This takes place from what happened last chapter and also this is an idea from ko777 many, many months ago and so I guess I wanna see how this works, so here it is and enjoy guys.

Family of Two.

Chapter 49: One sick kid and two moms.

(The Loud House.)

Everything seems like there's nothing else to worry, about and Mr. Grouse is checking his mail and grumbles. "No way to heck am I going to some retirement home. I'm happy where I am, also they have to stop sending me this mail about it."

Then he hears a sneezing sound which startles him. "What in the?" He then looks to the house. "Oh right, Lincoln's sick. Poor kid, and it all happened at that retirement place, well that gives me another reason not to go." He then goes back into his house.

Inside the loud house, Luna and Sam check onto the white-hired kid, Great Grandma Harriet is there and she gets the thermometer from the boy's mouth. She then checks what the number is. "Well, it's official, this is no cold. Lincoln, you have a fever."

This makes Lincoln sigh in annoyance. "This sucks and I know this means I won't be out of bed for a while."

Sam then heads back downstairs, also she and Luna have face masks on. "Linc, you have to stay in bed. It's the fastest way for you to recover and also get plenty of sleep and don't worry, Sam and I will take good care of you." She then looks to the upset face from her son. "Oh Linc, I feel so bad for you kiddo."

Great Grandma Harriet on the other hand, is in pure anger. "I am so going to put a cures on that wretched nurse! Luckily, I know some spiritual friends from that retirement home who'd like to have a word with her."

Lincoln then hears his phone ringing. "Mom, who is that?"

Luna grabs the phone and sees who it is. "It's a text from Jordan and then another from Clyde. Says here Jordan is gonna give you some time to cool down and recover and that she'll come by to visit when she can and Clyde said that if you don't go to school tomorrow, he can bring your school work here."

Lincoln sighs. "Dang it!"

Luna then puts the phone back into the table. "Linc, you're not going to school tomorrow and that's final, the same goes with me, because I have to keep an eye on ya. Sam will bring me my school work while I take care of ya, even with Great Grandma Harriet around."

Lincoln sighs. He knows he can't get out of this. "Fine, I'll stay home."

Then Sam comes back. "The chicken noodle soup is done, and I also got you some orange juice, cough drops and some other pills for sneezing. Also, did Clyde call? And if he did, do his dad's know?"

Luna takes the tray of food. "They better not, if they even think about coming here again, then I am so going to have them sent to jail, or just take in community service."

"The restraining order is still up, should they commit to breaking it, then it's either jail time or community service" replied Great Grandma Harriet. "Or I could give those two idiots ten years of pure jump scares."

Lincoln did not like the sound of that, he then sits up and he takes the chicken noodle soup and he eats it. "Thanks Sam, this is nice and delicious. How's Simon doing?"

Sam sits on the other side of Lincoln. "Simon's alright, he wanted to come and visit, but mom and ad forbid him because sure as heck we do not want him to get sick. Also, he might be looking for some excuse to stay home if he does get sick, just so he can play video games, but I'm not sure."

Lincoln sighs. "Well, looks like I'm pinned to the house for a long while. How long do I have to stay in bed?"

Luna rubs his back. "Till the fever dies down kiddo, until then I'm staying here and keeping an eye on you. In case you need help, just call me or perhaps Great Grandma will know."

"Just stay in bed, get plenty of fluids and some nutrition and a lot of sleep, and also take your medicine and then the whole thing will fade away" replied Great Granma Harriet.

Lincoln then has an idea. "Wait, you have books with spells. Don't you have one that can help me recover faster?"

Great Grandma Harriet sighs. "As much as a good idea that is, sadly I don't. My books just have spells for curses, glyphs and other random incantation that may also be dimensional or demonic in nature."

Luna and Sam look to her with concern. "That does not sound too friendly for us" said Sam.

"None of my books have any spells on healing or removing illness, but I could check again in case I missed some. Until then, do as I said earlier and try to get some rest, this worked for Albert when he got a fever and he got it so many times. That's what he gets for sneaking out of the house and always going to places that were disease filled, he was quite adventurous when he was Lincoln's age" replied Great Grandma Harriet.

Luna chuckles. "He must've gotten into so much trouble back then."

Great Grandma Harriet smiles. "He did, mostly him and Ruthie. Because she's the reason why they always snuck out, then when he turned 12, that's when he became responsible and took in boxing and then joined the military. Well, I should get back to my room and check on my books. Take your medicine and I'll be back after four hours to see what your temperature is." The ghost then leaves the room.

Sam and Luna stroke Lincoln's hair and deep down they can see just how upset this is. "Dang it, and I have something to do tomorrow, something important."

Something was telling them, that this 'important' might not be involving any event in their life, but something was up.

Luna and Sam decide not to ask, and just let Lincoln finish his meal. Luna then looks to the clock and she sees the time is now past 8:30 am. Luna looks to Sam. "You gonna stay here for a while Sammy?"

