Why do I feel like we haven't seen the last of his douchebaggery? Well, to be fair he wasn't a douche in the first chapter he popped out in. Though who knows what truly goes on in an individuals mind. Guess you'll have to wait and see if he has any significance to the story or if he's just a glorified background character.
Draco711: Now will the plan become fully complete next chapter with all them sharing? Or will Lincoln take himself out the equation once he learns they been fighting because of him? How will his talk with Bobby go? All will be revealed next time of The Loud House: Memory of a Promise. ... I think this guy just answered his question before I could heh.
iquinn18: When you decided the order on which sister gets what day with Lincoln was it random or did you plan for each sister? Honestly ... I just put their names on a dart board before I did my brainstorming and went with whatever I hit first.
iquinn18: When Lincoln's other friends are brought into your story will they play an important role in it? Hm, up to the reader to decide that I think. Though for you I'd point to the sneak peek at the bottom of all this ... Read the warning first though unless I've already posted a bunch of chapters.
iquinn18: Will Rocky play a big part of the story considering what may happen between Lucy and Lincoln? Will you explain why Lucy doesn't have an interest in Rocky anymore? Possibly and if the answer to the first question becomes a yes then the second answer will definitely be a yes as well.
iquinn18: If Lincoln becomes the boyfriend of the older siblings (particularly Luna, Leni, Lori) won't their friends question/notice them not dating anymore? If all the sisters in the memory tape ends up with Lincoln will they each get a separate day to be with him, and how will they share him on holidays? Like will Lucy get more attention with Lincoln since Halloween is her holiday? For the first question all I can say is you will get your answer possibly in the next few chapters. As for separate days, hoo boy I guess we're going to have to wait and see what happens after the end of this particular chapter won't we mwehehe. As for holidays though it would be fair to say that some girls would get more story spotlight if they are in a relationship with Lincoln. Surprised you haven't asked about birthdays to be honest.
Dread55: Is it not about time to jump in the water and get to the good parts (Next Part of Story)? Soon my friend soon.
Dmattox94: The woman in Lincoln's dream is Ronnie Anne, isn't it? *Throws empty soda can at you.* Hey no attempting spoilers. Read and find out like everyone else. Ha.
lampe. andrew1: Is a time skip going to occur or will it be about keeping their polygamous relationship a secret to everyone? You'll see soon enough.
darkstel: Will the younger girls feel affected by Lincoln after the time skips when they age? Who's to say, hormones can do some frinky dinky stuff man.
The Keeper of Worlds: Hmm, maybe Ronnie could be added? Technically speaking she already has been but I get what your trying to say and well it's only part one, who knows what can happen till the story's ultimate end.
Guest: Will there be any sex scene with Lincoln and the older girls? I hope so otherwise I put that M rating up for nothing.
iquinn18: The siblings that end up in a relationship with Lincoln will you write sex scenes for them and Lincoln when he is older? *points to answer for question above*
dogbertcarroll: What is Lisa up to? Is she going to drug her family into normality? Can't say I haven't read that before *stares at Flagg*, but who knows what she's concocting at the moment. Though you may find out soon.
Guest: So when can we expect the next chapter? Ta-da~ *nervous chuckle* ... I'll go sit in my corner now ...
August 13, 2017 Lincoln's Dream, Inside the Old Chapel Sunday Morning
Nothingness lay before him, confusing Lincoln whether his eyes were open or not. He brought his hands up and sure enough he saw them, along with the fact he stood on solid ground once he looked down. His gaze shifted behind him and he realized he had begun his dream within the entrance of the chapel this time around.
Before proceeding further in he took one last look at the non-existent scene behind him, the eerie abyss even more unsettling than when he had first gazed upon the crimson sky the first time around. Further worry set in once he entered the sermon hall, the smell of decay and rot permeating the room nearly making him gag on the spot. Parts of the roof had given way to view the emptiness that loomed outside and what remained of the stained glass and benches beforehand had all but vanished, leaving only the podium and stage before him.
"Worried, Lincoln?"
In response to the voice Lincoln focused his gaze on the podium, barely making out his favorite person as of late, the mystery woman.
"A bit." He replied. "The place is definitely a lot … roomier."
"That's just because you've come closer to realizing what you've been doing, albeit a bit late now."
"Late?"
"Mhm, so now Lucy is in the pic-"
Lincoln held up his hand. "Let me cut you off right there. I can pretty much guess where this is going now at this point."
"Oh?", The woman said with intrigue.
"Lucy has always considered me her confident other than Lynn, but that's a given since their roommates. My opinion matters to her most even though she may not say it and I've always held it in my best interest to never view her any different from what she chooses to say. In a lot of ways, I am to her what Luna is to me in that she can entrust her true nature to me and for that how could I not hold her in some special regard."
The mystery woman applauded. "Bravo Lincoln, bravo. Least your coming to terms with your own thoughts finally. So, do you know what comes next?"
"Nothing, like every other time I've dreamt up this stupid place. Just give me your vague warning and let's be done with it."
"No, no warning this time."
"R-really?"
"Yep, it's too late now already. You've secured the final nail in your coffin. But hey, you got what you desired in the end right? So good for you."
"Desired?"
"Yeah, remember? That little, intimate dream you had of everyone Monday night. It finally came true in a sense though at such a great cost."
"Wait, you mean cause they all said they loved me? I genuinely loved them back! In no way did my perversions have anything to do with it!"
"Oh Lincoln, the point is not that you thought perversely of them, the thought never crossed my … your mind. Just the fact that you wanted them to regard you in that way, to love you in that way. It was unfair of you to have accepted their love though when they each presented it to you, but it's ok, to be human is to err."
"Unfair how?"
"Why because of the big issue. It's always been there, yet you yourself have been careless enough to let it get to this severe a point."
Lincoln rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Are you going to tell me or am I getting the runaround again?"
"No, I'll be frank with you."
"Why couldn't things be like this at the start?"
"Like I said, it's only now that your starting to realize the consequences of your selfish choices."
"Which is?"
"The fact that you have to choose one out of all of them."
"That's exactly what I said Thursday night!"
She wagged her finger. "Ah, ah, ah, no it isn't. You said the problem was how could you choose one, while I said the problem is in the fact you must choose one. Two different things in its entirety."
"What's so different about them?"
"You're thinking of the process, I'm trying to tell you the end result."
"The end?"
"Mhm. Did you ever stop to think about the problem you were creating when you said yes to everyone? Did you not think each avoided rejection would eventually become an even more painful one in the future? Did you not think how the others would feel once you made your choice?"
A slight fear was starting to take root in Lincoln.
"Starting to sink in, isn't it?" She continued. "Let's have a test run of the hole you dug yourself in, shall we?"
The mystery woman held up her hands and clapped once, the sound emitted echoing through the room.
"Lincoln.", A voice called out.
Lincoln gulped, knowing full well who the voice belonged to and steadily turned his now rigid body. He knew that Lori was behind him, yet he didn't expect to see her wearing the wedding dress he saw her in before.
"You said I was beautiful in this, right?", Lori asked.
A lump formed in Lincoln's throat, preventing him from voicing out as he stepped back.
"Lincy~.", Another voice called out as he bumped into someone.
He jumped forward in surprise and turned again, this time seeing Leni in the same dress.
"I totes look way better, don't I?", Leni asked innocently as she twirled to show off how the dress hugged her body.
Lincoln stuttered profusely as his mind gradually grew beleaguered.
"Hey Linc."
His heart began to steadily speed up as he saw Lynn to his left in the same variation of dress upon her.
Lynn looked shyly away. "So Linc … am I drop dead gorgeous?"
"Oho~!" The mystery woman called out. "Feeling the heat yet Lincy~?! Funs not over yet!"
Yet another clap echoed out as Lincoln bore the loving gazes of the current three sisters near him, giving him an uneasy feeling of guilt.
"Dude it's ok, I'm here for ya."
The hairs on his neck stood on end as he looked to his right and saw Luna with her own dress as well.
"Not really my style." Luna commented. "But I certainly do know how to rock it, eh Linc?"
"Hey! The puns are my shtick!"
Next to her Luan popped up, giving Linc a wink and a smile. "I was going to show you my pearly whites but now I think you'll just confuse it with all our dresses, haha."
The encirclement of endearment was starting to get to Lincoln, panicking he looked for a way out and saw an opening between Leni and Lynn. He quickly made a break for it but ended up stumbling back when Lucy popped out of nowhere in front of him.
"I feel so weird wearing this." Said Lucy as she picked at her dress. "But if it's for you, I'll bear it."
The circle, now complete, continued to encroach Lincoln till they were a mere step away.
"Oh ladies." Everyone turned to face the woman at the podium before she continued. "Lincoln has a very important choice to make, one that affects all of you~. Right now, right here, he must choose only one of you to be with."
She clapped her hands once more and spotlights shined down upon each of Lincoln's sisters. "Now Lincy~, it's time to choose. Who's it going to be~?"
Lincoln felt his heart stop as his sisters' gaze returned upon him. The silence they gave while eagerly awaiting his answer made his body weak, his legs shaking under the mental pressure he was under. The concept that this was all but an unpleasant dream retreated into the depths of his mind, making this all but reality to him then and there.
Impatience broke free as Lori was the first to speak up. "Come on Lincoln, the choice is obvious, pick me."
"What?! The only thing obvious is how stupid that sounded!" Lynn argued. "It's me you want right Linc?"
Sweat began to form at Lincolns temple and his mouth slowly began to dry as he desperately struggled to say anything. "I uh w-well-"
"It's ok to tell them you pick me Lincy~." Said Leni. "I am the best looking out of all of them after all, right?"
