Chapter 4

*Dipper's POV*

I spent all day down in the lab with Grunkle Ford and McGucket. Ford Had fixed the shell of the microteleporter but hadn't fixed any of the insides yet. Mostly becuase he had no idea how. McGucket recognized a lot of the workings but needed my help to fix it. We had to replace a lot of the wiring because of Gompers' chewing damage. I also had to get a new GPS chip. It took lot of time and money to find a new one, then I had to program it.

"Need any help?" Ford came over and asked me. I wiped the sweat from my forehead.

"No thanks," I replied. I had been spending the last hour and a half programming the GPS chip in McGucket's laptop. "I think I'm almost finished." We had to do it quickly because I had to be home by tonight.

"Okay," Ford said, going back over to help McGucket with the internal structure of the device. "But if you need us, Fiddleford and I are over here."

I tried to focus on my work, but my mind kept wandering to last night. While the movie was on, Wendy and I had discussed what our relationship would be like when I went back to Piedmont again. I had suggested that we could teleport back and forth, but what if something like this happened again? I guess I'd have to be more careful, because there was no way I'd be able to deal with a regular long distance relationship. I didn't tell Mabel last night because I was too tired and she'd make way too big of a deal over it.

*Wendy's POV*

I woke up practically smiling. Last night had been fun. I have no idea what the movie we watched was about. I just remember the cute look on Dipper's face when we'd confirmed each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. We'd talked a lot about what was going to happen when he went back to Piedmont. We'd decided that he'd come and visit on weekends. That way, he wouldn't need as much fuel for the teleporter, and we wouldn't have to worry about having other plans.

I got up and got dressed. After eating, I headed over to the Mystery Shack to see if they had the microteleporter was fixed yet. I had slept in. It was nearly 1:00. The shack was closed today, because Stan and Ford were focused on getting Dipper and Mabel back to Piedmont.

"Hey, Soos," I said, walking into the gift shop of shack, where Soos was sweeping and restocking the shelves.

"Hey, Wendy dude," he greeted me, leaning the broom against the counter and wiping his brow. "Dipper's down in the basement." Soos pointed behind himself to the vending machine.

"Actually, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked.

"Sure, what's up, dude?" Soos asked.

"So, you've been with Melody for a while, right?" I asked. "How do you deal with along distance relationship?"

"It's easy," Soos said. "We video call all the time and pretend like we're talking in person. We visit each other, too, though."

"Thanks, Soos," I said, heading towards the vending machine.

"No problem, dude," he replied. "Good luck with Dipper!" I punched the code into the machine and took the stairs down to the elevator, which I used to get down to the lab. Dipper was working on McGucket's laptop and Ford and McGucket himself were rewiring the microteleporter.

"How's it going, Dip?" I asked, going over to where Dipper was and putting my hands on his shoulders.

"Pretty good," he replied, his shoulders felt tense. He typed a few more commands in binary code. "Done!" he exclaimed. He ejected a tiny chip from the computer.

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's a GPS microchip," Dipper said, carefully bringing it over to the table on which Ford and McGucket were working. "It's how the microteleporter knows where to go when you teleport."

"Oh," I said.

"Is it ready?" Dipper asked.

"Almost," Ford told him. "There seems to be a part here I don't recognize."

"Oh, I made that," Dipper said. "It'll only take a minute to make a new one." He picked up the broken...thing and used it to craft a new one from some wires and foil and other junk.

"There," he said, snapping it into place inside the newly repaired watch shell. He connected the wires inside to it and to the microchip. He screwed the back onto the watch.

"I hope it works," Ford said.

"I do, too," Dipper replied.

*Mabel's POV*

So, we're going home again. I still don't know what Mom and Dad want to talk about. I hope we can still use the teleporters. I don't think Dipper would be able to stay in Piedmont when he could be in Gravity Falls with his girlfriend. I like the sound of that. Girlfriend. DIPPER HAS A GIRLFRIEND! Also, I don't know if I'd be able to stay away either. Knowing that there was a way to hang out with Candy and Grenda, but not being allowed.

"Mabel!" I heard Grunkle Stan call.

"Coming!" I called back. Grunkle Stan, Grunkle Ford, Dipper, Wendy, McGucket and Soos stood in the gift shop, waiting.

"Is it ready?" I asked.

"Yeah," Dipper sighed. "We have to go."

"Okay," I said.

"See you soon, kids," Stan said.

"Safe travels," Ford added.

"I'm gonna miss you dudes! Again!" Soos said, trying not to cry.

"See you soon!" Wendy said, coming over and giving me a hug before kissing Dipper goodbye.

"That's enough, no one needs to see that!" Stan said, shielding his eyes.

"Stanley!" Ford scolded. "Young love is a beautiful thing!"

"Bye guys," I said, taking Dipper's wrist and wrapping my hand around the microteleporter on his wrist. He twisted the knob, entering the coordinates as he'd done before.

"Bye!" he exclaimed. Everyone started wishing goodbye again as Dipper pressed the button and we vanished into thin air.