Characters created by: Chris Savino

Chapter 9: Confrontation And Forgiveness

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The Loud House-Luna and Luan's Room…

Luna comforted Sam, who was kneeling on the floor sobbing.

"And- H-He said I couldn't hang out with you anymore!"

"I'm so sorry, Sam. I wish there was something I could do."

"There is."

Sam put her hands on Luna's shoulders.

"Let's run away together."

Luna could not believe what Sam said.

"W-What?"

Just then, Lori could be seen at the door.

"Uh. Did I just here you say run away?"

Then, the other Loud kids crowded at the door. Luna looked to Sam.

"Sam, we can't run away. We won't get far, we'll be found, we'll just be back here, and then we'll BOTH be in huge trouble. It's not worth it, dude."

"But- But. I don't want my dad to catch me."

"I know, sweetie. But you can't hide from him forever."

"L-Luna.. I don't know what to do." said Sam, welling with tears.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Everyone froze, listening for the door to open and hear who it may be. Soon enough, the door opened, and the sound of Rita speaking could be heard.

"Oh. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp. And this must be little Simon."

Then, the voice of Mr. Sharp.

"No time, Rita. Where's Sam?"

"Oh no…" whispered Sam.

"Well, what's the trouble, Mr. Sharp?" said Rita, "Something seems wrong here."

Sam was growing frantic. She once again put her hands to Luna's shoulders.

"L-Luna, please. I'm no longer asking you to run away with me. I get that now. I just want you to get me away from HIM."

Luna thought for a moment.

"I-... *Sigh* Okay.."

She looked to her siblings.

"Can you guys help distract Mr. Sharp for us?"

Lori hesitated.

"Well, I don't know if-"

Lola suddenly interrupted.

"We'll totally help!"

Lisa spoke.

"While I feel as this is unnecessary and will not benefit in the long-term, your dad has always bothered me. I'll participate in this mission, in order to give that low-life a difficult time. Also, I do have a soft spot for the cinematic dramas of young love."

"Then it's settled." said Lincoln, "Operation Distract Sam's Dad is a go!"

The Loud children sprinted off.

"Wait! Lisa!" called Luna.

Lisa turned to her.

"I need you to help create an escape route out the window."

"An escape route out the window? Psh. Easy as Pi."

Downstairs, Rita, with Lynn Sr. standing beside her, was still talking to Mr. Sharp. Beside him was his wife, and beside her, holding her hand was Simon, Sam's little brother. He had wavy brown hair and wore a red baseball shirt and pants, with sneakers. Mr. Sharp was tapping his foot in impatience. Finally, he had enough.

"Ugh! I don't have time for this! I need to find my daughter!"

He walked towards the stairs. Once he got near the foot of the staircase, Lynn slid down the railing on her feet, did a front flip, and landed in front of Mr. Sharp. Mr. Sharp stepped back in surprise.

"Hey, Mr. Sharp! I hear your son plays Little League! I could teach him a thing or two sometime! Maybe tomorrow?! Maybe Monday!"

Mr. Sharp passed her.

"No time right now…"

At the top of the stairs was Lincoln, pretending to read an Ace Savvy comic.

"Ace Savvy, dealing out some justice once again!"

He took steps down the staircase, keeping his eyes on the comic. He bumped into Mr. Sharp and nearly made him trip. Mr. Sharp hung tightly onto the railing and looked to Lincoln in anger.

"Kid! Why don't you watch where you're going?!"

Suddenly, Leni and Lori ran up to him.

"Ugh!" said Leni, "Mr. Sharp! That hairstyle is so basic!"

"And bland!" said Lori.

"Looks like you need to mix it up a little!" said Leni, "How'd you like your hair? Mohawk? Spikey? Ooh! Curly?!"

Just then, Lori took out a curling iron and gave a big smile. Mr. Sharp was fearful.

"No! No no no! I don't wanna change my hair!"

Leni examined his clothes.

"Ugh. Those clothes are so 1980s. And it's Summer. Why would you need a coat?"

"Just leave me alone!"

He walked on.

In Luna and Luan's Room, the window was open, and Luna and Sam were observing Lisa creating a getaway. She took a trash can, removed the lid, tied a rope from the window to a tree, creating a makeshift zipline. Luna looked to Sam.

"Okay, Sam. You first."

Just then, a hand grabbed Sam's shoulder. It was Mr. Sharp. He was steaming. Outside the room stood the Loud siblings, all except Lisa. Sam gasped.

"You little brat!" exclaimed Mr. Sharp, "You're really in big trouble now!"

He yanked Sam away. Luna reached out her arm.

"Sam!"

Mr. Sharp passed by the Loud siblings, all looking disgusted at his actions.

"Hey!" said Lori, "Leave her alone!"

"Yeah!" said Luan, "She shouldn't be punished for loving Luna!"

Sam tried to pull away from her father's grip, but it was no use.

"Dad! Please!"

They went downstairs, where Mrs. Sharp, Simon, and the Loud parents was.

"Come on, Barbara. We're leaving…"

Simon looked to his mother.

