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Mabel was having trouble falling asleep, being thirteen wasn’t as fun as she thought it would be, she’s going through weird stuff, weirder than whatever Dipper is going through. Mabel tossed and turned, but ends up kicking her blanket off. Mabel Pines: “ *groans*” Mabel had her hands on her face, and she rolls on her side. “ Ugh. Stupid period.” Mabel got her period in early spring, and she hates every minute of it. It’s keeping her awake. Mabel couldn’t sleep so she got out of bed, and left the attic without waking her brother. Mabel, wearing an owl nightgown, quietly tip toed down the stairs and snuck into the kitchen for something to make her growing pains stop. Mabel dug through the fridge and found leftover brownies she had made two days ago, and takes them out.
Just then, as Mabel sat down at the table to eat, Stan entered the kitchen, dressed in dollar sign pajamas. Stan Pines: “ Mabel?”
Mabel was caught by surprise. Mabel Pines: “ Grunkle Stan!”
Stan Pines: “ What are you doing out of bed?”
Mabel Pines: “ Uh… sleep walking? Also… I’m sleep eating.” Mabel smiled awkwardly, hoping that Stan buys that fib.
Stan raised an eyebrow, no one can fool a professional liar like him. Stan Pines: “ You can do better than that.”
Mabel Pines: “ *sigh* Nuts.”
Stan Pines: “ Period cramps?”
Mabel blushed. Mabel Pines: “ Yes.”
Stan Pines: “ I see. There’s no need to be ashamed about that.”
Mabel Pines: “ I’m not ashamed. I’m still just weirded out about sharing this with you, Dipper, and Grunkle Ford. I mean, none of you have any idea what I’m going through.”
Stan sat down in the chair across from Mabel. Stan Pines: “ You’re right, I don’t. Men don’t get periods. I don’t know the feeling you’re going through.”
Mabel Pines: “ And men think women have it easy? What a bunch of punks.”
Stan Pines: “ *chuckles* Oh, yeah. We gents have no respect for the opposite gender.”
Mabel Pines: “ Is that why men have the tendency to do the thing with women and force them to make babies?”
Stan Pines: “ Mabel Pines, you watch that sass!” Stan gave Mabel a gentle push on her shoulder.
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*” Stan smiled, and he snaked a brownie from the container, Mabel held the container back from him. “ Hey!”
Stan Pines: “ What? I’m not allowed a brownie?”
Mabel Pines: “ Eh, okay. You’re allowed.”
Stan Pines: “ Thanks, kiddo.” Stan eats up the brownie. “ You feel like sleeping anytime soon?”
Mabel Pines: “ I don’t know. I want to, but I just don’t feel tired right now.” Mabel takes the container of brownies and puts it back in the fridge.
Stan Pines: “ Well, since we’re both up, you wanna watch a movie with me?”
Mabel Pines: “ Sure.” Mabel and Stan leave the kitchen and enter the living room, Stan sat down on the floor in front of his chair, Mabel joined him by sitting in front of him, then Stan takes the remote to turn on the tv, he lowers the volume as not to disturb Ford and Dipper. They began to watch ‘Ghost Turtle’, as they wiggled their bare feet together. Stan brushed his fingers in Mabel’s hair, then he parts it two ways, leaves one side in front of Mabel’s shoulder, and starts braiding the other. “ What are you doing?”
Stan Pines: “ Don’t you know? I’m braiding your hair.”
Mabel looked up to Stan and smiled. Mabel Pines: “ Thanks, Grunkle Stan.”
Stan smiled. Stan Pines: “ Anything for you, pumpkin.” Mabel hands a hair tie to Stan for her braid. “ Oh, thanks.” Stan takes the hair tie from Mabel. “ Wait, did you know I was going to braid your hair?”
Mabel Pines: “ Nah, I keep hair ties on my wrists at all times, in case I get caught in a braid train, or I want to style someone’s hair.”
Stan Pines: “ Huh, I’m impressed.” Stan is used to Mabel’s weird behavior by now, it’s what he loves about her.
Stan finished braiding the first half of Mabel’s hair, and he showed it in front of her shoulder, then he grabs the rest of her hair and braids that, too. Mabel hands Stan another hair tie, he takes it, then she looks up to him and smiles, Stan returns a smile. Stan finishes braiding Mabel’s hair, and shoves it to the front of Mabel’s shoulder, now she had cute pigtail braids. Mabel stands up to check herself in the mirror by the door, and she loved her new look. Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* I look amazing!” Mabel returns to the living room and hugs Stan by the shoulders. “ Thank you, Grunkle Stan.”