"Yeah, well overnight really" replied Sam. "Mom and dad said it was okay, since they know how much I sometimes treat Linc here as my kid too, and they seem to be happy with it and feel like grandparents for some reason."

Luna chuckles. "Can't blame you're rents for dreaming, even though it is kinda weird and awkward. Right buddy?"

But Lincoln doesn't respond and continues to eat, they both know something is wrong and whatever it is, is not making it any better for Lincoln and his sickly condition.

Soon, Lincoln finishes his meal, drinks his orange juice and takes his pills. He then sighs in frustration. "I'm gonna sleep now."

But then Sam stops him. "Hold it right there, not till you tell us what's wrong with you. You don't seem to be the normal self even when you're sick kinda Linc."

Lincoln is confused, but then he feels nervous. "There's nothing wrong, now I need some sleep." But then his mom stops him.

"Lincoln, look at me." Lincoln looks to Luna and sees she no longer has her face mask on. "Kiddo, something's wrong and I know it, please tell me… Us, we wanna know what's wrong and we know it has something to do with school. Is someone bullying you?"

Lincoln sighs. "No, I just have something important to do tomorrow and I don't know if there'll be another chance for me to do it."

Luna and Sam can tell this was eating him inside. "Lincoln, I know we're supposed to respect the personal and private things you have in your time, but we wanna help you with this. Seeing you upset about going to school tomorrow is raising so many worried mom signals in us, what's wrong bud?"

Lincoln knows he can't get away from this, and he knows that there's no point for him to even attend tomorrow. "Fine. Tomorrow at school, is the Grade School Talent Show auditions."

Luna and Sam are shocked and they manage to put the pieces of this puzzle together. "And you wanna join the talent show, Linc there's no need to worry about it. There's always gonna be another one, soon."

"Yeah, but I wanna be part of this one. I wanna join and make the cut so I can be at the actual talent show on October" replied Lincoln. "I wanna do this, I wanna be part of this. But, now I can't."

Luna then rubs his back. "Linc, why is this so important to you? Is it because the prize is something you want or need?"

"No, I…. I wanna see how good I am, with my….. Talent." Lincoln looks away with his face a bit red from embarrassment.

This was a total shocker to both teens, they did not see that one coming. "That's it?" asked Sam. "Lincoln, it's okay, even though you won't show what you can do, we know you have so much talent in you. You don't have to go to a talent show just to show what you can do and be as great as anyone else."

Lincoln then looks to them. "No, I need to…. I want everyone to see how much my new talent is going, and that talent is music. Mom has been teaching me ever since we started thi new life and I have been getting the hang of it and heck I even have a song ready for when I make the cut, I….. I wanna make mom proud of me, like how a mom is proud of her son for something…. Accomplishing."

Luna is stunned by this and so is Sam. Luna can now see, that her son wants to show that he is as talented as she is and make her proud at something he can do.

Luna then hugs her kid. "Lincoln, it's okay. You don't need to do this, I'm okay with what you do, and even if you don't make it, I'll be proud at how well you did at trying. You don't have to push yourself for this, not for me."

Lincoln sheds some tears and he hugs his mom. "I….. I just wanna b-be good at something. Like you….. And Sam, I wanna m-make you two proud of me."

Luna and Sam felt hurt to see him like this, he wasn't in it for the prize, all he wants to do is make them happy at what he can do with his lessons from music and also show everyone he has talent. They know this isn't about popularity levels either, Lincoln has changed and sure as heck he isn't falling for his old and troublesome ways.

Luna and Sam continue to hug the crying sick kid, soon enough they notice Lincoln has fallen asleep. Either he got tired from his tears, or the pill kicked in.

Luna then slowly brings her kid to his pillow and she tucks him in, she then kisses his forehead and whispers. "Sweet dreams kiddo, sleep tight and we'll be here for you."

Sam also kisses his forehead and soon both teens leave the room, but Luna leaves a small baby monitor by his bedside to make sure she can keep track of his sounds.

Luna and Sam then talk as they walk down the halls. "What the heck are we gonna do? He's gonna get so upset when he can't be part of the auditions, I don't think he's let it go" said Sam.

Luna then has an idea. "Hang tight Sam, I'll be back." She then pulls out her phone to make a call to someone at the school.

Sam smiles at this. 'Truly the best mom I have ever seen, devoted to making sure her boy is happy. Whatever you have planned Lunes, I know it'll work.'

Luna then finishes her call and she puts her phone away. "Okay, so that's done and soon enough Linc will be happy about it and won't have to worry. Let's hope things don't go wrong when he goes back to school."

Then Great Grandma Harriet comes out of the room. "No books for healing a fever, just one on plagues. Also, I think something is in the basement, I'll be back."

They don't know what it was about, but they soon join her to see what it could be, they make sure they have some stuff with them as weapons, mostly a broom and mop.

(Later.)

Lincoln awakens from his sleep and he still feels his nose is stuffy and he also coughs. 'What time is it?'

Lincoln sees that the time is almost 11, he then gets up and he sees the baby monitor next to his bed. 'Meh, this is okay with me. I know mom doesn't want a repeat when my appendix gave me an issue.'

