It was a sunny but cloudy friday afternoon for the neighborhood of Royal Woods. Spring was in full bloom and the birds were chirping pleasantly. Many people were enjoying their day as usual, except for the high schoolers. The science class was sitting,
/boredfrom the lecture they had to endure. One kid went as far as to eat his pencil to help pass the time. Many of the students were waiting on the final bell to put them out of their misery. One student wearing a yellow squared skirt and a whitesleeveless
polo with a gag flower, in particular, was waiting for a different reason.

"Come on. Ring already. I gotta meet someone! I'm begging you to 'bell' me out here. Hehe, I need to write that one down." Luan thought to herself as she started writing.

The bell finally rung and the students rushed out of the classroom, excited to finally go home. Luan made her way to her locker. She got to her locker and opened it to get her backpack while keeping focused on a certain goal of hers.

"Okay, Luan. Now all you gotta do is meet Benny and find out what he thinks of your letter. And by the end of the day, you'll have a boyfriend!" Luan thought as she closed her locker and threw her backpack over her shoulder. A girl with hair as black
/as night and wearing a dark blue checker patterned skirt and a light blue shirt with white and black arm sleeves walked up to her.

"Hey, Luan."

"Oh hey, Maggie. What's 'goth' you looking so down. Heh heh, get it?." Luan joked.

"Yeah. You know the same old pointlessness that is school." Maggie complained as they both started to walk towards the front entrance.

"So just the same old same old?" Luan asked.

"Pretty much. What's up with you? You're looking pretty anxious!" Maggie pointed out.

"You remember that letter I told you about that I gave to Benny?" Luan inquired.

"Yes." Maggie responded.

"Well, He told me he would think about it and would have an answer for me today after school." Luan explained.

"So that's what's got you so nervous? I'm kinda surprised. You're usually so confident about everything!" Maggie pointed out.

"I may know a lot about comedy, but I'm not exactly a wiz when it comes to love. I just hope everything goes great."

They walked through the front doors of the school and started looking around.

"I see Benny over by the flag pole. Here goes nothing. Wish me luck." Luan said.

"Luck is just a superficial excuse for jocks being bad at sports." Maggie said matter-a-factly.

Luan just stared at Maggie, blankly.

"Right." She said as she walked over to Benny. He stood there wearing a two-tone light blue and white button up shirt with grey pants. Luan approached him.

"Hey, Benny." Luan greeted.

"Oh. Uh...h-hey, Luan." Benny greeted back, nervously.

"So what's your answer?" Luan asked.

"Look. I think you're really cool and all but I just don't think we would work out."

"W-why not?" She asked, disappointed.

"Well, you to tend be a bit...how can I say this? Overwhelming." He claimed.

"What do you mean?" She inquired.

"Like you tend to go overboard with your pranks. Some of them are funny but most of them are annoying. I don't mean to sound hostile but that's just how I feel. I hope we can still be friends." He pleaded.

She stood there, disheartened by his words. She worked up the nerve to finally respond to him.

"Yeah...we can still be friends." She said with a fake smile.

"So I'll see you around?" He asked with a soft smile.

"Yeah. See you around, friend-o." Luan continued to smile as Benny then walked over to his bus and left Luan there to think.

"Way to blow it, Luan." She said to herself with a sullen look. Suddenly, she felt a hand grab her shoulder.

"By the look on your face, I take it, it didn't end well." Maggie inquired.

"Naw. He said my pranks were annoying and that he hoped we could still be friends." Luan informed her.

"Well, if it makes you feel some what better, I think your pranks are funny." Maggie stated.

"Really? You usually don't find anything funny."

"Your pranks cause misery to some and that's always funny."

"Comedy does derive from some sort of misery. So I guess I should say 'prank you'. Hehe, get it?" Luan joked.

Yeah, I get it. Come on, let's go home." They started walking in the direction of their house.

They found themselves in front of Maggie's house. It was a brown house that looked like a mix between a cape cod and a ranch style home with a small porch. They decided to sit down on the porch and converse about the day they had at school.

