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Fanfiction Title: Christmas Confession
Fandom: The Loud House
Pairing: LunaxSam, LincolnxTabby
Description for Chapter 2: sequel to Little Secret. Luna has wanted to confess to Sam for a while but her nerves keep getting in the way. She tells herself she will do it on Christmas Eve, and brings Tabby for support. When Lincoln finds out, he makes a plan to help his big sister any way he can.

Author's Note: I decided to write a sequel to Little Secret after thinking of an idea for a Christmas Special.

Just want to say two things. Like the first story the Loud House kids are a year older then they are in the shows. Also like in the last fanfiction, there is an original song that I wrote in this fanfiction. Hopefully you'll enjoy it but if you feel the need to critique it, I understand.

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December 18th

“Lincoln, Luna, are you both sure you don’t want to come? It’s getting closer to Christmas,” Lynn Sr asked.

“Dad, Luna and I will be fine on our own,” Lincoln said, giving the same response he had given multiple times today. “I’ve already bought all the presents I’m going to give this year.”

“Yeah, I also planned ahead,” Luna added proudly. “You guys go and have a righteous time fighting for the first spot at the counter,” she joked.

Lola snorted, “Please, we’re not stupid. We know exactly what’s going on. Lincoln just wants to be alone with Luna so she can give him advice for the perfect gift for Tabby, without the rest of us butting in.”

“If everyone knew that, why did no one tell me?” Leni folded her arms, feeling cross about her sisters keeping secrets. Everyone else sighed at Leni’s obliviousness.

“I’ve already got the perfect gift for Tabby,” Lincoln said, as he flipped the page of his comic book. “The only reason we’re not going is because we planned ahead of you.”

Everyone but Leni looked unconvinced. “You better not be holding out on us Luna," Lori eyed her younger sister.

“Yeah, if you are, you’ll be in between a Rock and a Roll place. Hahaha, get it?”

Luna fought the urge to groan at Luan’s bad pun. “I swear on sister code, Lincoln and I won’t be doing anything about his girlfriend without you.”

“Alright, that’s enough,” Rita said, shooing everyone to the car. “Let’s get going.”

“Bye guys,” Lincoln said with a wave. Once they were out the door, Lincoln placed his comic book down and slowly crept to the window. He watched them all get inside Vanzilla and drive off. Once they were out of sight, the white-haired male let out a sigh of relief. “The coast is clear.”

“Then let’s get to my room,” Luna said, hopping off the couch. Lincoln followed her up the stairs to her room. Once inside, Lincoln turned on the lights, closed the curtains and most importantly, he placed a picture of Luna and Luan’s room completely empty, in front of Luan’s camera.

“Alright, time to begin today’s lesson,” Luna said, as she pushed her piano to the centre of the room. Lincoln sat next to her and they began.

Lincoln was telling the truth when he said he got the perfect gift for Tabby. For a long time, Tabby has wanted to be able to jam with Lincoln, and while he knew the basic of some instruments thanks to his rock star sister, he was no master of any of them. So, he decided to get lessons for one instrument from said sister, until he was a good as Tabby deserved.

He decided on the piano because it reminded him of the first time he’d met Tabby and he played the air piano. It hadn’t been easy to do lessons without the other sisters finding out. They either waited until they were alone in the house, or they went to the Jive Good Vibes music store to practice.

His plan was to play for Tabby at her house on Christmas Eve. It had been a lot of work this last month, but he was really confident in his abilities now.

“So how is that tune you’ve been wanting to make coming along?” Luna asked with a smile.

Lincoln pulled out a folded-up piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on top of the piano’s stand. “I think I’ve got it worked out now.”

Luna smiled. She took a step back and sat on the bottom bunk that was her sisters’ bed. “Then play it for me.”

Lincoln swallowed a lump in his throat. He took a deep breath and focused on the notes in front of him. After a moment, he hit the first key. As he shifted his fingers from one key to the other, he remembered what Luna told him on their first lesson about letting his fingers glide.

The more he played, the more it came naturally to him. He couldn’t even feel Luna in the room, it was only himself, the piano and the paper with the notes in that moment.

He hit the last note and looked at his sister. Luna’s mouth was slightly open as she stared at Lincoln. “What do you think?”

Luna broke out in a smile and began clapping, “Dude, you were totally one with the music!”

Lincoln blushed, “Thanks Luna. I couldn’t have done it without you.” He’d been working on this for a while. He wanted to impress Tabby on Christmas Eve by playing a tune of his own design. “If only I could think of a song to go with it.”

“Don’t worry about it. First you learn how to tune, then the lyrical bug will come,” Luna said, patting her little brothers’ shoulder. “Anyway, you don’t need me to teach you anymore. Just keep practicing and you’ll be ready.”

Lincoln felt relief in hearing that. “You don’t know how much this means to me. I can’t ever make this up to you.”

“You can make it up to me by doing your part of the promise,” Luna looked serious, “By the way, how is that presentation coming along.”

Lincoln span around in his chair. “I think it’s a home run to get you what you want.” Lincoln hadn’t forgotten what Luna was talking about. Next to working on his own tune, his next biggest priority was to prepare the presentation for his parents he was going to give for Luna.

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Flashback November 15th

“Alright little bro, I’ll teach you how to rock the piano and I’ll even keep it a secret from the rest of the family.”

Lincoln beamed and went over to hug his big sister, “Thank you Luna.”

Luna smiled and wrapped her arms around Lincoln. “I do need a favour in return though.”

Lincoln looked up, “Whatever you want, just tell me.”

Luna removed herself from Lincoln and patted the spot next to her on the couch. Lincoln took the hint and sat down. “You see, I want to spend Christmas with at a friend’s house this year.”

Lincoln understood why she was asking for his help. There mum and dad were very serious about everyone being together at Christmas. They have not once let one of the kids spend the day at a friend’s house.

“Did you try using your skills to convince them?” he asked.

“I tried! I really did!” she slumped her head back against the couch. “I wrote two songs, they still said no!”

Lincoln was surprised Luna had gone to that much effort to convince them. It must be really important for her to spend time with this friend.

“Is it your crush you want to spend the day with?” the faint pink that appeared on her cheeks was all the answer Lincoln needed. It must be this Sam guy she wants to hang out with. Lincoln remembered hearing Luna mentioning her crush in the past. She was finally ready to take things to the next level with him.

Lincoln took her hand and said, “I will get started immediately on a presentation that would convince royalty.” If Luna was going to help him do something for Lincoln’s girlfriend, Lincoln was going to do the same for Luna’s and her crush.

Luna ruffled her little brothers’ hair, “Thanks Lincoln.”

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December 20th

Lincoln had finished setting up everything in the living room. His presentation was ready to go. His parents walked in and sat on the couch, both looking eager to listen. Lincoln adjusted his tie and made sure his Turkey tail was perfect. Ok, he was ready to go.

“Parents, I can sense you are wondering why I called you here today.”

“Well son, if it’s for a gift you really want, it better be convincing to make us go shopping again this close to Christmas,” his father said, leaning back. “I am all ears to hear what you have to say though.”

Lincoln smiled. “Nothing like that.” He placed the first slide of his presentation on the stand. He pointed at the one word on it. “Christmas. Is time for love, being together, presents, songs and of course food.” He brought up the next slide. “But with a family of 10 children, ranging of all ages, this can be a trying time. Everyone fighting for their spot on the table, having to get enough food to feed all of us and wanting to be the first to open presents.”

His parents looked at each other, Lincoln could tell they knew where he was going with this. He needed to make his arguments before they dismissed him. “But you see, there is a way to make this a less trying time for all involved.”

“Look Lincoln,” Rita said, raising her hand. “If you want to spend time with your girlfriend, she can come here. But we Louds spend Christmas together.”

“I was not referring to myself at all. It’s true that I’m a growing boy and I eat a lot, but my presence will hardly make Christmas any more or less ‘loud’ for the Loud family.” He placed a slide with a picture of his rock and roll older sister, with her name in big bold red letters underneath. “Luna’s lack of attendance would make quite the difference however.”

