It was any other day in the life of Dipper Pines. Getting laughed at, bullied and worst of all feeling unwanted. He knew out of him and Mabel, he was the one who stayed away from social activities and the like.

It felt good being able to think without all the noise from people and other stuff. Not that it was a bad thing, but lately it seemed like even his own sister was starting to stay away from him. It felt like the only person he wanted to talk with, hang out with, or generally be around was starting to avoid him. As he looked into the sky...his thoughts travels back to how this whole mess started.

~ 3 Months ago

It was Saturday afternoon when Mabel came blasting through the Mystery Shack with a smile plastered over her face.

"What's all the noise about?" Wendy said looking up from her magazine of Lumberjack Weekly.

"Well if you must know...I met this sweet and awesome guy down by the lake, and we just hit it off." Mabel replied screaming.

Dipper walked downstairs from thier shared bedroom with a look of confusion for a second, but when he saw his sister's face, he instantly knew what the fuss was all about.

"I see someone has a new boyfriend huh?"

"What...we...well...maybe but I can't really say for sure. We were down there talking for a few hours and what not. Even though he said he'll be leaving in a few months he still wanted to hang and do stuff with me more."

Dipper wanted to say something but he knew she didn't have the best record when it came to boys and as much as it was killing him to say what he was thinking, he decided it would be best to just let things play out.

"That's great Mabel. He said giving a slight smile while throwing a quick glance at Wendy.

"Wait...that's it? No sly remarks, no telling me this is a bad idea, no telling me my new possible boyfriend could be one of the many horrible monsters in disguise?" She asked looking a bit taken back from her brothers attitude.

Dipper just shook his head as he walked passed her before reaching the front door to the shack. He turned back around before opening the door and said, "Just be safe okay?"

"Pshhh, bro-bro, you know me! I'm always safe, well...half of the time anyway."

Dipper just smiled and closed the door. Mabel was concerned since he's been acting strangely since they returned to Gravity Falls. They've been back for a month now and she noticed Dipper stayed distant from everyone. She's seem him upset at home due to the constant bullying at school and when he told thier parents about it they just told him everything would work out.

She knew they only wanted to help but when she looked at Dipper later that night at their parents house, she saw something in him change, something that made her shiver. She hoped being back in Gravity Falls would bring the old Dipper back, bring the brother she knew and loved back. Sadly it had no affect.

"Hey Wendy...has Dipper been acting strange or different lately?"

"Hmmm now that you mention it...I asked him if he wanted to hang out with me for a day so we could catch up, but he turned down the offer. It was kinda weird too."

"How so?" Mabel asked curiously.

"Well first, as he said no...he had this look like he was off somewhere else ya'know? Second, as he walked away from me and headed back here I felt a chill run down my back."

Mabel pondered on what she'd been told. It was true that Everytime she tried to talk with him, he felt somewhat off. It was hard to come to a conclusion but she would look into it later. Right now she had a cute boy to think about and make plans for the remaining time she would spend with him.

It's been a few weeks since Mabel started hanging with the her now official boyfriend Tim. He was a little taller than Dipper, had wild blond hair that seemed to magically fall back in place no matter how much hair gel he used. He wore black jeans shorts, and a black shirt that said Limitless.

Mabel was now sitting with Tim under one of the many trees in the Gravity Falls forest. She was happy that she actually found someone who liked her, and still did even though she still wore all her childish sweaters with glitter. Although from time to time she still worried about her brother.

"Your thinking about him huh?" Tim asked with concern in his voice.

"Yeah...I miss him you know? It's not easy to talk with him anymore. Don't get me wrong, me and Dipper are two halves of the same coin. If I'm in trouble he's the first one to respond and vise versa if he was in trouble, but lately things have been...how should I say, hard." She replied with a heavy sigh.

" I see, but if anyone can help him I know it would be you."

"How can you be so sure I can do what no one else have been able to do for days? I mean everyone has tried talking with him and all he does is sit there quietly without saying anything. If anyone asks him a question he just nods. He doesn't even hold conversations anymore."

"Mabel...you have to show him that you miss him. Show him that even if things are rough and he doesn't want to talk about it, he at least knows there's someone there who has his back."

"Maybe your right. I really haven't been talking or interacting with him lately. It feels like we're slowly drifting apart and it scares." She said with teary eyes.

"Why is that?"

Mabel began to explain to Tim all the crazy adventures her and Dipper have been on. From the gnomes all the way to defeating Gideon and his giant robot. She left out the showdowns with Bill since that was something she didn't think he could process or handle. His silence only confirmed her decision.

After a while he let out a deep and long sigh. "I'm gonna be straight with you, that is a lot to take in and I wish I was here to join along."

"Wait...what? Mabel was stunned to here his response. She at least hoped he would think she was a little crazy but right now she was just baffled.

"Don't get me wrong, some of that sounds way out of my league and comfort zone to be honest but it sounds really scary and exciting."

"I know right? We had a lot of close calls and things looked really bad on the home front for a long time, but through thick and thin I always had Dipper by my side to help me through it all. I owe him so much and it only hurts me more to see that he no longer has that spark for adventures, questioning the unknown, or battling against all odds. I just want that Dipper back!" She said crying.

Tim was jealous of Dipper. He was able to do all this cool and scary stuff with Mabel. Face demons, creatures of unknown origin, heck even death and through it all he had his beautiful sister by his side. It was hurting him to see her break down like this. Even though they have been dating for only a couple of weeks he's never seen her this hurt before.

"He pulled Mabel off the ground while she was still crying. He slowly lifted her hand and gave her a soft smile. "Go talk to him Mabel. Go to him right now and spend as much time with him as you need until you get your old brother back." He said softly wiping away her tears.

"Wh...what about you? Won't you feel lonely?" She asked with a shaky voice.

"I have your number so I can text you. That's good enough for me. Right now your brother needs you more than I do. So go and next time I see you...I want to see your beautiful smile."

She took his hand and firmly grasped it. Looked into his eyes, then gave him a nice long kiss on the cheek. "The next one will be on a different spot." She said with a slight blush.

Tim nodded and slowly let go og her hand. They both headed back to the Mystery Shack in silence. As they reached the front door to the Mystery Shack, Mabel was scared. She was scared because she hasn't talked to her brother in weeks. She didn't know why he changed like he did. Well she did but she at least thought they would be able to talk it out. She hoped she would be able to get him to open up to her but it seemed almost impossible. When she talked to her grunkle Stan about it he said to give Dipper some time and things would play out. Well she gave him a few weeks and she hoped things would get better, but she knew something bad was going to happen, but she still had hope. Hope that she would be able to bring her brother out of whatever was holding him back from enjoying his life, back from whatever was keeping him away from her. After all she would never hurt him and that was a fact.