User blog:LoudFanWolf/We'll be there for you

We'll be there for you, a story written by LoudFanWolf. '''WARNING: The following story contains discussions about the dark topics of depression and suicide. If you are sensitive to such things, please do not read this story. And before you ask, NO, this story does not revolve around Lincoln being depressed about how his sisters treat him. This isn't any kind of episode-criticizing fanfic either. Anyway, reader discretion is advised.'''

It was an average Friday afternoon at The Loud House, well as average as it could be. After finishing her homework, Luna Loud was ready for another awesome band rehearsal with her amazing girlfriend Sam, her rocking drummer brother Lincoln, and her talented lead vocalist close friend, Derek Gabriel (well, he was a close friend to everybody in the Loud family, and also to Sam, but I digress). Luna walked out of her room, and down the hall to Lincoln's linen closet bedroom, She knocked on his bedroom door before saying "Hey bro, you finished with your homework yet? It's alomost 4:30PM, it's almost time to rock n' roll, buddy!"

"Almost," Lincoln replied back from behind his bedroom door "let me just finish this one math problem, and...." Lincoln then burst out of his bedroom with 1 drum stick twirling in both of his hands "Let's rock and roll!"

"Alright!" Luna exclaimed. "Now all we have to do is wait for Derek and Sam, and my beautiful lady should be arriving any second now..." It was then that there was a knock on the front door downstairs. "Right on cue," Luna said, and as she and Lincoln were walking down the stairs, Luna yelled "it's open, babe, come on in!"

Sam entered, her magenta bass eing carried with the strap on her back. Luna greeted Sam at the bottom of the stairs with a hug, and a kiss to go with it. "I missed you, my Patti." Luna said, referring the nickname she gave Sam.

"George," Sam chuckled, calling Luna by the nickname that she had given her "it's only been an hour and a half, baby."

"I know," Luna replied, " it's just that you don't realize how much I need you." Luna said before giggling, she had referenced a Beatles song written by George Harrison titled I Need You.

"Probably cause you like me too much, and I like you." Sam replied,  before she started giggling along with girlfriend. Sam had also referenced a Beatles that was also written by George Harrison, titled, You Like Me Too Much.

After the two girls finished their giggle fest, they shared another quick hug. Lincoln then said "Ah, love is real, real is love," a reference the song Love written by John Lennon. The two high school sophomore girls turned to the fifth grade boy and grinned at him. "Ha, good one, bro," Luna said. "Yeah, good one, Linc," Sam added.

The three band members then went to the Loud House garage, and set up shop turning on the amps, turning the volume to the right numbers etc. and it only took a few minutes for that to be done. Now, all the three of them had to do was wait for their lead vocalist and friend, Derek Gabriel, to show up.

Luna checked her phone for the time. "4:10 PM. Huh, that's strange. Derk is usually here and helping us finish setting up by then."

"Eh. He's probably just running a bit behind schedule, no biggie, let's just wait a few more minutes, he'll show up." Sam said.

Despite her girlfriends optimism, Luna wasn't really feeling as such. She didn't know why, but it seemed like Derek just wasn't acting like himself lately. Usually whenever he, Sam and Luna ate lunch together, he was usually the one who did all the talking, really happy, energetic, and full of life. But recently, for the past week to be specific, Derek had been unusally quiet, looking down in the dumps, and sighing all the time. Whenever Luna or Sam would ask him if everything was alright, Derek would just say "it's nothing" or "I'm fine" and then go back to eating his lunch. Derek's odd behavior made Luna worry, and she was wondering what was going on with her usually happy friend.

After 30 minutes of wating, Derek still hadn't shown up. Luna began to pace around, and Sam and Lincoln stood in their usual spots, all three of them wondering where Derek could be. Luna was so concentrated on thinking about Derek that she didn't notice the microphone stand, and she bumped into it, making it fall over, which made the microphone give off a screeching sound of feedback, making all three of them plug their ears in annoyance.

The side door to the garage opened, and out walked a very annoyed 4 year old genius, known to her family and friends as Lisa Loud.

"Luna, would you mind keeping the noise level down a little bit this time? I have an experiment that requires little to no interruptions, and that includes your loud, tinnitus inducing music." Lisa said, her voice riddled with annoyance.

"Sorry Lis," Luna apologized "I was just thinking about Derek so much that i didn;t watch where I was going, and I knocked over the mic stand."

"Where is the big guy?" Lincoln asked, rhetorically before sliding off of his drums chair "It isn't like him to just skip out on rehearsal."

