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( Author's Note )

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Alright, so we got a name change. Dipper will be Daphne. Only in shift of perception, and from Mabel, maybe Stan. The others will call Daphne, Dipper, because that's what they are used to. Kinda like the Bubbles/Janet in my GF fiction Forbidden. It's gonna be a name that depends on who's talking.

So. Who else was surprised about Stan? All of you with your hands down, don't even try it. I'm the writer, and I didn't know. It just kinda happened. Don't get me wrong, Stan would have been supportive, but I just thought it would be nice to have him know, and been more than supportive, but him being accepting meant even more.

Soos, you all knew that he'd be his normal caring self.

And Wendy. Pfft, like she was gonna let a little thing, like a lack of a penis bother her.

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( Dipper/Daphne Pines)

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Once again, Daphne found herself sitting at her desk. Though in the new room down stairs. And she had to admit that it was much cooler with a functioning air conditioner. Though, she couldn't tell if she was cooler because her hair wasn't trapped under her hat all the time, or that she had stopped using the ace bandage that she had been using, while at the shack, or if it was because of the functioning air conditioner.

She looked up from her book, over to her sister Mabel, who was currently on the bed closest to her, which happened to be her bed, and not Mabel's. Mabel laid on her back, her head off the edge of the bed, looking back at her.

"So, Daph. How's it feel to be... you? In Gravity Falls?" Mabel asked, a huge smile on her face. She knew Mabel loved the fact that she didn't have to hide this huge secret. Lying wasn't something that Mabel liked to do.

"Well..." To be honest, it felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Felt nice to not have to hide that she was a girl. And for once, it was nice to have someone other than family be supportive of her. "It's kinda nice."

"Which part? The not hiding things? Or the fact that both Pacifica, and Wendy kept giving you looks all afternoon?" Mabel's smile just got larger. "Seems to me, that you might be able to have your first girlfriend."

"C'mon, you know they were just... y'know. Thinking I'm weird or something. Or uh, wondering why I'm gay." Daphne muttered. It would have been nice, if she actually thought that they had been curious. But there was no way.

Wendy was seventeen, and well, she was fairly sure that Wendy didn't like girls. She'd only ever seen Wendy with boyfriends.

Then there was Pacifica... yeah right. Even if the blonde heiress liked girls, Daphne doubted that it would be, someone like her. It just wasn't right. That didn't happen.

"Yeah, sure, like they were just accidentally checking out your rack, and caboose." Mabel rolled her eyes. "I mean, c'mon, Sis. I'm straight, and your sister. And I check out your ta-tas."

"That's because you are weird." Daph rolled her eyes back at her sister.

"Uh-yeah. Your point is? You, dear madam, are desirable. You have that whole geeky, nerdy, gamer girl thing going for you." Mabel rolled over to her stomach, and put her hands under her chin. "You wouldn't have noticed, since y'know, you don't like the sausage. But girl, boys at school practically pop boners in your direction. And all the girls pretty much hate you, cause the guys like you, and you want nothing to do with them. Which make them want you more! It's a vicious cycle."

"So... you're saying that... girls didn't like me, because guys I don't want... wanted me?" Mabel nodded, "How is that even my fault?"

"Not your fault, Sis. Just the facts." Mabel shrugged the rolled over and hopped off her bed.

"Your gonna straighten up my bed right?" Daphne asked as Mabel made her way to the door.

"Uh... Nope. Gonna make you a sandwich. How's that?" Mabel said as she darted out the door. There wasn't even a point in responding since she was already gone.

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"Hey Dipper!" Daphne turned her attention the the redhead running towards her. "Whoa... what happened? Boy mode again?"

"Uh... yeah. Y'know, I'm not quite ready to announce it to everyone." It was true. She had spent more time as a girl, in the past few days, than she had most of her summers in Gravity Falls. But outside of her family, Soos, and Wendy. No one knew yet that she was a girl.

