Made Me Realize
Chapter 2: Big Dipper
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Dipper's POV
"I'll tell you guys later. You'd better put your things first", Wendy said, motioning us to go to the attic.
"Yep, she's right, kids. You're going to help me clean the store after this, right?" Grunkle Stan said.
I didn't want to, but I didn't have any choices.
"Alright", I grumbled.
"That's my boy!" Grunkle said while smacking my back. I groaned and went to the attic with Wendy and Mabel. She didn't seem to mind the fact that we were going to do chores for Grunkle at all. She skipped and whistled happily to the attic.
"*Gasp* Oh my gosh! Look at this place!" Mabel squealed happily. "It contains so much memory about our first visit in Gravity Falls, right Dipper?"
"Uh-huh", I nodded. I looked around the room. Yep, still the same old attic we used to stay.
"And look!" Mabel pointed.
"What?" I turned to the direction she was pointing.
"There's the goat that ate our tin cans!" Mabel said and patted the goat's head. The goat started chewing her sweater, again, like the time she first met him.
"Aw, still like chewing sweaters, don't you?" she said with adore. The goat bleated and ran downstairs.
We unpacked our things and helped Grunkle Stan run the store for the whole afternoon. I was totally pooped out at the end of the day. Mabel amazingly was still good as new. I can't imagine how much energy she has.
"It was a fun day, isn't it, Dipper?" Mabel elbowed me as we walk up the stairs.
"More like a tiring, energy wasting day", I grumbled.
"Oh come on, Dipper", she rolled her eyes. "You've been complaining the whole day long. Come on, Dipper, smile!"
Without warning, she stretched my cheeks until I was "smiling" from ear to ear.
"Mabel! It hurts!" I said but it sounded more like: "Mael! Eet erts!"
I pulled her hands off my cheek. It hurts. A LOT. I don't need a mirror to know that my cheeks were in a terrible shape, because Mabel was laughing really hard at me. We were just going to our beds when Wendy came in.
"So, you guys are going to sleep?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's a pretty tiring day", I said.
"What happened to your cheeks?" she said, noticing my stretched, red cheeks.
"Oh, this? It was nothing, really", I said, while at the same time giving Mabel a dirty look. She was trying to hold her laugh by covering her mouth with her hand.
"Oh, okay", Wendy shrugged, turning to the door. "Oh wait, I remembered something. Dipper, is it okay if I talk to you for a while?"
"Sure", I got out of my bed. I was tired, that's for sure, but I rarely got a chance to talk with Wendy in person. So, why not?
"Is it okay for you, Mabel?" she asked, but Mabel was already asleep.
I smiled at her. She could be a pain in the neck, but she's still my adorable sister. We went out of the room and sneaked out to the roof.
"So, what were you going to tell me?" I asked Wendy, taking a soda can from the cooler.
Wendy raised an eyebrow. "You asked me this afternoon, why did I break up with Robbie, right?"
"Oh yeah, right", I just remembered.
"Well, we just got a fight, that's all", Wendy explained.
"Why exactly did you guys fight?" I asked, drinking my soda.
"It's a long story", she said.
"I've got time", I told her.
"And complicated", she added.
"I'll try to understand", I smiled. Wendy smiled back.
"Thanks, man. That's really nice of you", she said.
"No prob'", I said, flattered.
"You're way better than Robbie, dude. You always listen to me, unlike him. I could totally trust you, unlike him too", she trailed off.
"Gee, thanks", I blushed, flattered by her words again.
"In fact, you're the best guy I've ever met and hang out with", she added, gazing at the night sky.
"But too bad you're thirteen and I'm sixteen", she said after a long pause.
"What's wrong if I'm thirteen and you're sixteen?" I asked, slightly insulted. Whatever happened to love doesn't care age?
"Whoa, don't get it the wrong way, dude, but isn't it awkward for a sixteen year old girl to date a thirteen year old boy?" she said, destroying all my hopes.
"Yeah I guess so", I said with disappointment.
Wendy must have seen my disappointment because she quickly said, "Hey, let's just be friends from now on, okay?"
"Okay", I said reluctantly. An awkward silence filled the air.
"Hey, check that out", Wendy pointed the sky at our back, breaking the silence. I looked at the direction she was pointing. She was pointing a very familiar constellation.
"The Big Dipper!" I gazed with awe and wonder.
"I knew it! That why it looks so familiar!" she said, snapping her fingers.
"This is the first time I've actually saw a real one", I stared at it, still in wonder. Wendy climbed to the other side of the roof. I followed her carefully. We were higher than I thought! I kept looking the ground warily.
"Man, the sky is really beautiful tonight", Wendy complimented. "I can barely take my eyes off it."
"Yeah me neither", I nodded.
"Oh, yeah. I almost forgot", she said, taking her wallet out of her pocket. She opened it and took a picture of her when she was twelve hugging a girl around nine years old. The girl had green eyes and brown hair. Her face was similar to Wendy's, but Wendy was a paler than her.
"Who is she?" I asked Wendy, pointing the girl.
"She's my sister", she smiled at the picture.
"You have a sister?" I asked her, confused. "I thought you only have three brothers."
"She's not literally my sister", she laughed. "But I really wished she was."
I gave her a puzzled look.
"She's my cousin. Her name is Carla", she explained. "Her parents were murdered when she was five."
She pointed the picture.
"She was nine at that time. My dad asked her to stay at Gravity Falls for the whole summer."
I glanced at the picture. I noticed that she was smiling sadly. I guess she's still sad about her parents.
"She was the only one who accepted me for who I am, besides my father and brothers. She always told me that I was beautiful in the inside."
I didn't know how to respond. I kept staring at the girl.
"You are beautiful. Inside and out", I finally said.
"Thanks, Dipper", she said, deeply moved.
"She's going to come this Friday and stay in the Mystery Shack for a while since I still need to tidy up the spare room at my house that was turned into a storage room. I've told Grunkle Stan about it, but I don't think he had told you yet", she explained. "So, do you mind?"
"Not at all", I smiled. '"Anything for a friend."
"Thanks, Dipper. I know I could count on you", she said, climbing down the roof. "See ya!"
I waved my hand. Friday is two days apart. I guess we could clean up the clutter in our room for extra space. I climbed down the roof and headed back to my room. I jumped in surprise when I saw Mabel was awake, sitting on the bed, knitting something in her hands.
"Hey, bro bro! I just saw the Big Dipper! Too bad you missed it", she said excitedly, still knitting.
"I thought you were asleep", I said scratched my head in confusion.
"Just for five or ten minutes", she giggled. "So, what did talk about with Wendy?"
"Oh, her cousin is paying a visit this Friday and she's going to stay here for a while", I said casually.
"Ooh! A sleepover party! I'm going to invite Candy and Grenda", she leaped from the bed.
"No! It's not a sleepover party!" I tried to explain, but once she made her mind, there is no stopping for her.
"SLEEPOVER! SLEEPOVER!" she cheered while jumping on her bed.
"Okay, okay. You don't need to do that", I gave up.
"Woo-hoo! I'm going to call them now", she opened the door and headed the stairs.
"How about tomorrow? It's too late at night", I suggested. It was ten o'clock.
"It can't wait!" she scurried downstairs.
"This better be good", I said to myself. Well, how good can it be?
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