Lincoln’s father frowned. Before he could interrupt him though, Lincoln put up his next slide. “Every year, Luna insists we go carolling. Remember the time you dad and the twins got sick because she didn’t want to stop? Lori also lost her voice last year, and she made sure we knew she was mad without her ability to speak.”

“Lincoln-”

“We must also put food into account,” Lincoln moved on to the next slide. “We get a Turkey and a ham because there are too many of us. While Luna isn’t the worst offender, she does go wild on the food. Can you deny that there’d be less fighting for who gets what part of the Turkey if she wasn’t around?” He quickly grabbed his next slide. “Then there’s presents-”

“That’s enough Lincoln,” Lynn Sr. said as he stood up. “Luna has already tried this, and the answer is still no. We spend Christmas together as a family. If she wants to spend it with her friend, then she can ask them to come here.”

Lincoln could see his father wasn’t going to budge on this, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to try still. “Dad, I feel this is a bit unreasonable. She’s 17 now and-”

“Your father is right Lincoln. This conversation is over,” Rita stood up and the two of them left. As his parents walked away, Lincoln felt shattered. Luna had worked so hard to teach him piano and he couldn’t even do this one thing for her.

He felt like crying, but he knew he couldn’t sit there feeling sorry for himself. He had to tell Luna how it went.

When he made it up the stairs, he stopped in front of Luna’s bedroom, taking a breath before opening the door. When he started to turn the handle, he could already hear his sisters’ footsteps walking towards the door.

Luna looked at him with hopeful eyes. It broke his heart to see them. When she didn’t say anything, he decided to come right out and say it.

“I’m sorry, they didn’t go for it.” Lincoln looked up and saw her face drop. “I tried my best!” he added quickly. “I wish I could convince them. I wish I could be the master of convincing all the time. I just… sorry,” he murmured that last word.

He looked down at his feet, waiting for Luna to say something. Anything. It felt like forever until Luna placed a hand on his shoulder.

“It’s ok little bro,” she said. Lincoln looked up and saw she had a smile on her face. “You did your best. If you couldn’t convince them then nothing was going to work.”

Lincoln still didn’t feel that she was ok with this. “Is there’s any way you can convince this Sam guy to come here for Christmas?”

Luna chuckled. “I probably could, but I want to confess in private. And you know how our family is when it comes to romance.”

Lincoln smiled at that. “Don’t I know it.”

“And I had a backup plan if this didn’t work out.” Luna pulled out two tickets from her pocket. “We’re going to hangout on Christmas Eve together. I’ve got a movie and a dinner reservation all planned.” Luna hugged her little brother. “Thanks for trying. I really mean it.”

Lincoln hugged her back. “I only wish I could’ve fulfilled my part of our promise.”

“Enough of that,” Luna insisted. “No more feeling bad. I’m going to have a good time, so there’s no need to beat yourself up. Ok?”

As Luna pulled away, Lincoln looked up at her and said. “Ok.” He elbowed her arm lightly and teased, “Good luck with your confession.” Luna turned slightly pink. “I mean that, you can do it.”

Luna’s pink cheeks didn’t go away, but she did smile at her brother’s kind words. “Thanks, little bro,” she mumbled, removing her hand from Lincoln’s. “See you at dinner.” She closed the door.

Lincoln went to his room to get in his regular clothes.

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December 22nd

When the door knocked three times, Lincoln hopped off the cough and ran to the door before anyone, namely his sisters, got the chance. Tabby gave Lincoln a smile when she saw it was him who opened the door. “Good to see you Lincoln Avenue.”

“AAAAWWWW!”

Lincoln blushed at the reaction. He was lucky that only Lori, Leni and Lynn were in the room to hear Tabby’s nickname for him. Sure, Lori and Leni will tell the others and Lynn will tease him, but if Lola was here, she’d use it to blackmail him for an expensive gift.

He stepped aside and to give her room to come in. “What’s up? You needed to tell me something in person?”

Tabby nodded, “Let’s go to your room and talk.”

“I bet it’s a grand gesture of love,” Lori whispered to Leni.

“You go get her Linc,” Lynn said with a smirk.

“Stop it,” he groaned. He took tabby’s hand and lead her to the linnet closet that was his room. He closed the door and pressed his ear against it, listening for anyone who might be listening. “Is anyone out there?”

“No,” said a cheerful voice. Lincoln opened the door and saw Lori and Leni standing right there.

“Get out of here.”

“Big mouth,” Lori muttered, as the two oldest blondes walked back down the stairs. Lincoln closed the door and let out a breath.

Tabby covered her mouth to hide her giggle. “I don’t think I could handle a family as crazy as this.”

Lincoln smiled and sat next to her on the bed. “So, what is it you wanted to talk about?”

Tabby’s face dropped slightly as she lifted one leg up to rest her chin on her knee. “We can’t hang out on the 24th.”

She waited for him to say something. Lincoln shifted his body to better face her. “Has something come up?”

“Sort of,” Tabby nodded. “Luna wants me to go to a movie with her and Sam that day.”

Lincoln understood what was going on. Luna must want Tabby around for emotional support for her confession. He had no idea Tabby knew Sam personally. He was slightly disappointed he couldn’t do his big plan on Christmas eve, but he knew this was more important. His big sister was lucky to have a friend like Tabby.

Lincoln placed a hand on the rockers shoulder, “No problem. We can do it some other day.”

Tabby looked mildly surprised. She took Lincoln’s hand in her own and gave him a warm smile. “Thanks mate, I’m glad you understand. You’re the best.”

“I know,” he jested, earning a tight squeeze on his hand. Lincoln pulled his hand free and gave it a shake. There was something he wanted to ask Tabby, “So what’s Sam like?”

Tabby raised an eyebrow, “You’ve met her, haven’t you?”

Lincoln was a little lost, “Have I? I don’t rememb-” That’s when what Tabby said sank in. Tabby used the word “her”. That’s when the pieces slowly started fitting together in his mind. Lincoln knew that Luna’s crush was named Sam and that she had a female friend named Sam. It seemed so obvious he wondered why he didn’t suspect it before. Still, he was still only assuming at this point.

“Tabby,” Lincoln said slowly, “Luna told me she was going to meet up with her crush on the 24th,” When the expression on Tabby’s face changed from shock to her eyes turning down in embarrassment, Lincoln had all the answer he needed. Crush Sam and friend Sam were one and the same. Lincoln had a clearer idea of why this was so hard for his big sister.

“Well you make sure Luna can get through this,” He gave Tabby a pat on the back, “Luna needs you for support after all.” Tabby eyed Lincoln for a moment, making him ask, “What’s the matter?”

“You’re not shocked by this?”

“Well I am surprised,” he confessed, “But I know how Luna feels for her. I want her to be happy, just like my sisters want me to be happy in my relationship with you. I hope it works out for her.”

Tabby’s smile grew as she reached over and hugged her boyfriend. “You’re a great guy, you know that.”

“I am. But this doesn’t make me a good guy,” He insisted, “We’d all want Luna to be happy.”

“You’re still a good guy,” Tabby pulled away. “I really hope it works out this time.”

Those two words at the end of the sentence caught Lincoln’s attention. “‘This time?’”

Tabby nodded, her face becoming a little sad. “This isn’t the first time Luna has had trouble confessing. She’s actually been trying to do it for a year now. Valentines day, Independents day, even flag day she’s tried to confess to Sam, but she always gets cold feet.” Tabby ran a hand up her gelled hair.

Lincoln had no idea. He understood why this was hard, but he didn’t know how much Luna had been struggling with this. “Have you been there for any of the other times she’s tried to confess?”

Tabby shook her head. “She told me that she’s serious this time and wants me there, so she can sing her song to Sam.”

Lincoln scooted closer to Tabby. “Luna wrote a song for Sam?”

