I had a lot of fun adding Alex into this episode. This is the longest chapter yet. I am DEFINITLEY going to add in Alex more. The next time will be Time Traveler's Pig, but I'm not telling you the rest. Please tell me what you think of Alex and what you want his and Willow's ship name to be. Thank you to everyone who has followed, faved and reviewed my story so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for my OC's Willow and Alex. Dead man Dennis is based off of Dennis from the horror book Trick or Treat.
Willow's POV (June 24th)
Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, Soos and I were in the shack getting ready for the party Stan was throwing. He was trying to prove the shack was good for teens. I thought it was kind of stupid but it was a party, so I was having fun with it.
"Oh no, I don't feel so good I-BBBBBLLLLLAAA." Dipper said as he sprayed Mabel with Silly String, pretending to throw up.
"Oh, Grunkle Stan what did you feed us? BBBBBLLLLLAAAAA." Mabel said as she shot some at Dipper and he shot back.
"Don't swallow it. It might turn you into dead man Dennis. Everyone thinks he's so cool and he dates someone and kills them when they least expect it. One time he killed a girl and then he went to sit on a bridge and it broke and he died with his murder knife. That's why they call him dead man Dennis." I said.
Dipper and Mabel both looked at me funny and sprayed me. I grabbed my own can and started spraying them. Wendy walked over.
"Guys stop! Something terrible just happened. BBBBBLLLLAAAAA." Wendy said as she sprayed all of us. We all laughed and Mabel threw confetti in the air.
"Comedy gold." She said.
Stan grabbed the cans of Silly Spray and the confetti. "Alright! Party supplies are now off-limits."
"BOOO." We all said at once.
"Mr. Pines, whose birthday is it again?" Soos asked.
"Nobody's. Thought this might be a good way to get kids to spend money at the Shack. The young people of this town want fun. I'll smother 'em with fun!" Stan said, almost as creepily as me.
"Maybe comments like that are why kids don't come to the Shack." Dipper said.
"No that's a completely normal comment." I said. For me it's true at least.
"See." He said, handing some flyers to Dipper. "How about you kids make yourself useful and copy these flyers."
"Oh boy, a trip to the copier store!" Mabel said. I rolled my eyes. I'd been to the copier store before. Three words. Not that exiting.
"Calendars, mugs, t- shirts, and more! They got it all at the copier store! That's not their slogan, I just really feel that way about the copier store." Soos added.
"Save the trouble. You know the old copier in my office? I finally fixed the old girl up! Good as new!" Stan said.
Dipper, Mabel and I went to Stan's office and found the copier. Apparently, Stan's definition of 'new' is way different from ours. Moths even flew out from under the tarp that was over it. I was surprised it was still in one piece. "Does it even work?" I asked as Dipper lifted up the lid. He pressed a button and put his arm down on the machine. It turned on and scanned his arm, then the copy came out.
"Success!" Mabel said, holding up the paper. She dropped it when it started shaking. The picture of his arm came out of the paper and started moving towards us. I took the drink I was holding and splashed it on the paper, making it disintegrate. I looked at Mabel and Dipper, and they were just as shocked as I was. "Guys, I think this copier can copy human beings!"
Dipper's POV
The copier worked fine on normal paper, so we were able to make the copies easily. All of us, Wendy, Soos, the girls and I, were standing in a line, Stan in front of us with a clipboard. He was going through what each of us would be doing tonight.
"Alright party people…and Dipper," He said, ignoring my glare. "Let's talk business. Soos, because you'll work for free, and you begged, I'm letting you be DJ."
"You won't regret it Mr. Pines. I got the book that teaches me how to DJ R-R-Right!" Soos said, holding up the book.
"Not encouraging," Stan said, turning to Willow. "Willow, you're in charge of concessions. Dollar for drinks, snacks for two."
"No prob. Permission to tackle if they try to steal?" Willow asked.
"Granted. Wendy, you and Mabel will work at the ticket stand outside." Wendy nodded, but Mabel was not happy about the arrangement.
