Not Thought Through
Pacifica drums her fingers on the mahogany desk in her room. She's deep in thought, thinking about what she was going to do.
After three days of discreetly observing Dipper, she found out a lot of important things about him.
Firstly, it turns out that they actually have three classes together, all of which are advanced classes of course. As a Northwest it's expected of her to excel in school so, even though none of her friends share her classes, she has to sit in a room full of nerds. None of them try to get along with her, probably too intimidated, and she's grateful for that.
Secondly, Dipper is a loner in school and only ever talks to his sister and her friends. This can be good or bad depending on what she plans to do. It would be good if she asked someone to beat him up since he's alone a lot of times, but she doesn't think she's going to do that. Bruises heal way too quickly for her liking and she wants to set an example to Mabel. To show that she's not going to take her crap lying down.
Dipper being a loner also puts a damper on any plans she had to make his friends turn his back on him, or having people ignore him. He's already alone all the time so people ignoring him will be like white noise to him.
"Ugh," Pacifica supports her face on her hands and sighs.
This was just like with Mabel. She knows they're twins but this is ridiculous. The only difference between the two of them is that one is a girl and the other...
"That's it!" Pacifica brightens up and stands up. "Dipper is a boy."
Of course! He's a boy and there is a very easy way to hurt boys.
She'll make him fall for her, maybe even start to 'date' him. Make him think that she actually likes him too, build trust between them, and then finally dump him in the most humiliating way possible. She would need an audience for that and – almost like a sign – there is a big dance coming up on Halloween. It's only two months away but that should be enough time to make the geek fall head over heels for her.
She already can't wait for Halloween but she has to calm herself. Thinking ahead was fine, but dwelling too much on it might cause her to be impatient. Approaching a loner like Dipper has to be done in a natural way. He'll obviously be suspicious if she randomly starts talking to him.
What she needs is to be patient and take her time. Sharing three classes with him makes this plan a lot easier and she's going to take advantage of that.
Pacifica can hardly concentrate on whatever the teacher is rambling about as she stares at Dipper who – as usual – sits alone while reading some old book.
She knew that it would be hard to talk to him but the last two classes they had together had not given her the chance since the teachers really loved to hear themselves class. This one looks to be no different.
Pacifica sighs and leans her face on her hand. She was hoping to talk to him today so that she can start her plan but it doesn't look like there's an opening today.
"This is very important so pay attention."
The teacher's voice snaps Pacifica out of he thoughts and she's forced to listen.
"We're going to have a project that will be worth twenty five percent of your grade."
Great, now she has to do some dumb stupid project.
"You guys will form teams of two and write a report on anything you want, so long as it is native to Gravity Falls. Can be a place, person, or object; just make sure to follow the instructions on how to make the report. Also, before you ask, you can choose your own partner. Get your partner and then I'll give you a couple of sheets."
The class is loud and lively in an instant as students get up to form teams with their friends, and Pacifica can hardly believe her luck. She can't even keep herself from smiling at her fortune. This is perfect! Of course, she can't outright tell Dipper to be her partner which is great because he has his eyes glued on a book.
Dipper licks his lips in anticipation as he reads his mystery book. The detective protagonist was just about to confront the killer!
"Ms. Peterson says I have to pair up with you."
Dipper looks up from his book to see none other than Pacifica Northwest. He has heard all about her from Mabel, how she goes out of her way to mess with her and had even tried to turn Candy and Grenda against her.
He can hardly keep his disdain in check as he asks, "What do you want?"
Pacifica rolls her eyes, "I said that Ms. Peterson told me to partner up with you for the project. Were you not listening?"
"Project?" He repeats and looks around the room to see that a bunch of people had partnered up.
This was nothing new, he was usually the last to find a partner, but why Pacifica of all people? He doesn't want anything to do with someone that had it in for his sister.
"Yes, it's twenty five percent of our whole grade so you better take it seriously."
"Why should I help you?" Dipper asks with a frown, not liking the tone she was using on him.
"You're not helping me. We're being forced to work together, so I'm proposing to put aside our differences and work on this. I don't know about you, but I don't want a B in my report card."
To be honest neither does he. Not only would he disappoint his parents, but Great Uncle Ford – someone he admires – as well.
He sighs, "Fine."
"Good," Pacifica says in a pleased voice and hands him a piece of paper.
A project on whatever they wanted so long as it had something to do with Gravity Falls? He hates these. Not because they're a lot of work or anything, but because he can never think of what to research.
"We'll talk over the project after school. Meet me at the front entrance as soon as the final bell rings."
"Wait, what?" Dipper asks but she walks away with a smirk.
Great, now he has to meet her.