“The song is her confession. It’s been written for a long time now,” Tabby clarified. “She usually pretends she’s gotten ill before then even get to the restaurant,” Tabby pulled a folded-up piece of paper from her pocket. “Luna said she’s going to do it this time and she even gave me a copy of the song to make sure she goes through with it this time.”

Lincoln wasn’t surprised Luna did this, he couldn’t imagine her doing it any other way. Lincoln looked at the paper in Tabby’s hand. An idea popped into his head. “Can I have a look?” Tabby looked hesitant. “I won’t show it to anyone in my family.” After a while, Tabby handed it to him.

He unfolded it and read the lyrics. He could really see how Luna poured her heart out into this one. It was a little cheesy, but there was no doubt this was a song Luna wrote to Sam from the heart. It must be killing Luna to keep this inside and not telling Sam how she felt. Lincoln decided that the wait was over. Luna’s message was going to get to Sam on the 24th.

“Tabby, I’m going to copy this.”

Tabby’s whole body straightened. “But you said-”

“I won’t show it to my family,” he reassured. “But I am going to make sure that this song gets to Sam, no matter what. Tell me the name of the restaurant you’re meeting at.”

Tabby’s face was mildly curious, “What’s your plan?”

He smirked and said, “You’ll see.”

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December 24th Christmas Eve

“Excuse me sir, would you like another drink?”

Lincoln looked at the waitress. “No thank you. Here is a tip for the excellent service.” He held a five-dollar bill between his fingers.

The waitress smiled, taking the money and left the man to eat his meal. Lincoln picked up another fry. It looked like his Russian outfit was fool proof. No one had suspected a thing. Lincoln had been waiting in the restaurant where Luna, Tabby and Sam were going to meet.

He had got there 15 minutes early to make sure he could get a good look at the place. He found a table where he could see everyone come in. He was also close to the stage. It had all sorts of instruments, including the one he needed to do his plan.

Just then he saw three familiar looking girls make their way in the restaurant. Lincoln picked up the desert menu to hide his face, just in case they recognised him. Lincoln peeked over his menu and saw them sit down. They were at a table not too far away from them. He might be able to hear their conversation. Tabby, who knew what outfit her boyfriends was going to be in, looked over and gave him a thumbs up.

“I’m glad we can finally eat here. We’ve had this planned since forever,” Sam said, picking up her menu.

Luna chuckled a little louder then she intended, the nerves already getting to her. “Sorry mate, when you have 10 siblings it is easy to catch something.”

“Speaking of Luna’s siblings,” Sam said, a grin plastered on her face. “How are things going with you and Lincoln, Tabby?”

Tabby blushed. She didn’t want to have this conversation with Lincoln in ear shot. “Fine. He’s a good guy.”

“They are totally the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen,” Luna said, nudging Tabby. “You should’ve heard the song they sang about how much they love each other. And get this, a couple of days ago, my sisters heard Tabby call him ‘Lincoln Avenue’.”

Tabby blushed, putting her face deeper in her menu. Lincoln was also blushing.

“That’s a sweet nickname,” Sam said, poking Tabby playfully in the arm. “Do you two have any pictures of you to as a couple?”

Luna leaned in, “Tell me. Tell me you two have some photos.”

“Maybe a couple,” Tabby mumbled.

Luna squealed in delight, “Show us.”

Tabby had had enough of all the teasing she was getting. She can handle teasing, but Lincoln was right there. “Luna, aren’t you going to preform for us?” she asked.

Sam turned to Luna, an excited look on her face. “I can’t wait to hear the song you wrote.”

Luna felt the butterflies in her stomach. This was the moment she had been both waiting and dreading. There was no turning back now. She made it to the restaurant. She had Tabby here to support her. She had to get up. She had to do this. She-she couldn’t do this.

“SorryIforgotthemusicsheet,” she said so fast the girl’s barley registered it. “I haven’t completely memorised the lyrics yet.”

Sam’s face dropped. “That’s a shame, I really wanted to hear you sing.”

Tabby wasn’t going to let Luna back out that easily. “Didn’t you forget Luna, you gave it to me, just in case.”

A chill ran down Luna’s face. Why did she have to give a copy to Tabby. “My… my-Ow!” Luna yelled, clutching her stomach. “Oh man it hurts dudes. I thought it would go away but it’s only gotten worse!”

“Are you sick?” Sam asked, concerned.

Tabby looked over at Lincoln, hoping he had something for this in his plan. Lincoln pointed to the bathroom. Tabby decided to go along with the plan. “Come to the bathroom with me,” she said, taking Luna’s hand.

“No, I think I should head ho-” Tabby started dragging Luna with her. Luna was caught off guard by how strong Tabby was.

When they were in the bathroom, Lincoln got off his seat and walked over to the stage. He took a breath to get rid of the nerves and pulled the microphone from its stand.

“Excuse me,” he said in his normal voice. A few people in the restaurant turned in his direction. “I’d like to perform a song tonight. It’s written by a friend of mine to one special friend of theirs, telling them something that’s been eating inside them for a long time.”

Lincoln walked over to the piano. He pulled the two pieces of paper from his pocket, placed the microphone on the stand above the piano and cracked his knuckles.

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“Let go of me Tabby,” Luna yelled, ripping her hand away just as she was pulled into the bathroom.

Tabby turned around to face her. She had no idea what Lincoln was planning, but she might as well try distracting her with talking. “What’s the matter with you Luna?”

The older girl shrugged, “It’s probably nothing. Just a small pain in the-”

“That’s not what I mean. I know you aren’t sick.” Tabby took a step closer. “I know this is hard for you, but you can’t spend your life afraid. It’s like being on stage. You go out there and do the best you can and don’t worry if there is someone in the audience that hates it.”

“This isn’t a random person in the audience!” Luna growled. “This is Sam, I want this to be perfect and I’m just not ready yet.”

“Luna-”

“What’s that?” Luna turning around.

“What’s what?” Tabby asked, not sure what she was going on about. After quietly listening, she could hear music. It was a piano.

“I know that tune,” Luna muttered, walking out the door, followed closely behind by Tabby.

Just then, Tabby’s heart skipped a beat. It was Lincoln, still in his disguise, playing the piano on stage like a master. Her face heated up, she had no idea Lincoln knew how to play.

(Lincoln)

"In a crowd full of people
You shine like a light
With your hair like gold
And that smile so bright"

Luna was completely baffled. She knew it was her brother, she could easily see through the disguise. Even if she couldn’t recognise him, she recognised the tune her brother wrote for Tabby. But what shocked her was he was doing the tune to her song. HOW?! How did he get access to her song?

Luna had an idea who was behind this. Luna turned to Tabby, “How does he have the song?!” she asked through clenched teeth.

(Lincoln)

"We rock with our friends
Singing straight from the heart
But there I kept hidden
For fear of drifting apart

But I’ll no longer listen
To my own self-doubt
So I’m taking a stand
And letting it all out"

Tabby didn’t answer. Luna turned and started marching towards the stage. She had to stop this. Tabby grabbed onto Luna’s skirt, her feet dragging across the ground as Luna pushed forward.

“Luna stop!”

(Lincoln)

"So, When I put my heart on display
I hope that I convey
What you make me feel inside

And I swear it’s true
What I feel inside for you
I swear upon my pride"

“This is amazing.”

Luna froze. Right next to her Sam was at their table, looking completely captivated by the song.

(Lincoln)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explore

To me you mean something more"

Luna was in awe. Sam was getting into a song, that SHE wrote. She felt herself bubble with delight.

(Lincoln)

"I stayed so quiet
Left my feeling suppressed
But the more I was with you
The tighter my chest

I can bear it no longer
So I let everything out
I can’t be a slave
To my own self-doubt"

Luna’s heart sank at the sound of her own words from someone else. She wrote those parts to talk about how hard it was for her to finally say it, and here she was, listening to her little brother sing it for her. All because she was too afraid.

