Chapter 3: 3. Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Regret
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AN: Got to say, it warms my heart to see you guys actually love this story. It's not that I don't take credit for this story. It's just that I wanted to just write something different and new. And hopefully that will make other authors do something like I'm doing too. Now… if anyone has a problem about how I write, I deeply apologize for that. It's a bit hard for me to change since I've been used to writing like this a long time. So I hope you all can understand. Also I like to tell you what I have planned, and tell you I will be working on a chapter or two for my other stories. But I won't forget or abandon this one so don't worry. Alright than, now onto what I have planned for this story. Ok, so some of you might know that Lincoln has done a couples things and leaned quite a few things on the road as well. Whether they were good or even illegal will not be revealed yet. But will be teased and mentioned along the chapters until they are revealed. I like the idea and theories you guys have been throwing around. Whether they're true or not will be shown in later chapters. Now for parings I've decided to hold off on them until I get Lincoln settled, while he's trying to mend his relationships with his sisters and parents. And of course trying to get to know his new little sisters. Each sister will not be so forgiving and understanding, while a few will be happy and thankful to see their big brother again. Alright I think I took enough of your time and let you guys get to it… ON WITH THE CHAPTER! Enjoy! And of course sorry for any mistakes I've made!
"Hey Lynn… I'm back." Lincoln said with a very uneasy smile, unlike his previous tone he used with his mom. This one was pure nervousness with a bit of fear, something he wasn't quite used to. Lincoln rarely showed fear, especially when he was on the road and on the run. On his early days when he had just ran away he was afraid of course. But that was a long time ago, back when he tried to forget a lot of things. So, him showing fear towards a 13 year old girl was unheard-of. But if that 13 year old girl was one of his little sisters he left… than that's a whole other story. Especially if that sisters was his littlest sister, the one he left who was around 4 or less. Now, there she was. Standing right there on in the middle of the stairs was Lynn. Who has now grown up to be teenager. In all honesty it, Lincoln felt even more regret than before.
'Guess she's not my little slugger anymore. She's a teenager now, of all things.' Lincoln thought sadly as he continued to stare towards his sister. Who of course stared right back, with a shocked expression. While Lincoln and Lynn continued to stare at one another, their siblings and mom could only look on. Their mom of course had a face of worry, knowing full well that this could all go ugly in a second. She also had to keep her emotions in check too. Even though it touched her heart to see her 13 year old daughter reunited with her long lost big brother. She knew better, it wasn't easy to forgive and forget. Especially when it came to Lynn. Who of course cried the hardest out of all the girls when their big brother left. It wasn't easy to see the ones you love leave you behind, especially without a goodbye.
While Mrs. Loud had all these emotions running through her and trying her best to control them. The other girls had different things going through their minds. For one, the twins Lola and Lana were more confused just like Lucy was when Lincoln showed up. Their confusion only grew when Lynn showed up and began to act strange when she laid her eyes on Lincoln. However the only ones of the group that didn't seem confused by the whole situation, was Lucy and Lisa. Lucy wasn't outright confused about the whole situation because she was brought up to speed by her mom. Although Lucy had an idea what was happening, she still don't know much about what was going on. She did knew that Lincoln was her brother. But what she couldn't wrap her head around was why he was here now of all things. She had so many questions and no answers. And if there was one thing that Lucy didn't like, it was being out of the loop.
So one way or another, she was going to find out everything about Lincoln and why her parents and older sisters hid everything from her and her younger siblings. Now, while Lucy was proceeding to deal with Lincoln and Lynn situation in her own way. Which was just her looking on at the whole thing while having her signature stoic expression. Lisa on the other hand, was just quietly observing the whole situation carefully. Unlike her fellow sisters, she wasn't so naïve to see what was going on. As she carefully watched everyone's expressions and movements, especially her mother's, Lynn's and Lincoln's. And after a about a few seconds of gathering all the knowledge she had gathered by watching everyone, their movements and expressions. She carefully formulated an educated guess.
'Hmm, if my calculations are correct. Which they always are. I have to safely say that this strange individual is my estranged older sibling or very distant relative, but I highly doubt that he's just a distant cousin or uncle.' Lisa thought as she pushed her glasses up. The reasons why she thought this up was because of all the knowledgeable information she had gathered by just observation. For one seeing Lynn's expression change drastically when she saw Lincoln, the same thing happened with both Lincoln and her mother.
