Made Me Realize
Chapter 4: Visitor
Hi! I'm back! Sorry for not updating so long :( I don't have any internet access at my other house, so I can't update any of my chapters. Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I know, I know, I'm late ( stupid internet access :( ) I have done my chapters from 4 until 10 (YAY! :3), so enjoy! And I also made a fan art (uhh, actually it's a photoshop, so it's suppose to be a fan photoshop...?) of Carla, Dipper and Mabel, yay ( see the story cover :) )! Tell me if you like it :)
Thanks for reviewing my last chapter (you guys are awesome)! I totally appreciate it :D Please note that I will reply any review except for Guest (We can't reply to guest, sorry...:'( ) You could review for ideas too, I will appreciate any idea that you give and I will try to put it in my story. So...R&R please :D
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Sorry, from Chapter 2, it's not "Friday is two days apart" but it's one day apart. Readers' consideration please...
Carla's POV
I went off the bus. It's pretty cold outside although it's summer. I shuddered. Yes, because of the cold but also because I sense something is watching me. I scanned around. Nothing, just as I thought. What a paranoid I've become these days. I dragged my wheeled suitcase and carried my backpack. I held up the map, trying to figure the way to this place called "The Mystery Shack". My older cousin said she works there. I hope she had fun working there. She's the only one who cared for me and vice versa, well, at least that's what she said. She's so kind to me and she's the only one who understands me. I wonder what she looks like after these four years. I bet she's even more beautiful, either inside or out. Unlike me. People said that I'm just underrating myself. They said I'm beautiful and kind. They said I'm very patient and never got angry at anyone, always forgiving. They said I'm as honest as a mirror, but I'm none of that. I'm not beautiful and kind. I've never got mad in front of someone, but in my heart I'm already full of anger, just waiting to explode. I look like I'm forgiving that person, but my heart still seeks for revenge. My live is full of lies and I'm sick of it. I kicked the tin can in front of me. It rolled and went out of the forest. I followed it and fortunately, it led me to the Mystery Shack. I saw two people talking to each other. I recognize one of them. It was Wendy. I waved at her and she noticed me. She looked surprised.
"Carla? I thought you're supposed to arrive here at eight", she said, surprised.
"Just a bit earlier doesn't hurt, right?" I smiled.
"Yeah, I guess so, but I'm supposed to pick you up at the bus stop", she said, hugging me. "Anyway, I'm glad you could come here."
"Thanks", I said, hugging her back. I examined her closely.
"You look even more beautiful than I've imagined", I complimented.
"Thanks", she said, flattered. "Oh, I forgot to introduce you to my friend. Dipper, this is Carla. Carla, this is Dipper."
"Nice to meet you", I shook his hand.
"You too", he said, shaking my hand as well.
"So, what do you think?" Wendy asked, winking.
"What do I think about what?" I raised my eyebrow.
"Him", she pointed to Dipper's direction.
"Me?" he asked, turning red.
"Yes, you", Wendy nodded. He suddenly sneezed. Is it really his sneeze? It sounded like a kitten's sneeze to me.
"Did you just sneeze?" I asked him.
"Yeah", he said, turning redder than before.
"I think he's adorable", I said with a laugh. Wendy laughed too. But I clasped my mouth. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. But seeing him laughing too, I sighed with relief.
"Sorry, but I can't help it", I apologized.
"It's okay", he smiled. "It's the truth anyway."
"Okay, dorks, let's head upstairs", Wendy said, leading us inside the Mystery Shack. An old man wearing a pair of glasses, a white tank top and blue striped underwear greeted me, surprisingly knew my name. I greeted him back. I heard him asking Wendy if I could work for him. I thought it was just a joke. Or was it? Wendy shrugged and walked upstairs. The stairs led up to the attic. I saw a girl sleeping in one of the beds. She looked extremely tired.
"That's Mabel, my twin sister", Dipper told me. I walked closer to her. She had the same face and color of hair as Dipper. "And the guy you saw last time was our great uncle."
"You have a nice family", I told him.
