A Double Date to Remember

	"So what did you guys think of that episode? Pretty spooky, huh?" Lincoln asked around the room, contently sipping from his soda can.

	It was a relaxing Friday night at the Santiago residence, where the two couples had decided to spend their weekly double date night. The decision proved to be a pleasant change of pace from the movies and restaurants they had been going to all the time. This just felt so much more sincere and comfortable. ‘What better way to spend the night than watching scary programming amongst good company’ Lincoln thought when he originally suggested the idea. He didn’t regret it. All the lights had been turned off to create the perfect horror atmosphere and the only illumination present was from the broadcasting television.

	"You were right Lincoln, this show is awesome," Bobby showed much enthusiasm in his response. He sat on the couch, stroking Lori’s blonde locks like a spoiled kitten. “Did you see when that spirit possessed Specter? The cameraman nearly pissed his pants! What did you think of it babe?”

	"Huh? Oh yeah, it was great I guess,” Lori propped her head up, feigning interest. She was hardly subtle about it. “But not as great as you though my lovey-dovey honey boo!”

	For the most part, Lori didn’t quite care what the plans for their date were as long as she was by the side of her precious Bobby. After their last temporary breakup, she couldn’t bear to spend another moment away from him, it was LITERALLY killing her. Out of the 4 present, she was probably the least thrilled about these double dating sessions. Sure the double dates were originally her idea as part of a contrived ploy to get back with Bobby but now that everything had been resolved there was really no need for it to go on. Though she’d never say it out loud, it did warm her frigid heart to see her sibling get along well with Bobby’s. Even she had to acknowledge just how cute they looked together. All that aside, her recent dates with Bobby had just felt like babysitting to Lori, which she did plenty of back home. It would've been nice to have Bobby to herself once again.

	Lincoln and Ronnie Anne had sprawled out a series of blankets and pillows on the floor. There was plenty of room on the sofa but it didn’t take a genius to realize that their current setup was the superior option. Popcorn and candy littered the sheets; empty aluminum cans were stacked into towers. It was all innocent, wholesome fun for the kids.

	As far as Lincoln was concerned, these weren’t even legitimate dates. While the young Loud had made it abundantly apparent again and again that he had no real romantic interest in his fellow peer, that didn’t mean they couldn’t hang out. Once Lincoln had broken through Ronnie Anne’s rough and intimidating exterior, he found that she was a daring and entertaining individual to say the least. It was fantastic having a female companion he could pal around with that wasn’t his sibling. He was surprised how much they had in common and he didn’t have any problem admitting that he liked her. Platonically of course.

	“Thanks a lot Lincoln,” Ronnie crossed her arms, clearly peeved about something or other. “You got my brother into your dumb show! Now I’m never gonna hear the end of it.  Besides, it wasn’t even that scary. The acting was pretty bad and you could see all the cheesy special effects. ARGGH? More like UGGGH!”

	Lincoln was mortified by the girl’s horrifying response. The absolute nerve she must have had! If this was the 1940s he would have slapped the sass out of that woman for talking back. It was alright though; Lincoln knew not everyone could appreciate the high near-cinematic quality of his favorite program. He wasn’t angry or even disappointed. All he felt was pity for Ronnie Anne. Maybe she’d acquire taste sometime in the future but tonight was not that night. Still though, he couldn’t just let her off scot-free. She had to be punished.

	“Oh yeah, well so is your face!” Lincoln wittily retorted. There was no way she could possibly recover from that burn.

	“You mean the same face you’ve kissed before?” Ronnie had begun to show her smug side. Lincoln watched in terror as she slowly raised a singular brow. “Jeez Lincoln, if that’s an insult at me, what’s it say about you?”

	“She got you there Linc!” Lori quickly snapped in, eager for the chance to playfully belittle her sibling. Everyone was having a laugh at him now. That Ronnie Anne sure was quick on the uptake.

	“Well if it’s the awful show you claim it is, how come you couldn’t keep your eyes off the screen?” It was Lincoln’s turn to be the smug one now. He watched as the girl’s confident façade began to crumble.

