Chapter Notes

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Author's Notes: Well here we are with another chapter sorry for the long silence again, life happens. Anyway for all of you guys who are wondering about Dipper and Bill fear not! They will be in the next chapter!

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The hug could have lasted forever…

Star would have been just find with that too, but she was also super eager to meet all the new people around her. So she pulled away.

Mabel smiled down at them. "Let me get a good look at you." She said. "You look just like…"

"Mom?" Comet asked.

Mabel nodded. Tears still dripping down her face. "I miss them all so much." She admitted. Gods she suddenly knew what it was like to be Grunkle Stan, living a double life where she hid the truth from two curious twins. Irony did always have a funny since of humor.

"Ok not to be rude." Comet said. "But if you're the only one left who are all these people!"

"Yeah who are these guys?" Star asked.

Mable smiled. "This is our extended family." She explained. "Sure none of them are really related to us by blood, but some bonds go beyond blood."

"Like Ann?" Star asked.

"Exactly." Mabel exclaimed. "Now this is your Aunt Pacifica." She said introducing her to the twins. "She's been my sister since we were thirteen and helped me get through the days that I spent away from you."

Pacifica smiled nervously down at the twins. She never really had any luck with kids, sure the only kid she didn't have luck with was her sister Veronica, but that experience alone was enough to give her doubts on whether she was really cut out for this. "Hi…guys it's nice…to meet you." She tried a smile, but it's too forced.

Luckily Star senses her trouble. "It's okay Aunt Pacifica, We're nervous too. Right bro?"

Comet nodded. "So you grew up with Aunt Mabel?" he asked.

Pacifica nodded.

"So you knew our mom?" Star asked.

Pacifica nodded again.

"What was she like?" Comet asked, touching his hat subconsciously.

"She was very brave." Pacifica said. "And smart, she loved to solve mysteries, and she loved you very much."

Mabel smiled, Pacifica was doing great! Then again she was a Northwest, and they were famous for their lying skills. However, now that Mabel that about it the words weren't really lies, Dipper really was all those things. She gave Pacifica a nod and moved on to the next person of introduction. "Kids this is your Great-grandfather Ivan! Who took the responsibility of raising me, his grandsons, and Pacifica after the fire."

"Hello there." Ivan said. "It's a thrill to finally see you again." He gestured to the two young men beside him. "And as Mabel said these are my grandsons, Ollie and Ben.

Comet smiled as he realized it in an instant. "You two are twins!"

"Like us!" Star exclaimed.

"Yes twins seem to run in the family." Ivan said. "Even without blood relations being involved."

"Hi I'm Star!" Star said, shaking Ollie's hand vigorously.

Ollie laughs and shakes with just as much force. "Wow it's like looking back in time." He said.

"Do we really look that much like her?" Star asked.

"You look like them." Ben said.

"Them?" Comet asked.

"Yeah it feels like not too long ago we met Mabel and Dipper for the first time." Ollie said.

"Dipper?" Star asked.

"Oh that was your uncle." Ivan cut in, giving the boys a look. "Mason, most just called him Dipper though."

"Mason was your twin?" Star asked looking to Mabel.

Mabel nodded. "He would have loved meeting you." She whispered.

"Anyway I'm Wendy." Wendy cut in, in hopes of changing the subject, and the mood. "You can call me whatever you want."

Mabel smiled. "Your "Aunt Wendy!" here has a daughter who just a few months younger than you."

"Really!" Star exclaimed. "Where is she?" She asked looking around.

She's at school sweetie." Wendy said. "But she'll be home shortly."

"Oh." Star's face fell suddenly. "She probably wouldn't like me anyway." She whispered only low enough for Comet to hear.

Her brother bit his lower lip, Star had a magnet personality but her spontaneous weirdness was known for making potential friends run in the opposite direction.

Mabel sighed she knew how that felt. "You know there are a lot of kids around here your age." She assured her."

"Yes our Daughter Paris is your age." Candy cut in. Her husband nodded and offered the twins his hand.

Comet shook it happily as did Star.

"My name is Chen." Her husband said. "And this here is Candy."

Candy smiled. "Mabel and I have been friends since we met her first summer her."

