Season 1 Along with Josh, Lori was against having Kyle move in. She was even more against in when she was put on babysitter duty. She ignored Kyle and spoke on the phone with Hillary. She said Declan was probably with Jessica and that she felt weird when Mike Suby put his hands down her pants. Kyle snuck out and was reprimanded by her parents. She tried to defend herself by saying at least she didn't leave him with Michael Jackson, but was forbidden from going to Declan's party. Lori snuck out to Declan's party, but fell unconscious from a combination of over drinking and the police crashing the party. Kyle carried her home after saving her from being arrested, improving Lori's opinion of him somewhat. Lori and the rest of the family came downstairs in the middle of the night to see Kyle watching a kung fu movie and repeated everything he saw and heard. Lori later went with Hillary take with Declan, but it didn't go as smoothly as Lori had hoped. Lori later shoved Kyle out of her room as she spoke with Declan on the phone. Lori later tried to sneak out, but Kyle accidentally woke up Nicole and Stephen. Lori met up with Declan at work and told him what happened and made another date with him, which is ruined because her parents were guarding Josh's room. Later, Lori was charged with taking Kyle to work, but didn't as she had gotten fired. Upon returning home, Lori asked Kyle to lie and say he went with her, but Kyle couldn't take the pressure and told the truth. Lori was upset at first, but later apologized to Kyle. Season 2 Lori and Declan broke up. Lori practiced playing the guitar to get over Declan and even wrote a song. One night, while Lori took out trash from a dance party, someone knocked her unconscious and took the necklace that Declan had given her. From this incident Lori sustained bruises to her face and scratches to her shoulder. Lori planned a camping trip where a hunter had been killed to prove she wasn't afraid and discovered the ruins of Zzyzx. She spoke with Amanda about her relationship with Kyle before escaping due to the release of methane gas. Lori later became suspicious of her father and Emily Hollander after receiving a call from the hotel that mentioned that contact lenses were found in Stephen's room that coincided with Emily losing her contact lenses. Lori spoke with her father who assured her that nothing was going on. Lori was still cautious with her dad and she got even more suspicious when he had to leave the Cancer Charity event to go to test the CIR on Tom Foss. Lori later discovered from Hillary that it was Jessi who attacked her at the dance. Lori teamed-up with Hillary to get revenge on Jessi, but Declan managed to calm her down. Still, Lori remained distrustful of Jessi and became angry upon hearing that Kyle and left to find her. She and her family worked on discovering Kyle's confusing past until Declan and Tom Foss came in and told them. Kyle answered the rest of the family's questions upon returning and made a plan with the Trager adults to create an energy surge to destroy Madacorp's server. The kids would stay downstairs during the Madacorp open house. Declan arrived and Lori convinced him that he needed to let go and said that this day was better that the entire year becuase she finally was comfortable with Declan as a friend. Lori was angered with Jessi return to school and even more angered with her sudden popularity coming from her two video clips showing her showing off her abilities. She cooperated with Kyle in an attempt to disprove her abilities. She was later seen with a self-descriptive assignment given to her by the school guidance counselor. She left it aside to help Kyle contact Amanda, who was put in lockdown by her mother Carol Bloom, even setting up The Rack for a romantic date even though she feared Amanda was just puppy love.

Lori and Declan broke up. Lori practiced playing the guitar to get over Declan and even wrote a song. One night, while Lori took out trash from a dance party, someone knocked her unconscious and took the necklace that Declan had given her. From this incident Lori sustained bruises to her face and scratches to her shoulder. Lori planned a camping trip where a hunter had been killed to prove she wasn't afraid and discovered the ruins of Zzyzx. She spoke with Amanda about her relationship with Kyle before escaping due to the release of methane gas. Lori later became suspicious of her father and Emily Hollander after receiving a call from the hotel that mentioned that contact lenses were found in Stephen's room that coincided with Emily losing her contact lenses. Lori spoke with her father who assured her that nothing was going on. Lori was still cautious with her dad and she got even more suspicious when he had to leave the Cancer Charity event to go to test the CIR on Tom Foss. Lori later discovered from Hillary that it was Jessi who attacked her at the dance. Lori teamed-up with Hillary to get revenge on Jessi, but Declan managed to calm her down. Still, Lori remained distrustful of Jessi and became angry upon hearing that Kyle and left to find her. She and her family worked on discovering Kyle's confusing past until Declan and Tom Foss came in and told them. Kyle answered the rest of the family's questions upon returning and made a plan with the Trager adults to create an energy surge to destroy Madacorp's server. The kids would stay downstairs during the Madacorp open house. Declan arrived and Lori convinced him that he needed to let go and said that this day was better that the entire year becuase she finally was comfortable with Declan as a friend. Lori was angered with Jessi return to school and even more angered with her sudden popularity coming from her two video clips showing her showing off her abilities. She cooperated with Kyle in an attempt to disprove her abilities. She was later seen with a self-descriptive assignment given to her by the school guidance counselor. She left it aside to help Kyle contact Amanda, who was put in lockdown by her mother Carol Bloom, even setting up The Rack for a romantic date even though she feared Amanda was just puppy love.