Hi guys welcome to my fanfic
Anyway I was listening to this song one day when I got inspired for a story idea, and it was kind of sad but angry one. There is no romantic stuff in this story btw and you will almost never find any of that shit in any fanfic I write. I figured it would be better to tell this story in a first person POV, with Lincoln as the main character ofc, so you guys can actually experience his inner thoughts and feelings. This story was kinda hard for me to write, and some of it was even based on personal experiences. And it's all a one shot story. I've wanted to see chandler's backstory for a while and since we lost that opportunity I thought I'd make up smth not too sad but smth actually believable. Hope you guys enjoy!
The story starts when it was hot and it was summer and...
I had it all, I had him right there where I wanted him.
It's a long story, and believe it or not I never thought I'd actually be involved in something like this.
I never saw it coming, wouldn't have suspected it.
I underestimated just who I was dealing with.
He had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum...
He underestimated just who he was stealing from...
It's currently at this point that I feel I have no idea what to do with my life anymore. But after what happened at the beginning of the summer, my life changed forever.
How might this have happened, you ask?
Well let me tell you a story of how I finally got the urge to stand up for myself and how it affected the way others saw me.
But that's not the only big thing that happened.
There's a lot more that involves what happened with me and Chandler.
A rough start to the summer you could even see.
Get ready for this story that will not only blow your mind but also entertain you so get some popcorn and don't forget to put butter on it!!
Anyway the point is...
One thing that Chandler better keep in mind is...
There is nothing I do better than revenge.
3 MONTHS EARLIER...
It was the last day of school. My friends and I were about to prepare to do our final news broadcast for the year.
"Can't believe 6th grade is already over." Stella brought up.
"Yeah it went by so fast." Liam acknowledged.
"How can this be bro" Rusty thought.
"I'm not ready for 7th grade." I said. "Lynn told me it was very hard and that I'm screwed."
"GUYS SHUT UP ITS TIME TO DO THE NEWS" Clyde told everyone.
At that moment the camera light turned on.
"Good morning kangaroos!!" I greeted happily.
"Everyone happy last day of school!!!" Clyde cheered.
Meanwhile, the kids in Mr. Bolhofner's class we're watching and some of the kids were even crying.
"This is so upsetting." one kid said.
"Why must everything happen so quickly" another kid thought.
Meanwhile, back to the news...
"We just received word that the 8th grade graduation is canceled today due to rain—" I discovered.
"WHAT???" Liam was confused.
"I thought they moved it to the gym." Zach said.
"The poorly air conditioned gym that's super hot all year round?" I asked.
"Yeah that one." Clyde answered.
"Bro why" Stella thought.
"Anyway back to the news..."
"The field trip to dairyland will happen tmrw for all students!!!" I told everyone.
"Please bring money because they don't accept cards." Clyde added on.
"Also the birthdays today are...Chandler McCann???"
"NOOOOOOOO!!!" Rusty screamed.
"Today's Chandler's birthday?" I wondered. I thought his birthday was in the spring or something."
"Oh god this ain't good bro." Zach said.
"He's gonna force us to be good to him all day." Clyde told us. "He better not invite us to his birthday at the sewage plant where his dad works."
"What???" Stella questioned.
"I actually have an idea." I suddenly thought.
We didn't realize we were still live.
"Ok well that's it for today..." I said quietly.
"Have a great day kangaroos..." Clyde waved goodbye.
After we turned off the camera we suddenly had to face all the problems.
I walked back to Mr. B's class thinking carefully to myself.
Is Chandler actually willing to change the way he acts? We've been at each other's throats since kindergarten. Maybe he's not as bad as I've seen him.
I wonder why he always acts so rude to me and my friends. Probably since today's his birthday it's not going to be as bad, but I'm tired of always being the one targeted. I've never done anything bad to him.
At least after this year I don't have to worry about having him in my class anymore.
As soon as I arrived I suddenly started feeling super guilty for myself.
"Well hello there lincoln lame"
"What do you want Chandler?"
"Did you know today's my birthday?"
"Yes I know I said it on the news"
"Can you at least wish me a happy birthday?"
I didn't want to have to do it but being the nice person I am I just wanted to make him feel good and hopefully stop torturing me for only today.
"Happy birthday..."
"Also you know what?"
Tbh I didn't care what else he had to say.
"What?"
"I want to invite you and your friends to my party at the sewage plant tonight."
I suddenly spit out my drink. I was shocked. Why would he want me and my friends at his party?
"Us????"
"Yeah. Trust me it's something you definitely don't want to miss."
"Hold up its tonight—"
"Yeah. I want you guys to come. It's going to be a real blast!!"
"Yeah ok..."
"What's wrong Lincoln lame?"
"Nothing..."
"If you don't want to come to my party just say so"
"No no I'll come."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes but I can't believe you want to invite someone like me and my friends to YOUR party."
"Look I know that we've had our issues but I really hope that we can finally become friends."
I rolled my eyes at that comment. There was no way he was going to try to become my friend. Especially after all that he's done.
Within the past year, Chandler has done the following things...
Manipulate me into giving him free stuff just so I could get Lori to work overtime and also so I could get an invite to his party LAST YEAR
Trick me and Clyde into going to the house of terror just so we could avoid getting embarrassed by everyone
Make me and Lana worried about losing the race so she couldn't meet bobbie fletcher and become ashamed of herself
Sit behind me in class and torture me nonstop
Made me sacrifice my rip hardcore backpack in order to get a gift for Lola for Christmas
Trick us into joining the news team so he can take over and use it as an excuse to make everyone and get us new equipment
Share a locker with me and use it to prank me
I've always hated Chandler and he is totally not trustworthy.
I really don't want to go to his party.
But being the kind person I am and because everyone has always said how much fun the sewage plant is, I decided to say yes.
"Perfect! It's going to be exciting!" Chandler said in amazement.
"Yayyy can't wait..." I said sarcastically.
"Did you know there's going to a big surprise?"
"Don't care didn't ask"
"Why not? You're going to love it!!! It's why I want you and your friends to come!!"
"Yeah well I'm only going not because I care about you but only cause you seem to want us there so badly." I explained.
"I promise you'll enjoy and also did I mention that—"
"CHANDLER CAN YOU SHUT UP FOR ONCE???" I yelled.
I covered my mouth. I shouldn't have said that out loud.
Now there were horrified looks from everyone in the room but I'm only looking at Chandler.
My teacher Mr. Bolhofner started to get really furious.
"LOUD STOP TALKING"
Mr. B was getting annoyed.
"IT'S THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL CAN'T YOU BEHAVE JUST THIS ONCE?"
"But Mr. B—"
"What now loud"
"Chandler started it—"
Chandler started to get really pissed off.
"No Mr. B I guarantee you that it was Lincoln who started talking to me in the middle of your lesson."
"That's not true—"
Mr. B looked at me, then Chandler. Then me. Then Chandler again. It went on like that for quite a while that I thought his eyeballs were going to explode from staring at us back and forth.
"Loud go to the principal's office."
"Why? What for?" I asked.
"For raising your voice in my class and for talking in the middle of me teaching."
As I reluctantly got up out of my seat to go to the principal's, Chandler gave me a look that really creeped me out and a small smile.
He waved at me.
"Bye lincoln lame"
I rolled my eyes at him and walked out of the room to go to the principal's office.
It's a long walk because the class is in an outdoor trailer. Which I still don't know why they do that.
I'm sick of Chandler always getting me in trouble. I feel like our rivalry has gotten worse since we started middle school.
I also hope that in 7th grade I finally get placed in the same class as my friends. None of this would've happened if I actually remembered to request that class and I wouldn't have to put up with Chandler's bullying every day.
As I was walking, I ran into Lynn who is the hall monitor.
"Stop right there." she said. "What are you—oh it's you."
"Yeah what do you need?"
"Why are you ditching class??" she asked me.
"Woah hold up I'm not ditching I'm going to the principal's office."
"What? Why???" she looked worried for me.
"Chandler framed me in class and I accidentally yelled at him now I have to face the consequences."
"Ugh that kid is so annoying."
"I know right, I'm so sick of his behavior."
