User blog:LoudFanWolf/The Visit

The Visit, a story by LoudFanWolf.

Lori and Lincoln had invited Derek to come with them to visit the Santiagos up in the big city, and Derek, seeing this as a chance to finally meet Ronnie Anne Santiago, the girl that Lincoln talked constantly about, and  Loris boyfriend Bobby in person, instead of over the phone. On the way to the Casagrande house, Lori and Lincoln talked all about Ronnie Anne and Bobbys extended family, the Casagrandes, and how Derek would like them.

"They have this giant dog named Lalo." Lori said.

"Awesome, I love big dogs!" Derek said, excited to meet Ronnie Anne and pretty much her entire family.

"Also, be prepared. The grandmother of the family, Rosa, loves to stuff her guests with food." Lincoln added.

"Lincoln log, do you not see me?" Derek asked,  streching his arms out to show the width of his belly. "I'm sure I can handle that."

"Well, even so, if you ever get a stomach ache from all the food, just give your belly button a wet willy, like this." Lincoln suggested, doing the action he just mentioned.

"Strange, but okay, if it actually works." Derek said, doubting the logic of such a cure for stomach ache, but knowing his best friend/'little brother' wouldn't lie to him, went along with it.

"Oh yeah, and Rosas husband, Hector, also runs a bodega thats right underneath their giant apartment building." Lori added.

"Cool." Derek replied.

"And if you ever get hurt, Ronnie Anne and Bobbys mom, Maria, is a nurse."

"Cool."

"Oh, and then theres Frida, the photographer of the family, whos married to a biology professor named Carlos, Rosa and Hectors son. Carlos and Frida have four kids, their nmes are Carlota, CJ, Carlino, Carlitos."

"Wow, a big family, just like you guys." Derek said.

"Yeah, and trust me, you are going to love them all by the end of tomorrow." Lori said with a smile.

"I'm sure I will, Lori." Derek replied, smiling back.

When Lori,.Lincoln, and Derek finally arrived at the Casagrande residence, Bobby and Ronnie Anne were there to greet their repsective Loud siblings. Bobby greeting Lori with a hug and kiss, Lincoln greeting Ronnie Anne a fist bump, and then Lincoln greeted Bobby with a broshake. The Santiago siblings then saw Derek, and Ronnie asked "Whos the chubby guy?"

Derek then snorted with a smile, it never phased him when somebody called him "fat," or "chubby," because he knew that even though he was bigger, he was still healthy enough to not have any major or even minor health problems.

"Actually, Ronnie Anne, this is Derek, the guy I've been telling you about." Lincoln said, introducing Derek to the young Latina.

Ronnie Anne walked up to Derek, and shook his hand. "So, you're the guy that Lame-o has been telling me about. The way he described you, I expected you to have angel wings and a glowing face." Ronnie Anne said, teasing Derek.

Derek gave the young Latina a cheeky smile and replied with "Yeah, well, with the way Lincoln described you, Ronnie Anne, I expected you to be grungy and built like Arnold Schwarzenegger."

Derek and Ronnie Anne both laughed. Bobby then walked up to Derek,shook his hand and said "pleased to finally meet you in person, bro. Now, you haven't been kissing my girlfriend now, have ya?" Bobby teased.

"Nope, I've got a girl back home already, I'm afraid." Derek replied with a cheeky smile.

Bobby chuckled before saying "Little Louds been telling me that you're like his big brother, you been stealing my thunder in that way, too?" Bobby asked, teasing again.

"What? He can't have two?" Derek asked.

"Well, yeah he can, that's true." Bobby replied.

"Okay, you two, that's enough." Lori interjected, coming in between her best friend/'brother', and her boyfriend. Lori then turned to Ronnie Anne and Lincoln. "Linc, Ronnie Anne, why don't you two take Derek inside, introduce him to the Casagrandes, and they'll make him comfortable, I'm sure." Lori then turned to her boyfriend. "Boo-Boo-Bear, could you help me unpack?""

