Triple Date
SUMMARY: The twins and their friends go on a triple date to have fun on a Saturday night.
MAIN CHARACTERS: Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, Pacifica Northwest, Gideon Gleeful, George Grand, and Shannon Brown
Both the twins were dressed nicely, Dipper wearing a long sleeved, blue dress shirt with black pants and shoes while Mabel wore a long magenta cotton dress with purple leggings and black ballet flats.
The two were getting ready for a triple date they had arranged with Gideon and a girl he was going out with from his school. They were going to have a group picnic by the lake then go see one of the old black and white movies at the theater that was found. Mabel already had her hair done, hair clips and all pinned, as Dipper brushed his hair to cover up his Big Dipper birthmark, making his hair looking as fluffed up as Ford's.
"Oh!" Mabel squeals. "I cannot wait to meet Gideon's little girlfriend!"
"Well, better than still going after you, right?" Dipper pointed out, fixing a black tie he had lying around.
Mabel glared at her twin brother. "Well… true, but that's not the point!" she agrees as she straightens out her dress. "It also helped that you threatened him with a gun too." She gave a slight giggle.
"You're lucky I like George or he'd already be out of the picture." Dipper says to her as he walks away from the stand up mirror they were in front of.
Mabel huffs, turning away from the mirror.
The two ran down the stairs, entering the small foyer. Mabel was about to open the door, her newly knitted purse slung over her shoulder, when Grunkle Stan's stern bark makes them both freeze.
"You two!"
"Shit…" Dipper muttered.
The twins turn around, seeing Stan in his old traditional white tank top, striped green boxers, and slippers. He no longer actually had a pot belly as during the events of Weirdmageddon he had actually lost weight. His fez as always was proudly sitting atop his head.
"Where are you guys going?" Stan asked sternly, his arms crossed.
"Out?" Mabel suggested, putting her hands up in an overdramatic shrug.
"We got dates tonight," Dipper explained, fixing his tie once again. "So it's Pacifica and I, Mabel and George, and Gideon and a girl from his school." He gives a small smile, hoping that everything was explained.
"Why is she dressed like that?" Stan asks seriously, gesturing to Mabel.
Both the twins looked at each other in confusion, then they looked back at him.
"Um… Grunkle Stan, what are you talking about?" Mabel asks curiously. She literally was wearing the cotton dress, a camisole underneath to cover herself properly, and the leggings. She honestly looked like an adorable girl.
"A dress?" Grunkle Stan sputters. "Around a boy?! Back in my day-"
Ford then appears suddenly, practically almost out of the blue, grabs his brother by his shoulders and begins to push him away into the TV room. "Have fun kids, don't do drugs, no drinking, no sex, bye!" Ford calls out over his shoulder, ignoring Stan's grumbles of annoyance.
"Thanks, Grunkle Ford!" both the twins called out, leaving the Shack and began walking toward Northwest Manor.
As they walked on the path to the manor, both Mabel and Dipper were going back and forth with playful banter. Mabel even asked Dipper why Grunkle Stan would act so odd and be freaked out she was wearing a dress on a date. Dipper would point out that he is just being over protective of her since she's a girl, that it's normal for a male caretaker to be cautious about it.
They finally made it to the manor, Dipper ringing the doorbell. Both Pacifica and George appeared in the doorway. George wore a light green dress shirt, and for the most part was dressed similar to Dipper. Pacifica wore a purple cotton dress, light blue leggings with black flats, and her hair was just in a simple ponytail, although she wore light makeup with purple eyeshadow to enhance her green eyes. In the crook of Pacifica's arm was a fairly large picnic basket, and George held a bag that had drinks.
"Ready to go?" Dipper asks, holding out a hand to Pacifica, who went and took his hand as she nods.
George takes Mabel's hand as he walked out of the doorway, her giving him a quick hug. The four then began walking into town to Soos and Melody's small flat home, where they own a small hardware store on the first floor and live on the second. They had taken Gideon in to live with them, and the young boy had really appreciated it.
They knocked on the door and Melody answered, a bright smile on her face. She invited the four in, to which they climbed up the main stair to get to the top floor of the flat, Soos waving from his counter at the store part. The four made it to the living space, seeing Gideon and a very pretty caramel skinned girl sitting on the couch.
"Oh hello, Pines Twins!" Gideon greeted from his seat, standing up. "Also to Miss Northwest and… I forget your name…?" he had paused at George, who was giving him a hard glare.
"George." The dark blonde said curtly, his stony gray eyes hard.
Gideon snaps his fingers. "Right! George!" he gives a bashful smile. "Sorry about that!"
George rolls his eyes. "Whatever." He muttered, causing Mabel to elbow him gently, a gesture as if to say to be nice.
"And what is your name?" Dipper asks the girl that was still sitting on the couch.
"Shannon." She answers, standing up to offer a hand. Dipper looks at her outstretched hand and his eyes go wide, his body starting to tremble as suddenly his hands twitched, causing his three companions glance at him with worry. Mabel takes Shannon's hand instead, to make sure Dipper didn't.
"Hello, new friend!" Mabel shrieks happily. "I'm Mabel, the awkward one is my twin brother Dipper, the rude one is George, and the blonde is Pacifica!" the entire time she was shaking Shannon's hand violently, causing the girl to have a panicked expression on her face.
"N-n-nice t-t-t-to m-m-m-meet y-y-y-you a-a-a-all." Shannon's voice vibrated, her expression looking like she was dizzy.
