Wedding Ceremony:
Pacifica bounced up and down on her heels as she waited for the ceremony to start. She could hear the sound of guests filing into the grand foyer where the ceremony was to take place. She and her bridesmaids were hiding in small holding room on the veranda so that none of the guests would see her before the wedding.
Meanwhile Dipper was still hiding in his suite. All of his groomsmen were busy ushering guests to their seats so he was left to his thoughts by himself.
This was it. He was actually doing this. He was actually marrying Pacifica.
Pacifica Elise Northwest-soon-to-be-Pines.
If someone had told him all those years back during his first summer at Gravity Falls that the snobby blonde girl tormenting him and Mabel was his future wife, he probably would have smacked that poor soul in the face.
Yet here he was! Excitedly counting down every last second until the wedding could begin and her could spend the rest of his life-
"Oh, I'm getting nauseous!"
"Well that normal for these here-things right here!"
Dipper looked up to find Old Man McGuckett, who was officiating the ceremony, walking towards him. Dipper stood up straight, his breath hitching. "Is it time."
"Ye-haw! Sure is! Y'ready for this?"
Dipper nodded. "Yeah, I'm ready."
"Well let's get goin'!" the old hill-billy jigged his way out. Dipper took in a deep breath.
"Let's do this," he told himself before following after his officiate to the ceremony. He walked down the grand staircase to stand in front of the giant fireplace where a stage and flowered arch had been set up. All the guests stopped their chattering and immediately began paying attention. The song they'd chosen for the ceremony began playing. Dipper closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Here we go," he whispered and opened his eyes back up just as the first words were sung:
"We were strangers starting out on our journey, never dreaming what we'd have to go through. Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing at the beginning with you…"
…
….Pacifica's heart rate shot sky high as Candy and Thompson began their procession down the aisle. She began fanning herself as the full realization of what was actually happening hit her.
"Are you alright?" Ford asked as he made his way to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little nervous," Pacifica answered.
"Again, perfectly normal," Ford assured her as he helped her drape the blusher of her veil over her face. Pacifica took a deep breath as Grenda and Marius made their ways down the aisle.
Ford gently took her arm as he led her to the end of the procession and patted her hand.
"You look beautiful," he told her.
Pacifica smiled up at him, "Thank you."
"Dipper is going to be speechless when he sees you."
"Let's hope!" Pacifica smiled as she smoothed her dress one last time and took her bouquet from Mabel.
…
"...I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I want to be standing at the beginning with you."
Dipper rang his hands together as Candy, Thompson, Grenda, and Marius joined him and McGuckett on the stage and Melody and Soos began their procession down the aisle. Once they were about half way down the aisle Wendy appeared, carrying Logan and the box with their rings inside it in her arms. Following behind her were Stan and Mabel, Stan holding Mabel's arm in one hand, and her flower petal basket in the other so she could litter the aisle in rose petals.
Once they had reached the stage, the music began to crescendo.
"I knew there was somebody somewhere-"
McGucket gave the signal for everyone to stand.
"-like me alone in the dark-"
Dipper took a deep breath to quiet his nerves. This was it.
"-Now I know my dream will live on. I've been waiting so long-"
Two figures appeared at the end of the aisle and began making their way towards him.
"-nothing's gonna tear us apart!"
And there she was.
For a moment everything else around him faded. All Dipper could see or focus on was the beautiful angel making her way down the aisle towards him. Her dress, light blush, fit her perfectly in every way imaginable. Her hair was like a golden waterfall flowing down her back and shoulders. Everything about her was perfect. She was absolutely gorgeous! Breathtaking!
She was incredible!
She was his!
The song sang "-At the beginning with you!" one last time as Pacifica reached him.
"Wow," was all he could muster up to say. Pacifica grinned ear to ear at him. Her eyes even looked like they were brimmed in tears, or was that just the glitter shimmering on the veil covering her face. Ford gave Pacifica one last hug then placed her hand into Dipper's. Dipper took it, smiled at her and gave another "Wow!" before they both turned to face McGuckett (though they both kept staring at eachother out of the corners of their eyes.)
"Y'all can sit down now," McGuckett told the crowd. "Dearly beloved, we are all gathered here today to join together this here man, and this here woman. If anyone should oppose this here union speak now or forever hold yer peace. But just know I got a robotic sea monster in the lake out here so if you wanna oppose y'all better have a good reason!"
Everyone chuckled, including the bride and groom who still couldn't take their eyes off each other.
"Wow!" Dipper mouthed to his bride again, who only blushed and chuckled.
"That's what I thought!" McGuckett nodded in satisfaction. "Now let's get on with this here unifyin'. Dipper and Pacifica, you have both chosen to come here today to make a declaration of yer love in the form of eternal and never ending marriage. Now to make this work, y'all gonna have to be patient. Y'all gonna have to brave. Y'all gonna have to be stubborn. And Dipper, yer gonna always have to know that she's right."
Everyone laughed as Dipper good naturedly shrugged.
"And when y'all fall asleep every night and wake up every morning I want y'all to remember this moment. I want y'all to remember that the person in bed with you is the person that loved you so much that they were willing to stand in front of the whole town and declare it. Or at least close to it. I mean look out there. Almost all of Gravity Falls is here. And y'all are declaring your love to all of them. So remember that whenever things get tough. Now, I understand that you two have written yer own vows."
