Scarred Summer: A Shooting Star Falls Story
Part One
Two weeks had passed since Dipper's Great Uncles Stan and Ford departed Gravity Falls, Oregon. The original pair of Pines Twins safely arrived in their hometown of Glass Shard Beach, New Jersey. After spending a few days catching up with distant family and friends, the duo boarded the Stan of War II and set sail for adventure on the high seas. Meanwhile, back in the Pacific Northwest, Wendy Corduroy and Dipper Pines were growing closer to one another. After the tragedy of June 3rd, the pair of friends dealt with the painful loss of Mabel and Pacifica. At first, Wendy struggled to overcome the self-imposed guilt that she could have done more to save the lives of her two good friends. The night of the incident, the scarlet haired officer attempted to end her life with the handgun the police department had issued her. Thankfully, that attempt was thwarted by the spirit of Mabel Pines, who told of a future that she must ensure by protecting her twin brother Dipper. After trying to move on, the young woman fell back into a deep depression and once again attempted to end her life, this time by the blade. After falling out of consciousness, the redhead was admonished by the ghost of Mabel, who scolded her for the selfishness of such an act.
Wendy was awoken to the fact that she simply couldn't push away her feelings, and instead needed to talk about them to a doctor. After her release from the hospital, the young officer and her crush professed their love to one another. Dipper decided to move in with Wendy and the two began to spend nearly every waking moment together. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon when Wendy's cellphone began to ring, interrupting the baseball game she and Dipper had been watching. "What's up Tambers?" the freckled woman asked her friend on the other end of the line. "First of all… Don't call me Tambers… Second of all… You got plans for the fourth tomorrow?" the purple haired woman asked. "Nah… Me and Dip were thinking of going down to the lake and just takin' it easy… Why? What's up?" the young woman inquired. "Well… Remember that party I told you I was gonna throw?" Tambry asked. "Yeah…" Wendy quickly replied. "Well… Are you up to coming over tomorrow night for a little get together? I-I mean… If not, it's totally cool… I just wanted to invi-" the olive skinned woman continued before her best friend interrupted. "Yeah! I think we'll be alright… My doctor said it'd be good for me to get out and about… Get back to having a social life, ya know?" the redhead explained. "Okay, cool! We'll have drinks, fireworks, and tons of food! I'll tell the crew! They'll be stoked that you guys are coming!" the twenty year old girl practically squealed with delight. "Sounds good Tambers! Talk to you later!" Wendy replied as she awaited her friend's response. "I said… DON'T CALL ME THAT!" the violet haired woman predictably shouted into the speaker of her phone as Wendy hung up while laughing to herself.
"So… I take it we have plans for tomorrow…" Dipper said as he looked away from the television for a moment. "Yeah… Tambry's got something going on tomorrow night… That is… If you wanna go…" Wendy reassured her boyfriend. "Yeah… Who knows? It might be fun" the brown haired teen replied. The pair continued to watch the ballgame as they cuddled on the dark leather couch. While the team the young couple were rooting for were unable to win the game, they had enjoyed the lazy afternoon none the less. "So… What do you wanna do for dinner dude?" asked Wendy as she got up to see what she had in her freezer. "I don't know… What do we have left?" asked the teenager to his girlfriend. The scarlet haired woman opened the door to find a slim picking of dining options. Most of the food she had was bought previous to Dipper moving in, so they were meals for one. With the ravenous appetite of the still growing teen that now cohabitated with her, they ended up exhausting her usual months' worth of sustenance in only two weeks. "Well… We really don't have much here… Wanna go out for something?" the woman shouted from the kitchen. She was relieved that after Ford's speech a fortnight ago that she could once again walk the streets of her hometown and be able to go out to restaurants. "Yeah… That sounds good" the brown haired teen said as he stood up from the couch and stretched. Wendy took in the sight of her boyfriend. The young man was adorned in a pair of faded slim blue jeans and a black t-shirt. "Just let me get ready man…" Wendy said as she walked towards the bedroom. "What could she need to do to get ready?" the teen pondered to himself. Wendy searched her room for a small purse to go with her outfit, which consisted of skinny blue jeans, a beige t-shirt emblazoned with the phrase 'I'm NOT weird. I AM LIMITED EDITION' , and a black leather jacket. Locating a suitable purse, the pair made their way out of Wendy's apartment and down the narrow stairway that led to the first floor.
