Chapter 5 - 『Decisions and Judgements』

"Dude, you must be loaded!" Wendy said what was in everyone's mind. Everyone knew the brand of SPW oil, which was the premium brand in their local gas stations, and even the most clueless of people had heard of the Speedwagon Foundation at least in passing.

"Well, Uncle Speedwagon is, not me." Joseph clarified. Sure, there was the Joestar Family money and state but that belonged to Granny Erina, not him.

"Still, what are you guys doing in Gravity Falls?" The red head asked, wondering what brought a billionaire to their little town.

"Business." Jojo answered bluntly. "And since this is a small town, I'm sure you probably know with whom my Uncle and I had lunch with."

"Oh, them." It didn't take much for Wendy to realize, he was referring to the Northwest family. They were the richest family in the whole state and every year they would hold a party where only the rich and the famous could attend. "How did that go?"

"The fact I had to sneak away is all I need to tell you." They were one of the snobbiest bunch he had the misfortune meeting. Although, he could tell that their child, Pacifica, was not as bad as her parents; at least not yet.

"That bad huh?" Wendy didn't exactly know the members of the Northwest family personally, but she had seen them whenever an important event was held in town, because they would always be front and center with the whole town cheering for them. And from what she had seen of them, they looked and acted very full of themselves; always claiming to be perfect.

"Yes, but if it weren't for them I wouldn't have met this two little kids." Joseph smiled as he petted the head of both twins with his big hands. In doing so, it really showed how big he was compared to them; it was almost comical.

Of course Mabel rejoiced in the affectionate contact while Dipper just groaned, not liking the part of being called little.

『x-x-x』

Meanwhile, inside of Stan's office, both older men sat in complete silence opposite two each other with an old desk separating each other. Despite the small space and the clutter in the room, Speewagon didn't complain, since it served its function nicely.

"I wasn't expecting to see you in person." Stan broke the silence after a heavy sight. "I felt like I was about to pass out."

"You and me both, Mr. Pines." Speedwagon also let out a tired sigh. "When I came to Gravity Falls I hadn't planned to visit you; but as you can see my charge, Joseph, had other plans in mind."

"Does he know?" Stan asked, his voice showing slight worry. "Does he know about the…?"

"No." Speewagon answered before the man before him jumped into conclusions. "He discovered about the strangeness of the town and he demanded answers. I told him some tidbits but he has no idea about IT."

"Good, good." Stan said relieved to hear that, and then he took out a bottle and two glasses from inside his desk. "You want some?"

"It isn't even noon."

"I know, however I can see there is a big "But" coming from a mile away, so I want to be prepared." Despite the improper proposition, the showman did make a very good point.

"I'll have a glass then." Or maybe more, depending on how Stan reacted to the next piece of news.

『x-x-x』

"Everyone, I see a group of people approaching the shack." Soos informed as he came back inside from one of his chores. "They'll probably want a tour and Mr. Pines hasn't come out of his office."

"So? You have done tours before." Wendy said not really getting where the repairman's worry was coming from.

"But never on the main attractions inside the shack!" He was often relegated to showing tourist the attractions on the outside, like the bottomless pit and the Outhouse of Mystery. "What if I screw up?"

"I'm sure that whatever money you manage to lose it could be covered by Stan scamming the pocket money of Mr. Moneybags in his office." Wendy shrugged not at all concerned.

"I wouldn't count on that." Joseph said in defense of his uncle. "Uncle Speedwagon deals with corporate maneuvering of TWO big and successful companies. I'm sure he could handle that old man Stan."

"You'll be surprised." Wendy answered back with both twin nodding in agreement. You could never underestimate Stan ability to charm the money away from anyone's pocket.

Still that didn't solved Soos' current dilemma. "What am I gonna do?"

"Soos, I've seen you put on Stan's fez and pretend to be him giving a tour more times that I can recall." The redhead reminded. "Just do what you've always done and you'll be fine." Seriously, it wasn't that big of a deal.

"You can do it Soos!" Mabel cheered for him. "You just gotta believe in yourself."

