User blog:Steven A. Lucas/Steven Lucas in The Loud House: The Waiting Game (FANFIC)

Hello everyone. This is my version of The Waiting Game. In this one, I played a secondary role, and I added some scenes that wasn't in the episode. I've added some of my scenes where I take them to Gus's, another scene where I talked to Lori about covering her shift with Lincoln, and the final scene where I sabotaged Chandler's party at the sewage plant. I know many people are divided by this episode. But, don't worry you'll get to read about Chandler's comeuppance. I do not own the characters, the stories, and the show. It belongs to its rightful owners, the creators, and the crew.

The Waiting Game

Originally Written by Kevin Sullivan

Re-Written by Steven Lucas

[Episode begins at School, where Lincoln and Clyde are excited about Chandler's birthday party.]

Lincoln: "I'm so excited I can't sit still!"

Clyde: "I know! I'm so excited, my palms are sweaty!" [tries to grab his fork but due to his sweaty palm it goes straight up in the air; he then tries to grab his sandwich, which does the same thing, and his milk, which does the same thing as well; many parts of the sandwich land on him, as well as the fork.] "I hope he gets here soon, I'd really like to eat my lunch."

Lincoln: [to the viewers] "Today's the day that our classmate Chandler is handing out invites to his birthday party. It's at the sewage treatment plant where his dad works, and everyone says it's gonna be epic!"

Clyde: "I hear the facilities can process five hundred metric tons of human waste a day!"

Lincoln: "I hear they have a secret room for the mutant animals they find in the sewers!"

Clyde: "I hear, if you take off your mask in there, the stink will burn off your nose hairs!"

Lincoln: "I really hope we get invited!"

[The lights suddenly turn off, and a kid plays music while many kids cheer.]

Clyde: "It's happening!"[He and Lincoln hold hands, then a bunch of sweat from Clyde's hand appears.] "Oh, ha ha, sorry, sweaty palms."

''[The doors open, and Chandler walks in. The students gasp upon his entrance.]''

Chandler: "Put on your galoshes, people..." [busts out galoshes and tosses them in the air.] "...'cuz it's time to party!"

''[One of the students grabs a galosh as the others look on in awe. Chandler holds out a plunger and passes the invites out with it.]''

Chandler: "Darren! Miguel! Mollie! Girl Jordan! Boy Jordan! Kyle! Kat!"

Lincoln & Clyde: [anxious] "Oh, over here! Over here!"

Chandler: "And the last two invites go to..." [plunges them and walks over to Lincoln and Clyde as they eagerly squeal but then walks away from them.] "...Joy and Jen!"

[Lincoln and Clyde are devastated as the birthday boy leaves and the kid playing the music turns it off and the lights come back on.]

Lincoln: [crushed] "We can probably stop holding hands now."

''[At the Loud House, Steven is watching some television. Then, Lincoln and Clyde walked in looking disappointed.]''

Steven: Hey Lincoln, how was school today?

Lincoln: It was fine, until lunch that is.

Steven: What’s wrong, Lincoln. You seem a bit upset about something.

Lincoln: We didn’t get invited to Chandler’s birthday party.

Steven: It’s okay, Lincoln. Lori can drive you to his house and tell him that you are invited.

Lincoln: Yeah. Well, it’s not at his house. It’s at the sewage treatment plant.

Steven: What?! Why would he have a party there? It’s disgusting. You know that there’s medical waste, or even nasty water that come from everybody’s toilets or sinks.

Clyde: But that’s not all. He tells everyone to bring their galoshes.

Lincoln: Yeah, his party’s going to be awesome.

Steven: Relax, maybe we should go Gus’s Games & Grub. Besides, Lori’s working over there.

Lincoln: Okay, I’ll go.

Steven: Alright, that’ll get your mind off from it.

[At Gus's Games & Grub, Lincoln, Steven, and Clyde are playing video games with not being invited still on their minds.]

Lincoln: "I don't get it. How could Chandler not invite us? I loaned him a pencil in math class and held the bathroom door open for him!"

Clyde: "And I made eye contact with him everyday! Like this." [takes off his glasses revealing his astigmatic eyes.] "Who wouldn't want this face at a party?"