There's also the fact that Lincoln resembled a bit of her grandfather, that being his snow white hair. So yes, Lisa had managed to deduce that Lincoln was her brother or even a relative. She didn't get a PhD or being a recipient for the Nobel Prize for nothing. But the only thing she couldn't figure out though was why? Why of all times did this individual decided to show up. Now although Lisa was very educated and not a naïve as her siblings were. That didn't mean she was psychic. She couldn't figure it out, but that didn't mean she was going to stop trying. Now, all she had to do and watch as this whole situation unfold before her. All she had to was just seeing how things go.
Now back to Lincoln and Lynn, things were still unfolding as both haven't move an inch from their spot. Lynn of course still had her shocked expression on her face as she stood there on the middle of the stairs. Lincoln on the other hand was growing more nervous by the second. No matter how he looked at it, Lincoln was in quite a predicament. He of course knew what might happened when he came face to face with one of his sisters or even all of them. But it was entirely different when it's happening now right in front of her. Lincoln's nervousness only grew as he saw Lynn began to move down the steps slowly. She then started to lowered her head as her hair began to cast a shadow over her eyes, she continued to walk down the stairs. Then all of a sudden as she got closer, she began to clench her fist as hard as she could. Now the only ones who saw this were Mrs. Loud and Lincoln. Mrs. Loud began to worry more as she knew what might happen. Lincoln also knew what might happen next seeing as knew such things might happen when he saw his sisters again.
'Well, this isn't going to be pretty. But… it not like I don't deserve it.' Lincoln thought sadly as he continued to look on as his sister proceeded down the steps. Soon after about a few seconds of waiting, Lynn had finally made downstairs. And came face to face with Lincoln, who of course towered over Lynn seeing as he was about a few inches taller than Lori. Now as the 13 year old girl stood in front of her long lost brother, she tightened her fists as she did something nobody expected. With the exception of Lincoln and Mrs. Loud. Lynn delivered a well deserved punch right in Lincoln's face! This of course caused almost all the girls with the exception of Lisa to gasp, Lisa on the other hand had a shocked expression.
Lincoln of course flinched a little when Lynn put punched him, but didn't stagger at all by Lynn's punch. While the punch did hurt, Lincoln did his best to bare the pain and tried not to show it. But truthfully it hurt like hell. And Lincoln's been punch in the face a couple times when on the road, however not so hard like Lynn just did. If Lincoln had to be honest with himself right now, Lynn's punch would have probably his nose if she wanted to. But luckily enough Lynn had punched him right across the right cheek. Lincoln was surprised that considering how small she was, that she could deliver a well placed punch up to his face. If this whole situation wasn't too serious then Lincoln would be praising Lynn.
"Alright, I guess I deserved that, eh Lynn?" Lincoln asked as he broke the intense silence and as he began to recover from the punch, he then looked down towards his sister who had a scowl on her face as she glared at him. And if you looked closely it looked as if tears were threatening to come out of her eyes. After seeing this Lincoln started to feel even worse than ever, he could see the pain and anger in her eyes. That's when Lincoln knew that this wasn't over. Soon Lynn rushed to Lincoln which almost caught him off guard but got lucky. That's when Lincoln felt another punch connect but this time it wasn't directed right at his face, but where his stomach was located. Luckily though it didn't hurt as much as before. However it still hurt though, and as Lynn prepared to deliver another punch towards Lincoln. And that's when Lincoln thought it the right time to end this, seeing as he didn't want his mom to intervene and get hurt seeing as it look as she was about to. He also didn't want Lynn to accidentally hurt herself while punching him ether.
"Alright Lynn that's enough!" Lincoln said in a loud and clear tone as he caught Lynn's fist in midair as it was about to hit his face again. This caught everyone by surprise, even Lynn too. But that didn't stop Lynn as she let out a loud grunt as she prepared to throw another punch but Lincoln anticipated this and grabbed her arm before she could do anything else. He then quickly brought Lynn into a tight hug while making sure Lynn couldn't hurt him or herself. Soon Lynn began to struggle to get free, which made both Lola and Lana grow fearful for their sister and both girls started to debate on whether they should help their older sister or yell for their dad or older sisters. But luckily that didn't happen as Lucy brought a comforting hand on both girls shoulders.
