RIIIIIIIIIIIIING! RIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

BANG!

"YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Lincoln dashed out the door like a madman with too much glee. He didn't care about the sweltering heat. There was only one thing on his mind as he joined the rest of his classmates in celebration,

"It's finally here! The time of freedom! Freedom from school! Freedom from homework! Freedom to hangout with whoever we want, whenever we want, wherever we want!" He tore of his shirt and delivered the proclamation, "SUMMER VACATION IS HERE TO STAY!"

"Sounds like you're already in high spirits," Girl Jordan startled him from behind.

"Uaa! Uh... was I talking out loud again?" Lincoln scratched his head.

"Heheheh, oh it's nothing," Girl Jordan wagged her hand, "Hey, I'm having a summer block party over at my place tomorrow night. You wanna come over?"

"I dunno. The last time we went there was..." he had mental flashbacks of that party where everything that could have gone wrong...did, "...quite exposing."

"Don't worry, nothing like that will happen again," Girl Jordan said, "I'll ask some friends to come later tonight to drop an invite."

When she walked away, Lincoln noticed for the first time the impact his and Clyde's daily antics had. Everyone was eyeing them, especially the girls. They really wanted to get close to them, closer to Clyde due to his single status.

"Huh," he muttered, "And all we did was be ourselves. Wait, how did I not notice before?"

Just then, Vanzilla drove to the curb.

"Lincoln!" Lori yelled, "Time to get your keister back home!"

"Uh, right!" Lincoln hopped in and buckled up, still looking at the rather large crowd of eyes following his every move.

"Well, well, Mr. Love Doctor," Luna outright scared him with the way she said that line.

"AAAAA! What-what are you-what are you...huh?"

"Oh, you know that look in their eyes, right?" Luna nudged, "They look like they're ready to pounce on you, the way that Lori pounced on Bobby yesterday!"

"Hey, that's just for our special date tomorrow, and you know it!" Lori snapped.

"Surrrre, it is..."

"Special, huh?" Lincoln felt like he was missing out on something.

"It's nothing!" Lori drove away from the school, "So, what's the special occasion, Lincoln?"

"Oh, Jordan was gonna invite me and Ronnie Anne to a block party tomorrow," Lincoln explained.

"You should totally go, man!" Luna cheered, "Seeing you with RA would set their hearts ablaze with passion and-Hey, maybe I can use that one!"

"Maybe we could stop by, too," Lori mused, "I can't wait to finally relax and enjoy myself, free from the stress of school."

An hour later, Lincoln opened up a video chat with Ronnie Anne.

"I dunno..." Ronnie Anne said, "Block parties always rub me the wrong way."

"Relax," Lincoln assured her, "It's gonna be a big one, plenty of stuff for us to do."

"That'll end with your thunder thighs storming the net, I assume?"

Lincoln facepalmed, "Ok. Ok. I get it."

"Hahaha!" Ronnie calmed him down, "Ok, I'll come check it out. See you tomorrow night?"

"Count on it," Lincoln signed off, then went downstairs supposedly to grab a snack.

Only to be impeded by Stella, Maggie, Carol, and his parents. "EEK!" He immediately hid ran back up and hid behind the wall, "What the heck are they doing here?! This can't be a normal block party..." He listened in as the girls were-

"Just Lincoln?" Lynn Sr said, "I'd be fine if he went with Lori, but why only Lincoln?"

"Believe me, we would bring Lori, but..." Carol explained, "things can get a bit too chaotic when his sisters meddle, you know?"

"Plus, my parents will be watching the whole party as security guards," Stella added, "He'll have nothing to worry about."

Maggie noticed his white tuff of hair, "Carol, up there."

"Hey, Lincoln!" Carol waved.

"URK...busted..." Lincoln slowly walked downstairs, "Hi...heard you were visiting?..."

"Yeah! We just wanted to see if you wanna come to the block party," she said, "It's at 7pm, and there's gonna be a DJ, slide, photo op, everything!"

"Neat! Oh, do you mind if I bring Ronnie Anne?"

"That would make the party ten times better!" Stella cheered, "We've been hitting it off pretty good since she left."

"So, we're on for tomorrow, then?" Carol asked.

"You know it!" Lincoln and the girls waved each other goodbye as they gave him the envelopes and left. He was smiling as they left his field of vision, but as soon as he closed the door, he knew what was coming, "So, what do you think, Dad? I'll be fine if I'm with Ronnie Anne, and she's a tough girl."

"Looks like you're all set, then," His did fist-bumped, "I'll drop you off at when it starts, so you better hurry up and pack."

"Thanks, dad!" Lincoln hugged him, then bolted upstairs to plan for his first free day.

Completely unaware that his sisters have heard every single word.

"So, Carol thinks I'm too chaotic for her little shindig, huh?!" Lori screamed.

"The party will be tons better when I'm rocking it!" Luna groaned, "Who's idea was it to leave us out?!"

"I can't believe Maggie wouldn't let me in on the secret," Luan said, "Maybe I should leave her a little jelly on her toast, am I right?"

"I dunno why you're all freaked out," Lynn polished her new fencing armor, "We have our own plans, don't we?"

"But your plans are all unnecessary roughness and roughhousing!" Lori snapped, "When do we ever get to experience an exciting time to celebrate our youth?!"

"Might I suggest a cure for your brash impulsiveness before you attempt to invent a celebratory tradition?" Lisa quipped.

"How about an outlet for your frustrations?" Lynn donned her armor, "I've just taken a liking to this fencing gig. HWAZA! YA-" She swiped and thrust her sword into the wall.

"What was that?!" The father screamed.

"Uh, nothing!" Lynn said as she struggled to free her weapon.