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A big family gets even bigger
Chapter Four: The dates
Lynn Loud Jr. let out a yawn one morning after waking up as she made her way to the bathroom. She tried to go in, but felt a weight against the door the moment she tried pushing against it. From that, Lynn could tell someone was in the bathroom, they had put the one handed barbell up against the closed door. "Is someone in the bathroom right now?" Lynn called out, hoping to get an answer.
"It's me," called back Lincoln, one of Lynn's soon to be step-siblings as her dad is marrying Lincoln's mom, "I'm just finishing up brushing my teeth!" A few moments later, and Lincoln came out of the bathroom, standing in the doorway as he waddled his way past Lynn. He wore an orange long sleeved sleep shirt and matching sleep pants. Lincoln's wide, round girth combined with the color of his sleep outfit made him resemble a big pumpkin.
Lynn, as well as her sisters Luan and Lola, were rather surprised to not only be getting several step-siblings out of Lynn Sr. marrying Rita, but all of said step-siblings, as well as Rita herself, were very much very fat. It shocked Lynn, Luan, and Lola, as well as drew from them some complaints and jeering towards their plus-sized soon to be step-siblings.
But a recent heart to heart talk showed that Lynn, Luan, and Lola are really shocked by the sudden and drastic change, actually being scared by it to a degree, and more or less didn't know how to react or express themselves properly. Lynn Sr. admitted that his plan to make it a surprise for all of the Loud sisters and Alverson siblings that they were going to become step-siblings to each other was NOT all that well thought out.
Things were still a bit testy, but some degree of understanding has been reached, and now Lynn as well as Luan and Lola are starting to adjust to having their step-siblings in their lives. It was going to be slow going, but the three outlying Loud sisters wanted to try, especially as they had seen first hand that maybe their soon to be step-siblings, regardless of all them being plus sized, may not be all that bad.
Lincoln noticed that Lynn seemed a bit distracted. "You okay, Lynn?"
Gently shaking her head to snap herself out of her trance, Lynn said, "Sorry, I was just thinking about how I still need to get used to you and your sisters being in the house with me and my sisters now." Gesturing to the bathroom, Lynn added, "Also, I need to download a brownload."
"Charming," Lincoln said dryly, "Could you at least not make crass comments like that later today?"
Looking curious, Lynn asked, "Why is that?"
"Because my friends are coming over due to Rusty getting a new video game he wants to show off, but his parents forgot he doesn't have the right console for it," Lincoln said, "I have the right console for it, so Rusty is bringing it over."
Arching a wry eyebrow, Lynn said, "Your friends, huh? So it's just that Rusty boy plus those Clyde, Liam, and Zach boys."
Nodding once, Lincoln replied, "Yes the boys are all coming, but so are the girls in our friend group."
Lynn looked surprised to hear that girls were in Lincoln's friend group. "You... you have girls in your friend group?" Lynn asked, "I thought that boys your age would only hang with other boys."
Lincoln looked curious at Lynn suspecting him of only being friends with other boys because she didn't think the two genders would mix in friend groups in elementary school. "...Yeah, there's actually four girls in our friend group," Lincoln began to explain, "Stella, Sid, Astrid, and my girlfriend Ronnie Anne."
"You have a girlfriend?" Lynn remarked, surprised.
Lincoln arched a wry eyebrow. "...Yes, this was mentioned before."
Gently shaking her head, Lynn said, "Sorry, I'm still waking up. But wow, way to go with getting yourself a girlfriend! What kind of girl is she like?"
"I take it you've never met Ronnie Anne?" Lincoln replied, "Despite how you and your other sisters have met Bobby who is Ronnie Anne's older brother?"
Shrugging, Lynn said, "Lori never brings up anything like that, also me and Luan and Lola and Lisa have never been over to the Santiago household. We've never even met Mrs. Santiago, or Bobby's grandparents for that matter."
"Well I guess you're going to meet the first member of the Santiago household who isn't Bobby later today," Lincoln said, "Oh, Luna's girlfriend Sam is also coming over, and I think Bobby and Aggro are bringing over the girls in my friend group, given that Bobby is Ronnie Anne's older brother and Aggro is Astrid's older brother."
Lynn nodded in understanding before asking Lincoln to step aside so she can get into the bathroom. Lincoln waddled away as Lynn went into the bathroom and closed the door behind her, putting the one handed barbell in place to lock the door as best it could.
