Hey guys, how's it going? I'm Rakanadyo (I know it's weird, but it goes back to my childhood, and I've grown attached to it). A while back I wrote my first fanfic, which was also the first writing I've ever really submitted to public view. I was cautiously optimistic about what you guys would think, but the amount of positive feedback I got was still surprising. I get embarrassed when I'm praised, so I was blushing like a schoolgirl all the way through those reviews. I'm glad you guys liked my first story!

Anyway, after that, I started to think about what to do next. I had a couple different ideas, but I couldn't really narrow them down to choose what to do. Ultimately, I've decided to do an episodic deal not unlike the show itself. There won't really be an overarching plotline, but rather it'll be composed of several different stories that all together form my "fanon", as it were.

Primarily, these episodes will focus on one character at a time. Mostly it will be Lincoln's sisters, but I'll try to do at least one for Lincoln himself, and maybe some others. (Ronnie Anne is one of my favorites, so I definitely want a story for her.) These will be mostly realistic in terms of the setting, so nothing drastic or dark, but I hope to look into some more mature themes we wouldn't expect from the show itself.

Sorry for talking so much, but I like to be descriptive, even if just for my own benefit. For most chapters, unless I got something I want to say, I'll just have the episode's name up top. I might yap a bit after the story at the bottom, though. Anyway, time for me to shut up and let Chapter 1 begin. Hope you like it!

P.S.: There's a lot of cool LH fanfiction, and reading all the different stories is what got me to get to work on my own. So to show my love, every chapter/episode I'll try to sneak a reference to one in. Done with full respect to the author and their work, of course. I'll try to be clever with it, so see if you notice them. :)

P.P.S.: Obligatory message that I don't own Loud House or it's characters, those all belong to Chris Savino and Nickelodeon. Full respect to them.

Lori: The Making of Love

The sun was rising on a beautiful spring morning in Royal Woods, Michigan. Flowers are blooming and birds are singing. On days like these, kids like you... should be playing outside!

But this wasn't just any day. Today was very important to the 13 people living inside the Loud residence. 18 years ago today, a young, newly-married couple went to the hospital and met the first addition to their family. They had no idea that they'd eventually end up being the maternity ward's favorite regulars.

In the room shared by the two oldest girls, Lori slowly began to open her eyes, and saw an orange and white blur before her bed. As she rubbed her eyes and gained focus, she saw the face of her younger brother in front of her, with a smile on his face.

"Lori, you're awake!" the boy said happily.

Lori was about to angrily shout at him, knowing he broke one of the most sacred rules she holds over her siblings by entering her room, but was interrupted by the sudden appearance of 11 other faces shooting up from the bed.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI!" they shouted at maximum volume, followed by the sound of an electric guitar blaring the tune of a birthday song. Everyone immediately cringed and held their ears shut, as Rita, the matron of the home, turned towards her 3rd-oldest child.

"Luna, turn that thing down! You're going to wake up Lily and give us all tinnitus!" she shouted, barely audible over the guitar.

"What was that mom, I can't hear you! I'm too busy rockin' out for my big sis!" she said, before immediately going back to her song. "THE WHOLE CLAN GATHERS ROUND' AND GIFTS AND LAUGHTER DO ABOUND! THEN WE LET OUT A JOYFUL SOU-" she continued before her amplifier was unplugged.

"Ok, ok, enough of all that!" the Loud patron, Lynn Sr. said. "We'll all celebrate in a few minutes downstairs, but for now, could you guys let us talk to the birthday girl alone?

After a bit of mumbling and a few hugs for Lori from her siblings, most of the crowd dispersed and left the room, until all that remained were the parents and Lori, now fully awake thanks to her rock-loving sister.

"So, how does it feel to be an adult, Lori?" Rita said with a smile as she sat on the bedside with her husband.

"I literally feel the same as usual, Mom." Lori said with a smile. That was the truth, too. She didn't really feel any different than she did when she was 17 yesterday.

"Yeah, I guess there isn't really much different. Anyway, we were wondering if you had any plans today? Lincoln got everyone together and organized a party, but we didn't want to make him put all that work into a party if you didn't want it."

"A birthday party? I haven't had one of those since I was Lucy's age." she said as she rolled her eyes. "Those are literally for kids."

