19. Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Making A Promise

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AN: Hey guys, sorry if this came out later than expected. But work has been killer on everything. Thankfully I still found time to write and here we are! Before we get into the chapter let me bring something up that was said in a recent review. Now to most he or she would have seemed rude but understand that person was doing a review. Something that helps me become a better writer and make this story overall better. I admit I make a lot of mistakes, a lot. And I'm sorry for that. But it's because I rush to get these chapters out. Something I hope fix sooner than later. So yeah, leave a review because I need some people to help me. From the mistakes I make here and there. Oh and one more thing, I didn't write Lincoln and his grandfather's conversation because I'm cooking something up. You all find out sooner than later. So please, be patient. Now with all of that out of the way… ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

Well, this can't be good.' Lincoln thought feeling a deep sense of dread. But he kept his composure. "You wanted to see me mom?"

Her only response was a glare that honestly made Lincoln shiver in fear.

"Lincoln, is there something you want to tell me?" Mrs. Loud asked in a very strict and calm tone. Lincoln quickly froze like a deer looking at the headlights of a upcoming car. And before he could even speak his mother beat him to it. "Lincoln… I know you're hiding something from me… so what is it?"

And with that, only one thing popped in Lincoln's head.

'…Shit…'

"Well, I'm waiting." Mrs. Loud said with her arms crossed as she kept staring at Lincoln in a disproving way. "Lincoln Loud I need you to come clean. So please, talk to me.

Seeing how sincere his mother was being, Lincoln only gave out a small sigh.

"Mom, look I wanted to tell you but… I was just waiting to tell you." Lincoln said in a somewhat regretful tone. "It's just something I really don't like to bring up. I'm sorry if I disappointed you again mom."

Mrs. Loud disproving expression soon disappeared as she saw the state her son was in. The mother of 11 quickly went up to her son and wrapped her arms around him and brought him into a loving hug. Something Lincoln didn't expect. Although that did not stop him from returning the hug.

"Lincoln I know things have been rough for you, but remember you can tell me anything honey." Mrs. Loud said as she stopped hugging her son. Who only gave a small nod. "Now… when we have time I'll drive you to the DMV. Because you aren't driving yourself anywhere without a proper driver's license."

Lincoln only gave a nod but soon stopped as he gave a shocked look at his mom.

"Um, yeah… DMV. That's uh right mom." Lincoln said slowly as he tired to play along. Because right now he didn't have any idea what his mom was talking about. "So um, is that all mom? Because I kind of promised Lana we do a tune up on my bike."

"Of course honey." Mrs. Loud happily as she gave him a small peck on the cheek. "I'm so happy to see you getting along with your sisters, well your little ones anyways."

Lincoln only gave out a smile as he nodded, then started to make his out.

'I think mom probably looked through my stuff when I was taking a shower or when I went on my jog. Because I know that driver's license I have isn't real.' Lincoln thought as he sighed in relief as he left the kitchen. 'The old man hooked me up back in the day, or was that Stan? Crap, I can barely remember anything anymore.'

Lincoln knew he technically lied to his mom, something he's been doing a lot as of late. The reason why he came back, his secret that only him and his dad know. His phone call he had with Pop-Pop. The amount of things he's done… and um… the amount of people he's been with romantically involved with.

Which pretty good amount of people, all of whom he loved deeply. The amount of pain he caused them though. That's something he can never forgive himself for doing.

Giving out a sigh Lincoln decided to march on. It didn't help him at all moping around about the past. All the mistakes he's made, the relationships he messed up. Being a total stranger to his whole family. Two of his sisters who hate his guts, the others are clingy and rest didn't know what to do.

'This sucks'

That was all Lincoln thought about as he exited the kitchen as he went into the dining room. Awhile later he soon exited the dining room as well. And then he found himself at the front door.

