In the room of Ronnie Anne Santiago, the girl was sitting and taking in everything Lori had told her. Stella went through quite a bit years back, nearly losing the trust of the Loud Sisters.

"So, what happened after that?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Well, Stella worked hard to prove her loyalty to Lincoln, including being an active part of making sure his Thirteenth Birthday Party was a huge success," Lori said. "She and Luan really put on quite an effort."

"Oh yeah, I remember that, it was themed after a lot of his favorite things, like Ace Savvy and Muscle Fish," Ronnie Anne said.

"Luan and Stella put their heart and soul into that, and everything else they did for Lincoln," Lori said. "Stella really showed just how much she really loved him, soon everyone started forgiving her for what she did. The hardest to convinced was Lucy, considering how close she and Lincoln are, the one thing Lucy feared was seeing her brother go through heartbreak."

"Yeah I can understand that, I'd hate to see Bobby get his heart broken too," Ronnie Anne. "Thankfully you haven't given me reason to think that could happen...assuming this Hugh guy hasn't caused any more trouble."

"Oh I'm over him, thinking about it I don't even know why I was so into him," Lori said. "I mean, yeah he was cute and I loved his accent but honestly I might have gotten carried away. I felt so bad later because Bobby had sent me some flowers and candy, just because he thought of me, and I realized that I literally could have thrown away a good relationship for some guy I just met."

"And if you did that, I would have pounded the tar out of Lincoln," Ronnie Anne said.

"Wait, why Lincoln?" Lori asked.

"Because you'd be harder to beat up and I know where Lincoln is," Ronnie Anne said. "Plus I really don't want to hit a girl."

Lori narrowed her eyes at Ronnie Anne, "First off, don't use an excuse like that, it's honestly something Lynn would say ad I know you don't want to be like her, second, if you did hurt Lincoln, you'd have ten angry sisters to deal with."

"Don't worry, that's in the past, I wouldn't hurt Lincoln now," Ronnie Anne insisted.

"I know you won't, you've really matured these last three years, you're turning into a fine young woman," Lori said. "You're gonna make someone a nice girlfriend someday."

"I guess," Ronnie Anne said. "Not interested in that just yet."

"It'll come," Lori insisted. "Too bad you and Lincoln couldn't have gotten together."

"Don't start on that, I get enough of that from Carlota, honestly my whole family still thinks I should have tried harder," Ronnie Anne said.

"If I may ask though, you and Lincoln were dating for a bit weren't you?" Lori asked.

"Uh...sort of?" Ronnie Anne said. "I mean, we hung out a lot, and we thought we liked each other, but I wasn't ready for a boyfriend, so I eventually let Lincoln know that I didn't like him that way. Though honestly, it seemed to bother him at the time, I think he actually did like me, and truthfully, I kind of liked him."

"Wait, if you did like Lincoln, why did you help Stella confess to him?" Lori asked. "Or did you stop liking him by then?"

"Can you keep a secret? Seriously, it's a huge secret and if anyone found out, it's gonna make things way more complicated," Ronnie Anne said.

"Uh, sure, go for it," Lori said.

Ronnie Anne looked around, making sure there was no eavesdropping, then brought Lori in closer to speak softly, "I did have a crush on Lincoln, even now I still somewhat have a crush on him."

Lori's eyes widened as she looked down at the girl, "Really!?"

Ronnie Anne nodded, "I never stopped crushing on him, when I first told him I didn't like him, it really bothered me to say that. I did like him, I was just afraid of having a boyfriend, I was worried something would go wrong, and if things got bad between us, it might get bad between you and Bobby. Dating Lincoln just seemed too risky, on top of my lack of confidence in being a girlfriend."

"That's understandable," Lori said. "But that still doesn't explain why you helped Stella."

"Truthfully, I helped her because I thought it could help me get over Lincoln," Ronnie Anne said. "Plus if my lack in confidence, and my fear of wrecking yours and Bobby's relationship wasn't enough, I don't even live in Royal Woods anymore, I like in Great Lakes, which is hours away from where I used to live. I can't handle long distance, I'm honestly surprised you and Bobby can, and remember how hard it was at first for him the first few weeks, looking depressed about not seeing you up close as often, there was no way I could endure that and there was no way I would put Lincoln through that. My hope of helping Lincoln get with Stella was just to further remind myself not to go for him, but even that wasn't really enough, and it's terrible for me to say this because Stella's my friend, but sometimes I wish I were the one dating Lincoln, and sometimes, I regret helping her."