Luan chuckled. "Hahaha! Oh man, I've heard some funny jokes before Leni, but that one takes the cake! I'm the only right choice here."
The imaginary noose Lincoln then imagined slowly coiled itself around his neck as he fell deeper into his own realizing despair.
Luna chimed in. "Hold up Luan. Unlike all of you I went above and beyond. I threw a concert for him, a concert! It's ridiculous for me not to get picked."
"The only reasonable choice is me." Lucy interjected. "I'm the only one of us that's actually younger than him, you hags can buzz off."
"Come on Linc!" Spoke the mystery woman once again. "You're going to have to choose one eventually! You can't avoid the inevitable!"
"I … I can't!", Lincoln cried.
"Can't?! Sorry Lincoln, that's not an option you left yourself with! You'll end up losing everyone if you choose nobody!"
His body froze. "L-lose?!"
"Yes, the only option left is to choose someone! The others will be hurt, and they may even never look at you the same, but you can still save one of them!"
He fell to his knees. "No, I don't want that!"
"It doesn't matter what you want. This is the result of what you created."
"I can't choose, I won't choose!", Lincoln said as he covered his ears in a futile attempt to block her out.
She hopped off the stage and made her way towards Lincoln, taking a knee and leaning in close to him.
"Then carry the weight of what you've done and let it entomb you."
With that said she stood and backed away, clapping her hands once more, beckoning the myriad voices of his sisters to crash upon his conscious.
"I didn't want this.", He thought as he cowered in his shriveled state.
"I was the reason you made that promise in the first place, wasn't I?!"
"I know it was wrong, in many ways, but I just wanted their love."
"Lincy~, you said you'd marry me! You're totes not a liar, right?!"
"I didn't want to hurt them, any of them."
"Lincoln, you said you loved me since our youth. You meant it, didn't you bro?!"
"It just felt so safe to love them."
"Our play Lincoln, our kiss. It meant something, didn't it?!"
"That didn't mean I loved them any less."
"I said I'd never be afraid to show you my love. Are you afraid to show yours to me though?!"
"I'm sorry I said yes without thinking. I was just so happy you all felt the same towards me."
"You considered yourself my protector. Didn't that mean you'd stick by my side?!"
"The thought of losing any of you, all of you. I don't think I could live with it."
"… Be careful what you wish for Lincoln Loud."
Lincoln looked up to see that everyone had vanished except the hooded woman, a small outline of a smirk barely visible through the shadow of her hood. He then felt the chapel begin to tilt towards its entrance, causing him to fall back and slide hopelessly into the abyss waiting outside. He flailed his arms as he fell and by chance managed to grip the astragal part of the chapel doors, the ever-growing fear within him giving him strength to barely hold on.
He looked on as the hooded woman approached him, defying gravity as she walked along the now sloped floor with ease. She came to a stop and looked slightly down from her position to look at Lincoln square in the face as he began to lose his grip.
"H-help me!", He begged.
"But Lincoln, you're the one who put yourself into this situation.", She coldly replied.
"I couldn't piece everything together, your warnings were too vague!"
"*sigh* I said it before and I'll say it again. It's not my fault you chose not to remember what I've said. Hell, you spoke to me just yesterday Lame-o and you still don't want to remember me."
"Lame-o …"
"That's it Lincoln, remember me. Look past the pain."
Lincoln watched as her hooded cloak shrunk, revealing two slender tan legs with purple knee-high socks. It stopped upon her now revealed jean shorts, changing through hues of color until it matched her socks. She then reached for her hood and struggled to pull it down.
"Come on Lincoln." She heaved. "Don't quit on me now. Does it really hurt to look at me still?"
Lincoln's left arm gave out forcing him to dig his fingers to the point of pain to hang on with his right. "Help me!"
"Don't shy away from this Lincoln your almost there."
She reached once more for her hood and slowly began to pull it back as Lincoln shut his eyes, knowing very well who it was at this point. He heard her give a small chuckle before feeling a hand cup his cheek. Regrettably, he opened his eyes to the gentle warmth of her hand and saw her kneeling, wearing a soft smile with a tinge of pity glinting in her eyes.
His fingers cried out in agonizing torment. "R-ronnie Ann please! Pull me up!"
"I can't, you put yourself here. How many times do I have to say it? But before you run out of time, let's make sure you remember everything Lincoln, for your sake. So, do you finally remember what I've told you before?"
He felt his right arm slowly giving in. "No! Please, just help me!"
"You're a bit preoccupied so I can understand. I'll lay it out for you and even adjust it for your situation."
She moved closer. "Relationships put a whole new level of rules and stress on people. If those in the relationship can't work with it or through it then their bond breaks, even former bonds they had before with each other if their unlucky … I'm sorry Lincoln but you risked messing up the bonds you have with your sisters by placing the possibility of a relationship before them."
He couldn't take it anymore, both mentally and physically, feeling all strength seep away from his body. "Ronnie A-"
He froze as she placed an all too familiar kiss on his cheek.
"I'm sorry.", She whispered.
The tear that fell from her eye onto his cheek was the final straw to Lincoln's willpower, causing him to lose his grip. As he descended into the abyss he let out cries of desperate want for help, for salvation. However, he knew no one would answer, would even bother helping him.
His now uncluttered mind was right. He had placed himself in this position, cornered with nigh a way out because of the blind happiness he rested upon. Still, knowing this he continued to cry out as the dark all but swallowed him whole.
Lincoln's Room, Reality Sunday Morning: Lincoln
"GAH!"
Lincoln's eyes flew open and he shot up from his pillow, clutching his chest immediately while beads of sweat rolled off his temple. He surveyed his surroundings, slowly coming to terms that he was back in his room, his doomed reality. He looked beside himself to see both Lynn and Lucy missing, but the indentations they left behind were a sign that last night's events weren't simply a conjuration of his mind.
His mind … right. The damn thing was basically useless to him all things considered now. He buried his face in his hands and let his recent nightmare flow repeatedly through, causing him to reflect on his actions this entire week.
He didn't want to accept the concept that he was doomed, but the unsettling fear of him losing touch with any of his siblings tore at him immensely. He had to make things right and he knew the first step he had to take to do so. Well, maybe the second step as he took a whiff of himself and decided a shower would be best first with how much he sweated during his restless sleep.
He placed on his boxers and gathered his clothes, trying his best to at least have his morning somewhat resemble a normal day. When he reached for his door and opened it he fell back and let out a scream of horror, for waiting on the other side was a malicious force most intimidating, Lola.
"Times up Lincy!" She bellowed as her eye twitched. "You know what that means!"
"W-wait Lola, give me a chance to explain!", Lincoln replied as he scooched away.
Lincoln's Room Sunday Morning: Lynn and Lucy
Lucy's eyes fluttered open as she took in the relaxing musk of her brother and nuzzled ever deeper into his side. Oh how she wanted to stay in this position and embrace the warmth that emanated off of him, but she knew time was of importance for her efforts yesterday. With a longing sigh she let go of Lincoln and sat up to gaze over at Lynn who was just waking up.
"Morning Luce.", Lynn mumbled.
"Morning Lynn." Lucy replied. "How'd you sleep?"
"Best rest I've had in months, no question."
"Glad to hear. Now, I'm sure you don't want to as much as I do but we should go and get ready before someone catches us here."
"*sigh* Yeah, you're right. Should we wake Linc up?"
"No, I think we should let him rest." Said Lucy as she got up from bed and turned off Lincoln's alarm. "Knowing him he probably couldn't get too much sleep with us squeezing against him all night."
Agreeing with Lucy, Lynn carefully maneuvered her leg over Lincoln, pausing in place as an all too pleasurable bump poked at her womanhood.
"Well, good morning to you too Lincy~.", Lynn thought as she lowered herself and straddled him.
It was such a shame, Lynn thought, that a measly three layers of cotton was all that but separated her and Lincoln from letting their most intimate of places mingle with one another and share their warmth. She lost herself for a moment until the sound of Lucy's forced cough got her attention. Lynn gave a sheepish chuckle before continuing to get off of Lincoln's bed, thinking she definitely needed a nice cool shower now with how hot she was currently.
"So, there's no rush." Lucy said as she and Lynn made their way to their room. "But what's your answer to the whole share idea now."
"I'm still iffy about it to be honest." Lynn answered, giving Lucy a slight worry. "Though I guess once I put in all the pros and cons in front of me with the idea, I can see myself agreeing to it."
Lucy held a smile of hope. "Really?"
Lynn smiled back. "Yeah, really."
They both gathered their things and made their way back out into the empty hallway.
"Guess everyone already showered and made their way downstairs.", Lynn commented.
"Seems so.", Lucy said as she made her way into the bathroom.
"Lucy wait."
"What?"
"Um, things might be a bit tough when I try to talk to Lori and the others. Haven't really been rubbing them the right way the past couple of days as you can imagine … and saw."
"Don't worry I'll be there to help mediate things."
"Think they'll forgive me?"
"They're our sisters Lynn, of course they will."
Seeing a reassured smile across Lynn's face, Lucy closed the bathroom door and hurriedly showered, wanting everything and everyone to be prepped and ready before Lincoln awoke. She pinched herself as she got out and dressed to make sure this really was happening, delighting in the small pain that told her it was such. She got out and passed Lynn, stopping momentarily as the cogs in her head began to turn.
"Lynn.", Lucy called as she knocked on the bathroom door.
Lynn opened up and stuck her head out. "What?"
"When you're done hold out on breakfast and wait in our room ok? I'm going to gather everyone and then we'll hash things out."
"Ok, hope things go smoothly as you think they will."
"Same here.", Lucy remarked as she left Lynn to her grooming.