Steven: Come on, are you guys still talking about it. I just came here to cheer you guys up.

Lincoln: I know, but I just can’t keep my mind off it.

[Enter Lori wearing an employee outfit.]

Lori: "Hi, Lincoln."

Clyde: "L-L-L-Lori?" [gets a nosebleed and faints]

Lincoln: [downtrodden] "Hey, Lori."

Steven: Hi Lori. Congrats on your new job. No wonder why Lincoln chose this place for you.

Lori: "Thanks for telling me about the job opening here. Guess what? I literally got hired! Now I can buy a new dress for the big dance this Friday! The theme is "Romance Under the Sea", and Bobby and I are the Sea King and Queen. It's gonna be the greatest night ever!"

Steven: That’s cool. I hope you have fun over there.

Lori: Thanks, Steven. That’s very kind of you.

Lori's Boss: [off-screen] "Loud! Back to work! If you got time to lean, you got time to clean!"

Lori: [rushes over] "Coming!" [goes back to Lincoln] "Oh, I almost forgot. Employees get free tokens every shift. You guys can have mine." [gives Lincoln her tokens and leaves as Clyde comes to.]

Lincoln: [more optimistic] "Thanks! Clyde, Steven, check it out! Free tokens from Lori!"

Steven: That’s cool, Lincoln. Isn’t Lori just so cute.

Clyde: "L-L-L-Lori?" [faints again]

Steven: Probably shouldn’t say her name so loud.

Dance Machine: "SWEET MOVE. FIFTY POINTS."

YOU GOT THE GOODS

[Later, Steven is playing an arcade game, Lincoln is playing a shoot 'em up and Clyde is playing Skeeball and sinks a ball in one of the point holes.]

Clyde: "Woo-hoo!"

Lincoln: "Wow! Way to go, Clyde!"

Steven: I can’t believe you won so many tickets, Clyde. What are you going to do with your winnings.

Clyde: "I'm saving my tickets to buy Lori that bobblehead pig." [points to the indicated prize which looks less than appealing while horror sting music plays.]

Steven: [horrified at the prize] Eeesh! I don’t know. Can you imagine how much those prizes are? Some of these prizes may cost more than 500 tickets.

Clyde: "Ooh, I hope she doesn't already have one!"

Lincoln: [concerned] "Are you going to be okay with Lori working here?"

Steven: Yeah. It’s just very unhealthy to see you nosebleed every time you see her.

Clyde: "As long as I don't see her, hear her, or smell her, sure."

Steven: [weirded out] Okay.

Lori: "Here you go. Free pizza and root beers." [serves them] "Just my way of saying thanks for helping me get this job."

''[As she walks off, Lincoln and Steven notices Clyde has a basket on his head, mustard and ketchup bottles against his ears, and breadsticks up his nose and chanting "La-la" to block out her voice. Just then, Chandler walks up to their table.]''

Chandler: "Hey, Larry."

Lincoln: [bitterly] "It's Lincoln. The guy who held the bathroom door for you?"

Steven: Don’t forget that you loaned Lincoln’s pencil in math class.

Chandler: "Hmm...I don't remember that. Hey, did I just see you get free pizza?"

Lincoln: "Yeah, my sister works here."

Steven: Yeah, and she’s just working here just to go to the dance with her date.

Chandler: "Man, that must be nice."

[Just then, Lincoln gets an idea and gives Chandler Clyde's slice of pizza.]

Lincoln: "Here, why don't you take it?"

Chandler: "Really? Thanks." [takes it and walks off.]

Clyde: "Hey! Lori gave me that pizza! I was going to put it in my scrapbook!"

Lincoln: "Clyde, if we give Chandler all our freebies from Lori, he might invite us to his sewage party after all."

Steven: [suspicious] Lincoln, I really hate to break it down for you, but think I don’t trust that kid at all. I believe that he might be up to something that I don’t like. I believe he might be using you to let in his party.

Lincoln: Relax, Steven. It’s just a couple of freebies. Why would he use me to get into his party. It’s just that we only need invitations, and that’s it.

Clyde: "Brilliant! Man with the plan."

Lincoln: "You got that right!" [bites into a breadstick, and then realizes...] "This was up your nose, wasn't it?"

