Hello again! Long time no see... Sorry guys, had a bit of a block I suppose along with school being hell atm with exams and such - But it's finally here! I'm feeling a few more chapters maybe? Don't want to drag a story out when it's not necessary. Enjoy!

Going outside to get some fresh air and clear her head had seemed like a good idea at the time, but now Mabel was regretting not curling up in bed and catching up some quality TV time. She'd be lying if she said she didn't enjoy the suns warm rays gliding over her skin as they escaped through the branches of the trees, but it was still hard to ignore the dread that kept building up in her stomach. She kept thinking about how unlike 'dream Wendy' had been compared to her Wendy, so it should be easy to differentiate reality from a nightmare. It had just been so real. Shuddering and pushing the thought out of her mind she soldiered on, eventually getting near the Dusk till Dawn convenience store (where she inevitably shuddered again at the thought of all that Smile Dip – and the old ghosts of course, but they weren't around anymore).

She dragged her feet as she wandered through the town. She noted how empty the streets were for a Friday morning but was glad to have them to herself rather than the usual hustle and bustle of the Gravity Falls residents. Finding herself at the Gravity Falls Mall she let herself browse the windows slowly, taking in the different choices. Then, as if the universe had felt sorry for her, she saw a coffee shop tucked away in the corner and almost sprinted to get a coffee to go. The café smelt similar to the ones back home and she savoured the aroma. Walking out with mocha in hand she decided it was time to head back, and maybe help Stan with the shop, she also wanted to see Soos.

Walking out the mall, arguably now with a skip in her step and a much better mood, she set out on route home. That was until she saw Wendy with all three of her brothers.

"Oh crap," Moaned Mabel, who was 100 per cent not ready to see this girl. She wanted to make a beeline for the road that would take her home but was blocked by basically the entire corduroy family. Still, she counted her lucky stars they had yet to see her. Mabel still wondered what Wendy thought about the goddamn kiss. Yet, as it had been happening recently, her luck seemed to run out and Wendy's beautiful face came into focus. Her stunning eyes locking onto Mabel's and the spark of recognition lighting up her features.

Perhaps this might have been a good chance for Mabel to go up to her and talk things out. Wendy had started to come towards her, an expression of concern etched on her features that could be the result of Mabel ignoring her calls (So far the missed call count had reached twelve). But this was Mabel, and instead after her frozen legs had the ability to move again she set off at a brisk pace in the opposite direction.

"Mabel, wait!" Came the voice from behind her except she'd already started her escape and couldn't very well give up now. The footsteps behind her were getting louder and in Mabel's mind it was a make or break moment. So in true Hollywood fashion she dropped her drink and set of running. "Mabel, please wait!"

No chance, not yet.

She burst into the woods, knowing them like the back of her hand, steering through the trees with the elegance of a bird – that's what she liked to think anyway. She did regret losing her mocha but she'd just have to get Stan to come back and get her one if she promised to run the Shack for a few hours. Weirdly enough she'd done more exercise since she'd come here than she'd probably done her entire life. Reaching a place where she, Grenda and Candy had sometimes come to talk about Sev'ral Timez she lodged herself between two tree trunks, conveniently camouflaged by a wall of bushes. Pressing her body into the confined space she heard Wendy's deep breaths and the thud of her boots.

"Mabel," She panted, leaning against a tree a little bit too close for Mabel's liking "I know you're here somewhere," She sat down, leaning against a stump. "I know you're here somewhere because I can smell your perfume," Mabel mentally smacked herself. All she wanted to do was smell nice, but now her great escape had failed. "Just listen to me. I'm sorry about that night at the warehouse, I knew I should have asked you. I was selfish and didn't even think what you could want. If you're freaked out we can just forget it happened, go back to things being normal, when we were normal," Wendy had started to tear up but Mabel was both upset and angry.