"Grunkle Stan, come on! This party is my chance to make new friends!" I started thinking and realized unless Willow needed help with the food, which she wouldn't, there wouldn't be anything for me to do. And since I was going to try to flirt with Wendy anyway…
"I could work with Wendy." I said, trying to sound normal.
"You realize if you do you gotta commit to staying at the ticket stand with Wendy, no getting out of it, just the two of you alone, all night." Stan said. I looked over at Wendy squirting silly spray into Soos' belly button.
"I promise." I said smiling to myself.
GFF
I was up in my room putting on a bow tie when Mabel came in and looked at me.
"Uh, uh, I could work the counter with you Wendy! Let's kiss!" Mabel said mocking me.
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh all you want, but I devised a plan to make sure my night with Wendy goes perfect." I said.
Willow came in and said, "I was stalking you two from behind the door, and this plan you came up with is way to over complicated." I would have yelled at her but I was used to it.
"Over complicated. Let me just show you." I said as I unfolded a piece of paper at least three times. "Step 1: Getting to know each other with playful banter. Banter is like talking but smarter." I said.
"That sounds like a dumb idea for poopheads." Mabel said. I looked over at Willow.
"I agree with her for once." Willow said and Mabel glared at her.
"Yeah see? This isn't banter. This is what I want to avoid with Wendy. The final step is to ask her to dance. If I follow steps 1 through 11, nothing can get in my way!" I said.
"Dipper you're the one getting in your way." Mabel said.
"Why can't you just walk up and talk to her like a normal person?" Willow said.
"Step 9." I said as I pointed to step 9.
"You have to have a step to talk to her." Willow said, rolling her eyes.
"Yes I do." I said later realizing that I wasn't helping my case.
GFF
Wendy and I were working at the ticket station. It was a pretty good turn out so I hadn't been able to put my plan in motion yet. A few minutes after we opened, it slowed down a bit. There were still plenty of people in line, but talking wouldn't get in the way too much now.
"Step 1: Casual banter," I said to myself. "SO HERE'S A CASUAL QUESTION!" I said, way too loud. I cleared my throat and tried again. "What's your favorite type of snack food?"
"Oh man! I can't just pick one!" Wendy said. I was expecting her to say something easy, but…
"No way! Mine too!" I said, realizing her response too late.
"Wait what?"
"I mean… I mean…" I said as I stuffed a bunch of popcorn in my mouth. I looked at the list, hiding it from Wendy. "New topic new topic." I said quietly to myself.
"Smooooooth Brainiac." Someone from behind the counter said. I looked up from the list. I stared at him for a few seconds thinking my mind was playing tricks on me. No, it wasn't. Standing before me was Alex Roberts. Willow's boyfriend.
"Alex, what are you doing here?" I asked. Willow hadn't mentioned anything about him coming to visit. I had no problem with Alex; he was a cool guy and he made Willow happy. I just wasn't expecting him to come.
"My dad got transferred to Seattle. We're not leaving for a couple of weeks but we have family in Spokane. They're having a party to celebrate us being closer to them. We needed a place to stop so I suggested here and when I heard about the party I asked to come to see Willow." He said. His dad was in the Navy. Their family had stayed near us for a few years. That was one of the main things I liked about him. When we first started hanging out, he made it very clear that he would most likely leave and to not get to close. He and Willow had broken up once for like two days because he was worried about what would happen if he left. I knew Willow would be upset once she found out.
"Willow will be upset." I said, pulling him behind the table.
"I know. And don't tell her. I have to do it," He said, the look on his face making it clear that as much as he wanted to do it, he didn't want to do it even more.
"Who is this?" Wendy asked me.
"Right, sorry. Alex this is Wendy, my… friend from work. Wendy this is Alex, Willow's boyfriend." I said.
"Why is she so creepy?" Wendy asked, shaking his hand.
"I don't know but I like it." Alex said. That was another thing I liked about him; he liked Willow for who she was. Wendy nodded and went back to selling tickets.
"You like her don't you?" Alex asked, whispering so she wouldn't hear.
"You can tell?"
"Pretty much everyone can. Do you want a little of advice?" He asked and I nodded. "Don't mess up." I rolled my eyes. He always said that. "Where's Willow?" He asked.