"Cool." Star said, her mood feeling a little better.

"And this is Grenda." Candy added.

Grenda smiled and said in her unusually deep force. "Gravity Falls is full of wonderful people, I'm sure you'll have more friends than you'll know what to do with."

Star allowed the smile to form completely now, it was nice having so many people who cared about her and her brother. For the longest time she thought it was just Ann who loved them, but all this time there was over a dozen other family members eager to meet them for the first time.

"I'm sorry Tom wouldn't let you see us anymore." Comet suddenly said.

Mabel smiled. "We're together now, that's all that matters." She assured them as she moved on to Gideon. "Guys this is your uncle Gideon, and well he likes to think he's a smooth talker."

Gideon smiled. "That's because I am." He said with a wink as he shook the twins' hands. "Gideon Gleeful at your service and let me just say that it's a joy to meet you. Such a joy."

Star smiled. "I like this guy." She admitted.

"Which means I am force to find you highly suspicious in character." Comet said without even cracking a smile.

Gideon froze for a moment before bursting out into a fit of laughter. "Oh my word they are exactly like them."

Mabel gave a nervous laugh, because he was right. Star at that moment sounded a lot like Dipper when he met a mysteriously new person. Unfortunately at the moment that would mean that Comet sounded exactly like his father. Mabel shook the thought away as she moved the twins along to the next family member.

Comet was nothing like Bill, neither of them were. They were like Dipper and her, and that was the only description she would accept. "Guys this your uncle Robby and your Aunt Tambry."

"Hey kids." Robby said elbowing Tambry who was busy texting as usual.

"Sorry." Tambry said. "Raven just text me, she says she thinks she really aced this test." She gave the twins a wave. "They should be coming down the ramp any minute."

"Oh that's perfect!" Pacifica said. "Now we can all walk home together."

Comet gave a nervous smile. "So Raven, Chloe, and Paris Hu?" He asked. "Looks like I'm the only guy my age." He shrugged. "Just my luck."

Star giggled. "Don't let him fool you, Comet like being surrounded by girls."

Comet blushed and gave his sister a stern look and a swift elbow nudge in the arm. "Do not!"

"Well before they get here." Mabel said with a laugh. "Last but certainly not least we have your Uncle Soos and Aunt Melody with little baby Rose."

"Sup Dudes." Soos said giving them each a fist bump.

"Say hi Rose." Melody said as she used her daughters hand to give a little wave.

Rose babbled and laughed.

"Wow." Star said. "I never realized how big our family was." He admitted.

"We don't all live together do we?" Comet asked fearfully. He could already imagine the crowded house.

"No Silly." Pacifica teased. "We live together on the same property, but we all have our own places."

Mabel smiled, she still couldn't believe that Pacifica had done that. After her parents disowned her Pacifica had thought she'd end-up penniless, however much to her surprise her grandmother had left a small fortune to her in the form of a trust fund. Once she turned 21 her parents we forced to give it to her, and what Pacifica did with the money still shocked her to this day.

Pacifica Northwest used the money to renovate and remodel the entire Mystery Shack she than used the rest of the money to add several more houses on the property allowing Ivan, Ollie and Ben their own place. Soos and Melody also had their own house along with Candy and Chen who rented a room out to Grenda. Robby and Tambry also had their own house and Wendy and Chloe rented a small apartment room that was adjacent to the Shack.

Finally Gideon had moved the tent of Telepathy onto the property allowing the whole gang to live in close together.

Of course, Pacifica's reasoning was that she wanted to provide for her new family, she even put some money away for Comet and Star. But Mabel couldn't help but feel like Pacifica had spoiled everyone. Sure it was convenient for Wendy who was struggling to make ends meet as she fought through college with no child support from her dirt bag ex. And the Shack was getting crowded with her, Pacifica, Ivan, Ollie, Ben, Soos Melody and Rose trying to fit in it's withering structure.

Pacifica however, said that her family's dirty money was best used to provide for people who actually deserved some good fortune for once in their lives.

Just then a school bus pulled up on the road in front of them.

"Aunt Mabel when do we start school?" Star asked hopefully.

"Next Monday." Mabel answered. "I wanted to give you guys some time to settle in before you had to worry about stuff like that.

