It's time for some company to come back and see what has happened within Royal Woods and when I mean company, I mean the gals of our favorite brown haired yellow shirt girl. Let's see how they're going to talk about all of this. Enjoy reading my fellow fans.
Family of two.
Chapter 23: Gal Company.
(Gus' Gams n' Grub)
Lincoln and Jordan and with Luna head out of the parked car and are both headed into the arcade. "You ready to see your friends again?" asked Lincoln.
Jordan sighs. "Yeah, I am. I just hope they won't make a big fuss about me and you being a thing, if they do start questioning my relationship then I will make them see a different side of things when I'm don't with them." She says this with a stern and angered tone.
Lincoln and Luna are both surprised at how fast her emotions turned from nervous and calm to strict and determined. 'Wow. Linc got himself a girl who can fight like a warrior, nice.'
'I don't know whether to be scared of this side of Jordan or see how adorable and hit she is when she's like this' Lincoln continues to look towards Jordan and then he holds her hand, Jordan notices this and his warm smile. "Whatever happens Jordan, I'll be there to back you up as well, and my mom too."
Jordan smiles hearing this. "We got each other's backs that I know of."
"By the way, where the heck is Jesse and Rick?" asked Luna.
"My mom is visiting a friend over at Beaverton while my dad is celebrating the birthday of one of his employees and Ajax is doing fine at home, though I question why I keep finding this cowboy hat underneath the couch when I get back."
(Rosato Residence.)
Ajax is on the couch and barking at a vintage Wild West film and wearing a cowboy hat and eating some left over bacon and steak. Looks like he's having fun.
(Back at Gus' Games n' Grub.)
"But that's the least of my troubles" replied Jordan. "As of now, I have some friends to meet up with again and I wanna know how they're vacation trip was and what they have to say about our relationship."
"I just hope my pals are doing fine in there, the last thing I want is for them to get talked to from Mollie, she can be quite mean at times" replied Lincoln. "And also very competitive."
"Just as long as Tabby and Stella are with your crew then I'm sure things won't go wrong, and if something does then they have to answer to me" replied Luna, she also has a small camera on her jacket ready in case these girls try and push the ways of bullying too far. Thank you Detectives!
They all enter the arcade and then they see them. Lincoln pals Clyde, Liam, Zach and Flat Tire with Tabby and Stella sitting at a booth and then they see Jordan's gal pals.
Mollie Freilich, Sadie Feldman, Judy "Cookie" Taber, Kat Carmichael, Joy Mikayla and Jenny "Brownie" Mulligan? What?
Mollie sees Jordan. "Girl Jordan! Over here!" They all get up and go to her and hug her. "We missed you so much Girl Jordan!"
"Oh Girl Jordan! We have so many awesome things to tell you from our trips!" said Kat.
Jordan smiles. "It's good to see you girls too, and I also missed my gals. Wow, some of you guys look like you all got some wardrobe change!"
Joy chuckles. "Well we did dress to impress when we went to our hotspot places and I see you got dressed to impress too! Looking good in that hoodie Girl Jordan."
Jordan is wearing a yellow long sleeved shirt with an orange sleeveless hoodie, dark blue skirt with rose patterns, her blue and white shoes and her knee high socks. She also has her signature blue bow, her golden hooped earrings and her necklace in which they don't notice.
"I thought it would be nice to do some change for myself, we are going to the 6th grade which is the last grade we face before we make it to middle school next year" replied Jordan.
"What is he doing here?" They see someone who was with them as well, someone Lincoln knows and wishes he could forget. Christina Éclair. She then goes over to Jordan and hugs her, though Jordan feels tense and hates this. "It's good to see you again girl Jordan, and looking pretty cute in that."
Lincoln didn't know this was going to happen and neither does Jordan, Luna places a hand on her son's shoulder. "It's gonna be okay, I'm here." Luna secretly turns on the camera on her shoulder.
Liam, Zach, Flat Tire, Tabby and Stella can tell this is about to get seriously dangerous real fast.
