[As Leni continues thinking, all of the sudden nostalgia hits her.]
[Then a flashback happens, a blonde haired girl with ponytails, she was playing with some dolls outside alongside with a younger Lori.]
Younger Lori: Sue is walking down the aisle with her beautiful dress!
Younger Leni: Oh, she's so pretty! Can I borrow her? Please? With a cherry on top!
Younger Lori: We'll see about that.
[At that same moment, a younger version of Becky is riding her bike and she's about to hit the dollhouse.]
Younger Becky: Ahhhh! Watch out!
[Lori sees Becky immediately and grabs Leni by the arm and they run away.]
[Becky crashes into Leni and her sister's doll wedding.]
Becky: I'm okay! [Gasps] Is that one of those special Barbies?
[Lori and Leni come out of the other side of the house, looking shocked especially Lori.]
Lori: Noooo! You ruined our doll wedding! We worked so hard on it! [Gets mad]
Younger Becky: Please don't hurt me, I'm really sorry.
Leni: Leave her alone, Lori. She didn't mean it. [Turns back to Becky] I forgive you!
Becky: Thanks! I'm Becky.
Leni: I'm Leni. This is my sister, Lori.
Lori: We worked hard for nothing…
Becky: Don't be sad, Lori! I'll help you fix it.
Lori: Yay!
[After the girls put the doll wedding together, they smiled at each other and gave themselves high fives, for a gift for helping them lend a hand, Lori given Becky her wedding doll, Becky was overjoyed and Leni was happy for her.]
[Then the flashback ends.]
Leni: [Tears start forming her eyes, starts weeping softly, hugs Malik's pillow and the room goes silent for a few minutes, then Leni turns around.] Everyone is right…
[Then another nostalgia hits her, she remembers, the time, she went shopping with Lori and everyone given her and Lori cookies, clothes and shoes and everyone was happy to see them.]
Leni: [Sadly sighs, looking up at the ceiling.] There's only one thing to do.
[She gets off the bed, wipes away her tears and walks out of the room, the room next to Malik's, a cracked room door, Leni was curious to see what was inside, it was lavender colored room, the clothes was sitting on the bed, Leni tiptoes and gets the clothes, luckily they were clothes that were her old style.]
[She walks out with them, cracking the door and then starts changing in Malik's room.]
[Afterwards, she looked at herself in the mirror, rocking out an 80s looking outfit, but of course, she needed to fix the hair but she realized that the whole town of Royal Woods looking for her.]
Leni: Oh, crap! What am I gonna do?!
[With Malik, he is seen playing some video games, he stops and goes into his room to check on Leni one last time but as seen he opens the door, he sees Leni pondering.]
Malik: Leni? Is that my sister's clothes?!
Leni: [turns around, startled] Ahh! Yeah...please don't tell her!
Malik: I won't.
Leni: Can we go to a salon for a bit? No, not in this town. I don't wanna get caught by the police or my family or anyone around here! Please?
Malik: Yeah, of course, Leni.
[At the hair salon in Detroit….]
Leni: [nervous] Hey, Mrs. Hair Salon lady? Can you fix up my hair? Like, get rid of the red tips?
Hairdresser: [Nods her head, "yes"] Now sit up here.
[Leni sits on the barber chair, looking a bit scared if anyone is going to recognize her from the news.]
[Later….]
Hairdresser: I am done! [She turns Leni's barber chair, directly at the mirror.]
Leni: [She sees her old self in the mirror and smiles big] Like, thank you! This is perfect!
Hairdresser: You're welcome. Say, you looked like that girl on the news that gone missing? Are you her?
Leni: [lying] Oh no..I'm her twin sister. [Forced smile]
Hairdresser: Oh. I hope she gets found, [sighs] I would hate to see if she's dead, imagine her family...oh…
Leni: [feels bad] Oh..me too. [Gives her the money and quickly gets out of the hair salon, gets into the car and shuts it.] Guess who's back?!
Malik: [On his phone, then he turns around and surprised and kisses her on the cheek]
Leni: [blushes]
Malik: You finally listened to your heart? About time…
Leni: Yeah, I thought about everything I did and said. [Sighs] That Leni wasn't really me. I mean, the swearing, smoking and fooling around.
Malik: We should tell your family that the old Leni is back. [Smiles back]
Leni: I don't want them to know that I was at your house the whole time.
Malik: Listen to me, I'm going to bring your stuff home and no ifs, ands, or buts about it! We're bringing you home. Better safe than sorry.
Leni: [Shakes her head]
[Meanwhile at the Loud House, Lynn Senior's eye was feeling a bit better, everyone was still worried about Leni]
Lola: What if she got killed?!
Lana: What if someone kidnapped her?! [The twins start crying]
Lincoln: Guys, I'm sure she's not dead! Please stop making up assumptions!
