"Hey Dip!" Mason yelled from behind me, and I jumped, clutching the journal close to me.

"Find anything interesting?" he asked, and I stood up, keeping the journal hidden "Only a hole in the ground." "Ugh, those are bo~ooring~!" he sighed "Let's go explore the town!" he grinned "Well, if we're going into town, than I want to go and get my things." I smiled at him "Last time we went into a town we didn't know, we nearly ended up out of that State." "Oh come on! New York City was amazing!" Mason pushed me towards the Shack.

"Back so soon?" Suz asked when she saw us walking up to the front door "Naw, Dipper just wants to go and get her things." Mason patted my on the back "We're going to explore the town!" I nodded and hurried into our shared room.

I grabbed my book bag, and shoved my phone, wallet, flashlight, camera, and the journal into it.

I was, thinking about leaving it here, however… Something told me it would be better to bring it with me.

I headed back down the stairs, and froze when I heard Grant Sam talking to someone on the phone "They got here just fine…. Calm down, I'm sure they'll be fine…. No they won't be getting into trouble here…. I'm plenty responsible! Your kids are going to be just fine up here with me." She hung up the phone.

I headed outside, and snuck up behind Mason "BOO!" I grabbed his shoulders "KYAH!" he nearly jumped ten feet into the air, and spun around "DIPPER PINES!" he chased me around the front yard.

I ran down the street, following the signs that showed where to go from here to get into town.

Mason matched my pace perfectly, and if I picked up the pace, so did he.

"You'll run out of energy soon!" Mason taunted, and I let out a grunt, trying to go faster, but he was right…

He collided into my back when I could no longer run, and we laughed, rolling around and pushing each other in the dirt "You are a terrible runner. You need to get active." Mason helped me onto my feet, and we walked with our arms linked into town.

"Where should we start?" I asked, looking around the town, Mason, hummed in thought "I say… Over there!" he pointed in a random direction.

"Isn't that a clothing store?" I asked, as he pulled me along, and he grinned at me "Oh was it? I didn't notice~" he pushed open the doors and we walked inside.

I walked behind him annoyed as he stopped to examine nearly every little thing he saw, but, nothing caught his eye.

"I don't care for these clothes…" he sighed and threw up his hands in defeat "Dipper, you can pick where we go next."

We left the store, bidding the clerks a good evening, and we headed down the street, I looked around "It is getting late brother… We shouldn't be out for much longer." "Good idea… Walking in the woods at night isn't the best thing." Mason sighed "Hey look! A bookstore!" "Bookstore?!" I grabbed his hand "Let's go!" "Ahahaha! Right behind you Sis!"

Inside the bookstore, Mason struggled to keep up with me as I walked around, looking at all the books I could.

"Easy Dipper, don't get lost inside this bookstore." "Oh come on, it's only happened a handful of times." I ducked behind a bookshelf, and looked at the books, before squealing and grabbing one of them from the shelf "I love these!" I showed Mason, "Isn't that stuff about the French Revolution?" I nodded "Mhm~ and its first edition!" I looked at it "Oh this is going to be great!" I opened the book, and my excitement rose "Oh wow… It's got notes hand written into it!" I hugged the book up to my chest "I need, this book!"

"Well… alright." Mason shrugged, and after a few more minutes of searching, I found a few more books, and we headed to the register.

"Huh… No ones touched this book in years." The clerk picked up the history book "I'm studying for a History Major." I smiled at them "And I'm trying to make a library with different History books." "Really? Well dear, I've got just the thing for you!" she gave me a warm smile and walked to the back room.

After a few minutes, she set a box down on the counter "Inside here, are many old history books, and the notes from the ones who made them." "Really?!" my eyes widened in delight.

"That's right, my grandfather collected many history books in his years, I would be much obliged if you would take these with you and give them a new home." "How much?" I asked.

"A visit every now and again, it's been a long time since I've had someone so interested in books enter my shop." She patted me on the head.

"I think you've made my dear twins day Ma'am." Mason smiled, and helped me get all the books together.

Once we bid her farewell, and I managed to convince her to let me buy some of the books, we started our walk back to the Shack and Grant Sam.

"What's with the box?" Grant Sam asked when we walked in "We went into the bookstore, and Dipper got a whole bunch of old History books." Mason and I quickly dropped the books off upstairs, where Suz was finishing the shelf "Just in time!" "Wow… Thanks Suz!" I smiled at her.

"No problem!" she got off my bed "It'll hold a bit of your books, just don't go crazy okay? This old Shack isn't as strong as it used to be, but she'll protect you guys from a lot of stuff." She left our room.

Dinner, was simple take out, and I was getting impatient, I really wanted to start reading my new books.

"Get some rest, you guys are up early tomorrow alright?" Grant Sam sent us on ours ways after dinner, Mason and I nodded, wishing both her and Suz a good night, before retreating to our shared room

Mason, grabbed his sketch book "I'm going to be drawing design plans for our room, you going to read your books?" he asked. And I nodded, secretly grabbing the Journal "Yeah, and I can't wait to get started."