"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight." -Liam Gallagher
Chapter Synopsis: Lola goes over to their new neighbor's house to hang out with her new friend
"We started hanging out more, but we were still acquaintances, more or less, until one day, Leif suggested that I should come over to his house and that he should come over to mine. I believe that he used the word "playdate" to describe what he was suggesting. What does he think we are? A pair of 6-year-olds? Either way…"
Scene transition to Lola and Lana's classroom. We see that the quartet are conversing with one another…
"We've been friends for a few days now, so I've been thinking…do you want to come over sometime?" Leif asked me
"Yeah, sure Leif, you don't think that this wonderful lady would be able to survive our house. No, our brothers would destroy them easily." Lexx chastised "There are 10 of us, you're just lucky that you encountered us first. A chivalrous knight and…
Lexx glances over at his brother.
"This wimpy loser that I have the privilege of escorting. He is definitely the most feminine of our brothers. If I wasn't around, the rest of our brothers would definitely beat him up for being unmanly, or just haze him for the rest of their life, whichever works for them."
Leif gives an annoyed expression to Lexx, who simply shrugs it off. Leif interjected.
"Anyway, Lola, want to see what it's like in our house?"
I pondered it for a moment before eventually answering with…
"Yes."
"Great, we'll tell our parents and maybe we can convince them. If you can convince them, then everything will be all set up." Leif said enthusiastically
"Should I bring anything?"
"Only yourself."
After school, we went our separate ways. I tried to convince my father to let me hang out with Leif at their house. I waited for him to help Linky with one of his 5th grade projects. Now that's rare, one of our parents helping our brother? Usually our sisters freeze him out completely. But I digress. I went up to my father, put on my best puppy-dog eyed face and said…
"Daddy, can I hang out with my friend today?"
He gave a slightly annoyed look.
"No, Lola. Besides, your puppy-dog eye trick won't work on me anymore."
"Why not?"
"Don't make me have a flashback."
We see Lynn Sr's flashback, which consists of Lola trying to extort various things from him.
"Daddy, can I have $50 dollars?"
"What for?"
"Emergencies."
"…Fine."
"Daddy, can I have a new dress?"
"What's wrong with the other ones?"
"I wore all of them already."
"Just reuse one."
Lola scoffs at her father's ignorance.
"Lola Loud does not reuse a dress she already wore."
Lynn Sr sighs.
"Fuchsia?"
"Magenta, please."
"Daddy, can I have a pony?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"I won't torment the rest of my siblings for the rest of the month."
Lynn Sr thinks about what to do next…he eventually gives in and says…
"Actually, yes, my little girl, wait right here and I'll get you a pony."
Lola's eyes light up in awe.
"YES! Thank you, thank you, thank you, daddy! I promise to take care of it."
Lynn Sr drives off. About 45 minutes later, he comes back with a Princess Pony™ stuffed plushie.
"Here you go, sweetie."
"Is this the G3 version?! Awesome! Thanks again!"
The flashback ends.
"Come on, I really want to hang out with my friend!" I urged him
"Tell you what, if his parents say it's ok, then I'll allow it."
The telephone rings, Lynn Sr answered it.
"Loud Residence. Lynn speaking."
Muttering is heard on the phone.
"Huh, yeah. Oh really, he did, did he? Ok, well, I'll allow it. Thanks for telling me. Goodbye."
He hangs up.
"That was our new neighbors, they said one of their sons convinced them to have a playdate with you."
All of the siblings congregated at the kitchen, having heard the word "date".
"Well, who's the unlucky boy?"
"It's Winston, of course!"
I stopped their conversations and set the record straight.
"No, guys. It's not a date, I'm just going over to the new neighbor's house to hang out with one of my friends from school."
"I've heard that our new neighbors have 10 sons. The way you look, Lola…you are definitely going to be raped." Lori said while chuckling
No one else is laughing. Luan eventually butted in.
"Wow. I may be into dark humor, but that's just horrible."
"Lori, that was uncalled for." Lynn Sr reprimanded "You're grounded for potentially traumatizing Lola…and any other siblings within earshot."
"I was just trying to lighten the mood…" Lori said as she left
Lana approached me.
"Hey, don't let whatever Lori was talking about get to you, just enjoy yourself. I'm going to go with you. You know, just to keep you out of trouble."
"Thanks, sis."
"No problem. Now let's go."
We went across the street and 2 houses to the right. 2128 Franklin Avenue. We knock on the door, which Lexx answered.
