So, it's been a little while...

When you read this chapter you will find that this was intended to come out on Christmas/New Years. Now, the reason for not updating this story, would be because I have a busy life. Ok, now hold on a minute. A busy life? What do you mean? You could have given us a notice! Ok, yes, a notice would have been appropriate, and I do apologize for not doing that. However, I do have a busy life, whether it be family, work, or whatever. Not to mention I have been sick recently and don't feel like doing anything.

What I want you all to take from this is that I cannot update this story all of the time. This is one of my side projects that I like to do on my free time. I will keep updating, just not as often or organized as you'd probably like.

I also just want to throw out there that this chapter underwent heavy editing, proofreading, and throw aways before this finished product. I tried my best to make this the best chapter so far (and I think it is in my opinion).

With all of that out of the way, please enjoy this chapter that I put together, and thanks to all the people that have left positive reviews and continue to read this crappy story. Without further a do, let us get in with it!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE LOUD HOUSE...plz don't sue.

Also a little side note: this chapter is littered with fun little references to video games, anime/TV shows, and comics. You'll see why I put them in toward the end of the chapter...but until then, see if you can find them all!

Lincoln got everything he needed. Although, it was very, very late and Lincoln was very surprised that he hadn't received any messages or phone calls from Lisa about his absence, or any of his other sisters for...he didn't even know.

As Lincoln was driving, he found himself beginning to doze off. Quickly regaining his right mind he pulled over to the side of the road. He stopped the car and put it in park, immediately grabbing his face after doing so. He then slapped himself in an attempt to wake himself up.

If he hadn't stopped and pulled the car over, things could have been bad. Perhaps a broken face, a half decent amount of bones to boot as well as possible brain damage. A shiver going down his spine at the thoughts, he began to slap himself again.

Thinking he had done the trick, he stopped slapping himself and relaxed in his seat, waiting to see if it was ok for him to continue driving.

A few seconds later however, his eyes began to droop again and he began to lean downward.

BEEP

His face had landed on his car horn and he immediately jumped back. He then hoped that he wasn't near any houses and that he wasn't disturbing anybody nearby.

He now felt awake enough to drive, his heart still beating a mile a minute. As he was about to begin driving, he noticed that his headlights were revealing a sign. It read 'Royal Woods Cemetery' on it. Lincoln thought for a moment before taking the keys out of his car and getting out of the car.

It was pitch black outside, besides some streetlights and lanterns inside, so he took out his phone and used the flashlight to see. It has been a long time since Lincoln last visited the cemetery. Years in fact. His sense of direction in this place is all but good.

He entered the cemetery and walked a few paths, looking lost while doing so. Eventually, he found what he was looking for.

He knelt down and took a deep breath in, before letting it out, slowly. He then spoke. "Hey, pop-pop." He began in a low voice. "I'm sorry that I haven't visited in a while, I've...I've been a little busy."

Silence followed for the next few seconds before Lincoln continued. "I followed in your footsteps, you know. I joined the military. I even became a general. Oh, and Richard says hi." Lincoln had to chuckle a little.

Old man Richard was somebody Lincoln had met while in the military. People usually called his Richy or Rich though. Apparently, when Richard found out Lincoln was Albert's grandson, he wanted to get in touch with Lincoln. So he did, and Lincoln talked with the veteran a bit, finding that he and his grandfather were pretty close friends in arms. Richard even helped Lincoln learn a little more about things concerning proceedure and certain weapons training.

Silence, again, followed before Lincoln spoke again. "I need some help pop-pop..." he admitted, then sighed. "I...I don't want to worry my sisters. They want to help, but I don't want them to. I mean, I joined the military to help them. I heard it paid a lot, and I wanted the money to go to them, no matter how I was or what condition I was in. I guess it sorta had the opposite effect, considering how worried they were when I left...and when I came back." He shivered when he said the last thing. "I guess I know how they all felt back then, huh."

Crickets began to make noise in the background. He sighed again, "I just want them to have a good life, you know?"

"Lincoln?" A plain, monotone voice called out behind him, "Is that you?"

He turned around, "Lucy? What are you doing here this late?"

He shined his flashlight onto her, in which she began to hiss, and he immediately turned the light away from her. When she recovered from the attack, she walked more into view and next to one of the few lanterns in the cemetery so he could see her a little better.

"You know, I could ask you the same thing." Lucy responded to his question in her same monotone voice.

He chuckled a little, "Yeah, your right." He said and rubbed his left arm nervously. "You see, I was driving home-"

"And you got tired so, considering the safety of yourself and possibly anyone else that was out tonight, you pulled over to either wake yourself up or sleep until morning. Then, you noticed you were at the cemetery and came to see pop-pop. Correct?" Lucy finished for him.

