Alright everyone here's chapter 3 and I'm gonna say this, its a long one. This chapter is pretty much the back story of Lincoln and Connie so it took a bit to think of and write. So I hope you all enjoy chapter 3 and don't forget to leave a review telling me what u thought.


ROYAL WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4 YEARS AGO

It was the time of the year that every single kid hated, the start of the school year. This was the case for a young Lincoln Loud as he was starting 1st grade and going to elementary school for the first time. While he was excited and a bit sad due to summer ending, above all else he was nervous. While his older sisters Luna, Luan and Lynn Jr promised to look after him, he still had butterfly's in his stomach.

'Man, first grade I can't believe I'm already here.' The younger Lincoln Loud though to himself as he looked around the hall and his class schedule. 'I know my sisters said they'd look out for me but I'm still a little nervous, this place is so big, and I don't know anyone here.' Lincoln once again thought to himself as he looks at all the kids walking around the halls as it was still 15 minutes before the bell rang. 'If I could just find Lynn maybe I'll be more- 'He was thinking until he was brought back into reality as he heard the faint sounds of sobs from somewhere.

Right next to locker 150 there was a blue trash can with someone behind it. There was a dark skin girl with long hair and glasses curled up into a ball behind the trash can crying. "Why…do we have…to do this so much?" The girl asked herself as she was crying. "I already have enough trouble making friends, why do I also have to go through this?" The young girl asked her self again as she continued to hide. However, what she didn't except was for someone to find her and talk to her.

"Hey, are you ok?" the voice asked. This scarred the girl as she jumped back as she looked at the boy who stood before her. He was about her age and was wearing an orange hoodie, blue shorts, black and white sneakers and a black back pack with red highlights. However, what really got the girls attention was the boy's snow-white hair. However, she quickly got over the boy startling her and curled back into a ball.

"go away." The girl told Lincoln silently.

However, there was no way Lincoln was gonna just leave this girl to cry behind a trash can by herself "What's Wrong?" Lincoln asked, but the girl wouldn't budge as she continued to be in a ball and breath heavily. "Please tell me what's wrong?" Lincoln once again asked the girl. After about a minute of silence Lincoln was about to get up to go get a teacher to help, but then the girl finally spoke up.

"We're doing this again." The young girl told Lincoln right as he stood up. However, this confused the white-haired boy as he didn't know what she was talking about.

"Doing what again?" Lincoln asked with a confused expression.

"Moving, my family is moving again, for the sixth time since I started preschool." The young girl told the boy standing before her still in a ball formation. Lincoln sat back down as the girl finally started to talk to him.

Lincoln thought about what the girl told him, he has heard about people moving to a new home, but he has never experienced it for himself. "What's so bad about that?" Lincoln asked the girl as she finally got out of her ball to clean her tear stained glasses.

"Its 'bad' because we do it so much. I had to go to preschool in 2 different states, kindergarten in 3 and now I'm here." The girl explained to the boy as she rested her head on her knees. Lincoln once again thought about what the girl told him.

"Well what's so bad about that? You get to travel the country and see a bunch of new and amazing places; my family could never do something like that." Lincoln told the girl with a smile trying to comfort her.

"You'd think but when your someone like me its awful. I'm never able to make friends because I always get nervous when I talk to people, it doesn't help that no one shares my interest and usually call me a nerd or a huge dork. Plus, even when I can somehow make a friend I always end up moving away and they usually end up forgetting I existed." The girl explained to the boy as he gained a sympathetic look trying to think of a way to make her feel better.

"Well…I'll be your friend." Lincoln told the girl as he placed a hand on her shoulder. This surprised the young girl as she looked up at Lincoln with her emerald green eyes with a shocked look.

"Y-you will? but you don't even know me." The girl told the boy with a shocked tone.

"Yeah but, I know you enough to see that your someone who needs help and I wanna help you, plus I would never call you names I know what its liked to be teased a bunch and I know how you feel. Lincoln told the girl next to him as she pulled him into a tight hung while lightly crying on his shoulder.

