September 28, 2024.

Hi guys!

I started writing this story 1 month ago, but I couldn't move forward. However, I decided to publish the first chapter, as it is, to see if you are interested and maybe I will write more.

Imagine if Get The Message ended a little differently. In canon, Lori deleted Lincoln's audio message without her being aware of the harsh words he said against her. Then she was filled with rage when she found a piece of paper from Lincoln with the sentence "Why Lori is the Worst Sister Ever". This was probably the only phrase that was on the paper, which may have made Lori interpret as just Lincoln's prank. But what would happen if Lincoln told the hard truth to her face? Would she have the same furious reaction?

My idea is to review in this fanfic the 4 episodes of "Lori's Black List" ("racist!"): Get The Message; Driving Miss Hazy; No Guts, No Glori; and Save The Date.

Let's read it and see how this turns out.

Enjoy!


Chapter 01:
Get The Message

"LOLLIPOP?! I have a baby face?! Is she making fun of me?! Well, she'll see!"

Lincoln Loud, 11 years, with the giant lollipop in hand, storms out of his room and crosses the hallway with heavy steps, making some sisters open the doors of their respective rooms out of sudden curiosity.

There are only a few steps left to go down the stairs when he allows himself to smile cynically.

The audio message starts playing.

"Lori. Lincoln speaking. Let your brother tell you something..."
Dumpster sound.

Lincoln's eyes widen!
"NO!" He yells, finishing the stairs. "Lori, what did you do?!"

Lori Loud, 17 years, the oldest sister and "Second Mother" of the family, slowly turns her head to Lincoln, as she remains seated on the navy sofa in the living room, with her prized smartphone in the hand.
Her icy gaze, in general, intimidates anyone who dares to step on her toes. Including Lincoln.
But not at this moment.
He also knows how to look tough when it suits him.
Like now.

"Lincoln, I have 76 notifications on my smartphone," She warns, in a stern but calm tone of voice. "I can barely handle so much information that comes in. That's why I've already instructed anyone in this house to come talk to me when they have a message to give me. And that also includes you."

Lincoln frowns even more:
"So you prefer me to talk to you directly?"
"Yes," Lori confirms, arms crossed.
"Is it best for you if I throw the truth straight in your face?"
"Correct."

Lincoln opens an enigmatic smile!

"Hey, here comes a firecracker," Luna anticipates, hanging on the stairs with the rest of the sisters, who, in the "lack" of anything better to do, came to watch the "living room show".


Lincoln, standing between the staircase and the dining room door, begins to vent all his anger on Lori:

"Well, you just need to know that what I had recorded in this audio that you deleted is the purest truth you have ever heard in your entire life: Lorraine Marie Loud, you are a TWERP, CRUEL, SCREW, SCAMMER, SHAMELESS, TYRANN, HEARTLESS SADOMASOQUIST! And do you know why?! Because you broke my new virtual reality glasses and didn't even try to apologize and all you did to make it up to me was buy this stupid giant colored 10 cent lollipop! Oh, but I want to see when I break your smartphone! You're going to throw 19 tantrums, turn me into a human pretzel and make me work 80 hours a week so I can buy you another brand new smartphone! After all, you are not an older sister or a Second Mother, but a prototype of a rusty sergeant who only sees your family as an immense barracks to serve you in every possible way! You're a cold monster, without scruples, without feelings, without empathy... and that's why you undoubtedly deserve the title 'THE WORST SISTER OF ALL TIME'!"

CRASH!

"OOOHHH!" The Loud sisters are amazed to see Lincoln furiously throw the lollipop on the floor, shattering it into a thousand pieces!

Lori also opens her mouth, shocked!

"Is this what I'm worth, Lori?!" Lincoln points to the lollipop wreckage. "10 cents?! No! This is what YOU worth!"

Lori stands up and looks wide-eyed at the sweet mess that now graces the living room carpet.

She lifts her head and glares at Lincoln, who returns the same glare.

Lori spends a few seconds angrily contemplating the scene: Lincoln standing, with his hands on hips, in a triumphant pose, and the Loud sisters frozen, saying nothing in defense of her, like mere passive spectators.

As if everyone was already waiting for this day to arrive.

Then Lori disarms her gaze.

And he bursts into tears!

"BOOHOO! BOOHOO!" She throws herself on the carpet. "WHY?! WHY?!"

Lincoln is slightly surprised.
Not that he didn't want that.

Lola finally opens her mouth:
"I can't believe it! You broke Lori!"
"Lincoln, our hero!" Lynn Jr. waves her arms.
"The most unpredictable hero," Lucy comments dryly, making a thumbs up with her hands.
"Hip-Hip-Hurray!" Lana jumps wildly.
"INKY! INKY! INKY!" Baby Lily claps her hands.
Lisa is perplexed, saying nothing.

