It was just another day in Royal Woods, Michigan, as per any other day, the sun was shining down brightly, the birds were whistling, and a two story house in the suburbs was breaking the sound volume, as it normally is when it comes to The Loud House.

It was morning, the kids were getting ready for school, in their own chaotic way. Lori, the oldest sibling, spent half her time texting her boyfriend Bobby while multitasking several other things.

"I think green suits you Boo Boo Bear, that's the color of your outer vest after all," Lori assured. "Come on Bobby we've been over this a hundred times, getting a little tired of this back and fourth."

"Lori! Where's my hairbrush?" the second oldest Leni asked.

"Give me a minute," Lori said, then placed her hand over the speaker. "Did you check the drawer Leni?"

"Why would it be in a pencil?" Leni asked, much to Lori's annoyance.

In another room, the third oldest child Luna was rocking on her guitar as per normal. For her it was a good way to get energized in the morning, and get her siblings energized, assuming they weren't annoyed by all the loud noise. She definitely helps bring meaning to their family name.

"Thank you Loud House!" Luna shouted, as if they were applauding her performance.

"That was great Luna," the fourth oldest Luan said. "Hopefully next time more people will tune in to your next performance." The young aspiring comedian chuckled at her own pun. "Get it?"

"Totally brah," Luna said with a thumbs up.

In another room, the fifth oldest daughter Lynn was doing her morning push ups. "Nintey-seven, nintey-eight, nintey-nine..."

Meanwhile her little sister, the sixth born daughter Lucy was looking through her notebook, trying to think of some rhyming words.

"What word rhymes with 'pain'?" Lucy wondered out loud.

"Easy, 'gain', no pain no gain, that's my favorite rhyme," Lynn said, now doing sit-ups.

"Too easy, and cliched," Lucy said, still tapping her chin.

In another room, the young twins Lola and Lana are preparing for the day in their own ways, Lola brushing her hair while Lana takes care of her reptiles. As Lola finished with the brush and reached for her perfume, she felt something slimy and squishy. She noticed that she had grabbed one of Lana's frogs, freaking out the Pageant Princess and causing her to fall backwards.

"Lana! Get your stupid frog away from my beauty supplies!" Lola demanded.

Lana was quick to grab her pet, "Give him a break, Hops probably wanted to look pretty too."

"The only way to make a frog pretty is if he kisses a princess, and I am NOT kissing that repulsive thing," Lola said.

Lana scoffed, "Well I'm sure he doesn't want to kiss you either."

"What's that supposed to mean!?" Lola shouted. "That frog would be LUCKY to get a kiss from a girl as beautiful as me!"

As the two continued arguing, nearby the second youngest Lisa was doing her usual experiments, attempting to precisely get the right drop of a chemical into a beaker. While she was successful, it started to act up, causing her to act quickly and throw it out the window, a small explosion ensuing afterwards.

"I hope that didn't destroy our neighbor's fence, again," Lisa said. "I'd rather not lose my science privileges for another week."

"Goo goo!" her roommate and baby sister Lily added.

"Right, that would be the least of my worries if the explosion caused a form of injury, fortunately I did not hear any yelps of pain, still, wouldn't hurt to check," Lisa then made her way downstairs.

Finally, in a room made from a linen closest was the only boy in this house full of sisters, born sixth into the family, so right in the middle of eleven children was Lincoln Loud, who was looking through his drawers, attempting to find something.

"Ugh, where's stash of comics I had hidden?" Lincoln asked, looking under his bed. "I hope I didn't throw them out thinking it was trash, I was in a hurry last time I collected garbage, just to avoid missing my show." As he continued to look, he heard a knock on his door. "What is it?"

Lucy entered the room, "Hey Lincoln, mind helping me find a word that rhymes with pain? Aside from gain?"

Lincoln was a little surprised that Lucy actually knocked, normally she would appear out of nowhere. Not wanting to question his luck, he simply answered his sister's question. "Um, try strain."

"Oh, good one," Lucy said, finishing her line. "Thanks Lincoln."

"Thank you for not sneaking up on me this time," Lincoln said as Lucy left. He doesn't mind helping Lucy with her rhyming, he just hates when she pops in out of nowhere, he's almost convinced she can teleport. "Alright, now to just-"

"Lincoln!" Lola shouted, barging into his room, startling the daylights out of him.

"Geez, maybe I was better off being startled by Lucy," Lincoln muttered, focusing his attention on his younger sister. "What is it Lola?"

"Lana's stupid reptiles keep messing up my beauty supplies!" Lola shouted.

"They are not!" Lana defended.

"Lola, I wish I can help but there's not much I can do about Lana's pets, they're not gonna listen to me," Lincoln said.

"But Lana will, tell her to keep her filthy pets under control!" Lola demanded.

