"Double shot on ice with white mocha."
Mabel looked in confusion at her black-haired friend, who had just ordered something that didn't even sound like English. As Mabel continued to stare at the menu to the coffee shop in confusion, her more muscular friend began to order in a deep voice.
"Uh, I'll get an Americano with two shots of espresso." Grenda said to the barista, as Mabel couldn't manage to make any attempt at changing any of their orders into Mabel speak. The barista looked over at Mabel, who knew it was her turn to order.
"I'll just get a, um..." Mabel started, deciding to just roll with it and pick something random off of the menu. "Caramel frappuccino, please."
All three of the girls handed over a five-dollar bill (which was a steep beverage price for Mabel) and received their drinks shortly there after.
"You looked a bit weirded out by what I was having." Candy said with a chuckle as she sat down at a table in the coffee shop, facing towards Mabel. "Never had it before?"
"Huh? Yeah, I've never had that before." Mabel replied.
"It's also known as the liquid cocaine." Candy explained, before adding a quick side-note. "Don't worry, it doesn't have any actual drugs in it. It just really gives a boost of caffeine, which I'm gonna need to get through today."
"Oh yeah, Candy got a job at this animal shelter." Grenda stated to Mabel. "The only problem being is that it specializes in animals with 'hyperactive bladder issues'."
Mabel chuckled. "Yikes. Yeah, I might need that too. But...you managed to get a job?"
"Yeah, you can get a job at fourteen in Gravity Falls." Candy said to Mabel.
"Wow, really?"
The age limit had always been sixteen back in their hometown. Now Mabel suddenly was beginning to see new opportunities in her head as she sipped on her frappuccino (which was surprisingly good).
"Uh...guys, I think maybe I should confess something." Mabel said, still sipping on her drink as they sat in awkward silence. "I've, uh, never had coffee before this."
Both Grenda and Candy looked blankly at Mabel.
"Yeah, I kinda figured." Candy said with a chuckle.
"What?" Mabel asked with a bit of shock to her voice. "What gave it away?"
"Something about the way you were looking at the menu - I don't know, I've got weird instincts to where I can tell things like that. It's okay, Grenda and I just started drinking a couple of months ago."
"You've got a lot of things to try." Grenda said with a laugh to Mabel. "What I'm drinking now is known as a black eye - but don't worry, you won't actually get a black eye from it."
"Unless you're like that one guy who tried to make us drinks that time and..." Candy started, trying to finish as she began laughing excessively. "...all over the floor..."
"Yeah, that was funny." Grenda replied to Candy, laughing as well as Mabel felt a bit left out without any idea as to what they were laughing about. "He was cute, though."
Candy pulled out her phone and began scrolling for a bit, before letting out a sigh. "Yes! A-plus."
"A-plus on what?" Mabel asked.
"The opening essay we all had to write in English class." Candy replied.
"Huh?"
Mabel had been in such a daze in that class. If she wrote an essay, she certainly didn't remember it.
"Mind if I check mine for a second?" Mabel asked. Candy nodded as Mabel took the phone and scrolled to find her grade.
"A C-MINUS?!"
Mabel looked at the phone in shock as she yelled, drawing the attention of a few other customers in the coffee shop.
"It's just one C-minus, Mabel." Grenda said. "I get them all the time. Except in weight-lifting class."
"I know, I just...this is kinda a big deal for me." Mabel said with a sigh. "I've never gotten a mark that low in my life."
"I'm sure he'll let you do some extra credit or something to make up for it." Candy stated, taking a last sip off her drink. "Just ask him about it tomorrow."
"I-I'm not sure." Mabel said with a slight nervous stutter. "I mean, I'm not really confrontational, especially with a guy who's so..."
"Dreamy?" Candy said with a chuckle. "Yeah, he is really good-looking for a teacher. But a teacher's a teacher, y'know? Just ask him and it'll all be the same."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Well, unless he's got another definition of extra credit." Grenda said with a wink. "I honestly wouldn't mind that."
"You're gross." Candy laughed, punching Grenda on the arm. Mabel's face turned slightly red as she let out a little chuckle.
Just as Candy was about to say something else, they all noticed a certain familiar figure running into the coffee shop: Dipper. There was another figure standing behind him, a slightly shorter blonde girl with slender hips and a flat figure wearing a spotted dress.
"Um, one pink lemonade, please." Dipper said, out of breath as he quickly handed a bill to the barista who went behind and made the drink.
"Dipper?" Mabel asked, coming closer to him. "I didn't know you liked lemonade."
"It's not for me." Dipper replied, still trying to catch his breath.
"Who's that girl?" Mabel whispered, gesturing back to the girl who was looking at the both of them.
"I'll explain later, kinda in a hurry." Dipper said, grabbing the drink the barista gave him. "Gotta run!"
As Mabel watched Dipper run away, she noticed something - the girl began pulling his hair as they ran off together.
"Ow, ow, hair!" Dipper complained. "I'm going as fast as I can!"
As Dipper exited, Mabel sat back down with Candy and Grenda.
"Uh...that was weird." Mabel stated.
"Ah, that's just Pearl." Candy said. "I remember when she dragged me like that. She does that to everybody she forces into the Paranormal Club."
"Paranormal Club?"
"Yeah, I'm in it too. Seems like it'd be Dipper's thing, so I'm not surprised she's managed to rope him in."
Candy glanced at her watch. "Oh, shoot, I gotta go. See you girls later!"
"Bye!" Mabel and Grenda both said cheerfully, waving to Candy as she left.
"Hey, you wanna head back to my place?" Grenda asked. "I've got like a barrel of Gummi Koalas at home, plus a new Dream Boy Musical movie or three..."
"Awesome!" Mabel cheered. "I'm in!"
With that, the two of them both ran off with Grenda leading the way. Mabel still had the C-minus from earlier in the back of her mind, but she brushed it off. She'd just ask for extra credit tomorrow. Easy, right?
Inside another home, there was laughter. The laughter was coming from the deep voice of Mr. West, who sat at his home at his desk, looking at the grades he had entered in the computer.
The room around him was dark except for a lamp. The walls were coated in news clippings, all with similar headlines.
Girl disappears at Gravity Falls high school...
Search called off for missing high school girl...
Girl, 15, goes missing in quiet Oregon town...
Somehow they had never caught on. Mr. West decided he'd like to keep it that way.
"Ah, perfect." Mr. West said, now scrolling through records until he made it to a specific student - Pines, Mabel. "She's an honor student. Obviously she'll be upset by the grade I've given her. And she'll beg me to do anything."
The teacher tapped his nails on his desk, letting out another laugh. "Anything."
"Meow!"
Mr. West turned around and saw his beloved black cat, Snuffles, with something in his mouth - a piece of paper?
"Oh, Snuffles, the paper again? I bought you wet food and everything..." Mr. West complained, taking the piece of paper out of his cat's mouth. It was only after he pulled the piece of paper out that he noticed writing, written in a red substance on the other side of the page.
He turned it around.
BE MINDFUL. SHE'S GOT A NOSY BROTHER. -B.C.
"Oh, I know what I'm doing, Bill." Mr. West said, to seemingly no one in particular. "I've been at this game for years. Nothing will stop me, brother or no brother."
A/N: Dun dun dun! Nothing is ever what it seems in Gravity Falls.
Sorry if you were bored by the coffee bits; I tried my best to make a coffee conversation as interesting as possible since I personally don't like coffee. If you liked this chapter, please R&R. See you all next time!
