"Carlota? Are you there?", Lori asks Carlota through her phone.
Carlota nervously answers, "Hey, Lori. Uh, how's it going?"
Lori answers, "It could definitely be better. Lincoln's missing!"
"What? That's horrible!", Carlota says trying to keep her cool.
"I'm calling everyone in hopes that they may have saw him.", Lori says, "Have you?"
Not sure what to say, the only thing Carlota could say was, "Uh...Please hold."
"Wait, what?", Lori asks?
Putting Lori on hold, Carlota calls out to Dana, saying "Dana, help me out here! Lori's on the phone and she's looking for Lincoln! What do I tell her?"
"I don't know! Lie, make something up! Don't look at me for ideas!", Dana answers, panicking.
"Oh, Dear Lord, help me. Carlota says, bringing Lori back up. "Sorry for that Lori, something weird was happening. But, no. I'm sorry to say that I haven't seen Lincoln."
"Oh, man. Things just literally keep getting worse.", Lori says, worriedly. "First Lynn gets hospitalized and now this."
Carlota then asks, "Wait, back up, what was the first part?"
Lori answers, "Well, after Lincoln punched Lynn in the face, surprisingly with brute force, we had to take her to the hospital and...turns out it was more than just a broken nose. The impact knocked her out cold, so she's gonna be staying in the hospital for tonight. We weren't worried before, but with Lincoln gone missing, we're all freaking out."
"Oh gosh, that is horrible.", Carlota says.
"I just hope to hear from Lincoln soon." Lori says, sadly. "I was angry at him before, but now I just want him."
"Hmm...hold that thought.", Carlota says. It was then that Carlota headed over to Lincoln and Carol, where they were talking about what they'd be doing together. She tells him that Lori is on the phone right now and passes it over to Lincoln, but to everyone's surprise...he hangs it up...
"Lincoln...", Carlota says, before being interrupted.
"You know I would rather not be on speaking terms right now with my sister!" Screams Lincoln. "It's bad enough that I ran away, but I don't want to talk to her right. She'd probably be screaming at me."
Carlota argues, "That's not true! She sounded concerned for you! Your sisters are freaking out because you've gone missing."
"Hmm...", Lincoln thought.
Carlota then said, "And, Lori even brought up worse news!"
"...Like what?", asked Lincoln.
"Lynn.", Carlota stated. "She got hospitalized because you punched her."
"What?, Lincoln says surprised.
"Yeah, apparently the punch you gave her did a lot more than break her nose.", Carlota answered. This had stunned Lincoln, who found himself holding onto Carol, who hugged him back as his face dug into her shirt. Carol didn't care that his tears were staining her shirt, the boy needed comfort.
Carol then says. "I think it'd be best if his sisters didn't know where he was at the moment."
"I don't know, Carol.", argued Carlota. "I'm not too fond with having to lie to Lori about this."
"Carlota, we've already made our decision that we should take care of Lincoln for now on.", Carol says back.
"She's right.", Mandee added. "Do it for his sake."
Jackie continued, saying, "Come on, Carlota. This will all work out in the end."
"Hmm...okay then.", Carlota accepted. "For Lincoln."
"Awesome.", said Carol. "Now, I think it's about time I take this kid home with me. How about it, Lincoln?...Lincoln?" It was then that Carol found Lincoln having fallen asleep in her arms, and the others couldn't help but find him so cute at the moment. Mandee and Jackie and Whitney all went, "Aww.."
"Yeah, I think I better take him home now.", Carol remarks.
"Alright, good night, Carol.", said Carlota.
Carol replied, "Good night." With that said, Carol carries the sleeping white-haired boy in her arms as she heads towards the front door of the club...
Lincoln felt wrapped in something so nice and soft, he didn't really feel like waking up. But, he found himself waking up anyway and much to his surprise, he found himself in a bedroom that was not his own; it looked like a girl's bedroom. He was starting to remember what happened last night, he must've lost the energy to stay awake while Carol was comforting him. Speaking of whom, Carol comes in through the door to find Lincoln finally awake. She said to him, "I was wondering when you'd wake up."