"Why me? Can't you ask Lori to help you?" Lincoln asked.

"She's too busy texting her boyfriend, besides when has Lori ever done anything for me without expecting something in return?" Lola pointed out.

"That's kind of harsh to say, I know Lori's bossy but she's not completely selfish," Lincoln said.

"DON'T TOUCH MY NEW SHOES! I TOLD YOU THOSE ARE LITERALLY OFF LIMITS! SO IS MY NEW DRESS! AND MY NEW HAT!" they heard Lori shout from down the hall.

"You were saying?" Lola asked smugly, causing Lincoln to groan.

"Fine, I'll see what I can do, but I'm not making any promises," Lincoln said, standing up and making his way into the twins' room.

"Thank you Linky," Lola said.

Lincoln sighed as he made his way into the room, seeing Lana with her exotic pets. "Lana, what's going on with your pets?"

"Nothing, Lola's making a big deal for no reason, as usual," Lana said.

"I'll show YOU a big deal!" Lola threatened.

"You wanna take this outside!?" Lana asked, trying to look intimidating.

"No fighting please, let's not let this escalate...again," Lincoln pleaded, then turned back to Lana. "Please try to keep your pets on your side of the room, I'm sure you wouldn't want any of Lola's girly things near any of your stuff, would you?"

"Ew, no way, especially that silly glitter of hers. That stuff tastes horrible," Lana said.

Lincoln looked confused, and kind of grossed out. "Why did you eat her glitter?"

"It looked like candy, why did they make something look like candy and taste like trash, and I don't mean the good kind of trash either," Lana said.

"Besides Linky, this is Lana we're talking about, when has she ever needed an excuse to eat something gross," Lola said. "She probably eats more worms than the birds in the backyard!"

"Ok, let's stop talking, I don't want to lose my breakfast before I even have any, just please try to keep your pets in line," Lincoln pleaded.

"Alright fine," Lana said, pouting a bit, though lightened up when Lincoln affectionately patted her head.

Lincoln turned back to Lola, "There, problem solved."

"Thanks Linky!" Lola said, putting on a cute act.

Lincoln sighed in slight annoyance, "Yeah sure, now I need to go find something so-"

"Linky!" he heard Leni call, much to his annoyance.

"If it's not one sister it's another, a brother's work is never done," Lincoln said, then made his way towards Lori and Leni's room. "What is it Leni?" He peeked inside and saw that she was there by herself, much to his relief, he didn't want to risk annoying Lori.

"Sorry to bother you Linky, I'm having trouble finding my hairbrush, I asked Lori to help me, but she was too busy on her cellphone," Leni said. "Then she left to freshen up."

"Where did you last see it?" Lincoln asked.

Leni did her best to think about when she last used her hairbrush, "Um, last I remember, I was trying to get rid of some annoying split ends, then Lori showed me this really cute sweater in a magazine, so of course I had to go see it and it was totes cutes! I mean I felt all warm just looking at it, and it's made from a special cotton so it won't be itchy and-"

"Leni," Lincoln interrupted. "Getting off topic here."

"Right sorry," Leni apologized. "Anyway I got off my bed and went to see what Lori wanted to show me, then I couldn't find my hairbrush anymore."

Lincoln thought about the situation for a moment, "Did you try checking under your bed?"

Leni looked toward her bed, blinking a few times as if trying to register the idea. She went over to her bed and checked underneath. Surely enough, her brush was there, just as Lincoln alluded to. "OMGosh, you're totally right!" She grabbed her brush and hugged it close to her, She then placed it down at the edge of her bed and gave that same hug to her little brother, "Thanks so much Linky, I don't know what I would have done without my brush, can you imagine what my hair would look like?"

"I'm sure you still would have looked just fine," Lincoln said, a little flustered from the hug.

"Ew, no way, my hair would be all tangled and messy, and those split ends, what a nightmare," Leni said. "But it's sweet of you to say that, I can always count on my favorite little brother to make me feel special."

"Leni, I'm your only little brother, I'm your only brother in general," Lincoln said.

"Still my fav, plus being my only brother makes it easier, now favorite sister, that's a tough one," Leni said, then let go of Lincoln. "Do you have a favorite Linky?"

That question did surprise Lincoln, as well as worry him. He hoped to avoid a question like that, knowing that his answer would result in 9 angry sisters. Fortunately for him, Lori had come back from her quick trip to the bathroom, though might lead to another bit of trouble for the young boy.

"What, are you doing, in my room Lincoln!?" the eldest Loud sibling looked displeased that her one rule (rather two depending on the situation), was being violated.

"It's fine Lori, I called him in here," Leni said. "I needed help finding my hairbrush."

"Leni, I have literally one rule, a rule I've already told Lincoln, never come into my room, at least not without my invitation!" Lori said.

