A/N: Sorry about the slight delay, had to go back to a couple chapters and add... something I missed. Don't drink Four Lokos kids.
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Bobby jr. was walking behind Loan towards the bottom floor bathroom. He loved spending time with his older sister doing... just about anything! She had the best collection of manga and videogames he had ever seen, had some of the coolest subscription services he had ever heard of, and was a great hugger! Now that aunt Lori was gone, he thought he'd be able to spend more time with his sister, as long as he could sneak away from his twin, until a hand gripped his hood, holding him in place. Loan turned around and was immediately snapped out of her stupor when she saw who it was.
"D-Dad! W-we were just-"
"I know what you were just doing," Lincoln cut her off.
She grinned sheepishly blushing and Bobby stepped back in front of her, "What gives dad?!"
His father sighed in response and began rubbing his temples, "Son... your sister... you shouldn't... you can't just go along with everything Loan says."
"I was the one who asked if we can take a bath together!"
Lincoln looked up at Loan, "and you just... accepted?"
She chuckled nervously, eyes moving to avoid his gaze, "W-well... H-he... I just..."
"What gives?!" Bobby stomped his foot, "First aunt Lori, then Lupa, Reina, now you? Why's everyone picking on Loan?!"
Lincoln smiled, "Your aunts right, Bobby. You're way too sweet and naive for your own good."
"Hey!"
"But I'm not picking on her," He hugged Loan from behind, making her smile straighten out, "I love Loan, like I love all of you. I just wish she had a little more self control."
She averted her eyes again, "easy for you to say..."
He shook his head, "Listen Robert... you're almost 11. You can't bathe with your older sister... who's 21."
"Why not?! The Japanese do it!"
"We aren't in Japan," he noted, "We're in Detroit."
"B-but-"
"Bobby!" another voice called from the stairs.
"Damn it..."
"Language."
Reina stomped up to her younger brother taking his hood like her father had, "Sneaking off with that dangerous woman! It's almost like you want to..." she froze when she saw her father, "Never mind..."
"H-Hey!" Loan stept forward.
"Zip it, blonde home wrecker!" Reina growled causing Loan to shrink back.
"Where the hell are you kids learning these words?" Lincoln growled, "Listen, Reina... Dangerous might be a stretch, I don't think she's dangerous to anyone... except Robert."
"D-Dad?!"
"That's enough for me! Come on Bobby!" She pulled him up the stairs by his hood.
"...Bye Loan..." he waved defeatedly.
She waved back with a somber look on her face and looked at her father, "S-sorry..."
He sighed, shook his head, and gently stroked her cheek with a smile, "You really are your mother's daughter," he pinched her cheek, earning a small yelp, "No impulse control."
"W-what's that supposed to mean?!"
"It means I'll love you no matter what," He hugged her, "But that doesn't mean I'm not going to let you run riot, I'm going to stop you for as long as possible. It was bad enough I had to deal with Lupa..."
"What's wrong with her?"
"Nothing you need to worry about," he sighed, "Now, go take your bath."
She nodded and entered the bathroom, Lincoln was startled by a throat clearing behind him, "What was that all about?"
"Ronnie! H-how long have you been there?!"
Ronnie Anne smiled, "since Reina dragged Bobby away. So what was that all about?"
Lincoln thought to the words he had used and sighed in relief, "Nothing you need to worry about."
She put her hand on her hip and glared at Lincoln, "if it concerns MY kids I do need to worry about it."
He smiled, "It doesn't, we both know Jelly bean and Bobby are angels... it's all my niece."
"Mmm," Ronnie nodded, "Niece..."
Lincoln froze, eyes wide when she put emphasis on that last word and began walking away, "Uh..."
She continued up the stairs, stopped and turned around, "Well... come on Lame-o"
"O-okay..." he nodded as he followed her up the stairs.
