Chapter 2: I Trust You

Pacifica's POV

It must have been a couple of hours later because when I woke up the moon and the stars were still out. I was already in pain but now I was cold and sore too. Seeing that I fell asleep in front of the window, on the floor, in my ripped and already revealing skimpy dress, I slowly got up and worked my way to where the closet was.

I got out my usual casual/pajama outfit. A t-shirt, sweatpants, and my favorite undies. As I was putting on my favorite bra, I noticed that, yet again, it doesn't fit. I still can't believe how much these melons, that every guy in gravity falls stare at every day, are still growing. I'm proud of them but they could slow down a bit, I'm starting to get back problems. Since I'm home and it doesn't fit anyway I threw it on the ground and put the rest of my casual outfit on. It's not like anyone will be around to see me any time soon, I'm sure I can go a couple days without a bra.

As I was about to get back in bed I heard something.

Tap…..Tap…..Tap

It can't be a bird I thought. It's the middle of the night! I walked over and swung open my window that was three stories from the ground. I looked down and saw the person that I've been wanting to see since this horrible night has started.

There at the bottom, standing in the grass was Dipper. He looked relieved when I opened the window as I could see his face because of the moonlight. It was then that I instinctively moved back a little so he couldn't get a good look at my face. Not that I needed to because the moonlight had already moved away from my window so all he could see was my dark figure.

"Pacifica!" Dipper whispered

No matter how much I wanted to see him, I didn't want him to see my face! I don't want him to see it when it's ugly, when it's swollen, when it's hurt.

"Dipper! What are you doing here! If my parents catch you they will kill you!", I tried to scream as quietly as I could.

"What are you talking about? You said you were coming over to the shack. We have been waiting for you the entire time. Mabel thought you ditched us and I was concerned something happened to you on the way there!", he whispered

"You were worried about me?", I said

He started to nervously rub the back of his neck. "O-Of course, w-why wouldn't I be?", He said

I started to quietly cry as I was now looking down at him. He was so worried about me getting hurt "on the way" to the shack. How could it have ever occurred to him that I was getting hurt in my own home. His detective senses are always right when it came to worrying about others. But I couldn't let him know what happened.

"My parents grounded me and locked me in my room. I can't come over tonight.", I said with tears still rolling down my face.

A couple of tears must have hit his face because he then raised one hand to his cheek and then looked at his hand. He then quickly looked back up at me. I knew the gears were starting to turn in his brain. The great detective dipper was starting to get suspicious.

"Pacifica…A-Are you ok?", Dipper said now very concerned

"O-Of course I am! W-What are you talking about?", I tried to jokingly laugh as tears were still pouring from my eyes.

I saw dipper take off his backpack he always carried with him. He started to shuffle in it like he was looking for something.

"Dipper, what are you d-"

I didn't get to finish my sentence as a bright light hit my face. I tried to quickly block it with my hand, but then I realized, it was too late.

HE saw it. The one person I didn't want to see my face like this. He saw the bruised eye, the blood stained gash on my cheek, my now red eyes with tears falling off my face. He saw it all.

The light moved away.

I looked down and saw him.

He was looking at the ground, his fists tightening. He started to mumble to himself in a quiet voice that I couldn't quite understand.

He then started taking steps towards the entrance of the mansion.

"WAIT DIPPER! COME BACK!", I yelled hoping my parents didn't hear me.

Dipper stopped in his tracks. "I'm coming to get you!", He said

"No you mustn't, if they catch you who knows what my parents will do to you!"

"If I leave you there, who knows what more they will do to you!", He shouted

"Sssshhh… Please Dipper keep your voice down."

Dipper stood there still not convinced. He began to take another step.

"Please Dipper! I don't want you to face them. I don't want you to get hurt!"

"Well you better start thinking of something because I'm not leaving you behind!", He shouted

My eyes started to water again as I was desperately trying to think of another way out of this.

I then looked at him as he was back to his spot standing under my window.

"Wait right here!", I said

I quickly ran back into my room and grabbed my big gym bag from under my bed and emptied it. I then put all the clothes I could that my parents would not recognize and that would pass for commoner clothes in it. They were mostly clothes that my parents either didn't know about or let me have but didn't approve. And as soon as I was done zipping it up I threw it out the window where it almost hit the awaiting Dipper Pines.

"Hey! Wait! What are you doing?", He asked

"I'm going to jump down and you're going to catch me…", I said as I already had my feet out the window and balancing myself on the window sill.

"Wait! I can't do that! I have the worst arms in gravity falls! There as strong as soggy noodles!"

I chuckled a little at that thought of his arms all wiggly and wet.

I looked back at Dipper and he still looked nervous.

"Dipper it's ok!", I said making him calm down a little.

"I trust you more than anyone else…there's no way you'll let me fall."

And without another word, I close my eyes and pushed myself off and fell the three stories.

I then opened my eyes and giggled at the sight of Dipper under me taking a deep breath in relief.

"Smart thinking Dipper! I knew you'd come through for me!"

In the end he didn't trust his noodle arms at all, so he used his whole body to cushion my fall. I landed on top of him and when I got on my hands and knees he sat there underneath me. He didn't look at me while blushing and tried to give me some sort of silent treatment for doing something he thought was not only stupid, but dangerous. But Mabel always said he was never good at that, so after a couple of minutes of staring at him, he looked at my face and asked, "Are you all right?"

"I'm not in pain from the fall if that's what you're asking.", I chuckled

Dipper then looked at me seriously and touched the good side of my face so he could get a better look in the moonlight.

Annoyed I slapped his hand away, "I said I'm alright."

"Liar…", Dipper said with a pained face.

"How do you know I'm lying? For all you know this happens all the time and I'm used to it.", I said trying to defend myself.

"Does this happen often?", Dipper asked now yelling.

He lied there with a face of frustration and concern… I couldn't answer him.

Instead, I put my head on his chest and after a few minutes I let my tears shower him as he wrapped his arms around me and held me tight.

I felt the heat radiating off his body as he tried to comfort me. It was so warm, I felt like all the pain could just melt away.

It was then that he suddenly got up with a sense of urgency. As I fell back off of him, he quickly picked up my gym bag and pulled me up to my feet. He then grabbed my hand and without another word he started running away from the mansion leading me into the woods.