"Don't worry, Lynn is fine… just watch." Lucy stated in a calm and comforting tone with a small reassuring smile. When being the middle sister along with Lynn, it was up to both of them to be there always for their younger sisters when they needed them. Especially it was her doing most of the work since Lynn was more keen on sports and other things than to worry about their younger siblings. Not that she didn't love them of course. But because Lynn had a lot on her plate usually, so that's where Lucy came in. Even though she was a gloomy and somewhat creepy girl to others, she was the big sister to her younger siblings and was always there for them when they needed her.
Hearing the reassuring words and seeing the comforting smile from Lucy, some of both Lola and Lana's worry started to disappear. But a little bit of it remained though. While both twins trusted Lucy, it still didn't feel alright seeing Lynn like that. Especially when both girls have yet to know who Lincoln really was. Now as both twins were dealing with this whole situation in their own way. Mrs. Loud and Lisa were dealing with this in their own respective ways. Lisa was debating to ether intervene or ask her mother what she's was going to do. But after hearing Lucy reassure the twins, the brilliant 4 year old decided to hold back for now. And thought it was best to see the whole event unfold in front of her. Now Mrs. Loud on the other hand did not know how to feel in this current situation? For one thing she didn't know what to do? One part of her wanted to stop her children from fighting with one another, she couldn't bare to see her daughter trying to hurt her son. But another part of her told her to just keep quiet and watch, she knew that all of her daughters would react differently when they saw Lincoln. Even act violently just like Lynn was doing right now.
So, while doing nothing wasn't the first choice a mother would make as her children fought with one another. She had to think about that Lincoln was a 11 year old boy anymore, and Lynn wasn't a little 4 year old girl anyone ether. Her little boy had grow up to a man without them, without his father to guide him, without his sisters to support him along the way… and without his mother to be there for him when he needed her. Just thinking that Mrs. Loud felt a slight pain touch her heart. Although the same couldn't be said for Lynn, seeing as she had her parents and sisters there for her. But that didn't matter to Lynn. Mrs. Loud knew when one her children were not alright, a mother knew things even if they tried to hide it. She knew that even with all that she had, Lynn just wanted her big brother… that's all.
'Even though she hid it well, I always knew that Lynn just wanted Lincoln to be back in her life. She just wanted her big brother back… the brother that she thought abandoned them and especially her.' Mrs. Loud thought sadly as her heart felt heavy, as she continued to look on as Lynn continued to try and break out of her brother's hug. But Lincoln proved to be quite stronger than the young 13 year old girl. Even though Lynn had proved she could punch like a heavyweight. As Lynn continued to struggle out of Lincoln embrace, she had finally decided to speak.
"LET ME GO LINCOLN!" Lynn yelled in anger filled tone as she continued to try break free, but yells fell onto deaf ears as Lincoln still embraced his little sister tightly. Lincoln knew sooner or later Lynn would grow tired or calm down enough to have a reasonable and civil conversation. But as a few intense minutes of struggling to hold his sister at bay. Lincoln soon enough felt Lynn begin to calm down finally, but what came next shocked him. As Lynn began to slowly calm down, crying could be silently heard as she suddenly stopped struggling. After that, Lynn spoke once again.
"W-why did you even leave!" Lynn asked as she let out a soft whimper as tears began to fall down her face. After seeing this, everyone was shocked to say the least. It wasn't a few minutes ago that Lynn looked like she wanted murder Lincoln. Now, she was crying in his arms. But Lincoln on the other hand, was more focused on what Lynn said… why? Before Lincoln could say anything, Lynn started to speak again.
"Y-you didn't even bother to say goodbye… not to anyone! You didn't even leave a note… the least you could have done is that!" Lynn said as tears continued to fall down her face, as soon as she said that Lincoln's hold on his sister began to weaken. Lincoln's heart began to feel heavy as he heard Lynn's words and crying. But It would only get worse as Lynn continued to speak.
"At least then… I would've know why we all mattered so little to you. Why I mattered so little to you! If I would have known that I was a terrible sister to you maybe… maybe then you wouldn't have left." Lynn said as she choked out a sob as she kept crying in her brother's arms. After hearing this Lola and Lana were of course shocked, so shocked that both twins thought that they heard Lynn incorrectly. Lisa on the other hand kept quiet as she looked on at the whole scene unfolding before her. Meanwhile both Lucy and Mrs. Loud kept quiet as well. Lincoln on the other hand… felt like his heart was breaking as he continued to hear Lynn's words and sobs.