"Uh, yeah, actually." Lincoln responded in a surprised, yet interested tone. "How'd you know?"

"I can see it in your eyes."

"What, my thoughts?"

"No, your fatigue." Lucy simply stated, making Lincoln squint his eyes at her. She sighed, "You look like you've skipped a week of sleep."

"Well, that's sorta true." He shrugged. "I've been busy."

"With our other sisters I presume?"

Lincoln, again, became dumbfounded at how she could know this. "Yeah, how'd you know this time?"

She shrugged. "Let's just call it a sister's intuition."

"Right..." he tried to change the subject. "So what were you doing here?"

"I was on my way to your place when I realized I was passing the cemetery." She began. "I stopped by to see pop-pop since I don't really have many chances to. Then it got late and I saw some bats flying around and decided to sleep with them."

Figures, not out of character at all. Never change Luce.

"You know, I should start calling you-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence Lincoln." Lucy stated, her tone becoming a little higher. Lincoln only showed a small smirk as a response.

"Bat-"

"Don't. You. Dare!"

"-man"

"Sigh.." she said before holding and shaking her head.

"Sorry Lucy," she looked up at him. "I messed up. I shouldn't have said that to you."

She showed a small smile, ready to forgive her brother for the slight teasing. "It's okay Lincoln-"

"Batwoman"

Lincoln laughed as she glared at him from under her bangs, before suddenly smirking. "In that case..." Lincoln stopped his laughing and raised a brow. "...if I'm Batwoman, you're Batman. How about that?"

Lincoln hummed for a second before answering. "Yeah sure I don't see why not." Lucy began to let a little smile slip out, but then Lincoln spoke again. "Did you know that Batwoman actually had no connection to Batman whatsoever, and even dated a female ex-cop at one point?"

Lucy let out a gasp of surprise and felt the color drain out of her. "Yeah I know it surprised me too." Lincoln finished.

Lucy's mind then went into maximum overdrive. "Does he know? No he can't know? Does he? No no he doesn't. I read the comics and watched the shows with him I should know this. Wait~"

"Lincoln!" She stated quickly.

Startled by the quickness of her voice, he struggled to respond and stuttered a bit. "Y-Yeah?"

"Batgirl! Let me be Batgirl instead!" Lucy begged.

Confusion engulfed Lincoln whole. If you could see it, a massive blob with the word 'confusion' on it would have eaten and covered his whole body. However, he responded after he regained his thoughts.

"Yeah, sure, I don't see why not." Lincoln agreed, only for her to become unusually giddy all of a sudden. "I really don't know what's gotten into you, though. You are really being un-Lucylike right now."

Lucy was currently thinking to herself, since he agreed. "So he really doesn't know. I thought I blew it there for sure but he really hasn't seen the news yet has he? Did the...event that happened between our two characters slip his mind too?"

"There you go making that evil smile again." Lincoln spoke making Lucy snap out of her thoughts. "You should really have somebody look at that, maybe a doctor, or Lisa." Lucy was going to respond but Lincoln seemed to have more to say. "I actually asked some of our sisters about that, and they said that they've never seen you smile like that. I guess it's just around me for some reason."

"He is really clueless." Lucy thought. "I don't dislike it."

"Lincoln," Lucy finally spoke, after looking at her brother's eyes again she remembered her concern. "You said you were on your way home?" He nodded in confirmation. "How far away do you live from here again?"

He thought for a moment. "I think...maybe another 30 minute drive or so, why?"

She chuckled, much to his confusion. "Yeah, you're probably not going to make it home, especially not in the state you're in right now. Like I said, you look as if you've missed a weeks worth of sleep and will fall asleep at any minute. You also look physically weaker, and I don't mean your muscles."

He sighed at Lucy's observation about his mental and physical health. "Yeah, you're probably right." He agreed with her. "I guess I'll sleep in my car tonight. It's getting a little cold out too."

She nodded, though she didn't mind the cold like most of her other siblings, she still had concern for their health and well-being.

Lincoln began to walk back to his car, and not to his surprise, Lucy followed.

When they reached Lincoln's car, he opened the car door and put his keys in the ignition so he could use the heater. He turned the keys, and almost immediately a clicking sound was heard. He turned them again, and only got the same sound. He tried a third time, a fourth, and even a fifth, all with the same result. He sighed and got back out of his car.

"Having car troubles brother?" Lucy said, hiding a small smirk. Of course, she didn't plan this, but everything seems to be falling right into place for her. She would have to thank the spirits later.

Lincoln sighed. "Yeah, this car is a piece of junk. It hasn't been starting for a while now, and I think it's finally reached its limit."

She sighed as well, though, when you look on the outside, in Lincoln's perspective, it would show pain, boredom, or unwillingness. However in Lucy's mind, it meant something completely different. More like...a dreamy sigh.

