"I got dibs on the attic!" Mabel called from upstairs as she immediately went and put her clothing in the closet

"No fair. You went inside first." Dipper could not help but smile a bit at his sister's antics

It was rare to see Mabel in such condition. Ever since they had started college, Mabel was mostly a normal college person who had stress and only stress in their minds. Sure the first few months were not as stressful as when they were in their last year but it still seeped enough of the energy and color from her magnetic personality. Dipper could not take seeing his twin like that so he tried to find several ways to make her happy and only a few worked and those did not even compare to the color Mabel brought to his world. Years later, he had decided to bring her back to Gravity Falls and who knew that it was the most successful plan yet.

Mabel could only snicker then closed the door shut. She turned to the familiar room and smiled at it. All the memories from seven summers from childhood until she became a teen. It was still all so clear to her mind that it was as if she never even left. Even the things she left from her former summers remained there, untouched. She laid down on the bed and closed her eyes.

"Hiya Shooting Star!"

Her eyes opened widely at the sound and saw an all too familiar yellow triangle with a top hat and a golden cane floating right above her face.

"Bill!" She yelped then jumped on her bed, going away as far as possible from him

She looked around and saw that it was all black and white and that they were the only two to have color.

"That's a nice hello for someone you haven't seen for years." Bill stated in his usual cheery tone, "So what brings you here in Gravity Falls, Shooting Star?"

Mabel felt a bit disappointed at the way she was being treated. Sure they were... acquaintances, but it was as if they did not share at least a few happy moments. And Mabel was just absolutely sure that that was not how you treat people who just suddenly disappeared for years.

"Dipper brought me here." She answered a bit reluctantly

Bill tried to not recoil at the mention of the other's name but tried to keep his I'm-a-dream-demon-and-I-have-no-weaknesses façade.

"Oh, Pine Tree." He murmured, slightly losing his cheerfulness, "So that's the only reason you came back?"

"Well we wanted to visit our Grunkles." Mabel added

"And?"

"And Paz, Candy, and Grenda too." Mabel continued

Bill just simply stared at her this time, "You do realize that they don't live here anymore, right?"

"I've got nothing else to say, what do you even want?" Mabel furrowed her brows, "And why are you even in my dream?"

"Well I've got nothing to do," Bill trailed off

"And you're here because?" Mabel raised a brow

"I told you, I've got nothing better to do so what else should I do except bother you?" Bill exclaimed then started poking her left arm, "Did ya miss me, Shooting Star? Did ya? Did ya?"

"Not even one tiny bit, Bill." Mabel responded

Bill stopped poking her and just sat next to her. Mabel thought that it was a bit harsh to say that, even to a dream demon. After all, he was not doing anything bad to her, just annoying her a tad bit.

"Hey Bill, I-."

"You're going to apologize?" Bill asked even before she could continue then burst into loud laughter, levitating once more, "This is what I like about you, Shooting Star!" He exclaimed then burst out of Mabel's dreamscape

Mabel sat down on the bed and looked around, seeing that everything was back to normal and Bill was not there.

"Hey Mabes, Grunkle Stan wants to have dinner at the diner." Dipper said as he peeked in the room, "What happened to you? You look so pale."

He walked over to her and placed a hand on her forehead, "You don't look like you have fever."

"I don't." Mabel responded as she shook her head no, "I'm completely alright. Just took a nap."

"Nap?" Dipper tried hard to not snicker, "Mabel you've been out for five hours."

Mabel furrowed her brows, pulled out her phone and looked at the time, it blaring 7:35 at her.

"Come on," Dipper helped her stand, "you know those two when they get hungry."

Mabel nodded and the two young adults raced down the stairs.


Mabel rose early in the morning and sat on the couch outside of the Shack. She held a warm mug of hot chocolate in her hands, sipping every now and then. Mabel thought it was weird that Gravity Falls had two types of summer weather-the cold one and the hot one.

"You're up early."

She turned to look and saw her Grunkle Stan walking outside and sitting next to her, holding a steaming mug of freshly brewed coffee.

"Can't sleep?" He asked the young woman

"No. It's just usual that I'm up this early." Mabel responded

The silence was one that Mabel loved to have. Despite being an energetic female, Mabel still loved her fair share of silence. It was something that she could not linger onto at times.

College was always buzzing with life and that drained Mabel almost everyday. Having been elected as a part of the student government for their department, Mabel felt that it was her duty to not let the people run out of ideas. She was helping people left and right and making her own projects as well and also not forgetting about her studious brother who still found time to study a little bit of the mysteries around the place.

Though Piedmont was not much alike Gravity Falls, he still found subjects of mystery and it let his curiosity wander around like it was a huge deal. He often went home late at night bruised and wounded after his mischief with some creatures he would find.

But that was all in college. Everything changed when they started working. The twins, fresh out of college, went around town and the neighboring cities looking for jobs that suited their majors and what they wanted. Soon enough, both of them settled into what companies called and offered jobs. Dipper did not get to be the top engineer of their company, only having to hold small projects, but it was enough for him and the way his lifestyle was. Mabel was hired by a fashion executive from France but she politely declined. Instead, she was placed in a branch the company had near her brother's work. The twins managed to make it work for the two of them and it did.

"How was college?" Her Grunkle Stan had asked her

"It was fine." Mabel responded, "Work was even harder than what college is."

