I wake up with a pounding headache as I groan in pain and despair. I recall the previous events and moan while slipping out of bed, sloppily putting light clothes on due to the random heat. 'Ugh, it's 'The Deep End'. My forehead and neck already start to sweat by the time I make my way to the living room.

Soos, Mabel, Dipper, and Stan are all lying on the ground, sweating profusely and fanning themselves. "Uhh, guys?" I look around awkwardly. I'm not even sure if they're even alive by how they look...'Just kidding, that would be morbid for a kid's show, *Cough 'Bill Cipher shuffles the functions of every hole in your face...' cough*

In response, they all just groan and moan. 'Tough crowd...' Mabel is the first to get up as she turns on the TV, only to flop back down. I keep my position in the doorway and just stare at the four of them, until the TV plays the news, talking about the opening of the Gravity Falls Pool. Instantaneously, everyone gets up and starts shaking eagerly with excitement.

"Gravity Falls Pool?"

"Today?"

"Pun intended?"

"Quick! To the car!"

The mystery squad rolls out and about, each going to their rooms to, presumably, change into their swimsuits. Standing and holding my head from the pounding headache, everyone else zooms by, getting towels and the sort for the pool.

"Guyss!" I moan, causing Mabel to stop and come over, having been the closest.

"What? Why aren't you getting ready?"

"Ready?...Ugh I'm just so confused! About yesterday and I have this raging headache!" Mabel's face turns to concern when I mentioned yesterday and she quickly changes the subject.

"Ehh, I'll get you some pills for your head and you go get changed!"

I roll my eyes, stopping and wincing from the pain, but make my way upstairs anyways. 'I don't even remember packing a swimsuit for the trip with my mom, why would I have one now?' I scrounge around my room a little more before I give up and head back down.

I find Mabel in the kitchen, pouring some juice in a glass. "Hey, I got your juice and pills!" She smiles as she watches me walk in.

"Thanks, Mabel, but I don't have a swimsuit, I looked all over."

"Wha wha what! How did you not pack a swimsuit for summer!?" She jumps up with dramatic surprise.

"I don't know! Up until the bus ride I don't remember anything, remember?!"

"Is that still a thing? Sorry Macie, I didn't know you still didn't remember. Maybe you hit your head to cause it- *Gasp*- what if it's permanent! And now you can never remember anything!"

"Woah, relax Mabel!" 'I should keep it reasonable and possible...' "I, uh, I remember everything except the, uh, week! Yeah, the week before we were shipped off, so don't worry about me." 'I think that suffices!'

I hear Mabel mumble under her breath very quietly, "Don't worry about you? Pfft, Dipper and I are beyond worried..." but I don't ask her about it. I down my pills really quick and wipe the excess juice from my lip.

"So, you guys can go without me then, since I don't have a swimsuit..."

All of a sudden her charming and sporadic demeanor comes back into life as she throws her face into mine, "What! No way are we leaving you here on the hottest day of the year! We'll go to a store so we can get a fancy new one!" I don't have time to respond as I am already getting dragged out of the shack and into the car.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: The kid trapped in the pool. Did anyone get sad when they watched the montage of him being in there for multiple seasons!? I know I did...XD~~

"SwimSuit Outlet, wow, such a creative name." I roll my eyes as Dipper laughs at my sarcasm.

"Oh never mind the name and go find the perfect suit!" Mabel pushes me ahead and I stumble, almost losing my footing.

"Okay okay, where's Grunkle Stan and Soos?"

Dipper jabs a thumb behind his shoulder, his other hand tucked snugly in his pocket, "Staying in the car, something about not wanting to go in and look at all the swim suits, well Stan said that anyways, he also ordered Soos to fix the radio while they wait so..."

"Ok, well are you coming?"

"Yeah yeah, hang on," Dipper playfully rolls his eyes and then bends down and starts tying his shoes. "K, let's go in and get this over with, I need to get to that pool!"

"Don't we all!" Mabel squeals and runs ahead of us, bursting through the doors. Dipper and I sigh in perfect unison, looking to each other briefly, before giggling like a couple of two year olds. 'I guess we are way too used to Mabel's emotions? Haha I love this girl!'

I sober and change my demeanor to serious while it's just us, "Hey, uh, look, are we going to talk about yesterday-"

Dipper puts his hand up, successfully stopping me, "No, look, as much as it kills me that whatever you're going through is severe enough for you not to tell us, we won't bother you about it, I just want you to know that Mabel and I are extremely worried, not just about you physically but we're also worried for your mental stability and what toll, whatever this is, is taking on you. So please, please come to us when you're ready." I take in what Dipper said and smile, nodding my head ferociously as I hug him.

"Thank you, you don't know how much that means to me...I promise to tell you guys when I'm ready. But," I look away guiltily, "I don't know if you guys would ever trust me anymore, you might even hate me with the truth, I've been trying so hard to conceal it, but you guys are just so smart."

"Macie, you're our triplet," I moan sadly when he says triplet, "and we'll always have a triplet bond, I don't think we can ever hate each other. But we can also figure this out together, we can gather information with what your're going through and help! There's always a solution for everything! It can't be healthy for you to be bottling up everything for so long," he admits. "Me and Mabel also wanted to apologize about snooping in your stuff, and with me lashing out on you. You didn't deserve it and I'm sorry..." Dipper rubs his arm guiltily, not wanting to see my expression, I assume.

