AN: Not much to say yet. Literally started writing just after finishing chapter 1. This chapter will start out with Dipper and Mabel's bus ride home then will get to the point where it picks up from the previous chapter. Anyways thanks to those who already faved and followed my story and here's to hoping you like the second chapter. I will try to stay as true to the characters as possible. Again, I don't own Gravity Falls or any of the characters, other than my OC(s), which will appear eventually.

Chapter 2:

Dipper and Mabel got onto the bus, looking out the windows, and giving one last sad wave goodbye to their Grunkles, friends, and the town of Gravity Falls itself. After passing by the city limit Mabel turns to Dipper and says, "Don't be so sad brobro, we'll be back before you know it."

After letting out a big sigh, Dipper said "I know Mabel, it's just this has been our home for a while now and we've been through so much here. It kind of feels weird to just leave. Back in Piedmont we have mom and dad, and I miss them terribly, but here we've got so much more. This whole town is sort of like a family to use."

"I know," Mabel said, the smile on her face just a little smaller than normal, "but it'll only be for one school year. Then it's back to Gravity Falls, home of the weird." She reached out to give Dipper a pat on the back and he returned her smile, a silent thank you for her comforting.

Mabel could no longer contain herself, after seeing him calm down a bit, she immediately blurted out "So, you like Pacifica huh."

Dipper almost fell out of the bus seat from the shock. "W-w-what are you t-talking about?" he managed to stutter out, like that didn't make it any more obvious.

Mabel just looked at him in a sly way. Dipper looked away trying to hide the blush spreading across his face. "Come on Dippingsauce, you know you can't hide anything from me. Besides, we've got one heck of a long bus ride home and I'm running on 4 shots of Mabel Juice, plus my pockets are full of sugar packets. I can stay awake and annoy you till you admit it."

Dipper felt himself shutter, knowing full well what his sister was capable of, and he could tell she wasn't lying. "Alright," he admitted, "so I like her. Just please don't tell her. And no Mabel, before you say anything, I already learned my lesson with Wendy."

Mabel, hardly able to contain herself, was about to spill about her conversation with Pacifica, but two things were stopping her. The first was her promise to Pacifica and Mabel hated to break a promise. The second, however, really hit home with her. Dipper was already sad enough about leaving Gravity Falls, how depressed would he get if he knew about Pacifica's feelings.

So instead she just leaned back and asked him, "So when did you start liking her?"

"I guess after the party, when we really started to get to know each other," he said. "Also I hope you're okay with this, not starting on the best terms and all."

Mabel didn't reply at first, more focused on how she, as the ultimate matchmaker could get her brother and new best friend together. She was just starring off in space till Dipper snapped his fingers in front of her face saying "Hey, you there?"

"Huh, what was that?" Mabel asked.

"I said I hope you're okay with me liking Pacifica." Dipper repeated.

"Are you kidding," Mabel yelled, "even if I still hated her I'd be okay with it. I'm just happy you found a girl you like that you actually have a chance with."

Almost laughing, Dipper said "Right, like I actually have a chance with the most beautiful girl in Gravity Falls. She's just so WOW, and underneath the false mean exterior of hers, she is kind, considerate, smart, and…"

He stopped talking when he saw the look Mabel was giving him. He could almost feel her smile. 'This is going to be on long bus ride' he thought.

Mabel was too busy thinking 'You have no idea Dipper. I so cannot wait for the summer to come. What is step one of operation Dipifica going to be?' She was so deep into her own thoughts she didn't even notice how embarrassed Dipper got.

NINE MONTHS LATER

Dipper and Mabel were getting off the school bus, excited to be home after the last day of school. Dipper was in his new yet old style of khaki shorts with a tee shirt, obviously topped with his pine tree hat, while Mabel was still Mabel, running around with her plain pink top, purple skirt, and a sweater tied around her waist with a sun wearing sunglasses on it.

"Can you believe summer is finally here Dipper?" Mabel asked almost running into him a few times as she circled him.

"I know," Dipper exclaimed, "When we wake up tomorrow, we get to start heading back to Gravity Falls."

The twins raced up stairs to their bedrooms, quick to check their bags and make sure they weren't forgetting anything.

Mabel, packing her necessary knitting tools, plenty of yarn for about half a dozen sweaters, the special matching Dipifica sweaters she made for Dipper and Pacifica, and of course her grappling hook. As for the sweaters, they were her special gift to two of her favorite people, and were some of her best work, if she did say so herself. Grabbing plenty of extra cloths and her new bedazzler, she deemed herself ready for anything.