Stan chuckled, "See? This is why I didn't go to college and just settled for selling stuff."

Mabel gave him a light giggle, "Well, come to think of it, it did good for you."

"Yeah but it doesn't do good in the long shot." Stan shrugged, "I guess if I went to college, my life would be better."

Mabel just nodded and listened to the early birds.

"Ford and I will be gone for the day, are you and your brother going to be fine?" Stan asked

Mabel nodded once more, "We will."

"Good. Also that new worker who's been bugging me for a job is going to work here. You check if he's going to be fine or some mass murdered in the run." Stand ordered

Mabel chuckled, "Yes, Grunkle Stan."

"I knew I could count on you, Boss Mabel." Stan smiled at her


"Let's go Stanley, we haven't got all day!" Ford called from outside as he loaded their fishing gear at the truck of Stan's car

"I'll leave the Shack up to you kids." Stan said then left

"I'll run the register!" Mabel called

"So what am I gonna do?" Dipper asked his twin

"Well you can go wait for that new guy." Mabel responded, "Grunkle Stan said that there's a new employee."

Dipper nodded and opened the shop. Tourists came in buses and Dipper actually took the initiative to tour the people around the Shack. The locals, however, visited every once in a while and bought their merchandise.

"Thanks for coming." Mabel grinned brightly at another tourist who bought three shirts and a bobble-head Stan, "Come back soon."

The bell rang as another customer exited the Shack. Mabel sighed as another rush hour was finished. Soon enough, her brother entered at the shop and slouched on a chair.

"I give up. How does Grunkle Stan do this all day every day?" Dipper asked

Mabel smiled over at her brother. The bell rang once more, another customer had entered.

"Good morning and welcome to the Mystery Shack!" Mabel greeted as she looked over at the person

"Would you like a tour?" Dipper continued, standing up

The man, who was in his early twenties, smiled at both of them. He had brown hair and green eyes. His complexion was fair and it was completely obvious that his favorite color was black with what he wore.

"Oh no, I'm the applicant Stan called in." The man responded, "The name's Tadd. Tadd Nadley."

The man held out a hand to Dipper and shook his hand.

"I'm Dipper Pines. And this is my sister Mabel." Dipper introduced

"Hey-o!" Mabel greeted

Tadd gave a small laugh at the way Mabel spoke to him.

"Heh, yeah. If you're gonna be working here, you're gonna hear a lot of weird words from her." Dipper supplied, "I suppose Grunkle Stan told you your job?"

"Yep." Tadd nodded, "All-around repairman."

"Good." Dipper nodded then patted the man's back, "Boy you're in for a good ride."


"So what brings you here to Gravity Falls?" Mabel asked

It had been an hour since they last had a customer and it was just half past four so Mabel thought that they could not close the Shack just yet. Instead, they spent their time talking to their new company.

"I'm here for the summer." Tadd answered

"Really? There are barely people who actually stay here for the whole summer." Mabel responded, "Well, you know, there's us two but still, why Gravity Falls?"

"Are you trying to tell me that my decision's a bad thing?" Tadd raised a brow

"No not at all. Gravity Falls is such an amazing place." Mabel answered, "There are just very few visitors, is all. And you wanted to work."

"Oh stop it Mabes. Maybe he just wants to go here." Dipper interrupted

"So what did you do back from... I'm sorry, where did you come from anyway?"

"I ran a trading shop in New York." Tadd answered

"You mean it's actually yours?" Mabel tilted her head to the right

"Yep. But I wanted to get out of the city life and, you know, have at least a summer of peaceful days." He replied

"So you say you were a trader?" Dipper asked

Tadd nodded.

"You sure you don't just scam people?" Dipper raised a brow

"Where's this coming from, Dipping sauce?" Mabel chuckled nervously

"Nothing, nothing. I just remembered a certain trader that knew nothing but to ruin people's lives with trades." Dipper paused but did not continue

"I can guarantee that I am in no way a scammer." Tadd stated

The doors swung open and two identical men walked in to the Shack.

"We're back, kids. And we've caught dinner." Stan announced, "Oh, you're here."

"Yes, Mister Pines." Tadd nodded

"Did those two just talk to you all day?" Stan asked, a knowing smile on his face

"Yes." Tadd nodded again, "But it was fine. It was mostly Mabel but like I said,it was fine."

"Well I'm sure you're exhausted with all the talking. You can go home early today." Stan stated

Tadd just gave the old man a smile and turned to the other set of twins.

"It was nice talking to you, Dipper." He said then moved over to Mabel

He held her left hand and spoke, "And you too, Mabel." He leaned in to her hand and was about to kiss it but paused a bit as he saw the ring with the silver band on one of her fingers and kissed it very vaguely

He left the Pines up to their own thing, a light blush lingering on her face. All the while, the Pines twins all stared at the door as he left then turned to Mabel after.

"Whoa, you need to tell him you're engaged before he gets a notion." Dipper told Mabel

Mabel rolled her eyes, "For the last time, I'm not engaged, Dipper. It's just a promise ring, nothing to worry about."

"Alright, alright, let's stop all this romance nonsense and start cooking!" Stan cut off before the twins would start one of their banters


So yeah, hi Tadd Nadley! Oh, and hi to all of the readers! I know I haven't said hi to you yet so hi there! I hope you're enjoying the story so far!