Lincoln then gets out of bed and he goes over to the door and he opens it, and then he runs into Luna and Sam. "Lincoln? What the heck are you doing out of bed?" asked Sam.

"Sorry, I just need to use the bathroom" replied Lincoln. Then he notices something from them. "What the heck happened to you guys?"

Luna's hair is a mess and her clothes have some scratches and her face has a bandage, and the same goes for Sam. "Well, something was in the basement and we had to take it out of here, and we also called animal control to take it back to the pound, or better yet, take him back to the pound" replied Sam.

Lincoln was confused at what Sam said. "He?"

Luna sighs. "Linc, Cliff came back to the house, and I think he was looking for something and he went aggressive when we were trying to get to him. I don't even know how the heck did he escape, but this seems almost as worse as the Hops come back."

Lincoln didn't like the sound of this. "Oh, well at least he's send back. I don't think I can deal with a cat like him, after what he and the other pets did to me back then."

Luna kneels down to her kid's level and hugs him. "Hey now, that was long ago and I don't want you to go back to recalling all that garbage. Those pets aren't gonna attack you anymore, not as long as I'm around and kicking it."

Lincoln sighs and he hugs his mom. "Thanks. Now, I have to use the bathroom." They depart from the hug and watch as Lincoln heads for the bathroom, they stand outside just in case.

Luna and Sam then whispers to each other. "You think the other pets are gonna come back?"

Luna knew that something like this might happen. "Don't worry, if they do comeback, then they'll have me to answer to. After what they did back when Linc was stuck in that damn suit, I am not letting them near him. All because they thought he was a threat, I'll show them a threat."

Then Lincoln comes out of the bedroom. "Mom, I was kinda feeling hungry."

Luna and Sam smile. "I can make you some chicken noodle soup again and some orange juice, be right back." Sam heads back to the kitchen and Luna escorts her kid back to the room.

She then let's Lincoln sit onto the bean bag chair and she places the thermometer in his mouth and soon she brings it to her to see the number. "Still kinda high, but not as high as before. So, the medicine and rest is working."

"Where's Great Grandma Harriet? I thought she was gonna take my temperature" asked Lincoln.

"She said she was gonna handle with someone, she has this curse she's gonna place on someone who did this to you" replied Luna as she sits next to her son.

Lincoln sighs, he knew this would happen and he can't blame Great Grandma Harriet for being so angry and vengeful after what Sue did yesterday.

"Well, at least everything won't be so bad, anymore." Lincoln still looks upset about something, something he wishes he can do for tomorrow.

Luna then pulls him close. "Well, there won't be any need to be upset for tomorrow kiddo. I got a big surprise for ya, but I wanna show it to you now." She then shows him what's on her phone.

Sheryl – Ms. Loud, Huggins, Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Dimartino have decided that they should give your son a chance, he has till Friday to show us what he can do.

Lincoln is shocked by this and he looks to his mom. "Did you? Did you do this?"

Luna smiles. "I did, I know you wanted to do this, to be part of the Talent Show. So, I made the call and there you go, once your cured around this week, you can be able to enter the auditions and see if you can compete."

Lincoln sheds some tears and he hugs Luna. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so, so much mom! Thank you mom! Thank you!"

Luna chuckles and she hugs her son. "Anytime kiddo, I did this to make you happy and I also wanna see this song you have in store."

Lincoln continues to hug his mom, and soon Sam enters with his lunch and smiles seeing this. 'I am so glad I'm part of this, I feel like this is a family I can truly love for the future.'

(Skip, nighttime.)

They have finished dinner and getting ready for bed. Lincoln comes back into the room, and he sees Luna and Sam in their night wear and both setting up the large mattress onto the floor. "Hey guys, looks like we're all sleeping on the mattress."

Sam goes over and she hugs Lincoln. "Well of course little dude, we're all family and we wanna spend the night with you."

Lincoln chuckles and hugs her back. "Glad you're here to spend the night with us Sam, I always like it when you're around with mom, kinda makes this feels like a big family. Just the three of us, and also Great Grandma Harriet. Also, where the heck is she?"

Luna goes over and she hugs her son and her girlfriend. "She said she's gonna be checking on the outside of the house, we don't know if the other former pets are gonna end up showing up."

Lincoln sighs. "Yeah, that does sound like a good idea. We should get to bed now, the sooner we sleep the sooner I can be able to get this fever out of me."

They all head to the mattress and they get into bed, Luna helps Lincoln tuck into bed and he hugs his plush Polar Bear. "Comfy kiddo?"

Lincoln smiles. "Yeah." He then snuggles close to Luna and Sam, the two teens then snuggle to Lincoln and both of them kiss his forehead.

"Goodnight Lincoln." They soon get some sleep, but Luna has no clue that tonight is gonna be one hell of a night for her. The only question is, can she handle it.

A/N: Again, thanks to my good friend ko777 for this idea and concept and for the upcoming chapter as well. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.

Date made: 9/4/20 – 9/5/20.