Chapter 33: Dying for Pie

parody of the Spongebob episode with the same title. Speaking of pie, Thanksgiving is this week. And I'd like to say I'm thankful for the reviews and nice comments for this fanfic. Looking forward to upcoming chapters coming soon. Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Lori is sunbathing at a beach. She has given herself a nice tan. Just then, she heard someone's voice.

"Lori, Lori!"

Lori looked around, then she looked up. She saw the sun which had a face and sunglasses calling her name. "Wake up Lori!"

In reality, Leni was waking up her older sister who was in bed. Lori woke up.

"Huh? Wha? Leni, I was having a nice dream!"

"Sorry, but don't you remember what today is?"

"Let Lori Relax day?"

"No. It's the day where we exchange gifts for Sister Appreciation Day! I'm giving a gift to Lucy." She held up her gift box. "And you're giving one to Luan."

Lori sighed. "Doesn't that girl already get rewarded with cake at her birthday gigs?"

"Remember, it's the thought that counts." Leni said before leaving the room.

Sister Appreciation Day begins. Leni gives her gift to Lucy. Lucy opens it.

"A black sweater."

"It'll go great with your...blackness." Leni said.

"Thanks Leni."

Lucy gives her gift to Lola. She receives a perfume bottle. She read the description. "The perfect perfume for the perfect person? That's me!"

Lynn got a baton from Lola. "What am I supposed to do with a baton?"

"Use it for martial arts." Lola said.

Lynn spun it around and swung it. "This'll work."

Lisa's gift was a large pitcher. Lynn was carrying it.

"Yo Lis, I got you a pitcher for your nerd experiments."

"I'd prefer a beaker, but I actually accept your offering." Lisa said.

Lisa was offering a moldy chunk of cheese of Lana. She put it in a bag.

"I believe this offering will please you." Lisa said handing her gift to Lana.

"Another moldy cheese for my mold collection!" Lana said. "This is awesome!"

Lana put it in her pile of moldy stuff.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go barf." Lisa ran off.

Lana's present to Luna was mini radio.

"Here you go sis."

"I already own this." Luna stated.

"I know, but it was broken so I decided to fix it as your gift." Lana said.

"That's rockin dude."

Luna gave Leni a Boyz will be Boyz CD.

"OMG! A new Boyz will be Boyz DvD!" Leni said excitedly.

"It's a CD bruh." Luna corrected.

"Oh. Yay! A new Boyz will be Boyz CD!"

And Lincoln, even though he wasn't a sister gave Lily a new blanket. "Here's a new blankie for my baby sister."

Lily took it and hugged him.

Finally, it was time for Luan and Lori to exchange gifts. Lori was in the living room texting on her phone. Luan came down with something behind her back.

"Lori, in honor of Sister Appreciation Day, I present to you a gift. Ta da!"

Luan showed new slip on shoes that were similar to Lori's. They were the same color as Leni's dress.

"Those do look nice. Let me try them." Lori tried them on but then her feet felt itchy. She scratches. "Why do I feel itchy?"

"Those are my itchy powdered gag shoes. They're made from SCRATCH." Luan laughed.

Lori struggled to get them off. She got them and threw them at Luan.

"Worst gift ever." Lori said and went into the kitchen. Rita was there.

"Hold it Lori, did you present your Sister Appreciation gift to Luan?" Rita asked.

Lori sighed. "No. I'll buy the twerp a gumball."

"You should've had your gift ready for today. You know the rules."

Luan came in. "Hey sis, I know my gift wasn't good but I decided to give you this instead. It's a BBE locket. Best Boyfriend Ever. You can add a picture of Bobby in here."

Lori took the heart shaped locket. "It's beautiful." She started to tear up. "Thanks Luan."

"Don't mention it." Luan said. "So where's my gift?"

"Oh. I literally do have a special gift ready for my dear little sister." Lori lied. "It's..outside. I'll go get it."

Lori rushed outside. Once she was alone, she panicked. "Oh, what do I do now? I forgot to buy Luan a gift. I have to get her something."

Suddenly, a truck stops near the house. It looked like a food truck. Lori notices this.

"Now drive more carefully." Said a man in a business uniform talking to a driver. "One single bump and kaboom!"

"Excuse me, I couldn't help but notice you were selling homemade pies." Lori said. She saw the pies through the concession stand window.

"Oh, those aren't homemade." The driver said. "They were made in a factory. A bomb factory. They're bombs."

"Gee, that's too bad. I wanted to buy one."

"Wait!" The business man said and got out a pie. "Uh, we were just kidding about that bomb stuff. That'll be twenty five bucks please."

"So what flavor is it?"

"Cherry, Uh, cinnamon apple pie." The driver said.

"Good enough for me." Lori said. She paid and got her pie. Lori walked back to house. "This is literally great. Luan loves pie."

She went inside and saw the family in the living room, except for Lily who was napping in her room and Luan.

"Guys, where's Luan?" Lori asked.