"Yeah! You are like the most reliable person here." Dipper also gave his support for the repairman.

"Wow, you guys really believe in me." Soos was touched by the vote of confidence. "Yes, I can do it!"Having been pumped out, he went out with a battle cry towards the group of tourists outside.

"Oh, that's not good." Jojo winced; maybe they motivated him a little too much. "You better go help him."He turned towards Wendy, "The boss said that you had to help him, after all." He finished with a grin enjoying the annoyed look she was giving him. She really wasn't looking forward to do more work.

"Fine!" She rolled her eyes and lazily went out to help Soos.

Once she was out of earshot, Joseph then looked down to the twins, specifically at Dipper. "Well, now that it is just us, then we can talk about yesterday's pending topic." After all that was the main reason for his visit. "So ask away."

Dipper cleared out his throat and spoke first. "Well, what I am most curious about is…" Only for Mabel to interrupt.

"How do you get your hair to be so pretty?"

"Mabel!"

"Sorry, bro-bro! But you gotta admit that it looks fabulous!"Joseph gave a small laugh and thanked Mabel for the compliment.

"There is no special trick, if you want to look good you just need to make the time and commit." Jojo answered her with much enthusiasm. "But I'm sure your brother wanted to know about the Ripple."

"Yes finally!" the boy exclaimed loudly, ever since the teen arrived he had been itching for answers. "Can you please tell us what The Ripple is?"

"Well, I'm not good at lengthy explanations so I think it is better if I show you, first."Joseph said before lifting a finger up. "Do you guys have a bottle of Coco-Cola?"

"We have Pitt Cola if that helps." The girl offered, pulling a can from inside one of the sleeves of her lime green sweater with yellow stripes. For what reason she had a can in her sleeve, Joseph didn't dare to ask.

"Actually it works better with a glass bottle." Joseph recalled the time he had tried the same trick with a sealed aluminum can before, and the results were…messy to say the least. "Maybe there's something else I can use…" he looked around the place to find something among the clutter of merchandize and bizarre decorations. It took him a while but he finally found the perfect thing. "That, that's perfect!" Joseph then picked up and inconspicuous potted plant that looked withered. "Now behold and be amazed at Joseph Joestar's special abilities!" He announced trying to put a little more pizzazz.

Joseph then closed his eyes and began breathing deeply, as if it was a breathing exercise to meditate or something.

"コオオオオ!"

Then, as he continued with his breathing he was slowly enveloped in a radiant golden aura.

"Whoa Shiny!" Mabel cried out marveled by the display shimmering lights. Meanwhile, Dipper put an arm in front of his face to protect his eyes from the somewhat intense light the teen was emanating.

"What is going on? What is this?"

Then miraculously, the plant slowly grew rejuvenated and little buds started to grow and bloom.

"That… shouldn't be possible…" Dipper said trying to rationalize what he was seeing, but it was hard to deny what he was seeing with his very own eyes.

Mabel on the other hand, just started fascinated by the even more incredible display.

"Yesterday we were attacked by gnomes." Joseph reminded as he stopped with his deep breathing and soon after, the light he was generating slowly got dimmer and dimmer, until it was no more. "I think we of all people should keep an open mind."

"How were you doing that?" Dipper asked, his scientific curiosity was overtaking him. "What can you do with it? What else it can you do? Where did you learn to do that? Who else knows? How…?"

"Wow, hold it right there." The English boy was slightly impressed by how many questions the kid could utter without the need to stop for air, but if he didn't stop him right there, he wouldn't be able to answer any of his questions. "One question at a time."

"Are you like Magic?" Mabel asked her own question. "Ooh! Are you a prince from another dimension, who was adopted into this world but you are still hoping to one day return home?" That was a strangely specific question.

None the less he answered it.

"No… at least not as far as I know." Just what sort of question was that? Maybe the girl was like a fan of Japanese Comics for girls, because that sounded an awful lot like the sort of plot that genre would have.