Later that day, Lynn as well as Luan and Lola made their way into the living room when they heard Lori saying something about Lincoln's friends arriving. However, they only saw the boys Clyde, Rusty, Liam, and Zach. Rusty held an unopened new video game as Lincoln, Clyde, Liam, and Zach all looked at it in amazed appreciation. The three Loud sisters also noticed that Servantbot, a robot Lisa made to serve Lincoln as a gift for him, stood next to the sofa at the end Lincoln has come to usually sit on.
"Why did your parents get you this game if you don't have the right console to play it?" Zach asked.
"They didn't know I didn't have the right console for it," Rusty replied.
"Best not tell Chandler about your parents getting you a game for a console you don't have," Clyde advised, "He and his goons will tease you about it to no end."
"At least Lincoln here has the right console for it," Liam said, "So let's bust it out and take it for a spin already!"
"I advised Rusty to wait on opening it until the girls get here," Lincoln remarked, "We don't want them missing any of it."
"You're friends with girls?" Luan called out, making Lincoln and his friends all turn to see Luan as well as Lynn and Lola.
Rusty arched a wry eyebrow at Lola. "...Yes, is that a problem?" Rusty asked.
"I wasn't aware that friend groups in elementary school can mix genders," Luan explained, "At least not without one boy and one girl in the group dating each other."
Pointing to Lincoln, Liam said, "Well Lincoln here is dating Ronnie Anne. But the rest of us aren't dating Stella or Sid or Astrid. I don't think those girls are dating anyone."
"And is it wrong for boys and girls to be friends?" Clyde asked.
Gently shaking her head, Luan said, "I don't think so."
"And now that the subject's been brought up, the girls here and I wanna meet this Ronnie Anne," Lola said, "Given she's dating the boy who's going to become our step-brother, we wanna make sure she's the right girl and has no bad intentions for Lincoln."
"I've already checked Ronnie Anne shortly after Bobby and I saw her confess to Lincoln," Lori spoke up as she walked into the living room, having overheard Lola, "She's literally perfect for Lincoln. Also, none of you had better be weird towards Ronnie Anne, because it may affect things between me and my Boo-Boo Bear."
Shrugging, Lola asked, "Well can you really blame us for wanting to check the girl who is dat-"
*knock* *knock*
Lola was cut off when a knock sounded at the door, and before anyone else even had a chance to beat her to the punch, Lori rushed over to answer the door, practically throwing it open. Standing there was Bobby, who Lori greeted by throwing her arms around him. "Bobby! It's great to have you over again!" Lori said.
"Heh heh, thanks for the warm reception, babe," Bobby said as Lori let go and let him inside. Following Bobby into the Loud family residence was his best friend Aggro, who already was giving the Loud family residence a critical, judging eye.
"Oh, you came as well, Aggro," Lori remarked.
"Bobby and I were escorting our little sisters and their friends over here," Aggro explained, "Also this house is where Leni-chan lives now. How is she doing by the way?"
"She's fine and I have no doubt she'd love to see you," Lori said, "I bet she'd als-"
"What in blazes is that?" Lori stopped short when Aggro, a hint of mild alarm in his tone, cried out as he pointed at where Servantbot stood next to the sofa.
"Oh, that's one of the robots Lisa made," Lori said casually, "She made is as a gift for Lincoln. According to Lisa, it's a butler model Servantbot."
"Your... your little sister Lisa can make robots that look that advanced," Aggro said, still a little bit apprehensive.
"I'm kind of shocked myself, babe," Bobby said, "At least let Aggro and I warn Ronnie Anne and her friends about it before we let them in."
"It won't attack unless you're actively physically hostile towards Lincoln," Lynn explained, "Seriously, me as well as Luan and Lola all tried attacking it all at once a few days ago, it didn't even move to defend itself. Granted it wasn't necessary as the girls and I failed to do so much as a lick of damage to it, but still it didn't try defending itse-"
"Hey Bobby, are you and Aggro gonna let us in?"
A female voice called out from behind Bobby and Aggro, making the boys turn to see who stood behind them. "Oh, we were just talking to three of Lori's younger sisters, Ronnie Anne," Bobby replied, "Oh, before you and the other girls go in, be warned that there's a robot inside."
