Chapter 7: Dipper's Friends at the mall and a surprise at home

Sunday, October 6

I heard yesterday that Wendy came to visit and I just missed her on my way back. I was a little more than upset. I missed her too. Even if Wanda seems to want to emulate -or idolise (really)- Wendy, she seems to want to be the Wendy of California she knows I liked Wendy and seems to want to win my heart as she did. Like I'd be so ensnared by someone merely trying to imitate. More of a side note I've taken to writing where I am that so I don't forget to include anything interesting of the day's events. I'm Presently eating breakfast before my day of being a mall rat with my friends may begin.

We got to the mall and Mabel came too. Immediately Shepherd said that we could expect him to not pitch in for food or commodities because he was saving what little money he had to buy a ring… I think. Andrew and Annie made fun of him for a bit. Calling him cheap and making jokes about the size of his reproductive organs, then everyone started making fun of David. Shepherd challenged everyone to a game of giant chess and beat everyone proving once and for all that he was the smartest in the group I demanded a rematch which ended a stalemate with both of us having only our king and one bishop each, his white on black my Black on white he held out his hand and offered a truce as if knowing neither of us could lose in such a circumstance. We stopped by see's candy and All of Shepherds talk of saving money went out the window and he came back with a chocolate cigar in his mouth shouting somebody get me a lighter. We stopped by the food court and ate pizza. Except for Shepherd he had sushi. When we got back home Mabel had a figurative tonne of yarn. Opening the door I found to my horror that Mabel had invited all the girls she'd set me up on dates with, in PJs with sleeping bags. A slumber party was being set up without my knowledge or ability to stop it. I later found that not only did Mabel seek out insecure girls to force into dating me but that she brought back a picture of her with Soos and his girlfriend. After a brief description of his idiosyncrasies she was revered as a matchmaking legend and had later found legitimate boyfriends for some of the girls I'd Quote unquote "Friend-zoned" and now they're her friends. I'm surprised they didn't do this at rich girl's house… shit, what was her name again? Wait. dammit my friends' favourite way of communicating rubbed off on me. Wanda asked permission to sleep in my bed, and when I offered to sleep on the couch she rephrased, "with you" and I was somewhat taken aback by it until she explained further that Wendy had told Mabel that she'd been sleeping with her new friend more often than not. I didn't know what to say so I agreed on the terms that we just slept. She nodded vigorously and when I climbed in bed not only did Wanda join me but all the girls I'd "friend-zoned" except maybe the ones who had a boyfriend crowded around me and kept me their veritable prisoner letting me leave not even to go to the bathroom, that is unless someone accompanied me. Most uncomfortable two hours before sleep ever. I waited until everyone else fell asleep before continuing writing in my journal. Wanda's up, and she apparently has insomnia, because Wendy once mentioned not being able to sleep to her and she, wanting to be like her, ruined her sleep cycle on purpose. Either way, she wants to do things and I got her to settle for just cuddling when she tried to convince me to do something that was sure to wake up everyone in the house. Despite having been crushed between several girls at once the nights that were getting progressively colder seemed to stop and warm me to my core. Despite being worried for my chastity the second I close my eyes to sleep I'm glad so many girls still had feelings for me after I'd, one way or another, showed them my lack of interest. Because of my actions they might do the same to others. I owe it to them to make this relationship work not just because she's the Wendy I never knew existed but because if I move on they might too. Despite all my previous complaints at the very least, my bed smells nice… shit that was a really creepy thing to Write and Wanda wants to see it. She doesn't seem like She'll take no for an answer, but I try anyway. She procures for me a small green book entitled Wendy's journal. She offered me a trade saying that for as long as I read this she'll read mine. When I told her that even knowing I had her permission I didn't feel right reading from the innermost workings of her mind. She shook her head and said, "no It's Wendy's journal." my eyes bulged at the thought and I asked why she would keep one and she read the first line aloud, "Dipper, hey seeing as all your great uncle's journals were destroyed and you're going to be gone a while I figured I'd write down all the important parts for when you get back. " she looked up from the book and said, "Magic exists outside of gravity falls Dipper" and showed me that on the most recent entry the book continued to produce writing. I have to take her up on this if only to see what she's saying now. It was meant for me after all.

AN: Yeah… that happened I was just going to write about the mall but then I got bored and finished the chapter prematurely but didn't want this chapter to be shorter than the last one and so I added the sleepover and changed the title. It got a little creepy at the end there. My bad, but now I can't think of a way to fix it. Suggestions? Support?