"Thank you…so much." The girl told the boy she was hugging as he returned the hung. Lincoln pulled away from the hug and helped the girl stand up. As he did this he saw that she was wearing and pink skirt, a light blue shirt with a daisy on it and baby blue sneakers.

"Of course, anything for a friend. So, what's your name, mine is Lincoln, Lincoln Loud." Lincoln told the girl.

"My name is Connie, Connie Maheswaran." Connie told Lincoln. "So, since your helping me can you show me where my classes are because I'm clueless?" Connie asked Lincoln as she showed him her schedule. However, he looked closely at it and saw it was familiar to him.

"Hey, you have the exact same classes as me. Why don't we go together, we can even sit next to each other if you want?" Lincoln asked Connie as he compared his schedule to hers.

Connie was touched by this as she only just meet Lincoln and he was already the nicest person she has ever meet. "Sure, I would really like that." She told Lincoln as a light blush appeared on her face.

"Well then let's get going." He claimed as he grabbed her hand and started looking for his first class with his new friend.


The rest of the day went smoothly for the two first graders as they sat next to each other in every class and during lunch. During lunch Lincoln and Connie got to knew each other as they talked about there interest. While they didn't have much in common they both took fascination in each other's habits and stated they would like to check them out. However, they did both enjoy reading, although Lincoln was more into reading comics like "Ace Savvy" and "Muscle Fish" and Connie was more interested in fantasy titles like "The Magic Treehouse" and a new book series called "The Unfamiliar Familiar".

It was currently 5 minutes until the final bell rang and Lincoln and Connie sat on there desk in science class talking to each other. "So, are you doing anything after school today?" Lincoln asked his new best friend.

"Um I don't think so why?" Connie asked Lincoln.

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house and maybe hang out for a hew hours, get to know each other better you know?" Connie thought about what her new friend asked.

"Sure, if its ok with my parents I'd love to." Connie told Lincoln.

Lincoln was happy her friend said yes to his offer (sorta) "Great although I should warn you a head of time that my family is pretty crazy I have 5 older sisters and 1 younger sister." Lincoln explained as Connie gained a nervous look and feel.

"S-s-six s-sisters huh" Connie stuttered.

"Yeah, is something wrong you seem nervous?" Connie nodded in agreement to Lincoln's question.

"Yeah, sorry but do you think you can some over to my house instead? I'm sorry I don't do well around a bunch of people and I get really nervous and stressed." Connie explained to Lincoln.

Lincoln thought about what Connie said and remembered that she said she had a hard time with people. "Sure, I can ask my parents if I can come over today. Don't feel bad things can get pretty crazy around my house so you can just come over when you feel your ready for it." Lincoln told Connie much to her relief.

"Ok, thank you." Connie replied.

Finally, the bell rang, and all the students left the classrooms all over the school. "I'll go on ahead my parents usually arrive a little early, so I'll go ask them if you can come over. My dad's car is the bright red car with a cracked headlight." Connie told Lincoln as she ran outside.

"Ok ill see ya soon. Now I wonder where-" He was telling himself before a familiar voice spoke up behind him.

"Hi Linky, how was your first day?" The voice asked as Lincoln turned around and saw his sisters Luna, Luan and Lynn Jr behind him, it was Luna who asked the question.

"It went great guys I made a new friend and spent all day with her. We have every class together and we sat and ate lunch together." Lincoln told his 3 elder sisters.

"That's amazing Linky we knew you could do it!" Luan told her brother as she hugged him.

"Yeah great job bro. So, did anyone give you trouble today?" Lynn asked her brother.

"No, I really only talked with Connie all day, I didn't really notice anyone else." Lincoln explained to Lynn.

"Good because if I found out anyone picked on my baby brother ill pound them into the ground!" Lynn told her siblings.

"Ok ok no need to get heated Lynn. Come one guys we wouldn't wanna keep mom and dad waiting, would we?" Luna told her siblings as they all nodded and headed toward the exit.

In the schools parking a lot a red Toyota car with a crack in the right headlight was parked near the exit of the school. In it was two adults waiting for there child. In the passenger seat was Connie's mother and in the driver's seat was Connie's father Doug. Much to there excited they finally saw a group of kids come out the door with Connie being among them as she saw her family's car and ran towards it.