"Mommy. Why is dad being mean to Sam?"

"He's being unreasonable, Simon…"

Luna ran down the stairs. She stopped in the middle of the room and got on her knees, crying.

"Sam! No! I don't want you to goooo!"

Mrs. Sharp followed beside Mr. Sharp.

"Dave. Stop this! You can't do this to Sam. Don't you see how much you've broken her?!"

"We're going home, Barbara…"

"Have some sense for once in your life, Dave!"

They walked up to the car, and Mr. Sharp yanked Sam into the car in the back seat and got into the front driver's seat.

"Get in, Barbara!"

"Oh, my God, Dave! What about the Louds? They just saw you take your daughter by force! I think an apology to them is in order for causing such a ruckus!"

"I don't need to apologize to anyone!"

"OH MY GOD! YOU ARE SO DIFFICULT!"

Just then, Luna ran out of the house, calling Sam's name.

"Sam!"

Sam turned to her direction and opened the car door.

"Luna!"

She ran to Luna, and they both met in a hug. They were down on their knees, both sobbing. Mr. Sharp was angrier than ever. He got out of his car, slammed the door closed and went over to them. He grabbed Sam by the shoulder once again.

"Stop this now!"

Luna held on to Sam's left arm.

"No!" exclaimed Sam, "I won't let you keep me away from Luna!"

Mr. Sharp and Luna were now in a tug of war, trying to take Sam away from the other.

"Luna!" called Rita in desperation, "Stop!"

"Mr. Sharp!" exclaimed Luna, pulling Sam to her, "Stop it!"

Mr. Sharp elbowed Luna in the nose, pushing her back. She fell onto the ground. Everyone around them gasped. Sam gasped and yanked herself away from her father, running to Luna's side.

"Luna!"

She held Luna's head. Luna put her hand to her nose and examined it. She was bleeding. Sam turned to her father with pure rage overtaking her. She stared him down and yelled.

"YOU-"

The sound of Lily crying in Rita's arms drowned out Sam's cursing.

"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! HOW DARE YOU HURT MY GIRLFRIEND?!"

She punched him in the gut. He yelped and grabbed his stomach. He was now at eye level with her daughter. He stared at her, no longer in anger, but in shock. He could now plainly see the pain in her eyes. All the emotions she was showing. Sam ran over to Luna and helped her up.

"Come on, Luna!"

They both walked into the house. Mrs. Sharp let go of Simon's hand and speed-walked over to her husband. She grabbed his shoulders from behind, turned him towards her, and slapped him in the face.

"YOU STUPID PIECE OF-"

Once again, Lily was crying, drowning out Mrs. Sharp's cursing.

"HOW DARE YOU HURT SAM'S GIRL?! ARE YOU INSANE?! ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE DATING! YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER! THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND HIM IS HE'S DEAD, BURIED SIX FEET UNDERGROUND, AND YOU'RE ALIVE, ON THE SURFACE, A WASTE OF SPACE! WASTING YOUR WORTHLESS LIFE OPPRESSING YOUR OWN DAUGHTER!"

The whole time, Mr. Sharp just stood there, staring at her. He was at a loss for words. He almost couldn't breathe. He just didn't know what to say or do.

Mrs. Sharp scoffed at him and walked off towards the Loud House. Simon stopped in front of his father and just looked up at him, a face of concern and confusion. Mr. Sharp just stared back. Simon then looked at the Loud House and walked away.

Lynn Sr. and Rita, still holding Lily, walked over to Mr. Sharp in anger.

"Who do you think you are hurting my daughter?!" said Rita.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do for hitting our child!" said Lynn Sr.

The other Louds crowded around him, screaming at him. He started shaking nervously. He had his fingers on his head, digging through his hair in an emotional breakdown.

Inside Luna and Luan's room, Sam was sitting on the bed next to Luna, holding a tissue.

"Here." she said, handing the tissue to Luna.

Luna took the tissue.

"Thanks."

She dabbed the tissue under her nose, collecting the blood.

There, at the door, stood Mrs. Sharp and Simon. They walked in. Mrs. Sharp sat on the bed beside Sam.

"Sam. I'm sorry."

Simon walked up to her sister.

"Sam, dad's scaring me. Why's he being so mean?"

"He doesn't want me being with Luna, Simon."

"That's stupid…" said Simon.

"I know, Simon. He's being stupid."

Just then, Mr. Sharp slowly walked through the door. They all turned to him and gasped. Mrs. Sharp got up from the bed and looked to him in anger.

"Oh, no! Don't come in here! You've caused enough trouble already!"

Mr. Sharp took a deep breath.

"I-I don't know what happened, Sam, but something in your eyes told me everything…"

Sam raised an eyebrow.

"You-You really love that girl, don't you?"

Sam nodded.

"I've told you…"

Mr. Sharp sighed.

"I really am like my father. The truth is, when I was around your age, I was really into rock music too…"

Cadillac, Michigan-Forty Years Ago

In the city of Cadillac was a young David Sharp, with his father, who looked a lot like grown-up David. Almost identically. David was only half the size of his father. He wore a black shirt, with sandstone khakis going down to his knees, and wearing boots. They were passing by a record store, with vinyl albums inside, and guitars hanging on the walls. He saw a neat clean acoustic guitar made of a light-colored wood. He turned to his dad.

