A loud family and loud times
By: TDTRondas
Disclaimer: I don't own The Loud House or any of its characters
Warning: English is not my first language; this story is not part of "dreams and obsessions" incest, use of drugs and sexual references.
Night in a small house in the suburbs
A white haired man in a suit arrives to his home
Lincoln – girls! I'm home!
A ten years old girl with silver blond hair covering one of her eyes and light blue dress goes to greet the man
Lincoln – Lindsey!
Lindsey – Dad!
Lincoln – Where are your mother and sister?
Lindsey – A man from the school came and he began asking questions and…
Lincoln – great… the inspector came, how is mom dealing with him?
Lindsey – …Liberty is
Lincoln – Dang it! I'll check it; don't worry.
Lindsey – Thanks dad!
In the dinning room
A lot of noise is heard from a guy in a dark suit and a little eight years old white haired girl in orange clothes that are arguing about each other
Inspector – …And I'm telling you again I won't go anywhere until…! Oh, mister Loud, isn't it?
Lincoln – Please call me Lincoln; is something wrong?
Inspector – Well as a matter of fact… never mind, I came to ask you some questions.
Lincoln – Sure!
Inspector – You are certainly more… cheerful than your wife, by the way, I prefer to do this in a more private matter
Lincoln – Sure, Lindsey, Liberty why don't you go to your room while I'm doing this?
Inspector – Actually, only with you
Lincoln – But… she is behind me, isn't she?
A dark haired and clothed short woman with bangs covering her eyes appears behind Lincoln
Lucy – Old habits die hard
Lincoln – Hi dear
Lucy – Hi, I'll wait for you in the room, when you finish this absurd thing
Lincoln – I won't take long dear
Inspector – So she can talk
Lincoln – She doesn't like to talk with other people, she's a little shy you know?
Inspector – sure… a little, anyway as you where informed in the last teachers parents reunions I have to check into the parents mental health
Lincoln – Yes I remember, the thing about knowing the parents mental health to see if the kids need certain meds in school… please tell me you don't think my wife needs…
Inspector – Don't focus on that please, just answer some questions and we'll inform you in a week or so
Lincoln – Okay, but she's just shy
Inspector – Fine, first, a spider is steading at your shoulder, what do you do?
After fifty questions
Inspector – Finally, these questions are not completely for the psychological analysis but to have an expedient of the parents
Lincoln – Okay
Inspector – how did you meet your wife?
Lincoln – What? I thought the questions were just about me
Inspector – Your wife is… hard to deal with and it's part of the report, if you could…
Lincoln – You could say we kind of… grew up together
Inspector – I see, meaning you met in elementary school?
Lincoln – even before that
Inspector – Are you the same age, right?
Lincoln – … …Yes…
Inspector – Do you have arguments often?
Lincoln – No, the last time we argued was when we decided to have Liberty… almost nine years ago now.
Inspector – In general, how is your relationship with your family? Beginning with your wife please
Lincoln – Well… I love Lucy and she loves me, she's a little afraid to choose by herself, but I think I'm helping her overcoming that
Inspector – I see… do you know what she does when not with you?
Lincoln – Well, she does the chores of the house, take care of the kids, and write her poems
Inspector – Write poems? Which kind?
Lincoln – You… should better read her latest book to know that
Inspector – She published? "Of eternity in the void by Silent Darkness" right… Do you like… gothic stuff?
Lincoln – I think that's cool as my wife, even if I'm not into that
Inspector – I see… tell me about your children, Lindsey, how is she?
Lincoln – She's the opposite of her mother, much like one of her aunts she loves animals and looking to the good side of everything she even helps with the house chores without anybody telling her to do so…
Inspector – Well as far as I saw, she wasn't… very enthusiastic to be with her mother and I
Lincoln – That's because she can't stand gothic stuff, so she tends to… not be near her mother a lot of time
Inspector – And with her sister
Lincoln – They are best friends, of course they may fight once in a while, principally because misunderstandings, but they get along
Inspector – And this comes to the smallest member of this house
Lincoln – Liberty… she reminds me a lot when I was a kid, she just have to be more… tolerant that her mother is different to others, despite that, she tries to act as if she were more mature than she really is, even being overprotective of her family, I had to punish her a couple of times for fighting to bigger kids when they made Lindsey cry.
Inspector – Even if she is a lot like you… it doesn't sound like you are very… proud
Lincoln – I am, but sometimes I get a little anxious if she would do something extreme just because how kids are, also I wish she got along better with her mom
Inspector – Are they in bad terms?
Lincoln – No, but Liberty is… a little… sometimes she is teased in school for how Lucy is, so she began asking her to stop being… herself
Inspector – You don't approve that
Lincoln – I grew up in a house with many sisters each one with a personality different from the rest, if I learned something from that, is that everybody have to be themselves
Inspector – I see, you mentioned your family before; how much do you see each other
Lincoln – never
Inspector – A fight?
Lincoln – Yes
Inspector – Could you tell me why?
Lincoln – Do I have to answer? I don't like to remember
Inspector – Yes, this is in order to know in which kind of family are each kid, if we had incomplete information we would have trouble.