"It's my room too Lori," Leni pointed out.

"Yes, but I'm the oldest, so I make the rules," Lori countered, much to Leni's annoyance.

"You're only older than me by one year," Leni said. "I think at least, hold on..." Leni then began to count with her fingers, much to Lincoln and Lori's amazement.

"Never mind it Leni, point is I'm the older one," Lori turned to Lincoln, "As for you, since Leni found her brush, I'm giving you a chance to walk out, unless you want me to assist you in leaving."

Lincoln shook his hands, "No thanks, I can do that myself." Lincoln made his way out the room, glaring slightly at Lori as he left. As he made his way back to his room, he began to mutter, "I can safely say that Lori certainly isn't my favorite right now. Oh well, time to find that comic so I can bring it to-"

"Head's up!" Lincoln on instinct jumped to the floor as a soccer ball went over his head and bounced off a wall back to the one who kicked it, said girl catching it like a goalie, that girl being Lynn.

"Whoo! I'm both offense and defense," Lynn boasted.

"Be careful Lynn, you shouldn't be playing with that in the house, you'll break something," Lincoln said.

"Pfft, when have I ever broken anything?" Lynn asked.

"Is that a trick question!?" they heard Lisa ask from her room.

"Who asked you!?" Lynn shouted, then turned back to Lincoln. "Ok maybe I broke something once, but that was forever ago."

"It was last week!" Lisa again shouted from her room.

"Will you butt out!?" Lynn shouted, then focused back on Lincoln. "Anyway I hardly ever break anything."

"Explain your many casts then!" Lisa once again shouted, really getting on Lynn's nerves.

"Lisa do you always have to talk like your so smart!?" Lynn asked.

"That's just how I naturally talk, don't blame me because your IQ is wasted on sports knowledge!" Lisa called from her room.

"Least I got an atheltic bod," Lynn said, twirling her soccer ball on her foot. "Honestly Lincoln, you could use a sports body too, you spend way too much time reading those dorky comic books."

"Hey, they're not dorky, they're fun and I like them," Lincoln said.

"Never got the enjoyment, I mean seeing some over buffed guy throwing cards really doesn't seem entertaining. Such a shame too, I really think you could be quite the jock if you put your mind and body to it," Lynn said, kicking her ball up and catching it in a finger twirl. "I mean this is probably why it's hard for you to land a girlfriend. You've got the looks, you just need the athleticism."

"I'm fine Lynn, I'm not that eager to get a girfriend right now, I'm not really good with girls anyway," Lincoln said.

"Because you lack confidence, and to gain confidence you need to be athletic, it will boost your self-esteem and soon you'll be surrounded by girls...at least ones not related to you," Lynn said.

"I'll take that into consideration," Lincoln said. "Look I need to go look for something and I don't want to be-"

"Yo bro! Wanna check out this new song I wrote?" Luna asked. "It's my take on a rockin' love song. Normally it's not my thing but I figured I'd give it a try, see what I can come up with. I think it's great but I'd kinda like a guy's opinion on it."

Lincoln sighed, "Luna, I'd love to help, but-"

"He'd rather come see my new material!" Luan said, popping her head from behind Luna. "I've been working on a routine that will leave you in so many tears you'd think you were on an onion farm!"

"Do onions even grow on farms?" Lincoln wondered, then shook it off. "Not the point, look girls, I'd like to help but-"

"Hey Lincoln," Lucy said, suddenly appearing behind Lincoln, scaring the daylights out of him. Looks like he wouldn't be so lucky the second time. "Sorry to bother you again, I need a word to go with 'breeze'."

"I don't know, maybe sneeze, or wheeze?" Lincoln suggested. "Look I really need to-"

"Lincoln! Lana got mud on my side of the room!" he heard Lola call out.

"Did not!" Lana shouted.

"Again!? Didn't I just-" Lincoln was again interrupted.

"Lincoln did you take my phone when you came into my room!?" Lori shouted from her room.

"Why the heck would I take your phone!?" Lincoln shouted.

"Well it's not here! And you WERE in my room without permission!" Lori shouted.

"Leni gave me permission!" Lincoln shouted.

"I meant MY permission! Point is that it's missing! If I don't get in back in the next ten seconds-" Lori was threatening, though got interrupted by Lincoln.

"Oh what are you mad because you can't go two minutes without texting your boyfriend? Quite honestly he could use a break Lori, you can be such an overbearing girlfriend, it's really kind of annoying and I feel sorry for Bobby having to constantly deal with your non-stop texts. Honestly it's like he can't even get a moment's peace even when you're not in the same room as him! I'm surprised you two are even still together with how controlling you are" Lincoln vented, releasing his frustrations.