"It's not about the kiss," She shouted, her voice echoing through the trees, breaking mid-sentence. "You left me. Left me in the cold to go after Robbie. I thought the kiss had meant something to you!" She stood up, pushing through her shelter, tears escaping her eyes. "I can't believe you thought I hadn't liked it, or that you'd we'd never be normal again!" She spoke through heavy breaths, hot tears flowing down her face. Pressing her hands to her cheeks she wiped them away roughly, determined not to cry again. She stared at Wendy who resembled a dear caught in headlights, or more like a person caught in Mabel Pines wrath. "I love you, Wendy Corduroy, and it's so hard for me not to shout it the whole of Gravity Falls!" Choked Mabel with fists clenched. "But you'd obviously rather run to the ever so perfect Valentino," She grimaced, the words burning her throat.

"Shut up, Mabel!" Came the unexpected reply from the now standing redhead. Face red and wet, similar to Mabel's own, but still characteristically stunning. "If you think I would ever consider choosing Robbie over you than you're not as smart as I know you are!" Shouted Wendy, who was getting closer with every word. "I only ran after Robbie so he wouldn't go blabbing to all our friends! I'm not ready for that Mabes," Her voice seemed smaller at the admission, but Mabel had to agree that she didn't want anyone knowing her true feelings yet (she also felt her insides warm when she called them 'our' friends). "I've never felt this way about anyone, especially a girl," A smile formed on the older girls lips and her gaze was fixed onto the ground "Kissing you was like nothing I've ever done before, it was like I was alive... I guess," Seeing Wendy embarrassed made Mabel want to envelope her I a bear hug, but finding out that her feelings were mutual had made her weak at the knees.

Wendy moved forward, arms outstretched to wrap Mabel in a hug but she quickly moved away, the memory of the dream forcing it's way to the front of her mind. Wendy pulled her arms back into her chest, as if she was protecting her heart, her face flickered with the hurt of being rejected. "Mabel?" Mabel wanted to take her in her arms and shower her with all the love she had kept hidden but she was scared. Scared that if she did let it all happens it might all be a dream again.

"Wendy I just..." breathed an increasingly frustrated Mabel. "It's not you I prom- I promise,"

"Don't give me that, Mabes, we used to hug all the time, what's different now?" Wendy replied, a hint of indignation lacing her voice. "You liked the kiss, why won't you let me hug you. I can't understand it!" Half sobbed Wendy. Mabel's heart was breaking and she could see their relationship was at a point where it could go two ways. It was now that she remembered something Soos had said to her one day in summer all those years ago.

"Sometimes dude, you gotta go through the bad times to get to the good, like that time I got a beaver out of my room,"

With these wisdom full words in Mabel's brain she took a deep breath, emptied her mind of all except the crying girl in front of her and took a leap. Extending her arms she places them around her loves slender neck, fingers trembling as they interlocked. Pulling Wendy into her she left a space of a few centimetres between their lips "I'm sorry," She uttered, leaning her forehead against the still tearful girl.

"I just want to know what you want," she whimpered, her own arms going around Mabel's waist.

"I want you," She replied adamantly, tightening her grip and appreciating their closeness. "I want you to know how much you mean to me, and how long I've waited to be able to do this," Every doubt that she'd had that this wasn't reality was melting away and she could relax, the quiet of the forest giving them a special and private moment they wouldn't forget. "I've just been... Struggling with a few things,"

"Well I'm here to help you, dummy," Wendy laughed, moving her head and placing it into Mabel's neck. "You help people you love," She whispered, just loud enough so Mabel could hear the words that made her heart swell.

Mabel pulled her head away gently, letting their eyes meet once again "We'll talk about it tomorrow, but now all I want is this," Connecting their lips for the second time, but it felt like they'd known each other forever. This was different from the first time. It was loving, slow and tender. Soft lips against soft lips, aching to stay together, never to be parted. Smiling as she pulled away she kissed Wendy on the cheek, grabbing her arm and beginning to pull her in the direction of the Shack.

"Come on, I could use a hot chocolate and a movie,"

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