She made her way down the steps, feeling a sense of giddiness as she did. The feeling was all too foreign to her usual mood of doom and gloom, but she understood and accepted it with the thoughts of being in Lincoln's loving arms. As she entered the kitchen she was met with several good mornings from her sisters and one odd scowl from Lola before she changed to an uncaring face.
Lucy figured well enough she was probably waiting for Lincoln, her persistence almost admirable if it wasn't so pursued with malice.
Once she took her seat next to Luna she spoke up. "Could I have everyone's attention please."
With her older sisters' gaze focused on her she continued. "I'd like to call an emergency sibling meeting."
Lucy looked to Lori. "A special sibling meeting."
"Neat. What are we going to talk about?", Lana chimed in.
"Sorry Lana." Lori interrupted. "Older sisters only and Lucy."
"What?! Why the heck aren't we invited?!", Lola argued.
"We're … helping Lucy with some things … personal things."
"Like?"
"Just leave them to their machinations." Said Lisa. "I'm sure you have more important business to attend to, don't you Lola?"
The thought of Lincoln dismissing her proposal burned perpetually in Lola's mind. "Your right, there's someone that needs to fry."
"Right." Lori said with a hint of concern. "Well let me get you your breakfast Lucy."
"I can hold off on it.", Lucy interjected.
"Uh, are you sure?"
"Yes, the meeting is very important. Mind if I wait in your room?"
"Sure, uh, go right ahead."
The older siblings gave Lucy a puzzled look as she exited the dining room, some thinking that perhaps she was desperate with today being her last day for getting Lincoln's affection. Truth be told Lucy didn't even feel the slightest bit hungry with the feeling of every action she took on was but a step closer to the end goal. In the hallway she looked to her right to see Lincoln's door still closed before she moved towards Lori's.
As she went in she heard the shower stop running and sat patiently on Leni's bed for the others to arrive. A minute later Lynn appeared in front of the doorway as she passed by and looked at Lucy, who gave her a thumb up as she continued towards her room. A few more minutes passed by and the first to arrive were Luna and Luan.
"Where's Lori and Leni?", Lucy asked.
"Lori's washing Lily's plate and Leni is cleaning Lily up and putting her in her crib." Luna answered. "Just give them a minute."
"Good, can't wait to get things started."
"It's all good Lucy we'll help you out today."
Lucy held a puzzled look. "Huh?"
"Yeah, me and Luna figured you didn't get a chance yesterday to have some one on one time with Lincoln, so today we're going to help you out in any way we can.", Luan added.
"Oh, that. Yeah don't worry about it. I already confessed to Lincoln and he reciprocated mutual love back."
Luna's eyes boggled. "Really?"
"Mhm."
"Wait, when was this?"
"Last night."
Luan couldn't help but grin. "Way to go Lucy. Did um, did anything happen?"
"I can spare you the details later.", Lucy said as she saw Leni enter the room followed by Lori.
Everyone gathered around Lori as she banged her shoe on Leni's sewing table. "Ok, I hereby call this sudden meeting to order. Lucy what was it you wanted to talk about?"
"Dude she confessed to Lincoln!", Luna interrupted.
Lori swooped in close to Lucy. "You did?!"
"Yes.", Lucy said with a smirk.
"What did he say?!"
"That he loved me too."
Lori squealed with joy and grabbed Lucy, twirling her around as she let out a sigh of utter contentment.
"Oh~ this is great. Now all we have to do is just let Lincoln know and …" She put Lucy down. "*sigh* Never mind."
"What's wrong Lori?", Luan asked.
"I forgot Lynn." Lori replied, the mere mention of her name putting a frown on both Luna and Luan. "We can't do a thing unless she agrees to our idea, otherwise the whole concept could fall apart."
"Forget her." Said Luna. "I say we team up and take her d-"
"Hold that thought!" Lucy cried as she headed for the door. "Nobody go anywhere, I'll be right back."
"The heck was that about?"
Lori shrugged. "Beats me."
Leni raised her hand. "I have a question."
"Yes Leni?"
"Like, what's going on? I thought we were going to help Lucy with something, and what did she confess to Lincoln?"
"Don't worry about it Leni we're just … playing a game with Lincoln."
"Ooo~, can I play too?"
"Aren't you working on something?"
"Oh! Your totes right, I'm running out of time!"
Leni rushed to her closet and grabbed Lincoln's special gift, before moving back to her sewing machine and focused on quickly completing it.
Knock Knock
Lori and the others turned to see Lucy sticking her head in the room. "So guys."
Lori arched an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"Just stay calm and be nice."
"Lucy what are you talking ab-"
Lori paused as Lucy dragged Lynn into the room, who all too easily felt the now rigid tension rising.
"Before anyone says anything, Lynn would like to say something … Lynn?"
Lucy stepped aside and watched as Lynn moved forward and scratched the back of her neck, the all too familiar sign of her being nervous, rare as it was. Lynn looked back once more at Lucy who simply gave a reassuring nod.
Lynn could feel her sisters piercing gazes as she spoke. "I … wanted to say …"
"Well?", Luan huffed.
"Let her speak.", Lori said much to everyone's surprise.
Lynn cleared her throat and faced Lori. "I wanted to say … *sigh* I'm sorry … for everything I've done … the fight … my insults … my stubbornness, all of it. I know it's not really an excuse but … I had my reasons."
"Which were?"
"I don't want to say."
"That's bogus man.", Luna remarked.
"It doesn't matter." Lucy interposed. "Her reasons are her own. If she's not comfortable to speak of them, then we shouldn't force her."
Lori thought back to how she was Tuesday night, feeling a bit more sympathetic towards Lynn on how hard it could be to voice out your innermost thoughts. "Lucy's right. The important thing is that Lynn's sorry for what she's done, and if you think about it there were a bunch of times we've gotten on each other's nerves over the years. So let's do what we always do and forgive and forget."
"Fine. I guess.", Luna heaved.
"There's more." Lucy added. "Lynn, could you continue?"
Lynn almost burst out in a smile. "Oh right. So, about that share idea."
Lori's eyes slightly widened. "Yeah?"
"Well to put it simply, I may have come around to it."
Luna's jaw dropped, and Luan pinched herself to make sure the situation was really happening all while Lucy gave them a double thumbs up of assurance from behind Lynn that she meant it.
"R-really?"
"Yep. Like I told Lucy I weighed the pros and the cons and in the end, I gave myself a kick in the rear for at least not talking it out with her."
"So … that means." Lori looked at each of her sisters in the room. "We did it?"
"Yes, I'd say Operation Manhunt has been successfully complete."
"Hell yeah!" Luna shouted. "I more than forgive ya now!"
"I'm excited too." Luan interjected. "But one thing."
"What?"
"We still got to tell Lincoln. Not as easy as it sounds I know, but … who's going to do it?"
Everyone froze in slight nervousness besides Leni who was focused on her work and Lucy who already had an idea of what to do at this point.
"I think Lori should do it, here with all of us.", Lucy suggested.
"M-me?!" Lori stammered. "Why?!"
"The only reason any of us got this chance or even thought of it in the first place was because of that tape. Also, the only reason he ever said those things was because of the blunder with your self-esteem that day. It's only right that you be the one to bring this to a close with you being the one that technically started this."
"Well when you put it like that …"
"Plus, when I went to go get Lynn I saw Lola outside his door and the only one she even slightly listens to is you."
"Ah!"
"*sigh* That would be your cue." Lucy heaved. "Please hurry, before she turns him to mulch."
"Right." Lori got up and headed out. "Wish me luck guys."
"You got this dude.", Luna reassured.
As the others watched the door close anxiousness took over them as all their efforts were coming to a climax.
Lynn was the first to voice what everyone aside from Leni was thinking. "So, how do you think he's going to take it?"
"Not sure." Luan said. "I know for sure the whole brother sister thing doesn't bother him. We don't know how he'll take to dating all of us though."
Luna chuckled. "Dude, not to inflate our egos but you've seen how we look right? You tell me he wouldn't be overjoyed at the thought of having all of us?"
"Hm, you guys want to make a bet on how it'll all go down?", Lynn asked.
"I'm in.", Lucy answered, as the others nodded in agreement.
Lincoln's Room Sunday Morning: Lincoln
"W-wait Lola, give me a chance to explain!", Lincoln cried out.
"Oh you've had plenty of time Lincoln!" Lola growled. "There's no getting out of this now!"
Lincoln felt his back hit the wall, his heartbeat rapidly rising as Lola drew closer inch by inch.
"Was what I said yesterday not clear enough?" She rhetorically asked. "Did I not throw the word life in my sentences? I'm pretty sure I did."
Lincoln tried his best to think of something, anything. "Yes but you see there was an incident yesterday and um uh-"
She pinned Lincoln against the wall with her accusatory finger. "An incident eh? Funny, you seemed all chuckles and smiles by the tree out back yesterday. Though I'm sure you were going through such a terrible crisis. Right?"
"W-well …"
Knock Knock
Both Lincoln and Lola faced the knocking sound to see Lori at Lincoln's doorway. "Hey Lola mind if I borrow Lincoln for a while."
"Take a number." Lola scoffed. "Linc is about to go six feet under."
"Oh really? That's a shame, and here I was willing to give up my time to help him with his proposal."
Lola raised an eyebrow. "You were?"
"Oh yeah. Lincoln talked to me yesterday about it. Didn't you Linc?"
As soon as Lola turned to face Lincoln he saw Lori give a wink, figuring she had given him a way out from an early grave.
"Uh yeah." Said Lincoln. "I asked her for some pointers and she said she'd help me out today."
Lola eyed him curiously, thinking back to yesterday when she saw both him and Lori walking down the steps together when Luan called.
"Alright Lincoln, I'll give you more time.", Lola stated.
"You will?"
"Yes, but only till after dinner tonight."