"Oh, hey Carol.", yawned Lincoln. "How long was I out for?"
"A while.", Carol answered. "It's noon right now."
"Huh. So wait, is this your bed?, Lincoln asks 'You let me sleep here?"
Carol replied, "Yeah, it's no big deal."
Lincoln then asks her,"Well, where did you sleep?"
"With you.", she says.
"What?", says Lincoln, surprised.
"Yeah.", Carols says. "You don't believe me? Check it out, I took a picture." Pulling out her phone, Carol showed Lincoln a picture of them in the same bed, she taking the selfie while he slept with his arms wrapped around her. Lincoln felt himself turn red by the sight of it, making Carol laugh a little at his embarrassment. She says to him, "It's okay. You look so cute in this."
"...You're so sweet, Carol.", says Lincoln.
"...You too.", replies Carol.
With that said, the hugged each other, Lincoln feeling overjoyed with how Carol feels about him. But then, there was something else on Lincoln's mind that made him brake the hug. He immediately asks hers, "Wait! You didn't post that, did you?"
"What? No! No, no, no!", Carol says soon after. "I wouldn't do that after promising to keep your secret! Please relax."
"Okay.", he says, calming down.
Carol then says to him, "Sorry if that scared you."
"It's alright." says Lincoln, soon feeling his stomach growling. "Hmm, I'm feeling a little hungry."
"Well, I left some breakfast out for you in the kitchen.", Carol says. "I hope you like pancakes."
"Who doesn't like pancakes?", Lincoln remarks.
But, Carol then stops Lincoln, saying, "Uh, before you go and eat, can you...help me with my hair?"
"Your hair?", Lincoln asks confusingly.
"Yeah, I just need it to be brushed a little.", said Carol.
"...Sure.", Lincoln says. "But, uh, how'd you get it curved the way it usually is?"
"There's no real trick to it.", Carol explained. "It just comes that way. Just try it."
Feeling a little anxious about this, Lincoln takes a hairbrush and starts to brush Carol's hair, seeing the curved look of it come naturally for her.
"See? Not so bad.", Carol complimented.
"I guess not." Lincoln said. "Can we go eat now?"
Carol answered, "Sure." And so, Carol guided Lincoln over to the kitchen, where a stack of 5 pancakes were waiting for him. Wasting no time, Lincoln got onto a seat and began eating the stack really fast. Carol was a little surprised by this, asking Lincoln to slow down a little.
"Wow, you've must've been really hungry.", remarks Carol.
"Yeah, I haven't eaten since last night.", says Lincoln.
"Hmm...You know.", Carol states. "I can't explain it, but when you brushed my hair, it made me feel so satisfied."
"Heh, you kinda sound like Leni." says Lincoln. "She sometimes likes it when I brush her hair and always tells me I'm so good at it."
"Is it the same with all your sisters?", Carol asked.
"Well, all except Lori.", Lincoln explained. "I always catch a few snags due to how thick her hair is.
Carol laughed, saying. "I can relate. I sometimes share the same burden."
Lincoln laughed at the little joke, but was having some very mixed emotions at the moment. Especially, with Lori.
"...So what are you gonna do now?", wondered Carol.
"Huh?", Lincoln said, confusingly.
"How are gonna handle all this?", she asked. "Being away from your sisters? Having to live with me?"
"...I'll get through.", Lincoln said.
Carol remarked."Hmph. Tough guy."
"Eh, not really.", argued Lincoln.
"Well, I know how to soften a guy up.", Carol said mischievously.
"How?", Lincoln asked. So suddenly, Lincoln saw that Carol was now right next to him and was having a mischievous smile on her face...
"Uh...Carol?"
Without warning, Lincoln found himself being tickled by the teenage girl, who was enjoying every moment of it...
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STAAHP!"
With the all the tickling Carol was giving Lincoln, both of them accidentally fell onto the floor. It didn't stop Carol from having fun with Lincoln. After a minute or so, both of them were still on the floor, with Lincoln breathing heavily and having a smile on his face as Carol embraces him.
"You're so sweet, Carol.", Lincoln said happily.
Carol happily replied, "Thanks. You too."