*This chapter is very long, boring, and dragged out. Next chapter will be better... I think?*
"We're here, you two; wake up," Mr. Pines said in a stern tone. The four had just taken the 5 hour drive to Los Angeles, California; to LAX airport. They would soon be boarding an airplane to take them to BDL airport, from which they would be shuttled to their final destination: The Maury Show.
The twins had never been on an airplane before, although they did find it exciting. There were better places to go on a plane than where they were going though. Mr. and Mrs. Pines weren't happy about all this expense, but they were too caught up in emotion and speculation to care.
If the two were doing things together there was the possibility Mabel could get pregnant, then they would have to support another child, which would probably have other problems due to inbreeding, plus they didn't want to be thought of as bad parents (although they weren't the best). There were so many factors that made this seem like the right course of action. Plus, there was no reliable source to get this information in their area anyway.
Back in 2000 when they had the twins, their worst fear was that it would come to this, that they would get out of control and do things they shouldn't. Now they were in suspicion, and their twins were in denial. They had begged them to admit it, but the tweens held on to their denial. Before they left their house they gave them one last chance, and Dipper only said "Well you're about to find out the hard way it looks like." Now there they stood, at the entrance to the main terminal. They entered it, and quickly got to the line for baggage.
"At least we're getting to ride on a plane, that's fun," Mabel quietly said to Dipper, their parents not hearing. She was trying to cheer her brother up, yet she herself needed some of it as well. Dipper didn't respond, he wasn't in the mood. Mabel assumed he didn't hear her.
They had each brought plenty of luggage, as it was, after all, a cross country flight. Dipper and Mabel were still shocked and suspicious as to why their parents would go all this way to find out if they were doing something that only, well, "bad" people do. What they didn't know was that their parents were paranoid. After having the two they had driven themselves almost mad trying to care for them, not expecting to have to dedicate the amount of time required to care for children. The day the twins first went to school was heaven for the parents. The fact of the matter was, their parents were way in over their heads.
The baggage line was long and slow moving, as expected. The whole trip through the place was slow and agonizing. After about an hour or so, or two days as it seemed to the "Mystery Twins," they were ready to board American Airlines Flight 1358. Walking across the jetway seemed exciting, you could see outside, though there was nothing to see from where they were. Not even the slightest trace of anything besides trees and concrete.
Dipper was now in the worst mood he had ever been in, he was angry with his parents, and sad that he was spending his summer break in this way (he now liked the idea of spending it in Gravity Falls like last summer). He had also noticed that Mabel had started to act like him, she wasn't saying anything and looked rather beaten.
They went to their seats, which were situated towards the back of the small airplane. surprisingly, their parents decided to sit together in a set of seats, and Dipper and Mabel got to sit behind them in a set of seats together. This made them both feel more comfortable because, frankly, they didn't care to be in the company of their parents at this time. The pilot said a whole bunch of saftey precautions, and the plane started to move. The airplane taxied through the taxi lanes until it was almost on the runway it was to take off from, when it stopped. A large airplane in front of them took off. Dipper and Mabel were too busy sulking to notice. At this point one person had already used the barf bag.
"This is going to be simply thrilling," Dipper thought. Dipper had let Mabel sit next to the window, while he got the outside seat. He soon regretted it, though he would rather himself get it than Mabel. Mabel! That name kept coming up, which led to him remembering why he has here in the first place. Why would they think this? How could they afford this? So many questions Dipper wanted answered. Dipper was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a loud noise. It sounded like a tornado almost, getting steadily louder and louder. He then realized the airplane was taking off. He looked out the window, they were already going quite fast. Mabel was also looking out, though she was the same as her brother, not in the mood. Not in the mood for what? Anything.
The two were almost depressed, they didn't know what to think anymore. They just went with it. Mabel fell asleep a short while into the flight, and so did Dipper. Their parents were discussing something that they couldn't hear over the sound of the engines. A very long flight lay ahead of them.
When Dipper awoke, they were at cruising altitude, the longest and most boring part of the flight. Dipper seemed to forget this was his first airplane ride, he acted as if it were no more than a car ride out to the local store. He glanced around at the other people, mostly younger to middle-aged people, most of them pre- occupied with various things. Unfortunately this flight had no in- flight entertainment, so passengers were left to entertain themselves. Or sleep. The later seemed to be the best option for our Mystery Twins. And so Dipper went back to doing it.
Dipper woke again to a loud noise and a large thud. He looked out the window, they had landed in Hartford, Connecticut. Mabel also jumped awake. Dipper looked around the plane at the other people, some of them had their phones out, recording the landing. Some looked like they had also just awoken, and some looked anxious to get off the plane.
The plane slowed down, and eventually made it to a taxi lane. Taxing was slow, Dipper almost fell back asleep during it. They finally made it back to the building they would go in to get their shuttle to Stamford.
They finally got the signal to get off, and so they did. As everything else, getting off the plane was very slow. Inch by inch they made it. They got out into the large terminal, which, luckily, had plenty of "facilities." The restrooms on airplanes aren't ideal for anything except committing suicide, so most of the people went to the terminal lavatories.
Dipper had to go in with his father, much to his dismay, so he went to a stall. Dipper didn't need to go very badly, so he was in and out fairly quickly, unlike Mr Pines. Mabel of course had to go in with her mother, which she enjoyed just as much as her brother. Luckily she was in and out quickly as well. After that world of fun, they went on to get a shuttle to the Stamford Media Center.
"What if we fail the lie detector?!" This question caught Dipper off guard as it came out of Mabel's mouth.
"What?" Dipper replied, not sure of what else to say.
"The lie detector we're taking! What if we fail! I heard you can fail those even if you're telling the truth," she explained. The two were standing some distance away from their parents while they got the bus ticket, not hearing a bit of this conversation.
"Uh, well, I don't know," Dipper said, unaware of this. He assumed it would be accurate, but now it made sense. Mabel was clearly nervous, which made Dipper nervous.
"Ohhhh..." She looked like she could cry, so Dipper tried to comfort her.
"Hey, i'm sure it'll be accurate, besides, we know we're telling the truth, right?" Dipper didn't know how to go about this whole "comforting" thing, but he tried.
"I guess... so..." Mabel sobbed. Dipper gave her a hug, but it was cut short by their parents.
"Hey! Let's go!" Mrs. Pines almost shouted. The twins quickly separated, embarrassed that their parents had seen them like that.
"Well, I guess that gives them more reason to think we're doing all that stuff," Dipper said quietly.
"What does?" Mabel seemed to have recovered quickly from her previous state.
"Seeing- never mind," Dipper decided not to get into that.
"Ok!" She replied, and they continued on to their shuttle. When they got to it, there was no one else on it. They sat in the back, getting the same luck as on the plane: Dipper and Mabel sat next to each other, while their parents sat in front of them.
The bus sat for a while, and a few more people got on to it. When it departed it was almost half full. This was only an hour drive to Stamford, where they would be dropped off directly at the Media Center to explain their story again and the twins to take the lie detector.
"We're gong to be on TV! Isn't this exciting?" Mabel seemed to have cheered up a good bit since they were at the terminal.
"Are you crazy, do you see what show we're going on?!" Dipper questioned her.
"We'll get to make our parents look like dummies though, it'll be hilarious!" Mabel said.
"That... That's actually true!" Dipper chuckled, he thought the thought was rather funny. It made sense, their parents getting on stage making a big deal out of something and then it all be false! This was brilliant, Dipper suddenly felt a new outlook on the situation.
The two spent the rest of the ride pondering this thought of their parents looking stupid on national television. Neither Dipper nor Mabel were depressed any longer.
