Wendy's POV

I glanced anxiously at my watch, then looked over at Thomson.

"Hurry up dude," I said, tapping my hand on my knee. "Their bus leaves in like five minutes."

"I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying." He began to drive faster.

We pulled up to the Mystery Shack after what seemed like forever. I dashed out of the car and ran around to the front of the shack, where Dipper and Mabel were dragging their bags toward the bus stop.

"Wait!" I called. Dipper turned and I pulled him to me into a tight embrace.

"Bye Wendy," he muttered against my shoulder.

"Bye Dipper. See you next summer." I closed my eyes and sighed. "I'll call you, okay?" I pulled away and he nodded.

I then turned to hug Mabel, but instead ran into Soos, who was crying an hugging Waddles.

"Bye dude," he was saying. "I'll never look at bacon the same way again."

"Soos," Mabel said in an annoyed voice. "I need Waddles back. I can't leave him here."

Soos wiped his eyes. "Bye dude."

"Bye Mabel," I said, hugging her.

"Bye Wendy. Don't forget about us while were gone."

"Oh, don't worry, I won't."

They walked onto the bus, turning to wave one more time.

I saw Stan crying out of the corner of my eye. Despite his reputation, he really did love Mabel and Dipper.

When the bus finally pulled away I sighed. It was going to be weird going to work and not seeing Dipper with his latest anomaly, or Mabel with Waddles.

I walked back to Thomson's van and got in. He didn't drive, though, he just stared at me.

"What?" I asked. "What is it?"

"Wendy, you're. . . Crying?"

I realized for the first time that I had began to tear up. I wiped my eyes with my T-shirt.

"I wasn't crying."

He leaned against the steering wheel. "Oh, really? Cause it seemed like you were getting pretty chummy with Dipper over there."

I laughed. Thomson wasn't usually this straight forward, but we had known each other for ages, unlike all my other friends. He was extremely intimidated by Robbie, which I think is why he was so shy all the time.

"Thomson!" I screamed. "Shut up and drive."

Dipper's POV

I'll have to admit, I did cry a little bit.

Just the thought of leaving Wendy in Gravity Falls wast too much for me to bear. I did, luckily, manage to hold back the tears until I was out of her sight. If she'd seen me crying my crush would've been a dead giveaway.

I was, however, regretting not telling Wendy that a liked her. I would have to wait until the next summer to do it in person.

I sat next to the window, Mabel on the other side of me. She had an arm around my shoulder, tears still brimming in my eyes.

"It's okay Dip," she was saying. "Next summer will come faster than you think."

I really hoped that she was right.

I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. Assuming it was our parents, I pulled it out. Along the screen in all caps it read: WENDY. I sniffed and wiped my face with the back of my hand. Wendy was already calling me? Did she really miss me that much?

I took a deep breath and pressed answer.

"Hello?"

"Hey Dipper, it's Wendy."

"Hi Wendy. What's up? I've only been gone for a few minutes."

"Yeah, I know. I just. . . I'm gonna miss you."

"You are?"

"Of course I am. Working at the shack will be so boring without you."

"Well, you'll deal."

"I know. I don't want to, though."

"You don't?"

"No, I don't."

"Me either."

"Good."