"Zzzzzzz…"
"Pssst, Lincoln."
"Zzzzz…zzzz…"
"Lincoln!"
"Mmmmmmmm…"
"Hehehe, come on sleepy head wake up,"
"H-Huh, what?" Lincoln finally opened his eyes after Dawn shook him awake. His vision was blurry at first and his mind still mostly asleep, but after taking a moment to get his bearing's he was able to get a look around his surroundings and saw he was still in the plane with Dawn sitting next to him and looking at him with amusement with Edward sleeping in the isle seat with a sleeping mask over his eyes. "What time is it?"
"11:30," Dawn told her boyfriend as she held his hand. That morning they and everyone else from the Island made their way home with tickets provided by the show, only the flights were rather early in the morning forcing everyone to have to wake up around 7 in the morning in order to make it to the 7:30 flights and after a week of sleeping in at the resort everyone was definitely cranky at first. But they all did have the chance to say goodbye to each other before they went off for the week-long off season. Well, mostly everyone went their separate ways. Some of the campers lived in the same or nearby areas so they would share flights, and of course Dawn went with Lincoln back to Royal Woods after her parents said they would meet her there and stay for the week before the next season. "Sorry for waking you up, we're starting to land!"
"Huh, really?" Lincoln immediately perked up after hearing that and managed to clear away all the drowsiness before he looked out the window. Sure enough the plane was beginning to descend towards the ground and along with the runaway below Lincoln could see his home state of Michigan outside of the window with it stretching out as far as the eye could see. Lincoln couldn't help but grin widely as he was already starting to feel at home. "Aw man Michigan! It feels like it's been forever since I've been home!"
"Hehe, glad you're excited for being home," Dawn smiled fondly at her boyfriend, enjoying seeing how him and his aura brightened up as soon as he saw it was home. She could tell he was beginning to get a bit homesick when on the Island and especially missed his family, and she could certainly say she was excited to get to meet them all for herself. "I'm looking forward to meeting your family, I'm sure they're gonna be really happy to see you."
"Hehe, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them again after a whole 8 weeks, never really been separated from them for that for that long," Lincoln smiled fondly as he continued to look out the window as the plane got closer and closer to the ground. It was weird to be away from his large family for that long, and while in the end he's glad he went to the show and made all the friends he did and of course meeting the love of his life as well as staying in a cabin full of other guys, he couldn't help but miss all the chaos being around his sisters caused. He just hoped they would all be there from when he get's home, he knew other then Lynn and Luan who still lived at home his older sisters could be quite busy, especially Luna. "I'm sure they're gonna love meeting you too, heh, although they're gonna want all the details about our relationship they didn't see on the camera."
"Well I'm ready for whatever they have to ask, we got nothing to hide," Dawn assured Lincoln as she leaned close to Lincoln, her boyfriend happily embracing her and wrapping an arm around Dawn and pulling her in closer so they could snuggle together. But as they cuddled up, Dawn could feel a shift of worry in Lincoln's aura and looked up at him. "Are you still worried about Lori?"
"…Yeah, a bit," Lincoln sighed out, nodding his head. Knowing he couldn't hide this from Dawn he just let out his worries to her knowing she would happily listen. "Like I said she was really invested in me and Ronnie Anne's relationship and always wanted us together since we were kids, solely because she's dating Ronnie Anne's older brother Bobby. Don't get me wrong, I like Bobby he's like the older brother I've always wanted and the rest of her family is really cool, I've met them a few times and they even taught me how to speak Spanish. But…I didn't want to get together with Ronnie Anne because of that, and when we broke up before I came onto the show Lori…wasn't happy to say the least so I'm worried what she'll say about you and me getting together."
"I understand, you love her and I'm sure she loves you but Lincoln she can't dictate your life," Dawn reassured her boyfriend as she rested her head under Lincoln's chin, moving in her chair to better cuddle up to Lincoln to reassure him. And both of his arms wrapping around her showed she was doing a good job at that. "I promise if there's still conflict between you two we'll handle it together, like always,"
"Heh, thanks Dawn," Lincoln immediately relaxed and allowed Dawn to lean onto him while he rested his head on top of her own. "What did I do to deserve you?"
"You were your amazing self, that's what," Dawn told Lincoln as she looked up at him with a loving gaze. Lincoln shouldn't be surprised she got together with him, Lincoln had already captured her heart not long into the show through his sheer kind nature and having a strong will and resolve he himself didn't know he had. She couldn't imagine herself with anyone else other than Lincoln and she intended to stick by his side no matter what. "I couldn't help but fall in love with you Lincoln Loud,"
And just like that, the two began kissing. They didn't get into an intense make out session considering there was obviously other people on the plane but they still gave each other a few nice loving pecks before relaxing into each other as the plane descended.
About 20 minutes later, the plane finally landed at the Detroit Airport and was allowing the passengers to finally leave the plane which Lincoln was all too eager to do with Dawn happily following behind him. "Aaaaaahhh~" Lincoln let out after taking a deep breath of air after he and Dawn exited the plane, Dawn holding a still sleepy and grumpy Edward in her hands, and began heading towards the main airport. "Smell that crisp Michigan air, fall is coming baby,"
"I can feel it," Dawn sighed fondly as she felt a breeze of chilling air blow by, filling her with the comfort that fresh air provided. Especially as she could feel the land around them begin to change with the turning of the seasons. "All of nature getting ready to go to sleep and the inner beauty of everything being seen with the turning of the leaves, it and Spring are easily my favorite seasons,"
"Heh, you really do have a way of perfectly describing how beautiful the world can really be," Lincoln smiled fondly at Dawn as she giggled and blushed a little bit. Just then Edward let out a bit of a grumpy sound, causing Lincoln and Dawn to giggle a bit as Lincoln scratched the Platypus' head gently to try and cheer him up. "Sorry for waking you up buddy, we know you like your beauty sleep but look on the bright side you're gonna get to meet my family, and I know they're all gonna love you,"
"Same with my parents," Dawn happily told the platypus as she gently squeezed him in a hug. "I know they're just gonna fall in love with you,"
"Brbrbrbr…" Edward tiredly let out before yawning as Lincoln and Dawn went inside the airport.
After going in and collecting all their luggage, it was just a matter of heading into the lobby and find where Lincoln's family was waiting to pick them up. Lincoln made sure to text his folks what time he was arriving so they should be here. "I'm sure they're around here somewhere," Lincoln said as he and Dawn walked around in search of them while carrying their luggage with Edward moving from Dawn's arms onto the aura reader's shoulders. "When are your parents showing up again?"
