Chapter 5
I'm probably going to be changing the description to add in the mystery element just because I can't write a story just with lovey dovey scenes without me giving up on the story. I've got a story plan ready to go but waiting till I set it up correctly which is what this chapter is going to be on in a way. So enough rubbish; let's start the story.
(Dippers POV)
Beep-Beep-Beep. I shot up out of bed as my alarm went off scaring the living daylights out of me before falling onto the floor to add to my shock. A loud thud was sent through the floorboards as I smacked the wooden panels. Ugh, I thought I turned it off. Jumping to my feet and flicking the blasted thing off. I looked over my shoulder to see that Mabel hadn't ever been disturbed in the slightest as she let out a snore. God, she can sleep through anything now. Remembering back to a camping trip, where Dad tried to wake her up to see a comet and ended up swinging her around by her legs and dumping a bucket of cold water on her. He only succeeded in getting her to wake up for a split second to mutter "I'll be there in a second Prince Mushaboon." Before falling back to sleep. Chuckling at the memory, I wiped sleep dust away from my eyes before noticing I was in the same clothes as last night. A grin pulled at my face as blood rushed into my head thinking of the night's events. It was real life, not just a fantasy. Eagerly making my way down stairs taking into the account that it was only 8:19 meaning Wendy wouldn't be her for at least 21 minutes giving me plenty of time to prepare for the time my GIRLFRIEND who would walk through the door to her hero.
I calmly stepped into the kitchen saying good morning to both my Grunckles who rose to feast on Stan's famous Stancakes.
"Why do you seem to be in such a good mood today? Stan questioned "Is something special today?" looking to Ford who shook his head.
"I didn't promise him anything." Razing his hands in defence aware that I usually only got this happy if they were going exploring a new part of Gravity falls.
"Nah, just looking forward to work." I grabbed a bowl of Cherrios and began eating; unable to remove the grin on my face, while not wanting to blow the truth about Wendy and me just yet.
"Well that's good then" Ford replied "I want you to pick up the new parts for my anti-gravity stabiliser from McGucket this afternoon."
"Isn't it already in perfect working order?" I questioned letting my grin fall thinking I was going to lose the day for a boring chore.
"Well it works but remember in affect everything in a massive radius. What I plan to do is limit gravity only on the person who has the device on them, too make it less dangerous." Throwing a glare at Stan after hearing he broke out of the police station with it causing massive amounts of property damages, which he had to pay for. "It's only a simple pick up, nothing special until I finish this project."
I was in relief. This wasn't a day's labour picking up a special type of mushroom or ivy, just a quick grab and go before being able to come back and spend more time with Wendy.
"Oh that's ok then." Trying not to look bothered by the task given, not going to let a small task ruin the first day of our relationship.
"Good well, I'm heading downstairs before the shop opens. Bye" Before grabbing his plate and leaving the kitchen towards the vending machine.
"Man, he's a workaholic." Stan said after he left. "Where's your sister?"
"Still asleep as usual." Mentioning to her sleeping habits.
"Oh well, I'm going to give Soos a hand with the store. You know how unreliable his is trying to run this place." He turned his back on me and left to assist the man-child. I continued to fork down my cereal, until I heard the all so recognisable sound of the door and ringing of the bell. I leaned back in my chair unable to see who had entered. Leaning back for a better view, I realised I passed the point of no return. Swinging my arms in a vain attempt to stabilise myself I toppled backwards crashing backwards onto the floor with the chair making a massive clang. Second time today. I swear this house is out to get me now. Cradling my head with both arms I heard the familiar confident voice behind me.
"Nice to see you still are that same clumsy dork as usual." Jumping to my feet I span around to be face to face with an angel. My angel.
"Guessing you saw that?" rubbing the back my head.
"Yeah. I never miss a chance to see you act like a buffoon" walking up to me and gripping me in a hug "but you are my buffoon, so I've got to show at least some care."
I smiled; Wendy was back to her more relaxed state of mind unlike last night. "I guess this means that it definitely wasn't a dream.
"Well if it was. I want more like it." Smiling at that comment; I broke the hug and just looked at her.
"You want to go upstairs away from prying eyes?" noticing Soos watching from a gap in the doorway.
"Sure." Noticing the same thing I did. Soos started blush and turned away. Chuckling we walked into the store and pulled the curtain aside and climbed onto the roof. Settling into the deck chairs I grabbed two cans of Pitt and tossed one to Wendy.
"Shot bro." we sat there for a bit before Wendy piped up "Is this or is it not one of the most amazing views in all gravity falls?"
"Definitely." She was unaware though that I wasn't talking about the forest, but looking at her instead. Watching as the sun made her copper red hair almost glow in the light. She turned to face me before turning the same colour as her hair as she noticed I was talking about her.
"Aren't you just the biggest greaser." Punching my shoulder in a playful way.
"I would be if it wasn't the truth" returning the action. "Anyway it's not like you didn't know that already."
If it was even possible she turned and even brighter shade of red as she tried to look anywhere but at me. "Well one of us has to be good looking if this relationships going to work."
I pretended to look shocked "Oh no. Are you insulting my charming looks?"
She began laughing "What looks." I smirked while she calmed down. "Anyway, what's the plan today dork?"
"Well I have to run some errands for Ford just after lunch, which means I'll be for an hour or so but nothing before and after planned."
"REALLY? Can't Ford get Mabel to go and do them instead?"
"You know Mabel. She would go and make it halfway into town before being distracted and running off to do something else, coming home empty handed."
"Fair enough." Letting her face fall a bit. "At least we have the evening to ourselves. How about another movie night then? While you're out I can pick us up some old crappy horror film."
