Pacifica Northwest woke up to yelling that echoed through the empty hallways of the mansion and into her room, making her head throb. He parents were probably yelling at each other again, their topic of argument was usually herself so pacifica normally stayed out of it. She sat up, ignoring the growing pains in her limbs. She knew that they had scarred permanently and as soon as her parents had found out, they'd flipped. Pacifica didn't really care about her appearance as much as she used to, not since she started hanging out with the twins. They made her forget she was a Northwest and what she was expected to be. They made her feel like a normal kid.
She smiled at the thought but was brought back to reality by a slamming door and then heavy footsteps sounding on the marble floor. Pacifica glanced at her calendar, summer was ending and soon, the twins would have to leave. They left a day before their 13th birthday.
Pacifica had already made them a little card for their birthday, thanking them for everything they've done and hoping that they would come back in the future, which they said was very likely.
She allowed herself to daydream until her door opened unexpectedly, making her jump and turn around. Her father was at the door, his face red with anger. He tried to contain it but even as he spoke, she could hear his impatience "get dressed and come down for breakfast as soon as you can sweetie" he said through gritted teeth.
Then he closed the door and stormed off, swearing loud enough for the twelve year old to hear. Pacifica dressed in a purple shirt, a jacket, black leggings and boots, tied up her hair and ran downstairs. She grabbed a slice of toast and was about to walk out the door when a butler grabbed her shoulder.
"You know you're grounded right?" He smirked and pulled her back into the kitchen.
Pacifica groaned and took another mouthful of toast "so being grounded also means I'm not allowed outside" she climbed onto a stall and grabbed a box of cereal, still hungry.
The butler sat opposite her, fingers intertwined, a curious look in his eyes "I heard noises outside in the gardens last night" he tilted his head "what was that about?"
Pacifica gulped and turned away from the butlers gaze, guilty "I don't know what you're talking about".
The butler, knowing about the bandages wrapped around the fragile girl, grabbed her arm with a surprisingly tight grip and asked again, more slyly than before "I heard noises outside" with every word, his grip tightened "what was that about".
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me" pacifica winced.
His grip lessened and his eyebrows raised "try me".
She took in a deep breath then answered "a unicorn came into the gardens so Dipper and Mabel came to get it out before it ate all the flowers" she said quickly.
That wasn't all the truth but the butler seemed to think so? He let go, confused and let the girl rub her arm before saying "OK then".
He then stood up and walked off, probably to tell her parents and ground her for even longer. She sighed and finished her cereal slowly, listening to the radio playing quietly in the background.
Once she'd done, she threw the bowl in the sink and ran back to her room to grab her phone and message Mabel. According to her calendar she was leaving in a week and she had to deliver the card by then, which was risky.
She opened up their Kik chat:
Pacifica: Hey Mabel, you up yet?
Shooting Star: of course, I'm always up before dipdop :D
Pacifica: so I'm grounded and you're leaving in a week so we need to sort something out.
Shooting Star: okay but I don't want to get you in trouble :O
Pacifica: I made you a birthday card.
Pacifica: One for you and dipper, to say thanks
Shooting Star: that's so sweet! Thanks Paz
Pacifica: Paz?
Shooting Star: yeah I thought of a new nickname for you since pacifica is a pain to type. Like it?
Pacifica: yeah :)
Shooting Star: awesome! And maybe you could ask your parents to come say goodbye to us at the bus stop??
Pacifica: I don't know, they're in a pretty bad mood as it is, maybe you could send soos to pick it up on the way?
Shooting Star: yeah I can do that :D
Pacifica: do you think you'll be coming back?
Shooting Star: of course! It might not be next year but we'll convince our parents to send us here again.
Pacifica: OK, thanks. Ttyl?
Shooting Star: ttyl! <3
Mabel Pines face planted the table,barely missing her plate of pancakes. She had just sent a heart to pacifica. Her cheeks grew red and she was thankful Stan was outside opening the shack. She sat up, rubbing her sore forehead then continued to eat her pancakes, her face growing more and more red as she recalled the moment. She couldn't delete the message, that was rude and pacifica had already read it.
Maybe pacifica would just think of the heart in a 'best friends' way not a 'I think I have a crush on you' one.
Dipper walked down the stairs and stared at his sister. A grin grew on his fade and grew more and more as her face got redder and her cheeks grew hot. She turned away, holding her face in her hands.
"Where's Stan?" Dipper asked slyly.
"Outside" Mabel mumbled, her voice muffled by her hand, which was over her mouth.
Dipper sat beside her and pulled her into a hug "confused?"
She nodded, slowly chewing on her pancakes and wrapping her arms around her twin. She pushed the plate over to his side of the table and stood up.
"Not hungry" she said plainly and padded upstairs to change.
I'm so excited for the new episode!!!! Its in about 7 minutes :O oh man this is gonna be intense. At least I updated today lmao I was thought I wasn't gonna make it. Anyways its almost midnight here so after the episode of gf, goodnight :33
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Counting Stars (Mabifica)
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