Ronnie Anne had brought Stella to hers and Sid's once secret hangout spot and thankfully no one was using it. Everyone was busy today and no one reserved time .Ronnie Anne made sure there would be no interruptions, she signed hers and Stella's name and closed the curtain, leaving it just the two of them.
"Alright spill, what else happened that you're so ashamed of?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Promise not to judge?" Stella asked.
"Yes, you have my word," Ronnie Anne said. "Now come on, lay it on me."
It was a month after the Dairy Land trip, Luan was playing host for a birthday party. For a while now, Luan hoped to have Stella assist her with a party, and she was finally going to get that wish.
At a party for one of Lisa's classmates, both Lincoln and Stella had accompanied Luan, the comedian girl having her clown activities ready. Also there assisting was Luan's boyfriend Benny, bringing over some props and being a back-up clown.
Luan was performing at the party, Stella quickly passing her all the props she and Benny would need, Lincoln keeping a checklist of everything that needed to be done in the party, while also trying to fend away the advances from Darcy.
The party went well, all the kids had fun, along with the helpers involved, plus they got free cake, so bonus points for them, especially Lincoln.
"Hope you've all had a blast!" Luan said, pressing a button shooting off some confetti. "But the end has come I'm afraid, though before I go, how about a big round of applause for my helpers. How many of you heard of my brother Lincoln?"
Lincoln went on stage, waving to everyone, unaware that Luan had dropped a banana in his path, causing him to slip, "Oh no!"
Lincoln landed on his backside, not too hurt but mildly annoyed. Luan offered a hand for Lincoln, the boy hesitantly taking it, making sure she didn't have a hand buzzer attached, fortunately her help was a legitimate.
"Looks like you slipped back into that old gag," Luan said, winking at Lincoln, the boy sheepishly smiling.
"Linky! Are you alright!?" Darcy asked.
"He's fine Darcy, he's used to falling on his hindquarters," Lisa said.
"Hind what?" Darcy asked.
"His butt," Lisa explained.
"Oooh," Darcy said, then turned to Lincoln. "Does your butt have a boo-boo Linky!?"
That earned a round of laughter, much to Lincoln's embarrassment as he covered his face in shame. Luan patted Lincoln on the back, "Not easy being the butt of a joke." She turned back to the crowd, "My brother and my best assistant, Lincoln Loud!"
The kids cheered for Lincoln, much to his appreciation, which helped ease the awkward moment he just endured.
"Next up is the most handsome boy in my school, my dear sweet Benny!" Luan said, the teen boy shyly walking on stage, blushing from the introduction Luan gave him.
"Hi everyone," Benny shyly introduced.
"Ain't he a doll?" Luan asked, then kissed him on the cheek. "And you know how much girls love their dolls."
The kids playfully ewed at the sight of Luan kissing her boyfriend, Benny still feeling somewhat embarrassed. "You say 'ew' now, but wait til you're all my age."
"I already know what it's like to feel 'emotions' for someone," Lisa reminded. "But I suppose it is a topic foreign to many my age."
"Well finally, I'd like to introduce another great assistant and one of my best friends, meet Stella!" Luan said, gesturing for Stella to come onstage.
"Hi everyone," Stella said, waving to the kids.
"Boo!" Darcy shouted.
"Come on Darcy, I know you like my brother but please maintain some dignity," Lisa said.
"Stella is a nice girl, very smart, intelligent and has a lot of tolerance, real model girl here," Luan praised.
"Aw, that's really nice of you to say Luan," Stella said with a blush.
"She's also very sweet, figuratively," Luan then brought out a pie and slammed it into Stella's face. "And literally!"
This earned another round of laugher from the kids as Luan took another bow. Stella didn't really mind, it was all in good fun, and the pie was tasty.
"Hope you all enjoyed the show, now to go out with a bang!" Luan brought out a giant gong and hit it hard before bowing. "Thank you all!"
After the party had ended, Luan had collected her payment and leftovers, then made her way home with her boyfriend, siblings and their friend/girlfriend.
"Wow, that was really fun," Stella said. "You make a really great party host Luan."
"I would say I don't clown around on the job, but that wouldn't be accurate," Luan said.
"Quite inaccurate indeed," Lisa said.
"I really appreciate you especially Benny, I'm so happy you made it," Luan said.
"Anything for you Luan, it was such a fun party, it's so nice how well you work with kids," Benny said.
"Luan would make a fun mom one day," Stella said.
"Who me?" Luan asked. "Gee I never thought about being a mother."
"I think you'd make a great mom too," Benny added, holding Luan's hand, getting a blush from his girlfriend. "But that's not something you need to worry about right now."
"Yeah, not for a long time at least," Luan said.
"If you two get married, can I be the flower girl?" Darcy asked.
