The small red car pulls up the storefront and parks.
The door opens and two young ladies in their early 20s step out, chatting happily.
"Well Laura, this is it. We are finishing our part of Will's room today." Abby, a 24-year-old American, grins at her 21-year-old German friend.
"I can't wait!", Laura replies, already almost squealing just from thinking about it. "Come on! What do you think he'd like the most?"
With that, she grabs Abby's hand, pulling her along to the first store, one that sells furniture. "I already know what I'm going to buy for him..." She trails off, grinning back at her friend enthusiastically.
Abby laughs. "I can't wait to see it! I'm sure it's going to be something super cute." She winks at Laura as they enter the store.
Abby follows her enthusiastic friend as she mulls over why they are even here, buying supplies to house a dream demon.
Abby and Laura had met years ago on a fanfiction site, and Laura had introduced the older girl to Reverse Falls and Gravity Falls.
After falling for the fandom hard, Abby felt restless and decided to investigate.
After searching long and hard, she discovered that it was real, and that Will Cipher really was stuck in Reverse Falls as the Gleeful twins' slave.
Having been born with magical abilities, she and her friend decided they would summon Will from the alternate universe and give him a real home.
She was pulled from her thoughts when she nearly walked into Laura, who was examining something carefully.
"Sorry." Abby said as she bent closer to see what her friend had found.
Laura has already found what she was looking for: the blanket/pillow section.
With a smile, she turns to look at Abby, pointing to the staple of blankets in front of them. They are fluffy, thick and colorful.
"Here, what do you think about these? I've got one, too, remember the violet one I tend to wrap myself up in winter? I thought he'd love one like it. Imagine: Will wrapped in a fluffy blanket, just his head peeking out..." Her eyes shine as she describes her thoughts, and she's almost bouncing in place.
Not waiting for an answer, she turns around again and pulls a blanket out of the staple, holding it up for her friend to inspect. "This one's perfect, isn't it? Light blue..."
Abby squealed loudly at the thought, clapping her hands over her mouth in a failed attempt to shush herself.
"Peeerfect." The brown-haired girl all but purred, reaching out to stroke the soft, fuzzy blanket. "We should get him a pink one and a yellow one too. I've got a thing for Will and pink." She giggles and turns to find some pillows while Laura chooses the softest blankets.
"I'm worried he'll have a load of allergies, with him not being human and all." She calls over her shoulder to Laura. "So I'm getting the hypoallergenic pillow. And don't you think these decorative heart and flower pillows would go good with it too? I figure sky blue sheets would do the trick as well." As she talked, the athletic girl pulled various items off the shelf.
Then she stopped. "Forget a cart." She grinned at Laura. "And unless I want to give myself away by levitating all this, I'd better go get one. Don't buy out the store while I'm gone." She winked at Laura and dashed off at a swift jog.
Laughing, Laura turns back to the blankets, searching for the best ones.
Abby was right, they shouldn't let anyone see actual magic, but she can't help but think about it. After all, wouldn't it be fun to see all those incredulous looks directed at them?
Looking between the blankets she's chosen and the rest, she sighs, pulling a cream colored one out, as well. It would go great together with the blue one...
She cradles the blankets in her arms, momentarily forgetting everything around her at the softness, before getting a hold of herself.
"Abby!" she yells across the store, in the general direction of where her friend ran off to. "I'm finished over here! Did you get a cart?"
"Sorry!" she heard a slightly sheepish Abby reply from behind her.
Turning, she saw the cart already had several items inside.
Lacy curtains, a diary, a comb and brush, a pack of pink hair ribbons, fuzzy socks, and three pairs of slippers: kittens, bunnies, and lambs, and fuzzy lamb pajamas.
For a moment, she was torn between laughing and squealing, before deciding on doing neither.
Instead, she grinned at Abby teasingly. "Weren't you the one who told me not to buy out the store?" At the look on her friend's face, she added: "I don't mind, really, this stuff is adorable!"
She dumped the blankets inside the cart, asking: "What do you think about the cream blanket?"
Abby, still slightly embarrassed, was thankful to examine the blanket closely, if only to give time for the red in her cheeks to fade.
"I think…" she paused dramatically, " Its perfect!"