"Inside selling snacks. Try and steal something. Don't ask why just do it." I said knowing she would tackle him.
"Oooookaay?" He said confused, but I knew he would do it anyway. He opened the door and went in the shack, waving before the door closed. I went back to helping Wendy, trying to come up with a new plan for her and how I would prevent Willow from exploding when she found out.
Willow's POV
"Thanks for your money!" I said happily. I just sold a guy 6 snacks and made 12 more dollars. That brought the total to around 200.
I watched Mabel walk by and sit on the couch next to a girl with a lizard on her shoulder. She took a drink of water, put it down and noticed the lizard.
"Wow! You've got an animal on your body! I'm Mabel." She said to the lizard girl.
"HI, I'm Grenda." The girl said. She had a deep voice. She pointed at a girl sitting next to her. "This is Candy." Grenda said as Candy sat down. When she waved, I noticed there were forks on her fingers.
"Why do you have forks taped to your fingers?" Mabel asked her. Candy stuck her hand into Grenda's bowl of popcorn. When she pulled it back out there was a piece of popcorn on each of the forks.
"Improvement of human being." Candy said in a… Korean accent? I thought she would be perfect for Dipper.
"I've found my people!" Mabel said. She pulled Candy and Grenda onto the dance floor as I went back to selling snacks. I saw someone's hand grab two brownies off the table. He started to walk away and I could only see his back.
"You have to pay for that." I called after him. He stopped walking for a second and then started walking again. I wouldn't have worried about it but I knew he had heard me and one of the things I hate is when people pretend to not have heard something. I started running after him and when I caught up I tackled him because Grunkle Stan said I could. It drew some attention, but I was more focused on the guy. He was on the floor, my knee in the small of his back and his arm pulled behind him. He was face down so I couldn't see what he looked like. I did see that he had shaggy red-brown hair and the brownies he took had been smashed. "Why did you take those?" I asked.
He punched his free fist into my elbow, making me fall on my side. "Brainiac told me to," he said, pulling me to my feet and spinning me. I lost my balance and almost fell, but he wrapped his arm around my waist, kissing me. "Surprise Bullseye," he said, pulling back, a huge smile on his face.
"Alex…?" I said, standing up, staring at him. He just kept smiling. He opened his arms, his grin growing impossibly bigger. "Alex! What are…" I trailed off and ran into his arms. He picked me up and spun me around a few times then put me down, us kissing each other again.
"Willow, what's going… never mind," Mabel said, Candy and Grenda behind her. When she realized Alex was there, she turned around and led Candy and Grenda away. "Okay everyone, show's over! Leave the lovebirds alone!" She called. Everyone started dancing again, a few glancing at us but not saying anything.
"Alex, why are… how did… what are you doing here?" I said, a million things going through my head.
"My… my family is going to Spokane for a… family reunion. We stopped here for the night and when I heard about the party… surprise!" he said, following me back to the concession stand.
"I can't believe you're here. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't know about the party until today and I wanted to surprise you."
"But still, I called you a few days ago and you didn't mention anything about the reunion. You could have at least told me you were coming this way."
"Well… actually…"
"Remember dudes, whoever party hardies, wait what? Whoever party hardies will get the party crown!" Soos said over the speakers.
"Let's go check that out," Alex said, pulling me onto the dance floor, what he was about to say temporarily forgotten.
Mabel's POV
"I've found my people!" I said, pulling Candy and Grenda onto the dance floor. We had danced for a few minutes when people started making a circle on the other side of the room. I went through the people and saw Willow kissing some guy. "Willow, what's going…" I said, but she and the guy pulled apart and I was able to see that it was just Alex. "Never mind," I finished, smiling at how cute they were together. "Okay everyone, show's over! Leave the lovebirds alone!" I yelled, getting everyone back on track.
"What was that about? Who were those two?" Candy asked me when I got back to them.
"The girl is my sister Willow. The boy selling tickets outside is my brother Dipper. We're triplets. Anyway, the guy my sister was with is her boyfriend Alex. He lives in Piedmont, California, where we're from." I explained. They looked at each other in an I-think-he's-cute way. "Don't even think about it. They've been together for almost a year. If anyone can make it, it's them." They nodded and we all went back to dancing.