[Clyde unfortunately nods.]

Steven: Okay, that’s gross.

[Chandler is playing Rip Ride and loses.]

ILLEGAL LEFT TURN!

RIP RIDE

リップライド

GAME OVER

Rip Ride Machine: "GAME OVER. INSERT ONE TOKEN TO CONTINUE PLAYING."

[Chandler checks his pockets only to find he has no tokens left.]

Chandler: "Ah, man."

Lincoln: "Hey, Chandler. Need some tokens?" [offers him some]

Chandler: "Sweet. Thanks, Larry." [takes them]

Steven: [to Chandler] His name is Lincoln!

Chandler: Whatever. Anyway, I’m thirsty.

Lincoln: "I'll grab us some free drinks."

Steven: I’ll go with him!

[Lincoln and Steven goes to the counter to get some beverages from Lori.]

Lori: "Here you go. Anything for the brother who helped me get this job."

Steven: Thanks.

[The boys raise a toast with their drinks.]

Lincoln, Clyde, and Chandler: "CHEERS!" [sip]

Chandler: "Hey, you guys are alright. You know, I'm having a birthday party this Friday..."

[Lincoln and Clyde do a spit take.]

Lincoln: [feigning unawareness] "It's your birthday? I had no idea."

Clyde: [feigning as well] "Me neither. I didn't know you were having a party at the sewage treatment plant-" [realizes what he just said] "-I mean, wherever your dad works, I mean-"

Lincoln: [shutting Clyde up] "Uh, Clyde, why don't we let Chandler finish what he was saying?"

Chandler: "Yeah. So, my party. You guys totally have to come. I'll bring invites tomorrow. Meet here after school?"

Lincoln: "Yeah. Cool. Whatev."

[The moment he leaves, the boys squeal and start dancing and singing.]

Lincoln and Clyde: "♫We're goin' to the partay! We're goin' to the partay!♫"

''[However, they notice Chandler's still watching them and go back to laying back. Steven feels a bit worried to both Lincoln and Clyde.]''

''[The next day, the boys are awaiting anxiously for Chandler to show up with their invites. While Steven is just trying to chill with the boys.]''

Steven: Lincoln, is it okay if we should just talk about yesterday.

Lincoln: Sure, what is it?

Steven: Well, the thing is that I know that I might’ve said about that Sandler kid or whatever. I mean, why don’t you just ask him to RSVP the invitation to his birthday party.

Lincoln: I know, but if he refuses, we’ll never get invited.

Steven: Lincoln, it’s not about trying to be cool. I mean, if you give him more freebies from your sister, she’ll never get to go to the dance that she promised.

Lincoln: I know, we all know how important family goes. I know you seem a little upset. I know how you feel.

Steven: Thanks.

Lincoln: "Here he comes. Play it cool."

Clyde: "Cool is my middle name." [grabs a glass of water only for it to slip and splash him due to his sweaty palms.]

Lincoln: "Chandler, buddy! How's it go-"

Chandler: "Hey, dude. You got anymore free tokens?"

Lincoln: [confused] "What?" [coolly] "Oh, yeah. Sure." [gives him some more]

Chandler: "Thanks." [takes the tokens and walks away.]

Clyde: "Where are the invitations?"

Lincoln: "He probably just forgot. He's got a lot on his mind planning that big sewage party and all."

Chandler: "Hey, guys. I almost forgot..." [they smile hopefully for what they think is the moment of truth.] "...to ask for three root beers. Can you get us some from your sister?" [heads off]

Clyde: "What's with this guy?"

Lincoln: "Be patient, Clyde. I'm sure we're gonna get our invitations." [goes up to the counter to ask Lori who is cleaning it.] "Hey, Lori, can you spare some root beers for my friends?"

Lori: "Sorry, Lincoln. I gotta cool it on the free stuff. I don't wanna get in trouble with my boss."

Lincoln: [playing the guilt card] "I get it. I know how your boss is. I remember how tough he was when I talked to him about hiring you."

[He smiles toward her as she frowns at this and he now hands Chandler and his posse the root beers.]

Lincoln: "Sorry it took so long. The soda machine exploded. Heh. Almost looks like a sewer backed up in there."

