Lynn Sr didn't know what to think of it, something about the atmosphere was just crackling with energy.
The entire time as he cooked dinner Lynn felt like something was looming over his shoulder. He even caught himself periodically looking out the window half expecting hell to break lose.
The house was unusually silent as well adding to Lynn's concern, Rita had yet to make an appearance. When he asked Lori the teen had just snorted and said that their mother left mid-afternoon and yet to return.
That made Lynn raise an eyebrow, Rita must of taken off around the time Lynn was spending time with Luan in the garage...
Disipite the decline in their relationship Lynn found himself worried about Rita, they were married for almost twenty years afterall.
Lola and Lana were playing in their toy jeep while Lucy was sitting on the front steps when the familiar headlights of Vanzilla pulled up.
Their mom popped out of the van with a bright smile, " Hey girls, how are you doing"?
The twins immediately halted as their mom pulled Lana from the jeep and placed the tomboy on her hip in a motherly gesture.
Lola pouted as she pulled at her mom's hand, " why does she get picked up"?
Lana stuck her tounge out at her twin, " age before beauty".
Rita laughed as she bent down and scooped up Lola making her squeak. Lucy watched from her spot on the porch, the morbid girl couldn't put her finger on it but something about the way her mom picked up Lana and Lola felt mechanical and somewhat insincere.
It was no secret that their parents were on the rocks, the walls were thin in the Loud House and everyone had secrets...
Too many secrets as of late, she was in the vents when Lynn made her confessions to Luna. It was shocking just imagining one of her siblings having sex, but the thought of Lynn jr just seemed insane.
Adults were supposed to have babies, and even with her age Lucy knew that Lynn was going to be in a butt load of trouble irregardless.
" Lucy"?
Startled the goth looked up at her mother's, questioning face. Blushing Lucy realized that all her mom's attention was now on her.
" I'm sorry mom, I was thinking about a poem that's been giving me problems", Lucy lied quickly.
Rita nodded and smiled down at Lucy, " why don't you bring it by after dinner? I'm sure I could help you"...
Part of Lucy felt flabbergasted, her mom hadn't shown her this much interest in a long time. Part of the goth felt comforted, but a deeper part of her couldn't shake the suspicions that have been long since brewing.
Just what was her mother up to?
Luan hopped into a quick shower before dinner, after earlier she definitely needed one. The teen was on cloud nine and she had never felt closer to her dad before, the new intimacy between them was a welcome one as Luan found herself loving her dad more every day...
Was it acceptable on a moral level, no. But they weren't hurting anyone.
Luan was wrapped comfortably in a towel as she walked down the hall to her shared bedroom, opening the door Luan was completely caught of gaurd when she saw Lynn Jr sobbing into Luna's arms.
The pre-teens body shaking from the severity of the sobs, Luna head whipped up and she snapped.
" close the fucking door dude"!
Luan rushed to comply, closing the door tightly behind her. Luna sighed as she got off the bed, leaving Lynn Jr temporarily.
" what's going on"?
Luna took a moment to answer, the brunette looked tense and unsure for a minute, " I need you to promise...if I tell you what's going on, you can't go to mom, Dad or Lori with this...it needs to stay between us"...
Luan felt her chest flutter at the serious tone of her sisters voice, Luna was not known for being this serious unless it was something big. And from what Luan could pick up it was centered around Lynn Jr. It had to be something pretty bad, if Luna wanted to keep this from Lori and their parents.
Nodding solomly, Luan clutched her towel closer as Luna struggled to speak,"...it's really serious dude, Lynn Jr's got a bun in the oven"...
It was almost like all the air in the room evaporated as the two teens stared at each other in silence, Luan looked past Luna and at Lynn Jr.
The preteen chose that moment to look up and Luan could see the pure misery in her little sisters eyes. Teen pregnancy was never something their parents were particularly concerned with, the situation couldn't get more ironic as Luan felt a sense of dread build in her own stomach...
This could very well be Luan's own outcome, with the amount of unprotected sex she and their dad had. It was a miracle that Luan wasn't pregnant herself.