"Hello sweetie how was your first day?" Connie's mother asked.

"It went great I actually made a new friend." Connie told her parents as she went on to explain her day and her meeting Lincoln.

"Sweet heart we are so proud of you for making a friend on your first day. Usually you hide and isolate yourself." Doug spoke up as his wife jabbed his arm with her elbow.

"Not helping Doug." She told her husband in a stern tone.

"It's ok mom he's not wrong. So, I was wondering could he come over and hang out for a few hours today?" Connie asked her parents.

Priyanka and Doug looked at each other before Priyanka faced her daughter. "If its ok with his parents then yes, he can come over." Her mother told her "So, where is he?"

Connie looked around to see if she could find Lincoln for her parents to. "Ah he's over there!" Connie said as she pointed to the white-haired boy as he was next to a blue van talking with a woman in a red shirt with blond hair.

As Lincoln and his sisters exited the school they saw a blue van with a man in a green sweater and a comb over in the driver's seat and a woman in a red shirt with blond hair in the passenger seat. The kids immediately recognized the two adults as their parents and recognized the vehicle as the family van which was named "Vanzilla". The four kids ran up to the van and greeted their parents. "Hey there kiddos so how'd your first days go?" Lynn Sr asked.

"It went good dad, pretty boring though." Luna told her parents.

"Same, we sure got SCHOOLED though hahaha." Luan joked much to everyone but her fathers dismay.

"Yeah, I think it's safe to say Lincoln had the best start out of all of us, right Lincoln." Lynn Jr explained as she nudged her brother.

"Oh, and why's that sweetie?" Rita asked her son with a smile on her face. Lincoln then went on to explain his day of meeting Connie and hanging out with her all day. "Wow Lincoln great for you, making a friend on your first day were so proud of you." Rita told her son.

"Yeah great for Lincoln huh." A thirteen-year-old Lori said sarcastically while sitting in the back.

"Sorry Lincoln, a boy named Bobby has been bullying her recently and she's been a little cranky about it lately." Rita whispered to her son as his 3 sisters went into the van.

"It's ok mom so hey I was wondering if I could go over to her house for awhile today…in fact she should be somewhere asking her parents. Oh, there she is." Lincoln told his mother as he pointed to Connie who was talking to someone who looked like an older version of her while next to the car she described to him.

Rita looked at the girl Lincoln was pointing to and spoke to her son "Sure Lincoln if its ok with her parents you can go." Rita told her son.

"Awesome thanks mom, be right back." Lincoln told his mother as she ran up to Connie who was also running towards him.

The two kids ran towards each other until they were about a foot apart. "Hey Connie, my parents said it was ok for me to come and hang out today!" Lincoln excitedly told Connie. "Awesome mine said you could come if yours said yes so this is great!" Connie replied. "Great I'll go tell my parents and meet you at your car." Lincoln told his friend. "Ok meet you there." Connie said as they both headed towards their parent's cars.

"Hey mom, dad his parents said yes!" Connie told her parents. "That's great Connie. Now hop in a let's wait for him I think I can see him talking to his parents." Connie's mother stated.

"Hey mom, dad her parents said it was ok so long as you guys said yes!" Lincoln told his parents as he was beaming with excitement. "Way to go sport." Lynn Sr congratulated his son. "So, wait…Linkys not coming home with us?" a twelve-year-old Leni ask. "No sweetie he's going to be spending a few hours at his new friend's house." Rita told the young blond. "well I'll see you all later. Bye mom bye dad I love you, bye Lori, bye Leni, bye Luna, bye Luan, bye Lynn, Bye little Lucy." Lincoln said goodbye to his family as a baby Lucy giggled in her car seat as Lincoln said her name. "Bye Lincoln." His family except for Lucy said in unison as Lincoln headed towards Connie's dad's car.

Lincoln ran up and entered the red car and greeted Connie and her parents. "Hi Connie, hi Mr. and Mrs. Maheswaran." Lincoln greeted.

"Hello…Lincoln is it? I'm Connie's mother Priyanka and this is my husband Doug." Priyanka introduced herself and her husband to the young white-haired boy.