"Well, she said she wanted to be prepared for the special surprise you got her." Rita explained. "She's getting a blindfold."

"Is that a pie?" Lola said.

"Yummy!" Lana said.

"Guys, this is for Luan." Lori said.

Lynn Sr. took a small piece of the pie.

"Dad!"

"I couldn't resist." He said. He was about to eat it but stopped. "Wait, this would go great with some milk."

He began walking to the kitchen but tripped over Lincoln's game console which cause him to drop the piece of pie. There was an explosion that blew up the front part of the house. The family came flying out and landed in the front yard. They got burnt from the explosion. They were stunned for a moment and they all glared at Lori.

"Lori, are you crazy? You could've killed me!" Lynn Sr. scolded.

"Dad, I had no idea! I can explain!" Lori said.

Then Luan came down. "Lisa, did you do one of your crazy experiments again?"

She noticed the pie on the table. "Ooh! A pie!" She noticed a note tied to the pie and read it. "From Lori to Luan."

Outside, Lori just explained everything to the others. "And that's what happened?"

"Twenty five dollars?" Rita said.

"A bomb!" Lynn Sr. said.

"In our house?!" The others said.

They ran back into their house. They saw the pie was gone.

"It's gone!" Lori said.

Luan appeared. "Hey guys! Thanks for the pie Lori!" Luan said and licked her lips. She walked upstairs.

"You had to kill her." Rita said. "The girl gives you a locket and you kill her. How are you gonna live with yourself?"

Lori was shocked. "Kill her?!"

Lori imagined Luan juggling balls and riding her unicycle outside. She suddenly explodes. We go back to reality.

"No! Ahh! What are we gonna-we gotta call a hospital!" Lori panicked.

"Won't do any good." Lisa said. "I've witnessed this before. When that pie goes up to bat, I mean hits her lower intestine, boom!"

Lori grabbed Lisa. "You've seen this before?!"

"Eleven times as a matter of fact."

Lori dropped her and pulled out her cellphone. She dialed a number. "Hello? Doctor? Hospital? Won't do any good? Eleven times?" She hung up. "She's a goner. How are we gonna tell her?"

Lori teared up. Leni comforted her.

"We don't tell her." Leni said. "That'll only make her feel worse."

"Leni's right." Lincoln said.

"The way I see it, she's probably got until sunset." Lisa stated.

Lincoln pulled out a photo of Luan as a little kid blowing out the candles on her birthday cake. "This picture brings back memories. Why ruin her last day on earth? Our comedian sister deserves to enjoy her final hours."

The others got sad too but all agreed with Lincoln.

"After she goes boom, i could arrange a funeral." Lucy said.

"Oh Luan." Lori sobbed. "We're gonna make Luan's final hours the best She's ever had. And there's gonna be so much love, she'll drown it! Drown in it!"

"We're with you big sis!" Luna said.

"Yeah!" The others agreed.

The kids went upstairs to find Luan. The parents stayed behind. After a moment of silence, Lynn Sr. looked at the damage in the front and spoke.

"So how much will it cost to fix all this?"

The kids came into Luan and Luna's room.

"Oh, what's up guys?" Luan said. She was looking through her joke book.

"Luan, I forgot to mention there's a part two to your gift." Lori said.

"If it's another pie, I'll pass. I already make too many of those."

"No, it's not that. We wanted to know what's the most fun thing you can think off."

Luan pulled out a list. "Actually, I keep a list of the most fun things I like to do."

"Great. Let us see it dude." Luna said.

Luan handed the list to Luna. The others looked at it. "The extra fun things I've written are in yellow."

"Literally everything's in yellow." Lori said.

"Yeah, I know!"

"We better start now if we wanna get through this list before you die." Leni said.

"Wait, what?"

"Die of anticipation." Lincoln said.

"Then let's roll!"

The kids (except Lily) head outside. The parents were sitting on the couch.

"Hey Mom and Dad, we're heading out to have some fun." Luan said.

The parents broke down crying their eyes out.

"Sheesh, what are they so upset about?"

"Uh, They're probably upset about the cost they're gonna have to pay for the house damage that Lisa caused." Lola explained.

"But I didn't cause-" Lola nudged her.

"Now let's take a look at the list." Lori said and looked it over.

"Well, the first thing I wanna do is some performing." Luan said. "After all, I am the toast of the CLOWN." She laughed.

"Man, I'm even gonna miss Luan's lame jokes." Lynn whispered to Lucy.

At the park, Luan has on her clown getup and was riding her unicycle. Her siblings were sitting on a bench watching.

"Hey Lori, come out here." Luan called.

Lori was behind a tree. "Do I have to?"

"You agreed to do this with me."

Lori hesitated but then she came over to Luan, dressed as a clown and riding another unicycle. They began performing. Luan juggled balls and a guy walking by gave her a thumbs up. Lori fell off her unicycle and the guy gave her a thumbs down. Some kids came by and watched the two sisters perform. They applauded for Luan. Lori tried to juggle but failed. One kid threw his ice cream at her. Next Lori tried making balloon animals. Carol came by and saw Lori as a clown.

