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Chapter 20
Now without any further ado, I'm giving them the floor" Huggins said moving over to the side. Lexi then tapped the mic lightly to check the sound.
"Hello guys, my name is Lexi and this is my younger sister Audria and of course, my parents" She said as they waved to the audience.
"Before we start this meeting, we would like to bring up a special someone who just met us recently about a couple weeks ago, who would hopefully help us in this fundraiser and support" Lexi said gaining the confusion of the crowd.
"Is Lincoln Loud in the audience today?" Mrs. Burlington asked. This caught everyone's attention to why would they ask about him as the boy made his way up to the family members.
"Alright, now before we start we just want to explain something to you guys. This young teenager, standing to my right is my son?" Alexa stated to the audience. This got a lot of confused looks.
"How can he be your son?" A kid yelled earning a glare from his teacher.
"My hair use to be white back then. I changed it to brown because of personal issues" Luthor explained. Lexi then whispered something to her mom. Looking at her oldest daughter, she then got a nod from said girl telling her to the audience about Lincoln. With a sigh, she took the mic.
"I think it's time that I tell you about Lincoln" She said gaining Lincoln's attention along with students and staff.
(Flashback Thirteen Years Ago And Two Months Later)
The Burlington family lived in a small alley way near an appartment. Life still hasn't improved. It more when towards the other way. Their clothes were nothing but shredded cloth. Holes were made in their clothes, all through their lives as a homeless family.
"Wooh...what happened to you guys?" A voice asked gaining their attention. Looking up, they saw their uncle's friend.
"We had issues that resulted...in this" Luthor said looking down at the concrete floor.
""Well I'm not helping you. I warned you that if you didn't pay for what you owe, this would happen" He said as he felt the fabric of Audria's shirt.
"What are you doing here, anyway?" Audria said she pushed him off of her.
"I'm visiting from my state of Connecticut. I'm actually heading to my friend's wedding. Now if you excuse me, I must be going" He said but grabbed by Audria's hand.
"What now?" He said with an irritated voice.
"Can you please take a picture of us?" Audria said as she handed him the camera. The camera was one of those old fashioned one. The one that the film comes out right from the bottom after you've taken a picture. He then joined the family as they took one more picture. They somehow managed to have another stranger to take the picture of them. Lincoln was being held by the uncle's friend.
(Six Months Later)
We see the Burlington family walking the night skies of Royal Woods with the new addition to the family. Ever since the baby was born, the poor family had to rob stores in order to survive and feed each other. This not what they wanted. No family should suffer like this. It's quite weird how the family was able to go around looting goods for themselves and not get caught.
"Alexa, you know that we basically have no money left to feed him" Luthor reminded.
"I know dear. I just don't know what to do" She replied sadly.
"I don't want him to die" Lexi spoke. This seemed to wake the family more.
"Who said anything about him dying" The father stated as they walked down a street.
"Sorry...didn't mean to say that dad" the oldest sibling apologized.
"Well, it's good that we were able to hide in a guy's van as he went into a store. I still can't believe that he didn't spot us" Alexa said.
"Well he did have a lot of things in the car that helped us blend in with" Audria pointed out.
"Where are we anyway?" The youngest child asked looking around.
"I'm guessing that this street is called Franklin Avenue" Luthor said pointing to a sign. The rest of the family spotted the street sign with those exact words on it.
"Well, this may not really be a good idea but maybe this street has a family that can take care of him" Lexi questioned.
"That's a great idea sis. There's gotta be a family on this block that will take care of him. I think I hear a noisey house as we speak" Audria said as she picked up her walking speed up. The two parents looked at each other before catching up with their kids. It's not the best idea to leave a child on a door step of a stranger's house.
The parents stopped in front of a standard sized house. In front of the house was one van with the bottom of it being a ocean blue and the top to be a egg white color. The van looked a little dirty around the doors but overall it wasn't in bad shape. With a sigh, Alexa took out a paper and a pen as Lexi held a basket that was a red and white. Luthor placed his son in the basket along with his blanket a bottle of milk. The family then wrote down a message for the stranger's house. They soon walked up to the door and rung the doorbell with Audria being electricuted after pressing the button. After that, the Berlington family soon walked away as the door opened.
A young woman with blonde hair opened the door.
"Hello, Anyone there?" She asked as she looked around the front lawn of her house. She soon heard a crying sounds infant of her. Looking down, she spotted a red and white basket with a baby inside of it along with a note. Picking up the note, she read
Dear resident of 1216 Franklin Ave,
This baby boy is named Lincoln. My family and I had to give him up to someone since we had tax problems. We didn't look for a orphanage at our hometown because we didn't want to live there anymore since we had issues. We heard that Royal is a good place to live. My family and I got here about a week ago. The problem is that we can no longer afford him anymore so since we barely know this town and we heard the commotion within your house, we've decided to see if you'd take him under your wing for us.
Sincerely,
The Burlington Family
The lady picked up the basket and went inside.
Meanwhile with the remaining Burlington Family, they continued to walk the streets of Franklin Avenue.
"Did we do the right thing?" The young fourteen year old Lexi asked.
"I think we did the right thing. A house with that many kids living inside probably means that we can guess for sure that he will be safe" Alexa stated.
"I'm not really too sure. I think we might get caught If someone finds out" Luthor confessed. As they walked they bumped into a man surrounded with security guards
This man wore a suit and tie. He had a velvet color hair. He stood at 6'2, holding a brief case. He had some security guards around him.
"Sorry sirs. We didn't see you there?" Audria said apologizing to the four men standing in front of her family and her.
"It happens. We were busy talking that we didn't see you guys there. Anyway are you folks alright. By the looks of it, you guys don't look so good" The stranger comment.
"We had some issues with taxes. Ever since our family grew and the appartment fees increasing, we didn't have enough money to even come close to paying our depts" Luthor explained. The man thinks for a second. Then he cleared his voice.
"What were you thinking about becoming instead? Clearly your jobs didn't really help out?" He asked.
"Well now that you mentioned it, I want to be a Lawyer and own a restaurant" The father answered.
"I wanna own a pizza parlor" The wife stated. The man told one of the gaurds to hold the brief case as he opens it. Looking inside, he grabbed a couple of stacks of money from the case as his other gaurd helped him out. The other guy held a bag open as they placed stacks of money inside. The stranger walked over to the father.
"Here take this. This should and will help you out big time. As for the pizza parlor and restaurant thing, I'll see what can do about that" The stranger said as he handed him the bag of money.
"No I can't take this. This belongs to you" Luthor said trying to hand back the money.
"No, take it, please. You guys need all the help you can get" The guy inquired.
(End Of Flashback)
"So that's how we became rich and how Lincoln ended up with the Louds" Alexa fished. The crowd just sat there without a word. Then all the students whispered to one another.
AN- Just in case of confusion, During the thirteen yrs and two months later part, that scene takes place before they dropped Lincoln off at the Loud House. I had some difficulty typing this chapter up because I had to think of what happened before they dropped him off and after they did so but I think I did pretty good on the explanations. Leave reviews please. Bye :)