'Well, time to bound with my little sister.' Lincoln thought as he opened the door and calmly exited the door and was now outside. He them walked down the steps and headed towards his bike. Where he saw Lana admiring it like it was some kind of master piece. 'Got to admit, the kid knows what she likes.'

As Lincoln kept making his way to his bike, Lana quickly noticed him and waved at him very excitedly.

"Hey Lincoln!" Lana exclaimed loudly as Lincoln made his way to her. "This bike is so cool! Is this a Honda CD200?"

"Yep, it sure is." Lincoln answered proudly as he finally reached his bike. "I got this baby back when I was staying in Oregon. It was a gift from my old boss."

"Cool!" Lana exclaimed as she looked at the motorcycle with stars in her eyes. "Man you must have been to a lot of places on this puppy."

"You don't know the half of it." Lincoln said softy as he patted his bike. "This guy got me to a lot of places. I even took him with me when I went to Japan."

"Whoa! Really?!" Lana asked as she took a seat on the motorcycle. "You really have been to a lot of places haven't you?"

Lincoln only nodded as went to the tool box Lana brought with her. He then began to dig through it.

"So, how about we give this baby a tune up?" Lincoln said happily with a big smile. Something Lana also had. "I guess you already know what to do right?"

"Yep!" Lana replied happily as she took a knee next to Lincoln. "Let's check out what's wrong with this bad boy!"

Lincoln only smiled as he handed his little sister a tool. And then both got to work.

An Hour Later

Lincoln had a great time with Lana. Turned out the little ankle biter wasn't too bad to hang out with. The girl sure knew her way around a tool. Something even he had trouble with sometimes.

It took about an hour but Lana and Lincoln give his bike a good tune up. About time to because it was a school day. Apparently his parents almost forgot because of his unexpected return last night. Thankfully they remembered and got everyone ready for school. Something some of the girls weren't to happy with. Guess they thought they would get a free day but that wasn't the case.

"I can't believe we forgot the kids had school today!" Mr. Loud exclaimed in a panicky tone as he was rushing around to get his daughters ready. Because they unfortunately missed the bus. " How can I be such an idiot! And why didn't anyone reminded?!"

Lincoln only gave out a light chuckle as he sat down on the couch watching TV.

"Don't look at me, I haven thought about school in a long time." Lincoln said innocently as he changed the channel on the TV. "So the kids miss a couple of hours of school, what's the problem?"

Mr. Loud responded with a huff as he waited down the stairs. While growing very impatient for the girls to come down.

"Hurry up girls!" Mr. Loud yelled out up stairs. "You better hurry!"

And as soon as he said that a thundering noise was heard from upstairs! Like a stampede of wild horses! While it was a stampede, it was not horses but the girls of the loud house running down the steps!

Mr. Loud barley had enough time to move out of the way as some of them ran right out the door to the van all ready for school.

But a few of the stopped as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

They were Leni, Luan, Lynn and Lana. They all stopped because they wanted to say goodbye to their brother.

"See ya Lincoln!" Lana yelled goodbye as she gave her brother a wave before leaving out the front door. Lincoln of course waved back.

But sadly he couldn't say goodbye because the rest of his remaining all ran up to him and gave him a very loving hug!

"OK, OK I get it! You love me so can you please stop because I can't breath!" Lincoln managed to wheeze out as his sisters continued to hug the life out of him! After a full minute later all three girls stopped hugging their big brother. But before they left they did something very unexpected. One at a time all three girls gave him a small peck on the cheek! Which made Lincoln slightly blush from embarrassment. "W-well, um catch you guys later. I'll be here when you all get back."

"See ya later bro!" Lynn waved goodbye with a cheeky smile. "Remember you still owe me a basketball game when I come back!"

Lincoln only waved back while still having a faint blush. Next was Luan who didn't say a word which was very odd. Considering it was Luan. Lincoln immediately thought nothing of it as he waved goodbye to her as well. Luan gave a quick wave before marching off towards the front door. Lincoln of course didn't notice the large blush on her face.

