Three summers. Three whole summers without a visit to Gravity Falls from the town's favorite twins. Nobody was especially happy about that fact, least of all Dipper and Mabel Pines, the aforementioned twins.
Of course, they had they're reasons. The first Summer, Dipper was busy with his first AP course's Summer homework, and Mabel was busy with a bit of Summer school. The second Summer, their parents kept them from going so they could start on their high school mandatory community service. Then, this past summer, they stayed home to practice driving so they could get their licenses.
But finally, Dipper and Mabel were on their way back to their favorite place, Gravity Falls, Oregon.
"I can't believe we're finally on our way back! I'm so excited," shouted Mabel over the loud stereo as she drove down the long stretch of pavement. Even if it wasn't for the obnoxiously loud music blaring through the car, her twin wouldn't have heard her. He was too busy playing his own kind of music in his earbuds. Right now he was listening to Good Times by Pianos Become The Teeth.
Ever since halfway through his Sophomore year, he had gotten into different music. Not that he didn't like the old stuff he listened to, he just preferred to listen to more Indie bands.
As the song switched, for those few seconds when nothing was playing, Dipper eardrums were subjected to some nameless boyband song that Mabel seemed to enjoy beyond any reason. As he was waiting for the next song, Dipper saw something that made him sit up in his seat.
Welcome to Gravity FallsAs soon as Dipper saw the sign, he tore out his headphones and turned down the car stereo to 0.
"Hey, I was listening to that," was Mabel's response, which now that she was speaking at a normal volume, or normal for her, one could hear the more feminine quality to her voice.
"Yeah, whatever," started Dipper, in a noticeably deeper voice, "but check out the sign." As he said this, he pointed at the rapidly approaching sign.
"Woah, bro, we're finally back. What's it been, three, four years," asked Mabel.
"Something like that. I wonder if anyone's moved away," wonderes Dipper out loud.
"You worried that Wendy moves away? Aww, does the Little Dipper still have a crush on Wendy," joked Mabel
"Oh wow, a constellation joke, you've never made one of those before," retorted Dipper. "But no, I got over her years ago. I was actually hoping Gideon or Tobey Determined moved away."
"Ah, you know what, good thinking bro-bro," replied Mabel.
As their conversation came to an end, so did their car ride. Just as Mabel finished speaking, she had parked the car and jumped out of it as if a bee was chasing her, not even bothering to turn it off. She made a direct B-line for the Mystery Shack, who's S was still missing.
On the otherhand, as excited about seeing everyone as he was, Dipper realized the importance of shutting off cars and bringing in luggage. So once the keys were jingling in his pants, Dipper walked around to the trunk and started unloading the trunk. In total, there were six suitcases, two of which were his. Before he could even fathom of how to carry all of it, he heard a voice.
"Hey dude, let me help you out with that."
Without even turning around, Dipper knew who was there. "Soos!"
Once he had turned around, Dipper and Soos had a very quick, very manly embrace, at least that's what Dipper would call it.
Once the pleasantries were done with, they each grabbed two bags, stating they'd come back for the remaining two, and started walking back to the house, catching up all the while.
"Wow, so you added onto the house? That's impressive, even for the best handyman I know," stated Dipper.
"Ah, well, it was nothing, dude. I had help, too. Wendy supplied the wood, and Ford came by to do the electricity. I just did the dry wall and the paneling," replied the bashful man.
"Well I still think it's pretty impressive. But since you have three spare rooms now, I was wondering if Mabel and I could have separate rooms now," asked Dipper
"What? Really, dude? I thought you two would want to stay together after what happened last time, but sure, it's no problem. Just pick which one you want," came Soos's response.
"Well we were 12, now we're 16. Okay, thanks, man. Since I have my two bags, I'll take them up to the attic and meet you back down here for the other two bags," planned out Dipper.
"Nah dude, you go ahead and unpack, I got the other two bags," argued Soos.
"Well alright, dude. Thanks."
With that, Dipper went upstairs to the attic while Soos took Mabel's bags to see which room she wanted.
Once Dipper made it to the attic, he gently set both his bags down. He first shut the door and locked it, then he went back and opened the bag he knew would have his clothes within. Most of the clothes in the suitcase resembled his current attire. There were ripped jeans, band shirts, flannels, socks, and boxers. Other than that, he took out swimming trunks, jean shorts, basketball shorts, and other plain t-shirts.
He stuck all of his clothes in the dresser, designated by what article of clothing it was.
Once that suitcase was unpacked, he stuffed it under his bed and turned to the next one. Dipper unzipped it and revealed the contents. There was a bunch of stuff in it, but in the corner, there was a white bundle. Taking that out first, Dipper carried it to the foot of his bed, took out the loose floorboard where he hid Journal 3 during his first summer there, put the bundle in there, then replaced the board. Before returning to unpacking, Dippee unlocked the door, then went back to his case. In a matter of minutes, Dipper was done unpacking.
Once Dipper was done with that, he went back down stairs to talk to everyone.
Dipper and Mabel had been back for less than a day, and already they could tell things were different. Mabel had almoat bolted out the door in search of Candy and Grenda once the initial euphoria of being back had worn off. Though Soos did tell her about the party the Mystery Shack would be hosting that night at 9:00 in celebration of the return of the so-called Heroes of Gravity Falls. The entire town was invited, of course. This party was where they realized things were different.
First was that Candy always seemed sad, and Grenda wasn't even in town anymore. These were more of differences for Mabel than they were for Dipper. Apparently, Marius, Grenda's boyfriend, had knocked her up, and to get away from her parents, Grenda ran away to Austria. Losing her only friend made Candy sad. This sadness bled into her piano practice, making her lose focus. This made her parents angry with her, hence why she's sad.
The second was that Thompson came out as a homosexual. Of course, his friends didn't really care, they just carried on as usual, though there were a few townspeople that would make snide comments about him.
Those were probably the two most important changes of the town, seeing as not a lot happened when the twins were gone. During the party, the majority of people crowded around Mabel, asking her about her life since leaving Gravity Falls. She was all smiles and enjoyed telling them all about her braces being removed, joining the cheer squad, and even about her one stint at summer school.
On the otherhand, only Wendy's gang really hung out with Dipper, as he hung out in the corner. This is where he found out about Thompson.
Around 12 in the morning was when people started leaving. By 1, almost everyone was gone. The only people left were the residents, Candy, who was in Mabel's room talking with her, Robbie and Tambry, who were still making out on the couch, and Wendy, who was on the roof with Dipper, talking about their lives for the past four years.
"Wait, so let me get this straight, you walked in on Mabel making out with someone on your bed when you don't even share the same room anymore," asked Wendy.
"Yeah, apparently she thought I got back from my camping trip the next day," explained Dipper.
"Wow. That'd be pretty insane. So who'd you go camping with," inquired Wendy.
"No one, I just went by myself," came Dipper's response.
"Really? You weren't looking for monsters in Piedmont, were you," joked Wendy.
"Nah, of course not. I just didn't like being cooped up inside all spring break," explained Dipper. "So I got a question."
"Shoot," came Wendy's response.
"Is your laidback behavior natural, or do you obtain it through special means?"
So that's the first chapter of story. I'm not sure how long it will be before I update it. As usual, I have no distinct plan for it, just little details here and there.And regarding Thompson, I was not dling that to offend anyome on this site. I actually did it to represent the fact that although those closest to you may accept you, there will always be peopls who hate you for some stupid reason, regardless of the person you are.Now to anyone who can guess what is in the bundle Dipper had, I will give you a shout out. Granted, that won't do much seeing as people will probably give up on this story halfway through, but it's the thought that counts, right?Until next time.