Stan hugs Mabel tight. Stan Pines: “ You’re welcome, pumpkin.” Mabel sits back down in front of Stan again as they enjoy the rest of the movie. Stan wraps his arms around Mabel, and Mabel places her hands on his arms. Stan and Mabel wiggle their toes together. “ You feel tired yet?”
Mabel Pines: “ Strangely, no. I still don’t.”
Stan Pines: “ Well, anything else you like to do?”
Mabel had to think for a moment, as she looked at Stan and her own toes as they wiggled them, she had an idea in mind. Mabel Pines: “ I do. I’m gonna need to head upstairs.” Stan understood and he released his arms from Mabel, as she sprinted to the stairs and heads for the attic. Mabel opens the door and tip toed inside to not disturb Dipper. Mabel digs in her make up bag and takes out the make up brushes, eye shadow, blush, lipstick, lip gloss, and blush, only to leave all the nail polish she brought.
As Mabel tip toed out of the room, Dipper stirred himself awake, and noticed his sister leaving downstairs. Dipper Pines: “ *moans* Mabel?” Dipper crawled out of bed, wearing space pajamas, and followed Mabel downstairs.
As Dipper tip toed down the stairs, he stops before he can be seen visibly from the living room, he only took a little peak to see Mabel and Stan were wide awake. Mabel set down her make up bag. Mabel Pines: “ What say we paint each other’s nails?”
Stan Pines: “ Oh, boy. Whatever you say.”
Dipper snuck off the stairs and tip toed toward the hallway, and he approached Stan and Ford’s room, where he opened the door a crack, hearing the snoring of Grunkle Ford. Ford Pines: “ *snores*”
Dipper quietly approached Ford, and he gave a gentle tap on his shoulder. Dipper Pines: “ Psst. Grunkle Ford?”
It woke Ford up. Ford Pines: “ *moans* Wha…? Dipper?” Ford sat up and grabbed his glasses and put them on his face. “ Dipper? What are you doing up so late?”
Dipper Pines: “ I just saw Mabel and Grunkle Stan in the living room.”
Ford Pines: “ Oh, I see. Think we should join them?”
Dipper Pines: “ Can we?”
Ford Pines: “ Only if they want us to.” Ford, dressed in red plaid pajamas, stood up and he followed Dipper out of his room.
Mabel has Stan hold his left hand still as she starts painting his nails the color red. That’s when Dipper and Ford arrived. Mabel Pines: “ Oh, hi guys. What are you doing up?”
Ford Pines: “ Could ask you the same thing. Stan, why are you both wide awake?”
Stan Pines: “ Okay, I was going to grab a glass of water, but then I found Mabel in the kitchen.”
Dipper Pines: “ Couldn’t sleep again?”
Mabel Pines: “ No.”
Dipper Pines: “ Period?”
Mabel Pines: “ Yes.” Mabel blushed.
Ford Pines: “ Is there room for two more?” Ford offered himself and Dipper to join.
Mabel smiled. Mabel Pines: “ Sure. Come on in.”
Ford and Dipper enter the living room and sit next to Stan. Mabel finishes with Stan’s left hand and moved on to his right hand, painting his nails the color orange. Then Mabel finishes and moves on to Stan’s toenails. Mabel had him wear toe separators to make it easy to paint his toes the color gold. Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Looking pretty, Stanley.”
Stan shot an annoyed look at his brother. Stan Pines: “ Shut up. You’re getting this kind of treatment, too.”
Ford Pines: “ I know Mabel will make me look better than you.” Ford stuck his tongue at Stan, and Stan returned a tongue back at him.
Mabel finishes with Stan’s toes, and moves on to Dipper. Mabel starts with Dipper’s left hand, with the color blue. Dipper Pines: “ This stuff better come off.”
Mabel Pines: “ That’s what nail polish remover is for. But try to enjoy it.”
Dipper Pines: “ Eh, not for me.”
Ford Pines: “ Come on, Dipper. Enjoy the moment.”
Dipper rolled his eyes and let his sister mess with his nails. Mabel finished Dipper’s left hand and moves onto his right hand to paint his nails the color green. Once she finished both of Dipper’s hands, she makes him wear toe separators and paints his toes the color yellow. Mabel finishes with Dipper’s toes, and moves on to Ford. Mabel takes out the colors of the rainbow and paints Ford’s left hand. Mabel Pines: “ Best part about your hands is I can fit the full rainbow on your hand.”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Glad I could help.” As Mabel finishes Ford’s left hand, she moves onto to his right hand, painting the rainbow on his nails. Mabel makes Ford wear toe separators, and switches back to just one color, the color gold. “ Too bad I don’t have enough toes for a rainbow.” He doesn’t have six toes like a number of people think.
