Strong rays of sunlight streamed into the bus through the windows. The bus moaned and creaked as it made its way along the crooked dirt road. The bus suddenly bumped, as it had been doing occasionally for the last twenty minutes.
"Ouch!" A smallish boy let out. He reached behind him and rubbed one hand on his lower back and then his butt. This rocky road was really starting to get old. It had been over nine hours since they'd gotten on the bus for Gravity Falls. He was already fourteen and the last thing he wanted to do was sound like a baby, but every ten minutes he find himself asking if they were there yet. The bus hit yet another bump and Dipper once again found himself launched in the air, this time making his woolen hat fall off his head. He let out an irritated groan.
"Jeez", Dipper said, as he picked up the hat. It was given to him by someone he really looked up to. No way he wanted it left on the ground like it was garbage.
"Why do glum, chum?", his twin sister Mabel asked him, as she herself jumped up and down a few times simply for the heck of it.
"Oh nothing much. Aside from the fact that I can't seem to keep my hat on my head and that I may be slowly becoming crippled on this bus ride", Dipper said, as he sat back down next to Mabel.
"Aw, don't be such a sour puss", Mabel said, happily settling back down in her seat again. An agreeing oink came from the pig next to her.
"See? Waddles agrees with me. A smart pig this little cutie is", she said, rubbing his head.
"I'll feel better when we finally get there.", Dipper said, stretching and feeling his back crick a bit.
"Seriously, my back is killing me", he said.
"You sound like an old man already, Dip", Mabel said, giggling.
"And speaking of old men, in another hour or two we'll be seeing our two favorite old geezers", she said.
This made Dipper smile a bit more. It had been a year since they'd been to the small town. Dipper couldn't wait to see the Grunkle Stan and Uncle Ford no more than Mabel could. Plus to add icing on the cake, they'd get to see all of their old friends. Soos, Candy, Grenda, Wendy…man Wendy…and heck even Pacifica. Soon they'd all be together again, only this time, they wouldn't have to worry about a demon from other dimension trying to taking over reality. This summer would be just a normal and fun time to spend with people who were special to them.
"I just can't wait to see everyone again", Dipper said.
"You mean Wendy?", Mabel said, making a kissy face.
Dipper rolled his eyes and playfully punched her arm.
I mean everyone. Not to mention, we can have Uncle Ford and Grunkle Stan tell us about the adventures they had traveling the world looking for paranormal activity. It's going to be awesome. No telling what kind of cool stuff they saw", he nearly squealed, slightly biting his fingers.
"You would be the most excited about that". Mabel said.
"Oh and I suppose you want to…what was it…find some neighborhood hotties", Dipper said, crossing his arms and grinning.
"Weeeeelll I'm not saying that I'm actively looking or anything…buuuuuuut….if I do just happen to come across some…there won't be any complaints from this chick.", she said with a wink.
"Just give me fair warning before", Dipper said.
Mabel pushed her face against the glass and smiled widely.
"Dip! Look, we can see the water tower! We're really almost there!", she said, happily.
"Finally", Dipper sighed, leaning back into his seat. As soon as he began to relax, the bus hit another bump, sending him into the air again. His hat was on the floor again. He sighed, going to leaning over to pick it up when the bus bumped again, this time making him fall face first on the floor. How come stuff like this never happened to Mabel? He groaned loudly.
"Are we there yet?", he asked, his head still to the floor.
Mabel laughed.
"Almost, Dip Stick. All most"
The bus drove for another hour before coming to another stop. Looking out the window, Dipper could already tell that they weren't at the usual stop. They were so close to arriving to the town and the young adolescent found himself getting a bit giddy. He and Mabel heard the bus doors open, but didn't see anyone get on. A moment or two later, the bus driver got of the vehicle and went outside. What was going on exactly? Next to him, Mabel had continued her jumping out of boredom.
"Soooo…are we walking from here?", she asked.
"Nah…our stop is the last one, remember?"
"Well…why'd we stop then?", his sister asked.
Dipper shrugged. In normal cases, this wouldn't seem out of the ordinary but for a place like this it was. In all the times they'd and even their parents came to Gravity Falls, there was no one who got on the bus so close to town, especially during summer vacation. Ten minutes passed before the bus driver walked back onto the bus, toting a large briefcase behind him towards the back of the bus. Outside, they could hear the irritated voice of a woman talking to someone. The voice coming from the unseen woman was sweet and sultry, yet that didn't stop it from cursing out the person who it was conversing with.
"Are you serious? You have the rental waiting at the wrong location? What kind of half-assed business are you running?", the woman said.
Mabel giggled and popped her head out, nosily wondering who she was.
"Oh…I see…", she said, snidely
"So you're telling me that I paid you to have a car waiting at a distinct location, and I am saying I actually paid for the extra service…yet you put it in the wrong location", she said.
They saw her roll her eyes and nod a few times.
"Yes…of course…uh-huh…well Mr. Grimes, that's all good and well but I don't really want your apologies. What I want is the name of your supervisor so I can personally tell him what an incompetent fool he hired to work as a car rental agent."
