Hi everyone. The story takes place after the show ended. I have written before, but this is the first time i've put a story online for people to read, so cunstructive critisism would be appreciated. I also, dont really write in third person, so this is a bit of practice... hopefully it goes well... enjoy.
CHAPTER 1
Dipper sat at the back of the bus, with his head against the glass, mindlessly staring out at the passing trees. He let out a sigh and adjusted his head so that his hand supported his chin. The scruff of hair on his chin made his palm a little itchy, but his mind was elsewhere.
It's been five years since wierdmageddon and he hasnt been back since. Not from lack of trying, but life had just gotten in the way. He and Mabel have been keeping in contact with everyone from Gravity Falls, but unlike Mabel, his correspondence had become far and few between as the time went on.
Mabel shuffled in her seat next to him. He glanced over and noticed she had fallen asleep, resting her head on his shoulder. He smiled and turned back to the scenery outside.
The first summer after Bill's defeat, they had tried to go back but their parents had signed them up for summer camp and then a family vacation. The summer after that, he was stuck in summer school after missing a few months of classes from injuries sustained in a failed science experiment. Mabel had stayed home to help care for him half the time so she ended up in summer school as well.
The next year, Dipper had gotten accepted into a summer internship at a research facility in Egypt and was encouraged to go by his family and friends. Mabel tagged along as well, bring one of her old highschool boyfriends along.
Mabel was always good at getting guys to go out with her. She was captain of the cheer squad in highschool and her positive attitude always caught guys offguard as she dragged them into relationships that never seemed to end well...for them.
Dipper had tried the relationship thing, but found he couldnt connect well with people in that regards. His past and the secrets he kept, kept him distant from anyone but his sister, even his parents.
The summer following his junior year, he was suppose to go back but his parents forced him and Mabel to get jobs. It was then that they decided to go back to Gravity Falls after graduation.
He smiled at the thought of everyone's reactions when they tell them the good news.
The bus continued down the road for a ways before beginning to slow down. He saw the old rail bridge go over head add he looked out the window.
Dipper looked over at his sister and nudged her awake.
She sat up in her seat and tried her best to stretch while remaining seated. She had her hair pulled back into a pony tail that ran through the back of a baseball cap.
The cap was purple with image of a shooting star on it. She made it shortly after leaving Gravity Falls in contrast to Dipper's hat so they could match, forgetting that Dipper's hat was still in Gravity Falls. She wore jeans and a colorful pink shirt with an image of waddles on it and a purple jacket over that.
"Are we there yet?" she asked. As she yawned, I was reminded of how she used to have braces the last time we were here. Now her teeth were straight and metal free.
"Almost." Dipper said calmly, giving himself a little stretch as well.
The bus continued to slow down before finally pulling to a stop. Last time they were here, the bus stop was no more than a simple post and a bench, but now they seemed to have pulled into a full bus station. As he looked out the window, he could see the spaces for other busses, but were empty.
Tourism really must have picked up. Dipper thought as he stood.
The row in front of them was overflowing with bags and he tried his best to grab what he could, putting two backpacks over each shoulder and carrying three full duffel bags. It was a little awkward to carry but he had gotten stronger over the years so they didnt seem too heavy. Mabel picked up two backpacks as well and two duffels which she carried under each arm with trouble.
Dipper followed behind Mabel as they left the bus and walked into the bus station. Not two seconds after walking through the doors, Mabel dropped the duffel bags, screaming, and ran forward.
"Damn it, stop screaming and help me." Dipper said as he tried to awkwardly pick up the other duffel bags.
"How 'bout I help ya, Dipper?" a voice came from nearby.
Dipper looked up to see a tall man with a heavy set body. The man was wearing cargo shorts and a familarly large green shirt.
"Soos!" Dipper said dropping his bags and giving the large man a hug. Soos was still taller than Dipper but only by a few inches.
"Ah, its good to see you, dude." Soos said, picking up two of the duffel bags with ease.
"Definitely!" came another voice from behind Soos. Dipper looked to see Wendy standing there in a brown flannel, wearing his old hat.
"Wendy!" Dipper said as she gave him a hug. Dipper couldnt help but get a little red as her breasts squezzed against his chest. After a moment, she finally released him and Dipper really took a look at her.
She looked almost the same as before. Same height, hair, clothe style; but now he began to notice that her breasts were a bit bigger and her face had a stronger jaw line and larger cheek bones, giving her a more mature look.
She took his old hat off of her head and took her old hat, which dipper had decided at the last minute to wear, and switched them out, setting his hat back on his head and her hat on her own head.
"There." she said with a smile.
"So, do we all get to say hi or are we just to old?" a grisly voice came. Dipper looked over to see Stan and Ford, dressed in their usual attire, being flocked by cheerful girls...sorry, women, as Dipper noticed that Candy and Grenda had also grown up.
Candy was about the same height as Mabel, with her long hair rolled into a bun on the back of her head. He also noticed that her slender frame held a pair of breasts that seemed to big for the skinny girl. They were in no way as big as Wendy's but were a lot bigger than he would have thought.
Grenda, on the other hand, turned into a monster of a woman. She was much taller now and even seemed bigger than Soos. Her once round body, had been resculpted to produce the slightest accent of curves. Her large breasts and ass adding to her heavy set body to give her more curves. She looked more like a large viking woman than anything he was normally used to seeing in California. Which seemed like an accurate analogy as he knew she was probably more muscle than fat anyhow.
But there was one more person he didnt recognise. She was a beautiful woman who wore simple jeans and a blouse. She had long blonde hair that seemed to naturally flow to a ponytail rather than being pulled back. She had large breasts, about the size of Wendy's, and a round ass to match. She was hugging Mabel with excitement and he continued to wonder who she was.