He regretted that almost immediately as his older sister opened her door, glaring at her little brother. The look in Lori's eyes suggested this was going to be painful for him.

"Might have gone too far there little bro," Luna said.

"You literally have two seconds to give me a good reason not to pulverize you," Lori warned. "One..."

"Um, because I'm your little brother and we love each other enough to know that I wasn't trying to upset you and just give you a little bit of friendly advice like I would do for any of my lovely sisters?" Lincoln said, hoping that'd be good.

"...TWO!" Lori marched angrily towards Lincoln, who's pupils shrank in fear.

"You should probably run," Lucy said to her older brother. Luckily just before Lori got too close, Lisa had run out of the room with a bubbling beaker.

"Watch out! It's gonna blow!" All the siblings rushed into their rooms, especially Lincoln, who made sure to lock his door. He then heard an explosion moments later, to which he checked out his peep hole to make sure Lisa was alright. "I'm alright! My eyebrows will grow back!"

Lincoln sighed in relief, both in Lisa's safety and that he avoided Lori. Though that didn't last long as seconds later he heard loud banging on his door. "Open up twerp! I'm not done with you!"

"Lori don't you think you're overreacting!?" Lincoln asked, desperately pressing against his door to keep Lori out.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING!" Lori shouted.

Lincoln was worried, he didn't know why Lori was this upset, chances are something might have already annoyed her and he might have just poured more water onto an overflowing glass.

Thankfully this ruckus got the attention of their father. "Lori Loud! Stop that yelling this instant!"

"It's Lincoln's fault!" Lori shouted.

"Whatever it is I'm sure it's nothing you can't talk out normally, now stop intimidating your brother and come down for breakfast!" Lynn Sr called.

Lori groaned in annoyance, "You lucked out twerp!"

She stomped away, Lincoln being thankful for everything distracting Lori from unleashing her rage. "Now to get that comic."

Lincoln went back to his bed, pulling out a mint Ace Savey comic that he wanted to show off for his friends, especially his newer friend Stella.

Since joining the group, Stella has become much better friends with the five boys, despite the awkward start weeks ago. Now they just treat her like one of the guys, not too literally since she's still a girl, but she enjoys doing things they do, and one thing Lincoln wants to show her is his Ace Savey comic, hoping to show off one of his favorite issues of the time he and his sidekick One-Eyed Jack teamed with other heroes to stop an evil alien from collecting the stones of power. Granted it was multi issue, this one had the great fight scenes on Earth.

"I can't wait to show Stella, maybe we can be Ace Savey buddies like me and Clyde, I can even help her get her own costume!" Lincoln said as he placed it in his backpack. "Now to get downstairs before Lynn eats my breakfast again."

Lincoln made his way downstairs, quickly taking his seat at the table. Their father had made pancakes that morning, Lincoln made sure to grab plenty before his sisters hogged them all.

"Alright, dad's famous pancakes," Lincoln said, attempting to grab some syrup, though Lori had grabbed it first, still on the phone. Lincoln looked somewhat annoyed, and had a slight suspicion she might have done that on purpose. "Um, Lori..."

"Can it twerp," Lori said, pouring the syrup on her pancakes.

Lynn Sr sighed, "Lori, maybe not be on the phone during breakfast...and please pay attention, you're wasting all the syrup."

"Whoops, my mistake," Lori said, leaving only a few drops of syrup left, then she slid it toward Lincoln, who was even more annoyed.

"Thanks..." Lincoln said sarcastically, trying to squeeze out as much syrup as he could.

"Hang on sport, I'll get another bottle," Lynn Sr said. "Hopefully this one doesn't get wasted."

"Thanks dad," Lincoln said, glaring slightly at Lori.

"You better not be eyeballing me Lincoln," Lori warned, not taking her eyes off her pancakes.

Lincoln looked away, not wanting to incur Lori's wrath. Luna noticed this and sighed in annoyance, "You really need to relax Lori, it's not good for your vibes."

"Uh-huh," Lori said, barely paying attention to Luna, much to the rocker's annoyance.

Leni then nudged Lincoln to get his attention. Speaking softly, she explained Lori's behavior to her little brother. "Lori's been a little stressed out lately, so try to be extra careful not to annoy her."

"What's got her upset this time?" Lincoln asked.

"I'm not sure, I think it has to do with Bobby, they've been talking a lot lately and Lori seemed worried about something," Leni said.

Lincoln sighed, "Alright, I'll try to be sympathetic, but she can still try to lighten up."

Lynn finished up her pancakes, letting out a loud belch afterwards, much to the annoyance of her siblings. "Man that was tasty."

"Have a little class Lynn!" Lola said. "Sometimes you're more of a boy than Lincoln is."

