What cuts the deepest
Stan arrived at the hospital mid morning, a few hours after Mabel had been admitted in the early found Mabel asleep in bed while Dipper had crashed in the chair next to the bed, both looking completely exhausted from the night's ordeal. He sat down on the edge of the bed, not taking his eyes off of Mabel.
"G-grunkle Stan?" Mabel yawned as the movements of Stan sitting down woke her up
"Hey pumpkin" He replied, reaching out his hand towards her, Mabel sat up and placed her hand in his, he looked her over, noticing her cheeks were still stained from all of the tears she had cried last night, her voice was hoarse and her eyes looked dull and empty
"Look kid, I really don't know what to say here, this really isn't my strong point and I can't imagine what you're going through" Stan admitted
"You're here, I have Dipper here, that's all I need" Mabel croaked.
Wendy stood in line at the card store, a small pink stuffed teddy bear and a 'Sorry for your loss' card in her hands, she glanced down at them, knowing that it wasn't anything special or that it wouldn't change anything. Moving up to the cash register in a world of her own, she paid for the small gifts whilst not really paying attention to anything that was happening around her. Walking out of the store she spotted Pacifica walking towards her, as she got closer Wendy stopped her
"What do you want this time?" Pacifica sighed, half expecting another assault like the one before
"I'm not going to touch you, I'm too tired. I just thought I'd congratulate you... You've done it. You've ruined Mabel's life."
"What do you mean?"
"She lost her baby. She and Dipper are in hospital right now, so well done you, you've just broke their hearts" Wendy confessed
"Wh-" Pacifica spat out, her eyes wide open in shock and before Wendy could utter another word she had turned around and ran off.
Pacifica skidded to a halt by her bed, panting hard, having pretty much sprinted all the way home.
"GIDEON!" She screamed out
"GIDEON, THE DEAL IS OFF"
"Off? What do you mean off?"
"You promised me that if I helped you to win Mabel, I'd get Dipper... Well guess what? We've lost. They love each other, and it's a deeper and purer love than anything we could ever offer them. We're disgusting, and now... Thanks to us an innocent life has been lost. So I'm done. I love Dipper and I broke his heart and it makes me sick. I NEVER WANTED THIS. I JUST WANTED TO BE HAPPY and now... And now there's nothing."
"YOU WILL NOT BACK OUT OF THIS BLONDIE"
"I'm not going to let you control me or my mind anymore. It's over Gideon, get used to it"
Dipper and Mabel were curled up on Mabel's bed, laying there in silence when there was a knock on Mabel's ward door
"Hello?" Mrs Pines asked, popping her head around the door to see if it was okay to come in.
"Mom?" Mabel asked, surprised to see her here.
"What are you doing here?" Dipper questioned, Stan had explained that their parents were fighting but he didn't give details as to what about.
"Can I come in?"
"Sure" Mabel nodded, her mother came through and sat down in the vacant seat next to the bed
"I'm so so sorry" Mrs Pines began to cry, looking over to her children who were still on the bed
"Mom?"
"Did Stan tell you about me and your father?"
"He told us you had a fight but wouldn't say anymore"
"It's time to learn the truth then."
"Your father and I are seperating. I'm sure you've guessed by now that he wants nothing more to do with both of you due to your... Relationship, I agreed with him at first but I'm your mother and I just want my children to be happy... No matter how that happiness comes about, I'm just so sorry it's taken me this long to understand and remember that. NOw this has happened and it's just... Oh, my poor baby girl I'm so sorry" Mabel climbed carefully over Dipper so she was closer to her mother, reaching out a hand she grabbed one of her mother's
"We forgive you" Mabel whispered, Mrs Pines looked from Mabel to Dipper, he just gave her a small nod before jumping off of the bed
"I need to go and get some air" Dipper announced, running out of the room as quick as he could.
Dipper found a quiet secluded corner, just a few feet away from the main enterance to the ward Mabel was on, making sure that nobody was around he began to punch the solid brick wall, begining to cry as he did so
"IT'S NOT FUCKING FAIR! WHY US? WHY OUR FUCKING BABY!" Dipper cried out with every punch, pulling his bloodied fist away from the wall he turned around and sat down, placing his back to the wall and pulling his knees up to his chest, letting his tears flow freely
"Dipper?" Dipper looked up for the source of his name being called and saw Wendy towering above him
"I- I'm fine" Dipper stuttered immediately
"You're a bad liar dude" Wendy sat down next to him, placing an arm his shoulder.