"Yeah," Sam added, "come to think of it, Derk has been doing things he usually doesn't do for quite a while now. It's strange."

"Hm, may I ask you to be more specific on how Derek has been acting? Perhaps my scientific mind can help with this situation." Lisa said.

"Well," Luna started "it all started about a week ago. Derek came to class looking really bluesy, which is quite unusual since he's mostly a really happy guy, and he barely paid any attention to the lesson, he just sat there staring off into space and twiddling his thumbs."

"Hm, interesting" Lisa interjected "alright, go on."

"Well," Luna began again "when he sits with me and Sam at lunch, he's usually really happy and pleasant there too, laughing, joking, just being the fun guy that he is. But ever since Monday, he's been really quiet, staring off into space, sighing a lot."

"Yeah," Sam added "and whenever me or Luna ask him if everything is alright, he usually just says 'it's nothing' or 'I'm fine."'

After writng down some notes, Lisa asked "and how was Derek acting today?"

"Mostly the same, except today, and the end of the lunch of the lunch period, he hugged the both of us and said 'Ilove you guys' which isn;t strange, since we all know how much Derek to show how he carwes about the people he loves."

"But the way he said it," Sam added "just din;t sound right. He sounded said when he said it, like it was the last time he was ever going to see us."

"There is also the fact  that he has not come over every day this week like he usually does,"Lisa added. "Siblings, and female siblings siginficant other, I have come up with a solution."

"What is it, Lisa?" Lincoln asked "what's wrong with Derk?"

"it would seem that our dear friend Derek has developed a case of depression."

Sam and Luna gasped while Lincoln just looked confused... "Um, what's depression?" The fifth grader asked, curious about the new thing he just heard about.

"Depression, Male Silbing Unit," Lisa started  is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects one person feels, the way one thinks and how one acts. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyed by that one person. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work, at school, and at home. A few of Depressions symptoms are feeling sad or being in a depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure in the activities that were once enjoyed, and difficulty thinking or concentrating."

"Yep, sounds like Derk." Sam said glumly.

"Fortunately," Lisa continued "depression is also treatable."

"Well, what happens if depression isn't treated right away?" Lincoln asked the 4 year old genius.

"Well, elder brother... it's kind of-"

Lisa was interrupted by Sam and Luna, and Lincolns cell phone notification rings.

Luna picked up her cell phone first. "It's a text from Derk!" she cried.

What does it say?" LIncoln, Sam, and Lisa said simultaneously.

"it says 'Sorry, I'm just not in the mood to rock anymore. I'll see you all on a better day. Goodbye.'" Luna and Sam both began to internally panic, as did Lisa, while Lincoln just stood bewildered.

Lisa gasped and then asked "Okay, Luna, where does Derek live?" Luna gave her Derek's address, which happened to be just down the block, and Lisa then exclaimed "Okay, then no time no lose, let's go!"

All four of them ran of the garage and down the street, all of there minds focused on one thing: Derek Gabriel.

Luna and Sam were scared crapless, they didn't want to their bandmate and close friend to do something so stupid, sad, and tragic. Losing Derek would be like losing a brother, and neither Sam nor Luna wanted that.

Lincoln was still trying to wrap his head around what was going on. So, Derk, the guy who was like a brother to him, has been feeling really down in the dumps, and hasn't been coming over all week because he has depression. And now he's saying "Goodbye." Lincoln knew that when people said goodbye, that usually meant that you would most likely never see them again. "Oh my gosh," Lincoln thought " is Derk gonna....kill himself!? Oh no, Oh No, OH NO, OH NO, OH NO!!!!" Lincoln began to run faster, carrying Lisa in his arms as tears began to form in his eyes. He couldn't lose Derek, no, not somebody who was like a brother to him.

Lisa was worried about Derek as well, although she didn't show it much, she did care about her family, and Derek, the close family friend.

All of them were hoping that they would be able to talk Derek out of doing whatever he was planning to do, losing him, meant losing family.

Derek Gabriel sat in his bedroom on his bed, feeling nothing but pain. He had just sent a text to Luna, Sam, and Lincoln, telling them he wouldn't be at practice because he "wasn't in the mood to rock anymore." Laying beside him on were three things: A picture of him and the band, a picture of him with the Loud family, and a full bottle of pills.

Derek picked up the picture of him in the band and stared at it for a few seconds. "It's okay," the voice inside inside his head said "there are plenty of singers out there, some of them better than you. They'll find another one."

