Hey everyone, Erik from EAP715 here, happy to say that Chapter 11 is finally here! Please read to the end for more information and replies to guest reviews. But for now, I won't keep you all waiting. Enjoy!

Lori held her mouth shut as she felt her sisters' eyes fall on her. What had she done? Or rather, what was she thinking? Blurting out an extremely awkward argument that her sisters were romantically in love with Lincoln without realizing that Lincoln could show up at any moment? Not only that, but she had just offended a few of her sisters, particularly Lucy whom she had nameplated "depressed".

As for Lincoln, he remained standing still, letting Lori's remark sink in. He was beginning to come to a realization of how several of his sisters truly viewed him. "But, but, but how can this be?" Lincoln mentally asked himself. "I thought they were only trying to show their sisterly love to me. I should've known better! Why else would some of them have kissed me on the lips?" As he continued to process reality, his face bore a perplexed expression, but not an angry one. However, the Loud sisters grew concerned upon seeing Lincoln's face, and understandably so. Lori only wished that she could somehow manage an argument claiming that she had only been joking, not intending anything serious. But how could she do so? It was evident that she meant every word she spat, and it was no lie that each of the Loud sisters harbored some form of romantic sentiment towards their white-haired brother.

Lisa couldn't help but show sincere concern on her face. But at the same time she mentally congratulated herself. "Yep Lisa, you knew it all along. But now's not the time to gloat. Have my sister units ruined a potentially healthy and blooming relationship with our male sibling? Such disappointment…" Lisa said in her mind. She didn't want her brother to grow apart from them. Not even half a week had gone by since Lincoln's admission to the family and now, Lisa's sisters had to ruin this valuable event. For the first time in her life, she actually felt pity and anger towards her sisters.

Back to Lincoln, he was now under full mental atrocity. He had no idea of how to approach this situation. He undoubtedly felt sincere love towards his sisters. It was evident since day one in the Loud residence that he was excited about bonding with them and getting to live a life with a truly caring family. But he knew that the most he could do in displaying sincere love for his sisters is give them a kiss on their cheek. A kiss on the lips would come off as too much, making them think that he wants to engage in romance. Lincoln certainly appreciated the kisses (despite being on the lips) by some of his sisters. He felt confident that they loved him sincerely. But he had to admit, a kiss on the lips was perhaps a tad too much.

After a long two minutes of silence and mental complexity, Lincoln decided it was time to face the situation and the facts. It was either now or never.

Lincoln decided to approach the situation delicately, saying, "Is that true? Do you guys love me in that way?" The Loud sisters felt their hearts skip a few beats knowing that it was now time to admit the truth. It wasn't going to be easy for them, but there was no escaping this time.

To everyone's surprise, Lori stood up and approached her brother. "Lori, you caused this mess, now you have to fix it," she told herself. She didn't want to make things any worse than they were now and she wanted to sincerely make things right for everyone after the offensive comments she said. She took a deep breath, ready to deliver.

"Lincoln," she began, gaining the Loud boy's eye contact. "I have made many mistakes in the past. And I'm not proud of them. I have to this day regretted every single harmful word, every hurtful action that I've done. What I have done this morning is no exception to that." As Lori spoke, her sisters continued to stare at her in anger, not buying any of what she was saying.

"When you were first introduced to this family, I was filled with a strong happiness. For almost six years now I had been wanting a brother. I love my sisters, don't get me wrong, and I truly appreciate having them in my life. But being part of an all-sister family, I was starting to feel that something was missing in my family. There was something that wasn't in our home that was making me feel upset. Seeing that only girls were being added in our family, I had lost all hope that I'd ever get to experience a sister-brother relationship." Lincoln listened carefully to her oldest sister's words, somewhat beginning to catch on to what she was trying to say.

"But then just this past Friday, my life changed. You showed up in my life, in all of our lives. I became so excited about finally getting a brother. You literally warmed my heart. I thought that this was all a dream. But Mom and Dad weren't kidding when they said they had a big surprise for us. That surprise was you."