"You need me to help you out?" Lynn asked me, giving me "that look".
When she gives me "that look", it means she's up to something.
"Sure???" I said, even though I didn't know what she was planning to do.
I have no idea what was going on but usually Lynn's shenanigans were either good or bad depending on what situation I had gotten myself into.
"kk let's go follow me"
She started running and I had to catch up to her. I quickly got super tired.
"Lynn slow down!"
"I can't I gotta get you there before we get caught!"
"Where are we even going????"
She didn't answer. I kept following her until we arrived at some random location.
I opened the door.
"Why'd you bring me to the principal office? I thought you were gonna help me out!"
"Sorry Linc, as hall monitor it's my duty to follow the rules."
"But—"
Turns out "the look" was fake.
"Look Lincoln whatever happens just know that I got your back regardless of the consequences." Lynn told me as she hugged me.
"Thanks"
I nervously walked into the office. Meryl greeted me cheerfully like she does to everyone.
"Well hey there sugar"
"Hi..."
Meryl knew something was wrong, so she gave me a piece of candy to calm me down.
"What's wrong??"
"I need to see Principal Ramirez..."
At that moment Meryl began to look shocked as she knew she would never expect me to do something bad.
"Sure let me go find her."
"Thanks"
"Also what did you do wrong?"
"I can't keep my mouth shut."
"No I mean seriously what happened???"
"It's a long story."
Meryl looked like she totally understood.
"It's ok sugar. Just calm down and everything will be alright."
Then she got up to go look for Principal Ramirez.
I was worried I was going to get in trouble. Usually it's Chandler who's always in trouble.
But since I'm a well behaved kid I was hoping to get away with it easily, without any serious consequences.
I started shaking. Like actually.
I've never been in this much trouble before at school.
But it's the last day of school, what's going to happen to me? I'm not gonna expelled.
Plus I didn't do anything THAT bad, all I did was raise my voice and not listen to Mr. B when he asked me to stop talking.
That's when Meryl came back in the room.
"She's not here today"
"What???"
Meryl started laughing for some reason.
"Apparently I forgot that she went to disney."
I started laughing too, very nervously.
"So what happens now?"
"You can go back to class!!" Meryl said.
"Ok thanks!!" I said goodbye to her.
I went back to class, and I was relieved.
I got out of trouble all because the principal was absent.
So Chandler's little plan to get me in trouble didn't work at all.
I was going to rub it in his face when I got back to class.
That's when I ran into Lynn again.
"Hold up" she said to me.
"What do you want now?" I wondered.
"How'd it go?"
"It turns out she's not here today..."
"Oh thank god. Need a ride back to class?"
"Yes please!!" I was desperate for one.
"Let's go!!!"
I rode on her back as we ran to Mr. B's class. The good thing was that there were only 10 mins left of class before it was time for lunch. I planned to tell my friends everything about Chandler's "big surprise" that he had at the party later.
Thankfully, we arrived.
"Good luck in there bro." Lynn gave me a pat on the back.
"Thanks." I told her. She then ran off back to do her duties as hall monitor.
I nervously opened the door only to see horrified looks from everyone in the room again.
Even Chandler. He was smiling again, expecting that I got in trouble.
Mr. B didn't say anything. He was sitting on his computer while everyone else was working.
That's when Chandler tapped me on the shoulder.
"Pssst Lincoln lame"
I ignored him.
He did a couple more times but I ignored him every time.
No matter what he did to get my attention I was going to ignore him because I wouldn't want to get in trouble again.
That's when I felt something.
Water was dripping down my head and onto my clothes.
"Ok who did that?" I questioned.
No one other than...
"CHANDLER???"
"That's right."
"Why would you do that to me?" I was furious at this point.
"You kept ignoring me when I tapped your shoulder to get your attention so I did this in order to get you to notice me." he explained, happily.
Mr. B noticed all the noise and got up.
"Loud? Chandler? What's going on?"
"Nothing..." I lied.
"Lincoln lame spilled his water." Chandler lied.
"No he poured water on my head" I told the truth.
"No I didn't." Chandler lied.
Mr. B took a moment to see who was actually telling the truth.
"Chandler why would you do that to loud"
"Ummmm"
He tried so hard to think of an excuse.
I smiled. I was proud he finally got his karma.
"It was an accident I swear!!!"
"Oh really what happened???" Mr. B looked sus and didn't believe a thing of what he said.
"I was just drinking water then I accidentally dropped it and it spilled all over Lincoln lame"
That was probably the stupidest lie ever. I didn't believe that.
But the strangest thing is that Mr. B believed him. He just shrugged and walked away.
The bell rang and it was time for lunch.
"Ok bye guys have a good summer" Mr. B said as everyone walked out.
At least that was my final class with Chandler for the year. Im so glad I don't have to deal with him anymore.
Well at least for the school year.
I ran to the cafeteria to tell my friends all about the whole party thing.
They were already there waiting for me.
"Oh there you guys are!!!" I told them.
"What happened to you?" Zach wondered.
"It's a long story and I'll explain later. But I have something I really need to tell you guys about."
"Is it bad?" Stella asked.
"Very"
"Should I be concerned for myself" Clyde thought.
"YES YOU SHOULD CLYDE BECAUSE IT'S AN EMERGENCY"
"Who died?" Rusty asked.
"FOR GOD'S SAKE RUSTY NO ONE IS DEAD"
"Then what happened???" Liam questioned.
"Ok so...you guys ready???" I prepared them.
They all began leaning closer as in they noticed something about me they haven't seen before.
"I've never seen you acting this weird fella" Liam told me.
"Are you sure you're feeling ok?" Clyde asked.
"Yes and no"
"GIVE US THE STORY" Zach demanded.
"PLEASE IM TIRED OF WAITING" Stella chimed in.
"OK OK FINE"
So that's when I began to explain the whole thing.
"So I just went to class and as usual Chandler was tormenting today and remember last year when he didn't invite us to his party at the sewage plant where his dad works?"
"Yeah..." everyone except Stella replied.
"What happened now..." Zach asked.
"He told me he wants us to come his party because there's going to be some sort of 'big surprise' that he doesn't want us to miss." I continued.
"Why does he want us at his party so bad?" Clyde wondered.
"I bet he's planning on doing something bad." Rusty said.
"That's what I believed too." I answered. "But he also said he wanted us to 'put our differences aside and finally become friends', like why would he want to do that now?"
"I knew that fellar couldn't be trusted." Liam said.
"That sounds very sus tbh." Stella added on. "He's been torturing us all year and now he finally wants to become friends??"
"I know, probably cause it's his birthday." I replied. "But since I want to be nice and because we all know how fun the sewage plant is, I uhhhhhhhhhhhh kinda already accepted the invitation..."
"What???" Clyde was in shock.
"Why did you say yes???" Rusty asked.
"You should've asked us first bro" Zach said.
I started to realize I made a big mistake. I should've asked my friends first but because I actually wanted to be there for Chandler's birthday (even tho I hate him) I forgot about how my friends might react.
"Unbelievable" Stella said angrily.
"We're not coming, especially to someone like Chandler's party!!!" Liam said also.
"But guys—"
"Why do you even WANT to go to Chandler's party?" Clyde asked me, looking confused.
I began to regret what I had just done. In reality, I would've never said yes to going to his party. But last year, he was one of the popular kids and all I wanted to do was fit in with him and hopefully boost my social life. But it turned out to be a big disaster.
However, I try to be nice to everyone, regardless of how they treat me. But Chandler is one of those people who no matter how hard I try, it just doesn't turn out the way I want it to be.
Also the party at the sewage plant last year was, according to people, the best thing ever and probably the party of the year.
So I'm risking my friendship with these guys just to go to a party. He invited all of us, but I'm just trying to support people and be nice to everyone.
"I—"
I had no words. It's not like I was gonna tell my friends that I only wanted to go because of how fun the party was, or only because I actually wanted to put our differences aside, and finally become friends.
"Lincoln..."
"Please tell us the truth..."
I couldn't hold it back any longer.
"I'm tired of Chandler always picking on me. I want to actually end this rivalry that we've had since kindergarten and try to see the good in him."