"Sounds good. At the Shack this time." Wanting to avoid Manly Dan until Wendy ran things through him about them dating. "So… have you told your family about us yet? You know being boyfriend and girlfriend and all?"
"Not yet. Just waiting to see how today went first, but I can guess that Mabel is aware."
I blushed not even considering the fact that Wendy would have guessed I shared last night's events with her. "Yeah… but she forced me." Wendy just gave me a blank look not accepting the idea. "Ok, I leapt at the first chance to express my feelings, but ONLY Mabel knows."
"And back to your usual self in a matter of moments." Smiling at her own comment.
We sat there for the remainder of the morning: just watching the forest, tossing pine cones at the totem pole and making fun of the tourists leaving the gift shop with oversize and overpriced goods.
"Man, why would you buy a grandfather clock when you own a mini cooper?" I called out.
"I know right at least that one other there bought at least twelve shirts."
At twelve we made our way downstairs where we I grabbed us some snacks out of the vending machine before sitting down at the counter. "Well I'm going to have to go now or Ford will start asking questions and send Mabel to annoy me."
"True dat. Well see you soon." She leaned forwards and gave me a small kiss on the cheek. "More for later when you come back."
Even though it was just a peck on the cheek, I couldn't stop the adrenaline that began pumping through my body. "Be back as soon as possible." I raced through the door grabbing a backpack before bowling over a couple of tourists making their way inside. "Sorry." I called out before making my way down the street in the direction towards McGucket's Lab.
I severely underestimated the time It took to walk into town clocking a good 20 minutes just to reach the outskirts of town. Walking along the sidewalk I waved hello to Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland as they gave out parking tickets to cars parked outside the cinema acting in their childish way of theirs. We had a mutual relationship at best after the events of the Weirdmageddon to the point where they were more lenient with rules towards me and Mabel. Continuing past the local mall I spotted Robbie looking like he was having a go at Tambry about something before Lee and Nate stood in to break it up. I crossed the road trying to stay away as much as possible. While I still got on well with them an argument is not what I wanted to be involved in; especially one where Robbie looked like he was going to throw a punch. Luckily none of them noticed me. I let out a sigh of relief. Good job Dipper. A fist fight with anyone would probably gone badly. The only time I engaged in a fight was when I was against Gideon in the giant robot of himself. Good times. Good times. Smirking to myself. Finally arriving at the junk yard, I pulled open the corrugated iron doors to reveal the heap that McGucket still lived in. Even though he regained a good amount of his intelligence and memory over time (thanks to Ford) he stayed here unable to break the bond he had with the place. Unfortunately, his sanity barely recovered still making him the crazy weird old man that he met two years ago.
"Hey Dipper. How's it going?" Glancing up I was not surprised to see him standing on the top of a pile of rusted cars with a pair of makeshift wings strapped to his back waving at me.
I forced a smile "Good" Despite his friendly nature I still was always uncertain around him due to his unreliable behaviour. "Can you come down? I need something from you."
"Sure thing bub. WOO HOO!" He proceeded to launch himself off the edge arms out stretched flapping, only for him to plummet to the ground landing on his stomach.
"HOLY MOLEY! You ok?" Rushing to his aid afraid that act of stupidity may have snapped his neck or something.
"I'm good," Brushing dirt of himself, not even slightly fazed about the fall "So what you need?"
Shacking my head in disbelief that the man had lived for this long. "I'm after the stabiliser for Fords anti-gravity device. Is it ready yet?"
"Yup, finished the thing last night. Follow me." He hobbled off toward his house if you could call it that and made his way through the curtain entrance. Entering the hovel, I took my surroundings. Nothing seems to of changed except for a stuffed raccoon on the wall. McGucket obviously noticed my look as I stared at it.
"Oh yeah, remember Susana, my wife. She died over the winter so I had her stuffed so I could keep her." Taking it down and hugging the corpse.
I tried to look as sympathetic as possible while not puking "That's really… something."
"Yeah, but that's life." Placing it on the wall before making his way over to a crate and rummaging around in it. "Here we go. One anti-gravity stabiliser fully operational." Passing it to me.
"Uhh, why is it pink and covered in glitter?" looking at it suspiciously before taking it and holding with two fingers.
"Your sister said I needed to brighten up my work, so I did!"
Rolling my eyes, I should have known Mabel would have had some involvement with this somehow. "Well thanks, guess I'll be off now."
"WAIT!" McGucket screamed causing me to nearly drop the device in shock. "You know that old laptop that Bill smashed with your body?" I nodded my head not sure where this was going. "It started beeping away like a bloody alarm last night. I think you can find some use for it, being the nosy little kid you are." He pulled it down from a shelf and handed it to me. Taking it I could see that the screen was still smashed and unusable but somehow the thing seemed to be operational. I clicked the mute button and placed the two items in my backpack for closer examination when I got back to the shack.
"See ya then." Picking up the bag and leaving.
"BYE!" calling out as I left the site. As nice as it is to see McGucket breathing, he's not that great to hang around. I carried on down the sidewalk lost in thought. Why would the laptop only start making working now? What's changed that turned it on? So lost in thought I didn't notice I walked into someone.
"Watch where you're going Dip-shit." My eyes felt like they were widening I their sockets realising the sound of the voice. Looking up I was greeted with the pimple ridden and very pissed looking face of Robbie Valentino.
Next chapter is going to be the confrontation with Robbie about Dipper's relationship, I know this is kind of a reused idea but it will be worth it in the end. The majority of chapters from here on are going to be Dippers perspective but that doesn't mean there won't be some from Wendy or another character if I feel like they would help keep the story rolling. Support is welcome and until next time.