"Thanks, that also means a lot, I'm sorry for my anger getting the best of me...although I don't really regret it." I laugh sheepishly.

"That's okay, you had every right to be mad."

"Do, do you remember on Pioneer Day, when you and Mabel felt like I wasn't there?"

"Yeah, that could have been an anomaly or some other explanation-"

"No, I have an idea on what it could be but I don't think I should tell you now..."

"O-okay, I'll wait for you to come around, just don't do anything rash okay? Oh and about your memory...n-never mind, we can dwell on that some other time, it's hot out here, and I think I'm getting a sunburn..." He grins as he tries to lighten the somber mood.

I smile appreciatively when he drops the subject, "Thanks," and we walk inside the store together.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Gideon saying: "Deal with it," while putting on sunglasses... like a BOSS!~~

We finally get into the pool after finding a swimsuit for myself. The suit is a one piece, 'Because I'm self conscious af' with an iconic ladybug design. 'Heh heh, no one expects it to be...MIRACULOUS!' I head straight for the pool, after I make sure my bag is safe in a locker I convinced Stan to rent. I dip my foot into the water to test it out.

'Nice and warm!' I assume from the sun beating down on it all day. I slowly submerge myself and swim over to the wall, wanting to observe all the characters first. Nothing really happens since Stan, Soos, and Dipper are standing where they stopped from before, only missing Mabel, who, as I move my head to the other end of the pool, is trying to approach Mermando. Given that they are still there...Wendy should throw a water balloon at Stan's face any second now.

*SMACK* My head flashes to Stan's quickly, seeing the remains of a water balloon slide down his now wet face. I snort as I look at his astonished face. "Hey !" Wendy calls from her lifeguard tower.

"Wendy? Where's the lifeguard?" Grunkle Stan shields his eyes as he looks up to the red head.

"I am the lifeguard. I make the rules, sucka!" Wendy reaches into her bucket of ammo and lobs another one to his face, as he runs away he is followed by more. I laugh, gleefully entertained. Dipper soon goes to talk to her and Soos goes off to do his own thing. 'Should have bought some goggles...'

I groan loudly, causing a couple sun bathers to look at me weird. I awkwardly ignore their gazes and get out of the water, dripping my way to Wendy. Right when I get over, miraculously not slipping on my way, Dipper heads off to the boss, Mr. Poolcheck, no doubt trying for his job Wendy offered him.

"Hey, Wendy!"

"Hey dude, what's up?"

"I was wondering if you guys have any goggles here?"

"Oh sorry, I don't think we do, but you can always check the supplies, if you can get past Mr. Poolcheck that is." She points to the door with the pool accessories and supplies.

"Okay, thanks anyways." I walk off, disappointed. 'There is no way in Valhalla I'm going to go look in there. I hate that guy! He's so creepy in the show, I can't imagine what it'd be like in real (real?) life...'

"Macie! I got the job but now I'm super nervous about working with Wendy!"

"Dude, slow down and explain. Wait never mind, don't explain, I already know. I saw what happened." He nods and sits down on the edge, dipping his feet into the lukewarm water. "Alright so why don't you just talk about mutual interests? Oh man, if I ever had the chance to talk to my crushes..."

"Who are your crushes anyways?"

"Hey! Don't try to change the subject! Plus we can talk about that some other time, who knows what Mabel'll do if she found out we talked about crushes without her."

"True, true," Dipper nods with his hands on his chin.

"As I was saying, why do you always have to get so flustered around her? She's a really cool girl. But she has a boyfriend, plus she's three years older than us, so that can be a problem."

"Ugh, don't remind me." Dipper smacks his face, distressed.

"Why don't you relax and swim with me?" I splash him a little, causing him to laugh and splash back.

"Nah, I have a job to do now, but you should take your own advice...just, relax sometimes..." He smiles and stands up, going back to his crush.

'Relax sometimes huh? I can do that...actually, no I can't...'

"Macie!"

"AH!" I splutter and spit water out of my mouth after Mabel jumps right in front of me, emerging from under the water. "Freaking heck Mabel! Why must you do this to me!"

She giggles as she wipes her eyes from the chlorine, "Sorry, but I need advice!"

'Ugh, who doesn't!?' "Okay, shoot."

"Mermando is being weird, he doesn't want to go dry off or anything outside the pool, do you know why?"

"Mabel, I've never even met him, why would I know anything about that?"

Her giggles become mischievous as I grow nervous. Without saying a word, she turns around and dives back down into the blue substance, leaving me with a confused look.

I swim around a bit, avoiding the few people in the pool, because I'm awkward, when my stomach growls with hunger. 'Ergh.' I make my way up the ladder and to our chairs, grabbing a towel, I wrap it around me as I sit and wait to dry a bit before eating. 'Ugh, I hope Matt's not here, I wouldn't be surprised if he was working the food stand.'

'I crave nachos...'

Who wouldn't crave nachos? XD Hope you enjoyed the first chapter for the episode 'The Deep End'!

I'm going to be going to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo from Friday to Sunday and I will not have time to upload this weekend, I'm so sorry about that, but please enjoy!