Lori pitied Ronnie Anne, but she wasn't surprised to hear this. She knew that Ronnie Anne had a crush on Lincoln, she could pretty much sense it. That's why she was so adamant on getting them together, not just for her own sake but she knew they'd be happy together, despite what Ronnie Anne might have worried about.

"So, you've never told anyone else this?" Lori asked.

Ronnie Anne shook her head, "No, I haven't even told Sid. I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea, that's just gonna be another headache to deal with.

"You're secret is safe with me," Lori said. "I know it's probably not easy though, keeping your feelings hidden away for so long."

"It's fine, it's not agonizing or anything," Ronnie Anne said. "I really am happy for Lincoln and Stella, I just wish my feelings for him would just go away."

"Well you could try moving on, is there anyone here that you like?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"No, all the boys I know are nice but they won't exactly make the best boyfriends," Ronnie Anne said.

"Well you still have time, you're only fourteen," Lori said. "I know it's weird to say given Lincoln and Stella were both eleven when they got together but that doesn't work for everyone."

"Yeah, I figured that," Ronnie Anne said. "Thanks for hearing me out though, it is nice getting that off my chest. I've been holding that in forever, if anyone found out, especially my family or worse, Stella, that would be way too chaotic."

"Have you ever considered telling Lincoln?" Lori asked.

"Uh, why would I? There would be no point, not like he'll dump Stella for me," Ronnie Anne said. "Though even if he did, I wouldn't take him, I won't do something like that to Stella, plus it would be pretty lousy if he did something like that."

"Yeah Lincoln wouldn't break a girl's heart like that, we taught him better than that," Lori said. "Lincoln treats every girl with respect, I just hope he maintains that good aspect of him when we tell him about Stella and Luan."

"Same, I mean I don't know who he might end up mad at the most, Stella for cheating on him, Luan for kissing his girlfriend, Lynn for the pictures or all of you for keeping it a secret for so long," Ronnie Anne said.

Lori started to worry a bit, "Gee, you think Lincoln would really be that mad that we never told him?"

"I mean, if I had a boyfriend who cheated on me and I found out that Bobby knew and didn't tell me for a while, I'd be pretty ticked at him," Ronnie Anne said. "But then again, since it was with Luan then maybe he'd be a little more understanding."

"This is really risky," Lori said. "Honestly, I'm starting to have some doubts about this."

"Don't worry, I'm right here with you," Ronnie Anne reassured. "We just gotta wait for Stella, Lincoln and your sisters, we'll settle this now."

Downstairs however, just as Stella and Sid had left the hangout room, Carlota had gotten both their attention, "Hey girls, good to see you both."

"Sup Carlota?" Sid said.

"Oh, hi Carlota," Stella greeted, a bit hesitant to do so, knowing the make-up loving teen wasn't too fond of her.

"So Stella, still dating Lincoln?" Carota asked. "Kind of impressed you've lasted this long, young love usually tends to be very fickle, it takes a special bond to pull it off."

"Sure does, but it looks like Stella and Lincoln have totally pulled it off," Sid said, placing her arm around her friend. "Real proud of these two kids.

"Kids?" Stella commented.

"Technically I'm older than you, so it fits, Sid explained.

"Right, well I hope you're treating little Linky right, a boy like him makes for the perfect boyfriend, he understands girls pretty well after all, being raised with ten sisters can really enlighten a guy," Carlota said.

"I'm well aware," Stella said. "Anyway I should be going now."

"Aw what's the rush, I feel like you and I never really have a chance to chat much," Carlota said.

"Well yeah, because you told everyone how much you didn't like Stella after she 'stole' Lincoln away from Ronnie Anne," Sid blabbed out."

Carlota nervously chuckled, "Oh Sid, you're such a kidder, I would never say something like that about my dear Linky's girlfriend."

"But on the ride home from Dairy Land you kept rambling on about that," Sid said.

"That was forever ago, I've matured since then," Carlota insisted. "I have no grudges towards Stella, in fact I want to start a clean slate with her, if she and Linky are really that in love with each other, and neither one has an eye for another, then I guess I can admit to Stella being the better girl."