Luan, Lynn, and Lola were able to see a Hispanic girl look at them from outside of the front door, but because Bobby and Aggro were in the way, they couldn't see said girl properly. "So those are some of Lincoln's future step-sisters," the mysterious girl, identified as Ronnie Anne, spoke up, "Hey, which one tried to wrestle the remote away from Lincoln a few days ago?"
Pointing to Lola, Luan said, "That would be Lola here, she wanted to watch the Pageant channel that day and-" Luan was cut off when a large purple blur rushed past Bobby and Aggro, went right for Lola, and tackled her to the floor, covering her completely. It was then that the Loud sisters got a good look at Ronnie Anne; a Hispanic girl about as tall as Lincoln, she wore a purple hoodie, blue denim shorts that reached her knees, white socks, black shoes, and she had black hair bound back in a single ponytail.
Ronnie Anne was also, surprisingly enough, as wide and round and fat as Lincoln.
"I don't care if you're going to be one of Lincoln's sisters, you little brat," Ronnie Anne scowled, "You do NOT get rough with him! Am I clear?!"
"You're crushing me!" Lola cried out.
"Am I clear yes or no?!" Ronnie Anne barked.
"YES!" Lola cried, then she let out a greedy gasp for air as Ronnie Anne got up off of her.
Looking at the very obese Hispanic girl, Lynn said, "Wait a minute, you're Ronnie Anne?"
Arching an eyebrow at Lynn, Ronnie Anne said, "Yeah, is that a problem?"
"Well we got it that you're dating Lincoln," Luan said as Lola picked herself up and dusted herself off, "And it's clear you care about him as you won't stand for people being mean to him. I guess you are a good match for him after all." Lynn nodded in agreement with Luan.
Ronnie Anne visibly relaxed a bit. "Well at least you guys got the idea." It was at this time that the other three girls that came over, those being Stella, Sid, and Astrid, came into the house. Lynn recognized Stella and Sid as she saw them with Lincoln a few time when Lori drove to pick up Lincoln, Lucy, Lola, Lana, and Lisa from Royal Woods Elementary School.
But Astrid was unknown to her. She was slender like Stella and Sid and as tall as Lincoln. Astrid was fair skin and eyes that denoted an Asian heritage. Astrid had long white hair with a notable cow lick, and she wore a white long sleeved sailor fuku shirt with orange collar, wrist ends, and an orange sailor fuku tie, an orange sailor skirt that reached her knees, white socks that almost reached her knees, and a pair of black shiny shoes.
Pointing to the girls that came in with Ronnie Anne, Lynn said, "I don't recognize the one with the long white hair, but I've seen the other two girls occasionally with Lincoln when he is picked up from his school with Lucy, Lola, Lana, and Lisa."
Holding up a hand, Stella said, "Well I'm Stella, the girl with the long dark hair is Sid, and the girl with the long white hair is Astrid."
"And you girls willingly are friends with Lincoln and the boys," Lola said.
"Is it wrong for girls to be friends with boys?" Sid asked.
Shrugging, Lola said, "I just wasn't expecting it."
"And we weren't expecting there to be a literal flippin' robot," Stella said as she pointed over to where Servantbot stood.
Lincoln turned to where Servantbot stood. "Oh, that's Jarvis. Don't worry, he's good."
"You named it Jarvis?" Lola asked.
Shrugging, Lincoln replied, "Clyde suggested it, and I think it's an appropriate name." The girls in Lincoln's friend group all went into the living room to see the new video game that Rusty got, leaving the Loud sisters, Bobby, and Aggro by the front door. The boys and Lori were chill, but Luan, Lynn, and Lola still weren't sure about the girls in Lincoln's friend group.
They were especially suspicious of Ronnie Anne.
Later, Lincoln and all of his friends were checking out the new video game that Rusty got. It was actually Rusty playing against Stella while everyone else hung around the sofa. Rusty and Stella were seated on the floor in front of the sofa, with Sid and Astrid seated near Stella on her right, and Clyde, Liam, and Zach seated near Rusty on his left. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne occupied the sofa, seated and lounging back like a pair of Hutts.
As Stella won a round against Rusty, Ronnie Anne said, "Ooh, I gotta use the bathroom."