While it may sound like I was lying to my friends, that was actually the truth. I couldn't stand always being the one targeted in this relationship.
"Lincoln..."
I was expecting them to probably get mad at me, but instead they started smiling.
I was so confused, what was going on?
"You guys are happy about that?" I questioned.
"It's ok we understand." Zach said to me.
"We know how much you want to finally move on from this. And we respect your opinion." Stella explained.
"Really?" I asked.
"Of course. In fact we'll go to the party with you to protect you and support you." Clyde answered.
The others nodded in agreement.
"I don't know about this guys..." Liam whispered.
"I want to go the party tbh" Rusty chimed in.
"Why?" I asked him.
"Because popular kids' parties have ladies and I hope to get noticed by most of them. Especially cause I'll be dressed up in a suit and tie with my hair done right."
We all rolled our eyes.
"Ok so are you guys really want to go?" I asked all of them.
"Yep!" they all answered.
"Wait a minute..."
I thought something was going on but I just wanted to make sure.
"Why do YOU guys want to go?"
"To help you out cause you're our friend." Liam replied.
"Yeah and also we want to swim in sewage!!" Zach said.
"Not because we like Chandler, but just because we want to support you." Rusty said as he gave me a pat on the back.
"Also I want to see what the 'big surprise' he mentioned is...cause that sounds a little sus imo" Stella said.
"Ok then, now that we're all going, why don't we meet up at my house after school to get ready?" I suggested.
They others gave me a thumbs up.
That's when Chandler walked by.
"Well, well, well..."
"oh no here we go again" I muttered.
"If it isn't Lincoln lame and friends..."
"What do you want now Chandler?" I asked him.
"I just wanted to make sure you're all coming to my party later. So are you? I know you are coming Lincoln lame."
The others refused to answer him, so they just gave him a small smile and thumbs up.
"Good. It's one you don't want to miss." he said.
"Oh really?" I asked, trying to figure out what this was all about. "What's the big surprise?"
"You'll see. We did the big surprise last year and everyone was cheering so loud." Chandler said.
"Yeah whatever." I rolled my eyes.
The others looked at me. I think they were trying to tell me something.
We just sat in silence for a moment, until they dragged me by the arm.
"Hey let go"
"Talk to him" Clyde told me.
"Why??" I was confused.
"Tell him that you're tired of always fighting with him and you want to become friends."
"That's not going to work."
"Just do it please"
"Ugh fine"
I walked up to him who was still standing there on his phone.
"Chandler?"
"What Lincoln lame"
"I was just wondering..."
I didn't want to ask this but I was curious to know.
"Why do you hate me so much?"
That felt good to finally get it off my chest. However Chandler just stood there not saying a word.
He looked at me for a moment then rolled his eyes. Then he went back to using his phone again.
I snatched it out of his hand.
"Hey give that back" he told me.
"Only if you answer my question." I demanded. "What did I do to you to deserve this? Why do you hate me?"
Chandler sighed and just rolled his eyes again.
"None of your business." he answered.
"Please tell me"
"Why would I tell someone like you?"
I started to feel really bad for myself.
"You can tell me anything."
"I would, but I'd rather not." Chandler said. He snatched his phone out of my hand and walked away.
"That was way harsh dude." Zach told me.
"I wonder what's up with him." Clyde wondered.
"Guys it doesn't matter anymore. We'll go to his party later and see what happens." I said.
"Omg did someone bring pizza" Stella thought.
"I did." Liam said. "We made it fresh from the farm. You want some?"
"Yes please!" Stella answered.
We ended up eating lunch and talking about the party for the rest of the time. When the bell finally rang, we headed off back to our final classes of the day.
We were all super excited when the final bell rang.
As soon as it did, we all ran out of the school and into the bus.
It was sad and emotional now that 6th grade was over.
But who knows what 7th grade's gonna bring...
In the bus, we all discussed our plans for the party.
The gang agreed to go to their own homes first and get their outfits and then they would come to my house to get ready. My mom or dad will hopefully take us.
I was silent for most of the bus ride. I couldn't stop thinking about what I've done.
I'm starting to think that I made a big mistake. Going to Chandler's party was not a good idea.
But I already said yes, so I just had to go.
I hated Chandler, but now I'm starting to figure out why he wouldn't tell me why hates me so much.
How did our rivalry even start? All I know is that it's been happening since kindergarten.
He used every opportunity he got to insult me. It wasn't until 5th grade last year where I got much worse after he manipulated me into losing my sister's job just to give free stuff to him only to score an invite to his party last year.
That was not only because it sounded awesome, but also because I hoped it would finally give me my chance to become friends with popular kids and finally fit in.
Before 6th grade I wasn't that popular. My only friends were Clyde (of course), Liam, Rusty, and Zach. But the latter three and I didn't get close because they were all apart of different groups. It wasn't until after Stella moved to Royal Woods that we got closer. Even before she came, the five of us were already good friends and would often hang around each other.
Now in 6th grade I feel like I'm more than just a member of the action news team.
I'm also friends with more kids, although not as close as I am to my usual group.
Don't forget Ronnie Anne, who moved away last year. She and I still keep in touch nonstop.
And her friend Sid, who I met during a visit to the city last year.
Also, even though he may not count as a friend, I look up to Angus, the former groundskeeper, now duke, of the town my family originated from, Loch Loud, in Scotland. I see him as my second father.
He looked out for me even during the toughest times during my visit in Scotland last summer with my family.
That trip still haunts me to this day...
I would like to explain what happened but if you want to know watch my movie (The loud house movie) on Netflix!!!
Anyway back to the story...
I wasn't ready for the party.
Plus I had a feeling that "big surprise" wasn't really a surprise. It was just a trick just to get me and my friends to come.
Or, probably because Chandler's dad is pretty rich, they could've gotten something super cool.
I don't know who to believe.
Either way, when I arrived home, I decided to go upstairs.
My parents were home, my mom was on her computer doing work and my dad was cooking.
"Hi sweetie." mom told me. "How was your last day of school?"
"It was fine I guess" I answered.
That's when Dad came in and noticed how I was feeling.
"Uh oh someone doesn't look happy" he said.
"Lincoln are you ok?" Mom asked me.
"I...uhhhhh..."
My parents know about Chandler, but they don't know all the bad things he's done to me this past year.
If I told them, they would probably turn into "those parents".
And when I say that I mean they will start watching my every move, becoming way too overprotective of me in case anything bad happens to me. They could even follow me to school and watch Chandler torture me every day.
I know them very well to understand what they would do.
I feel like my mom could handle something like this in a calm manner, but my dad would freak out.
"I'm just really upset that my 6th grade year is over." I lied. "It was such an amazing year."
That's when tears started to fall down my face.
I felt bad for lying but it was also very emotional to say goodbye to this year. It was fun, despite all the drama with Chandler.
"Oh sweetie don't cry..." mom tried to cheer me up.
"I made you a cake to celebrate!!" Dad pulled out a very delicious looking cake.
"Thanks dad but I'm not that hungry right now." I replied.
As I started crying, I felt like it was not best to lie and I should tell them. Regardless of what they will do.
"Mom, Dad, can we talk for a little bit?"
They walked to the living room with me where we sat down together.
"So, if I'm being totally honest with you, I'm mostly glad that this year's over."
That's when mom and dad started to look at each other with worried looks on their faces.
"What do you mean, honey?" Mom asked.
"You guys know Chandler?"
"Who?" Dad seemed confused.
"I don't recall knowing anyone with that name..." Mom said.
"I'll show you." I told them.
I got up and grabbed a video tape of one of our news broadcasts. It was from the time when Chandler was apart of the news team.
I hated that time. I cannot believe we let him join us just to get new equipment, and he totally made the students of RWMS feel bad about themselves.
I put it inside the dvd player and turned the tv on for my parents to see.
It was a video of Chandler harassing some kid.
My parents started to look even more concerned.
Not for the kid, but me.
"Pause the video." Dad told me.
As I did so, I began to finally come clean.
"Now I remember." Mom remembered.