"My dad told me he and mom were on a later flight than ours so I think they'll be here in about an hour, more or less." Dawn explained to Lincoln who nodded, so they definitely had time to kill here so if his family didn't show up at the exact time then they still had plenty of time to wait. "Don't worry I'm sure they're around here somewhere,"
"I'm not worried, just really excited to see them again," Lincoln told Dawn with her smiling and nodding. Can't blame a guy for looking forward too seeing his family. Just then as they were walking around, Lincoln ended up spotting two familiar figures amongst the crowd of people. There was a woman with blond hair that contained a few grey streaks as well a man standing next to her with a head of balding brown hair. And he instantly knew exactly where they were. "Mom! Dad!" Immediately Lincoln took off running with a big grin on his face towards his parents with Dawn following behind him, keeping up with her boyfriend with Edward tightly holding onto Dawn's shoulder so he wouldn't fall off. "Over here!"
After calling out to them a second time, the Loud parents looked Lincoln's way and both smiled widely as they saw their only son approaching them quickly. "Lincoln!" Rita and Lynn Sr called out to their son in unison as they ran to him. Once they met each other all three Louds immediately envelope each other in a big three way hug with Lincoln dropping his luggage on the ground so he can wrap both his arms around his parents as Dawn and Edward watched the exchange with fond smiles.
"Haha it's great to see you guys!" Lincoln laughed loudly as he squeezed both of his parents tightly. Over 8 weeks of not seeing them, getting a hug from the both of his parents felt like heaven to him as he sunk into their embrace. "How are you two doing?"
"Oh we're doing great son, especially since you're back now!" Rita cried out happily, the mother feeling over joyed to have her son in her arms again after the entire summer. So many times while watching Total Drama did she wish she could comfort her son and give him a hug but was unable to due to being a country away. "Especially now that my little boy's home again!"
"Even if it is only for a week…" Lynn Sr sniffed, his emotional father's eyes tearing up at the fact that Lincoln would only be home for a week. Lincoln had made sure to let his family know about the next upcoming season of Total Drama that both he and Dawn would partake in, last thing he wanted was to get his folks and friends hopes up and then pull the rug from under them that he'd be leaving in a week for another season of the show. Many of them were a bit upset that they'd only get Lincoln for a week, though some suspected something like this might happen given the nature of Reality TV, but they would make sure Lincoln would have a great week back home before he had to leave. "I'm not sure I can handle you leaving again!"
Lincoln chuckled a bit as his dad burst into tears with both him and Rita comforting the Loud father. "Hey come on dad, it won't be so bad. You still get me for a week and besides I brought someone I think you'd like to meet," Lincoln grinned as Dawn stepped up to present herself to Lincoln's parents with Lincoln walking up to Dawn and putting an arm around her. "Mom, dad, I'm sure you already know this but this is my girlfriend Dawn Bernard."
"Brbrbr!" Edward loudly let out as he narrowed his eyes at Lincoln.
"Relax, I was getting to you bud," Lincoln smiled and rolled his eyes over how dramatic he was being as he took the platypus into his hands. "And of course this is Edward the Platypus,"
"It's great to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Loud," Dawn greeted the two Loud parents politely, putting down her luggage and walking up to the two. Immediately Dawn got a good look of their auras and saw two parents that cared for their children more than anything along with the various quirks they may have. Rita had a more yellowish-red aura showing the woman's strength, firmness, and passion with the flash of yellow being the creativity that came with being an Author. Meanwhile Lynn Sr also had plenty of yellow in his aura but with a good mix of pink, wearing his emotions on his sleeve and having plenty of love for the people he cares about with him having plenty of creativity when it came to his cooking as well as just being a happy man. "You both have such vibrant auras, and your son has told me a lot of good things about you."
"Well it's such a pleasure to finally meet you in person dear," Rita smiled fondly at the girl as she hugged Dawn with the aura reader gladly returning it. While Rita wasn't there for her son, she was glad Dawn was. After his break up with Ronnie Anne Rita could tell her son was taking it rather hard, even if Rita herself wasn't the biggest fan of the relationship. Sure she liked Ronnie Anne of course she was a nice girl if a bit rough…but she wasn't too happy with how the Hispanic girl would sometimes treat her son while they were together. But seeing Dawn comfort and support Lincoln while on the show warmed the mother's heart and by the time she got together with Lincoln Rita was completely supportive of it and thought Dawn was perfect for her son. "And please call us Rita and Lynn Sr dear, we insist."
"Considering how much you and Lincoln have been through, you're practically part of the family as long as we're concerned." Lynn Sr reassured Dawn as he also gave a hug to the girl himself. Similar to Rita while he liked Ronnie Anne and thought she was a good friend for Lincoln…being a good friend didn't mean being a good girlfriend. He tried to talk to Lincoln about his relationship with Ronnie Anne but he always tried to dodge the subject and it all ultimately led to the two teenagers breaking up. But seeing his son becoming happy with Dawn did make the father happy. "We're glad you were there for our son during the whole show."
"Well I'm the lucky one for being able to meet him," Dawn told the two parents as he grabbed one of Lincoln's hands and squeezed it tightly. She was glad that her boyfriend's parents were so accepting of her, she was a little worried that they might not like her despite Lincoln's reassurance. But hey what significant other wasn't worried about meeting your partner's parents for the first time? "I'm glad I was able to be there for Lincoln, but really he was there for me just as much as I was there for him if not more,"
Rita and Lynn Sr gushed a little bit over how cute Lincoln and Dawn were together before Rita turned to the platypus in Lincoln's hands and happily took it into her own arms. "And we definitely know who you are Edward," Rita smiled at the platypus as she held Edward in her arms like a baby and tickled his stomach a bit with her finger. "We were really looking forward to meeting a precious little baby like you,"
"Brbrbrbr!" Edward happily let out as he squirmed a bit from Rita tickling him.
"Heh, well he's certainly a lot cuter in person," Lynn Sr chuckled as he petted Edward's head. "Well we already have a ton of animals in the house, what's adding a platypus into the mix?"
"Heh, as if he wasn't spoiled enough," Lincoln chuckled and shook his head. Just wait until Lana and Lily met the little guy, Edward was going to be pampered beyond belief. But speaking of his sisters, looking around Lincoln saw his sister weren't anywhere in sight. "So hey where are the girls? Are they somewhere else in the airport, I doubt they'd all wait in the van for me to show up."