"Someone's gotta show some masculinity, since we hardly get it from the only brother, am I right?" Lynn asked while laughing, getting an annoyed glare from Lincoln.

"Ha, ha, real funny Lynn," Lincoln said.

"Oh relax, I'm just messing around Lincoln, don't be such a girl about it," Lynn said, then started laughing some more.

"Leave the jokes to Luan will you?" Lincoln said.

"Yeah, suppose I outed you from your sports career?" Luan asked, then started laughing herself. "Get it?"

"Eh, barely," Lana said. "I mean I think I know what you meant but-"

"Guess I strikeout when it comes to sports puns," Luan said, then laughed again. "Get it?"

"A little better," Lana said.

"Seriously Linc, take a joke, you know we're only goofing around," Lynn said.

Lincoln sighed in annoyance, just another morning, especially with Lynn. It's like she realizes she says and acts kinda cruel. Lincoln of course knows that despite her attitude, Lynn loves him tremendously, as he loves her, he just wishes she could be a bit more aware of what she's saying.

After his dad got him the second bottle of maple syrup, Lincoln finally got to enjoy his breakfast. Later the school bus came, the kids boarding it and making their way over to the respective schools.

Come lunchtime at Royal Woods Elementary, Lincoln was sitting at the table with his four friends, Rusty, Zack, Liam, and his best friend, Clyde McBride.

"You got the comic Lincoln?" Rusty asked.

"Right in my backpack, took me all morning to get it," Lincoln said.

"Why? Did you lose it?" Zach asked.

"No, my sisters needed my help, one thing after another," Lincoln said.

"Gotta love your sisters," Clyde said. "What was it this time?"

"The usual, breaking up a fight between Lola and Lana, Lynn giving me her advice on life, heling Leni find something she lost, the latter being risky because I had to go into her room," Lincoln said.

"Why? Too girly?" Rusty asked.

"It's not that, she shares a room with Lori, and she can get really irritated if you go into her room without her knowing, even if Leni invites you," Lincoln said.

"Ah Lori, even at her most dangerous she is a peace of art," Clyde said, hearts in his eyes.

"Anyway I might need to avoid her for a while, according to Leni, she's not in the best mood, she's going out all day tomorrow and I think the excitement of seeing Bobby mixed with the stress of making sure everything goes right is making her unbearable right now," Lincoln said. "Didn't help that I got busted by Lori after helping Leni."

"I take it she wasn't too happy when she found you in her room," Liam said.

"Let's just say I got lucky, she looked ready to pulverize me," Lincoln said.

"Anyway at least you got the comic," Cylde said. "Now all we have to do is just need to wait for Stella."

"Here she comes now," Liam said, gesturing to the young girl in question.

Stella approached the group, offering a friendly smile and wave to the boys, "Hi guys."

"Hi Stella," Lincoln greeted.

"So, did you bring that comic you were telling me about?" Stella asked.

"Sure did, I got it right here," Lincoln said, pulling it out for the others to behold. "The cool part is that tomorrow they're showing the movie version of this comic on TV, it's a special viewing with an extended cut! Me and Clyde are gonna see it tomorrow, it's gonna be the best! Out of all the Ace Savey comics, this story arc is my favorite, and to see a version of the movie that's too long even for most movie theaters, it's a total dream!"

"It's all they've been talking about the last two weeks," Liam said. "I've never seen Lincoln this excited, not since they announced that huge game coming to The Snap."

"You mean the one with all the popular video game characters coming together? Who wouldn't be?" Clyde asked.

"I like seeing the differences between comics and movies, most fans don't like changes, but me, I like seeing how differently things can go, plus it leaves it unpredictable," Lincoln said, then turned to Clyde. "What do yo say buddy, ready for tomorrow."

"I would be..." Clyde began, "But..."

"But what?" Lincoln asked, not really liking where this is going.

"Thing is, me and my dads were gonna go visit my nana, she got this really cute puppy and tomorrow I get to go play with it!" Clyde said.

"But Clyde, we've been planning this since they announced the TV showing! It's the special extended cut! Who knows when they'll have another showing!" Lincoln said.

"I know, but my nana really wants me to come, plus I'm sure they'll have another showing, maybe with more extended cuts," Clyde said.

"Yeah, but we were also gonna to to Gus's Game and Grub afterwards, they have that new Kart Racing game, I figured we could break it in after the movie," Lincoln said.

"Maybe another time buddy," Clyde said.

Lincoln sighed in disappointment, "Oh well, some things can't be helped."

"Well, you can still do that stuff at least, just by yourself," Liam pointed out.

"Duh, of course I can, but I'd like to have a friend with me, makes it more fun," Lincoln said. "I mean if one of you guys want to come, then you're more than welcome to."