	“S-SHUT UP,” Ronnie Anne blurted out and blushed profusely. She picked up pillow and tossed it at Lincoln. “I only watched all of it so I could tell you how lame it was!”

	Bobby chuckled as he watched the kids bicker and tease each other. He knew young love when he saw it and it just warmed his heart. After all, that’s what he and Lori had. He felt like the luckiest guy alive to have the most beautiful woman in the world right by his side. He didn’t care how many jobs it took to keep this girl happy, he would go through hell and back for her. This special relationship the 2 teens had filled the young man with a sense of pride and purpose. In fact, it filled him with much more than that.

	As Lori snuggled up against her hubby, she felt the comforting pats on her head suddenly stop. A fleeting wave of disappointment quickly washed over the attention starved teen. Suddenly, her eyes began to sparkle when she felt Bobby’s soothing touch return once again, but this time against her soft, delicate arm. He repeatedly ran his palm up and down the length of Lori’s bicep, gently massaging the cozy girl. His strong, thick fingers dangled gently over Lori’s arm, occasionally grazing her ample chest with his tips. The eldest Loud sibling smirked suggestively in the dimly lit room. It was a good thing no one could see her saccharine displays of affection.

	When Bobby’s hand dropped completely it didn’t take Lori long to realize just what he was getting at. She let out a small squeak of surprise and quickly settled back down. Copping a feel right in front of the little ones? How incredibly bold of Bobby to have attempted something like that. Lori loved it. She placed her hand over Bobby’s, guiding his hand and using it to sensually rock her breast. The blonde teen was getting a tad excited.

	Lori Loud’s comfort and sweet disposition was short lived however. Her generous smile vanished and the sparkles in her eyes faded, replaced instead with pure shock and terror.

	“LOOK OUT!” A worried voice shouted, warning the couple on the couch of the impending danger headed their way. Lori shrieked. She pulled herself up and ducked out of the way. Bobby was not so lucky to avoid the cruel fate life had dealt him. He realized what happened too little too late and there was no time to act. A half empty soda can flew through the air, conking the young man on his head. The orange, sugary liquid spilled out, drenching his clothes and even a few sofa cushions. Lincoln and Ronnie stopped dead in their tracks. The event seemed to happen in slow motion for them.

	“Oh man I’m so sorry Bobby, it was an accident!” Lincoln was on his knees begging and pleading for forgiveness.

	“LINCOLN LOUD LOOK WHAT YOU DID,” Lori stood up and exploded. “THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE SO QUIT LITERALLY ACTING LIKE AN ANIMAL!”

	His sister’s booming voice rang through Lincoln’s ears, turning the boy as white as a ghost. Ronnie Anne was a bit ticked at Lori’s sudden outburst but she couldn’t resist snickering at her brother’s misfortune. It was too hilarious not to laugh at.

	“Whoa it’s okay babe,” Bobby did his best to defuse the situation since it was far too late to defuse Lori. “They were just having some fun it’s no big deal. You know how kids can be. Now I’m gonna rinse off and change real quick. You guys clean up this mess, got it?”

	“Fiiiine…” An irritated Ronnie Anne begrudgingly complied.

	“We’re REAL sorry Bobby,” Lincoln couldn’t stop apologizing as he scanned around the room. He felt awful about getting carried away in the moment. “We’ll have this messed cleaned up by the time you get back! I promise.”

	With a parting thumbs-up, Bobby had exited the room and made his way down the hall. Lori sighed and then leered at Lincoln. It was a face the young lad was all too familiar with. He had a feeling he was going to get it when they got back home.  It was a good thing that Bobby was such a cool and forgiving guy. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne got to work cleaning the room up; it was almost time to call it a night anyways. Lori just sat on the sofa irritated, legs crossed and completely preoccupied with her phone.