"Catch you later Linky!" Leni happily said goodbye as she ran off the to the door next! Lincoln only gave a small wave before she made out through the door.

The only ones left in the house were Lincoln, his dad and his mom who was with Lily at the moment upstairs.

"Now don't you get into trouble young man." Mr. Loud warned in a serious and strict tone. "You're mom will be here with your baby sister, so help if you can because my boss called me in today. Can you do that?"

Normally Lincoln would have said a smart-ass remark. But seeing him and his dad haven't been that close. And he wouldn't want to cause something. Lincoln only nodded. That pleased his father who nodded back. Mr. Loud then walked to the door and left. Taking the girls to school.

"Well, this is going to be fun." Lincoln sarcastically said to himself as he kept surfing through channels. But after a while he grew bored. He soon let put a loud sigh as he turned off the TV. "What am I supposed to do? I already tuned out my bike, I did the dishes just a minute ago. And I can't go anywhere because mom will kill me for driving with a fake license. So… what to do?"

Almost immediately after Lincoln said that he heard his mom calling for him upstairs.

"Lincoln! Can you come up here please!" Mrs. Loud called out to her son. Who hopped off the couch and started to head upstairs.

A minute later he was upstairs and slowly started to enter Lily and Lisa's room. Where his mom was currently changing Lily's diaper.

"Poo-poo!" Lily giggled out as her mom finished changing her.

"That's right Lily, all the poo-poo is gone now isn't it." Mrs. Loud playfully said as she tickled Lily's stomach. Which caused her to giggle uncontrollably. "That's right."

Lincoln smiled at the scene in front of him. It was nice to see his mom happy. Especially when it involved a baby.

"It's nice to see you smile mom." Lincoln said with a smile as he walked up next to her. He then took a look at Lily who looked happy to see him. "It's also nice to see you smile too Lily."

Lily only responded with a giggle.

"So what do you need mom?" Lincoln asked as he turned to his mom, who gently grabbed Lily and held her very lovingly. "Cause I really need something to do."

"Well at the moment I really don't need anything." Mrs. Loud said simply as walked to Lily's crib. Where she softly placed her on. "The reason why I called you up here is because I want know what's your plan."

"My plan? What do mean mom?" Lincoln asked very confused by the question.

"What I mean Lincoln is what do plan on doing now that you're home." Mrs. Loud clarified as she gently tucked Lily into the crib. "Are you going to get a job? Try and get your diploma or GED? You know, stuff like that."

Lincoln was slightly shocked by what his mom said. What was his plan exactly? Of course he came to heal from the recent loss of his fiancé and child. But what else though? Right now he was trying to reconnect with his estranged family. Which wasn't proving to be easy at all. Other than those two he really didn't have a plan.

"Um, I really don't know mom." Lincoln admitted honestly as he was at a loss. "I mean, I kind of wanted to try and reconnect with you guys first. And get to know the rest of the guys since they don't even know me. Other than that I really don't know what to do."

Mrs. Loud on lyrics gave her son a sympathetic look. She then gave Lily a pacifier to suck on that helped her go to sleep. Along with her cuddly stuffed bear.

"Lincoln, I know finding out you had more siblings was quite a shock. And I'm happy you're trying to get to know them. I'm more happy your trying to make it up to the rest of your sisters. But I want you to try and make a plan." Mrs. Loud said in a caring yet serious tone that Lincoln knew too well. "I really don't know what you went through out there honey. All by yourself, no money, no one to look after you. To tell you the truth, I don't want to know. Because by looking into your eyes, something tells me you've been through a lot. Am I right?"

Silence was the only thing Mrs. Loud heard. Lincoln gave his mom a grim look as he looked away from her caring and sympathetic gaze. And that was all Mrs. Loud needed to see.