(Lincoln)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explore

To me you mean something more"

While Lincoln did a bit of a piano solo, Luna stood there, feeling alone in the room. She was a coward. Lincoln had only just learnt to play the piano and he was not only preforming in front of his girlfriend, but people in a restaurant he didn’t know. Luna was standing here next to the girl she liked, while someone else sung the song she wrote for her.

If Lincoln wasn’t afraid to play the piano for the first in front of his girlfriend, then Luna wasn’t going to be afraid either. Luna walked over and climbed on the stage. She stepped next to her brother. Lincoln looked up as Luna reached over his shoulder and took the microphone.

“Keep playing,” she whispered. Luna turned and faced Sam, looking at her eye to eye.

(Luna)

"Sooooo
When I put my heart on display
I hope that I convey
What you make me feel insiiiide

And I swear it’s true
What I feel inside for you
I swear upon my priiiiide"

The people in the restaurant started clapping, but that didn’t matter to Luna right now. Her entire attention was on Sam.

(Luna)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explooooooooorrrrrrrrrrreeee"

Luna stepped next to her brother and placed the mic in between them. Lincoln looked up at his big sister and flashed her a smile.

(Lincoln and Luna)

"To me you mean something mooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeee"

The whole restaurant stood up and clapped. Luna wrapped an arm around her brother and whispered. “Thank you.”

Lincoln hugged her back and said, “It still isn’t over yet.”

Luna knew her brother was right. She looked down at Sam, she was standing there with a hand over her chest, a stunned look in her eyes. Luna walked off the stage and took one of Sam’s hands.

“Can we talk for a moment.”

Sam’s cheeks turned a shade of pink. A warm smile broke out on her face. “Lead the way.”

As Luna and Sam left together, Lincoln walked next to Tabby, who was also in a bit of a trance. “Did you enjoy it?” he asked, smiling at the look on his girlfriend’s face.

Tabby nodded. “Do you think Luna’s going to be ok?”

“Luna will be just fine,” Lincoln reassured.

Tabby took hold of one of Lincoln’s hands. “Where’d you learn to play like that?”

Lincoln blushed. “I’ve been taking lessons from Luna. That was my original plan for today, to play for you. That tune was written for you. It was my Christmas gift, so we could rock together.”

Tabby felt her heart expand in her chest. Lincoln had learnt to play just for her?

Lincoln averted his eyes from Tabby. “Not exactly how I wanted to show you,” he said through a nervous laugh. He glanced back, “What did you think?”

Instead of answering him with words, Tabby threw her arms around Lincoln and planted a kiss on his lips. Lincoln was so caught off guard, they ended up tumbling to the floor of the restaurant. Their lips never parted though.

When Tabby finally removed her lips from Lincoln’s, she looked in his eye’s and said the three words that nearly made Lincoln’s heart burst out of his chest.

“I love you.”

Lincoln’s face was bright red as he looked up into her eye’s.

“Pardon me.”

The two looked up as a man in a stared down at him.

“That was a wonderful performance, but I’d prefer you didn’t do as much PDA in the middle of my restaurant.”

That’s when they noticed everybody was looking at them. Tabby was almost as red as Lincoln. The two stood up and scurried out the restaurant.

“You still have a bill to pay sir,” the owner called out before they could walk out the door. Lincoln paid quickly and the two left the restaurant.

There was an awkward silence at they stood outside. Lincoln took hold of Tabby’s hand. “Let’s go to my place so I can get changed out of this getup.”

Tabby nodded and walked hand and hand with her boyfriend to his house.

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December 25th Christmas Day 1:30pm

Luna jumped off the couch when she heard a knock. When she opened it, a tinge of pink crept on her face as she saw her girlfriend as of 24 hours ago, in a blue dress.

“Good to see you Sam,” she said, reaching over and gave her a hug.

Sam hugged her back. “Good to see you.”

When Luna pulled away, she looked down at the other person at the door. Tabby was looking at her feet, feeling embarrassed by what she was wearing. She was dressed in a black dress with purple stripes, her mother bought it for her birthday this year. This was the first time she’d worn it. Luna crouched down to face her.

“You look great Tabby.”

“I don’t see why I have to do this,” Tabby grumbled. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“You did tell Lincoln who my crush was,” Luna whispered back.

“But you were able to confess. I don’t see why you’re doing this to us.”

“This isn’t revenge or anything like that Tabby,” Luna said, “I just want some photos of you and my little brother as a couple. That shouldn’t be a problem, should it?”

“That’s not the way you made it sound when you asked for this,” Tabby was starting to see why Lincoln said each of his sister had a sadistic side. When Luna came to Lincoln’s room yesterday and made this request, there was something about the aura around Luna that told both of them they couldn’t refuse.

“Luna is that your friend?” her father asked.

“Yep,” Luna stepped aside to let them in. “You all know Lincoln’s girlfriend Tabby and my friend Sam.”

Lynn Sr. and Rita went over to shake Sam’s hand. “It’s good to see you again,” Rita said with a smile.

“Thank you Mrs. Loud.”

“OMG girls, look at Tabby!” Lori yelled. The girls gathered around her.

“You totes look adorable.” Leni said, placing her hands-on Tabby’s shoulder. Tabby pressed her lip into a firm line.

“Don’t get grumpy and hold your breath,” Luna elbowed Tabby’s arm. “We don’t want you to get a purple face as well.”

“Where is Lincoln?” Lynn said, going up the stairs to get him. A few minutes later, Lynn came down the stairs, carrying Lincoln over her shoulder. Lynn dumped Lincoln in front of his girlfriend. When he picked himself up, Tabby’s heart accelerated when she was what Lincoln was wearing.

Lincoln was in a blue suit, his hair slick back. She wasn’t all for the clean look, but she couldn’t deny her boyfriend looked cute in the getup.

“Good to see you Tabby,” Lincoln said, rubbing his arm. “Sorry about this.”

Tabby swallowed. “Don’t worry about it. Good to see you to.”

“Ok dudes, let’s get started.” Luna said. She picked up Lily and handed her to Lincoln. “Now scoot together so we can get some pictures.”

Lincoln and Tabby moved closer together. The 9 sisters started taking some photos.

“Lean into his shoulder.”

“Ok, look into each other’s eyes.”

“Tabby, you hold Lily this time.”

Lincoln eventually got fed up. “Haven’t you gotten enough yet?”

“Just one more,” Luna said with a grin. “We need one of you kissing Tabby.”

“What?!” Lincoln yelled. “No way!”

“Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!” the sisters chanted, a fire burning in their eyes.

Tabby nudged Lincoln’s arm. “Let’s just get this over with Lincoln,” she mumbled, Lincoln noticing the pink that dusted her cheeks.

“B-B-But I,” Lincoln stammered, his own face going red. Lily decided to take action. She grabbed Lincoln by the tie and yanked, sending his head forward towards Tabby. His lips ended up pressed against Tabby’s cheek. A mad blush overcame them, they glanced down at Lily, who was giggling.

“That’s perfect! Stay just like that!” Lori squealed in delight, the sisters taking pictures like mad.

Sam glanced over at Luna, frowning. She was ok with a bit of teasing, but Lincoln and Tabby looked like they’d die of embarrassment any minute now. Luna needed a taste of her own medicine.

“Hey Luna.”

“What’s up?” Luna asked, looking away from her phone. Sam smiled and cupped Luna’s cheeks with her palms. Luna blushed and before she could say anything, Sam moved in and planted a kiss on Luna’s lips.

“Oh my god!” Lori said. The other sisters looked at Luna and Sam. After getting over the initial surprise, the sisters started taking pictures of the two girls.

Lincoln and Tabby were glad the attention wasn’t on them anymore. Lincoln placed Lily down on the ground. He then took hold of Tabby’s hand and asked, “Do you need to go home soon?”

Tabby closed her grip around Lincoln’s hand, “I need to be back for dinner, that’s at least 4 hours away.”

“Want to look at some of the presents I got? They’re in my room.”

She gave a nod and the two went upstairs, leaving Luna to be bombarded by Lincoln’s love obsessed sisters for once.

