Hello people of the world! And before you ask, no I did not die. Silly people...yea I know you probably weren't trying to ask me that. Anyway I'm back home! (For now...) So I guess that's good. My brother won't leave me alone though. I appreciate that he's worried about me, but it's kind of annoying. We were watching Gravity Falls when I told him, and he kind of just said that he would back off a little. Then not even five minutes later I said, "Aww! I love how Dipper protects Mabel!" And he said, "But if I were to save you from a giant robot you'd be like, oh my god! I can solve my own problems! Go away!" And I just laughed because I always tell him that. I do feel kind of bad though because I know he only wants what's best for me. *Sigh* I guess I have to apologize now...
Stan's POV:
I stood in the girl's bathroom watching three of the most important in my life cry their eyes out in the floor. Yeah, I know I don't usually say it, but Mabel's my great niece and I love her, and Wendy and Soos...well, Soos has been with me since he was twelve, and don't ever tell him, but I think of him as a son. And while Wendy slacks off half the time, since the kids have been here, I can't imagine working the shack without her. My family never visits me so just having them makes my life 100x better.
And while Dipper is uptight he's still nice to be around. Of course I'd never tell him that though. And Mabel's really lucky to have someone like that in her life. But she might not have him much longer...
Soos' POV:
We were in the floor crying for at least ten minutes. Mr. Pines dragged me in there to make them stop crying, but I just couldn't take it! They looked so broken clinging to each other on the bathroom floor, crying so hard! I just couldn't do it! I couldn't hold in my tears, at least not seeing them like that!
"Alright, alright get up." I heard Stan say. I heard Wendy slow down her sobs. She shakily stood up and tried wiping away her tears. I also stopped sobbing, and picked up Mabel who was still bawling. "C'mon guys. Dipper wouldn't want to see you guys like this." Stan said. He sounded like he was fighting back tears himself.
"Wendy?" He asked. She just responded with more tears. "Mabel?" He asked hoping she'd stop crying, at least a little. He sighed when she didn't stop to answer. "Soos?" He asked. I looked up. "Can you at least stop?" Tears resurfaced in my eyes as I said, "Why are you trying to stop us? You obviously want to cry too. We have the right to cry. Your great-nephew, her brother, and one of our best friends is sitting there in that hospital bed fighting for his life; and he's only twelve. And you're telling me that you don't want to cry for him?"
Stan looked at me in disbelief. The only noise that could be heard was Mabel and Wendy's cries. I looked down with my eyes closed shut. I thought he was going to fire me for standing up to him. "I'm sorry..." I heard him whisper. I opened my eyes and saw that he had completely broke down. He was crying just how we were just minutes ago. "I'm so, so sorry. I just-I didn't want to believe it...I'm sorry." He mumbled.
Wendy put her hand on his shoulder, and he looked up. It's like they had one of those inside conversations. Wendy's eyes watered again and Stan pulled her into a hug. I was shocked. Stan rarely ever shows any kind of affection, and now he was crying and hugging. Even poor little Mabel had slowed down her crying to see what was happening. I put her down, and she joined the hug with tears in her eyes again. I stood there awkwardly, not knowing if they wanted me to join or not.
They opened up their hug, and welcomed me in with open arms. My eyes filled with tears, and I walked up to them, and wrapped my arms around them.
At this point no one was really crying anymore. I remember seeing a few tears roll down each of our faces sometimes, but that was it. I started to pull away from the hug. Stan and Wendy followed. "We need to come up with a decision." Stan muttered. Wendy sighed, "Please don't include us. We're not part of his family." I agreed with Wendy, "Yeah, I mean this seems like something that his parents need to decide."
We heard Mabel inhale a shaky breath and saw tears resurface in her eyes. "What's wrong little dude?" I asked. "My p-parents are de-dead." She said. Wendy, Stan, and I gasped. "What do you mean they're dead?" Stan asked. "They died before we came here. Me and Dipper went to their funeral, and we were afraid that we would be separated in an orphanage. So we remembered coming here when we were younger for Christmas one time so we decided we'd tell you that our parents sent us here for the summer, and when the time came we'd tell you that they were...dead." She explained.