"It just hurts so damn much" Dipper admitted
"I just don't know what to do about it" He added
"Dude... Man I really wish I knew what to say or do to help but I don't know, I can't imagine what it must be like, but I do know that it's okay to hurt and to want to scream and cry and sometimes you just gotta let it, ya know? Plus I can tell you this much, you and Mabel are amazing, you're gonna get through this, the pain will never leave but you'll learn to cope and you've got each other, and you've got me and Stan and others that love you. You two will get through this" Wendy told him, standing up and offering her hand to help him up to his feet, he grabbed her hand and she pulled him to his feet.
"I'll go and wash my hands quickly and we'll go back in to see Mabel okay?"
"Okay" Wendy agreed, leading Dipper back in to the hospital.
ONE WEEK LATER
Dipper and Mabel were laying in bed, Mabel on her side, Dipper on his back, Mabel's arm draped over his chest, Dipper was staring up at the ceiling, a million and one things running through his mind. He glanced down at Mabel who was snoring gently, her head nestled in the crook of his arm, he fought back tears as he looked down at her, his mind flashing back to all that they had been through the past week. He heard his mother downstairs talking to Stan, too far away to be able to hear exactly what they were saying, figuring it was probably about Mabel and himself.
"She needs to pay" Dipper muttered to himself, Mabel stirred but remaind sleeping.
Dipper carefully got up and moved away from the bed, careful not to wake Mabel, he picked up his old journal, threw his coat on and tucked the battered old book into the inside pocket. Leaving his bedroom for the first time in a week, he knew what he needed to do.
"Mom, Stan I'm going out" Dipper yelled out as he left the Mystery Shack before either one of them could reply to him. He walked deep into the forest into a old clearing he knew well. He pulled the journal out from his pocket and opened it to the page he needed.
"Triangulum, entangulum. Veneforis dominus ventium. Veneforis venetisarium" Dipper chanted, The sky was illuminated with thunder and lightening
"Well well well"
"Bill..." Dipper greeted coldly
"Hello there Dipstick"
"I want to make a deal" Dipper stated
"Oh? What kind of deal?" Bill asked
"I want you to kill Pacifica Northwest" Dipper growled
"Hmm, what's in it for me?" Bill asked
"Mom, Stan, have you seen Dipper anywhere?" Mabel yawned as she entered the living room
"He ran out a little while ago, didn't say where he was going but it looked like he went into the forest" Mrs Pines answered, Mabel's eyes widened in shock.
"I gotta go" She announced, turning around and running out of the door again without allowing her mother or Stan to reply.
Dipper hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take Bill's hand.
"DIPPER! STOP!" Mabel yelled out as she ran into the clearing.
"Mabel, what are you doing?" Dipper asked, turning around to face her, she threw her arms around him and began to cry into his shoulder
"Dipper, please. Whatever you're thinking of doing... Don't do it!"
"But... Pacific... She needs to pay"
"And then what? That'll bring our baby back?" She asked, wiping the tears away
"Well...I..." Dipper stuttered
"No it won't! We lost our baby and we're gonna have to deal with that for the rest of our lives, I know your hurting Dip, I know. You're trying to stay strong for me, I appreciate it but I told you... You can hurt too, you can cry and scream and get mad or upset or whatever... I'm here for you too. I know you want Pacifica to pay for what happened, but hurting her isn't going to bring our baby back. Please Dipper this isn't you..." Mabel pleaded, letting go of him and stepping away.
"Oh come on Pine Tree, Pacifica needs to pay, all you gotta do is shake my hand and I'll put her through all the pain she's put both of you through" Bill offered
"Dipper please don't" Mabel begged. Dipper stood rooted for the spot, looking between Bill who had his hand outstretched and Mabel who had tears falling down her cheeks, silently shaking her head.
"I... I..." Dipper stuttered
"Well... What's your choice Pine Tree"
"I... I choose... Mabel" Dipper cried out, falling to his knees. Mabel rushed over to him and burried her face into his shoulder
"I'm sorry" She sobbed
"You're gonna regret this one day Pine Tree" Bill threatened...