"Of course, my lady." Bobby replied as if he was a knight in shining armor, before dipping Lori and kissing her. Ronnie Anne and Lincoln gagged at the sight, and then led Derek to the front door of the Casagrande house.

"Well, Derek, as they say, down in Mexico..." Ronnie Anne opened the door "bienvenido a nuestra casa." (Translation: "Welcome to our home").

As Ronnie Anne finished her introduction to the house, a giant Bulldog, roughly the size of a fat toddler, came rushing out of a room, and toward the doorway, coming right at Derek.

The dog tackled Derek to the ground as soon as it reached him, and began to lick his face profusely as Derek lay on the floor. Derek giggled as the giant dog licked his face,

Ronnie Anne chuckled. "Wow, Lalo seems to really like you, Derek."

"Yeah, I guess it does." Derek giggled as the dog, named Lalo, continued to lick his face.

"Lalo! Perro grande, baje de nuestro invitado!" Yelled an old, but sweet voice. (Translation: Lalo! Big dog, get off our guest!) 

Lalo then got off of Derek as Rosa approached the teenager on the ground, and helped him up before saying "sorry, Lalo has always been very friendly when it comes to guests. You must be Derek, Lori told us she was bringing another one of her brothers with her for this visit, but we thought she only had one."

"Well, I'm her brother emotionally, but yeah. Anyway, Lincoln and Lori have been telling about this family as well, I'm going to guess you're Grandma Rosa?"

"That's correct, mijo." Rosa replied.

"It's nice to meet you, Rosa. I'm Derek Gabriel." Derek said, reaching his hand out and shaking hands with the Casagrande family matriarch.

"It's to meet you, Derek. Oh, you must be starving." Rosa said, leading Derek to the dinner table, and pulling a fajita seemingly out of her butt and saying "Here, why don;t have some fajitas?"

"Oh, no, that's fine Rosa, I'm good for now." Derek said, moving his hand away from the fajitas.

"Are you sure?" Rosa asked again, putting the fajitas in front Derek's face.

"Now, now, Mama, don't force the poor boy to eat." A sweet, motherly voice said.

Derek turned to see a beauitful, slightly curvy woman walking up to him and Rosa, wearing a nurses outfit, Derek could only assume that this was Ronnie Anne and Bobbys mother, Maria.

"Hola," Maria said, walking up to the teenager with a smile, and reaching out her hand to shake his. "You must Derek, Bobby has told me all about how you're 'stealing his girl,'" Maria chuckled "and how you've been so kind to Lori in his absence, and well, I assume you're kind to everyone in the Loud family." Maria concluded.

"That correct, ma'am. I'm like a brother to all of them." Derek replied, shaking hands with Maria.

"Ooh, a gentleman, I like you already." Maria said with a sweet smile.

"Don't smother him too much, Mom." Ronnie Anne interjected, coming in between her mother and Derek, slightly embarassed by her mothers behavior.

"I'm not, I swear." Maria said, before laughing. "Also, Ronalda, Carlota has been looking for you, she says she wants you to try on some new clothes she got."

When she heard that, Ronnie Annes face grew pale, before she heard a voice behind her. "There you are, Ronnie Anne!" Ronnie Anne turned and saw her curvaceous cousin, Carlota, with some hangers with new clothes on them.

"Come on, girl, I've been dying for you to try on these new clo-" Carlota cut herself off when she caught sight of Derek, causing her to drop all of the clothes and hangers on the floor, her mind not on Ronnie Anne, but on the stranger she was staring at.

Carlota walked sexily over to Derek and said 'hola" to him in a sultry tone.

"Hi, you must be Carlota. I'm Derek, nice to meet you." Derek said to the curvy, 17 year old latina.

'Ay,' Carlota thought to herself, 'he's chubby, cute, and he is a gentleman; me gusta."