"You can sleep with me in my car tonight, Lincoln." Lucy suggested. "It's a lot more comfortable and has a working heater in it too." She teased him about his car. "I'll also take you home tomorrow since you obviously can't drive yourself."

He rubbed the back of his head. "I don't want to be a bother to you or anything. I mean, I'll only take up room and I'm sure you have other things you want to-"

"NO!" She suddenly raised her voice, startling Lincoln. She cleared her throat a little before speaking in her usual tone once again. "I don't mind, you're not a nuisance in any way to me so don't think that you are." She put a hand on his shoulder to reassure him.

Lincoln looked into his sisters eyes, that were covered up by her dyed hair. It took him until she was right next to him to realize she was the same height as him. She wore larger versions of what she wore when she was younger, that being long striped arm sleeves, stockings, and a black dress worn over a striped shirt with black shoes. He had also noticed that her nails were not painted black like they usually were, but instead they were unpainted and their usual color. She was also quite skinny and underdeveloped. Despite her pale skin, dark look, and her being his sister, Lincoln genuinely found her to be a cute girl.

After taking his groceries out of his dead car, Lucy led her brother to her car, which was in the actual parking lot instead of on the side of the road. "You take the passenger side." He nodded as he put the groceries into the back of her car before getting into the car himself. He was thankful he didn't have anything that needed to be immediately refrigerated. Oh wait, yes he did, it looks like he'll have to go back to the store.

It was like a normal car, besides the overwhelming presence of the color black on almost everything. The seats on the inside were made of a type of memeory foam, making them very comfortable. The vehicle also seemed to be very roomy and open, as it was not littered with unnecessary belongings. The colors inside were mostly black, but some things like the glove box's had a dark gray color, and the floor had a dark brown color to it.

Lucy reclined her chair and stared up at the roof of the car. Lincoln ended up doing the same thing. Lucy then tilted her head slightly toward Lincoln, looking at him as he began to doze off. "Can you just park your batmobile into my batcave already.."

"You say something?" He turned his head and asked her.

She suddenly felt a heat wave hit her face as she quickly turned away from him. "N-no..."

"Did I say that out loud?"

"Say what out loud?"

"Nothing!"

Silence then overtook the car, as both of them thought about their own things. Lincoln, once again, began to doze off, but Lucy spoke again. "Hey, Lincoln?"

He turned his head to face hers. "Do you remember...that one Christmas and New Year?" She nervously asked him.

A small smile crept onto his face as he closed his eyes. "Of course I remember." Came his reply. "It was one of the happiest moments of my life." Lucy couldn't help but smile at his comment. "And one of the scariest." She frowned as he gave off a small chuckle in amusement.

It was New Years Eve. In the Loud House, most of the siblings were kept up in the living area, watching a variety of Christmas shows, which were mostly reruns, and were mainly romantic comedies much to Lucy's dismay. Although, she did sit there to appease her siblings, and the same could be said for Lisa and Lynn, as they were in the same situation as her. But, if it were a vampire, Christmas romantic comedy, she would be down to watch that.

It was one of the rare times in the Loud House where the family would still meet up together. Lori and Leni were visiting from college, and Luna even took a break from her tour in order to drop by. All of them came for Christmas and New Years.

Suddenly feeling her bladder begin to erupt, she got up and went upstairs to use the bathroom.

Lincoln, not interested in the Christmas shows, and avoided the sister's pleas to have him stay and watch with them, decided to stay in his room and do his own thing, such as reading some comics or playing some video games. Though, suddenly, feeling his bladder tense up, got up and began to head toward the bathroom.

While walking, a snake slithered in front of him. Panicking, Lincoln tried to avoid accidentally stepping on the poor snake and almost immediately began to lose his balance.

Lucy has just reached the top of the stairs when she saw her brother begin to fall on top of her. They both closed their eyes and prepared themselves for the impact they were about to inevitably face.

Bang

They both hit the floor, their eyes still closed from the impact, though nobody could tell in Lucy's case whether her eyes were closed or not. Lucy felt a weird sensation on her lips. A sensation that she has never felt before. It felt kind of nice, actually.

Lucy slowly began to open her eyes, and immediately widened them under her bangs as what she saw. Her brother, right on top of her, with his lips against hers.

Despite how disgusting her mind told her it was, she made no effort to push him away. In fact, she liked the warmth of his touch.

Though, it all lasted only a few seconds due to Lincoln finally opening his eyes and jumping off of her in a hurry, his face beat red and his breathing unbalanced.

Lucy took her time standing up, her mind a bit fuzzy and deep in thought about what had just occurred. Lincoln was trying to muster up some sort of sentence but was unable to do so due to his state of shock.

Lucy looked up to the ceiling, not finding what she thought might be there. Once realizing that, her face became a slight shade of red, that was somewhat noticable on her pale skin.