"Wasn't he the guy who sat behind you in class and you made your crazy psycho teacher join the doo-dads so you wouldn't have to sit in front of him anymore?" Dad asked me. I remembered when that happened.
"Yep" I said. "And words cannot describe how much he made my life miserable."
I continued to tell the story and I even started to cry. I was not ok.
"This guy has been bullying me for years. And this year we were in the same homeroom together, and like you said dad, I couldn't do anything in class without him torturing me."
"What did he do to you?" Mom asked.
"Well for starters he...
Put purple goo in my locker when we had to share it
electrocuted me
Almost poured hot sauce on my head and tried to get me killed
tricked me and my friends into joining the news team so he could use it to torture us and other kids on tv
forced me to sacrifice my rip hardcore backpack to get shiny earrings for Lola for the Christmas gift exchange
and other stuff I don't have time to go into right now"
Mom and Dad looked seriously shocked.
"Hold up HE ALMOST KILLED YOU???" Mom looked very worried. More than usual.
"Uhhhhhhh"
"How come you never told us son" Dad asked.
"Cause I was afraid" I admitted.
"Afraid about what?" Mom wondered.
"I don't want to be pulled out of school just because some boy is bullying me. I want to have fun with my friends and get good grades so I can strive for a successful future." I explained to them.
My parents seemed to understand the point.
"It's not your fault." Dad said. "It's that ding dang jerky red head's fault."
"Honey we never knew this was happening to you" Mom said to me.
"Sorry." I apologized.
"I feel really bad. If anything like this happens to you next time, please let us know." Mom explained.
"You know what kiddo," dad began. "I think it's time you see a therapist."
That statement actually horrified me though. I never thought I would actually need therapy. I felt fine and regardless of what Chandler was doing I was living my happiest life.
"Ummm why would you think that dad"
"So you can get help from a professional on how to face difficult challenges such as dealing with chandler"
"But I have you guys..." I said.
"Yeah well honey we don't know this guy very well and while we can help you we're not sure how this will turn out in the future for you...plus we're really busy sometimes. We don't know how you cope with the situation and as much as we want to help you we're busy with work and with your sisters' activities." Mom explained.
I understood what she was saying but I didn't think I was ready to see a therapist.
"Plus it's not going to hurt you." Dad told me. "The goal for a therapist is for them to understand you better so that you can discover who you really are, and also how to help you live a more fulfilling life."
I still wasn't convinced.
"Think about it honey. And then let us know." Mom gave me a hug as she and Dad went back to the kitchen.
I didn't think therapy was a good idea...
As much as I probably needed it, I don't think I was simply ready for it yet.
But many people need it for times when they are struggling.
Like me, right now.
Why else does Clyde go to therapy almost every day?
He goes through a lot, with his overprotective parents and the fact that he is sometimes easily affected by anything going on.
It's just who he is.
But were my parents right? Do they think therapy will really help me?
If I'm having a hard time dealing with my worst enemy and that it's affecting me mentally, then maybe it's worth a shot. But school's over, so why should I worry about that?
I probably won't see Chandler for the next 3 months after today anyway. So I'll be free from any more drama.
But don't forget we also have the end of year school wide trip to Dairyland tomorrow. I probably might see him there. And I'm worried about that.
Ugh ok why am I even worried about this? It's totally not because I have to go to his party later.
I'm starting to really think about the reason as to why I said yes to going to the party anyway.
After everything he did to me, it seems like a really strange thing for him to invite me.
We're not even friends. We've been mortal enemies and we still are.
I bet there's a reason as to why he invited us. As opposed to why he didn't invite us last year.
Does he want us there because he actually wanted to become friends? Nah
Does he want us there because he just wants to boost his popularity? Probably
Does he want us there because he plans on doing something terrible to us?
Most likely yes.
It makes no sense for him to invite us when we are not his friends. Unless he had something going on.
I know Chandler so well by now that I can tell when he's up to no good. Even when he seems totally normal, he still seems evil.
I know what's going on inside that twisted little mind of his. And I was going to get to the bottom of it.
It was time for revenge.
And I knew just who to ask.
An expert on revenge.
She also happens to be super smart at planning things and you know what happens when you make her mad.
I went to go look for her.
"Lola?"
She wasn't in her room. But Lana was.
"Sorry, Lola's not home." Lana told me. "She went to pageant rehearsal and then she's going to a sleepover at Meli's house."
"That's ok, I wanted to talk to her." I answered.
"About what?" Lana wondered.
"How to get revenge."
"Ummmmmm"
Lana looked very confused as if she'd never heard of what it was.
"Why?"
"You know Chandler?"
Suddenly Lana's eyes lit up.
"You mean that red head who you always talk about how much he annoys you?" she asked. "Yeah I remember."
"I'm going to his party tonight—"
Then Lana just froze.
"He...invited YOU, to his PARTY???"
"Yeah..." I muttered.
"And you said YES?"
"I...uhhhhhhh...well..."
This was the part where I didn't to know what to say and just sit in silence.
"I mean sure I guess but why did you say yes?" Lana was still confused.
If one more person asks me this question I swear to god...
"Cause I wanted to be nice?" I said at the top of my mind.
I mean it's true.
"That's nice of you."
"But also I feel like it's time I gave Chandler a piece of my mind. I want to get back at him for everything he did to me."
Lana thought about it for a little.
"If you want to do that maybe you should talk to Luan. She knows a bunch of extremely good pranks that are definitely worthy of getting your revenge on someone."
"Yeah but doesn't she have like a whole list of them in her joke notebook or something?" I wondered.
"Yeah...and I believe she went to a gig right now, so I'm not sure if she took it with her."
"Ok then I'll go look for it" I replied.
I left the room and went to Luna and Luan's room to find the joke notebook full of pranks.
I figured the best way to get revenge on Chandler would be by pulling the ultimate prank on him in front of everyone at his party.
Especially cause I heard from people that there might be a lot of popular kids at the party.
But wait, he's not popular anymore because I took away all the attention from him once I became part of the news team.
I'm so evil.
"Hello?" I knocked on the door.
"Come in!" a voice that sounded like Luan said.
"Hey Luan can I borrow something?" I asked her.
"What? No way! These are my stuff only."
"But please? I really need it!" I begged.
"For what?" Luan asked.
"To pull a prank on someone." I answered.
"On who?" she was still confused.
"My worst enemy."
"You mean Chandler?"
"Yep"
"Oh I hate him." Luan mentioned. "Sometimes I wish I could pull a prank on him too."
"Well can I borrow it just for some ideas?" I asked her.
"Sorry Lincoln." Luan apologized. "If you want to pull a GOOD prank on him, you have to go above and beyond and actually do it the hard way."
"Then can you teach me?" I questioned her.
"Sorry Lincoln, I can't, I have to go to my gig. Maybe later?"
"Actually you know what it's fine never mind"
As she left, I decided to call my friends so we can talk about our plans for tonight. The party was in 2 more hours.
I started to actually wonder...
I've made some real big mistakes. But he made the worst ones look fine.
I should've known it was strange he only comes out at night to terrorize me.
I used to think I was smart but he made me look so naive.
The way he treated me has really affected who I am.
Why am I getting so concerned over this now?
I wanted to figure out a way to get revenge on him the right way. Not too harsh.
Sometimes, I feel like I just wanted to scream at him.
In a very angry way, cause he deserves it.
For all the torture he did to me in all these years, he deserves karma.
Everyone in the school hates him, but he really seems to hold a grudge against me for something that happened years ago.
But I feel bad for him too.
He lost all his popularity in middle school and now has no friends because of us. Also I feel bad that everyone hates him and that he's alone all the time.
Poor Chandler. He goes through a lot of trauma just because he doesn't have any friends.
Just living through middle school alone without anyone to hang out with or go to for help. So sad.
I'm just kidding I don't feel sorry for him at all!!
He deserves to feel that way after torturing all the kids at school. I don't care if he has friends or not, the way he treats everyone is the reason why we all hate him.
Maybe he's just a jerk for no reason. Like he has no life and enjoys making kids feel miserable.
Or maybe something happened to him that made him become a bully.
I wanted to find out.