"Welcome Lola, I…"
He glances leftward and saw Lana.
"I didn't know you were bring a guest along with you. Well, Leif is in the living room, so you guys can hang out or…whatever."
Lexx heads upstairs. Lana and I enter the house. Leif is playing a video game. It looks like just a list of some sort.
"Oh, hey Lola, I set up a game for us to play. Do you want to join me?"
"Sure?"
I grab a controller and sit alongside him.
"This game is a classic. Right now, we're in what's called Event Matches. So, are you ready for a friendly competition?
"Yeah, let's do it."
"Alright, here are the controls. You move the grey analog stick to move, press "A" for basic attacks, "B" for special attacks, "X" or "Y" to jump, "R" or "L" to shield and finally, "Z" to grab. Got all that?"
"Yes."
"Ok, so there are 51 event matches, so I go first and gets as far as possible without losing once. Then, you play, starting from event 1, you beat me if you managed to surpass my record."
Leif plays and manages to get to 12.
"As you can see I'm not very good at this game, but it's fun. Actually, believe it or not, both Lane and Linka were the ones to unlock all 51 events, so if you want a challenge, speak to them."
I start playing the game, and breeze through the first 10 events easily.
"Hey bro, our parents wanted to not mess up the house any more than usual today, do you know why…"
The person, who is one of Leif's older brothers, notices me playing the game.
"What's going on, bro? And how did they get in?"
"Loni, this is my classmate, Lola. And Lexx let them in."
"Oh, hi Lola!" Loni said cheerfully. He walks back upstairs.
"Hey guys, Leif has a girl downstairs!"
All of the brothers descend to the first floor.
"So, Romeo, how did you manage to get a girl in here?"
"Not now, Loki, we're having a contest!" Leif informed him
"Oh, that game. I remember playing that."
"Guys, please, don't interfere, I want the results to be as non-biased as possible!"
"Sure, we won't interfere…"
"Ah, thanks Luke…"
"Once you kiss her."
"Come on, Lynn, that's not funny!"
I ignore the brothers' banter as I finish beating event match 15. Technically, I could've stopped there, but I wanted to see how far I could go.
"Wow, event 16, she already beat your personal best!"
"Well, I guess she won the contest."
I beat event 17, the brothers are impressed.
"Wow, that one is usually rigged."
Event 18 was hard, but I managed to barely beat it.
"Even I had trouble with that one! She's really good at this game!" Lane praised
"Yeah, and this is her first time playing it!"
"WHAT?!"
"She's a newbie?! And she's already made it to event 21?! Dang!" Luke commented
"What's going on, bros?"
A streak of orange glides down the staircase.
"Oh, hey Linka, Leif invited his classmate and her sister over to our house to hang out, and she's already beat him in a contest they had."
"Really, let me see?"
She sees that I made it to event 23.
"Wow, event 23. That one is really hard. I managed to make it through the entire gambit once, but let's just see if you can get past…"
I die on the match.
"…never mind. I was going to say 36." Linka finishes "Ok, bros. Let's leave the besties to develop their friendship."
All of the siblings, sans Leif, leave.
"Ok, Lola. I admit you're better than me at this game. I don't want to keep you any longer than I have to. After all, your parents must be worried about you. Well, it was nice playing with you…Lola…" Leif said
"Well, let's go." Lana interjected
Both of us return home and go upstairs
"So, how was it?" Leni asked
"It was fun."
Preview
"Lisa, I think your deoxyribonucleic-acid duplication device malfunctioned! There are 2 Lolas and 2 Lanas!"
"How come you can say "Deoxyribonucleic" and not understand simple English?"
"That's not the point! You're the only one who can merge Lola into one being!"
Author's Note: Even though Lola abhors Princess Pony, it's only generation 4 she hates. Generation 4 is so sickeningly saccharine that she could get diabetes just from looking at it! It also talks down to the audience about how stupid they are by hammering the point that this series is about friendship. Generation 3 however, she loves. Simply put, Generation 4 of Princess Pony is similar to Generation 3 of My Little Pony and inversely, Generation 3 of Princess Pony is synonymous with Generation 4 of MLP. What makes this doubly ironic is that Lucy loves G4PP.
So, remember in One of The Boys when Leif said this?
"Pile on Romeo!"
Well, it seems the tables have turned this time, as the brothers have a new "Romeo" to tease... karma sucks, doesn't it, Leif? Though to be fair, this is also an alternate dimension parallel to the canonical Loud House.