Chandler: [not caring] "Hm. Yeah. Sad story, Larry." [as they took their root beers and go elsewhere.] "Hey, I almost forgot." [Lincoln smiles hopefully] "We'd love a pizza. Half pepperoni, half meatball. Thanks, dude!"

Lincoln: [exasperated] "Sure, dude. Not a problem."

[Cut to Steven, who’s looking very distraught about him and Chandler.]

Steven: He’s still asking you for freebies.

Lincoln: Come on, we only just wanted to go to his party.

Steven: Lincoln, he’s only using you for everything.

Lincoln: Steven, you’re overreacting.

Steven: No, I am serious! I mean, I really don’t like that kid. Why can’t he know your name?

Lincoln: Relax, it’s just one more freebie, I mean he’s only asking us for pizza. I’m pretty sure it’s not a problem.

[Cut to Lincoln asking Lori the pizza order]

Lori: "Yeah, that's a problem. Root beers are one thing, but a pizza is too much."

Steven: Sorry, I tried to tell him to stop. But his friends just kept asking him for more.

Lincoln: [falsely sympathetic] "I know. I'm sorry. I mean, if anyone knows how hard it is to get you a job, it's me."

Lori: "Are we really doing this?"

Lincoln: [pretending with a cute smile] "Doing what?" [returns to Chandler with the pizza.] "Here's your pizza, guys. Hey, Chandler, may I invite you to have a slice?"

Chandler: "Thanks, dude." [eats pizza]

Lincoln: "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Chandler: "Some pepper flakes would be great."

[Lincoln frowns, sighs, and walks over to Clyde.]

Clyde: "All my clever hints and NOTHING! Maybe we should just ask him for the invitations."

Lincoln: "Clyde, if we're too pushy, he might uninvite us. Let's just keep playing it cool."

Clyde: "You're right, Larry. Ah! Now he's got me doing it."

Steven: [quietly angry] I’m gonna kick that kid’s butt.

Lincoln: What did you say?

Steven: Nothing.

[Chandler and his posse are playing skeeball and Chandler only gets two tickets.]

Chandler: "Two tickets? Oh, man. I really wanted that ukulele, but it costs 500. Guys, gimme yours."

[Chandler's friends reluctantly hand him their tickets; as he counts them, he sees it's not enough for the ukulele.]

Chandler: "That's all you've got?"

[Lincoln looks over to Clyde who's carefully counting his own tickets.]

Clyde: "498...499..."

Lincoln: "Clyde, give Chandler your tickets."

Clyde: "WHAT?! No way! I almost have enough for Lori's bobblehead pig. A courting man must come bearing gifts, Lincoln."

Steven: Come on Lincoln. I’m sorry, but enough is enough. You know how important your friend is and how much he wants that prize. But this has to stop.

Lincoln: Come on. We only needed the invitiations.

Clyde: Yeah, I think I’m on Steven’s side about this.

Lincoln: "Focus on the invitations. We're so close, I can feel it."

Steven: [to the audience] I’m starting to not like this at all.

Clyde: [sighs and reluctantly offers his tickets] "Here, Chandler. You can have my tickets."

Chandler: "Sweet!" [takes the tickets and goes to cash them in and stops.] "Guys, I can't believe I forgot!" [the boys put on their hopeful faces] "I promised to bring home some garlic knots."

[Lincoln sighs and knows what he has to do.]

Steven: Lincoln, I think that’s enough. I think you should not go to that party.

Lincoln: Come on, it’s just my last chance to go.

Steven: There’s still something that I don’t like about that kid.

Lincoln: Ugh! Will you just relax, it’s just one more favor how bad can it be.

Steven: Lincoln… [Lincoln walks to the counter] Ugh!

Lori: [defiantly] "No more, Lincoln. And don't give me that "you got me this job" baloney. It's not gonna work."

Lincoln: [pleadingly] "Lori, please! I promise, this is the last time! Clyde and I really wanna go to this kid's party, and if we don't give him everything he wants, we could lose our invitations, which, technically, we don't even have yet."

Lori: "Lincoln, you're literally babbling."

Lori's Boss: [off-screen] "Loud! Get back to work!"