He followed his legal wife up the stairs, unsure of what awaited him at the end of this tunnel. Ronnie was the least predictable of all his children's mothers. She was a honey badger. When she walked through the rest of the women parted the seas, understanding the power she held over their... situation. She seldom wielded it though... unless it was against Lincoln himself. She was a bit of a sadist towards him. How couldn't she be? He was so cute when he squirmed! Even now she was smiling and blushing. She'd been holding off while Lori was there, knowing it was exactly the best time to keep him guessing.
She wasn't 100% certain Loan was Lincoln's child, nor did she really care. She saw it, if anything, as a moment of weakness in her sister in laws life, and hopefully nothing more. She didn't know if their were lingering... issues there if it was true, and really she didn't care. The implications alone were enough to keep him floundering under her finger for a long time. She didn't want her brother hurt, of course, but she wouldn't, or couldn't, bring herself to hate Lincoln. God how she tried. When she first thought about how it could be the final straw, she just found herself shrugging. Was cheating really the worst thing going on in this family? Not by a long shot. It still pissed her off... then she see's that dumb face of his, the nerd, and she melted back into him. How happy he was that his oldest sister was finally talking to him proved he was still that lame people pleaser she fell in love with and drove the point home that, though he was just as guilty as the rest of them, he was always going to be... Lincoln.
She would never let him know that this was all just a fun game of cat and mouse to her, just like her bullying in middle school. Watching him squirm... that was the closest she could get to punishing him before jumping into his arms again. She blushed and grinned, knowing exactly what she was going to do to him today. She looked back utilizing a mirror in the hallway and had to stifle a chuckle as he was sweating, eyes darting left to right, trying to focus on something, anything, other than her swaying hips and what she said to him. Yes... she had to continue doing this to him. He could never know who truly had the power in this relationship, even if she knew he'd never exploit it. Because she couldn't be as adorably lame as he is now.
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A white van with Moon Goats spray painted on the side of it, Lincoln had expected as much, was his one way ticket to Great Lakes City. He had quickly managed to load all the instruments into the van in just under an hour, causing the band unending amazement.
Sam whistled, "Jeez Lunes, where'd that dorky cute little brother you had go and who replaced him with this dude?"
Luna grinned, "That's what I want to know, Lincoln! That was amazing!"
"Huh?" he looked at his packing job, "Oh... just excited I guess!"
"Excited nothing!" Mazzy shook her head, "Half of those amps even Chunk struggles with!"
"You didn't hurt yourself or something, did you little dude? I can't imagine how someone with my body frame could manhandle some of that junk!"
"Huh, guess I'm stronger than I give myself credit for!" Lincoln nervously laughed before his mind wandered to him and Lynn wrestling, bringing a light blush to his cheeks.
"You okay, lil bro?"
"Huh?!" Lincoln snapped out of his stupor, "Y-yeah!" He opened the door and scooted to the back of the van, "W-what say we get this party on the road?!"
Luna's look of concern was quickly replaced with a grin, "Yeah! Let's go rock Great Lakes City's pants off!"
Two and a half hours of Metal, Punk, freestyle singing, and anything else to feed the dead air. Thirty more minutes of almost silence in anticipation. Five minutes of sitting outside La Casagrande. It was eventually Ronnie who came out to see what this weird white van with Moon Goats on the side was.
"Hey! What's a matter? Never seen a brownstone, idiot?!"
Lincoln stepped out of the van, smiling, "Only a few times," he joked.
"Lincoln?!" Ronnie's face lit up immediately as she rushed towards him and tackled him, then she stood up and punched him in the side, causing him to yelp, "Not one word in the past month?! I thought you were mad at me, jerk!"
He laughed, "I don't think I could ever be mad at you..."
"Then what gives?!"
He looked away, "I've been... kinda distracted."
"What's more important than me, lame-o?!"
"Nothing!" he quickly took a defensive pose as she reared her arm back again.
"You better tell me if anything's wrong!"
'Fat chance,' he thought, "Don't worry! I would, I swear! It's just... school stuff..."
"School stuff better not be that Stella chick!"
"Oh trust me... you have nothing to worry about there!" he assured her.
"Is that Loud?!" another voice called from behind, "Dude!"
