I heard Mabel shifting uncomfortably in the bed across from me. I looked over at her and saw her wiping tears silently streaming down her face. My heart ached as I got up from my bed and shook her awake.
"Mabel? Are you alright?" I asked cautiously. She turned around almost instantly. "D-Dipper?" she choked out. "What's the matter?" I asked her worriedly. She took a deep breath. "Just had a nightmare, that's all. A-and I didn't feel safe sleeping, with the thunderstorm and- you know." I nodded. There was a moment of silence between us twins.
"How about I sleep with you?" I finally asked. Mabel stared at me. "You mean, like, inside the bed?" I nodded. "But it's too tiny." She reasoned. I shrugged. "It's fine by me as long as you're safe and okay."
Mabel's eyes were watery and red. I noticed her pillow was stained with tears. "Say, Mabel, what was your nightmare about?" Her eyes went wide, and tears threatened to spill out of them again. She took a deep breath, and told me quietly, "I dreamt that we were in the woods, you know, the one where you found the Journal. We were... looking for something, I don't remember what. But you and me got seperated. I kept on calling your name over and over again, Dipper, and you never answered. Then on the last time I called out to you, your voice... echoed out. It bounced on the trees. It seemed to come from all directions at once. You said: 'Mabel, you think I want to be with you?! You're annoying. If it hadn't been for you I might have had a chance with Wendy! Your sweaters are all over our room. So are your stupid boy band posters. Your obsession with boys is stupid and dumb. Don't ever talk to me again.' I was crying and said, 'But, Dipper, I-I thought you liked me, I'm your twin sister. You said I was your best friend.' You laughed and said, 'You? My friend? You must be insane if you ever thought I was friends with someone like you. Then, you left me forever. I, I was all alone in life. Dipper, you hurt my feelings. You don't really think about me that way, do you?"
My heart ached again, and I wiped my eyes. I didn't even realize I was crying. I took a deep breath again. "Mabel," I said seriously. "why would you ever think that? Was it because I confessed to Wendy in the bunker? That wasn't your fault. And you're not annoying. Not in a million years would I ever say that to you and calmly walk away. Mabel, you're the best friend I ever had."
She looked shocked. But she quickly smiled. A sweet, warm smile. "Really?" "Really. Now let's get to sleep. Goodnight, Mabel." "Goodnight, Dipper. " Then, before she went to sleep (A/N: no, she didn't go to eternal sleep :p), she whispered one last sentence to me. As I drifted to slumber, her last words of the night hung in the air.
"As long as you're by my side, everything will be alright, Dipper."
