Hey guys! Here's my first Gravity Falls fanfiction! There's a funny story behind this one. My friend was obsessed with this show, and, I guess, still is. She continuously talked about it, and I just listened and asked questions. I had heard of it and tried to watch a few episodes over the years. So, last Thursday she was excited about the series finale coming out. On Friday morning I had a crazy idea to try and binge watch the entire series by Monday night then watch the series finale. I was only joking at the time. But, four days later, Monday night, I had finished the entire series and was watching Weirdmageddon 3. So here it is! The product of my new found obsession with Gravity Falls. PS. The cover art is my drawing for those of you who may have wondered.

Chapter 1

*Dipper's POV*

Leaving Gravity Falls was one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life. That's saying something, coming from me. At the beginning of this summer, I had no idea that all these amazing adventures were going to happen. I just thought I was going to have a boring summer working for a smelly old man I barely knew. But it turned out to be so much better. I gripped the paper Wendy had given me closer to my chest, biting my lip to hold back tears. Mabel had curled up on the bus seat, hugging Waddles practically as tightly as she could. This was going to be a long bus ride.

I wondered about Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford. I hoped they'd do well on their journey. Maybe they'd come to visit sometime. You know, circle North America and, like show up on a beach in California somewhere. I took off Wendy's hat. Looking at it, I started thinking about her. Yes, I know, how typical of me to start thinking about Wendy. But I couldn't help it. I still loved her. I put the paper down on the bus seat. I clutched the hat to my chest instead. I buried my face in it. It still smelled like her. A woodsy smell, mixed with determination. Is determination a smell? I don't know, it should be. I bit down on my lip harder, but couldn't contain myself any longer, letting tears run down my face and onto the hat. Eventually, I cried myself to sleep.

*Mabel's POV*

"Dipper!" I exclaimed. "Wake up, we're home!"

"Huh?" he managed, partially waking up.

"We're home, silly!" I announced, again. "We can show Waddles around California!"

"Oh," Dipper replied, he sat up. His faced was stained from dried tears.

"What's wrong?" I asked. I rarely see Dipper crying.

"Nothing," he replied. "I'm fine." He rubbed at his face with his forearm, attempting to wipe away the residue.

"I know what'll cheer you up!" I announced.

"Uh, oh," Dipper groaned. I reached into one of my bags. I pulled out two things.

"Here," I said, handing the first to Dipper.

"Your scrapbook?" he asked.

"Yeah, for memories," I replied. I handed him the second object.

"A shoe box?" he asked.

"Open it," I told him. He did, a look of shock and embarrassment crossed his face.

"My pictures of Wendy?" he asked. "Where'd you find them? I thought they got left behind when we went pranking tourist traps!"

"Nah, I found them in the back of the RV," I told him. "You can put them in the scrapbook or make out with them or whatever it is you do." Dipper blushed.

"Okay, thanks," he said.

"Okay, kids! This is your stop!" the bus driver called back to us. I wished Soos could've been the bus driver again.

"Come on, Mabel," Dipper said, picking up his stuff and heading towards the front of the bus. I grabbed Waddles and my bags and followed my brother down the steps and out the door.

*Wendy's POV*

Going back to school wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Robbie and Tambry are still dating which, I think is pretty cool. We were all hanging out at lunch today, and Thompson noticed I was wearing Dipper's hat.

"Why are you wearing Dipper's hat?" he asked.

"I gave him mine when he left to go back to California. He let me keep his.

"Awww," Thompson gushed. I think he ships us. I blushed.

"She's blushing!" Tambry exclaimed, taking a picture of me before I could stop her.

"Give it, Tambers!" I exclaimed, trying to wrestle the phone from her hands.

"Status Update!" Tambry teased. "Wendy has a crush on the boy who gave her that hat!" Her phone fell from her hands and onto the ground. She knelt down, scrambling to retrieve it. She cleaned the dirt off and looked at the screen. "Oh no."

"What?" I asked, nervously. Tambry turned the phone towards me. The update had been posted. "Tambry!"

"It was an accident! I was joking! I'm sorry, one of us must've accidentally pressed the post button when we were fighting!" Tambry exclaimed.

"Delete it!" I exclaimed. I looked around at everyone else. Some people were on their phones already, I couldn't tell if anyone had seen it. Tambry fumbled with her phone in a panic, nearly dropping it a few more times before it had been deleted. I heard people snickering. I'm sure it could be about something else, right? The colour drained from Tambry's face.

"What is it?" I asked, nervous once again.

"Exactly what you think it is," she replied. I looked at the screen. The picture of me blushing over Dipper's hat had been reposted by five different people.

"Thompson, I'm gonna kill you!" I said, running at him, but Lee and Nate restraining me.

"Why me?!" he asked.

"You were the one who made me blush!" I snapped.

"I didn't know this was going to happen!" he exclaimed.

"He's got a point," Robbie remarked. I stopped trying to attack Thompson. Nate and Lee let go of my arms.

"I'm sorry," I apologized.