"We figured you might feel this way." Lynn Sr. said "We'll tell the kids to settle down with it all then."

"No, wait..." Lori said as they got up. "I mean, I don't really have anything else to do today, so I don't mind a party."

Her parents smiled and nodded as they left the room. Lori got up out of bed and began looking through her closet, trying to pick which blue tank top she wanted to wear today.

Lori kind of lied when she said parties were for kids. She still enjoyed them, but tried to force herself to stop because she wanted to seem more mature. She was the oldest Loud child, and she felt it was her job to be the adult among them. But hearing about what Lincoln went through to put a party together warmed her a bit more to the idea. As rough as she was on him, she loved him dearly. And although the idea of playing favorites was abhorrent to Lori, it's hard to deny that Linc would probably be up at the top with Leni if she did do it. Lincoln would probably be the first thought in most of the Loud girls' minds if somebody tried to make them pick a favorite sibling.

After getting dressed and preparing her hair and make-up for the day, Lori headed downstairs. Looking around, she saw some of her sisters running around setting up cheesy decorations. She couldn't help but smile as she made her way to the kitchen, where she saw Lincoln himself standing at the stove, wearing a cartoonishly large chef's hat and an apron.

"Oh, Lori, you're up already! I'll have your breakfast done in a bit!" he said to her, still showing his trademark buck-toothed smile.

"What are you making" Lori asked, peeking over his shoulder. "Blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup, with chocolate-covered blueberries on the side." Lincoln said, pointing to the large basket of them on the counter. Lori absolutely LOVED blueberries, and just about anything they were in. She had no idea why, but she was just as obsessed with them as she was with chocolate.

"Oh. My. God." she said with surprise. "You are literally the best brother in the whole world!" she reached forward and hugged him. Unfortunately, she chose to pull him to her right as he was flipping the pancake which ended up on her face.

After cleaning up and eating her birthday breakfast, Lori sat down at the couch to watch some TV. As she did, she pulled out her phone and went to her contacts. Finding the one labeled "BOBBY BOO-BOO BEAR 3 3 3", she opened the message menu and started texting.

Lori: u awake?

Bobby: yeah

happy birthday babe :)

Lori: aww, thx 3

u work today?

Bobby: nope. called off

Lori: good

my dorky brother is throwing me a party

can u make it?

Bobby: dunno, maybe

go check the door babe

Just as that message was sent, the doorbell rang. Lori leaped up, nearly tripping over Lana as she ran to the door and opened it, seeing the face of Bobby with his goofy grin that she adored.

"BOBBY BOO-BOO BEAR!" she squealed as she pounced him, grabbing him into a hug. "Linc already told me about the party. Happy birthday, babe!" he said as he hugged her back. Behind them, Bobby's little sister (and Lincoln's sorta-kinda girlfriend) Ronnie Anne made a gagging sound as she walked around them and into the house.

Later that day

Over time, a few people came over to the house. Pop-Pop was able to get Nurse Ratchet to extend his curfew to spend the day at the party. (she became a bit more lenient after the shenanigans he and Lincoln caused.) Lincoln's friend Clyde and his parents came over, but unfortunately Clyde wound up directly at the table featuring a display of pictures of Lori, some of which included her in a bikini. One messy nosebleed later, Clyde had to go home to rest. A few of Lori and Leni's friends from high school came over, fortunately without word of the party reaching that bitch Carol Pingrey. Lincoln was nervous about spending time with Ronnie Anne around his sisters, who tended to get excited when they saw the couple, but since today was about Lori, they were usually left alone to hang out together and with Lori or Bobby.

Speaking of Bobby, Lori spent nearly all of her time with him, only leaving his side to greet guests and talk to relatives. Bobby hadn't brought her a present (he was terrible at picking them out, anyway), but said he wanted to talk to her about something later on.

"Ok, everyone, time for the cake!" Rita shouted as she turned off the lights. Everybody gathered into the kitchen, where a large cake with light-blue frosting illuminated the area with 18 candles.

"Let's all sing for the birthday girl!" Lynn Sr. said, before turning to his right. "At a reasonable volume!"

"Aww man." a forlorn Luna sighed as she set aside her full-volume electric guitar and instead began strumming an acoustic to the tune of the song.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday, dear Lori.