"Up the stairs, far end door that has a sign that says bathroom," Lincoln said, "There's a one handed ten pound barbell on the floor, put it up against the door after closing it."
"Doesn't the bathroom door lock?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"No, and I also wonder why it's allowed to remain broken," Lincoln replied.
Ronnie Anne shrugged and hoisted her considerable self off of the sofa. "Whatever, I'm still going. You coming, Astrid?"
"Okay," Astrid replied as she got up and followed Ronnie Anne.
After the two girls were up the stairs, Rusty said while Sid took over playing for Ronnie Anne, "Hey Sid and Stella, you two are girls, right?"
"Uhh, yeah," Sid replied, a bit confused as to where this line of questioning from Rusty was coming from.
"Then maybe you two can answer a girl related question for me," Rusty went on.
Stella was also confused by where Rusty's line of questioning was leading. "What is it?" Stella asked.
"How come girls don't go to the bathroom alone?" Rusty asked.
Both Sid and Stella looked confused. "Pardon?" Stella asked.
"I see it all the time at school," Rusty explained, "A girl says she's going to the bathroom, and another girl or occasionally a group of girls go with her. And it happened just now with Ronnie Anne and Astrid. Why don't girls go to the bathroom alone?"
"The reasons vary," Sid began, "Girls who go to the bathroom alone have been known to, among other things, get turned into human-cat hybrids, get cursed by evil amulets, die and turn into ghosts, and get almost sacrificed to dark wizards."
Stella slapped Sid on the back of the head. "Sid's just gotten into that one book series about a boy wizard," Stella explained, "And to answer your question, it's a social thing girls do. The reason they do it varies from case to case, but it's usually to make sure nothing bad happens."
"Like dark wizards," Sid remarked. Stella smacked Sid in the back of the head again.
...
Upstairs, Ronnie Anne and Astrid came out of the bathroom. "Lori's family needs to get the lock on the bathroom door fixed," Astrid said.
"I know," Ronnie Anne remarked as she waddled along behind Astrid. Before the two girls could get to the stairs, they were met up by Luan, Lynn, and Lola who all clearly wanted to talk to the two of them. Well, at least to Ronnie Anne. "What, do you expect me to apologize for getting my point to the brat across?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Actually, that was a show of good instincts," Lynn said, "It shows you really care about Lincoln."
Ronnie Anne blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Well, I, umm, err, he's a real sweet and considerate and cute guy, you know?"
"So how'd you fall in love with him?" Lola asked, "I think it was mentioned that you confessed to him, so I'm guessing you had to work to get him to like you back."
Looking embarrassed, Ronnie Anne said, "Well, at first I was advised by Lori to get his attention with pranks and such. You know, the 'loving bully' routine. It's how Lori got Bobby to notice her. But I didn't think that would work, Lincoln is teased occasionally at school over his size, so I feared that if I went that route, he'd think I was just another person teasing him."
"So what did you do instead?" Lynn asked.
Sighing, Ronnie Anne replied, "I... I didn't do much of anything. I was just too nervous and fretting over how to get Lincoln to notice me. One day when I was at home and Bobby had Lori and Aggro over, I let it slip that I had a crush on Lincoln. Lori and Aggro lit up in amusement, given that Leni is Lincoln's older sister and Leni is best friends with Lori and is dating Aggro. They set up a meeting with Lincoln, and that's where I confessed to him."
"And he said yes?" Lola asked.
"He was actually surprised that a girl would ask him out," Ronnie Anne said, "Lincoln and the guys he's friends with don't exactly get girls crushing on them. That's good news for me as it means I don't have to knock other girls out of the way for Lincoln."
Lynn actually chuckled in amusement at that. "Given how big you are, you'd have an easy time knocking other girls out of the way. I mean you did knock Lola to the floor earlier."
Ronnie Anne looked down at her considerable belly, gave it a gentle pat. "I guess so," Ronnie Anne said.
"And speaking of being big," Luan said, "Lincoln himself is undeniably rather big. And yet you're in love with him. I guess that means his size doesn't bother you?"
Gently shaking her head, Ronnie Anne replied, "No, I still think that Lincoln is rather cute. Him being fat doesn't bother me at all, much like how me being fat doesn't bother Lincoln at all."
Shrugging, Lola said, "He grew up in a family where everyone is big. It doesn't surprise me that he's not bothered at all by seeing other big people."