That she knew of, FUCK!!!!!
while she panicked internally, Luan tried not to reveal herself to her sisters." is she sure...I mean how does she know if she's actually pregnant"?
" I took a test, I'm not an idiot" Lynn jr snapped, turning to glare at Luan.
Luna, winced and gave Luan a stern look, " not helping, dude"...
The sharp knocking on the door made all the girls jump as, Leni's voice called out cheerily.
" Dinners ready guys"!!!
Downstairs Lynn eyed his wife from the head of the table, Rita was smiling and helping to cut a peice of meat for Lola.
The blonde had just swept into the house carrying Lola and Lana, with Lucy following close by. No explanation of where she had been, to Lynn's annoyance.
This was not the time or place however, Lynn smiled and turned his attention to Lori.
" Six more monthes to go, are you excited sweetheart"?
Lori beamed at her father, " I'm literally graduating, it's like a dream come true".
Rita chose this moment to chime in, " that's right you'll be off to college before we know it...where has the time gone Lynn"?
Despite its sweet overtones, Lynn could feel the jab in Rita's words. She hide her venom so well, Lynn was practically immune to her toxicity by now.
Scanning the table Lynn took a quick look at Luan, the brunette looked tense and thoughtful. Lynn wasn't used to the pinched look on his love's face and it worried him...
Had he done something wrong? Was Luan having cold feet about their relationship?
Did Rita know?
Lynn sr felt his blood run cold just at the implications, if Rita knew about him and Luan...
Further down the table Lincoln sat next to Lisa and Lucy, he'd tried waiting for Lynn but the teen had pointedly sat away from him.
Lincoln's feelings stung but he knew that Lynn hadn't been feeling well, and she was an awful patient.
His actions from earlier briefly made Lincoln study Lynn's face, there was no way that she could know...it had to of been something else.
Right?
At the end of the night Lynn couldn't wait to confront Rita, if she knew something then chances were that she was already expecting him.
Pulling the door closed behind him Lynn walked over to where Rita was sitting on the bed, " where did you go earlier?"
The blonde narrowed her eyes at him and turned her head to the side, " It's none of your concern Lynn"...
Rolling his eyes Lynn sr, put his hands on his hips," None of my concerns?
The soft sounds of sobbing made Lynn sr freeze, Rita was hunched over with her body facing away from his.
" Why does it have to be this way"?
A year prior Lynn would of pulled the blonde into his arms, now he just felt tired.
" just go...give me some space"...
Lynn felt a tick working his jaw, but decided it wasn't worth fighting to stay in the room.
Rita definitely didn't know anything about him and Luan, to Lynn relief. Her behavior was becoming questionable, and Lynn was terrified that the children would suffer.
Settling into the couch Lynn, vaguely thought of getting Luan but brushed the idea off. Luan didn't need to be troubled by his problems...
The temptation was still there even when he finally fell into a fitful sleep.
Upstairs Rita quickly packed up all of her personal belongings, it was late so she would have the privacy needed.
After meeting with Rodney yesterday, the duo had gone to the bank where Rita took out half the contents of both her and Lynn's checking, and savings account. She was finally going to get the life she deserved...
Rodney was supposed to pick her and , Rita had more than convinced him about running away together. The red head was following her around like a little puppy.
She wasn't excited about the idea of step kids but Rita would play nice until Rodney was too deep to turn back...
Rita smiled as she finished packing up her clothing, she'd left some things behind, but nothing of value.
She'd almost taking a family picture with her but chose against it, they would have no place in her new life anyway.
Outside Rodney Spokes was sitting in his truck patiently while his bewildered sons sat in the back.
Neither Rocky, or Rusty had a clue what was going on. Their dad had just come home and told them to start packing whatever they had. Now they were outside Rustys friend Lincoln's house...
" Dad...what are we doing here"? Rusty asked confused.
The older man was preoccupied with staring out the window, until he suddenly got put of the car.
Rustys eyes widened when Lincoln's mom hopped into the passenger side of his dad's truck.
The older woman gave him a warm smile as his dad firmly climbed into the drivers side, " meet your new mom boy's"...