User blog:LoudFanWolf/Big Words, Big Family - Part 1

Big Words, Big Family, a story by LoudFanWolf

A is for Antipenultimate

Lola was in her bedroom, having a tea party with her many stuffed animals, when Derek came in. Lola saw him, and smiled.

"Derky," Lola cried in jubilation as she ran up and hugged her 2nd big brother figure, "you're just in time for my tea party! Wanna join me and my stuffed animals?

"Of course, Lols." Derek replied. "I mean, who am I to refuse the antipenultimate Loud kid?"

"Antipenultimate?" Lola's brow furrowed. "Is that an insult?" Lola asked as clenched her fists, ready to defend her own honor.

"No, no, no, of course not, Lols." Derek said as he put both his hands into a "stop and calm down" position. "Antipenultimate is a big word that means 'third to last,' and since Lisa and Lily are the only 2 siblings that are younger than you, that makes you, Lola Loud, the antipenultimate Loud kid."

"Oh, yeah, you're right. I am the third to last Loud kid. Well, unless Mommy and Daddy decide to have another kid."

There was a short pause, before both Derek and Lola began to laugh hysterically. The fact that Rita and Lynn Sr had 11 kids was crazy enough, so would they really want a 12th one?

B is for Byzantine

Lana and Derek were in the Loud House bathroom doing some spring cleaning. Lana was scrubbing the toilet, while Derek was cleaning the bathtub. As she was scrubbing the grime off of the toilet, a thought came into Lanas mind. Lana stopped scrubbing the toilet for a moment, turned to Derek and asked "hey, Derk, have you ever wanted to try and become a mechanic or a plumber?"

Derek looked up from the tub floor, thought for a moment, and then replied "Nah, that line of work seems far too Byzantine for my taste."

"Byzantine, what does that mean?" Lana asked, curious about the new word she had just heard.

"Byzantine is a big word that basically means that something is complicated or hard to figure out, and for me, that something is plumbing and mechanics."

"Oh, okay." Lana replied. Suddenly, Lana had an idea. "Hey, maybe I could teach you about how plumbing and mechanics work, and show you that it's not as byzantine as you think it is!"

Hmmmm.." Derek thought for a moment before before saying "Alright, Lansy, I'll take you up on your offer!"

"Great!"

"Yeah, but let's get this bathroom cleaned up first, huh?"

Oh, yeah, right." Lana said as both she and Derek went back to cleaning the bathroom.

C is for Credulous

Derek was with Lisa in her laboratory/bedroom, helping her do an experiment, when Lana ran in crying, hugging Derek for comfort.

"Lansy, what's wrong, sweetheart?" Derek asked, trying to comfort Lana the best that he could.

"IT'S THE GIRAFFES!!!" Lana cried.

"What about the giraffes?"

"T-there... T-there...GOING EXTINCT!"

Lana began to cry into Dereks shirt as Lisa temporarily her experiment to correct what she knew to be a false fact in order to comfort her younger sibling

"Lana," Lisa started as she adjusted her glasses "the 'fact' that giraffes are going extinct cannot possibly be true."

"Yeah," Derek added "in fact, last I heard the giraffe population has actually doubled!"

"This is true," Lisa confirmed. (A/N: I actually have no idea if this is true but please bear with me, it's for the story)'

Lana looked up from Dereks shirt at both him and Lisa "But the news said-"

"Lana, you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV, and you shouldn't believe everything you read either. That's just being credulous."

"Credulous?" Lana asked, curious about another new word.

"Yeah, credulous, that means that you believe in everything people tell you, even if it's not factually or scientifically proven to be true." Derek added.

"Oh..." Lana said and paused for a second before saying "Well, sorry for interrupting your experiment. I'll be sure to not be as credulous anymore."

"It's alright," Lisa said. "Besides, it's not the Giraffe that's going extinct, it's the Rhinoceros."

"WHAT?!" Lana gasped as tears began to form in her eyes once more. Here we go again.

D is for Deflagrate

Derek and Lincoln were watching TV in the Loud House living room, when Lucy walked up from behind them. "Hey, guys," Lucy started before Lincoln jumped in fright while Derek calmly turned around and asked "Hey, Lucy Lou, what's up?"

Lincoln made a mental note to ask Derek how he was able to handle Lucy's sudden entrances with such calm, before asking along with Derek "Yeah, do you need something?