Sid Chang was grinning behind Ronnie, she ran and fist bumped Lincoln, "What's up Sid."
"Keeping your girl in check," she smiled, eyes half lidded.
"Bite me," Ronnie joked, "What are you doing here anyway, Lame-o?"
"Luna got a gig down here thanks to Lori, didn't Bobby tell you?"
"No, Lori and him moved out like half a week ago to an apartment," she admitted, "Mom thinks she might be pregnant."
Lincoln froze, "P-pregnant?!"
"Yeah, it's just a suspicion though. With how those two monkeys are is there any surprise?" She shivered and gagged, "But enough about our siblings sex life-"
"Yeah, let's talk about you two's" Sid quipped.
"Sid?!" Ronnie growled blushed.
Lincoln cleared his throat, "L-let's not."
"God, you two are easy," she rolled her eyes smiling.
"A-anyway... you want to c-come in?" Ronnie stuttered, trying to steady herself after Sid's off color comment.
Lincoln looked back at Luna, who was grinning knowingly from the van, she gave him a thumbs up, "Yes!"
He followed Ronnie up past the family bodega to the apartments. For once all her cousins were out of the house doing something other than bothering her, so they didn't stay long. Soon Lincoln, Ronnie, and Sid were at the local arcade and Lincoln's mind was off every issue he had at home. He got demolished at the dancing game she always beat him at but massacred her at the hoops game.
"Jeez, Lincoln! Give me a break!"
"When did you get so athletic?"
Lincoln shrugged, "Puberty I guess."
A few more games of skill, skeeball, and another round of getting stomped on the dance machine, and Lincoln was laying face down on the table, happily exhausted. Sid and Ronnie were having a conversation about something Lincoln wasn't listening to. He glanced up to see Ronnie elbow Sid before both traded a knowing glance, smiled, and laid his head back down.
"Hey, I got to... uh... go to the bathroom!" Sid announced, standing up.
"Right on," Lincoln nodded, knowing what was happening next.
She left the table and shortly after he felt a hand on his back, he looked up into Ronnie's big brown eyes, "I missed you..." she admitted, their distance closing.
"I missed you too," Lincoln admitted.
There lips met, weeks of frustration spilling between them. She tasted like the pizza and garlic knots they just ate, as did he, but neither were complaining. His hand met her freckled face. Like he had with Lucy and Lynn he focused on every detail. The softness of her lips, her form, her smell, her taste, and her aggressiveness. She had come close to Lynn's level of hunger, but not quite, and he could feel some of the passion of Lucy in her lips... but that was it. It took him a minute to realize he had pinned her against the seat and she was staring at him, wide eyed. He parted from the kiss, a trail of saliva still connecting them as Ronnie stared at him in disbelief.
"L-Lincoln," She wanted to say something, but all she managed was, "W-wow..."
He chuckled nervously, "I-I guess I missed you more than I thought."
He looked up to see Sid staring at them in disbelief, jaw slack, "H-holy shit..."
He scrambled to sit up, realizing Sid wanted to interrupt them to mess with them, only to be frozen by his actions. He may have over played his hand, he hoped she didn't ask any... obvious questions. To his relief the phone rang. He looked at the name, seeing Luna's name and face. He looked to the time and realized that it was almost 6.
He answered the phone, "Luna!"
"Wow, that was quick! Hey, just wanted to let you know we have a start time, tomorrow at 6 PM, so you need to be done with... whatever you're doing at 5," He could hear Sam giggling in the background.
"R-right..." he chuckled nervously.
"Right well we're going to get back to... whatever we're doing," she joked.
He blushed at the joke, "U-uh huh..."
"Love you dude!"
"You too..."
He hung the phone up, turned to his companions, still slack jawed, "T-that was Luna... you guys want to come to the concert?"
They nodded wordlessly, Lincoln stood up and exited the house with them following. Every once in the while he would hear whispering, look back to see the girls averting their gaze or staring at their nails. Too bad he couldn't hear some of their conversations, it probably would have done wonders for his self esteem.
