The following morning, Lola was greeted by a large sunbeam creeping into the room through the window. In the middle of the night, she had turned around so that she was facing the window. This is why she was able to feel the sunlight hit her face. As she slowly opened one of her eyes, she almost forgot where she was. But she soon realized that she was in Winston's room; and she was able to sleep through the night.
Lola turned towards the wall to say good morning to Winston. But, much to her horror, Winston was gone. He must've gotten up before her.
Lola frantically sat up, "Winston?! Where are you?"
Suddenly, as if on cue, the bedroom door opens and Winston walks in with Benjamin. Winston is fully dressed and is holding a piece of paper in his hand.
"Here I am," Winston greeted.
"Oh thank goodness," Lola sighed in relief.
"Did you sleep well Princess?" Winston wonders.
"Oh yeah I did," Lola briefly yawns and stretches, "I think that lullaby really helped."
"I'm glad you think that," Winston walks up to Lola and shows her the piece of paper in his hand, "See this? I had Benjamin help me write down the lullaby for you. If you say it helped, then maybe someone can sing it to you."
Lola got out of bed and stood next to Winston, "Oh Winston, that's so sweet. Thank you!"
Lola, once again spur of the moment, threw her arms around Winston and gave him a big hug. Despite it catching him a little off guard, Winston returns the hug.
"Pardon me, Miss Lola," Benjamin intervenes, "Your parents called and they would like you home right away."
"Ok then. Thank you Benjamin," Lola thanks him.
Winston turns to Benjamin, "You're dismissed now."
"Before I go, is there anything else you need?" Benjamin insisted.
Winston glances at Lola to see if she needs anything else. She shakes her head no.
"Benjamin, we don't need anything else," Winston reassures him.
"Very well." Benjamin leaves the room and closes the door behind him.
"That reminds me," Lola taps Winston on the shoulder, "What's the deal with Benjamin? Why's he constantly asking if there's things you need?"
"There's actually an interesting story behind that," Winston explains, "Benjamin has been working for my parents for many years. According to them, when I was born, he fell in love with me instantly. He's never had a wife or children of his own, so it's like he felt this 'special connection' with me."
"So in a strange way, he's more than my butler. He's practically my best friend," Winston concludes.
"Oooh I understand," Lola says.
"You know, this morning when I woke up, I asked a maid to wash your gown for you. I put it in the bathroom for you to change," Winston replies.
Wow, is there anything this boy won't do for me?
"Thanks. I'll go change now," Lola places the paper that the lullaby is written on Winston's bed and heads towards the bathroom.
5 minutes later, Lola comes out of the bathroom. As soon as she does, Benjamin comes into the room.
"Miss Lola, are you ready to go?" Benjamin asks.
"Oh, yeah I am," Lola says.
"Very well then," Benjamin leaves the room again.
Just as she was about to follow Benjamin out the door, Winston grabs Lola by the arm.
"Hey listen, before you go, I have a question for you," Winston requested.
"Sure, what is it?" Lola says.
Winston removed his hand from Lola's shoulder and rubs the back of his head in nervousness.
"Ok, so I've noticed that you've been very impressed by my wealth and how rich I am," Winston mutters, "So I have to wonder…"
Winston bites his bottom lip and looks downward. His nervous demeanor was concerning for Lola, so she tilts her head.
"Yes Winston?" She wonders.
No longer wanting to beat around the bush, Winston faces Lola and looks at her with a stone-faced serious expression.
"Would you like me even if I didn't have a dime to my name? Meaning if I wasn't rich, would you still like me?"
Lola raised both her eyebrows in surprise at the prospect that his money was even a factor in her admiration for him.
To reassure him that wasn't the case, Lola places her thumb and index finger underneath Winston's chin.
"Of course I would Winston," Lola reassures sweetly, "I don't like you for your money. I like you for your personality and charm. Even if you were dirt poor, as long as you are still charming and sweet, I'll still like you a lot."
Winston heaved a small sigh of relief after learning that and smiled at her. Then he bends his arm at the elbow.
"I'll take you home," Lola wraps her arm around Winston's arm.
As the two of them walk down the hall, they are greeted by Stefano, who comes charging towards them, barking and wagging his tail all the while.
"Stefano, stay still!" Winston commanded. Stefano stops panting and wagging his tail. He stands still looking at his master.
Lola grinned and held her hand out at Stefano; which the dog sniffed and licked.
"I'm leaving now, bye Stefano," Lola sighed as she started petting the dog on the head. Stefano closed his eyes in satisfaction as Lola pet his head.