"Oh the girls are all back home," Rita told Lincoln as she continued holding Edward in her arms. Edward didn't have any problems with this and snuggled into the Loud mother. "They're all preparing a little something for you for when you get back~"
"Oooooo, that so~? Well I'm looking forward to it!" Lincoln smiled brightly as he was sure that this 'little something' was a big welcome back party for him. But he wasn't gonna say anything about it, why ruin the surprise after all? He'd just look forward to all his sisters jumping him along with his friends too because he was confident they were gonna be there as well. "But first we gotta wait for Dawn's parents, they're coming here as well."
"They should only be about an hour," Dawn informed the Loud parents. "I hope that's ok, I asked them if we could all come to Michigan during the off season so we could all meet your family."
"Well it's perfectly ok with us Dawn, gives the girls more time to get things ready," Lynn Sr nodded his head, perfectly ok with waiting around for Dawn's parents in the airport. If they were willing to make the trip to Michigan the least they could do was wait around and give them a proper Michigander welcoming. "In the mean time we can hit up the food court here and we can get to you know you better Dawn!"
"That sounds lovely." Dawn smiled brightly, but right as they were about to head off…
"Woah, look! It's Lincoln Loud!" Someone from the airport called out as they pointed to Lincoln making him, Dawn, and his parents stop in their tracks. "From Total Drama Island!"
Immediately after that many faces from the airport turned towards them and quickly recognized Lincoln from the show, and not just Lincoln of course. Both Dawn and Edward found many eyes locking onto them as well. "And Dawn too!" A girl called out as she bounced in place excitedly.
"They got Edward too!" Another person called out as the platypus rose up his head. "That little dude is awesome."
"W-Woah!" Lincoln let out as immediately people started crowding around him, Dawn, and his parents. Lincoln probably should have expected this, Total Drama turned into a really popular show so it made sense that people recognized them. Somehow it was easy to forget that they were celebrities now. "O-Ok easy now!"
"Let's all just calm down!" Dawn said as she tried to get everyone to ease up. Sadly it didn't do much to calm the crowd down and to make things worse she looked and saw a few fan girls gushing over Lincoln. "Grrrrr…"
"H-Hey! Easy now! Easy!" Lynn Sr yelped as he tried to avoid the crowd that was now all around them. "Ah! Someones grabbing my leg!"
Luckily though, Rita knew from her experience as a mother how to get a crowd to stop being so rowdy. "ENOUGH!!!" Rita yelled out at the top of her lungs, her voice echoing throughout the airport and making everyone stop in place and look towards the Loud mother. With a stern look on her face, Rita addressed all the people that started crowding them. "I can understand that you're all fans of my son and girlfriend but they just got back and don't want to be crowded by all of you! If you want autographs or anything like that I suggest you all form a single file line and wait politely and patiently NOW!"
"…" The crowd was silent for a moment before doing what the Loud mother said and lined up in front of Lincoln and Dawn and everyone made sure not to make a peep. Everyone was thankfully wise enough not to anger an obvious mama bear.
"Phew, thanks mom," Lincoln and Dawn sent Rita thankful looks as the Loud mother nodded her head in satisfaction.
"Still got it," Rita smirked and rose up her head in pride. If there was one thing she knew how to do from her time in raising 11 kids it was getting a large group of people under control.
"I love you so much honey," Lynn Sr gushed, he loved it whenever his wife took charge like that.
And with the crowd now lined up and more in control, Lincoln and Dawn thought it was only fair to give them all a little bit of their time.
"Whew, that was a little overwhelming." Lincoln let out as he and everyone else sat down at a pizza place the airport had where they could all get their own personal pizza. Though Dawn instead got a salad from a different restaurant and Lincoln had gotten a pizza with just cheese and nothing else on it though his parents didn't seem to question it. Before they could finally eat Lincoln, Dawn, and even Edward had dealt with all the fans that approached them. Signing plenty autographs and answering the occasional question. "But I guess we're just gonna have to get used to this, especially since we're gonna be on another season."
"Well hey, this is the life of a celebrity son. One doesn't make it big in the reality TV business without expecting stardom to come with it," Lynn Sr told his son as he took a bite of the pizza he ordered with Edward also taking a slice of the Loud father's pizza. "Kinda wish we got a bit more stardom after appearing in Legends of the Hidden Temple though…"
"Eeeeh, I think we ruined our chances of that after what happened at the airport," Lincoln explained to his father as they both shivered at the memory of that with Dawn and Rita both giggling. The memory of going on that show together was a good one, what happened afterward…not so much. "Plus we were only there for one episode, me and Dawn made it pretty far in the season."
"Would have made it farther if it wasn't for Heather," Rita spoke up rather bitterly about the queen bee. She like basically everyone else in her family and many other people who watched the show grew a strong dislike of Heather for many, many reasons. "I still can't believe they let that girl get away with breaking the rules like that, even if they did threaten to sue her over it in the semi-finals."
"It is what is it, I'll admit I'm still a bit upset over it but there's nothing we can do to change it." Dawn spoke up as she looked up at the Loud mother. Dawn and Lincoln certainly hadn't forgiven Heather for that or the other nasty things she did on the Island, but there was no sense in letting their anger and bitterness over it take them over. "We have each other and we made plenty of friends over our time on the show and that's what matters."
"Well I'm glad you're handling it so maturely you two," Rita smiled once again and nodded in approval over the two of them. As the two continued to eat, a pair of beady eyes looked over in their direction. They looked over the Louds for a bit before turning to Dawn and immediately after seeing the platinum blond haired girl the owner of the beady eyes took off towards the table they were at.
Chirp. Chirp.
Suddenly a chirping sound got everyone's attention and looking in the direction of it Lynn Sr and Rita flinch and Lincoln rose a brow at the fact that there was a large female raccoon looking at them with a big smile on its face. "Um, is that a raccoon in here?" Rita uneasily asked as she looked over at her pizza, wondering if she should eat it if there was pest in the airport. But looking over the raccoon she saw it was really well groomed with shiny and well kept fur and even had a flower crown of daisy's on its head. "Is it someone's pet?"
"Hm?" Dawn looked up from her food and at the raccoon…and gasped and smiled brightly as her eyes came across the trash panda. "Maple!" Dawn got up out of her chair and excitedly ran over to the raccoon with the larger than average creature chirping happily as it jumped into the aura reader's arms and immediately began nuzzling up to her. "Oh it's so good to see you again!"