Lincoln smiles happily.
"But don't think it's over," He assures.

Without ceremony, he addresses Lori, lying on the floor crying uncontrollably.

He pulls Lori by the shoulders until she looks into his eyes.

"You know what else?" He asks, gazing happily at black mascara-stained face of his crying sister. "You're a so stunted, so null, so insignificant creature, that only 3 things define you: golf, smartphone and Bobby. Just this. Eliminate those 3 things from your life and you don't exist. There is no Lori. That's why sometimes I wonder if you're just a collective delusion of ours- HEY!"

"ENOUGH!" Leni Loud, Lori's second oldest sister and roommate, holds Lincoln up by his shirt and glares at him!

Under Lincoln's astonished gaze, Leni decrees:
"NEVER DARE TO MISTREAT LORI IN FRONT OF ME AGAIN! YOU TWERP TURKEY BUTT!"
Lincoln is thrown to the ground!

BONC!

"OOOHHH!" The Loud sisters scream in horror.

Lincoln, stunned, watches as Leni rips Lori's left shoe off her foot and raises her arm, threatening to throw it at him!

"OUT OF HERE!"

Wasting no time, he pushes his way through the sisters and runs up the stairs!

Until he locks himself in his room again!

BLAM!

Luna, Lincoln's staunch supporter, objects:
"Leni, did you really need to do this?"
"Lori is my Best Friend!" Leni emphasizes. "And you, Luna, how would you react if Lincoln humiliated Luan in front of you?!"
Luan anticipates:
"She'd probably join Lincoln, playing any of her songs for me to listen to. Want something more humiliating? Ha ha ha ha!" She holds out her arms, earning a bitter frown from her roommate. "But serious, everyone has already heard what they had to hear. We don't need to prolong the drama indefinitely."

Lisa intervenes:
"After all, what exactly was the incident that led to this imbroglio involving our two fraternal units?"
Lori, with a choked voice, explains:
"I was in the bathroom talking to Bobby on my smartphone..."
"Logical."
"And I didn't realize that Lincoln's video game glasses were on the edge of the sink. So I bumped them and dropped them on the wet floor, causing them to stop working. But was just an accident."

"What?" Lola finds strange. "Who's going to leave something so valuable by the sink just for the first idiot to bump into it and make it fall? It almost looks like it was pre...pre..."
"Premeditated," Lisa adds.
"Ih, the Gossip Queen striking again," Lana teases.
"Don't you dare chest me!" Lola points the finger.
"Oh, the marshmallow want fire?" Lana insists.
"BOO!"
"AAAHHH!" The twins fall to the floor, with Lucy suddenly materializing.
"Luan is right," The dark girl concludes, hands on hips. "No more fighting for today."

"What's all the fuss about, anyway?" Lisa doesn't understand. "If Lincoln's glasses broke, let me fix. I'm the inventor of the family."
"It's more serious than that," Lynn Jr. clarifies, hands in her pockets. "Lincoln has been upset with Lori's authoritarian attitudes for some time now. And not just him. The VR glasses were just the last straw."

"And it doesn't matter that it was just an accident or that I bought a lollipop to make up for it," Lori says, her shoulders wrapped in Leni's loving arms. "Lincoln is convinced that I'm the worst sister in the world. And you all agree with him, right?"

Silence.

Little by little, the Loud sisters climb the stairs to return to their respective rooms.

Only Leni is there to comfort Lori.

RING!

Lori suddenly remembers her smartphone, which she forgot on the couch.

"Hello?"
"Hello Baby, it's me, your Boo-Boo Bear."
"Bobby?" Lori asks, not feeling any comfort from her boyfriend's voice. "What do you want?"
"Is everything okay? Your voice sounds like..."
"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SHOW AT WORST TIME?!"

CLIC!

Totally impulsive, Lori hangs up the call, opens the back cover of the smartphone and rips out the battery!
"Calm down, Lori!" Leni tries to control her sister, but it's useless.
Lori throws the battery at the wall!

"BOOHOO!" Lori throws herself into Leni's lap. "I'M YOUR WORST SISTER! AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO!"

Leni, slightly smiling, remains sitting on the couch, letting Lori soak her lap with tears.
She rubs her right hand on Lori's back, while stroking sister's hair with her left hand.

"You're our best sister," Leni assures. "And I'm going to help you prove it."

TO BE CONTINUED...


Here it is! We can ask if Lincoln would still forgive Lori if, instead of another VR glass, she bought him a lollipop, whether for lack of money or for any other reason. Does he only forgive those who pay more in the store?

Let me know if you liked it and if you want me to write more to see where this goes.

See you soon. Bye!