First Day Home:
"Watch your step," Dipper warned Pacifica as her opened the door to their house. Pacifica slowly walked in, Persia swaddled in her arms. Dipper brough their bags up to their bedroom as she stood in the foyer, bouncing their baby gently.
"Welcome home, Persia," she crooned. Persia stared up at her, grunting and sucking on her hand.
"Are you hungry?" Persia asked. Persia grunted in reply. Pacifica smiled and began climning the steps up to their bedroom.
"Careful, love," Dipper called as he came down from the dop of the steps and set a hand on her back, leading her up the stairs.
"I'm not helpless, babe. I just had a baby is all, I can handle climbing steps."
"Eh, this makes me feel better," Dipper shrugged as he led Pacifica to their bedroom. She lied doen on the bed and began fumbling to undo her shirt and bra to feed her baby. Dipper sat down next to her and ran a hand through her hair as she help Persia latch on.
"You doing okay?" he asked.
Pacifica nodded.
"Need anything?"
"Water?" Pacifica asked.
"Be right back," Dipper walked back downstairs, got a glass of water, and brought it up to his wife. She sipped on it as she fed their little girl. After a few minutes Persia finished. Pacifica re did her clothes and began to set the baby against her shoulder to burp her.
"Here," Dipper reached over. "Let me do that, you get some rest."
"I'm not even tired," Pacifica argued.
"Not yet, but I have a feeling we'll both be. Doctor said you should nap when she is napping, anyways."
"But she's not napping."
"She will be in a minute."
Pacifica sighed. "Okay," and she passed their daughter to him.
Dipper paced back and forth across their room and getnly patted her back until she burped, and then moved her to the crook of his arm.
"Bet that feels better, doesn't it?" he whispered to her. She yawned. Dipper sat down in a rocking chair, rocking and humming to her until she fell asleep. He then carefully set her down in the bassinet next to Pacifica's side of the bed and tiptoed downstairs to his office. He left the door open so he could hear if either of his girls needed him. He sat down his desk, open the drawer, and brought out a leather bound, red journal with the name "Persia" egraved in curving cursive letters on the front cover. He opened it, a faint smile playing on his face. He'd been writing in this journal for the past few months, and planned to for the next 18 years. He read over some of his earlier entries.
"Hi, baby. It's me, your dad. I don't know your name yet, your mom and I just found out about you two days ago. I cannot begin to explain how excited we are. A little scared, sure, but we cannot wait to meet you, hold you, kiss, you, and just love you…"
"...We got to hear your heartbeat today. It was the best sound I've heard in my life…"
"Well, we told the rest of the family about you. Your aunt nearly strangled me she hugged me so tight. She's just a little excited. Everyone is. Your Great Grunkle Ford cried when he found out about you. We don't have a perfect family, little one. It's not like others. We're kind of like a patchwork quilt. Each of us came from disfuntional, broken families, and we joined together to make our own. It's a bit odd, but it works because we all love each other, and we love you..."
"I'm going to have to go away for a few months. I'm going to have to finish my school quickly so we can get ready for you. Believe me, I don't want to. But I know this is the only way I can give you the best chance in life possible, so that's what I'm going to do. I love you, Baby, and I will do anything for you and your Mommy..."
"...I'm terrified tonight, Baby. I'm scared for you and your mom. There are some bad people out there who want to do bad things to you. One day I'll tell you about them and what they did to your Mommy. Right now, however, I just want to be home with you. I want to hold your Mommy, and feel you move (even though Mommy tells me you are being pretty still), and tell you both that it's going to be okay. The last place I want to be is where I'm at now…"
"I got back yesterday. You finally moved! Mommy said you were just waiting on me to get home. Well, I'm home now baby, and I'm staying. I'm not sure what the future holds, but I can promise you that I will always be here for you. I love you, Baby, and I can't wait to meet you..."
"Hello, my beautiful Persia Avril Pines! You're Mommy and I found out you are a girl today. I'm not going to lie, I'm a little bit scared. I'm not exactly looking forward to having to fight armies of boys away, but I'll do it anyway! Sorry, I'm your dad, it's my job…"
"We finished setting up your nursery today. I hope you like it, your Mommy has been driving herself crazy trying to get it ready. You are going to be spiled, Persia. Your Mommy is going to lavish you in anything and everything she can. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not going to be much better…"
"Persia, your Mommy is the most amazing woman alive. She is giving back to people who are stuck in stituations similar to hers in probably the most amazing way possible. She is using the money she got from the bad people who hurt her, and she's setting up a closet where they can get free clothes, hygenic products, anything they need. Funny thing is, she could have gone the easy route. She could have just donated the money to the shelter and say that she helped, but she decided to go the extra mile. She's always doing that, you know? Going the extra mile in everything she does, no matter what it is. I hope you get some of that from her. There are a lot of things I hope you get from her because she is the strongest, bravest, and most incredible person I've ever met. You're a lucky little girl to have her as your mom…"
"We're on the way to the hospital! I'll get to meet you soon! Starting to feel a little nauseous I'm so excited, though you probably would have been fine not knowing that…"
"...Persia you are absolutely perfect! I knew you would be, but I could never imagine just how perfect you'd be. I am stuggling to find the words to describe exactly what I'm feeling right now. It's almost like I thought I knew what love was, and then I held you for the first time. My whole life I've always worked hard to try and make something out of myself, but I never really understood why. Now I do. I want to make something of myself so that I can be sure that I can give you anyting and everything you'll need. I want you to have a good example to follow after. I want to give you as many opportunities to have the best life you can as possible. It's crazy! You're only an hour old and already my whole world is revolving around you. I love you so much my little Peanut."
Dipper smiled as he picked his pen up and began writing a new entry.
"We brought you home today. Now I guess is where the real adventure begins, and I can't wait. Of course there are going to be some bumps in the road. We'll have some good times, but also some bad. But at the end of it all we'll be a family. You've got a lot to learn, my little Peanut. Your Mommy and I will be here to teach you everything we know about life, learning, when to get along with people, and when to walk away and protect yourself. You'll have to be patient with us though. Niether of us really had parents, so we aren't exactly sure what we're doing. But we'll do our best, because you deserve it. So long as you never question that we love you and that you can always come to us with anything, though. I'll call that a win. I am so looking forward to seeing how your life plays out, Persia, and I am beyond honored that I'll be able to walk through it with you as your father. Daddy loves you, Peanut!"
The End!
AN: Thanks again for all the reviews, feedback, and support guys! If you guys have any ideas for more Gravity Falls stories you'd like me to write, I'm open to suggestions. I have nothing else planned at the moment (I might start a one-shot series of just family center fluff) but I will more than likely be back once I have time to come up with some ideas. Therefore, so long for now and remember...
...REALITY IS AN ILLUSION, THE UNIVERS IS A HOLOGRAM, BUY GOLD, BYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEE!