Gravity Falls - "The 4th Journal"
Chapter 1
By: Studio95
The other day marked mine and Mable's 18th Birthday. We just graduated High school and were ready to step into adulthood. Mable is going to go to college to become a elementary school teacher, as for me, I don't know what I want to do yet alone if I want to go to college. To be honest the last few years have been hard on me mentally, I haven't been all that happy and something in me feels incomplete, like in order for me to be happy something or someone needs to fill in the whole that I have in me.
It seems like things started changing about a year after coming back to California from Gravity Falls. Me and Mable started High school together, things started good but about a month in I started feeling like I didn't belong here, I had no friends, I felt alone. These people didn't feel like the type of people I was meant to be around. They were your typical high class California kids and I was much different. So I became a outcast. Even Mable didn't hang with me all that much since she made so many friends and always hung out with them.
Grade 10 was when I realized what I was missing, I was missing Gravity Falls. My body may be here in California but my heart and soul rests in Gravity Falls. It was at this point I felt I needed to return. Something inside of me was screaming "You need to go back to Gravity Falls". Unfortunately my parents never let us go back to gravity falls after that summer. Since Grunkle Stan left with Stanford to go on sea adventures there was nobody my parents trusted to take care of us there so I was never able to go back and I just tried to get through High School the best I can even though I felt miserable the whole time I was there.
Finally though I have turned 18 and now I am legally an adult who can do what I see fit in life from here on out. I have my bags packed and I even still have Wendy's hat she gave me before I left. God I miss Wendy, I wonder if she still remembers me, I hope I get to see her once I get to Gravity Falls. Before I leave I need to talk to my parents but more importantly I need to talk to Mable. I walk into Mable's room and open her door.
"Hey bro whats up?" Mable says as she turns around on her computer chair. She then spots my packed bags, "Why are your bags packed, where are you going?".
"I have to go back Mable, I just can't stand being here no more, my heart keeps telling me I need to go back. I am sorry Mable, but I am leaving for Gravity falls and I am not sure as to whether or not I will be returning".
Mable starts to get emotional. "Do…do you have to go?". "Yes". I say. "Its just what I need to do for myself, hell if you want you can pack a bag and come with me. It can be like old times". "I'd love to go dipper, but I got to much going for me here in California, I'm going to be starting college soon to get my teaching degree, I got friends and family who I can't leave behind, there's just to much out here in California for me to just leave it all behind dipper". "Well" I say holding back tears, "I'm gonna miss you Mable". Mable burst into tears "I am going to miss you to Dipper". We hug it out for a few minutes before I take my bags and make my way downstairs to tell my parents what I am doing.
"Mom, Dad". I say to my parents who turn and look at me. "Yes dipper?" They both say then look at my bags. "Where are you going?". My mom says. "As you guys know I been wanting, no, needing to go back to Gravity Falls for years now, I love you guys but now that I am an adult I have to do what my heart is telling me, and my heart is telling me to go back to gravity falls".
"I don't think so!" My dad says. "You are not to go back to that piece of crap of a town" now go to your room, unpack your bags, and get that thought straight out of your head". "Look!" I shout. "I am sick of living in California, I never fit in here, I feel like I don't belong here and I am just not happy anymore, I haven't been happy for a really long time". "I understand why you guys are upset but, I just need to do this for myself". "I love you guys more then you can ever imagine but this is what I need to do". "But…But". My mom says. "We need to let him go Martha". My dad says. "Are you insane!". My mom shouts while holding back tears". " He is an adult now Martha, we can't just tell him he can't go, if he feels this is right then all we can do is give him our best". My mom sighs. "I guess your right Steve". My mom looks over at me and bursts into tears. "I love you dipper, please be safe and if you need a ride back or anything call us". She hugs me and we both start crying". "Okay okay". My dad says. He pulls my mom off of me". "You do whats right for you buddy, were all going to miss you. Try and stay in touch". "My dad then gives me a hug". "I will" I said. "I promise". "Goodbye mom and dad, I love you" "We love you to". My parents say as my mom is in tears and my dad is trying to fight his tears back.
I then grab my bags and walk out the door to head to the bus stop when I here my name being shouted. "Dipper wait!". Mable yells as she running to me. "I want you to take this". She hands me a photo of us when we were in gravity falls all those years ago, as well as a piece of paper folded in half. "The picture is for you to remember me, the note is something that has been sitting in my closet for years and I think you should have it". "Thanks Mable". I say. "I love you". says Mable. "I love you to Mable". "Good luck in college and if you ever want to see me just get on that bus and head down to gravity falls". "Thanks dipper and I will try to come down when I get the time". We hug it out for a few minutes before I grab my bags, Turn around, and walk to the stop to begin my journey back to Gravity falls.