Girl's Night Out

SUMMARY: When Mabel goes out with the girls there is a concern for Dipper, causing tension among the group.

MAIN CHARACTERS: Mabel Pines, Pacifica Northwest, Wendy Corduroy, Shannon Brown, and Tambry

Mabel finishes putting the big pink bow in her hair, putting her hands on her cheeks in excitement as she stared at herself in the mirror that she and Dipper shared in their room.

She wore a purple shirt that hung off her shoulders, a pink cami underneath, a light blue skirt, and pink ballet flat shoes. Mabel looked like she was wearing one of her overly bright eighties styled attire. With a squeal she rushes to Dipper, who was writing something in a journal she's been seeing him writing in lately.

"Dipper!" she screams at him, causing him to jump. "How do I look!?"

He glances at his twin sister. "You look like you just stepped out of an eighties movie, Mabel," he tells her. "Don't you think you overdid it a little?"

Mabel puts her hands on her hips. "Nope!" she declares. Dipper sighs and continues writing in his journal. "So, Sir Dipping Sauce, whatcha writing about?" she then asks him.

Immediately Dipper slams the journal shut. "Nothing important, Mabel." He mutters,

Mabel then gasps, "Are you writing in a diary, Dipper?" a huge smile erupts from her face and she tries to grab his journal.

"MABEL!" Dipper screams. "CUT IT OUT!" His face was turning red with anger, him putting the journal behind his back. "Just… go out with the others already! I'm doing something!"

Mabel jumps back a little, surprised at her brother's tone. "I was just teasing you, Dipper… sorry." She mumbles. She then goes and grabs her small handbag that was on the edge of her bed and heads out the door.

"Have fun, sis!" Dipper calls out, a little more cheerful this time.

"Yeah, thanks, bro-bro." she mumbles back as she left the room. Mabel runs downstairs and there was a knock at the door. "I got it!" she calls out and she went and opened it. At the door was Wendy, Tambry, Pacifica, and Shannon, all dressed nicely.

"Hey, Mabel!" Wendy greets. "Ya ready to go for girls night out?!" she then woops, getting Tambry to join her. Wendy then holds up a thing of keys. "I found a car and can drive us." She then winks.

"Do you even have your license, Wendy?" Mabel asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Nope," Wendy admits. "But, Stan has taught me here and there, and Ford too because he doesn't like Stan's methods, so I'm good." She jingles the keys.

Pacifica then chips in, "Well, you did drive on the freeway and despite there being demons you did well." She then shrugs. "I don't see a problem."

Wendy woops and Mabel joins in. The group of girls then run to the little blue sedan car that parked next to Stan's car. All the girls pile in, Tambry taking shotgun, and Mabel sat in the back between Pacifica and Shannon. Wendy starts driving into town, surprisingly doing a lot better with her driving skills.

The first place they all went to was the small teen nightclub that was just recently set up. It was already loud and the bright lights were peeking through the windows. The car vibrated from the music that was coming from the club, and once they got out of the ground felt like it was vibrating as well.

The girls waited in line and showed their ID's to show that they were over the age of thirteen. Mabel accidentally showed the fake ID of when she and Dipper were trying to get into a biker club to interrogate Manly Dan for the murder of Grunkle Stan's wax figure of himself. With a sheepish smile, she then shows her real ID and then they were let in.

Inside a bunch of teenagers were standing around bouncing to the music, mainly with glass bottles of Pit Cola in hand. The music was loud and Mabel could barely hear herself think, normally she would love this kind of place, but her mind was on Dipper's journal that he was writing in.

"Let's get crazy!" Wendy shouts as she jumps right on into the crowd to start dancing. Tambry follows close behind, them dancing to the beat.

Pacifica and Mabel stayed close to Shannon, as guys were trying to hit on her and she was obviously uncomfortable. A few tried to hit on Mabel and Pacifica as well, but obviously since the two had boyfriends they rejected them. Pacifica then goes on to brag about Dipper to one guy that was persistent, and the moment she mentioned his name and that he was a hunter the guy backed away slowly.

"Yeah, you better back away," Pacifica smugly jeered at the guy.

"Wow, Pacifica that was a little harsh." Mabel admits, feeling slightly bad for the guy.

"Okay, I tell him I have a boyfriend and he still tried to ask me out," Pacifica scoffs. "That's rude, so I mentioned Dipper and his hunting abilities and he sounds a little threatening to the point where I become untouchable." She flips her blonde hair.

Mabel shrugs. "I guess that makes sense… I guess I can mention George and his crossbow…" she then gets a devious smile. "Oh, this can be fun."

Shannon stayed off a little behind Pacifica and Mabel as they went on to brag about their boyfriends. Wendy and Tambry were off to the side watching, suppressing laughter as boys walked away from the two when they mentioned their names and weapons.