"I gotcha. But Y'know, the town is a lot more accepting than you'd think." Wendy could be right, but Daphne wasn't willing to chance it just yet. She actually was accepted, and the fear of losing even those three people, if she got ran out of town, kept her from being a girl all the time. "How about... Tambry? Y'know? We'll start small, and introduce you to people we know will accept you for who you are first. That way, you have more people behind you, and beside you, when you take that big step. Whatcha think?"

"I guess it couldn't hurt. Are you sure Tambry will..."

"Oh yeah, I'm really sure she won't care. She's all about women's rights to do what they want." Wendy smiled. "So how about, we... what were you doing?"

"Picking up more pens, and a new notebook. Maybe check out the game store. I dunno, didn't have much of a plan."

"Alright, so... I'll text Tambry, and have her meet us at the shack in about... an hour? Two?" Wendy asked pulling out her cellphone.

"T-Today? I... uh I Dunno. What about tomorrow? Or uh. Next week? Maybe next summer. Yes... How about..."

"Ah ah ah, c'mon, Dip. This is good for you! Keeping all this bottled up isn't good for you, y'know."

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( Pacifica Northwest )

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She sat oddly alone at a table in the mall's food court. Her friends had been buzzing about earlier. She had told them, that she didn't feel up to contact, and needed time alone to herself.

Yeah, they questioned it. But in the end, Pacifica had won.

She needed time to think. It hadn't been a complete lie. She couldn't get Dipper off her mind. Even now, after everything, she couldn't get that boy out of her thoughts... er... girl. Which made it worse.

'Worse? Come on! You told Dipper that she could like girls, that it wasn't a big deal. Why can't you?' She asked herself.

'Because. I'm a Northwest, and well... I'm pretty sure liking girls, would be like... uh...' She tried to think of a reason.

'Yeah, that's what I thought.' Her mind came back.

She had nothing. But what was it about Dipper that made her so... so... frustrated!

When Dipper had been a boy, she could understand her fascination in him, or her.

'Darn it! Have to remember he's a girl.' She thought to herself.

'Back to the topic,' She demanded of herself.

She understood her fascination with the, thought to be, boy. But now that he, was a she, shouldn't she be... not fascinated? Or at least weirded out, a little, that the boy she'd known for three years, was a girl?

But no.

She still had a crush on the geek,

And it got even worse now that he was a girl.

She put her head in her hands and sighed.

'Why is everything so complicated?' She wondered to herself.

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(Daphne/Dipper Pines )

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She didn't know what she had been expecting, when the 'goth-like' teen had shown up. Maybe something, considering it seemed that there was now one less boy, and one more female in Gravity Falls. But of course she had been used to being brushed off.

She was a girl.

But because she liked other girls... no one treated her like a girl.

'How do you know Tambry will be accepting?' she had asked while she rode in Wendy's car, back to the Shack, after getting what she needed.

'Because, I know Tambry. She's this is her thing, y'know.' Wendy had answered. Though Dipper didn't think it was much of an answer.

So she now sat in her computer chair, looking at Wendy, and Tambry on her bed. Wendy was trying to get Tambry off her phone, and Tambry... well. She was on her phone.

"C'mon, Tambers." Wendy almost whined. "I called you over here for a reason."

"Didn't I say not to call me that, like, three years ago?" Tambry put the phone down, looking at her redheaded friend. "And what are we doing in this guy's room?"

Dipper sighed.

"Don't you see something different about this guy?" Wendy asked.

If she had felt uncomfortable before. She felt even more so now, that Tambry was staring at her. It felt as if her eyes were raking over her entire form. Looking for something... anything.

"Isn't this that insane boy that broke into the Dusk-Til-Dawn for us?" She asked, still continuing to look at her, until her eyes dropped below the face. "Oh shoot, this is his sister. M, something. Mabble? Maple?"

"Mabel." Dipper offered out.

"Yeah... Mabel. Sorry, I thought you were your brother."

"I, uh, kinda am." Dipper muttered.

