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( Author's Note )

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This IS NOT A REPEAT OF CHAPTER ONE, READ AFTER THE TALK BETWEEN WENDY AND DIPPER. AFTER THE PHONECALL BETWEEN DIP AND PAZ


Well, this isn't a Test Fiction anylonger. I've managed to lengthened the first part of it, into a first chapter. So, this first chapter, it's almost like the beginning, however, mos tof the new content picks up right after the phonecall, which ends differently than last time. The next chapter will be out as soon as it's written, and stretched out.

From Test Fiction, to Fiction. This story was liked, so... it was lengthened and will be continued for a bit. Kinda wanted to try out a different pairing. So let me put out some... Dipifica... is that right? Who knows, its Dipper and Pacifica, but you knew that, cause you more than likely searched the pairing.

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( Pacifica Northwest )

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An entire Summer to herself, Pacifica thought to herself as she looked around her spacious room. The idea had seemed much more appealing when she first heard it, than it actually happening. At first she had thought that it would be nothing but fun. Maybe invite her friends over to hang out, something her parents wouldn't have allowed before. She looked in one of the full length mirrors, and scowled at the little bruise on her forehead.

Sadly, Tiffany and Amanda were both going out of the country with their parents this Summer. Kind of put a damper on her hanging out plans. But there were always the Pines Twins.

No.

Stop thinking about them.

Think about the Summer of freedom instead.

An entire Summer, without having to go to 'this practice', or 'that practice'. However as she gazed around her room, looking at the items that surrounded her. The best computer money could buy. Large flat screen television, any game system she could ever want... if she actually wanted one. Honestly, she didn't have the time to ever play them. Her parents had bought them, just for the reason she could lord them over the 'common folk'. Common folk... seriously, who says that anymore? Were they in the middle ages? She yawned as she continued looking at the countless movies, and games, that she had, and the books that she doubted that she would ever read, the nicest bed, with beautiful comforter pillow shams and the what not. All that bed crap, the no one really wanted, other than to look at a few times.

Paintings... she didn't even know why there were painting on the wall, but there were. She yawned again, she felt bored. Yeah... so she had the best of everything. Not much fun if she didn't have anyone to do anything with.

She had tried to actually play one of the video games, the first day her parents had left. Which resulted in her dying, over and over and over again. Something that she didn't find fun. Not in the least.

The second day, she attempted to cook her own lunch. Another failure, she got distracted, which resulted in her forgetting what she was doing, and burning her lunch.

The third day, she decided that she would watch movies. You couldn't go wrong with movies. Or at least, that was what she had thought. Until she got bored, and decided to jump on her bed. Another action that would have normally been out of the question. Alright, so she was fifteen, but she had never, ever, been allowed to jump on the bed before. It had been fun, exhilarating even, that is until she tripped over a pillow, and landed on the floor hitting her head. Which was where the aforementioned bruise came from.

Finally, the fourth day. Today. She just sat in her room. Had been sitting there couple of hours, ever since breakfast that morning. Trying to figure out what to do. When she asked the butler of the house, which had only told her to refer to him as 'Butler', what she should do. Butler's only answer was, that she could do whatever she wanted to do. Which wasn't very helpful.

Hell, she hadn't even changed out of her pajamas yet. Wasn't much of a point to. Not really. No one was coming over. Not her friends, or family. Her parents wouldn't be back for months still, and she had no clue, none whatsoever, what she should do.

She was so used to being told what to do.

Maybe she was like a caged animal, she didn't know what to do with her recently acquired freedom.

There were the Pines Twins, she thought again.

Though she didn't know if that was such a good idea. Ever since Dipper had helped her out, at one of her parent's parties, a couple of years ago, they had become somewhat like friends.

Mabel, she accepted her right away. Mabel always seemed to try to see the good in people.

But Dipper. He was a different story. She always, always, said the wrong thing around him. And the budding friendship that they had begun to grow, was pruned. And he had gone back to calling her 'The Worst'. She didn't know why it bother her so much, but it did. It really did. She wanted to be friends with the boy.

Mainly because she didn't have male friends. He would be her first male friend, or would have been if she could just stop insulting him, every time she got the chance. Calling him a nerd, a geek. A dateless loser that no girl would ever want to be with... Yeah, she got pretty mean, and she didn't even know why. She actually liked the boy, as a person, and as a friend. But then something would happen, make her feel weird and nervous. Which caused her to default back to 'bitch mode'.

