Chapter 1: Dipper

it was a beautiful day in Gravity falls, the sun was shining, the gentle breeze giving a refreshing feeling during this hot summers day, the birds were happily singing as they worked for their food and Soos was sweeping the front porch while thinking about ideas for his little show Fixin'it With Soos. Meanwhile Dipper and Mabel were relaxing on the roof of the mystery shack, with a Pitt Cola in hand and music coming from the stereo. They didn't have a care in the world, they were going to spend the day just like this, doing nothing, just the twins hanging out and enjoying some relaxation. But that wonderful dream quickly died when suddenly, during their moment of rest, Stan calls the two of them down to the living room. The twins went down and saw their Grunkle sitting in his favourite chair, sipping beer and watching the latest episode of Baby vs Bird. You could see he was comfortable where he was, half sunken into the couch, slippers on his feet and the cold refreshing beer in hand. Nothing was going to make him move. He turned to Mabel and Dipper and said:

"Alright kids, you both need to go get m some stuff from the market."

"Why can't you go? You're the one with the car." Dipper said.

"Yeah, come on Stan." Mabel added. Stan muted the TV, turned to the kids and grabbed his wallet from his back pocket.

"If you kids do it, I'll give you 10 bucks each. And I can't go, these tourists aren't going to rip themselves off." He replied as he sipped his beer.

"What tourists? There's no one here." Dipper replied. Stan turned to Dipper.

"Unless you want to take care of the Mystery Shack by yourself like the old bet we did, then I suggest you do as I say." He said.

"Fine, what are we getting?" Asked Mabel.

"A car battery, a six pack of beer, a glue gun, a kilo of feathers and some nails." He said.

"Stan, no one's going to let Mabel and I buy beer, we're not 18 till the end of Summer and legally it's 21!" Dipper said. Stan turn to the twins and he rolled his eyes.

"Fine, get everything except the beer." He said with disappointment.

"Alright, but can we take the kart." Dipper asked.

"Sure, why not. Here's some cash. You know where the keys are. If you hit any pedestrians, don't turn back and keep driving." He said while handing them over some money. So Mabel went straight to the kart while Dipper when upstairs to get his hat. He put it on and ran down to the kart and drove into town.

The two went into town and parked the kart. Mabel grabbed the bags from the boot while Dipper was reattaching his shoelaces.

"Dipper, why do we always have to do the shopping?" Mabel asked.

"Don't ask me, if you have a problem, take it up with Stan." He replied. Mabel looked at her brother, she then smiled and skipped into the store, Dipper followed behind her. The store wasn't very full, there were only four other people besides Mabel and Dipper, and it was Thomas, the cashier, who was so bored he was playing with the spinning chair he was on and they were two parents with their one year old who was pointing at everything. Mabel looked at the little list Dipper had written, so they would remember what to buy.

"Okay, first we need nails." Mabel said.

"That should be in the hardware area, the glue gun should be there too, hopefully." Dipper said. So they made their way to the hardware zone, got the nails and glue gun and started looking for the car battery.

"Where that hell are we going to find a car battery?" Asked Dipper. And just then, there was sign saying, 'Car batteries, 50% Off! in the gardening area'.

"Well that was unexpecting convenient. And why would the car batteries be in the gardening area?" Dipper said.

"Who cares, it's Gravity falls, they don't know how to do much, remember they aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. Anyway, lets go!" Mabel shouted. They got over to the car batteries and saw two different types of car batteries, but they didn't know which one to get.

"You think he wants the experience one?" Asked Mabel. Dipper looked at his sister and rolled his eyes. Then he spoke:

"It's for Stan, what the hell do you think?" She didn't say anything else and grabbed the budget one. They quickly went to get the bag of feathers, then they paid for it all and headed off. The twins started loading everything into the kart and started driving off.

"Come on Bro, we're gonna miss the newest episode of Dingo's Wild Adventures!" Shouted Mabel. But Dipper was a bit distracted, at the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a girl he hadn't seen around Gravity falls before. She had long black hair and was wearing a blue skirt with a white t-shirt. But before Dipper could see her face, he drove the kart into a tree, sending the items flying out and scattered all over the place.

"Dipper, do you need glasses or something." Mabel said sarcastically.

"Sorry, I wasn't concentrating." He replied as he got out to put the items back in the kart. Mabel looked in the same direction Dipper was looking at before crashed and asked:

"What were you looking at?"

"Nothing." He replied hesitantly with a forced smile. 'My god Dipper, why do you always lie about these things!?' Mabel thought.

"I don't believe you. Every time you say that it's nothing, it's always something, so tell me." She said. Dipper stood his ground, he didn't give any information to Mabel.

