It was a bright, sunny day. I little too sunny actually. It was sweltering hot, and business at the shack had been so slow that Stan had decided to close up shop (Although that might have been because the twins had just gotten back, and had just graduated college) and everyone went down to the lake to try and cool off. The lake had expanded a bit, since a beavers dam had broken recently on a rather unknown river. Eager to finally get some relief from the heat, Dipper and Mabel instantly jumped in, quickly followed by Wendy and Soos, and finally, after a bit of persuasion, Stan. The five were messing around and having a good time. That is, until a certain someone showed up.

Dipper frowned as the color was sucked out of their surroundings. "What do you want Bill?" He said, not bothering to turn around. "Aww, come on! I'm not allowed to see you guys!? It's been forever since I last saw you two! Can I at least get a 'Hi, how've you been?'" Bill said in a mock offended tone. "Hi! How've you been?" Mable called from across the water. "See, your sister's nice! Why can't you learn to be more like her?" Dipper scoffed.

"What are you really doing here, Bill?" Bill rolled his eye. "For once, nothing! I'm just bored!" Dipper huffed, before he noticed Mabel swimming up behind him. "Plus, like I said, you guys have been gone for like, forever, and-Hey, why are you grinning like that?" Dipper quickly straightened his face. "No reason." But he quickly dissolved into laughter as his sister splashed him from behind. "AH!" Bill whipped around, before glaring at Mabel.

"Oh, so that's how you wanna play, huh, Shooting Star! Fine!" At that, he sent a wave of water towards her. Mabel started laughing hysterically when she surfaced. Bill looked over, only to see Dipper still eyeing him suspiciously. "Yeesh kid, fine. I showed up because something big about about to happen. I can't tell what yet, but one thing for sure, I wanna be there when it happens. Anyways, nice seeing you guys, bye!" And with that ha vanished.

"Ha! Gotcha!" Wendy cried, dunking Dipper under the water. He let out a cry as he was submerged, and came up coughing and spluttering, and grabbed Wendy to pull her under with him again. Wendy came up with him and gasped. After she had caught her breath, she hi-fived Dipper, giving him a, "Nice one, dude!" Meanwhile, Soos had sneaked up on Mabel, or so he thought, until she turned around and tackled him.

They both came up laughing. "Hey, Stan hasn't gone under yet!" Dipper pointed out, grinning at his great uncle. "And I don't plan to! Try and catch me, suckers!" Stan cried, swimming out farther into the lake. After a good fifteen minutes of chasing him, (for an old guy, he could be fats when he wanted to!), they managed to catch him and push him under. The sun was starting to go down, and they decided that that was enough swimming for the day. They trudged home, chatting happily. (except for Stan, who was still pretending to be mad about being dunked.)

Dipper sighed, flopping down on his bed. What a day. "Hey, dip-dot?" Dipper turned over so he could see his sister. "Yeah? And don't call me that." Mabel just laughed. "Do you really think something big is gonna happen soon." Dipper frowned. "I don't know. But seeing as we're here now, it's more possible than before." At that, Mabel grinned. They'd had a joke that the only time supernatural stuff seemed to happen was when they were around. "Well, whatever happens, being tired won't help!" Mabel said flopping back against her pillow. "Yeah."

" 'Night, Bro-bro!"

"Good night, Mabel."

This is my first real writing project so constructive criticism is appreciated, just no flames please! ^^

~ Cool