Hey guys! so I finished my exams on Friday and I know I said that I'll be uploading right after i'm done with my finals, but I had to take a breather from all the stress and anxiety I had and only got myself to fully focus on the story this last night. So as I've said I would be editing "Some bits" of the story and that "bits" become a whole lot as I came across a major plot hole in the story and had to revise it in order to for the story to make sense, still I know that there will still be flaws in the plot that you may or may not figure out, but I've decided to just ignore those flaws because if i don't I'd end up dropping the story. There's no such thing as a perfect plot and if there is, I just don't acquire that kind of ability as I am quite a novice writer xD.

I'm still working on the chapter 2 but I did some sort of prologue that would somehow explain the situation further.

"Look, I've been thinking about it I won't be gone forever, okay? I'll still visit you at home, and we'll chat online. We'll make it work."

At that time, he made it sound so simple yet she still couldn't shake off the nagging feeling inside her that knew that by being apart from each other something between them would change inevitably.

But somehow they managed to make it work. Other than their daily phone calls and video chat online, occasionally, Mabel would make an effort to send him a letter filled with her much-loved stickers and stamps with a dash of glitter that had always been the cherry on top of all her stationaries and dipper would return the favor with equal amount of affection but with less mess and bedazzlement. Though Mabel didn't mind. It was the message inside that had real value anyway.

During her summer vacation, she journeys back to gravity falls and stays for about a month or so and comes home with her brother to Piedmont, California to celebrate their birthday before he goes back to resume his apprenticeship with their Grunkle Ford. And sometimes, if he had the time, Dipper would visit his family during holidays and leaves just before it ends.

Admittedly, travelling back and forth was profoundly exhausting, not to mention the cost of their travel expenses was quite costly. But to the twins, all of it was worth it.

Though in a way, they knew they wouldn't be able to keep this kind of setting forever. And at some point, their parents decided to put a stop to it momentarily, only allowing her to go from time to time as it was becoming even more dangerous now that she was a pubescent teen, and for her to travel alone without any supervision was quite a risk they weren't really willing to take. They would go, but with both of them constantly working, they couldn't really find the time to accompany her. So as gently as they could, they laid it down on her, discussing the disadvantages of her going back and forth between two distant places, and as much as it breaks their heart to see her smile fade as they spoke, they had to make her think rationally. Mabel nodded in understanding and went upstairs to inform her brother of the bad news. Although her mood lightened up in an instant as a solution came into mind. Days after that, Dipper came knocking at their door.

Yet that was just the first time they've encountered a fault in their seemingly perfect arrangement. The next one had been on Dipper, as he was not able to go back home for Christmas due to his plans of investigating another eerie town outside of Gravity falls with his Grunkle Ford. Mabel let it slide as he promised he'd make it up to her on her upcoming summer vacation.

And so, the "sorry I won't be able to come visit" type of scenario had been followed consecutively. Then little by little, Mabel could sense the gap broadening until she couldn't pull it back close together and they had become too detached that no matter how much she tried she couldn't bring back the type of closeness they once had.

She wanted to try and rekindle their bond, but he'd been away for far too long that she was having a hard time trying to harmonize with his new hobbies or obsessions. She already knows that he's taken a liking to weird stuff and she isn't that much disinterested regarding those things, but she isn't that concerned either and now that he's been studying with their genius of an uncle, he uses words that are sometimes too diverse for her mind to comprehend. Eventually, it was as she feared the outcome would be. They've grown to be too different people that she almost didn't know who he was anymore.

His absence had been a factor that contributed to her change, adding the fact that life had suddenly punched her in the face and made her realize that high school really isn't as it is in the movies. What she had watched were just a bunch of lies adults made up to deceive kids in going to high school.

She'd been bullied for her taste in clothing. Bright colored schemes and a ton of accessories was what she thought made her outright charming. Her optimism was weak against the hurtful comments she'd received and her upbeat personality eventually wore down as it was both physically and mentally torturing to pretend to be happy when in reality you're all torn up inside because the things you thought was true had been a huge lie all along.

But she made it, regardless of the hardship she went through, thankfully she had her one and only true best friend by her side all the time, and finished high school with passing marks. She did it without depending on her brother that made her feel quite proud of herself. She made it on her own, without him.

Still, even if she hadn't spoken to him for so long, she still can't disregard the fact that he is her twin brother and that she misses him so freaking much.

So a few days after her graduation, she packed her bags and left for gravity falls. Even if it would hella awkward when she finally gets there and meets him, she couldn't care less. Because in just a few weeks, she'd be off to college and she might not really be able to see him again. And she was not missing this chance to restore their relationship, even if just a little.

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