5. Chapter 5

Chapter 5: No Laughing Matter

Disclaimer: I do not own Loud House or any form of media related to it, it is rightfully owned by its respective companies or owners.

AN: Hello! I've decided to finish the next chapter up for this story before I go back to my Walking Dead one. Then after that I'll work with this one and my Steven Universe again. Now, just want say thanks again for the reviews, follows and favorites from you guys. It's because of you guys that make get up in the morning and do what I love. Oh, and since there wasn't much questions in the review I'll think I'll skip that for this one. But don't worry, I'll keep answering questions about anything if you guys leave them in a review. Oh, and thanks again for those who liked how I wrote Leni. To be honest I was just winging it. Oh and for those who are wondering why your reviews aren't showing is because I have to moderate them first. Which I didn't notice until recently, so sorry about that. And just to give you guys a heads up, you'll small bit of how Mrs. Loud's life been with her daughters and her husband since Lincoln has been gone. OK anyways… ON WITH THE CHAPTER! Enjoy!

"I'm glad your back… big brother." Leni said as tears continued to fall down her face, but her smile still remained as she kept holding onto Lincoln. After those words left her mouth, Lincoln's smile still remained as it made him feel happy to hear those words. It was nice to be called big brother again. While both Lincoln and Leni were having their moment like what happened with him and Lynn. The others around them couldn't help but smile, even Lucy couldn't help it ether. Lisa on the other just straightened her glasses as she felt somewhat joyful. Even though the young genius didn't show it. It was like nothing could ruin this moment… well not exactly nothing. As a feminine voice could be heard up stairs along with the sound of footsteps.

"Hey mom, dad told me to tell you Lily is awake and that we have a little stinker in the family now. Haha!" A feminine voice called out before letting a small laugh from upstairs. But that wasn't the only thing to be head as baby noises and giggles could be heard as well.

Now unlike the other times Lincoln heard noises and footsteps from upstairs, this time around he was more confused than worried. And this time he wasn't the only one heard it this time as well. It would seem that everyone in the living room heard the voice and noises too as most of the girls with the exception of Mr. Loud and Leni who was still preoccupied with hugging Lincoln just like Lynn was before her. Now, most of the girls reaction to hearing the voice and the terrible joke were along the lines of displeasure and annoyance. This reaction of course was normal for them. Since all of them knew who the voice belonged to.

'Oh great! Of course she had to be next! Of all people!' Lynn thought with a small frown as she began to rub her eyes as she let out a small sigh. For Lynn, it was one thing to deal with Leni's antics. But, there was only so much the 13 year old tomboy could take. Meanwhile as Lynn continued to looked stressed out, she wasn't the only one who looked displeased at the whole situation.

Lola and Lana didn't seem to thrilled about who was coming down, as both twins let out a groan when they heard the joke. Now while the two little girls didn't hold anything against the person upstairs. It was just a bit of a bother when said person would just be themselves. While all the Loud sisters had their quirks and personality, there were a few times that those quirks would be a little too much. There was only so much a person could deal with. Like for instance, Leni was her usual airhead self. Or when Lisa got a little to into her experiments.

'But at least Lisa knows when to know restraint, and Leni can't help but be clueless. But… apparently some people don't even know the word "restraint"!' Lola thought as she looked to her twin, who appeared to be thinking along the same lines. Even though how they were total opposites, both twins found a lot of things they could agree on. Like for example, both girls could agree that this day was only going to get a lot longer and annoying when the person upstairs starts coming down. Cause nothing ruins reunions and a day when there are bad puns and terrible jokes being said left and right.

Now while both Lola and Lana were doing their own thing, Lisa and Lucy were still obviously being their regular selves. The two stoic young girls couldn't help but react the same way their siblings did. Lucy could only let out a small sigh in her usual manner. Lisa on the other hand could not help but faceplam herself. If there was one thing to get the young genius irritated enough to forgive Leni's obliviousness. It was her other older sibling's horrible tenacious humor. That being said, Lincoln meanwhile was still pretty confused. Mainly because of the sounds of baby talk and giggling. Oh, and the terrible joke that was spoken. Not that it wasn't bad. Though it could have been delivered better and make a bit more sense.

'Well, that joke could have been a bit better. But I think I get it. Baby… baby equals diapers… diapers equal mess in said diapers.' Lincoln thought as he had a puzzled expression as he kept trying to figure out the joke. Soon after a solid few seconds he seemed to have finally.