"So Ms. Bradsworth told us we have to have the assignment done by Monday. Why do teachers always assign homework on the weekends? It's all meaningless." Maggie complained.

"It is history class. I would think you'd like it the most, considering it's an assignment on World War Two. All that suffering that happened to those soldiers, I didn't think you would be 'in the trenches' about it. Get it?" Luan nudged her.

"Heh, I get it." Maggie with a tiny smirk. "You know, I thought you would be more upset about Benny rejecting you."

"Huh...I thought I would be too, but it really doesn't bother me too much, to be honest. Guess I wasn't that into him as I thought." Luan admitted.

"Well, love is a superficial concept that Hollywood sells us just to get us to buy Valentine's Day merchandise." Maggie argued.

"I 'Hollywood' call love superficial. Ha ha ha." Luan laughed.

"I like that's she's able to laugh it off." Maggie thought to herself. "Oh yeah, Luan?" Maggie beckoned.

"Yeah?" Luan answered.

"I forgot to say thanks for my birthday party. You made it somewhat enjoyable." Maggie complimented.

"Eh, it was nothing! I mainly had to bail out my brother and save my business, sorry about the cake, by the way." Luan apologized.

"It's fine. Your performance was so much better than the cake! You completely expressed the totally emptiness of school." Maggie proclaimed.

"Oh...uh, well...thank you." Luan stammered with a blush. "Why do I feel so flustered right now." Luan thought to herself. "Well, I think it's time I head home. I'll see you around, Mags!" Luan got up and started to walk away.

"Alright. See ya." Maggie waved.

Luan walked for a few steps and then stopped.

"Oh yeah. Maggie?" She turned back towards the house.

"Yeah?" Maggie answered.

"I was wondering, since it's the weekend, do you want to hangout at my house tomorrow?" Luan asked.

"Sure. I've always wondered what your family is like. Now I get to see what it is that makes you so cheery." Maggie stated.

"Okay then. You can come around 11." Luan told her.

"Alright. See you then." Maggie waved.

"Okay. Bye." Luan waved back as she continued her walk back to her house. She walked, not noticing she had a very enthusiastic smile on her face.

Luan finally arrived at her house. It was a traditional cape cod house with a tree in the front yard and an assortment of toys spread around it. Luan walked into the house with her smile still on her face. She turned to face the door to close it. When
/she turned around, she was surrounded by all her siblings, all having looks of anticipation.

"So what did Benny say?" Lori asked.

"He said that he finds some of my pranks annoying and that he liked it better if we were friends." Luan explained with the with smile still on her face.

"Well, your pranks are annoy-oof." Lola stated before Lana elbowed her.

"Wait. But why are you smiling?" Luna asked.

"Was I? I didn't notice." Luan started walking up the steps to go to her and Luna's room. She stopped midway on the steps. "Oh yeah, I'm gonna have company over tomorrow, just so you all know." She announced and continued her ascension. The group waited
/for her to enter her room before they started gossiping.

"Okay, family huddle." Lori demanded as they all got into position.

"So what do you think that's all about?" Lynn asked.

"Judging by how her face looked and her tone, I think it's safe to assume are poor sister is in denial. I'll prepare the therapy cushion." Lisa said.

"Dudes, isn't obvious?" Luna inquired. Everyone looked at her with confused looks on their faces.

"Our little sis has found somebody else!" Luna stated.

"How can you tell?" Lori asked.

"The way she was smiling says it all. She's totally crushin on someone else. I'm willing to bet that company she has coming over is it." Luna explained.

"There's only one way to find out. We'll have to wait until tomorrow." Lori said.

"Right." They all said in agreement.

An: I finally broke down and had to write a story about Luaggie. You can all thank artists like BunnyAbsentia and CoyoteRom for this. You should checkout their Tumblr's and DeviantArts if you want to see really good Luaggie art. I had to get this chapter out of the way because I just didn't know how I wanted to set this story up. It was a chore to write but the rest of the chapters should be easier since I know where I want to go with the story. It's gonna be a workout trying to write for Luan, since says so many puns, but I like a challenge. Tell me what you think. Follow, Fave, and Review.