"Oh, please, it's nice to meet you." Carlota replied in a sultry tone, while stepping uncomfortably close to Derek. "Y'know, Ronnie Anne said that her friend Lincoln said that you can sing," Carlota leaned in so that she could whisper in Derek's ear "can you sing for me now?"

"CARLOTA!" Ronnie Anne, Rosa and Maria shouted as they pushed Carlota off Derek.

"Yeah, no, but maybe I'll sing for you guys later. I will admit I do have a knack for it."

"That would be great, Derek. Ronalda, why don't you and Lincoln go and introduce Derek to your aunt. uncle, and other cousins? We'll try to keep Carlota busy."

"Sure thing, Mom. Come on, Derek, follow us." Ronnie Anne said as she and Lincoln quickly led Derek away from the lust-crazed cousin, who was currently being held back like a criminal by her mother and grandmother.

Ronnie Anne and Derek exited the kitchen of the Casagrande household, and were now in the living room where they found Carlos  watching TV on the couch. When Carlos saw Ronnie Anne and Libcoln coming towards him with a stranger, he turned off the TV and gave Ronnie Anne, Lincoln, and the stranger his full attention.

"Ronalda, mi sobrina, Lincoln," (Translation: Ronalda, my niece) Carlos looked at Derek, "who is this?" Carlos asked, looking Derek up and down.

"Remember when Lori called yesterday and said that she would be bringing another boy in for her and Lincoln's visit, tio? Well, this is thw other boy. Tio Carlos, meet Derek Gabriel, Lincoln and Loris 'brother' and best friend. Derek, meet my uncle, Dr. Carlos Casagrande." Ronnie Anne said, formerly introducing the teenager and the college professor to each other.

"Pleasure to meet you, Dr. Casagrande, your family tells me that your a professor of biology at the local university, is that right?"

"Pleasure to meet you as well, mijo. And that's correct, I happen to have a great fascination with the study of life." Carlos stated with a proud smile.

"Interesting." Derek replied, smiling back.

Then, Lori came into the living room.

"Hey, guys, we just finished unpacking. What's going on?" Lori asked.

"Oh, nothing. Derek is just being introduced to the Casagrande family, one by one. Where's Bobby?" Lincoln replied.

"He's with Hector working at the bogeda, don't worry, though, they'll be in for supper. Hey, Derek, have you met Carlota yet?" Lori asked.

"Ah, si, have you met my lovely daughter yet, Derek? She's a pretty one, you know." Carlos said, nudging Derek and teasing him.

"Yes, Dr. Casagrande, and while I do admit your daughter is beautiful, I already have somebody back home whom I love with all my heart." Derek replied.

"Oh, that's too bad." Replied Carlos, sadly. "Carlota has been desperately looking for love for quite a while now."

"Yes, I could see that by the way Carlota tried to seduce me the minute she caught sight of me, sir." Derek said, chuckling.

"Yeah, me, grandma, and Mom had to pry Carlota off of Derek so that she wouldn't do something nasty to him." Ronnie Anne said, giggling.

"Ah, well," Carlos chuckled "it's the senoritas and their hormones, I guess."

"True, true." Derek confirmed.

"ARRRGGH! Who be this stranger that come upon me ship?" A mysterious, young but slurred voice said.

Everyone turned to see CJ Casagrande in his pirate outfit, pointing his toy sword at Derek.

With his short stature, tiny eyes, and slightly obese body, Derek could immediately tell that CJ had Down Syndrome, which made Derek pity CJ instantly.

"Hey, CJ!" Lori said cheerfully.

CJ took his eyes off Derek to meet Loris eyes, and he smiled, and ran up to her. "LOORRIII!" Lori then picked CJ up and gave him a big hug.

Lori then put CJ down and asked "how's my little pirate doing?"

"Great!" CJ replied. CJ then saw Lincoln next to Ronnie Anne, ran up to him, and gave him a bone-crushing hug.

"Hi, Lincoln!" CJ said after breaking the hug.