Derek then put that picture down, and picked up the one with him, and the Loud family sitting on the Loud House porch, Derek with arms around both Luna and Lincoln, all 14 of them smiling. "It's okay, they'll find new friends soon, after all, you were just the lead vocalist to Lunas band."

Then, Derek picked up the full bottle of pills and stared at it for what seemed like an eternity before the voice inside his head began yelling at him "THERES NO POINT IN STALLING ANYMORE! JUST DO IT, YOU WORTHLESS PILE OF CRAP!!!"

Derek nodded to himself, and slowly began to unscrew the bottle, when he suddenly heard banging on front door of his house, and then he heard it get broke down. And a familiar voice began to call out to him.

"DERK! BRO, WHERE ARE YOU!?" It was Luna.

Derek then heard footsteps head towards his room, so he quickly unscrewed the pill bottle and was about the throw back a bunch of pills into his mouth, before his bedroom door burst open, revealing Luna, Sam, Lincoln, and Lisa.

"DERK, STOP! WHAT'RE YOU DOING!?" Luna screamed.

"Oh, nothing, Luny, just making you, Sammys, Lincoln logs, and Lisa's life easier."

"Making our lives easier? What're you talking about!?" Sam shouted.

"I'm nothing but a burden to you lot, all I am to you is just a vocalist, and I'm not even that good. Plus, you guys don't really need me. You'll find friends soon."

Derek was about to throw back the pills again when Luna smacked the bottle out of Derek's hand, and screamed "STOP IT! What's really wrong, Derk? You're not telling us everything!"

Derek sighed, before he continued talking "I'm just tired of it all, feeling worthless, exhausted, and sad all the time. Plus, there's this voice inside my head that just won't go away that keeps telling me all these bad things and it won't go away."

Lunand Sam both shed a few tears before running upend hugging Derek. "Don't listen to it, Derk. whatever that voice says, it isn't true." Sam said.

"Yeah, bro," Luna added "you are one of me and my family's best friends, and we would feel totally lost without you in our lives." "And I would too," Sam added.

The hug broke apart a little so that Derek could into both of the girls eyes, "do you really mean that?"

Of course we do!" Both of them said.

Then, a little whimpering voice spoke up.

"Derk."

Derek, Sam, and Luna turned and saw Lincoln with tears flowing out of his eyes, his usually strong willed body suddenly shaking like a scared child.

"Derk, please, please don't leave me, don't leave us. We love you. I love you so much, big brother." Lincoln whimpered

With that, Derek realized the severity of what he could of done, heck, what he was doing right now. A lump got in Derek's throat, and tears rimmed his eyes as he whimpered "Oh, Linky log."

Derek got off the bed and got on his knees and hugged Lincoln close, and cried with him. Derek repeatedly said how sorry he was, and that he would never leave Lincoln because he loved him a lot too. After both of them reached a calm point, Lincoln spoke up.

"Please, never do this again. I love you, big brother."

"Never, never again. I love you too, little brother."

After what seemed like hours, Derek and Lincoln broke their hug. Derek then turned to Sam and Luna, and hugged both of them too, which they warmly accepted, as they were happy to be hugging Derek's warm body, and not his cold one.

"Thanks for knocking some sense into me, I love you both."

"We love you, too, Derk." They both said, and they meant it. They all meant it.

After the feels fest was over, Derek cleaned up his mess. And Luna, Sam, Lincoln, and Lisa decided to hang out with Derek until his Mom came home at 7:30 PM. While they were hanging out, Lisa told Derek about some psychologists she knew that would gladly help Derek out with his situation, and Lincoln told Derek about Clydes therapist, Dr. Lopez, and how she would be able to help him too.

"But don't ever forget Derek; Me, Sam, Linc, Lisa and the rest of the family will always be here for you if you need to talk about something, alright?" Luna said while rubbing Derek's back as a sign of reassurance.

"I know, thanks guys."

"No problem, bro," Luna replied "it's what family does for eachother.

"I know I say this a lot," Derek started "but I love you guys."

We love you, too, Derk." Luna, Sam, Lincoln, and Lisa said simultaneously, before they all joined together in a group hug.

The End

'''(A/N: Whew, that was a lot to write. Now, if anyone out there is reading this, and is having trouble with depression, or is having thoughts of suicide, please message me (I've been in your shoes, a lot, trust me). Or simply dial 1-800-273-8255 for help. Stay safe, guys.

(WORK IN PROGRESS)