The End

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Fanfiction Title: Christmas Confession
Fandom: The Loud House
Pairing: LunaxSam, LincolnxTabby
Description for Chapter 2: sequel to Little Secret. Luna has wanted to confess to Sam for a while but her nerves keep getting in the way. She tells herself she will do it on Christmas Eve, and brings Tabby for support. When Lincoln finds out, he makes a plan to help his big sister any way he can.

Author's Note: I decided to write a sequel to Little Secret after thinking of an idea for a Christmas Special.

Just want to say two things. Like the first story the Loud House kids are a year older then they are in the shows. Also like in the last fanfiction, there is an original song that I wrote in this fanfiction. Hopefully you'll enjoy it but if you feel the need to critique it, I understand.

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December 18th

“Lincoln, Luna, are you both sure you don’t want to come? It’s getting closer to Christmas,” Lynn Sr asked.

“Dad, Luna and I will be fine on our own,” Lincoln said, giving the same response he had given multiple times today. “I’ve already bought all the presents I’m going to give this year.”

“Yeah, I also planned ahead,” Luna added proudly. “You guys go and have a righteous time fighting for the first spot at the counter,” she joked.

Lola snorted, “Please, we’re not stupid. We know exactly what’s going on. Lincoln just wants to be alone with Luna so she can give him advice for the perfect gift for Tabby, without the rest of us butting in.”

“If everyone knew that, why did no one tell me?” Leni folded her arms, feeling cross about her sisters keeping secrets. Everyone else sighed at Leni’s obliviousness.

“I’ve already got the perfect gift for Tabby,” Lincoln said, as he flipped the page of his comic book. “The only reason we’re not going is because we planned ahead of you.”

Everyone but Leni looked unconvinced. “You better not be holding out on us Luna," Lori eyed her younger sister.

“Yeah, if you are, you’ll be in between a Rock and a Roll place. Hahaha, get it?”

Luna fought the urge to groan at Luan’s bad pun. “I swear on sister code, Lincoln and I won’t be doing anything about his girlfriend without you.”

“Alright, that’s enough,” Rita said, shooing everyone to the car. “Let’s get going.”

“Bye guys,” Lincoln said with a wave. Once they were out the door, Lincoln placed his comic book down and slowly crept to the window. He watched them all get inside Vanzilla and drive off. Once they were out of sight, the white-haired male let out a sigh of relief. “The coast is clear.”

“Then let’s get to my room,” Luna said, hopping off the couch. Lincoln followed her up the stairs to her room. Once inside, Lincoln turned on the lights, closed the curtains and most importantly, he placed a picture of Luna and Luan’s room completely empty, in front of Luan’s camera.

“Alright, time to begin today’s lesson,” Luna said, as she pushed her piano to the centre of the room. Lincoln sat next to her and they began.

Lincoln was telling the truth when he said he got the perfect gift for Tabby. For a long time, Tabby has wanted to be able to jam with Lincoln, and while he knew the basic of some instruments thanks to his rock star sister, he was no master of any of them. So, he decided to get lessons for one instrument from said sister, until he was a good as Tabby deserved.

He decided on the piano because it reminded him of the first time he’d met Tabby and he played the air piano. It hadn’t been easy to do lessons without the other sisters finding out. They either waited until they were alone in the house, or they went to the Jive Good Vibes music store to practice.

His plan was to play for Tabby at her house on Christmas Eve. It had been a lot of work this last month, but he was really confident in his abilities now.

“So how is that tune you’ve been wanting to make coming along?” Luna asked with a smile.

Lincoln pulled out a folded-up piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on top of the piano’s stand. “I think I’ve got it worked out now.”

Luna smiled. She took a step back and sat on the bottom bunk that was her sisters’ bed. “Then play it for me.”

Lincoln swallowed a lump in his throat. He took a deep breath and focused on the notes in front of him. After a moment, he hit the first key. As he shifted his fingers from one key to the other, he remembered what Luna told him on their first lesson about letting his fingers glide.

The more he played, the more it came naturally to him. He couldn’t even feel Luna in the room, it was only himself, the piano and the paper with the notes in that moment.

He hit the last note and looked at his sister. Luna’s mouth was slightly open as she stared at Lincoln. “What do you think?”

Luna broke out in a smile and began clapping, “Dude, you were totally one with the music!”

Lincoln blushed, “Thanks Luna. I couldn’t have done it without you.” He’d been working on this for a while. He wanted to impress Tabby on Christmas Eve by playing a tune of his own design. “If only I could think of a song to go with it.”

“Don’t worry about it. First you learn how to tune, then the lyrical bug will come,” Luna said, patting her little brothers’ shoulder. “Anyway, you don’t need me to teach you anymore. Just keep practicing and you’ll be ready.”

Lincoln felt relief in hearing that. “You don’t know how much this means to me. I can’t ever make this up to you.”

“You can make it up to me by doing your part of the promise,” Luna looked serious, “By the way, how is that presentation coming along.”

Lincoln span around in his chair. “I think it’s a home run to get you what you want.” Lincoln hadn’t forgotten what Luna was talking about. Next to working on his own tune, his next biggest priority was to prepare the presentation for his parents he was going to give for Luna.

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Flashback November 15th

“Alright little bro, I’ll teach you how to rock the piano and I’ll even keep it a secret from the rest of the family.”

Lincoln beamed and went over to hug his big sister, “Thank you Luna.”

Luna smiled and wrapped her arms around Lincoln. “I do need a favour in return though.”

Lincoln looked up, “Whatever you want, just tell me.”

Luna removed herself from Lincoln and patted the spot next to her on the couch. Lincoln took the hint and sat down. “You see, I want to spend Christmas with at a friend’s house this year.”

Lincoln understood why she was asking for his help. There mum and dad were very serious about everyone being together at Christmas. They have not once let one of the kids spend the day at a friend’s house.

“Did you try using your skills to convince them?” he asked.

“I tried! I really did!” she slumped her head back against the couch. “I wrote two songs, they still said no!”

Lincoln was surprised Luna had gone to that much effort to convince them. It must be really important for her to spend time with this friend.

“Is it your crush you want to spend the day with?” the faint pink that appeared on her cheeks was all the answer Lincoln needed. It must be this Sam guy she wants to hang out with. Lincoln remembered hearing Luna mentioning her crush in the past. She was finally ready to take things to the next level with him.

Lincoln took her hand and said, “I will get started immediately on a presentation that would convince royalty.” If Luna was going to help him do something for Lincoln’s girlfriend, Lincoln was going to do the same for Luna’s and her crush.

Luna ruffled her little brothers’ hair, “Thanks Lincoln.”

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December 20th

Lincoln had finished setting up everything in the living room. His presentation was ready to go. His parents walked in and sat on the couch, both looking eager to listen. Lincoln adjusted his tie and made sure his Turkey tail was perfect. Ok, he was ready to go.

“Parents, I can sense you are wondering why I called you here today.”

“Well son, if it’s for a gift you really want, it better be convincing to make us go shopping again this close to Christmas,” his father said, leaning back. “I am all ears to hear what you have to say though.”

Lincoln smiled. “Nothing like that.” He placed the first slide of his presentation on the stand. He pointed at the one word on it. “Christmas. Is time for love, being together, presents, songs and of course food.” He brought up the next slide. “But with a family of 10 children, ranging of all ages, this can be a trying time. Everyone fighting for their spot on the table, having to get enough food to feed all of us and wanting to be the first to open presents.”

His parents looked at each other, Lincoln could tell they knew where he was going with this. He needed to make his arguments before they dismissed him. “But you see, there is a way to make this a less trying time for all involved.”

“Look Lincoln,” Rita said, raising her hand. “If you want to spend time with your girlfriend, she can come here. But we Louds spend Christmas together.”

“I was not referring to myself at all. It’s true that I’m a growing boy and I eat a lot, but my presence will hardly make Christmas any more or less ‘loud’ for the Loud family.” He placed a slide with a picture of his rock and roll older sister, with her name in big bold red letters underneath. “Luna’s lack of attendance would make quite the difference however.”