"Thanks", he said. "But you haven't seen them in action yet."
"It's still better than having no family", I said coldly.
"Oh, right. You don't have any parents. I'm sorry", he apologized.
"No, it's alright", I said.
"Huh?" Mabel said, rubbing her eyes.
Her hair was a mess and she got noticeable bags under her eyes. She noticed me and gave a weak smile.
"Oh, you must be Carla", she said, yawning.
"You better go and wash yourself first", Dipper told her.
"Oh right, of course", she said, walking downstairs.
Dipper looked embarrassed. He turned to me, waiting for an insult or at least a laugh from me.
"You have a cool sister", I told him. He stared at me with an "are-you-kidding-me" look.
"What? It's true", I said, laughing a bit.
Dipper's POV
"Uh thanks", I said, ignoring the fact that she was lying. But she looked like she really meant it, it's impossible that's she's lying.
"Hey, I could leave you guys here right?" Wendy asked both of us.
We both nodded.
"Cool. I'll pick you up in the morning, 'kay?" she said, patting Carla's head.
"Uh-huh", she said nodding.
"See ya!" she waved and went downstairs.
"Need help with your things?" I offered. She shook her head.
"Where could I put my things?" she asked.
"There", I pointed next to my bed.
"Thanks", she said, carrying her things to my bed. Her backpack was unzipped and a book fell out of it.
"I'll get it", I said eagerly. She was going to stop me, but I pretended not to notice. I took and turned it right side up. I froze.
"The…the book…I have it…." I stammered. It looked exactly like the mysterious book, but this one has the number six on it.
"You have another one?" she asked in disbelief. I nodded and took it out from my vest. She gasped and stared at it.
"This is amazing!" we both said at the same time. We looked at each other for five seconds, and then we laughed.
"I never thought that I might find someone else with this book! It's amazing!" she said, excited.
"Me too!" I said, as excited as she is.
"How did you find this book?" she asked eagerly. I told her everything and she clung to every word that I said. I also told her that there were four more other books.
"That's amazing!" she said, fascinated.
"How about you?" I asked her, also eager to hear her story.
"I didn't found it", she said. "Wendy did."
"Wendy?" I asked, confused.
"When I was nine, I went to Gravity Falls to spend my summer holiday", she started.
"Yeah, Wendy told me that already. You could skip to the part where you found the book", I told her.
"Oh okay", she said. "Wendy found the book in the forest when we were playing hide and seek. She was about to throw it in the trash, but I stopped her. It's such a fascinating book."
"Yeah, it surely is", I said with approval. I glanced at her book.
"Hey, may I read it?" I asked her. She nodded and gave the book.
"Here, you could read mine", I said. She took my book and began reading it. I did too.
The book was majorly about mythical creatures and magical places in Gravity Falls. But it didn't really make as much sense as the "classic" mythical creatures. One of them was the screwnicorn, a unicorn-like creature, but this one has a cork screw instead of a horn. "If you have their cork-screw horn, you could open any cork-screwed drink with ease", it read. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever read, and yet we're in a ridiculously weird place. Fair enough.
A/N: I love Gravity Falls' references like Minotaurs into Manotaurs and other things. I tried to make this one...yeah, not as good as I hoped, but I tried my best. Hahaha, screwnicorns, ehhh...-_-' BTW, you could buy your screwnicorn today, at (seriously, for real, here's the link: )
I turned the page and read every single one of them. One of the most interesting one is the Fountain of Youth. You could heal yourself or bring youth by drinking it. Many have tried to find it, but no one ever succeeded founding the fountain. Legend says that it's hidden somewhere in the deepest part of the forest of Gravity Falls.
"Just imagine if we got all the books, Dipper! We would know every single secret in Gravity Falls!" Carla said, interrupting my thoughts.
"Too many secrets for us to handle", I laughed.
"Yeah, I suppose we shouldn't find all of them. Two is enough", she gave a nod.
"Hey Dipper! Have you seen my toothbrush?" Mabel stuck her head out the door.
I and Carla got startled. We both shook our heads in reflex.