Maybe she should try again?

She picked up the phone, searching through her contacts, which didn't contain many people. There was Amanda, Dad, Home, Mom, Pines, then Tiffany. For a popular girl, she sure seemed to have a limited amount of friends. Finally she just tapped the 'Pines' contact, then tapped the connect button. She listened to the phone ring a few times.

"Mystery Shack, buy one ticket, get the second one for twice the price!" A familiar voice answered the phone. Pacifica didn't actually know the older redheaded girl that well, but considering she went to school with one of her younger brothers, she at least knew who she was speaking with. Well that wasn't entirely true, she had hung out with Wendy a few times, when she went to hang out with Mabel. But she didn't actually know the older teen.

"Hey, Wendy." Pacifica asked, hoping that she had gotten the name right.

"Heya, who's this?" Wendy asked. Which wasn't a surprise, Pacifica had never called 'The Shack' before. And well it had been nine months since she had even been there. She wasn't even sure if the twins were coming this year, and if they were coming, if they had arrived yet.

"Uh... yeah, this is um. Pacifica, I was curious if Dipper and Mabel were coming this Summer." She asked feeling foolish. If she had of thought, she should have gotten on the computer, and messaged Mabel to find out if they were coming this Summer or not. That would have been the simplest thing to do. The female Pines loved messaging her, so it wouldn't have been hard to get a response. She felt like an idiot.

"One sec." She heard Wendy say, then heard her yell, "Yo Dipster! Phone for you, it's Pacifica."

She was hoping that Wendy wouldn't say who it was, at least then, she might have a chance at him coming to the phone. Jesus... this was stupid. What was she going to say to him? She called him, and now she couldn't even think of a reason. She should have really planned all this out beforehand

She waited so long, and the line was so quiet, that she had to check her phone to see if she had been hung up on. She assumed that the phone had been muted, and there was a heated argument going on, on the other side. Obviously, that Dipper didn't want to talk with her, while the redhead kept pushing the phone into his hand... at least, that's what she imagined.

"What Pacifica?" Dipper's voice finally came over the other end, just when she was about to hang up. He didn't sound amused, or happy to hear from her.

"Oh... I, y'know, just wanted to call and see if you and Mabel were going to be here this Summer. And uh... Maybe..." the games! Maybe she could get him to come teach her how to play some of the games. Then she could just stay in her room the rest of the Summer, if she knew how to play them. "I, uh... I don't..."

"Just spit it out." He didn't snap at her, it almost sounded encouraging... which couldn't be right. He hated her.

"I have games, lots of them... but I, uh... don't know how to play. So I was thinking since you were into all that..." she fought hard, so very hard, not to call it 'nerd' or 'geek' or 'loser' stuff, "Technical stuff. Maybe you might... be willing to come over... and maybe, show me how to play, one or two of them?"

"Why me?" Dipper asked, his voice sounded weary... then again, she had never actually been nice to him, not without insulting him shortly after. "You could have asked Mabel, she likes games."

"I guess, I mean I could have, I suppose. But, I," She sighed... why did this have to be do damned hard! Why couldn't she just... just tell him she wanted to try to work on their friendship? That she wanted to try to mend the fragile bonds. That she wanted a real friend... not like Amber and Tiffany. Mabel and Dipper were real, they didn't bow down to her. It was refreshing. It was... nice.

"But you?" That weary tone again. And of course, her indecisiveness wasn't helping anything. Wasn't helping anything, not at all.

"Friends, I want to work on... being friends. Y'know, with you." There, that wasn't so hard was it?

"Listen Pacifica," He started. She noted how he called her, 'Pacifica'. Mabel always called her 'Paz', and Dipper had too, when he was still interested in being her friend. "I don't know, we are very, very, different. You and Mabel get along, 'cause I think it's a girl thing. Something I don't fit the bill for. Maybe it would be best if Mabel comes to help you with your games."

"But..." Why did him saying 'No' hurt? She could actually feel the tears stinging her eyes, could feel her chest tightening a little. But what she didn't know was why it hurt so much. She had known that he would still be mad, and she knew that he would more than likely say no. So why did it hurt? Her voice got a bit higher in pitch, and sounded watery, despite her best efforts not to. "I, I just wanted... I guess it doesn't matter, huh?" She should have hung up the phone, but she couldn't.