"W-what the hell was that?!" Sid whispered to Ronnie.
Ronnie stared at the back of Lincoln's head with a floaty look, "The best minute of my life..."
"Jesus, I thought he was going to suck your soul out!" she looked around and smiled, "what did it feel like?!"
Ronnie thought for a minute and smiled, "Like I was floating."
"Wild"
They came to a section of the city on a downward slant, "H-hey Sid."
"Yeah?"
"Catch me if I fall," she begged, "My legs still aren't steady and if Lincoln catches me... well there's lots of alleys around here... you might see something you don't want to see..."
Sid grinned, eyes half lidded, "I don't know about that..."
Ronnie punched her shoulder and the two girls laughed causing Lincoln to turn around, both of them were staring at their nails until he turned back, "God... Lame-o is so cute when he's oblivious..."
"So... since Bobby and Lori aren't here to... ruin the mood... you going to do it?"
Ronnie blushed and shrugged, "Probably..."
"When you thinking?"
"After Luna's concert seems like ample timing. He gets tunnel vision when he's helping one of them... almost makes a girl jealous."
Sid grinned when she heard that, two simple words would suffice in screwing with this maiden in love, "That's hot."
It earned her a punch and a glare, perfect reaction, "Sid, that's disgusting!"
Sid was stifling her laughter to see how far she could push it, "I don't know... when I met them all his sisters were pretty hot. Of course there's the conventionally attractive Lori, Leni is drop dead gorgeous, I bet Luan's a killer with her hair down, Luna is... well almost everything's attractive about that girl, Lynn's taught body is almost the white version of yours, then there's that porcelain doll Lucy-"
She was cut off by the sound of her friend gagging, "You made me picture it, you freak!"
Sid finally let out a laugh, causing Lincoln to turn around, "What's so funny?"
"Mind your own business lame-o!" Ronnie demanded, "It's girl talk."
Lincoln shrugged and turned around, "God that was funny. You know what's worse though? I could actually picture it too..."
"Gross! Gross! Stop!"
"No, I mean come on! You've told me before that he's a total sucker for them. Imagine for instance that Lynn chick, considering she's the closest to you. They get to rough housing like you two do, clothes get tangled, things get revealed and-"
"Stop!" Ronnie was blushing and waving her hands around her head, "Image! Out of my head!"
Sid laughed again, "Too easy."
"Why would you do that?!"
"Oh come on, Ronnie, why are you freaking out, they're his sisters for God's sake... you don't think they'd really do that, do you?"
"No!" Ronnie shouted instinctively.
Even so, even though she knew it was wrong, still... how did he learn to kiss like that? Before it was fine, they were both clumsy and knew to this whole... situation. Now he was a regular Casanova, causing her to melt with a simple kiss. She tried not to notice as the little red flag went off in the back of her mind, and continued marching towards the fall.
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He was avoiding them, Lucy and Lynn were sure of it. They hadn't seen him all day. He wasn't in his room, never seemed to be in the living room, Clyde hadn't even seen him. They had to resort to desperate measures.
"Mother," Lucy called to her unsuspecting mother, startling her to the point she almost slipped.
"Lucy!" Rita took a deep breath, "What is it sweetheart?"
"You haven't seen Lincoln, have you?"
"Oh!" she smiled, "He's helping Luna with her concert down in Great Lakes City!"
Lucy's blood ran cold, "I-isn't that where Ronnie Anne lives?"
"Yep! Lincoln gets to see his little girlfriend and help Luna perform!" Lucy said nothing, just turned and walked away, "...Okay... see you later sweetie?"
She walked up the stairs and swung open the door smashing it against the wall, startling Lynn, "Jeez spooky! Are you trying to kill me?!"
"Grab Leni."
"Why? What's up?"
"Lincoln's in Great Lakes City... with Ronnie..."
Lynn's eyes widen and she felt as that dark feeling welled up in her chest again, a mutual feeling shared with her roommate, twice as bad as it was before. The painful jealousy had returned, and now she had to deal with it again.