HAT: ... I don't know what to say other than- if you don't care for the OC Travis, just skip this entire thing and read the last line. Enjoy if you read.
(THE LAST EDIT! YES, YES, YES! *plays Celebrate Good Times and dances* ENJOY!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls, however the plot and OCs belong to me.
She never found out what to give McGucket, but she managed to get a gift for Travis- she figured it would be rude and would disappoint McGucket if the boy brought something for her and she gave him nothing in return. So what she decides to give him is her time. It's not something she gives to him all of the time and she feels terrible for not having gotten him anything else...
Christmas morning for regular people is seven in the morning, but for the Pines family Christmas morning starts at eleven instead. Mabel is the one to wake her up and- at first- Pacifica is ready to murder her cousin, but after several more seconds she realizes what day it is and throws the covers off and follows the brunette down the stairs to find the all of the guys there already.
"'bout time ya woke up," McGucket chuckles.
Pacifica blushes and scratches the back of her head. "S-sorry to keep you guys waiting."
She sits down by her pile and picks up the one from Mabel- like everyone else does- and Mabel sits excitedly. Each of them open their presents and Pacifica gets a new beanie- like Pacifica had been asking for. Each person gets their own unique gift and it's nice to talk and laugh. Pacifica ends up with the beanie, a gold chain necklace, an MP3, headphones, a friendship bracelet and- the most unbelievable of all the presents- a cellphone (all the children got one).
Then it's time for them to open her presents.
Stanford raises an eyebrow at her. "Do I want to know?" She shakes her head. "Okay, then."
Mabel nearly tackles Pacifica at seeing her necklace and Dipper fist bumps her. Stanley's the one that she's sure will be the best- he has the best reactions to everything for some reason and she's looking forward to this one more than the others.
"A... piggy... bank," he mumbles.
"Look inside," Pacifica orders.
He opens the bottom and pulls out the remaining ten dollars. He blinks in surprise before giving her an affectionate hug while ruffling her still messy hair. She takes a bow off of her present and puts it on her forehead and holds out her hand to a confused McGucket.
"I couldn't think of anything that you'd want for Christmas, so the best thing I could think to give you is my time."
McGucket smiles and hugs her. "That's sweet, darlin', an' I would love nothin' more than ta spend tahday with you..."
"But?"
"But you're a kid. Spend yer time doing kid things tahday, ah'll take ya up on tha off'r t'mahrrah."
"Are you sure?"
"Go on, sweetheart."
She kisses his cheek then both Stanley and Stanford's cheeks, flicks Dipper's ear- gently- and ruffles Mabel's hair. "I have to go get Wendy's gift."
"You didn't buy it yet?" Dipper asks incredulously.
She frowns. "I got it... I had to hide it outside of the house because she started snooping a week ago."
"Makes sense," Stanley grunts.
She goes upstairs and gets ready for the day. She pulls on a pair of blue jeans, a regular white t-shirt, and over that she throws on her black leather jacket- it used to be Stanford's so she feels like she's embodying him in a weird way. Then she throws on her beanie and grabs Travis' present and starts down the stairs. Travis said he'd be in the forest near the shack around noon- apparently he and his family are regular people that get their Christmas present opening over with early- so she'll get Wendy's present and give him his present and then go back home and take Shmebulock for a walk.
"Don't forget your cellphone!" Stanley grunts.
She's so used to not having a cellphone that it's odd to have to remember one. She grabs it and stuffs it into her pocket before going out to get Wendy's present but then she notices Shmebulock looks so eager to outside with her that she can't just leave him inside.
"Okay, let's go for a walk."
She walks out and closes the door after herself before walking into the forest. Shembulock frolics in the clearing around the Shack at first, but then makes his way towards the snow and she giggles when he sinks into the frozen water.
"Shmebulock!" He tries to make his way through the snow and ends up resting against a tree.
She walks a few meters into the forest and climbs the tree to the third lowest branch and puts her hand in the abandoned hole in the tree and grabs the box inside. She climbs down and walks over to Shmebulock and puts the present next to him.
"Guard that for me, will ya?"