But my first step was to come up with a plan for revenge against Chandler.
I called my friends and asked them to come over so we could prepare for the party.
Within minutes, they arrived and showed up in their party outfits. We went upstairs to my room.
"You guys I have a big problem." I began.
"What is it buddy?" Clyde asked. Since he was wearing his sewage protection suit, it was hard to hear him.
"I'm actually considering going to therapy..." I admitted.
"What???" my friends all questioned in unison.
"Why do you think so?" Liam asked.
"Because Chandler is really starting to get into my head. I've had enough of him and he's really been affecting me. I need to talk to someone and help me cope with this because it's making me feel overwhelmed and I feel bad about myself."
"You shouldn't think that." Stella cheered me up. "Chandler's just a jerk who doesn't know anything about life."
"Well buddy if you ever need a therapist Dr. Lopez is always available, except on Saturdays." Clyde told me.
"Uhhh thanks?" I said as a joke.
"Why are you suddenly realizing this now?" Rusty asked.
"Cause of the whole party thing." I answered.
"But you were the one who said yes..." Zach said.
"So technically it's your problem, but we're gonna help you anyway cause you're our friend." Liam explained.
"I'm sick of being bullied." I nearly cried. "Sometimes Chandler made me feel like I'm miserable inside. Why in the world does he even hate me?"
"Don't let that bother you too much." Clyde told me.
"I can't, but he makes me feel insecure about myself for having an opinion. Like I would say something and he would immediately disagree with it and bash me for it, also make me feel bad about myself for anything I do." I continued. "Sometimes he makes me wanna hit him in the face so hard that he gets a bloody scar."
"Ouch" Rusty acknowledged.
"He almost KILLED ME once with hot sauce!!!" I started to get mad. "I could've DIED or actually gotten third degree burns."
"Wow he's seriously becoming more dangerous every day" Stella said.
"I wish I could finally show him that I'm done with his bullying. Show him how he's such a pathetic loser who has no life and that he can realize how rude he is to other people." I explained.
"He deserves it." Zach said to me.
"Now tell me who can come up with a good plan for revenge?" I asked everyone.
"I say you embarrass him in front of everyone at his party." Rusty told me. "Or maybe you should buy him a nasty gift, something so terrible that it'll make him regret all the bad things he's done.
"Oh yes that's a perfect idea! But what would I get him?" I wondered.
We thought about it for a little while...
"What about a wild pig?" Liam suggested. "I've got them at the farm"
"How am I gonna fit that into a big box?" I asked him.
"I'll just bring him in the middle of the party fella..." Liam answered. "I've trained him to attack bad people."
"Ummmm no thanks" I said.
"What if you get him a nuclear bomb for his birthday and it explodes when he opens it—" Rusty suggested.
"Bro I don't want to kill him..." I said.
"But think about it Lincoln..." Rusty told me. "Think very carefully and realize..."
"What???" I was confused.
"Do you think that a part of you always wanted to actually kill Chandler?"
...
...
...
...
...
The silence was so loud you could hear it all the way in Canada.
That question seriously made me rethink life.
That was WAY too far.
Did he actually think I wanted to kill Chandler?
Like end his life???
He must've thought I've gone insane that I would actually want to do something like that.
But that's just too far and also very wrong.
Just because he harasses me doesn't mean I would want to go far as to actually kill him.
In fact, I would never even try to hurt anyone. I would just get mad at him and say a few mean things, but KILLING SOMEONE is not the right thing to do.
The others were staring at me. And I slowly looked up.
"Well?" Rusty waited.
"I can't." I answered.
More extremely loud silence.
"It's just wrong." I said.
"Anywayyyyyyy..." Stella tried to change the subject. "What are you going to do to get back at him?"
"I don't know yet." I answered.
"Just think about it and perhaps something will come to your mind." Zach said. "I think Chandler definitely deserves karma for bullying us."
That's when an idea came to my mind.
"I got an idea!" I finally said.
"What is it?" Clyde wondered.
"Come with me." I told my friends.
I showed them to Lola and Lana's room, where they saw all of Lana's pets.
"So what's your idea?" Liam asked.
"Hold on a second." I looked all over for one of Lana's snakes (not El Diablo), and pulled him out.
"EWWWWWWWWWWW" my friends all screamed in disgust.
"IS THAT A REAL LIVE SNAKE???" Zach wondered.
"IS HE POISONOUS???" Stella screamed.
"Well no" I answered. "He's friendly to us, cause we're his family, so he should be friendly to other people too."
"Are you sure?" Clyde asked.
"When Lana found him, she did research on the species and found out that it's not poisonous."
"And why are you giving Chandler a snake for his birthday?" Rusty asked.
"Trust me, he HATES snakes. More than he hates me. It's the PERFECT plan for revenge."
"When he opens his present and sees the snake crawling all over him he's gonna scream and start crying and embarrass himself in front of everyone." Clyde acknowledged.
"But won't this scare other people too?" Stella thought.
"Oh yeah I never thought about that..." I said.
"But anyway everyone hates Chandler anyway so they think he's gonna totally deserve this right?" Zach asked.
"Yep, everyone hates him because they realized how annoying he is." Rusty said.
"This is going to be the best revenge plan ever!!!" I cheered.
I was so excited.
"This isn't like you Lincoln..." Clyde said nervously.
"Since when did you turn out be a bad boy?" Rusty asked, eagerly.
"I like this new side of you tbh." Stella said.
"You've never turned out to be evil before..." Liam noticed.
"What changed?" Zach wondered.
"I guess lately I've been dressing for revenge" I answered.
Entering my bad boy era.
The man with the plan always has a plan for everything, especially when it comes to revenge.
I put the snake in a gift bag and tried to hide it from Lana. This was mostly just for a prank, not for Chandler to actually keep, because he hates snakes.
How do I know this? Because he's always rambling on and on to me about this stuff when I'm trying to focus in class.
I never thought I'd thank him for giving me the perfect idea to finally get back at him for all the things he did to me.
We went downstairs and grabbed a snack before the party. We were going to ask Leni to drive us, because I knew if we asked Mom or Dad, they wouldn't let us go because they know how Chandler bullies us and that he's a threat to our lives at this point.
The only reason I'm actually going to the party is so I can watch him get embarrassed in front of the whole school.
I'm honestly surprised people are actually GOING to the party. Considering the fact he has no friends.
He should feel lucky he's even having a party.
But WHY did people say yes?
Probably cause they only care about how awesome the sewage plant is.
"Hey Mom and Dad where are you—"
"Oh sorry Lincoln, your dad and I are going out to dinner with some friends tonight. Did you need anything?" Mom asked.
"Oh I was just wondering if—"
"Why are you guys dressed up all fancy?" Dad wondered.
"Oh we're ummmmmmm"
"We're going to a party tonight for one of our friends!" Liam lied.
"Oh ok." Dad said. "But Clyde why are you dressed up like that?"
"Uhhhhhhh..."
He tried to think of a believable lie, but he finally did.
"My parents you know they're just overprotective of me and hope I stay safe." he lied.
The weirdest part was that my parents totally believed him.
"Oh yeah we totally understand." Mom said.
"Anyway you want us to drive you guys to the party on our way to the restaurant? Where is it?" Dad suggested.
"Ummmmm..."
"Actually..."
"It's at the—"
Before I could answer, Mom interrupted me.
"Honey we don't have time! Our friends are waiting for us!!!" she told Dad.
"Oh yeah sorry kids you'll just have to ask Leni to drive you now sorry we got to go so see ya later" Dad said in a rush.
They left the house quickly and they never found out we were going to the sewage plant for the party.
"Phew that was close" Zach said.
"Anyway we need a ride to the party" Liam said. "Lincoln where's your sister?"
"I'll go look for her." I told them.
"Hey guys!" Leni walked in the room.
"Oh nvm" I said. "Anyway Leni we need a ride to a party..."
"OMgosh! I totes love your outfits! You really got that style!" Leni admired.
"Thanks, anyway can you drive us to the sewage plant?" I asked her.
"Oh sure, what for?" Leni wondered.
"For a party for our friend." I went along with the lie.
"Oh sure thing, why at the sewage plant though?"
