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Mabel came running down the stairs, holding Gordy (now wrapped in a blanket), to find Dipper directing Pacifica in how best to restock the shelf.
"Hi Pacifica, meet Warty Gordy!" Mabel said walking up to the pair.
Pacifica turned around to look at her, but before she could say a greeting back she saw the squash in her arms. "What is that?" She said as she pointed to the grinning object of Mabel's affections.
"This is Warty Gordy." Mabel announced, "Warty Gordy, this is Pacifica."
"It looks creepy." Pacifica returned, disgustedly.
Mabel's face looked crestfallen for a moment, but as usual she bounced back and smiled again, "He's not creepy, he has a human face and emotions."
"It's a gourd." Pacifica corrected.
"With feelings." Mabel corrected.
"It's a vegetable."
"It has a face."
"It's ugly and creepy."
"His name is Warty Gordy."
"I don't like it."
"Well, he likes you!" Mabel declared as she shoved the gourd into Pacificas arms.
"Gross!" She hollered as she dropped the face to the floor of the Mystery Shack. The Gourd looked up at her from the ground, now looking incredibly sorrowful.
"Creepy." Pacifica shuddered.
The trio stared at the sad looking face on the floor for a moment, stunned by the rearranged warts on the surface. Until Dipper, finding his voice at last, interjected to avoid anymore tussling, "Mabel, you should take Warty upstairs." He picked up 'Warty' and handed it to Mabel who wrapped it back into the blanket that had fallen off in the struggle.
"He does have feelings." Mabel muttered defiantly as she turned toward the stairs.
Dipper looked at Pacifica who still looked stunned and disgusted.
He was about to continue with his directions and try to get her mind off the squash, but she spoke before he could continue, "What was that thing?" she asked, her eyes stuck on the stairs where Mabel had disappeared.
"It was a squash with a human face and emotions." Dipper answered, but immediately regretted it with the look Pacifica gave him.
"I-I mean it's whatever Mabel wants it to be." He faltered, "That-that is to say that it's just best to play along with her when she gets like this." He breathed a sigh of relief when Pacifica looked away and seemed to agree.
"She is so weird, like, whatever." Pacifica said sounding grossed out.
"Hey!" Dipper hollered in defiance, "That's my sister! Sure, she's weird sometimes, but that's no reason to talk about her like that. Being weird is what makes Mabel… Mabel."
Pacifica mumbled a thoughtful 'whatever' while trying to seem uninterested in the brothers' outburst before adding, "I should probably get home, my parents want me to get a job, but it's not like they want to give me any extra time for it."
Dipper thought for a moment, trying to cool off the steam he worked up and managed to say, "I can give you a ride in the golf cart."
"No that's fine; I'll call my butler, Morton." She answered as she pulled out her phone.
"I'll see you out." He said, trying to be kind.
They said nothing as they sat and waited for the limo, they said nothing when it arrived, and they say nothing as a goodbye as she got in the door opened for her by Morton, though Dipper waved from the porch.
When the limo was out of sight Dipper walked up to the attic to find Mabel telling jokes to Warty Gordy who was now smiling again.
It was amazing how this butternut squash could change its face; I had to agree with Pacifica, it was creepy. I sat on my bed to read as I reflected on my past interactions with Pacifica. First, she was a bully, then eventually became a friend of sorts. Then she went back to her usual bullying self. I needed to be careful, I knew she was trying, however little she was, but old habits die hard.