It took Wendy a moment to react, she was utter shock. She and Soos just spoke about the twins and then lo and behold one of them was standing at the door. Not wasting any more time, Wendy hopped over the counter and pulled Dipper into a bear hug.
"Holy crap Dipper I can't believe you're here!" she said as she held him tight.
"It's great to see you too Wendy," Dipper said, his cheeks rosy red with the feeling of his crushes' body against him.
"Little dude, it is wonderful to see you again, though I guess I should be saying big dude," Soos said with a light chuckle.
Wendy agreed as she pulled back to get a good a look at him. Since there last meeting Dipper had a heck of growth spurt, he was now only a head shorter than her. Steeping back more she began to eye over the now teenaged Dipper. Graduating from shorts, Dipper now sported dark grey cargo pants. The rest of his ensemble was pretty much the same, all down to his trademark pine-tree, but the one thing about him that did truly change was his face.
Once Wendy toke a real good look at it she was instantly drawn into it. In just two years a good amount of baby fat had disappeared from his face and it was beginning to shape and contour into the face of an adult, his cheeks loosing it's squishy look and starting to hollow out, his jaw becoming prominent and defined. He still possessed a bit of boyish charm, but she could clearly see the man he would grow to be.
"Uhhh Wendy, you...okay," Dipper said wondering why she suddenly got so quiet.
At his words Wendy was snapped out of her self-induced trance, attempting to find words.
"Wha...uh...yeah fine just...a little tired yeah," Wendy spoke sheepishly.
From behind she could the stifled laughter of Soos as she mentally kicked herself.
"Smooth Wendy, smooth," she thought.
Wishing to forget that moment, she began to think of another conversation topic when she realized there was no sign of Mabel.
"Where's Mabel?" Wendy asked.
"SPEAK OF THE DEVIL!" a loud, but again familiar voice rang out.
In the doorway stood a bright and smiling fourteen year-old Mabel. She flashed a large braceless smile and strided in. Mabel, much like Dipper, still maintained the clothing she had worn two years ago. She wore her shooting star sweater and purple skirt modified to fit her height which was a couple of inches shorter than Dipper. Once again, much like Dipper, her face was the main attraction which had become more womanly and mature, but based on her entrance, there wasn't a lot of mental maturity.
"Mabel, it is so great to see you," Wendy said while giving Mabel a hug.
Mabel happily returned the hug, and once they broke apart she ran up to Soos and gave him a hug as well.
Finally awoken from his nap because the racket, the one and only "Man of Mystery" Stan Pines marched to the shop floor in nothing but his boxers and a tank-top. It seemed that the pines family shared the same aging traits. Stan's facial appearance was his only two year difference, more wrinkles had appeared on his face and his expression had hardened more.
"What in the dead hell is all the noise abou-Dipper, Mabel!" Stan said with a shocked yet happy expression.
"Grunkle Stan!" the twins shouted in unison as the ran to hug him.
"How's it going kids, man have you two grown, I didn't know you where coming," Stan said.
"We wanted it to be a surprise, did we surprise you did we did we," Mabel chimed in.
"Sure did kids," Stan spoke.
"Man this is great, I got my free summer labor-I mean my two favorite kids back, let's have a party!"
Everyone in the room cheered in agreement and the impromptu party began. Stan closed up shop(I know right) and a fest of food and general horseplay went on for hours.
Later that night
Wendy stretched and walked into the shop floor, content and happy with the night's festivities. She saw Mabel on a stool working on a new sweater, this one was gold-colored. She made a note to ask about it later, but for now she wanted to know the location of a certain other Pines.
"Yo Mabes where's Dipper?" she asked.
Not breaking focus what so ever, Mabel simply pointed to the ceiling, but Wendy fully understood which she meant. Thanking Mabel, Wendy went to the hidden ladder leading to the roof of the Mystery Shack which would lead to her secret area, an area she shares with Dipper and Mabel. When she arrived at the spot she saw a sight she had rarely seen.
Dipper was sitting upon the chair she had brought up there, his head to the sky. The shocking thing was that he had removed his hat. In all the time she had known Dipper, he had rarely ever removed his hat. The reason being his birthmark of The Big Dipper on his forehead. He told her once how embarrassed he was of it and how he made every attempt at hiding it, so to see him freely showing his mark was a great surprise.
She hadn't noticed because of his hat, but with it off she could clearly see the Dipper's hair had grown a bit, reaching the bottom of his neck. It danced about in the cool night breeze. Moving from his hair to his face she was once again entranced by his visage which was illuminated by the moonlight. She had to admit, he was handsome. Snapping herself out, she then looked at what he was looking at.
It was The Big Dipper. As she stared at his nick-name sake, a thought came into her head and hit her like a ton of bricks. She proceeded to walk and sit beside Dipper with a wide-eyed expression.
"Hey Dipper," Wendy said lightly
"Oh! Hey Wendy what's up," Dipper said as he quickly placed his hat back on his head.
"I just realized something," Wendy said.
Dipper executed a "go on" motion with his hand.
"I have known you for two years, and yet I don't know your real name," Wendy said
Dipper's face became beet red and he lowered his head so his hat would cover his eyes.
"Because...I never told you," Dipper said quietly.
"Why haven't you."
"...It's...really weird."
Wendy laughed a bit. "Oh come on it can't be that weird."
"Yes it is, you would never guess what is, not in a million years," Dipper said still filled with embarrassment.
"Hmmmmmm, I do love a challenge. Lets see...Alfred,"
"No."
"Toby..."
"No."
"Keith."
"No!"
"Bill, Ted, Lars, Ulrich, Tom, Dick, Harry, Roderick."
"NO! Could you please stop." Dipper said
"Dude, why the hell won't you tell me...don't you trust me," Wendy said.
She could see by the look on his face that she had just won. She gave a little smirk and congratulated herself on her little persuasion move. Dipper closed his eyes, breathed in through his nose and out through his mouth. He then opened his eyes and turned to Wendy.
"Okay, I'll tell you, only you got it, this does not leave these spot," Dipper said.
Wendy excitedly nodded her head.
"Alright, My name is...my name is-"
Dipper struggled to get the words out his mouth, but finally, he found the strength to speak his birth name.
"...Saptarishi."