Happy Birthday to you!

As the party applauded her, Lori bent over the cake and blew out the candles, impressively getting all of them at once... before they appeared to relight themselves. Raising an eyebrow, Lori blew again, and once more the extinguished candles reignited.

"Luan..." she said with a small smile.

"What's the matter, sis? My special candles too hot for ya? Hahaha!" Luan giggled at her own pun as everybody else groaned. After blowing on them one more time, Lori permanently put the candles out. Lynn Sr. came back with a knife and began to cut the cake.

"Of course, the birthday girl gets first go at it. What piece do you want, honey?"

"You literally already know I want a corner piece, Dad." she said happily. After all, corner pieces always have a ton of frosting. Who wouldn't go for that?

After everybody got their cake and some ice cream, the time came for Lori to open her presents. Quite the haul this year. Luna got her tickets to the Boyz Will Be Boyz concert. Leni made her a new tank top with a beautiful floral pattern... that kind of reminded her of mom's tablecloth that had gone missing yesterday. Lucy read a poem she wrote about her oldest sister, that was SLIGHTLY less morbid than her usual work. Lincoln was upset that he didn't have anything to give, as he had spent all of his money on the party.

"Don't sweat it, Linc. You're the coolest brother in the whole world, and that's literally all I need." she said as she hugged him, before pulling all of her sisters in for a group hug. "And you're the best sisters ever, too!"

"One more present, honey." the Loud parents said almost in perfect unison. "This took a LOT of work, especially on Lisa's end with the bills, but we managed to hold on to some money from our tax returns, and get you this."

As Lynn Sr. opened the curtains, a bright light came into the room. Lori mumbled as she struggled to see what was out there, but the moment she did, she became speechless.

"Y-you guys... You got me... A CAR!?"

Lori squealed as she raced out the front door, with siblings, parents, and party guests following right behind. Sitting in the parking behind Vanzilla was a smaller blue car. Not brand new, but new and shiny enough to cause a blinding glare into the windows of the house.

"We figured that our first fully grown adult needed something to drive besides our run-down van. Especially once college and careers come into the picture."

Lori barely overheard while she was running around and fawning over her new car, but she stopped and ran over to hug her parents.

"I love you guys so much!"

"We love you too." they said happily as they hugged her back. "Now, why don't you take her for a spin? We'll keep the party entertained while you do." Lynn Sr. said as he handed her the keys.

As Lori prepared to get in, Bobby ran up to her. "Hey, babe! Can I tag along?"

"Of course, Boo-Boo Bear! Hop in!" she said as she started up the car, taking a moment to put on her seat belt and get herself acquainted with the hardware before putting the car in reverse and pulling out of the driveway.

Lori drove through town, enjoying the feel of driving a vehicle that wasn't a 53 year old half-dead van. She had decided to stop by Burpin' Burger for a drink, since she hadn't had one at the party, and was surprised to see her friend Laney working at the drive-thru. After chatting with her and holding up the line for 10 minutes, she quickly drove off to head back home.

Bobby had been sitting there the whole time, happy to be with his "babe", but acting fidgety. Finally, he spoke up. "Hey, babe. About what I wanted to talk to you about..."

"Oh, I almost forgot about that! What is it, Bobby?"

Bobby shuffled a bit. "Well, babe. It's been almost a year since we started going out, and we're both 18 now... I couldn't think of a gift to get you, but I was wondering if maybe..."

Lori glanced over as he seemed to pause. "Maybe... what, Boo-Boo Bear?"

"Maybe... you'd want to take the next step? In our relationship, I mean..."

"The next step?"

"Yeah... Ba-I mean, Lori... I was wondering if maybe we should... have sex?"

As soon as that word came out of his mouth, Lori did a spit-take all over the windshield that Luan would be proud of. That is, until she had to slam the brakes and jerk the car to a complete stop.

"H-have what!?"

-End of part 1.

Well, there's the first half of our two-parter "pilot". What do you guys think? Will Lori say yes to this proposition? What would her siblings think? What's with her obsession with blueberries? Honestly I don't know about the last one, I just like blueberries myself. But anyhow, I've been busy these past couple days, so I'll get all of that done so I can get part 2 done ASAP. Hope to see you then!