"Uh, sure thing Darcy," Luan said.
"I hope I get married one day," Darcy said. "And I hope it's with Lincoln."
"Come on Darcy, there's gotta be a boy you like better than me," Lincoln insisted.
"No, can't think of one," Darcy said.
"Ha, lucky Lincoln, getting the attention of two girls," Benny said. "A blessing and a curse."
"Well three if you count Ronnie Anne," Lisa said.
"Lisa, I told you that Ronnie Anne and I are just friends, if we weren't I wouldn't be dating Stella in the first place," Lincoln said.
"I'm not denying your friendship, but I do believe Ronnie Anne did seem infatuated with you, even when she claimed she wasn't," Lisa said. "It just may have been hard for her due to one, her living far away, and two, even not counting that, it may be awkward since her brother is dating our eldest sister."
"Hmm, that means if Lori and Bobby got married, you and his sister would be in-laws," Benny said. "So is it weird to date in-laws then?"
"I don't think it is, not like you're actually related to the person," Luan said. "It's just awkward if they break up."
"Exactly, the stress could have also deterred Ronnie Anne's advancements," Lisa said.
"Why are we even discussing this, I'm dating Stella, and I'm very happy with her," Lincoln said, placing his arm around the girl. "Ronnie Anne is my best friend, that's all."
"I say Lincoln got the better deal, since Stella actually lives in Royal Woods," Luan said. "Plus Ronnie Anne is a very complicated girl, I don't think she's ready for a boyfriend."
"Indeed, we should be grateful that Lori abandoned that idea, it helps that our eldest sibling has grown fond of Stella," Lisa said.
"Yeah, Stella and Lori have really bonded lately, I never would have imagined that, but I'm glad it's happening," Lincoln said.
"How did you and Lori become such good friends?" Luan asked.
"Hard to say, Stella said. "She took the initiative, and since then we've become pretty close."
"So is it safe to say that all of Luan's sisters like you Stella?" Benny asked.
Stella grimaced a second, "Well...not exactly."
"We're having trouble with Lynn," Luan said.
"Lynn? Wait wasn't she the one who assumed that Lincoln and Stella were dating in the first place?" Benny asked.
"Yeah, then she turned on her pretty much," Luan said. "All because she blames Stella for something that was her fault in the first place!"
"And for helping our brother show a 'spine' as one would put it," Lisa said.
"That's unfortunate," Benny said. "Say Luan, none of your sisters dislike me, do they?"
"No, not that I'm aware of," Luan said. "The only time they would have disliked you is if you judged me for my pimple on our picnic date, which you didn't."
"We really appreciate that by the way," Lincoln said.
"Indeed we do," Lisa added.
"It's nothing, I mean every teenager gets a pimple, I would hope Luan wouldn't mind if I showed up with a pimple or two," Benny said.
"Of course not, those go away anyway," Luan said. "Honestly I don't even know why I was so worried."
"It happens, I get nervous too," Benny said. "Which is why I groom that much more when I have a date with you."
"Oh you don't need to go overboard on my behalf," Luan insisted. "But I do appreciate the gesture."
"So if I had a pimple Lincoln, you wouldn't be bothered?" Stella asked.
"Of course not, it's just a silly pimple," Lincoln said.
"Yeah I thought you'd say that, I just wanted to hear it straight from your mouth," Stella said, leaning in to kiss Lincoln on the cheek. "Such a sweet boy."
Darcy angrily clenched her fists, then walked closer to Lincoln, "Would I still be cute with a pimple Linky?"
"Uh, sure Darcy," Lincoln said, rubbing her hair briefly. "You'll be fine."
Darcy smiled a toothy grin, then turned to Stella, "Ha! He thinks I'm cute too!"
"You are cute Darcy," Stella agreed.
"Hey! Don't even think about trying to butter me up with your nice words missy! You're still my rival or love!" Darcy declared.
"Aw, that's so cute," Stella said, patting Darcy's head. "You talk so maturely too!"
"You can thank me for that," Lisa said. "I occasionally tutor her in various ways, such as grammar."
"Well it's paying off well," Stella said, then turned to Darcy. "You're gonna grow up to be a very intelligent girl Darcy."
"Indeed she is," Lisa said. "I look forward to climbing academic ranks with her."
"Just don't forget to have some fun along the way," Stella said. "Sometimes that in itself can be a teacher."
"I get told that frequently, I do suppose it has it's merits," Lisa said.
"Let's hurry on home, I have a cake to eat," Lincoln said, picking up the pace.
The other kids also started hurrying, making their way back to The Loud House. Lisa went upstairs with Darcy while Lincoln, Luan, Stella and Benny stayed in the living room.
"We should do this again soon, I had a lot of fun at the party," Stella said.
"There's another birthday party in a couple of days, that one has a Princess theme to it," Luan said.
