User blog:LoudFanWolf/Funny Love

Funny Love,  a story by LoudFanWolf. (A/N: This story is a sequel to the "G is for Gemmeous" chapter in my "Big Words, Big Family" story.)

"Derk, do you think I'm ugly?"

''Derek was shocked. "No, of course I don't, Lulu. Why would you ask such a thing?"''

"Because the people at the open mic night did. Didn't you hear them? 'BOO, GET OFF THE STAGE, YOU UNFUNNY, UGLY, BRACED, BUCK-TOOTHED B-"

''Derek quickly put his hand over Luans mouth to stop her from finishing her sentence. "Don't finish that sentence because it isn't true at all."''

"But it is!"

''"No, it isnt Lulu. Look at me." Derek put his hand under Luans chin so that her red, puffy eyes look into his loving blue ones.''

''"You are not ugly, not to your family, not to your friends, and especially not to me. In fact, I think that you, Luan Loud, are gemmeous, you are like a gem, you are as beautiful as a gem to me. Not to mention the fact that you are one of the funniest people I have ever met." Derek said, his voice filled with love and honesty.''

''Luans mouth started quiver into a sad smile. "Really? Am I really that beautiful to you?"''

''"Would I ever lie to you?" Derek asked with a smile.''

''With that, Luan giggled for the first time in a while. She wiped her tears off her eyes and face as she and Derek sat up on her bed. Luan hugged her best friend/'brother,' and Derek hugged her back, glad that his best friend/'sister' was feeling better.''

Luan broke the hug, looked at Derek and said "Thanks, Derk, thank you for reminding me that I'm beautiful."

"Heh, anything for you, Lu-" Derek's reply was interrupted by Luan suddenly kissing him on the lips!

''So many thoughts went through Dereks head as he and Luan shared their 5 second kiss. 'Oh my God, Luan is kissing me! Oh my God, Luan likes me! Do I like her back?! Oh my God, my first kiss is with Luan Loud! This is so exciting!'''

''Luan broke the kiss, got up, said "thanks again, Derk!" And happily ran out of the room, leaving a dumbfounded Derek Gabriel behind, feeling his lips with his fingers.''

PART 1

Luan was laying on her bunk, staring at the ceiling and feeling conflicted. It had been a couple days since Luan had kissed Derek in a fit of passion after he had comforted her by telling her that she was beautiful, and although she was happy that she did it, Luan was still conflicted as to whether she meant to kiss Derek or not.

'I mean, he did make me feel a whole lot better after I bombed at that open mic night and the people in the audience said all those awful things to me,' Luan thought. 'He did tell me I was beautiful, as beauitful as a gem! Not to mention he's an amazing cuddler!" Luan blushed as she thought about Derek's strong arms being wrapped around her in a warm embrace.

Suddenly, two little Luans appeared on either side of her, one was happy, the other serious. "No, Luan," the serious Luan on the right said. "You just kissed him as a showing of thanks."

"Then why kiss him on the mouth? Usually, a kiss of thanks is a kiss on the cheek," said the happy Luan on the left.

"You just missed the target that's all," Right Luan said..

"But Derek is sooo amazing, he's a great singer, has a huge heart, and he's pretty funny, not to mention the fact that he has great taste when it comes to comedy movies." Left Luan said, gushing over Derek.

"Not to mention the fact that he's pretty much already like a brother to you!" Right Luan yelled.

"Oh, so what? Feelings can change!" Left Luan shouted, becoming more serious.

"It would feel wrong!" Right Luna yelled.

"It would feel lovely!" Left Luan yelled back.

"What would your family say? They would hate to have TWO people to deal with on April Fools Day." Right Luan reasoned.

"Oh, please, as if a nice guy like Derek would want to step up to your level when it came to pranking your family." Left Luan snapped back.

"But that's just it, you become a whole different person once a year; do you think Derek will be able to deal with that?" Right Luan asked sternly.

"Hey, you know what? You're right!" Left Luna said to Right Luan.

The two little Luans morphed into a single little Luan who stared sternly at her giant self.

"Besides, you two have a only a few things in common: you like the same comedians, you like the same kind of jokes, and you like the same comedy movies, that's it! You don't love and appreciate music as much as Derek does!"

"I can learn to do that!" Normal, big Luan replied to her smaller self.

"Pfft, please," the smaller Luan sneered "the only music you listen to is Weird Al."

"Derek likes Weird Al!"

"Yep, and he also likes The Beatles, AC/DC, Nirvana, Green Day, BuckCherry, pretty much any 90s-early 2000s rock artist/band etc. How can you measure up to that?"

"I can try to measure up to that!"

"Really? And then you'll just be purposefully changing yourself for some boy!"

"But......UUUUGGGGGGGH!!!!" Normal Luan growled as her sister, Luna, came into the bedroom.

"Hey, sis, what's up with you?" Luna asked, concerned about her sisters outburst.

Luan was about to ask her sister for advice when her smaller, imaginary self spoke up.

"Don't ask her for advice, she is in a relationship with a person who actually likes almost everything she does."

