User blog:007Jamesdean/Change of Heart (Done my Way)

It Starts in the Loud House Dining Room.

 [Lincoln is reading a book and having some carrot sticks, I am reading todays newspaper and eating potato chips, Laney is reading a book and eating apple slices, and Varie is reading a book and eating some celery sticks. Lincoln vacuums a carrot stick in his mouth right when doorbell rings.]

Lori:  [on the phone]  "Whitney, wait till you see my new shoes. They will literally blow your mind!"

 [She opens the door and it turns out to be Clyde who is struck by her beauty.]

Clyde:  [nervously infatuated]  "L-L-Lori?"

Me: (Senses what's to come) Uh oh! Here it comes!

 [Clyde gets a nosebleed which spills on Lori's shoes, making her scream so loud the crows fly away, and faints. Me and Laney grab Clyde before he falls to the floor]

Lori:  [aggravated]  "Ugh. Never mind, Whitney." [hangs up]  "Guys, this is the fourth pair of shoes Clyde's ruined this month!"

Me: I'm sorry, Lori. But he can't help it when he's around you.

Varie: How many nosebleeds has Clyde gotten over the month?



 [Series of flashbacks of all the other pairs Clyde ruined. First, Lincoln and Clyde are reading comics in his room. Enter Lori with the luandry basket.]

Lori: "Lincoln, do you have any laundry?"

Clyde:  [sees Lori]  "L-L-Lori?" [nosebleeds and gets her shoes ruined, making her scream.]

 [Next, the boys and Laney are looking in the fridge for a snack and take out a dish with Lori right behind them.]

Lori: "Hey, you'd better not eat all the leftover gazpacho."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [nervous]  "L-L-Lori?" [starts acting like a robot]  "SYSTEM OVERLOAD. DOES NOT COMPUTE. SYSTEM OVERLOAD. DOES NOT COMPUTE. SYSTEM SHUTTING...DOWN..."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [His shut down knocks the gazpacho out of Lincoln's hand and lands on Lori's shoes.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "GAH!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Now, Lori is in Vanzilla.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Mom, Dad, I'm off to practice!" [notices Clyde in there for some reason; startled.]  "Clyde?! What are you even doing here?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [shaking]  "L-L-Lori?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [His nose blood squirts right onto her shoes. Lori just bangs her head on the steering wheel's horn. End flashbacks as they put Clyde on the chair.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Maybe you should try wearing red shoes." [sees Lori growling at him; scared.]  "Right. Bad idea, Lincoln."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: (Roars like a Bear) Sorry Lori. You were growling like a Wolf. One of my favorites by the way.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [calm]  "Ugh. I just wish Clyde could act normal around me." [leaves]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Lori comes back briefly.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Lori: Thanks for the compliment J.D.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Me: You're welcome, Lori.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [comes to]  "So do I, my sweet angel. So do I." [opens a locket of a picture of a startled Lori.]  "But how am I supposed to act normal around such a beautiful, flawless..." [starts nosebleeding again]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln:  [shoves carrot sticks up his friend's nose.]  "Don't worry, buddy. We'll figure something out."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Laney: You got to calm down when you're around Lori, Clyde.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: I know, Laney. But it's hard.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Varie: Maybe one of Lincoln's other sisters knows how to help Clyde.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Mr. Grouse:  [from outside; talking to Leni]  "Dang blast it! Eberhardt's dog went number two on my lawn again!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Try doing what I do, Mr. Grouse. I'll name all 40 states, and by the time I'm done, I've forgotten why I was mad."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Mr. Grouse: "Well, actually, it's 48. But I'll give it a try." [starts naming them in alphabetical order]  "Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California..."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lincoln had watched it from the window.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Actually, Clyde, I may know someone who can help you!" [Cut to Leni in the living room.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Sure! What do you need my help with?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [stammering]  "L-L-L-L..."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Lemons?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: No.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "L-L-L-L..."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Leggings?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Laney: No.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "L-L-L-L-L..."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Of course! Loofahs! Well, first of all, natural fibers are the way to go."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "He's talking about Lori."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Oh. She doesn't use a loofah." [whispering]  "That's why she has bacne."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lincoln, Me, Laney and Varie facepalm]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "No. I want to learn how to act normal around her, or at least just stop bleeding on her shoes."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Have you tried shoving carrot sticks up your nose?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Yes! And bread sticks, and pretzel rods, and corn dogs, which you really need to let cool down first."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Ouch.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Well, no worries. I know other ways to help you." [takes Clyde]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Later, Lori peeks her head from the second floor and sees Lincoln and Me playing video games.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Lincoln, is Clyde still here? This is literally my last pair of wearable shoes."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Don't worry about Clyde. He's hanging out with Leni."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: And Varie and Laney are going to be with them.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Really?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [From the kitchen, Leni and Clyde are laughing. Lori peeks in to see it.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Oh, Leni."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Leni and Clyde? That's...weird. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Outside, Lori is practicing her golf swing.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [narrating to herself]  "If Lori Loud can sink this four-footer, she'll literally win the Masters."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lynn: "Heads up!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [A frisbee comes by and Lori ducks and swings. Lana and Lynn laugh and chase after their disc. The golf ball lands right next to the cellar window.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [inside the basement]  "And if I don't get a nosebleed, I'm usually doing this." [does his robot impression] "SYSTEM OVERLOAD. DOES NOT COMPUTE." [mimics power down]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Laney: Usually J.D. snaps him out of it with a snap of his fingers.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori witnesses it]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Hmm...I only thought Clyde acted like an awkward robot around me. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The frisbee hits Lori]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Oof!" [falls into a hole]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lucy:  [holding a shovel]  "Do you mind? This grave is spoken for."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lana notices what happened and sheepishly leaves.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [on her phone]  "Carol did what? Hang on, Whitney. I literally need chips for this story."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Leni and Clyde are in the kitchen.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "So, when somebody makes me nervous, I just stare at their left air and recite my ABC's."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Got it! Great tip." [writes it down]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lynn:  [from outside]  "Heads up!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The frisbee flies into the kitchen and hits Clyde in the nose.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Ow!" [starts bleeding from his nostrils and covers it up.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Laney: Clyde, are you alright!?