Stella started to grow nervous, wondering if Carlota knows about her and Luan. There is the chance she might have overheard a conversation, now Stella worries about what she would tell the others, while the younger girl does intend to tell Lincoln, albeit reluctantly about the kissing session with his sister, Carlota could still easily tell her family members about it and they might try to manipulate that to their advantage.

Sid also grew nervous, while she didn't know yet about Stella's kiss with Luan, she still worried that Carlota knows about her kissing Lincoln at the park.

Fortunately Luna's voice caught their attention, "Yo, Stella, where are you!?"

"Over here Luna!" Stella called, getting the rocker's attention.

"Good, found you," Luna said, making her way over, then spotting Carlotta. "Oh, you're here too."

"Yeah, I live in this building," Carlota reminded, sporting a hint of sass.

"Right, anyway..." Luna turned to Stella. "It's time, let's get on upstairs."

"Already huh?" Stella said, in an almost gloomy tone.

"Time for what?" Sid asked. "What's happening?"

"Don't worry about it, it's just something Stella has to take care of," Luna said, leading Stella out of the room.

"I'll catch you later Sid," Stella said, waving bye to her friend, a look on her face that showed some worry and gloom.

Sid looked very curious, and somewhat concerned, Stella seemed pretty sad for a moment. Carlota was just confused, and turned to Sid for an explanation, "What's going on?"

"I don't know," Sid answered. "I hope everything's alright."

Carlota started to have her suspicions, "I say we go check it out."

"Uh, is that really a good idea?" Sid asked. "If we go snooping, they might be mad."

"Well what if something's wrong? Wouldn't you want to help your friends out?" Carlota asked.

"Of course I would, but sneaking around like that just seems kind of...well, sneaky," Sid explained.

"Don't think of it as sneaky, think of it as being ready to lend a helping hand," Carlota suggested.

Sid still seemed a bit unsure, she hated having to violate their privacy, but she was a bit worried about Stella, the girl's mood really took a dive when Luna showed up. If something's bothering her, she wants to be there to help.

"Fine. but if we get caught, I'm blaming this on you," Sid warned.

"We'll just be clever, leave it to me Sid," Carlota reassured.

Lynn looked around the apartment building first floor for any sign of Lincoln or Stella, hoping to warn one of them about Carlota. "Where could they be?"

"Lynn," Lucy said, appearing beside the jock and startling her.

"Dammit, when are you gonna grow out of that!?" Lynn angrily asked.

"It's not some phase Lynn, it's who I am," Lucy said.

"Whatever, have you seen Lincoln? Or Stella? I got something to tell them," Lynn said.

"They're both going upstairs to Ronnie Anne's room," Lucy explained. "Somewhere you should be going right now."

"If that's where Lincoln is then yeah I'm gonna start going there," Lynn said, about to march up the stairs.

"Be warned," Lucy began, catching Lynn's attention. "They won't be alone, because soon you're going to have a lot of explaining to do."

"I don't have time to figure out your cryptic message, whatever they have for me, well I'll just have to see for myself," Lynn said, making her way upstairs with Lucy following right after her.

In Ronnie Anne's room, Luna had brought Stella upstairs, where Lori, Ronnie Anne, Luan, Lisa and Leni were waiting. From what Stella could see, Luan looked just as nervous about this thing as she was feeling.

"Almost time, we just need to wait for Lincoln," Lori said. "Plus the rest of our sisters."

"You sure we should do it here?" Luna asked. "Is it private enough?"

"My Grandparents are downstairs, and my mom's running an errand," Ronnie Anne said. "Bobby's not around but-"

"Bobby already knows," Lori said.

"You told Bobby!?" Luan asked in disbelief.

"I had to, I needed another opinion," Lori said. "You two really upset me so I needed someone to talk to about this."

"It's fine Luan, Bobby's cool," Luna said. "Lori wouldn't have told him if he couldn't trust him."

"Bobby was very understanding, he helped me feel less resentment," Lori said. "In return I asked him not to talk to either of you about it, unless you brought it up first."

"Does anyone else outside the family know?" Luan asked. "Leni? Luna? Lisa? Have you told anyone?"

"I haven't told any of my friends," Leni said.

"I never told Sam if that's what you're wondering, and I didn't tell Sully or Mazzy either," Luna confirmed.