"Yeah," Lucy replied "you know Rocky, right? Well, I want to write him a love poem, and tell him about how I feel about whenever I see him. But I don't know if it should be dark or mushy. What should I do?"

"Well, tell him how you feel in a way that will make both him and you feel good," Lincoln said.

"Yeah, you gotta write something that'll deflagrate his heart and yours." Derek added.

"Deflagrate?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah, Deflagrate, set his heart and yours on fire." Lincoln said.

"I see..." Lucy said as she thought for a moment before saying "alright, I think I've got it. Thanks, guys." Lucy said as she left the living room.

"No problem!" Derek and Lincoln simultaneously said as they both went back to watching TV.

E is for Ephemeral

Lana was on the living room couch, reading a book filled with interesting facts about animals, while Derek was playing a video game.

Suddenly, Lana gasped. "What?! Aw, come on, that's not fair!" Lana yelled as she threw the book onto the living room floor, before sitting dow, folding her arms and pouting.

Derek paused his game and looked over at Lana, curious as to what his favorite twin was pouting about. "Geez, what did that book ever do to you, Lansy?" Derek joked.

Lana looked over at Derek and said "it told me something that I didn't like at all." Lana said, grumpy.

"Alright, well, what did it tell you?" Derek asked.

"It told me that the average lifespan of a butterfly is one year! Can you believe that, Derk?! Only 1 year!" Lana complained while putting her arms and hands up in the air for emphasis.

Lana groaned before sighing and scooting closer to her 2nd big brother figure for some "cuddle comfort" as Derek liked to call it, and then saying "It's just not fair Derk, why do beautiful creatures like butterflies have to die so young?"

Derek sighed before replying with "I wish I could answer that Lansy, but it's true, most of the beautiful things in life are ephemeral, short lived. But that's why we also have to enjoy life as much as we can, because we never know when our time will come."

Lana took in everything her 2nd big brother figure had said before saying "yeah, I guess you're right."

Derek and Lana continued to cuddle for some time, before Derek had an idea.

"Hey," Derek started as Lana looked up at him "how about you and I go get some ice cream?"

A big smile came onto Lanas face as she jumped off of the couch and said "Okay, let's go!"

"Alright, little lady, let's get going then." Derek said as he picked Lana up and put her on his shoulders, much to Lanas delight. Then the two of them left the house, delicious ice cream on both of their minds.

F is for Farrago

Leni was showing Derek around her closet, which was full of her many, many, different kinds of casual dresses, formal dresses' beach outfits, outfits for the winter etc. Even though he wasn't a big when it came to 'fashion', Derek had to admire the way Leni had arranged her closet, and how she carefully each type of clothing by season and occasion. The thing Derek liked most about it though, was how unique Lenis fashion sense was.

"Wow, Lens, you sure do have quite a farrago of clothes here." Derek complimented Leni at the end of her closet door.

Leni raised her eyebrow at her fellow junior classmate. "Fa-ra-go? What is that?"

"Farrago," Derek repeated, "means that you have all these different kinds of clothes combined together in a certain way for a useful purpose. That's what farrago means."

"Oh, okay. Yeah, you're right, Derk; I do have a nice, big figaro of clothes."

"Farrago, Lens, farrago." Derek corrected.

"Right. Hey, do you wanna see my hair product collection?" Leni asked in her usually bubbly tone of voice.

"Sure thing!" Derek said, not really wanting to see a huge collection of something he, once again, didn't really care about, but he would do anything to keep his friends/siblings happy, so he went along with it.

"Great! Let's go!"

H is for Halcyon

It was unusually calm and peaceful day at the Loud House. Luna was playing her acoustic guitar, Lori was texting Bobby, Lincoln was quietly reading Ace Savvy on the living room couch, Leni was brushing her hair, Lisa was doing unusually non-explosive scientific studies, the twins were *GASP* not arguing and playing calmly with their stuffed animals and real animals, Luan was out at a gig, and Lily hadn't cried once that day.

I is for Indomitable

J is for Jeopardy

(A/N: WORK IN PROGRESS, WILL BE FINISHED SOMETIME TOMORROW OR LATER THIS WEEK, NEXT FEW LETTERS HAVE BEEN PUT UP FOR ME TO DO LATER)