Wendy shrugged, "Makes sense to me. I'm sorry Mabel." She smiled a little. "Why didn't you tell me earlier kid?!" Stan asked angrily. "What if I was broke?! What if I didn't want two kids running around the Shack all the time?! What if I wasn't able to keep you two?!" Mabel's eyes watered and her lip quivered. "Mr. Pines, calm down. You're going to make her cry." I muttered.
Stan noticed Mabel's watering eyes and took a few deep breaths before bending down and putting his hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry kid. You're more than welcome to stay, but...wow...I just, I wish you would've told me sooner. I'm so sorry." Mabel smiled a little and said, "It's okay Grunkle Stan." He hugged her then stood up and said, "Okay, well since his parents can't decide, we have to find the person closest in relation to him, and have them decide."
We all looked in Mabel's direction. "No, no, no. Please don't make me decide." Mabel begged. "You're gonna have to Hambone." I said sadly. She looked down at the floor, and I saw tears run off her cheek and on to the tile. "Aw, c'mon don't cry..." Wendy said. "How can you tell me not to cry?! You want me to decide whether or not I should let my brother live painfully, or kill him and live my life painfully! I'm only twelve! How am I supposed to know what's best?!" Mabel exclaimed. "I can only imagine how you feel, but he's your twin brother. Whether you know it or not, you know what he needs. You just have to reach deep down into both of your hearts, and, believe it or not, you'll find a solution." Wendy said.
Mabel looked up at Mabel with tear filled eyes. Then she looked down and said, "I know..." Wendy smiled and said, "I know you do. Now come on. Let's go get some food." She looked at me and Stan and asked, "You guys down for food?" We nodded and followed them out of the bathroom. I'm actually surprised no girls came in, and saw us.
Mabel's POV:
I was holding Wendy's hand the entire way to the cafeteria. Right now she's the only motherly figure I have, and honestly I think of her as an older sister. "So what do you want? A burger? Sandwich?" I was about to speak when Soos interrupted me, "I'm going to get a burger dudes. I'll meet you at a table."
"I'm just going to steal- I mean buy a turkey sandwich." Stan said as he walked off. "Ok..." Wendy said trailing off. "Since you're squeezing my hand I'm guessing you don't want me to leave so I'll get whatever you get." Wendy laughed. I blushed. "Oh, sorry." I said as I let go of her hand. "No problem." She said with a smile. "So what do you want?"
I hesitated. "Actually I'm not very hungry." I lied. She saw right through it though. "Mabel." She said with a seriously? face. "You haven't eaten in days. All you've done is drink water. You have to be hungry." I sighed. I was hungry, but I felt like I shouldn't eat. I mean, Dipper can't eat so why should I? She looked at me, begging me to eat. The smells of the cafeteria made it nearly impossible for me to refuse. I finally gave in. "Alright fine. Can we just split a sandwich?" I asked.
"Sure." She said. We walked to the line. "What kind of sandwich do you want?" She asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "What about Grilled Cheese?" She asked. I smiled. "Yeah." I said nodding my head. She grabbed the plate with a grilled cheese sandwich. "Why so smiley all of a sudden?" She asked. "Dipper and I used to eat grilled cheese sandwiches all the time. It's our favorite." Wendy smiled. "Really? It's my favorite too." I smiled back at her.
"Do you want chips or anything?" She asked. "Just orange juice." She grabbed a bag of chip-ackers and a Pitt Cola for herself, and an orange juice for me. "You sure that's all you want?" She asked. I shook my head yes. "Alrighty. Let's go pay then." That's when I realized I didn't have any money. "Oh, let me go get some money from Stan." I said as I started looking for him. Wendy stuck her hand out in front of me. "No, it's cool. I got it." She said. "Wendy you don't have to. I can just get some from Grunkle St-" She cut me off, "It's okay." I sighed in defeat and let her pay.