"What's wrong?" Dipper asked, no longer sounding weary, but he did sound concerned.

"Nothing." Pacifica lied. Well she didn't know if it was a lie or not, she didn't even know what was wrong, or if anything was wrong.

"Come on, Pacifica. I do know you fairly well, and I think I know when something is wrong." His voice sounded so concerned, so caring. Just like it had so many other times, right before she started feeling so weird, and awkward, that she ended up insulting him. She didn't know why that made her feel calmer, and heartbroken, all at the same time.

Great, he could tell something was wrong. Something that he wanted a name for, and she didn't know what was wrong. It was insanity mixed with idiocy. She just knew, that all she wanted was for him to come over. Wanted to be friends, wanted to be around him. What was wrong with that? Sure she called him names. But that was because he spent all his time looking at other girls, gawking at the older redheaded teen, that paid him no mind. Why couldn't he just pay attention to her...? Oh no... No no no no.

"Oh God..." She muttered aloud.

"What's wrong, Pacifica? You're really starting to worry me." His voice sounded worried. But that wasn't a concern right now. Because she was crushing on Dipper Pines. Gangly, awkward, sweaty, nervous, geeky, nerdy, Dipper Pines.

"I... just, uh... I wanted you to come over. To help. With the games. Y'know, and try to work on our relationship... Friendship! I meant friendship! B-But, if you can't, I'll try to figure it out. Sorry to bother you. Maybe another time." She felt nervous and sweaty herself. God, what was wrong with her.

"Pacifica... something is wrong and I kno..." Pacifica hung up the phone and tossed it on the bed.

"Oh God... Oh. My. God. What is wrong with me?!" She leaned back in her chair, and just covered her face with her hands. What was wrong with her?

She just needed to occupy her mind.

That was it.

Maybe she would wander around town or something. Or the public pool was opening today. Yeah. The pool. Since her friends were gone for the Summer, maybe she could meet someone new to hang around with, at least for the Summer.

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( Dipper Pines )

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"What's wrong, Pacifica? You're really starting to worry me." He was more than worried about the other teen girl. Yeah, they had issues in the past, and she was always insulting him. But something sounded, more than off with the girl. And if she wasn't so mean to him, she'd even been kind of pretty. Alright, so she was gorgeous, even when she was mean to him, but he wouldn't admit it, because... well... she would never let him hear the end of it. About how, she was so out of his league.

"I... just, uh... I wanted you to come over. To help. With the games. Y'know, and try to work on our relationship... Friendship! I meant friendship! B-But, if you can't, I'll try to figure it out. Sorry to bother you. Maybe another time." She sounded strange to him. Sounded like something was clearly wrong. But what was he supposed to do to help?

"Pacifica... something is wrong and I kno..." He stared at the phone he was holding. Then muttered "...know something is wrong."

"What's up Dipster?" Wendy asked as she leaned against the wall, sitting on her stool. Normal for the redhead, though the look of concern on her face, wasn't all that normal.

"Dunno. Pacifica called, wanted me to come over, teach her how to play some games, and work on our friendship. It was strange. Then she sounded all weird, when I told her that were were too different to be friends. That Mabel would be better to come and help her out." Dipper shrugged, it was all confusing for him. Girls were more confusing now, than they where when he was twelve, two years ago.

"So wait." Wendy moved forward, causing the stool to go to the position that it was designed for. She leaned on the counter, on her elbows, looking at him. "Let me get this straight. Pacifica, asked you to come over... for some silly excuse." He nodded, anyone with an internet connection could find out how to play any game they wanted to. "And said she wanted to work on your friendship?" He nodded again, something that he wasn't even sure could be worked on. Considering she was always mean to him. Despite what he wanted, "Then she got weepy cause you said no?" Again he nodded, even though he didn't know if she was 'weepy', but she had sounded sad, now that he actually thought about it. "And you were saying before, how she always calls you names and insults you?" Another nod. Maybe Wendy could shine some light on this mess. "Well Dip. There isn't much I can say that'll help you. You'll have to figure it out on your own. Sorry, dude. Wish I could help. But can't. It's a girl thing."

"That's helpful," He mutters as he walks out of the gift shop, towards the kitchen.

He stepped back into the kitchen, to finish what he had started making for his lunch. Nothing elaborate or anything, just chicken salad, for a sandwich, that he planned on having chips and a soda with it.