"What do I have to tell you? I said it's nothing." He said. Mabel gave up, she knew that at one point he would tell her, so she rolled her eyes and decided to put it aside for the time being.

"Fine, then let's go! We're wasting time!" She shouted cheerfully while pointing in front of her. So Dipper pushed the kart out of the tree's way and started driving back home. On the whole ride back, the twins didn't talk to each other. They were both lost in thought. 'I wonder who that girl was?' Dipper thought, while Mabel was thinking: 'What colour sweater should I do for Waddles?' Once they got home, Dipper unloaded the kart and put the stuff on the kitchen table. He then went up to his room and laid on his bed with his head facing the ceiling. He took off his hat and started running his hands through his hair.

"I guess Simon was right, I do jump from girl to girl." Dipper said out loud. 'Why me, and not anyone else. Why do I get attracted to girls so easily?' But no matter how much Dipper thought, he couldn't figure it out. 'I thought that I had more mental strength than that! Is it just my animal brain telling me to reproduce? If this keeps up, I'm going to have a repeat of what happened with Wendy. But it seems that I get interested by any girl I happen to see, I'm a damn retard. What next? Will I develop some sort of feelings of Pacifica? Ha, I doubt it." He thought to himself in a sarcastic voice. At that moment he heard the door to the attic open, it was Mabel.

"Hey bro, why are you up here? Its sunny outside." She asked.

"I was just thinking to myself." Dipper replied.

"Then come outside with us, play with me and Waddles." So Dipper got up from his bed and went downstairs. 'I need to see that girl again.' Once Dipper got downstairs, he looked out the window and saw Mabel dancing with Waddles on the outdoor table. He laughed to himself and walked outside.

"Dipper! Ready to play Bacon or Not?" Asked Mabel as she picked up Waddles and starting moving his mouth:

"Yeah Dipper, come play."

"Sorry Mabel, I got to take care of something before."

"What do you need to do? I can help you." Dipper blushed and said:

"I have to do this myself." and Dipper started walking away.

"Do you think we should spy on him?" said Mabel. And waddles replied with an "oink."

"Then let's go!" She said, so she grabbed Waddles and went to spy on her brother.

Awhile later, Dipper arrived in town and started looking around town searching for the dark-haired girl he saw earlier. But no luck. 'Where is she?' He thought. Then he realized that when he first saw her, she is sitting on the benches that were at the centre of town. He slowly made his way to the centre, but not far behind him, Mabel was following him from the shadows. 'Where the hell is he going?' She thought. Not long after, Dipper got to the town bench. He saw someone sitting on the bench, it was the same girl from before. He couldn't get a good look at her because she was reading a book. Dipper read the title, it said: Secret letters from 0 to 10. It was a book he had never read before. After a few seconds of deep breaths, he finally had the courage to go talk to her, so he approached her slowly, sat next to her and he tried saying hello.

"Ah...hi." Said Dipper awkwardly.

"Ah hello there, I'm Victoria. What's your name?" The girl said with a smile as she put her book down. Dipper paused, he was unable to reply, he was too nervous to talk to the girl in front of him. But he managed to answer her.

"I'm...Dipper, Dipper...Pines." He replied with an awkward smile. His face was so sweaty that his hat was starting to slide off his head. He quickly readjusted it. 'What the hell should I say now!?' He started to panic and thought of everything possible to say to the girl facing him, but luckily for him, she cut the silence.

"That's a nice name." She said with a warm smile.

"Well I think Victoria is a better name than Dipper." He said while blushing, meanwhile he was thinking: 'Did I really just say that, wow, I should be nominated for most forced compliment ever.' But just then, there was a voice from a distance. It was the voice of a young man around the age of 17. He was saying:

"Victoire! Victorie! T'es où? Victoire!" (Victoria! Victoria, where are you? Victoria!)

"Sorry, I have to go Dipper. Maybe we can meet up tomorrow?" Victoria said while blushing.

"Sure, that sounds great. See you tomorrow. But do we meet up here?" replied Dipper.

"Yep, Bye" said the girl while leaving. 'Wow.' He thought. 'She's so amazing. Wait, was the person who was calling out speaking French? Wow, French people in Gravity Falls, now that's a first. She also reacted to it, does that mean she speaks French? ' And just then, Mabel jumped out of the bushes behind him.

"OMG! You got the hots for that girl, don't you?" She yelled as she threw her arms around her brother's shoulders.

"WAHH! Mabel, why are you spying on me?" Said Dipper angrily.

"Well you are my brother, I must take care of you. So do you like that girl?"

"Please be quiet and sure, let's say I'm interested in Victoria." Replied Dipper.

"Are you gonna tell her yourself, or do I have to remind you of what happened with Wendy?" Asked Mabel.

