"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." -Thomas Aquinas
Chapter Synopsis: A new family moves into the neighborhood, but don't they look familiar...?
"It all started when that new family moved in."
The screen pans over to show the Yates family.
"No, not them."
The screen pans to the right past a few houses. And we see another family, just as chaotic as the Louds, but surprisingly, Mr. Grouse hasn't yelled at them yet.
"Well Lynn, I don't know why you'd want to move here, there's a chaotic family, a curmudgeon that yells at people, and a seemingly perfect family. Well they are, but their smiles creep me out. Oh well, good luck." Said the guy operating the moving truck. The new family moves a massive number of boxes into the house. Once the truck was emptied, it drives off.
"Hey, do you think our parents are going to throw the new neighbors a housewarming party?" A girl with a disgusting red cap and overalls streaked with mud enquired.
"Maybe daddy will give them his famous lasagna, just like the last time new neighbor's moved in." I responded to my sister
As if on cue, Rita and Lynn Sr go over to their new neighbors and, just as I said, he has a pan of his signature 13-layer lasagna. They enter the neighbor's home and it looks like it was torn up inside, judging from the small glimpses we saw.
"Wow, it seems you have your hands full." Lynn Sr commented
"You don't know the half of it." The man responded
"It's impressive how so alike we look!" The man continued "I am Lynn Loud Sr."
"What a coincidence, that's my name, too!"
"Wait, what is your wife's name?"
"Rita." Both of the Lynn Sr's answered in unison
"Wow, are you sure you're not a clone from one of Levi's/Lisa's inventions?" Both of them asked
"Wait, say that again?" Rita asked Lynn Sr
"Sure, I said, "are you sure you're not a clone from one of Levi's inventions?"" Lynn Sr restated
"Levi…what does he look like?" Rita asked
"Levi! Come down here, we have guests!" Rita yelled at him
A small brown-haired child comes down. He's wearing a lab coat and has a hairstyle similar to Lisa.
"What is it, matriarchal unit? I was just about to finish my arradiation experiment. I was just about to find a way to make radon stable!" Levi interjected. He notices the 2 Lynn Srs and 2 Ritas "Oh dear, it appears my cloning machine self-operated while you were sleeping, parental units. Don't worry, I can reverse the process!"
"This isn't an experiment! These are our neighbor's, the Louds." Rita explained
"Remarkable, they have the same name as us?" Levi questioned
"It seems that everyone likes your lasagna, Lynn."
The screen cuts to show 8 boys scarfing down Lynn Sr's lasagna.
"Yeah…anyway, nice to meet you, neighbors." Rita exclaimed
"Likewise." Lynn Sr responded
Rita and Lynn Sr left the new neighbor's house. Everyone in the Loud house resumes their original antics until dusk. Everyone then goes to bed for the night.
The next day…
"Kids, get up, time for school!" Lynn Sr bellowed
The Loud siblings get ready for school and leave. Thanks to the scene transition, we arrive at Royal Woods Elementary and see that we are in a first-grade classroom, it seems we're stuck with the twins…
"Kids, we have 2 new students joining us today." The teacher announced "Students, introduce yourselves."
"Sure, I'm Lexx Loud!" One of the boys yelled boisterously
"And… I'm Leif…" The other boy responded
"Why don't you try and play with the other kids?" The teacher advised
"Gladly!" Lexx stated confidently
Lexx and Leif move forward, but while Lexx intermingles with the rest of his classmates, Leif offshoots from him and begins doodling on a piece of paper on an adjacent desk.
Lexx notices us, he talked to me first.
"Hey beautiful, didn't see you there, I'm Lexx."
"And I'm not interested."
Lexx continues, not noticing I rejected him.
"Well, Not Interested, don't be like that! I just want to be your friend."
"Look, I'm sure you're nice, but I don't want to be your friend. I already have friends."
"Oh, then I'll just befriend them."
He shifts his focus to my sister, he seems noticeably different when he looked at her.
"Hi, I'm Lexx."
"I'm Lana."
"Well, Lana...are you friends with her?" He said while gesturing to me
"No, that's my sister…" Lana responded with an unamused expression
"Oh, I'm sorry… I didn't know…" He said meekly
"…That's ok."
"Do you want to hang out with me?"
"Sure?"
Lexx and Lana go to another part of the room. I approached Leif.
"Hey, whatcha doing?"
"Doodling."
I glance at his paper. It's homework…
"Why aren't you hanging out with Lexx? He's the popular brother."
"Because I want to hang out with you." I replied
Leif glances at me in surprise.
"Seriously? I'm not really as interesting as my twin brother."
