(Time Skip: 3:04pm)
Mabel's POV:
Well, it's been a wonderful lazy Tuesday. Dipper went to go play laser tag with Soos, Grunkle Stan went 'shopping' and Wendy was downstairs watch the gift shop. I was just brushing my hair when someone burst into my room.
"Hide me, Mabel." Grunkle Stan ran around the room, looking for a place to hide. He finally slid under my bed, just as a policeman walked into my room.
"Where is Stan Pines?" He questions.
I twirled my hair in my fingers nervously. "Ummm..." Suddenly a crash came from downstairs. "What was that?" The policeman ran back downstairs. Eventually, he gave up and left.
"Ok, Grunkle Stan, get out." I said, peeking under my bed.
He came out from under my bed. He was smiling. "Thanks, Mabel. You're a real good kid." He walked a little faster than usual as he left my room. Hmmm...I just shrugged and went back to brushing my hair.
Dipper's POV:
I sat at a table just outside the laser tag room, just picking at a order of nachos. I had snuck out of there without Soos seeing. I wasn't in the mood for laser tag, even though I was the one who asked Soos to come with me.
"You ordered nachos without me?"
I looked up. Soos had just found me. He tried to look happy, but I could see he was worried about something. He just sat down across from me.
"You gonna eat those?" Soos asked, eyeing the nachos. I just pushed them. "Go ahead. It's no use. I'm not hungry."
Soos was surprised. "Dude, you've ditched laser tag and now NACHOS? You've never done either."
"Yeah, I know." I tried to laugh, but I couldn't.
"Dude, what's going on? You know you can tell me anything." Soos said.
"It's just..." I tried to get the words out. "It's just..."
"Just spit it out. C'mon, you can do it." Soos was trying to help.
"Mabel and I had a weird moment this morning, ok?" I covered up my mouth. The words just exploded out. I looked at Soos. He didn't look shocked, just a bit surprised.
"So I guess things are awkward between you and Mabel, huh?" I nodded. After that hug, Mabel kinda avoided me and kinda didn't. I didn't know where I stood with her at the moment.
Soos smiled. "Dude, that just happens. Don't worry about it. This should all blow off by tomorrow. But today..." He lowered his hat a bit. "I need backup. What do you say?" Soos looked at me, hopeful.
I smiled. Soos managed to cheer me up. I grabbed my laser gun and yelled "LET'S GO SHOOT SOME PEOPLE!" We ran back into the room, yelling the entire way.
(Time Skip: 4:41pm)
Mabel's POV:
It's been too much lazy Tuesday, because I had nothing to do. I was lying on the grass, just staring into space, along with Waddles. Well, not really him, he was just rolling in a mud puddle nearby.
"Don't get too dirty, Waddles." I said, trying to be cheerful. It was useless.
My thoughts were shifted to Dipper. I wonder how Dipper's dealing with what happened today. Nah, he went to play laser tag. He's fine. Or is he?
"Watcha thinking about, Mabel." I freaked out a bit. I looked beside me and saw Wendy, lying down right beside me.
"Wendy? When did you get here?" I asked. Why didn't I hear her coming over?
"I've been here for like 10 minutes, trying to look where you're looking, but you're not looking anywhere." Wendy said without moving.
"But aren't you supposed to be running the gift shop?"
She laughed. "Since when do I take orders from Stan?" She did have a point. "So, watcha thinking about?"
I let out a sigh. "I don't know."
Wendy looked confused. "So let me get this straight. You came out to the field to think and you don't know what you're think about? That's kinda weird." Wendy sat up a bit. "C'mon, you can tell me anything. You know I won't tell anyone.
Well, Mabel, might as well get it off your chest."Do you swear not to tell anyone?" She nodded. "Ok, here goes. And please, please, please don't judge me for saying this." This time she hesitated a bit, but still nodded.
"I hugged Dipper this morning. But it wasn't the 'awkward sibling hug'. It was a real hug that seemed to last forever and..." I took a deep breath. "And I liked it."
I looked at Wendy's face for a reaction. For a few seconds, she just sat there, staring at me with her mouth shaped like an "O". Oh no, I've shared too much. I thought. Now she'll look at me like a freak for the rest of my life.
Suddenly, Wendy started laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked.
"That's all? Just a hug from Dipper? I thought you were gonna say you killed someone or something." Wendy stopped laughing. "Mabel, it's fine! It's just a hug. Siblings hug each other all the time, even like that. It's totally normal."
I looked at her. "You sure?"
Wendy smiled. "Yeah. And besides, this will probably blow off by tomorrow. But for now..." Wendy got up and ran for the nearest hill. "Let's do a rolling-down-the-hill race!"
I put on a smile and picked myself (and Waddles) up before running after her.
Stan's POV:
Well, it's been a good day. I watched Mabel and Dipper fail at making my breakfast (except for the Mabel juice), I was able to get out of the supermarket with $150 worth of groceries with the help of Mabel and I managed to swipe Mabel's diary from under the bed while I was at it.
Now I do occasionally take Dipper's journal and Mabel's diary, but I only do it because I want them to be safe, also I get the bonus of reading their secrets. But I had to focus on the task at hand.
I opened it up and flipped through the pages I had already read. Jeez, there was so much girly stuff in there, but Mabel will be Mabel.
I managed to get to the two entries I hadn't read yet. The first one was something about a sleepover she had with Candy and Grenda (I only know their names because they're written in the diary). The other one was this morning. Here's what it said:
Dear Diary,
Today my nosy brother almost got into my scrapbook, but I managed to stop him by tackling him. Amazing how much stronger I am than him. ALPHA TWIN FOREVER!
Anyways, he apologized (like he always does) and we did an awkward sibling hug. But today's was different. It felt warm and cozy. I think maybe, just maybe, something just clicked.
That's all I got to read before I dropped the book. No, this can't be happening. They can't be.I wanted to storm into Mabel's room and demand what was going on. But I couldn't. I couldn't assume anything just yet, and if she ever found out I read her diary, she would never forgive me.
This won't be the end of it, Stan.