"Great!" Laura smiled, and, noticing Abby's embarrassment, tried to distract her: "Now we need to find some furniture! What do you think of a canopy bed? The canopy could look like a sky... And maybe keep the colors to a few pastel tones and mainly white/cream?"
Abby started walking while pushing the cart, humming thoughtfully.
"Yes." She said as they neared the bed department. "I think that would be nice…our little princess Will." She chuckled at the thought.
She looked at Laura. "Should the curtains be sheer or solid? I mean, I don't want him to think we are boxing him in or anything when he draws the curtains closed, but I want him to feel safe and snug inside too…"
Laura knew Abby viewed Will more like an abused pet then anything, but that only meant she cared extremely about his well-being and happiness, and would do anything to make him feel safe again.
She wasn't so sure about how she viewed Will, as the main thought about him at any time was something along the lines of 'aw, the poor little one, I need to cuddle/protect him...'
"Well...", she finally answered after a moment of thought, "I'd say we get both and let him decide... I had both kinds of curtains in my room when I was younger, too, and I loved changing them often..."
She looked around, trying to find the way to the curtains. "By the way, 'princess' just made me remember something... Do you remember the fake flower crown I had when I was younger? I need to look for it, I think he'd like it... And it would look so cute!"
Abby nodded and let out a shrill squeal that caused some people to stare at them quizzically.
"Ooops." She whispered under her breath. "But yeah, I bet he would."
She glanced down an aisle. "There! The curtains are that way, and the beds are this way. You get the curtains-you know more about them then I do, and I'll find a canopy bed in our price range."
Abby started to walk away, then spun back. "Oh-and take the cart. I won't need it." She laughed as she pushed the cart at her friend, then strode quickly down the aisle.
Laura nearly didn't catch the cart before it crashed into her, but she didn't mind, simply pushing it towards the curtains section.
She came to a stop before a display showcasing a sheer, white bed curtain that had just a little bit of lace on it. Usually, she didn't like lace all that much, but it looked cute and fit the theme of the room. She put one into the cart, then looked around.
"Now, a solid one..." She trailed off, unsure. There were just too many to choose from... Thankfully, they were sorted by color, so she just went towards the selection of blue curtains, stopping in front of them. "No idea... Light blue for color, but the material..." Finally, she just decided to wait for Abby.
It was not long until her friend came skipping back, humming, of all things, 'My Demons' under her breath.
"Sooo, how's it going?" Abby drawled as she came to a halt by the cart.
Laura looked at her friend suspiciously; whenever she talked like that she had something up her sleeve.
She explained the dilemma with the curtains and Abby examined the selection closely.
"Silk." She said abruptly, pulling on off the shelf and tossing it into the cart. "Doncha think?"
Laura groaned. "Here I was, completely clueless, with the perfect choice right in front of me... Thanks, Abby..."
After a short pause, she looked at her friend quizzically, asking: "Did you find what you were looking for?"
Abby hummed, her eyes glowing with excitement.
"Yeah, you could say I did." She said carelessly. "It's only like, the best deal of the century!" she cheered, but managed not to be too loud this time. "I mean, bargain." She hastily corrected, the word 'deal' having different meaning for the two of them then most people, since they dealt in the supernatural quite often.
"Well?" Laura prompted.
Abby resumed pushing the cart, nearly skipping as s he walked. "Well, when I went into the bed section, my eyes are instantly drawn to half off and clearance signs, and lo and behold, the perfect set was on sale for just our budget price!"
"Set?" Laura could see where this was going.
"The bed is a queen bed-perfect, because I didn't want a small bed that would seem cage-like, but not too large where he would be lonely all by himself in there. It is a pale pine, with flowers, birds, deer, and butterflies carved on it. It comes with a desk, side table, dresser, and stool to match. And I picked up this nice rosewood lamp to offset the light colors of his room a little. No carvings, just highly polished." Abby stopped and beamed at her friend. "Fine catch or what?" she asked proudly.
Her friend couldn't help but laugh, asking: "Did you count in that the budget was meant for everything today, and not just the furniture?" To be honest, she kind of dreaded the answer... It did sound lovely, and they needed a full set of furniture anyways.
"Well...", Abby trailed off.
As it became obvious that she wouldn't continue, Laura interjected, grinning: "Can you show me? It sounds great, really."
"Sure!", Abby replied, now grinning again, too. "Come on!" With that, she pulled her friend along, towards the sales section.