After throwing on their sneakers, the couple walked a few blocks to a local pizza place on Northwest Boulevard. "We should really go grocery shopping…" Dipper suggested as he they stood in line to place their order. "Yeah… We'll get some real food for the house after tomorrow… I promise…" Wendy said to her boyfriend. The couple managed to devour an entire large cheese pizza while they discussed the upcoming bash at Tambry's house the following night. "So where exactly are her parents at? I mean, her house is pretty much the mecca of partying in the summer… Especially ever since they put that pool in" Dipper questioned as he took another bite of his pizza. "Well… In the summer, they go and travel to different places… This year I think she said it was Europe…" the redhead said through a mouthful of food. "Speaking of the pool… Can we swing by the mall after this? I need to pick out a new bathing suit…" Wendy asked. "Sure!" the teenager quickly answered, causing Wendy to giggle.
After finishing their food, the couple left the pizzeria hand in hand as they headed to the Gravity Falls Mall. Wendy mulled the options of where she could purchase her new swimwear. There was Edgy On Purpose, which was a store Wendy frequented. Then again, she could try something new and go to Alexandra's Surprise, although she hated the frilliness of the store. In the end, she decided to go halfway and walked into Atlantic Sun, a surf and skate store. Dipper wandered off to find a new pair of board shorts while Wendy perused the selection of bikinis. After almost giving up hope, she found the perfect one. Selecting the swimsuit, the ginger woman entered a fitting room to try it on. Dipper meanwhile, found a pair of shorts, that while not his normal style, he liked. After putting on the swimsuit, Wendy picked up her phone and called Dipper. "What's up?" the teen asked his girlfriend. "Dude, come over to the fitting rooms… I need your opinion on this suit…" the young woman said. "Okay… Then it's my turn to try something on for you…" the brown haired teenager playfully retorted. Wendy drew a deep breath before emerging from the safety of the fitting room. "What if he doesn't like it? What if he thinks it shows off a bit too much?" the woman asked herself. She emerged from the room wearing a red and white striped bikini bottom and a string tied top that had one side that was blue with white stars, while the other side kept the red and white striping of the bottoms.
Dipper did all he could to not stare at his girlfriend as she stood in the bikini. He thought she looked great in it, but then again, he thought she looked great in pretty much anything she chose to wear. It was clear that her appearance was drawing some attention from some of the other male shoppers as well. Dipper walked over and wrapped the apprehensive ginger in a hug. "I love it! You look great babe!" the brown haired teen said as he tried to establish that Wendy was his girlfriend. "Since when do you call me 'babe' dude?" Wendy asked. "I dunno… I uh… I…" the teenager stuttered as once again the scarlet haired woman had flustered him. "I'm kidding man… I like it…" Wendy said with a reassuring smile. "Well… I better go change out of this before I make a few of these dweebs to have to buy a new pair of pants…" she said with a chuckle as she grasped the stubble of her boyfriend's chin and pecked him on the lips. Some of the onlookers were disappointed by this and proceeded to ogle other women in the store. After a moment, Wendy reemerged from the fitting room, with an eager look on her face. "I hope you don't mind, but I sent a pic to Tambry… She loved it too! Although I'm not sure if I may have just made it weird… I mean, she did have a crush on me and all…" the ginger woman disclosed to her boyfriend, who was unsure of how to process this fact. "I'm sure she knows what's up… She was probably just being a good friend…" Dipper said as he tried to reassure the young woman.