"Dad, can I get that guitar? It looks really good."

His dad scoffed.

"You wouldn't want a guitar from this store. They sell the new "hip" music…"

"But, it's just a guitar, dad."

"A low quality one…"

David sighed, keeping his eyes on the guitar as they passed by.

A Year Later…

In a two-story house in the middle of a neighborhood in Cadillac, David was in his room, listening to Pink Floyd's "The Wall". Then, David's father came in.

"What is that racket?"

He saw laying beside the record player was the vinyl case. He examined the simple white brick wall on the cover, then looked to his son.

"What is this, boy?"

"The Wall, dad…"

"The Wall? How'd you get this? I never saw this before."

"I bought it with all the allowance money I saved."

"Well, why in the world would you use your hard-earned allowance money on this trash? Let me see here."

He took out the paper from inside the gate fold and read some of the lyrics.

"We don't need no education? We don't need no thought control? No dark sarcasm in the classroom? Teachers, leave them kids alone…"

He dropped the album.

"Absolute trash, boy. Just more rebel crap."

"It's not trash, dad! It's art."

"There's no art here. Just incessant babbling. And look at this cover. So uninspired."

"It's straight and to the point, dad. It's not supposed to be all artsy. It doesn't need to be. It's a brick wall, like it's called. "The Wall"."

"Stop with this trash, kid. I can't believe you're into this."

He walked out, leaving David to his music. He picked up the album and examined it.

Back At The Present…

"After that, he started taking more and more control of my life. Molding me into his image. An exact clone. Now here I am, at my wit's end. *Sigh*. I'm sorry, Sam. I see now how much Luna means to you. I think it's time I change my ways. You're no longer grounded, and-."

Sam spoke with excitement.

"And that means…"

"You can stay with Luna." continued Mr. Sharp, giving a smile.

Sam and Luna both looked to each other and laughed. They touched their heads together, closed their eyes, and hugged each other.

"Oh. And Luna." interrupted Mr. Sharp.

Luna turned to face him.

"Sorry for getting you hurt. I was being way too violent and unreasonable."

Luna smiled.

"It's okay, dude. Everything's cool now."

Outside The Loud House-Three Minutes Later

The Sharp family and the Loud family all crowded around Sam and Luna as they held each other's hands and stared at one another.

"Well, this is goodbye for now." said Luna.

Sam softly laughed.

"It's okay. I'll come back tomorrow."

Luna caressed Sam's hair.

"I'll see you then, my beautiful rocker girl."

They leaned forward and kissed each other. Lori started to well up with tears. She began sobbing.

"Oh, my God! They're so perfect together! So emotional!"

Leni also started to develop tears. She patted Lori's shoulder.

After a few seconds, the two parted. They were both madly blushing. Luna looked away from her in embarrassment.

"Well… Bye…"

"Bye, Lunes…"

Their hands separated, and Sam walked off with her family. Luna and the Loud family all waved goodbye.

"Bye!" They all said multiple times unsynchronized.

They all got in the car and headed off. Luna was starting to well up with tears.

"I love you…"

Two Years Later…

In the Loud House, the Loud siblings, except for Lori, who was not present, were crowded around Luna. She had grown taller. She was as tall as Leni, who, now at the age of 18, had not grown much in the past two years. Luna was wearing a purple dress, with the skirt going down to her feet. On the shoulders were short triangular sleeves, much like her daily wear, and on her feet, she wore purple dress shoes.

"You look stunning in that dress, Luna!" said Leni.

"Yeah!" said Lincoln, "Good luck at the Prom."

Luna laughed.

"Thanks, dudes." she said with a slightly more matured voice, "I can't wait to see Sam in her dress."

Just then, the doorbell rang, and Luna was suddenly overcome with excitement. She kept her mouth closed, sweating, with a smile, a muffled scream, and shaking her hands.

"I'll get it!" said Lincoln, who's voice had becoming considerably deeper as he hit the early stages of puberty.

He walked to the door and opened it, standing aside so Luna could see. Standing there was Sam, wearing a teal dress that reached her feet. She wore white dress shoes, and had her hair braided into a ponytail. She stood a half a foot taller than Luna. She smiled as she stared into Luna's eyes. Luna was awestruck. She was blushing.

Sam walked up to Luna and held her hands.

"Y-You look.. Beautiful…" said Luna.

Sam's smile grew.

"Thank you." her voice had also matured, even more than Luna's did. It was softer, "Well? You ready?"

Luna smiled.

"I'm ready…"

"My mom and dad are waiting in the car." said Sam.

"Then there's no time to waste."

They held each other's hand as the walked off. The Louds waved them goodbye.

I hope you enjoyed this story! I really enjoyed writing this! I have another story coming following Luna, Sam, and their band mates in life as rock superstars! So be ready for that! It's coming real soon, so stay tuned! Happy Pride!