"Hi, buddy!" Lincoln replied.

CJs eyes met Dereks again before he looked up and down, and then CJ asked the 2 Loud siblings "who's this?"

"Well, CJ, remember when I called yesterday and I said that I would be bringing another boy besides Lincoln over here? Well, this is that other boy, CJ. This is Derek."

"Der-ek." CJ said while looking back at the other tall, white teenager near him, who looked at him with a smile on his face.

CJ walked over to look up at Derek in the eyes and asked him "do you like pirates?"

Dereks smile faded slightly. To be honest, Derek wasn't the biggest fan of pirates, but he wanted to keep CJ happy, so he replied to the mentally challenged boys question with "Why, yes, CJ, I do like pirates."

"Awesome! Then I like you!" CJ replied, a smile on his face.

Suddenly, a quick flash of light came and went, making Derek blink a few times before finding the source of the light to be a camera, which was currently being by a tall, moderately thin woman with a light red dress. Next to her was a tiny boy, wearing a red jacket and jeans, he also had a haircut that was similar a greasers, which Derek thought was strange, but cute.

"Ah, otra hermosa foto." (Translation: Ah, another beautiful photo) Said the woman after she had her camera down. "Carlos," she started, walking up to the biology professor "who's is this?" She asked, looking at Derek.

"Mi amor, this the boy Lori was talking about on the phone yesterday, this is Derek Gabriel, Lincoln and Loris best friend." Carlos said.

"And 'brother.'" Lincoln added, smiling and patting Dereks back.

"Que?!" The little greaser-boy then sprang into action by running up to Derek and looking up him menacingly. "What you doing with my Lori, vato? I'll tear you apart, Holmes." The little greaser-boy threatened. Derek just thought it was cute, how the little guy was fighting hard for his puppy love.

Carlino!" Carlos' wife scolded before picking the up holding him back. "Lo siento. This little fighters name is Carlino. Oh, and my name is Frida." She looked at CJ "and this little piece of heaven is-"

"CJ, I know ma'am. I've already met CJ, and your daughter Carlota."

"Si, Carlota tried to jump him in the kitchen earlier." Carlos added, chuckling.

"Ah, I see. And what is your name, mijo?" Frida asked Derek.

"Derek, ma'am, Derek Gabriel."

"Ah, well, sorry if I startled you with my camera, Derek, but I just wanted to a get picture of mi preciosa CJ making a new friend."

"It's okay, ma'am, I understand that completely." Derek replied, nodding his head in understanding.

"Okay. Oh, and please, Derek, just call me Frida." Frida said with a smile.

"Si, and you don't have to call me 'sir,' mijo, 'sir' is what my students call me, so just call me Carlos, okay?" Carlos asked Derek.

Derek smiled. "Sure thing, Frida. Sure thing, Carlos."

The couple smiled. Just then, Rosa came into the room. "Ah, Derek," she started " I assume you've met everybody now?"

"Everybody except for one. Frida mi amor, would you mind getting Carlito so that Derek can meet him?" Carlos asked his wife.

Sure, I'll be back everybody." Frida put Catlino down. "Now, you behave for our guest, young man." Frida slightly scolded the 6 year old greaser.

"Si, mama." Carlino replied glumly to his mother.

Once Frida left the room, Carlino motioned for Derek to lean down so that he whisper to him. Derek leaned down, and Carlino whispered to him "Hey, I mean it, don't go stealing my Lori, okay, vato?" Carlino warned Derek.

"Um, okay." Derek replied, confused as to how a 6 year old thought that Lorinwas still single.

Frida then returned. Holding a baby in her arms, and walked over to Derek. "Derek, meet the baby of the family, Carlito." Frida said, the cute baby to Derek, who awwwwd and began to tickle the baby's chin.

Everyone heard a door slam, which meant that Bobby and Hector were back from working at the bodega, and that it was time for dinner.