[Lori looks on scornfully at a desperate teary-eyed Lincoln, groans, and brings up the garlic knots.]

Lori: "Fine. Now leave me alone."

[Lincoln hands Chandler the garlic knots.]

Chandler: "You rock, Loud. Later!" [takes the garlic knots and stops before heading out the door.] "Oh, one more thing."

[Lincoln and Clyde frown, believing he's gonna mean something other than the invitations.]

Lincoln: [unconvinced] "Right. The marinara dipping sauce."

Chandler: "No, these." [tosses them their invitations]

Lincoln & Clyde: [elated] "YES!!!" [grab them]

Chandler: "Remember, it's my birthday, so you should bring presents."

[As soon as he walks off, they squeal and sing and dance again.]

Lincoln & Clyde: "♫We're gonna party with sewage! We're gonna party with sewage!♫"

[They realize Chandler's watching them again and resume their cool poses like before.]

''[Friday night. Lincoln is getting all gussied up for Chandler's party.]''

Lincoln: "Looking good."

[As he heads out wearing his suit and galoshes, he drops by Lori and Leni's room to check on his sister.]

Lincoln: "Hey, ready for your dance?" [notices something] "You're not wearing that, are you?"

''[Lori is actually in her employee uniform and her dance dress is hung up on the door. Steven comes in.]''

Steven: She’s not going thanks to you.

Lincoln: Why would it be me?

Lori: "Haven’t you heard him, I'm not going to the dance. My boss is making me work tonight to pay for all the free stuff I gave you. Instead of Romance Under the Sea, I'm gonna have mozzarella under the fingernails. Thanks a lot, Lincoln." [leaves for her overtime shift]

Steven: Lincoln, I am very ashamed of you. But, you didn’t listen to me about that Sandler kid.

Lincoln: You are right? I should’ve listened to you. But I must set things right for her.

''[Lincoln looks on at her position with concern. Clyde arrives in a hazmat and knocks on the door. The door opens to reveal Lori. When he sees her, he gasps, puts on his helmet, and chants "La-la" again.]''

Clyde: [takes the helmet off] "Phew. That was a close one."

Lincoln: "Clyde? What are you wearing?"

Clyde: "This is the only way my dads would let me visit a place where I might get splashed with raw sewage. Speaking of which, are you ready to make this the greatest night ever?"

Lincoln: [noticing Lori drive off to work.] "Yes...I am."

Steven: How?

Lincoln: I want you to tell Lori, that you and I must cover her shift.

Steven: Really?

Lincoln: Now go!

''[The music begins playing ‘Sway’ by Bic Ringa. Steven nods agreeing to his order, he starts running to Lori as she’s driving.]''

Steven: LORI! LORI! WAIT! STOP! LORI!

[Lori stops Vanzilla and Steven stops to her as she rolls down the window.]

Lori: What is it, Steven? I’m just about to go back to work.

Steven: I just had one favor to ask you.

Lori: What’s that?

Steven: We’ll cover the shift for you. Me and Lincoln.

Lori: Lincoln?

Steven: Yeah, he told me as you are about to drive off. He said that we’ll let you go to dance as we’ll cover your job for the night.

Lori: Really?

Steven: Yes. All that he wants to say is he’s sorry for asking you that all he wanted was to be invited to his friend’s birthday party. He’s used by his manipulation, and he did the same thing to you. If I want a job like yours, I’ll do it part-time.

[Lori comes out of Vanzilla and walks up to Steven and hugs him.]

Lori: Thank you.

''[Lincoln walks up to both Lori and Steven as they continue hugging. He smiles.]''

Lori: I’ll call my boss and tell him that I got someone to cover for me.

Steven: Thanks Lori.

[Steven turns to Lincoln and gives him a thumbs up.]

[Gus's Games & Grub]

Lori's Boss: "Loud, get to work! If you have time to lean, you have time to clean!"

[Instead of Lori, it's Lincoln and Steven working the shift.]

Lincoln: "I'm on it!"

Steven: You got it, sir!

[As they start cleaning the tables, Lori arrives in her sea queen dress, sparkling with radiant beauty.]