	A few minutes had gone by when Lori’s attention was suddenly grabbed by the ping of her phone. The light of her device lit up the young woman’s face. It was a text from… Bobby? Lori scratched her head and read the message. As Lori’s eyes skimmed the words on her phone, the once perplexed expression of hers was no more. What replaced it was a sly smirk followed by a shifty look around the room. Lincoln and Ronnie where a few feet away doing far more chatting than cleaning.

	“You guys are doing a GREAT JOB at cleaning up,” Lori spoke in an overly friendly manner. She slipped her phone into her pocket and skittishly stood up. Lincoln and Ronnie took notice and watched as she suspiciously snuck out of the room like a suspect at a crime scene. “I’m going to the bathroom real fast. I promise I’ll help you finish up afterwards!” She vanished around the corner and disappeared down the hall, leaving Ronnie Anne and Lincoln alone in the living room.

	Lincoln didn’t pay his sister much mind; he had no reason to after all. The boy shrugged and went about his business, gathering up loose pieces of popcorn and empty cans.

	Ronnie Anne just stood there and rolled her eyes incredulously. She hunched over and let out a knowing sigh, feeling just a bit glum. What did that blonde witch take her for? Did she think she was stupid or something? The little girl turned her eyes over to Lincoln who was humming as he tidied the place up. Lori may have had her brother fooled but that skank couldn’t pull one over on Ronnie. The little girl forced herself back to work.

	Moments later when a respectable amount of progress had been made, Lincoln analyzed the room. The place was as spick and span as ever. Luan would have gotten a kick out of that. The boy watched as Ronnie Anne dumped all the juice-stained sheets into the washing machine. He could read the atmosphere around them the whole time they were cleaning and it was not a good one. It seemed that after Lori left Ronnie started acting a bit distant. He felt he should ask her something but didn’t want to pry in too deep and risk saying something wrong. He knew it was wise not to upset the girl. Speaking of Lori, ‘how come she hadn’t returned yet’ Lincoln wondered.

	“We did a pretty sweet job don’t you think,” Lincoln finally spoke up. “Your brother sure is chill Ronnie. Lori could learn a thing or two from him!”

	“I guess…”

	“Is everything alright?” Lincoln gulped and bit the bullet. The air between them was an awkward one and he didn’t understand why.

	“Yeah, it’s no big deal.” The girl sighed again. She wasn’t even trying to hide it.

	“Gee, I wonder what’s taking Lori so long,” Lincoln tried to change the subject. “She’s been in the bathroom for nearly 10 minutes already. Some help she was!”

	“What do you THINK is taking her so long?” The agitation in her voice was growing in intensity. Lincoln feared she was about to bite his head off if he spoke again.  The girl sighed once more. It seemed she had a lot of those stored up inside. “Sorry Lincoln, I’m not mad at you.”

	That was an absolute relief to the white haired kid. The boy gave a quick glance around the room to see if either of the older kids had returned yet. Lincoln had the slightest suspicion that whatever was bugging Ronnie had to do with them.

“Then if you don’t mind me asking, what IS bothering you? Everything was fine just a minute ago, wasn’t it? Was it my sister?”

	“Partly,” Ronnie Anne grumbled. Just thinking about her situation was only adding fuel to the fire that was her hot blooded rage. “It’s also my dumb brother too.”

“Where the heck are they anyways,” Lincoln voiced his mind.  He was a bit peeved at the sudden disappearance of their siblings. “They better not be smooching behind our backs. EUGH!”

	“Come on Lincoln use that big head of yours,” Ronnie placed her open palms out, trying to gesture some sense into her pal. “How could Lori have been in the bathroom this whole time if my brother was in there cleaning himself up!?”

	Lincoln took a moment to take in Ronnie Anne’s words. That fact hadn’t actually dawned on him until she pointed it out. He narrowed his eyes, cupped his chin and fell into deep thought. Ronnie was right, that made absolutely no sense at all. Lincoln’s mouth opened as if to say something on the matter but nothing came out. He was totally dumbfounded. After a few seconds spent lost in confusion, Lincoln finally managed to muster up the right words to say.

	“Then WHERE are they,” Lincoln inquired. The curiosity was beginning to eat at him. “What are they up to?”