"None of my friends know either, of course they likely wouldn't comprehend the situation anyway," Lisa said. "Plus if I told Darcy she would find some way to manipulate the situation to her advantage, she still seems to have a crush on Lincoln."

"Little bro's really popular with girls," Luna said, a hint of pride in her voice.

"Well if this goes south, at least he'll have options," Stella jokingly said, trying to lighten the mood, even at her own expense.

"Hey don't think like that, we'll get Lincoln to understand what happened," Ronnie Anne reassured.

"Understand what?" they heard Lincoln ask as he walked through the door to Ronnie Anne's room with the twins. "Is something happening?"

"Oh good, you're here Lincoln," Lori said. "Listen, we have something to tell you, something very important."

"Is something wrong?" Lincoln asked, his face turning dread. "Oh no, don't tell me...Smooch cancelled tonight didn't they!?"

"Uh, no that's not it," Lori said.

"Oh good, that would be the worst thing I could have heard about," Lincoln said.

Lola mischievously smiled, "Wanna bet on that?"

"LOLA!" The sisters angrily shouted.

"Kidding!" Lola insisted, of course nobody believed that but now wasn't the time to press the issue.

"Lincoln, this is about Stella, she has something to tell you," Lori said, gesturing to the very nervous girl.

"Huh? Something to tell me?" Lincoln asked.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Sid and Carlota were sitting on the Fire Escape just right outside Ronnie Anne's window.

"I knew little Cuz would be up to something, looks like they're holding a meeting in her room, and it's about Lincoln and Stella," Carlota asked. "Looks like we're about to find out a little secret of there's."

"This seems wrong, I feel like I'm violating their privacy, and not in a good way," Sid said. "Maybe we shouldn't do this."

"You back out if you want, but I want the details," Carlota said. "If there's a chance that their relationship won't work out then that would be good for Ronnie Anne."

"You know, Ronnie Anne said she doesn't like Lincoln, maybe we should just respect that," Sid suggested.

"Hush, they're talking," Carlota ordered, completely disregarding Sid.

Inside the room, things have gotten pretty quiet, a bit uncomfortable for Lincoln, hearing that his girlfriend had something to tell him, and it sounded pretty serious.

"Stella, what's going on?" Lincoln asked.

"Lincoln, please try to bear with me, what I'm about to tell you may be difficult to hear," Stella said, trying to be as calm as possible.

"You're not breaking up with me are you!?" Lincoln asked. "Was it something I said? Did I forget an anniversary? Because I can totally make it up to you if I did!"

"I'm not breaking up with you Lincoln," Stella said. "Quite the opposite, I don't want our relationship to end at all."

"So...are you gonna propose to me?" Lincoln asked. "I mean I'm flattered but we haven't even finished High School yet so it seems too soon to-"

"I'm not proposing to you either Linc," Stella interrupted. "Not yet at least."

"Uh, what's this about proposing?" Lynn asked, making her way into the room with Lucy close behind. "What's going on?"

"Well everyone's here, now Stella, tell Lincoln what he needs to hear," Lori said.

"Tell him what?" Lynn asked. "Wait what does this have to do with all of us?"

"Stella has something important to tell Lincoln," Luna said. "Come on Stella, the sooner you tell him the better."

"Stella, what's wrong?" Lincoln asked, getting increasingly nervous. "Whatever it is, you know you can tell me. I'm your boyfriend, I'm here for you."

"Yeah, I know..." Stella said. "That's why I love you Lincoln, I really do, and I hope nothing can change that."

"Ugh, is this some type of lovey-dovey speech?" Lynn asked then turned to the door. "Count me out."

Lincoln shook his head and focused back on his girlfriend, "Stella, please just tell me what's on your mind, and whatever it is I promise I'll-"

"Lincoln I cheated on you!" Stella blurted out, so fast that Lincoln could hardly process it at first. It was also at this moment that Lynn felt her heart stop, she then slowly turned to her brother, awaiting his reaction.

"Uh...can you repeat that please, my ears aren't working right," Lincoln said. "It almost sounded like you said that you...cheated on me..."

"I did, I said that," Stella said, looking very distraught. "I'm so sorry Lincoln, I never meant to do anything to hurt you! I don't even know what I was thinking when I did what I did! It just happened so fast and so suddenly that I-"

"Stella," Lincoln interrupted, and looking unusually patient with her. "Just tell me what happened, in your own words."

