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Mabel has been thinking about shaving her legs for a while, she’s asked her mom to show her how it’s done, but she keeps saying Mabel is not allowed to learn until she’s in high school. So Mabel thought she could learn on her own, she got a lady’s razor set and shaving cream from the mall. Mabel takes off her shoes and socks, runs the bath water and fills it one quarter way, sits on the rim of the tub, and soaks her bare legs in the water, then rubs the shaving cream on her legs from her ankles to her knees. Mabel removes the safety guard from the razor, and is about to shave her legs, but she hesitates. She’s unsure of how girls older than her do it, maybe she should’ve asked Wendy for help. Mabel makes the razor in contact with her leg, and shaves upward, but accidentally cuts herself. Mabel Pines: “ Ouch.” Mabel tries another side of her leg, doing it slower this time, but she cuts her skin again. “ Ow. How do girls do this?” She got small cuts on her legs now.
That’s when someone knocks on the bathroom door. Ford Pines: “ Mabel, you in there, sweet pea?”
Mabel panicked, she can’t let any guy see her in her personal hygiene routine. Mabel Pines: “ Don’t come in!”
Ford Pines: “ Oh, sorry. Are you decent?”
Mabel Pines: “ Yes, I’m decent!”
Ford Pines: “ Well, what are you doing then?” Mabel blushed, Grunkle Ford wouldn’t know about shaving legs, men only shave their faces, and Ford tends to blow up his face just to shave faster. “ Is it… your time of the month?”
Mabel blushed when Ford said that. Mabel Pines: “ NO!! That was last week.”
Ford Pines: “ Okay, so, what are you doing in there?”
Mabel felt embarrassed to even say it in front of any guy, even her brother and uncles. But she can’t keep Ford back with another excuse that would make him think not to disturb her. Mabel Pines: “ *sigh* You can come in.”
Ford Pines: “ Okay.” Ford opens the door and enters the bathroom. That’s when he finds Mabel with only her legs in the bathtub. “ What are you doing?”
Mabel Pines: “ *sigh* I was trying to shave my legs.”
Ford Pines: “ Oh, I see. How’s it going?”
Mabel Pines: “ I cut myself.”
Ford Pines: “ Oh dear, are you okay?”
Mabel Pines: “ Yeah, I didn’t cut too deep. I just nicked myself with the razor.”
Ford Pines: “ First time shavers tend to do that. You know what? Let’s try this.” Ford grabs Mabel by her body and lifts her out of the bath. “ Don’t want you to sit on the tub’s edge, you could fall.” Ford takes a bath towel and lays it on the floor. “ This will make it easier.”
Mabel Pines: “ Thanks, Grunkle Ford.” Mabel sits on the towel, and gets back to her task, but still hesitates after nipping her skin with the blades.
Ford Pines: “ Mabel, may I ask, why do you want to shave your legs?”
Mabel Pines: “ Well, lately my legs have been looking hairy, and I thought I should shave. As a teenage right of passage.”
Ford Pines: “ Do you know how to? Looks like you got yourself good.” Noticing the small cuts on Mabel’s legs, Ford takes some pieces of tissue and gently dabs the blood from Mabel’s legs. That slowed the bleeding at least.
Mabel Pines: “ Thank you, Grunkle Ford. And, I thought I could learn how to shave on my own.”
Ford Pines: “ So your mother didn’t teach you how to shave?”
Mabel Pines: “ I asked a hundred times, but she said I wasn’t allowed to until I start high school.”
Ford Pines: “ Dang. Strict mom?”
Mabel Pines: “ A real poop head perfectionist.”
Ford Pines: “ Why not ask Wendy, or Melody for help?”
Mabel Pines: “ I wasn’t thinking. I thought this was more of a mother daughter teaching.”
Ford Pines: “ I see. Your grandfather tried to learn how to shave by himself when dad didn’t want to teach him, and he cut himself good.”
Mabel Pines: “ Ouch.”
Ford Pines: “ You think… I could teach you how it’s done?”
Mabel hugs her legs against her body, and gets shaving cream all over her sweater. Mabel Pines: “ Um… I don’t think guys know how to. Also, you shave with fire.”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Yeah, I’m lazy. But would it make you feel better if I showed you how it’s done?”
Mabel Pines: “ Would you?” Mabel’s eyes beam with hope. “ What about your scars?” Mabel did remember the number of scars she’s seen on Ford’s legs and feet.
Ford Pines: “ I’ll keep the safety guard on.” The idea of a razor blade on Ford’s most painful scars would really hurt. So Ford goes ahead and takes off his boots and socks, and rolls up both of his pant legs. “ Just watch me.” Ford smiles softly.
Mabel smiles sweetly. Mabel Pines: “ Thanks, Grunkle Ford.” Mabel releases her legs, only to realize that the shaving cream got on her sweater. “ Oops.”
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Rookie mistake, goofball.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* I’ll wash this.” Mabel takes her sweater off and puts it aside.