"I don't think doing that is a good idea, guys…" Shannon murmurs. "We might end up getting in trouble."

Mabel pulls out her grappling hook. "I got a grappling hook! We're good!" she exclaims.

"How is that gonna help?" Shannon asks curiously.

A guy walks to Pacifica and was trying to talk to her. Mabel aims her grappling hook at the guy and pulls the trigger, the metal of the hook hitting the guy hard in the shoulder causing him to fall to the ground in pain. Pacifica walks around the fallen guy and goes stands next to the other girls.

"Oh…" Shannon whispers. "Okay…"

Wendy then gestures to the door. "Hey, we should go somewhere else, this place is starting to get boring, even though it was great watching them guys get scared at Dipper of all people." She then says.

Mabel glances away slightly. Her brother was always the nerdy one, using his intellect to get through life. When Weirdmageddon happened he had to grow up a lot, him being a hunter and trying to protect his family. And when he became Bill's puppet… his personality hardened quite a bit, he didn't want to be as open… it was like he was finally putting Ford's message in Journal 3, "Trust No One", into full affect. He was only himself really when he was with the people he truly cared about. When Mabel and Dipper were kids he didn't give off an aura that said that he was tough, he still doesn't but when a threat comes he goes on full attack mode.

The group of girls leave the nightclub and they drive off towards the newly opened twenty-four hour soda bar. They sat in a booth and ordered different sodas; Wendy got a cherry flavored cola, Shannon got a watermelon soda, Tambry just got basic Pit Cola, Pacifica got a sparkling Strawberry soda, and Mabel got a specialty mixed soda that had edible glitter in it.

"Yo, that first guy you told about Dipper, I swear he shit his pants on the spot." Wendy laughed as she drank her soda. "His face was just-" Wendy then proceeds to make a terrified face expression. She laughs again. "Oh man, that was great!"

"People, like, know his name because of the zodiac wheel, right?" Tambry mentions. "They probably also heard that he was a crazed possessed puppet of the flying tortilla chip with the dumb hat and bow tie, so they think he's gonna kill them or something." She takes a long swig of her drink.

Mabel's heart falls into her stomach. That had to be true… many people in town know what Dipper had been when he was a puppet to Bill. Her mind wanders to when that woman came to the Shack and started yelling at Dipper for something he had no recollection of, how he went into a full on anxiety attack and had to be sedated by Ford.

"Wow… way to bum this out, Tambers." Wendy mutters.

"What?" Tambry exclaimed. "I'm only speaking the truth, the kid honestly scares me a bit…"

"What…?" Mabel barely whispers. "What do you mean?"

Tambry sets down her soda. "I mean, is that sometimes he just looks… so scary, and once in a while when he gets his 'episodes' he just laughs crazily and it honestly scares me."

Pacifica stands up at the table. "Obviously you don't realize what the hell he has been through!" she shouts. "He's scared of himself! He's a very sweet boy, and you know that, you've known him when he first came to Gravity Falls, he's still that nerdy, awkward, sweet boy… He did what he did to try to protect his family!"

Wendy nods. "Pacifica's right, dude, Dipper is a great guy. It's not his fault that Bill made him do awful things."

"He's the one that made the deal right?" Tambry points out. "So, obviously he knew bad things were going to happen."

"I wanna go home…" Mabel states, her pushing her half glass of her soda away from. "I don't want to talk about this anymore…" she gets up and starts to walk out of the building, Pacifica chasing after her.

The two were walking on the path to the Mystery Shack, Mabel desperately trying not to let her tears show. How could Tambry talk about Dipper like that? Soon, the Shack appeared and the two went inside, Mabel asking Ford real quick if Pacifica can stay the night, which he said was okay as long as she called the manor to let them know she wasn't returning.

As Pacifica did that, Mabel ran upstairs to hers and Dipper's room. Inside Dipper was sleeping on his bed, his journal opened to his side, a pen in hand, him snoring with his mouth opened. Without even thinking, Mabel goes and snatches the journal, causing her to gasp softly when she read the contents.

It was a journal full of Dipper's nightmares and his memories of what happed.

Mabel goes under Dipper's pillow and grabs the pine tree shaped stone that the pixie had given her. She goes into the closet and finds some of her crafting supplies, seeing she had a black cord for a necklace and some metal. Mabel uses the metal to make a special frame to hold the stone in place, using the excess to make a spot for the cord to go through. She holds it up, seeing it sparkle faintly in the dim light.

As gently and quietly as she could Mabel puts the newly made necklace around her brother's neck. She then goes to her bed and prays to herself that her brother would get better. Pacifica ended up coming in, sitting next to Mabel on the bed, her looking at Dipper with a worried expression.

Please… oh, please, if there is a God, please let my brother be okay.

A/N: Thanks for reading as always! We are finally getting closer to the short story about Dipper and his memories!

~Skye Hendersen~