"A Princess theme, sounds like something Lola would want," Stella said.
"It's gonna be fun, especially with Benny's help," Luan said, seductively eyeing her boyfriend.
"Y-yeah, my help," Benny shyly said.
"Oh don't be like that, it'll be fun," Luan said. "You'll be the brave Prince who rescues the Princess, that's me, from the castle guarded by a ferocious monster."
"This really does sound like something Lola would have thought up," Lincoln said. "Is this your idea or hers?"
"I'll be honest, I'm not shy of using some ideas from our sisters, or any of yours Lincoln," Luan said. "One time I went to a party dressed up as the Ace Savvy character you designed for me because the boy liked heroes."
"Ha, I knew you'd like it," Lincoln said.
"I'm still not that into Ace Savvy or anything, but I do appreciate you modeling a character after me, and I know it's popular among a lot of kids," Luan said.
"Well at least you have appreciation for it," Lincoln said. "So what's this Princess plan you have in mind?"
"Simple, Benny dresses up as a knightly prince, he fights a fake dragon, rescues me from the castle, then we kiss," Luan explained.
"You're gonna kiss in front of a bunch of kids?" Lincoln asked.
"Yeah I know they don't care about the romance, that's just a little something for me," Luan said, smiling confidently.
"Ha, sneaky," Stella said.
"Well me and Benny should get to practicing," Luan said.
"Yeah, we should-" Benny's phone started ringing. "Huh?" He answered the phone, "Oh, hi mom...oh, you need me home? Uh-huh, sure, I'll be there." He turned to Luan, "Uh so I kind of-"
"Yeah, I know," Luan said. "That's fine, don't worry about the rehearsal, we can try another time."
"I'll call you later," Benny said, then kissed Luan good-bye. "I'll see you later."
"Bye Benny," Luan said as her boyfriend made his way home. "Bummer, I was hoping to get a head start, the party's soon and if I don't pull this off, we might end up embarrassing ourselves. Plus another reason I choose this is because one of the women in charge of the theater is gonna be at the party with her kids, I want to make a good impression."
"You can still practice on your own," Lincoln said.
"Yeah but it's easier to practice with someone else," Luan said. "I could ask Mr. Coconuts, but his acting skills are a bit wooden, hehe, get it?"
"You could ask Luna," Lincoln said.
"She's with her band," Luan said. "Not to mention she's gonna get home pretty late. Oh well, it doesn't matter if I do good, Benny won't be up to speed either."
"Hey if you do your performance well enough, it could be enough even if Benny isn't completely ready," Stella said.
"Yeah, maybe I should at least try," Luan said, then had an idea. "Or...maybe one of you can help me!"
"Who us?" Lincoln asked. "Well, I am pretty skilled in the art of theater."
"Since when? You never acted," Stella said.
"Hey I wrote a play that got us into a family vacation at a nice resort," Lincoln said. "You remember that, right Luan?"
"It was our only resort to get that vacation," Luan joked, chuckling a bit. "But seriously, you are clever Lincoln, and you know how to write a good story since you won that Ace Savvy contest, but I'm not too sure about your acting."
"Hey I got well into character that week I was wearing those different clothes," Lincoln said.
"Yeah, he made a good mime," Stella said.
"Of course, who do you think taught him?" Luan said, gesturing to herself. "But I suppose I could give you a chance."
"Too your room then," Lincoln said, making his way upstairs with his girlfriend and sister following. As they made their way into Luan's room, they were spotted by Lynn, who happened to have seen them after stepping out of the bathroom.
"Looks like the clowns are home," Lynn said, making her way back to her room.
In Luan's room, the comedian quickly put on a Princess Cap while Lincoln put on a Prince hat. Stella sat on Luan's bed. "Nice Princess gear."
"I got it from Lola, after also telling me she'll be at the party," Luan said. "And that if I mess up in any way she'll never forgive me."
"Sounds like Lola," Lincoln said, then grabbed a toy sword. "Alright so where's the script?"
"Here," Luan said, passing him the script as she placed up the fake dragon. "Don't worry about reading it word for word, if you need to ad lib then by all means do so."
"Don't worry, I'll put my own style into it," Lincoln said, grabbing a fake toy sword, then speaking in a deep voice heroic voice. "Back down now dragon, or face the mighty power of Sir Lincoln Loud! The world's greatest knight!"
"Dial it down Linc, you're a knight, not a superhero," Luan said.
"Hey who says a guy can't be both?" Lincoln asked.
"Just act more knight like, think those fantasy RPGs you like to play," Luan said.
"Uh, I'll try," Lincoln then put on a slight Scottish accent. "Alright ye dragon, you best back down now, or face my wrath!"
"Uh, little better," Luan said.