"Yeah? Well, I'm overshadowed by my twin sister."
Lana heard that and took offense, she walks up to Leif.
"Actually, that's not true, Lola here is a pageant powerhouse, so she's definitely not "overshadowed."" Lana corrects, then goes back to hanging out with Lexx
"Ok, everyone, lunch time." The teacher announced
Everyone breaks for lunch. Lana goes over to me.
"So, what do you think of those brothers?" I asked
"They're cool, I guess." Lana responded "So, what are you going to do about Leif?"
"Don't worry, I have a plan."
Screen cuts to the cafeteria, we see Leif and Lexx having lunch together.
"So, what's your plan?"
I whisper it to her.
"I don't think you should do that." Lana advised "But it's not like you listen to me anyway. Well, I guess Principal Huggins will enjoy seeing you in detention. I'm going to hang out with Lincoln now. See you."
I go up to Leif and give him a friendly dig in the arm, just like how my sister, Lynn, does it.
THWACK!
"OW!" Leif yelped "What was that for, Lola?!"
"I was just giving you a dig in the arm…" I responded
"You just punched me in the shoulder! I would hardly call that "friendly""! Leif admonished me
"I guess I don't know my own strength…" I retreat back to my seat. I write a note to Leif and tape it to a piece of corn on the cob. I lob it at him, hoping it would land in his lunch tray…it hit him in the back of the head, instead…
Leif angrily got up and yelled at me.
"What is wrong with you?! I thought you wanted to be my friend?!"
"I do!" I pleaded with him
"All you're doing is bullying me!"
Lexx gets up at the mention of this. He approached Leif.
"Do you want me to teach her a lesson, little bro?"
"No, Lexx. I got this."
Lexx heads back to his seat.
"Why are you picking on me?" Leif asked, annoyed
"Because I want to be your friend, and I wanted to get your attention…"
"I remember hearing something like this. Luckily, my brother, Lane, made a list of rules. He calls them the "Rules of Rozanski", and rule number 34, according to him, and paraphrased by my brother, is that if a girl bullies you it does NOT mean they like you, so tell me, do you like me, as a friend?"
"Yes."
"Then apologize."
"Fine…I'm sorry for hurting you, Leif…"
"You vow to stop beating up boys that you like?"
"Yes."
Leif thinks about this for a moment. I await his answer in fearful anticipation…
"Ok, I forgive you."
"So… are we friends now?" I asked
Leif nods.
Lunch ends, and the rest of the school day proceeds as normal. All of our siblings return to the Loud house. I think that this is the start of a beautiful friendship.
Preview
"Oh, hey Lola, I set up a game for us to play. Do you want to join me?"
Author's Note: Here is a list of the known Rules of Rozanski. Provided by Jonathan, but told to us and numbered by Lane.
1. Believe it or not, not all defense clients are Matt Engarde.
2. The only humor derived from disgust is from Inside Out.
3. Jealousy between pets equates to misery for us.
4. If a person is a total bastard, then why doesn't he get what's coming to him?!
9. Using your 3rd genie wish to reset everything is cliché and trite, stop doing it.
10. Playing "babble like an idiot" toward your crush isn't cute, it's stupid.
11. Real life doesn't have a reset button, why do animated shows get a pass?
12. If you do an Aesop, make sure it makes sense first.
13. If you go through hell, what more is there to do...
18. Squidward's life sucks, but we all grow up to be Squidward, so we should sympathize with him when SpongeBob harasses him.
20. Pain isn't funny (slapstick is, but not true pain).
21. Idiocy isn't funny.
22. Sitcoms should have died out in the 90s, their tropes haven't.
24. Correlation does not equal causation.
25. Stop with the facial zoom for dramatic exposition, Family Guy ruined this trope already.
26. If you mock the haters, they'll hate you more.
27. Rape is evil and there are no double standards.
29. If Lincoln jumpscaring Lori is scarier than when FNAF does it, then this is proof of a dead trope.
30. Obi Wan could have easily killed Darth Vader, why did he sacrifice himself?!
32. Rap is just a way for old people to seem hip and rad with the edgy youths of today, in reality, no one is cool when they use rap.
33. Stop repeating the same thing over and over, it was annoying when Blinded By The Light did it, and it's still annoying now!
34. When someone of the opposite sex beats you up, that doesn't mean they like you.
41. If I love the show, I'll watch it.
45. People have different vocal ranges, so keep that in mind when body swapping.
49. Sorry kid, but not being homeless is more important than your fleeting activity.
50. When you kill someone off in a story, make sure that they STAY dead