Normal Luan turned to look at Luna and said "Oh, nothing, sis, just thinking, that's all."

"Okay, well, what about? Maybe I can help?" Luna suggested, wanting help her sister with the problem that was clearly bugging her.

"Well..." Luan started before her smaller, imaginary self spoke up.

"What did I just tell you?!" Smaller Luan shouted.

"SHUT UP, ME!" Normal Luan snapped, and then the smaller Luan dissappeared in a tiny puff of smoke.

"What?" Luna asked, confused as to why her sister just yelled "shut up" to no one in particular..

Luan turned to look at her music loving sister/roommate again. "Oh, sorry, it's just that I've got a problem. And it's a kind of problem that I've never had before."

"Well, what is it, Lu? If it's a new problem for you, maybe it's an old one for me." Luna said, sitting down next to her comedienne sister.

"Well, you see, the problem has to do with...love." Luan admitted.

"AWESOME, BRAH!!!" Luna shouted, happy that her sister had finally found somebody to love. Luan covered her sister's mouth and shushed her, and then made that sure no one had heard her, before letting Luna continue.

"That's awesome, Lu! I'm so happy for you!" Luna whisper-yelled to her sister happily, before relaxing and asking "so, who is the lucky guy?"

Luan looked down and twiddled her thumbs before saying "See, here's the thing...it's Derk."

Lunas smile faded into an awkward frown. "Ohhh..."

Luan then told Luna the story of how Derek comforted her after she bombed at the open mic night, and how she kissed Derek on the lips, and how she was now developing feelings for him.

"I really want to tell him how I feel, but there are many things that I keep thinking about. What if I'm overreacting? It was just a thank you kiss. What if it doesn't work out? I mean, we only have a few things in common. What if I'm too much to handle for him? Does he even like me back?"

Luna stopped her sister from going on. "Look, Lu, you and I both know that Derk is one of the nicest guys in the world. In fact, having Derk as your boyfriend would probably be like heaven, and I know that he would totally be happy with having you as a girlfriend as well. Even if you only have a few things in common with him in right now, you can change that by trying out some of the things that Derk likes; listen to some Nirvana or AC/DC with him, play some Smash Bros 64 with him, see if you like any of that, and if you don't, then just stick to being Derks comedy loving best friend/'sister' whom he loves."

Luan thought about all of the things that her rocking sister had said, and thought everything she said made sense.

"That makes sense. Okay, I'll do that. Thanks, Luna!" Luan said happily as she hugged her sister/roommate.

"Anytime, sis." Luna said as they hugged.

After the two sisters broke the hug, Luna spoke up.

"Hey, Dereks sleeping over after band practice tomorrow, maybe you can ask to do some stuff with him then." Luna suggested.

"Yeah, great idea! Actually, where is Derk now?"

"He just left, bro. You wanna text him, you know his number." Luna said to Luan before putting on her headphones.

Luan grabbed her phone, pulled up Dereks contact, and began to text him.

"Hey, Derk!" Luan texted.

It only took a minute for Derek to text back with "hey, Lulu, what's up?"

"I was just wondering, is it okay if I hang out with you after you get done with band practice tomorrow, like just the two of us?" Luan texted.

Derek almost immediately texted back with "Sure, Lulu! It's a date! :D"

A chill ran up Luans spine as she read the word "date," wondering if Derk meant it in theromantic way, or in the casual way.

"Awesome! See you then!" Luan texted back after a few minutes.

"Yep! :)" Derek texted back, the smiley face making Luan feel good.

Luan put her phone down, and opened up one of her joke books in order to stop thinking about Derek for the time being, however, no matter what Luan did, Derek Gabriel was still on her mind for the rest of the day.

As Luan crawled in to bed that night she thought 'Tomorrow is definitely going to be an eventful day, but hopefully in the good way.' Luan then went to sleep, dreaming about the day she would have with Derek.

PART 2

Luan jumped out of bed the next morning, excited about the days events. She couldn't wait until after Noise Complaints band practice was over, so that she could hang out with Derek, just the two of them. Not only that, it was Friday, but not just any Friday, it was the last day of school! So, after a rather boring, yet exciting, day at school, Luan couldn't wait to watch Derek rehearse with his band, When the time came for Noise Complaint to rehearse, Luan came rushing out to the Loud House garage.

Derek, Luna, Lincoln, and Sam had just finished setting up for band rehearsal, and were just about play a song when Luan appeared in front of them.

"Hey guys, is it okay if I watch you guys rehearse?"

"But Luan," Lincoln protested "I thought you weren't into rock mus-" Lincoln was cut off by a nudge from Luna, who then whispered into his ear, with Lincoln mouthing an O as Luna whispered in his ear.

After that, Lincoln smiled and said "sure thing, Luan!" Lincoln then turned to Noise Complanits frontman, Derek Gabriel and asked "is it okay if she watches us, Derk?"

"Sure it is! Grab a chair and get comfortable, Lulu!"

Luan then pulled a prop chair seemingly out of her butt and sat on it.