'M-man… I really have hurt them… have I? Especially you… Lynn.' Lincoln thought sadly as he looked down at his crying sisters. His hair soon cast a shadow over his eyes as he continued to look down at Lynn in his arms. Soon… tears began to touch Lynn's face… but not her tears. After feeling that, Lynn stopped sobbing but tears kept coming down as she looked up at Lincoln. Who was beginning to cry as well. This caught everyone by surprise except Mrs. Loud who knew it was only a matter of time before Lynn's words got to her son. As tears kept coming down both Lynn and Lincoln's face, Lincoln had finally decided to speak.
"I'm… sorry I wasn't there for you… for any of you. I just thought, all of you were better with out me. That I just be a burden in the long run when things got desperate." Lincoln said in a soft whimper as he held Lynn closer, who was shocked by her brother's words. And soon as Lincoln said that, Lynn's tears stopped. Then Lincoln spoke again.
"But now… I see I should have stayed with you all. And be the big brother I should've been, the brother you girls deserved." Lincoln said as tears kept coming down his face, after saying that Lincoln closed his eyes tightly. Soon he started to regret coming home. Seeing how much damage he's done to his sisters. After knowing how much trouble he's caused… he just wanted leave and go. But before Lincoln can do anything, he suddenly felt two arms wrap around his waist. That's when Lincoln opened his eyes to look down and saw Lynn returning his hug.
From what he could see, he saw no more tears flowing down Lynn's face. He didn't see her face change into one of anger. The only thing he saw was sadness and regret, the same face Lincoln had only minutes ago. Now… it seemed everything was reverse, Lincoln was crying his damn eyes out. While it looked like Lynn was trying to calm him down. Soon after a few tender silent seconds of peace and quiet, Lincoln's tears stopped as he continued to look down at his sister. Seeing finally that Lynn wasn't the 4 year old girl dreaming of all the sports she was going to join when she got older. Now… he saw a strong 13 year old girl who's grown up to be what he's always wanted. A little sister who was there for her siblings, even if at first it was tough love too.
"Guess… I have a lot to make up for… don't I Lynn?" Lincoln asked in a soft like tone with a small smile. Soon as Lincoln said that, Lynn responded to his question.
"Just shut up and let me hug you… I'll punch the snot out of you later. Just let me enjoy this." Lynn said in a soft tone as he continued to hug her big brother. Who in return, let out a genuine smile as he returned her hug. But quickly said something.
"Alright… but can you not try to hit me in the nose. Trust me I deserve whatever I get, but a broken nose is too much right?" Lincoln asked, but received no response. Which worried him at first, but decided not to ruin this moment. And so he went back to hugging Lynn. Who quickly tighten her hug around her brother, as if he was going to disappear if she stopped. Now, as both Lincoln were having they're moment. Everyone presenting the living room was tearing up. Both Lola and Lana were crying as they took Lincoln and Lynn's words to heart. Meanwhile Lucy and Lisa's stoic expressions soften as a few tears began to come down both of their faces. Mrs. Loud on the other hand, was crying tears of joy. It made her happy to see both Lynn and Lincoln resolve their issues, but knew it wasn't over seeing as forgiveness was a hard thing to achieve. But… this was a good start.
'Well, that's one down… four to go.' Mrs. Loud thought as she knew that this was going to be a hard day for everyone. Including her, there was only so much a mother could handle. As everyone was continuing to enjoy the moment, everyone didn't notice the sounds of footsteps up stairs.
To Be Continued
AN: Alright… to be completely honest I was tearing up a little as I finished this chapter. Anyone felt like that? Anyways, hope you all enjoy the chapter. Sorry I left the chapter like that again. But hey, it's what I do. Now, will Lynn slowly start to forgive Lincoln? Or just punch the snot out of him? How will the rest of the younger girls deal with Lincoln being their brother? Will Lisa and Lucy keep trying to know more why Lincoln left and how come their older sisters and parents kept him a secret? And who the heck is coming down from upstairs? You have any guess or even requests put them in a review. Now, I'll be going dark for awhile seeing as I want to finish my Steven Universe chapter and then probably my Walking Dead one too. Then I'll be back on writing chapters for this story again. Alrighty than… thanks for reading and do please leave a review. See ya!
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