Alem tuber was rushing around. He saw a girl named Amber on TV as she performed on Broadway.
"Hmph!" Alem tuber says and dashed off.
Luke was getting ready for his show. Luke had nothing to say to the siblings. The siblings were dressing for the show.
"What's wrong?" Lynn asked.
"HATE!" Luke hissed.
"Use your words." Lori says.
Luke screamed. "NO! NO WORDS! NOTHING! JUST LEAVE LUKE ALONE!" He hissed.
"Luke, you'll feel better if you talk things out. Most of the problems in this family happen because of lack of communication." Lori says, knowing this has led to Lincoln being blamed a lot.
Luke just teared up, feeling scared and nervous.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked, walking up to him.
"I'M SCARED AND I'M NERVOUS!" Luke screamed and sobbed.
"It's okay, we all get scared and nervous. We believe you can win." Luan says.
"Yeah!" Leni says.
The host went on stage. During that time, Luke had nothing to say.
Luna was first as Angry Luigi and Lincoln cheered. Luke didn't cheer.
Luna performed on stage while Luke shook with anger.
Soon, Luna finished. "Luke, are you okay?" Luna asked.
"They. Like. You. MORE!" Luke hissed.
"What? That's not true, Luke…" Luna says.
"They gave you cheers that rival mine!" Luke sobbed. "Maybe I was wrong to even be on the show at all…you can win. I'm going to go and cry alone."
With that, Luke just turns to leave. It was clear Luna was more popular than he was. Luna wasn't dropping out of the show, but she did go after Luke.
Luna holds him outside the venue.
"Why do you think everyone likes me better than they like you, Lukey?" Luna asked.
Luke sniffed as he told her. She holds him..
"They give you louder cheers and WAY more recognition. I think you're more popular than me." Luke says.
"No way, you have more merchandise than I do. And your fan base is bigger than mine." Luna says.
Soon, Luke went on as his fans screamed for him.
Luna smiled as he performed "It Takes Two" from Hairspray.
The fans loved him. Luke did an encore performance, then went backstage.
"Way to go!" Lola says. Luke smiled at his siblings.
"We're so proud of you!" Luna says.
After a while, Luke watched more performances.
Angry Luigi leaves to look for his brother as Oliver is getting ready. Angry Luigi nervously avoids Oliver.
Oliver is soon on stage performing.
The Louds leave with Luke.
"Only Luke can be that good." Leni says.
Luke felt mad. He felt mad because he'll never have another day about him. Luke then walks away.
"We must have failed him like we usually do." Brandy says as the Louds look down.
Luke was long gone when the family headed back to Michigan.
"Where did Luke run off to?" Lynn Sr says.
The Louds panic and split up.
"Luke!" Luna called out. Luke is found on top of the Royal Woods Theater, angry and upset.
"Luke, please come home…" Luna says.
"Why?! Will I be punished for being upset?! Because that's all that seems to happen every time I get upset!" Luke says.
"No, we just want you to talk to us." Rita says.
"THERE IS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT! EXCEPT I KNOW THERE WILL BE NO MORE DAYS ABOUT ME! GO AHEAD, LET EVERYONE ELSE HAVE THEIR DAYS! I'M DONE!" I amI is Luke hissed as he flew away.
Lisa shot a dart, putting him to sleep.
"What was that for?" Luna asked as Lucy was looking down.
"What? He was going to go somewhere that none of us could go to. I had to stop him. Besides, he's fine." Lisa says as Lynn Sr carries Luke home.
At home, Luke was fast asleep. But his thoughts were still the same.
"What should we do?" Leni asked.
"Maybe celebrate Luke everyday? That will make him happy." Lucy suggests.
"Okay, that's over the line. We just need to spend more time with him and show him he can enjoy days that aren't entirely focused on him." Lori says.
"Didn't we try that before?" Luna asked.
"Yeah and unless we spoil him, he will hate us." Lucy says.
"We're not spoiling him. Ugh, we're on a tight budget..." Rita says.
"Can't be worse than Dad's budget." Alem tuber says as Angry Luigi looks confused. Alem tuber rushed off.
Meanwhile, Luke woke up. He decided to just leave. He knew he was nothing but another mouth to feed and a burden on this family. So, he left. He went off by himself, not looking back.
"Luke, stop!" Luna says.
"Wait!" Luan says.
"I heard it all! You guys just saw me as another mouth to feed. You think my autism is a burden on you. Well, I see that you all never wanted me. So I'm going to find someone who doesn't think any of those things!" Luke cried.
"We do want you! You're not just another mouth to feed, you were never a burden… please…" Rita says holding him. "Lucy looks up to you a lot."
"You're more talented than all of us." Leni says.
Luke sniffed. "You guys hate me and my autism!"
"We never said that!" Lincoln says.
"Yeah, sure, things are different, but we'll never think of you as a burden, Luke, you mean a lot. I'm not sure you'll ever realize how much we care for you, but we do." Lori says.
"Yeah!" the siblings said as the younger Louds were sleeping.
"Let's catch some Z's." Lynn Sr says.
"Who's Z?" Leni asked.
End of chapter