After that, Winston and Lola continue walking down the hallway and down the stairs. When the two of them reach the bottom of the stairs, they spot Olivia and Louis sitting at the dining table patiently waiting for their turn to the kids and smile.
"I must say Lola, you were such a wonderful guest to have here," Olivia compliments.
"Thank you Mrs. Milbourne," Lola says as she curtsies in response.
Louis gets up from his seat and struts towards the children. Once again, just like the previous day, Louis got down to their level and held Lola's hand in both of his.
"You were a lovely guest," Louis begins, "If you decide to visit again, we would love to have you back."
Once again, Louis tenderly kisses Lola on the hand. Despite her giving Winston a peck on the lips being much more magical, she was still flattered by Louis' kissing on her hand.
"Thank you Mr. Milbourne," Lola thanks him.
"I'm going with Roger to take Lola home, if that's Ok," Winston says.
"Oh of course," Louis hands Lola a blueberry muffin from the table, "Here, take a muffin for the road."
"Thank you again Mr. Milbourne," Lola graciously takes the treat that was offered to her.
"Goodbye," She bids farewell to Winston's parents.
"Goodbye," They bid back.
"Come along princess," Winston leads her out the door and down the steps towards the limo where Roger is awaiting them.
"Where do you live sweetie?" Roger asks.
"1216 Franklin Avenue," Lola answers as she climbs into the limo. Once everyone is securely inside the vehicle, Roger types in Lola's address in the GPS and drives off.
It takes them a whopping 5 ½ minutes to finally get to the Loud house. Winston offers to walk Lola to the front door, which she graciously accepts. As she opens the limo door, she tosses out the muffin wrapper onto the ground and wipes off the crumbs from the muffin off her dress.
Rather than wrapping their arms around each other or holding hands, the two of them just walk side by side to the front door of the Loud house. As they got closer, Winston was able to hear the muffled sounds of hullabaloo coming from the inside; to which he couldn't help but chuckle at.
Lola and Winston face each other, "Thank you for yesterday. I really had fun spending time with you and sleeping over," Lola thanks graciously.
"It was my pleasure having you," Winston replies calmly, "Maybe I can come over here to your house sometime."
After what sounded like a glass breaking and someone yelling came from inside the house, Lola was a little hesitant towards Winston's suggestion of visiting her house. However, the sincerity in his sky blue eyes really spoke to her and showed that he was serious about visiting her home one day.
"Yeah maybe you can," She sighs.
"Oh, before I go…" Winston grabbed both of Lola's hands and held them in both his hands. He then used his thumbs to gently massage Lola's knuckles.
"Thank you for the kiss you gave me last night," Winston whispers gently.
Lola's eyes widen as she continues gripping onto Winston's warm hands.
Winston then used his right hand to gently brush some of Lola's hair behind her ear and then caress her cheek.
"Allow me to return the favor my princess," Then it happened: Winston gently kissed Lola on the cheek.
Lola's eyes started twinkling as she took in what just happened. She loved it when he kissed her hand, but having his lips caress her cheek felt even more magical. She blushed as she touched her cheek with the tips of her fingers.
"Goodbye Lola," Winston released his hands from Lola's palms and leaves towards his limo.
After he goes in the limo, he waves at Lola through the window and she waves back.
After watching the black limousine disappear in the distance, she goes back inside the house. The loud and wild nature of her house is definitely a tone change from the calm and quiet nature of Winston's house. For the most part, her siblings barely acknowledge her except for the occasional side glance and wave as they make their way towards the dining room.
Rita peeks her head into the living room and greets her young daughter, "Oh you're back; just in time for breakfast."
"I'll be there in a minute, I just have to put something in my room first," Lola heads upstairs to her room.
When she gets there, she sees Lana lying on her own bed with her hand on her stomach and breathing slowly. She still looked a little sickly from her stomach bug.
"Feeling any better?" Lola asks.
"A little; I've just been resting," Lana groans.
"Maybe you should try eating something. I heard breakfast is ready," Lola suggested.
Lana slowly got up from her bed and limped out of the room as slow as possible.
"I'll meet you down there," Lola bid her twin goodbye.
Lola looked carefully at the paper that Winston had written her lullaby on. As she observed the excellent penmanship, she happened to look down towards the bottom and saw that Winston had signed his name and written "xoxo" underneath his signature.
Lola kissed the lullaby and placed it under pillow.
A/N: Hey guys, sorry if this chapter is kinda half assed compared to the rest of the story. I just wanted to finish it so I can focus on another big project. What's this big project? You'll see! But thanks for all the follows, favorites, and reviews.