"Dawn you…know this raccoon?" Lynn Sr slowly asked, seeing Dawn's ability to connect with animals in person truly was a different experience than seeing it on TV. And even then it was still weird seeing that.
"Of course! Maple is one of my best friends!" Dawn happily explained as she introduced the raccoon to the Louds with the mammal crawling on top of Dawn's shoulder and happily waving to the three of them. Dawn began petting Maple's head before gasping excitedly. "Wait, if you're here then that must mean-"
"Dawn!"
"AH!" Lincoln, Rita, and Lynn Sr let out as a voice spoke up out of nowhere.
"I thought we left Lucy at home!" Lynn Sr cried out in pure instincts.
But looking to the source of the voice, everyone saw a beautiful woman that looked like an older version of Dawn. She had the same skin tone, eye color, hair color, and even the same pointy elf-like ears as Dawn only this woman was about a head and a half taller then Dawn. Her hair was longer than Dawn's though and went down to her knees and the woman wore a pair of crystal earrings, a necklace with an amethyst jewel on it, a beige shirt that exposed her midriff and had baggy sleeves, and a long green split leg skirt that went past her knees along with brown sandals.
Dawn immediately looked at the woman and she seemed to almost shine with positive energy and quickly ran to her with Maple leaping off Dawn's shoulder and onto the table the Louds were at. "Mom!" Dawn yelled out as she tackled the woman into a hug that she all too happily returned. "You made it!"
"Of course I did," Dawn's mother reassured her with a calm and soft voice as she held her daughter close, Dawn clearly happy to be in her mother's embrace after a long eight weeks just like Lincoln was. "There's no way I wouldn't come to see my little moon beam again before she has to go off again."
"Mmmmm, so glad you could make it," Dawn said as she squeezed her mother again before looking to the Louds, still keeping a single arm around her mom though. "Lincoln, Rita, Lynn Sr, this is my mom!"
"My name's Hope Bernard, it's such a pleasure to meet all of you," Hope politely greeted everyone as she looked to the three members of the Loud family that were present. Like Dawn she saw Rita and Lynn Sr's aura and got a good impression of them from just a glance, but when she looked over to Lincoln she gave his aura a much closer look and was pleased with what she saw. Sure on TV she got a good look at the boy, but what she really wanted to see was his aura and it was just as nice as she imagined it was. "Especially you Lincoln, I'm so happy to finally meet the one who captured my precious Dawn's heart."
"Heh, and it's a pleasure to get to meet the one who raised Dawn into the amazing woman she is," Lincoln greeted as he got up and held out his hand to shake, but Hope ignored it and instead brought Lincoln into a hug. He was caught off guard by it for a second but soon returned it. But as they separated Lincoln couldn't help but be a little nervous around Dawn's mother, typical boyfriend being nervous around girlfriend's parents only one of those parents is an aura reader like Dawn was. "So hey, I…know it must be weird seeing your daughter make out with a stranger on TV. But I hope I made a good first impression."
"Of course!" Hope reassured Lincoln as she grabbed the white haired boy's shoulders and looked directly into his eyes and peered into his soul, but in the not-creepy way. "You have such a bright and vibrant aura. You're perfect for my little moon beam,"
Lincoln blushed a bit at the compliment with Dawn also blushing for her mother using her nickname in front of her boyfriend. "W-Well thank you ma'am," Lincoln said politely, stuttering a little bit in the process. "That's what Dawn told me hehe,"
"And I've seen how happy you make her, and how you were looking out for her," Hope told Lincoln with nothing but sincerity in her voice. Hope knew the struggles Dawn would face at school, she faced the same when she was her age. People thinking they were weird and creepy for their aura reading abilities and skill to talk to animals. It was hard to make friends sometimes, but they always pulled through and it looks like Dawn found both friends and love by going onto that show. "I expect to see that again in the next season,"
"Of course ma'am, I can definitely keep that promise," Lincoln nodded, crossing his heart in the process. He didn't need to be told that for him to do that with Dawn for season 2 of Total Drama. They would take whatever Chris threw at them together. "Dawn means a lot to me after all, I'll be by her side the whole time,"
"I know," Hope nodded her head, satisfied with Lincoln's answer with his aura showing nothing but pure honesty. "And you can call me Hope dear, far as I'm concerned you're part of our family now." Lincoln smiled brightly at that, but soon Hope gained a rather mischievous smirk. "Just be careful when you two get passionate~ You're too young for kids and I'm not ready to be a grandma yet~"
Immediately Lincoln and Dawn froze up at that with Lynn Sr and Rita smirking in amusement, especially as Hope went back to putting on an innocent look. Even Edward and Maple both started giggling a bit. "She's right kids," Rita added in, deciding to mess with the kids a little bit as well. "If you're going to be having fun like that remember to use protection."
"R-Right..." Lincoln gulped a bit, completely embarrassed right now. "W-Well thanks f-f-for the r-reminder ma-I m-m-mean Hope…" Hope giggled a bit and patted Lincoln on the head before going to greet Lynn Sr and Rita properly with Maple hopping onto Hope's shoulder. "Well…your mom's really nice…"
"Oh my gosh mom..." Dawn let out with a red face as she buried her face into her hands to try and hide herself. It didn't work well however as a pair of arms wrapped around Dawn's waist and picked her up right off the ground. "W-Woah!"
"Hahah! There's my little girl!" Dawn soon found herself smiling as she looked and saw she was in the arms of an all too familiar man. He was a few inches taller than Hope and had a lean muscular build with lightly tanned skin, a head of short black hair with a scruffy beard and mustache combo. He wore a brown t-shirt with a moss green jacket over it with the back of it having a big red maple leaf, brown jean shorts, and a pair of light brown hiking boots. "It's so good to see you sweetie!"
"Dad!" Dawn laughed as her dad moved her so she could sit on his arms with Dawn wrapping her arms around her dad's neck. "I'm so happy to see you!"
"Not as happy as I am my little elf!" Dawn's dad ruffled Dawn's hair a little bit before kissing his daughter on the cheek causing his daughter to giggle a little bit. The man then looked to the others in front of him as Hope went over to her husband and hugged from his other side. "Hello! Nice to meet you folks, I'm Dawn's father Jacob Bernard. I see you already met my beautiful wife and our raccoon Maple."
"Chirp! Chirp! Squeak!" Maple let out with a peppy grin.
