Royal Woods was presently being battered and beaten down by rain. It wasn't something that anyone would prefer, especially on a Saturday morning. For all of the Loud family, that meant finding things to do to pass the time while waiting for the downpour to cease. Lori was lamenting about her ruined plans for her and Bobby to ride their bikes around the lake at the park, Lincoln was talking with Clyde over his walkie talkie, Leni was channel surfing, Luna was trying to catch up on sleep from her last gig that lasted until almost 1 in the morning, Lynn was being forced to listen to her parents lecture her about the importance of NOT playing soccer in the house, Luan was trying (and failing) to make Lucy laugh with her latest batch of puns, and Lola was practicing her curtsy in front of the mirror in her room.

That left Lisa, who was standing by her barometeric machinery and keeping constant updates on it, Lily, who was content with waving her arms around and cooing from the safety of her crib, and Lana, who was pestering Lisa about constantly giving her updates on her barometric readings to begin with. Out of everyone in the entire house, she was the most antsy about the rain. Lana may not have been a wizard at math, but based on past experiences, she knew that "Rain + Dirt = Mud = Hours upon hours of sliding in the mud" and that was one equation she desperately wanted to live out as soon as possible. Unfortunately for Lisa, that meant that Lana was constantly in her ear, whining about telling her when the rain would stop so she could go outside and play in the mud puddles in the front yard.

"How 'bout now?"

"No."

"How 'bout now?"

"No."

"How 'bout now?"

"No."

Before Lana could ask the same question again, Lisa's fuse had run out and she decided that humoring her sister had run its course.

"No means no, Lana. Now quit beleaguering me with your impatience. I'd like to resume my studies if that's okay with you."

Lana dramatically dropped to her knees and grabbed Lisa by the collar of her sweater, bringing her close until their noses were touching.

"Come oooooooooon, Lisa! Help a sister out, would ya?!"

"*sigh* Lana, for the sixteenth time this hour, according to the latest barometric readings of my meteorology equipment, this rainstorm will cease to drub over the Royal Woods area in a matter of approximately…"

Lisa analyzed her barometric readings…again and gave Lana the information that she was curious about but knew she wouldn't be happy with.

"…7 minutes and…14 seconds. No matter how many times you pester and badger me with the same query, the rain will not stop before then. I trust you can wait that long, yes?"

Predictably, Lana squealed in anguish again.

"NOOOOOOO! Make the rain stop noooooooow! There's a big mud slide right outside the house and I wanna get down and dirty as fast as I can! You know how Mom and Dad say that I can't play in the mud unless it's not raining anymore! Can't you just zap the clouds away with some laser or something?"

Lisa firmly released herself from Lana's grasp and gestured over to all of the machinery that was making her weather analysis possible.

"With my present state of barometric technology, I can only pinpoint the severity and type of atmospheric pressure that brings about certain weather-related incongruities. To force these rain clouds to dissipate with "some laser", as you put it, would take…hmmmmmm…about a month."

Had she not been so wound up with irritation, Lisa would've found Lana's crestfallen yet comedic and over-the-top reaction amusing.

"A WHOLE MONTH?!"

"Yes. A whole month and that's IF I can get my hands on enough holmium and terbium, which is a time-consuming endeavor in of itself. So, as you can see, your best bet is to wait it out the next…5 minute and 58 seconds."

"Darn it!"

Lana stormed out with a huff, leaving Lisa alone with Lily. Lisa clicked her tongue in rebuke for Lana's understandingly myopic perspective of time and of patience.

"Honestly, that girl needs a new hobby. I could see geology being right up her alley."

Lisa instantly brightened up when she looked over at her adorable baby sister, who was amusing herself with her purple blanket. Lisa leaned over the crib to playfully interact with an infant that she knew couldn't really talk back to her.

"What do you think, Lily?"

Lily stopped her playing to look up at Lisa and blow a raspberry at her, spraying saliva all over Lisa's glasses and going into a giggling fit.

"Hmph. Well, who asked you, anyways?"

A/N: I gotta say, I love writing for Lisa Loud. Her personality is just way too amusing. Anyways, this is going to be a multi-chapter story. I predict it'll last for three chapters but I might consider more if I can think of anything else to put into this. Don't forget to leave a review about how you're digging the direction of this story so far or if you have any general complaints about the writing here.