The next morning, Fluttershy and a bathrobe covered Gracie were talking and hanging out in the living room with Blazey on Gracie's lap while Barley and Ian were in Barley's bedroom to discuss how Barley is going to tell Gracie his feeling towards her when he first saw her. 

"Ian, how will I tell Gracie my feelings? What if she doesn't accept my feelings towards her? She'll hate me for telling her my feelings." Barley said pacing back and forth. 

"Well, I told Fluttershy how I felt about her. Just do like how I told Fluttershy how I felt about her and I'm sure that Gracie will understand your feelings like how Fluttershy understood my feelings towards her." Ian said sitting in Barley's computer chair. 

"You were able to have the courage to tell Fluttershy your feelings, but me? I feel like I'm going to loose it if I tell Gracie my feelings towards her." Barley said running his hands through his hair. 

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! 

Three brief knocks were heard on Barley's bedroom door and Ian stood up to open the bedroom door to see who was there. 

As Ian opened the bedroom door, Gracie was standing there in her new dress and had a basket of clean laundry in her hands. 

"Hey, Ian, Laurel told me to help you with the clean laundry while my clothes are in with the last load of laundry. If you want me to help you since Fluttershy is helping Laurel with a mixture of breakfast and lunch." Gracie said as Ian gestured Gracie to come in. 

Barley blushed lightly at Gracie wearing her new outfit from yesterday and smiled softly as Gracie and Ian sat down on Barley's bed and started to fold laundry. 

Ian glanced at Barley who was blushing lightly and glanced at Gracie who was too focused in folding the clean laundry while smiling softly. 

"I'll be back. I'm going to get the three of us three cans of Pepsi." Ian said placing a clean shirt back into the laundry basket that was between him and Gracie as he got up and went out of Barley's bedroom to the kitchen to get three cans of Pepsi. 

Barley looked at Gracie, looked at the floor of his bedroom, and then looked back at Gracie after Ian went to the kitchen. 

"Hey, Gracie, I need something to tell you." Barley said walking over to his bed and sat down. 

"Sure." Gracie said still folding other clothes. 

"I like you." Barley said shutting his eyes tight as he waited to be rejected. 

"As a friend? Thanks, Barley." Gracie said looked at Barley and smiling at him as she placed the folded shirt onto Barley's bed.

Barley sighed at how hard it was for Gracie to understand his feelings towards her.

"No, Gracie, I like-LIKE you. Not as a friend." Barley said taking Gracie's hands into his hands as his hazel eyes looked into Gracie's brown eyes.

Gracie was surprised and happy about Barley telling her his feelings.

"Barley, I don't know what to say-WHOA!" Gracie said getting pulled off from where she was sitting on Barley's bed.

Suddenly, Barley brought Gracie in for a kiss in a finished dancing pose. 

Barley then moved his face away just in time to see Gracie with a star-struck look on her face and he eventually dropped Gracie onto the floor of his bedroom from the shock he had for kissing Gracie without thinking it.

(Author's Note: I would make this star-struck look like Rose Quartz's star-struck look when she and Greg kiss after Greg attempt to fuse with Rose Quartz through dancing.) 

"I'm so sorry, Gracie. I didn't mean to kiss you. I just wasn't thinking. I just didn't know that would happen. I'm really, really sorry." Barley said as Gracie sat in a kneeling position.

"Barley, it's okay. I know you didn't mean to do it, but the truth is that I like-LIKE you, too. When you were describing the girl you had in common with, I knew you were talking about me since you and me had stuff in common." Gracie said blushing lightly and smiled happily.

Barley blushing lightly and smiled happily as well when Ian came up and brought the two lovebirds down for the brunch Laurel and Fluttershy made.

Ian and Gracie finished up with what was left of the clean laundry and Gracie got her regular clothes back and got them on as she got out of the new dress she was wearing.

Laurel and Gracie were sitting in the couch so they could talk while Barley, Ian, and Fluttershy were making a cake for dessert after dinner.

"Hey, Ian, can you toss me a can of Pepsi?" Gracie asked as she and Laurel turned to face the kitchen and Ian smiled happily and nodded.

Ian went to the fridge, opened the fridge door, grabbed the nearest can of Pepsi, and tossed the can of Pepsi to Gracie after closing the fridge door.

Gracie attempted to grab the can of Pepsi, but the can of Pepsi went through her left hand as if she was a ghost that was only seen by the people around her.

"What the-" Barley and Ian asked as Gracie stood up from the couch as if she was going to faint and the whole world was spinning around her.

Gracie started to panic and started to breath heavily as she started to manifest up through the ceilings and this made her scream in fear.

She then disappeared back to New York after being there in Ian and Barley's world.

Back at the library, Jamie, Jakob, Makayla, Krel, Mikey, Donnie, Leo, Raph, Aja, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, and Arsenio Johnson were waiting by the mirror for Gracie to get back.

Suddenly, Gracie flew out of the mirror and tackled into the four brothers and Krel.

"Gracie!!" Jamie, Jakob, Makayla, Aja, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, and Arsenio Johnson said happily as Gracie, Mikey, Donnie, Leo, and Raph groaned in pain.

As Mikey, Donnie, Leo, and Raph got up, Leo helped Gracie up as well and noticed that her eyes started to have tears in them.

"Gracie, are you okay?" Leo asked worriedly.

Gracie then hugged Leo, which surprised him and he hugged back as Gracie started to cry softly into his shoulder and started to stumble over her words about Barley and other words.

Leo then began to sing as if there was music play to the song he was singing.

https://youtu.be/Jrlhn1H1EWw

[Leo:] 

Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain, we all have sorrow.
But if we are wise,
We know that there's always tomorrow.

Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on.

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show.

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.

Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.

If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me.

Call me if you need a friend
Call me, call me, uh-huh
Call me when you need a friend
Call me if you ever need a friend
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me if you need a friend
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me 

(End) 

As Leo finished singing, the group went back to the lair and Sunset Shimmer, Aja, and Gracie explained everything that happened to Master Splinter who seemed to understand what Gracie was going through when she got back from another world. 

Master Splinter allowed Donnie to check how Gracie was doing tomorrow to see how she is doing or how did she react to being in another world. 

Little did that the group know something was going to happen to Gracie while Donnie checks up on Gracie because of being out of Barley and Ian's world as Sunset Shimmer goes to Barley and Ian's world to bring Barley to where Gracie was. 

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