Pacifica gives a worried glance to Dipper, who stared at his hand absently, as if he was seeing something there she didn't. Gently, she grabs his hand, which seems to snap him out of whatever trance he was in. "Hey, we should probably get going to the lake now, that way we can see the sunset while we eat and then not be too early for the movie." Pacifica suggests, now fully pulling Dipper out of his trance.
"Yes!" the young man agreed. "I even got a l-"
"I swear to God, Dipper, if you brought a damn list about what we're doing and what conversations to have I'm going to put glitter in your mouth while you sleep!" Mabel shouted at him, her eyes narrow. She absolutely hated it when he made his stupid lists.
Dipper shuts his mouth and rolls his eyes. "Okay, let's just go then…" he mutters.
The six went down the flat stairs and waved goodbye to Soos and Meoldy, who were running the shop. They all took a bus to the lake, thinking the walk would be too far, and when they arrived at the lake, the sun was beginning to set, making the water sparkle and shine like stars in the night sky, the sky itself a lovely mixture of pinks and oranges with tints of blues.
Dipper and George set up the blanket for the six to sit on in the sand, watching the waves gently crash onto the shore. The picnic they had was simple, as Pacifica and someone that helped her had made nice sandwiches with homemade bread and sauces. George had brought glass bottles of Pit Cola, bringing a bottle opener, and he passed them around.
The six enjoyed joking around with each other, sometimes tossing a stray piece of bread at one another. Shannon would ask questions about their travels, or how they were when they were younger. When Shannon asked about how the twins came to Gravity Falls, they were ecstatic to tell their tale on how gnomes were trying to marry Mabel and how the two were chased by them.
They all watched the sun dip behind the mountains, causing the sky to turn to a dark navy, some stars starting to shine through. As the sun fully set, the water reflected the sky, the now millions of stars shone on the water, the gentle waves making them dance. Once their picnic was done they packed everything up and began to head back into town for the second part of the triple date, the movies.
Gravity Falls had a pathetically tiny movie theater, it only had two screens. Even before the events of Weirdmageddon the theater never had any big box office hits, like Iron Man, or Thor, or any other big titles… until about five years later when you can buy it for ten dollars on the rack.
However these six weren't expecting anything major, they knew what they were getting as the theater had to be rebuilt and the only movies that survived were old black and white ones. They sat in the tiny room that had only about twenty seats to hold an audience. The six sat in the back, only a handful of other people scattered in the seats in front of them. The movie they were seeing was the original King Kong movie, which was quite famous and unique for its time.
During the film Dipper, and even George, would give out random facts about the film. How they made it, how dangerous it was back then, yadda yadda yadda. It took their dates three different times to tell them to shut up, to which after being swatted during the third time they kept their mouths shut to enjoy the movie.
Although things were different now after the events of Weirdmageddon, things were still familiarly the same as well. They were all still growing into their own person, going on dates and discovering who they are. Even though things will never truly be the same every again, they still all had a constant.
They all had each other, and they all had a feeling that it will last a good while during the world's healing.
After the film was done, Gideon walked Shannon home after the girl had thanked for the invitation and complimented on the lovely evening. The now group of four walked back to Northwest Manor to drop off Pacifica and George. Dipper gives Pacifica a swift peck on her cheek, her giving a blush, while George and Mabel give a deeper kiss on the opposite side of the porch.
With a wave, Dipper and Mabel leave to head home to the Mystery Shack, where they knew that Grunkle Stan will be peering from the window to see them return so he could question Mabel all the details of the date.
"You never actually kissed Pacifica on the lips yet have you, Dipper?" Mabel teases, her eyes bright with amusement.
Dipper scoffs, "Shut up, Mabel…" he glances away. "I-I haven't found the right time yet… and she's fine where things are right now, so don't rush me." He babbles nervously.
Mabel gives him a soft smile. "Yeah… I won't, you're right… this is you we're talking about, you're probably gonna truly kiss her next year or something during a full moon under gently swaying leaves of the trees because you know that at the moment in time is when the dinosaurs went extinct-"
"What the hell are you talking about!?" Dipper demands, him stopping in front of the Shack door.
Mabel laughs, "Nothing, just pointing out how big of a dork you are!"
The two entered the Shack, where of course they were immediately bombarded with Stan's questions and concerns. Once again Ford had to come and drag his twin away, calling over his shoulder for the kids to have a good night's rest. With smiles on their faces the two younger twins went upstairs to their room, getting ready for bed.
They stood up for an hour or so, discussing how much fun they had had during the date, Mabel commenting that they should all do it again soon. When Dipper agreed she teased him once again about Pacifica, saying that she will plan a perfect date for the two so he can finally kiss her properly. With that Dipper had muttered a goodnight and shut off the lights, leaving Mabel giggling in the darkness.
A/N: After seeing a little art comic on tumblr about how Stan and Ford would react to Mabel going on a date, I just had to make Stan an overprotective Grunkle. Ford is more cool with it I guess...
There will be a short story about Soos and Melody, since I bet after reading their little cameo everyone is going to be wondering why they own their own store and such.
Also, Dipper and Pacifica, that's gonna be another story... or two... yeah...
And I wanted to add Mabel's babbling about her teasing of Dipper, it just makes me chuckle a bit.
Thank you for reading as always, sorry for the late post!
~Skye Hendersen~