Lucy stayed in her room refusing to come out of the vents.
Lincoln comes into the house, breathing hard.
"Wow, what happened?" Lynn asked.
"Showed that snob what happens when she messes with the Louds." Lincoln says.
At Huntington Manor, Luke couldn't think of anyone but Lucy.
"Luke, are you in love?" Charity asked.
"Yes. Yes, I am." Luke says. "With Lucy. Goth or not, I love her just the same. Those other girls can screw off. Especially that Jordan Rosato."
Charity was happy for him.
"You want your favorite for dinner? We can invite your crush if you want?" Charity asked.
"I'll invite her personally." Luke says. "Ask the driver to give me a ride to her house."
"Okay, I will." Charity says and goes to do so.
Meanwhile, Lynn Sr. was making dinner as Rita was working on a book.
Lucy approached Gwen and Lincoln.
"Hey, Lincoln, thanks for standing up for me. I wish I could have thick skin like you." Lucy says.
Just then, the Arctic blue Mercedes-Benz stretch limo arrived and Luke stepped out. Luke then comes up and knocks on the door.
Lori opens the door. "Lucy, it's for you!" Lori squealed. Lucy appeared downstairs and saw Luke at the door.
"Luke?" Lucy says, surprised.
"Hey, Lucy. I just came here and wanted to ask you if you wanted to have dinner with me and my mom tonight. She's making one of my favorite dishes, chicken & spinach enchiladas." Luke says.
Lucy was blushing and shaking a bit, but nodded shyly.
"Awww, Lucy's smiling and blushing…" Luan says
"Someone get the camera, Lucy has a date…" Lynn Sr. sniffed.
Luke smiles. "Shall we be off?" He asked.
"I…uh….yeah." Lucy stammered.
Luke leads Lucy to the limo and Luke's chauffeur opens the door. Luke allows Lucy to step in first.
Lucy was too nervous to speak and went in, looking around the limo. The interior was different shades of blue, and the seats were made of blue velvet. There were drinks and snacks and even a TV inside the limo.
"Gasp! Roses are red, violets are blue, I think Luke and I have a case of the blues." Lucy says, writing in her poem book.
"That's a nice poem." Luke says.
Lucy nodded, blushing and helped herself to a bottle of blood orange-flavored sparkling water.
Soon, they arrived as Lucy realized she didn't dress up and was just in her normal attire. "Oh, I wasn't really expecting a formal dinner." Lucy says, embarrassed.
"It's okay." Luke says. "You look great in what you have on. I don't care what you're wearing."
Lucy smiled and went to eat. Luke sat next to her.
"So, what else do you like to do?" Luke asked Lucy. "What are your hobbies?"
Lucy looked nervous as she took a moment to calm down
"I like poems, grave digging, Vampires Of Melancholia, and…yeah, that's it." Lucy says, not wanting to confess her secrets.
"I do love poetry…" Luke says.
Lucy smiled and realized her show would start soon. Luke smiles and goes to watch it with her.
Soon, the episode ended as Lucy realized it was late.
"Stay here tonight. I don't want you going home alone." Luke says.
"I…what?" Lucy stammered and blushed before her condition sprung up on her as she fainted. Luke carried her to his room and laid her on his bed. He went to sleep on the couch in his room.
Meanwhile, Gwen was brushing her teeth and heard Lana and Lola fighting.
"Quit it!" Lori says. "What is the fight about this time?!"
"I want to go to the skating zone, but Lana won't share her money." Lola says.
"Fine, here's a dollar each. Now get to bed." Lori says. The twins nodded.
"Oh, I just realized. After tomorrow, it's literally winter break." Lori says.
Gwen looks down, missing her old parents. Lori feels bad.
Meanwhile, Lily made a stinkie as Rita changed her.
Lucy woke up the next day on Luke's bed.
"Lucy! Come on! Mom has the chefs making blackberry waffles for breakfast!" Luke says.
Meanwhile, Gwen makes breakfast for the Louds.
"Thanks!" Lincoln says
"You can cook?" Luan asked as Gwen smiled.
As they ate, they chatted about Gwen and how much of a help she had been with Laundry dishes and others
Soon
Gwen walked around town and heard people talking about Christmas. She could see the excitement in their eyes as they discussed their plans for the holiday season. As she walked, she couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth and happiness. It was contagious.
Arriving at school, Gwen realized it was the last day before winter break. She felt a sense of relief knowing that she would have some time off to spend with her family and friends. As she walked through the halls, she could feel the excitement in the air. Students were chatting and laughing, eager to start their holiday celebrations.
At lunch, Gwen eats her sandwich with joy when she sees Lucy with Luke and his friends. Luke's friends are happy for him and Lucy.
"So…my mom says you can join us for Christmas Eve service at my church and Christmas dinner." Luke says to Lucy. "What do you think? Wanna join me for Christmas?"
"I'm not sure if my mom would accept" Lucy says nervously and thinks about how much she loved her family, especially Lincoln.
Gwen hears this and frowned.
After school the siblings was waiting for Lori to pick them up.
"So, how was school?" Lola teased to Lucy as Gwen and Lisa were shivering a bit.