She looked back down to her brother, who was thinking about why his sister suddenly looked up after being in such a compromising position, as well as still trying to find something to say. Finally, he gathered, "L-Lucy I-"

"Say no more Lincoln, I understand, it's okay." Came her surprising response.

"Wha- really?" Lincoln asked, not believing her response. He had assumed his sister would think of him being a disgusting freak, or would go rat him out to his other sisters. He supposed that if it were anyone else, that would be the case.

She nodded to his response. "Yes." Lincoln gave off a sigh of relief.

Lucy, remembering why she went upstairs in the first place, started to head toward the bathroom. But, before she closed the bathroom door, she said one last thing to her brother, "I had no idea that you were in to such forbidden acts Lincoln."

She left him dumbfounded, and Lincoln swore that he saw a smile on her face right before she finally closed the door. His wide eyed expression would probably scare anybody that would happen to pass by.

"Snake?! Snake?! Snaaaakkkkeee! Oh hi Lincoln, cool face your making there."

Except for Lana.

Her voice is what finally took him out of the prison which ended up being his own mind. "Huh, oh, uh, thanks?" Lincoln's reply was. "Why are you yelling Snake around by the way?"

"Oh! Remember that game you showed me? Well, since El Diablo got out I thought I'd be cool to yell that around." Lana replied with a smile. "Speaking of El Diablo, have you seen him around?"

That question made Lincoln remember what happened, making his face get red and lose is ability to speak correctly, "Y-Yeah...trip...fell..."

"Uh...ok?" Lana, fortunately and unknowingly interrupted before he could spill anything else. She was confused but thought it was just her brother doing his own thing like always. "Do you know where he is now though?"

He shakingly pointed toward the stairs, and she quickly thanked him scurrying off to find her friend/snake, leaving him the way he was. He then began to think about what he was doing with his life.

What has is life come to? His little gothic sister now thinks that he is into incest, and he fears she actually likes it.

He took a deep breath in, before exhaling it in the form of a sigh. He rubbed his eye lids in a tired fashion. He didn't have the patience for this.

Completely forgetting why he was up and in the hallway to begin with, he slowly trekked back to his room, closing the door behind him. He then stepped toward his bed and collapsed on it, face first. He then screamed into the bed dramatically.

Flipping himself over, he looked up at the ceiling in puzzlement. Of course she would assume that, why wouldn't she? Why did it have to be the sister that believed in forbidden desires? He thought about how the other sisters might've reacted if he had accidentally kissed them instead.

"Lincoln! How dare you! I'm literally going to turn you into a human pretzel!"

"Ooo~ Lincy! I didn't know you felt that way! So we're, like, dating now, right, right?"

"Woah little dude, that's pretty straight forward, even for me."

"I guess you can say that you fell into my arms! Get it?"

"Linc, you better have a good explanation for this or else you will be my next punching bag!"

"Woah Linc, I had no idea you liked such dirty things! I like it!"

"Mom! Dad! Lincoln sexually harassed me!"

"I will have to study this sudden behavior of yours. I have reason to believe that an extraterrestrial life form is impersonating our sole male sibling and trying to learn about love. I will have to extract blood, examine your DNA, conduct a-"

You know this is actually one of the best case scenarios...

He contemplated what he should do. Talk to one of his other sisters? No that'd probably just make it worse. Talk to Lucy directly and try to convince her that this was a misunderstanding? Maybe, but that could make it worse or make an entirely new misunderstanding if he says something off.

No, maybe he should just write his name does in a magic notebook. That would solve all of his problems! Wait, no, he doesn't even have a magic notebook.

After a little more thinking, he snapped his fingers, in which he felt half of his worry go away, he had an idea. Granted, not a very good one, but an idea nonetheless. He grabbed his walkie-talkie. "Nosebleeder this the Master Planner, come in."

The white haired boy waited a few moments for a response from his best friend. "I hear you loud and clear, no pun intended of course."

Lincoln couldn't help but chucke at his best friend's antics. It was a nice spirit lifter in this particular situation. But right now that is, unfortunately, what he has to focus on and worry about.

"Clyde, I'm in a bit of a...situation." Lincoln told his best friend. Again, he waited for a response.

"What kind of situation, Lincoln? You know I need more details in order for me to help or give any advice. Doctor Lopez always says it's good to talk about your problems with others." Clyde stated. Lincoln somehow knew that Clyde said that very proudly.

"Well..." Lincoln began, quite nervous on what his friend would think. "...you see, I was going to the bathroom, when Lana's pet snake came out of nowhere and made me trip. The next thing I know is that I'm on top of Lucy, and our...our lips were touching." Lincoln sort of mumbled as he hesitatly said the last part of his explanation, but that was more than enough volume for Clyde to hear him. "And...I think she actually likes this."