Stella was a bit surprised at how patient Lincoln was being, though Lincoln has always been a very patient boy, it was something she admired about him after all. "Before I begin, this was just a complete accident, nothing more than that."

"Stella, just tell me what happened," Lincoln said again, showing signs of impatience. "You can apologize later, but I'd like to know what happened, or rather who you cheated on me with."

"It...was Luan," Stella said.

Lincoln turned to his comedian sister, "Wait seriously?"

"We just kissed, that's all," Luan explained.

"You told me you didn't like girls though!" Lincoln said. "I remember having to stop those rumors about you and Maggie."

"I don't, really, it was just something that happened between me and Stella," Luan said.

Lincoln turned his attention back to Stella "Can you explain please?"

"Remember the day we came home from hosting a party with Luan, and she wanted to practice for the next party, which was Princess themed?" Stella asked.

"Yeah, I think so, Lola pulled me to her room to give me 'Prince Training'," Lincoln said.

"Which you really needed," Lola added, getting a minor look of annoyance from Lincoln and some of the other sisters.

"Well when you left, I took over and acted as the Prince Knight for Luan, who was being the Princess," Stella explained. "So while we were rehearsing, Luan got too into her role and kissed me while she was acting as the Princess."

"Oh, so it was just acting?" Lincoln asked.

"Well, we did get carried away and held the kiss longer than we expected," Stella said. "I felt really bad about it right afterwards."

"Oh, is that why you were so clingy?" Lincoln asked.

"Kind of," Stella answered.

Lincoln rubbed his chin, thinking over the situation. "...So you don't like my sister that way?"

"No, I don't," Stella confirmed.

"And I don't like Stella that way," Luan said. "It was just simple curiosity, I'm very happy with Benny."

"I take it everyone else knew as well," Lincoln said.

"We're sorry for keeping this a secret for so long," Lori said. "We weren't sure how to react when we found out, we thought Stella's apology could be enough, but the more we thought about it, the more we realized it was important for you to know."

"How long have you known?" Lincoln asked.

"Two years," Luna confirmed. "Well at least our sisters have known for that long, I think Ronnie Anne just found out."

"Stella told me earlier, she still felt really guilty about it," Ronnie Anne said.

"Who else knows?" Lincoln asked.

"Just Bobby, I told him about it later, just to vent my own frustrations," Lori said. "No one else knows, I never told my other friends, neither did any of the other girls."

"Mom and dad ever found out either," Leni said. "Which is a good thing, mom would have hated Stella and dad would have just freaked out."

"I never told Sam either," Luna said.

"And I never told Benny, but I might have to someday," Luan said.

"I didn't tell anyone after I found out, not even Sid," Ronnie Anne confirmed.

"We're sorry for being so secretive about it," Lucy said, placing her hand on Lincoln's shoulder. "There have been times I wanted to tell you, but each time I felt too nervous doing so. I know as your roommate that I should have been honest with you but..."

"Don't worry about it Lucy, I know how tough it is to tell someone about this, I've been there after all," Lincoln said, thinking of the time she thought Bobby was cheating on Lori.

Stella walked over to Lincoln, taking his hand in hers, "Lincoln, I'm sorry for all this, I'm sorry for kissing your sister and keeping it a secret from you for all these years." Stella held on tighter as tears fell from her eyes. "I just want you to know that really do love you and I never wanted to betray that love. I know it's a selfish thing to ask, but do you think you can ever forgive what I've done?"

Lincoln nodded, "Yeah I can forgive you."

Stella looked away in shame, "I don't blame you for your answer, I wouldn't be surprised if you wanted to break up..." Stella then fully processed what Lincoln had just said, "Wait, what did you say?"

"I said I forgive you," Lincoln repeated. "You made a mistake, you admitted to it and I can tell you're really sorry, so I'm not mad."

"Excuse me!?" Carlota shouted, making her way into the room through Ronnie Anne's window. "That's it Your girlfriend cheated on you and you're ok with that!?"

"What the hell are you doing in my room!?" Ronnie Anne shouted, the other sisters looking very surprised. "Why are you even here!?"

"I knew something was up, so I followed my hunch," Carlota said. "We came to check up on Stella, and it's a good thing we did!"

"Uh, 'we'?" Ronnie Anne asked. "Who's 'we'?"

Sid nervously poked her head through the window, "Hello..."