"Won't we fall behind?" Comet asked fearfully.

"No you guys school back in Defuniak Springs started in early August." Pacifica explained. "School doesn't start here until the first week of September." She revealed. "So you guys are way ahead of the rest of them."

"Sweet." Comet said with a smile. "I'm actually a head for once."

"Speaking of." Mabel gave him a stern look. "You better work on getting your grades up."

Comet forced a laugh, but Star stepped in. "Its okay Aunt Mabel." She said. "Comet already promised me to do his very best this time around." She gave her brother a stern look. "Right bro."

Comet smiled openly now. "Right I'm a brand new me." He assured them.

"Good." Mabel said. "Do you know how much I worried when I heard the trouble you were getting in?"

Comet suddenly felt a ting of guilt creep in that is until Mabel smiled.

"It's okay, trouble runs in the family." She assured him. "We Pines seem to enjoy egging it on. But no more bad grades Mr." She Winked. "You come from a family of geniuses after all."

"Really?" Comet asked.

"Yep both of your parents were pure geniuses." Ivan said before he could catch himself.

Comet's face lit up. "You knew our dad?" he asked hopefully.

Ivan bit his lip as everyone gave him a look of disbelief. "Oops sorry."

"So you weren't gonna tell us about him?" Comet looked at Mabel almost hurt."

Mabel sighed and kneeled down close beside the two twins as the bus behind them began to empty. "How old are you two now?" She asked.

"Twelve." Star managed to answer.

Mabel nodded. "You know we met your father when we were twelve." She said surprising everyone else.

Comet lit up once more. "Really? You've known him that long?"

Mabel smiled. "I know you guys have a lot of questions." She said. "And he's your father, just like Megan is your mom. You guys have a right to know everything, and you will." She promised.

"When?" Comet asked.

"When you're ready." Mabel said.

Comet and Star looked at each other and gave each other a nod.

"Okay Aunt Mabel." Star said. "We trust you."

Mabel nodded. "Good."

"Could you just answer one question?" Comet asked.

Mabel nodded, but the fear was obvious in her eyes.

"Did he love us?" Comet asked. "Our Dad did he care about us?"

Mabel looked at both of the twins and embraced them. "Your parents loved you both very much." She told them.

"Then why did he leave?" Star said. "Doesn't he want us?"

"Sweetie." Mabel said through tears. "I know it's hard to understand but sometimes Adults try really hard, but they're not perfect, they make mistakes. Giving you up was the hardest thing for all of us, but none of us were ready to take care of two newborns."

"So they were giving us our best chance?" Star asked.

Mabel nodded. "The decision was hard on all of us, your dad didn't make good decisions, but this one." She paused. "Leaving you with someone who could give you everything you could ever need. That was the best decision he ever made."

Comet finally allowed himself to breathe all these years he figured his dad must have been some horrible person to leave them, but now the truth was right in front of them. The only people who left was Star and Comet. Their family stayed here in Gravity Falls where they had always been, it was the twin who had left them behind.

Star hugged Mabel once more, she always thought that their dad was a bad person because she never got to see them. However, now that she was older she understood that some parents thought it was easier to stay out of their lives. If they were happy with a family that loved them why ruin that by showing up? All that would do was bring confusion into their lives, confusion that adoption was supposed to fix.

They should have known better if their mom was just a kid, then of course their dad couldn't have been much older. Comet felt a little better knowing that his dad had been some scared kid who was not ready for parenthood. It was a lot better than thinking he was some heartless bum who could care less about them.

"Were here!" A girl with black hair exclaimed happily.

The group turned to see a girl with long black hair pushed back in a white head band. She was wearing an army green shirt with a white Eiffel tower and the word Paris written underneath. Finally she wear a white undershirt and dark blue jeans with sneakers.

Two more girls were walking beside her.

Candy smiled. "Comet, Star this is Paris." She gestured to the first girl.

Paris light up. "You mean this is them." She surprised Star with a huge hug.

"Oh hi!" She said.

"I'm so glad you're finally here!" Paris exclaimed. "Mabel tells us you love crafts."

"I do." Star said surprised that they would know that.