Deep in the back of his mind, he kept asking himself, why Pacifica had wanted him to come over. She was the one that was always mean to him, and seemed to always be upset with him. Though whenever he had asked what he had done to upset her, she would just throw more insults at him. It was almost as if she didn't even know what she was mad about, and was just mad at him, because she just wanted to be.

"Yo Bro-Bro!" His sisters voice entered the room, just moments before she had. "Wasn't we planning on hitting the pool today?"

"Oh yeah. Lets grab lunch first," He stared at his sister, who already had her bathing suit on. Watched as her cheeks puffed out in annoyance.

"Yeah yeah, we'll eat first." She muttered and started making a sandwich, with annoyed exaggerated movements.

"Or we could just go tomorrow..." He smiled to himself, knowing that would allow his sister to easily accept his idea.

"No... No... eating is good. I like eating. Sthee?" The last part, muffed due to Mabel taking a bite from her lunch, "Sthee, Hyim heating." (See, I'm eating.)

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After lunch was consumed. He and Mabel spent a good twenty minutes looking through their suitcases for his swim trunks. Once found, he had to push Mabel out of the room, so he could change, while she was protesting. 'It'll take too long, it's not like it's weird, we are siblings. Mabel wants to swim! Not to wait for her brother to change.' and other things, before he managed to close her out.

Despite what she thought, it hadn't taken Dipper long at all to put on his trunks, and put on a shirt. The shirt he didn't really need to swim, but he thought it best to wear it at least until they got to the pool. He opened the door, finding a puffy cheeked Mabel standing there, looking like a pot ready to boil over.

Mabel... was not known for patience

"Are you ready?" Dipper asked mildly, staring at his sister.

"What took you so long?" Mabel grabbed her brother's hand and pulled him down the hallway, then the stairs. Luckily he remained on his feet the entire time, because he wasn't sure Mabel would care if she drug him down the stairs. And out the Shack. Alright, so it had to be annoying for Mabel. But he couldn't help that she didn't want to go alone.

"Where's Candy and Grenda?" He asked, once he was no longer being dragged.

"Dunno, I know Grenda was going to wrestling camp this year, or that was the plan. And Candy, she hasn't answered the phone today. So, I guess she hasn't been home yet." Mabel said, waiting for the light to change, so they could continue on to the pool.

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"Finally!" Mabel muttered as they set their towels down on chairs by the pool.

Dipper put a book down on the table next to one of the chairs, then walked over to a vending machine to get a bottle of water. Mabel was the one that wanted to go swimming, not him. He just planned to read, while sitting in his chair, and try to forget the awkward conversation with Pacifica.

Though halfway back to his chair, he heard a sound that, he would assume, could break glass, if any had been close by.

"Mabel!" a voice that sounded a lot like Candy, had squealed, at the same time, Mabel squealed, "Candy!"

He looked over to the two bouncing girls. His sister, he ignored, since she was his sister. But something about Candy, bouncing, made her look more appealing. The Asian girl, had seemingly developed in the year they had been gone. Well, had developed some. But enough to change her from creepy, to interesting. As long as the personality had changed some. She was a little to... weird for him. What, with her talks about body modifications, and improvements. Just weirded him out a little.

"Hey Dipper!" Candy's voice pulled him out of his thoughts, as he sat in his chair. His eyes raked over the girl again. She had her usual glasses on. Her black hair, fell to about middle of her back. Her tan colored skin glistening in the sunlight, due to the water droplets on her body. Unlike his sister, Candy wore a two-piece swimsuit. Which lead his eyes over Candy's stomach.

"Dipper, you dog! Looking at Candy, like she's eye-candy!" Mabel's voice, sounded much more amused, than it had on the way to the pool.

"I do not mind, that Dipper is staring." Candy blushed and looked down to the ground.

"What? Oh... heh, Guess I'm caught." He laughed. He didn't know what it was, but having his sister around, just made everything flow a bit better, made him more confident, and not so much nervous.

"So, we were going to have a chicken fight, wanna give Candy a boost Dip?" Mabel looked at her brother.

"Eh, why not. Might be fun." Not to mention, she'd be sitting on his shoulders. An act that two years ago would have weirded him out, now seemed like fun.

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( Pacifica Northwest )

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"Dipper, you dog! Looking at Candy, like she's eye-candy!" She heard Mabel's voice not too far from where she was. She looked up and couldn't believe it. Dipper was here. Damn it! And once again, he was looking at another girl!

