It was just a regular day at the Mystery Shack, though today seemed to be slow, and everyone seemed to be doing their own thing. Wendy was reading a magazine, Andrew was playing a video game, Gary was listening to music while doing a crossword puzzle, Soos was tending to the vending machine, Mira played on her ocarina, Mabel was spinning while sitting on a globe and Dipper was looking through the journal again.
"Hey, Mabel?" Dipper said, "Do you believe in ghosts?"
"I believe you're a big dork!" Mabel replied before laughing. Dipper stopped the globe from spinning with a pencil and Mabel ended up falling off. "How about you Mira?" Dipper asked tapping her shoulder to get her attention, "You believe in ghosts?"
Mira had simply replied, "They're really scary, don't even get me started about their hauntings."
Stan and Skyla had entered the Shack from the outside. "Soos, Wendy, Andrew!" Stan called out.
Wendy and Andrew stood up straight, and Soos ran from the vending machine over to Stan and Skyla. "What's up mister and miss Pines?" Soos said, catching his breath despite the distance.
"We've gotta a few errands to run and won't be back till later." Skyla said to them, "In the meantime, you're gonna have to clean the bathrooms. Think you can do that?"
"Yes ma'am!" Soos said.
"Absolutely not!" Wendy said after Soos.
"Yes, no maybe so." Andrew had said after Wendy.
Stan laughed at this, "Stay out of trouble." He said to them. With that they had shut the door behind them; they heard the car start and Stan and Skyla drove away. Wendy and Andrew both saw this as an opportunity. "Oh, gosh I wonder what this could be." Andrew said being over dramatic as he walked over to a curtain.
"Let's find out!" Wendy said, being overdramatic as well. She unveiled the curtain and it was revealed to be a ladder, "What's this? A secret ladder to the roof?" Andrew said.
"Uh… I don't think you're mom, or Mr. Pines would like that." Soos said to Andrew nervously.
"Huh?" Both Wendy and Andrew said to Soos in a taunting kind of matter.
"Uhhhh…."
"Huh?"
"You dudes are freaking me out!"
Mira looked the ladder with a curious expression, "Is it really okay to go up there?"
"Of course it is." Wendy said.
"Yeah, come on, roof time, roof time!" Andrew said as he chanted the words roof time. The triplets climbed up the ladder as they said roof time with Andrew and Wendy. Gary had followed behind saying chanting the same thing as the triplets his brother and Wendy. They climbed up the ladder and found themselves on the roof of the Shack. They followed Wendy and Andrew over the roof, and they saw that on a flat surface of a roof, there was a cooler with a recliner chair and a bucket filled with Pinecones.
"Check this place out!" Andrew said with a smile.
The triplets and Gary looked at the view in awe. They felt like they could see the whole world from where they stood.
"Did you put all this stuff here?" Dipper asked.
"Andrew and I may or may not sneak up here during work." Wendy said.
"All day, everyday am I right?" Andrew said, nudging Wendy's elbow in a playful manner.
Wendy took a pinecone from the bucket and threw it towards a paper target that was taped to a totem; She hit bullseye. "Yes!" Wendy cheered.
"Cool!" Dipper commented.
"Well go on guys, try to hit the target." Andrew said to the kids.
The four children immediately went to grab a pine cone, and tried their best to throw them at the target. At one point Dipper threw a pine cone and it had landed on Skyla's car; the car alarm went off. Dipper blushed out of embarrassment when this happened.
"Jackpot!" Wendy said, holding up her hand to him, "High five!"
Dipper found himself hypnotized in Wendy's eyes; he almost sweared that his heart had just skipped a beat just staring at her.
"Don't leave me hanging." He heard Wendy say which snapped him out of his thoughts. Dipper smiled and high fived her. Mabel, Mira, and Gary had seen him doze off in space and couldn't help but find it odd for them.
Soon enough, they heard a car honking from down below.
"Oh hey! The gang's here!" Andrew said to Wendy. The triplets and Andrews little brother looked down and saw car pull up in the driveway; A hand waved out to them
"Hey Wendy! Drew!" He said calling Andrew by his nickname.
"Welp, time to go." Andrew said, before patting Gary on the head, "Hold down the fort, alright little bro and uh… Don't tell mom."
Gary gave Andrew a thumbs and said, "You got it Andrew, have fun!"
With that Andrew climbed down the roof, and went to the car after he hit the ground. "Hey Wendy! You coming?" Andrew called out.
"Yeah, hold on!" Wendy shouted to Andrew, before turning to the triplets and Gary, "You guys aren't gonna tell Stan or Skyla about this are you?"
Dipper simply smiled and zipped his mouth close, throwing away the zipper; Wendy did the same gesture. "Come on Wendy, or we're leaving without you!"
"Later dorks!" Wendy said with a wink of an eye. She jumped on a tree nearby and slide down, landing just next to the car; she entered the passenger's seat with Andrew and the car drove away.
"Later Wendy!" Dipper said laughing a little, "Good times."
