"Dipper, hey, Dipper! Wake up, come on! We're almost there!"
The voice echoed in Dipper's mind as he slowly woke up. Mabel was leaning over the seat he was on and shaking him. Dipper adjusted his hat and stretched out.
"Agh, how long was I asleep for?" He asked, checking the radio for the time. The digital clock read 5:47.
"Well, you fell asleep quite fast, I'd say around an hour and a half or so?" Wendy replied, looking at the radio as well. Dipper stretched again and looked out at the road. He saw Greasy's Diner lit up in the faint darkness. They actually were almost there.
"How's Lazy Susan been? And the Diner?" Dipper asked, looking back towards Wendy.
"Oh she's been fine. The diner's been getting pretty popular as well, well, as popular as it CAN get in a town like this," Wendy said, turning on another road. "Hey, look at that."
The twins looked out the front window again. There, lit up by all the lights hung around the building, the tourist trap that served as their home for the summer, The Mystery Shack.
"Yes! We're here! Oh Waddles, we're here! Can you believe it?" Mabel squealed in the backseat. Waddles oinked in reply. Mabel squeezed Waddles into a hug with excitement. Wendy pulled the Jeep into a newly made parking spot. As everyone got out, Dipper got intrigued with the new spot.
"Wow, Soos got a parking lot made for the Mystery Shack? That must've costed a lot, right?" Dipper asked, looking at Wendy again. She shook her head.
"For him? My family built it earlier in September, didn't take that long, and only costed a few hundred bucks for the supplies," She replied, stomping on the cement. "Pretty sturdy as well."
After grabbing all of their luggage, the four of them walked towards the Mystery Shack doors. Wendy got there first, pushing the door open and holding it for everyone to come in.
"Hey Soos-er, I mean, Mr. Soos, look who's here?" Wendy yelled into the shack. Almost immediately, a big, chubby man in a suit wearing a fez and an eyepatch came running towards the four of them. Soos embraced the kids in a huge hug.
"Heya dudes! It's great to see ya again! Ah man, I was just saying to Melody 'hm, I wonder when they'll get here' then next thing you know, you're already here! Man it's great to see you guys again. Did I say that already? I don't know but-"
"We missed you too, Soos, and I'm glad to be back again, it's great to be back!" Dipper said, looking over Soos's shoulder at the shack, which has been re-done just a bit to be more organized.
"Oh, dudes, I got a HUGE surprise for the three of you. And one especially for you, Dip, you'll like it. Come into the living room, I'll show you!" Soos got out of the hug and walked towards the living room entrance. The three of them exchanged confused expressions before following Soos into the living room, which was now completely redone. Last summer, nothing really changed, as most of the people were still trying to fix Bill's aftermath. But now, the living room looked brand new, There was a couch to the left of the red chair that Grunkle Stan always sat in, the TV was bigger, and they had a nice dining room table in the empty space of the area. In the middle of the room were three boxes. One smaller than the other two. Melody was standing next to the smaller box, cutting a few of the strands of tape from the box.
"Ok Dip, we'll let you open your special one first, since the other ones are pretty big," Soos said, pointing towards the smaller of the three boxes. Dipper walked over to the box and stopped. Melody looked at Dipper as he stood there.
"Would you like me to cut it open a bit more? Or you think you can get it Dipper?" She asked him, moving towards one of the tape strands. Dipper put his hand up.
"I can get it, thanks Melody," Dipper responded. She nodded and stepped back, going towards the other boxes to start cutting some strands on those as well. Dipper went closer to the box and started pulling on the tape, slowly revealing what was inside. Before he could get a good view of in the box, it opened by itself and Dipper was tackled to the ground. When he regained his thoughts and looked at his attacker, he saw a familiar face. On top of Dipper, smiling from ear to ear, was Dipper's old rival, Pacifica Northwest.
"Pacifica! What are you doing here?" Dipper asked, smiling at her as she got up. She put out a hand for him, which he grabbed. She pulled him up and hugged him.
"Why would I miss your arrival Dipper?" Pacifica asked, smirking. At these words, she leaned towards him and gave him a slight kiss on the lips. Immediately, Dipper's cheeks turned bright red. Mabel started gasping behind them.
"Awww, look at you two lovebirds are sooo CUTE!" Mabel yelled, while holding her hands on her cheeks. Dipper turned towards Mabel and glared at her. Last summer, Dipper had spent a lot of time with Pacifica, and it lead to them obtaining some feeling for eachother. They eventually got each other's phone numbers and texted each other a lot. Due to Dipper having to go back to California, the two of them decided to face chat a lot until Dipper got back to Gravity Falls. They never had any problems, and everything went well… besides the occasional Mabel interrupting their face chat.
"Hey, you had your boy crazy moments, I can have a kiss from someone that likes me. I didn't make a smart remark when Mermando kissed you, did I?" Dipper said, still blushing. Mabel laughed.
"Well, Mermando kissed me because I helped him, and he liked me. But now he's married… most likely at least. And anyways, that's what I'm supposed to do! Sisters are supposed to make fun of their bro's for their girlfriends, but in a sibling rivalry like way, DUH!" Mabel replied, still smiling. Dipper was about to argue back, but Pacifica turned him back around towards her.
"Leave it Dipper, you don't want to argue the entire summer. Plus, I believe there's still more surprises for you two, right Soos?" Pacifica asked, looking towards the other boxes. Soos walked over to the two boxes, which Melody had now opened even more.