"Or maybe you are a wizard that goes to a magic school in a castle? And you can only get to the school by travelling in a magic train?"

Now that, Jojo could, tell was the premise of a popular book series. "Sorry, but no. The Ripple isn't really magic." Or maybe it was, he didn't know for sure. He could see why someone who saw it with no context whatsoever could confuse it with magic.

"Aww…" Mabel looked down disappointed. "So you are not a wizard?"

"Hey don't look so down." The teen tried to cheer her up. "I just remembered; the art of the Ripple is called 『Sendō』which translates to 'The way of the Hermit Wizard', so in a way I could be called a wizard." Though that was stretching it the meaning of the word.

After hearing that, Mabel small frown turned completely upside down. "Yay! We are friends with a Wizard, Dipper!"

"So what is exactly the 'Way of the Hermit Wizard'?" Dipper asked using his fingers as quotation marks, yet he wasn't trying to sound sarcastic or skeptical. In fact it sounded sort of mystical art practiced in some hidden city on a mountain or something.

"Well, as I've been told, Sendō is one of the most ancient martial arts ever practiced by mankind, and today very few people actually know about it and even less practices it." Joseph said recalling the stories from his Uncle Speedwagon.

"Why is that?"

"Because only one out of ten thousand has the aptitude to use the Ripple, or as it is actually called, 『Hamon』.

『Hamon』?!" Mabel couldn't help but snicker. "That sounds like something you say when ordering a sandwich."She proceeded to lower her voice to try and sound funny "I want lots and lots of Ham-on please, and don't forget the mustard."

"I guess you have a point there." Joseph chuckled at her little joke before continuing. "If you aren't that lucky one then you could try all your life and never be able to produce Hamon." And even then, but a rare few had the talent or the fortitude to become proficient enough to be considered masters of the art.

"So that means you can't teach us?" Mabel said sounding disappointed once more. She so wanted to learn how to shine and sparkle as Jojo did.

"Even if you could use it…" Jojo trailed off a little bit, scratching the back of his head. "I'm no master or even a good teacher…" Heck, he didn't even have any sort of training. All he knew he could do with Hamon he had to figure it out by himself, and there wasn't exactly much to brag about. "I am a very rare case because I sort of always been able to use it even without me realizing what it was."

"So what exactly is the Ripple?" Dipper asked once more, not exactly getting what it was. "You said it wasn't magic. So what is it? Some kind of energy? You said it is practiced as a martial art, does that mean it is something like "chi"? If so then…"

"Dipper you are rambling again." Mabel interrupted him before he could run out his mouth. Not that she found that weird, because whenever something interesting happened he always went all obsessively nerdy about it.

"Sorry," The boy apologized before let out a small cough. "Please continue."

"Well, as I understand it, Hamon is Energy that comes from breathing. I don't know how but with proper breathing the body generates ripples and those ripples carry energy and that creates Hamon."

"That doesn't really clear out my doubts…" The young boy still had many queries and Joseph lack of proper explanations was bothering him. Then another unanswered question from the Journal came to his mind. "How is the Ripple useful against the undead?"

"Ah! Now that is because the Ripples created by Hamon Energy are the same as the waves of sunlight."

"Like Solar radiation?" Dipper wondered. "Is it magnetic radiation of infrared, visible and Ultraviolet light?" It all sounded fantastical but the scientific side of his brain was coming up with reasons why it shouldn't be technically possible.

Jojo kept staring at Dipper as the boy kept on rambling about the possible science behind it all, things that the teen had no idea about. "You know what? I take it back, it is Magic." That way it was easier to understand and they didn't have to worry about getting into the specifics of how it all works because frankly Jojo had no a bloody clue.

"So in other words..." Mabel cut in rubbing her chin in deep thought. "You are saying that you breathe and then use the power of the sun?" She put it in the simplest words possible.

"Yes." Jojo nodded grateful that the girl managed to get it without much trouble. "And to answer Dipper's question, since undead creatures like Vampires are weak to the sun they are weak to Hamon too."