"And speaking of not being bothered by dating someone who tips the scales," Lynn said, "Do you know anything about why Luna's girlfriend Sam doesn't mind how big Luna is, as well as why that Aggro guy doesn't mind how big Leni is?"
"Aggro likes that Leni is a genuinely kind and sweet person with a gentle personality," Astrid began, "Also both my little sister Anna and I really like Leni, she's a much nicer older sister than our actual older sister Allison who's more used to being loud and bold like a Viking. Allison is still good, but she can be a bit intimidating for Anna and I sometimes."
Shrugging, Ronnie Anne went on, "As for Luna and Sam, you'll have to ask them, I think they're in the garage jamming out with a few other friends of theirs. I think that their mutual preference for rock music is what drew them together, though."
Luan, Lynn, and Lola nodded in understanding before heading on down to the garage to check up on how Luna is doing, especially as Sam is down there with her.
Upon reaching the garage, Luan, Lynn, and Lola saw Luna and Sam making out while their other band mates were relaxing. Obviously they were taking a break from jamming out. "Hey, who are you three?" one of Luna's band mates asked while pointing at the Loud sisters.
Looking over to what her band mate was pointing at, Luna said, "Oh, those are some of Lori's younger sisters. They as well as Lori and Lisa are going to be step-sisters to me and my siblings when our mom marries their dad later this summer."
Sam's eyes narrowed out of suspicion instantly as she regarded the three present Loud sisters. "Which is the one who objected to you and I dating?"
Holding up a hand, Lola said with a hint of guilt in her tone, "It was me, and I had objected on the grounds that I thought you could find someone thinner than Luna."
"Yeah, Lunes here told me about that," Sam replied, "You know, she and some of her siblings thought you were objecting to her and I dating on the grounds that Lunes and I are both girls."
"What?!" Lola exclaimed, looking and sounding genuinely horrified, "Oh my goodness! What made you think that I was being homophobic?!"
"To be fair Lola," Lynn spoke up, "You did object to Luna dating someone the moment that you heard that Luna was dating another girl. If it weren't for you clearly explaining that your objection laid solely with how big Luna is and your belief that Sam could find someone thinner, you could of come off looking worse than you did."
"Well let me be perfectly clear on it," Lola began, "I have NO problem with same-gender couples, or their community in general. I objected originally to Luna dating Sam because I thought that Sam could find someone thinner, and I never specified gender." Looking guilty, Lola went on, "But now I, as well as Luan and Lynn, are learning that our objections against Luna and her siblings over all of them being fat can be just as damaging."
"We're also mostly still trying to get over everything being dumped on us all of a sudden and out of the blue," Luan went on.
Nodding once, Luna said, "Yeah, mom when she told the others and I admitted that she shouldn't have let Pops convince her to make it a surprise. It shocked me and the others too."
Looking to the Loud sisters, Sam said, "Well, so long as you don't harsh on the mellow of Lunes and her siblings."
"So what brings you all in?" asked another one of Luna's band mates.
"We were just wondering how Luna and Sam clicked as a couple," Luan replied.
Smirking in amusement, Luna said, "What can we say? We both think each other is hot, and we're both into rocking out." Luan, Lynn, and Lola all nodded in understanding, wished Luna and her group well in having fun, and then went back into the house.
Upon re-entering the Loud family residence, Luan, Lynn, and Lola saw that Lincoln and all of his friends were playing some video game on one of Lincoln's consoles, although it was Rusty's game, and Rusty was playing against Stella while everyone else watched. Everyone in Lincoln's group aside from Lincoln himself and Ronnie Anne sat on the floor, while Lincoln and Ronnie Anne took up the sofa, lounging back like had been doing before.
"You guys having fun?" Lynn spoke up, getting the attention of Lincoln and his friend group.
"Ah, you're some of Lincoln's soon to be step-sisters," Zach said, "You all are girls, right?"
"Uhh... yeah," Luan replied, she as well as Lynn and Lola being confused as to where this was leading to.
"Then maybe you can answer for us why girls don't go to the bathroom alone," Rusty spoke up without taking his eyes off of the video game, "The guys and I have seen it at school occasionally, and earlier Ronnie Anne went to the bathroom with Astrid. Stella said it's a social thing while Sid said something about curses and dark wizards. So why DO girls not go to the bathroom alone?"
