It was a beautiful summer Wednesday as the sun was rising over the Loud house. A certain 15-year-old white-haired boy woke up. He got up from the bed and started dressing up with an orange hoodie and some blue jeans. He looked at his calendar and saw the red circle around this Wednesday. Lincoln looked at the circle with a nervous look and a glint of fear. While still dressing up he saw his phone on his desk which he grabbed and unlocked. He quickly went to his messages with Clyde and saw their latest conversation.

00.27 AM L. "Hey Clyde think we can hang on Wednesday?"

09.12 PM C."Yeah sure come by at 11 I have an appointment at 2 tho"

09.57 PM L."Okay see you soon"

He looked at the mirror in his room noticing how tired he looked with bags under his eyes. He'll admit and say he hasn't gotten enough sleep in the last weeks because of one thing. Not wanting to think about it anymore Lincoln opened the door to his room and looked through the empty hall before looking at the camera "Ever since everyone's summer vacation started, our parents wanted to spend more time with us" Lincoln kept saying as he was walking to the bathroom. He could barely talk with his energetic voice anymore. It was replaced by a sadder tone.

"And it's understandable. Almost all my older sisters have moved out. The only ones left are Lily, Lisa, Lola, Lana, Lucy, Me, Lynn, sometimes Luan and kind of Luna. "Lincoln continued and brushed his teeth and started to go down to the kitchen

"You see Luan's business has become such a big hit that's she's barely home and Luna has started spending so much time with Sam and playing at concerts that she's also barely home and when she comes home it's only for a day or two." Lincoln sadly sighs as he continues to speak.

"Of course, this makes sense. Luna and Sam had a huge break between them last year that lasted for almost 2 months. I guess they missed each other. Ever since then they hung out every time and never left each other's side." thought Lincoln a bit sadly, he started making cereal and continued "As for Leni and Lori. Well, Leni got a job as a clothes designer as soon as she finished school, sadly the company was in another city. Of course, when she told us none of us wanted her to leave, but I must admit she has gotten smarter than her past self. I have to admit watching Lori leave made me sad, you see she moved into an apartment with Bobby after they both finished scho-".

"Hello, Lincoln" Hearing a calm and haunting voice from behind made Lincoln jump.

"Lucy! You know mom forbid you from doing that again after the cake incident" Lincoln now looked at the 12-year-old goth girl.

"Sorry Lincoln, a force of habit. By the way, when will Leni arrive? I need her opinion on a Vampire costume I'm making" Lincoln started eating his cereal and answered.

"Don't know, mom said that Leni will arrive at about 3 today?" Said Lincoln quickly finishing eating his cereal after noticing the time was already 11.

"Damn Luce, sorry gotta go I promised Clyde well finish our summer bucket list we made today" Normally Lincoln didn't use the D-word but since he was in a rush and his parents took all of the sisters to the mall minus Lucy to buy presents for Leni and Lori. Since Lincoln's mom, Rita knew of their plans they normally do every summer, she allowed Lincoln to skip the mall and hang out with Clyde. But right now, he had only one worry and that's about not looking weird in front of Lucy, so she doesn't suspect anything's wrong.

But she did, she noticed how tired Lincoln looked and that he was nervous about something. She also saw and heard how he isn't speaking with the same energy as he used to. It worried her a bit, she wanted to ask him about it but thought it was best if she asked him after he'll be back from Clyde. Maybe he'd be calmer then. A quick thought came to her mind and she asked

"Wait Lincoln aren't you supposed to go to the mall to buy presents or do you already have a present for them?" Lucy said watching Lincoln struggling to put on a shoe.

"Well yes and no. I gave mom 40 bucks and told her what to buy. And you?"

"I will give her a spell that makes her very lucky for the next coming days," Said Lucy while showing Lincoln the spellbook.

"That's great, now I gotta go." said Lincoln hastily as he rushed out the door.

As she watched her brother run out of the house, she thought how weird he was acting. She was going to question him when he returns but until then she'll be reading the spellbook.

Lincoln soon approached the McBride household. He knocked on the door and heard the locks being unlocked. After the door was opened it revealed Clyde, one of Lincoln's best friends.

"Hey buddy, what do you wanna do?" said Clyde

Lincoln nodded "I want to talk Clyde. I messed up really bad." Clyde gave him a worried look and asked if he wanted to come in. Lincoln nodded and went in hoping for the best.

It was a bit before 2 when Lincoln left the McBride household with a worried look. As he walked home, he thought about the event that will happen soon and how it will change his life. After coming close to the house, he noticed a black car in the driveway. He instantly recognized the car as Leni's and started running to the door. After reaching the door and a few knocks later, the door was opened by a 17-year-old Lynn.

Lynn quickly noticed that Lincoln was breathing heavily. " Lincoln did you run here?" Said Lynn chuckling a bit knowing that her brother lost track of time. Before answering Lynn was immediately pushed away by someone that then hugged Lincoln, suddenly he feels he was losing balance and started falling. Lynn took notice of that and quickly grabbed them both so they could both stand up straight. "Lincy what took you so long?" said the other person who Lincoln quickly realized was Leni.

"Leni aren't you supposed to come home 3" Said Lincoln wondering why Leni come home now.

That's before Lynn answers "That was when Lori would be coming." said Lynn while facepalming. All three of them entered the house, Lincoln noticing that the table was set with a bunch of delicious food. He made his way towards the table before he heard.

"Don't try it, tried it before and mom got mad" Said Lynn warning her brother while laying down on the couch with Leni scrolling through the tv channels. Suddenly the ground begins shaking and a group of people comes down the stair, within seconds Lincoln was surrounded by all his younger sister minus Lucy. They questioned him with every question possible "Are you okay?" "Why are you late?" and so on. After a minute the all stopped asking and went to their separate rooms. Lincoln took a notice that only his younger sisters were here, so he asked Lynn.