By connecting the bits and pieces of information that Jojo provided them, Dipper realized something. "So you are saying that a martial art was developed using the Ripple to fight Vampires and other monsters since ancient times?"

"I don't really know…" Jojo just shrugged, he never really thought that deeply about Hamon before. "I don't know if ancient civilizations have been fighting against Vampires for that long, but I as I showed with the plant Hamon isn't just for punching monsters." Although that was the only thing Joseph had used it for. That is if you replace "monsters" with the words "punks and people that deserved it."

"I guess…" Dipper then tried to think of another thing to ask. "You said that only very few people know about the Ripple. So does that mean the Author of the Journal was a practitioner of the art?"

Joseph got to handed to the little guy, he was far more perceptive and quick on the uptake than he initially gave him credit for. "It is a possibility. Or he could've known someone else who was." The English boy was treading a very thin line. He promised the boy answers, but he also didn't want to divulge the secrets of his Uncle Speedwagon.

"Someone else who used the Ripple…?" Dipper pondered out-loud before looking at Joseph very seriously. "Kinda like you."

Damn, the kid didn't waste time with roundabouts and jumped directly with the finger pointing. Jojo didn't know if to call him bold or foolish; maybe a little bit of both. "Are you saying something?" the teen played coy. "The next thing you'll say is: «Do you know who the Author is, Joseph?» right?

"Do you know who the Author is, Joseph?" Dipper repeated by the letter. "Huh!?"Making Jojo reconsider that the boy was being more foolish than bold. "How did you…?"

"Let me answer your previous question with a series of questions." Joseph continued with a playful smirk.

"1) How old is that journal?

2) Do you remember how old I am?

3) If I knew the author, why would I'd been so interested in the journal the day before?

4) Were those enough to answer your question or do you need more?"

Sure it was callous to come down so hard on the poor kid like this, but in Joseph's defense, he thought this would be a lesson Dipper needed; the smarter you are then the bigger is the embarrassment for getting something wrong.

Meanwhile, Mabel just giggled at Dipper's embarrassed look on his face; thinking he would need medical attention for that 3rd degree burn from Jojo.

Despite the embarrassment, Dipper quickly recovered and pointed something fishy about Joseph's 3rd point. "Ok then if that is the case, then why you reacted so strongly about this?" Dipper then pulled out the journal and showed the sketched picture of the strange face. "What was that all about?"

Dipper smiled hoping to enjoy the tall teen's reaction to his 'presenting of the evidence", but instead he ended up frowning when Joseph's whole demeanor changed from amusement to downright somber.

And he wasn't the only one who noticed. "Jojo? What's wrong?" The sudden change of mood brought the whole atmosphere down.

Joseph remained deadly silent, the stardust in his eyes completely gone. After what felt like an eternity, Jojo finally spoke up very solemnly. "If I told you… what would you do?"

"What do you mean?" Dipper asked confused.

"What would you do with that information?" He inquired again with the same tone of voice.

"I don't know…" How could he even answer to a question like that if he had no idea what the picture meant.

"What if I told you it is a powerful relic, a very dangerous one." His expression remained like stone. "What would you do?"

"Jojo, you're scaring me…" Mabel said trembling at how cold he was acting.

"What would you do?"

"I don't know!" The boy repeated, "Exactly how dangerous?"

"Enough for me to tell you to burn that journal; to go back to your home, to never come back to Gravity Falls and to forget everything about this place." Joseph said deadly serious.

"Burn the journal?!" Dipper was scandalized. The Journal was not only evidence about the existence of the supernatural but the life's work of someone who studied it with fervor.

"What would you do?"

"If it is that dangerous, then we can't let whatever this thing is into the wrong hands."

"Are you saying your hands are the correct ones?" Joseph questioned his voiced hardening a bit, making his sound much eerie.

"Yes. I mean no! I mean…" the boy stopped to think hard on his answer. "We should try and get rid of it."

"So you'll seek it to destroy it…" Joseph reworded the answer, gaining a nod of confirmation from Dipper. "Then, to do so would you risk your own life? What about the life of your sister? Would you do that?"

