Chapter 5: Reactions and Decisions

(Lori couldn't believe what she was hearing...she thought she must've heard wrong.)

Lori: "I can't be pregnant! Are you sure your tests weren't off?"

Lisa: "I'm afraid they're positive. How could you have let this happen, Lori? I thought you knew better!"

Lori: "I guess I got caught up in the moment and was lost in my bliss."

Lisa: "When are you going to tell Bobby?"

Lori: "I don't know, Lise."

Lisa: "What about mother and father?"

Lori: "I don't know. Just get out!"

Lisa: "Come again?"

Lori: "GET OUT! NOW!"

(Lori kicks Lisa out of the bathroom and slams the door.)

Lisa: "And this is what I get for using reason."

(Lori was still in the bathroom sobbing in a fetal position, mascara running down her face.)

Lori: "What am I gonna tell mom and dad?! What am I gonna tell Bobby?! What am I going to do about this baby?"

(What she didn't know was that Leni, Luna, and Luan can hear through their walls.)

(In Lori and Leni's room.)

Leni: "She's going to have a baby? Eeeeeee! I can't wait to meet the stork soon!"

(In Luna and Luan's room.)

Luna: "Sweet emotion!"

Luan: "She's pregnant? Well, then...I guess we gotta up the auntie! (Laughs) Get it?"

(Luna just frowns.)

Luna: "We need to talk to Lori about this."

(Luna and Luan head for the bathroom door and Luna knocks on it.)

Luna: "Come out of there, Lori!"

Lori: "Go away! I'm not showing my face!"

Luan: "Forget about your face...you should be more worried about showing your gut. (Laughs) Get it?"

Luna: "You know these walls aren't exactly soundproof."

Lori: "I don't feel like coming out."

Luna: "Look...we just want to talk about this issue."

Lori: "Alright, then."

(Lori comes out of the bathroom looking like a wreck, with mascara running down her face from crying.)

Lori: "We'll talk downstairs."

(They all went downstairs into the living room. Luna, Luan, and Leni sat on the couch, while Lori sat on the chair.)

Luna: "Ok...so how did this happen?"

Lori: "Bobby and I went to Hole in One-derland to play golf. When it was near closing time, we talked about Bobby's family...but then one thing led to another, and...you know the rest."

(Lori didn't tell her sisters about Bobby's home life.)

Luan: "If I could guess, I'd say that Bobby put one in your hole! (Laughs)

Lori: "Now's not a good time!"

Leni: "Don't I, like, get a say in this?"

Lori: "What?"

Leni: "When will the stork come with the baby?"

Lori: "Leni...it's not easy to say, but the baby is actually inside me."

Leni: "Inside of you? (Gasps) YOU ATE THE BABY?! HOW COULD YOU?!"

(Leni really isn't the brightest color in the crayon box, is she?)

Leni: "Can you hear me?! We'll try to get you out!"

Luna: "You'll never understand. Just head back upstairs."

(Leni heads back upstairs.)

Meanwhile...

(Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde were walking home from school. Lincoln was walking alongside Clyde, so they could talk.)

Clyde: "So, can you tell me why Ronnie Anne is walking with us today?"

Lincoln: "I just wanted to walk her home...just for the hell of it."

Clyde: "I guess you like Ronnie Anne so much that you're willing to walk her back to her house?

Lincoln: "Just let me talk to Ronnie Anne."

(Lincoln walks up to Ronnie Anne's side.)

Ronnie Anne: "Hey. Thanks for walking me home, Lame-O."

Lincoln: "It's no problem, Ronnie Anne. I need to talk to your mother about your situation. She seems like a reasonable sort to me.

Ronnie Anne: "Yeah, but she's still too afraid to get us away from that man.

(As they passed by the Loud house, the trio heard Leni screaming.)

Lincoln: "What's going on?"

(Lincoln's curiosity gets the better of him and he puts an ear to the wall outside the living room.)

Lori: "I just don't know what to do, girls."

Luna: "I say you get rid of it. This house don't got room for one more stinker."

Lori: "You think I want to kill a baby? You have a lot of nerve, Luna!"

Luna: "I'm just making a point, Lori."

Luan: "How about putting it up for adoption? I'm sure someone else would be happy to take care of it."

Lori: "And do you know anyone else who would be willing to take care of this baby?"

(Luan thought it over.)

Luan: "I guess not."

(Lincoln could not believe what he was hearing.)

Lincoln: "Uh, guys? You might want to hear this."

(Ronnie Anne and Clyde join Lincoln as he listens through the wall.)

Lori: "I'll decide what to do with it when I tell Bobby...but I just need to be alone for a while."

(Lori decides to get some fresh air outside, while Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde hide alongside the stairs.)

(Ronnie Anne was in shock, while Clyde just stared with a blank expression.)

Clyde: "Oh, my...he did it...all that effort...and for noth-..."

(Clyde walks a few feet away from the house.)

Clyde: "He actually, really did it."

(Clyde drops to the ground.)

Clyde: "YOU MANIAC! YOU FINALLY DID IT! CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU BOTH!"

(Clyde starts sobbing.)

Clyde: "What am I gonna do now?...that deadbeat got Lori knocked up."

Lincoln: "Don't stress. Think for a second...you're younger than Lori and she's carrying someone else's child...I think it's time to move on."

Clyde: "I'll show you 'thinking'! I'm going to personally tell Bobby about the baby."

Lincoln: "Uh, Clyde?"

