I am really happy to be getting a lot of good feedback on this story! Now I gotta work twice as fast since I see people are liking it.
Also I found out about the problem people had with the spacing in the story, I hadn't noticed it until now, sorry about that. But chapter 4 is here, enjoy!

"What time is it?" Lynn asked them. "One thousand, and thirty. AM." Leni replied.

Lynn winced in confusion, "What?"

"She means ten thirty. In the morning." Lori answered.

"Friday morning." Lynn said to herself.

"Hey sis, why are you so sweaty?" Luna asked.

Lynn wiped her forehead and checked her hand. Soaking wet. "I was doing a morning workout." She lied.

Lucy stepped forward, "You weren't working out. You were in your bed until you jumped up and ran to Lincoln's room."

"Crap." Lynn muttered under her breath.

"Why were you screaming?" Lori asked.

Lynn looked down, "I honestly don't want to talk about it."

"Lynn. Come on. If something's got you screaming when you're sleep, we wanna know." Lori said.

"I don't know, Lori. This one scared me to the core." Lynn replied.

The door to her right suddenly opened. Lana stepped out rubbing her eyes. "What's goin' on? Why was Lynn screaming?" She asked.

"Lynn just had a bad dream, go back to sleep." Lori said.

Lana was too tired to try to be a detective and figure out what was going on. She took Lori's word for it and walked back in her room, closing the door behind her.

The door to the left of her opened next. Lisa stuck her head out. Her hair made it obvious that she just woke up. "Thanksh to you obnoxioush Homo shapiensh, I am now 0.15% more likely to shushtain a heart attack."

Everyone stared blankly at her. "What's a Homo sapiens?" Leni asked.

Lisa rolled her eyes, "Jusht keep it down." She shortly closed the door.

Lynn rested her head on Lincoln's door. Little did she know Lincoln was awake on the other side of the door and listening. Why was she at his door? He woke up just as he heard his door open partially then shut abruptly. Even though Lynn just had a nightmare, she didn't want to speak to him. An urge to open the door and talk to her swept over him. But he dismissed it and waited to see why Lynn was at his door.

"You gotta tell us, sis." Luna said. "We're family. There's enough secrets being kept right now."

Lynn heavily sighed. If she doesn't get this out, it'll definitely eat away at her from inside. "My nightmare was about Lincoln."

Leni, Lori, Luna, and Lucy understood now why she wasn't keen on talking about it. They waited patiently for her to go on.

"He was in my room, screaming about someone trying to get in and hurt him. I told him I wasn't going to let anything get to him. But that's when his pursuer came in the room."

Lynn paused.

"It was me."

Lynn could see the obvious confusion on their faces. But they kept silent so she could continue.

Lynn looked down trying to shake off the aftershock of the nightmare. It was a lot to take in. "She was a mixture of bad emotions within me. I was powerless. I couldn't stop her. She beat him, then choked him to death."

The girls all shared an expression of shock on their faces. The image of Lynn beating then choking Lincoln to death was too horrific to picture. Luckily for them they didn't see it up close and personal.

Lynn struggled to continue, becoming more distraught from the thought. "She told me that would've happened if I didn't stop when he said he didn't want to fight."

She turned towards Lincoln's door. "That's why I checked on him. Because it felt too real. He was cold in my arms. His eyes were completely white, I was talking to his corpse. I had to make sure that didn't really happen."

Lincoln smiled. He was horrified by what he heard. But the fact Lynn showed that she still cared about him deeply, made him smile despite what he just heard.

"That's horrible." Luna said.

Lynn nodded in agreement.

Luna walked up to Lincoln's door and grabbed the handle. "Do you wanna talk to him about it?"

Lynn quickly grabbed the handle as well and pulled the door shut before Lincoln could be seen. "No. I don't want to talk to him right now."

Luna let go of the door but placed her hands on her hips. "Lynn, I'm pretty sure he wants to talk to you."

Lynn shook her head, "I know. But I'm not ready to talk to him yet. Especially after what I just experienced." She walked past all of them and headed to her room.

"Lynn, you can't just keep it in." Lori said.

Lynn turned around, "I didn't. I told you guys about it."

