Loud Visions 2

Chapter 20

            As Luna and Luan suggested, Lincoln hid the rest of his video games in his room and only had one in the living room. The first game he played was War of the Monsters – a 1950s-era monster fighting game. You select different monsters, each with their own fighting style and unique abilities, to fight other monsters. Lincoln's favorite was Agamo, a Tiki stone monster, and Clyde was Congar, a King Kong gorilla monster. Lincoln and his friends had a blast fighting in battle royales against each other – Lincoln was kicking ass with his monster and in story mode. Of course, Lincoln's male friends, being boys, all commented on how awesome the game was with excited glee.

While playing, Luan was in the kitchen tenderizing the meat while Luna put them through the grinder. While Lincoln let his friends have their turns, he went to the kitchen to help Luan and Luna. They talked more about band practice and what spices would go best with the meat patties. Luan showed Lincoln how to tenderize the meat and explained the different spices and peppers that would go well with them for good favor.

Lori and Leni came home with the rest of the Loud sisters as Lincoln's friends left for home. Lincoln kissed his girlfriend Stella goodbye, and he didn't care if his sisters were watching and ga-ga.

They left just in time because Rita returned home with Lynn.

Lincoln kindly greeted her, "Hey Lynn, welcome—"

Lynn stormed upstairs and slammed the bedroom door behind her.

"—home?" Lincoln said, confused.

"What's her deal, dudes?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow.

With a heavy sigh, Rita slumped down on the couch, "Lynn lost her temper at the ball game and got into trouble."

Rita explained the whole story, and the kids were stunned – even more so when they saw the viral video. Lori and the other older sisters felt uneasy the moment they heard the word, which set Lynn off. Lori put her arm around Lincoln's shoulder, and her other hand tightened her grip on his arm. They were also bummed out that Lynn was out of sports and had to take summer school.

The positive energy in the air was almost gone, especially when they saw Rita remove Lynn's sports gear and balls. However, the homemade burgers with crinkle-cut French fries sprinkled with seasoned salt definitely lifted everyone's spirits despite Lynn not coming down. The burgers were delicious. Lincoln went upstairs to give Lynn her dinner. Lori, Leni, and Luna went up with him.

Lincoln knocked, "Hey Lynn, I brought you dinner. It's homemade burgers. Luan and I made them."

After half a minute, Lynn unlocked the bedroom door and let Lincoln in. Lincoln saw that her eyes were red and puffy, and her cheeks had wet streaks with hair down. Lincoln placed her plate on the nightstand before giving her a hug. Lynn sniffed before hugging him back – the older sisters had sad faces as they hugged her as well. They sat on the bed, Lincoln held her close while Lynn rested her head on her brother's shoulder, and Lori gently stroked her head.

"Lynn, what happened today wasn't your fault. Scoots was the jerk who provoked you," Lori said.

"Jerk? She was an over-the-top, in-your-face craphead!" Luna stated loudly.

"Luna!" Leni exclaimed.

"What? She was."

"Still, though."

They talked, but what made everyone shut up was what Lynn said.

"Maybe I should just quit sports altogether," Lynn said.