'Oh! I get it now! Ha! Dirty diaper joke that's pretty good. Man, can't remember the last time I heard one of those.' Lincoln thought with a small smile, even though he thought that joke was alright. Sadly it wasn't enough to get a chuckle out of him. Now, while Lincoln was a pretty straight forward kind of guy. There are times when his obliviousness could match his dear sister Leni's. Like for instance, right now. Seeing how Lincoln was more interested in figuring out a dirty diaper joke than the fact that there is a freaking baby upstairs! Oh, and that there is someone else with the baby upstairs. Who by the sounds of it sound like they're pretty close to the stairs. Luckily though, Lincoln wasn't stupid enough not to catch on what's happening and what he could hear. So after about a minute he started to figure out what was happening.

'Wait… unless I'm crazy or Lynn's punches knocked a lot out of me then expected. Cause I think I hear a baby!' Lincoln thought as his expression soon turned into a very confused one. After this, he started to closely listen up stairs. And to his surprise he could now hear baby noises and the occasional giggle. Which meant that there was in fact a baby upstairs. The only thing that Lincoln couldn't figure out though… was why there a baby even upstairs?

OK, so there were three idea that popped into Lincoln's head as he tried to figure out why there was a baby upstairs. Two that were quite reasonable and that he could agree with. And one which was very hard to believe and one that he liked the least. One was that his parents were babysitting for a friend or even a family relative. But he highly doubted that. The other one was that his parents had recently had another child, which meant that Lincoln had another little sister or even a baby brother. That one he liked a lot better than his other idea. And that was maybe one of his sisters had a baby… which he very highly doubted and didn't like at all. Just thinking that made his stomach turn a bit. He didn't want any of his little sisters to be parents just yet, especially considering most of them aren't even out of high school or even middle school yet.

'Yeah, and if that did happen… god help the dead man if I found out who he was. ' Lincoln thought darkly as he was did his best not to frown at the whole thing. Yeah, finding out that since you've been for 9 years one of your sisters got pregnant and had a baby. Now that would be quite a surprise to find out when you came home. But thankfully that wasn't the case, hopefully. Because if that was true and some random guy got one of his dear little sisters pregnant… Lincoln would probably be back on the run since he most like killed the guy who did the deed. So yeah, thankfully that wasn't the case.

"OK, ether I'm nuts or I got hit in the head harder than I thought. Because I think I hear a baby." Lincoln said in a tired and soft spoken tone, he then stopped hugging Leni as he took a step back. He looked to his sisters and mom waiting for an answer. After hearing this, most of the girls looked to Lincoln with puzzled expressions. But thankfully Mrs. Loud knew what was happening. The blonde haired mother forgot to mention that when Lincoln was away their family got a lot bigger recently.

'I forgot to tell him about Lily! Oh Rita Loud you idiot you! How can I possibly forget tell him?!' Mrs. Loud thought as she began to berate herself for forgetting to tell Lincoln of the recent addition to their family. Now most would think that it was an honest mistake, which it was. But Mrs. Loud didn't feel that way. For the first time in a long time… her family was together again. That was something she's been dreaming for a long time. And she wanted to be perfect, but sadly that wouldn't be the case. Seeing as Lincoln has already got a unpleasant welcome from Lynn already. Which wasn't pretty at first, but fortunately enough it ended on a good note. She only hoped that the rest of her daughters wouldn't be to hard on Lincoln. But of course Mrs. Loud knew better than that.

She knew that while Luan might give Lincoln a heartfelt and tearful welcome, her eldest daughter Lori and 15 year old Luna on the other hand might not be so welcoming. However she knew that little baby Lily would be delighted to finally meet her big brother. After all, Lily was still just a baby barley even a year old too. All that Mrs. Loud had to worry about was Lori and Luna. And those two were going to be the most difficult to deal with. Luna would probably give Lincoln a harder time than Lynn did with him. While Lori would be worst to deal with. Mrs. Loud knew that her eldest daughter was the one not to forget and hold a grudge.

'Something she probably got from me sadly. That girl, she is so much like me when I was around her age. But maybe even worse, especially considering how Lincoln left as well.' Mrs. Loud thought sadly with a disheartened frown. Of all of her children, it was her oldest daughter that took a lot after her. Not that wasn't a bad thing of course. She loved each and every one of her children, no matter what. But there were times that even she had limits. Limits that were pushed to the brink by her own kids. Her own kids! While most would see this as an everyday thing for a mother of 11, it wasn't an everyday thing for her. It was something she had to with every waking minute and hour of each day! And that wasn't including her hours at work. Being a dental assistant wasn't easy when you had to come home in the middle of work to stop your kids from killing each other.