"Sid! You're here too!?" Ronnie Anne asked, the sisters looking just as annoyed.

"Carlota made me come here, just throwing that out there," Sid said.

Carlota turned her attention to Sid, "I can't believe you would cheat on this boy!" Carlota pulled Lincoln into a hug, "This sweet, caring and very handsome boy! Have you no shame!?"

"You're the one without any shame Carlota!" Ronnie Anne shouted, the other sisters muttering their agreement.

"I can't believe you're even here," Lynn said. "You lost, just accept it, coming in here to get dirt on Stella is just shallow. This comment garnered her an annoyed reaction from the other sisters, knowing full well how this meeting started in the first place.

"Well I want some answers," Carlota said. "I want justification for the fact that this girl cheated on such a great boy."

"It was a misunderstanding, nothing more," Luan argued. "Me and Stella don't have feelings for each other."

"That's not what it sounded like to me," Carlota said.

"You don't know what happened Carlota!" Ronnie Anne said. "Don't go around acting like you know."

"I know what I need to know, Lincoln had an unfaithful girlfriend," Carlota said. "You mean to tell me that you aren't upset? Knowing she did this to him? The boy who could have been yours?"

Ronnie Anne looked very infuriated, "Lori, would you mind taking the girls and Lincoln out of my room for a while? I have a few choice words for my dear cousin."

"Sure thing," Lori said, then turned to her sisters, Lincoln and Stella. "Come on everyone."

"Uh...does that include me?" Sid asked. Ronnie Anne's only answers were a glare toward her friend and a point to the door. "I'll take that as a yes."

One by one everyone started leaving the room, Lori being the last to leave. However before she stepped out, Carlota got her attention. "Too bad our plan didn't work, huh Lori?"

Lori groaned in annoyance, turning to the older girl, "Everything worked out just fine Carlota, I just wish you would have been accepting of Stella too."

Lori had completely left the room, leaving the two cousins to themselves. Ronnie Anne was still very infuriated however, "You...upset me."

"Come on prima," Carlota pleaded.

"Don't 'prima' me, I can't believe you took everything this far! Again!" Ronnie Anne said. "Lincoln choose Stella! Not me! If I can be ok with that why can't you be!? It's my life, if I'm happy just being friends with Lincoln then that should be enough for you!"

"Ronnie, I know you, I know you like that boy," Carlota said. "I just want you to come clean about it."

"What's the point?" Ronnie Anne asked. "Even if I did admit it, even if I said I have a crush on Lincoln, it's not gonna do any good for me now! He and Stella are together!"

"But Stella cheated on him, I can work with that," Carlota said.

"I don't want you to!" Ronnie Anne shouted. "Stella made a mistake, a mistake she's very sorry for. I mean really, all she did was kiss Lincoln's sister, once, just out of curiosity. It wasn't a repeated thing, and it's not like they did more. I mean you're acting like she and Luan...you know, connected."

"It could have happened though," Carlota said.

"But it didn't, because they love their boyfriends," Ronnie Anne said. "Think about this, you do something to expose this, you show that Stella cheated on Lincoln with Luan, suppose this gets back to Royal Woods and Luan's boyfriend finds out about this, you'd be ruining two relationships."

"They ruined their own," Carlota said. "I'm just trying to do the right thing for Lincoln, he's a nice boy, he deserves better, he deserves you and you deserve him!" Carlota knelt down to her cousin, "Why can't you see that I just want you to be happy? I can tell Lincoln would make you happy, he's a sweet boy, you're not gonna find a boy like him so easily again."

"I know he's a sweet boy, but I also want him to be happy too," Ronnie Anne said. "Stella makes him happy, she seems to be doing a damn good job if he can forgive what she did."

"But cuz..." Carlota tried pleading.

"Carlota, I get what you're trying to do," Ronnie Anne said. "You just want me to be happy, you want me to find someone, and I do appreciate you looking out for me, but this isn't the way to go. You're just causing trouble for a girl who just wanted to be accepted, you have no idea what troubles and heartaches she went through three years ago all because you were being needlessly cruel to her, you and Lori both. Lori was at least big enough to apologize and now she and Stella are pretty tight, and she knew for a while that Stella kissed Luan too. Because she knows Stella made a mistake and she knows that Stella loves Lincoln, and I can tell that Stella really does appreciate him because anytime she talks about him, she has such an admiration in her voice that's hard to fake."

