Turning a Blind Eye

Mabel and Pacifica went to join their friends on the hill.

"Hi Mabel," said Dipper. "Candy and I have decided to go out together."

"Congratulations, bro," said Mabel. "You have a good catch there."

"So have I," said Candy, blushing. "He is so cute and brainy."

Gabe turned to look at Mabel, "Oh, it's you. I thought I made it clear I didn't want any further association with you after that travesty of a play."

"Gabe, the ending was an accident," said Grenda. "We had a wonderful wedding finale planned. It was going to be beautiful."

"If you were involved, my dear Grenda," said Gabe, "I'm sure it was."

"My brother and I were up in the loft working on a wedding cake prop and it fell with us in it," Mabel explained. "So we improvised a big fight scene."

"That was amateurish," said Gabe. "The most overacted demon possession scene I've ever witnessed. Not to mention launching fireworks into the audience and burning all of your poor puppets."

"Listen, jerk," said Pacifica. "I hired you for this puppet-show gig, and Mabel happens to be my dearest friend. You will be civil to her or you're fired."

"Mabel's my friend too, sweetie," said Grenda. "Maybe next time you can help her and it will turn out better."

"I don't think anyone would come to another of my shows," said Mabel.

"Probably not, but you may help backstage with one of mine," said Gabe. "You did try, and the first half went well."

"Oh Gabe, you're so generous and talented," said Grenda.

"Shall I begin the show?" asked Gabe.

"I'd rather pay you not to perform," said Pacifica.

"Pacifica, be nice," said Mabel. "Let's watch it together."

Candy and Dipper excused themselves.

"We're going to take a long walk together in the woods," Dipper said.

Pacifica, Mabel, and Grenda sat and watched the show. A group of kids who were trying to recover from the trauma of the "I EAT KIDS" head came and joined them. Mabel laughed and gave responses along with the rest of the young audience and eventually even Pacifica joined in.

After the show, Grenda went off to Gabe's house to see his home theater. They saw her walking off with Gabe, receiving kisses both from his lips and his hand puppets.

They ran into Robbie, with a new girl at his side. "Mabel, you were right. Your lame attempt to get me dating again inspired me. It was time to move on, so I came out to the concert and met Doreen here. We got talking about our common tastes in clothes, and really hit if off."

"Hi," said Doreen. She was the goth Soos had met at the "Edgy on Purpose" store at the mall, the one he wasn't sure was a guy or a girl.

"Thanks to you, I'm... happy," said Robbie, with wonder in his voice.

"Match made!" said Mabel softly to Pacifica.

As they were leaving the concert grounds, Mabel asked Pacifica, "Who is Tiffany? Should I be jealous?"

"You've seen her," said Pacifica. "She has short auburn hair, in bangs. Like I said, it's totally over between us. I lost my cell phone the night of our golf game. That's why I couldn't call home and I needed a ride from you. Someone must have made a prank call to her on it. She thought it was me."

"I bet it was those mean golf-ball-heads, the Lilly Putty guys," said Mabel. "Wasn't it awesome when we fought them back to back and saved each other's lives?"

"Mabel, I don't know what you're talking about," said Pacifica.

"What do you remember about our golf game?" asked Mabel,

"The details are hazy, now that I think about it," said Pacifica. "You admitted cheating and gave me an apology sticker – I still have that, by the way. You gave me a ride home and a taco."

"How could you have forgotten being tied up and nearly killed at the windmill?" asked Mabel. "Oh! Of course. I know..."

"I don't get it," said Pacifica. "I'm not used to this much kidding."

"Come with me to the history museum. I have something to show you," said Mabel.

The museum was closed, but Mabel managed to pick the lock with a hairpin. She led Pacifica to a room full of eyes, with all eyes turned to a triangular tablet on the wall. She pushed the tablet and a secret passage opened.

"Strange, I have a funny feeling I've been here before," said Pacifica.

"You have, and I'll prove it," said Mabel. She found a room full of cylinders and picked up the one labeled 'Pacifica Northwest'. She put it into a player.

There was Pacifica, talking angrily about how she had been kidnapped and nearly killed by little people with golf ball heads, and threatening to sue the mini-golf course. Then her memories were zapped away.

"The Society of the Blind Eye erases people's memories of strange things they have seen," said Mabel. "Or they used to, until Dipper, Wendy, Soos, and I shut them down and made them forget the whole thing."

"Oh wow. This has been going on in Gravity Falls for how long?" asked Pacifica.

"About thirty years, I think," said Mabel.

"You're a hero, girlfriend," said Pacifica. She gave Mabel a long kiss.

"We still have the memory eraser device down here. I almost used it myself to forget my failed summer romances, but I thought better of it," said Mabel. "I just hadn't found the right person yet, and now I have. But I can learn from those mistakes instead of hiding from them, and that will make our relationship better."

"There's something I wish I could forget," said Pacifica.

"What?" asked Mabel.

"That it was love potion that brought us together. It still bothers me, makes me doubt my feelings for you," said Pacifica. "Could you use the device on me to make me forget that?"

"Wouldn't that make you forget you loved me at all?" asked Mabel. "It's dangerous. Using it too much is what drove Old Man McGucket crazy."

"It's been used on me at least once, without any real harm as far as I can tell," said Pacifica. "Just tune it to say, 'Forget you were affected by the love potion'."

"All right, if you really want," said Mabel. "I want you to be happy."

Later, they were starting up the stairs out of the secret rooms below the museum.

"Thank you for bringing me down to show me how I lost the memories of our golf game," said Pacifica. "I hope I can remember them myself, eventually."

"They would be cool shared memories," said Mabel. "I'll tell you the story over and over until you can remember it."

"That was the start of my becoming close to you," said Pacifica. "I don't remember exactly how I came to love you so much, but I'm glad I did."

"So am I," said Mabel.

Pacifica turned back around on the stairs. "Nobody comes down here any more, since you stopped the Blind Eye Society, right? This would be a sweet private make-out place for us, if we just had something soft to lie down on."

Mabel grinned. "I know a cozy corner with a big pile of secret society robes."

Pacifica put out her hand to Mabel.

"Lead me to it, sweetheart."

THE END