To Lincoln, it felt as if Clyde hadn't spoke for five while minutes, when in reality it was only one.

"Wow Lincoln, I didn't think you were into that kind of stuff." Lincoln got a little flustered and defensive and was going to retort until he heard his beast friend laughing from the other end. "I'm just messing with you Linc." Clyde admitted, which gave Lincoln some sort of relief. It also told him that Clyde wasn't going to be weirded out or stop talking to him in any way.

"I'll admit, this is new, this is definitely new. Though I'm sure Doctor Lopez has probably had a few cases like this." Clyde stated. "The only real advice I can give is that you should either talk to her, or go along for the ride. But remember, an eye for an eye and the world goes blind."

Lincoln actually didn't know what to say to this, especially to the phrase. Of course he understood what it meant, but he wasn't sure on how to appropriately interpret it. So, he kept quiet and waited for another response from Clyde. "I mean, if you think about it, any particular or peculiar action from you could make things worse, especially with Lucy. In case you didn't understand what I meant." Clyde did have a point. If he were to, let's say try to avoid her, Lucy might take it as 'He really loves me so much he can't hold himself back when he's around me.' She is into the 'forbidden love' type of stuff after all.

"But, I think if you just try and talk to her, and tell her how you really feel about the situation, and her, she might understand." Clyde was talking some sense here. Waiting this out would be very risky, considering that she may take it the wrong way by thinking that he was welcoming this with open arms.

"I got it Clyde! I'll talk to Lucy!" Lincoln thanked his best friend before putting the walkie talkie back where it was and laying down comfortably on his bed, his hands behind his head, and his eyes closed. He was going to have a really nice rest. After all, this is really stressful for him. Even if he was offered to play a good round of shooting zombies, he wouldn't move from his position.

...

He then moved from his position, his eyes immediately shooting open and quickly standing up, rushing out of the door. "I HAVE TO PEE!"

Lucy shut the door to the bathroom, with an odd and unknowing to her, smile on her face.

She slid against the door until she hit the floor. She brought her knees to her face and contemplated everything that had just occurred.

'So Lincoln kissed me...' she though as she looked at her hands. Her pale, gentle, and frail hands. She brought her hands to her lips, and gently felt them. To her, she could still taste her brother's lips. Something like...watermelon?

That didn't matter. Of course, she still liked it, but she just kept thinking about how her brother, of all people, took her first kiss. And she didn't care one bit.

Lucy herself found this feeling strange, and questioned it herself. She was always interested in forbidden things such as love between siblings, demonic rituals, and things along those lines, but she never though she would be in those situations herself.

'I can't let them know about this...the teasing they would unleash upon me...and Lincoln.' Worry for her brother's wellbeing overtook her thoughts, as she pondered what her sisters might do to him and herself once they found out. She already felt bad for her brother for taking the fall for her so many times, like with the Princess Pony book, and she would feel terribly awful if he had to go through something like that again. Somehow she knew if her sisters found out he would try to find a way to shift all the teasing onto him and that was something she couldn't allow, not this time. She would need to talk with him later anyway about-

'Wait!' She remembered. 'The cameras! Lisa's security cameras! They're everywhere in the house! There's no doubt that one of them recorded us!' Lucy immediately began to panic. 'What if Lisa watches the footage and tells everyone what happened!'

Lucy now didn't care about what happened earlier, she now had something else on her mind, she'll talk about what happened with Lincoln later.

Lucy then had a determined look on her face. She would not let that happen! First things first...

She went over to the sink and looked up at the mirror. She then felt along side the mirror until she found a little bump. She scratched it off of the mirror, and looked at the object in the palm of her hand. It was a mini camera, which was originally on the mirror facing the toilet.

The way Lisa's camera system works now, is that each camera records independently from one another, and is separate from Lisa's main computer. Lisa goes to all the camera's starting at approximately eleven o'clock at night, and uses an unrecognizable device to take the footage. She switched from the live footage because it kept connecting to Luan's cameras or to Mr. Grouses own security cameras (which mostly showed his yard). No matter now many times Lisa tried to fix it, it always connected to either of those two things, and even periodically switched. The siblings suspected that it was a prank from Luan, in which confronted about it only shrugged, neither confirming or denying it as a prank. So, when it finally irritated the poor prodigy enough, she switched to a more manual method.

Lisa, of course, knew that this method of security was highly flawed, but she assured herself that it was only temporary while she worked in a new security system as well as a better connection system. How does Lucy know all of this?...well, she is always in the vents.

Lucy simply crushed the little thing in her palm, elliminating the camera and its footage. She sighed, and began to think of where the others should be, or, the ones that will be a problem that is. 'Three in the hallway, one on the vent cover, another next to the bathroom door on the top right wall. Last one should be next to Lincoln's room on my left.' Lucy nodded to herself in satisfaction and determination. She was going to save her brother.