"Oh okay", she shrugged, closing the door.
We both sighed with relief.
"Can this be our secret? Just between us, okay?" Carla pleaded me after a few moments. I hate to keep secrets away from Mabel. She's my twin sister after all. She's like a part of me. But I just nodded.
"Awesome! Thanks Dipper, you're the best", she said, hugging me. I stunned. Just then, the door flew open and standing there was Mabel, Candy, Grenda, and Wendy, with their mouths open, staring at us.
"Uh, awkward", Wendy commented.
"Are we involved?" Grenda asked. Candy shrugged.
"Aw, that's so cute", Mabel said. I don't know if she was teasing or she was really meaning it, but I still don't like her words.
Carla released me, smiling. I don't whether to be mad or confused or even happy. She "zipped" her mouth and threw away the keys, like Wendy did when I asked her to keep my secret. I gave a smile and did the same thing.
"You guys won't tell this to anyone, right?" I turned to them, glaring. Everyone pretended not to listen by whistling off key. I groaned. "They will", I blamed myself. Just then I saw Wendy was doing the "zip- your-mouth-and-throw-away-the-keys" move. I smiled gratefully at her. "At least one doesn't."
That night, we played and told jokes. I wasn't really in it. I'm not really interested on the games they are playing.
"Hey, dipping sauce!" Mabel called me.
I rolled my eyes and turned to her.
"Do you want to play 'Truth or Dare'?" she asked. I was ready to say no, but she kept begging me.
"Alright", I finally said reluctantly.
"Okay everyone! Sit down and make a big circle", Wendy said, signaling us to gather around her. You might be thinking why Wendy is with us. She did say that she's going to leave Carla with us, but she changed her mind.
"So, who wants to go first?" she asked.
"Me! Me!" Mabel said, raising her hand. She was high in her spirits tonight, despising the fact that she was in a bad mood yesterday.
"Okay, you first", Wendy said.
"Okay! Let's see…Dipper! Truth or dare?" she asked, pointing to me.
"Truth", I said. Seriously, who wanted to dare? They could ask you to do anything and I don't like that.
"Who do you have a crush in this room?" she asked. I knew that was coming. I looked around. I just realized that I was the only boy in this room! I groaned. Surrounded by girls is worse than surrounded by swarm of bees. That's my opinion.
"Wendy", I rolled my eyes. "You knew that already!"
"Well, pick someone else! You must have gotten another crush. Like the girl that you hugged this morning", she teased. I saw Carla's cheeks grew red in embarrassment. Usually, I will do the same, but I didn't.
"You know better", I shrugged. Mabel looked disappointed because I didn't take the bait. Score one for me!
"Okay, moving on", Wendy said. "Dipper, is now your turn."
"Mabel! Truth or dare?" I asked, taking revenge.
"The brave one always chooses dare!" she declared.
"Hang out with Gideon tomorrow for a whole day", I sneered. Score two for me!
"I choose truth, I choose truth!" she quickly said.
"That's no fun!" Carla said. Guess she's taking revenge as well.
"Please! Anything but Gideon!" Mabel pleaded.
"Okay, I'll go easy on you", I finally said. "But because of you, everyone must choose dare!"
"Okay, deal!" she said before anyone could stop her. They all groaned.
After thirty minutes of embarrassment and laughter, it has finally ended. I dared Mabel to kiss Gideon's picture. After that, she puked in the toilet three times, disgusted. Then, Mabel dared Grenda to sing. You probably know what our reactions are. Grenda dared Candy to show her embarrassing picture to everyone. It was her when she was three. It wasn't embarrassing, in fact, cute, but she insisted that her face looked like a lollipop. Candy dared Carla to kiss me ON THE LIPS. Yeah, just forget about that one. Anyway, Carla dared Wendy to kiss me, again. But since it's not valid to dare the same thing, she dared Wendy to run around the room and shout "I LOVE DIPPER" for ten times. I hate to admit it but it was the funniest. I couldn't even imagine a cool girl like Wendy could do such a thing, despising my name was used. And finally, Wendy dared me to sing and dance Disco Girl. Who would ever tell her such a thing? Of course: Mabel. And yes, please forget about that too.
