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( Author's Note )
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Well look who's back. And so soon, you must be excited. On to this Note, though.
Some of my readers, and reviewers have been curious about Aqua's appearance. I did a bit of a description of her in the following chapter, if anyone is so kind enough to draw her, I'd really appreciate it.
Well, please enjoy Dip-Her's chapter 10, and know, that chapter 11 is 1/3rd completed.
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( Pacifica Northwest )
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Daphne Pines [You know, you don't have to send anything.]
[I do. I really need to. Please, it's important to me.]
Daphne Pines [Alright Pazzy.]
She absolutely loved it when Daphne called her Pazzy. She didn't even know why. Maybe because she had spent her entire life in a structured environment, that a little chaos made her feel special. She put her phone back into her purse, and continued through the mall.
Pacifica hoped that Daphne wouldn't be upset. But there wasn't any real choice anymore. She had to do...
"Hello. You are that girl. Pacifica, right?" The voice sounded very familiar.
She looked up at the person who had spoken to her. She had long brown hair, that reached about middle of her back. Almost flawless milky complexion, except a light dusting of freckles on her cheeks, and over the bridge of her nose. She looked about her height, which was about five foot five inches. And couldn't weigh anymore than her. The only odd feature had to be the other girls eyes. Light blue where the whites should be, a darker blue iris, and little black water drops for pupils.
This was that girl that Daphne was hanging around with.
Aqua.
"Yeah. You're Daphne's friend, right?" Pacifica asked.
"Oh yes! We are best of friends... But I miss her so, when she goes home." The strange eyed girl sighed. "But, I guess she must go home sometimes. Hopefully, Summer will arrive swiftly."
"I'm actually going to be... sending... something to Daphne. I could send a letter from you, if you want." She offered. Though she didn't know why. Even if Daphne said that her and this Aqua girl, were too different. Pacifica still felt as if she were a rival of some sort, yet at the same time. This girl seemed so innocent and trusting. It was hard to not feel comfortable around her. And Pacifica was looking for a reason to not trust her.
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( Daphne/Dipper Pines )
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Daphne eagerly awaited at the house. Mabel had wanted to go the mall with friends, so she had went to the gas station to get money out for Mabel. Since it was something mom and dad would have done, since Mabel had done her school work, and it was Friday afternoon. But instead of joining Mabel, like she normally would have. She was waiting at home
Whatever Pacifica sent was supposed to be here today. Pacifica wouldn't tell her what it was. And no matter how many times she had told Pacifica that she didn't have to send her anything, the other girl would just reply that she had too. That she needed to. Even once she had apologized, for some odd reason.
"Alright," she said to herself as she got up. "Waiting out here on the steps, and talking to yourself isn't getting this package here any faster. Maybe I'll go for a swim, and it'll be here when I get out."
Seemed like a good idea.
The best way to get over waiting for something, was to occupy your time.
Plus, she liked swimming, and she didn't know how many more days she'd have left before it got too cold to swim.
Back in her room, she put on her bathing suit, which consisted of a pair of male swim trunks, and a sports bra with a t-shirt. Even if she was more comfortable with being a girl, she just hadn't had time to go get a female swimsuit.
Mabel had tried to drag her along for a new swimsuit, and of course she wanted to go to approve of one. Mabel was just that sort of sister. Daphne loved it. But she didn't really see a point in getting one.
Fall was about over. So she wouldn't be swimming anymore. She might get taller during the winter, so getting a new swimsuit that might not fit when she needed it, would be a waste.
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Finally getting herself out of her own mind, and having made it to the pool.
Daphne relaxed as she floated on her back in the warm sun. She let out a sigh.
'This is nice,' she thought to herself.
'Mabel's off with friends. Mom and dad are overseas. No one to come and disrupt her relaxation...'
She moved from floating on her back to casually swimming from one end of the pool to the other. Something that kept her fit in the Summer and Spring. And early Fall.
She would always swim in Aqua's hot springs. It was pretty large to be undiscovered in the forest, though not big enough to wonder how it hadn't. Daphne just chalked it up to some Gravity Falls weirdness thing, as to why it hadn't been discovered.
Aqua. How she missed her friend.
Aside from Mabel, and her parents. Aqua had been the first friend that accepted who she was.
Then again, she had accepted Aqua was a sprite... or pixie... or... she didn't exactly know what Aqua was, only that she was made of water. An elemental then?