"Shmebulock," said gnome nods.
"Pacifica!"
She looks up at the call from Travis and sighs. "I'm here!"
Pacifica walks towards his voice and has Shmebulock stay in place with Wendy's present. When he sees her he jogs over to her and she stops.
"Hey!" He says with a grin.
"Hi. What's up? I've got ten minutes before I have to go back to the house."
He sighs. "You don't want friends do you?"
"I've got enough in my family," she says. "Don't you have friends?"
Oh, shit, she thinks when he lowers his head.
"Not really... They stopped wanting to be around me as soon as we got into middle school... the only one that bothers with me is my brother."
"Oh... sorry."
He holds up a box. "Um, here... I got this for you."
She takes it and gives him the present she got him. "Here."
He blinks in surprise, but regardless he automatically says, "Thanks." She knows that he's getting a silver chain necklace so she doesn't bother watching his reaction and instead opens the gift. It's a keychain and on it is a wooden leaf. She glances up at him with confused sapphire eyes and he chuckles. "Well, I learned that leaves represent happiness and I thought it'd be a good luck charm or something."
"Thanks," she says and attaches the keychain to her keys.
"Am I in the friend zone yet?" She narrows her eyes and scrutinizes him and opens her mouth to say "no" but ringing comes from his pocket. He smiles apologetically and answers the phone. "Hi, mom... what?... When?!... I'll be there soon... bye."
Pacifica watches him carefully- his lower lip is quivering slightly and his eyes are distant and shining more than usual. "What's wrong?"
"My... my brother's in the hospital."
Pacifica blinks and doesn't know what she can say other than, "I'm sorry."
"I gotta go," he says.
"Let my papa give you a ride, he'll get you there fast."
He nods and she leads him back to the Shack and she stops and gets Shmebulock and Wendy's present for a split second and then enters the Shack with Travis behind her.
"Who's this?" Stanley demands.
"He's Travis," she quickly says while placing Shmebulock on the floor and tossing Wendy's present on the couch. "Could you take him to the hospital? He just got a call from his mom that his brother's there."
He frowns. "I will. Pacifica, go grab my jacket." She grabs his winter coat and hands it to her guardian and he puts a strong hand on the boy's shoulder. "C'mon."
Pacifica remembers when she got a call similar to that about the only person she cared about in her previous family. She was left in the back seat by herself to deal with it and her parents didn't even care all that much. Even though she's not the best at comforting anyone, she feels that having anyone there with him is better than nothing.
The entire ride there she tries to keep him talking, but he's too much in shock. She jogs with him into the hospital and notices Dan leaning against the wall a few feet from the wall with a smirk. He points to Pacifica and Travis and points to the hospital as if to say, "You're next." Before she can call attention to him he turns and walks away into the nearby forest.
"Are you gonna be okay?" Pacifica asks Travis when she catches up.
He shakes his head and shrugs. "I don't know... I just gotta go up and see him."
Pacifica can't help, but be worried about him and holds out her hand. "What's your phone number."
"Wha-"
"I'm putting your number in my phone so I can text you. You're gonna need someone to talk to." He tells her his phone number and she texts him in that instant so he'll have the unmemorized number. "Let me know if anything happens."
"Okay."
Then the nurse leads him up to see his brother. Pacifica walks out and gets into the car with fear in her gut.
"You okay?" Stanford asks.
"Y-yeah," she stutters and then clears her throat. "Just worried... that's all."
Dan's after us...
HAT: I know, I know, I know, but listen, Linda- er- I mean people. *presses pause on video* I'm trying to lean toward realistic. Realistically she's not gonna just hang around just her family forever. Realistically- in this scenario- she won't end up with Dipper or Mabel or either Stan (*shudders at thought*) and there's a good chance that she won't end up with any of the main characters. Also I don't plan on her having any sort of romantic relationship at all in this story.
"Stanley" (since he's really Stanford): How many OCs?
HAT: In this? Two and a half. In all?... six and a half about.
"Stanley": Half?
HAT: Travis' brother who was mentioned once.
"Stanley": Mhm... review everyone.