"She says she's happy to finally meet all of you," Dawn and Hope said in unison.
"Well it's so nice to get to meet both of Dawn's parents as well," Lynn Sr told the two politely as he got a handshake from Jacob after he put Dawn back down and like with Lincoln instead of a handshake Hope hugged the Loud father. "We're so glad to have you in Michigan!"
"It'll be nice getting to spend the week with each other before Lincoln and Dawn have to leave for the show again," Rita said as she stood up while boxing everyone's left overs much to Edward's frustration. "Tell me do you two have any living arrangements for while you're here? If you don't we'd be happy to let you stay at our place!"
"Are you sure?" Jacob asked with a raised brow. The offer was nice but the last thing he and his family wanted to do was crowd the Louds. "From what I heard on TV you two have quite the large family,"
"Don't worry, we have it all settled." Rita reassured the two. Luckily they already planned all this out. Lori and Bobby would be staying with the McBride's in their guest room with Mr. and Mr. McBride all too happy to let the married couple stay in one of their guest rooms, Leni would be staying in Luna's tour bus with her and the Moon Goats, and Luan was gonna spend the week with her boyfriend Benny as the two were starting to get into the process of getting an apartment together. "We'll have one spare room you two can take and Dawn can stay with Lincoln in his room,"
"Well if you're sure then we'd love to stay with you," Hope nodded, accepting the offer with Jacob nodding as well. "Thank you so much for the hospitality."
As the adults were talking, Lincoln couldn't help but look at Jacob nervously. He certainly looked like the strong type, the kind of father who would be like 'come near my little girl and I'll crush you' but he was still gonna have to interact and get to know the man. So mustering up all the courage he got from competing on Total Drama, Lincoln stepped up to the man. "Excuse me sir," Lincoln spoke up, getting Jacob's attention. Immediately the man turned to Lincoln and put a rather intimidating look on his face causing Lincoln to flinch a little bit, but he held strong and held his hand out to Dawn's father. "I-It's v-v-very nice to finally meet you sir…"
"Boy, I'd suggest you put that hand away right now…" Jacob growled out making Lincoln sweat nervously as he feared the worst…only for Jacob to put on a big grin and hold his arms out. "And give me a big hug!"
"Huh wha-AH!" Lincoln let out as Jacob pulled Lincoln in for a tight hug catching the white headed boy off guard as Jacob ended up squeezing the air right out of him.
"Hehehe, honey you didn't need to scare him like that," Hope and Dawn both giggled as Jacob's wife put a hand on her husband's shoulder as he finished his bear hug with Lincoln. "You nearly gave the poor boy a heart attack,"
"Oh I couldn't help it, the look on his face was priceless," Jacob grinned and laughed as he helped straightened Lincoln out before patting him on the shoulder. "Relax there kid, I ain't gonna be one of those types of dads. I've seen how you treated my little elf on the show and you've earned my respect and approval."
"R-Really?" Lincoln asked with a surprised tone.
"Of course! You gave Dawn a chance when not a lot of kids back home would," Jacob told Lincoln sincerely as the white haired boy nodded. He remembered Dawn saying that she didn't have any friends back home because most others found her weird and creepy so this must be what Jacob was referring too. "But you gave her a chance right off the bat and showed her real kindness and support, I can't think of anyone better to be with my Dawnie,"
"Heh, well hey what can I say Dawn is a really special girl," Lincoln said honestly with Dawn blushing from her boyfriend's words as Jacob nodded in agreement. "I'm really lucky to have her,"
"That you are, so hey no need to worry ok. And like my wife said, you may as well be a part of the family now so call me Jacob ok?" Jacob told Lincoln while holding his fist out. Lincoln couldn't help but grin and fist-bumped Dawn's dad with Dawn smiling widely at both of her parents approving of Lincoln. "So maybe we should get going now? Curious to see this Loud House for myself,"
"Sounds good, don't wanna keep the girls waiting too long," Rita nodded her head and the group made their way outside with Lincoln and Dawn holding their own luggage and Jacob carrying his and Hope's luggage. Edward stood up from the table and was waiting for one of the humans to pick him up, but instead Maple jumped off Hopes shoulder and onto the table and proceeded to pick the platypus up by the nap of his neck like he was a kitten.
"Bbrbrbrbrb!" Ewdard let out while flailing around, but unable to escape the raccoon's mouth as Maple jumped back onto Hope's shoulder.
"Why hello there little one," Hope greeted Edward as Maple handed the platypus over to the older aura reader with Hope gently holding Edward in her arms. Immediately Edward felt at ease from the woman's mere presence. "I've been looking forward to meeting you Edward, such a beautiful creature you are,"
"…brbrbrb…" Edward let out as he relaxed in Hope's arms.
And so Lynn Sr and Rita led everyone to their van known as Vanzilla 2.0…sadly the original Vanzilla met its end quite a few years ago and was beyond repair much to Lynn Sr's dismay. It was a mere 20 minute drive from the Detroit airport to Royal Woods and soon enough they arrived in on the Loud House with Lincoln noticing a very familiar bus parked at the house. "Wait a second, that's Luna's tour bus!" Lincoln called out before breaking out into a wide grin. "Luna's here?!"
"You'll have to wait and see~" Rita teased with a sing song voice making Lincoln roll his eyes a bit. "Just leave your luggage in the van for now, we'll get it later. Lincoln, cover your eyes sweetie,"
"Heh, oh fine," Lincoln covered his eyes as he got out of the van and allowed his parents to begin leading him towards what he guessed was the backyard with Dawn and her parents following behind. "So when can I uncover them?"
"In a moment…" Lynn Sr said with a giddy tone. After a few more steps they eventually made Lincoln stop in his place. "Ok, uncover them…now!"
And so Lincoln uncovered his eyes, looked in front of him and-
"SURPRISE!!!"
Right there in the backyard a giant party was set up. Orange colored decorations from balloons to streamers and party hats were all over, a big banner with the words 'WELCOME BACK LINCOLN' spell out in sparkling orange letters. And of course there yelling out surprise was all his friends including his best friend Clyde and his dads Howard and Harold McBride, Stella, Zach, Liam, and Rusty along with Luna's bandmates Sully, Mazzy, and of course Luna's girlfriend Sam Sharp, along with his older brother-in-law Bobby Santiago. There was also his grandparents, his grandpa on his dads side Leonard Loud, and his pop-pop and step-gran gran on his mothers side Albert and Myrtle. And of course there was all his sisters. Lily, Lisa, Lana, Lola, Lucy, Lynn, Luan, Luna, Leni, and Lori. All ten of them here and welcoming him back home.