Lincoln: [frightened] "GYAH! SEA MONSTER!" [realizes] "I mean, you look great, Lori."

Steven: Wow! You look very beautiful. I’ll have to admit that you and Leni are the most beautiful sisters in the entire planet.

Lori: Aw. Thank you, Steven. That’s so nice of you.

Steven: Anyway, I am so happy for you that you are finally able to go to the dance with Bobby.

Lori: [excited] "I know, right? Hey, little bro, thanks for convincing the manager to let you fill in for me."

Lincoln: "Heh. It's the least I could do. I mean, this dance is why you got this job in the first place."

Lori: "I'm sorry you won't get to go to your friend's party."

Lincoln: "That's okay. He's not really my friend. He was just using me, the way I was using you.

Steven: Yeah, that’s true. And I tried to tell him that.

Lincoln: Yes, and I didn’t even listen to him.

Lori: It’s okay, Lincoln. You and Steven still have each other’s back.

Lincoln: Thanks Lori. Have an awesome time tonight."

[They hug]

Lori: "Thanks, Lincoln."

[A loud crash is heard outside.]

Lincoln and Lori: [at the same time; Lincoln concerned and Lori jubilant.] "Bobby's here."

[Somewhat later, Steven is going out of the place, as he was about to do something.]

Lincoln: Steven, where are you going?

Steven: I just uh… left my nametag at the house.

Lincoln: Don’t take too long.

Steven: Okay, that’s what friends are for.

[Steven exits Gus’s Games and Grub, but he is actually going to the sewage treatment plant, where Chandler’s birthday party takes place.]

Steven: [smiles mischievously] You are going down Sandler.

''[Steven puts on his hazmat suit and galoshes. Inside the treatment, Chandler and the school kids dance around. Techno music plays.]''

Chandler: Where’s those two people I invited they should be here by now.

''[Steven in a hazmat, walks in to the control room. He finds a button that reads “Open Sewage Drainage Gate”. He presses the button and snickers. The red alarm goes off.]''

Chandler: What the heck! Who opened up the gates?

[As he was about to know, some raw sewage fills all the way up to his feet, covering his galoshes.]

Chandler: Uh oh.

[Steven comes out and opens his mask.]

Steven: [to Chandler] Hey! Dip-stik! Have a stinky birthday, Sandler!

[Steven pulls off his suit and shows his rear end to Chandler.]

Chandler: My name is…

''[The sewage floods the whole plant and Steven runs off. The kids are heard screaming.]''

Steven: [talking to himself] Oh Steven. You are sometimes so bad.

[Back inside the treatment plant, Chandler and the birthday kids are swimming around the sewage through the pipes.]

Chandler: [worried] Oh man, my dad’s going to be mad about this.

[Somewhat later, Steven comes back in to continue his shift.]

Lincoln: Hey Steven. Where have you been?

Steven: I just realized that I found my nametag. Anyway, wanna help me with the floors that needs to be cleaned.

Lincoln: Sure, I’ll do it as soon as I’m done cleaning up the tables.

Steven: Okay.

''[Steven continues his workshift. Suddenly, Clyde drops in on Lincoln's shift.]''

Clyde: "Hey, Linc!"

Lincoln: "Clyde? What are you doing here?"

Clyde: "I couldn't go to that party without you, Lincoln. Besides, the hazmat suit was giving me a heat rash."

Lincoln: "I guess we'll never get to experience the wonders of raw sewage."

Clyde: "Or have our nose hairs burned off by the stench.

Lori's Boss: [off-screen] "Hey, Loud! Grab a mop! The toilet in stall three is overflowing. It's a real stinkfest in there."

[The boys have an idea]

Lincoln: "Put on your galoshes, Clyde, 'cuz it's time to party!"

Lincoln and Clyde: "YEAH!!!" [tango into the restroom]

Steven: [to himself] Do you think I should tell him about that I was the one who flooded Chandler’s birthday at the sewage plant. [finalizes] Nah! I’ll just keep it a secret from myself. Let’s go clean up some toilets.

[The shot changes to outside the arcade while the stinkfest can only be described.]

Lincoln: "Whoa! This is better than the sewage treatment plant!"

Clyde: "It's burning my nose hairs!"