"Oh thank god."
"You can thank him yourself in person if you forget today too.", Lola commented as she headed out.
Lincoln let out the breath he was holding when Lola entered her room. "Thanks for the save Lori."
"Of course." Lori said as she smirked. "Wouldn't want anything to happen to you, now would I?"
Lincoln got up and shyly scratched the back of his head. "Guess I got to come up with something by the end of the day or my goose is cooked."
"Heh yeah, you really do. Before you go off coming up with some plan though there's uh, an important sibling meeting going on and we need you to join."
"Oh? What about?"
"It's just important … trust me."
Lincoln regathered his clothes. "Well mind if I shower first?"
"No, take your time." Lori said as she began to mutter. "I need time to prepare anyway."
"What was that?"
"Nothing, nothing. We'll be waiting for you in my room."
Lincoln watched as Lori headed back down the hall towards her room, unaware that she was counting down the seconds on how close she and the others were on obtaining their desire. He sighed and mentally added Lola's proposal to the list of things he had to do by the end of today. Moving towards the bathroom he couldn't help but feel the multiple stabs of guilt emanating from his sisters' rooms as he passed by them, each a grim reminder of how bad he felt he fouled up.
The lukewarm water didn't bring much comfort as he had hoped once he started to shower. In fact, it held the opposite effect, helping his mind focus his thoughts on the grim possible outcomes that could ensue throughout the day. He contemplated whether he should let Lola do him in after all, but ultimately decided to leave it till after he attempted to fix things.
Not wanting to keep the others waiting any longer he hurriedly dressed up for the day and quickly brushed his teeth. The idea then dawned on him as he headed out and turned to face Lori's room, after the meeting he could ask Lucy and the others to stay so he could plead his case. To him that sounded indefinitely better than working his way from one to the next.
He knocked, quickly receiving permission to enter and was graced by what he could only call as a sign that he had to do what he just thought. Within the room sat Lori on her bed with Luna and Luan while Lynn and Lucy rested on Leni's bed while she herself was hard at work on something at her sewing machine. The twins and Lisa were nowhere to be seen meaning this was as a good a time as any to him to take his chance at saving things.
"Have a seat Lincoln.", Lori said, pointing to a chair placed in front of them.
Lincoln did just so before she continued. "Now I'm sure you're wondering what this meeting is about. Well, the thing is that we ha-"
"Sorry but … can I say something first?", Lincoln interjected.
Lori saw and felt the seriousness on Lincoln's face. "Um, ok, go ahead Lincoln the floor is yours."
"Just like pulling off a band-aid." He thought. "You can do this."
Lincoln took a deep breath and looked towards everyone. "As all of you know by now, I have seen someone. Well, to be more exact I have seen multiple women, relationship wise over the week. What some of you might not know is … that all those said women are … *sigh* in this room. What I mean by that is … I've been somewhat intimate with … all of you."
He noticed their unfazed faces to which he took as a sign of shock, little to his knowledge that they already knew all this.
"Now I know this is a shock to some of you while to others not as much. I … didn't mean for things to get this out of hand. It's just that I was so happy to know that you each loved me in that way, that I didn't stop to think what I was doing in the process. Now here I am with all six of you, each uniquely beautiful in their own way and … I can only be with one of you."
He mistook the snicker from Luna as an upset gasp.
"I … I still want to stand by what I said to Lori on Wednesday, except now it extends to all of you. I want to get to know each of you on a whole new level before I even come across the choice of choosing one of you. It's … selfish I know, especially considering how lucky I am to even have your affections in the first place."
He didn't see Lucy jab Lynn in the ribs to keep her from laughing too soon.
"Just, if you could find it in each of your hearts to not … hate me after, if I don't end up with you. To love me enough as your brother still. I know with how careless I've been to put myself in this mess in the first place I don't deserve this but I … I'd want nothing more."
He looked down to the floor, missing the appreciative smirk on Lori.
"One final thing … even though I'm stuck in this situation right now I don't regret one thing, loving each one of you even now. I'd do it all over again if I could honestly even if I end up like this again much to my own surprise. I … think that's everything I've got to say so … do with it what you will, and I'll accept whatever judgement you think I deserve."
As he focused on the darkness from his shut eyes the sounds of heaving caught his ear. Any moment now he expected an angry outcry or the sounds of hurt wailing. Much to his own shock though he was instead met with the sounds of their laughter.
He looked up and saw them at the point of tears as they tried to control their breathing. Did they not take him seriously, or was the whole reveal simply too unreal to believe?
"Uh guys, it's not a joke." He stated. "I'm being serious."
Still they laughed to which he was none the wiser on why.
Eventually, Lori was the first among them to settle down and speak. "Oh Lincoln, so adorably naïve sometimes, but luckily for you that's just one thing we love about you."
"Huh?"
Luna was the next to speak up. "Dude we've known about each other since what." She faced Luan. "Wednesday right?"
"Yep, and it's been one hell of a week since.", Luan chipperly replied.
"You all knew even then?!" Lincoln exclaimed. "I mean, I knew some of you knew about the others to some degree, but seriously?!"
"It's part of being in this household Lincoln." Luna commented. "Once one of us knows something it's pretty hard to keep it from spreading. The buck stopped at Lucy though if you must know, so Lola's whole thing is for herself entirely."
Lynn saw Lincoln's dumbfounded face and couldn't help but get a bit of pleasure from it. "The fact that we know about each other isn't exactly the biggest shocker you're going to hear Linc."
Lincoln gulped. "It, it isn't?"
"Heh heh nope. Lori, you want to get on with it?"
Lori snapped back from her loving stare towards Lincoln's dorky mannerisms. "Oh, right. You see Lincoln, remember when I told you that this was an important meeting?"
He nodded slowly. "Yeah."
"Well the subject of it is well … us. Hence why we're all here except for the twins and Lisa. Like Luna said, we found out about each other on Wednesday and because of that we sort of came up with an idea of our own."
"What was the idea?"
"Well before we even considered doing it we had to first see how you each felt about us individually, so with me and Leni already knowing how you felt, the others sort of had days sorted for themselves throughout the week."
"That … actually makes a lot of sense.", Lincoln said as he felt moronic for not seeing the obvious pattern then and there.
"Right, so the idea was that we all had to agree on it after we found out if you liked each of us the same way. Granted at first someone was exceedingly more stubborn about the whole thing."
Lori glanced slightly at Lynn.
"Hey! I came around, didn't I?!", Lynn blurted out.
"At the end, but yes you did." Lori replied before she faced Lincoln again. "Anyway, with all of us agreeing to it and knowing you loved each of us there was really only one thing left, you."
"W-what about me?", He stammered.
"Well let's face it, you're right on some of us harboring ill feelings if we weren't picked."
Lincoln's heart sank slightly. "Oh."
"Which is why we, well Leni in a sense of things, came up with the idea of … sharing you."
Lincoln cocked his head in confusion. "Say what now?"
Lori looked slightly away and twiddled her thumbs. "We … we're all willing to be with you … to be yours at the same time … That is if you're ok with it."
Lincoln's expression didn't change. "You mean be in a relationship, with all of you at once?"
Lori scratched back of her head. "Y-yeah … so, what do you think?"
The siblings stared at Lincoln's continued poker face, with worry beginning to settle in their stomachs at the chance of rejection. It was their turn to be taken aback though, as he burst out laughing hysterically before falling backwards limp.
Immediately Lori shot forward to check on him. "He's out cold."
"Our decision must've overloaded him." Lucy said as she grinned. "I was right, pay up guys. Told you I knew he'd react like this."
Lori watched as her sisters grumbled and handed Lucy money. "Um guys, Lincoln?"
"We don't really have much choice but to wait till he wakes up." Lucy answered as she counted her cash. "Hm, might have enough now to detail my coffin."
"So, do you think he'll say no?"
Lucy got up and headed towards the door. "I have confidence he'll say yes. You all heard what he said before we told him. He may feel a bit guilty at first and might feel like he's taking advantage of us, but we just have to reassure him that this is what we want too."
"She makes a lot of sense.", Luna commented as she moved towards Lincoln and slid a pillow under his head.
"Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to catch up on breakfast before Lincoln comes back from his little nap."
As Lucy shut the door the sound broke Leni's concentration, making her blink and survey the room. "… Hey, when did Lincy get here?"
Everyone else in the room simply groaned and proceeded to facepalm themselves as they began to wait for Lincoln's eventual return to consciousness, and more importantly his answer.
Lori and Leni's Room Sunday Mid-Morning: Lincoln
Lincoln's eyelids slowly parted as a small echo of pain emanated from the back of his head. He sat up and rubbed the small bump that formed from his knockout episode with his hand while trying to remember what exactly happened before everything went blank.
"Morning Lincy~."
He faced his left to see Leni smiling at him from her sewing bench. "Morning Leni."
"Enjoy your nap?"
"Nap?"
"Yeah Lori and the others said you decided to take a nap on the floor. I thought that was a little silly of you since your obviously more than welcome to use my bed Lincoln.", Leni said before she went back to her work.
"Lori and the others …"
It all came back slowly, his realization, Lola's proposal, his confession … their confession.
"Ok, so all of that was real." He thought as he staggered up on his feet. "All of it … was real."
He gulped and stared blankly at the ground taking in Lori's words which were essentially everyone else's as well. To be with all of them at once, sure the idea came to him once, albeit via a perverted dream, but he didn't think it was an actual possibility. Did he have the right though?
He knew himself he wasn't exactly the most perfect guy out there, but he did care for them all deeply so. They were also the ones to propose it, the fact that they did brought a goofy smile to his face, to which he shook off to focus on the situation. This was a way out of the doom pit he jumped right into, a chance for him to be happy, no, more importantly a chance for them to be happy if he meant that much to them.