And for the record, she only destroyed the one in the bathroom because Lisa was still going on about 'poop studies' and whatnot. Not to mention the serious violation of privacy.

Then, she remembered why she was even in the bathroom to begin with, and did her business.

Finishing her original task, she prepared herself for what lies outside of the bathroom door. It's only a little after ten o'clock right now, she still has some time before Lisa checks the cameras.

Fully prepared, she opened the door, and she wasn't prepared for what she saw. She saw Lincoln standing in front of her, waiting very patiently to use the bathroom. Lucy could have sworn she saw a tint of red on his face before he turned away out of embarrassment. Lucy could feel her own face heat up, but she kept looking at him and didn't back down.

"H-Hey Lucy, uhm..." she could tell he was nervous to speak, and oddly enough she was too.

Gathering her courage, she spoke. "Lincoln, sorry for occupying the bathroom for so long." She quickly moved out of his way, and he slowly entered.

"Lucy, can we, uhm, well...talk about-"

"SorryLincolngottagotalklater" she then shut the door in their faces, leaving her to do a verbal, and quite literal sigh. She looked to the side of the bathroom door, then to the corner of the hallway and found what she was looking for. She grabbed it and crushed it in her hand.

She began to head to the next camera. As she was walking past the stairs, she suddenly felt an object strike her back, almost making her fall onto the ground. She clenched her teeth, but kept her cool as she turned around to see what hit her.

Sure enough, it was her older sister, and roommate, Lynn. She seemed to have just come up the stairs, and was playing with her soccer ball when it hit Lucy.

"Sorry about that Luce!" Lynn apologized. "I was kicking the ball up the stairs when you walked up." The sporty sister explained.

"Sigh." Lucy exhaled as she began to turn, only to have a hand grip her should tightly.

"C'mon Luce, I think we should play a little game." Lynn said with her usual cocky smile. "I mean, I've noticed you looking down lately, more so than usual."

Lucy let out another "sigh," as Lynn dragged her off to their shared room. Lucy didn't even bother to struggle out of the sporty sisters' grasp, since she would pretty much not even feel the goth sisters' attempts.

Once they reached their shared room, Lynn pushed her sister toward the darker bed while she searched under her own for some equipment. "Trust me Luce, your spirits will be lifted after the game we're about to play. Yes that pun was intended. Ha! I bet that one pun was better than all of Luan's daily joke! Right Luce?" Lynn turned around to see the goth sisters' reaction to her comment, only to find that she was nowhere to be found. "Uh...Luce?"

Unknowing to Lynn, Lucy was able to slip right into the vents without her knowing. She watched as the competitive sibling looked around for the teleporting sister. Lucy slowly, and quietly, began to crawl through the vents to her next location.

She crawled through the vents and eventually into the hallway where she saw Lynn looking for her. Lucy did actually feel a little bad for Lynn, since she was trying to 'lift her spirits' a little, and Lucy had to admit, it was a pretty good pun.

Finally, she made it to the vent cover in the hallway and destroyed the camera hidden on it. Developing a small smile for her progress, as she began to advance toward Lincoln's room as a shortcut to the next camera.

Finally above the middle child's room, she saw her brother lying in his bed, so the shortcut was a no-go. She assumed he must have finished his business in the bathroom while she was occupied in her room and getting into the vents. She noticed on how he was thinking about something, as his face showed somewhat of a serious look.

Lucy though about what he might be thinking about until it could have literally hit her in the face, or lips. Her face began to slowly heat up at the thought of what had happened. Of course her brother would be thinking about it, he was even going to ask her to talk with him about it when she slammed the bathroom door in his face.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when Lincoln let out a heavy sigh and turned onto his side. She looked at him sadly, and began to think of ways to make it up to him later. But before that, she though he deserves her attention. She'll talk to him when the job is done, after all, this is for him.

She began to crawl away from Lincoln's room vent, and back to the hallway's vent. She removed the cover and jumped out, sliding the cover back into place perfectly on her way down.

Of course, she didn't want to be in the hallway because of the risk of being seen by any of her siblings. That was why she opted to use Lincoln's room as a shortcut. It would limit her visibility from her siblings (if they even noticed her) and she wouldn't be questioned since most of her sisters often snoop in the white haired boy's room while he's not around.

She quickly, and as stealthily as she could (which is pretty stealthily), destroyed the last threatening camera. She let out a physical sigh as she relaxed, finally saving her brother from the once inevitable torment their sisters would cause.

Lucy began to walk back to her room, when coincidentally, Lisa's room door opened. Lisa began to walk out of her room with a handheld device, that may or may not be mistaken for a gun at first glance. She walked over to where Lucy just was a few moments ago, and immediately noticed the change.

