The Tangled Web of Lincoln Loud

Chapter 2 Here's to never growing up

The Tangled Web of Lincoln Loud

Chapter 2 Here's to never growing up

─And don't forget, you little delinquents. ─the teacher said when the bell rang ─Finish your science projects for next week, WITH the research, I know you'll forget about the research.

─Team? ─ Lincoln asked the person in the seat next to him.

─Team. ─answered the little Parker before Clyde could say anything, causing Clyde to snort ─Too late Claude─ Peter said with a porcine laugh.

The bell stopped ringing and a tide of students rushed out the door, the only two left behind were both Lincoln Loud and Peter Parker, both excusing themselves by arranging their backpacks.

─So, how did it go with the goblin? ─Peter asked, lowering his voice while introducing the book "Advanced Germanium Concepts and their implications in elastic polymers" in his backpack.

─Shhhh...─ Lincoln shushed Peter, seeing that teacher Sinlan was waiting for them to close the door, they both left and went through the corridors in a confidential tone ─Well, good, no one got hurt from what I heard...─ Lincoln answered smiling and sticking out his chest in front of some cheerleaders.

They looked at him and laughed under their breath, one of them greeted him effusively, his sister Lynn, who seemed quite changed since he had kissed her three days ago. Peter instead just nodded and waved at the girls and many of them looked at him with disgust, causing Peter to lower his head and walk again.

─Hahahaha... ─ Parker started laughing, recovering his smile, as soon as they passed the cheerleaders ─If your sister finds out, she'll kill you...

─She won't. ─ Lincoln said, his face burning red in shame─ For my own sake, I hope so.

The hallway began to fill up more and more, as the rest of the students left to change classrooms, some having classes from one end of the building to the other, which was the case of a boy running down the same hallway in the opposite direction.

─Coming through! ─ shouted Clyde, almost colliding with Lincoln, but with his spider-sense, Linc unconsciously dodged without seeing Clyde, causing him to continue running and inadvertently push another student.

─Should we tell him he doesn't need to run? ─Peter asked a little uncomfortably, ─He looks like a child.

─Clyde has had this obsession with unpunished attendance since elementary school, in fact, he won a contest and everything. ─Lincoln said half-smiling─ I guess he plans to do the same thing in middle school, he'll be fine, those who make fun of him, won't.

─Would you use your... powers against defenseless twelve-year-olds? ─ Peter asked, disapprovingly.

─They are no longer "defenseless" when they use their own "powers" to intimidate others, it's just giving them a taste of their own medicine. ─ said Lincoln, emphasizing the word "power" to his friend.

Although the answer didn't really satisfy Peter, he just folded his arms as he watched down the hall as Clyde bumped into a locker and gathered momentum to turn the corner. They both said goodbye with a brotherly high-five and parted down the halls, they had different classes, as Lincoln had preferred art class and Peter had preferred programming. Both are very basic but optional at Everdeen Middle School, located near uptown Queens.