"Leni." Said Lincoln. "Where are Lori and the others?"
"Downstairs, they said they'd be waiting for you.", Leni replied as she neared completion of her current project.
"I see … Um Leni?"
"Yeah Lincoln?"
"How do you feel about sharing me?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean sharing me with Lori and the others, relationship wise."
"Heh, of course I'm ok with it. We already talked about that before Lincoln."
He held a finger to his chin and thought hard. "We did?"
"Mhm, back on Sunday remember silly? You said you'd marry me when your older, plus you promised you'd marry the others too."
"Ok, I remember you, and some vague mention of dresses, but when did I promise the others?"
"The tape. Like, your being so forgetful this morning Lincy."
"The tape …"
Everything throughout the week seemingly clicked together then. With the rollercoaster of never-ending events, the memory of the tape had been kicked to the curb in his mind. Thinking on it now though everything that happened all began with the thing in the first place.
"Hm, pretty sure not what dad had in mind when he said lady killer.", Lincoln mumbled.
"What was that Lincoln?", Leni asked.
"Nothing important.", He replied as he headed for the door.
"Oh, before I forget." Linc said as he held the door handle. "Leni, I just wanted to say … thank you … for being you."
"Who else would I be?", Leni seriously asked.
"Ha, no Leni, I mean thank you for being the way you are. If you didn't act the way you did at the start of all this and every day since. I don't think I would've come around to the idea, and who knows how we all would have ended up."
Leni cocked her head in confusion, eliciting a simple chuckle from Lincoln. "I love you Leni."
She beamed and blew a kiss. "I love you too Lincy~."
Feeling a bit more optimistic in general, he played along with her little flirt and caught her kiss, placing it against his heart before exiting the room.
When her door closed Leni let out a sigh and shifted her legs uncomfortably in her seat.
"Oh … not again. Lincoln your just too much.", She muttered.
Shifting her gaze left and right she slowly maneuvered her hands downwards, pausing just before she began to lift her dress.
"No, not yet I have to finish this for Lincoln."
With that said she fought her lustful urge and dedicatedly went back to work. Meanwhile out in the hall Lincoln was deep in thought as he headed downstairs. He already knew his answer but an occasion like this called for a little more flare than simply saying yes.
The thing was he had no idea on how to go about things, especially with Lola looming around ready to end him the moment he didn't hold up his promise. He stopped halfway down the stairs and looked at Lola's picture as he ruminated on his dilemma. If only there was a way to get the whole Lola thing out of the way, after all it wasn't like he could try to solve both tasks at the same time.
"... That's it!" He thought as he nearly jumped in glee. "Oho~ Lincoln, you are the man with the plan."
He slid down the stairway rail and landed soundly on his feet in the foyer. The loud thump caused Lori and the others in the living room to shift their attention towards him.
"Lincoln!" Lori exclaimed. "Your awake!"
"Yeah heh, sorry about the whole spazzing out deal.", He replied as he headed for the front door.
"It's ok, me and the others know it isn't exactly an easy thing to answer and-"
"I have my answer already."
"You do?!", The group asked as they all nearly stumbled over.
"Yes, I do."
"W-what's your answer?", Luan asked.
"Oh I'm not telling, yet."
"What?! Why the heck not?!", Lynn protested.
"There's something I got to do first." He stated as he went outside. "When I get back though I promise I'll give you all my answer."
Without waiting for an reply, the others simply watched as Lincoln shut the front door, leaving them with mixed feelings of frustration and apprehension.
"Well this sucks." Said Luna. "You don't think we scared him off for the hills, do you?"
"I don't think so." Lucy replied. "He seemed genuinely happy. Plus, even if we did he'd have to come home eventually, if not for us then out of fear of Lola."
"Speaking of.", Lori commented as she gestured toward the stairs.
The groups attention shifted to see the little pink ball of unholy terror descend the steps, a flare of intent most cruel twinkling in her eyes.
"Where's Lincoln?" Lola growled. "He's not in his room."
"Just missed him.", Lynn answered.
"Oh no I didn't.", Lola retorted as she sped outside.
Coming around the front porch and heading towards the garage Lola spotted Lincoln just as he started pedaling off with his bike. Without hesitation she strode forward and barred his path, causing him to panic and swerve into the neighbor's fence. With her quarry immobile and dazed she approached, determined to see where exactly Lincoln was headed on his final day.
"And just where do you think you're going?", She asked.
Lincoln groaned and steadily got up, patting dirt off himself. "I was just going to go get something to help make the proposal better."
Lola wasn't the least bit convinced. "Oh really? Sure you're not just hightailing it out of here?"
"I'm not, I'm really going out to go get something … well hopefully."
"Hm … I don't know."
"Look, here."
Lola watched as he extended his pinky towards her.
"A pinky promise eh? You realize if you break this my trust for you goes out the window, along with your life obviously."
"I know. So do you believe me or not?"
She hooked her pinky with his. "Alright then but remember, you got till after dinner."
"Don't worry." Lincoln replied as he got back on is bike and pedaled off. "It's burned into my mind!"
Lola watched as he vanished after turning at the end of their neighborhood then made her way back inside, ignoring her pensive sisters on the couch and making her way up the steps. Before she could enter her room, she bumped into Leni who had just come out of Lincoln's.
"Hey Lola, have you seen Lincy anywhere?", Leni asked.
"Left somewhere.", She monotonously replied.
"Aw, do you know when he'll be back? I have something for him."
"No but he promised he'd be back before dinner time basically."
Leni's demeanor dimmed. "Oh, ok, I'll wait then."
Both headed into their rooms respectively, unaware of Lincoln's plans for them along with the others in the living room.
? Sunday Afternoon: ?
Ding-Dong
A pair of sleep deprived eyes cracked slightly open at the sound of the house doorbell.
Knock Knock
A door creaked open and a young ginger boy poked his head through. "Someone's at the door."
Ding-Dong
"I noticed." The lazy individual replied. "Let mom or dad get it."
"They both went out hours ago."
"Ugh ok, go see who it is first before opening the door."
The ginger youth simply shrugged and left, only to reappear a minute later. "It's Lincoln, says he needs to talk to you. I let him in."
"Lincoln? *sigh* Fine, tell him to wait in the dining room. I'll be out in a minute."
A few minutes passed by in which to Lincoln seemed an eternity as he waited in the dining room as requested, impatience garnering him to drum his fingers along the table.
"Hey man what's up?"
Lincoln turned to see Rusty Spokes (age 12) come out of the kitchen with bags under his eyes and orange juice in hand.
"Rusty hey!" Lincoln excitedly said. "Sorry for just coming in like this but you didn't answer your cell and … Uh you ok?"
"Yeah just a late-night game session." Rusty replied as he yawned. "So what's up man? It's nice to see you and all but it's the last day of summer. Shouldn't you be getting ready for tomorrow?"
"I'll worry about that later, right now I need your help with something."
Rusty took a sip from his glass. "Long as it's not something that requires energy from me at the moment, batteries are low."
"I need to borrow a suit from your dad's store, preferably a tux … preferably black too."
Rusty raised an inquisitive brow. "What for?"
"I just need one for today, it's very important."
"Sorry Linc but after the whole incident with the bird poop my dad won't let me do that again."
Instead of being distraught Lincoln figured he'd better move on to his backup plan and began to get up to declare his departure.
"But.", Rusty said as he contemplated.
Lincoln paused. "But?"
"I do have my own tux in my closet, though I don't think it'll fit ya."
"I'm desperate, so might as well try."
Following Rusty to his room Lincoln passed by Rocky (age 10), forming a creeping curiosity in him to which he shrugged off for now. As Rusty opened his door a blast of body odor mixed with a weird musk and a plethora of encased farts hit Linc's nostrils, making him pinch his nose for dear life on the spot.
"Jesus Rusty, what is that smell?!"
"Heh, sorry dude but this has been my sanctuary for most of the summer."
"At least crack a window man I'm tearing up."
Rusty shrugged and maneuvered towards his bedroom window over the empty bags of chips and energy drinks that littered his room. After opening it, much to Lincoln's salvation, he then opened his closet and began to rummage through it, finding the tux ensemble at the end of his shirts.
"Like I said." Said Rusty as he handed it over. "Might be too big for you."
Lincoln took the set and made his way towards the hallway bathroom. "Got to try at least."
When Lincoln was done buttoning up and fastening his pants he gave himself a look over and let out a frustrated groan. The sleeves were too long, and the cuffs ended up covering half of his hands and the bottom rings of the pants nearly went under his feet. Even though he had grown over the summer Rusty had as well and it seemed his father was quick to make adjustments to accommodate his son's growth with an even longer suit, making it that unless he could grow an inch in the next few seconds the suit was useless to him.
"So does it fit?", Rusty asked from the other side of the door.
"No." Lincoln replied unsteadily as he wiggled out of the dress pants.
"Sorry dude. So how badly did you need the tux?"
"Pretty bad man. No worries though, I sort of got a plan b all lined up and ready."
"Ah ok, so you ready for school tomorrow?"
Lincoln came out from the bathroom and handed Rusty back his suit. "Honestly, school hasn't entered my mind once this week. I've been … sort of preoccupied."
"With what?"
"Um, stuff … family stuff."
"Everything cool?"
"Oh yeah, never better.", Linc replied with a genuine smile.
"Hm, alright then."
A growl then emanated from Lincoln's stomach.
"Hungry dude?", Rusty asked.
Lincoln held his stomach. "Yeah a bit actually, this morning was sort of hectic and I forgot about breakfast."
"If you want you can raid my fridge."
Lincoln looked at his cell and checked the time, figuring he had enough if he shoveled the food down his throat.