Lori: Making assu-Lincoln, this isn't about seeing Jerry Seinfeld at an Ace Savvy Convention! This is our sister we're talking about!
Lincoln: Look, I know that, but we can't just assume that she's hurt or gone. If we do, we'll never be able to find her!
Lynn: Oh, and what's your idea, genius? Start singing an improv song till we finally meet up with her?! Or maybe we'll just call up Ace Savvy himself and see if he can help us?! Quit living in a fantasy, Lincoln! This is real life!
Lincoln: [Groans and facepalms] I know none of that stuff will work. I'm just saying that if we focus on our fear, we'll never find her.
Lori: [Sighs] I hate to admit it, but you are right Lincoln. We can't just sit around sulking; we have to do something!
Rita: Lori, I appreciate you and Lincoln's enthusiasm, but the fact is that we're doing pretty much all we can. Right now, the best thing to do is wait for someone to hear back from Leni.
Luna: Come on, Mom. There's gotta be something more we can do… [Thinks for a second.] What about calling up Leni's mate Malik? Maybe he can help us.
Lynn Sr.: [Looks nervous] I'm not sure… I mean, he seems like a good guy so far, but how do we know he'll help us find Leni? He hasn't said anything as of late. And if we do talk to him, what if he keeps Leni away from us.
Luna: It couldn't hurt, pops. Better than us not trying anything and maybe missing a chance.
Lynn Sr.: I guess it couldn't-
[Suddenly, the phone rings. Rushing up, Luan gets the phone and answers it.]
Luan: Hello? [Her eyes widen in surprise, and she looks to the others.] It's Malik! He says he knows where Leni is!
Everyone: [Gasps}
Luan: Yeah, I'm still here! She's been staying with you… and that's what you guys decided… Okay, I'll tell them. [She puts the phone down.] Malik says that he's talked with Leni and she's going to come back to us!
Lynn Sr.: Really?! Well, when's he coming?
Luan: He said he was coming in a couple of days, tomorrow at 1!
[The Louds sans Leni cheer of happiness.]
[Meanwhile at Malik's house, he was arguing with his sister about something, Leni leaned her head against the door to hear what was going on in there.]
[Inside…]
Malik's sister: THEN WHO STOLE MY CLOTHES?! If I see this girl, I'll give her knuckle sandwich if I have to!
Malik: It was my girlfriend! She needed some clothes went with her old style! Stop accusing me, damn!
Malik's sister: I don't wanna be covered up in a freaking towel all day! I have other clothes but YET, THERE ALL DIRTY!
Malik: You know what! [Frowns and opens up the door, hitting Leni in the face by accident.]
Leni: [screams]
Malik's sister: [Comes out sees Leni, then frown.] You stealing [beep]! [Leni suddenly sees Malik's sister and then before she would escape, she jumps Leni and showing the fight cloud.] Give it back, you dummy!
Leni: I need it! Stop! Your breath smells like hot mess! Ahhhh! My hair! [Malik's sister tugs Leni's hair]
[After, the fight was over, Leni didn't won the fight, and Malik's sister had win this time, so she ripped her clothes off of Leni, and Leni ran to Malik's room, embarrassed.]
Malik's sister: Well, don't mess with Daisy Johnson! [Showing her glowing red eyes, saying something about Leni, then she turns back to normal and act like nothing happened and giggles sweetly] But seriously, don't. [Then closes her door.]
[The next day, Malik and Leni are driving back to The Loud House, Leni is seen worried and glad to her see her family again.]
Malik: We're almost home, babe. You ready? [He turns to Leni, turns back to diving.]
Leni: [Gulps] Yes. Would dad forgive me for punching him in the face a few nights ago?
Malik: You hurt him really bad. I don't know if he's gonna forgive you after what you did.
[Feeling extremely guilty, Leni sighs then looks out of the window, then again, nostalgia came to her head again, thinking about that time, where her and her family went on a trip, went for Ice Cream for Leni's 8th birthday party and etc. then starts to cry softly again.]
[Later on that afternoon back at the Loud House, the Loud siblings are waiting for Leni to come home. Some of them are looking out of the window, some are entertaining themselves.]
Lisa: Any sign of our second-eldest sibling?
Lincoln: [Looks out of the window] No, she's not here yet. It's already 2:00 P.M.!
Lana: Maybe she's in a traffic jam or something? Or She ran out of gas? Who knows?
Lincoln: That's possible- Wait! [Goes to the phone and starts calling Malik, speaking quietly] Why are you guys late?! It's 2 in the afternoon!
Malik: [on the phone] Leni's still upset over about her behavior! Bare with me, Lincoln! We'll make it!
[Lincoln started to choke up a bit as tears started forming in his eyes.]
Lincoln: I just want my sister back please. I want to see her smiling and happy again like we used to.
