A Loud Beginning (a Loud House fanfic)
“Girls! We’re home!” Mr. Loud announced as the parents opened the door. The five rambunctious sisters stopped their horsing around, much to their Pop-Pop’s relief, and rushed to meet the new baby.
“Hi Mommy! Hi Daddy!” They all greeted in excitement.
“Did you all behave for Pop-Pop?” asked their mother, looking over at the worn out old man resting in the arm chair.
“We sure did,” Lori stated with an innocent smile.
“Can we see the baby? Can we? Can we?” Luan jumped, unable to contain her excitement.
“Yeah, we wanna see our new little sister,” Luna added, just as anxious.
“Well,” chuckled the father. “This one’s not exactly a sister.”
The girls were all confused. What did he mean? After having five girls, how could this one be any different? Their mom bent down, showing them the newest family member wrapped in a towel and sleeping.
“Girls,” she said. “Say hello to Lincoln. Your new baby brother.”
“Brother?!” the girls all exclaimed in unison. A boy was certainly a first for their family and they weren’t sure what to make of it. But once little Lincoln opened his eyes and gave a big yawn, it didn’t seem to matter.
“Lincoln, these are your sisters.” Mrs. Loud said softly.
“Awww!!” Leni sighed. “He’s so cute.”
“I bet he’ll wanna play soccer with me,” said the two-year-old Lynn.
“Uh, it might be a while before he’s ready for that, Lynn,” said Mr. Loud. Lynn was disappointed, but she brushed it off pretty quickly.
“Oh well. At least I’m not the baby anymore.”
Luan pushed Luna to the side so she could try something. She looked Lincoln right in the eye and pulled the silliest faces she could think of. The baby seemed a little timid at first, but then he smiled and gave a little giggle.
“I like this kid,” Luan said, pleased. “He’s got good taste.”
“Great! This is just great!” Lori whined. “We had a perfect thing going in this family with just us girls. But now this boy is gonna ruin everything!”
“Come on, Lori. Maybe it’ll be fun having a baby bro around,” Luna defended.
“Yeah,” Leni agreed. “Just look at how adorable he is.”
“He won’t be adorable for long,” Lori pouted.
“Lori, just give him a chance,” said Mom. “I’m sure you’ll learn to love him. After all, you’ve learned to love all your sisters. Here, you can even hold him.”
Her mom held Lincoln out for Lori to take, which Lori reluctantly accepted. As Lincoln smiled at her and reached for her face, Lori couldn’t help but smile back.
Maybe a little brother wouldn’t be so bad, as long as he remembered who was in charge.