"I have no idea it's where his dad works I MEAN that's where all kids our age are hanging out these days!!!" I lied.
"No problem! Let's get in the car!!!"
We went inside the car as I carried the snake in my hand (in the gift bag, not the snake)
I hope he doesn't escape or else the plan won't work...
We all sat in silence throughout the car ride.
"So Linky, which one of your friends' birthdays is it?" Leni curiously wondered.
"Oh ummmmm..."
I wasn't going to say that he was my friend, I mean my enemy. Well he is, but you know what I mean.
"He's not really a friend, he's an acquaintance." I answered.
That was the best I could come up with? I really need to think more before I say things next time.
"Oh that's exciting. What's his name???"
"Uhhhhh..."
I don't know if Leni knew about Chandler, so I just decided to think of someone totally random.
"I actually don't know how to pronounce his name." I lied.
"Well hope you have fun at this person's party!"
I managed to somehow get away with it.
"What did you get him for his birthday?" she asked.
"Ummmmmm..."
I tried to think of something.
"I got him a cologne" I lied. I don't know where I was coming up with this stuff but I'm just saying whatever comes to my mind.
"I hope he likes it." Leni said. "You know what you should buy him? A cute jacket with jeans. It'll totes look good with that cologne you bought him."
"Yeah..." I said sarcastically.
Sooner rather than later, we arrived at the party.
"I think this is the place!" Leni told us. "Just gimme a call when you need a ride home. Have fun guys!!"
"Bye!" We all waved to her.
As we were arriving, a bunch of kids were already inside. Before we entered, we discussed the plan once again.
"Ok guys, remember the plan?"
All my friends gave me a thumbs up.
"Just have fun and I'll look for clues about the 'big surprise' Chandler mentioned." I told them. "Also don't tell them about the whole snake thing."
They nodded.
"Lincoln what happens if Chandler gets bitten by the snake??" Clyde asked.
"Didn't you think about that?" Liam questioned.
"He's not going to get hurt, we trained the snake not to do that."
My friends didn't seem too convinced, but I was positive.
We walked inside to the party, and a bunch of people were already there, talking to each other, eating food and exploring the sewage plant.
Chandler was there waiting for us.
"Wow I can't believe you losers actually came" he said to us.
"Yeah we did because we're trying to be friendly." I replied.
"Well anyway happy birthday" Clyde said.
"We got you presents!" Zach told him as we gave them to him.
I nervously handed him my gift (the snake) and he held on to them as he put them in the back room with all the other gifts. He said he will open them after everyone sings happy birthday and before he gives everyone cake.
"Go enjoy yourselves and I hope you stay tuned for the big surprise later!" Chandler reminded us. "Now please go away there will be more guests arriving soon."
As my friends all walked off, I decided to stick around for more clues about what the surprise may be.
Chandler walked off as well to where the other kids were. And the good thing was that he left the back room door open. I decided to sneak in there.
The room was full of all the presents that the kids bought him. I guarantee that those presents were not things that he wanted.
Behind the room with all the presents was another to a different back room. I tried to open it, but it was locked.
I don't know what it was but it was probably the surprise.
As I tried to walk out, I noticed a big box in the front of the room with a sign on it labeled "BIG SURPRISE" in all caps. How obvious.
I tried to open it, but it was closed very tightly. It didn't feel like there was anything inside of it.
"Hey who's banging so hard" I heard a voice.
"I'm sensitive to loud noises so whoever's doing that please stop" another voice said.
"Who's there?" I wondered.
That's when two people suddenly popped up out of nowhere.
"Ummmm who are you guys???" I asked. "And what are you doing in the back room full of presents?"
"Trying to see what everyone got Chandler." The first girl said.
"Hey you guys don't go to our school" I noticed. "Then how do you know Chandler?"
"Oh we just show up to parties anywhere." the second girl said. "We saw a bunch of people walking in here and then we just came because we knew it was going to be awesome."
"Oh well I'm Lincoln." I replied.
"I'm Reyna and this is my friend Maddie." the first girl introduced herself. "Are you a friend of Chandler?"
"Ummmm no..."
"Then why are you at this party?" Maddie asked.
"Well I uhhhhhhhh"
They stared at me waiting for an answer.
"He and I have been friends for a long time." I lied.
"Oh well we're just here for the cake and all you can eat buffet." Reyna said. "We love food."
"Well good for you guys." I told them.
"Did you hear something about a big surprise he was planning?" Maddie questioned.
"Omg yes!" I replied. "It's apparently why he wanted me and my friends at this party."
"Well we heard something about the big surprise." Maddie replied. "And I'm actually very scared ngl."
"Tell me everything." I demanded as I got all up in their faces.
"Well we heard that after everyone sings happy birthday and Chandler blows out the candles, he's going to do something bad." Reyna explained.
"WOW thank you so much that says ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER" I told her.
"Well whatever happens to you I wish you luck buddy" Maddie gave me a pat on my shoulder.
"Okkkkkk ummmmm this is very awkward" I whispered to myself.
I slowly walked out of the room to find my friends, they were all talking to each other in the main room.
"There you guys are!" I said to them. "Anything about the big surprise yet?"
"No." Clyde answered.
"Maybe there is no darn thing" Liam said.
"There is I just met these two girls who—"
"He's probably saying that to scare us." Stella replied.
"Ehhhhh idk he never jokes around" I added on.
My friends didn't believe me.
"Yeah right he's always lying about something"
"You guys we don't know for sure yet." I told them.
"He does have a point." Clyde said.
Rusty was on the other side talking to some girls and Zach was carrying around some weird equipment.
"What's that for?" I asked him.
"There are a lot of strange things in this sewage plant." he answered. "Who knows maybe things that could attract aliens. My parents told me to be careful about it."
"Bruhhhhhhh"
"What???"
"There's no such thing..." I told him.
"Come on you can't be serious." he answered.
I wanted to say something back to him but then Chandler walked into the room and entered the room full of mutant animals they find in the sewers.
Ok but how in the world was he allowed to go in there without the possibility of being attacked?
A minute later he walked out of it holding something that appeared to be in a cage.
It was hard to see but I had a feeling it wasn't good.
"You guys I'm hungry" Liam told us.
"Did you hear there's an all you can eat buffet in the main room?" Stella asked us.
"There's a chocolate fountain and an ice cream sundae bar!!" Zach said.
"Is there pizza" I asked.
"Oh yes they have every kind of topping" Zach answered.
"Then let's go!!"
As long as there was no pineapple on pizza I would eat it.
We walked to the main room and I ate a slice of pizza. It was actually so good.
There was even an ice cream sundae bar with almost every flavor you can imagine. I got multiple scoops and it was so delicious. My friends and I immediately passed out afterwards because we ate too much ice cream.
Chandler walked in a minute later holding the cage.
"Hey what do you think you're doing" he asked us.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"Why are you eating so much ice cream?"
"Duh because we were hungry." Clyde answered.
"Plus it looks so good." Liam said. "I could feed it to all of the animals at the farm."
Chandler gave us a dirty look.
"You're supposed to eat it AFTER the cake you idiots!!" he yelled.
"It's just ice cream..." I said.
"But because you ate most of it there won't be any left for after the cake!!"
"Ok sorry..."
"You know what it's fine." Chandler said. "I don't care anymore. Plus there's going to be enough for the big surprise later."
He walked away after that and totally brushed us off.
Ummmmm...
Well that wasn't what I was thinking.
How could he expect to get away with it??
"Oh ummm Chandler" I tapped him on the shoulder just as he was walking out.
"What do you want?" he gave me a dirty look.
"What's in the cage?" I asked.
"None of your business" he answered.
"But I—"
"Why are you even talking to me Lincoln?"
Well that's the first time he's ever called me by just my first name and not Lincoln lame or anything else. I could tell he was mad about something.
"Can I please ask you a question?"
My friends stared at us as they witnessed what was happening.
Then they started whispering to each other.
"Uh oh" Stella whispered.
"Things are about to get serious" Clyde said.
"What's gonna happen to the fellar?" Liam wondered.
"Bruh shut up guys drama is about to unfold" Rusty told them.