"Remember dudes, whoever party hardies, wait what? Whoever party hardies will get the party crown! Most applause at the end of the night wins!" Soos said over the speakers. A blond girl in a purple outfit walked up to him and held out her hand.
"Party crown? I'll take that, thank you very much!" She said, arrogance clear in her voice.
"Who's that?" I asked.
"The most popular girl in town, Pacifica Northwest," Candy replied.
"Seriously? That's bad," I said. What kind of parents would name their kid that?
"I always feel bad about myself around her," Grenda added, kind of depressed.
"I can't just give you the crown. It's a competition thing," Soos said, keeping the crown away from her. Pacifica just laughed and grabbed the microphone.
"Honestly, who's gonna compete against me? Fork girl? Lizard lady?" She said, laughing again, her friends laughing with her.
"Our kind isn't welcome here!" Candy said, hugging Grenda. I knew I had to compete against Pacifica and bring her down to normal level. I don't care if you think you're 'all that' but you can't purposefully make people feel bad about themselves. I walked over to the table and shut Soos' computer.
"I'll compete! I'm Mabel," I said, holding my hand out to Pacifica.
"That sounds like a fat old lady's name," she said, not taking my hand.
"I'll take that as a complement!"
"May the better partier win," She said, walking away.
"Nice meeting you!" I called after her. Then I turned to Candy and Grenda. "She's going down."
Dipper's POV
"LET THE BATTLE FOR THE PARTY CROWN BEGIN! Mabel comes out strong! Watch out Pacifica!" I heard Soos say from inside. Wendy got up and looked through the window.
"The party's getting nuts. I gotta get in there! Cover for me?" She asked, turning around.
"Umm… well I-" I started to say.
"Thanks man!" She said, running inside. I turned the sign on the table from open to closed. There were still people in line.
"I'll be back shortly!" I said to them. "I'm sure Stan won't mind if I'm gone a few minutes." I said, starting to go inside. Before I had gone a few steps, someone grabbed my collar and pulled me back.
"What are you doing kid?" Stan said, putting me down. "These suckers aren't gonna rip themselves off. You promised, remember?"
"I…I did?" I asked, trying to get away with it. Stan pulled out a recorder and hit play. It had my voice saying 'I promise' before it ended. Stan put it back in his pocket then walked away. I sat down at the stand and put the sign on open again. I started taking people's money, trying to figure out how I could be in two places at once. I looked at the flyers we had made, and got an idea.
"I need to use the bathroom, but I'll be right back," I said, running inside before anyone could stop me. Instead of going to the bathroom, I went to Stan's office and hopped onto the copier. I reached behind me and hit the button, the green light scanning me. When it was done I turned over and saw my clone come off the paper. "Whoa! I have a really big head."
I got off the copier and stood in front of my clone, both of us staring at each other. It was a really close image. The only difference (other than him being paler) was instead of a pine tree on his hat, it was just white space. "So, uh…" we both said, then stopped. "Sorry, you first. Stop copying me!" We both laughed, but he hit his funny bone on Stan's desk.
I took a marker out of my vest and wrote 2 in the white space on his hat. "I will call you, Number 2." I said, putting the marker back.
"Definitely not," he said, adjusting his hat. "You know what name I've always wanted?"
"Tyrone?" We said, looking at each other again. "Okay Tyrone. Let's get down to business. I'm thinking, you cover me at the ticket stand, while I ask Wendy to dance."
"I know the plan buddy," he replied, both of us taking my plan out of our vest. I looked at him and realized something I hadn't thought of before.
"Hey, we're not gonna get jealous and turn on each other like the clones in the movies, are we?" I asked, taking a step back.
"Dipper, please. This is you you're taking about. Plus, hey!" he said, snapping. "You can always just disintegrate me with water."
"Yeah… Yeah!" We said, me glad there was an easy way out of this if it went south. We left Stan's office, me actually going to the bathroom, Tyrone going upstairs to get a walkie talkie. After I was done, I went to the attic to get the other one then went onto the dance floor. I looked out the window and saw Tyrone selling tickets. There weren't that many people left in line, but a few stragglers were coming up. Tyrone and I gave each other a thumbs up, then I went over to Wendy.