"Take this!" Lincoln started whacking the dragon. "You won't defeat me, for I, the great knight Lincoln Loud, will reign victorious!" He started doing a few fancy tricks and jumped to attack, crashing into the fake monster and making a mess.
"Ugh, Lincoln, you're over acting," Luan said, helping her brother up. "Look, it doesn't need to be that complicated, just show up, say a few witty one liners and 'fight' the dragon."
"Seems kind of boring, you gotta add a little spice to it, keep those kids entertained," Lincoln said.
"Lincoln, I guarantee you that Benny isn't going to do any wacky stunts like that," Luan said. "Just stick to the script."
"Fine, have it your way," Lincoln said, resuming position.
"Alright, try again," Luan said, though almost immediately Lincoln jumped over, trying to do some fancy flip but crashed into Luan. "Lincoln!"
"Sorry, I wanted to try out a move I saw in a video game," Lincoln said.
Suddenly the door opened, behind it was Lola, "What's with all the noise? I'm hosting a tea party and my guests don't appreciate the ruckus!"
"Sorry Lola, we're trying to practice for that Princess themed birthday party but Lincoln's having trouble acting like a knight would," Luan said.
"He's what!?" Lola said, glaring at her brother. "Wait why is he doing this with you? Where's Benny? I thought he was going to be here today after your party ended."
"He had to go home early, so Lincoln offered to help me rehearse," Luan said.
"Well he needs work," Lola said, dragging Lincoln out of the room. "Come on, no brother of mine is gonna fail as a Prince."
"Lola, wait!" Lincoln whined as his sister pulled him out, his protests catching the attention of Lynn, who creaked her door open to see Lincoln getting pulled away.
"What's Lola up to?" Lynn asked, making her way over to the room. "Better check on Lincoln, make sure he's alright, and also to make sure Lola doesn't have any dirt on us or anything."
As Lynn made her way over, Luan started putting the dragon away, "Well so much for that."
"Lola will help Lincoln act more like a Knightly Prince, you'll be fine," Stella said. "And if not, you still have Benny."
"Thing is, Benny isn't always able to come over, he helps his mom with a lot of things," Luan said. "I mostly only see him either in school or the theater club. I mean it's not out of the norm, most of us barely have our friends over, they get annoyed by the chaos. Only you and Clyde seem to be immune, aside from Bobby who came over quite often back when he lived in Royal Woods."
"Guess he doesn't mind the chaos, like me and Clyde," Stella said.
"Now he lives with his own big family so he kind of gets us even more," Luan said. "He's a really nice guy, he's even come down to see some of my plays, sometimes it's a shame me and the other sisters didn't try getting to know him better. The most we spent around him was the first time Lori dated him, me and Lynn were spying on the date from nearby to make sure he was good enough for Lori."
"Aw, that's nice of you," Stella said. "I take it Lori didn't appreciate that though."
"Not at first, but Bobby was fine with it, and understanding too," Luan said. "There was also the time we thought he was cheating on Lori, well Lincoln told us but he was way off about it, got us worried over nothing."
"Uh, what happened then?" Stella asked.
"Well long story short, Lincoln overheard Bobby talking about a girl and some date, but he was just helping a friend out," Luan said. "Lori was pretty mad about it, nearly pounded us when we suspected him."
"Hey, nothing wrong with looking out for your siblings, it's one of my favorite things about this family, you're all a bit nuts but you love each other a lot."
"Yeah, we do, even if we never say it, until you got Lincoln to do it, that was really nice and it made me really happy," Luan said.
"Anything for a friend," Stella said, getting off the bed. "I should check on Lincoln, I feel bad leaving him with Lola."
"Oh you don't want to interrupt her yet, she might snap at you," Luan said. "Actually, you think you can help me out with my rehearsal?"
"Uh, sure, I guess," Stella said. "I'm not much of an actress though."
"Just don't over act like Lincoln did," Luan said, getting back into position. "Don't worry about dressing up either, or the script, just improvise."
"Uh, alright," Stella said, then cleared her throat. "Evil dragon, let that maiden go! Or I will introduce you to my steel!"
"Not bad," Luan said. Wasn't the best acting but she could work with it. "Oh save me brave prince! Save me from this terrible creature!"
"Fear not Lady Luan, for I, Sir Stella, shall vanquish this beast!" Stella said, thrusting into the dragon.
As this was going on, Lynn, who had just left Lola's room after seeing that Lola was just helping Lincoln with some acting lessons had overheard Stella when she passed by the room.
"Huh? What's that dork up to?" Lynn carefully opened Luna and Luan's door, seeing Stella waving around a fake sword. "What in the world?"
"Be careful Prince, that dragon is strong!" Luan said.
"For you my lady, I will face any challenge!" Stella said, continuing to 'attack' the monster.
