it was hard
he had not much of anything left for him but his pain.
He hadn't talked to anyone besides Ford, Stan, and Soos for a while. He was always working. On his body, his mind, and as if recently he would stay up all the time trying to find a way to get rid of Bill. Not only that but he had lost contact with Mabel, she had not called, or face chatted with him in a few days. He was starting to think he would end up alone. It was around time for Halloween. But he had no time for such things. Usually he would dress up as something with Mabel, but he had no way of doing that. He could only work. He decided to take the day off and just rest, but not sleep. He was going to walk around town and get back in touch with all his "friends". He was surprised when Ford agreed, but he did not need to be told twice to skedaddle. His first stop was the Diner that was runned by lazy Susan. He had A good bit of money from doing things around town, like helping fix up the buildings, and getting rid of beasts and ghosts. He had no intention of getting paid for those jobs. It was to help with his physical training. He had passed that (except his daily routine). Now he was in the learning phase of his training. He had to read and memorize everything in the journals. By the end of the of
the month…
when he walked into the bar he felt anxious, he felt that he might get taken by Bill at any second. That he would end up killing everyone on the Diner. He wanted to go home. Ne this might be the only chance in months. He thought to himself. And besides I haven't gone Bill in three weeks. He knew that he had the strength to at least hold him back for a few minutes. As he sat down he noticed someone else eating alone. It was Pacifica. She and her family were in ruins after weirmaggedon. They lost most of their money, their home, and more importantly, their family. Her parents got a divorce shortly after they lost their money. Her dad got custody, but from what Dipper had read he just sits in the house and does nothing all day. He decided to go sit by her, he got up and started towards her chair. As he got closer he noticed something off about her. It was her hair. She dyed it blue. And started wearing it down. This made her look a lot more like a human than a doll. and well… there were some more aspects that were different… she was, more… filled out. It looked like she had grown a bit since they last talked. She looked a bit older.
"hey pacific-" "Dipper!." she interrupted. She seemed surprised and happy to see him. He took a seat down in her booth and began to catch up. "how have you been Pacifica?" he asked in a sincere tone. "not good since my mom left my dad." she stated getting more sad than her happy state when he first came up. "yeah I read about that in the papers, sorry to hear about it." he said trying to console her. "anyway." she started. "what about you." she looked up and down at him "I thought you went home because you never come to talk." she said getting flustered. "well, I've been mostly helping around the town, and trying to get more fit." he explained to her. "well you did a great job." she said with a devious look on her face. "you look really good, what have you been doing?" she asked with the same look but this time more content. "I've been doing a lot of exercise, and physical training. It hardly leaves me time to talk to friends now." he stated. They both looked at each other in a moment of silence, he noticed her staring aimlessly at his body. He wondered why for a second. Then it hit him… is she attracted to me? He thought to himself. There's no way, she couldn't be. Not to me. He said to himself. He started looking at her to, she was a lot more attractive. He was staring mostly at her face, and chest. They both had changed. Her face looked a lot more approachable. And her bust was bigger. She must have caught him looking at her, she was looking directly into his eyes. Her face was as red as a beat. They both looked at each other in astonishment. They both realized what was happening and shared a long winded laugh. As they were chatting about some stuff they may have missed about each other an alarm on her watch went off. "oops, sorry Dipper, but my break is over." she stood up to reveal a tattered apron that said 'lazy Susan's diner' on it. He was shocked. She had a job. "you work here, why?" he asked confused. "well since my dad just sits around and drinks our funds went down pretty fast. So I had to get a job where I could. If you want to know I also work at the library part time." he was shocked to no avail. No wonder she was a lot more nice. She wasn't just a rich girl looking down on the lower class people, she was one of the lower class people now. And she had a sense of priority also shocked him. "wow, good for you taking care of him like that." he said in a serious tone. "I had no idea it was that bad for you." he exclaimed. "well I got to get to work, but drop by next time you can and we could talk some more." she said with an excited tone. As she left Dipper got up to leave, he left a crisp 100 dollar bill on the table and walked out the door. It was off to talk to another good friend.