"It's a social thing, trust me," Lola said, "Although I don't know where the thing with curses and dark wizards came from."
"I wouldn't know as I usually go to the bathroom alone," Lynn replied.
"Yeah, I have to side with Lola and Stella on it being a social thing," Luan said, "Girls gotta look out for each other, after all."
"I told you, Sid," Stella said without looking away from the video game.
Scowling, Sid went on, "Well can you blame me for being worried about the Dark Lord?"
Luan, Lynn, and Lola were all curious about the friend group Lincoln had. They didn't expect there to be girls in the group, but they had proven to have personalities that let them fit in with the boys. They also thought it was cute how Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were dating; the three present Loud sisters were starting to develop an interest in Lincoln's social life, at least when it came to him being in a romantic relationship. They wanted to be sure that Ronnie Anne would do right by Lincoln.
They all felt that Ronnie Anne had passed the test.
Later that night, Lori had all of the Loud and Alverson siblings gathered in her and Leni's room for a sibling meeting. Luna said she wanted to recount a story about her and Sam that involved their underwear, but Lincoln quickly shot it down on the basis that a lot of the siblings in the room were too young to be hearing that story.
"So you three," Lori said while gesturing to Luan, Lynn, and Lola, "Are wanting to get to know and understand Leni and her younger siblings better. I got it that you three had asked around about their respective dates."
"We just wanted to be sure they were the right ones for them, you know?" Luan asked.
"Also we had to answer a question about why girls don't go to the bathroom alone," Lynn went on, "I don't really know about that business as I usually go to the bathroom alone, but Luan and Lola said it's a social thing girls do to make sure that each other are safe."
"One of the girls who hangs out with Lincoln said something about a dark wizard," Lola spoke up.
"Yeah, Sid's really gotten into that one book series about that one boy wizard," Lincoln remarked.
Smiling a bit, Lori said to Luan, Lynn, and Lola, "Well I'm glad to see that you three are making an effort to get along with and understand Leni and her younger siblings."
"Well I can appreciate how Leni is into fashion design," Lola said, "Girls have to look good, after all."
"Oh Lori," Luan said, "We couldn't really find Aggro while he and Bobby were over so we could ask Aggro what he likes about Leni. We were able to speak with Ronnie Anne and Sam, but not Aggro."
"Oh, dad roped Bobby and Aggro into helping him with something," Lori explained.
Leni chuckled a bit in amusement. "I think it's really sweet that Mr. Loud is already approving of Aggro before Mr. Loud and mom get married."
"Oh, speaking of Aggro," Lola said, "We talked a bit with his little sister Astrid. She wore a really cute outfit."
"It's a traditional schoolgirl outfit worn by female school students over in Japan," Lori explained, "Aggro and his siblings are half-Japanese, and some of them such as Aggro and Astrid embrace the Japanese half of their heritage. The others such as Allison embrace the Scandinavian half. To be specific, their other half is Swedish."
"Yeah, Astrid said something about Allison being a Viking," Lynn remarked. Clapping her hands together, Lynn said, "Well I think that we made some progress today."
"Indeed, Lynn," Lisa spoke up, "I'm glad to see that you as well as Luan and Lola are getting more comfortable around our soon to be step-siblings. Although I think we ought to hold back on some of our more wild personality traits until we're more used to each other. And it goes both ways, from Loud to Alverson and from Alverson to Loud."
"So..." Lana began, "...so that's a no on bringing caught bugs into me and Lola's bedroom?"
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Lola exclaimed.
END, CHAPTER FOUR
Author's notes;
This chapter sees Luan, Lynn, and Lola get more used to their soon to be step-siblings, as they learn about the love lives of Leni, Luna, and Lincoln. They're surprised to see that Lincoln's girlfriend Ronnie Anne is as big as Lincoln himself, also they're surprised by how other girls hang out with Lincoln and the boys he's friends with. They also learn about Luna and Sam dating, and get bits on Leni dating Aggro from Astrid.
They still need to get used to having plus sized step-siblings, but Luan, Lynn, and Lola are making progress. Anyway, the next chapter will show that Lisa's wish for everyone to hold back on their more wild personality traits until everyone is more used to each other may not be respected fully. You'll see what I mean later. Until then, take care.