Even with her husband here, their kids proved to be quite a handful for just him. While she loved her husband to death and was happy to be married to him. There were times when he was just like a child too. To make matters worse she couldn't even count on her eldest daughters to be mature and take responsibility. Lori is always on the phone with her boyfriend Bobby, not that was a bad thing but it was proving to be a problem. Leni was no help ether as she is always going out to the mall with her friends and whatnot. Luna on the other hand, she just sits in her room all day playing and listening to music. Now, while those were problems Mrs. Loud could deal with… it was the attitude she had to deal with when dealing with her daughters that she couldn't stand.

While Lori was a loving and dutiful big sister and daughter, she was mostly hard on her younger siblings than most big sisters should. Sometimes she would even consider it along the lines of bullying. But thankfully that wasn't the case, however it was still a major dilemma to solve. Luna was just as rebellious just like the music she is used to listening to. The 15 year old would barley help around the house and just be cooped up in her room all day. Although Leni wasn't around at times when Mrs. Loud needed her, she was one of the few people she could count on when she was here. Luan oddly enough was the one Mrs. Loud could depend on the most when she wasn't here. She could also count on Lynn and Lucy most of the time when she needs them as well. However sadly that usually didn't cut it.

Mrs. Loud knew that even with her husband, Luan, Lynn and Lucy here at home. The problems were still there. Problems that had been there for a long time. If she had to guess, it probably all started when Lincoln left. Just thinking about those few weeks after her son ran away still tighten her heart a little. At that time she was a total wreck, all of them were. Her husband and daughters felt just as terrible as she did. Soon weeks turned into months, then months turned into years. After a while a few of them started to come to terms with it. Lincoln had left them, for whatever reason he just left them in the middle of the night. And following those weeks and months a few of them started to change. Mrs. Loud knew that during that time her daughters got a bit more distant and unhappy. It was like when Lincoln left… their whole world went with him. Mrs. Loud would be lying if she and her husband didn't feel the same way. To all of them, Lincoln was the glue that stuck them together.

When she and her husband usually got into arguments, Lincoln was there for them before it escalated. When she needed someone to talk to when her husband was getting on her nerves, her son was always there for her. Lincoln was always there for all of them. He was there when Lynn couldn't sleep at night because of her nightmares, he would stay there every night beside her to make sure she got sleep even if it took all night. Lincoln was there with Lori when she went to school for the first time, especially when she got nervous he always there. When Luan wanted to try out a new joke or prank her big brother was always there for her. That's who Lincoln was… he was the one who held them together. But when he left, they all just started drift apart from one another. In time they all found ways to cope with Lincoln's disappearance. Like Luna with her music, Lynn with sports and Luan with her jokes and pranks. However no matter how much they wanted to move on and try to be happy. She knew that they weren't happy, because every time she saw theirs smiles and that look in theirs eyes. All she saw was sadness.

While Mrs. Loud continued to go on and on in her mind. Lincoln was still looking around the room for someone to answer him. As he still had no idea why the heck there was a baby upstairs or who even was with said baby. And to make matters worse he was beginning to get a little irritated. In spite of knowing that Lincoln should not be feeling such a thing especially during this whole situation, the pale haired 20 year old couldn't let it go. And soon his irritation was slowly turning into worry as he couldn't help but think that his theory about the baby being his niece or nephew was starting to become true. He was only worried because of their silence. So to ease his worry, he decided to speak once again.

"Alright your guys silence is kind of making me worried. So I'm going to ask again, why is there a baby upstairs?" Lincoln asked in uneasy tone as he looked to his mom and sisters. Now after Lincoln asked once again, most of the girls looked at him with puzzled expressions just like last time. But thankfully enough a few of the girls knew what was going on. Lynn looked to her mom to see that she was still in own little world. So, the brown haired tomboy thought it was best to finally get her mom's attention. At first Lynn began to clear her throat hoping that would do it. However that didn't appear to be the case as Mrs. Loud's focus was still somewhere else.