Lincoln’s father frowned. Before he could interrupt him though, Lincoln put up his next slide. “Every year, Luna insists we go carolling. Remember the time you dad and the twins got sick because she didn’t want to stop? Lori also lost her voice last year, and she made sure we knew she was mad without her ability to speak.”

“Lincoln-”

“We must also put food into account,” Lincoln moved on to the next slide. “We get a Turkey and a ham because there are too many of us. While Luna isn’t the worst offender, she does go wild on the food. Can you deny that there’d be less fighting for who gets what part of the Turkey if she wasn’t around?” He quickly grabbed his next slide. “Then there’s presents-”

“That’s enough Lincoln,” Lynn Sr. said as he stood up. “Luna has already tried this, and the answer is still no. We spend Christmas together as a family. If she wants to spend it with her friend, then she can ask them to come here.”

Lincoln could see his father wasn’t going to budge on this, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to try still. “Dad, I feel this is a bit unreasonable. She’s 17 now and-”

“Your father is right Lincoln. This conversation is over,” Rita stood up and the two of them left. As his parents walked away, Lincoln felt shattered. Luna had worked so hard to teach him piano and he couldn’t even do this one thing for her.

He felt like crying, but he knew he couldn’t sit there feeling sorry for himself. He had to tell Luna how it went.

When he made it up the stairs, he stopped in front of Luna’s bedroom, taking a breath before opening the door. When he started to turn the handle, he could already hear his sisters’ footsteps walking towards the door.

Luna looked at him with hopeful eyes. It broke his heart to see them. When she didn’t say anything, he decided to come right out and say it.

“I’m sorry, they didn’t go for it.” Lincoln looked up and saw her face drop. “I tried my best!” he added quickly. “I wish I could convince them. I wish I could be the master of convincing all the time. I just… sorry,” he murmured that last word.

He looked down at his feet, waiting for Luna to say something. Anything. It felt like forever until Luna placed a hand on his shoulder.

“It’s ok little bro,” she said. Lincoln looked up and saw she had a smile on her face. “You did your best. If you couldn’t convince them then nothing was going to work.”

Lincoln still didn’t feel that she was ok with this. “Is there’s any way you can convince this Sam guy to come here for Christmas?”

Luna chuckled. “I probably could, but I want to confess in private. And you know how our family is when it comes to romance.”

Lincoln smiled at that. “Don’t I know it.”

“And I had a backup plan if this didn’t work out.” Luna pulled out two tickets from her pocket. “We’re going to hangout on Christmas Eve together. I’ve got a movie and a dinner reservation all planned.” Luna hugged her little brother. “Thanks for trying. I really mean it.”

Lincoln hugged her back. “I only wish I could’ve fulfilled my part of our promise.”

“Enough of that,” Luna insisted. “No more feeling bad. I’m going to have a good time, so there’s no need to beat yourself up. Ok?”

As Luna pulled away, Lincoln looked up at her and said. “Ok.” He elbowed her arm lightly and teased, “Good luck with your confession.” Luna turned slightly pink. “I mean that, you can do it.”

Luna’s pink cheeks didn’t go away, but she did smile at her brother’s kind words. “Thanks, little bro,” she mumbled, removing her hand from Lincoln’s. “See you at dinner.” She closed the door.

Lincoln went to his room to get in his regular clothes.

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December 22nd

When the door knocked three times, Lincoln hopped off the cough and ran to the door before anyone, namely his sisters, got the chance. Tabby gave Lincoln a smile when she saw it was him who opened the door. “Good to see you Lincoln Avenue.”

“AAAAWWWW!”

Lincoln blushed at the reaction. He was lucky that only Lori, Leni and Lynn were in the room to hear Tabby’s nickname for him. Sure, Lori and Leni will tell the others and Lynn will tease him, but if Lola was here, she’d use it to blackmail him for an expensive gift.

He stepped aside and to give her room to come in. “What’s up? You needed to tell me something in person?”

Tabby nodded, “Let’s go to your room and talk.”

“I bet it’s a grand gesture of love,” Lori whispered to Leni.

“You go get her Linc,” Lynn said with a smirk.

“Stop it,” he groaned. He took tabby’s hand and lead her to the linnet closet that was his room. He closed the door and pressed his ear against it, listening for anyone who might be listening. “Is anyone out there?”

“No,” said a cheerful voice. Lincoln opened the door and saw Lori and Leni standing right there.

“Get out of here.”

“Big mouth,” Lori muttered, as the two oldest blondes walked back down the stairs. Lincoln closed the door and let out a breath.

Tabby covered her mouth to hide her giggle. “I don’t think I could handle a family as crazy as this.”

Lincoln smiled and sat next to her on the bed. “So, what is it you wanted to talk about?”

Tabby’s face dropped slightly as she lifted one leg up to rest her chin on her knee. “We can’t hang out on the 24th.”

She waited for him to say something. Lincoln shifted his body to better face her. “Has something come up?”

“Sort of,” Tabby nodded. “Luna wants me to go to a movie with her and Sam that day.”

Lincoln understood what was going on. Luna must want Tabby around for emotional support for her confession. He had no idea Tabby knew Sam personally. He was slightly disappointed he couldn’t do his big plan on Christmas eve, but he knew this was more important. His big sister was lucky to have a friend like Tabby.

Lincoln placed a hand on the rockers shoulder, “No problem. We can do it some other day.”

Tabby looked mildly surprised. She took Lincoln’s hand in her own and gave him a warm smile. “Thanks mate, I’m glad you understand. You’re the best.”

“I know,” he jested, earning a tight squeeze on his hand. Lincoln pulled his hand free and gave it a shake. There was something he wanted to ask Tabby, “So what’s Sam like?”

Tabby raised an eyebrow, “You’ve met her, haven’t you?”

Lincoln was a little lost, “Have I? I don’t rememb-” That’s when what Tabby said sank in. Tabby used the word “her”. That’s when the pieces slowly started fitting together in his mind. Lincoln knew that Luna’s crush was named Sam and that she had a female friend named Sam. It seemed so obvious he wondered why he didn’t suspect it before. Still, he was still only assuming at this point.

“Tabby,” Lincoln said slowly, “Luna told me she was going to meet up with her crush on the 24th,” When the expression on Tabby’s face changed from shock to her eyes turning down in embarrassment, Lincoln had all the answer he needed. Crush Sam and friend Sam were one and the same. Lincoln had a clearer idea of why this was so hard for his big sister.

“Well you make sure Luna can get through this,” He gave Tabby a pat on the back, “Luna needs you for support after all.” Tabby eyed Lincoln for a moment, making him ask, “What’s the matter?”

“You’re not shocked by this?”

“Well I am surprised,” he confessed, “But I know how Luna feels for her. I want her to be happy, just like my sisters want me to be happy in my relationship with you. I hope it works out for her.”

Tabby’s smile grew as she reached over and hugged her boyfriend. “You’re a great guy, you know that.”

“I am. But this doesn’t make me a good guy,” He insisted, “We’d all want Luna to be happy.”

“You’re still a good guy,” Tabby pulled away. “I really hope it works out this time.”

Those two words at the end of the sentence caught Lincoln’s attention. “‘This time?’”

Tabby nodded, her face becoming a little sad. “This isn’t the first time Luna has had trouble confessing. She’s actually been trying to do it for a year now. Valentines day, Independents day, even flag day she’s tried to confess to Sam, but she always gets cold feet.” Tabby ran a hand up her gelled hair.

Lincoln had no idea. He understood why this was hard, but he didn’t know how much Luna had been struggling with this. “Have you been there for any of the other times she’s tried to confess?”

Tabby shook her head. “She told me that she’s serious this time and wants me there, so she can sing her song to Sam.”

Lincoln scooted closer to Tabby. “Luna wrote a song for Sam?”

“The song is her confession. It’s been written for a long time now,” Tabby clarified. “She usually pretends she’s gotten ill before then even get to the restaurant,” Tabby pulled a folded-up piece of paper from her pocket. “Luna said she’s going to do it this time and she even gave me a copy of the song to make sure she goes through with it this time.”