That made Dipper's mouth closed into a frown. He couldn't do that. He could never, ever, consciously put the life of Mabel on the line for anything. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if she was hurt or worse because of him.

Dipper was about to say no, but then he felt his hand being grabbed and held by another. "Mabel?"

"Dipper I know what you are thinking…" She said looking at him in the eye. "Because I also thought the same as you." And it wasn't any sort of twin related power that caused it. "But think about it. If it is dangerous enough for us to run away, then that means that sooner or later it could still find us no matter where we go." It was a very sobering thought. "If we do that, then other people will be put in danger, wouldn't it?"

"But Mabel! I… I don't want to lose you!"

"Then don't!" Mabel said with determination. "Whatever you decide to do we'll do it together, watching each other's backs. So what do you say bro-bro?"

"Mabel…" That really moved him and it motivate him enough to try and overcome any obstacles. "Yes, always together!"

"So that is what you'll do, huh?" Joseph said looking down on the touching moment not as cold as before. "I have no other choice then…"

At the sound of those words, the twins flinched backwards afraid of what the tall teen would do.

"I guess that means I'll stay in Gravity Falls to look after you guys." Jojo finished with a small smile, doing complete turnaround from his scary looks from before. This only confused the heck out of the twins.

"Huh?!" That was their eloquent response.

"Let me explain…" The teen scratched the back of his head looking apologetic. "I wanted to see inside of your hearts."

Again, "Huh?!"

"Once you get a glimpse into Supernatural it will slowly wrap itself around you and you'll never escape it." Jojo remembered his uncle's words. "After the events of yesterday that will become truth the more time you spend in this town."

"You were testing us." Dipper finally understood. "You were trying to see if we would try and run away or see if we would stand strong and not give in to fear."

"Bullseye!" Joseph smiled as he formed a pistol with his hand. "If you'd chosen to run away I wouldn't have thought less of you, however I would've had to take that journal from you and leave. But since you decided to act all brave, you will go down the rabbit hole, with me tagging along for the ride." Which now would be a pain in the neck for him from now on.

"What do you mean?"

"By keeping the Journal you are guaranteed to be put in all sorts of situations, each time more dangerous than before." He didn't believe in fate the same way his uncle did, but it would be naïve to believe that they weren't inviting trouble to come and slap them in the face. "Knowing that you two will just keep on getting into trouble, would make me feel bad for leaving you all on your own to deal with whatever sort of bizarre thing this place is going to throw at you."

"So you'll stay in Gravity Falls to protect us?" Dipper wanted to act up and say that they didn't need protection, but if what he was saying came true and things only become more dangerous as time goes on; in that case it would be a relief to know there was someone watching their backs. "That means a lot."

"It would be great to have you with us this summer!" Mabel said excitedly. Another friend meant extra fun!

"Yeah well, that's fine but…" Jojo sighed and crossed his arms in front of him disgruntled. "Now I have a big problem."

"What is it?"

"How do I convince Uncle Speedwagon to let me stay for the summer?" He dropped his head comically with no clues whatsoever.

[x-x-x]

After talking for a while exchanging ideas. Speedwagon and Grunkle Stan family stepped out of the latter's office and into the gift shop where Jojo and the twins were still at.

"Ah Jojo I hope that you've enjoyed meeting with your friends." The oil business man said as to indirectly hint that it was time to leave.

"Uncle Speedwagon. I've decided to stay in Gravity Falls" Joseph said sounding very sure of his decision.

Having suspected that the boy would say something like that, ever since this morning; Speedwagon didn't hold back and went for his more powerful counterargument. "What about your grandmother Erina?" Again he hated to use the boy's only living relative against him, but he did so to try and protect him like he promised Erina he would.

"Just tell her that she was right." Jojo answered unyielding from his decision. "Tell her that the change of scenery and the fresh air was something I really needed and that I wanted to stay."

"You know she'll be worrying about you."Speedwagon pressed on hoping to chip away his strong resolve.