Seeing that her attempt didn't do a thing, Lynn let out a frustrated groan. This day overall for her wasn't the best. Not that it wasn't terrible ether mind you. Lynn was beyond happy to see Lincoln again after so long. Although she hated to admit it, those couple of punches she let loose on her brother made her day. But the hug she received was a lot better though. Now after witnessing her first attempt fail, Lynn decided to do it the old fashion way. So, Lynn started to quietly make her way to Mrs. Loud. And after a few seconds later she finally made it to her side. Then Lynn began to softy poke on her mom's shoulder to try and get her attention once again. After a second of poking Lynn saw that her mom was beginning to stir as she proceeded to snap out of it. Soon after about a minute later, Mrs. Loud's focus was then placed back onto reality. Afterwards, Mrs. Loud started to look around and notice that she had indeed dozed off. This of course made the blonde haired woman blush in embarrassment.

As Mrs. Loud began to shake off her embarrassment and her blush. She was going to speak but unfortunately she never got the chance as a voice could suddenly be heard. Which got everyone's attention.

"Wow! What's all the hoopla down here guys?" A feminine voice said in a upbeat and happy tone, the same voice heard from earlier. And just like last time the sounds of a baby could be heard. But unlike last time those noises and voice sounded a lot closer. In fact, they were coming from up top of the stairs. After hearing this Lincoln and everyone look up towards the stairs, and that's when they saw a girl holding a baby in her arms standing on top of the stairs.

The girl seemed to be around the same age like Lynn if not older, she also had prominent buck teeth, which sported braces on her upper teeth, and light brown hair worn up in a large ponytail by a yellow scrunchie, with two long protruding hairs sticking out from the center of her forehead. She was dressed in a white sleeveless shirt, a yellow skirt with a square pattern, yellow socks with a line pattern that were worn all the way up and brown shoes. She also wore three pink flowers, one on her shirt and one on each shoe, that served something like a gag squirt-flower. The baby in the girl's arms looked to be in a delighted mood as the baby tried to reach and grab one of the girl's flowers on her shirt but with no avail, the baby couldn't could quite reach the flower. Now while Lincoln couldn't rightfully tell how old the baby was. He had a safe bet to think the baby was around a couple months or probably barley even one.

As Lincoln continued to look at the little baby, he could not tell if the baby was a girl or boy. The baby's looks didn't help ether too. The baby was fairly small but that was to be expected for a baby her age, she also was wearing a diaper and had one prominent tooth and a tuft of blonde hair on her head. Overall it was safe for Lincoln to say they were related in some way. While Lincoln had trouble telling if the baby and him were related, he had no problem with the girl holding the baby. Seeing as he knew her quite well. Matter of fact, she was one of the sisters he left behind. Her name was Luan, one of his little sisters.

"Man, if I had known you guys were having a party down here. I wouldn't have brought the party pooper here. Ha!" Luan said with a laugh as she presented the baby, who let out a tiny giggle. After hearing yet another joke from Luan, the girls could only let out frustrated sighs or groans as they all still couldn't stand their fellow sister's humor. Especially considering how serious this who ordeal of a day was going. Even Mrs. Loud couldn't help but shake her a head a little as she had a small smile on her face as she looked at Luan who was also holding her youngest daughter Lily. During that whole time though, Lincoln couldn't help but crack a small smile at the joke.

"Got to admit it, that was a good." Lincoln said in a soft and joyful tone, which got everyone's attention. And most importantly a braced 13 year old, who placed her eyes on the young man. And proceeded to let out a small gasp as she looked to Lincoln who was still smiling.

"Hey sis, I'm home." Lincoln said with a small smile and a worried look as he looked to Luan. Who still had a shocked expression as she continued to look down on the top stairs at Lincoln. The baby on the other hand, who was still in Luan's arms looked pretty puzzled at the whole thing unfolding in front of her. So, the baby only did what she knew best.

"Poo-poo!" Lily said with a joyful smile and a happy smile.

To Be Continued

AN: Ha! Oh man, sorry to do that again but hey? What did you expect? I'm a teasing little turd. Anyways, hope you liked Luan and Lily's introduction. Also I hope I hope you can forgive me if I made any spelling errors and mistakes I've made. Be it spelling or any of the characters personalities I've got wronged. Also, just a heads up I'm going to be introducing another sister in the next chapter. Tell me who you guys want them it to be, whether it's Luna or Lori is up to all of you. So, leave your answers and questions in a review. Or even pm if you want. Also, I've been thinking about doing a Tumblr thing where I can give you guys updates on stories like this one and just answer your questions a lot more easier. So yeah, tell me what you think about. Well, thanks for reading and please leave a review. Because I just love your guys feedback. See ya!