Chapter 3 – Uncovering secrets

A/N: Hey everyone, I'm back! I finally finished my exams so now I can update more often. Here's chapter three.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls.

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"And remember folks, we put the fun in no refunds!" Stan called as the group of customers left the gift shop. He then grinned as looked at the money filled jar in his hands. The day has been going smoothly for them. A bus filled with tourists stopped by and they managed to get as much money out of them.

There is nothing that can ruin this for him.

"Aw, what is that new thing!?"

"Except that…" Stan thought sourly as he glared at the skinny customer by the counter. Somehow ever since he woke up this morning he has been able to hear the thoughts of every person around him and to be honest he wasn't enjoying this at all because some of those thoughts were quite disturbing.

Groaning, he smacked his forehead. As much as he enjoyed scamming the dumb tourists that came to the shack every day and ripping them from their money this was too much for his mind to bear.

Just then, an idea hit him and he grinned. "Maybe somehow I could use this to my advantage." He thought slyly.

When the next group of tourists came, he began with his plan. He would ask someone to think of a word or a phrase in their minds and he would 'guess' what it is. Some of the tourists were skeptical at first but later they were amazed when he guessed correctly every time.

"Alright, who's next?"

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"Mabel, hurry up or we're gonna be late!" Dipper called as he walked out of the woods.

His sister's head popped out of the bushes and she called back. "Coming!" Dipper noticed her backpack was bigger than he remembered earlier and he thought for sure he saw something poking out of it.

"It's probably nothing." He thought and together they made their way back to the shack.

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"Five hundred and seventy dollars!" Stan exclaimed as he counted the wad of money in his hands. And this was just from today, if this goes on he'd make a fortune out of this!

Suddenly, the gift shop door opened and he looked over to see his niece and nephew coming in. He also noticed that Mabel was missing a shoe.

"There you kids are, what took you so long?" he asked them.

"We….had a run with someone," Dipper answered. "And not the pleasant kind." He added mentally.

Mabel laughed nervously. "Y-yeah, I gotta do…something in attic room! Bye!" without waiting for a reply, the tween shot off out of sight. Dipper and Stan exchanged confused glances.

"What's up with her?"

Dipper shrugged. "I don't know. She's been like this ever since we got back from the woods- I mean town!" he quickly added and chuckling nervously before walking away to Wendy.

Stanford frowned. Those kids were hiding something from him. He just knew it, but what? And why would they keep something so big from him?

"Maybe now I'll be able to find out. " he thought as he made his way to the counter. He grabbed a newspaper and pretended to read it while he was actually listening to what the two were saying.

"Alright Dipper, say something to her." Dipper awkwardly cleared his throat. "H-Hey, Wendy. What are you doing?" he blushed when his voice cracked.

"Uh….Reading?" said Wendy.

"Wow, that's awesome!" Dipper replied. "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Why did I say that!?"

"So, what really happened with you two were out?" the teen asked.

Dipper grinned. "We were on our way back and we had a run with Jeff. I guess he's still mad at us for what we did to him." "Not that I blame him though. Mabel went a bit too far with her handiwork."

Wendy chuckled. "Really? Man, I wish was there to see that." She stated. This only confirmed Stan's thoughts and he scowled. Those kids really were going out looking trouble and Wendy was on it too!

"Mr. Pines, is something wrong?" Wendy's voice snapped him from his thoughts. "You've been staring at us for like two minutes." She said. Both kids were giving him puzzled looks.

Stan blinked and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Right, sorry."

"Weird, why would he be looking at us like that?" Wendy thought and then gasped. "Did he find out I was the one taking snacks from the snack shelf?"

"Wait, YOU WHAT!?" Stan wailed, causing both friends to flinch.

"I-I didn't say anything." Wendy muttered.

"Me neither!" Dipper added. "Grunkle Stan, are you sure you're okay?"

Stan stiffened. "I-I'm fine. Now go back to work! Oh and Wendy..." he then lifted a mop and bucket and handed them to her. "I need you to go up and clean up the bathrooms for me." He said, smirking mischievously. Okay, he won't overlook what the redheaded teen did so sue him.

"Oh, man." Wendy huffed. She then had an idea and her eyes lit up.

"And no, you can't ask Soos or anyone else for help." The conman deadpanned.

Wendy stared at her boss dumbfounded before taking the supplies and walking away. "Man, what is he, a mind reader?"

He shrugged. "You could say that."

"Huh?"

"Nothing!"

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Dipper sighed as he made his way to the attic and opened the door to see his sister kneeling in front of a cardboard box. "Hey Mabel, what are you doing over there?"

Startled, Mabel lifted the box and hid it behind her back, smiling nervously at him. "Oh, h-hey, bro-bro."

Dipper raised an eyebrow. "What do you have in there, Mabel?" he asked.

"Nothing! It's nothing. It's just…Waddles,"

He crossed his arms. "No, I saw Waddles in the kitchen. Mabel, just show me what you're hiding."

"Fine," she sighed and placed the box on the floor to give him a better look at the animal inside. It looked like a crossover between a dog and a fox that wasn't more than eight inches tall with bright orange fur and a white chest. It had extremely long ears and black eyes.

"I never seen one like it before," said Dipper as he observed the small creature curiously.

"I know right? I found him hiding in a bush and brought him back. Who's a cute lil' guy? Yes you are! Yes you are!" Mabel gushed. "You and Waddles are gonna be best friends!"

Dipper turned to her. "Wait, who so said we're keeping it?"

"What!?"

"Mabel, we don't even know that thing is. For all we know it could be dangerous." He explained.

She blew a raspberry. "Oh relax Dip, Baby can't hurt a fly."

"Baby?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow.

The brunette grinned. "Yeah, because he's small and cute like a baby."

Dipper rolled his eyes. "Mabel, you do know that animals grow up right?" he asked. His protests however fell on deaf ears as she continued cooing it.

Just then, Wendy walked into the room after cleaning the bathrooms. "Hey guys, what do you have there?"

Quickly, Mabel lifted her new found pet and showed it to Wendy. "Wendy! Look what I found! Look!"

The teen's eyes lit up with fascination. "Cool!" she bent down and began petting it.

"Wait you…like it?" Dipper asked.

"Of course! I never seen anything like this before" she exclaimed as she stroke its head and it barked joyfully. "Are you gonna keep it?"

Dipper felt all his protests dying in his throat and his resistance crumbling down. His crush liked the dog too and she might get upset with him if they took it back to the woods.

"Uh…sure I guess." He finally said and the two girl cheered.

"I mean, how hard can't it be?"

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A/N: There! I hope you had fun reading this as much I did. Drop a review and let me know what you think of this so far.