Picking up the bags, he walked over to the group with Soos and Wendy in tow, who was now also holding two bags.
"Come here, you." Stan said as he grabbed Dipper into a one armed hug, causing him to nearly drop the bags.
"It's good to see you, Dipper." Ford said as he also hugged Dipper.
"Its great to see you guys too. Sorry I haven't talked to you guys in a while." Dipper said apologetically as he readjusted his hold on the bags.
"It's ok. We know your busy. Your parents have been keeping us up to date." Ford said.
"Its...good to see you." The mysterious blonde said sheepishly. At hearing her voice Dipper finally realized who it was.
"Pacifica?" he asked hesitantly.
"Of course, dork." she responded, gently punching him in the arm. He was about to respond, when Grenda began talking. Her voice was still gravely, but it was somehow more afeminate than it was before.
"Oh! We have to hurry back before it melts." She shouted as she basically picked up Mabel and headed to the door.
Not knowing what she was talking about, Dipper followed her, along with everyone else, out to the parking lot, where Soos' pick-up was parked.
We loaded the bags into the back and climbed in. Soos drove with the Stan twins in the cab and the rest of us piled on top of the bags in the bed.
Candy, Mabel and Grenda sat on one side and Wendy, Dipper and Pacifica on the other respectively.
"It really is good to have you back." Wendy said as she leaned against the back of the cab.
The ride consisted of everyone catching up and sharing what they've been up to. Candy and Grenda have been working for Wendy, who quit her job at the Mystery Shack to start a land allocation subsidiary of her father's lumber company in order to help the magical creatures live peacefully and out of sight of tourists. After the defeat of Bill, the creatures hostile nature subsided and their numbers started to grow over the years requiring some management of the forest.
Soos had moved out of his grandmother's house and into his own with his wife Melody, and is the current manager and operator of the Mystery Shack.
After two straight years of traveling, Stan and Ford decided to head back to Gravity Falls with a new found kinship and 3 more journals worth of information to analyze. Ford explained how Gideon became his new assistant after expressing interest in the unknown and Stan talked about how he was enjoying retirement and living off of a business he didnt have to run.
Pacifica was a bit hesitant about sharing her past, but after some pleading from Mabel, she began to talk. After her family was left broke, her parents dragged her away to Washington where her father tried to rebuild his fortune. Her daily life sounded like hell as she talked about her father holding her under lock and key all the time. However, after two years she finally ran away, and later discovered that her father disowned her and took her out of the family inheritance. She had made her way back to Gravity Falls, where she now works at the Mystery Shack and lives in Soos' old breakroom after Stan and Ford decided to take her in.
With everyone sharing stories, the trip back to the shack went by in no time. Pulling up in the Shack's parking lot...yes there is a parking lot now, although its no more than a dirt clearing with logs to indicate parking spaces...they got out and started to unload the truck.
"I got the attic all set up for you two, just like it was." Stan said, feeling a little pridefull.
"WE, Stanley. WE got the attic set up." Ford corrected him. There was alittle chuckling and everyone went inside.
Dipper and Mabel took their bags upstairs while everyone gathered in the family room. Mabel threw her bags on her bed and turned to leave but Dipper sat down on his bed looking around the room. Mabel stopped walking.
"Arent you coming?" she asked.
"Yeah, in a minute. I just want to...unpack...a little." he responded without looking at her. She shrugged and walked out the door.
Dipper laid down on his bed and stared up at the ceiling.
It seems like its been an eternity since ive been here and yet a day at the same time...like its all just a dream. He thought to himself.
He took a deep breath as memories of that summer came flooding back. The adventures, the danger, but most importantly the good times. The moments when he was having fun. He smiled at these memories.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door that jarred him from his reverie.
"Come in." he called without moving. He heard the door open and lifted his head to see Pacifica...the last person he was expecting it to be.
"Everyones waiting for you down stairs. Mabel says you guys have some sort of surprise but she wont say untill you come down...Plus, there's a god awful amount of cake that Grenda made." she said smiling. Dipper smiled back and sat up.
"I was just reminiscing about the last time I was here." He said. Pacifica moved over to the bed and sat next to him.
"Yeah, that...was a long time ago." she said. "but it was a fun summer."
"Yeah...we almost died." he said light heartedly.
"There were good times too." she said. "Like...when you stopped that ghost from destroying my house, or when you let me join you guys to stop Bill...whos only gone thanks to you." she says adding that last part to cover her growing blush.
"If I recall, you were the one that vanquished the ghost." Dipper said putting his hat on the bed and turning to look at her.
It was then that Dipper really saw her, Pacifica, as beautiful and not just because the top of her blouse was unbuttoned showing off a bit of cleavage. He blushed and kept his eyes on her face.
"I never properly thanked you for that night, though." she said, her blush growing.
"You did hear what I just said, right?" he asked.
"Yeah, but...if it wasnt for you, i'd have never stood up to my parents and I wouldnt be free of their control." she said. "You...saved me in a way you'd never understand."
"Again that was all you. You were brave then and still are if you made it here on your own." he said refering to when she talked about her past. "You were..."
"Shut up, loser." She said as she leaned over and kissed him on the lips. Surprised, Dipper just sat there letting her kiss him. He could feel her blushed cheeks heat up his, which were now reddening as well. When he didnt recipricate the kiss, she stopped and pulled away.
"Anyway...thanks." she said, downcasted and a little shamed. She stood to leave and headed towards the door. "The others are waiting. You should come down." She said before disappearing through the doorway.
Still sitting there confused, he tried to process what just happened and what he was feeling. He obviously wasnt expecting this, but what surprised him more, were the new feelings for her that were rising up within him.
"DIPPER!" Mabel called from downstairs. Her voice jarred him from his thoughts and he desended the stairs to join the party.