Carlota started feeling pretty low about all this now, "I guess I didn't think of it that way."

"Carlota, please stop worrying so much about whether or not I fall in love, I can wait, I'm happy where I am now, and the day I do like someone, I'll come to you about it, assuming you're not long gone with a guy of your own," Ronnie Anne said.

"Hey you're my family, I'll always make time for you," Carlota said.

"I'm happy to hear," Ronnie Anne said.

Carlota looked to the door, "Well, what should I do now?"

"You can start by apologizing to Stella, you probably upset her, again," Ronnie Anne said. "Seriously, what I wish you all would understand is that Stella's my friend and I care about her too. I don't like seeing her upset, can you please try to make peace with her? Maybe make peace with the other Louds, I don't want them thinking you're a bad person, you're just too caring."

"I guess that would be the right thing to do," Carlota said. "I mean, if Linky really likes her then I guess I can try to be friendlier, I care about him too after all."

"And maybe we can try to figure out how to get the rest of the family to back off a bit," Ronnie Anne said, opening up the door to her room. "Let's go find the Louds."

Meanwhile in a hallway in the apartment building, the Loud Siblings, Stella and Sid were all gathered near a door, wondering how Ronnie Anne's chat with Carlota was going. Of course Sid was feeling pretty guilty right now, knowing she eavesdropped on a conversation. She could even feel some glares from time to time, mainly from Lynn. Oh how she really didn't like Lynn.

"Lincoln," Stella said, getting the boy's attention. "Why did you forgive me?"

"Huh? I told you Stella, you were sorry so I forgave you," Lincoln said.

"Yeah but, well it's just that...I didn't expect it to be that simple," Stella said. "I thought I'd have to earn your trust again."

"Stella, it was an accident, I know you and Luan would never want to do anything that bad to me," Lincoln said. "Plus you know me, I don't like getting angry or holding grudges."

"Amazing that he's related to us," Luna said.

"Come on Luna, you know I don't think that about any of you," Lincoln said.

"You're way too nice sometimes bro, you need to get angry from time to time," Luna said.

"I get angry, I don't always let you walk all over me," Lincoln said.

"Yeah, you get angry like once in a while, but most of the time you hold it in or just give up," Luna said.

"She's right, I can tell there are moments where you want to blow up but you always hold back," Lori said. "I get that you don't like arguing with us, believe it or not, none of us like arguing either, and I'll admit we can be pretty short tempered but sometimes it's better to let others know that you're upset about something and not pretending you're fine. We're family, we help each other out."

"Lori, it's fine, really," Lincoln said. "I just don't like getting angry at any of you, it just feels off to me."

"Why, we can take it," Lynn chimed in. "Stop being such a wimp Lincoln, if you got something to say to us, then say it, that goes for anyone. If they have a problem, it's on them, but don't hold back because you're afraid of hurting their feelings or some crap like that."

Lynn's little outburst earned Sid's attention, the normally eccentric girl glaring at Lynn with a lot of disdain.

"Lynn, ease up," Luna said.

"Hey I'm just telling him what he needs to hear, you girls have been softening him up for years, someone's gotta make sure he stays tough," Lynn said.

"Define 'tough'," Luna said. "You act like because Lincoln's a boy he needs to follow some stereotype. Obviously he doesn't need to be like other boys, he's got a girlfriend, he has friends who like him, quite frankly Lincoln is the perfect guy because he understands girls better than most boys."

"Plus he still likes comics and video games, stuff boys typically like," Luan said. "He also flexes in front of a mirror and takes care of his one chest hair."

"Yeah I...wait how do you know about that?" Lincoln asked.

"Next time, keep the bathroom door closed," Luan said.

Lincoln groaned in annoyance, "Dang it, that secret's out..."

Lynn shrugged it off, "Fine, so he does boy stuff, but at the same time, he worries about things boys shouldn't, I mean he still applies mud masks to himself, Lori!"

"Just because he's a boy doesn't mean he should neglect his skin care," Lori said.

"What about the manicures and make-up?" Lynn said. "Do you know how many times I've seen him willingly help Lucy and Lola with that stuff?"

"What I can't help my sisters look pretty?" Lincoln asked. "I can do the same for you if you want."

"Ew, no!" Lynn said.