Lori began to sniffle. "And now? It's only your third day in this house and look what I've done! Look what I've done! I've ruined my only chance at experiencing a sister-to-brother relationship!" She began to cry and wail in true regret of her actions. "I'm sorry Lincoln! I was just so emotionally obsessed with having a brother that I let it get too far! I'm so sorry Lincoln! And I'm sorry everyone for what I said! I'm sorry for ruining everything!" She couldn't continue any further as she found herself dropping onto the floor, sobbing uncontrollably like her five-year-old past self.

The Loud sisters, upon seeing Lori's breakdown, erased the angry glares from their faces. They instead now displayed truly saddened faces as they knew Lori was being sincere with her apology. Not only that, but they were also beginning to regret the brawls they had held against each other during the past fifty-five hours or so. They had truly gone too far in trying to gain Lincoln's love. They let themselves become so emotionally attached to him that they had forgotten about keeping the already existing bond amongst each other. They had to an extent hurt the integrity of the Loud family and they felt as equally guilty as Lori did for contributing their part in this calamity.

Luna could no longer keep it in. This was too much for her and she needed to let her mind out. "Guys, I think we all are to blame here. While Lori may have acted the harshest, we too played a role in this. The fact is, we all have been holding a secret love for Lincoln. And we let our emotions get the best of us. All we wanted is a brother to cuddle, to chill with, to have fun with. And we've blown it. We let ourselves not only ruin our bond with Lincoln, but also our own sisterly bonds. It's not just Lori's fault...it's all our faults too."

"Luna's right," Leni spoke up. "We should have never let our emotions go this far!"

"Yeah," Lola said. "I should have never gotten so obsessed for Linky! Now look what I've done!"

"No, look what I've done!" Lana said. "I let myself ruin our good sisterly bond! And please take this seriously when I say it, but I'm really sorry for what I did! And Lynn...I truly forgive you!" she said with full sincerity. Lynn felt a bit of happiness over Lana's true forgiveness, replying, "Thanks Lana, I appreciate that, but we still caused a mess and I don't know if we'll be able to fix it!"

Lisa at last said, "I normally don't like to partake in human emotions, but...even I have to admit that while I just felt pity and anger towards you all, I can tell you are all trying to make things better, and I can't help but feel both happy and sad at what is taking place here. She then began to drip tears from her eyes, and in an unexpected desire for comfort, she quickly embraced Lincoln in a heartwarming hug. While he was taken aback by this, he conceded and returned Lisa's hug, softly brushing her hair as means to calm her down. At this point everyone was now mourning over their past mistakes, but at the same time they felt a huge peace overwhelm their hearts, knowing that confessing the truth would at least allow for effective amends to be possible.

Lincoln could see the sincerity in his sisters' apologies and he couldn't help but give a wide smile at them for doing the right thing. Once everyone started to calm down, he decided to address them.

"Alright everyone," he said, holding Lisa in his arms as she curled up in a ball for comfort. "I think we've all done the right thing today in speaking out our minds. I know this wasn't easy for any of you, heck, I could practically feel the tension in you guys! But I just want to say I'm proud of you all for recognizing your mistakes. Everyone makes them from time to time, with a few major slip-ups here and there. But rest assure, I love this family. I love all of you guys. And I would hate for anything to ruin our bond. I know you guys truly care for each other and what just happened is proof of that. So cheer up everyone! We aren't going to let a little fight mark the end of the Louds, are we?"

With that, the Loud girls all began growing happy smiles on their faces. "No!" they all shouted in unison.

"So how about we all forget about what just happened and we push forward on a good note? Who's with me?!"

"We are!" the Loud sisters exclaimed. Though their cheerful faces quickly turned glum, something that took Lincoln by surprise.

"Is something wrong?" he asked, worried that perhaps he had accidentally said something erroneous.

"Well, not exactly," Lori decided to speak on behalf of the Loud sisters. "You see I'm glad that we're all starting to get over what happened and I'm happy that we will all be a unified family from now on. The thing is though...we actually still love you a whole lot, somewhat in a way how girls love a boyfriend. We're not necessarily asking for you to be our boyfriend, but we just wish there was a way that we could get rid of the strong love we feel for you."

"Oh, I see," Lincoln said.

"But at the same time we want to preserve our bond with you and we want you to feel loved and welcome in this family. So to make up for our recent fight...I was kinda hoping you'd let us do something special for you, if you know what I mean," Lori said uneasily.

