Lilo hopped up and down on her bed, sticking glow in the dark stars on the ceiling when there was a knock on the door. Stitch grabbed the door while she finished with the stars. She glanced over at the door and saw Wendy, looking a little flustered.

"Hey! What's up?"

"There's a... Spaceship, waiting for you, outside."

"Oh! Great! The lexicons are here."

"The what?"

"Alien language lexicons that will help me translate something Marc and I saw on the walls of a spaceship under the town."

"There's a spaceship under the town?"

"That's almost word for word what your brother said. Yes, it's been there, probably for centuries."

"So you and Marcus went to an underground spaceship together?"

"Yeah."

"Is something going on between you two?"

"No, why?" Lilo liked Marcus, he was really nice and creative. But all she'd done was wear his jacket... Okay, she was starting to get why Wendy might think that.

"Never mind, you should probably get those lexicons. And I'd be happy to help you translate."

"I'd love that, thank you!"

"And then we could talk about stuff," Wendy said, flopping down on the bed and looking up at the glowing stars as Lilo went to go collect the lexicons.

She got jumped by Pleakley.

"Lilo! I've missed you so much! Kauai is so boring without you!"

"Kauai is boring? With all the aliens and stuff?"

"Boring!"

"And Lokelani and Kekoa?" Lilo crossed her arms, daring him to trash talk her niece and nephew.

"Okay they're not boring they're really great I just missed you and I was being dramatic."

"I know Pleakley, I missed you too." She hugged back.

"So you have the lexicons?"

"Yep! And, I have presents for you!" There was a picture tucked into one of the lexicons, and a stuffed animal on top. It was little and homemade, a little felt mouse that Kekoa had made a year ago. Tears sprung to her eyes.

"This is so nice... Tell them thank you and give them real big hugs." She smiled and hugged Pleakley tight before taking the lexicons and the memories and going back into the shack. She stuck the gifts in her suitcase for safe keeping and then spread the lexicons out on a desk that was actually two boards nailed to two stumps. It was a pretty good desk, all things together, the only thing was that there were no chairs in this room, so you had to pull the bed up to the desk or the desk up to the bed. And it was easier to move the bed. So Wendy helped Lilo shove the bed over to the desk and they began.

"There isn't much here, we didn't find a lot, but there should be something useful... You translate what's there into the other language, and then I'll translate what you do into English. I don't know if I'll understand it right away, but I think it will be a good start. Thanks for helping, Wendy."

"Sure, sure, it beats actually learning Spanish for school."

"You should probably also do that. School is important."

"Ugh, you sound just like my brother. Neither of you is going to college, I don't really want to hear school is important from you two."

"Hey, it's because your brother didn't go to college that he values education so much. He wants you and your little brothers to have the best opportunities out there."

"Oh, wow, you really like him..."

"What?"

"You don't have to deny it, I don't really care. If it makes you both happy, whatever."

"Listen, nothing has happened between me and Marc."

"Except that he gave you his jacket and asked you to call him Marc, and gave up wood hauling to go adventuring with you. Maybe the signs aren't completely what you're used to, but I know Marcus, and I think that he's smitten with you." Lilo blushed behind her hair and watched Wendy translate.

"I'm going to have to hear that from him..."

"I get that too. My dad's not going to like Marc liking you, but I don't care. I shouldn't have told him, I'm sorry. But everything is up to you. Just, that's my brother, and if you hurt him, we can't be friends anymore."

"You're not going to hurt me if I hurt your brother?" Lilo asked, shocked.

"If your hurt Marcus, all of Gravity Falls will hurt you, not just me."

"So the town really cares about you guys, huh?"

"Not us, Lilo, him. He doesn't party or go out and do fun stuff, he's just there and he's nice and he talks to people just long enough to see how their day is going and everyone likes him, and I've always hated him for that, because I care too much what people think about me to do that," Wendy confessed.

"You don't have to be Marcus, though. You're awesome in your own way." Lilo had gotten pretty good at motivational speeches since she'd been living with the Corduroys.

"Thanks, Lilo. Anyway, I'm done translating Alien, so I really should go translate some Spanish. For my future."

"You can talk to me any time, Wendy, I'd be happy to help with homework too."

"I'll remember that." Lilo got down to business as soon as Wendy left, going back and forth in the lexicons.

Soon she discovered that the little bit of alien writing they had found was a guide to the different levels in the spaceship. Level one, probability drive engine. Level two, probeatorium. Well, that was not safe for work. Level three, Blerg Bloth and Beyond, Used Thatens half price. Was that supposed to be Thetans? Because Thatens or Thetans were two very different things.

"That's enough alien for today. I need a break." She scootched the bed back to the wall and then walked out the door, bumping into Marcus.

"Hey! I was just about to see if you wanted to do something for dinner?" His face was as red as hers, okay, maybe a little more, and he looked a little more spiffed up than usual. Lilo thought about what Wendy had said and she smiled.

"Yeah, that sounds fun, let's go." She grabbed his jacket and slipped it on, and they walked across the lawn, side by side.

I found this tumblr blog called whyyouackinsocraycraygf that had the actual translation of the alien language, so I used that. It was very helpful!