Mabel screamed.
But let's face it, when doesn't Mabel scream? thought Dipper.
She screamed with delight when she saw squirrels. She screamed with fear at burnt toast. She screamed for no reason to drown silence.
Dipper calmly continued his bedtime routine, squirting blue, sparkly toothpaste onto his toothbrush. He began scrubbing away at his enamel, and humming disco girl, when Mabel entered the bathroom without knocking. Dipper rolled his eyes. This is why he never took his pants off without first locking the door.
"What is it, Mabel?" he mumbled around his bristly toothbrush.
She didn't answer, but dragged Dipper to their attic room. The lights were off and her laptop open. Its dimly glowing screen gave off an eerie luminescence.
Dipper wanted to gulp nervously, but didn't want to swallow a mouthful of mint flavored foam. So he just swished the foam around in his mouth. Nervously.
"Couldn't you have at least let me spit and rinse first?" Dipper asked through the foam.
Either Mabel didn't hear, or the foam garbled the message beyond recognition.
Mabel grabbed Dipper, pushing him in front of her like a shield…or a sacrifice.
"I can't do it, bro-bro. You gotta do it for me," she whispered.
Dipper walked to the laptop with trepidation. There it was, propped open on her bed. He was half expecting a countdown to the apocalypse or something mystical you'd only see in Gravity Falls. Maybe her email had been hacked by the gnomes.
Really? thought Dipper. Apocalypse timer? Who'd put something stupid like that on the internet? And surely Mabel wouldn't be gullible enough to believe everything she sees online…
He looked at his sister, who was hyperventilating, and took back his last thought. He sighed.
He let his gaze fall upon the accursed laptop. Upon surveying the contents of the screen he saw that it was…
Author here! (But not THE author, if you take my meaning, haha) Thanks for reading! Tune in next time to find out what has Mabel so scared! When should I try to update? Once a week-ish? I'm new to this...so...yup! Review if you want! Give me suggestions! I have the next few chapters planned out, but that doesn't mean I can't edit them ;)
I'm also a Sherlock fan (canon, Jeremy Brett, Cumberbatch, and the Mary Russell series) so...if you want me to try my hand at something like that...let me know :)
I've got some tests and projects coming up in the next two weeks, but summer is getting close! So I can definitely start planning some fics if I get requests.
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