The Summer of Change

Chapter 1

The Mystery Shack was, for the moment, empty of customers. Wendy took that to mean it was finally time to sit down. She regretted wearing her boots to work as he aching feet thumped and throbbed with each motion. Reaching the counter she pulled the chair back far enough to allow her to plop down without smacking her swollen belly on anything. "Ugh! I should be on maternity leave!" she groaned, rubbing her belly she imagined the tiny thing growing inside her body that would soon come out and be completely helpless and rely on Wendy to do everything for it. "Sounds just like Stan."

As if on cue the old geezer came into the room carrying a large box marked junk in big black letters. "Wendy, I need you to take this box of junk up to the attic and put it with the rest of soon to be attractions," he said, dropping the dirty, and rancid smelling box on the counter. Wendy rolled her eyes and pointed at her stomach. "Oh yeah, I forgot your being lazy for two now. Alright, I'll take the box up, and you can meet my niece and nephew when they show up."

Wendy raised an eyebrow at this. "You actually have family? That want to see you?" she asked, as the old man picked up the disgusting box and started for the stairs.

"I know right, what did I do to deserve two brats for the summer?" he grumbled, as he headed up the stairs. Wendy shook her head before grabbing a magazine. She made it through half a paragraph when a shout followed by a loud crashing sound outside caused her to jump.

Slowly she stood up and went to the door to look out to see the large handyman Soos laying on top of what was once the Mystery Shack's golf cart. "You ok Soos?" she asked, as Soos rolled over and fell face first onto the ground. Soos only gave her a weak thumbs up. "I'd hate to be you when Stan-"

"SOOS!" Stan roared, causing an echo that was heard all across Gravity Falls. Stan leaned out the attic window and began to shout and shake his fist. "When I get down there you are so fired!"

The old man's head disappeared into the building before the distinctive sounds of Stan falling down the stairs was heard. Wendy shook her head before she noticed two kids walking towards the Mystery Shack. They were twins, a boy and a girl. The boy wore a brown hat with a star on it a black vest over a red shirt, shorts and sneakers. The girl wore a pink sweater, despite the heat, with a rainbow on it, a purple skirt and black shoes and had braces on her teeth. "Hey Stan, I think your guests are here!" Wendy called, a pain filled groan was her only reply.

A hand rubbing her belly caused Wendy to jump slightly. Looking down she was surprised to see the girl vigorously rubbing her belly. "Is this what puberty's like? Will I get fat too?" she asked, before snorting and laughing. "Fat Mabel, I like the sound of that."

Her brother only shook his head. "She's pregnant you scatterbrain," he said, walking over to join them. "I'm Dipper and this is my sister Mabel. What happened to him?"

Soos finally managed to halfway lift himself up, before face planting again. "That's Soos, he fell off the roof, for the third time today," Wendy said, adding the third thing under her breath. "I'm Wendy, and your uncle Stan fell down the stairs. He's in there."

Mabel rubbed her cheeks excitedly. "Nurse Mabel to the rescue!" she exclaimed, as she pulled a nurse's hat out of an enormous backpack, and ran inside.

Dipper shuffled his feet and looked down at the ground. "So….. What's Gravity Falls like?" he asked, pausing slightly.

Soos lifted his head and smiled. "Gravity Falls is great dude!" he exclaimed, causing the two to jump. Standing up, Soos brushed himself off. "There's the arcade, the diner, the mall, the movie theater-"

While Soos rambled on to Dipper all the great places in town Wendy noticed a familiar figure heading towards them. "Hey Wendy!" he called. Wendy stepped down off the porch and walked to meet her boyfriend halfway. His name was Russell, he was dressed in a black tshirt with a picture of a three headed gorilla on it, blue jeans, and sneakers. His brown hair was tied back into a ponytail. But the most striking thing about him was his manually propelled wheelchair. When she got close he stopped and hugged her, his head resting on top of her belly. "How's your day been?"

Wendy rolled her eyes before kissing the top of his head. "Don't get me started," she replied, before sitting down in his lap and propping her feet between his. "Let's go, there's some new people you should meet."

The two rolled over to where Soos was still talking to Dipper about the arcade when the door to the Mystery Shack banged open and a mummy wearing a red fez shambled out. "Oh no! the mummy came to life and got Stan!" Soos shouted, before the mummy ripped the bandages from its face to reveal Stan.

