Meanwhile Aidan was sitting on the couch in his grandparent's living room with a brown suitcase beside him. The injuries he received from the six Loud sisters during the brawl were healed. He was waiting for his grandfather to drive him home.
"Hi how'd the intervention go?" he asked his grandparents as they entered the house.
"Well those girls were punished," Mrs. Douglas told him.
"Good, I hope they're punished until Christmas," Aidan snapped.
"Then we told the parents we're calling the police if they cause another disturbance and have them arrested for their children's behavior," Mrs. Douglas remarked.
"Let's take you home Aidan," Mr. Douglas asked.
"Clark, I hope that Rita and Lynn Sr. take Gary's warning seriously," Mrs. Stewart told her husband as she locked the front door behind her.
"I hope they do Robyn for their children's sake," he remarked, "Their kids are insufferable but I don't want them taken away if Rita and Lynn are called unfit parents if another incident occurs and Gary contacts the police."
"Those kids need discipline especially those girls," Robyn declared.
"You can say that again, anyway let's make some coffee," her husband said.
Later….
"Mark my words if your daughters don't learn to control their anger, they could wind up in prison, especially your daughter in the pink dress," Rita thought of Barbara's remark while getting into bed, then recalled the statement about Lola scaring people who refused to buy lemonade.
"Lola's bad attitude is getting worse, we have address the problem," she opined to Lynn Sr.
"I'm going to have a serious chat with her," she thought.
Saturday morning…
The Loud children except Leni were in the dining room finishing a late breakfast. Leni already had breakfast and was getting dressed for work.
"Morning girls, you have a busy day of chores," Lynn Sr. announced. The sisters groaned irritably.
"Everyone place your sheets and pillowcases in the laundry chute after breakfast," Rita said. Lincoln already did that before coming down.
"Luna you'll help Lori with the laundry, Luan, you're going to vacuum every room after Lincoln takes out the garbage," Lynn Sr. said.
"Lana, after feeding your pets, help Lola and Lisa with cleaning Vanzilla and Junior you're cleaning the bathroom. Lucy you're dusting the furniture," Rita said.
"Mom afterwards I have this birthday party for Saturday for a kid named Zach that I have to practice for," Luan said.
Lincoln became astonished. "Luan, are you talking about Zach Harper?" he asked.
"Yes," Luan replied
"That's the red haired one with the glasses you saw at my birthday. That's the party I'm going to," he said excitedly.
"Really we can go together," Luan replied.
Lincoln finished his remaining bacon and eggs then helped clear the table, afterwards he found sheets in the linen closet in the basement then made his bed.
While Lincoln collected the garbage Luna and Lori were in the basement.
"What should we wash first?" Luna asked Lori.
"We do the sheets first," Lori instructed. Luna picked up Lincoln's sheets and placed them in the washing machine then Lisa's.
"Now pour some of the detergent in the cap twice and pour it around in a circle," Lori instructed next.
When Luna was finished, Lori said, "Then we turn the machine to the heavy cycle."
After Lori did that she said, "Now we just wait for the cycle to finish, I usually text my friends or talk to Bobby. They sat on the basement steps.
"You know this is all Lola's fault, if she hadn't wanted that dang piece of cake we would be enjoying the rest of our summer," Luna complained.
"That's so true," Lori replied, "I could be talking to Whitney now."
"Next time we let the little princess fight her own battles," Luna remarked bitterly.
"I wonder how many places have we been kicked out or banned now?" Luna mused.
"Remember when dad went in for colonoscopy surgery? We begged him to take us. Lisa wouldn't stop asking his doctor medical questions. A few minutes after he went into surgery Lynn started doing parkour over some chairs, Luan was annoying people with her corny puns then Lana and Lola started fighting in the play area over a crayon Lana took from Lola," Lori recalled.
"Then the receptionist came over and told us to leave because people were complaining about us. You drove us home then came back. Mom was so mad when you told her what happened she grounded them for a week," Luna said.
"We sure have a bad track record, anyway I'm going for a book," Lori remarked.