"Well, that's fun", Carla said, nudging me with her elbow.
"Sure, it was fun", I said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes at that.
"What? Embarrassed?" she teased.
"Well, duh. Aren't you?" I asked her. She shook her head.
"Never mind what people say. At least we have fun, right?" she smiled, holding up her hand for a high five. It reminded me about the first time I got a crush on Wendy. Am I having a crush on her too? I could feel my cheeks are burning.
"No, no, no! I'm not going to have a crush on her, not that she's not nice or something, but…" I thought, shaking my head. I saw Carla staring at me with her beautiful green eyes, waiting.
"Yeah, I guess so", I said reluctantly, giving a high five.
She grinned and held my hand. My cheeks were getting hotter right now.
"What's that for?" I asked her, looking away with embarrassment.
"What?" she said with an annoyed tone. "Is holding hands illegal?"
"No, I guess not", I grumbled. "But please let go after we reach the attic, okay?"
"Okay! Stop pushing me around so much", she said, letting go her hand.
"Hey, I don't mean it that way", I said, trying to explain. But she turned her head, ignoring. I gave a heavy sigh.
"Maybe I could go to your house tomorrow, I mean, Wendy's", I said, trying to give my sweetest smile.
"You like Wendy, don't you?" she asked coldly.
"What? No! I mean…" I stuttered. She glared at me.
"Look, that was only a game and she likes someone else, alright!" I said, half-yelling.
"I know…" Carla said, glaring away from me.
"You like me?" I asked her after a moment of silence.
"No, I just think you're awesome, that's all", she said. She looked serious, I knew she wasn't lying.
"Hey, maybe I could show you something tomorrow; you said you want to come to Wendy's house, right?" she smiled.
"Of course!" I said excitedly. "Maybe we could solve more mysteries of this book, right?"
She nodded excitedly too.
"Promise?" she said with a serious tone.
"Promise", I said solemnly.
"Thanks, dipping sauce", she said, flicking my hat.
"Aw, man. Now you're calling me that", I groaned, steadying my hat. "Way to go, Mabel", I rolled my eyes.
I opened the attic's door and saw Mabel and her friends singing campfire songs while Wendy plays the guitar.
"Hey, where were you two lovebirds? You missed all the fun", Wendy said, laughing. Mabel and her friends laughed along.
"Yeah, just flying away together", I chuckled, joining the group. I earned more laughs for that. Carla was laughing away too.
"Hey, bro bro! Look what I just made for you!" Mabel said, holding up a sweater. It was midnight blue with a pattern sewed on it, a constellation
"Look, Dipper! It's the big you!" Carla pointed, laughing. I laughed along with her.
"So, do you like it?" Mabel said, holding it up proudly so everyone could see it.
"It's really nice, Mabel", I said smiling. "I'll try to wear sometimes."
To tell the truth, I didn't like wearing sweaters and almost never wore them, especially on summer, but this one is an exception. My sister made this, just for me. I know she put a really hard work on this and I didn't want to disappoint her by simply not wearing it. And it was nice anyway, except for the excessive glittering. Yep, typical Mabel.
"I'm glad you like it!" Mabel grinned from ear to ear.
"Come on! Try it on!" Grenda said excitedly.
"I'll take a picture of it for you!" Candy enthusiastically said, aiming her phone camera.
"Alright, alright", I said, changing my clothes. After changing, I show it off to everyone. Everyone complimented that it looked nice on me, except for Mabel, who said I looked adorable. I rolled my eyes at that.
"Oh man! It's ten! Well, see you later, dorks", Wendy said, waving us a goodbye.
We spent the rest of the night, of course, sleeping. It's been a fun and yet tiring day. No one, even Mabel, got any energy left to do anything. I glanced on the "Big Dipper" sweater and smiled. It was totally a night to be remembered.
Yeah, still working on it, but it's not as good as I hoped :'( I apologize for any spelling and grammar errors. Please R&R
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