"Great news, Wendy. I got someone to cover the ticket stand for me!" I said, dancing up to her.
"That's awesome. You can hang with me and Robbie," she said. Damn it, Robbie was here. That's just great. Now I have to deal with him and Wendy. "Robbie, you remember Dipper from the convenience store?"
"No," he said, not even looking at me.
"Yes you do. You were flirting with my sister," I said, calling him out.
"Oh yeah. She here?" He asked.
"Yeah, and so is her boyfriend. Have fun with that," I said.
"Oh, cool. Hey Wendy, check out my guitar," He said, playing his guitar. Wendy was impressed, to say the least. Before I could do anything my walkie talkie crackled. I grabbed it and turned around.
"Hey buddy. It's me, I mean you, I mean… The point is, we have to get rid of Robbie if you want to dance with Wendy," Tyrone said from the other side.
"I know. You thinking anything?" I asked. Before we could think of anything, Wendy yelled towards me.
"Hey Dipper, we're gonna go sit on the couch! Meet us when you're done!" She said, leading Robbie away.
"Cool, I'll be there soon," I said, then turned back to the walkie talkie. "They're sitting on the couch! We gotta think of something quick!" I looked around and saw Robbie's bike. Why he brought it inside, I had no idea, but it would work. "I got an idea!"
"I got the same one. But we're gonna need some help. I'll be there in a minute," Tyrone said, ending our conversation. I ran into Stan's office and hopped on the copier again, making another clone. Tyrone came in just as the clone came to life.
"So what's my part of the plan?" He asked, letting me write 3 on his hat.
"Tyrone is gonna make sure no one gets in the way, I'm gonna dance with Wendy, and stealing Robbie's bike is where you come in," I told him.
"But what if Robbie catches me? I'll be all alone!" He said, scared. I nodded and started to make another clone. Unfortunately, the machine jammed.
"Uh-oh," Tyrone said, taking the paper out of the machine. When the clone came to life, it's head was messed up the most, so much so that it couldn't talk right.
"You're not gonna make me pair up with him, are you?" 3 asked, turning away from Paper Jam.
"Don't be rude," Tyrone said, comforting Paper Jam. I laid down in the copier again and hit the button.
"Okay, one more clone," I said, hoping the bad feeling I had was just nerves about Wendy, not about a clone revolution.
Mabel's POV
"Always means forever. ALWAAAAAYYYSS!" Pacifica sang, shattering a cup on the last note.
"Pacifica pulls ahead!" Soos said as Pacifica walked over to me and gave me the mic.
"Try and top that! Oh, and Grenda, you sound like a pro wrestler," she said, walking away.
"I WANNA PUT HER IN A HEADLOCK AND MAKE HER FEEL PAIN!" Grenda yelled.
"It's not over 'til it's over! Soos!" I yelled, running on stage. "Give me the 80s-ist, crown pleasing-ist, rock battle-y-ist song you got!" He hit a few buttons and the music for Don't Start Un-Believing came on. "Perfect. Don't start un-believing! Never don't not feel your feelings! NOW I'M GONNA DO A FLIP!" I said, instead doing a face plant. Before I blacked, I yelled to the crowd, "That was for YOU guys!"
Willow's POV
"That was for YOU guys!" Mabel yelled from the floor.
"She's gonna be out for a while," I whispered to Alex. He just smiled and took my hands.
"Hey, Willow, I have to tell you something," He said, regret in his face. I knew something was wrong right away. He NEVER called me Willow. It was always either Bullseye (inside joke from archery practice) or Will.
"Okay, what is it?" I asked, squeezing his hands, our signal for 'it's okay.'
"It's… um… It's just… I… My dad-"
"Hey dudes, would the owner of a silver and red dirt bike please report outside. It is being stolen right now." Soos said, interrupting Alex.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Someone said from the side of the room. Robbie ran to the window then ran outside, yelling at someone.