"I could go for a quick bite."
"Alright then." Said Rusty as he led the way towards the kitchen. "What do you fancy right now?"
"Got any sauerkraut?"
"Yes and before you ask, we also have peanut butter."
"I'll take that in a sandwich please."
"You know I still don't get how you can stomach this stuff."
"Hey to each their own."
Rusty handed Lincoln his weird food choice. "True I guess but I don't think the ladies in school will take well to seeing you eat this stuff."
Lincoln took a bite. "Why would I care about that?"
"Cause dude, it's a whole new world in middle school. You got your forming cliques, eight different classes, not to mention puberty. Heh, oh how the ladies we know must've changed."
Lincoln took another bite as he thought on last he saw Tabby. Admittedly he did notice that she developed somewhat when his attention was focused on her back on Friday.
"Tabby did seem … different, I'll admit."
"You saw Tabby?"
Lincoln finished off the rest of his meager meal. "Yeah the day before yesterday when I hung out with Luna."
"Man lucky ... Hm, I wonder what Polly looks like now."
Lincoln checked the time again. "Uh I'll leave you to think on that Rusty, I got to go."
"Huh? Oh, ok then."
Lincoln headed out with the still daydreaming Rusty following close behind. Entering the living room Linc saw Rocky sitting on the couch, thinking at some point he had to figure out what transpired between Lucy and him. That was a problem best saved for later down the road though as he simply gave the young lad a mere goodbye as he headed out.
"So what's plan b?", Rusty queried.
"Clyde."
"I'm surprised you didn't go to him first."
Lincoln stared off for a bit. "Yeah, just slipped my mind for a bit by the time I was halfway here."
"Must have been a pretty crazy morning."
"Oh yeah, but when isn't it at my place."
Rusty held out his fist. "Ha that's true. Well, later man, I'll see you tomorrow."
Lincoln bumped his fist with Rusty's before speeding off. "Later Rusty!"
With Lincoln fading off into the distance Rusty felt the wave of earlier exhaustion hit him again.
"Man I really messed up my sleep schedule." He mumbled as he headed back inside. "Got to stay awake all day to fix it. Heh, watch out tomorrow ladies, the Rust Man is coming at ya!"
Loud House, Living Room Sunday Afternoon
"That's it, I'm calling him.", Lynn huffed as she took out her phone.
Luna swiped away her cell. "Relax, just give him some time. If he says he needs to do something first before talking to us, then we should let him handle it."
Lynn swiped her phone back and shoved it back into her shorts. "So we're just supposed to sit here and wait?"
"Could always just go and do something to keep yourself occupied." Luan suggested. "Think I'm actually going to go to my room, my butts sore and I think some stand up comedy is what I need, haha. Luna want to come with?"
Luna shrugged and got up to follow Luan. "Yeah I guess. Better than waiting here stewing in my own thoughts."
Lynn shifted uncomfortably on the armchair she rested on, the time she spent waiting for Lincoln's return gnawing at her and slowly stressing her out.
Lucy noticed this and spoke up. "Lynn want to go out back and play catch?"
Lynn gave Lucy an apathetic look. "You want to play catch?"
"Yeah, I figure it's something you'd like and the fact that a ball hurdling towards me which could possibly put me in a concussion is an easy way to take my mind off Lincoln."
Lynn sighed and nodded, following Lucy to the kitchen and out back. All that remained in the living room then was Lori, who felt eerily lonely as the sound of the living room wall clock ticked every second. She looked down at her cell and felt a bit nervous at how enticing it was to simply tap on Lincoln's name in her contacts.
Would it seem overbearing if she called him? All she would do is just check to see if he was fine, and hopefully get a little hint as to what he was up to and if he was close to finishing. Her finger trembled over his name for a few seconds before she clicked it, only to cancel the call immediately afterwards.
Lori groaned and slumped on the couch, thinking of what to do since her sisters had the right idea currently. Talking to her friends was out of the question, since if she let it slip out that she had a new love interest they would hound her relentlessly for info, and she was not in the right mindset to come up with clever lies currently. She sighed and got up, making her way towards her room in hopes that Leni could take her mind from Lincoln.
When she entered she was surprised to see Leni not tediously working at her machine but laid out on her bed with a glum look about her.
Leni picked her head up and spotted Lori. "Hey Lori, is Lincoln home yet?"
"No." Lori heaved. "He's still out doing whatever it is he's doing."
"Oh.", Leni said as she laid back and let out a sigh.
Lori moved towards her moping little sister and gave her a nudge. "Come on, scooch over."
Leni lazily turned on her side away from Lori and allowed her to squeeze in behind.
"So, you want to see Lincoln that badly?", Lori asked as she wrapped her arm around Leni's stomach and nuzzled up to her.
"I finished what I was working on for him."
"You did? Where is it?"
"Over there, hanging on the closet door."
Lori turned and spotted the garment. "Hm, that'd actually look very good on him. Not to burst your bubble though, you know he will eventually grow out of that, right?"
"I know, it's just to help him with Lola."
"Ah, the whole proposal thing."
"Mhm."
"Leni, I don't think Lola wants the proposal for the same reasons we do."
"She doesn't?"
"No, but I'm sure both her and Lincoln will appreciate your efforts. You really do have a knack for clothes, both designing and making them, like that … dress."
"Oh, you mean the one I have to scrap?"
"You don't have to scrap it. We can sell it off if you really don't want it anymore."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and then you can use the money to make another one." Lori thought about Lincoln's words the other day. "Also, maybe … make one for me in the future?"
"Oh I was totes planning on doing that anyway, I just wanted mine done first."
"I can understand the eagerness Leni but just remember there's no rush."
"I know …"
Lori took in a gentle whiff of Leni's scent as she spooned her slightly. "Geez when was the last time we cuddled like this?"
Leni thought as hard as she could. "Like I think before you started hanging out with your friends, when you started your first year in middle school."
"Wow really? That long ago?"
"Mhm." Leni thought a little more. "Hey Lori."
"Yes?"
"Will … will Lincoln change this year?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Will he change when he spends time with his friends? Like how you all did?"
"All?"
"Well there was Luna when her friends convinced her to go to that Mick Swagger concert back in seventh grade and she started her rocking out thing. Luan was different in that she stopped hanging out with her friends and got really into comedy. Then there's Lynn … well she didn't change much but she's gotten a bit more, um, mean?"
"You mean aggressive?", Lori chimed in.
"Yeah that word. More aggressive in even the smallest games now and even when it's not about games. Like when you two were fighting about flowers the other day."
Lori rolled her eyes at the annoying reminder and replied calmly. "Well they … we may have changed, but I can say without a doubt that we only remained the way we are because we love doing what we want. Aside from Lynn, I think those are just her hormones kicking it into high gear like her personality."
"So what about Lincoln then?"
"Heh Leni, it's Lincoln, even if he were to change, which I doubt, he'll still be the guy we love, and he'll love us all the same."
A look of gloom loomed over Leni's face slightly. "Promise?"
Lori averted her eyes from the back of Leni's head for a moment and pondered a bit, quickly shaking away the notions of doubt. "Promise. After all, he promised he'd marry us, right?"
"Yeah, your right.", Leni replied in a cheery tone.
"Where is all this coming from anyway?"
"I just thought about it right now."
"Well for once not thinking is the right thing to do right now, for both of us."
"*sigh* Ok."
"Now enough moping about grim topics. How about we take a nap together like when we were little?"
"Really?!" Leni eagerly exclaimed. "Ok!"
Lori pulled Leni in closer and used the shared body warmth as an enticement towards tender sleep. "I love you Leni."
A peaceful smile formed on Leni as she closed her eyes. "I love you too Lori."
Clyde's House, Sunday Afternoon: Lincoln
Lincoln skidded his bike to a halt and reached into his pocket.
"Must have called by accident.", He thought as he checked his phone and saw a missed call from Lori.
Then again, he had been keeping everyone waiting and he knew full well from his past week with Lola that keeping that course of action was ill advised. Still it was for a good reason and hopefully Clyde would be able to help him out with that, albeit he felt hesitant about asking him for help to begin with. Lincoln sighed and recollected on how Clyde stalked him for info on why he hung out with Lily all day when he tried to change her instead of hanging with him at all, the entirety of it a bit unsettling given the current situation.
Last time Lincoln played it off for the sake of friendship but then once again Clyde performed a similar stunt when he got Rusty and the rest of the gang involved in following him to Ronnie Ann's old home for that joke package she sent. Curiosity is all well and good to have but by no means could he afford for Clyde to get nosy and follow him around again. If worst came to worst he could uncover what he had been doing with his sisters the past week, the thought alone formed a lump in his throat.
"Yeah no this was a bad idea, forget it.", Lincoln thought as he prepared to turn around and head back home.
"Hey Lincoln!", Clyde called out as he came out his home.
"Dang it, too late." Linc mumbled before he faced Clyde. "Hey Clyde, um sorry for not messaging ahead again."
"It's ok, I knew you were coming this time."
"Y-you did?"
"Yeah Rusty texted me, said you desperately needed a tux for something."
"Good old Rusty.", Lincoln muttered sarcastically.
"So what's going on that you so urgently need a tux?"
Lincoln panicked slightly as he was immediately put on the spot, for one wrong utter of a word could set his prior worry into motion.
"Um I need it for … a wedding.", Linc uttered as he cringed on the last words that escaped his lips.
Clyde's eyebrows peaked in interest. "A wedding? Who's getting married?"
"Damn it Clyde why always with all the questions.", Lincoln mentally anguished as he was put on the spot again.
An idea then rang in his mind, giving Lincoln a little hope. Perhaps conceding a bit of the truth to Clyde wouldn't be so bad after all since it would satiate his curiosity.