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Clyde: Yeah.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori enters giggling and sees them and hides.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni:  [with blood on her shoes]  "My shoes!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori had seen it]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Now he's getting nosebleeds on her shoes? "  [Lori gasps]  " This can only mean one thing: Clyde likes Leni! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [jubilant]  "I'm free! I'm free!" [gasps with joy and runs to Vanzilla.]  "Oh, I am going shoe shopping!" [drives off]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> Back in the kitchen Varie grabs an ice bag for Clyde.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Varie: Here you go, Clyde.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: Thanks Varie.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Later, Lori returns with new shoes. Leni gets a call and answers.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Oh, hi, Clyde. What a nice surprise."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Oh, poor Leni. I wouldn't wanna be in her shoes. Literally. Ooh! Lori, that was good. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Thanks for the shoe cleaning supplies. It was totes sweet of you. You're the most thoughtful person I've ever met, Clyde."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori looks at some gifts Clyde gave her in the past.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Well, I will give him that. He is pretty thoughtful. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [A series of flashbacks of her receiving those gifts is shown. First, there's a telescope with a note on it and she reads it.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Congratulations. A new star has been named after you: Corono Lori-alis. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori looks into the telescope and an arrow points to the star in question. Clyde falls out.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Whoa!" [thuds]  "Oof!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Next flashback takes place in winter where Clyde has made a literal snow angel that looks like Lori, but Charles runs up to it to pee on it.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Charles, no! Not on my snow angel!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The next flashback shows Lori coming home defeated in a golf game. She finds a teddy bear on the steps and reads the note on it.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">You may have lost your golf tournament, but you'll never lose my heart.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori presses the bear]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Teddy Bear: "I love you fur-ever."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori doesn't like it very much. End flashbacks. She presses the bear again.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Teddy Bear: "I love you fur-ev..." [breaks down]  "...er..." [pops an eye]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " [gasps] What am I thinking? I have to get Clyde back! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Downstairs, Me, Lincoln, Clyde and Leni are all playing video games together and Laney and Varie are Reading books. Enter Lori with a pitcher.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Oh, hey, guys. Just wondered if anyone wanted some lemonade."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: No thank you Lori. I'm good.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Her very presence puts Clyde in a paranoid state as he tries to act normal.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [confused]  "Clyde?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Ooh! I'll take some!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [angrily]  "Get your own." [tosses glass aside]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Clyde relaxes]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Great job, Clyde. You were in the same room as Lori and no nosebleed."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Good job, Clyde

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Yeah. Your ABC's trick really worked."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "It always does...unless you have to go past the letter P 'cause then it gets really hard. Okay, now let's work on the next step: eye contact."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The sun is blazing, but Lori is wearing a wintery scarf.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Brr! Boy it is chilly today. So glad I have this cozy scarf Clyde made me."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "It's 85 degrees, and you're sweating."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [growls like a lion at Lincoln; sweetly to Clyde.]  "Clyde, wherever did you learn to be such a great knitter?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: (Roars like a Leopard) Great Lion roar, Lori.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: Thanks J.D. You've done all sorts of animal sounds.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Not to brag, but Predatory Animals are my specialty.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Clyde stares at Lori, holds his breath, and runs back inside.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "It worked?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [exhales]  "Yup. I just held my breath, like you said."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Great! You're ready for the final step: conversation! But that one we'll need to train for."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Just give me a moment." [hyperventilates into his paper bag.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Clyde's house]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [petrified]  "Okay, I'm ready. Let's do this!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln:  [knocks on one of the support beams; acting.]  "Oh, someone's at the door. Who could it be? Why, it's my eldest sister, Lori."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Enter Leni dressed like Lori]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni:  [Lori impression]  "OMG. Bobby, texting, literally."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">I am holding my laughter in.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Unbeknownst to them, the real Lori is coming over with a comic.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Clyde can ignore the lemonade and the scarf, but this limited edition Ace Savvy comic will definitely do the trick. "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [shaking]  "H-h-h-hi, Lori. H-h-h-how's it going?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Super job, Clyde!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Great job, buddy.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Yeah! You sounded totally natural!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Thanks." [shows an ice pack under his shirt]  "The ice pack was a great idea." [removes it]  "It really kept me distracted; though I can't feel my bellybutton."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Lori approaches the door]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "This has been totes fun. You're such a great guy, Clyde."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "Thanks, Leni. And may I say, you've never looked more beautiful."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Oh, Clyde!" [giggles]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [tosses the comic and growls]  "That does it!"