"Hello Lincoln, nice to meet ya sport, I just wanna thank you for helping and becoming friends with our daughter, she normally has trouble making them." Doug thanks and greeted Lincoln.

"It was no problem really, I would have done it for anyone plus your daughters a really nice and sweet girl."

Lincoln told Doug as Connie got a light blush from her friend's words. However, this didn't go unnoticed by her mother. "Connie move one seat away from him." The mother told her daughter.

"Wha…why?" She asked her mother with a confused expression.

"Just do as your told young lady!" Priyanka told her daughter with a stern tone as Connie moved one seat away from Lincoln looking down in defeat. "Ok enough of that honey let's just go home so the kids can play." Doug told his wife as he began to drive.


As they drove to Connie's house the two children explained to Connie's parents there day in greater detail. Doug was extremely thankful to Lincoln for becoming friends with his shy daughter almost instantly while cracking a few jokes every now and then as the kids explained there day. Connie's mother was also thankful to Lincoln, however, she was keeping an eye on the two kids on the rearview mirror, while she was glad Connie made a friend, she wanted to make sure she didn't get to friendly with the boy.

"Well we're here what do you think Lincoln?" Doug asked Lincoln as everyone got out of the car.

Lincoln thought about the question as he looked at the Maheswaran's house. Hit was a two-story house much like his own (just not as big), the house was painted a dark blue color and had a black roof with some roses and violets growing near the porch. "It looks really nice , I love the flowers by the porch." Lincoln told Connie's dad.

"Thanks Lincoln I grew em myself." Doug explained proudly.

"Yeah after pricking your fingers on the rose bush's 50 times." Priyanka teased at her husband.

"Well the kids didn't need to know that!" Doug told his wife with a both grumpy and embarrassed hint to his voice. Meanwhile Lincoln and Connie were giggling behind the adults at what Priyanka told them.

"Alright enough giggles you two." Priyanka told the kids playfully. "Now Connie why don't you and Lincoln play together in your room until dinner then we can talk him home." She told her daughter. "Also, I'm making your favorite tonight."

Connie got stars in her eyes at what her mother just told her. "YAY CURRY CHICKEN!" she jumped with joyed while Lincoln just looked confused as he has never heard of the dish before. "Come on Lincoln let's go play." She excitedly told her new friend as she grabbed his arm and dragged him into the house. Doug and Priyanka could only happily chuckle at their daughter's enthusiasm as they have never seen her this happy in a long time."

Connie brought Lincoln into her house and pulled him up the stairs into her room. It was a decently sized room being about as big as the room him and Lucy shared with the walls painted purple and a black carpet. It was also incredibly clean and tidy as there was not a single thing out of place or disorganized. "Wow nice room Connie it's so clean." Lincoln told her as he looked around the room.

"Thanks, mom and dad said its always important to keep things nice and tidy, so you can always find what your looking for." Connie explained to Lincoln. Meanwhile the young boy could only help but think that his family should take that advice as his sisters were constantly making mess's and losing things, mainly Lori and how often she lost shoes.

"Makes sense to me, so wanna show me what kind of stuff you like to do for fun?" Lincoln asked Connie as she was already get somethings out of her bookshelf.

"Sure, I'd be more then happy to." She told Lincoln as she walked back to him holding a big stack of books.

She then went on to show Lincoln all the stuff she liked which included her favorite book series, her tennis equipment and a violin. Lincoln asked if she knew how to play anything on it although Connie said she only just began to start playing it and only knew basic cords and what they sounded like. She eventually pulled out a big green binder with a picture of the earth on it as well as a bunch of country flags, on the tope it read "COINS International Coinage".

"Here's a fun hobby of mine, coin collecting. Connie explained to Lincoln as she flipped through the pages revealing many different kinds of coins, however some spaces were coinless. "I told you today I didn't like to travel, well my dad noticed this and got me this and told me to fill it in with a coin every time he move somewhere new so that way I could remember the places we've been to. While it didn't really help me feel better it gave me something fun to do and I actually started to fill in the pages, I even save up my allowance to I can buy coins online and start filling in the pages faster, Mainly just out of country coins though. And I know it sounds weird buying money with money but, the coins in here are more of a collector's item, also you can't spend money of different origins in other country's so there's that to. Also, I always sort them by country and denomination." Connie explained to Lincoln as he was paying attention to what Connie was saying while looking at her binder. Something did peek his interest as on one page he saw she had seven coins for a place called "Beach city" right next to each other.