Lynn was amazed and brought out her cell phone to take some picture. "This is so geeky, no wonder she got with Lincoln, they're made for each other."
Stella continued 'fighting' the dragon, until it was eventually 'defeated'. "I have slain you dragon."
"Oh my strong knightly Prince," Luan said, rushing in to hug Stella. "You're so brave!"
"Anything for my dear sweet Princess Luan," Stella said, stroking her face. "For your beauty, I would slay a thousand dragons, and batte through thousands of armies, just to gaze upon your divine complexion."
"Oh God this is so lame," Lynn muttered.
"Your beauty makes it all worth it," Stella said, holding Luan close.
Luan was amazed at how well in character Stella was getting, she started to feel like an actual Princess. "Oh my prince, for your effort, I shall reward you."
"Your safety is reward enough," Stella insisted.
"And so shall my love for you, my sweet Prince," Luan said, then leaned in to kiss Stella taking her by surprise. Lynn's eyes widened similar to Stella's, she nearly dropped her phone from the shock.
Luan pulled away, Stella standing there in shock, "Uh...Wow..."
"Sorry, I got carried away," Luan said. "You really made me feel like a Princess, and you were really charming."
"Yeah, I might have gotten a bit carried away as well," Stella said. "You're a great kisser Luan."
"So are you," Luan said. "Wow, I think that's the second time we kissed, if this keeps up our boyfriends might start getting the wrong idea."
"Well, both of them weren't real kisses, they were just for practice," Stella said.
"Right, not like I feel anything, I mean, if we kissed again I would still feel nothing," Luan said.
"Yeah, same here," Stella insisted. "We're just friends, nothing more."
"Right, nothing more," Luan said. The two hoped to prove their point by leaning in for another kiss. Lynn was prepared this time, she grabbed her phone and took one final picture, then quickly scurried back to her room, chuckling to herself.
Luan and Stella maintained their kiss, kind of lost in the moment. What broke their trance was the sound of Lincoln yelling. They quickly separated just as Lincoln ran into the room, closing the door behind him.
"Come on Lincoln! It's just a dress!" Lola shouted, holding up the article of clothing.
"I'm not wearing that!" Lincoln firmly said.
"But to be a good Prince to a Princess, you have to look at it from her perspective!" Lola shouted.
"Hey! Stop shouting! Both of you!" Lori called from her room.
Lola groaned in annoyance, "Whatever, I don't have time for this. Lincoln is unteachable anyway."
Lincoln furrowed his brow, "The nerve of that girl." He turned back to Stella and Luan, "Sorry about that."
"Oh that's fine," Luan nervously said.
"I'm sorry I couldn't be much help Luan," Lincoln said. "I'll try harder next time."
"That's fine, don't worry about it," Luan said. "I gotta do a little revising of the script anyway."
"Oh, alright, come on Stella, let's let Luan have a little privacy, get her creative flow moving," Lincoln said.
"Sounds good," Stella said, blushing a lot as she looked back at Luan, the comedian looking away in shame.
Lincoln led Stella into his shared room with Lucy, the goth girl not home, as she was attending a poetry contest with her friend Haiku.
"At least we still have some cake," Lincoln said, bringing the pieces out. "They look tasty too, want to-"
Stella then pulled Lincoln into a really deep kiss, the boy surprised but not totally against it. She pulled back, gazing affectionately at her boyfriend. "You mean so much to me Lincoln, I just want you to know that."
"Uh, thanks, you mean a lot to me too Stella," Lincoln said.
"Lincoln...I love you," Stella said, to Lincoln's surprise.
"L-love?" Lincoln couldn't believe his ears, he doesn't recall Stella using those words in that order.
"It's fine, you don't have to say it back yet, I just wanted you to know how much I care about you," Stella said.
"No, it's fine, uh, I love you too," Lincoln said.
Stella was almost in tears from the combination of sheer joy and the guilt of what she's done, and then pulled Lincoln into another deeper and passionate kiss.
Luan was sitting in her room, sulking over what she had done. She kissed her best friend, no, more than that, she kissed her brother's girlfriend. She's never considered kissing another girl before, what made Stella so different is something she doesn't quite get yet. She'll have to ask Luna when the rocker girl got home, maybe she'll have a better understanding of this, she just had to figure out how to word the question to avoid suspicion.
She then received a knock on her door, curiously she went to answer it. She wondered if it was Stella since her siblings barely knock, and if they do they'd barge in right afterwards. To her surprise she saw Benny on the other side.
"Hi Luan, good news, my mom had to run an errand so I was able to come back," Benny said. "I just have to be home before 7:00 pm, we can keep working on that scene."
Luna just pulled Benny inside and started kissing him, much to his surprise. He doesn't mind kissing his girlfriend but she seemed really clingy all of a sudden.
"Luan, what's wrong?" Benny asked as he pulled away.
