Gideon: Normal Kid

SUMMARY: Gideon Gleeful is in Middle School and is trying to act like a normal kid.

MAIN CHARACTERS: Gideon Gleeful, Shannon Brown, Cosmo

He sat at his desk at Gravity Falls Middle School, trying to ignore the prodding at his back as he was writing on his paper.

Gideon Gleeful was a couple of years younger than the Pines twins, the only reason he was at the high school the first day was because Ford Pines had asked him to for the picture. He could've went ahead in his grades, but he decided to stay in seventh grade and progress like a normal kid.

He was scribbling down on his math paper when someone threw something at him, causing him to grit his teeth. Normally he would've been extremely angry, maybe had even done a temper tantrum. However, he stayed calm and gritted his teeth until the bell rang. As he stood up to leave the same person who had thrown something at him goes and pushes Gideon into his desk.

The kid that pushed him went and laughed at him as he and his friends walk out of the classroom. With a sigh Gideon gathers his items and began walking out of the classroom. He didn't enjoy not knowing anyone at the school, the only younger people he knew really in Gravity Falls were all in high school. Some days he wished that he at least progressed to ninth grade…

Gideon then starts to walk in the hallways, walking to his next class when he suddenly falls forward and he drops his books to the ground. As he tries to pick up his stuff the person who pushed him kicks his books to the side.

"Ha!" the kid jeered.

"Really, Cosmo?" Gideon sighed with irritation. "You do this every day, doesn't it get old?" he was trying to gather his items so he could go to his next class.

Cosmo laughs, "No, not really." He then kicks the book one last time and walks away, laughing with the other kids with him.

"Need some help?" a young girl asked, her standing next to him with a hand outstretched. The girl had pale brown hair, almost looking like a bronzer for makeup, her eyes a looking like a melted chocolate. Her skin was a beautiful light caramel color, looking like as if she was molded from it.

"Yeah… thanks…" Gideon replies as he takes her hand and she hoists him up. "My name is Gi-"

"Gideon Gleeful," the girl finishes for him. "You're kind of famous in Gravity Falls… weren't you a child psychic?"

Gideon's face turns red and he glances away. As a young child he had found Journal 2 that Ford had written during his studies in Gravity Falls, so he studied it himself and discovered the many strange things in town. He even found a way to make a magical amulet for telekinetic powers. For years he had tricked the town saying he was a psychic, because he actually had many cameras everywhere and spied on people, and he had them all eating out of the palm of his hand.

That is until the Pines twins showed up the summer of 2012…

Gideon nods his head to the girl. "Yeah… but I don't do that anymore…" he assures her, giving a smile. "I'm trying to be a normal kid."

"Aren't you part of that wheel thing too?" the girl asks. "You helped save the world from that demon." She then holds out her hand once again, but this time for a handshake. "My name is Shannon Brown, nice to meet you Gideon Gleeful."

Gideon shakes her hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Shannon."

As it had turned out Shannon was actually from the east coast and had recently moved to Gravity Falls in the last couple of weeks. Her parents thought that they needed a more positive change after what had happened with Weirdmageddon. Even though the whole event started in Gravity Falls, it had recently become a huge landmark, many people coming to visit to see the strange town and the fascinating people.

"What grade are you in?" Gideon asks.

"Oh, I'm in seventh grade." Shannon replies. "I've had to get extra lessons after school though… apparently there is a teacher that was part of the wheel too, and he's a genius!"

Gideon laughs, "Oh, you've been going to the after school tutoring held by Dr. Stanford Pines." He gives a smile. "Yeah, the man as genius as they come."

The two then walked into their separate classes, both taking their lessons seriously. Although Gideon was still being messed with by some other kids, he was happy to walk out of the room when the bell rang and saw Shannon standing there, waiting for him.

Shannon asked him questions about the town, like where a good place was to eat and hangout. Gideon tells her about the diner and the arcade, and even movie theater that had been playing older movies that was found. She seemed fascinated by everything and her brilliant white smile actually made Gideon's heart pound.

"Maybe… we can go there sometime?" she asks him, her face a little red.

"Uh-" Gideon stammered but was interrupted by Cosmo.

"Hey, Shannon, why you hanging out with this weirdo?" Cosmo says casually, pushing Gideon off to the side in a literal sense.

Shannon raises an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" she asks, her voice on edge.

"If you want to be shown a good time, I can take you up on that," Cosmo winks. "We can see a movie on Saturday."

Shannon then smiles, but it looked a little sarcastic. "Oh! Thanks for that suggestion! I would love to see a movie!" she agreed, noticing Cosmo's smile. She then walks to Gideon. "Hey, do you want to see a movie on Saturday, Gideon?" she asks him.

"Why, sure!" Gideon said ecstatically. "And maybe we can get a bite to eat?" he suggests.

"Yes, that'd be fun!" Shannon agrees.

Together they laughed and walked away from a dumbfounded Cosmo, who stood there with his mouth agape. When Shannon and Gideon made it to around the corner, they started laughing as the warning bell rang. Even after the school day was over Gideon went to the library with Shannon to help her with some of her work, which made Ford smile in the distance as he helped another student seeing the young man helping.

"So, about Saturday…" Shannon began.

"You were just using me to get away from Cosmo right?" Gideon suggested, him thinking that she didn't like the bully's approach.

"Um… no." Shannon replied, looking offended. "I was going to ask you what time we should go to the movie."

"Oh…" Gideon's face turns red. "I'm sorry… I'm just not used to… used to be trying to be an average kid. I thought someone as pretty as you would do something like that… but that was terribly rude on my part…" he the glances away.

"You think I'm pretty?" Shannon's face turns red. Her chocolate brown eyes were lit up happily.

Gideon's face turns into a deep red. "Well… yeah… I thought that was obvious…"

"How about we see a movie at seven?" she suggests, gathering up her items when Ford had announced that library was going be closing.

"Sure!" Gideon agrees as he gather his stuff as well.

As they began walking out of the school, Gideon was thinking on how happy he was that he had decided not to skip any grades. He was actually happy doing real schoolwork without being given credit out of him being famous. Even though it was annoying he didn't really mind the bullying, as it was very minor and easy to ignore. And he was extremely glad that he met Shannon, and she was liking him for he was being, not just because he was someone important. He was glad he was going on a real date, he didn't force her to go one, and she pretty much asked him.

All in all, Gideon Gleeful was just happy being a normal kid.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry if this was a little short, these two will be featured in a later short story!

Thanks for reading!

~Skye Handersen~