Author's Note: Originally, I wrote the first chapter on February 13th, yet didn't have the time to upload until the 27th. Just finished MOCK STAAR testing, and I passed all four! Hooray! Hope you all are doing well in school or any project you're working on! I'll try to upload as fast as possible, and here, we're traveling to Gravity Falls ( in this chapter! ). Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gravity Falls or. P.S.: I just watched the trailer for Kevin ( Probably ) Saves the World, and it looks great! I'll totally watch the series if I have time! Another P.S.: I watched The Hidden World and loved it!

Chapter 2

Um, hi. This is Christopher Pines, Marcie's younger brother. She asked me to write some of our adventure down, so, um, I'll try my best. Our first time in Gravity Falls was pretty weird, so I guess I have a lot to say.

The next couple of weeks were filled with packing. Mom was searching up bus passes, Dad was emptying his stuff from the attic with Jesse, and Marcie was calling the country club, telling them we couldn't volunteer this year.

That was fine by me.

My intention is to never hurt, but, geez, I really hate it there at the country club. Mom's really rich, so we have to go to these social parties, eat fancy food, and take photos with our grandparents. We're not allowed to speak our minds about them in public, Dad says, or else the press would write about us in the papers. I don't know what he's worried about. He's not a self-made, world-renowned billionaire like Mom is! No offense.

Anyway, as my family were booking for our trip, I was in the library reading. Our entire lives, Mom and Dad have always told us about their dates, how they met, and their family members, but I don't really remember about "mysteries" up north in Oregon. The only one who pays attention to that type of stuff is Marcie.

"Chris? Christopher Mason Pines, where are you?"

I bit my lip to prevent a groan. Like, who wants to be interrupted in the middle of reading a really good book? At this point, the characters were in a duel and a vampire bat would come out of nowhere and-

That's all I got up to, sadly.

"What are you doing here?" Dad asks, motioning towards me. "You're supposed to be packing."

"I'm going to miss California, Dad," I admitted. "I mean, no offense, but I never wanted to spend my summer in the woods. We've lived in the city our entire lives. One cannot adapt like that."

"Yeah, and one cannot simply teach kids to con people*."

"What?"

"No, it's something my friend Soos said. Or Grunkle Stan."

"And what's a 'Grunkle'?" I asked, cocking my head. "Or a 'Soos'?"

"You know," Dad frowned, "you're sounding a lot like Marcie. You sure do look up to her and Jesse."

"Of course," I said, a bit bashfully. I could feel myself blushing. "They're always there for me when I feel … you know …"

"Sweaty and awkward?" Dad asks, laughing.

"Yeah," I laugh too. "How'd you know?"

"Chris," Dad begins, "I was the king of Sweaty and Awkward. When your mom and I started to get along, I had to mess everything up by bumping into a wall."

I laughed. "Seriously?"

"Oh yeah," Mom says, walking into the bedroom. "He was a real mess growing up."

"The real mess who saved your family and got the ghost out of your …" Dad began to smirk. "Probablyfakeblondehair."

Marcie, Jesse, and I made faces, saying, "Oooh!" Mom tackled Dad to the floor and started throwing fake fists at him, which, unavoidably, made us laugh.

"Mom! Mom! Mom!" we shouted.

"Hey, how about me?" Dad stood up, holding both of Mom's struggling arms.

"You're a dork, Dipper," Mom laughed and walked out of the room.

As Dad chased Mom around the house ( don't want to get into too much detail with that one ), I wondered about our adventure in Gravity Falls. What would happen? No offense to Dad, but what kind of name was "Dipper"? And what on earth is a Grunkle Stan? Sounds like a bearded monster.

All I knew was, things would never stay the same. Literally.

Author's Note : I'm sorry about the long wait and the disapprovingly long chapter! My brother gave me his old laptop, so now I can update faster! However, I'm on a tight schedule right now, so coming up with long chapters will take a while; next chapter, the Pines family will be going to Gravity Falls and Jesse will be narrating! Hoped you like this chapter! Leave your suggestions in the reviews! Have a great week!

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