Lincoln – I see… when… when we were about to go to college, we… had an accident
Inspector – Which kind of accident?
Lincoln – The one that gave us Lindsey
Inspector – Is she not wanted?
Lincoln – No! We love our daughter! But… we didn't plan to have one at that time, and our families didn't expect us to either
Inspector – Where your families in bad terms each other?
Lincoln – No, they just… they just didn't want Lucy and I to be together, that's why they exploded when Lindsey was in the way
Inspector – I understand
Lincoln – We had a hard time, if it weren't because our friends we wouldn't make it out of the streets alive
Inspector – Do you still see your friends?
Lincoln – Yes, especially our very close ones Clyde and his wife Haiku
Inspector – Haiku is not a name
Lincoln – She changed her name to that… and was know as Haiku as far as I remember
Inspector – Japanese culture obsessed girl?
Lincoln – Lucy's old gothic friend
Inspector – … Right… just a last question, did any of you tried to commit suicide?
Lincoln – What? Of course I didn't
Inspector – did your wife?
Lincoln – She… I don't want to answer that
Inspector – Your answer will be confidential and let remind you; this is for the kids sake, we do need to understand which kind of parents let their kids in the school and with your negative answer; I'm afraid I'll have to assume she did and without the background; she may be labeled just as suicidal, am I clear why you should answer?
Lincoln – She tried once
Inspector – Why?
Lincoln – When our families new that… Lindsey was in her way, they just turned their back to Lucy even kicked her out of the house
Inspector – and your family?
Lincoln – They were like that too… they made me to take a decision
Inspector – Continue
Lincoln – They told me I had to choose between staying with my family, go back with… somebody else and go to college or go with Lucy that was already in the streets
Inspector – How did that led to the suicide attempt?
Lincoln – Lucy didn't think I would choose her instead of… my family, so she was alone with no one to turn and ask for help, she went to a place she used to go when she wanted to be alone; a place only I knew about, when I found her she had a knife in her wrist; fortunately, I took it away before she moved it.
Inspector – I see… well that's all, thank you for your time and thanks for answering instead of your wife
Lincoln – Will that report have…
Inspector – Don't worry, the circumstances were written and it's not that uncommon parents in the verge of suicide thanks of… little accidents, the issue will be properly reported
Lincoln – Okay…
The inspector gets out of the house while Lincoln goes to tell his family the interview is over
Latter at the diner table
Lindsey – How was the interview dad?
Lincoln – Tiring, I don't know why we have to answer those things by surprise
Liberty – I agree! If we knew we could have prepared mom to not scare that guy?
Lucy – I didn't want to
Liberty – You did! And he didn't get you were answering his questions
Lindsey – He just couldn't get mom
Liberty – That's what I'm saying! All he did was asking a lot of "What ifs" but mom doesn't react to anything!
Lincoln – Lucy… did you remember to breath?
Lucy – I did… Liberty interfering helped me take it easy between questions, that way I didn't have to say anything I didn't want to
Liberty – Mom! You didn't say a single word!
Lindsey – Better be the owner of your silence than slave of your words
Liberty – This is not the time Lindsey! That guy will think mom is crazy!
Lincoln – Come on girls, I know we all are a little mad for that guy coming here, but we should let it slide for now and hope for the best, what do you say?
Lucy – The bigger the hope, the harder the fall when it's shattered… I agree
Liberty – Time for me to see Lindsey's non-depressing books
Lindsey – Wait! Don't look at my princess pony books! The last time you threw up at them!
Liberty – I didn't mean those, hey! Don't push me!
Lincoln – At least they finished their diner
Lucy – They are more like you than me, if it weren't because I carried each one nine months in my belly I would ask you if they are mine
Lincoln – Lindsey is also a little like you, she just doesn't like dark stuff
Lucy – …
Lincoln – So… he asked you something to make you anxious?
Lucy – If I had a trouble with a loved person what would I do… that was the question
Lincoln – I see… sorry
Lucy – Don't be, it's not your fault
Lincoln – Neither yours,
Lucy – Talking about… us, did he suspect anything?
Lincoln – He somehow knew you tried to end your own life so he asked me… outside that; he never showed anything that would… compromise us
Lucy – Do you think they won't find out?
Lincoln – They would need to take some blood samples and do a specialized study to find out and no one do that just for routine.
Lucy – I see, but I can't shake this bad feeling
Lincoln (embracing Lucy) – Lucy, even if they found out of that, even if that would mean hell for us again, I won't leave your side; ever
Lucy (smiling) – You love to remind me why I fell in love with you, isn't it?
Lincoln – You either
Lucy – I'll go to prepare our room for when the girls go to sleep, could you help me with the dishes?
Lincoln – Of course dear
Autor Notes
This is my newest fic, when trying to continue of dreams and obsesions I got stuck with this idea and I had to write this. So I left of Dreams and Obsessions to Devil-RAAM who told me he and his friend wanted to give it the attention that story deserves; anyway, I just finished this story and I'm up to upload it regularly, however it will have more than 20 diferent capters, I really hope you like it...