"Why do you have so many coins for a place called Beach…City?" He asked as he slowly read the name of the coins.

"Oh yeah I guess you could say that's my family's main stop I guess you could say. That's yeah, we always go when my mom isn't stationed in a specific state. That's where I grew up and spent half of preschool and part of kindergarten." Connie explained to Lincoln as he directed his attention from the coin binder to his friend.

"Well that's cool. This seems really interesting I might try coin collecting one day." Lincoln told Connie as she stars formed in her eyes as the boy was taking interest in one of HER hobbies as everyone else she showed this two simply called it 'lame' or 'a total waste of time'.

The Two kids continued to hang out and discuss their interest and hobbies as well as play a few board games until they heard Connie's mother call them. "KIDS DINNER'S READY, COME DOWN HER BEFORE IT GETS COLD!" Priyanka called to the two children who were currently reading The Unfamiliar familiar together on Connie's bed.


"COMING MOM!" Connie called back. "Just wait till you have my mom's cooking, she's the best!" Connie told Lincoln as they closed they book and headed down stairs.

The two made there way to the dinning table, it was a decently sized squared shaped table with four chairs around it. On the table were four plays with two pieces of chicken breast on each with a strange spice on it, some utensils and napkin. Connie, Lincoln and Doug took their seat at the table with Priyanka was still in the kitchen.

"Lincoln what would you like to drink? We have orange juice, apple juice, sprite and water. Oh, and would you like some mashed potatoes with your chicken?" Priyanka asked Lincoln who sat next to Connie at the table.

"Apple juice please, and yes I would please, thank you ma'am." Lincoln asked as Priyanka was happy to take his requested and was also impressed by his manners.

"I'll also have apple juice and potatoes please." Connie told her mother as she was once again happy to take her daughters request.

"I'll also have mashed potatoes honey; also, could you please get me one of my usual drinks please?" Doug asked his wife as she came out and glared at him.

"You are NOT having one of those while we have guest, you're having water!" She pointed toward her husband as she went back into the kitchen.

"Fine" Doug support his head with his hand in defeat. Meanwhile Lincoln looked confused over what just happened, although Connie knew exactly what her mother was talking about and gave a small unnoticed chuckle.

Dinner with the Maheswaran's was great. Connie was right as Lincoln ate into his chicken as would defiantly say she was a great cook (better than his dad even). While they were eating Lincoln was explaining to Connie parents all the cool stuff Connie showed him and said he might wanna try some of them himself one day (when his mouth wasn't full of course). Priyanka was once again impressed with Lincolns manners as she listens to him talk and Doug was once again thankful to the boy and him taking an interest in Connie's hobbies. After Dinner was done Lincoln was by the door waiting for Doug to take him home while saying goodbye to Connie and her mother.

"Thanks for letting me come over again ma'am it was great." Lincoln told Priyanka as he was putting his hoodie on.

"It was a pleasure having you Lincoln come by anytime. Also, I must say for a kid your age you have surprisingly good manners." Priyanka complimented Lincoln as he thanked her for it.

"Bye Connie see you at school tomorrow it was super fun hanging out with you today." Lincoln told his best friend.

"yeah see ya Lincoln…and thank you so much…for everything." The young girl thanked her friend as she pulled him into a hug which he quickly returned.

"Alright kiddo let's get you home." Doug told Lincoln as they both went out the door as Lincoln waved bye to Connie again.

However as soon as Doug closed the door Priyanka gave a small glare to Connie. "Don't get any idea's young lady your still in 1st grade." She sternly told her daughter which made her blush with embarrassment.


Things went extremely well for the two friends as the months went by. They would often go to Connie's place on most days or hang out at others places like the playground or Gus's Games and Grub (with parental supervision of course). Lincoln even started to collect coins like Connie as he got his parents to get the exact same binder Connie had and started to save his allowance to get coins from difference place around the world and arrange them in the way Connie explained. They even got to spend a lot of the summer together as Connie's parents offered to take Lincoln on vacation to Miami with them during July. Everything seemed to be going well for the two friends…until one day.