"I just...really need you right now," Luan said, kissing him again. Benny was worried, something seemed to be bothering Luan. He hoped it wasn't another fight with one of her sisters, he knows how sensitive she could be at times.
"Is everything alright?" Benny asked. "If something's bothering you Luan, you know you can tell me, that's what I'm here for."
"You're always so amazing Benny, very kind and sweet too, sometimes I wonder if I even deserve you," Luan said, a tear coming to her eye.
"Luan, I really like you, you know that," Benny said, wiping her tear. "What's bothering you?"
"I..." Luan wanted to tell him but she was worried how he would react, plus he might tell Lincoln and she doesn't want to upset her brother, or betray her friend. "I just started feeling crummy, that's all. Like I'm just not a good person."
"Luan," Benny sat on the bed and gestured Luan to join him. "Come, talk to me."
Luan sat next to her boyfriend, looking him affectionately in the eyes, "Benny, have you ever wanted to...you know, go the distance, with me?"
"Huh? Go the distance?" Benny asked.
"You know...reach home plate, make a score...do that thing that couples do when they really like each other?" Luan asked.
Benny was still confused, until he started putting the pieces together. "Oh...that. Um, well it does cross my mind, but it's not something I'm expecting from you in the near future. I like you for you, not for your body."
"I know, and I like you for you as well, but I really want to be closer to you, I want to feel a connection," Luan said. "After all, that's what it means to be with someone like that, you do it because you love them. I'm not saying we have to do it now, but, I wouldn't mind experiencing that with you."
Benny nervously rubbed his head, this was a bit awkward, but it did seem like something she was seriously considering. It wasn't just pure emotion either, she seemed to want to enjoy the experience for how it was mean to be enjoyed. "Luan...I'm ready when you are, but first thing's first, we gotta make sure we're both properly prepared."
"Prepared?" Luan asked.
"You know, I have to...cover it up and you have to...make sure you have control..." Benny was blushing.
"Cover it...Oh, oh yeah right," Luan said. "Yeah, we'll properly prepare for that..."
"Uh, I don't have any of that though, I'll have to get some," Benny said.
"Um, same here, I'll have to get what I need," Luan said. She looked to her boyfriend. "Hey, you're ok with this? I don't want to pressure you."
"I'm fine if you are," Benny said. Truthfully, he wasn't too sure, maybe it was his own hormones affecting his judgement but he felt so curious right now.
"Alright then...just let me know when you're, properly prepared," Luan said.
"I will," Benny said, worried about what he was getting himself into.
Back in the future, Ronnie Anne had a massive blush on her face. "Wait, Luan told you about all this?"
Stella nodded, "After we kissed, she told me she asked to do, that, with Benny. He agreed and the following weekend, she said they went along with it."
"Wow, so first you tell Lincoln you love him, then Luan gets, really close, with Benny," Ronnie Anne said. "Uh, how did she feel after that?"
"Well she admits maybe she rushed into it but she's not really dreading the decision, I mean they're still together after all, final year of High School," Stella said. "But their college paths might be different, Benny might be focusing on an acting school and Luan plans to go to Clown College."
"Wait, she seriously wants to do that?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"She takes her clown work very seriously," Stella said. "Anyway they're still gonna be in Royal Woods, they're not moving away like Lori and Leni did. Even Luna stays home while going to College with Sam and her band."
"They're still together right?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Yeah, they are...and before you ask, they also went the distance," Stella said. "I only know because Lincoln told me, and he knew because Luna was bragging about it while singing in the shower. Apparently it's not the first time she blabbed a secret while singing in the shower."
"Wow...so have you and Lincoln done it?" Ronnie Anne asked.
Stella started blushing, "N-no! We haven't, and we're not in any rush, and I'm not ready to do that."
"That's fine, I was just curious," Ronnie Anne said. "The idea of Lincoln doing something like that just seems so...weird." well what happened? When did you find out about Lynn's pictures?"
It was a day after the kiss, Stella and Lincoln were watching TV together. It was an old episode of the Ace Savvy show.
"Man I love this episode, in fact I'll get some popcorn," Lincoln said, making his way to the kitchen.
"I'll hold your seat!" Stella said. "Not that she really needed to, not like the other sisters were interested.
Suddenly she felt some the seat sink next to her, so she turned to see Lynn sitting with a cheeky grin.
"Hey Stella, how's it going?" Lynn asked.
"Uh, fine?" Stella said, a little suspicious. "Lincoln and I are watching Ace Savvy, so would you mind-"
"Ace Savvy? Sounds fun," Lynn said, placing her feet on Stella's leg. "Man my ankles are really sore from soccer practice, mind giving them a massage?"
"Uh, yes, I would mind," Stella said, pushing the feet off. "I'm not a maid, go find someone else to rub your ankles."