"Dude this is perfect." The Girl with brown hair said. She was wearing a black shirt with a blue Pine Tree on it and matching earrings. She also wear a black skirt and combat boots. "Names Chloe." She offered Star a fist bump.

Star is obviously about to explode with joy, but due to past experiences she tries to hold it in. The last thing she wants to do is scare these potential friends away. She returns the fist bump and Chloe turns to Comet.

Comet however is currently on cloud nine, and has no idea. 'She's so pretty.' He thought. 'Oh wait she's looking at me!' he noticed. 'Did she say something I wasn't listening?!'

"Dude don't leave me handing." Chloe told him.

Comet looked and noticed her fist. "Oh right." He said and gave her a fist bump while trying to hide his blushing face under his hat.

Mabel giggled and gave Wendy a wink.

Wendy smiled. "Somethings never change."

"At least she's not three years older than him." Robby whispered in her ear.

Wendy forced down a laugh.

"Oh this is Raven." Paris said pointing to the girl with the raven black hair beside them. Her hair had pink highlights and she was wearing a hot pink shirt with a black skirt and a matching black leather jacket. Finally she wear black sneakers with hot pink laces. "Raven rarely looks up from her phone." Paris explained.

"Sup." Raven said giving them the pace sign without even bothering to look up.

"Nice to meet you!" Star suddenly exclaimed unable to control her outburst any longer. "I love your hair!" She screeched.

Comet winced as he awaited the scoffs of indifference that was sure to come. Everyone always told Star that she was just too hyper. However, Raven just shrugged and said.

"I can give you some if you want." She paused to look up. "But I think you'd look better with a blue or a purple. Chlo?" She said looking to Chloe.

"Definitely a purple." Chloe said. "We can do it in the club house tonight."

"You guys have a club house?" Comet asked.

"Yep that's why I asked about Star's crafting." Paris said. "It's in desperate need of a makeover."

Star was actually jumping with joy as she squealed.

Comet forced a smile, he was happy Star was fitting in so well and yeah the girls seemed nice but he kind of wished there were some guys to hang out with.

"You like looking at stars?" Chloe suddenly asked him.

"Uh yeah sure." Comet said.

"Good cause there's a telescope with your name on it." Chloe said with a wink.

Comet smiled. "I bet I'll know the name of more stars than you!"

"Okay." Chloe said. "But just to warn you we Corduroys never lose a challenge."

Comet smiled, maybe being the only boy in the group wasn't so bad after all.

"Alright everyone let's get these kids on home and we can show off the property!" Mabel said.

"Yes!" Paris exclaimed. "I can't wait for you to see the club house "Soos made it for us!'

"It gives you kids something to do." Soos said.

"We even have working electricity and a TV!" Chloe explained. "We practically live there on the weekends and summer break."

"Will there be enough room with two more?" Star asked.

"Room?" Raven laughed. "It has four bedrooms and a main room plus a balcony."

"That's where the telescope is." Chloe explained. "During the meteor shower it's the best place in town for great seats."

"Meteor Shower?" Comet asked.

"There's a big one every year!" Paris explained.

Meanwhile as the kids lead the way home Gideon pulled Mabel back for a moment. "I'm sorry Mabel." He said. "I didn't mean to mention Bill like that." He whispered.

"It's okay." Mabel said. "We knew they'd have questions, and I meant what I said."

"Mabel." Ivan warned.

"No." Mabel whispered. "Grunkle stand kept the truth from us and it made things worse in the end." She told him.

"So we're telling them the truth?" Pacifica asked.

"When they're ready." Mabel told them.

"How will we know they're ready?" Ollie asked.

"We just will." Mabel said as the sun began to sink behind the trees. She stopped and looked up at the stars for a moment. "Dipper would want them to know." She said.

"I wonder what it's like there." Gideon admitted.

"I'm sure horrible." Mabel said. "After all Bill is there."

The other's nodded their agreement none of them knowing that said horrors would once again descend onto their home town.

And none of them knowing just how soon that horrible nightmare would occur…

Chapter End Notes

Thank you for reading. As always I ask you to please commit. The next chapter will be posted soon, so until then this is...

-Emily Signing off :)