She put the food on a tray, and we started walking. "Now we have to find Stan and-" Wendy started. "Uh, looks like they're over there..." I said pointing to the corner of the cafeteria where Soos was standing in his chair, waving his arms, trying to get our attention. "Soos! Get down before you fall and break everything!" We heard Stan yell. Just as he said it Soos fell off the chair and into the floor. "Ow!" We heard him yell.
Everyone turned their attention to him with weird looks on their faces. Wendy and I ran to him. "Soos!" We yelled. Wendy set the tray down and helped me stand him back up. "Oh, dude. That hurt." He said. We sighed in relief knowing that he was ok. "Ugh. Headache." He said as he sat down. Wendy sat down beside him, and I sat on the other side of Grunkle Stan. Wendy cut the sandwich in half and gave it to me. "Thanks." I said.
We proceeded to eat our food in silence. We were all lost in our own thoughts. That's when I remembered I had to make a decision. Do I let him live his life in pain, or end it and live mine in pain? I mentally sighed and thought some more. What if he's not even in any pain? What if he can't feel anything? Then I would be ending his life for nothing. But what if he is in a lot of pain? Then he's spending every second of everyday in a living nightmare. I continued to think about the subject. If I keep him alive until next week he can get more blood. But what if it's not enough? And even if he gets the blood he still might not wake up. What if he's in a coma for a year? He'll be living in pain for a year. But what if he miraculously wakes up in three days? Then he can say what's hurting him, and they can help him. What if they can't help him though?
I started to get a headache. I finished my half of the sandwich and drank my orange juice. There were so many what ifs involved in decision making. That's exactly why I never do it. I knew there was no getting out of it though so I thought about it even more. About five minutes later I had come to a solution.
I cleared my throat and they all looked at me. "I've made my decision..." "And? What are we going to do?" Stan asked. I started my sentence, "I think we should..." That's when the doctor came running into the cafeteria yelling for us. We all ran to the doctor and I asked, "What's happening?!"
"I've got bad news!" He said. And you'll never believe what he said next...
Woah! Two cliffhangers?! I bet you're all like "whaaaa-?! How'd she do that?!" Oh, you're not? Okay..
Anyway I always forget to answer your guys' questions that you leave in the the reviews so now that I finally remember I shall answer! I'll start from the earliest ones...
GravityVanel14 said:
YES DO THE PURGE MABEL'S POV! And was that one just a one-shot? Also, great chapter!
Answer: Yes that one was just a one-shot. I'm glad you liked it though! Thanks for the complement too!
GravityFallsMD asked:
Can I post a ff reading of this on YT?
Answer: If you still want to, and if you're still even reading this story, then yes you can. As long as you say that I wrote it!
Ariel asked:
Can he have my number please just say I'm his friend ok ...thanks -Ariel aka TheTomboyFangirl618
Answer: Trust me, if I could give Dipper people's numbers I'd give him mine:D
Eel Nadder asked:
Where is Waddles? Anyway, can imagine what Stan will look like without a description. Ready to kill Gideon, oh wait that includes everyone else!
Answer: I tried putting him in a chapter! I'm not really good at writing Waddles into my depressing stories...
Love Lover asked:
Who's Big Henry?
Answer: Big Henry was a heroic golf ball that gave his life for Mabel in season two episode three The Golf War. He was a true hero...don't ever forget that! R.I.P. Big Henry
SongOfPeace16 asked:
What does "pull his plugs" mean they would do? I know it means kill him, but how?
Answer: Like you said, pulling his plugs will kill him. It kills him because when you pull someone's plugs they're usually using an oxygen mask. Or getting oxygen or blood pumped into them. So when you pull their plugs it stops pumping blood or oxygen into them. For example, Dipper is very weak right now from the lack of blood so he can't breathe on his own. That's why they have to keep him hooked up to all those machines. It's pumping oxygen into his lungs. So if they pull his plugs the machine that puts oxygen in his lungs will stop working, and he will die since he can't breathe on his own. I don't really know how to explain it, but I hope that helped!
Ok I'm pretty sure that's all the questions, but if I missed yours just tell me and I'll be more than happy to answer! I know this has nothing to do with anything, but there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in the U.S. right now so those of you that live in America (like me) please stay safe! You guys probably know why I'm saying this...