"Don't you dare interrupt me again. Do I make myself clear?" she said, in an authorative voice.
"Good…And don't tell me to file a complaint either because you know where you can shove that", the woman said.
"Please inform your boss that Mr. Bailey will be hearing from me about you…oh yes I do know him…Mr. Bailey, the owner of the company…I handled his finances for a few years actually…", she said, teasingly.
"…you know, helping manage his money so that he could pay your ass not to do your job", she said.
"Oh…well if you perhaps refund me for the transportation fee and extend car rental for another say…three weeks…free of charge of course…I might consider forgetting to make that call…in the next ten minutes…your choice…"
"That's what I thought…don't let it happen again. You're dismissed.", she finally said.
Dipper flinched a bit, hearing her phone shut. The bus driver made his way up to the front again and both of them could already see that there was a slight blush on the man's cheek, followed by a goofy grin.
"Oh thank you, sir. You didn't have to bring my things in for me though…", the woman said, her voice changing to another tone completely.
"Can't let such pretty hands carry such a heavy bag, now can I." the bus driver said.
"Your bags are in the middle section, like you asked", he said, before getting in the driver's seat again.
"Yes. Thank you. I think I'll just look at the scenery for a bit longer, if that's alright", the woman said.
"Not much to see but you're welcome to it. My view's already improved plenty though…", he said looking at her.
Mabel nudged Dipper and made a puking gesture with her finger. Adult old flirting was weird on every occasion.
From where they were, Dipper could see that the woman was a bit taller than he'd expected. Guess she wasn't an old lady after all. Looking closer, Dipper realized that she her body wasn't old in any way either. She was wearing an off the shoulder tank top, that fell loosely yet hugged her body in all the right places. With that, she wore dark wash skinny jeans that accentuated her perfect proportions and long legs…not that he was looking or anything. Wavy chestnut brown hair fell to her back, giving off the appearance of effortlessly elegant and sophisticated. Even the way she stood made it feel like the world belonged to her. Dipper it hard to keep from looking at her. Mabel of course noticed and poked at his cheeks making faces.
After another ten minutes, the road went back being bumpy. Unfortunately, gravity was not Dipper's friend that time either. The teen found his hat launched from his head again, on the floor. He groaned, not wanting to move in fear that he would end up face first again. Slowly, he inched forward, ignoring the bumps. He was almost to the hat when there the bus hit a bump. Dipper felt himself launched forward and waited for his face to connect with the bus floor. It didn't though. He didn't realize that an arm was draped around his shoulders, holding him close to a soft body. A sweet aroma that seemed to smell of everything lovely made its way to his nostrils, making his body tingle. Dipper looked up and saw that it was the same woman who had gotten on the bus.
"W-hoa! Sorry", Dipper let out, realizing that his face was pushed up against her…breasts? His face immediately went red and he could hear Mabel holding in her laughter. The teen peeked up again at the woman. Holy cow…she looked even better from the front. Perfect skin with delicate tinges of pink and an even nicer body view from the front…but her eyes are what really go to him…such a deep green…like emeralds…Dipper blushed again.
"You ok, kid?", she asked, in an effortlessly sultry voice.
"I…I'm fourteen…", Dipper said, not able to look away.
The woman smiled.
"My mistake…young man.", she said, her eyes smiling a bit.
Dipper just gulped. The woman turned around and picked up his face, dusting it off, and held it out to him.
"Here. You're hat…", she said. Dipper didn't say anything
"My brother is trying to say thank you", Mabel said, giggling.
"Oh, sister huh? Two cuties on the bus. I guess I'm pretty lucky", the woman said.
"Aaaaw, shucks!", Mabel said, happily.
The woman slowly reached up and brushed a few strands of hair off Dipper's forehead.
"It looks like you may have hit your head earlier. Are you ok?", she asked.
Her hand was so cool and pleasant against his skin that he actually completely forgot about his embarrassing birthmark on his forehead.
"Wow…now that…is a beautiful sight…", she said
"It…is?", Dipper asked.
"Is that…the big Dipper on your head?", she asked.
"Sure is!", Mabel said.
"Uh…hahahaha…yeah…I guess it's pretty weird…but I was born with it you know so…", Dipper rambled.
"Weird as in awesome", the woman said.
"It's such a unique and rare thing you were born with. You must be special", she said and smiled.
"Don't hide it so much, ok?", she said, and gently pushed his hat into his hands.
"Last stop. Gravity falls!", the bus driver called from the front.
"Well it looks like we're here at our favorite home for the summer!", Mabel said.
"Me too", the woman said, and went to gather her things.
"I guess we'll see you in town then" Dipper said, shyly holding his hat in his hands.
"Definitely. First place I'm going to look…", she said.
"Huh? You're looking for something?", Mabel said.
The woman smiled.
"Kind of…I lost track of it a while ago though.". the woman said, walking to the front.
"Nice meeting both of you. Maybe I'll see you around", she said and smiled. A moment later she was gone.
Next to him, Maybel whistled.
"Now that is what I call a neighborhood hottie", she said.
And for once, Dipper couldn't agree more.
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