Lincoln & Kat: A Year in the Life (season 1)

Episode 9: "Left in the Dark"

AN: Welcome to the first episode rewrite of this fanfic. And what better one to start with than the very first LH episode.

(Recap)

The next three weeks were a real eye opener for Jordan. She decided to use her in-school suspension and grounding as a starting point to re-evaluate herself. And while she was serving her first punishment, she took the time to write a sincere apology letter to Lincoln. She even wrote one for Kat because she still felt guilty for what she did to her when they were younger and never properly apologized for it until now.

In a way, the braided lass thought being banned from the gym was a blessing in disguise.
She was afraid of slipping back into bad habits, and Lincoln and Kat couldn't blame her.

But to keep herself occupied, Jordan found an interest in Biology. She liked reading about all the different kinds of living animals and their traits. She also spent her lunch period getting to know Lincoln and Kat better. Even though Jordan was feeling better, she knew deep down that she still had a long way to go.

And Lincoln and Kat's generosity didn't stop there.

Around the beginning of the second week and after doing a little convincing on their part, the duo was allowed to visit Jordan at her house. And during that time; the three of them would do homework, talk and would even play a few video games. But unlike Lincoln and Kat who are inclusive gamers, Jordan specializes in fighting games. Games like the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat franchises, the Virtua Fighter series, Samurai Showdown from SNK, the Streets of Rage series and strangely enough Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!.

But then came the day Jordan was officially done with her in-school suspension and her grounding.
To celebrate, Lincoln and Kat treated the braided lass to an afternoon at Gus' Games 'n' Grub.

And Lincoln had one more surprise up his sleeve, and that's where we currently are in the story.

(Date: October 10, 2016)
(Location: the Loud house, Lincoln's room)
(Evening)

We find our favorite snow haired child giving his abode a quick dusting before his guests arrive. Now normally Lincoln wouldn't be sweating little things like this, but this isn't exactly a simple little get together.

He invited both Kat and Jordan over for a movie marathon as part of celebrating her finishing her punishment from the school and her grounding. But, he kind of didn't tell his sisters that Jordan was coming over. Lincoln felt awful about hiding this from them but he knew for a fact that Jordan was still on their s**t list.

And he just wanted to prolong it for as long as he can.

Just then he heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Lincoln turns around to find Lori holding two large bowls of popcorn. "Thank you for helping me" the snow haired child thanked his big sister.

"No problem little brother" Lori replied as she placed the bowls on the coffee table. Then she noticed how much cleaning Lincoln has done. "Lincoln, are you feeling nervous?" Lori asks with a hint of concern. "Nervous, wh-who's nervous? Certainly not I." Lincoln answers while visibly sweating.

Lori however, could see right through it.

"Lincoln is there something you want to tell me?" she asks with a slight and knowing tone. The snow haired child sighs in defeat. He knew he couldn't keep it up; he had to tell the truth. "Actually, there's something that I forgot to tell you. It's not just Kat coming over; we also invited a new friend we both made." This made Lori curious and then asked who this mystery person was. Lincoln at that moment decided to rip the band-aid off.

(Meanwhile...)

We tune in with young Kathrine and Jordan walking down the street to Lincoln's house when all of a sudden, they felt the ground bellow them shaking followed by someone shouting out "WHAT?!" After the ground stopped shaking, the girls took a moment to collect themselves. "I have a sneaky suspicion that Lincoln told someone that I was not the only one coming to the movie marathon" Kat commented.