"Whenever you need to talk, you know about what happened to you. I'll be here honey." Mrs. Loud stated with a kind smile as she brought her son into a hug. Which he returned. "And whatever you have planned Lincoln, I'll support it no matter what. Alright honey?"

Lincoln gave a small nod as he stopped hugging his mom. Who only smiled. She then gave him a small peck on the cheek before heading out to the door.

"I'm going to start the laundry. Because apparently your sister Lana got motor oil all over her clothes." Mrs. Loud said with a slight groan. But before she left she turned back to give Lincoln a very suspicious look. "You wouldn't happen to know what caused that, do you Lincoln?"

"Um, I really wouldn't know mom. Maybe Lana was messing around with an oil can?" Lincoln said as he tired to play cool but wasn't fooling anyone. "I mean you know Lana, she's a tomboy through and through."

"Uh huh, right." Mrs. Loud replied while still giving Lincoln a very suspicious look. Luckily for him she stopped and began leave through the door. "I'll be back in a minute or two. Can you watch your sister while I'm gone? It takes awhile for her to get to sleep."

"No problem mom." Lincoln said with a smile and nod. Seeing that Lily was in good hands, Mrs. Loud left and headed downstairs.

It was just Lincoln and Lily now. Who started to get fussy. Like she was going to cry any moment. Thankfully Lincoln saw this and acted on impulse.

"Hey, hey its ok." Lincoln whispered lovingly as he picked up Lily and began to rock her in his arms. Which was beginning to calm her down. "There now, is that better?"

Lily didn't say anything as she continued to suck on her pacifier. She then started to cuddle deeper into Lincoln's arm. Which he found cute and precious. But he felt a little bit of heartache though.

"You know, you remind me a lot of my daughter. Liberty." Lincoln whispered softy revealing one of his secrets to his baby sister. Who Lincoln trusted to keep quiet about it. Considering she couldn't talk normally yet. "Something tells me you might have been the best of friends. Considering she was about your age before… before she died."

That last part Lincoln hesitated to say. Mainly because it broke his heart to even think about it.

But that all of a sudden stopped when Lincoln felt something tugging onto his shirt. When he looked down he saw that it was Lily who was doing it. She was looking up at Lincoln with those big innocent eyes that made Lincoln's heart melt. He soon smiled as he gave her a small peck on the forehead. That immediately made her giggle.

"You know, you're a good listener Lily. Guess you got that from mom instead of dad eh?" Lincoln asked with a small smile as Lily kept on tugging his shirt. "Man you are one mellowed out baby, has anyone told you that. Probably not."

Lily gave a light yawn as she snuggled deeper into her brother's arms. Who only smiled.

"Yeah, you're probably tired. I better get you tucked in again." Lincoln softy said to the now sleeping Lily.

Without any problems, Lincoln walked to Lily's crib where he gently laid her down. He then carefully tucked her on as she continued to sleep away. After that Lincoln only looked down at his sleeping baby sister. Which made him feel happy and a little bit sad.

Sad because this reminded him of the all times he put Liberty to sleep. It also reminded him about the time he used to do this all the time. Back when it was just him and his five little sisters. Who were his world, and he threw that all away. Now he had five more sisters who he never got to see grow. Who he never got to hold them when his parents would bring them home from the doctor. Spend time together, play together and be together.

"This time… I promise it will be different." Lincoln softy promised to Lily. Who was still sleeping peacefully. Lincoln then gave her a light peck on the cheek before he started to leave. "This time I'll be here for you, all of you. I'm going to be what a big brother should be. I promise Lily."

And with that Lincoln turned the light off as he exited the room quietly.

'I'm going to change.' Lincoln thought with a determined look on his face. 'I promise.'

A Couple Of Hours Later

After tucking Lily for her nap, Lincoln went downstairs to help his mom. Who didn't mind the help.

It took about a few hours to help his mom out with the laundry, chores and other stuff. Lincoln wasn't bothered by the hard work. In fact he was used to it. He didn't survive out on the road by being lazy. Lincoln had to work through hell to make through all those rough times.