"It seems that one of the cameras has gone missing." Lisa, turning the other way, surprisingly noticing the goth sister. "Seventh eldest sibling, do you know who might have tampered with my recording devices?"

Lucy froze, she didn't know what to say. "Sorry Lis, but I think I know." A voice came from her side.

There stood Lana, her pet snake in her arms and a very displeased look on her face. Did she know? Was it over? Was she going to tell Lisa that she broke the cameras?

"El Diablo probably ate it." Lana told Lisa, in response she only raised an eyebrow. Lucy on the other hand, was genuinely surprised, but her facial expression didn't show it. "Chances are he may have eaten a few more as well. He's been around the house all day, Lincoln even told me he tripped over him earlier by the stairs, so I'm sorry for the inconvenience he's caused."

"That's quite alright my tomboyish sibling. They are very replaceable, though it is a shame I lost some precious footage from today. Please be more careful with your pets, we are quite lucky that the cameras didn't contain anything that could kill it or inflict bodily harm. Oh well, it seems as if your assistance is not needed after all Lucy." Lisa then began to move to the other cameras placed around the house. Lana has also began to walk off to her own room while lecturing her snake on its bad behavior.

During this exchange, Lucy had zoned out after something Lana had said. 'Wait, Lincoln trippedShe had throught he had...forbidden feelings for her. It seems she was wrong about another thing, she definitely needed to apologize for all of this.

She went into her room, to find Lynn on her bed bouncing a ball against the wall, which made an annoying sound Lucy had eventually gotten used to while sharing a room with the sporty sister. "Oh, there your are Luc!" Lynn exclaimed while she caught the ball in her hand. "After I couldn't find you I figured you wanted to hang out with Linc or something, like reading stuff in your undies, so I didn't bother you. I mean, you both like comics and stuff right?...Princess Pony and all."

Lucy then had a metaphorical light bulb appear above her head as she turned to Lynn. "Wait, what did you just say?"

Lynn, confusingly looked back at her roommate with a raised eyebrow. "Uh, reading stuff in your undies?"

"No, after that."

"You both like comics and stuff?"

There is was. The prefect thing to make it up to Lincoln! She'll do something he wants to do!

Lucy had noticed that her only brother was being drug around everywhere, being forced by everyone (herself included) to do the things that they liked. However, nobody ever took the time to do the things he liked to do. The only acceptions were Lori and Leni, which sometimes played video games with him, but even then, they didn't truly do everything he wanted to do.

This way, Lucy was going to open herself up to her brother, and do something he liked to do. She quickly thanked the sports fanatic and left the room once again. "Uh...you're welcome?"

Lucy stood in front of Lincoln's door. She felt nervous. It's not because she was going to open herself up to him and spend more time with him, but the fact that they were about to have the inevitable talk about what happened earlier.

Slowly, she raised her hand and knocked on the door. She knew her brother was probably surprised to say the least, since, because, nobody ever knocks on the door. They all just usually barge straight in without a care in the world.

The door opened a few seconds later, and their eyes met, unknown to Lincoln of course. They just looked at each other, which was admittedly, very awkward for the both of them.

"U-uh...h-hey, Lucy." Lincoln started off.

"Heeeeey." Lucy responsed.

"Do you...want to come in?" Lincoln asked as he moved out of the way for her to come inside if she wanted. Lucy only nodded as a response and entered Lincion's room.

Nothing had really changed in his room. Everything was still placed in the same spots. The only thing that really changed is that he got new video games and a new TV for his room.

Lincoln sat on his bed after he closed the bedroom door. When he noticed Lucy was just standing there, not knowing what to do with herself, he pat the bed next to him on his left for her to sit. She obliged and sat down next to him. Her hands were folded and her legs were crossed, he could tell she was nervous, and he was too.

"So...about earlier-"

"I know." She started. "You tripped over Lana's snake. She told me." Lucy then looked down into her lap. "I'm sorry if I made you worry...or even upset...I didn't mean to. I understand if you...hate me or-

Lincoln then put an arm around her back and pulled her in close, seemingly without any hesitation. She looked up at him, in which he put his forehead against hers, and it made her blush, madly.

"Lucy, you know I could never hate you, especially over something as silly as this. You know that, don't you?" He lifted his forehead from hers, and looked at her right in her face. After a few moments of waiting for a response, he did something which surprised Lucy. He moved her hair out of the way with his right hand so her left eye was exposed, and he could look directly into it. Her crystal, pretty blue eyes. He then repeated, "don't you?"

Lucy, as hard as she tried, couldn't keep a straight and seemingly emotionless face, and tears began to form under her eyes.

Lincoln, thinking he did something wrong, started to try and comfort her. But, what surprised him was that his little sister had suddenly trapped him in a tight hug, as she gently cried into his chest.