Clyde: "I've seen these situations before...the teen girl gets pregnant, tells her boyfriend, and then he dumps her."

Lincoln: "We really shouldn't get involved in this. We should let Lori handle it herself."

(Clyde runs off in the direction of the Santiago house.)

Lincoln: "Well...so much for moving on."

Ronnie Anne: "Boy, when my dad finds out about this, he's going to kick Bobby's ass."

(Lincoln and Ronnie Anne run after Clyde.)

Back inside the house...

(Leni was in her room, searching for something, when her father walks in, having heard all the commotion.)

Lynn Sr.: "Leni? What's with all the noise?"

Leni: "Sorry, daddy. I'm just looking for that sucky thingy."

Lynn Sr.: "And why do you need that 'sucky thingy', Leni?"

Leni: "Lori ate a baby, and it's trapped inside of her. We need to get it out...NOW!"

Lynn Sr.: "Wait...LORI?!"

(Just like that, Lynn Sr. became lightheaded, and collapsed to the ground.)

Leni: "Dad? Dad?! Girls! Dad's down!"

(Lynn, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, and Lily come out of their rooms to see what's going on.)

Meanwhile...

(Lincoln and his friends approach the Santiago house. Ronnie Anne knocks on the door, and Lydia answers it. She warmly greets Lincoln and Clyde.)

Lydia: "Hola, Ronnie and friends."

Clyde: "Hello, Mrs. S. Is your son home?"

Lydia: "Si. He's in his room, waiting for more texts from Lori."

Clyde: "Well, is it okay if I go upstairs? It's imperative that I talk to him.

Lydia: "Si. Go right ahead."

Clyde: "Thanks, Mrs. S."

Lincoln: "Mrs. Santiago? Do you mind if I talk to you?"

Lydia: "Si, Lincoln."

(Lincoln and Lydia sit on the couch while Ronnie Anne goes upstairs to her room.)

Lincoln: "Ma'am, Ronnie Anne told me about what happens here."

Lydia: "Que?"

Lincoln: "Tell me...what is your husband like at home?"

Lydia: (Sigh) "Alex wants to keep me and the kids in line."

Lincoln: "Funny, because Ronnie Anne told me about what she, Bobby, and even you, are going through here. Can't you just take the kids and leave Alex?"

Lydia: "You will never understand, Lincoln...you're just too young."

(It seems that Lincoln is getting nowhere with Lydia.)

Back at the Loud house...

(Lynn Sr. wakes up in Lisa and Lily's room feeling dazed and confused, surrounded by his wife and 9 of his daughters.)

Lynn Sr.: "Pregnant? No! That's impossible!"

Lynn: "Dad? What's going on?"

Rita: "Girls...you'd better let your father and I handle this."

Lynn Sr.: "No, Rita. They need to hear this."

Rita: "What's going on?"

Lynn Sr.: "Rita...girls...Lori is pregnant."

(Rita gasps at this revelation, while some of the sisters have different reactions.)

Lynn: "Oh, my God!"

Lucy: (gasps) "The end is near."

Lana: "Holy Shamoley!"

Lola: "Eeeeeee!"

Lynn Sr.: "Rita...we need to talk Lori downstairs."

Rita: "Ok, but we need to be reasonable with her, Lynn."

Lynn Sr.: "I'll try, Rita."

(But Lynn Sr. wasn't sure)

The Santiago house, Bobby's room...

(Clyde enters Bobby's room and sees him with a worried expression.)

Clyde: "What's up, Bobby?"

Bobby: "Clydesdale!...I'm just waiting for Lori. She hasn't been answering my calls all day. She knows I worry when she doesn't answer.

Clyde: "Well, I might have some information on why Lori isn't answering your texts."

Bobby: "You do?"

Clyde: "I think the best way to explain this is...Lori is expecting."

Bobby: "Expecting what?"

Clyde: "Your child, Bobby."

(Upon the realization of what Clyde said, Bobby went silent for a few seconds, then he spoke.)

Bobby: "Are you telling me Lori's...pregnant?"

Clyde: "That's right, Bobby." (grins)

(Panicking, Bobby left his house, and headed in the direction of the Loud house, much to Clyde's chagrin.)

Clyde: "Where the heck is he going?"

Bobby: "She needs me!"

(Clyde comes downstairs wearing a broken face.)

Lincoln: "So...how did it go?"

Clyde: "I don't want to talk about it..."

(Clyde leaves the Santiago house.)

Outside the Loud house...

(When Bobby got to the Loud house, he saw Lori walking down the sidewalk.)

Bobby: "Lori!"

Lori: "Bobby?"

(Bobby runs to Lori and hugs her tightly.)

Bobby: "You're pregnant? Why didn't you tell me?"

Lori: "I guess I was afraid that you'd leave me, like all those other people in the world. How did you find out?"

Bobby: "Clydesdale came by my house and told me."

Lori: "I should've known. Why can't that nerd just get a life?"

Bobby: "Lori, babe...I for one am glad he told me. I want this baby! I want you, and no one else but both of you!"

Lori: "Do you really mean it?!"

Bobby: "Of course I do, babe...I love you both!"

Lori: "Oh, Bobby! I'm so happy to be carrying your Baby Boo-Boo Bear!"

(Lori and Bobby were about to kiss when Lori's father yelled from inside the house.)

Lynn Sr.: "LORI L. LOUD! INSIDE, NOW!"

(Lori and Bobby were worried. They knew they were in trouble.)