The front door of the Loud House shot wide open and out came a little girl with a red cap and a blue overall. The girl was carrying her toolbox and a big smile on her face. She walked quickly to the neighbour's house and knocked the door.

It didn't took long for the grumpy and old Mr. Grouse to open the door.

"Loud! What do you want?" Mr. Grouse said, squinting his eyes at the little girl. "I ain't giving back any of your toys!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Grouse. I'm not here for that," Lana said as she pulled out a little card from one of her pockets. "I'm here to offer my services."

Mr. Grouse took the card. He couldn't help but smile a little as he saw the little smiley face and the wrench drawn on the front, then he turned it around and read the words that had been written with blue and red crayon.

LaNa LOud

aMasin PluMver nd MecaNic!

"Nice presentation card, Loud."

"Thanks. I did it myself." Lana answered with pride. "So, I'm here to see if there's any kind of job that I could help you with. I would do it way cheaper than other people."

"Hmmm." Mr. Grouse thought as he rubbed his chin. He instantly remembered something that had been annoying him for a few days now. "Well, the sink in my bathroom wont stop leaking water, and it becomes really annoying at night."

"That's perfect! I can fix it in a moment!"

He knew that the little girl could. He had known her for six years, and in the past three, she had shown several times amazing abilities.

"Come in, then." Mr. Grouse stood to the side, allowing the girl to run inside and rushed up the stairs to the bathroom. Mr. Grouse moved after her at a much slower pace due to his age. As he approached the bathroom he could hear that the little girl was already busy working. By the time he entered the bathroom, he saw Lana placing several of her tools back in her toolbox.

"It's done, Mr. Grouse!"

"What? So quickly?"

Lana shrugged. "It wasn't that hard to fix. Do you have anything else that I can' help you with or that was it?"

"Well, there are a few other things around the house that could–"

"I'll do it!"

Lana spend the next hour moving up and down Mr. Grouse's house and fixing little things. After Mr. Grouse had ran out of things to fix, he took two twenty-dollar bills and gave them to Lana.

Lana looked wide eyed at the money. "B-but Mr. Grouse! This is way too much!"

Mr. Grouse chuckled as he rubbed Lana's head. "For all the jobs you did around my house, and the good quality? That's actually not enough to pay you for all you did. I actually would have paid you a little more, but I don't have much money right now." He said as he guided Lana to the door.

"Wow." Lana stood at the entrance of the house, looking down at her money, before smiling up at Mr. Grouse. "Thank you, Mr Grouse."

"No problem, kid. Now, get out of my property!" Mr. Grouse shouted before slamming the door.

Lana did as told and ran back to her house. She had expected to have to work a lot more to earn this amount. As Lana made her way to the second floor and towards her oldest sister's room, she heard her mother shouting from the living room.

"Bye, kids! I'm going to the supermarket!"

Lana stopped right in her tracks and turned around, and went back to the first floor. She had been about to ask Lori for a ride to the mall, but with her mother already about to leave to that place.

"Mom," Lana called out as she saw her mother already at the door. "Can I go with you?"

Rita looked down at her daughter. "You want to do the shopping with me?"

"Uhmm, no," Lana said as she rubbed the back of her head. "There's actually something that I want there and I–"

"Honey, I'm sorry, but you know that the budget for shopping is a bit tight. I can't buy you anythi–"

Lana shook her head. "No, mom. I'll buy it myself. I fixed a few things for Mr. Grouse just a moment ago and he paid me forty dollars." She said as she showed her mother the money. "So can I go with you, please?"

"You sure you don't want to save that money for later?"

"No. There's something I want buy."

Rita smiled at her daughter. "Alright, you can come."

"Yes! Thanks, mom." Lana said, running to Vanzilla.

Both of them remained silent for a moment as they drove away from the house. Halfway to their destination, Rita asked Lana:

"So, what is it you want to buy, honey? A new tool for your jobs? Or more of those dog biscuits that you like?"

"No, nothing like that. I… I actually… I'm going to buy a new doll."

Rita wasn't sure that she heard correctly. "You want to buy a doll?"

"It's not for me. I… two weeks ago I ruined Lola's last good doll. So I want to buy her a new one."

Rita smiled widely at her daughter's words. "I'm so proud of you, Lana. Taking responsibility of your actions and using your own money to buy your sister a new doll."

Lana blushed a little. She wasn't sure if she was being responsible, she just wanted to make her sister happy, like when she gave her her sandwich. It had felt so good when Lola hugged her, all warm and fuzzy.

After two hours of shopping, Rita and Lana returned to the house, with Lana carrying on her lap a little bag with a box inside. She was hoping that Lola would like the toy she chose, it had costed her half of her earnings. Her mother had reassured her that Lola would love it.

Rita parked the van in front of the garage. She got out and called out. "Kids! Help me with the groceries!"

As usual, the kids rushed out of the house and competed amongst them to see who could carry more bags. Lana let the others handle the bags as she snuck into the house. Lola was the only one that noticed this, and also noticed that she was carrying something.

'She was out with mom. She must have convinced mom to buy something only for her.' Lola thought, feeling a bit angry. It just wasn't fair that Lana had gotten something only for herself, so she would have to confront her about it. She silently followed Lana up to their room and closed the door behind her.

Lana looked back to see who had followed her, a smile forming as she saw Lola. "Hey, Lola!"

"Don't "Hey, Lola!" me. What do you have there?" Lola asked, pointing at the bag in Lana's room. "You went all sneaky on us and got something for you? You better share it!"

Lana looked down at her back before shaking her head. "Nah, there's no reason to share it."

Lola frowned, her face turning red and her fists trembling. "You little–"

"Here, this is for you," Lana said, offering the bag to Lola.

Lola fell silent, her expression changing from one of anger to confusion. She slowly but steadily moved closer to Lana, accepting the bag. She opened it and pulled out a box, a princess doll with a pink dress inside.

"Lana…" Lola started, not taking her eyes off the toy, a little afraid that this would turn out into some prank. "What is this?"

Lana tilted her head. "It's a princess doll." Lana said, her smile dropping a little. "You don't like it?"

"No, no. I… I really like it, it's so pretty." She lifted her eyes to see her twin. "But why are you giving this to me?"

"Well, I ruined your last dolly, so I did some jobs for Mr. Grouse, and he paid me more than enough so I could buy it."

Lola's eyes widened. "You… You paid for this?"

"Yeah, I just–"

Lana was interrupted when Lola rushed up to her and wrapped her arms around her. Lola pulled away, looking at Lana with a big smile.

"Lana, this is amazing! Thank you!" She said, planting a kiss on Lana's cheek before moving away to play with her new doll.

Lana just remained frozen in place, one hand touching the cheek her sister had just kissed while her heart beat like crazy. This… This was way better than hugs. Spending twenty dollars on that doll had been completely worth it.

Hope you enjoyed this. If things go as planned, there should be some drama starting next chapter. As always, if someone would like to comment possible ideas, I would happily read them.