"What the…? Who was that?" Alex asked, letting go of my hands.
"That was Robbie. He's in high school already, one of Wendy's friends. I'm assuming his bike was being stolen, but people in this town are messed up," I said, putting my arm around him.
"How so?"
"Let's just say, this place is supernatural central and some people can handle it better than others. Now, what did you want to tell me?"
"Oh, right. Um, well… My dad-"
"Now we're gonna bring it down. Ladies, dudes, now's the time," Soos said, playing a slow song. Everyone partnered up and started dancing.
"Let's dance," He said, pulling me onto the dance floor again, me hoping my theory on what he was trying to say was wrong.
Dipper's POV
"Ladies, dudes, now's the time," Soos said, playing a slow song. Wendy started swaying with the music.
"I love this song," she said just as Mabel ran over.
"Hey, goofus, now's your chance to ask Wen-" I covered her mouth with my hand and lead her away from Wendy. As soon as I took my hand away, she finished what she was saying. "Now's your chance to ask Wendy to dance. Come on, go!" She said, pushing me towards Wendy.
"Ok, ok yeah. Here goes nothing," I said, walking to her slowly. When I was halfway there, I realized how many things could go wrong and changed my mind. "I'll be right back!" I said to Mabel as I went pass her. I ran up to the attic where Tyrone had hidden out. Both of us started pacing as I filled him in on what had happened.
"I agree, you can't just go and DANCE with her," Tyrone said after I was done explaining.
"The dance floor is a minefield, A MINEFIELD Tyrone!" I said, not pacing anymore.
"What if there's a glitch in the sound system?"
"Stan might get in the way!"
"Robbie might come back!"
"There's too many variables! We need help," I said, already going back downstairs. I got on the copier and made 6 more clones. As they came to life, I sent them upstairs to get to work on Wendy Plan B. With 8 of us working, it didn't take too long to get the plan set up. 10 minutes after I made the clones, 5-10 went downstairs to make sure nothing would mess up the plan. 10 would distract Soos and put in the music, 8 would distract Stan, and when everything was ready, 6 would…
"There's your cue!" Tyrone said as a bell rang. "It's the perfect moment to ask Wendy to dance. Good luck!"
"I don't need luck. I have a plan," I said, walking downstairs. When I went around the corner Wendy was leaning against the wall. "What, Wendy, why are you here? Wouldn't you rather be on the dance floor in, like, 42 seconds?" I asked, looking at my watch. I had added about a minute cushion in the plan in case something happened, but it would be gone now.
"I'm just waiting for the bathroom," she said.
"Oh, okay. Cool," I said, trying to figure out how to make this work.
"So, say everyone here gets stranded on a desert island. Who do you think the leader would be?" she asked, both of us looking at the crowd. She pointed to a shorter guy punching the air. "I would go with that lunatic."
I laughed and pointed to a taller guy doing the moonwalk. "I'd go for Stretch over there, because tall people can reach coconuts."
"Speaking of tall, check this out," she said, taking a picture out of her wallet. "These are my brothers and I'm…booooop." She took her thumb off her face to show that she was the tallest of her siblings.
"You were a freak!" I said before I caught myself. I covered my mouth but Wendy didn't care. She just nodded and smiled. "You know, people used to make fun of my birthmark before I started hiding it all the time."
"Birthmark? What birthmark?"
"Wait, no, nothing! Why did I say that?"
"Dude, you know now you have to show me! Come on man! Show me, show me!" I sighed and took my hat off, then pulled my bangs out of the way. On my forehead there were freckles connected in the shape of...
"The Big Dipper! That's how you got your nickname!" Wendy said as I put my hat back on. "I just thought your family hated you or something. I guess we're both freaks. Bump me," she said, putting her fist out. We fist bumped just as the bathroom door opened. "Wait here?" She asked, going into the bathroom.
"Hey, what are you doing up here?!" Tyrone said from behind me, the other clones (minus 10) behind him. "10 has been distracting Soos for 15 minutes. He's gonna get tired of that dot eventually."
"Never!" Soos yelled. I looked back at the clones, smiling about what had happened.