"She doesn't have to worry about me because…" Jojo then put his hands on top of both Dipper's and Mabel's heads. "I managed to make some good friends."

Mabel awed in response, thinking it was very endearing, while Dipper thought it sounded somewhat melodramatic and cheesy.

"I see…" Speedwagon said as he closed his eyes as a sign of deep thought and deliberation. Jojo was being stubborn and when he got like that there was no one but Erina to convince the boy otherwise, and since that failed, that meant that Joseph was staying for good.

'Maybe…this is fate.' It couldn't be coincidence that Jojo ended up meeting and befriending the grand-niblings of Stan Pines of all people. Perhaps this was how it was meant to be.

"Okay then, if this is what you want. I accept your decision to stay." Even so, there was still one bit of an issue. "Still there is the matter of how exactly are you going to afford to stay?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Jojo asked confused. "What do you mean by afford?"

"Just because I accept your decision, it doesn't mean I fully support it." The Oiling Tycoon said very serious. "Since this was your decision, it is your responsibility to go at it yourself without my financially depending on me."

"Hey, stop messing around with me Uncle Speedwagon." Jojo was beginning to sweat. "You can't just leave me here helpless."

"Jojo! It was your decision to stay and you have to take responsibility and stand by it like a man." Now it was the old man's turn to not back down.

"But…"

"Do not think ill of me, this will help you grow as a man." Speedwagon continued. "The harsh winds of the Arctic Ocean gave birth to the mighty Vikings." He recalled that memorable proverb from Baron Zeppeli from many years ago.

"Huh?!"

"In other words, Challenges creates Opportunities." Speedwagon ended up explaining seeing as Jojo had a look of utter confusion.

"Oh! That's a good one." Stan commented. "Mind it if I put it on a T-shirt or something?" He was delighted when his fellow business man just shrugged not opposing it.

"Grunkle Stan? Couldn't Jojo stay with us?" Mabel asked hopefully wanting to help the teen that saved her and wanted to keep on helping them.

"No way! I barely have enough space for the two of you!" Stan refused without hesitation. "I can't house an overgrown teen, even if he promised to work for free for me."

"How about you let him just work at the Shack?" Dipper offered. "And pay him enough so he can afford a place?" Of course his suggestion only elicited laughter from his cheapskate of a Grunkle.

Naturally the full blown laughter was enough to anger Joseph who stood up and faced up to the fez wearing man. "Who do you think you are laughing at, Old man? I bet you I can bring in more money than you can."

This in turn made Stan stop his laughter. "Oh! You sure about that? I might take you up for it, but I realize you have nothing I want."

"As sure as your face is wrinkly and old!" In retrospect, it wasn't a good idea calling the man you wanted to hire you old and ugly, but Stan laugh and dismissal really grinded his gears. "I bet I can get enough money out of one customer to justify hiring me on the spot. If I lose then I'll leave Gravity Falls and have Uncle Speedgawon write you up a check with six digits, not including cents.

"Oi Jojo!" Speedwagon protested because his charge was gambling with money that wasn't his.

"Don't you worry Speedwagon, I got this in the bag!" He reassured fully confident in his abilities.

"A high roller, huh? I like that." Stan was impressed by the teen's guts. "I accept your bet." Being impressed didn't mean that he wasn't going let the opportunity to make some big money slip by. "From the next batch of customers, you'll have to get enough money to impress me from a customer of my choosing."

"You are on!" And with a firm handshake the deal was sealed.

Soon after, a group of tourists led by Soos with the help of Wendy, finished their tour and made a stop at the Gift Shop. Stan looked around for someone that looked like a cheapskate or had no much disposable income to take advantage of. Then his eyes fell upon the perfect individual.

"Hey, look over there!" Stan pointed at the corner of the shop. "Try and get enough money from that customer!" He was pointing at a teenage girl that had her face plastered on her cell phone, looking completely disinterested and ignoring everything around her. "Think you can handle her?"

"You bet." Jojo said unshakable confidence as he undid his jacket and proceeded to walk towards the girl while the rest of the staff and Speedwagon looked on interested.

