Disclaimer: I do not own Loud House.
"Hey maybe we can stop here." Ethan suggested pointing a Clean and Bathworks store. Luna wasn't really thrilled with this store. It more of a place her older sisters were venture so Luna had spent some time there. Honestly the only part she like was how the store smelled. It was actually rather nice.
"I'm in." Melody agreed. "I could use some nice body lotion for school."
"I bet the fall scents are out by now." Aria said with a smile. "I love the Falling Leaves candle. I'm still bitter we can't have them in the dorms."
"No thanks." Isaac took a small step back. "You guys can go without me."
Luna took notice of Isaac. He looked a bit uncomfortable. She couldn't figure out why but some people entered and he took a tiny step back. The others appeared to not want to go in.
"You three can go in." Luna said walking over to Isaac. "I'll stay here with Isaac. We'll meet up with you guys later."
Luna and Isaac went to a nearby bench. Isaac still looked a big anxious about something. He adjusted his sleeve as he normally did.
"You alright Isaac?" Luna asked feeling concerned for her friend.
"Yeah, I'm still trying to get use to everything. At home it was routine, after routine every single day. Going off to Amberheart changes all of those things." Isaac admitted.
"I get it dude. I'm so use to the hustle and bustle of my home. I had to wake up early to get to the shower. Probably because I have a habit of singing in the shower but I enjoy it sometimes. Now that I'm away from it all I miss it." Luna explained to cheer him up. Issac gave her a smile.
"I guess you could say your house really loud." Isaac smirked but Luna rolled her eyes she was used to that one.
"Good one dude." Luna held up hand to high five him.
"Oh sorry I'm not really into high fives." Isaac admitted but still gave a small one.
"That's fine dude." Luna looked away for a second and thought to herself. "That was weird."
The two sat silently for a minute. Luna tapped her hand the arm of the bench. She had no idea what to do. People walked in and out of Clean and Bathworks. Every group had at least one bag with them as they left. There was sale signs all over the store windows. Luna knew how much Lori and Leni looked forward to the bi-annual sale.
"There's a lot of people in there." Isaac took notice of the same thing Luna did.
Luna thought about for a minute. "How about we grab a drink? Like lemonade or something."
"I do like lemonade." Isaac admitted a little quietly.
"Then come one lets get some." Luna bounced up and started to head towards the food court of the Heart.
"Wait Aria has my shirt." Isaac jumped up.
"Your shirt?" Luna turned to him and walked next to him.
"There was a buy two get one free and NerdTopic and Aria offered to give me her third shirt. She couldn't find a third one she wanted and asked me if there was one I wanted. There was one shirt I like so I got it."
"But didn't she have that cash thing? Does it even work?" Luna titled her head not used to shopping.
"I mean she bought three shirts for 27 dollars I say it's a good deal."
"Okay I'll text Melody and tell her we went to get a drink. That way they know where we are and you can get your shirt when your done."
"Okay, I'm just worried that something will happen."
"If Aria has two shirts in that bag, I don't think she'll let anything happen to it." Luna smiled as they started walking towards a drink stand. "What was that shirt anything?"
"It's nothing." Isaac looked down a little as they walked.
"It's fine if you don't want to say. It's just you really care about that shirt."
"Well," Isaac rubbed his arm a bit. "It's just I never had any merchandise for this show before. I have tried to get a bit before, but I always worried that my older brother would make fun of me."
Luna sighed in aggravation. "My sisters have a habit of that. I'll admit I've been apart of a bit of it. Mostly when my brother tried giving advice about girls. It really irks me when my sisters, mainly Lynn, make fun of any other siblings for their interest. We don't make fun of you Lynn for your love of sports or you Lori with your constant texting your boyfriend."
"I'm guessing that you and your sisters are always in some sort of fight." Isaac said sheepishly.
"Mainly about money, we're on tight budget at home." Luna explained as they walked into line. "But I don't think it's right that we bullied an eight year old to hiding her interest. All I have to say is thank god for Leni!"
"Was that sarcasm?" Isaac asked as if it was some sort of habit.
"Um, no." Luna was a bit confused. "Leni is the nicest person I know. To be honest I get weirded out when ever she acts mean."
"Hey." Isaac said. The two burst out in slight laughter.
"But seriously Isaac you shouldn't be afraid to express what you love." Luna was about to place her hand on Isaac's shoulder but chose not to.
"Are you sure you won't laugh?" Isaac looked down a little and adjusted his sleeve.
"I promise." Luna gave him an assuring smile.
Isaac looked around a bit before leaning towards Luna. "It's Princess Pony."
"That's it." Isaac nodded nervously. "Dude two of my sisters watch that show. I even once watched with them. Well that was because they won the T.V. battle and the ponies were fighting this shadow monster and revived people or something."
"That was the Season Seven finale." Isaac laughed a little as they walked up to get their drinks. They both got frozen lemonades and took a seat underneath a tree. A cool breeze came through which help with the hot day.
"This is refreshing." Luna said after she took a sip of her frozen lemonade. "How's yours Isaac?"
"It's good." Isaac sighed a bit in relief. "You know it's nice to tell someone else that I'm into that show. I only told Aria and she's also a big fan of the show. There are a lot of things that I feel I have to hide for the others. Somethings I'm just not ready to say but others I just fear everyone else would make fun of me for them. I don't really know how to describe it but when I finally get up the courage to tell someone one of these things it's like a giant weight have been lifted off me."
"I remember when I first realized I was bisexual, it felt so freeing." Luna thought back to that day in the park and shouting to the world that she was bisexual. "One thing I learned from that your not completely ready to express yourself. I remember trying to deny it for so long but I came to accept it with time."
"That's crazy." Isaac took another sip. A few seconds later a song started playing and Luna started to jam out a little.
"Oh wow I have heard this song in awhile." Luna started jamming to the song a bit more. "Do you know that feeling Isaac? You know when you hear a song after such a long time."
"Like when your in a musical and you decided to listen to a song after awhile. Then you remember how much you enjoy it but got tired of it after singing it for months."
"You do musicals?" Luna asked and Isaac nodded. "Do you enjoy them?"
"Of course last year I even got a main part that I actually got to sing at." Isaac smiled very excitedly.
"Well that last part is kind of confusing." Luna leaned back a little continuing to drink her frozen lemonade. "Care to go into more detail?"
"My junior year we did The Song from the Mountain." Isaac started to explain.
"Oh I heard about that movie. Isn't it about the maid who joins a rich family when escaping the Nazis?" Luna asked and Isaac nodded a bit nervously. "Oh sorry continue."
"It's a good story but not a very character filled musical. There's only like four male characters who sing. I got cast as the rich family's butler. I was in about plenty of scenes but the character never sings. I had to sing off stage during the one ensemble song." Isaac shook his head. "Thankfully my senior year we did Lightning."
Isaac paused for a minute excepting Luna to say something. Learning for the past time Luna remained silent.
"Well I got cast as Bennie not only does he sing a bit in the opening song but he has his own song in Act 1." Isaac looked proud about his accomplishment.
"I think I saw the movie Lightning but I've heard the musical and movie are very different. Which song was it?"
"Fast Lightning!" Isaac jumped up and did the pose from the song.
"I thought the main guy Jermeny sang that song?"
"The actor wanted to sing it so they gave it to him." Isaac admitted. "It's the best song in the musical and I'm glad I got to sing it."
Luna laughed a little before her phone buzzed. She saw a text from Melody on the screen.
"Look like they're done in the store." Luna explained with a smile. "Ready to head back?"
Isaac smile and looked back in the direction they headed. "Of course the day is still young!"