Jordan breaks the hug from Christina. "Wow, I did not expect to see you here Christina, or even think you might hang out with me anymore." Jordan seemed nervous about this.
"Well why wouldn't I wanna hang out with my fave gal pal and her crew" said Christina with a smile. "We've all been friends since kindergarten, well three days after kindergarten."
"Well, now that we have this all figured and talked about, how about we all talk about what we're all been doing?" said Cookie. "We didn't tell each other because we wanted to wait for you to arrive so you can hear our stories!"
"And a good idea to have us all wait too" said Sadie. "You made the right call to, well calling us."
Christina was confused as to why Lincoln Loud was there and it made her feel uneasy seeing him. But the she realized something. "Girl Jordan, did you come here with Lincoln Loud and his sister?"
The others look to Jordan, she takes a deep breath and goes over to Lincoln. "First off, the names Jordan now and just Jordan, and secondly." She then holds his hand and shows the necklaces they have that combine the lockets into a heart. "Lincoln Loud is my boyfriend and I Jordan Rosato am his girlfriend."
They gasp seeing and hearing this, Christina is at a loss for words.
Jordan then sees Lincoln's friends. "Oh, and they're also my friends." they wave at the girls.
Mollie then looks to Lincoln who seems kinda nervous, then to Luna who was stern at them and then to Lincoln's friends who are all standing by Jordan's side and then to Jordan. "Girl, we need to talk."
"Fine." Jordan leads them to one large booth for all of them to sit and talk.
On one side of the large seating area is Lincoln, Luna, Clyde, Zach, Liam, Tabby, Stella and Flat Tire and on the other side is Christina, Mollie, Jenny, Sadie, Cookie, Joy and Kat and in between the two groups is Jordan Rosato.
"So Jordan, tell us why you and Lincoln are a couple" said Jenny.
"Before I get to that, girls this is Stella Gonzales. She's the new girl in town and a really good friend to all of us and she's from a distant country from Asia called the Philippines. So I suggest you girls do not make fun of hew size, she's normal that way" replied Jordan. Stella felt touched that Jordan stood up for her.
"Secondly, Luna Loud is not Lincoln's sister anymore. In fact he has no sister's anymore" replied Jordan. This makes them confused. "Luna is Lincoln's mom now, legally given the mother role and has her own car and her own registration and a full time American Citizen which is only claimed at an age around 19 and above."
Now they were more confused. "W-What does this all have to do with you and Lincoln dating?" asked Kat.
Jordan looks to them with the same shotgun glare as Luna and it startles them. "Everything!" She then proceeds to tell them about the whole incident that has been happening throughout the whole summer in Royal Woods. The bad luck fiasco, the near death of Lincoln, the court room scenario, the new life and change and all the way to the every journey they have spent for the past 22 chapters.
All of Jordan's friends look to Lincoln who was leaning closely to Luna and wasn't looking quite happy. This made them all feel bad for him and what he went through, and now they can see that they are dating.
"Wow, I am so sorry for you Lincoln" said Sadie. "The trouble you went through with your sisters and parents is a total nightmare!"
"Normal kids like us would be devastated and put into so much scarring moments from that" said Joy. "And yet here you are standing tall and trying to make a difference."
"You shouldn't have been put through all of that terrible, terrible stuff!" said Cookie. "All you needed was some quality time alone and they took it too far!"
"I always knew that Lynn Loud Jr was a menace from the start!" said Mollie in anger. "I've heard about how aggressive she can be when she loses and how obnoxious she is when she wins!"
"And Lola!" said Kat. "She's been known for blackmailing, but no one else would believe it because of her stupid cute face! My cousin was telling the truth about her!"
"This is ….. This is definitely going to be headlines throughout school when it starts!" said Jenny.
Jordan then looks to Christina who looked troubled, this made Jordan feel uneasy and also feels like something was wrong. "Anything to say Éclair?"