"Aw, really? I was hoping you'd do it for me, since you're such a good friend," Lynn said.
"Sorry, but no," Stella said.
"Well, that's fine, I mean, I was hoping not to resort to this, but you might be leaving me with no choice," Lynn said.
"Huh? Resort to what?" Stella asked, then saw Lynn pulling out her phone and showing off some indecent pictures.
"You got a really nice curve for a girl your age," Lynn said, showing off the underwear photos.
"Where'd you get that!?" Stella shouted, reaching for the phone, Lynn holding it away.
"Ah-ah, you rub my ankles and no one sees this," Lynn said.
You can't be serious!" Stella shouted.
"Get to rubbing, or a lot of your friends are gonna see a different side to you," Lynn said. "That includes your boyfriend and my sweet, baby brother."
Stella groaned in annoyance, "Fine, but you better promise to get rid of that."
"I promise no one will see it," Lynn said as Stella began rubbing her ankles. "Ooh, that feels nice."
Lincoln made his way back and saw Stella massaging Lynn's ankles, "Uh, what's going on?"
"Sup little bro? I told Stella how my ankles felt sore and she insisted on massaging them, ain't she a pal?" Lynn said.
"Stella, is this true?" Lincoln asked.
Stella wanted to protest but Lynn gestured to her phone. Reluctantly Stella feigned a smile, "Yes, all true Lincoln, I just felt so bad for Lynn."
"She is a great girl, ain't she Linc?" Lynn said, then noticed the popcorn. "Ooh, snacks!" She grabbed a handful. "Don't mind if I do."
"Yeah well, I kind of want to sit next to Stella, so would you mind moving?" Lincoln asked.
"Oh sure," Lynn said, getting off the couch, giving Stella small break. Lincoln sat down but just as he did, Lynn jumped back onto the couch in the same position she was, only now she was laying on Lincoln's lap. "Mind feeding me some more popcorn? Dear sweet baby bro?"
Lincoln groaned in annoyance and started giving Lynn some popcorn. "Here."
"Thanks, you're so awesome Linc," Lynn said, eating the popcorn and letting out a big belch afterwards.
"No problem," Lincoln said, still very much confused and very much disgusted.
Later after the episode ended, Lincoln decided to go upstairs, "Come on Stella, let's play cards with Lucy."
"Coming Lincoln," Stella said, then turned to Lynn. "Hey, you're deleting that photo right?"
"Never said that," Lynn said. "I said I wouldn't show anyone."
"Are you kidding me!? Delete that photo right now!" Stella warned.
"Wow, you're bossy," Lynn said, holding her finger over the send button. "One wrong move, and Clyde gets an interesting view."
Stella clenched her teeth in anger, "Why are you doing this!?"
"Simple, call it payback for all the trouble you've caused me," Lynn said. "You're going to keep doing what I say, or everyone gets these photos."
"Honestly, who can you send it to?" Stella asked. "Your sisters? They won't' care! Clyde, maybe that will be awkward but he's a good enough friend to not care. I doubt you have any of Lincoln's other friends on speed dial and Lincoln...it might be awkward, but he'll get passed it."
"Yeah, which is why I have another photo to send him," Lynn said, then scrolled over to her picture of the kiss between Stella and Luan. "Didn't know you were into girls."
Stella's eyes widened, "H-how did you-"
"Now you know, if you tick me off, I'm gonna show this to Lincoln and all my sisters, Lincoln will have his heart broken and my sisters won't take too kindly to our only brother's girlfriend cheating on him," Lynn said.
"Lynn, think about this," Stella said. "This could hurt Luan too, I know you care about your sisters."
"Don't worry, I'll make up a story to get some of the heat off her, my word against yours, and blood is thicker than water," Lynn said. "Granted her boyfriend might not like this but I'll make it up to her."
"You're...you're terrible!" Stella shouted.
"Listen, I'm not gonna ask you to do anything crazy, just a favor here and there, you can handle that, can't you?" Lynn asked.
Stella felt such an urge to punch Lynn, to make her write in pain. She'll find a way to get payback on her. "Fine...you win."
"Good, now go on, don't keep my precious little brother waiting," Lynn said as Stella stomped off.
Stella reached the top of the stairs, making her way to Lincoln and Lucy's room, but not before glaring back at Lynn's direction, "Bitch."
Lynn could have sword she heard something, but paid little mind to it. Things were gonna be interesting.
Back in the future, Ronnie Anne looked livid, "Wow, so she totally blackmailed you huh?"
"Yeah, she did!" Stella said.
"What a bitch!" Ronnie Anne said. "Uh, don't tell my abuela I said that."
"Your secret's safe with me, I thought the same thing too after all," Stella said.
"So how long has she been doing this?" Ronnie Anne asked. "The last three years?"
