Dipper groaned, and stretched. He looked at his watch. It was eleven in the morning. He had finally managed to catch a few winks towards the end of the night. He sat up, and looked next to him. Wendy was still asleep, a little puddle of drool collecting on her pillow. Dipper laughed, and Wendy's eyes flickered open.
"Wassup?" Wendy asked sleepily.
"Nothing really," Dipper asked. "Just staring at you."
"That's not creepy," said Wendy. She sat up, the blanket falling off of her. She stretched, and Dipper continued to stare. "Eyes up here buddy," said Wendy. Dipper blushed, and turned away. "I'm just fooling with ya," said Wendy. "How'd you sleep?"
"Not so well," said Dipper. "I'm a little stiff." Wendy laughed, and Dipper blushed harder. "My neck! My neck is a little stiff."
"Turn around," said Wendy. Dipper faced away from Wendy, and he felt her put his hands on his shoulders. She started rubbing his shoulders, and moved to his neck. Dipper shivered with pleasure.
"That feels really good," said Dipper.
"I took a massage therapy class in college," said Wendy. Dipper groaned.
"I bet you got an A," Dipper said.
"You know me, straight A student," said Wendy. He leaned over his shoulder, and the two kissed. She put his arms around his chest. "So last night, I mentioned something about a reward." Dipper felt his heart rate quicken. "Want to collect on it?"
"Uh huh," Dipper squeaked. They started to kiss again. Dipper turned to Wendy, and they embraced each other.
"Oh God!" groaned Mabel. Both Dipper and Wendy jumped in the air. Mabel was standing in the doorway, her hands covering her eyes. "Oh, that is about the nastiest thing I've ever seen," she said.
"What the hell Mabel!" shouted Dipper.
"What!?" Mabel shouted back. "I didn't know you and Wendy were going to be... doing that!"
"Well knock next time!" Dipper roared. Tambry heard the commotion, and started up the stairs.
"What the hell is going on?" Tambry asked. She got upstairs, and looked into her parents room. She saw Dipper, and made eye contact with Wendy. "I freaking knew it!" Tambry shouted.
"All right, show's over," said Wendy. She walked to the door, and closed it. She sighed, and walked back over to the bed. "Maybe we should do this later," she said.
"Yes please," said Dipper. The two clothed themselves in silence, and walked downstairs. Tambry was on her phone, while Mabel was sitting on the couch.
"I'm going to go insane," said Mabel. "First Soos, then vampires, then this."
"Knock if off," said Dipper.
"Sorry," said Mabel. "I'm feeling a little crappy."
"We all are," said Wendy. Mabel smiled up at her.
"But I am happy for you two," Mabel said.
"Thanks," said Wendy. She gave Dipper a kiss on the cheek, and Dipper smiled.
"So what's the plan?" Mabel asked Dipper.
"Well, we need to make a list of people we can talk to," said Dipper.
"About what?" asked Tambry. Dipper and Wendy shared an uncomfortable glance.
"I don't think you'd really get it," said Wendy.
"Oh come on, you can tell me anything," said Tambry.
"Trust me, you're better off not knowing," said Dipper. Tambry put her hands on her hips.
"Oh come on," Tambry said. "What, are you worried I'm gonna blab about it?" Tambry raised her hands out in front of her. "I don't do that anymore. No more blabbermouth Tambry." Wendy felt her phone ring, and flipped it open. It was a text from one of her old friends. 'Nice, hear you got a knew bf,' it said. Wendy held her phone out in front of her.
"Really?" asked Wendy. "Cause this looks pretty blabbermouthy to me."
"Oh come on, I had to tell somebody," said Tambry. Mabel, Dipper, and Wendy all shot her a dirty look, and she sighed. "All right, my bad." She went into the kitchen, and started making breakfast.
"Why don't we go back to the shack?" said Dipper. "We can talk there. I want to check on Soos anyway."
"Good idea," said Wendy. "I'd like to see Stan anyway. It's been a while since I've talked to the old codger."
"Yeah," sighed Mabel. "We haven't seen much of him so far. It seems like he's busy all the time. Plus, we have all this junk going on."
"We'll spend some time with him," Dipper said.
"You promise?" asked Mabel.
"Cross my heart," said Dipper. Wendy gasped.
"Uh, guys?" She rolled her thumbs nervously. "So, I was just thinking. We locked Soos in the display case, right?"
"Of course," said Dipper.
"Right. And we didn't give him a key, did we?" asked Wendy.
"No way!" said Mabel. "Why would we give him a..." she trailed off, and a look of horror crossed her face.
"Oh shit!" Dipper shouted. The group ran out the door. Tambry walked into the living room, and was shocked to find it empty.
"Wonder what their hurry was," Tambry muttered. She shrugged, and called one of her friends. The friend picked up, and Tambry giggled. "Oh. My. God. You will never guess who Wendy Corduroy is seeing right now."
A quick note: Sorry for the short chapter. I promise chapter 20 will be extra long. I had a long day at work last night, so writing was kind of tough. Real life can be so tiresome... but I digress. Some of the upcoming chapters are going to be a little less kid friendly (read: violent) than the previous ones. I'll make sure to make a note of these at the beginning of each chapter, so you can skip them if you wish. In addition, there might be a chapter that has mature rated content in it. I have it sketched out in my notes, but I'm honestly on the fence about whether or not I will write it. If I do, I will publish it as a separate story, rather than bump up the rating on this one. Thanks to everyone who's been reading so far. I appreciate your comments, and will continue to write as often as I am able.