"You're all here!" Lincoln smiled and immediately ran towards his sisters with all ten of them running towards him where they all enveloped each other in one of their patented sibling group hugs. All ten sisters hugged Lincoln tightly, all happy to see him in person for the first time in 8 weeks, even longer for a few of the older siblings. "Haha it's great to see you all!"
"Great seeing you too dude!" Luna was the first to speak up as they all eventually separated but the sisters continued to surround their only brother. "Look at you! Mr. Big Reality TV Star,"
"Heh, not nearly as famous as you Luns," Lincoln complimented with Luna pulling Lincoln in close and delivering a good old fashioned noogie to him. "But I'm already feeling the effects of celebrity status, I was hounded for autographs back at the airport."
"That's the price of fame for you Lincy," Lola explained to him before striking a pose. "I know the struggles well~"
"Keep telling yourself that sis," Lana told her twin bluntly causing Lola to shoot her twin a nasty look before Lana grinned and jumped up to Lincoln. "Great to see you again bro! Did you bring Edward with ya?! I really wanna meet him!"
"Heh, he's right over there," Lincoln grinned and pointed a thumb over to where their parents were standing with Dawn and her parents standing next to them. Immediately all the sisters eyes locked onto Dawn who shyly waved to them. Lincoln cleared his throat and walked over to Dawn and wrapped an arm around her and gestured to her, Hope and Jacob. "Everyone I'm sure you already know but this here is my girlfriend Dawn. And these are her parents Hope and Jacob. And this little rascal here is Edward and that's Dawn's family raccoon Maple."
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you," Hope greeted everyone politely.
"Squeak! Squeak! Chirp!" Maple greeted everyone from Hope's shoulders.
"Hey, glad to meet all of you," Jacob waved to everyone.
"It's very nice to meet all of you," Dawn stepped up, holding Edward close to her chest. She was definitely nervous about meeting all of his sisters and hoped that they would approve of her. She knew it was a strong possibility that at the very least Lori might not approve of her relationship with Lincoln, but like she told Lincoln even if that was the case they'd take it on together no matter what. "Lincoln's told me all about you and it's great to finally meet you all,"
"Brbrbrbr!" Edward added as he rose his head up.
"…..Eeeeeeeeee!!!" Lincoln's sisters let out as they all immediately swarmed Dawn to welcome her.
"Gah!" Everyone else was forced to cover their ears from the sisters high pitched squealing.
"Ow!" Bobby let out in pain as he tightly held his hands to his ears. "You think after marrying Lori I would have gotten used to that…"
"Tell me about it…" Clyde groaned out as he checked his glasses to make sure they didn't crack like they have before. "I've been Lincoln's friend since we were 6 and I've never gotten used to it."
"It's totes nice to meet you!" Leni kindly greeted Dawn as she and all the other sisters, minus one, all swarmed around Dawn making her feel overwhelmed a bit. But she could tell of it was positive. "You and Lincy are soooo cute together!"
"You're so much prettier in person!" Lily complimented Dawn, looking at her with stars in her eyes before looking down to Edward and squealing again. "Oh! And Edward is so much cuter in person! Can I hold him? Please! Please! Please! Please!"
"Heheh, alright," Dawn smiled at Lily and her completely pure aura and handed Edward to her. "Here ya go,"
"Yay!" Lily squealed as she immediately started cuddling the platypus.
"Brbrbrbr!" Edward let out loudly as Lily assaulted him with love and snuggles.
"Hey!" Lana shouted out as she at glared Lily. "I wanted to hold him!"
"I asked first!" Lily said before blowing a raspberry at Lana, making the tomboy growl.
"Girls!" Rita quickly scolded before any fighting could break out. "No fighting at your brother's party, Lily after a few minutes give Edward to Lana so she can have a turn. Lana, you'll have to wait patiently am I clear?"
"Yes mom…" Both girls said in unison.
"Maple," Hope smiled as she turned to the raccoon. "Think you can keep Lana company, I think she'd enjoy getting to know you,"
Maple nodded and jumped off Hope's shoulder and crawled over to Lana and jumped onto the tomboy's head. "Woah cool!" Lana grinned brightly as she looked at the raccoon now on her head. "I've never seen a raccoon with fur like this before!"
"Tell me Dawn," Lucy quickly asked Dawn a questioned that's been on her mind since she learned about Dawn's abilities. "Is my aura as black as I hope it is,"
"Sorry to say, not at all," Dawn revealed to Lucy making the goth girl frown a bit. "Your aura is really more pinkish-purple, but that's not a bad thing at all! It suits you and shows what a nice and sweet person you are,"
"…Oh," Lucy let out in slight disappointment, but she couldn't help but blush a bit at Dawn's compliment. "Do me a favor and don't tell my friends,"
"Aw don't worry Lucy," Luan reassured her little goth sister. "Even if it's not black you're still auright with me! Hahaha! Get it?"
"Sigh…" Lucy let out.
Lincoln smiled at the scene but soon he turned and looked towards his oldest sister Lori who was now sporting a bigger 7-month pregnant stomach. Lincoln was worried Lori would have a look of disdain on her face for bringing his new girlfriend here. But instead he saw her simply smiling at her, no sort of negative emotions at all from what he could see. But he wasn't an aura reader like Dawn and Hope so he wouldn't know.
But he was soon brought back to reality from a strong slap on the back. "Heh, good to see you again Linc," Lincoln's older sister Lynn greeted Lincoln with a big grin on her face. "Gotta say you did pretty good on the challenges of that show, guess you weren't as wimpy as I thought you were haha!"
"Yeah, yeah, very funny," Lincoln rolled his eyes as he straightened himself out from Lynn's pat on the back.
"Hey I mean it bro," Lynn told Lincoln by giving him a light punch to the shoulder. "You did good out there, Heather freaking robbed you both at the end I think you had a good chance at winning,"
"Heh, yeah but hey what're you gonna do. I still made it to the final 4 so I can't complain about that. And in a week I'll have another chance to win it all," Lincoln said with a grin on his face as he put his hands to his hips. He wasn't gonna dwell on the past, it was more important to look towards the future. "And for now I'm just gonna enjoy the party and the week I have here with you guys,"
"Couldn't have said it better myself bud!" Just then Clyde and the rest of his friends walked up to Lincoln, all eager to see their friend again after watching him on TV. "Regardless of anything you were awesome out there!"