"Uh oh!" Mabel said with a smile.
"What?" Dipper asked her.
"Somebody's in love!" She said hitting his arm.
Dipper said trying to hide it, "Oh, come on, I don't-Like her! I certainly don't lie in bed awake at night and think about her!"
Mabel, Mira and Gary had a certain look on their faces, as Dipper turned red. "Wha-What?" He stammered.
"Dipper come on." Mira said, "It's clearly obvious that you like Wendy."
"We've seen the way you look at her." Gary said with a smile, "It's easy to read the expression on your face."
Dipper continued to deny it, "You guys, come on, it's not like that at all really, it's not! Get it through your head I don't like her, I don't, really I don't!"
"Okay, okay, no need to get defensive." Mabel said with an amused smile.
Gary pointed to the driveway as he shouted, "HEY LOOK IT'S WENDY!"
"WHERE!?" Dipper exclaimed darting his head around the area. Though he saw through why Gary had yelled that. He turned to them and saw big smiles on their faces; Dipper turned as red as a cherry. "Thi-this-this doesn't mean anything!" Dipper said to them as he stammered, "I'm going back inside!"
With that Dipper went over the roof and went inside. "So how much do you wanna bet he stays awake tonight?" Gary asked Mira and Mabel.
"$20s." They both said to the eleven year old.
-The Next Day-
Once again it was a slow day in the Mystery Shack, and it was just nearing the end of the day. Mabel had gotten out a boom box and plugged it in.
"RANDOM DANCE PARTY FOR NO REASON!" Mabel yelled turning on the boombox. Mabel, along with Andrew, Gary and Wendy started to dance. Mira however sat in the corner of the room, reading a book while Dipper was pretending to write stuff down on his clipboard.
"Dipper, Mira!" Wendy said getting there attention, "Aren't you going to get in on this?"
"I-Uh… I don't dance." Mira said.
"Really you don't?" Andrew asked her.
"Nah… It's not really my thing." She said nervously.
"How about you Dipper?" Wendy asked, "Wanna dance?"
Dipper shook his head and said, "I uh-Don't really dance either."
"What are you talking about, of course you do!" Mabel said, before telling, Wendy and Andrew, "Our mom used to dress him up in a lamb costume and make him do… The Lamby Dance." Mira saw the look on her brother's face; he a look of slight irritation, "Mabel igsney the Lamby Dance-ey." Mira said, speaking pig latin.
Andrew couldn't help but laugh at this, "The Lamby Dance, seriously?"
"What? Is there like, little ears with a tail included?" Wendy asked Dipper.
Dipper couldn't find the words to reply, though instead Mabel spoke up as well as held up a picture of a little Dipper in a lamb costume, "Dipper would prance around and sing a song about grazing. It was just so darn cute."
They heard the clock go off in the Shack. "Look at that, quitting time." Wendy said putting her name tag in her pocket.
"Time to go and meet the gang." Andrew said. They were just about to head out the door when Dipper had stopped them.
"Hey guys wait!" Dipper said, "Do you mind if I-or me and my sisters to come with you?"
This left Andrew and Wendy a bit concerned about this. "Ooo, I don't know." Andrew said to Dipper, "Our friends are pretty intense. So intense in fact, I don't let them hang with my little brother Gary."
"It's true." Gary said, "I met them only once and it didn't go well for me."
"Yeah, it was pretty dark day for the Mystery Shack." Andrew said.
"Drew you worry too much." Wendy said, "Why not just give them a chance, our friends might actually like them. By the way, how old did you guys say you were?"
Dipper replied, "We're thirteen! So we're technically teens."
"Alright!" Wendy said, "I like your moxie kid. I'll go get my stuff." Andrew shrugged at this and said, "Alright, I guess you guys are in. Meet you guys outside whenever you're ready." With that they both exited the Shack, leaving only the triplets and Gary inside.
"Since are we thirteen?" Mabel asked, "Is this a leap-year?"
"I don't think so." Mira said thinking about it too.
"You lied about your age didn't you?" Gary asked Dipper.
Dipper said, "Okay, I might've, but… I just thought that this would be our chance to get in with the cool kids…. And Wendy or whatever."
Mabel gasped loudly at this; she jumped off the counter, "Oh! I knew it! You love her! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!"
"Hey what's that?" Dipper said pointing in a random direction. When Mabel was distracted he flipped her hair over her head so that it was covering her face. Though she still continued saying the word love, though it was muffled. "Dipper… I don't know…" Mira said nervously, "There teens… And we're not teens. Not to mention, you know how I am with crowds…" Dipper placed a hand on Mira's shoulder, "Mira, I know, you don't do well with people you don't know, but you need to get out of your shell eventually."
Mira rubbed her arm, "I… I'm not sure."
Mabel moved her hair out of her face, "Dipper's right Mira. You've gotta learn to socialize. And don't worry, we'll be with you to help you out."
Mira thought about it for a while; she looked in the eyes of her siblings and saw a hopeful look on their faces. She let out a sigh, "Okay… I'll try."