I looked at them and told them to shut up.
I took a deep breath and began to speak up.
"Why do you hate me so much?"
I knew I shouldn't have asked that. But part of me was tired of being bullied by Chandler and wanted to finally get the truth.
Chandler rolled his eyes and then just sighed.
"Why do you want to know?" he questioned.
"Because I barely survived my first year of middle school all because I was being targeted by you. What do you have against us that gives you the right to treat us like this?"
"You don't need to know."
"Yeah well I want to. I'm tired of being the victim in this relationship."
Chandler just rolled his eyes again.
"Don't act like you don't know why."
"What do you mean?"
"It's YOUR fault that I lost all my friends and popularity in middle school just because you and your lame friends decided to start some news team and everyone started paying attention to you guys and came up to you guys every day asking for autographs, photos, and wanted to sit with you guys at lunch, etc. And they left ME for you!! Also not to mention you literally USED ME just to get invited to my birthday party last year. Not to mention you went behind my back and told the whole school that I chickened out and used the bail out door at the house of terror as an excuse to make fun of me. And you beat me in the roller derby last year because your dumb sister cheated."
I was started to get extremely pissed with everything he was saying.
"Excuse me??? I never used you to get invited to your party!!! YOU used me as an excuse to get you free stuff because my sister worked at the arcade, and that was the only way you would ever invite us to your stupid party!!! And because of that my sister had to almost miss out on one of the biggest nights of her life and I had to fill in for her!!!"
"Whatever talk what you want Lincoln lame. I'm just saying why would you say I'm the bad guy when you've been bullying me since 5th grade???"
I was fuming red so much that I thought I was gonna explode at any point.
"You cannot call me the bad guy cause I've NEVER bullied you once!!! I'm a nice guy and I try to be nice to everyone at school but because of you, I always get in trouble so you can't be one to talk!!! And I never beat you in the roller derby, we were the last to finish!! But because Lana and I worked so hard to build our own car we ended up winning the race with her hero. So you can't go and make up these lies about me because NONE of the stuff you said is true!!!!"
"But why would you gossip about me behind my back??? I thought you promised you wouldn't tell anyone and I invited you out for pizza at the arcade!!!! I was actually willing to END our rivalry and finally become friends with you, until you broke our mutual agreement!!"
"First of all, IT WASN'T ME who told the whole school!! It was Clyde!!! Wait no it was actually someone else, wait a min who was it who said it??"
My friends looked at me.
"It was you." Clyde whispered.
"I know." I told him quietly. "I'm trying to defend myself."
"Lincoln Loud how could you???? You were the one who ruined my reputation!!!! And that's why I hate you because you made me be the laughingstock of the entire school and now everyone hates me because of what you did. I've known YOU COULD NEVER be trusted and that you're a bad influence to everyone at RWMS, because they all prefer you now. What do you have to say for yourself???"
Our argument was becoming so heated that many kids gathered inside the main room to watch. Some kids even had their phones out.
"You know what Chandler..."
I was about to finally let it all out.
"FUCK YOU YOU STUPID BITCH"
Many kids gasped.
"I apologize for my use of language but you know what you deserve that."
"FUCK YOU LINCOLN" Chandler yelled.
Everyone gasped again.
"CHANDLER DO YOU EVEN REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING ME THROUGH FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS???? I TRY TO BE NICE TO YOU BUT YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO RUIN MY DAY WITH CONSTANT PRANKS AND YOU ALWAYS PUT THE BLAME ON ME!!! YOU REALIZE THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME AT HOME TOO???"
"LINCOLN YOU CAN'T BE THE ONE TO TALK YOU RUINED MY REPUTATION AND TURNED EVERYONE AGAINST ME NOW IM THE MOST HATED KID AT RWMS I USED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR KID LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME"
My friends were watching with worried looks on their faces.
"OH PLEASE LIKE ITS THE END OF THE WORLD EVERYONE NO LONGER LIKES YOU AND YOU USE THIS AN EXCUSE TO LITERALLY TORMENT STUDENTS????"
"YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT IM GIVING PEOPLE THE PAYBACK THEY DESERVE FOR TURNING THEIR BACKS AGAINST ME, CAUSE NOW EVERYONE AT SCHOOL ADORES YOU BUT HATES ME"
I was fuming red and wanted to actually rip his head off cause he was talking such stupid nonsense.
I mean it, no joke. He's literally the worst and I wanted to take my anger out on him.
"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW" I yelled. I'm sorry that I'm cursing too much I'm just very annoyed.
"YOU SEE THIS AS MORE OF A POPULARITY COMPETITION NOW???" I questioned.
"I JUST WANT TO WIN BACK MY FRIENDS THAT ALL FOLLOWED ME BY MY SIDE LAST YEAR AND NOW THEY'RE ALL FOCUSED ON YOU AND YOUR STUPID ACTION NEWS TEAM, NOT TO MENTION THEY THINK IM A CHICKEN BECAUSE YOU TOLD THE WHOLE SCHOOL WHAT HAPPENED LAST HALLOWEEN" Chandler argued.
"I NEVER EVEN TOLD ANYONE I TOLD CLYDE ABOUT IT AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE HEARD AND SPREAD THE RUMOR EVERYWHERE!!!" I told him.
"WHATEVER YOU STILL MADE ME FEEL EMBARRASSED BY EVERYONE AT SCHOOL" Chandler fought back.
Everyone was pulling out their phones and recording the whole thing.
"LINCOLN LOUD YOU'RE ALWAYS THE ONE TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY DID, NOT TO MENTION YOU ALMOST TRIED TO KILL ME ONCE"
My eyes widened open.
"What...I never tried to actually kill you..."
"YES YOU DID!!!" Chandler argued. "REMEMBER THAT I WAS SITTING IN YOUR SUPER COOL RECLINING SEAT IN CLASS AND THEN YOU PUSHED THE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE AND LAUNCHED ME INTO THE FISH TANK WHERE MY BUTT GOT BITTEN BY A KILLER FISH"
"Lol sorry not sorry" I laughed.
"I HAD TO GET BUTT SURGERY FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF YOU!!!" Chandler shouted.
"Look I'm sorry it was just payback for all the times you pranked me in class..." I told him.
"says who???"
"Says me..."
"Yeah you know you're the one who ruined my whole life all those years ago!!!" Chandler said.
"What are you talking about???" I wondered.
"Don't act like you don't know"
What was he talking about?
"I really don't know..." I quietly said.
"Oh shut up you know you know." Chandler answered.
"Whatever, you almost tried to kill me too with HOT SAUCE, you were going to dump like a whole gallon of it on me in class!!!" I yelled.
"FOR PAYBACK DUH" Chandler argued.
"WELL CHANDLER YOU KNOW WHY I HATE YOU SO MUCH??? BECAUSE EVERY DAY YOU CONSTANTLY MAKE MY LIFE WORSE BY TEASING ME, GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO HURT ME, AND BASICALLY MAKING ME FEEL BAD FOR MYSELF!!!!" I shouted. "EVERY DAY I GO HOME CRYING BECAUSE OF HOW BAD YOU TREATED ME AND IT MAKES ME QUESTION EXISTENCE!!!"
Ok I was totally lying about that, I was just over exaggerating.
"OH COME ON, THAT'S STUPID, YOU THINK THAT EVERY DAY I WAKE UP AND SAY OH IM GOING TO BULLY LINCOLN AGAIN BECAUSE I ENJOY WATCHING HIM SUFFER LIKE WHILE THAT'S TRUE I DON'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT" Chandler explained.
"WHY DO YOU EVEN HATE ME TO BEGIN WITH??? ALSO YOU SEEM TO BULLY FOR NO REASON WHICH SHOWS YOU HAVE NO LIFE AND THAT'S WHY NO ONE LIKES YOU AND WILL EVER WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND!!!" I fought back.
"AYOOOOOOOOOOOO" everyone in the room said simultaneously.
"TAKE THAT BACK, OR ELSE..."
"OR ELSE WHAT CHANDLER????"
"IM GOING TO TELL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM YOUR DEEPEST DARKEST SECRET..."