"Well, now that everyone is here, dinners ready everyone!" Rosa called.

At the giant dinner table, Derek was formally introduced by Bobby to Hector Casagrande, the Casagrande family patriarch. Dinner itself was delicious, and Derek didn't eating Rosas fajitas until,was completely full with a stomach ache, and groaning in pain.

"It's okay, Derk, just do what I told you about earlier." Lincoln suggested, pointing to his belly button.

"Are you sure that'll work?" Derek asked, still holding his stomach.

"Sure, it worked for both me and Ronnie Anne." Lincoln confirmed, with a nod of extra confirmation from Ronnie Anne.

"Wel, alright, if you say so." Derek said, before sticking his figure in his mouth, pulling out, and giving his belly button a wet willy. Then, just like magic, Dereks stomach ache was gone.

"Wow!" Derek cried, amazed that the trick actually worked.

"I know, right?" Ronnie Anne and Libcoln replied simultaneously.

"Well, now that you seem to be on the spot, why don't you tell us a little bit more about yourself?" Maria suggested.

"Sure, Mrs Santiago, I'd be glad to."

And so, as dinner went on, Derek told the Casagrandes everything they needed to know about him, his music taste, movie tastes, his relationship with the Louds (Carlota grinding her teeth as Derek gave a speech about his amazing girlfriend, Luan Loud), how he met the Louds, and he even go a little bit into his personal problems, with everyone offering comfort to Derek about his clinical depression. Derek thanked them, and then changed the subject, asking Frida about how she got into photography, with that, Fridas eyes lit up.

After everyone had finished eating, they were all stil chatting amongst themselves at the dinner table, when Hector spoke up.

"So, Derek, Lori tells me that you're musician, a singer." Hector stated.

"That's correct, Hector. I am a singer, and I can also play guitar." Derek replied.

"Well, while we're on that subject, didn't you promise us a song, mijo?" Rosa asked Derek.

"Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I?" Derek asked rhetorically.

"Well then, come on, Derek, I've been wanting to hear you sing all day." Ronnie Anne said.

"ME TOO!" Carlota shouted, excited to hear her crush sing.

"Alright, well, if you insist then sure. But first, I'll need a guitar." Derek stated.

Hector then pulled a guitar seemingly out his butt and gave it to Derek. "I used to play a little bit as well." Hector explained.

Derek then cleared his throat, tuned the guitar, and then he began to perform a cover of the song Donna, by Richie Valens.

''Oh, Donna Oh, Donna Oh, Donna Oh, Donna''

''I had a girl Donna was her name Since she left me I've never been the same''

''Cause I love my girl Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?''

''Now that you're gone I'm left all alone All by myself To wander and roam''

''Cause I love my girl Donna, where can you be? Where can you be? ''

''Oh, darlin', now that you're gone I don't know what I'll do All the time and all my love For you''

''I had a girl Donna was her name Since she left me I've never been the same''

''Cause I love my girl Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?''

''Oh, Donna Oh, Donna Oh, Donna Oh, Donna''

A round of applause erupted from the Casagrande dinner table, with extra whoops and hollers from Carlota, as Derek finished the song.

"That was awesome, Derek! I can totally see why Lori always tells me that you have an amazing voice." Bobby complimented Derek.

"Yeah, no kidding! That was wicked." Ronnie Anne said, complimenting Derek as well.

"Ah, I remember when that song came out, that Richie Valens was only 17 when he became successful." Hector said, reminiscing. "How old are you, Derek?"

"I'm 16." Derek replied.

"Ah, then you're not that far off. Family, I believe that we have met an extremely special young man today." Hector stated

"Si!" All the rest of the Casagrandes agreed.

Derek smiled, touched by the family's kindness, as Lincoln and Lori put a hand on either of his shoulders.

"Yep, that's our 'brother,'" Lincoln started

"and we wouldn't have him any other way." Lori finished, kissing Derek on the cheek. Bobby wasn't even mad.

THE END