Aftermath

                                    

                                          
The group stayed silent, their attention divided between a fuming Hispanic tomboy and a fearful looking white-haired child, Rusty and Zach looked at the pictures on their phones, wondering how this came up, they haven't been around Lincoln too often lately, but they know they haven't seen him with Cristina ever since she changed classes, in fact, they hardly saw the redhead at all, even well into Lincoln's newfound popularity, Liam and Clyde glanced at each other, unsure of what to do, Lucy was at a loss for words, she didn't believe that Lincoln would be one of those mortals who played with the hearts of others, as he didn't seem to have the capacity to do something so deceitful, sure, Lincoln had lied quite a few times to get something he wanted, or to get out of doing something as the past month had showed, but going as far to cheating on someone, that was a line she doubted Lincoln would ever cross, not only that, his attraction towards Cristina had died out some time ago, given that he was infatuated with two different girls before Ronnie Anne came into the picture, Lincoln released Lynn as he stared at the pictures on his phone, wondering who made them and where they were taken at 
Ronnie Anne angerly: Well 
Ronalda spoke in a low voice as she stomped over to him, she scrolled around the page, giving every photo a cold glare 
Lincoln: R-Ronnie Anne, I don't know how this happened, b-but it's not what you think 
Lincoln stuttered out as he turned to her 
Ronnie Anne angerly: Really, because unless you give me a reason to not floor you right now, the only thing these 
She shoved her phone in Lincoln's face, making him drop his 
Ronnie Anne angerly: Are telling me is that you lied to me 
Lincoln gently pushed her phone back so he could get a better look, the picture currently on the screen was that of 'Lincoln' and Cristina eating ice cream in front of what he assumed was the place they bought it from, squinting his eyes a little, Lincoln almost immediately recognized the place, his family went there whenever they felt the need to celebrate something 
Lincoln: I know that place, but I've never been there with Cristina, I haven't even spoken to her ever since she switched classes 
Lincoln got to his feet 
Lincoln in pleading tone: I think the only time she was even near me was the day you asked me on a date, plus, I told you that same day that I would turn her down if she asked me, do you really think I'd lie to you about that 
Rusty frowned in annoyance before digging into his pocket, taking out a ten dollar bill, Zach looked smugly at him as he accepted it, Ronnie Anne held her glare, studying Lincoln's face for any sign of betrayal, if she found even the slightest indication, she swore she was gonna kick him where the sun didn't shine, the silence was thick among them, even as the sound of children playing radiated in the background, meanwhile, Lynn stopped crying upon seeing the two kids fuss, raising an eyebrow, she wiped her eyes before picking up Lincoln's phone, the jock scrolled through the pictures, taking in as much detail as possible, a feeling of unrest stirred within the Loud, finding something quite off about these photos, much like her brother already said, Lincoln stopped speaking about Cristina ever since he claimed she viewed him as a creep, taking a quick look at Lincoln, she noticed the boy's hair in the pictures didn't quite match Lincoln's, her brother's hair had defined lines in it, while this guy's appeared smoothed down, not only that, but when did Lincoln wear orange t-shirts, and rolled up his pants legs, thinking back to when she temporarily bunked with him, all Lincoln had was orange polo shirts, it was like he hardly wore anything else, then again, Lynn couldn't complain since she wore the same jersey and shorts almost every day, Lynn squinted her eyes as she held the phone closer to them, the boy's infamous teeth looked somewhat misshapen; the chip in 'Lincoln's' tooth was smaller than it actually was, then, there was the setting for the pictures, aside from the ice cream parlor, most (if not all) of the pictures were taken at school, Ronnie Anne softened her glare, taking a deep breath through her nose