"Okay… No more stalling… Now I get to see what you've picked out… Don't let me down man!" she shouted as Dipper entered the fitting room. "Well… She'll either love it… Or she'll laugh in my face… Oh well… Here goes nothing…" the teen said as he put on the swimsuit. The maroon door of the fitting room opened and out stepped Dipper. He was clad in a pair of swim shorts that were unlike anything he had dared to wear before. Wendy, as well as a few of the female shoppers and associates liked what they saw. The lean and muscular teen's dark blue swim trunks fit like a pair of tight boxer briefs, which started at about three quarters of the way up his thigh. A white waistband contrasted the darkness of the shorts, along with white drawstrings that hung from the top, from which a small trail of body hair led to the bottom of his navel. The brown haired teen blushed a bit as he became aware of the attention he was getting, particularly when a woman tilted down her sunglasses to get a better look. "Well… What do you think?" asked Dipper. Wendy stood before him with a blank expression on her face, as if her brain had stopped to buffer. "Huh?! Wha!? Oh… Th-They look great! The look awesome babe!" the young woman was finally able to stammer out. "Well… Consider them sold!" the seventeen year old said as he proudly walked back into the fitting room. Meanwhile, Wendy cast gazes upon the women who had come to a standstill in the store. "Show's over dudes!... You can stop eye-humping my boyfriend!" she informed the disappointed women.
After throwing his clothes back on, Dipper exited the fitting room to find his girlfriend still blushing a bit. "I take it you like what you saw…" the teen said in a somewhat teasing manner. "Y-Yeah… I guess you could say that…" she replied. "I should have worn it out in that case!" the black t-shirt clad young man said with a chuckle. "I'm not the jealous type… Really I'm not…" Wendy began. "Sure… You all say that…" Dipper teased. "Whatever… Anyway… If you wore that home, I'm pretty sure I'd have to punch a bitch or two…" she said as the redhead playfully jabbed her boyfriend in the ribs. "Well… Let's just say that if you wore yours out… I'd have to crack a few skulls myself…" the seventeen year old retorted. After purchasing their attention getting swimwear, the couple walked home. They laughed along the way about how they may steal the show the following night.
The couple arrived back at the brick and glass storefront of Wendy's apartment. Wendy pushed Dipper up against the brick exterior of the building and began a deep and passionate kiss, dropping the shopping bags from her hands. Dipper returned the kiss as the two carried on despite being in public. "Get a room!" a passerby yelled from a car. The couple was thoroughly shamed and immediately pulled away from one another. "Well… That was embarrassing…" Dipper said. A small frown formed on the freckled face of his lover. "N-Not because of you or anything… Ju-Just getting heckled like that…" the teen quickly clarified. "Well… Then… Let's go somewhere a bit more private…" the redhead said in a salacious voice. The pair practically raced one another up the steep and narrow staircase that led to the apartment on the second floor. Wendy fumbled with her keys as Dipper pressed his body up against the back of her. The door unlocked and the pair tumbled to the hardwood floor. The couple let out a hearty laugh as they picked themselves off the floor.
"I'd ask you to put those shorts back on, but I'd just end up ripping them off of you…" Wendy said as she bit her lip and a light blush came over her freckled face. "Yeah… You were looking pretty good in that bikini you picked out…" the brown haired teen said. Wendy grasped the hand of her boyfriend and led him to the bedroom. The couple began to make out as thoughts raced through their heads of the attention they may draw at the party the following evening. After a round of relentless sex, the exhausted couple passed out on Wendy's queen sized bed. They dreamed of all the fun they'd have at the Fourth of July party the next day.
Author's note: So… I know that this was supposed be the start of my one-shots, but low and behold it became a multi-part story. In the eternal words of Grunkle Stan, deal with it.
My Playlist for this chapter:
The Kills – "Heart Of A Dog"
Warpaint – "New Song"
The White Stripes – "Fell In Love With A Girl"
Queens Of The Stone Age – "3's & 7's"
Stone Sour – "Absolute Zero"
Seether – "Nobody Praying For Me"
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – "Lullaby"
Mudvayne – "Happy?"
Breaking Benjamin – "Breaking The Silence"
Sevendust – "Picture Perfect"
System Of A Down – "Toxicity"
Asking Alexandria – "Here I Am"
Bring Me The Horizon – "Throne"
Shinedown – "If You Only Knew"