	“You really wanna know?” Ronnie asked the wondering boy. Lincoln felt like he was just asked a life-or-death question. “I’ll show you.”

	Ronnie Anne grabbed Lincoln by the arm and yanked him across the room. She pulled him into the dark hallway of the Santiago residence. A sense of fear and apprehension filled Lincoln as Ronnie Anne guided him down the hall. He caught a quick glimpse at the opened door further down on the right. The lights were currently off and the bathroom was vacant. The boy grew highly skeptical. Lincoln could have sworn he heard the faint sound of talking from further down the way. The two stopped at the first door on the left of the hall and cautiously entered the room. A switch was flipped that quickly brightened the place up.

	Lincoln marveled at the unexplored area before him. This was the first time he had ever witnessed Ronnie Anne’s room before. Sporting equipment, stuffed animals, books and videogames galore. It was like a bizarre mishmash of all his sister’s rooms but with a lot more purple thrown in.  So this is what it was like to have a full-sized room all to one’s self. Lincoln was impressed. “Wow Ronnie Anne, you sure have one awesome—”

	“SSSSSHHHHH!” Ronnie Anne cut Lincoln short and placed a palm over his mouth. “Keep your voice down!”

	Lincoln was a bit nervous before but now he was terrified. Despite having done nothing wrong, the boy felt as if he was on the verge of getting into some serious trouble. Ronnie’s ambiguous attitude certainly didn’t help either.

	The girl tiptoed over to her closet and pulled the sliding door open. Lincoln wasn’t expecting to be greeted by a huge myriad of lavender hoodies. He wasn’t about to question her wardrobe though. Ronnie entered the closet and beckoned Lincoln over with a wave of the hand. The boy took a deep breath and entered the girl’s domain. Being in a girl’s closet that wasn’t his sister’s made the anxious boy feel funny. He had to admit it smelled quite pleasant though. Lincoln felt his body tingle slightly.

	“Check this out.” Ronnie whispered as quiet as she possibly could. The girl pushed all her hanging hoodies down the rail and revealed a secret she had hidden. Lincoln looked a tad baffled at what Ronnie Anne had revealed. It was a tiny circular knob, much like the kind seen on small dresser drawers, embedded right in the wall. Lincoln scratched his head at the peculiar sight. He turned to his friend and just shrugged. Ronnie grabbed a hold of the knob and spoke softly. “I’ll ask one more time; do you really want to know what they’re doing?”

	Lincoln felt a cold sweat form around his neck. The way Ronnie looked at him made the boy uneasy. Everyone was having a good time earlier but now things had taken a surprisingly eerie and dark turn for the worst. The position he was in was a worrying one and to be honest, Lincoln wasn’t sure he still wanted to know. The temptation from Pandora’s Box had proved to be far too overwhelming for the young Loud. He nodded in Ronnie’s direction, confirming his desire to know more. That was all she needed to see.

	“Look with your eyes only and not a single peep, do you hear me?” Ronnie Anne couldn’t stress that enough under her hushed tone. Lincoln nodded once more in agreement. It was all he could he really think to do at a time like this.

	The girl slowly and gently pulled the knob. A small, perfectly cut piece of drywall, no bigger than a quarter, popped off alongside the knob. Lincoln watched in anticipation as Ronnie plucked out a small tuft of fiberglass next. Once she did, a flurry of muffled noises filled the closet space. Lincoln felt his heart skip a beat.  A small ray of light cracked through the makeshift hole now present in the wall. Ronnie Anne gritted her teeth and winced. She glanced at Lincoln and motioned her head towards the opening in the wall. Lincoln got the hint and pressed his face up against the hole, peeking through to the other side.

	The boy in the orange polo trembled as his gaze adjusted to the small field of vision. His eardrums rang at the sound of giggling emanating from the next room over. That was Lori’s voice, no doubt about it. It didn’t take long for Lincoln to reach the conclusion that he was peeping into Bobby’s room. One of the first sights Lincoln spotted was Bobby himself standing up… completely nude. The boy wished so very much that he hadn’t just witnessed what he did. That was a side of the guy Lincoln had no plans of ever seeing in his life. That image of Bobby’s large, flopping dong was seared into the kid’s mind forever. He was just about to turn away in disgust and question Ronnie Anne about this freaky little peeping hole when something else grabbed his attention.