Finally all the garbage was taken out. Lincoln washed his hands afterwards in the bathroom then tidied his room.
"I'll take Charles for a walk," he thought. Lincoln passed the Hart's residence on his way to Ketcham Park. After walking Charles around for ten minutes he rested on a bench with Charles laying on the ground. He left after fifteen minutes passed and headed home.
Lincoln saw Lana, Lola and Lisa resting on the couch drinking water. He returned Charles leash to its place on the kitchen wall then took a cold bottle of water from the fridge. Upstairs Lincoln drank some water then started packing his pajamas, some underwear, his toothbrush and two DVD's into a green tote. Yesterday at Gus' Clyde told his friends Harold asked him to invite them to a sleepover and Rita agreed to let Lincoln go. He read comics until three pm, then assisted Lori and Luna with folding clothes before leaving for Clyde's at four pm.
Clyde opened the door when Lincoln rang the doorbell.
"Hello Lincoln, my dads are serving hot dogs and fries for dinner," Clyde said as Lincoln followed him into his bedroom.
"Let's watch TV until the others arrive," Clyde said as Lincoln placed his tote bag on the floor. The other boys arrived exactly at four-thirty.
After dinner they spent hours watching DVD's including the second Ace Savvy DVD Clyde gave Lincoln for his birthday until they retired to Clyde's bedroom at nine o'clock for some much needed sleep.
Sunday morning…
The sisters were having a late breakfast. Mr. Loud was calling Mr. Grouse about watching the summer school girls in the afternoons while the parents were working. He picked up the landline phone in the foyer.
"Hello Bernard, welcome back home," Lynn Sr. said cheerily.
"Hello Lynn," the elderly man replied.
"I hope you enjoyed yourself on your mini vacation," Lynn Sr. asked.
"Yes I enjoyed myself immensely. How was the Block Party?" he inquired.
The father sighed, then admitted, "It went perfectly well, but the girls were involved in some misbehavior."
"It figures," Mr. Grouse thought dryly. He knew the Loud children like his own nieces and nephews.
"I have a favor to ask you, seven of the girls are going to summer school as a part of their punishment, but when they come home they won't have any adult supervision because we won't be home until later so could they stay with you after school?"
"I don't know Lynn," Mr. Grouse replied doubtfully. He was hesitant to agree because of the Loud children's penchant for disorderly conduct.
"Will you do it if I pay you?" Lynn Sr. asked.
"I don't want money, make me some of your delicious lasagna and you have a deal," Bernard replied.
"Agreed," Lynn Sr. replied.
"Tell your girls they have to conduct themselves properly in my home," Mr. Grouse said next.
The man remembered the night a red minivan stopped at the Louds then seeing the ten sisters emerging from the van then watching as the driver hastily drove away as quickly as possible. (from the episode "Attention Deficit")
"Don't worry I'll tell them. Under no circumstance are they allowed to watch TV or have any sweets. The younger girls might convince you into letting them watch TV but stand your ground. They can sit at your table and do their homework. If they say they don't have homework, tell them to do some reading. I'll make sandwiches for them to carry and some juice," Lynn Sr. continued.
"Anything else?" Mr. Grouse inquired
"I'll call you at 1: 30 pm to check if all seven girls are there," Lynn Sr. said.
"All right then Lynn," Mr. Grouse said
"Thanks tremendously Bernard," Lynn Sr. replied, "Goodbye."
When he hung up the telephone, Lynn Sr. went into the dining room.
"Guess what Mr. Grouse has agreed to watch you girls after school," he announced. They all groaned.
"Dang it I was hoping he'd say no," Lola declared.
"School ends at one p.m. so Luna, Luan and LJ go to the elementary school and you all get on the school bus and head straight to Mr. Grouse. I will call him at one thirty every afternoon to see if you're all there and accounted for," Lynn Sr. continued.
"First we're going outside and do some exercises then afterwards you are cleaning the kitchen. Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan and Junior you're going through the cupboards and throw out expired food and twins, Lisa and Lucy you're cleaning out the fridge," Rita announced.