"Hmmm, I think I know what you guys want, but I don't want to ruin the mood so I'll let you explain what you mean," Lincoln replied.

"Very well," Lori said, her face now growing red. "Can we all individually, one-by-one, show you some sincere affection? It'll help us relieve what we've been feeling since you joined our family."

Lincoln had a feeling he was right about what Lori was trying to articulate. And he was. While it was a bit awkward for him to think that his sisters wanted to show him boyfriend-girlfriend love (despite him not being related by blood to them), he wanted to be a good brother to them all. And being a good brother, meant keeping them happy.

Lincoln smiled as he faced his sisters, blushing a bit as well. "Alright guys, I know you all want to do this and I don't want to disappoint any of you." He placed Lisa on the ground, who had completely calmed down. "Go ahead," he finished.

All of the Loud sisters, even Lisa, gave a high-pitched shriek, knowing that they now had the green light to do what they had been wanting to do for the past two days.

Lori then said, "Thanks Lincoln!" And to her sisters, she ordered, "Everyone! Make a line in front of Lincoln, from youngest to oldest." The Loud sisters anxiously did as they were told, each blushing a bright red. Even Lily was excited about this dream-come-true!

"Okay," Lori said to Lincoln. "Are you ready?"

"Bring it on!" Lincoln said with a huge smile. Lori then motioned to Lily to proceed.

Lincoln decided to go onto his knees for the youngest four Loud sisters to allow them an appropriate height to deliver. Lily then approached Lincoln, wrapped her arms around his neck and delivered a short three second kiss onto his lips. Lincoln couldn't help but blush not just at Lily's kiss but at her innocent expression of love.

"Luv Inkin!" she babbled.

"Aw, I love you too Lily," Lincoln replied, giving her a short kiss on her lips.

"Next!" Lori called. Lisa then made her move.

"I'm not much for human emotions Lincoln, but you are an awesome male sibling and I truly hold a strong emotional sentiment towards you," she said as she embraced him in a hug and kissed him passionately on the lips. Despite lacking much of a romantic side, she found herself playing with Lincoln's lips a bit, enjoying every moment of their wet saliva exchange. In all, Lisa's kiss lasted twenty-five seconds.

"I love you too Lisa, you're an awesome, smart, and kind girl," Lincoln replied. His face glowed a deep red, to which his sisters said "Ooooh!"

"Alright, next!" Lori then said, chuckling a bit.

"Linky, my handsome prince!" the Loud princess spoke. "I've got a really special princess present for you!" She then wrapped her hands around his neck and delivered a soft, but passionate kiss on his lips. She let herself be free from her strong emotions, feeling calmer every second of their kiss. She did go a tad too far though when she tried sticking her tongue into Lincoln's mouth, accidentally biting his lip.

"Owwww!" Lincoln reluctantly exclaimed, but the pain had to be there.

"Linky! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bite your lip!" Lola cried in worry.

"It's okay Lola, you didn't mean it. Let me help you with what you were trying to do," he responded, opening his mouth a bit.

"Thanks Linky!" she replied, then stuck her tongue into his mouth to allow for an even more passionate kiss. After a short while longer she withdrew her embrace with Lincoln. Her kiss lasted a combined total of one whole minute.

"Hope you liked that present!" Lola smiled, clasping her two hands together in an attempt to look cute.

"I sure did my cute little princess," Lincoln said, gaining a red hot blush from Lola.

"Cute!" Lori said. "Next!"

The mechanic then proceeded and quickly hugged Lincoln around the waist. She then kissed him on the forehead and each individual cheek before finally landing on Lincoln's lips. She let herself give him a couple five-second long pecks and at the end, one long kiss with a lick of his lips. Her entire series of kisses lasted forty-three seconds.

"Mmmm…" Lana dreamily said, feeling Lincoln's saliva attached to her lips. "You're the best Linc!" she said directly to him.

"Anything for my little sister!" Lincoln happily said. His face was glowing redder after every kiss. Now that the youngest four Loud siblings had had their turn with him, he stood up, ready to embrace his six other sisters.

"Alright, next!" Lori then said, prompting Lucy to make her move.