Liam, Zach and Rusty glanced nervously at each other, all feeling the same worry. Liam spoke on behalf of the three boys. "Uh, Lincoln, you know yer our friend, and we really like hanging out with you, but..."

"Your sisters are insane!" Zach interjected, getting a slight glare from Liam and Rusty. "What? You're both thinking the same thing!"

Lincoln furrowed his brow at that, "My sisters are not that bad, sure they can go a little overboard with things, but it's just how they are. I've gotten used to it, mostly, and Clyde's gotten used to it as well."

"Pretty sure he endures it because he has a crush on Lori," Liam pointed out.

"Actually I think all his sisters are pretty neat in their own way," Clyde said.

"Maybe you can tolerate it, but they're just out of control," Zach said.

"Ah don't want another makeover," Liam said, remembering the time Lola applied her make-up product the last time he went to Lincoln's house for a sleepover.

"I still remember having to constantly rebuild our science project, just because your little sister had a crush on my brother," Rusty pointed out. "Seriously, they couldn't think to just let me know? Or you?"

"My sisters are stubborn when it comes to romance, plus they don't trust a guy's opinion on the subject," Lincoln said.

"Girls are like that," Stella said. "Though the five of you kinda proved their point the first time you met me."

Lincoln sheepishly rubbed his head, "Well you're not wrong."

"We're sorry to tell you this Lincoln, but your sisters kind of scare us," Zach said. "We can only imagine what it's like for you being in a house full of so many girls."

"I'm used to it, might have cost me most of my masculinity, but I still wouldn't trade it for the world," Lincoln said.

"That's so sweet of you to say Lincoln," Stella said. "You're lucky to have so many sisters, and they do seem nice, even if I don't see them much. Don't any of them like comics though? Maybe ask one of them to spend time with you."

"Not really, it's not their thing, I've even tried in the past, they're not interested, they just like their own thing too much," Lincoln said. "It's amazing how diverse a house of eleven siblings are."

"Each of your sisters seem to have a different personality," Stella said. "Kind of wish I could see them more often."

That lit a lightbulb in Lincoln's head, "Duh! Why didn't I think of that! The answer was right in front of me!"

"What answer?" Stella asked, to which Lincoln suddenly grabbed her shoulders, looking her right in the eyes.

"You Stella, would you like to come over tomorrow? It can be the two of us watching the movie, reading comics and going to Gus's Game n Grub!" Lincoln said.

Stella looked a little surprised by Lincoln's request, "You and me? Well it wouldn't be the first time we've hung out one on one, but I don't think I've ever been to your house before. The thought makes me kind of nervous."

"Don't you want to get to know my sisters better?" Lincoln asked.

"For some odd reason," Zach joked, though received a quick glare from Lincoln before the boy focused back on his friend.

"I do want to get to know them better, but.. without the rest of the guys I won't feel as confident being at your house," Stella said.

Lincoln turned to them, "You guys are still welcome to come."

"We'll think about it," Liam said.

"Maybe once I check my medical insurance," Zach said.

Lincoln sighed in annoyance, he really hates the reputation his sisters have. They're not perfect, but he knows they're a lot better than most people give them credit for. He hardly admits it out loud, but he loves them very much, even at their most irritating.

"I hope you consider it as well Stella, it'd be nice for you to meet my sisters," Lincoln said.

Stella did a half shrug. "Well, I suppose it couldn't hurt, plus I'd get to know you a little better as well. Alright, count me in."

"Sweet," Lincoln said, then focused his attention to Clyde. "You're ok with this, right buddy?"

"Huh? Of course, why wouldn't I be?" Clyde asked.

"Because you always get jealous whenever Lincoln does something fun without you," Rusty pointed out.

"What!? No I don't!" Clyde insisted.

"You were like that when we first met!" Zach said. "You and Liam got jealous when me and Rusty started hanging out with Lincoln!"

"You did start hyperventilating a bunch of times," Liam pointed out.

"Come on guys, that was in the past, I promise I won't get jealous of Lincoln and Stella," Clyde insisted. "I wouldn't want my buddy to be deprived of a great day because I'm not there." Clyde then muttered, "Plus it's only one day."

"As long as you're fine with it buddy," Lincoln said, then turned to Stella. "It's settled then, the movie starts tomorrow at 12:30, come over around then," Lincoln said.

"I'll be there," Stella said.

"Oh, and just a fair warning, when you come over, my sisters might assume that we're on a date, so try not to worry too much when they try setting a mood and just ignore it," Lincoln said.

"Does that happen a lot when you bring a girl over?" Stella asked.

"Well before you, the only girl I regularly hung out with was Ronnie Anne Santiago, but yeah they did that a lot with her as well," Lincoln said.

"Especially since Lori dates her older brother Bobby," Liam said.

"Ronnie Anne huh?" Stella asked. "You've mentioned her a few times, so you two never-um what's wrong with Clyde?"