"You sure you didn't date Lincoln just because you felt bad for him?" asked Christina. This made them gasp and look to Christina in shock.
This made Lincoln feel upset and making Luna very angry, Jordan and the others weren't liking at what she was saying. Christina notices this from them. "What? It's normal right? You just feel bad for him because he went through all of that torment and you wanna be there to make him feel better, it's like a survivor's guilt thing and it usually doesn't last. Tell me the truth Rosato."
Jordan bangs her fist onto the table. "What your saying is taking things to an all new level of personal Christina! I have had a crush on Lincoln since we first met in kindergarten. Way before I met all of you girls!" they can see how angry she was. "And ever since then I have been trying to get his attention, but no! He fell for the likes of you Christina and that broke my heart and then it was Ronnie Anne, but I knew he never had a thing for her and that's why I had a plan to one day talk to him for the summer and tell him how I feel! But it all went south when luck entered the whole thing and made things worse!"
"This isn't survivor's guilt! And this certainly is not me feeling bad for him! I love Lincoln Loud, I always have and I always will! And if anyone tells me otherwise that this love I have is stupid! Then they can just walk out of my life and never speak to me again! Period!"
They are all amazed by how much Jordan cares for Lincoln, Lincoln gets up grabs Jordan and kisses her on the lips and she kisses back. They all go jaws dropped seeing this while Luna smiles. "That's my boy."
They then break the kiss and look at each other and chuckle. "I love you so much." They then look to the others, Jordan looks to them in anger.
"Okay, so that was kinda cute and mind blowing" replied Sadie.
"This is like one of those shows where the truth of love is revealed and everyone understands it" said Joy. "And heck yeah I understand it!"
"That was so sweet of you to say about him Jordan!" said Cookie. "You have all my respect and support!"
Mollie smiles. "Dang, I guess we never knew you much Jordan and to you Lincoln, you got my support and respect too."
"This looks like the start of an everlasting relationship that will be known for more to come in the veils of truth and eternity" replied Kat. They all look to her confused. "What? I read it from a book."
"This is going to be one thing kids will be talking about when classes begin" said Jenny.
Christina gets up. "I can see that things have gone a bit too far from my words, well I won't stop you from having this love life Jordan. I should take my leave now, I can tell my presence isn't going to make things any better since the whole 5th grade video contest, and it might make things even worse than it is now." Christina also sees Luna gazing at her in anger.
Christina walks away from them, but then she stops and looks back. "One more thing Lincoln and Jordan. When classes begin, be careful of Boy Jordan, Chandler and his goons. The constant name callings will make things harder for the two of you and I'm sorry for me judging you earlier Jordan."
Jordan nods at Christina. "We can hang out, just as long as you're okay with Lincoln tagging along."
Christina nods back and she leaves the arcade. They all sigh in relief. "Well that almost ended badly and I guess we're all friends now" said Clyde. He then sees the confused looks from Jordan's friends. "Or not."
Lincoln speaks up. "Girls. I know some of you have some uneasy feelings with my friends, like Flat Tire and Rusty, and also Zach. But I can assure you that I will do my part and make sure things don't go wrong with all of us hanging out."
They can tell Lincoln was being serious and doing his best to returning into the kind hearted kid everyone knows. "Alright fine, I just don't wanna deal with Flat Tire when he does something dumb like flirting" said Mollie.
"Or if Zach does science" said Kat.
"Or towards Rusty and his girl expert stuff!" said Sadie.
Liam speaks up. "Ya'll don't need to worry about Rusty, he called me earlier and said he has a date with someone." They look to him confused.
"You're joking right?" asked Jenny.
"He's not lying mates" replied Tabby. "My friend Polly Pain, she's dating Rusty. They started yesterday with a casual hang out and they wanna see if they can start something together, which could lead to the two of them being a couple soon, just as me and Liam are." she then kisses his cheek making him chuckle.
Sadie sighs in relief. "Thanks goodness for that."