Lincoln wasn’t surprised Luna did this, he couldn’t imagine her doing it any other way. Lincoln looked at the paper in Tabby’s hand. An idea popped into his head. “Can I have a look?” Tabby looked hesitant. “I won’t show it to anyone in my family.” After a while, Tabby handed it to him.

He unfolded it and read the lyrics. He could really see how Luna poured her heart out into this one. It was a little cheesy, but there was no doubt this was a song Luna wrote to Sam from the heart. It must be killing Luna to keep this inside and not telling Sam how she felt. Lincoln decided that the wait was over. Luna’s message was going to get to Sam on the 24th.

“Tabby, I’m going to copy this.”

Tabby’s whole body straightened. “But you said-”

“I won’t show it to my family,” he reassured. “But I am going to make sure that this song gets to Sam, no matter what. Tell me the name of the restaurant you’re meeting at.”

Tabby’s face was mildly curious, “What’s your plan?”

He smirked and said, “You’ll see.”

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December 24th Christmas Eve

“Excuse me sir, would you like another drink?”

Lincoln looked at the waitress. “No thank you. Here is a tip for the excellent service.” He held a five-dollar bill between his fingers.

The waitress smiled, taking the money and left the man to eat his meal. Lincoln picked up another fry. It looked like his Russian outfit was fool proof. No one had suspected a thing. Lincoln had been waiting in the restaurant where Luna, Tabby and Sam were going to meet.

He had got there 15 minutes early to make sure he could get a good look at the place. He found a table where he could see everyone come in. He was also close to the stage. It had all sorts of instruments, including the one he needed to do his plan.

Just then he saw three familiar looking girls make their way in the restaurant. Lincoln picked up the desert menu to hide his face, just in case they recognised him. Lincoln peeked over his menu and saw them sit down. They were at a table not too far away from them. He might be able to hear their conversation. Tabby, who knew what outfit her boyfriends was going to be in, looked over and gave him a thumbs up.

“I’m glad we can finally eat here. We’ve had this planned since forever,” Sam said, picking up her menu.

Luna chuckled a little louder then she intended, the nerves already getting to her. “Sorry mate, when you have 10 siblings it is easy to catch something.”

“Speaking of Luna’s siblings,” Sam said, a grin plastered on her face. “How are things going with you and Lincoln, Tabby?”

Tabby blushed. She didn’t want to have this conversation with Lincoln in ear shot. “Fine. He’s a good guy.”

“They are totally the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen,” Luna said, nudging Tabby. “You should’ve heard the song they sang about how much they love each other. And get this, a couple of days ago, my sisters heard Tabby call him ‘Lincoln Avenue’.”

Tabby blushed, putting her face deeper in her menu. Lincoln was also blushing.

“That’s a sweet nickname,” Sam said, poking Tabby playfully in the arm. “Do you two have any pictures of you to as a couple?”

Luna leaned in, “Tell me. Tell me you two have some photos.”

“Maybe a couple,” Tabby mumbled.

Luna squealed in delight, “Show us.”

Tabby had had enough of all the teasing she was getting. She can handle teasing, but Lincoln was right there. “Luna, aren’t you going to preform for us?” she asked.

Sam turned to Luna, an excited look on her face. “I can’t wait to hear the song you wrote.”

Luna felt the butterflies in her stomach. This was the moment she had been both waiting and dreading. There was no turning back now. She made it to the restaurant. She had Tabby here to support her. She had to get up. She had to do this. She-she couldn’t do this.

“SorryIforgotthemusicsheet,” she said so fast the girl’s barley registered it. “I haven’t completely memorised the lyrics yet.”

Sam’s face dropped. “That’s a shame, I really wanted to hear you sing.”

Tabby wasn’t going to let Luna back out that easily. “Didn’t you forget Luna, you gave it to me, just in case.”

A chill ran down Luna’s face. Why did she have to give a copy to Tabby. “My… my-Ow!” Luna yelled, clutching her stomach. “Oh man it hurts dudes. I thought it would go away but it’s only gotten worse!”

“Are you sick?” Sam asked, concerned.

Tabby looked over at Lincoln, hoping he had something for this in his plan. Lincoln pointed to the bathroom. Tabby decided to go along with the plan. “Come to the bathroom with me,” she said, taking Luna’s hand.

“No, I think I should head ho-” Tabby started dragging Luna with her. Luna was caught off guard by how strong Tabby was.

When they were in the bathroom, Lincoln got off his seat and walked over to the stage. He took a breath to get rid of the nerves and pulled the microphone from its stand.

“Excuse me,” he said in his normal voice. A few people in the restaurant turned in his direction. “I’d like to perform a song tonight. It’s written by a friend of mine to one special friend of theirs, telling them something that’s been eating inside them for a long time.”

Lincoln walked over to the piano. He pulled the two pieces of paper from his pocket, placed the microphone on the stand above the piano and cracked his knuckles.

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“Let go of me Tabby,” Luna yelled, ripping her hand away just as she was pulled into the bathroom.

Tabby turned around to face her. She had no idea what Lincoln was planning, but she might as well try distracting her with talking. “What’s the matter with you Luna?”

The older girl shrugged, “It’s probably nothing. Just a small pain in the-”

“That’s not what I mean. I know you aren’t sick.” Tabby took a step closer. “I know this is hard for you, but you can’t spend your life afraid. It’s like being on stage. You go out there and do the best you can and don’t worry if there is someone in the audience that hates it.”

“This isn’t a random person in the audience!” Luna growled. “This is Sam, I want this to be perfect and I’m just not ready yet.”

“Luna-”

“What’s that?” Luna turning around.

“What’s what?” Tabby asked, not sure what she was going on about. After quietly listening, she could hear music. It was a piano.

“I know that tune,” Luna muttered, walking out the door, followed closely behind by Tabby.

Just then, Tabby’s heart skipped a beat. It was Lincoln, still in his disguise, playing the piano on stage like a master. Her face heated up, she had no idea Lincoln knew how to play.

(Lincoln)

"In a crowd full of people
You shine like a light
With your hair like gold
And that smile so bright"

Luna was completely baffled. She knew it was her brother, she could easily see through the disguise. Even if she couldn’t recognise him, she recognised the tune her brother wrote for Tabby. But what shocked her was he was doing the tune to her song. HOW?! How did he get access to her song?

Luna had an idea who was behind this. Luna turned to Tabby, “How does he have the song?!” she asked through clenched teeth.

(Lincoln)

"We rock with our friends
Singing straight from the heart
But there I kept hidden
For fear of drifting apart

But I’ll no longer listen
To my own self-doubt
So I’m taking a stand
And letting it all out"

Tabby didn’t answer. Luna turned and started marching towards the stage. She had to stop this. Tabby grabbed onto Luna’s skirt, her feet dragging across the ground as Luna pushed forward.

“Luna stop!”

(Lincoln)

"So, When I put my heart on display
I hope that I convey
What you make me feel inside

And I swear it’s true
What I feel inside for you
I swear upon my pride"

“This is amazing.”

Luna froze. Right next to her Sam was at their table, looking completely captivated by the song.

(Lincoln)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explore

To me you mean something more"

Luna was in awe. Sam was getting into a song, that SHE wrote. She felt herself bubble with delight.

(Lincoln)

"I stayed so quiet
Left my feeling suppressed
But the more I was with you
The tighter my chest

I can bear it no longer
So I let everything out
I can’t be a slave
To my own self-doubt"

Luna’s heart sank at the sound of her own words from someone else. She wrote those parts to talk about how hard it was for her to finally say it, and here she was, listening to her little brother sing it for her. All because she was too afraid.

(Lincoln)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explore

To me you mean something more"

While Lincoln did a bit of a piano solo, Luna stood there, feeling alone in the room. She was a coward. Lincoln had only just learnt to play the piano and he was not only preforming in front of his girlfriend, but people in a restaurant he didn’t know. Luna was standing here next to the girl she liked, while someone else sung the song she wrote for her.