Lincoln turned to see Clyde angrily gritting his teeth, then turned back to Stella, "That happens whenever someone mentions Lori dating Bobby, since Clyde has a crush on her."

"I thought him moving away would help my chances, but he got lucky," Clyde said. "It won't last much loner, after all she sees me more than she sees him, sooner or later she'll want what's already here." Clyde then pointed to himself, "This guy."

Stella looked a little freaked out by Clyde's odd behavior, "Uh huh...Anyway so you and Ronnie Anne were just friends as well?"

"Uh, sometimes we were, sometimes we weren't, it got really confusing," Lincoln said. "I mean right now we're just friends, I don't think she's interested in dating me."

"Well don't count yourself out," Stella said. "Who knows, maybe she likes you, but she's not ready for dating yet."

"I really don't know, I try not to think about it," Lincoln said. "Anyway, let me show you that comic." Lincoln grabbed the comic and the six friends started looking it over, already debating all potential changes for better or for worse.

Later on Lincoln had just gotten home, feeling really excited about the next day. Of course he had to deal with all the chaos when he got home but he was in too good of a mood.

Lynn was the first to notice his mood, "You're happy, what did they release a new comic or something?"

"Even better, I've got a fun day planned for tomorrow!" Lincoln said.

"Oh that, you're gonna spend all afternoon watching some dorky Superhero movie, because watching guys in tights is somehow entertaining to you," Lynn said.

"Hey that movie is one of the most popular movies in ages, you're missing out just because you have a lousy opinion on comic books," Lincoln said.

"Yeah because laying around reading books with pictures is so entertaining," Lynn said.

"Whatever, anyway Clyde can't make it tomorrow, he's going to see his grandmother," Lincoln said. "So my plans are changing a bit."

"So what, you're going to join him or something? That doesn't sound fun," Lynn said.

"No, I'm still catching the movie and the arcades later, but this time with Stella," Lincoln explained.

"Stella? Wait you mean that new girl?" Lynn asked.

"Yeah, she's coming over tomorrow, so everything me and Clyde were gonna do, I'm gonna do with her instead," Lincoln said.

"Hold on," Lynn interjected. "You mean to tell me that you finally got a girl to come over to this house, and you're going to spend the day watching comic movies and playing video games!?"

"Uh, yeah, same stuff I do with Clyde," Lincoln said.

Lynn facepalmed at her brother's response, "You dingus, you can't do stuff with a girl that you do with a guy!"

"Huh? What's the big deal? I used to do stuff like this with Ronnie Anne," Lincoln said.

"And where is Ronnie Anne?" Lynn smugly asked. "All the way in the city!"

Lincoln squinted his eyes in a glare at his older sister, "That was beyond her control, also for the record, when I go visit her and her family, we still play video games and do all that 'guy stuff' as you would probably call it, so your argument's weak."

"Fine, so she's that one girl who likes that lame stuff, doesn't mean all girls tolerate it, or do you still think you're an expert on girls?" Lynn teased.

"I at least know my friend, and she wanted to come over, so do me a favor, and don't screw anything up, last thing I need is another friend who doesn't like coming over because they think my sisters are insane," Lincoln said.

"Oh, so now it's our fault you can barely bring a friend here besides Clyde?" Lynn asked.

"Kinda!" Lincoln stated. "By the way, why are you so against the idea of a girl liking comics and video games!? You're a girl who likes sports, that's normally a guy thing!"

Lynn got in Lincoln's face, "Hey, watch what you say about sports Stinkon! Being an athlete is way more respectable than being a comic book nerd!"

Lincoln rolled his eyes at that, Lynn, as usual when it comes to his sisters, was being hypocritical. "Look, I don't have the time or patience to argue with you on this, now I need to let the rest of the sisters know about Stella, hopefully you'll all maintain a good behavior."

"Hey, we know girls Stinkon, don't act all smug just because one's doing a pity date with you," Lynn said.

"H-hey! First it's not a date, second what you mean 'pity'?" Lincoln asked, his patience wearing thin.

"No girl wants to do a comic date with a guy unless she feels pity towards him, you want to see a movie, that's fine, but getting into your comics and video games isn't an ideal date," Lynn said. "Also, say what you will about sports, but girls like a jock, that's why more girls are getting into sports, helps them be closer with the type of guys they want, a strong willed guy who grew past petty video games and comics."

"Three of Lori's classmates like comics too! And, one of them is a girl!" Lincoln countered.

"Yeah, and how many of them have dates? I'm not saying all girls hate comics, they're just so rare," Lynn said. "It's like I told you this morning, you have the looks to get a girl, but until you actually grow up and stop clinging to this useless stuff, it ain't gonna happen." Lynn placed her hand on Lincoln's shoulder, "If I'm tough, it's because I care, baby brother."

