Heavy Meddle

I didn't like this episode because of the ridiculous American belief that kids cannot pick on other kids of the opposite gender and if it happens then it means the bullying child has a crush on the other kid and doesn't know how to show it other than putting gum in the other kid's hair or putting trash in their locker. In this chapter, I'll prove that Ronnie Anne wasn't picking on Lincoln because she has a crush on him. It was for another reason.

Lincoln was in his room tending to the black eye he received some minutes ago.

"My stupid sisters, he muttered angrily, "This wouldn't have happened if they didn't convince me to kiss that stupid Ronnie Anne. I am not even in love with her. I'm only eleven. "

Then he realized something. "I don't want mom and dad to see this shiner."

He knocked on Luna's and Luan's bedroom door.

"What is it? I'm trying to figure out a math problem," Luna asked when she answered the door

"Can you do me a favor Luna. I don't want mom and dad to see my black eye so tell them I won't be down for dinner."

"Dude you have to come up with a good excuse," Luna said

"Tell them I already ate at Clyde's and I have too much homework," he told her.

"Will do little bro."

After dinner

"Girls just a moment before you go upstairs," Rita asked her daughters after eating dinner, "Let's go into the living room."

As they sat down, Rita began. "What's going on with your brother, he'd never turn down one of his favorite meals to eat at Clydes house. There's another reason and I want to know."

"Well you see," Lori said with a little hesitation, then Leni, Luna, and Lola and surprisingly Lucy released squeals of delight.

Lisa spoke first, "Linky has a female admirer of the romantic kind."

Leni looked puzzled.

"It means a girl has a crush on him, "Lucy said flatly, then smiled.

"Really," the mom asked surprised.

"Yes, it was so adorable, yesterday she put garbage in his locker then she shoved a sandwich in his pants and today he came home with gum in his hair," Leni said and squealed again.

'Then we convinced him today to call her over and kiss her. And when he did, she gave him a black eye. The real reason he skipped dinner was because he didn't want you to see his eye," Lori said.

The girls never expected what their mom would react.

"What!" Rita gasped, clearly upset. "You girls are wrong. That girl is bullying Lincoln. I can't believe you girls would believe abusing someone of the opposite sex is showing love. Where did you learn such nonsense? Abuse is abuse," she nearly shouted.

"From a movie we saw on TV months ago," Lynn Jr. admitted.

"You know I shouldn't be surprised you'd all think it was cute. What is her name, I'd like to talk to her and straighten her out," Rita demanded.

After Lori revealed she was her boyfriend's little sister Ronnie Anne, Rita looked surprised, then asked Lori to give her the main phone number of the Santiago's.

At the Santiagos

"Ronnie it's for you," a womanly voice told a Latina girl with freckles

"Hello, this is Ronnie Anne who's speaking," Ronnie Anne answered.

"This is Lori's and Lincoln's mother, Rita said, very unpleasantly.

Ronnie Anne was surprised and wondered why Lincoln's mom was calling her of all people.

Rita continued. "Young lady, I demand to know why you're bullying my son Lincoln. Lori and her sisters told me everything you did at school to him and giving him a black eye when his sisters convinced him to kiss you. I do not appreciate someone filling my kid's locker with garbage," Rita told her angrily.

"Wait a minute," Ronnie Anne said, "They convinced Lincoln to kiss me, why would they do that?"

"Because his sisters are convinced you have a crush on him and you're picking on him to show you love him." Rita admitted.

Ronnie Anne chuckled. "Forgive me for laughing, but I do not have a crush on Lincoln. My parents won't even allow me to date or have a boyfriend until I'm a sophomore in high school."

Then her mood changed, "You want to know the reason I'm picking on Lincoln. I'm doing it so that Lori can break up with my brother."

"Why!" Rita answered in surprise.

"You see Ms. Loud, ever since Bobby started dating Lori, whenever Bobby's not busy working he spends practically all his free time texting and making goo-goo eyes at Lori and barely spends time with me. So I figured if I pick on Lincoln, then Lori will get upset about it and break up with my brother permanently."

Rita said, "I understand, but this is not the way to go about it. Talk to Bobby and ask him to find some special time with you. I'm sure Lori will understand a brother needs to spend some free time with his only sister. Will you do that and stop bullying Lincoln."

Ronnie Anne replied. "I will Mrs. Loud. Thanks for understanding. I really didn't like doing those things to Lincoln and I'm sorry I gave him a shiner."

"I have an idea. Why don't you make friends with Lincoln," Rita asked the girl.

Okay the girl agreed. But what about your daughters. They might think we're an item

"Ronnie Anne I cannot control how my daughters want to think about you and Lincoln being friends," Rita told her. "Just deal with it the best way you and Lincoln can."

Thanks, Mrs. Loud. Bye," Ronnie Anne said.