	Lincoln could just barely make out a yellow blur in the room alongside Bobby. His morbid intrigue had been piqued. ‘No way it couldn’t be,’ the mesmerized kid wondered. His fists clenched against the wall and he felt his throat grow hoarse. His eyes bulged out so far that they almost squeezed right through the looking hole. His mouth dropped agape and his now dry lips quivered. Even his knees grew weak as his mind registered just what he was watching.

	Through the tiny hole on the other side of that room, Lincoln spotted none other than his sister Lori. Much like Bobby, she was stripped down to nothing more than her birthday suit. Lincoln’s face was redder than a roma tomato. He could make out every inch of his sister’s exposed, creamy skin; ass, tits and all. Lincoln’s mind slowly began to put the whole image together one piece at a time. His face was glowing red and his chest began thumping out of control. Even the scariest episode of ARGGH! couldn’t hold a candle to the intensity he got from this show. He shouldn’t be here right now. He shouldn’t be watching this. Lincoln couldn’t bring himself to look away.

	The blonde bombshell laid on the bed with legs spread wide open, dangling just over the edge of the mattress.  Bobby’s mouth flapped open but it was difficult to make out what he was saying. Lori giggled in response and proceeded to bite her lip in anticipation. She playfully toyed with her nipples, flicking and twisting them in front of her boyfriend. Lincoln and Lori both watched with varying degrees of interest as Bobby’s churro grew three sizes bigger. The young man’s massive member twitched with vigor in front of them. Lori licked her lips, Lincoln just swallowed his breath.

	Ronnie reclined against the closet wall with her arms crossed looking particularly flustered. She watched as Lincoln’s body responded to the performance on the other side of the room. The kid looked like he was trying his damndest not to have a panic attack. Was he really unaware of just how deep the relationship between Lori and Bobby was? Poor kid.

	Ronnie Anne recalled her first introduction to this side of her brother. She wished she hadn’t woken up in the middle of that fateful night for a glass of water. No one should ever have to walk in on their older brother giving it to some whore on the kitchen table where you eat your cheerios and toast every morning. At least Lincoln wasn’t seething with tears of rage.  Ronnie watched as Lincoln jumped and covered his mouth, trying to stifle the gasp that just escaped. The girl averted her gaze from the troubled boy. She knew all too well what he was seeing now.

	Lincoln felt an unyielding knot form in his gut. The cold sweat had spread to his entire body and he was beginning to hyperventilate like a sickly person on their deathbed. His eyes bulged in rhythm alongside Bobby’s quickening thrusts. A small yelp escaped from his big sister’s mouth every time Bobby slammed against her crotch. Lincoln was shocked and appalled at this carnal and erotic display of skin. He knew this was something he shouldn’t be watching yet there he was, eyes locked on to the erotic scene before him.

	The boy knew more than he let on for someone his age but this revelation hit him like a kick in the dick. This is what lovers did when they couldn’t control their bodies, he knew that much. He had no idea of the innate and inappropriate intricacies involved. This wasn’t just any random woman though, it was Lori. The boy couldn’t comprehend that one of his own sisters would partake in such lascivious acts. He couldn’t fathom seeing a member of his family do these grown-up things.  Sure maybe other people’s siblings did this gross stuff but not his, anyone but his! To say it rubbed Lincoln the wrong way would be a vastly inaccurate understatement. He felt repulsed and insulted. How dare that monster take advantage of his dear, older sister!

	Lincoln was wrong however. Lori wasn’t being take advantage of in this situation. She was a willing participant and wanted it twice as badly as Bobby did. The girl was an absolute slave to the Santiago sausage and her moans and swears of ecstasy showed it.