"Its me you idiot! This one wrapped me up like a mummy!" he exclaimed, holding Mabel up by the collar of her sweater.

"Nurse Mabel saves another life!" Mabel exclaimed, before Stan tossed her onto the ground.

Stan ripped at the bandages covering him. "Three things, Dipper, Mabel call me Grunkle Stan, Soos fix the golf cart, and Wendy go home your shift's over for today," he said, before heading back inside.

"Dipper, Mabel this is my boyfriend slash baby daddy Russell," Wendy said, drawing their attention.

"You…. Have a boyfriend?" Dipper asked, looking somewhat dejected, but Wendy didn't notice.

"No, this is just some random guy," she replied playfully.

"Russell, dude did you see that yeti zombie movie last night?" Soos asked the wheelchair bound teen.

"Oh yeah, that part where the two chicks were making out just as the yeti zombie broke through the floor and dragged them down into the basement was awesome!" he said, high fiving Soos. "You gonna watch Attack of the Witch Vampires tonight?"

"Dude, do you even need to ask dude?"

It was at this time that Mabel finally noticed Russell, and her eyes grew big and sparkly with emotion. Running over she hopped into his lap, accidentally pushing Wendy off into Dipper, causing the boy to almost pass out when her boobs smushed his face. "Hi, I'm Mabel," she said, rubbing his chest with both of her hands. "What's your name?"

Russell was slightly creeped out by the twelve year old. "Russell, um…. You ready to go Wendy?" he asked, as Dipper grabbed the back of his sister's sweater and pulled her off. Wendy hopped back into his lap and Russell turned his chair around and began rolling them towards town.

"Bye guys, see you tomorrow," Wendy called, waving.

"Bye Wendy!" Dipper exclaimed, waving frantically.

"Bye handsome wheelchair guy!" Mabel shouted, waving both arms, before stopping suddenly. "Dipper your nose is bleeding."

Her brother quickly wiped the blood from his face. "I… uh…. Hit my nose when I fell."

"You didn't fall, you took Wendy's boobs to your face," Mabel retorted, before grinning broadly. "You got a nosebleed from Wendy's boobs!"

"What! No! that's stupid, you're stupid!" Dipper shouted, trying, and failing to play it off.

When Wendy and Russell finally reached Wendy's house they saw Manly Dan punching a large, and rather fearsome grizzly bear, while her brothers stood off to the side cheering him on. "Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!-" the bear finally gave up and ran away, as the manly lumberjack roared in triumph.

"I have bested nature once again!" he looked over to see Wendy and Russell. "Wendy! Your boyfriend's staying for dinner!"

"But I-" Russell began, but was cutoff by Manly Dan.

"- I insist!" he roared, walking over and effortlessly lifted both teen and wheelchair up with one hand, and began carrying them to the house. "We're having bear stew tonight!"

"Was that why you were fighting a bear dad?" Wendy asked.

"No, that's tomorrow night's dinner!" Manly Dan exclaimed.

Later, after a tense, yet delicious dinner, Wendy and Russell laid on Wendy's bed looking up at the ceiling. "So, where do we go from here?" Wendy asked, looking over at Russell. "My dad was pretty serious."

Both thought back to when the dinner was finished, and Manly Dan spoke in a calm, soft voice that surprised the two. "You've made a terrible mistake with my little girl, how are you going to fix it?" he asked, staring across the table. Wendy opened her mouth to speak, but her dad cut her off. "I'm asking him Wendy."

Russell swallowed as he imagined Manly Dan somehow fixing his legs only to break him in half. "I'm going to stand by Wendy and take care of her and the baby to the best of my abilities," he replied, trying to keep his voice calm.

The manly lumberjack stood up and looked down at him. "That's all I expect, but; if you do anything to hurt my little girl or her baby I swear to you that'll I'll fix your legs and break you over my knee and put you back in that chair," he said, glaring at Russell. "Do you hear me boy?"

"Yes sir,"

"Good."

Russell looked over at Wendy and grabbed her hand. "I'm going to do exactly what I said Wendy," he said. "I need you more than I could ever describe. You make me feel like I can walk. I love you."

Wendy didn't reply, she only leaned over and kissed him.

END CHAPTER 1