ONE YEAR LATER

Outside the Maheswaran's former home Priyanka and Doug were putting luggage into there car as Connie was one the porch crying her eyes out similar to the time she meet Lincoln. After Priyanka put Connie's backpack and suit case into the trunk she looked at her daughter and went up to her and sat next to her and put her hand on her daughters back.

"Are you ok sweetie?" Priyanka asked her sad daughter as she looked up to her mother showing now red puffy eyes and tear stained glasses.

"Please mom…not again…please…not when he's here?" Connie begged her mother as her mother looked at Connie with sadness in her expression.

"I know sweetie, its hard but you know we have to trust me if we could stay here we would." Priyanka explained to Connie which didn't help her mood at all.

Meanwhile a blue van pulled up and parked in the driveway as Lincoln got out whose eyes were also red and puffy.

"Hey Connie, look who's here." Priyanka told her daughter as she looked at her friend exiting the van. She immediately got up and ran up to Lincoln pulling him into a tight tearful hug.

Lincoln immediately return the hug and shed a few more tears before asking "Do you really have to go?" He asked silently.

Connie sobbed a few more times before speaking up. "I wish I didn't have to…but my mom is moving to a hospital in Maine." She told Lincoln while still crying and hugging him.

The Two continued to hug with Priyanka, Doug and Rita (who got out of vanzilla to see his sons friend off) looking at the two kids sadly.

Finally, Doug spoke up. "Hey Connie, didn't you say you had a present for Lincoln?" Doug asked with a small smile on his face as Connie pulled away from the hug and nodded to her father and turned to Lincoln again.

"Hey Lincoln…you still don't have the beach city coin, do you?" Connie asked as she began to pull something out of her pocket.

"No why?" Lincoln asked as Connie handed him something.

It was Beach City coined that was colored gold. However, it had a small hole at the top as well as a small brown piece of rope around it making it a necklace and on the tails side of the coin was permanent marker writing which made out "C AND L 4EVER". Lincoln looked careful at his gift as a few more tears escaped his eyes as he looked back at Connie.

"That was the first coin I ever collected. Think of it as a reminder that we will always be friends and please…never forget me." Connie asked while sobbing while Lincoln nodded.

"I'll treasure it and our friendship forever and I promise ill never forget you for a second." Lincoln told Connie.

After exchanging another long hug Connie had finally get in the car and leave after one last goodbye as Connie drove off looking back and Lincoln and the best home she has had in her life.


PRESENT DAY

Lincoln Loud was doing some last-minute packing putting thinks into his suitcase and backpack. But as he was packing he remembered something, he went to his dresser and pulled open the left most drawer. It was completely empty…except for one item. A slight rusty golden Beach City with a hole at the top which had a worn down small piece of brown rope attached to it, and on the tails said writing in permeant marker and despite being faded made out the words "C AND L 4EVER" as he held the coin necklace and as he gripped it in his fist, he thought to himself 'please be there.'


THE MAHESWARAN HOUSE

"Lincoln Loud…Lincoln Loud." Priyanka thought to herself as she was seeing if she could remember the boy Connie just named. But then it came to her. "Wait a second isn't he the boy you befriended in Michigan?" Priyanka asked her daughter.

"Yeah that him he had white hair and wore orange a lot. Steven just told me a big family was moving in and I remember him having a big family. What if his family grew? What if he's moving here?" Connie told her mother with excitement.

"Now hold on Connie, while it isn't impossible you shouldn't rush into this as you may only disappoint yourself." Priyanka explained while Connie looked down in sadness which made her mother sigh as she spoke up again. "Look I knew how much he meant to you so how about this, me and your father will go with you to see if its him just…don't get your hopes up too much ok." Priyanka told her daughter as Connie nodded and gave a small smile

As she sat down on the couch she remembered all the fun times they had together until the day she had to move…again. She picked up her violin and starting to play it as she thought to herself 'please, please be him.'