"Me and Lola.", Lincoln admitted.
Clyde backed up a bit in shock. "Wait, what?!"
"Heh not a real wedding man. A fake one, just to make her happy."
"I don't understand."
"Um long story short me and my sisters watched an old home movie on me proposing to Lori and the others when we were little, and Lola got offended I never offered one proposal to her."
"Oh ok I get it, like pretend.", Clyde said.
"Yeah." Linc chuckled nervously. "Pretend."
"Well it doesn't seem that bad of a situation."
"If I don't give it to her with some added effort by dinner tonight she's going to murder me."
"Oh." Clyde scratched the back of his head. "She might actually do that too. Ok, I understand the situation let's go see if my tux will fit you."
Lincoln took a breath of relief as Clyde turned around and followed him inside. It didn't take long for the awkwardness to set back in though when he saw the wall portrait of Lori hanging in his room. Another problem he figured he'd have to face down the road inevitably.
After a few minutes Clyde brought out a plastic covered tux set and handed it to Lincoln. "Hope it fits."
"We are the same size so it should.", Lincoln said hopefully as he took the garment in hand and headed towards the hallway bathroom.
After a few minutes of shuffling noises emanating from the bathroom door Lincoln emerged in Clyde's formal attire.
"So how does it look?", Lincoln asked.
"If it was some other girl other than your sister she'd be putty in your hands.", Clyde replied as he gave a nod of approval.
All seemed to go well Lincoln thought until he heard the slowly rising hisses of Clyde's cats approaching him. He turned and saw Nepurrtiti dash in between his legs as Cleopawtra lunged at her though fortunately for the small feline Lincoln was in the way. Unfortunately, Lincoln helplessly watched as Cleo sliced the pants apart along with the tux as well as she climbed over him to get to her little sister.
"The tux!", Both boys cried out.
Clyde quickly refocused on his cat Cleo and chased after her as Lincoln distraughtly looked upon the ruined fabric. It was in no way presentable now he lamented as he easily pressed his fingers through the various minor sliced gaps. Plan b had now officially gone down the toilet.
"Alright I put Cleo in her time-out crate. How bad is the damage?", Clyde worriedly asked as he came back.
Lincoln turned and saw Clyde's face sink.
"My dads are going to kill me.", He groaned.
"Lola's going to kill me." Lincoln mentioned, hoping the misery loves company concept would cheer up Clyde a bit. "I'm sorry Clyde this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't of bothered you like this."
Clyde sighed. "It's ok Lincoln it's not your fault, accidents happen and hey one of my dads is pretty good with sewing remember? So he can fix this up for you."
Lincoln beamed a bit. "Really?! Well where is he?"
"Oh um, their both out for date night, sorry I forgot about that. They won't be back until at least another hour or so. Think you can wait that long?"
Linc took out his cell and looked at the time, mulling over it for a few seconds until ultimately he shook his head in defeat.
"Curfew is coming close." Lincoln muttered as he went back into the bathroom to change back. "I got to start heading back already."
"Sorry Linc."
"No worries Clyde, wasn't my first option but I do have a plan c."
"Oh?"
"My blue suit."
"Think that will be good enough?"
Lincoln came back out and handed Clyde back the ruined tux.
"Yeah it will." Lincoln truthfully admitted, but it wasn't good enough for him in his mind though. "I can take some of the heat for this mess if you'd like."
Clyde raised his hand. "Nah it's ok really. My dads will be upset but they'll understand it was an accident."
Lincoln gave a small smile and held out his fist. "Alright see you tomorrow Clyde, next time we hang at the arcade games are on me."
"See you tomorrow Lincoln and I'll hold it you buddy." Said Clyde as he bumped his fist against Lincoln's and proceeded to follow him out the door.
With a final wave goodbye Lincoln sped off towards home leaving Clyde to his thoughts.
"Proposing to Lori huh." Clyde muttered. "*sigh* One day … one day."
Loud House, Dining Room Sunday Evening
"Eight, nine, ten.", Lynn Sr. mentally counted as he served his kids Salisbury steaks.
"Girls, where's Lincoln?", He asked as he served an empty seat.
A few eyes nervously darted back and forth at the question more so for the fact that they wondered that as well.
"Um were not sure dad." Said Lori. "He said he'd be back though."
"If he knows what's good for him he offed himself in a ditch somewhere to avoid me getting my hands on him.", Lola whispered to herself.
"It's getting awfully close to curfew." Rita mentioned. "He better get home soon, otherwi-"
Knock Knock Knock
"I'll get it.", Lola eagerly said.
Upon opening the front door, she was met with the sight of a panting Lincoln.
"I'm *gulp* … I'm not late, am I?"
"Just in time." Lola said uncaringly. "So, where's this thing you set out to get?"
She saw his demeaner dim a bit.
"I couldn't get it." He replied. "Or, well I did, but I ended up losing it."
Lola crossed her arms. "So what, you're not going to propose then?"
"I will I promised you after all, right?"
A smug smile formed on Lola's face. "Good, I'll be waiting for a few minutes after dinner, and ONLY a few minutes."
"G-got it.", Lincoln nervously stammered.
With the passive aggressive confrontation out of the way Lola made her way back to the dining room with Lincoln in tow. His arrival putting a slight beam upon several of his sisters faces as he took his seat between Lisa and Lola.
"Just in time Lincoln." Said Rita as she checked the time. "And just where have you been young man?"
"Oh just trying to borrow some things from my friends.", Lincoln replied.
"Well I hope you know you won't be able to stay out so late once the school semester starts up again."
"Got it mom.", Linc replied as he scarfed down a steak whole.
"Whoa slow down son, the foods not going to get up and run away.", Lynn Sr. commented as he watched his son devour his meal.
Lincoln gobbled up the remains of what was left on his plate. "Sorry dad just something I got to do before bed."
Linc snuck a peek at Lola to gauge her mood as he headed towards the kitchen to hurriedly wash his plate, not being able to get a beat if she was feeling patient or not. Though with her more recent scares there was no chance in heck she was going to simply let him off the hook. After nearly drying his plate to a near shine he raced towards the foyer and up the steps, leaving behind a few disappointed faces in the dining room.
"I'm going to put away my leftovers and head upstairs.", Leni said as she picked her plate up.
"Not hungry honey?", Rita questioned.
"No not so much now."
"Alright just make sure to eat something in the morning, can't start your senior year on an empty stomach."
Leni gave a simple nod of assurance as she made her way into the kitchen and stored her plate away. In truth as soon as she saw Lincoln she lost her appetite, wanting to give him her handmade gift before it was too late. She passed the dining room and headed up the steps, hearing the bathroom door close shut and the shower turn on.
"Hm I guess Lincy is taking a shower first." Leni thought. "Oh I know, I'll surprise him in his room!"
With an eagerness restored to her step Leni headed for her room to collect her gift and set up waiting in Lincoln's. Meanwhile the unsuspecting target was busy scrubbing himself of the stench of the days sweat from pedaling everywhere. God knows he couldn't risk reeking for what he planned to do.
After a few quick self-sniffs of himself Lincoln stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. As he reached for the doorknob he heard the shuffling of footsteps and decided to wait for his sisters to enter their individual rooms. Just a little longer and he'd give everyone their answer he thought to himself as he counted down the number of doors shut.
When door click number five sounded off he quietly made his way towards his room, too preoccupied with the sound of his own footsteps to notice the light coming out from underneath his door as he placed his hand on the doorknob.
"Surpri-", Leni uttered before she choked on her own words at the sight of her half-naked brother.
Lincoln covered his mouth and suppressed his own shocked gasp as he shut the door.
"Leni?! What are you doing in here?!", He exclaimed in a hushed tone.
Leni snapped back somewhat from her slight ogling. "Oh uh I m-made you a p-present."
The blushing blonde turned and moved Lincoln's bed covers to reveal a shirt shaped gift wrapped in plastic. With a slight shake in her arms she handed over her hard work to him to which he raised an eyebrow at.
Slowly, while making sure his towel was fastened, he tore off the plastic. "Um, thanks Leni, but this is a pretty weird time to be handing me school clo- …"
Leni chuckled a bit. "Heh it'd be pretty weird if you wore that to school Lincy, but if you wanted to I wouldn't mind."
Lincoln gazed at the gift in slight disbelief, this sudden stroke of luck. "Why did you make this?"
"Well I was making my own dress and I figured since you were going to propose to Lola …"
Lincoln held the finely tailored gift in his hand, feeling more than optimistic now about his grand scheme for today with what Leni made him.
Leni looked at Lincoln's frozen face in slight worry as he held her handmade tux set. "Y-you don't like it?"
"Like it? … No … I love it! It's perfect and just what I needed! Thank you!", Lincoln exclaimed as he brought Leni into a one-armed hug.
The burst of affection threw Leni out for a loop more so because of his current attire. Unsure whether to hold his bare back so casually she merely stood there in place, flailing her arms about slightly as a giddy grin formed on her blushing face. After a few moments of sincere tender embrace Lincoln let go, realizing he was still very underdressed.
"Ahem um, guess I should get dressed now."
"Ok.", Leni replied as her grin grew wider.
Lincoln waited a few seconds then awkwardly cleared his throat and gave Leni a concerned look. Realizing what he meant Leni gave a sheepish chuckle as she slowly exited the room.
"Wait a second Leni." Lincoln called out. "I need you to do something for me."
Leni paused in the hallway and turned slightly. "What?"
"I need you to get everyone besides our parents, the twins, Lisa, and Lily into Lori's room for an important announcement I'd like to make."
"Oh ok, see you in a bit then Lincy."
