Mabel smiled as she watched DJ and MJ splashing in the bath, giggling and laughing as they made funny faces and threw water at each other. DJ puffed out his cheeks and crossed his eyes, causing the girls to laugh hysterically. MJ then sucked them in and made her eyes go in crooked angles, getting an equal fit of giggles from the others. Mabel grabbed the soap and poured a small amount into her hands, rubbing them together, her hands becoming a sud-covered mess, then told the mini pines to stand.
She ran her hands over their little nude bodies, from their cute monkey faces to their super sensitive toes. She smiled as she did it, feeling their smooth baby skin, loving the feeling of their heartbeats against her hands. This was motherhood. And she loved every second of it.
In her heart, she could feel it growing, expanding to accommodate these two into the vast circle of people and things she loved. When something leaves, the heart doesn't shrink, it can't. It can only live with the holes left inside it. The more you love, the more holes you could have, till there's no heart left and it all falls apart. But, Mabel was an optimistic, she did not believe that a heart could be destroyed. Simply…lost.
The children sat down again, smiling as the water became bubble from the soap their mother applied to them. DJ thought of Mabel as much a mother as him and MJ thought Dipper a father.
DJ, still a bit rowdy from the splash fight, sucked some water into his mouth and shot a small stream into his sisters face. He giggled as she glared at him, then gave him an evil smiled. Her mouth opened like a nut crackers, squareish, hinged, and bent down till water was flowing in like a river. Soon, half the tub was empty, and she stopped. Her mouth closed, excluding her four front teeth. The formed a sort of hole point directly at DJ, who was regretting his decision immensely. Water squirted out like a hose, forcing the boy against the wall, and up, Up UP, right to the ceiling. Soon, she ran out of water as he splashed into the water. He came up, gasping and crying. Before Mabel could snatch him up and give comfort, MJ grabbed him and began to apologize profusely.
"-soulutley sorry bro," she finished, giving him a squeeze.
"Sokay sis. No hawm done." He smiled at her, and she gave one back. Mabel pressed her hands to her heart as the minis hugged it out.
"I love you both, you know that?" She asked them. They responded by kissing her cheek, both for one. Mabel's heart exploded with love, so she gave each of them a kiss, a big wet one no less. Then, a few knocks on the door. She opens it to find Dipper standing in a robe.
"Hey broseph. What're you up to?" Mabel asked. Dipper, shifting his eyes left and right, whispered, "can you come out here?" She did, coming out to meet her brother in his blue robe that touched the floor. He walked past her, shut the door, and from the other side came, "I'm gonna hang with the kids, see ya Mabes!"
"Yay, daddy!" Came the cries of the little ones as there was a splash. Mabel rolled her eyes at her brother unpredictability for once. She sauntered off to her art room. There where many more painting she had to make.
They say around the table that night, watching TV quietly, small glances passing between all of them.
"So," Mabel started, "how was your twos bath after dad took over." Dipper gave her a surprised look. She said, "dad." Which was a bit weird considering they weren't together, nor where either of them the others child's parent. But, dipper let it pass. He was fine being MJs dad. Dip was happy too be a father of two.
"Daddy swipped and huwt himsewf!" DJ exclaimed. Dipper, as if on cue, rubbed his head as the little two giggled. A loud CRACK however changed that, sending half the group into a screaming panic. DJ leapt into Dippers arms as MJ hopped to Mabel's, both for different reasons.
DJ cling to his dads chest and sobbed into his shirt, while MJ held her mommies head, petting it quietly. Another bolt brought more screams of terror, lessened mind you, but still screams.
"DJs scared of thunder too?"
"Yep. I know Mabel is, she's had it since we were little." Quickly, dipper took his son to his room, while MJ went with Mabel. Together, each slept with the other. The warmth of the other, big and small, helped lull all of them to sleep.
And I'm back! Sorry for the long time no update phase, but I'll get back into of swing of things. Catch ya later.