Then Lincoln feels bad. "Mollie, Kat, Sadie. What they did to you girls was all my fault, remember the girl guru incident?" It hit them and they realized it too and now feel bad for that one.
Luna then hugs her son. "No Linc, your plan with Clyde was to sell chocolate pies. It was me and the girls who made it all happen, if we hadn't eaten all the chocolate then none of it would've ever happened. I'm so sorry son." Lincoln hugs his mom.
The girls now see that this was all a big misunderstanding. "And I should be blamed too." they all look to Liam who said it. "I told Lincoln that he should be a girl guru, I started the idea." Tabby places a hand onto his shoulder. "Sorry Lincoln and Clyde, and to you gals as well."
Mollie, Kat and Sadie understand, and so do the other girls who have all fallen to stupidity from that incident. "It's alright guys, that was all in the past and we know that things are different know" replied Kat.
"Yeah, so it's okay guys. We can forgive you guys for the mistakes you made in the past" replied Joy.
"If Jordan thinks you guys can be trusted, then we can trust you guys as well" replied Mollie. "I guess that makes us one big group of friends."
They then see Lincoln and Luna break their hug and Jordan holding his hand. "Lincoln, we know it's gonna be rough when kids at come back from their vacations and return to school" said Joy. "So that's why we're gonna have your back, we'll be there when things go wrong and some of them start to make fun of you, we'll be your support crew, all of us."
Lincoln smiled hearing this. "Thanks guys, but to be honest I'm trying to stand up for myself even when I'm at my weakest. I might have some small issues with the past incidents, but I'm trying my best to give it my all and get over it. With or without friends."
They smiled hearing this, the brave Lincoln Loud is coming back, but they will be there to help him. "So, with Luna being your mom, it might be dangerous when kids start making fun of you or start mocking you around" said Jenny.
"That's where I come in" replied Luna. "Before I head off to my school, I'm going to have a talk with Principal Huggins about some certain old incidents that may have caused trouble for Lincoln in the past, Principal Rivers already knows about the whole issue and I can trust her." Then Luna removes the camera from her jacket. "And I don't think this is needed anymore."
They are all shocked to see the small camera. "Mom, what is that for?" asked Lincoln.
"I took a precaution in case Jordan's gal pals start messing around with the talks and make fun of things, I'd show this to local authorities and school principals so they could enforce anti-bullying, but you girls are nice and seem cool with me." They all sigh in relief.
Jenny was amazed by this 15 year old mom. 'Wow! She is one protective and dangerous mom, Lincoln is so damn lucky and beware to all bullies.'
"But, since there is a chance bullying will happen. My plans have been changed and I know the school will be opened the day before September 4, so I'm going to make an early visit to Principal Huggins about everything." Luna looks to all of them. "You guys are free to come by and hang out at the house."
That made them kinda happy, but then they recalled the ghost living in their house. "Okay, thanks and we'll try and keep it calm with the resident specter of the house" said Sadie. "Wow! It's going to be awkward and scary when we go over to visit."
"Just as long as you guys don't bring up any ghost references from movies" said Stella. "She finds that to be very racist." They all chuckle a bit.
Then Lincoln has an idea to brighten the mood. "So Mollie, how was Canada for the summer?"
"Well, I'd like to say cool but that would be totally awkward" replied Mollie, in which they all laugh. They start telling them about what they did at their summer vacations and this made them all interested and start sharing their words about what they all did.
Jordan look to Lincoln and sees him laughing at Joy's story when she was in Paris, this was the start of a great friendship for all of them and probably a chance for Lincoln to have some more help when he's feeling down.
Luna also notices this and smiles, but on September 3 she has to talk to Huggins about the chances of bullying and a talk about a recent incident that made Lincoln smell like vinegar. Luna was ready to reinforce some new laws into the schools all over town, and with the help of the United States Government and Child Services right behind her. She will bring the law into the people, change is coming.
(Skip, a few hours later.)