Dipper and Pacifica turned to face one another as Dipper pulled out a folded letter from his jacket, opened it, and began to read:
"Pacifica, when I look back on our journey together there is one word that comes to mind. And that word is surprised. First surprised that someone would have the nerve to speak to me and my sister the way you did when we kids. Then surprise that the girl I regarded as an enemy was actually a sweet girl trapped in a sour situation. Surprise that you would have the courage to leave behind everything you'd ever known in the pursuit of something better. Surprise that you would have the strength to pull yourself up let down, after failure, after betrayal, after roadblock, and keep moving forward with your head held high. Surprise that anyone who had gone through the things you have could still be so pure inside. Surprise that I was lucky enough to know such an incredible woman. Surprise that I could ever love anyone as much as I love. Surprise that someone like you could actually love me back.
"If I had to take a guess I'd say that we still have several surprises ahead of us; good and bad, big and small, and there is no one I'd rather face those surprises with than you. No matter what life throws at us; every triumph, every heartbreak, every surprise, I'll be here for you, until death do us part. And even then, I'll just be waiting for you on the other side and we'll just start all over again."
Pacifica gasped as she tried to swallow back tears.
"Pacifica?" McGuckett gestured for her to speak her vows. She turned passed her bouquet to Mabel, who traded it for her folded vows. Pacifica cleared her throat to rid it of the lump there before beginning:
"Dipper, my whole life I've been told that everything I ever did, said, was, had to be for the better of my family name. I had to be a poster child for a cause that even to this day I don't fully understand. You were the first person to not see me for my money or my family name but for me. What you saw at first wasn't pretty, and you made sure I knew it, which could have very well saved my life. You were the first person who didn't tell me who how I was supposed to be. You took me as I was and helped me grow into a better version of myself. Now here we are, on our wedding day, gowing together into a better version of ourselves as husband and wife. And I only hope that I can one day show you the same honesty, acceptance, and opportunity that you have given me."
Now it was Dipper's turn to gasp and grow a little weepy.
"Take each other's hands please, if ye don't mind," McGuckett said.
Dipper and Pacifica obeyed staring longingly into each other's eyes.
"Dipper Mason Roderick Pines, do you choose Pacifica Elise Northwest to be your lawfully wedded wife and companion. In times of triumph and times of struggle. In sickness and in health. For better or for worse. To cherish and to honor so long as you both shall live."
Dipper swallowed back his tears before answering: "I do."
"And Pacifica Elise Northwest, do you choose Dipper Mason Roderick Pines to be your lawfully wedded husband and companion. In times of triumph and times of struggle. In sickness and in health. For better or for worse. To cherish and to honor so long as you both shall live."
Pacifica smiled as three tears rolled down her face. "I do."
"May I have the rings?" McGuckett asked. Wendy, Logan still in her arms, walked forward and gave the ring box to McGuckett. McGuckett to one out and passed it to Dipper.
"Dipper place the ring on Pacifica's finger."
Pacifica gasped as Dipper slipped the ring onto her finger. It was almost an exact replica of her engagement ring except for the center stone, turning her tiara into a shining star on her hand.
"Repeat after me, please: I, Dipper Pines…"
"I, Dipper Pines…"
"Place this ring on your finger…"
"Place this ring on your finger…"
"As a symbol of my vow to you…"
"As a symbol of my vow to you…"
"And with this symbol I wed myself to you…"
"And with this symbol I wed myself to you…"
"And join my life with yours."
"And join my life with yours."
McGuckett took the other ring out and passed it to Pacifica.
"Pacifica place the ring on Dipper's hand."
Dipper's ring was made of the same white gold that Pacifica's was. It was a simple band with a vine-like etching carved into it and three small stones at the top.
"Repeat after me, please: I, Pacifica Northwest…"
"I, Pacifica Northwest…"
"Place this ring on your finger…"
"Place this ring on your finger…"
"As a symbol of my vow to you…"
"As a symbol of my vow to you…"
"And with this symbol I wed myself to you…"
"And with this symbol I wed myself to you…"
"And join my life with yours."
"And join my life with yours."
McGuckett placed his hands over Pacifica's and Dipper's.
"By exchanging vows and rings here today in the presence of this here congregations, you have both announced your love for one another, and have declared your marriage to all those present here. My what was joined here today never be torn apart."
He took a step back and raised his hands.
"By the power invested in me, by the state of Oregon, the mayor of Gravity Falls, and the never-mind-all-that-classified-zodiac, I pronounce you husband and wife! Dipper, you may kiss your bride!"
Dipper beam as he pushed the veil out of Pacifica's face and kissed her. Pacifica clapped her hands behind his head and let him pull her close. Cheers erupted throughout the entire room as they parted and smiled at eachother.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" McGuckett called. "I present to ya'll Mr. and Mrs. Pines!"
Dipper lead Pacifica back down the aisle as everyone cheered and threw confetti at them. They stumbled through to doors out of the foyer, onto the veranda, and into each other's arms.
"We did it!" Pacifica cheered as she kissed Dipper again.
"We did it," he agreed in gasping awe. "We're married. I'm married. You're my wife! Oh gosh that's weird to say. You're my wife. I have a wife!"
Pacifica giggled as he kissed her again.
A snap! Brought them back to reality to find the whole bridal and groom's party waiting for them. Abuelita was snapping pictures of them.
"Mr. and Mrs. Pines!" Mabel cheered as she raced to them and hugged them. "My bro-bro is married!"
Abuelita snapped a picture of Mabel hugging them both.
"Alright, alright, let's get these pictures so we can get to the party!" Stan cheered.
AN: Yay! They're officially hitched! Will write about reception shenanigans soon!