"Lincoln, you're an awesome brother. And an awesome brother deserves a wonderful gift," Lucy said as she embraced Lincoln tightly. She then gave him a twenty-four second long kiss, filled with true love and tenderness. Her face, for the first time in her life, blushed red as she enjoyed her mouth-to-mouth moment with Lincoln. She had not understood true love and romance personally prior to this day, but she now felt happy to have experienced her first romance.

"Thanks Lincoln," she said to the white-haired boy as she pulled away. "I really needed that."

"Anytime Lucy, that's what a big brother is for," he replied.

"Lynn, you're up!" Lori spoke. Lynn, in her athletic playful self, decided to ram Lincoln onto the ground without warning, leaving Lynn resting on top of Lincoln's body. Lincoln was confused and stunned for a brief two seconds, but he remembered that Lynn enjoyed doing these sorts of things. Lynn then gave a short chuckle before showing another sincere display of affection by kissing his lips, this time longer than the first. She let herself taste his saliva, even going as far as licking his lips and forcing her tongue into his mouth for a brief few seconds. She enjoyed this sweet and calm moment with him and wished it could never end. She kept going, determined to make the moment last while it could until Lori abruptly interrupted.

"Um Lynn, I know you really love your brother and I hate to interrupt but I think you kissed him long enough," she told her, suppressing a laugh. Lynn had by far given Lincoln the longest kiss at eighty-three seconds.

Lynn immediately broke apart from Lincoln replying, "Oops! My bad!" To Lincoln she said, "I love you little bro. Don't you ever forget that." She gave him a final peck on his lips before departing.

"I love you too Lynn!" Lincoln said happily and with a chuckle.

"Luan, go ahead," Lori cued the joker. She then closed in on Lincoln and told him, "Hiya Linc! How do you do today?"

"I'm doing quite well, I guess," he responded with a nervous chuckle.

"Well Lincoln, today's your special day!" she said as she grabbed Lincoln's head and gave a short kiss on his lips.

"Mmm...owwww!" Lincoln exclaimed as he tried to enjoy Luan's kiss. It turns out Luan couldn't even spare a prank for this occasion.

"Hahahaha!" Luan laughed. "Quite the electricity we're sharing, huh Linc?" she joked, giving another laugh. "Get it?"

Lincoln was impressed. He let out a laugh saying, "I get it Luan, you're so good at what you do."

"Aww, thank you," she replied. "But in all seriousness, this is my special treat for you," she added, removing a tiny shock device she had placed on her lip to finally deliver a sincere, uninterrupted kiss to her brother's lips. She savored every moment of it, feeling Lincoln's soft lips pressing against hers. She gave a couple of audible "Mmmm…"'s and a few loud smooches before breaking away. Her entire moment with Lincoln lasted fifty-four seconds.

"There's more where that came from," Luan said as she walked away. Lincoln only gave a short chuckle in response.

"Luna, go for it!" Lori said to the rocker. She then ushered over to Lincoln, ready for her moment with him.

"Hey little bro," she said. "First off I want to say sorry for not talking much or spending time with you, I was just feeling very anxious being around you since I had the same feelings our sisters have had for you."

"It's okay Luna, I understand. I don't have any hard feelings," Lincoln assured with a smile.

"You're a sweet little dude Lincoln, and I really love you," she said, leaning in to deliver a tender kiss on Lincoln's lips. Similarly to Lola, she also forced her tongue into Lincoln's mouth, savoring his tongue and saliva. Only she didn't bite him on the lip. In all, her kiss lasted forty seconds.

"You're such a good kisser bro," Luna remarked. "Did you already have a girlfriend?" she teasingly asked.

Lincoln blushed nervously. "Ummmmm, no, I guess I'm just naturally a good kisser," he chuckled, earning a group laugh from his sisters.

"Very well Lincoln, Leni, it's your turn now," Lori said. The fashionista then rapidly enveloped Lincoln in a heartwarming hug and began kissing all over his face. She then gave Lincoln several pecks on his lips and one longer kiss at the end. After a lick of his lips, she pulled away, with her series of kisses having lasted forty-five seconds.

"I love you totes Linky," she said to the white-haired boy.

"I love you too Leni!" he answered.