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [In the bathroom, Lori is changing her appearance to look more like Leni.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " So, Clyde likes the way Leni looks? Fine! I can look like Leni! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [She tries brushing her hair, but the brush snaps to her annoyance. Outside, her sisters are waiting impatiently and demand that she come out.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori:  [opens the door]  "LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M BUSY!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The other sisters gasp at the sight of the firstborn.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lynn: "Uh...why do you look like Leni's messed up twin?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Because I'm trying to win Clyde back!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Luan: "Win him back? He's obsessed with you."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "No. He's obsessed with Leni now. But not for long."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lana: "Why do you even care?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lucy: "Yeah. You hide when he comes over and throw his gifts in the trash."

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Luan: "You use his homemade cookies as doorstops."

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Well, yes, but-"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lola: "Do you  like  Clyde now?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Of course not!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lana: "Well, then why are you trying to win him back?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "I just need him to like me. Now stop asking questions! I know what I'm doing!" [goes back in the bathroom, takes a look in the mirror, realizes and sighs.]  "What  am  I doing?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " You're trying to win back Clyde. Now stop farting around and straighten that hair! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "No, I don't need to win Clyde back. I need to apologize to him."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " Don't be a fool! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Shove it! I'm not listening to you anymore."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [The other sisters except Lola slowly inch away from hearing Lori talk to herself.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lola:  [uncomfortable]  "I don't think I need to tinkle after all."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Back at Clyde's house, Clyde steps out with confidence.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Okay, Clyde, your training is complete. You ready to go have a normal conversation with Lori?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: "You know it!" [holds up a fish from his shirt]  "I just hope this frozen salmon takes longer to melt than that ice pack did."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Clyde salutes to his trainer. She and her brother give him a thumbsup and he makes his way to Lori. Lori steps out of the bathroom and sighs. Clyde is being followed by a pack of cats who smell the salmon.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [nervous]  "Nice kitties."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [He sheepishly smiles and runs screaming with the cats in pursuit. Lori descends the stairs and Clyde approaches the door. Lori opens it and sees Clyde standing on the step.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Clyde! I was just on my way to see you. There's something I really wanted to tell you. First, I wanted to apologize for never appreciating how kind and thoughtful you are. And second, I wanna thank you for making me feel so good about myself all these years. You're a special guy, Clyde, and literally anyone would be lucky to be your crush."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [She hugs him, and this causes his nostrils to bleed all over her shoes, much to her fright. Lincoln catches his unconscious friend.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Lori, what happened?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [They bring Clyde to the sofa.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "I don't know. I was just telling Clyde that I'm okay with him liking Leni now, and-"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "What are you talking about? He doesn't like Leni."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "But I saw them in the kitchen. He got a nosebleed all over her shoes."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Yeah, because he got hit in the nose."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Lynn's frisbee hit him in the face and Varie grabbed him an ice bag.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "Well, why was he acting like a robot with her?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Varie: He was just showing us what happens when he's around you.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "But I was just over at his house. I heard him say she was beautiful."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Laney: Because Leni was dressed like you.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "What? Why were they doing all this?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln: "Because Leni was helping Clyde learn to act normal around you, just like you wanted."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: Yeah and we were trying to help him.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "So...he never stopped having a crush on me?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [We shake shakes his head no and Lori looks at Clyde with joy.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori's Thoughts: " HA! I knew it! "

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "No you didn't!"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lincoln:  [disturbed]  "Uh...who are you talking to?"

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: "No one."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Enter Leni still in her Lori costume]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: "Oh, no! Poor Clyde."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> [Clyde suddenly comes to and sees the real Lori and Leni in her costume.]

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde:  [nervously infatuated]  "T-T-T-Two Lori's?" [goes into robot mode]  "SYSTEM OVERLOAD. EE-OO."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">I snap my fingers and Clyde returns to normal.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Clyde: Thanks, J.D.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Lori: (Amazed) Wow. That literally works.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Varie: Leni you can take off your Lori costume now.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Leni: Okay. (Leni changes back into her normal appearance)

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Laney: Boy, this has been one strange day.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Me: You said it Laney.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">THE END.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">___________________________________________________________

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">My 8th fanfiction is complete.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">I wanted to do this before Not A Loud but I got ahead of myself.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Also I'm sorry if my different version didn't turn out like you had expected it to. But don't worry. It's all trial and error.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Molengo,sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Until next time, J.D. Signing off.