Lincoln closed his eyes, a small smile on his face as he rubbed his sister's back. Her crying stayed at the same pace, slowly starting to slow down, only for her to stop crying all together in the comfort of her brother's arms. Lucy moved her head up toward his shoulder and her arms down, as she lessened her grip on the hug. The siblings sat in that position for what seemed like hours, in each other's comfort embrace.

Lucy finally pulled away from their everlasting hug, and looked into Lincoln's eyes from behind her bangs. "Thank you Lincoln, for everything."

He only responded with a smile as he too stopped his embrace. Lucy honestly felt that she didn't deserve him as her brother, and the feeling increased as she looked into his innocent smile.

They both then resumed their original sitting positions, both looking in front of them. Lincoln then felt a weight on his left shoulder. He looked to his side, only to see that Lucy started to lean on his shoulder.

Suddenly, they both heard from downstairs, "HAPPY MEW YEAR!"

Along with the shouts and screams followed noise poppers and air horns. The two siblings shared a small laugh at their siblings actions. Though, the two did wonder how in the world so much time had managed to pass by without their knowing. Well, I guess time flies when your having fun...right?

Lucy picked up her head off of her brother's shoulder, and looked at him. He turned his head to look at her as well. "Hey Lincoln, I have a New Year's resolution."

He cocked and eyebrow. "A New Year's resolution?" She nodded with a smile. "What is it?"

"Well..." she began nervously. "I know how much you're bending over backwards for us, and I want to make it up to you!" Lincoln had a look of shock, confusion, and interest. She continued, "So, now, I want to do the things that you like!"

Lincoln didn't expect to hear something like that, and of course, tried to convince his sister it wasn't necessary. "Lucy, you don't need to do that. I-"

"No, this is something I want to do." She told him. "I know how you're always doing things for us, and that we never do anything for you. So, I want to help you more, and spend more time with you, doing we both like instead of just me."

Now, it was Lincoln's turn cry. He gave his sister a big hug, which she happily accepted and returned. He thanked her, but she didn't respond, she was only focusing on the hug.

When the two finally separated, they both ended up having tear filled eyes, in which they wiped away for each other.

"Hey Lincoln?" Lucy asked, a small smile on her face. He looked at her, which told her to go on. "Do you remember the Ace Savvy comic I got you for Christmas?"

He smiled. "Yeah. Of course I do! Why?" He could see her smile become even bigger than before.

"Do you...want to read it?"

Lincoln's expression turned into one of genuine surprise. "Oh no! You can't start with that one! We have to start with Ace Savvy, issue number one!"

Lincoln then excitedly jumped off of his bed and began to rummage through his box of Ace Savvy comics.

Lucy sighed. But, this sigh was filled with happiness and...a whole new emotion that she hasn't even felt before.

After that day, Lincoln introduced Lucy to all kinds of things, from video games to anime to comics. Lucy couldn't help but think that he was such a nerd, but, in his defense, she was becoming exactly like said nerd too.

They both laughed remembering the time.

"I'm glad we got to hang out a lot more after that."Lincoln commented. "I mean, it was really fun!"

Lucy couldn't help but get a little red at his childish comment, but brushed it off easily.

"Lincoln?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you remember that one time, where you got so self-conscious of your hair and asked Lisa to, and I quote,

'please make it so my hair can be blonde.'"

Lincoln laughed a little. "Yeah I remember that. If I remember correctly, she said something like-"

"'Sorry Lincoln, I can't get you to turn into a Super Saiyan right now. Maybe another time.'" Both of them said at the same time.

They both laughed at what had ended up happening, before letting out deep breaths.

"Well, I guess we should get to sleep." Lincoln said as he closed his eyes.

"Yeah, good night...Lincy."

Being as tired as he was, it didn't strike him as odd when she said that. He drifted into the realm of dreams a few moments later.

Lincoln woke up to a rather large bump. He opened his eyes and rubbed his head as another bump hit. "Oh, sorry if I woke you, there are a lot of bumps on this road."

"That's...okay..." Lincoln just then realized that they were driving. Curiousity filled him as he asked, "how long have we been driving?"

"About 45 minutes or so."

What? 45 minutes? But...he should have been home by now...right?

"Uh...Lucy, where are we going?"

"We are...let's just say we are taking a little detour."

"Detour? What kind of detour?"

Lucy hesitatated to respond to his question. But she inevitably did. "We are going to go visit Lynn."

Well there it is! Lucy's chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it and that it was well worth your time!

I also hope you found all of the references that I put in! Also, if you get the Batman one, please let me know, I want to know how many people figured it out.

Before I go, I just want to say a huge thank you to all of the people that were patient and waited this long! I honestly don't believe I deserve your support.

Anyways, I'll see you all, in the next chapter! Thanks for reading!