"Well Lincoln, that just leaves you and me," Lori said as she embraced Lincoln in a tight hug and passionately kissed his lips. She let herself taste his lips, savoring every moment. She slipped her tongue into his mouth and played with his tongue for a little bit. She then took it out and gave one final tender kiss on his lips. Their exchange lasted a full sixty seconds.

"I love you little bro, you mean so much to this family. I'll always be there for you," Lori said.

"I love you too Lori, thanks for helping me out last night after my horrible nightmare," Lincoln said with appreciation.

"Anytime Lincoln," Lori responded. To the group she said, "Well, now that we've made things right, let's make a promise to never again fight over our brother and to always stick together as a strong, united family."

"Yeah!" the Loud siblings agreed. And to Lincoln the Loud sisters said, "Thanks Lincoln, you're the best!"

"You're welcome everyone, you're all awesome and I'd do anything to keep you guys happy! I love you all," Lincoln said.

"Aww, we love you too!" the Loud sisters said rushing over to give Lincoln a group hug. At that Lynn Sr. came back into the dining hall, joining his wife Rita who had just come downstairs after a shower. They couldn't help but feel an overwhelming joy within them at the sight of their children glued in a sincere, loving hug. Rita took out her phone and decided to take a photo of the Loud children's hug to keep for her memories.

"Well kids, me and your father are quite proud of you all," the matriarch spoke up as the children broke their hug.

"Indeed kids, you have all shown that you love one another and we are very proud to have children as nice and kind as you guys," Lynn Sr. added.

"I know we will all be a strong family, I can both see it and feel it," Rita said with a smile.

"Most definitely," Lincoln said. "We are Louds after all, and Louds always stick together!"
"Yeah!" the Loud sister agreed.

"That's what I like to hear!" Lynn Sr. said. "Now how about me and your mother take you all out on a nice trip to Lake Eddy?"

"Sounds like a plan!" the Loud children exclaimed.

"Well on to it family! We've got a long, cool day ahead of us!" the patriarch said, leading everyone to rush upstairs and prepare for a fun family day.

And with that, the Loud sisters were all able to reconcile after a tough challenge. And best of all, their bond with Lincoln didn't get compromised. Rather, the events of the morning only served as the igniting flame to a stronger and closer bond between each of the Loud sisters and their only brother. And what could be better than that? A bright future awaits for the residents of the Loud house.

And voila! I leave you guys with the terminus of "The Loud Crush". It looks like Lincoln was able to understand and handle his sisters' emotions very well. Not only that, but he also helped each of his sisters fulfill their wish. With that, I leave you guys with a story finally complete. This was quite a fun, yet challenging story for me to write, and I know there are ways in which I could have made this better. Unfortunately, due to my intense college work and now this coronavirus mess, I found myself in very tight spots. But I did my best to ensure each chapter of this story was completed as good as possible for your enjoyment. I hope you enjoyed the moment each of Lincoln's sisters held with him; I personally found it sweet and heartwarming.

Now for some replies to guest reviews (as promised in the previous update):

* Tristen: You're welcome for that update. Also, yep, Lori had to open her mouth in chapter 10, didn't she? Lincoln had indeed gone through enough from Lynn's roughhousing. But fortunately it looks like things worked out for everyone and I hope you're glad things turned out the way they did.

* Kirby: Thanks for the additional information on your Jake character. As of now, there's a chance I will do a one-shot based on your request so stay tuned!

* Guest (ch. 10 review dated 4/6/2020): Here you go! Chapter 11 done and done. Hope you enjoyed it and sorry for the wait.

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As a final message, I'd like to give each and every bit of thanks to all of you who followed and favorited this story. It's been a pleasure writing for this site and for your enjoyment and I hope to get more writings published on this site in the future. For the time being I may post one-shots revolving around some of the Loud House episodes or original one-shots involving the characters. In the coming months, I hope to begin a science-fiction story relating to our current world's events, as well as some dystopian occurrences involving the Loud House characters.

Before I end, I would like to ask, are you guys interested in a sequel to this story where we see the Loud sisters build tighter bonds with Lincoln? Or would you like me to go straight to the science-fiction story? Let me know in your reviews.

That all said, thanks again for sticking with me until the end of this story. I hope each and every one of you enjoyed it! This is Erik from EAP715, signing off. God bless and stay safe everyone. :)