"Luke invited me to spend Christmas with him and his mom." Lucy says as they enter Vanzilla.
"No way! That's like having Christmas with the mayor!" Lola says as the siblings except Lincoln, Lisa and Gwen start asking Lucy to take them as Lucy gets overwhelmed.
"Come on, Lucy, I hear they've got amazing food and a nice TV!" Luan says.
"Plus a stage." Lola says as Lucy sees Greed in her eyes and feels uncomfortable.
"You have to take us!" Lori says.
"Leave her alone." Lincoln says .
"Shut it or I'll literally turn you into a human pretzel." Lori says.
Lincoln nodded.
They soon arrive home as the Louds go to have fun, but Lucy wasn't sure what to choose.
Meanwhile, Gwen hears Luna playing music with her friend Sam.
"Oh, Sam, this is Gwen." Luna says.
"Nice to meet you, Gwen. I'm Samantha Sharp. But some people, including Luna, call me Sam for short." Sam says with a smile as she gently shakes Gwen's hand.
"Nice to meet you. They adopted me." Gwen says.
"How do you like it here, Gwen?" Sam asked.
"It's nice, though Lola is sort of scary." Gwen says.
A few weeks later, Christmas Eve arrived. Luke came to get Lucy.
She wore a black dress
"Take me with you!" Lola says.
"No, take me!" Luan says as Lucy gets overwhelmed by most of her siblings. Luke smiles and comes up with a solution.
"How would you all like to come to a Christmas Day celebration at Huntington Manor tomorrow?" Luke asked.
"Yes!" They say.
"Let's go." Lucy says, but hugged Lincoln.
"I'll miss you." Lucy says.
"You're going to see me tomorrow, Luce." Lincoln says. "I'm coming to the manor for Christmas Day."
Lucy nods and heads to the limo and soon heads to church with Luke for the Christmas Eve service there.
Meanwhile, the others watch Home Alone as Gwen looks down, remembering last year.
"Listen, I'm sorry about your old family." Lori says.
Gwen sighs.
"Yeah, li'l dudette, we'll have lots of fun!" Luna says
Gwen smiled as they soon baked cookies and a gingerbread house.
They then decorated the tree as the siblings let Gwen hang the star up.
Meanwhile with Luke, he cried through church.
Lucy looked concerned as she put her arm around his shoulders.
After church, they go ice skating, then they go back to the manor and watch Elf, one of Luke's favorite Christmas movies.
Lucy sees Luke's cousins, Preston and Olivia.
"Um, hello…" Lucy says.
"Hi!" They both say.
"This is my girlfriend, Lucy." Luke says.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Lucy." Preston says.
"I love your dress!" Olivia says.
"I…um…thank you." Lucy says.
With the Louds, they were having Christmas Eve dinner at their house.
Gwen was eating, thinking about her past family and looked down.
"Sorry for bringing down the mood." She says.
"No, it's okay." Rita says.
"We can't control how we feel sometimes." Lynn Sr. says.
"You're going to have a great Christmas." Luna says.
Lincoln smiled and Gwen smiled back as she continued eating.
Soon, Gwen finishes her dinner and heads to bed.
The next day, Gwen wakes up and hears the Louds rushing to open gifts. She followed close behind.
"Here!" Lori says to Gwen, giving her a new dress as a gift. Gwen hugged Lori with tears in her eyes as Lynn Sr. took a picture.
Leni got her new glasses.
" I made you this" Lisa says giving Gwen a new toy
Luna got Lincoln the new Ace Savvy gift
" Luna I love it!" Lincoln says
Meanwhile, Luke wakes up. He sadly went downstairs.
"Merry Christmas, my sweet treasure!" Charity says.
Luke smiles upon seeing the tree piled with gifts that are just for him.
Luke opens one of his mom's gifts first. It was a s'mores maker, which is one thing he wanted.
Lucy offered her gift next, which was a book of poetry by Edgar Allan Poe. Luke smiled at this.
"I hope you like it." Lucy says.
"I love it." Luke says. "The Raven is my favorite poem."
Soon the Louds came to see Lucy and Luke.
"Merry Christmas!" Gwen says.
"Merry Christmas to you all as well!" Charity says. "So nice of you to come. Gifts go under the tree. We'll exchange them after Christmas Day dinner."
"What?" Lana asked. "That must be painful."
"What are you talking about, Lana?" Lincoln asked.
"We open our presents and exchange them when we wake up." Lana says.
"Here, we exchange gifts throughout the day on Christmas." Charity says.
Later, they chat for a bit.
Luke sits next to the tree as Lucy noticed him. He was very quiet.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked, concerned as Gwen took notice.
Lucy pats him on the shoulder. "Christmas was never fun for me." Luke says.
Lincoln took him outside to make snow angels. Luke wasn't in the mood.
"What do you want to do?" Lana asked.
"Snowball fight!" Lynn says as she hits Lana with a snowball in the face as the other siblings join in.
Lucy pulled Luke away from the chaos, not wanting Luke to get hurt.
Gwen won the snowball fight and winked.
End of chapter