	Bobby bent over and whispered something in Lori’s ear. The girl responded to his words by wrapping her arms around his back and her legs around his pelvis. Bobby planted a cheek on his girlfriend’s neck that made her entire body shiver with joy. He wrapped his arms around Lori and hoisted her up like a baby. The blonde Loud felt like a true woman in the arms of her energetic lover. Bobby bucked his hips up and down, repeatedly slamming his dick into Lori’s quaking pussy over and over again. The blonde girl dug her nails into Bobby’s back as her body bounced around on his cock like a ragdoll. Lori’s voice reverberated uncontrollably with each undulation of her frail body. The pleasure she experienced was so overwhelming she could hardly even muster up the proper words to express it. ‘Oh fuck’ is what Lincoln thought and ‘oh fuck’ is what Lori screamed. The white haired Loud watched as his bossy, short tempered sister was reduced to a moaning subservient disgrace of a human being. The woman gritted her teeth as the sweat from their intense session caused her mascara to smear.  Lori’s hair was a sloppy mess and her face had ‘fuck me silly’ written all over.

	Still mesmerized by the show, Lincoln unknowingly lowered one of his clenched fists. He eased his grip and felt his palm slide across his thigh. It was wrong spying on the intimate moment his sister and her boyfriend were sharing but his hormones were bouncing around and his body reacted as it should.

	Ronnie Anne’s undivided attention was all on Lincoln. She watched in disbelief as the young boy grabbed the growing lump forming in his jeans. Was he getting a kick out of this? Had he completely forgotten she was here? She felt like it was her turn to say something but the rough and reckless girl remained silent. She eagerly glanced at Lincoln who began caressing the bulge through his pants. It was like an erotic chain of voyeurism for all parties involved. Ronnie unknowingly began to follow suit and guided her hand down to join in on the fun.

	*BZZZZZT*

	A sharp alarm rang throughout the household and spooked just about everyone. All four individuals perked up for a moment. Ronnie Anne felt her heart jump. That damn washing machine was going to give her a heart attack one of these days.

	“Oh shoot,” Bobby exclaimed as he shot his massive load into the Loud’s cunt. The worried fear soured the climax for both of the teens. He pulled Lori off of his dick and carefully placed her on the bed, rushing to throw on some clothes. “Lori what are we doing, the kids are waiting for us!”

	Lori was still recovering from the raw and intense fucking she had just received seconds earlier. An abundant amount of Bobby’s thick jizz slowly oozed out from between her feeble and trembling legs. Lori took a deep breath, a bit disappointed that their fun was over so soon. Bobby had a point though, their quickie wasn’t as quick as they anticipated. She tidied up her wild, post-sex hair and threw on her clothes.

	Ronnie pushed Lincoln aside and peeped through the hole. The male Loud fell out of his trance and felt some sense knocked into him as he hit the closet wall. Ronnie tuned in just in time to see her brother and Lori quickly fixing themselves up.

	“AY PINCHE MIERDA,” Ronnie bit her lip and began to freak out. “Come on Lame-o we gotta get back to the living room before they do!” The spunky girl grabbed Lincoln by the arm and lugged him out of the closet. The two dashed out of the room, down the dark hallway and hopped over the sofa like a vaulting gymnast. Ten out of ten points.

	“Did you hear something?” Bobby’s nervous voice echoed through the hallway.

	“You’re literally overacting babe,” Lori’s voice followed. “It’s not like they even know what we did so just relax.”

	The sexually active couple sauntered into the living room simultaneously. Bobby was sweating bullets while Lori just smiled, her arm interlocked with his. They did their best to appear as inconspicuous as possible upon their entrance.

	“What’s up guys,” Bobby greeted the two adolescents as he anxiously rubbed his neck. “You still having fun?”

	“We sure are,” Lincoln spoke for the first time in what seemed like an eternity. He and Ronnie Anne sat on the sofa watching television, not even turning around to make eye contact with their elder siblings. “Me and Ronnie were just watching another amazing episode of… the 10 o’ clock news?”