Mabel Pines: “ That’s okay. You can have gold toes like Grunkle Stan.” Mabel goes ahead and paints Ford’s toenails. Mabel paints Ford’s toenails in gold and finishes them all. “ And I’m done.”
Ford Pines: “ Thank you, pumpkin. I’ve never looked this pretty.” Ford waved his hands a little to dry his hands.
Stan Pines: “ *snickers* You wanna wear a dress with that?”
Ford frowned. Ford Pines: “ *blows raspberry*”
Stan Pines: “ *blows raspberry*”
Dipper Pines: “ Say Mabel, you think I can do your nails once mine are dry?”
Stan Pines: “ What about me? I wanna do that.”
Ford Pines: “ No, I should do it.”
Mabel Pines: “ Guys, you don’t have to fight over me.”
Dipper Pines: “ How about this? Whose nails dry up first gets to do Mabel’s nails.” Dipper and Stan gently fan their hands to dry their nails.
Mabel Pines: “ How about this? Dipper, you can do my left hand. Grunkle Stan, you can do my right hand. And Grunkle Ford, you can do my feet, so long as you don’t tickle me by surprise.”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* I’ll try to resist.” Even though Ford likes to tickle Mabel’s feet.
Stan, Ford, and Dipper wait about thirty minutes for their nails to dry, they watched another movie titled ‘Help! My mummy’s a werewolf!’, to keep themselves busy. Once their nails finally dried up, they surround Mabel. Ford sticks toe separators on Mabel’s toes, he starts painting her toenails purple. Stan paints Mabel’s right hand nails pink, and Dipper paints Mabel’s left hand nails magenta. With the three of them painting Mabel’s nails at the same time, they finished her faster than when she did their nails one at a time. Mabel Pines: “ *gasp* I look amazing!” Mabel holds her hands and feet up to admire her nails. “ Thank you guys. I’d hug you now, but gotta let my nails dry.”
Stan Pines: “ *chuckles* You’re welcome.”
Ford Pines: “ It was quite nice giving you a mani-pedi.”
Dipper Pines: “ Let no one find out about this, and promise me you’ll remove the polish from my nails.”
Ford Pines: “ Dipper.” Ford gives Dipper a stern glare.
Dipper Pines: “ Okay, okay. I’m totally okay with your mani-pedi treatment.”
Ford Pines: “ That’s better.”
Ford had to sneak his hand on Mabel’s right foot and give it a tickle. Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Hey!” Mabel pulls her foot back to avoid Ford’s hands, and to prevent her toes from touching the floor. “ Grunkle Ford, what did I tell you?”
Ford Pines: “ Wasn’t me, it was my brother.” Ford pointed to Stan.
Stan Pines: “ Hey! Don’t listen to him, I’m not the family Tickle Monster.” Ford sticks his tongue out at Stan, and Stan returns a tongue back at him.
Mabel watched another movie with her family in front of the chair, this one was ‘Ghost Harassers’, and Mabel’s nails finally dried. Mabel and Dipper were snuggled next to each other in between their uncles, Mabel was next to Ford, and Dipper was next to Stan, they wrap their arms around each other, and Mabel didn’t let her growing pains bother her one bit. Spending this kind of time with her family takes her mind off of her gross puberty. Dipper Pines: “ So Mabel, you feel tired now?”
Mabel Pines: “ *yawns* Yeah, now I do. I needed a distraction from the fact that being a girl sucks.”
Dipper Pines: “ And yet you have us do mani-pedis.”
Ford Pines: “ What Mabel is trying to say is the things going on in her female body are no fun.”
Mabel Pines: “ Exactly. At the same time I like and I hate being a girl. What say you boys should give having periods a try?”
Ford Pines: “ Nope!”
Dipper Pines: “ Not it!”
Stan Pines: “ I’ll pass!”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* You boys are wimps.”
Dipper, Stan, and Ford squeeze tight around Mabel in the warmest hug. Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Ford Pines: “ *laughs*” The family sat there together in loving embrace, enjoying each other’s company, and wiggling their toes together admiring their painted toes. The Pines family stayed in the living room in front of the chair all night watching movies til they fell asleep. By the next morning, the sun shined through the door window on them, all four of them were all cuddled together as they slept, their arms still wrapped around each other, and while their fingernails looked great, their toes looked fantastic.