They finished their talk with Jordan's friends and all of them are outside of the arcade. "So, I guess I am not planning to go back to Florida any time soon, I swear that kid might still be there by the time I get back. Ugh! I hate that perverted jerk!"
"Did your parents at least tell authorities?" asked Jordan.
"They did and they gave them one heck of a warning and chances he might be seeing a private school for troubled boys" replied Kat. "At least it feels good to be back in good old Royal Woods."
Lincoln then sees someone passing by them. "Huh, it's Rusty and Polly." they all stop and they spot orange haired friend rolling by with Polly.
"Hey guys, bye guys can't stop!" Rusty races off with Polly catching up to him.
They all continue to watch, and watch and watch and he collides with a trash can. "Huh, looks like someone aced his crash course" said Zach, they all laugh at that. "Wait, did I just say something funny?"
They then see the car Luna has. "Wow! Now that is a ride and it is looking awesome!" said Joy.
"You are so going to be the talk at your school Luna, a lot of 15 year old kids might get jealous that you got a car so early" replied Jenny.
Luna then opens the door and Jordan and Lincoln head inside. "Thanks for the compliment little dudes, and don't you worry about kids being jealous or getting bullied. I got this all figured out, soon there will be change and It's going to be for the better." She then gets into her car and she starts the engine.
Lincoln lowers the window and waves to them. "Hang out with you guys next time?"
All of Mollie's friends smile. "Next time loud, we'll see you the day before school begins" replied Mollie.
"Call you gals later!" said Jordan, they all wave to them as they drive off.
Liam then asks. "So, we all agree that we keep an eye out for Chandler and his goons?" They all nod and agree to this, then something comes into Flat Tire's thoughts.
"And some of the kids who made fun of Lincoln once during the incident with Ronnie Anne." That was something they have to be cautious about as well. They got a lot of stuff to deal with at school, and it certainly isn't going to be homework or tests.
(With Luna, Lincoln and Jordan.)
They continue their drive on to Jordan's house, Lincoln then asks. "You think Christina is having trouble being around me?"
That was something Luna and Jordan had a hard time to answer, but Luna was feeling some emotions from the past were coming back, emotions that made that day happen.
"I think so" replied Jordan. "She may still be afraid of you after what happened with the 5th grading video challenge, or she doesn't want you to be troubled by her because you became a major laughing stock."
Lincoln sighs. "All for a stupid trophy."
The Luna hits the breaks and the whole car stops. Lincoln and Jordan look at the concerned face of Lun. "Mom?" She then hugs her son tightly and cries. "Mom?"
"I'm sorry for what happened on that day Lincoln, I know you wanted a trophy so you could be talented at something!" cried Luna. "I'm sorry I got angry with you on that day! It wasn't your fault, we should've helped you!"
Lincoln hugs her back. "Mom, that was long ago and even though I might have some bad memories of some other old problems, I can forgive you. I was just pushed into pressure by the school contest, a dumb school contest."
Lincoln and Luna both stay like this for a while. Lincoln does his best to calm down his mom while she cries and hugs her son.
Jordan knows things are going to change and she knows that if Luna is going to the school on September 4, then her parents have to be informed of this as well. This was a family friends matter and the Rosato's aren't going to let the two louds do this alone.
Unknown to them, they stopped right in front of Lucy's house and Lucy and Maggie can see them from the window and even though they can't see them through the car's windows, they know something was wrong. Memories of the past are coming back.
Lucy sighs. "Things have to change, for the better for me and all the other kids, but mostly for Lincoln and Luna."
"Looks like we're gonna have to make some calls to a lot of parents" replied Maggie.
This gives Lucy an idea. "And I know a lot of kids who might agree with me, but I'm gonna need to convince them to help."
A/N: Jordan's friends are now on their side and they are willing to help them as best they can, let's hope next chapter they can be at least happy for the day and soon before the school begins Luna and Huggins are going to have a nice and calm chat about some recent teachers that need some talking to. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 6/4/20.