Dipper was packed in a more Dipper fashion. He had his vest packed away along with some new flannel shirts, shorts and his backup hat. Another year of bullies had taught him that. Also packed was Journal 3 along with his own personal journal that Grunkle Ford sent him for his birthday so he can start cataloguing the weird creatures and events of Gravity Falls himself. He couldn't keep Grunkle Ford's journal forever, after all. He also made sure to bring a compass, flashlight, and his trusty stun gun that he used against that vampire bat. "Never can be too careful," he said to himself.

Afterwards the twins went downstairs to eat dinner with their parents and Waddles. Just before the finished their mother said "Oh, right, today was the last day of school. Dipper, you can have your phone back. I hope you've learned your lesson about staying up so late on a school night talking to you girlfriend," making sure to put extra emphasis on the last word.

"I keep telling you mom, she's not my girlfriend." Dipper retorted.

"So I guess you don't want this back then?" his mother asked in her sarcastic mom voice.

"Yes, please." Dipper said nearly jumping for his phone.

His mother just smiled and handed it to him. "Next time you lose it for a month, not just two weeks," their father piped in. "That goes for you too Mabel"

Dipper went to turn it on, but saw that the battery was dead. He took it up to his room to charge and came back downstairs to spend one last day with his parents before heading back to Gravity Falls. They stayed up for a while watching movies while eating popcorn and just enjoying each other's company. At around 11:30, Dipper finally goes up to his room to check his phone. He turned it on and saw a couple of missed calls, a voice mails and a virtual pile of texts.

He starts going through them, missed calls first, saw one from a friend from school, one from his mother, and one from Pacifica. He listened to the voicemail next.

"Dipper, it's your mother, why aren't you picking up your phone? You know you're always supposed to answer when your father or I call." In the background, he can hear his father's voice say "Honey, we took his cellphone, remember." "Right," his mother said, "Just ignore this message sweetie."

Dipper sighed at his mother's forgetfulness and went on to check his texts. Most were just ones from the gang back in Gravity falls saying they can't wait to see him in two weeks, but one message catches his eyes, a single message from Pacifica. He felt a knot well up in his stomach and he opened the message. It only contained three words, but Dipper felt more emotion from this text than he'd ever felt from anything in his life. 'PLEASE, HELP ME'.

Dipper dropped his phone running to Mabel's room, stumbling and swearing under his breath. He reached her door, pushed it open and saw his sister lying in bed. He ran to her and quickly awoke her with his frantic speak.

"Dipper," Mabel yawned, "what's the matter? Why aren't you in bed? We have to get up early to catch the bus."

"There's no time," he yelled, "I just saw a text from Pacifica. She needs our help. We have to go NOW."

"What, why," Mabel asked.

"Mabel," Dipper said through clenched teeth and fear, "the message is a week old."

Hearing about Pacifica fully awoke Mabel. She knew her brother tended to overreact to things, but she could see the true fear in his eyes, the worried expression he held, and the terror in his voice.

"Alright," she said, "you get mom and dad and I'll grab our bags. We'll try and head to the bus station tonight"

After Dipper left the room, Mabel got up, got dressed and tried calling Pacifica's phone, only to go straight to voicemail. So she grabbed her and Dipper's bags and made her way to the living room. Dipper came running down the stairs with two groggy and not so happy parents.

"Can't this wait till tomorrow Dipper?" their father asked. "It's almost midnight."

"I'm sorry Dad," Dipper said, "but I have to go now. I just know something terrible has happened. Please?" Their parents went from looking at Dipper over to Mabel to see what she thought about all this.

"I believe him," Mabel said. So their parents grabbed their bags, put them in the car and took them to the bus station.

After the bus finally left, Dipper and Mabel just sat there in silence. Mabel was slowly drifting off to sleep, but Dipper just couldn't relax. The knot in his stomach since seeing her text had put him on edge. He didn't feel like he'd be able to sleep for a long time. It wasn't until 4 of their 10 hour trip did he feel exhaustion finally take him. Neither he nor Mabel had any clue what to expect, but they knew, whatever it was, it had to be bad.

And thus ends chapter 2. Again I would like to thank all of you who already followed and/or faved my story. It came to my attention that I haven't mentioned it, so if you have any questions about my story, you can pm me or ask it in a review. I will try my best to answer the questions, and may post them in a manner such as this, as long as it isn't too much of a spoiler. With that…

emowolf15 – thanks for the review, as of this story there will not be any MaBill, but maybe in a later story. Just need to get some ideas first.

Hope to see you all around for chapter 3.