If Lincoln wasn’t afraid to play the piano for the first in front of his girlfriend, then Luna wasn’t going to be afraid either. Luna walked over and climbed on the stage. She stepped next to her brother. Lincoln looked up as Luna reached over his shoulder and took the microphone.

“Keep playing,” she whispered. Luna turned and faced Sam, looking at her eye to eye.

(Luna)

"Sooooo
When I put my heart on display
I hope that I convey
What you make me feel insiiiide

And I swear it’s true
What I feel inside for you
I swear upon my priiiiide"

The people in the restaurant started clapping, but that didn’t matter to Luna right now. Her entire attention was on Sam.

(Luna)

"When we locked eyes
You made my heart soar
I was confused
But I couldn’t ignore
The feelings inside
That I want to explooooooooorrrrrrrrrrreeee"

Luna stepped next to her brother and placed the mic in between them. Lincoln looked up at his big sister and flashed her a smile.

(Lincoln and Luna)

"To me you mean something mooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeee"

The whole restaurant stood up and clapped. Luna wrapped an arm around her brother and whispered. “Thank you.”

Lincoln hugged her back and said, “It still isn’t over yet.”

Luna knew her brother was right. She looked down at Sam, she was standing there with a hand over her chest, a stunned look in her eyes. Luna walked off the stage and took one of Sam’s hands.

“Can we talk for a moment.”

Sam’s cheeks turned a shade of pink. A warm smile broke out on her face. “Lead the way.”

As Luna and Sam left together, Lincoln walked next to Tabby, who was also in a bit of a trance. “Did you enjoy it?” he asked, smiling at the look on his girlfriend’s face.

Tabby nodded. “Do you think Luna’s going to be ok?”

“Luna will be just fine,” Lincoln reassured.

Tabby took hold of one of Lincoln’s hands. “Where’d you learn to play like that?”

Lincoln blushed. “I’ve been taking lessons from Luna. That was my original plan for today, to play for you. That tune was written for you. It was my Christmas gift, so we could rock together.”

Tabby felt her heart expand in her chest. Lincoln had learnt to play just for her?

Lincoln averted his eyes from Tabby. “Not exactly how I wanted to show you,” he said through a nervous laugh. He glanced back, “What did you think?”

Instead of answering him with words, Tabby threw her arms around Lincoln and planted a kiss on his lips. Lincoln was so caught off guard, they ended up tumbling to the floor of the restaurant. Their lips never parted though.

When Tabby finally removed her lips from Lincoln’s, she looked in his eye’s and said the three words that nearly made Lincoln’s heart burst out of his chest.

“I love you.”

Lincoln’s face was bright red as he looked up into her eye’s.

“Pardon me.”

The two looked up as a man in a stared down at him.

“That was a wonderful performance, but I’d prefer you didn’t do as much PDA in the middle of my restaurant.”

That’s when they noticed everybody was looking at them. Tabby was almost as red as Lincoln. The two stood up and scurried out the restaurant.

“You still have a bill to pay sir,” the owner called out before they could walk out the door. Lincoln paid quickly and the two left the restaurant.

There was an awkward silence at they stood outside. Lincoln took hold of Tabby’s hand. “Let’s go to my place so I can get changed out of this getup.”

Tabby nodded and walked hand and hand with her boyfriend to his house.

----

December 25th Christmas Day 1:30pm

Luna jumped off the couch when she heard a knock. When she opened it, a tinge of pink crept on her face as she saw her girlfriend as of 24 hours ago, in a blue dress.

“Good to see you Sam,” she said, reaching over and gave her a hug.

Sam hugged her back. “Good to see you.”

When Luna pulled away, she looked down at the other person at the door. Tabby was looking at her feet, feeling embarrassed by what she was wearing. She was dressed in a black dress with purple stripes, her mother bought it for her birthday this year. This was the first time she’d worn it. Luna crouched down to face her.

“You look great Tabby.”

“I don’t see why I have to do this,” Tabby grumbled. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“You did tell Lincoln who my crush was,” Luna whispered back.

“But you were able to confess. I don’t see why you’re doing this to us.”

“This isn’t revenge or anything like that Tabby,” Luna said, “I just want some photos of you and my little brother as a couple. That shouldn’t be a problem, should it?”

“That’s not the way you made it sound when you asked for this,” Tabby was starting to see why Lincoln said each of his sister had a sadistic side. When Luna came to Lincoln’s room yesterday and made this request, there was something about the aura around Luna that told both of them they couldn’t refuse.

“Luna is that your friend?” her father asked.

“Yep,” Luna stepped aside to let them in. “You all know Lincoln’s girlfriend Tabby and my friend Sam.”

Lynn Sr. and Rita went over to shake Sam’s hand. “It’s good to see you again,” Rita said with a smile.

“Thank you Mrs. Loud.”

“OMG girls, look at Tabby!” Lori yelled. The girls gathered around her.

“You totes look adorable.” Leni said, placing her hands-on Tabby’s shoulder. Tabby pressed her lip into a firm line.

“Don’t get grumpy and hold your breath,” Luna elbowed Tabby’s arm. “We don’t want you to get a purple face as well.”

“Where is Lincoln?” Lynn said, going up the stairs to get him. A few minutes later, Lynn came down the stairs, carrying Lincoln over her shoulder. Lynn dumped Lincoln in front of his girlfriend. When he picked himself up, Tabby’s heart accelerated when she was what Lincoln was wearing.

Lincoln was in a blue suit, his hair slick back. She wasn’t all for the clean look, but she couldn’t deny her boyfriend looked cute in the getup.

“Good to see you Tabby,” Lincoln said, rubbing his arm. “Sorry about this.”

Tabby swallowed. “Don’t worry about it. Good to see you to.”

“Ok dudes, let’s get started.” Luna said. She picked up Lily and handed her to Lincoln. “Now scoot together so we can get some pictures.”

Lincoln and Tabby moved closer together. The 9 sisters started taking some photos.

“Lean into his shoulder.”

“Ok, look into each other’s eyes.”

“Tabby, you hold Lily this time.”

Lincoln eventually got fed up. “Haven’t you gotten enough yet?”

“Just one more,” Luna said with a grin. “We need one of you kissing Tabby.”

“What?!” Lincoln yelled. “No way!”

“Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!” the sisters chanted, a fire burning in their eyes.

Tabby nudged Lincoln’s arm. “Let’s just get this over with Lincoln,” she mumbled, Lincoln noticing the pink that dusted her cheeks.

“B-B-But I,” Lincoln stammered, his own face going red. Lily decided to take action. She grabbed Lincoln by the tie and yanked, sending his head forward towards Tabby. His lips ended up pressed against Tabby’s cheek. A mad blush overcame them, they glanced down at Lily, who was giggling.

“That’s perfect! Stay just like that!” Lori squealed in delight, the sisters taking pictures like mad.

Sam glanced over at Luna, frowning. She was ok with a bit of teasing, but Lincoln and Tabby looked like they’d die of embarrassment any minute now. Luna needed a taste of her own medicine.

“Hey Luna.”

“What’s up?” Luna asked, looking away from her phone. Sam smiled and cupped Luna’s cheeks with her palms. Luna blushed and before she could say anything, Sam moved in and planted a kiss on Luna’s lips.

“Oh my god!” Lori said. The other sisters looked at Luna and Sam. After getting over the initial surprise, the sisters started taking pictures of the two girls.

Lincoln and Tabby were glad the attention wasn’t on them anymore. Lincoln placed Lily down on the ground. He then took hold of Tabby’s hand and asked, “Do you need to go home soon?”

Tabby closed her grip around Lincoln’s hand, “I need to be back for dinner, that’s at least 4 hours away.”

“Want to look at some of the presents I got? They’re in my room.”

She gave a nod and the two went upstairs, leaving Luna to be bombarded by Lincoln’s love obsessed sisters for once.

The End