"Guys, chill. I bumped into Wendy accidentally and things are going great."
"That's nice, but not the plan. Do we have to remind you what the plan is?" Tyrone said, the other clones reading some of the steps.
"Man, you guys sound crazy. Maybe we don't need the plan anymore? I can just talk to her like a normal person." The clones gasped like it was the craziest idea in the world.
"If you're not gonna stick to the plan, maybe you shouldn't be the Dipper to dance with Wendy," 5 said, the others agreeing with him and moving forward.
"Guys, calm down. We said we weren't gonna turn on each other," I said, backing up.
"I think we all knew we were lying," Tyrone said as everyone else reached me. They grabbed my arms and legs then dragged me upstairs. They threw me in the closet and closed the door. I stood up and tried to trick them into letting me out.
"Guys, I-I can't breathe in here," I said, getting quieter to try to trick them better. They didn't fall for it.
"Yes, you can. Plus, there's snacks and a coloring book in there for you!" I sighed and opened the crackers, then moved to the door to hear the conversation.
"…I nominate myself to dance with Wendy instead. I've been around the longest so it should be me. Right?" Tyrone said.
"Fair point, fair point. Counter point, maybe I should get to dance with Wendy because I've been around her the least," 10 said. I started using a bobby pin to open the door. (What? It comes in handy!) I opened the door a bit and saw Tyrone trying to feed Paper Jam some crackers. I snuck behind some of the boxes and when they turned around to look at the closet I ran downstairs.
I stood on the balcony overlooking the party and saw Wendy standing around. "Wen-" I got cut off when one of the clones covered my mouth. He pulled me back and threw me on the floor.
"You might as well give it up man. You're overpowered!" Tyrone said as I stood up.
"Guys, think about it. We're exact equals mentally and physically. If we start fighting, it will just go on for infinity," I said. They started to agree but I punched Tyrone and we all froze for a second. Then one of them yelled, "CLONE FIGHT!" and everyone started attacking each other.
I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote 7 on it, then put it on my hat and tried to sneak away. "Classic Dipper's getting away!" One of them said. I turned around and tried to fool them.
"No friends, it's me, number 7," I said. They looked at the real number 7, then stood up and started cornering me. "Stay back guys!" I said, exploding a party popper. All of a sudden, the sprinklers turned on, melting all of the clones. They complained and after a few seconds, it was just me left.
"You!" Someone said from behind me. I turned around and saw Tyrone standing there, perfectly fine.
"Uh-oh," I said, getting ready to fight.
Willow's POV
"One more song dudes, then it's time for the bestowing of the party crown," Soos said, playing Time of our Lives by Tyrone Wells.
"Hey, Willow, I-I gotta get out of here. I'll see if we can stop here again on our way back," Alex said, kissing me again and walking away.
"Alex, wait," I said, grabbing his hand and pulling him back. "What did you want to tell me earlier?" I asked, hoping I was wrong.
"Oh, oh that. Yeah, that… that was nothing. No big deal," he said. I knew it.
"Your dad got transferred, didn't he?" I asked, the look on his face telling me all I needed to know.
"How did you… Did Dipper tell you? I told him-"
"Hey, hey chill. No one told me anything. I know you. Now, where and when?"
"Seattle, in, I think 6 weeks. We are going to be in Piedmont for Labor Day weekend, so we'll get to see each other before school starts. I wanted to tell you earlier, but when I saw you, I remembered how mad you got when… but the point is, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier," he said, wrapping his arms around me.
"It's cool, and I'm not worried about it. I mean, I miss you already, but I kind of expected it sooner or later. I knew what could happen with us but went for it anyway. We can worry about the future later. Right now, let's just enjoy this night and make some more good memories together."
"You're in charge Bullseye," he said, us dancing and enjoying what could possibly be our last night together.
Dipper's POV
"Say it! Say I can dance with Wendy!" Tyrone said, putting me in a choke hold. I grabbed his arm and got him off me, then put him in a choke hold.
"Never!" I said, then heard laughing from the dance room. I let go of Tyrone and ran onto the balcony to see Wendy talking to Robbie, who had gotten his bike back. Robbie whispered something to Wendy and she punched him jokingly, laughing again.