"I meant keeping it in from Lincoln." Lori added.

Lynn combed her hair with her fingers in aggravation. "Look, I don't want to talk to him right now. I don't know if you understand that, but after watching myself do what 'I' did..."

She looked down trying to calm down.

She gave Lori a pleading look, "Lori I'm not in the right mindset to speak to him right now. Please understand that. I promise I'll talk to him when I'm ready."

Lori crossed her arms disappointed. But she also understood what Lynn was feeling at the time. She needs time to calm her nerves.

"I'm gonna head to the basketball courts with my friend Maddison." Lynn said walking into her room.

No one stopped her. Whenever she got mad she would play a sport to get whatever it was off her chest. Depending on how bad it was would differ on how fast it was solved mentally, if it could be solved.

"Why would she do that to Lincoln in her nightmare?" Leni asked.

"It wasn't the real her. It was a version of her that was only filled with bad emotions." Lucy replied.

"I can't believe she had a nightmare like that." Luna said.

Lori nodded thinking about it, "That had to be so horrible to experience. Something that looked like you doing something as bad as that."

Lynn quickly changed into her regular clothes. She wanted to get out of the house as quickly as possible. The sooner she can play basketball the sooner she can get the nightmare off of her mind.

Lori peeked in her room. "Lynn, don't you want to stay here and talk to us? I think you'll feel better doing that." She said with a soft tone.

Lynn shook her head without looking at Lori as she grabbed her sneakers. "No. I already talked about it. I just want to forget it." She quickly stood up, grabbed her basketball, and walked to the door.

Lori placed her hand on Lynn's chest, stopping her in place. She gave her a serious look. "You can't do everything yourself, Lynn. We're your family, we can help you with what you're dealing with."

Lynn looked off to the side, giving her words some thought. As long as she could remember sports was the next best thing to solve any of her problems. It was another way to blow off steam instead of punching her pillow or kicking holes in the wall. But family was the absolute best thing for her. Her siblings were like younger therapists. If she felt down or got hurt they would take care of her. The only catch being one of them was vexed with her, and she was too guilt ridden to talk to the other. The only sisters she could talk to were the older ones, with Lucy being the exception. But now wasn't the time.

She shook her head to break herself from her thoughts, "Maybe later." She sidestepped past Lori and ran down the stairs.

Lori watched her leave, knowing she should've made her stay. Lynn was a tough girl but she wasn't invincible. Leaving the house may have been the worse choice to make. After the sound of Lynn darting out of the door, another door opened.

Everyone looked to the source and saw Lincoln standing there. Expressing a bleak look to his face.

Luna was the first to read his face, "Lincoln. What's wrong, bro?"

"I heard everything." Lincoln replied. He looked up at his sisters, "I'm worried for her."

Lori came up to him and knelt down to his height. "We all are, Lincoln."

"Then why didn't you stop her? Why didn't you keep her here?" Lincoln asked.

"She has unsettled nerves. Forcing her to stay would just cause her to breakdown." Lori answered.

"But that's fine. As long as we're with her, by her side, right?" Lincoln said.

"Emotional breakdowns would be more likely to push her away from us. She wouldn't want us to see her in that state." Lucy spoke up.

She's right. Lincoln knew it, too. Lynn hated emotional breakdowns. She thought it made her look weak, made her look like a baby. She'd always try to avoid others if her emotions began spilling out, especially when she cried. Lincoln was out of ideas to get his sister back. He sighed in defeat, knowing nothing but time would alleviate his sister's guilt.

Lynn made it to the basketball courts. She spotted her friend, a girl with light brown hair in a tight bun. She wore a blue shirt and black basketball shorts.

"Hey Lynn!" She greeted cheerfully.

Lynn gave a forced smirk, "Hey Maddy."

Maddison cocked her head to the side, seeing something off about Lynn. "Are you alright?"

No. Lynn thought to herself immediately. "I'm fine." She lied, trying to shove her thoughts away.

Maddison gave her a skeptical look. But after a moment of thought she shrugged it off and walked into the middle of the court they were on. "Ok Lynn, one-on-one?"

Lynn nodded unenthusiastically, "Sure."

Lynn bounced the ball to her. Maddison returned it and the game started.