"I do not mind, that Dipper is staring." Of course she didn't. Who would mind? Well there was Wendy, which she didn't know why she didn't like the boy, what wasn't there to like?

"What? Oh... heh, Guess I'm caught." Dipper laughed, he was flirting! Something he hadn't even done with the redhead. Was that it? Raven hair, red hair... did he not like blonds?

"So, we were going to have a chicken fight, wanna give Candy a boost Dip?" Mabel looked at her brother.

"Eh, why not. Might be fun." Fun for them maybe... but she had just realized why she was always ragging on Dipper. And now she had to watch him flirt with other girls, this was so not fair.

She gripped her bottle of water in her hands, and was strangling it... if you could strangle a bottle of water that is. The way his face turned red as the girl settled on his shoulders just infuriated Pacifica.

This was supposed to help her forget about the brunet boy. She had put on her prettiest two-piece bathing suit. Found her favorite sandals, even packed her favorite lunch. Just so she could lounge at the public pool, and swim a little. Hoping to meet new friends.

If she had known that Dipper was going to be here, she would have went swimming in her own pool.

Really? What was so great about that bony, skinny, loser?

She looked over at him, and just sighed as she gazed at him.

No.

No! Bad Pacifica! No sighing dreamily.

He's a loser! What do you want him for, there are plenty of other, better looking, guys. A voice mumbled in her head.

But are any of them as sweet as Dipper? Another voice sprang up in her head.

Would any of those guys, actually be sweet, and kind, and a gentlemen? Or would they just be after the 'honey pot'?

The sad truth was, that most of the guys, would only be interested in getting into her bikini bottoms, and not much after that.

"C'mon Dipperino! Back in da water!" Mabel called.

"No, no. I'm tired. You two have too much energy!" Dipper called as he climbed out of the pool fully, leaving her to bite her bottom lip, and just gaze at his body again.

Which was bony!

And cute! The other voice, still making her presence known.

"Hey! Pacifica!" Dipper voice drug her back to reality. "You doing alright? Cause on the phone... well you sounded."

"I sounded what?" Shit, shit... she had switched into bitch mode.

"I dunno, you sounded a little upset, and sad." Dipper looked into her eyes, and she couldn't help but feel like he was comparing her to Wendy, or that girl Candy.

"Sad? Upset? Because you couldn't come over? As if!" No no Pacifica... please don't. You don't want to do this. Please! Just stop!

"Oh... I just thought..."

"That's what you get for thinking." Pacifica snapped.

"You really are the worst, Pacifica. Here I was trying to actually be nice. Give you the benefit of the doubt, and... never mind. Someone like you wouldn't understand." No! She screamed in her head as she watched him stomp away.

Why? Why did you have to do that?

Because, he isn't worth my time. He's nothing, and nobody.

But he was actually paying attention to me! For once! Just me!

"Paz? What's wrong, Paz? Why are you crying?" Mabel was sitting in the chair next to her, facing her. "You and Dip get into it again?" All she could do was nod. Why didn't this snippy side come out with Mabel? Why was it always Dipper? "It's okay Paz. Sometimes he is just a Grumpy Dipp."

"No, it was me. He hates me. I'm always insulting him. Talking down to him... and... I don't know why." Which wasn't true, she knew why. Because she was crushing on him, and all he could do was look at other girls. He was more pig than boy.

"Hormones. Mom says that girls our age, get moody for no reason. Even I snap at Dipper sometimes. He always bounces back. Boy are tough, y'know."

"But..." She just looked at Dipper, all she wanted to do was to run over there and beg him to forgive her. And tell him what was wrong with her, like he asked. But pride, and that mean little voice in her head wouldn't allow her to. "Doesn't matter. I think I'm going to just go home..."

"It'll be alright Paz, I know it will. Trust the Mabs!" Mabel said, as Pacifica was gathering her things. "I'll smooth it over with, Dipster. Promise!"

She watched the girl bounce off in the direction of Dipper as she finished putting the last her of belongings into her carry bag, then made her way out of the pool.

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( Mabel Pines )

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"Dipperino!" she shouted as she leapt on her brother, her bottom landing somewhere on her brothers stomach, before moving off of him.

"Mabel!" He gasped out, seeming to try to get air.

C'mon, she wasn't that heavy.