As Leni shut his door Lincoln slipped into a fresh pair of undergarments before once again taking in the full view of Leni's gift. The entire quality of the tux itself was easily greater than Clyde's and Rusty's both, making it yet another testament to Leni's skill in fashion. Hopefully it would fit, though in Lincoln's mind he had no doubts it would as he had volunteered numerous times as her model.
With no time to spare to avoid Lola's wrath he quickly slipped on the entire set, taking in the texture and breathable quality of the fabric. Doing in the final button on his right cuff he gave himself a proper lookover before gelling his turkey tail down and proceeded towards the twins' room. Slightly nervous for what was about to come he took a deep breath and knocked, repeating the small speech he had planned ready since the hatching of his current plan.
Loud House, Lana and Lola's Room Sunday Evening
"Couple more minutes till curtain time Lincoln.", Lola thought as she gazed at her nightstand clock.
The little beauty queen took another look into her vanity mirror to make sure she was prim and proper if Lincoln ever actually got around to giving his proposal this time.
"Still waiting on Lincoln?", Lana asked as she changed into her oversized shirt.
"Not for much longer.", Lola replied with a growl.
"Wouldn't want to be in your shoes right now big bro." Lana thought as she climbed into bed. "Well g'night Lola."
"Goodnight Lana."
Knock Knock Knock
"*sigh* Dang it." Lana mumbled as she begrudgingly got off her bed. "I'll get it."
"It better be Lincoln.", Lola commented.
Ignoring Lola's vague threat Lana opened the door, only to have her jaw drop and her face become flushed at the sight of Lincoln and his suave attire.
"Hey Lana, Lola awake?", Lincoln asked.
Lana simply continued to gawk and stutter. "Ba … ba … ba."
"Uh Lana?"
"Well it's about time Lincoln." Lola interrupted as she made her way to the door. "I hope you put in actual effort in all th- … whoa."
"All suited up and ready to propose." Lincoln stated as he did a little bow towards the baffled pair of young maidens before him. "You ready Lola?"
"Yes!" Lola said desperately before she shook her head and recollected herself. "Ahem I mean y-yes, I'm ready."
"Shall we?", Linc said as he extended his hand out to her.
Lola fought hard to keep the stupid grin that wanted to form on her face away as she took Lincoln's hand into hers and let him lead her on down the hallway. Still slightly stupefied, Lana simply followed the pair down the hallway herself, keeping her gaze on who she couldn't believe was her older brother. Meanwhile a pair of curious eyes belonging to the young Lisa slowly receded back into the confines of her room.
Lincoln and Lola stopped before Lori's room much to her confusion as she watched him knock.
"Wait, what are we doing here?", Lola questioned as Lori gave the ok to enter her room.
"When I proposed to Lori and the others back then I did it in front of everyone. Don't you think it's only fair I do the same with you?", Lincoln stated while hiding his other agenda.
"E-everyone?" Lola repeated as she gulped from stage fright at the thought of him going so far as to do that. "O-of course, it's to be e-expected."
Leading her on once again by hand the pair entered the room to meet the several shocked faces of their elder sisters and the giddy excitement of Leni seeing Lincoln in her gift.
"Whoa L-lincoln, what's the occasion dude." Asked a flustered Luna.
"I have a proposal to make.", Linc responded as he twirled Lola in front between himself and their sisters.
"Moment of truth.", He thought as he cleared his throat and took a knee in front of the ever-reddening princess.
His gaze was clear and focused on his intended targets as he began.
"For as long as I can remember I've loved you. Hearing you, talking to you, the mere euphoria I feel now basking in your presence that sends a wave of goosebumps across my skin and sets my heart ablaze is all the proof I need to know where my feelings lie. Maybe I couldn't realize it back then, the difference between familial love and true passion, but now without a doubt in my soul I know I need you in my life as more than a sibling. I know now isn't the best time for us to be bound in holy matrimony with the current state of our ages, but if you feel the same will you wait with me? Will you be mine and allow me to be yours and count down the days together until our most treasured moment arrives when we say our tender I do's? To make this solemn oath connecting our lives into one. If so, all I need is a simple yes. A simple yes if you will be my bride when the time comes and I your groom. Will you be my betrothed? Will you be my love?"
As he finished his speech Lincoln placed a kiss upon Lola's gloved hand and waited patiently. The group of elder sisters watched with flushed faces in silence as they too were eager to hear what Lola would say. All eyes pointed towards Lola then, who's eyes shone with admiration in viewing Lincoln in a different light for the first time.
"Y-ye- …", Lola stammered as the butterflies in her stomach were going out control.
The group leaned in closer in anticipation.
Lola jumbled her words several more times before she bit her lip and shook her head in embarrassment before walking off.
"F-forget the p-proposal!" Lola exclaimed as she grabbed a red-faced Lana by the collar and dragged her away. "C-consider yourself l-lucky I changed m-my mind Lincoln!"
The remaining sisters gazed at each other in slight disappointment until the sound of Lola slamming her door shut brought them back to reality. They then acknowledged the obvious before them, the fact that Lincoln remained kneeled before them with a sincere smile gently formed as they gazed upon him.
"Lincoln." Spoke Lori. "What are you doing?"
"Waiting for my answer.", He calmly replied.
"But Lola already gave you you're an-."
Lori stopped mid-sentence as her brain clicked at what he meant. Wondering if any of her sisters caught on to what he meant as well, she stole glances at their faces and saw one by one each brighten up. They looked at each other to confirm whether they had the right idea and smiled as they realized their moment had at last come, for everyone.
Lori was the first to speak up. "Yes!"
"I didn't put in all that effort for nothing bro, of course yes!", Luna added.
"Our love story does need an epilogue, so yes.", Luan chimed in.
Lynn scoffed in amusement. "Like I'd say no after everything. Yes Lincoln."
Lucy was thankful her bangs covered the forming joyful tears in her eyes, saving her from embarrassment. "Y-yes."
Lori then looked to Leni who was still disappointed Lola said no and gave her a slight jab.
"What?", Leni asked.
"Yes or no?", Lori proposed.
"Yes or no to what?"
Lori facepalmed herself and sighed, a grin still upon her face for the moment couldn't be ruined so easily.
"Do you love Lincoln?"
"Of course I do!" Leni exclaimed. "Now and forever!"
Lori faced Lincoln. "Is that good enough?"
Lincoln gave a chuckle as he slowly stood up. "Yeah I'll take that as a yes."
"S-so what now?", Luan shyly asked.
A few seconds of silence resonated in the room until Lynn formed a mischievous grin and leaped towards Lincoln tackling him to the ground. "Dibs on first boyfriend hug!"
"Hey no fair!", Luan shouted as she dived in and tried squeezing herself in between the two.
"Guys, as the oldest I should be the one to spend some quality time with Lincoln first.", Lori stated as she slithered her way into snagging one of Lincoln's arms.
Luna chuckled. "Oh boy and so it begins heh."
Lucy simply sighed and decided to bide her time for the most opportune time to strike and steal Lincoln away for some alone time.
Meanwhile Leni simply watched in delight as everyone seemed to finally get along with each other after so long. She couldn't put her finger on it completely, but she knew in her gut it was all thanks to her Lincy. Just a few more years she thought as she pined over his smile.
"This is real." Lincoln thought to himself as he felt his sisters' warmth as they held him and felt their racing hearts along with his own. "This is love, genuine flat out love … I finally have it."
The world seemed to pause in merry bliss as he looked at each of his sisters. Sure there were many things down the road that he'd have to face eventually, but for now, in this moment, with everyone, nothing seemed like it could go wrong.
"Thank you guys, for being in my life." Lincoln stated with a sense of melancholy in his heart and mind. "… I love you all."
Smiles were returned and the most wonderous sentence he heard so far to date was then said. "We love you too Lincoln."
Part 1: Recorded Memory … Fin
… To Be Continued.
AN
Heh guess I got some explaining to do. Well for those not in the know yet my reason will be up for about one more day in my other "story" cause seriously admitting what happened is downright embarrassing. I still feel like I'm walking around with a damn dunce cone on my head. That being said to my followers old and new welcome and thank you for sticking with me up to this point. Hopefully with all the crap out of the way I can get back into the flow of things. Though this semester/work schedule is pretty tight and brutal. Literally had to slap myself awake since it's two in the morning here to post this. As an attempted apology I have gone ahead and answered just about every question I could that was story related. As for the general summary of the others ... no I'm not dead. Least I don't think I am *questions existence*. Anyways there was a little PSA announcement I wanted to get out a long time ago and damn it I'm not backing out of it now. For those who've read an already completed fanfic and decided not to follow/favorite it because of it's completion I implore you to change said habit. I have looked upon my peers as well as some other authors who's great works have such low numbers and I'm more than positive the previous mentioned statement is the reason why. So please, find it in your heart to go to their stories and if you genuinely liked it give it a favorite, a follow, or heck both to help other FanFiction members notice them. If this ends up kicking me down the follow rankings then so be it, cause I sincerely feel they sometimes don't get enough credit for their awesome work. Seriously, their the reason I even got back into the fanfic writing passion in the first place. Alright *steps off soap box* with that said I do have a sneak peak at part two of this story but BE WARNED, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. If you end up reading the sneak peek don't come crying to me with a thousand questions on what the heck I'm up to cause you know I'll be a vague jackass about it. So if you don't want to tempt fate then stop reading when you hit this paragraph's line separator. On a side note because of my schedule I have not been able to see the four new episodes of the Loud House that came out the past two weeks, so if anyone can point me to a reliable website I'd be very grateful. *sigh* It's good to be back home. *passes out from answering all the questions*
SNEAK PEEK
The Loud House: Memory of A Promise
Part 2: **** Chapter: ****
Disclaimer: I do not own "The Loud House"
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... To Be Continued.