He looks over the paper again and frowns when he realizes that the project isn't due until the very end of their first semester, meaning that he has to put up with her haughty attitude until the end of the year.
Dipper puts his head down on his desk, "Just perfect."
He stays like that for a few moments before the bell rings and the more impatient students run out. Dipper takes the book he'd been totally engrossed in and holds it under his arm along with a couple of notebooks, before he walks out of class. The halls are as busy as always but he somehow maneuvers through them while his mind in somewhere else entirely, troubled with the whole Pacifica thing.
He's never even traded two words with her before today, but he can already tell that she's just like Mabel described her. Snobby, bossy, and just plain mean. He's so not looking forward to the next couple of months.
"Hey Dipping Sauce, why the long face?" Mabel asks.
It isn't until he hears her voice that he realizes that his body automatically took him to his locker. Mabel actually looks a little bit worried and he can already tell that trying to keep the truth from her will not happen. She has a way of digging the truth out of him so well that he doesn't think he's ever managed to keep one secret from her.
"Just found out my class is having a big project due at the end of the year."
"Ah, boo! That's horrible!"
He tries not to roll his eyes at that, leave it to Mabel to think of a project as 'horrible,' though she's actually right this time.
"It's not so much the project, but who my partner is."
Mabel laughs, "What? Aw come on Dipper, no one can be that bad."
"What about Pacifica Northwest?"
Her smile drops instantly and she looks at him closely, "Are you serious?"
"Yup. My partner until the end of the year is going to be Pacifica."
"You have to be careful around her Dipper," Mabel grabs him by the cheeks and looks him straight in the eye with narrowed eyes, "She's dangerous."
"Okay, you're exaggerating," he pushes her away.
She laughs," Maybe a little, but she's actually pretty mean." Her eyes narrowed and she turns in the direction of his last class, "I should probably talk to her or something."
He grabs her shoulder before she can go anywhere. "No you're not. I don't need your help, I can handle this on my own."
Mabel seems unsure but sighs, "Okay, brobro. Just tell me if she tries anything."
Dipper frowns, he really likes his sister, but it really annoyed him when she treated him like a defenseless baby. Just like she's doing right now.
"Fine, fine. Now go to class before you're late again."
"Okay grumpy head, I'll see you later."
Dipper turns and begins to make his way to his next class. Unlike his last one, the teacher didn't let him read during class. It's the reason for why that's his favorite class. The teacher already knows that his grades are good so she pretty much let's him do whatever he wants as long as he doesn't disturb the class – not that he would anyway.
He sees Pacifica talking to a group of popular girls when he passes by her locker, and is reminded that he's going to be working with her for a while.
"Happy thoughts Dipper," he mutters to himself, already feeling the stress that was sure to come. "Happy thoughts."
If there is something that Pacifica hates, it's being made to wait.
She's standing in front of her limo, arms crossed and foot impatiently tapping on the sidewalk. School ended like ten minutes ago and the idiot – who is very lucky that she's letting him set his dirty commoner feet on her limo – still isn't coming.
A couple of kids look her way, probably curious, but she shuts them down with a glare that makes them dart their eyes and walk away.
It's not until two more minutes pass that the geek finally comes out of school, not looking at all bothered about being so late.
"Why did you make me wait?" Pacifica seethes.
"I had stuff to do," Dipper answered with a frown.
Uh oh, she can't make him angry. Even though he totally deserves it, she bites her tongue and takes in a calming breath. "Sorry, I was just worried because I have to attend my piano class after this."
"Oh..." Dipper trails off, actually looking a bit guilty. "Sorry about that."
Pacifica smiles – not able to contain how pleased she was that he felt guilty – and shakes her head dismissively, "It's okay. Get on."
"In the limo?"
"Well duh. We can't talk about our project properly here. I'll have my driver take us to a restaurant or something, we can get something to drink there."
Pacifica can see the hesitation on his face and decides to use his guilt against him and puts on an apologetic smile, "Sorry. I guess I was being selfish, but I wanted to get something to drink before I had to get to my class. It's okay if you don't want to come, we can talk here if you want."
The plan works like a charm and Dipper quickly answers, "No, it's okay. It's just that I've never been in a limo before."
"Good, come on," she leads him into her limo and leans over to talk to her driver, "Take us to a place that sells drinks nearby. Anywhere is fine."
"Of course, Miss Northwest."
Pacifica gets on her seat, making a mental note of how Dipper was putting a lot of distance between them despite sitting on the same long seat, and smiles to herself.
The first part of her plan was a success. She's made an excuse to spend a lot of time with Dipper and even has him in her limo. Step two, which is easily going to be the longest to complete, is next.
Make Dipper fall in love with her.