something new - love and war

homecoming

Lori and Lincoln came through the front door moist, and tired, the had gotten too close to the ocean's surface when a small wave came forward, just big enough to douse Lincolns fur and Lori's feathers, without knocking them off balance, they entered the door, and they saw their mother sitting on the couch, the moment she saw them, she rushed from her seat to embrace them in a hug, before grabbing Lori by both shoulders and looking her in the eyes

"where did you go"? she asked, worry obvious in her tone

"I-I uh" Lori couldn't bring herself to speak the words she thought in her head, so she was thankful when Lincoln stepped in

"Hey mom, it's been pretty stressful for Lori and me today, is it possible we wait until later to deal with this," he asked

"well, i guess it can wait for a bit, I've had my fair share of stress helping Ronnie, Linka, Lynn, and Lisa try and keep things on the down-low, Leni was extra difficult to calm down, and there was no reversing what it was she saw, she knows now, and I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her from here on out to keep the world from finding out"

Lori rubbed the back of her neck and looked down "yeah, sorry about that"

"don't be, it was going to happen eventually, you two share a room, we kinda lucked out with Lynn and Lucy, considering everything else, and Lincoln has his own room, oh, and speaking of which, me Linka, and Ronnie were talking earlier"

Lincoln looked at his mother quizzically "about what" he asked

"well, Linka's obviously staying here more than her own world, and since you have the single largest room in the house currently, i figured that you could share with her, then she and Ronnie also suggested that Ronnie be allowed to share as well, considering the relationship between you three, and i thought it would be a good arrangement, so i told them that as long as you agree, that it was fine, and, as an added bonus..." she leaned closer to him "it's one of the only places that Lisa and Luan don't have camera's"

"MOM, WERE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT" he shouted, they didn't see it, but Lori was suppressing her laughter

"I thought i wouldn't get there until my thirties, but then i met your dad" she laughed "go on upstairs and talk with them about the room, and if you feel like you need to talk about earlier, just let me know" she said

"but i thought you said we HAD to talk later" Lori asked

"if i made you all talk through everything that happened, then i wouldn't have much time to do anything else, would I" she asked

"no, I guess not, thanks mom" Lori smiled, walking up the stairs

"oh, and one more thing" she shouted, causing lori to turn on the stairs and face her, while Lincoln also turned"

"yeah" they both asked

"Luna and Ronnie had an 'accident'" she stated

"what kind of accident" he asked

"go talk to them to find out," Rita said, going back to her show

they walked up the stairs, to the main floor, he looked over at his old room, which his dad was now fixing up to become a closet once again, but it was currently void of anyone, he walked over and shut the door, before going to Luna and Luan's room, he knocked, and Luan answered "who's there"

"it's Lincoln,"

"Lincoln who" she asked in Mr coconuts voice

"is Luna in there" he asked

"she's up in your room" she answered, sounding upset

"what's wrong" he asked

"well, Ronnie and Luna had a fight, lots of hair pulling, scratching and biting from both, but when Ronnie bit Luna, she backed off, and went to get mom, then mom came and got luna, and they all talked for a bit, and then Luna went to your room and wont talk about it or even say what's wrong" Luan explained