"Lori?"

"Um, Hey Carol." Lori said a bit embarrassed.

A few minutes later, the siblings were ready to move on with the list.

"I'm glad that's over." Lori said.

"Good. Cause we're onto our next activity." Luan said.

"Which is?"

"We're gonna perform as mimes. Any volunteers?"

"I can assist you with that." Lincoln said.

"I do like the silent type. I'll perform as well." Lucy said.

Luan, Lincoln and Lucy began their mime performance. They pretended to be in a box together. Maggie was watching with the other siblings.

"Brilliant." She said.

Next, Luan told knock knock jokes to her siblings.

"Knock knock."

"Who's there?"

"I am!" Luan laughs. Her siblings pretend to laugh along.

Next, they walked backwards.

"Boop! Boop! Look out everyone! Siblings in reverse! Boop Boop!" Luan announced.

Next, Luan squirted water from her gag flower onto her siblings.

Next, Luan chased Leni with a gag spider.

Then, Luan was playing doctor with Lola where they seemed to be in a hospital room. Lola was the patient. Luan was checking Lola's heart.

"Are you sure you should be poking it like that?" Lola asked.

"Who's the doctor here?"

Blood squirted out. Soon, Luan has checked off almost everything on her list.

"And the last thing on the list is-"

"Does it involve more dismemberment?" Lola said who had a bandage over her heart.

"Watch the sunset with my siblings." Luan finished.

"Sunset?" The siblings said in unison.

Lisa's statement from before comes to their minds. They had worried looks. The way I see it, she's got until sunset before that bomb hits her lower intestine.

"Hey, you guys ok?" Luan asked when she noticed the looks on their faces.

"Yeah, we're fine." Luna said as they snapped out of it. She puts an arm around Luan. "You want a sunset sis? You're gonna get one."

Somewhere near the forest, the siblings sat on the grass watching the sunset.

"Ah, sunsets sure are beautiful eh guys?" Luan said laying down.

"Yeah."

"This is great. I'm out here spending quality time with my siblings." It's revealed there's a brick wall between Luan and the other kids. "But what's with this brick wall between me and you guys?"

"Uh, the brick wall is a nice touch of scenery." Lana said.

"Sunsets always remind me of candles being blown out. What do they make you guys think of?"

On everyone's mind, they picture Luan laughing and then she explodes.

"Explosions." Lisa replied. "I mean erosions."

"You know, if I were to die in some sort of fiery explosion due to the carelessness of a sibling, Well, I'd want someone to throw me the best funeral they could. That would make me happy."

The other siblings started to tear up. Then Luan burped.

"Wow. It feels like something just dropped into my lower intestine. Smells like cherry, or maybe apple cinnamon?

The sun began going down.

"Here it is! The sunset!" Luan said. "I always like to count it down! 5! You guys do the rest."

The other siblings stared at the sun with sad and scared looks. "4! 3! 2! 1!"

They braced themselves for the explosion but nothing happened.

"I guess we started too early." Luan said. "Let's start again!"

"5! 4! 3!" The sun went down. It was now night. The explosion came. "2! 1!"

The siblings cried.

"Well, at least we were able to make her last few hours meaningful." Lori said sadly.

"We are such good siblings dudes." Luna said sadly.

"Come on, let's go back home." Lucy said sadly.

"I catch up with you guys." Lori said.

The siblings walked off except for Lori who decided to have some alone time. Just then, another explosion happened causing the brick wall to fall on Lori. The other siblings heard and turned around to see Luan blowing balloons.

"LUAN?!"

Luan blew the balloon into the shape of a bomb which actually exploded. Lori came out from under the wall.

"Hey guys, check this out."

Lori started muttering.

"Lori, we already played babble like an idiot." Luan said.

"Little sis! You're still here!" Luna said happily and hugged her. The others were happy and hugged her too.

"Well, of course I'm still here." Luan said confused. "And since we finished the old list, I thought I'd make a new one. I already filled up this book with ideas." She showed a book titled "Fun things to do with your family." "We should be able to finish before next year."

Lori then realized something. "Wait a minute! We literally just spent the day doing ridiculous things with you because we thought you were gonna explode!"

"Explode? But I'm not even angry."

"No, we thought you were gonna blow up." Lincoln said.

"Again, I'm not mad."

"We thought you were gonna DIE!" Lola blurted out.

"Of anticipation?"

"No! Literally die!" Lori pointed out.

"Why would you think that?"

"Because the pie you ate was a bomb!"

"What pie?"

"The pie I brought in the house earlier today, that I bought from a food truck for twenty five bucks and I didn't know it was bomb and you ate it! That pie!"

Luan thought and realized. She took out the pie that she brought with her apparently. "Oh, this pie? I was saving this for all of us to share. Well, let's eat."

Then Luan trips on a rock causing the pie to fall out of her hand into Lori's face which caused a huge explosion in Royal Woods. The town is now blackened.

"Ow." Lori groaned.