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The summer had been fun but they all knew it couldn't last forever, after all that was what started the whole weirdmageddon mess. Dipper sighed as he looked at the window at the last of Oregon zooming past. The California border was close, it felt like as soon as they go into California it's really all over. He knew he would miss it, the forest, the small town the adventures, his friends and family. Dipper didn't really have friends in Piedmont not like he did in Gravity Falls.
He glared at the faded sign that read 'Welcome to California!' so cheerfully almost mockingly. Just three more hours and they would be back to their boring suburb where nothing magical or fun ever happens. Mabel continued to sleep peacefully beside him with Waddles contentedly lounging on her lap. He was probably going to miss his Grunkles the most, they loved them very much and made sure the pig was coming. They paid more attention to them then their parents ever did, and Ford taught him so much. He looked at the letter Wendy had everyone in town sign the promise of next summer.
Three long boring hours later they pulled into the bus stop in Piedmont, California the stereotypical suburb. He nudged Mabel awake.
"We're here Mabes." she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and had a look of disappointment on her face, it broke his heart. They gathered their things and got off the bus, they looked around for their parents and found them waiting by the exit. They ran over, he wasn't going to lie he did miss his parents a bit. They were loaded into the car where Mabel took over the conversation. She told them about her summer romances, about Candy and Grenda, and about some of their adventures. She luckily left out the supernatural elements and omitted the monsters they fought and Bill. Dipper just stared out the window looking at the scenery so familiar yet not. It was the usual buildings, sidewalks, and busy streets that occupied the suburbs but after living in a small town surrounded by forest all summer it was so foreign...and loud.
They finally pulled into the driveway of their house, a plain white cookie cutter house like the rest of the block. It was so unlike the mystery shack, too clean, too normal. When they walked in the familiar smell of cooking hit his nose, after a summer of living with Stan who could barely cook, they were excited for some great food. He looked back at Mabel who was trying to slip upstairs as their mom was talking to her.
"Listen mom, can Dipper and I go unpack? You don't want us to leave our bags everywhere." she said convincingly, he was quickly grabbed and yanked up the stairs. They ran into their room only to find Dipper's stuff gone.
"Where's all my stuff?!" he yelled freaking out, his parents appeared in the doorway.
"Surprise!" his mom exclaimed. "You guys are teenagers now so we cleaned out your father's old office and made it into Dipper's new bedroom!" He looked at her in horror.
"Mom! But I'm fine sharing a room with Mabel, dad needs that office space." he tried to come up with reasons why they should continue sharing a room without flat out telling their parents that he couldn't sleep without Mabel there. His dad shook his head.
"You two need your spaces, you're getting older. Besides won't you be glad that all your clothes will be glitter free now?" Dipper looked at the ground before putting on a fake smile.
"You have a point there." he sighed, with that their parents left them alone yet again. He looked around, it was too open, too empty.
"Are you going to be okay Mabel?" he asked, he was concerned after the events that ended their summer. She nodded sadly.
"I'll be fine bro-bro besides I have Waddles!" She unzipped one of her bags and the pig jumped out, sniffing around. Dipper stared in shock, that's why his mom didn't freak out.
"You snuck him in? You realize it would've been easier to deal with it as soon as we got home." Mabel shook her head.
"They would've made me get rid of him!" He sighed, she was right.
"I'm going to go check out my room, call for me if you need anything."
He went down the hallway and stood in front of the closed door of his new room. He pushed it open and saw everything in place, even all of his books. He set his bags down on his bed, the room felt empty and dark. He pulled Wendy's hat off of his head and hugged it, if he closed his eyes he was back in the attic of the Mystery Shack. But reality was a cruel mistress he was still sitting here in a room not shared with his sister. He looked at the calendar pinned above his desk, there was a giant red circle for the first day of school next week. He wanted to rip it apart, school meant no friends, possibly being separated from his sister, and another year of torment. He grabbed one of his bags and began unpacking, he was glad he thought to wash his clothes before they left. He put everything in their drawers, as he walked back over to his bed he saw papers poking out of his bag. He ran over and saw they were photocopies of Journal 3 with a note that read. "You need these more than I do, never stop investigating it is up to you to unlock the secrets of Gravity Falls.-Ford" Dipper smiled widely before tearing off back to Mabel's room.
"Mabel! Mabel!" she opened her door, her room was already wrecked with Waddles sleeping in a pile of blankets.
"Why are you yelling bro? What's wrong?" she looked concerned, he must look half insane right now.
"Look!" he held out the journal pages so she could see them. "Someone copied the pages from Journal 3! Ford slipped them in my bag and told me that I need to continue his work." Mabel smiled and showed him her grappling hook.
"Grunkle Stan put this in my bag, he told me to keep being creative and weird." They hugged while smiling and laughing. Unfortunately his yelling attracted his parents, Mabel didn't close her door fast enough and their mom pushed in.
"Mabel Pines! You just came back and your room is already a mess!" she said irritated, just them Waddles decided to go check out this new person in the room. Their mom let out a shriek.
"Why is there a pig in your room?!" she tried to kick it but Mabel ran and grabbed him.
"This is Waddles! I won him at a fair during the summer!" she exclaimed holding him out. "We had lots of adventures!" Their mom sighed.
"You can't keep a pig inside the house we'll have to send him to a farm." Mabel started tearing up.
"But...we kept him inside at the mystery shack! He's a good pig!" Dipper walked over.
"He is really well behaved mom please. Let her keep him." His mom just walked out without another word.
The rest of the day was really uneventful, they unpacked, they ate dinner, and the twins hid upstairs. Around nine their parents insisted they go to bed, Dipper stood up and hugged Mabel.
"If you have a nightmare or anything I'm right down the hall. Good night Mabel." She squeezed him tight
"Same here, good night Dipper." He left her room and went to his own.
Hey guys this is a story that I came up with after the finale. I'm looking for a beta reader/ editor for future chapters, message me if you're interested.