"Ahem… Ladies, Waddles and Dipper, I bring you… The Pines twins!" With that, Soos opened up the boxes simultaneously, revealing both Stanley and Stanford Pines. Grunkle Stan was wearing his glasses, as usual, but he was also wearing a fishing vest, like he wore that one day when they found out Old man McGucket made weird machines. Great Uncle Ford was wearing a similar outfit, but was wearing a large black jacket that was covering the fishing vest. The two of them were smiling at the younger twins.
"Heya you little rascals, did ya miss your ol' Grunkle Stan? Oh, and did you miss this other old guy as well?" Stanley asked, walking out of the box towards the twins.
"Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Ford!" The younger twins yelled, running to their Great Uncles and giving them both a hug, forming a 4-man and woman hug.
"You're back! Where have you guys been, it's been like FOREVER since we've seen you!" Mabel asked, still embraced in the hug.
"Well, you see we got carried away with some interesting things going on in the Arctic ocean. You see, when we destroyed Bill and his gang, there was some strange force that escaped through the Weirdmageddon and made it down into the ocean. A lot of the creatures down there had turned into creatures similar to ones you see around Gravity Falls, only worse. I believe it has something to do with the forces pushed through by the bubble protecting the-"
"What my brother is TRYING to say is, he loves you and he missed you two. Of course, no one could miss you as much as your Great Uncle Stan!" Stan said, interrupting Ford while he was talking. Ford gave Stan a quick look, then hugged the kids.
"Yeah, I missed you guys a lot. We've got a lot to talk about!" Ford said, getting up from the hug.
"Yeah, like why is Pacifica here, didn't you like, hate her or something Dipper? I mean before her and Mabel were in some sort of rivalry, then you just hated her, now this? I mean what in all Hot Belgium Waffles is she DOING here?" Stan asked, looking at Pacifica. Dipper scratched his head while blushing a bit and looking at the ground.
"Well I mean, you've been gone a while, and Pacifica and I had spent a lot of time together last summer, and-"
"Mr. Pines… er, Grunkle Stan? I guess? I'm dating you nephew. If you are disgusted well, too bad! Because I like him, he's a cute dork and that's final!" Pacifica interrupted Dipper. She hugged Dipper tightly as she said this. Dipper blushed even more as she did this. Grunkle stan just laughed. The kids looked at Stan, confused.
"Oh you two. You think I'm going to get MAD at Dipper for getting a girlfriend? HA! That's funny. Nah, I'm proud, Dip, good job kid." Grunkle Stan walked over to Dipper and ruffled his hair a bit. He laughed.
"So Grunkle Stan, Grunkle Ford, did you kill any monsters when you were in the ocean? Were they big? Did you bring anything back? Was it slimey?" Mabel asked, running over to the couch and sitting down. Ford laughed and pulled something out of his pocket, a red book. On the front of the book was a 6 fingered hand, with a large black 4 in the middle.
"Well, lucky for us, I have everything written down in here, and some other stuff as well," Ford said, showing Dipper and Mabel the 4th book. Dipper gasped at the sight of the book. The original three had been destroyed by Bill when he had taken over the city. "Uh, speaking of which, I know you just got here and everything, but Dipper, I need to talk to you tomorrow about some stuff, all which is included in the book." Dipper looked at his Uncle, confused.
"Uh, Ok, I guess," Dipper replied, looking at the book, worried. What would he want to show Dipper? Is there something WORSE than Bill? Is Bill Coming back? The thoughts rushed through Dipper as he stood there. Ford seemed to notice.
"Don't worry Dipper, it's nothing you need to be worried about, it's just some stuff you should know about." Dipper put on a smile, but still was worried.
"Yeah, cheer up Dippingsauce, we just got here! You shouldn't be worrying so much about that stuff! I mean look! Me and Waddles already took a photo together!" Mabel yelled, showing Dipper the picture of Waddles and her right in front of the couch.
"Alright everyone, out of my living room. I need to catch up on my shows. And by that, I mean my reruns." Stan said, sitting down onto the couch.
"Don't you mean MY living room? It is my house after all, and I said before we left that I'd be taking this house back," Ford argued, walking towards Stan.
"Um, not to be rude Mr. Pines's, but you two DID like, give me the place so I could run it. So technically, it's me and Melody's house. But I mean you dudes can still always stay here! You can use the guest room upstairs! It's the one I used and it is REALLY comfy, I mean, I had to sleep in it for a while, so I should know. And obviously Dipper and Mabel will be sleeping in their original rooms, so yeah," Soos said, smiling nervously. The two of them looked at Soos for a second, then Stan got up.
"Soos… well, I gave it to you, so I can take it back, so get out of my ho-" Ford elbowed Stan in the ribs. "Ow!"
"Thank you for letting us stay here Soos, it is a generous offer. My brother and I will figure out who sleeps where. Thank you Soos," Ford told Soos, glaring at Stan.
"Yeah yeah, sure, thanks Soos." Stan rubbed the spot Ford hit.
"Well, you two haven't changed a single bit. I'm glad you guys are back," Dipper said, smiling at the older twins.
"I'm glad to see all you guys as well. Now, Wendy, Dipper, Mabel, get to work and sweep this place up!" Stan yelled at the three. Soos stepped up and pushed Stan aside a small bit.
"Mr. Pines, let me handle this, I AM the owner of the Mystery Shack after all. Ahem. Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, you dudes go and sweep this place up, spotless!" Soos said, fiercely. Dipper, Wendy, and Mabel went into the main area of the shack and began sweeping the place up. Stan started laughing.
"Soos, I have taught you well. It's good to be back. I look forward to working side by side together." Stan put his arm around Soos's shoulder. Soos smiled.