"Lynn where are Luna and Luan?" Lynn turned to him while Leni was still focused on the tv.

"Well Luna is still at Sam's place, but they will both arrive soon. And mom and dad are with Lily driving Luan here, can you believe it she's 18 and still doesn't have a driver's license!" Lynn laughed at that while Lincoln chose to defend his sister.

"Lynn you know that Luan barely has any time thanks to her successful business." Lynn wasn't looking to get in an argument today, so she agreed with him and continued watching the tv. Then Lincoln remembered something and he looked at the clock and quickly became nervous. While Lynn was more focused on the tv she did notice that Lincoln was nervous.

"Everything alright?" Lincoln quickly panicked when he heard her and quickly made a response.

"Yeah, I'm just wondering why barely anyone is down here but up there?" Lincoln pointed out while pointing at the stairs.

Lynn knew her brother was a bad liar and bad at hiding things. She could see that he was panicked about something but seeing that he was avoiding telling her. She decided to bring it up later since it was about 8 minutes left until mom, dad and Luan show up. And Lori called and said she's 20 minutes away before Lincoln showed up.

"Well, most of the are finishing packing their presents. Lisa made some tech stuff, Lola and Lana got new glasses for Leni and a new phone case for Lori and I think Lucy is gonna put a curse on Leni and Lori or something like that. What did you get them?" Asked Lynn looking at her brother. Lincoln started going up the stair while stating.

"Going to check now" Receiving a confused look from Lynn.

After reaching his room he noticed two normal-sized boxes on his desk. He picked them up and unboxed both, one of the boxes contained an SD card for Lori's phone and the other box had a nice scarf that was meant for Leni. Knowing that he had the presents for both of them he decided to check on his sisters. While thinking about who to go first to he heard an explosion coming from Lisa's room and decided to start with her. He opened the door to her room being surprised that it didn't break.

"Hello, fellow male sibling. I assume you came here because of the accidental chemical reaction that was unstable?" Lincoln just nodded while Lisa started cleaning her glasses that got dirty from the explosion.

While putting on her glasses she stated "Well I may need assistance in cleaning the lab right now" Lincoln sighed and agreed to help her.

After cleaning her room that she states is her lab she let Lincoln in on what she was doing. While Lincoln wasn't as smart as Lisa, he was able to pick up that she was making some hairdryer that allows the person to style their hair in any way. That's all he understood before Lisa started talking too smart for him to understand. He saw that as his cue to leave.

After leaving he decided to visit the twins before going to Lucy. Lincoln opened the door to their room only to be greeted to "My present is better!" stated the Lola pointing towards a pair of glasses on a desk.

"Leni has had the same glasses for about 4 years. Do you really think she'll change them now? At least Lori will use my phone case I bought her!" Said Lana to her twin. They both heard a door being closed

They both saw Lincoln trying to escape by closing the door and at the same time, Lincoln was praying that he doesn't get involved. "I already have a lot on my mind" thought Lincoln but sadly it isn't his day today.

Lola was the first to talk by saying "Whose present is the best? It's obviously mine." At the same time, she was using her puppy eyes to win.

"Lola! That isn't fair you're using puppy eyes to win" said her twin.

While Lincoln had to admit he almost fell for that trick. But luckily being born in a house of ten girls gives you immunity's to certain things. Lincoln prayed that by some miracle he could avoid their arguing when suddenly *Beep* "The doorbell" he through before looking at the twins.

"Looks like either Luna and Sam or Mom, Dad, Lily and Luan came home or its Lori." He said before starting to rush down with the twins behind him just as Lynn was opening the door. When the door opened it revealed their parents and Lincoln was a bit disappointed that it wasn't Luna. The next 10 minutes felt like a blur to him. His nervousness was getting to him and he wanted to stop it so bad. But he knew deep down that this had to happen. He got quickly snapped out of it when Lori arrived, sadly Bobby couldn't come today because he'll be with the Casagrande's and celebrate. We gave our presents to them and it was like Christmas for them. Now there were only two people that weren't her, Luna and Sam. The next 10 minutes were made of puns from Luan and me looking at the clock every minute. But I also noticed that Lucy sometimes looked at me like she wanted to ask something, and Lynn looked at me weird. I even think I saw them speak to each other before looking at me. Finally, the doorbell rang and when two people came in. Luna and her girlfriend Sam. While everyone was talking, I could feel time going by. Almost everyone tried talking to me about my day and so on. I wish this day would never happen. I looked at the clock one last time and was scared.

04.59 PM

Lincoln tried telling himself "This has to happen for the good of me and –-"

05.00 PM

*Beep*

That sound stopped my heart and I felt like I wanted to puke.

Everyone looked around confused wondering if they invited someone else. Luna decided to go and open the door, I wanted to tell her not to but with all my power I tell myself not to. I and everyone watch as she unlocks the door and opens it. She looks around before looking down and freezing. Everyone started to wonder why Luna froze up and some went to investigate but they also froze. My mom bent down and picked up a basket and carried it to the kitchen table. Everyone was trying to see, I didn't need to, I only sat there on the couch watching them. My mom picked up some paper and read it so that everyone in this room could hear. The word that will forever echo my mind "Dear Lincoln, I know none of us wanted this, but I can't do this. So, I'm giving Layla to you" That's it, no signature and all eyes on me.

End of chapter 1

Hey, guy c0ffeee here. I'm currently trying to start writing fanfiction and this is my first attempt. If you have criticism, please share it in the review section. Hope you enjoyed it

Edit: Updated to fix some errors