Loud House: Humble Beginnings (Book 1)

Awkward Reunion

Lincoln grew a mad face and stared at Lynn for a few seconds until Rita broke the silence with "Well, kids? Are you gonna do something?"

"Yeah, are we gonna do something? Or are we gonna wait until this fucker murders somebody again?!" Lincoln livdly yelled as he jerked a finger at Lynn.

"Oh, shut up. Nobody's getting murdered again and you know it," Lynn responded.

"Well, nobody should have in the first place!" Lincoln yelled back, "How the hell are you here?! Mom, Dad, what happened?!" Lincoln yelled, furious.

"We used some of the money that Leni obtained from Steve's house earlier, and we bailed out Lynn," Rita explained.

Lincoln was super angry about this. He stepped up to Lynn and lividly mumbled "I never wanted to see you again after what you did to Clyde."

Lynn looked back at him with a mad face, too, and said "Sorry, but it's all your fault. Also, who's this guy who looks like a cheap golfer?" She pointed to Steve.

Steve chuckled and said "A very good friend of Lincoln and your family."

Lynn gave him a weird look and asked her parents "Is he living with us?"

"Temporarily, yes. He'll sleep in the living room," Lynn Sr assured.

Some of the siblings came to the living room where the argument was, and they tried to greet Lynn, until Lincoln stood in their way and warned "No, guys, don't! She'll murder you!"

Lynn punched Lincoln in the face and everybody rushed to break it up.

When it was all broken up, Steve suggested "Hey. Lincoln's a very good friend of mine, so I recommend that you treat him well."

"Shut up, creep!" Lynn yelled as Steve removed his smile and replaced it with a mad frown.

The family seperated the scuffle and then walked Lynn to her room, and Lincoln walked over to Steve.

"Hey, sorry about that Steve," Lincoln apologzied.

"It's not you, amigo. She probably has a lot on her mind too, don't forget," Steve reminded.

Lincoln sighed, and he really didn't want to live with Lynn, but he was glad that he was back home and he would get to go to school again and see all of his friends.

Almost all of them.

When Rita and Lynn Sr walked out of Lynn and Lucy's room, Lincoln reminded them that he needed a new phone.

"Sure thing, son. Under one condition: you and Lynn will make up, just a little bit. Deal?" Lynn Sr offered.

Lincoln thought about it for a few seconds until he said "Not a chance. I'm never making up with her again!" He then stomped away as his parents sighed and glanced at each other with disappointed faces.

"Hey, Linky? Get down here!" Leni called from the living room.

Lincoln walked down and saw Leni holding a phone, and she handed it to Lincoln, saying "It's for you, it's Lori."

"Hello?" Lincoln asked.

"Lincoln! Hi! I hear you and Lynn are back home," Lori greeted.

"Unfortunately Lynn is here. Are you at college?" Lincoln asked.

"Yeah. Look, I wanted to apologize for starting all of these fights."

"I forgive you, for the most part. You weren't the one who murdered Clyde."

"Wait, what?" Lori asked, confused.

"Clyde's dead. Wait, you didn't know that?" Lincoln checked.

"No, I didn't...I thought he was still in a coma. Sorry, Lincoln," Lori claimed.

"It isn't your fault. Hope to see you soon, take care," Lincoln goodbyed.

"Bye, Lincoln!" Lori ended.

Lincoln handed the phone back to Leni and he headed upstairs.

Lynn opened her door as Lincoln was trotting up the stairs, and Lincoln flipped her off.

Lincoln slammed his door behind him when he got inside his room, and he just sat on his bed.

Everything he saw made him think of Clyde, with the walkie-talkie, Ace Savvy comics, Arggh posters, and video games.

He started to cry heavily, and he decided to go to bed for the night. It was almost 10 PM now, so it wasn't super early.

As he pulled the sheets and blankets back, somebody knocked on his door.

"If you're Lynn, fuck you," Lincoln said while fighting tears.

The door opened and it was Luna.

"Oh, it's you. Come in, Luna," Lincoln allowed.

"Hey, little brah. I hope you're not mad at me. I missed you a lot and I feel bad for you, dude," Luna assured.

"I just lost all of my respect for Lynn. I'm not mad at you. I'm kinda still irritated with Lori but she apologized to me and checked on me," Lincoln said.

"Didn't Lynn apologize to you, too?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, but if somebody killed Chunk, would you forgive them this quickly, if at all?" Lincoln questioned.

"You're right. Sorry to bother you. Goodnight," Luna finished as she hugged Lincoln and left the room, closing the door behind her.

It took Lincoln almost two full hours to fall asleep that night, crying in spurts along the way.

When he did fall asleep, he would have a dream that made him cry even more.