"Suck it up, Broseph. So, what's with the kerfuffle between you and Paz?" Mabel asked, sitting on her chair, while her brother still gasped for breath.

"Kerfuffle? Mabel... can we get to the part, where you tried to crush me?" He weazed.

"Pfft, I don't weigh that much. Anyways, on to the kerfuffling...? What's the dealio?" Mabel waited for her brother to take a few drinks of his water.

"Well, nothing unusual, you know. I walked over to talk with her, as usual. I thought she was upset on the phone when I told her, we didn't have much of a chance to be friends. So I wanted to make sure she was alright. Turns out... she was just fine. She couldn't be upset, because someone like me couldn't come over. What a spoiled rich girl."

"C'mon Bro-Bro, I know you have a thing for her." It was obvious to everyone! Well, except Pacifica. What the blonds problem was, that when she couldn't get her emotions right, and she lashed out because she was scared. Can't be afraid of love, bad things happen when you are afraid of love!

"Give me a..." Mabel glared at him. "Fine! Alright! I like her, not like it'll do me any good. She hates me. With a capital 'H'. So it doesn't really matter if I think she'd beautiful. Or if I think she's adorable, when she's not yelling and screaming."

Oh ho ho ho, so her brother really did have a real, actual attraction to Paz. Now that was amazing. In a weird, ironic sort of way. Dip had the hots for Paz, and Paz, she was 'Ga-Ga' for Dipperino. Yet, both were clueless to what the other felt. And it was odd, they both thought the other hated them.

Her mother had once told her, that love was blind.

She hadn't told her that it was deaf and dumb, as well.

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( Dipper Pines )

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How did this keep happening? He knew that Gravity Falls was a small town, but for the past four days, wherever he went, Pacifica was there too.

The first day, she was at the pier. He had gone to the pier, to just listen to the water, as he read his book. But he had looked up, and saw her sitting at the bench he normally sat at. And again, he had attempted to talk with her. Everything was going well, until he complimented her hair.

It looked cute, the way she had it styled.

He thought that girls, liked to be complimented on their hair.

Guess he was wrong, because right after, she called him a 'loser' she stormed off.

The second day. He had decided to go to Greasy's Diner. A place he never expected Pacifica to be, because she had a butler that catered to her every desire. So he assumed all of her meals were prepared at home. Obviously, not like the Tri-Berry Pie, at Greasy's.

This day had went a little better than it had before. They actually sat, and ate together, while talking for about an hour. Then he must have said something that bothered her, shortly after Candy walked in and said 'Hello' because he said 'Hello' back, and not long after, Pacifica snapped at him.

Maybe he chose the wrong time of the month to attempt to try to be friends.

The third day. He found her in the park, once again, on his usual bench, though this one wasn't at the pier, and yeah, he knew the benches didn't belong to him, but still. It was getting weird with the fact she was always around. She hadn't seen him, and he left before she noticed.

The fourth day, otherwise known as today, she was in the arcade.

Seriously.

The girl that didn't know how to play games, was in a arcade. Sitting at one of the tables, a slice of pizza in front of her.

If you were trying to avoid a geek, you do not go to the only place in town that has games. That was just a fact.

"Pacifica?" He walked up behind her. He knew it was her, no one in Gravity Falls even looked like her. She looked up at him.

"Oh, Hey." She turned her attention back to the pizza in front of her.

"You okay?" Dipper asked, for what felt like the millionth time in the past five days. A question that he had yet to receive an answer for.

"Does it actually matter?" She never even looked at him.

Alright, so there was no doubt in his mind that she hated him.

"You know... I do actually care if you are alright or not." Actually he cared a lot more than the other girl knew. But if he told her, she would just laugh at him. Make fun of him. Then insult him, and leave. She really annoyed him, but... but... he couldn't help but care about her.

"Look, you don't gotta play the nice guy. I know I've been mean and bitchy to you. So I get it." She muttered as she picked up a piece of pizza and bite into it.

"If you give me a chance... I might be able to help." He sat down across from her. "Tell you what. How about we try to eat together, we did pretty good last time. I'll try not to say anything stupid this time, and tomorrow, I'll come over, and see if I can teach you how to play a couple of those games. Waddya say?"

"I guess, we could try. No promises though." Maybe it was like Mabel had told him, that morning. She had told him that Pacifica might get moody sometimes, just like she got moody from time to time. It was a teenaged girl thing, and he just needed to suck it up.