So Lincoln didn't mind what he had to do.

After doing all that Lincoln returned to what he was originally doing before his mom called for him. Watching TV. Which wasn't all too exciting. But he couldn't complain much though. Since he couldn't do much anyways. He couldn't drive or something else like that.

'Guess I should probably make that the next step, get a damn driver's license.' Lincoln thought with a slight groan as he kept going through channels trying to find something interesting. 'That would make mom happy, and it wouldn't be such a bad idea. Cause I need to drive.'

Lincoln's thoughts soon stopped as the door suddenly opened.

"We're home!" Lana and Lynn yelled out as she came running inside!

Almost immediately after that both girls made a break for Lincoln! Who knew what was going to happen next!

"Careful, careful, careful!" Lincoln exclaimed as he prepared himself for the tackle he was going to receive! "I bruise very easy!"

Thankfully for Lincoln both of his tomboy sisters were gentle when they hit and gave him a very strong hug!

"I said gentle!" Lincoln exclaimed as the hug he was receiving was a bit rough. But he still accepted though. How could he say no to his sisters?

After that the other loud sisters began to enter through the front door. The first two were Lori and Luna. Both of whom ignored Lincoln like he wasn't there. Though Lori still managed to shoot him a dirty look. Something Lincoln noticed which caused him to frown slightly. But that didn't stop him from returning the hug he was receiving.

The next of the loud sisters that entered were Lucy and Lisa. Lisa didn't waste anytime heading upstairs. Probably wanted to work on her next experiment or something. Though unlike Lori and Luna she did acknowledged that Lincoln was there. Even if it was only a curious glance. Lucy soon followed Lisa's example and headed upstairs.

But this time Lucy didn't seem to acknowledge that Lincoln was here. Which Lincoln found strange but thought nothing of it.

Next was Lola, Lana's twin but was the exact opposite of her though. Something Lincoln found funny. The young pageant girl only shot Lincoln a curious glance like Lisa did. She then headed up stairs probably to her room.

And finally the rest of the loud sisters entered, who were Leni and Luan. Both whom immediately made a run for Lincoln!

"No, no, no! Not again!" Lincoln tried to yelled out but was too late!

Lincoln was once again tackled into a hug by the rest of his sisters!

"Great… just great." Lincoln managed to wheeze out as his sisters had a tight grip around him. But still he accepted and return the hug. "You girls are going to be the death of me."

This caused them all to laugh and giggle.

"So bro can we have that!?" Lynn asked with excitement and a smile!

"Hey Lincoln promised me play with me in the mud!" Lana complained as she looked at Lynn with a light glare. Something Lynn returned back. But before either one could speak, Luan quickly butted in.

"Hey he promised me he would listen to my jokes! And I've been working on them all day! And that isn't a joke!" Luan half-heartedly said with a big smile.

Leni and Lincoln kept quiet and looked on as their younger siblings began to argue. Which caused Leni to giggle a little because this was quite a familiar scene. It reminded her how things used to be before Lincoln left. Everyone including herself arguing about who was going to spend time with Lincoln next.

Lincoln only looked on with a surprised expression. He eventually smiled though as the scene in front of him reminded of all the good times. Good times he promised to bring back. No matter what.

'This it'll be different… I promise.'

To Be Continued

AN: Well looks like Lincoln dodged a bullet. But it looks like he has a lot of work ahead of him. Will he keep his promise? Will he make it up to Lori and Luna? Will he make up for lost time with the rest of his sisters? Also what do think his plan is? Do you have any ideas or questions then leave them in a review or PM me. Now I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I promise next we'll be doing an episode for the next chapter. Probably the van with the sweet spot. Also sorry if I made you guys wait too long. Expect the new chapter in the coming weeks or next week at the latest. So if I don't get the chance I hop you all have happy and safe Halloween! See ya!