"Okay, guys" Derek started as he turned towards the band "a one, a two, a one two three four!"

Noise Complaint then began to perform/rehearse a cover of AC/DCs "Let There Be Rock," which was a song that, Luan had to admit, made her want to get up and dance; and so, she did just that. Luan got up and danced around like a fool as the band played, and although she was used to hearing Derek sing Pop Rock songs, his hard rock voice intrigued her, and really pulled her into the music. Derek couldn't help but giggle as he watched Luan dance around the garage.

After that song was over, Noise Complaint performed/rehearsed the song "Honey Don't" as done by The Beatles, with Derek singing. Although Luan could tell that the song was older, it was fast paced enough to the point where couldn't help but snap her fingers along to the beat.

The final song that Noise Complaint performed/rehearsed was a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, a song that Luan recognized due to her knowledge of the Weird Al parody/cover.

It was now the end of rehearsal, and after complimenting each of his bandmates on their playing, and helping to clean equipment, Derek walked over to Luan.

"So, Lulu, do you just want to stay here, or do you want to go hangout somewhere else for a little bit?" Derek asked.

"Um..." Luan stopped to think, she wanted Derek and her to have privacy, but they couldn't with all of Luans siblings in the house. However, that's when Lynn Sr came out with Lori, Leni, Lucy, Lana and Lola.

"Lincoln, Luna, Luan! I'm taking your siblings to their sleepover parties. Your mother is in the house with Lily and Lisa."

'Aha, awesome, only 5 of my siblings will be in the house tonight, that means me and Derek will have a little bit more privacy!' Luan thought triumphantly as she, Lincoln, Luna, Sam, and Derek waved to Lynn Sr and the 6 Loud sisters in the van, as it pulled out of the driveway and drove off.

After that, Luan turned to Derek and said "Derk, let's just stay here to hangout, is that okay?"

"Sure, I love this house!" Derek said with a smile.

"Alright, well, while you two are living in the Loud House, me and Sam will be loving in the Sharp house. Seeya!" Luna called as she and Sam turned to walk down the street to Sams house.

Derek and Luan giggled at Luna cute romantic relationship with Sam, before walking back inside the Loud House, plopping on the living room couch, and turning on the TV.

While they through flipping the TV guide something caught both Luan and Dereks eyes

"Ooh, George Lopez reruns!" Luan and Derek said simulataneously, their voices filled with interest. Derek and Luan then paused to look at eachother, astonished.

"YOU LIKE THAT SHOW, TOO?! Well, yeah, it's not that I find George Lopez to be that funny by himself, but I just love this show, so it's hilarious!" Luan and Derek told each other simulataneously, both of them smiling excitedly at eachother at the end of their statements.

So, both of them decided to watch a few George Lopez reruns together on the couch, and before they both knew it, they were cuddling. Now, it wasnt if Derek and Luan hadn't cuddled together before as friends, but something about this particular cuddle session felt different, it felt more sweet, it felt more loving, it felt more....romantic.

After some time, Luan looked up at Derek and asked "Derk, remember when you and I, well, kissed the other day?" Derek nodded, looking at Luan with interest.

"Well, I was wondering, how did that kiss feel to you?" Luan asked.

Derek breathed in, and then exhaled by sputtering like a horse before saying "well, Lulu, I must say that I felt a lot things during that kiss. Confusion, shock, amazement, happiness..

"Yeah?" Luan asked with a nod of her head.

"Yeah," Derek confirmed "but mostly, now that I loo back on it, all of those feelings that I was having at that time have now combined into one huge feeling." Derek explained.

"Really? And what feeling was that?" Luan asked, her interest high.

"Love, the feeling was love." Derek said as looked deeply into Luans eyes, With Luan doing the same to Derek.

All the while, Derek and Luans inched closer and closer together, until they finally came together in a tender kiss, after that they kissed again, and again, and again, and again.

Soon, Derek and Luan were passionately making out on the couch, only breaking apart after several minutes so that Luan could ask "but wait! What about my April Fools Day pranks and how crazy I get? Doesn't that turn you off?"

Derek chuckled "We'll talk about April Fools Day and how much I think you need to simmer down with the pranks on that day later, but as for right now..."

Derek and Luan then continued to make out. After a few more minutes of making out on the couch, Derek picked Luan up, causing her to giggle in between kisses, and carried Luan up the stairs towards her and Lunas room, making out all the while.

When Derek and Luan got to the latters bunk, they lay down, and began to cuddle again, the both of them looking lovingly into eachothers eyes.

"I love you, Derek Gabriel."

"I love you too, Luan Loud."

Their sweet moment was broken when Lynn, who had been watching them ever since they came up the stairs, screamed "NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Now we're gonna have TWO people to deal with on April Fools Day!"

Derek and Luan chuckled, like the former said they'd talk about that later, but right now, they just wanted to lay together, and enjoy being in eachothers arms.

"And they call it funny love." Derek sang as Luan giggled. Their love was funny alright, funny and full of romance.

THE END