"That's what we've been trying to get you to notice. Maybe if she had a wire coming out of her butt, you'd notice." Wendy teased.

"Oh. You get a sex change? I mean, it's cool if you did. Just curious." Tambry asked, her voice a bit monotonic.

"No, he's always been a she!" Wendy said. "She was just hiding it."

"Why would you hide being a girl?" Tambry's voice no longer monotonic. "Someone messing with you? Making you ashamed to be a girl? Teasing you?"

"I uh..." Dipper started, having her not notice you, was frustrating. Having Tambry's entire attention on you... was scary.

"She's into girls. And people give her crap about it back home. So, when she got here, she pretended to be a boy, so she could flirt with girls, without being picked on." Wendy finished for her.

"That's messed up. I mean, that's sick!" Tambry's face seemed angry. Maybe Wendy had been wrong. She felt the tears build up in her eyes. She didn't know if she could handle another rejection. "I mean seriously! Telling someone who they can and cannot like! That is just wrong! But don't you worry. That crap doesn't fly here. If anyone gives you shit about it, you let me or Wendy know."

That was something she wasn't expecting. So, much acceptance in such a short time. After a life of rejection.

Without friends. Companions. Without crushes, or little romances.

She had spent most of her life, living a lie, so she could feel normal.

She felt the tears finally escape her eyes, and run down her cheeks. A shuttered sigh of relief escaped her mouth, as she started to cry. It felt good to be accepted. To be supported.

"You're not alone." Wendy murmured as she wrapped her arms around Dipper. "And there is nothing wrong with you. You're not a bad person. Not confused. You're a normal girl. Nothing's going to change that."

The afternoon went on fairly well. Mabel had even joined in. It was nice to be apart of girl things, without having to leave.

Dipper had wanted to join in with Mabel, during hr sleepovers, and girl parties before. But she couldn't because she was supposed to be a boy. So, she had spent her time looking up mysteries, and conspiracies, anything to keep her mind off the fun, going on not to far from her.

She was starting to feel normal. And starting to feel like she wasn't broken, or defective. That she was actually normal.

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She felt a bit happier as she wandered through town the next day. She wasn't ready to announce that she was a girl to everyone yet. But she knew, she was getting closer to being able to, without freaking out. Or running away.

"Yo! Dip-Stick!" A voice she didn't want to hear. Never wanted to hear again. Robbie Valentino. He was supposed to have moved in with relatives, because he had gotten into trouble, or something. She couldn't remember what Wendy had said, because honestly, she hadn't really cared. "I come back, and have to see your ugly mug. So, whatcha up to, girly?"

"Just... leave me alone Robbie. I'm not in the mood." She muttered and started walking away.

"Dude! You even sound like a girl!" He laughed, grabbing her shoulder. "You're not going anywhere. It's been a long time since I got to play with my favorite punching bag."

"Ungh..." She grunted as her back was pushed against, whatever building they were in front of. "C'mon... Just leave me alone. I didn't do anything to you."

"You're forgetting all the times, you pushed your way between me and Wendy."

"It would have blown up in your face anyways." her voice rose. She was still Dipper after all, and Dipper, male or female, didn't back down from greasy haired losers. "You wouldn't even know what to do with her, if you got the chance. All talk." She smirked. "And nothing below the belt...ungh!" she gasped out as he punched her in the stomach.

"You're always so ballsy. Y'know that?" Robbie smirked down at her.

"Have to be... Someone... needs to... be with... Wendy." She wheezed, clearly, not ready to back down. "Ahh..."

"I've had just about enough of your shit." He growled after punching her again.

"Fu...ck... o...ff..." she gasped, as he dropped her, and started kicking her in the stomach.

"Stupid little fuck. I'll teach you your place!" He growled, delivering kick, after painful kick.

"What the fuck! Robbie leave her alone!" She heard a familiar voice, but she couldn't hear well over her own crying.

"Get off my sister, you asshole!" Mabel, that had to be Mabel. But Mabel was meeting up with Pacifica today.