Loud House: Humble Beginnings (Book 1)

A Warm Welcome

When Steve and the Louds arrived at 1216 Franklin Avenue, they walked into the living room to discuss what had happened.

"Alright, first things first. Steve, who are you and how did Lincoln meet you??" Rita started as everybody sat in the living room.

"It actually wasn't me who kidnapped Lincoln. It was that elephant Bradley. He brought him back to a different house we were at and he agreed to join our gang. We were actually good to him, at least I was. Right, Lincoln?" Steve explained.

Lincoln nodded and told his family "Yeah, Steve is great to me. He saved my life, gave me money, and stood up for me. Who, knows maybe if it weren't for him I wouldn't be sitting here right now."

"Anyway, we got into a gunfight with a rival gang and robbed the Hazeltucky bank, which was NOT our idea," Steve began, "It was that gorilla face Darius who wanted to do it. We obtained a bunch of money without even being identified or stopped, and we went back to my house which was where that huge standoff happened."

"Gosh, dude. Sounds like y'all were in a tough situation," Luna added.

"We were. Lincoln, if you and/or your family need any help, let me know. Steve Shaw at your service," Steve finished.

Everybody cheered as the parents even kind of smiled a little bit.

"Lincoln..do you forgive us?" Luan questioned.

"You guys? For the most part, yes. For Lynn...I probably never will," Lincoln claimed.

The family frowned, but they couldn't really blame him. He warned them to stop and she murdered his best friend he had known since they were little.

"I find it crazy that you have 10 sisters, Lincoln," Steve said.

"That's good math, Steve!" Lincoln complimented.

"I went to college, you know."

The family laughed and then the sisters happily hugged Lincoln and then introduced everybody to Steve, and they showed him around the house.

"Uhm, Steve? Do you want some new clothes? Your khakis and blue polo shirt have blood on them," Rita unsettlingly offered.

Steve looked at them and then embarrassingly accepted her offer.

Lincoln walked up to Lynn Sr while Rita went to get new clothes with Steve.

"Dad...I'm sorry I ran away...but you need to be a better parent, no offense."

Lynn Sr sighed and said "I'm more sorry than you, son. I failed you, that's why you left. We should've helped you."

The men hugged and smiled at each other.

For now, it looked like everything was smooth sailing for the Loud family...and Steve.

.............

Later that day, the family was getting to know Steve better and they were getting along with him a lot.

Lola asked Lincoln for a word in her room and then said "I'm sorry about Bun Bun, and the rumble, and Clyde, and just about everything else."

Lincoln sighed, especially that Clyde part, and said to his younger sister "You didn't kill Clyde. It wasn't your fault about Bun Bun either, Lori set you up. I forgive you, I forgive Lori a little bit, but Lynn...let's just say I never want to see her again." Lincoln then hugged his sister and then Lola happily stated "Oh, and Steve is awesome! He taught me photography tricks he learned in college! Now I can take prettier photos!"

The two hugged and then Lincoln left her room.

It was around 6:00 PM now, and it would be dinner soon.

It was Tuesday, which meant that Lynn Sr would cook his famous turkey loaf.

He headed downstairs and saw Steve playing with some of the kids.

"Hey, where's Lucy? I haven't really seen her since I ran away," Lincoln asked.

"Right here," Lucy said from behind him, spooking the living guts out of him.

"Hey, Lucy! Uhm...how have you been?" Lincoln asked.

"I have the same mood and expression all the time, what do you think?" Lucy answered.

Lincoln nervously inched away until he heard Lynn Sr announce "Dinner's ready, guys!"

Everybody walked to the dining room and Lynn Sr set the turkey loaf onto the table.

Steve got anxiously happy and rubbed his hands and said "Gee, Lynn Sr. You seem like a very good cook!"

"Wait until you try his famous lasagna someday!" Lana happily said.

It still kind of surprised Lincoln how good of a family man and mentor Steve was, even though he was a gang banging murderer.

At first glance, Steve barely even looked like a bad person.

He loved almost everything the girls did, except there was one thing he loved that Lincoln disapproved of because it reminded him of Lynn: sports.

He loved to play tennis and basketball, and he even played tennis in college.

Lincoln may have made up with his family, and his live may be back to normal, but he still didn't want anything to do with Lynn ever again.

After dinner, Rita and Lynn Sr announced that they would be going to run some errands and that they would be back in a little while.

Lincoln then walked over to Steve who was sitting on the couch, watching TV with Leni.

"Hey, Steve? Can I ask you about something?" Lincoln started.

"Sure, Lincoln. What's up?" Steve allowed.

"How exactly did you join the Grove Street Gang? I wanna know the whole story," Lincoln insisted.

"It's a long story, but I'll tell you. You can hear it too, Leni," Steve assured.

Steve paused the TV show and prepared to tell the story.

It would be a tragic, dark, and confusing story.