"We blew it man," Tyrone and I said, turning around and sitting down. Tyrone looked at me, a depressed smile on his face.
"You wanna go get a couple sodas or something?"
Mabel's POV
"Let the party crown voting commence!" Soos said, standing between me and Pacifica. "Applaud to vote for Mabel," Soos said, using his arm as an applause meter. He stopped when his arm was almost straight up and down. "Pretty good."
"The next contestant, Pacifica." Only a few people clapped at first. Pacifica glared at them and more people started clapping. Soos used his other arm for Pacifica and stopped in the same position as mine. "Uh-oh, a tie! This has like, never happened before."
Pacifica looked around and ran over to Old Man McGucket who was asleep on a bench. She took a bill out of her pocket and waved it under his nose. McGucket woke up, took the money, and, unfortunately, started clapping. Soos moved Pacifica's arm meter a bit more, then announced her as the winner.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the contest, Pacifica Northwest," Soos said, putting the crown on her.
"Thank you Jorge. Thank you everyone! Everyone come to the after-party at my parents' boat!" She said, being carried out by everyone. Once they were gone, only me, Candy, Grenda, Wendy, Willow and Alex were left. I went over to Candy and Grenda to apologize.
"Sorry I let you guys down and lost the contest. If you wanna leave, I'll understand," I said, turning away from them.
"But, we will miss the sleepover," Candy said. I turned back around.
"We're gonna call our parents and ask if we can sleep over here with you. You're like a total rock star!" Grenda said as Candy pulled some magazines out of her backpack.
"I have magazine boys!" She said, putting them back. I smiled and turned to Soos.
"Soos, play another song! This thing's going all night!" He hit a button and all of us, Willow and Alex included, started dancing, glad to have each other.
Dipper's POV
Tyrone and I had gone onto the roof and taken some of the sodas from Wendy's cooler. "Some night, huh?" Tyrone asked. We opened our sodas just as a shooting start flew past. One of the best things about being in the middle of nowhere instead of in giant cities is that you can actually see the stars at night.
"You think we even have a chance with Wendy? I mean, she's 15, we're 12," I said, hoping there was a chance.
"I don't know, I hope so. But we're making zero progress the way we're doing it. The only good conversation you had with her was when you didn't do any of that list stuff."
"I know. The girls are right; I do get in my own way."
"Literally!" We both said, toasting our sodas and drinking a bit. "Uh, dude…" Tyrone said. I looked at him and saw the area where his stomach would be was melting.
"Tyrone!"
"It's cool man. I had a good run. Remember what we talked about. And quit being such a wimp around Wendy. For my sake…" Tyrone then melted completely, leaving just mush left. I poured my soda on where he melted then climbed off of the roof. I stood on the porch and looked in the window.
Stan was counting money, Soos was still DJ-ing, Mabel was dancing with two other girls, Willow and Alex were together, and Wendy was leaning against the wall. I reached for the door but stopped before I opened it. I grabbed Wendy Plan out of my vest and ripped it apart, then went inside. Mabel was the first to notice me.
"Dipper! Where've you been? Meet my girlfriends!" I went over to them and Mabel introduced me. "Girls, this is my brother Dipper. Dipper, these are Candy and Grenda."
"Nice to meet you," I said, shaking their hands. Willow and Alex came over, looking perfectly normal. "Does she…" I whispered to Alex, making sure I didn't accidentally say something stupid.
"Yeah, she figured it out," He said, wrapping his arm around Willow. Mabel was confused.
"Wait, what's going on? Who knows what now?" Mabel asked, looking at all of us.
"My dad got transferred to Seattle. We don't leave for a few weeks, but…" Alex said, looking at Willow guiltily. She just kissed him and smiled.
"Don't worry, we're gonna be fine," she said as they all went back to dancing. I looked at Wendy, thought of Tyrone, and walked over to her, not thinking about what I was doing, just going by instinct.
"Hey Wendy. Do you want to dance?" I asked. She nodded and came onto the dance floor. We started dancing and I thought about what Willow said and realized she was right; All of us would be just fine.