Malik: Lincoln, we wil-
Lincoln: [He hangs up on Leni's boyfriend, walks to the couch and puts his head down, one of the characters that were doing something else, comes up Lincoln.]
?: Hey, Linky. You okay there? [She sighs and sits next to Lincoln.]
Lincoln: [looks up] I just want Leni to come back home.
Lori: I do too, but things don't always come to you immediately. Like, one time, about 2 or 3 years ago, I really wanted a tattoo but mom and dad said I was too young to get one. I remember seeing all of these tattooed-up 14-15 year old girls having them, and I was jealous of them. As the years went by, when I turned 17, I finally got my finger tattoos I always wanted.
Lincoln: What does that have to do with Leni?
Lori: I'm just saying how you wanted Leni to come back home, obviously, we all want her come but everything that we love or want don't come to us right away. Get it now?
Lincoln: I guess…
[Lori gets up from the couch and leaves the scene.]
Later...
[A car is honking from outside The Loud House. The Louds look to see who it is and get very thrilled and at that same second, Leni is outside getting out of the car with Malik helping her out.]
Malik: Okay, Leni... Are you ready to go back to your family?
[Leni looks up and nods, she and Malik give each other a kiss and she walks to her house, opens the door and sees her siblings still looking through the window.]
Leni: Guys!
[The Loud kids sans Leni scream a bit and runs to her, hugging her tightly.]
Leni: Awww thanks guys! [her voice gets strained] ….You guys can stop now….
[They let go off Leni and back a bit.]
Lincoln: I'm so glad you're back!
Leni: It feels totes great to be back! I mean, it was fun to be, you know, like, a, I don't wanna say that word. It starts with bad-
Lori: Don't you mean, "badass"?
Leni: Oh, yeah. That word. And smoking and doing all that stuff. I never felt more alive in my whole life. But yesterday, I thought about the way I was acting and realized it wasn't really me. Can you guys like, forgive?
Lincoln: We're going to have a talk. [He turns to the other sisters, and they get into a huddle and start whispering to each other, after Lincoln steps out and turns back talking to Leni]
Leni: Do you guys accept my apology?
Lori: Well, not exactly.
Leni: [Sadly sighs] Oh.
Lori: Once you can prove that you're sorry, we'll literally forgive you.
Leni: Hey, is the chocolate chip cookies still here where I put them?
Lori: Umm...
Luan: Yeah! I'm glad you're not a real "tough cookie" anymore! [Does her laugh and says, "Get it"? as the other Louds groan.]
Lori: Luan, it's not time to be funny!
Luan: Just trying to lighten the mood!
Lori: Well, it's clearly not working!
[The next morning, Leni is walking inside of the high school, she is going to her locker but it couldn't open for her.]
Leni: [puzzled] What's...going on? It's...not opening! What the hell?!
?: Leni?! Is that you?
Leni: Huh…[she turns around and sees Antonia] Oh, hey! Antonia. What's up?
Antonia: What happened to you?! There's the blonde and red ombre and the black tank top?
Leni: See, that's what I wanted to talk to you about…[takes a deep breath] I don't to be part of your so called, "group" anymore, that Leni that was being drugs, swearing and you get it. That Leni wasn't really me. I can't be in your group anymore….I lost all of my friends because of my behavior….I already miss Becky, Dana, Fiona and the others.
Antonia: [Looks sorrowful expression, feeling bad.]
Leni: [sad] Oh...okay, I'm gonna head to class. [She leaves the scene with a sad Antonia in the hallway.]
In Leni's class…
Random Student: Everyone! The savage queen is here! [The other kids get excited]
Leni: Uh, hi, Britney. [She walks to her desk and starts taking out her school books and such.]
[A few suddents mumble and conjecture what's going with Leni, then Becky comes into the classroom and sits down as well.]
Becky: [Glares at Leni, then notices her appearance, and smiles a bit., she pokes Leni on her shoulder.] Leni?
Leni: [Turns around to Becky's direction] What do you want?
Becky: You didn't have to be rude, I noticed that you're wearing your old clothes again.
Leni: This? [Points to her old dress] Yes because the reason I changed back to myself because badass Leni wasn't really me. She lost her friends, she wacked her own dad in the face, and acted like total you-know-who.
Becky: [Smiles] I know what you mean, anyways, you're back! I've been waiting forever! I thought you would always like that!
Leni: Not anymore, [smiles also and both ex-friends get up from their seats and hug each other tightly with affection.]
Random Student: What? I thought you guys weren't friends anymore. [Other students turn around.]
Leni: Of course, we're friends again! [Her and Becky squeal]
Random Student: I'm not even mad, what is this?! I thought yall are gonna bicker and have a catfight. And oh, Leni has the one who tripped you, Becky! She ended making you go to the nurses!
