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(Author's Note)

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It's short, and I'm not sure when I'll be able to get another one out. I'm so busy lately, and don't ave much time to write. But I thought I would try and put something out.

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( Mabel Pines )

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'Back in Gravity falls again,' Mabel thought as Dipper passed the sign saying 'Gravity Falls', on it.

Classes would be over for a couple of weeks. So, she and Dipper had decided to visit their home away from home, away from home. They hadn't gotten a chance to see their Grunkle Stan in a while, so it seemed like a good time.

"So, you ready for this crazy town again?" Mabel asked looking over at her brother.

"Oh yeah. Can't wait to see Stan, and everyone." Dipper said as he continued down the road.

"Yeah... Everyone." She thought about her. Her family already knew about her and Dipper, and the baby. And even though she wouldn't be showing not yet at only a month or so into her pregnancy, what would her friends think. What would Pacifica think if she were to find out? "Y'know, maybe this wasn't such a great idea... Maybe we should have brought Bubbles."

"Bubbles had things to finish up, plus she got that job so she didn't feel bad, even if we told her we didn't mind. So..." Yeah. Bubbles had to work, so she couldn't have come. Maybe if they had waited... no by the time Bubbles could take a vacation, it would have been in the middle of a semester again...

"I'm worried about my friends, Dip. What'll they think?" Normally, she wouldn't care about what others thought. In fact, she hadn't cared one bit about it.

'Family, that was hard. But Family had to love you, y'know for the most part.' She thought to herself.

'Friends, on the other hand...', she sighed.

"Mabel. I'm sure everything will be alright. Besides, Wendy'll be here." Her brother said with confidence, and unusual trait for the male twin. And her being nervous, that was out of character too. When did that change?

"If you say so, Dipperoni." She sighed, still not completely convinced, but they would see.

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The Shack looked about the same as I always had. Still had the missing S, from shack, on the ground. She always assumed that their Grunkle Stan never replaced it to give the building some character. As if there was some mystery as to how it fell. And even though it had been a few years, just seeing the old building made her feel at home.

This was the place she and Dipper had first mentioned anything about their feelings for one another. Where they spent the most time together. And it was even the place that had brought them back together after a fight, and actually sealed their relationship. So, it was home, in many ways.

"Hey Kiddos!" Stan had called out as he came outside, after they had gotten out of the car.

"Gruncle Stan!" Mabel yelled out as she ran up to her great uncle giving him a big hug.

"How are you?" he asked as he pulled back looking her over. "And how's the... you know?"

"How's what?" Mabel asked looking around, but not directly at her great uncle. Had her parents told him that she was pregnant? Did he know that the father was Dipper? Did he know they weren't related by blood... alright, so he would have known they weren't really siblings. But what would he think? What would he say if he found out, if he hadn't already known?

"The baby." Stan just looked at her. "Your parents told me about the baby. They wasn't joking about it, were they? Dipper?"

"Uh... well. No. They weren't lying." Mabel should have known that Dipper wouldn't be able to lie. Not even about something like this. Did he know if their parents had told Stan yet? Well, obviously they had talked to him. Since he knew about the baby.

"Well, How's the baby?" He looked down to Mabel.

"It's fine." She said still looking down, feeling almost ashamed.

"What's the matter, Mabel?"

"Well, did mom and dad tell you?" She asked.

"That you and Dipper are dating? Having a baby? Yeah, they told me."

"And... you're not upset?" She really wanted to know. She was always used to being loved by everyone. She didn't know if she could handle being rejected by people that she loves, and cares for so much.

"Upset? Why would I be? You two are my favorite niece and nephew. I know you guys aren't really related. But how could I be upset at you two for being happy? Plus think of the money you'll save when you two get married! You won't even have to change your last name. I'm telling you, I couldn't have found a better way to save money."

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She sat in her favorite cafe in Gravity Falls, well favorite was a loose term, it was the only cafe in the small town, and it didn't actually open until their fourth summer visiting, Her and her friends always went together when she visited. Everyday if they could. Though as time went by, it would be once a week or so, prior commitments. Then her studying her butt off with Dipper to get into the University.

Grenda sometimes was missing throughout the first part of summer, it seemed her and that Prince that met at Pacifica's party when they were twelve, had actually hit it off. She sometimes spent holidays there, and part of the summer. Candy, well Candy was a different story. Candy like Dipper was academically motivated, and the last few summers they had actually spent in Gravity Falls, Candy was just as busy studying than they were.

"Mabel!" Candy's voice was almost as piercing as it had been, though now only a bit huskier than it had been. Though, not much.

"Candy!" Mabel jumped up to meet her long time friend, that she hadn't seen in a while. She wrapped her arms around her friend, actually wondering how many more jump ups she had until she couldn't jump up with a big belly.

"I know that you said you were coming back here. But I did not expect you so soon." Candy said sitting across from Mabel as she took her seat.

"Well, you know. I'll be pretty tied down these next several months..." She stopped trying to think of something, anything to explain why she wouldn't be avaliable through the holidays, and other school breaks. Candy was intelligent, she would see that slip up. "Just going to be..."

"What is it, Mabel?" Candy asked as their drinks arrived.

"I need to tell you something. And, you can't freak out. Really, Candy. You can't freak out." Mabel said.

'Alright, so. All she had to do was just tell her she was pregnant. That couldn't be too hard.' She thought to herself.

"So, what is this big news. I assume it is big, if I can not freak out." Candy seemed more than interested, and Mabel doubted that Candy would be able to keep her promise.

"I'm, you know, kinda pregnant a little bit." She watched as the words absorbed into Candy's mind. Watched as her eyes dilated... and braced herself for the squeal that would soon follow.

"Pregnant!" The squeal hadn't come, but she was rather loud. "That is great news? Isn't it? You're happy about this right?"

"Yes... and yes it is. It's great news. And We're so very happy about it." Mabel said trailing off near the end.

"So, who if the father?" Candy asked, sipping on her coffee.

"Well... that's a little bit of a long story." She sighed as sipped a drink from her drink. "To explain who the father is, we have to explain some other things. So, it all started when Dipper hurt his arm, and I went up to the attic to find a game he wanted to show me."