I gasped. There was no way he knew.
Although I had a lot of deep dark secrets, I was hoping he wouldn't tell "that one".
It was super embarrassing and no one besides my sisters knew about it. I haven't even told my friends about it.
I knew that once people found out my life would be over.
Chandler began to speak up.
"Lincoln lame still sleeps with stuffed animals and carries his stuffed rabbit with him everywhere even to school!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
I was screaming inside my head by the way!!!
"Also guys he's afraid of shots and always holds his mommy's hand at the doctor's office!!!"
Everyone, except my friends, starting laughing at me.
I've never felt more embarrassed in my whole life.
How did Chandler even know about that?
He started teasing me in the stupidest way possible. "oOoOh MoMmY hElP mE i HaTe NeEdLeS i NeEd A hUg wAaAh wAaAh"
"CHANDLER SHUT UP!!!" I yelled, sobbing hardly.
I never wanted anyone to know about that...
He started mocking my pain and saying rude things.
"Awww Lincoln lame why are you crying???? Are you upset cause your mommy's not here to hold your hand???"
I was bursting into anger while still crying.
My friends tried to comfort me.
"Lincoln it's ok..." Stella told me.
"We're here for you buddy" Clyde hugged me.
"Don't listen to him he's such a jerk." Zach said.
"Bro watch your language next time." Rusty told me.
I rolled my eyes at him as I tried to forget about what Chandler was doing to me.
"Look at me in Lincoln and I love bunnies and stuffed animals and girly stuff cause I have 10 sisters yay meeeee"
"LEAVE MY SISTERS OUT OF THIS" I shouted at him.
"Never realized how childish you are, and that you act so silly because you're scared of needles and you still need help cause you can't do anything by yourself, what a baby" Chandler laughed.
At this point I've had enough.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" I yelled at him.
Then I ran up to him and pushed him down.
"Ooooooooooooh!!!" all the kids noticed.
He got up and pushed me.
Everyone still had their phones out.
I got up and then Chandler wrestled me on the ground.
"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" everyone chanted.
We were fighting so much that I was starting to get bruises all over my body.
I didn't know how to fight, so I tried to get up but he still pulled my arm down.
The only thing I could do was attack him verbally with words, because even though I couldn't physically hurt him, he totally deserved it for all the torture he did to me all these years.
Then next thing I knew I completely blacked out.
I couldn't see a thing, just total darkness.
Chandler knocked me out unconscious.
I couldn't breathe for a second, but I was fine.
My head started to hurt and I felt a bump on it.
I slowly got up although I felt totally numb.
Then, I heard...
"SNAKEEEEEEEE!!!" someone called out.
Everyone gasped and stared in horror.
How did it escape?
I got up, with my clothes torn to shreds, bruises and scars all over my body, and noticed something strange.
"Uhhhhh...Chandler?"
"What do you want Lincoln lame?"
"I don't mean to bother you but..."
"Come on Lincoln lame quit playing games with me"
"But behind you..."
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!! THERE'S A SNAKE CRAWLING ON MY BACK!!!!!" he freaked out.
Everyone was scared, but they actually started laughing.
"GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF MEEEEEEEEE" he cried.
Everyone laughed at him and recorded the moment with their phones.
I know this wasn't the right thing for me to do but my whole plan actually worked! Chandler got the karma he deserved! Not only for beating me up but also for torturing me for so long!
I started laughing too and recorded Chandler's ultimate freak out with my phone.
"Happy now Chandler?" I asked him smugly.
"This was all YOU?" he asked.
"Happy birthday!!!" I said innocently.
"I...cannot...BELIEVE YOU!!!!" he yelled.
"You deserve every bit of that though" I told him.
"You know I'm afraid of snakes!!! Why would you get me a snake for my birthday?????" he questioned angrily.
"BECAUSE IT'S MY REVENGE FOR YOU CONSTANTLY BULLYING ME NONSTOP!!!! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT AND NOW I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE!!!" I told him off.
"Well you went too far..." Chandler said.
"I did it and I'm proud of it." I told him.
"Ow! The snake bit me!!!"
"Sorry not sorry" I shrugged.
He showed me his snake bite and it was stinging pretty badly.
"Someone call 911!" Reyna said in the background.
"No I'll call them." Maddie told her.
"Too late I have them on speed dial." Reyna bragged.
"Did you get the whole thing on video?" Maddie asked her.
"Yep! Whole thing! This will definitely boost my followers on TikTok!"
"Bruh don't post it to TikTok..."
"Ummm ok?"
"Send it to the news!!!"
"Terrible idea bruh."
"Ow, it hurts so bad..." Chandler complained.
"Says you." I said. "I still got scars and bruises from what you did to me, and it hurts so badly. Also you ruined my new outfit!!!"
"Oh wow I really do not care at all." Chandler rolled his eyes.
I ran to the comfort of my friends, who were holding onto me and trying to help me out.
"You guys, my outfit is ruined and I'm in so much pain." I complained.
"Don't worry we got you buddy" Clyde said.
"You shouldn't have done that bro." Rusty told me.
"Why?" I asked.
"Cause why did you even go as far to pull that prank?" Stella wondered.
"Cause I felt that apart of me wanted to show Chandler what it feels like to be tortured all the time. He deserved it. Also, I never wanted to actually hurt him. I feel so bad." I explained to my friends.
Even though I didn't really feel bad, I was only trying to be sympathetic.
Within a minute, the ambulance arrived.
"What happened here?" the doctor asked.
"Two people got hurt very badly." Clyde pointed to Chandler and I who were lying on the ground.
"I'm Mia." the doctor told them. "I'm highly trained in CPR. Are they breathing?"
"Uhhhhhh..." Rusty muttered.
"No one died..." Stella said.
"Oh they just got hurt." Mia thought.
"Yeah someone got bitten by a snake and another got beat up and knocked out unconscious." Zach explained to her. "They need to be seen immediately."
"Good then I'll take them to the ER" Mia answered.
"What???" my friends questioned.
"Are you sure they're gonna be alright?" Liam asked her.
"Oh of course!" Mia said. "We have specialized doctors who will help them with everything!!!"
At that moment, two people came in and brought Chandler and I on hospital beds and brought us in the ambulance.
"Hold on..." Clyde mentioned.
"What?" Liam asked.
"What was the big surprise?" Clyde wondered.
"Yeah what was it?" Stella suspiciously asked.
My friends all started to get very curious.
That's when a magician popped out.
"Hey kids who's ready for magic???" he asked everybody.
Even though I couldn't see because I was still in pain, I could hear him very clearly.
"That was it." Chandler replied. "The magician. I paid him to perform for you guys."
Wait a minute...
I love magic!! Did Chandler do this for ME???
He knows how much I love magic, but every time I do it he makes fun of me for it.
Does he like magic now?
Or did he do it for ME?
Maybe there was a reason why Chandler wanted us at this party so bad.
However, the only thing I could focus on was my bruised body. Also he ruined the outfit that cost me 500.
"Ow..." I cried.
"This is all your fault Lincoln lame." Chandler blamed me.
"But you started it..." I told him.
"Why in the world would you use my biggest fear against me???"
"Cause I thought it was funny also it was a total joke..."
"You could've seriously gotten me hurt and look at what happened!!!"
"Yeah well none of this would've happened if you hadn't tortured me for so long..."
Mia drove us in the ambulance.
My friends waved bye to me and everyone else watched in horror. They were not expecting this to happen.
"I'm so confused how did all of this happen?" Mia asked us.
We told her the story and she seemed pretty shocked.
"Ouch, well I'm glad you guys are ok..."
We were silent for most of the ride. I started to feel guilty for my actions.
My parents were right. I probably did need therapy. Especially cause I would never actually try to hurt someone unless they really deserved it.
Also, I felt a lot of anger at the time.
That's when I had to let it all out and give Chandler his karma.
But tbh, he totally deserved it.
But I might've gone too far.
As we were driving in the ambulance, that's when I heard a sound.
My life suddenly flashed before my eyes...
And I couldn't feel a thing.
Stay tuned for pt 2 to see what happens next!!!!