	“That’s wonderful, I’m glad you guys had fun,” Lori’s voice was still a tad shaky. She had yet to completely come down from her incredible post-sex high.  She was pleased to have her literal fill of Bobby and her relaxed disposition showed. “Now get your stuff Lincoln it’s time for us to go.”

	The drive back to the Loud house was an awkward one for the young boy. He and Ronnie Anne sat quiet and motionless the whole time. Lori and Bobby chatted so casually in the front seats, acting as if nothing happened. They could play dumb all they wanted, Lincoln knew the truth. All he did was stare out the window the whole way. The boy couldn’t even bring himself to make contact with the back of Lori’s seat. Every time he looked at his sister he saw her as she truly was in that room. Every time she spoke all he heard was her erotic moans of pleasure in his clouded mind. A new light had been cast on Lori Loud and Lincoln wasn’t sure if he could look at her the same way again. A sharp pang of indignity and remorse pierced the white-haired boy’s gut.

	Bobby slowly pulled his car up to the Loud residence. He turned his head around and looked into the back seats. “I‘ll hope you had a good time at our pad Linc, we should do it again some time!” Lori snickered as she tapped away on her phone. Bobby smiled and raised his hand at the boy. Lincoln’s eyes turned to meet Ronnie Anne’s gaze. The girl gave a knowing and somber glance at her friend. The boy gulped and regained his composure. Lincoln was so tempted to leave the guy hanging but begrudgingly spotted him 5.

	“See you at school Ronnie.” Lincoln’s words carried emptiness in them. He couldn’t stop thinking about what she had showed him and he had a feeling he wouldn’t be able to for a while. The fuming boy bottled up his emotions as walked ahead and disappeared into the house.

	“Yeah, see you later.” The girl’s farewell was just as empty as Lincoln’s. She had known for quite some time what Lori and Bobby were up to but every time they did it, it really got to Ronnie. She kind of regretted revealing it to Lincoln in the first place.

	Bobby and Lori stalled their inevitable separation as much as possible with a series of kisses. Ronnie Anne sat there, powerless to do anything. She rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out in disgust.

	“Goodnight my gorgeous gummy bear!”

	“I’ll miss you my handsome hunkie whunkie!”

	The teens giggled at each other one final time before parting ways. Lori stood on the sidewalk and waved goodbye to her love as his car vanished around the corner. Lori clasped her hands and exhaled a lovestruck sigh. Her eyelashes blissfully fluttered about in the fresh night breeze. That was one of the best dates she had in months.

	The ride home for the Santiagos wasn’t exactly the most cooperative one. Bobby asked his little sister tons of questions about how her day went. He wanted to know how school was, how much fun she had with Lincoln, what the plans for their next double date would be and so on. Ronnie answered all his questions with blunt, succinct responses. She wasn’t in the mood for idle chitchat. Bobby couldn’t really read the mood too much. He was a great guy, just not a smart one.

	As the brother and sister stepped out of the car and reentered their house Ronnie Anne spoke up. “So where were you at earlier,” Ronnie demanded, trying to suppress the agitation in her tone. “You just kind of vanished for a while.” It was more of a formality. She knew what he was really up to.

	“Who me,” Bobby was just put on the spot. He didn’t enjoy lying to his adorable little sister but there were moments where he felt it was necessary. He didn’t want to traumatize or upset her with information she wasn’t ready to hear after all. Protecting Ronnie’s virtue and innocence was of the utmost importance to him, he wasn’t about to mess it up now. “I was just in the shower, remember? I tried to make it quick so I could get right back to—”

	“Your hair isn’t even wet. Also, you smell worse than before.”

	Bobby stopped cold in his tracks, rendered completely speechless by his sister’s powerful observation. He had absolutely no idea how to respond to that. He raised a finger in objection and prepared to speak but his sibling beat him to the punch.

	“Whatever, you don’t need to explain it. Goodnight Bobby.” Ronnie Anne coldly dismissed her brother and marched to her room, slamming the door behind her. The upset girl had a sure feeling in her gut that this would be the last night for double dates. Lincoln felt it too.