Be Stella My Heart
Lincoln, Clyde, Liam, Rusty and Zach were getting to know about the new girl Stella as they enjoyed the lunches they swapped with each other.
"As I told Lincoln, my family moved here from Huntington Oaks. My parents are Insurance Agents and I have a sister Carissa who's starting her freshman year at Royal Woods High in August," Stella told them.
"Really one of my dad's in the insurance business too," Clyde declared.
"Wow we have something in common," Stella replied then smiled at the bespectacled boy.
A few moment of silence elapsed with Stella deep in thought.
"Can I ask you boys something?" Stella asked the five friends.
"Why is it so important for you to have girlfriends? You're only eleven years old you shouldn't be in a hurry to date or have a romantic relationship," she continued.
"Well, some kids mature faster," Rusty replied.
"But you're not that mature seeing the way you all acted so jealous when I asked all of you to hang out with me separately," Stella pointed out.
"You see that girl sitting there," Liam drawled, then pointed to a dark haired girl sitting across from their table, "She was my girlfriend once but we broke up three weeks later." (the girl from the episode "Lincoln Loud Girl Guru" that kissed him.)
"Why did you break up with her?" Stella asked Liam. The farm boy sported a sad expression before speaking.
"When she told her parents about us they weren't happy she had a boyfriend. They said she was too young to have one and they told her to break up with me," Liam admitted.
"I agree with her parents. You should wait until you're fifteen or sixteen," Stella declared.
"I'm not waiting that long, I intend to have a girlfriend before I start high school," Lincoln boasted.
"You don't know my sisters and I, we mature very fast. My sister Lori had her first boyfriend when she was twelve year old. She said it only lasted for two weeks," Lincoln said.
When Lincoln revealed to her the first day they talked on the school bus about having ten sisters naturally she was taken by surprise. He had told Stella their names in birth order.
"And there's Lucy she's only eight but once she had a crush on Rusty's brother Rocky whose also eight, but they never became boyfriend and girlfriend," Lincoln said further.
"But Lincoln you don't have to follow your sisters, you're your own individual," Stella told him.
Lincoln became deep in thought for a few seconds then declared, "Stella you're right, I shouldn't
be rushing to date or have a girlfriend at my age."
"I promise to wait until I'm in high school Stella," Lincoln told her, and he kept that promise.
A/N: I've always disagreed when cartoon writers have child characters under the age of fifteen dating and giving them boyfriends and girlfriends even though they're only cartoon characters.