"Yeah man you showed some sweet moves out there!" Rusty complimented Lincoln as he patted the white haired boy on the back. "Makes me wonder why you struggle so much at dodgeball when we aren't on the same team,"
"Oh stop Rusty," Stella light scolded their ginger friend before looking down at Lincoln with a proud look. "But seriously Linc you were amazing out there! You made it to the final freaking four out of 24 players!"
"Heh, what can I say I guess I'm just awesome like that," Lincoln shrugged a bit while having a bit of a bashful look. "But really I wouldn't have made it as far as I did without Dawn and the other friends I made there, without them I probably wouldn't have made it nearly as far as I did."
"Heh, don't be so modest man," Zach told Lincoln as he gave his friend a light nudge. "All our lives you've been thinking of great plans for stuff and showed you got some good skills,"
"Zach's right, you got us out of more jams than ah have at the barn!" Liam complimented Lincoln by wrapping an arm around his friend's shoulder. "Granted you get us into some of them but still! You're more capable then you think you are bud. Not to mention getting a purtty gal like Dawn as a girlfriend, nice job there Linc~"
"Heh, she is pretty amazing," Lincoln blushed a bit as he looked over to Dawn who was still engaged in conversation with his sisters, made him happy that they were all getting along.
"Ok guys, outta the way, brother in law coming through." Bobby soon came in through the group of Lincoln's friends to greet his brother in law with a big grin. "Lincoln! Good to see ya bro!"
"Heh, good seeing you too Bobby," Lincoln grinned as he and Bobby did their special bro handshake before hugging each other. At first Lincoln was worried that this relationship with Bobby would take a nosedive after his break up with Ronnie Anne but as it turned out Bobby was more on Lincoln's side of things of the break up and continued to be a good friend and brother-in-law to Lincoln. "How are things treating ya?"
"They're doing good, me and Lori are totally ready for when our baby is gonna be born. So get ready to be an Uncle soon!" Bobby told Lincoln excitedly with the white haired boy grinning. He just hoped that the next season will be over by the time Lori and Bobby's kid is born, no way he wanted to miss that. "Hey, me and the familia were all watching you, you did a great job bro."
"Really? You were all watching?" Lincoln asked with a raised brow. He was pretty surprised to hear considering well…the obvious. "I didn't think that…well you know…"
"Hey, it's all good. I told you me and you are still tight and the rest of the family still likes ya," Bobby reassured Lincoln a bit, getting a smile from the Loud boy. But Bobby soon frowned a bit as he scratched the back of his head. "Ronnie Anne though…she's still well…pretty bitter…"
"Ugh, no surprise there," Lincoln sighed out. Somehow he wasn't surprised, Ronnie Anne could hold one hell of a grudge and he was confident she was gonna hold this one for years to come. "Ya know what, I don't care. I've moved on, I have a new girlfriend and I'm a lot happier with my life right now,"
"That's the spirit bro," Bobby smiled and patted Lincoln on the back. True he liked it when Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were together, and the thought of him and Ronnie Anne maybe marrying someday was nice. But Bobby accepted what happened, and was upset when Ronnie Anne broke his and Lincoln's pact. Besides couples sometimes break up and that's how it is. "By the way, Lori wanted to talk to you,"
"Yeah…I figured," Lincoln nodded his head, fully expecting Lori wanting to talk to him about his relationship most likely. Well, better to get things over with than put them off. So, looking over to his oldest sister with Lori quickly noticing and looking down at her brother. "Hey Lori,"
"Hey Lincoln," Lori gave her brother a simple greeting while having a hand on her belly. She was feeling a lot of kicks lately, looks like her and Bobby's kid was gonna be a bit feisty. "It's good to see you bro,"
"Yeah, good to see you too," Lincoln said genuinely before sighing out and getting straight to the point. "Bobby said you wanted to talk?"
"Yes, I do," Lori nodded before pointing towards the house. "Come on, I rather do this more privately." Lincoln nodded and he and Lori walked over to the house, heading inside and into the kitchen. But noticing them going inside the house was Dawn who couldn't help but notice the two from the corner of her eye.
"So Lincoln," Lori began once the two were alone. After watching the whole show and seeing how her brother changed since going on it, especially after meeting and getting together with Dawn well…Lori knew this was a talk she'd have to have with Lincoln. "I wanted to talk to you about your relationship with Dawn,"
"Lori listen," Lincoln immediately began, knowing that this was where this talk was going to go. "I know you wanted me and Ronnie Anne together but-"
"All I wanted was for you to be happy," Lori cut Lincoln off, making the Loud boy's eyes widen. Looking, Lincoln saw Lori looking downward with a bit of a guilty expression. He…certainly wasn't expecting that, so he kept quiet and let Lori go on. "And I thought…Ronnie Anne would make you happy."
"…" Lincoln couldn't form the words. This Lori was a complete contrast to the one who got on his case for breaking up with Ronnie Anne all those weeks ago.
"So I only want to ask you one thing," Lori said after taking a deep breath. "Does Dawn make you happy? Honestly happy?"
"…Yes," Lincoln said with zero hesitation and with nothing but complete and pure honesty. "She does. She makes me happy. Really, really happy."
"Then I'm happy too," Lori told him with a gentle smile before bringing her brother into a hug.
"Heh, thanks sis," Lincoln gladly returned the hug, feeling his sister baby pump press against him.
"I missed your smile," Lori whispered into his ear.
"And I missed you," Lincoln told her before the two separated with Lincoln grinning and gesturing towards the door. "Now come on, let's go enjoy the party,"
"Heh, sounds good," Lori nodded as Lincoln headed back into the backyard. Lori was about to head there as well but was stopped as Dawn poked her head into the house. "Oh Dawn, hello there. Let me guess, eavesdropping?"
"Heh, y-yeah. Sorry I couldn't help myself," Dawn admitted rather bashfully as she looked down at her feet before glancing up at Lori. "So, did you mean what you said?"
"Of course, as long as my brother's happy then I'm happy," Lori reassured Dawn making her sigh in relief. Looks like she wouldn't have to worry about Lincoln's family not liking her. "So yes, I approve of you two. You don't need to worry about that,"
"It's a great relief to hear that, thanks," Dawn told Lori with the oldest Loud sister giving her brother's girlfriend a kind smile. Dawn then put a hand gently on Lori's baby bump and felt the growing life that was inside. "And might I say congratulation's on your babies!"