"Of course, I'm going to tell her, but not yet. And please, you don't need to remind me of the Wendy thing." Dipper tried thinking back to what happened between him and Wendy, but it was so embarrassing that he couldn't. 'Although it was horrible, I never talk Mabel the true ending. Because I don't want to be a charity case. I don't want Mabel to think of me as an emotionally fragile and edgy teen.' He thought as he thought back to what happened with Wendy.

"So, what you are gonna do now? I'm going home." Said Mabel. Dipper snapped out of his own world and replied:

"I think I'm going to stay in town for a little while longer, I going to check out a few shops."

"Okay, then see ya in a bit." She said while walking back home. Dipper didn't say anything and started to walk around town. 'I can't wait to see Victoria again.' He thought while looking at the store windows. At that moment, a familiar voice snapped Dipper out of his mind. The mysterious person was standing behind him. They said:

"Well, well, well, look what we have here. A nerdy boy walking the streets. Well I will say, you're a lot taller than when you were here 5 years ago." Dipper identified that voice instantly, smiled and said:

"Still acting all high and mighty, are we? you haven't changed a bit." He turned around and saw Pacifica. She hadn't changed much from the last time he saw her, she was a little taller, but not by much. She was wearing a pink top; a pair of short-shorts and she had her hair all let down.

"Well, why would I have to change?" She said while flicking her hair back.

"So, how are you?" Asked Dipper.

"Rich as always, why are you asking?" 'Oh god, how has your ego stayed so inflated?' Dipper thought.

"I wanted to make polite conversation." He replied. Pacifica smiled for a brief second, then went back to her serious face and said:

"Well I got to get back home, plus if I'm around you any longer than I have to, I'm going to have to get a mirror, cause looking at you for too long hurts my eyes. So caught ya later."

"Yeah whatever, I still say it was fun catching up with you, even though you're worse than hugging a cactus. See ya." He replied. The two didn't move and just looked at each other for a few seconds. Suddenly, she broke the silence.

"All joking aside, it's good to see you again Pines." Dipper smiled.

"It's good to see you too, lets try and meet up while we're here okay?" She nodded and the two started walking in their opposite directions, Pacifica turned around, looked at Dipper and smiled. As he was walking home, Dipper was briefly thinking about his discussion with Pacifica. 'As much as she's a pain in the ass sometimes, there's something that seems different, like she wasn't totally disgusted to see me. It's weird, I guess things have changed ever since I helped her out at the mansion, but is that really it?'

Once home, Dipper went to the kitchen and made himself a snack. Then he went upstairs to his room, jumped onto his bed, got out journal N°3 and started reading. But he couldn't read properly, he had to much on his mind. 'Why the hell can't I concentrate?' He didn't know why but, he put the journal away and laid on his bed, face to the ceiling, hands behind his head and he closed his eyes to think. 'Ok, let's see why I can't concentrate.' So he thought, and thought, and thought. But he still didn't know what was wrong in his mind, so he turned to the last solution, he asked Mabel for help understand why he can't concentrate.

"Ok, Dipper, I'm Doctor Mabel, I'll be your therapist for today. Don't worry about paying me yet, my secretary will send you an invoice. Tell me everything that happened today and tell me how you felt during those moments." She said.

"Well first we went to the Market."

"Yeah, go on"

"And then there was Victoria."

"Mhmm and how did you feel Dipper?" Mabel said as she started to scribble on the paper in her hand.

"My stomach felt weird and my heart rate went up quickly, and if you say that I'm in love with her, you don't need to tell me because I know that already."

"Ok Dipper, gosh. But what happened after Victoria, cause you said you were gonna stay in town for a bit longer."

"Well after that I ran into Pacifica."

"WWHHAAATTT! You ran into Pacifica and you tell me that last! That should have been the first thing you told me when you walked through the door! You're such a retard! "She said angrily.

"Can we just continue?" Asked Dipper.

"Fine, whatever. So what happened next?" She said as she rolled her eyes.

"Well, we talked for a bit."

"How did you feel when you were talking to that bitch." Mabel said as she accentuated the bitch.

"Don't call her a bitch. But I felt different then when I saw her in the past. For some reason I felt happier to see her. And it was easier to talk to her, even though it was annoying, she's got so much ego." Mabel rolled her eyes and said:

"Yeah, she'll always have a powerful ego! That won't change no matter what! I can tell in her eyes."

"Maybe, but when I saw her, something has changed about her. She felt a lot happier, plus she was sending me this good vibe." Dipper explained.

"OH NO!" Said Mabel in terror.

"What, what is it?"

"I forgot Waddles outside! I'll be back in a minute, I have to get Waddles." Mabel started running down the stairs to get Waddles, meanwhile Dipper closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

End of Chapter 1: Dipper