She shook her head, as if to shake out her useless musings. No point in dwelling on what she was. All that mattered about Aqua was that she was one of her dearest friends. What she was didn't matter.
'Just swim, and relax.' She thought to herself. 'Left arm. Right arm. Left arm. Right arm. Left...'
It wasn't very relaxing is she had to keep reminding herself to just relax.
It wasn't easy for Daphne to just clear her mind when she was alone.
For a girl who always complained that it wasn't quiet enough to think. That complained that other people got in the way. She had grown accustomed to Mabel's ramblings, and it had become normal. Actual quiet.
What she had wanted when she studied, or was working on some problem, even investigating some mystery.
She finally had it, and it was deafening.
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( Pacifica Northwest )
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She checked the address on her phone again, before looking out at the house that the cab had brought her too.
She wasn't conceited. But she had always imagined Daphne and Mabel's house to be kind of like the Mystery Shack. That it would be plain, or well... like the Shack. Not that she cared, she just hadn't expected the large two story house, in the suburbs. With a well maintained yard, and almost perfectly square hedges. Or the newer car in the driveway.
It was nothing like the Shack.
Did that make her vein? Maybe she was... her parents had filled her head with too many falsehoods. And the fact that the her town, was a smaller hunting town. Since she had never let her town, she had believed what her parents had told her.
There were rich people, like them
Then there were poor people, like the people in town.
"This is the right address, right Miss?" The driver asked, obviously she had taken a moment too long to look over the place.
"Huh... oh, yes... yes. I was expecting... something different." Pacifica said, opening her purse.
"Different? You're in the suburbs. Nothing's really different here." The driver laughed kindly.
She paid her fare, which wasn't as much as she imagined, since it had seemed far away from the train station. But that could have been due to all the new things there was to see.
She finally realized just how sheltered her life really was. And that by running away, she had finally taken her first real step into the outside world.
The driver helped get her suit cases, and items out of the trunk, before asking her again, if she was sure this was the right address. Even gave her his card, with his number on it, if she needed a cab again. Friendly people
The only cab company in Gravity Falls, was ran by a grumpy old man. And she heard that he over charged, because he was the only one in town. She didn't know. Hadn't ever needed a cab before.
She grabbed her suitcases, and drug them up the sidewalk leading to the front door.
'I hope Daphne's home...' Something that she hadn't thought of for her trip. 'What if her parents make me leave? Or they call mine? This is during the school year... so...'
She hadn't thought this through...
But, there was no point in turning back now, she'd already come this far.
She took a deep breath, and pushed the doorbell.
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( Daphne/Dipper Pines )
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Daphne sat up quickly, having been startled by a sound. She had only closed her eyes for a second, or so she thought. She had been having a nice dream, where she was back in Gravity Falls, lounging by the hot springs. Mabel, Tambry, Wendy, and Pacifica were there. And obviously Aqua since it was her home
She looked around.
Nothing.
Maybe she dreamed the sound?
Couldn't be. Something had to of woken her up.
When her phone started ringing she wondered if it was what had woken her up. She stopped wondering and picked it up. It was Pacifica.
"Hello, Pazzy." She smiled as she answered. It was early in the day for Pacifica to be calling. Maybe she was curious if the package had arrived or not.
"Hey Daphne, are you... at home? Or..." Pacifica asked.
"Oh, I'm home. I dozed off by the pool." she answered as she got up and went into the house. Through the kitchen door. "I'm about to see if the package arrived now."
"Oh... uh... yeah... um. Okay, don't freak out. Alright?" Pacifica said, causing Daphne to smile.
"Why? What did you send?" Daphne asked as she opened her front door, and stared out at Pacifica
With suitcases.
"Uh... me?" Pacifica said, and her voice over the phone said the same thing, only about a couple milliseconds off.
"You..." It took her brain a bit longer to actually register what was going on. And when it finally did. It argued that it wasn't possible.
Because there was no way Mr. and Mrs. Northwest had allowed Pacifica to shrug off her school work to visit a 'common' person.
Yet... there she was. With suitcases in tow.
"Hello Daphy." Pacifica smiled at her. And Daphne's brain was still trying to make sense of everything.
"Pazzy!" An almost ear shattering screech escaped her own mouth as she grabbed her girlfriend, and pulled her into a hug. She had thought that she would have to wait seven more months to see Pacifica, in person, again. "I dunno why you are here, but I am so glad to see you."
"I've missed you too." Daphne finally let go.
"C'mon, lets get your stuff inside."