Ford places the razor with the safety guard on his right leg to start the demonstration. Ford Pines: “ Now, you don’t want to press the razor on your skin too deep, need to do it lightly and slowly when in contact with your skin. Think of it as, mowing the lawn.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*”
Ford demonstrates by slowly pulling the razor up, Mabel goes ahead and mimics her uncle. Mabel shaves slowly and lightly as the razor makes contact with her right leg, and no cuts have occurred. Ford smiles at Mabel’s progress. Ford Pines: “ Very good.” Mabel smiles for her uncle’s praise. “ Now the under part of the leg can be hard, so try to raise your leg on something tall.” Ford demonstrates by placing his foot on the edge of the bathtub, Mabel does the same thing. “ Have you cut yourself yet?”
Mabel Pines: “ Nope. Your teaching is helping.”
Ford Pines: “ Good.”
Finishing with the right leg, Mabel and Ford put their legs down on the floor, Ford touches Mabel’s toes with his own. Mabel Pines: “ *giggles*”
Mabel pokes her toes on Ford’s toes. Ford Pines: “ *chuckles*”
Ford grabs hold of Mabel’s toes. Mabel Pines: “ *laughs* Don’t!” Mabel pulls her foot away from Ford.
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* Aw, I was having fun.”
Ford repeats the same shaving process on his left leg, and Mabel repeats the same process on her left leg, shaving slowly and lightly. Only to accidentally cut herself. Mabel Pines: “ Ow. Darn it.”
Ford Pines: “ Ouch. I’ll get that.” Ford grabs another tissue to lightly dab Mabel’s cut.
Mabel Pines: “ I swear, I wasn’t shaving too hard.”
Ford Pines: “ I know, sweet pea. It happens to first time shavers. No big deal.”
Ford removes the tissue, and keeps demonstrating for Mabel on how to shave. Mabel Pines: “ So where did you learn how to shave legs? It’s not a typical man thing.”
Ford Pines: “ Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve seen my mother shave her legs. Don’t ask how I saw that.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Awkward.” Ford smiles.
Mabel got the hang of shaving, and finished with cleaning her legs of leg hair, she wipes down her legs from leftover shaving cream, and they feel like new. Ford Pines: “ Not bad for your first time shaving.”
Mabel Pines: “ Thanks. Despite the cuts I got.”
Ford goes ahead and gets the band aids, and he starts patching up Mabel’s cuts. Ford Pines: “ Eh, we all cut ourselves when we’re grooming. You’ll get better at it.”
Mabel Pines: “ And what about you? Lighting your face on fire to shave faster? Doesn’t that hurt more often?”
Ford Pines: “ Eh, yeah. I guess I should stop that. The aftershave hurts my face more from the fire burns.” Ford finished patching the band aids on Mabel’s cuts, he softly rubs her bandaged legs. “ Good as new. And your legs feel so smooth.”
Ford easily sneaks his hands down to Mabel’s feet, and tickles them. Mabel Pines: “ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Stop that!” Mabel tries pulling her feet away, but Ford gets a good grip while tickling Mabel’s toes at the same time.
Ford Pines: “ *chuckles* What? I’m not doing anything.” Ford smiles deviously.
Mabel Pines: “ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Grunkle Ford!” Mabel tries to shake her legs to free herself, and it worked, Mabel frees her feet from Ford’s hands and scoots back from her uncle. “ *giggles* Tickle monster.”
Ford Pines: “ Huh. Now how did my hands get your feet?” Ford said with sarcasm, he knew what he did.
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Thank you for teaching me how to shave.”
Ford smiles. Ford Pines: “ You’re welcome, sweet pea. I know this is mother thing…”
Mabel Pines: “ You turned out to be a better teacher than my mom. At least she didn’t shut me down.”
Ford crawled over to Mabel and picked her up and placed her on his lap, holding her in warm embrace. Ford Pines: “ Mother issues?”
Mabel Pines: “ Yup. I thought she found me lovable for being myself, but soon as I enter preteen to teenager, she’s been a control freak for my energetic self. Now she expects me to listen to her every step of the way, or I will be punished and not allowed to make any sweaters at all.”
Ford Pines: “ *gasp* How dare she?! Stop you from making the best sweaters in the World? I need to have a word with my niece-in-law, Pines style.”
Mabel Pines: “ *giggles* Much appreciated, Grunkle Ford.” Mabel hugs Ford’s arms that are hugging her. Ford smiles and leans his head above Mabel’s, squeezing his arms around her.
That’s when Mabel finds the opportunity to reach for Ford’s bare feet, and tickle them. Ford Pines: “ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!” Ford lifts Mabel up away from his feet. “ Keep your little fingers away from my toes.”
Mabel Pines: “ *laughs* I make no promise.” Ford swoops Mabel in his arms, and tickles her belly. “ *laughs*” Ford nuzzles his nose with Mabel’s nose, and hugs her close to his chest, feeling Ford's heartbeat, Mabel and Ford share a moment of quiet embrace together.