One blow that was all it took. One blow to knock her unconscious and one blow to put her in a coma. Maybel pines was knocked unconscious by a blow to the head from a falling piece of rock and guess who was blaming himself?. Dipper, her twin brother. Gunkle stan had tried to convince him that Maybel would've thrown herself in front of that rock to save anyone and just because it was Dipper it didn't mean he was any different.
In the months that had passed Dipper had become more . Maybel hadn't awoken and although he was happy his parents had finally gone back to California he missed them. Stan had seemed more down and Soos had tried to be optimistic but failed miserably. Most people had tried to stop cheering up Maybel's brother since he never responded. They just threw him in Maybel's hospital room.
It was one specific day that Maybel woke up and Dipper would never ever forget it. He was sat in the hospital waiting room as the hospital had woken up due to Maybel giving them quite a scare. Her heart rate had sky rocketed and she had started making incoherent had forgotten to tell grunkle Stan and had rushed to the hospital. He was fourteen and a half after all he was good at taking care of himself.
The stranger had asked him what he was doing here and when dipper explained the man said the key to beauty is true love. Dipper thought that was the corniest line ever. What did beauty and love have to do with him. His sister was dying. He didn't care for love and such trivial things.
When he was allowed he said thank you to the man and walked into his sisters room. He wanted to break down and cry when the nurse told him the likelihood of her living was zero to one. So far they predicted that she wouldn't make it through the night. Dipper kneeled down next to her and attempted to say goodbye. He couldn't. He instead told her how much she meant to him.
"Maybel... i'm sorry. I love you, if you come back to me i'll finally admit your older. I need you Maybel our last birthday was terrible cuz you weren't there. " He kissed her forehead.
"I know i say your childlessness is annoying but it's what makes you happy if you wake up i'll never throw that in your face." Falling down to the ground, tears streamed down his face. He murmered "please don't die" over and over again. It was no use her line went dead.
Feeling grunkle stans presence he let stan's hand guide him home. That night he didn't talk to anybody he just went to bed hoping it was all a dream. Little did he know that for the first time in a year and a half Maybel Pines had opened her eyes.