Black and White and Streaks of Color

Chapter Twenty Seven: Mabel's P.O.V. Stay The Night

"Holy crap!" Pacifica cries out. She buries her face in my shoulder.
"It's not that scary, Paz," I say. Honestly, I love the movie Poltergeist. I've only seen the original, I'm not one for remakes."At least it has no stop motion clay guys. Those scare the shit out of me."
"I don't like clowns," she remarks. I feel her warm breath on my shoulder as she speaks.
"Yeah, I realized that when the screamed when we saw a clown doll at the vintage store last week."
She shudders."Is it gone?"
"It's gone. But it comes back."
"When?"
"I'll tell you."
She looks back up at the TV and rests the side of her head on my shoulder."That tree looks evil."
"It is."
"Evil trees. How do people come up with this stuff?"
"They kinda just do, I guess."
"Easy for you to say. You're the most creative person I've ever met!"
I feel myself blush."Thanks, babe." We meet eyes, but we both look away.
The little boy is pulled in by the tree.
"Oh my god!" Pacifica shouts, obviously terrified but unable to peel her eyes off of the screen."How is this not horrifying to you?!"
"Before coming here, it was horrifying to me. But after all the adventures Dipper have gone on, I feel like I'm not afraid anything. Yet I'm still afraid of stop motion clay guys. Nothing can change that."
Pacifica chuckles."Where is Dipper, anyway?"
"He, Soos, and Stan are out camping for two days. I doubt that'll go well, but I know they don't have the guts to come running back here in the middle of the night."
Later, at 10:00pm, I lay in bed, while Pacifica taps away at her phone playing a game in Dipper's bed.
  I steal glances towards her. Even in bed she looks gorgeous; her hair is tied up in a messy blonde bun, her blues eyes still sparkle, and her soft, glossy skin is so close...
  "Pacifica?" I whisper.
  "Yes, Mabel?"
  "I'm cold."
  She glances at me and grins. She steals a look at the two blankets hanging at the end of my bed, then her eyes meet mine.
  "Okay. Whatever." The old wooden floor creaks as she tiptoes across the room to my bed. She lays down next to me, and I immediately feel her radiating warmth. She wraps her arms around me, and soon we fall asleep comfortably and soundly.