Lynn tried to shake her head to put herself in the game. Her thoughts quickly affecting her mental game.

She dribbled the ball a few feet staring at the hoop. Maddison swiftly stole the ball from her with ease. Lynn stumbled and fell on her front from the sudden change. Maddison dribbled to the three-point line, shot, and swished it.
She looked at Lynn who slowly stood up, "What was that?"

Lynn was just as surprised as Maddison was. It was rare for anyone to steal the ball from her like that, even Maddison who was mainly a bench player.

Lynn shrugged, "I don't know." Completely lying.

"Well come on. Actually try." Maddison urged waiting for the ball.

Lynn bounced the ball to her and went on defense. Maddison dribbled the ball back and forth from her left and right hand. Lynn eyed the ball trying to keep up with it. She tried to recognize a pattern with how Maddison would dribble. There was a slight delay whenever she would transition the ball from her right hand to her left.

Lynn waited until the ball made its way back to her right hand. "I got you now." Lynn said to herself.

She propelled herself forward and swatted at the ball. But she only ended up swatting at air. Failing to match Maddison's dribbling speed, and stumbling forward again. Maddison continued forth and made a lay-up.

The pitiful game ended 21-0. Lynn never making a single shot.
Maddison placed the ball on the ground and crossed her arms. "Lynn seriously. Are you messing with me?"

Lynn was busy catching her breath, surprised she had to in the first place.

"I know you're pulling something! That was the worst game of basketball I've ever seen you play." Maddison complained.

She came face-to-face with Lynn in a serious manner. "What's wrong?" She questioned.

Lynn tried to play it off. "Nothing, Maddy. I'm just off my game right now."

Maddison shook her head, "Don't lie. That wasn't just 'off your game'. That looked like you never knew how to play basketball."

Lynn stared at her blankly not knowing what else to say.

"I'm your friend. You can tell me what's happening." Maddison reassured.

Lynn was hesitant on telling Maddison her problem. How was she going to react? Was she going to think she was crazy? Spread rumors around school?

Maddison could tell she was holding something in. "Come on. You can trust me." She urged.

After a few conflicted feelings spinning around her head, Lynn finally gave in. "I got into a fight with my brother."

Maddison smiled, "That's it? What's so wrong about that?"

Lynn looked her in the eye, "I gave him more than a dozen bruises, fractured his rib cage, and sprained his wrist."

Just like that, the smile was wiped clean off of Maddison's face. She was stunned, thoughts halted while she figured out what to say.

Lynn nodded seeing her face, "Yeah it's that bad."

Maddison was still at a loss for words. Lynn sensed the next question that was to come. "It was over the jersey I showed you."

Maddison still stammered. "S-so. You hospitalized him?"

The sentence made Lynn shiver for a moment. "Yeah..."

Maddison took a step back. "Lynn, that's really bad."

Lynn rubbed her arms feeling uncomfortable. "I know."

"Did you at least apologize?" Maddison asked.

Lynn nodded, "I had to apologize. After that act, why wouldn't I?"

Maddison shrugged. "Do your parents know?"

Lynn shook her head, "No. They can't know. They would keep me away from my brother."

"Well...that's probably because they would think you're too dangerous. If you did this to him over a jersey then what would you do to him if he accidentally made you miss a game? Or incidentally butchered your game shoes?" Maddison asked.

Lynn turned away from her, not wanting to hear more. "Don't make me feel worse than I already do about it."

Maddison placed her hand on Lynn's shoulder. "Lynn, as a friend, I think it's best to tell you that it may be better to tell your parents about this."

Lynn looked at her with a desperate face. "What if they won't let me near my brother again?"

"Judging how guilt ridden you are, what if you never go near him yourself?" Maddison asked.

Lynn looked hopeless. There was no easy escape or easy fix from this. She could either tell her parents, and risk never seeing her brother again. Or she could decide to never tell her parents but hold the guilt in her mind forever, which would make her nervous around Lincoln whenever they're in close proximity.

"I wish I hadn't started that stupid fight over that stupid jersey in the first place." Lynn said.

Ok so I changed the spacing. I hope I did it right, haha. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Chapter 5 will be uploaded hopefully soon.