Becky: What?! Leni! Why do you would do that!
Leni: Becky, I-
Becky: My jaw still hurts! Forget it, we're not friends anymore. [She gets back to her seat and doesn't make a move.]
Leni: [whispers] Damn it….[Then she turns around to the girl who told Becky who tripped her.]
Random Student: What are you staring at?
Leni: I know I tripped her! You made me lose Becky for the freakin' 2nd time! Can you just shut up not say anything at all! Because the last thing I wanna do slap you like I did to my dad! Oh, it will hurt for days…
Random Student: I'm not here to start unnecessary business! So, please chill out, sis!
Leni: [Her face turns red, comes closer to the girl, then out of nowhere she attacks the girl.]
[Then the fight cloud appeared]
Random Student: GIRL! GET OFF OF ME!
Leni: [She punches her, then the crowd starts chanting.] I hope you like the taste of knuclesandwich! I'm not gonna random people like you ruin the rest of the day!
Random Student: I just told Becky that you tripped her! That's all! Now PLEASE get off of me! I can't breathe anymore!
[Then Leni gets off of the girl and goes back to her seat.]
Random Student: [Sighs and heads back as well.]
[Then the teacher suddenly walks to the classroom
Teacher: Morning, class! How's everyone doing?
Class sans Leni and the girl: Good.
Leni and the girl: [both giving a forced smile to the teacher] Good as ever…..
Teacher: That's good! Now, class would like you to do,
[Then the scene fades to black, then later on to the school day, at lunch…]
Leni: [Sighs and goes sits with her sisters at the other table.]
Luna: Hey dude, [notices that Leni is overwhelmed] What's wrong?
Leni: [Sighs] I don't wanna talk about it.
Luna: Leni, please. We need to know, baby girl.
Leni: [Groans and continues eating her food.]
[Just then Sam comes up behind Luna.]
Sam: Hey Luna! I managed to get us to a spot by the water fountain, wanna come?
Luna: Of course! [Turns to Leni] Sorry, Leni. [She gets her lunch and walks over to Sam]
[Lori and Whitney were still talking to each other, until Lori turns around and sees Leni looking upset still.]
Lori: What happened, Leni?
Leni: [Sighs again] I got into another fight with a kid in my class. [Lori facepalms and mumbles.]
Lori: Leni! I thought you were done with your savage Leni days! Please just stop! I remember that one time where we taught you how to be aggressive a while back.
Leni: The reason it happened because me and Becky were about to be best friends like we used to until some girl came by and said how I tripped Becky.
Luan: Do you need me to tell you a joke?
Leni: Not a good time, but go ahead. No one's stopping you.
Luan: Okay, uhhhh? Why was the iPhone frustrated? Because it was being "Siri-ous!" [Laughs and says, "Get it?"]
Lori: We get it, gosh. [Groans]
Luan: [ignores Lori's response and talks to Leni.] But seriously… What's wrong with you?
Leni: [Sighs] I lost Becky as a friend for the 2nd time! [Crying softly to herself]
[The 2 sisters look at Leni with sadness.]
Luan: Everything's going to be alright, please Leni. We get how you feel. [She puts her hand on Leni's hand but Leni hit her.] Ow!
Leni: Sorry about that, Luan.
[After school, Leni went to the park to clear her thoughts about what happened at school, as she was about to go home, she noticed Becky talking to someone else.]
Leni: [Huffs then continues walking, then turns back then waves to see if Becky is going to see her.]
Becky: Alex, so, I- [sees Leni then pretends that she didn't see her]
Leni: Gosh! [She sighs and continues walking home]
Becky: Hold on, one second. Leni! Leni! [She runs after Leni, again Leni turns around and sees Becky run towards her.]
Leni: Becky?
Becky: Can we talk...please about what happened at school?
Leni: Look, I'm really sorry for tripping you and hurting your jaw.
Becky: Are you really sorry? Or are you just saying that to be my friend again?
Leni: [sighs] Yeah...I guess. I mean, like, I'm also sorry at the same time. That Leni who tripped you that day wasn't me...but she's gone now.
Becky: [thinks about it] I don't know if I wanna forgive you. But if you really are sorry, then you have to prove it to me.
Leni: Does that mean you still like me?
Becky: Of course! As a friend, yes. See you at school tomorrow, Leni! [leaves]
Leni: I have to prove it to her? Aww..[Walks back to home]
[Later that night at the Loud House..]
Lynn Senior: [from downstairs] Leni! We're having goulash tonight!
Leni: [Groans] Fine, dad! I'll be down there in 5!
Lynn Senior: Young lady, watch your tone.
Leni: Oh, uhh… sorry, Dad! Force of habit!
Lynn Senior: I understand. Just please be done and come down here soon.
Leni: Okay! [After taking care of business, she heads downstairs to meet with the others]