"Why thank you," Lori smiled sweetly as she rubbed her belly. "Me and Bobby are really excited for…wait…" Lori's eyes then slowly widened as she realized what Dawn said. "Did…Did you say babies?"
"You didn't know?" Dawn asked before looking at Lori's stomach again. "You're having twins!"
"...Bobby!" Lori called out as she started to panic a little and ran back to the backyard. "Bobby get over here literally right now!"
"…Huh, she took that better than I thought," Dawn said before shrugging and heading outside.
Currently with Lincoln, he was being swarmed by his three grandparents as they congratulated him on his performance on the show. "Haha! You did me proud Lincoln!" Leonard compliment as he ruffled Lincoln's hair. "I might ask you to be a counselor at camp Mastodon next summer! Think you could teach the kids a thing or two!"
"Especially when it comes to paint ball!" Albert chuckled as he gave Lincoln a light punch on the arm. He and Myrtle made sure to watch every episode of Total Drama together at the retirement home and soon enough they got all their friends in on watching their grandson compete. "You did me proud Linc, especially making it as far as you did!"
"Oh I can't believe my grandson's a big reality star," Myrtle gushed as she pinched Lincoln's cheek making him blush a bit in embarrassment. "You better not become too famous for your family ok?"
"Heh, never Gran-Gran," Lincoln reassured Myrtle before looking down and seeing Lisa approaching him with a microphone in her hand. "Oh hey Lisa, what's up."
"Here you go brother," Lisa said as she handed Lincoln the microphone. "I believe everyone would like you to make a big speech about your time on the show if you would please,"
"Oh yeah, sure thing," Lincoln smiled and nodded before walking out to the center of the backyard and turning the mic on. "Testing! Testing! 1, 2, 3," Lincoln let out to test the microphone, getting everyone's attention as they turned to him and-
"WE'RE HAVING TWINS!?" Everyone heard Bobby suddenly yelled.
"…Ok I'd say this is working," Lincoln awkwardly cleared his throat before speaking up again. "So I just want to thank you all for throwing this party for me, it means a lot that you all set this up to welcome me back." Everyone at the party cheered, except for Bobby who was clearly trying to get himself together from the bombshell his wife dropped on him. "So I gotta say I'm proud of my performance on Total Drama Island, sure I may not have win but I came in 4th out of 24 that's not bad at all! Plus I made a lot of great friends there and of course met the most amazing girl ever Dawn, my amazing girlfriend,"
Dawn blushed and waved to everyone as they all turned to her and clapped and cheered. "She really helped me out when I was in a bad place, and I'm not sure where I'd be now without her. I'm lucky to have her and that's why I'm making a decision right here and now." Lincoln told everyone as they all rose their brows. "Starting today, I am becoming a Vegetarian!"
"Huh?" Lynn let out in surprise.
"Heh, good man," Jacob nodded, reminded him of when he gave up meat after he started dating Hope.
"You're what?" Dawn asked as she walked up to Lincoln. She was touched he would do something like that but she didn't wanna feel like he was forced to because of her. "Lincoln you don't have to do that."
"I know but I want to," Lincoln told her sincerely as he held one of her hands. "You're worth making that sacrifice for, so I'm gonna commit to it," Lincoln and Dawn then shared a loving kiss, causing everyone else to let out an 'aaaaww' at the sweet display. "Only vegetarian though, I don't think I can go full vegan. I don't wanna give up dairy products."
"Hehe, that's alright," Dawn reassured Lincoln, touched he was willing to do this for her. "I saw your face when you tried the almond milk at the resort,"
"Yeah that tasted like dirt hehe…" Lincoln sheepishly laughed with Dawn giggling in response. Lincoln then grinned and held the microphone up again. "Now let's all enjoy this party!!!"
"YEAH!!!" Everyone cheered as they quickly got down to living it up.
And so the week went on and Lincoln and Dawn made sure to have as much fun as they possibly could. Spending time with Lincoln's friends and family with Lincoln also getting some quality time in with Dawn's parents. They went to all the hot spots in town and just enjoyed the time they had together.
And the week just seemed to blur right by.
And soon on the last night they would be spending at home before they head out, Lincoln was laying on the roof with Dawn next to him, both looking at the stars that littered the sky. "Heh, so tomorrow we're heading back to Canada for season two," Lincoln said as Dawn laid her head on Lincoln's chest. "Is it weird to say I'm actually kind of excited about this?"
"Well, you're not the only one," Dawn admitted she was pretty excited too. Sure Total Drama Island was rough sometimes, but she would say she made more good memories than bad and couldn't help but be a bit excited for what was coming. "Despite the hardships I enjoyed my time there, and wouldn't mind doing it again. And with you~"
"Always with you~" Lincoln told her while petting her hair. "It was the show that brought us together~"
"And I'm grateful it did~" Dawn said before the two engaged in a kiss full of nothing but love. The two clung onto each other as they made out, Dawn stroking Lincoln's cheek before separating and looking at him with half lidded eyes. "Ya know, I was thinking that before we went of…we could spend our last night here together doing something fun~"
"Like what?" Lincoln asked before Dawn leaned close to his ear and whispered something to him. Suddenly Lincoln's face became red as Dawn rose herself up with her own blush and lustful smirk. "Did…you-"
"Bought a big box for us~" Dawn reassured him. Lincoln was silent, but soon stood up and carried Dawn bridal style. "Woah~ Heheheh~ I take it that's a yes~?"
"You better believe it~" Lincoln grinned widely before taking Dawn to his room where they would be participating in an activity that would leave all their cloths on the floor.
But hearing them out the window was Lily and Edward, the former thankfully not understading what the two were about to do but looked down sadly. "I can't believe he's leaving again…" Lily said as she leaned against the wall with Edward putting a flipper on Lily's leg to comfort her. "He just got back, I don't wanna lose him again…"
"Brbrbr…" Edward let out, not too happy either. Lincoln and Dawn decided that they were gonna leave him here out of fear of things getting too crazy. The platypus was not a fan but unfortunately the two wouldn't budge with the decision.
"Just wish I could go with him…" Lily sighed out…before looking back and seeing Lincoln and Dawn's bag on the couch of the living room, the two having already packed and were ready to head out tomorrow. Suddenly a lightbulb went off in Lily's head as rather devious smirk came to her face. "Edward…I know what we're gonna do today~"
She just needed to make sure they'd fit.