"Not exactly," Stella said. "She deleted the pictures eventually, but I needed help. Thankfully I had friends who could help."
"Good, so Lynn hasn't been bothering you much lately?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"She's backed off quite a bit in the last year, her pettiness did eventually lead to some falling out with her sisters, and reality started setting in for her," Stella said. "But I still don't know if she's truly changed or if she still harbors a grudge of sorts."
"Wow, so all the sisters hate her or something?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"No, not all of them at least," Stella said. "She's just at odds with a couple of them."
"What about Lincoln?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Believe it or not, they're fairly close, in fact Lincoln's the only one who's still actively there for her, he said someone has to do it and he did promise to always be there for his sisters, even Lynn," Stella said. "She acts tough about it but she really does appreciate her brother's love and support."
"I just hope reality fully sets in for her," Ronnie Anne said.
"Ronalda! Stella!" Maria called. "The Louds are here!"
"Well here they are," Ronnie Anne said. "Ready meet up with them?"
"I'm just worried what will happen when Sid sees Lynn, I know she doesn't really like her," Stella said.
"You let me worry about that," Ronnie Anne said. "Wonder how she's doing at the park with Lincoln?"
"They're probably talking, maybe they're having their own deep, emotional moment," Stella said.
At the park, Lincoln is still leaning up against a tree as Sid had him locked in a kiss. He hoped it would be a quick kiss but she's been at it for a while. All he could do was keep an eye on Lily and Adelaide, hoping neither one of them would notice. Honestly he's surprised they haven't, whatever they're doing they really seem to be into it.
He was ready to push Sid off the moment they looked his direction. In fact maybe he should do it now, she's been kissing him so long, and now he can feel her tongue in his mouth. But he also doesn't want to be rude, and it is just one kiss, even if Sid's extending it as long as she could.
Lincoln didn't fully hate the kiss, but he felt too guilty to really enjoy it, his biggest fear was that Stella would randomly stop by and find him in this position.
Thankfully Sid pulled away, finally taking a breath. "That was so amazing. Thanks Lincoln, that was one of the greatest moments of my life."
"Uh, sure Sid, just keep it between us," Lincoln pleaded.
"Don't worry, I won't tell Stella about me kissing you, or about you rubbing my butt," Sid said.
"Huh? When did I-" Lincoln looked down to see that his hands were indeed on her backside. "Ah!" He quickly fell over, this finally getting the attention of the younger girls.
"You alright Linky?" Lily asked.
"I'm fine, just fine!" Lincoln nervously insisted, then turned to Sid. "How long have I been doing that?"
"For a while, man you really felt it up, made me kind of 'excited' if you know what I mean," Sid shifted her eyebrows.
"Hey I'm saving myself for Stella!" Lincoln firmly said.
"That's cool, I'm saving myself for Ronnie Anne, in fact that kiss also made for good practice, and I might take your butt rubbing idea," Sid said.
"I still can't believe I did that, why would I even do something like that?" Lincoln wondered.
"My guess, you're used to rubbing Stella's butt, not that I blame you, it's nice and round, kind of want to press my face against it," Sid said.
Lincoln just stared at Sid with an almost furious glare, "You...WHAT!?"
"Relax, I'm not gonna," Sid said. "I respect Stella enough not to go crazy, at least not without her permission. I mean I would probably cup a feel but that's where I draw the line."
Lincoln still looked kind of furious, "Focus on Ronnie Anne please, not my girlfriend."
"Relax, not like she's into girls anyway," Sid said. "Anyway let's head back, your family should be here soon."
"Yeah, let's," Lincoln said.
Sid turned her attention to Adelaide, "Hey sis, ready to see Lana and Lola?"
"Oh totally! They're really nice, cute butts too," Adelaide said, then turned her attention to the youngest girl. "Let's go Lily!"
"Alright," Lily said, following Adelaide.
"Heh, cute kids," Sid said, turning to Lincoln, finding a very angry expression on his face. "What?"
"Cute butts?" Lincoln asked.
Sid took a moment and realized that her sister did indeed say that, "Oooh right...that. Well, kids will be kids right?" That did not calm Lincoln's angered glare. "Not like I ever said anything like that about one of your sisters, maybe Stella, or Ronnie Anne...ok I admit I said that about Luna once but damn can she rock skinny jeans." Lincoln still looked furious. "Wow, I've never seen you this angry, kind of attractive actually."
"Just so you know, growing up with ten sisters made me realize two things," Lincoln said.
"Uh, what?" Sid asked.
"One, girls can punch as hard as boys," Lincoln cracked his knuckles. "Two, girls can take a punch as well as boys."
"I don't follow," Sid said.
Within seconds, Sid was running and screaming back to the Mercado as an angry Lincoln chased after her.