"Lynn, I know I do 'girly' things but I'm fine with that, I grew up with ten sisters, I know more girl things than most boys but that's fine," Lincoln said. "Why are you so worried about that?"

"I'm just worried about your rep, I mean yeah you got a girl but seeing you so passive about what she did just seems off to me," Lynn said. "I just want to make sure she doesn't use this to her advantage."

Suddenly the room became very solemn and cold, most if not all the Loud sisters and Stella all glaring hard at Lynn.

"Tell me you're joking right now," Luna said in a cold voice. "Because it ain't funny."

"What are you going on about?" Lynn asked.

"Are you really that clueless!?" Lola shouted. "You of all people should not be accusing Stella of using a situation to their advantage, considering that all this happened because of you!"

"Me!? I'm not the one Stella kissed!" Lynn reminded.

"But you were the reason we all found out, in such a lousy way I might add," Lola said.

"Wait, did Lynn tell everyone?" Lincoln asked. "How did she even find out?"

"Well Lynn, now it's your turn to be honest," Lori said. "Tell Lincoln all about how you knew about Stella kissing Luan and what you did after finding out."

"What she did?" Lincoln asked, then turned to Stella. "Lynn...what did you do?"

"Just to clarify, what I did was still nothing compared to Luan," Lynn said. "You know, the one who actually kissed your girlfriend."

"Don't dodge the question," Lucy warned. "Tell Lincoln what happened, he's going to find out, better he hears it from you."

Lynn groaned in annoyance, "Fine, since Lincoln's in a forgiving mood, I might as well tell you. I took pictures of Stella when she kissed Luan, that's how the others found out."

"Huh? You took pictures!?" Lincoln asked.

"Good, now tell him what you did with those pictures," Lori ordered.

Lincoln glared at Lynn, "Did you show anyone else!?"

"No, I wouldn't do that, believe it or not I don't want Luan getting flak for kissing her brother's girlfriend," Lynn said. "I may have used them to get Stella to do chores and favors for me."

"You did what!?" Lincoln shouted. Sid again looked furious, her eyes set on Lynn, wanting so desperately to punch her out.

"It wasn't anything bad, I swear," Lynn said. "I just made her do some chores for me, I didn't ask her to do anything degrading."

"I had to wash your clothes, your really dirty and smelly clothes, that's pretty degrading," Stella pointed out. "I can still smell the odors, you're a BO machine."

"Hey I could have made you do much worse," Lynn said. "Be happy I kept it light, consider it payback for you cheating on my brother."

"Hey don't act like you did this for Lincoln!" Luna shouted. "You did this because of your dislike for Stella!"

"If it makes you feel better, I like her a lot better than Ronnie Anne," Lynn said.

"It doesn't really, Ronnie Anne's my friend," Stella said.

"Mine too!" Sid said, finally speaking up. "I can't believe what you did! Taking pictures of something like that and using it for your own leverage!? You should be ashamed of yourself!"

"I forgot you were even here," Lynn said. "Weren't you just eavesdropping on our conversation? Don't act like you're any better than us."

"At least I wouldn't have used this information against Stella, of course I'm in no position to do that anyway since I'm no better than her," Sid said.

"Huh? Did you cheat on someone?" Lola asked.

"No, not exactly," Sid said, sheepishly rubbing her head. "But let's just say I can understand why Lincoln forgave Stella, and I'm happy because those two are meant for each other, regardless of mistakes made."

"Something tells me you're hiding something," Lynn said. "Spill it, you eavesdropped on us after all, consider it payback."

"Don't make her tell you things, it's probably none of our business," Stella said.

"Actually, you need to hear this," Lincoln said, getting Stella's attention. "What Sid said, about why I forgave you so easily, wasn't far off. Stella, I didn't forgive you just because I love you...I forgave you because I made the same mistake you did."

This gained the curiosity of all the sisters, and especially Stella, the girl looking worriedly at her boyfriend, "Lincoln, what are you getting at?"

"Stella, I'm sorry, but I kissed another girl," Lincoln confessed.

Sid shyly raised her hand, "And I was that girl he kissed..."

Everyone in the hall was speechless, wondering if they heard that right. To make things worse for the two teens having just admitted their low point, Ronnie Anne and Carlota just happened to show up, having heard the confession as well.

"This just got worse..." Ronnie Anne muttered.