Lincoln's patience was officially at an end, "Look, she's already told me she's not interested, so I don't have anything to lose!" Lincoln took a breath to keep himself from getting any more frustrated. "I have some schoolwork to do, so if you need me, I'll be in my room." He then moved past his older sister, having enough of her mouth. "But do me a favor, and don't need me."

As he went upstairs, Lynn scoffed to herself, "Lincoln so needs help with girls."

"What's this about Lincoln and girls?" she heard Luan ask. Lynn turned to face her sister, though saw that Luna, Lucy and the twins were also present.

"Lincoln's bringing a girl over tomorrow to watch some movie," Lynn said.

"Wait, little bro's bringing a girl over? Righteous, who is it? Anyone we know?" Luna asked.

"The new girl Stella, they're gonna spend the day watching comic movies and playing video games," Lynn said.

"Comics books and video games?" Lola asked. "That's so lame, why would he put her through something like that?"

"Because it's 'What he does with Clyde' as he puts it," Lynn said.

"I don't think little bro should be treating this girl like another guy, he'll be friend-zoned for life" Luna said.

"That's what I told him, but of course, Lincoln refuses to listen to reason. He's yet to learn that when it comes to girls, he needs us to keep him straightened out," Lynn said.

"Are you sure? Lincoln's a lot more capable than we give him credit for, so long as he has the confidence," Lucy said.

"She's right, sometimes our meddling has backfired, plus he does know this girl better than any of us, maybe he's on to something," Luan said.

"Come on, this is Lincoln we're talking about, he's lost without us," Lynn said.

"Well he is the man with a plan," Lucy said. "I don't think we should manipulate things, Lincoln should try this on his own."

"Well you said yourself he needs confidence, how often has Lincoln had confidence?" Lynn asked. "Anytime it seems like he's growing a backbone, he crumbles down. Remember how quickly he shifted gears when it came to Lori?"

"It's Lori, even you can't take her when she's mad," Lucy said.

"Yeah she'd rock you like a hurricane," Luna said.

"Look, I'm not saying we need to control every little thing he does, but he still needs a little push in the right direction," Lynn said. "It's like sports, yeah you need to rely on your individual skill, but you still need a coach to make sure you stay on the right path."

"Lynn's right, I know our bro's smart, but I don't think I could forgive myself if I sat back and let him blow it with a girl," Luna said.

"Well how do we help Lincoln then?" Luan asked.

"Let's try to keep an eye on things, one thing he had a point on is that if we come on too strong, it could scare her off like the rest of his wussy friends," Lynn said.

"I brought out that one boy's glow, and he didn't even show me any gratitude," Lola said, crossing her arms in a pout.

"Pfft, who can blame him," Lana said, much to Lola's annoyance.

"What time is she coming by tomorrow?" Luan asked.

"Around noon I think, now I'm thinking we relay this plan to the rest of the sisters," Lynn said.

"Good idea," Lana said. "But I don't think we'll have any help from Lori since she's going to see Bobby tomorrow in the city."

"Shame, she's got the most experience when it comes to romance," Luna said.

"We'll manage without her, heck back when Lori and Bobby first started dating, me and Luan were the ones keeping an eye on things," Lynn said.

"We were her pair of eyes in her paradise," Luan said, giggling a bit. "Get it?"

"Weak," Lynn said, much to Luan's annoyance. "But back to my point, Luan and I were the ones who helped Lori out, now we help out Lincoln," Lynn said.

"Is he even interested romantically in this girl?" Lucy asked. "They could just be friends."

"Ugh, Lucy, who's side are you on here? Don't you want Lincoln to get a girl?" Lynn asked.

"Of course I do, but it will mean nothing if he doesn't desire it. To Luan's earlier point, sometimes we cause him grief when we try to help. Remember we did goad him into kissing Ronnie Anne, and that ended with him getting hurt," Lucy said.

"Oh like you didn't enjoy the punch, I saw you smiling to yourself when Lincoln walked around with a black eye," Lynn pointed out, shaming Lucy a bit. She did find humor from the incident, though she didn't find humor in how angry her brother was with her afterwards.

"Let's just play it cool and keep things mellow, work through it naturally," Luna said. "Stella seems like a cool chick, it'd be great if she and Linc hooked up."

"It'd be really Stellar," Luan said, then giggled to herself. "Get it?" Her question was met with a brief groan.

"So it's official, together we'll help mold Lincoln into the man this girl can sink her teeth into," Lynn said.

"I like sinking teeth into things," Lucy said with a small smile.

"All in?" Lynn asked, putting her hand out. The other sisters quickly gazed at each other and nodded, putting their hands in as well.

"All in!" they said.