Stan was confident that the overgrown teen would fail. Even he, with his 30 year old career of ripping off and charming the money out of people's pockets, barely could work with one of the worst type of costumers ever: the Disinterested Teenager. And the Difficulty doubled if said teenager was a girl.

Easiest big money ever!

"You can do it Jojo!" Mabel cheered him on, hoping that he could do it so he gets to stay. In response Jojo turned around and give her a thumps up, before resuming with his "Job Examination".

"Nothing interesting to see, I'm I right?" Joseph said as his opening line which only resulted in a shrug and a non-committal 'whatever.' "Yes, this place is a bore compared to the places you can visit back in London."He continued by slipping from his American accent into his British one, which seemed to caught the girl's attention.

"Are you from Britain?" The girl finally talked and moved her eyes away from her phone only for them to fall upon the muscular physique of the tall European boy. "Oh!"

"Yes, but I had to come all the way here because of the photo shoot."

"Photo shoot?" The girl looked intrigued. "As in…modeling?"

"Yes, I'm working in my portfolio for both summer and autumn seasons." Jojo said while posing. "I hope to hit the cover and the centerfold of Spur Magazine." At the mention of the top selling fashion magazine, the girl was now more interested in him, and her cell phone now completely ignored.

"Can… can I take a selfie with you?" She asked hopefully. Then she could post it online and brag how she met an European Model in the most unlikely of places!

"Sorry, but no can do." Joseph said feigning being apologetic. "Because I'm in the middle of work, I'm not allowed to take pictures with others. Unless…"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you hire me of course!" He announced with a smile. "And since you are very cute, I'll make you a special discount!" Hook, line and sinker! "For $5 you can take a picture of me. For $10 a picture of you and I; for $20 I will hold hands with you; $50 I let you embrace me; $75 for me to kiss you; and for $100 I'll let you brag about me with your friends and those who told you your Summer break was gonna suck and say that I was the best summer romance you ever had so far."

No sooner as he said that, the girl handed him a $50 dollar bill. "Wait for me while I get some more money!" then she bolted looking for one of her parents. "Mom! Dad! I need some money!"

Dusting off his hands, Joseph walked back towards showing off the money he had earned towards Stan with a smirk on his face. "So? Impressed?"He asked slipping out of his British accent.

"Heh! I could've gotten more." The showman boasted with no one really believing him. "But it wasn't a total disaster all things considered. You got lucky, Joe."

"Joseph."

"Whatever." The man rolled his eyes. "I guess the job is yours." He hated not been able to get a big check from the Oil Tycoon, but now that he had the Teen working for him, he could finally tap in that previously thought dry well that was the Female Teenage demographic.

"Believe me that is the closest to a compliment you're gonna get." Dipper whispered to the teen. "Congrats by the way." The boy was impressed by the incredible accomplishment.

"Yay! Jojo is going to stay!"But once again, her celebration was premature.

"There still is the issue of where you're gonna stay though." Speedwagon reiterated, bringing Jojo's mood down a bit.

"Don't remind me." Honestly he hadn't expected his uncle to be so callous about his decision to stay.

"If you don't have a place to stay, you could stay at my house." Soos offered after overhearing the teen's problem. "I'm sure abuelita wouldn't mind."

"Abuelita?"

"I'm sure it will be fun, dude."

"Well, it is better than nothing." Jojo reasoned, "But only for a few days." He turned his gaze towards Speedgawon who nodded, finding the compromise acceptable.

"Great so it is settled! Jojo is staying in Gravity Falls!" Mabel cheered and this time the celebration wasn't cut short.

This was the beginning of a new chapter.

く==ToBeContinued==

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Author Notes:

Thank you all for fave'ing or putting my story in your Alert lists. I hope you've been enjoying it so far. Feel free to review or just drop a comment, I'd love to hear what you guys think.

Not so fun fact: I had to re-write this chapter two times. -_-

Next time, the story will follow the episodes of Gravity Falls but just not the way you expect.