Time for the second chapter! Anyway, enjoy!

WHACK!

BOOM!

POW!

"YIPE!"

That was mostly the sounds of Clyde being pummeled by the baseball each time Lynn threw it at him. Clyde dizzily got up as he threw the ball back at Lynn, who easily slid over and caught it. Lynn smiled and laughed as she said, "I think it's safe to say I've got my throwing down. And so do you... your catching, however, is another story."

Clyde wheezed as he looked over to Lynn. "I'm... just happy... to help you out."

The brown haired girl smiled as he said, "I love the confidence, Clyde, but I think I'm ready to call it a day. After all, I want to save my strength for tomorrow."

Clyde groaned as he got up. "Thank goodness... I mean, I'm sure you got enough confidence in yourself."

"Eh, not quite." Lynn said as Clyde shook himself as she started to walk off, Clyde walking alongside her. "I'm still not confident I can get in the baseball team."

"What?" Clyde said, not believing what he was hearing. "But you get in every sports team I know! Even the pee-wee football team... which, in hindsight, was supposed to be Lincoln's thing, all because he was more lazy than anything..."

"True, true... but just because I'm confident doesn't mean I'm scared." Lynn sighed. "I'm sure you've noticed this about me, but I want some luck on my side. Whenever I am preparing for some sport event, I always have a bit of a good luck charm on my side. I don't know, it's just... whenever I don't have a good luck charm on me or if I don't do certain rituals, I either don't get on the team or our team loses a match."

Clyde looked over towards Lynn in astonishment as she sighed. "I'm sorry if I'm laying this down on the line for you... but I go in confident, but if I don't have anything on me, I might lose my confidence. I mean, there are reasons I do what I do..."

"Yeah, Lincoln said that you banned him due to bad luck one-" Clyde started before Lynn put on a disapproving face and covered Clyde's mouth with her hand.

"Yeah... let's NOT bring that up." Lynn frowned as she removed her hand from Clyde's mouth. "In all seriousness though, I never leave home without a good luck charm or doing anything that I consider gives me good luck."

Clyde gave a slight frown as he paused to think. "Hmmm... she believes in superstition, huh? I wonder if... knowing all the Loud sisters by heart... hmmm... yes! I think that might work... if I'm going to get her to agree to a date... I need her to believe in herself..."

"You know Lynn, you don't HAVE to bring your good luck charms or do your rituals. You're ALREADY a good player without that!" Clyde smiled.

Lynn looked over at Clyde with a curious look on her face. "I appreciate the enthusiasm, Clydesdale, but I've done those things since I started getting interest... and I'm not stopping now."

"Even if someone dared you to do the baseball tryout... without doing any luck rituals or having any good luck charms?" Clyde smirked.

Lynn stopped as she slowly turned her head towards Clyde. "What are you suggesting?"

"I'm suggesting, Lynn Loud Junior, that if you were really confident in your skills, you wouldn't need any good luck charms or good luck rituals." Clyde said, noticing Lynn frowning.

"Look, I am confident!" The brown haired girl crossed her arms.

"Then prove it. Tomorrow, when you go to your tryout... don't do anything that normally institutes any kind of luck. Go out there and try your best! Your very best!" Clyde still held his smirk. "Gotcha!"

Lynn gave a laugh as she said, "You bet! But... what's in it if I do this dare all the way through?"

Clyde smiled. "Nothing. I just want to see if you can do it."

Lynn laughed again. "Oh you bet I'll do it. And if I DO do it, then... then... well, I don't know yet, but I assure you, I will think of something!"

"So, it's a dare, then?" Clyde said, offering his hand.

Lynn gave a laugh. "Yeah, it's a dare!"

Clyde smiled as Lynn took his hand and shook it. Clyde smiled as he said, "Heh, great! I'll be watching your try-outs."

"Oh, you better." Lynn smiled. "I'm going to show off my confidence, and I don't need any luck to prove it!"

Clyde smiled as he looked over. "Well, there's my house. I'll see you tomorrow, Lynn."

"See you then." Lynn gave a smile as Clyde walked inside his home.

As Lynn started to walk off... her eyes widened in shock as she looked panicked. "What the heck did I just agree to?"

Once inside his home and greeting his two pet cats, Clyde pulled out a walkie talkie and turned it on. "Lincoln, this is Clyde. Do me a favor, and assure Lynn does not do any good luck rituals or bring any charms."

"Does this have anything to do with the dare we set up for you?" Lincoln asked.

"Something like that." Clyde smirked. "The point is, Lincoln, I believe I've selected the perfect Loud sister who isn't Lori to go out with. You're okay with that, right?"

"Hey, Lynn is a great person to be with, I don't mind you going out with her... just remember the deal!" Lincoln said through the walkie talkie.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I have to kiss her before the week ends... trust me, I'm setting up a plan." Clyde said. "I'll see you later, Linc."

"See you later, Clyde." Lincoln said as the walkie talkie turned off on Lincoln's end.

Clyde took a deep breath as he sighed. "Hopefully... this'll work..."

And that's the second chapter! How did you guys like it? If you guys have any suggestions for this story, shoot out a Private Message or PM! Also, I realize that this chapter was pretty short, but hopefully, the next chapter will be much longer. This is just the prelude to Clyde's plan, anyway. Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!