Hi guys. Sorry for the delay; school is a pain in the neck. Anyways, here is the next entry for Dipper's Journal. Enjoy.
-Williebadger618
Monday, June 11, 2012
Time: 8:22pm
Dear Journal,
As if this town couldn't get weird enough. I swear, Gravity Falls has two different sides of weird, and neither side is normal. It's only been a few weeks into my summer vacation with Mabel and just once, I wish I could have a day that's average.
But I know that'll never happen.
I'm always use to normal days back in my home in Piedmont. I had a simple routine: go to school, pass my classes, do my homework, play video games, hang with Mabel, eat, sleep, and repeat. Mabel's routine was: eat, sleep, party, repeat.
My Gravity Falls routine is something I have to think twice on, since nothing I mentally plan goes exactly as scheduled. Even with simple plans that don't require too much thinking. I think I should think twice before an eight-year-old psychic shoves me through a window, causing both of us to plummet to our death. Heh, and I thought falling off the roof of the Mystery Shack was bad enough.
While watching our daily dose of television, a commercial came across the screen, advertising about a guy named Gideon, and his telepathy tourist trap. If anything, this guy was tempting to beat grunkle Stan at his own game. Is it bad that I was secretly rooting for Stan? As an observers perspective, the commercial did not seem interesting to physically check out the attraction. However, Mabel wanted to see if it was real. Soos and I tagged along with her to the Tent of Telepathy, to see if the commercial held up to our standards.
The show was oddly short.
Gideon sang a song, (which frankly, is stuck in my mind) and did very few telepathy tricks. I for one, was not too interested in his show, yet Mabel was very entertained. I told Mabel that Gideon was a bigger fraud than our uncle, but my sister sort of ignored my statement, and listed out the positive. It almost sounded as if she had a crush on him...
The next day, there really wasn't anything to do until the doorbell rang. Mabel ran to get it and it turned out to be Gideon. She and him went and hung out, leaving me to read from the journal.
Time went by and she returned...with a bunch of make-up on her face. What, did she return from the circus? Gideon applied all that...that gunk on her face. Bleh. I told her I don't trust anyone whose hair is bigger than their head, but she told me to knock it off and that all I like to do is "boy stuff" with Soos. And I do...come on, who doesn't like blowing up hotdogs in the microwave?
Mabel continued to hang with Gideon so I didn't intervene, until she told me that she's going on a date with him. I was utterly shock that my sister was going on a date with someone whose four years younger than her. I was already thinking of the worse possible scenarios that could happen. She told me that it really wasn't necessarily a date; she was doing it to be nice. Yet, I told her that guys don't work that way, and that he will fall in love with her. She doesn't think that will happen and boy, do I think the same.
There's something off with Gideon; I just don't know what it is. Picking up Mabel for their date on a white horse should have been my first clue.
Hours passed and Mabel returned with a lobster. Weird, but at least I was happy that the date was over, and she would never have to go out with Gideon ever again.
At least that's what I thought.
Mabel told me that he asked her out again and she didn't know how to say "no" to him. She didn't want to hurt his feelings and she likes Gideon...as a friend. She wanted to get things back to the way we were. I wasn't going to tell Mabel that she can't be friends with him; this was her battle and she can solve things on her own. It's only when she needs me the most, will I intervene and tell this kid to back off.
After Mabel's last date, she was utterly upset. She told me that she was in the friend zone with Gideon, and before she knew it, he pulled her into the romance zone. Well it could be worse; it's not like she would have to marry Gideon. But once Grunkle Stan entered the room, he told Mabel that she had to marry Gideon.
I'm pretty sure I just jinxed everything.
Mabel ran out of the room and I followed her a short time later. I found her in our bedroom in one of the worst states she could ever enter; Sweater-Town. I hate seeing my sister upset, so I guess it's time for the twin brother to intervene with this relationship. If she couldn't break up with Gideon, then I would do it for her. This brought a huge smile to her face and a bunch of happiness to her system. That's the joyful twin sister I have.
Mabel told me that her and Gideon were going to have dinner at a restaurant called 'The Club'. I told her to stay outside and that I would handle it. I enter the restaurant and thankfully there was no one by the entrance. I quickly locate Gideon's table and approach him. I then rip the bandage off, telling Gideon that Mabel's kind of freaked out by him and doesn't want to see him anymore. I thought he was taking it badly, but then he puts a smile on his face, telling me that its all bygones. Ending on a good note, I vacate from the restaurant and approach Mabel from the outside. I told her it went fine and not to worry. Now things could go back to "normal" for once.
At least that's what we thought.
The following day, I received a call from the Gravity Falls Gossiper, Toby Determined. I quickly apologize from accusing him of that murder of wax Stan. (I still can't believe it was the wax figures!) and he referred to it as water under the bridge. He then asks me if I want to be interviewed about any weird, unusual stuff I've seen since I arrived, and knowing me, I quickly jumped onto the opportunity. I wrote down the address and time: 412 Gopher Road, tonight at 7p. This would be my best day in Oregon yet.
Boy was I caught WAY off guard.
It was a trap. Gideon made up the entire thing; their was no interview. DANG IT! He forced me here, starting off that there are so many secrets I couldn't begin to understand, but then I figured it was a cover-up from hiding his heartbroken feelings about my sister not into him. He starts yelling at me, saying that I turned her against him. How could I have done that, if what she told me was the truth? Man, Gideon does not know how to take 'no' as an answer.
Things went crazy with my encounter with Gideon. He was throwing objects at me, causing shelves to fall on top of me; I was even levitated off the ground, all thanks to that stupid object round his neck. Gideon then caused lamb shears to come afloat in the air, inching their way closer towards me. Was this the end? Would I ever see my twin sister again?
Yes.
Mabel came at the best time possible. After seeing Gideon attacking me, she lured him in, telling him that she can't go out with him, but they could still be make-over buddies. Ha! He felt for it. She ripped that object right off from his neck, and threw it to me! I told him he wasn't so powerful without it, and the next thing I know, he and I are plummeting down the cliff. He starts slapping me, and I do it back to him, but then we realize we're about to be in full body casts. We brace ourselves for impact and pain, but neither one ever came.
Thank goodness Mabel saved us.
She levitates to the ground with ease with the object in her hands, saying to Gideon that it was over and she would never, ever date him. She threw the object to the ground, causing it to break. He said this wasn't over and won't be the last we see of him. Yeah, maybe we should see what happens first.
I was happy for Mabel; even though she couldn't break up with Gideon in the first place, she was able to gain enough confidence and lay down the law firmly to that stupid eight-year-old. So far, none of Mabel's 'boyfriends' have been sane, but the right one will come to her eventually. And if they ever break her heart, I will break their souls.
What? Too much?
When we got home, we went directly to Grunkle Stan's arm chair, exhausted. We notice him putting up a clown painting, but didn't utter where he got it from. Probably stole it from someone. He told us that Gideon swore vengeance on the whole family. How would he try to destroy us now, by guessing what number we're thinking of? Psychics usually do that. I think.
Anyway, Gideon was out of the picture, and hopefully these days at Gravity Falls won't be too weird. But as they always say, Gravity Falls is just North of normal.
-Dipper Pines
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-Williebadger618