~Short Flashback~
"Claire. Listen you don't understand how much I " "I don't want to hear it. All I wanted was for us to be a family but your research is getting out of hand." said Claire. "I almost close to a break through I just more time t-" "Leave. If you don't as so much care about me or your own daughter the leave." said Claire. "Please. I love you both. Its n" "Get out!" Claire says with her voice cracking. Footsteps fading away. Slam! Another set of footsteps approaching the bedroom. Doorknob turning slowly. Door Opens softly. "No matter what happens he still loves you. Even if he's too stupid to realize that. Night Nicky."
? pov
I jolted awake from a bump on the road looking around in my seat on the bus seeing it was morning. rubbing my eyes to get of any crust or eye boogers to look out the window seeing many trees passing by until I saw it. 'Welcome to Gravity Falls.' it read. "No going back now." I told myself looking away to my bags that held my clothes, phone charger, and a letter for my dad along with other papers. If I can still call him that after I haven't seen him in seven years. I never knew much about him except mom telling me of how brilliant he is and unique in his own way. Mom always told me stories about him and how their relationship was before I was born including his family like his brother Stanley and his baby sister Shermie. that all we knew about so far. "Gravity Falls." said the bus driver. I got up walking off the bus seeing the small town once the bus left behind me to wo knows where. Which I don't really care about. All that matters is now I can finally see my dad. I walked into town taking everything in slowly to know where to go later on and saw a board of holding the map of Gravity Falls then took out the old postcard with the address on it. "Need help there little lady?" said a voice. I turned to see a tall thin man in uniform looking down at me with a smile. "Yeah. Im looking for my father. HIs name is Stanford Pines." said I told him after putting the post card in my pocket of my jacket. "He lives deep in the woods at the Mystery Shack. Let me take ya to him. I was just on way there to see what else he found." said the man. "That'd be great. I'm Nicole." I introduced myself shaking his hand. "Im Deputy Durland. Come with me. My partner Sheriff Blurbs knows his way around." said Durland. He walked away with me behind him to a diner where a man in a police like uniform came out with donuts with a smile in his face.
"Hey Blurbs. Got new girl who needs a ride to the Mystery Shack. She going to see her Daddy." said Durland. "Alright then hop in the back and we'll get going. Durland I got your favorite. Rainbow Sprinkles!" said Blurbs as Durland cheered. I couldn't help laugh a little before getting in the back of the police car with my bags close to me. Blurbs took the wheel and Durland next to him munching on the donut like a happy toddler. "So how long you staying?" said Blurbs. "This is the place I can go to. My mom died just three weeks ago and told me to come here." I explained then heard Durland sniffing. "im so sorry about that. I know wat s it . . . like to loose your mommy and daddy." said Blurbs sniffing too. I looked at both men trying to hold back the water works before pulling over in front of a house like building with Mystery Shack on the roof with the S on the ground. "Do you guys need some air?" I asked. "We'll be there in a minute just go without us." said Blurds. I got out with my stuff going inside seeing allot of taxidermies and other things when I walked further in. Boom! "Welcome to the Mystery Shack. Im Stanford Pines. Follow me and I'll all sorts of weird things." said a man who appeared from the smoke bomb that was thrown. He had brown har under a hat wearing a suit and holding a cane in his left hand. I kept on looking at him closely taking in his features from the way mom described from his face down his fingertips. then it clicked. "You don't know me. Do you?" I said. "Excuse me?" said the man looking confused. "Sorry. I'm Nicole Rivers-Pines. I'm here to live with you?" I explained seeing the shock look in his eyes. "Okay this is some kind of joke right." said the man looking around. "Im serious. I got my mom's will and letter before she died." I told him while taking them out. "Hey Sta-" Blurbs walked in but got pushed out. "Sorry closed for renovations. Soos take the day off." said the man to the janitor of a teenager. "Got it dude." said Soos dropping the broom and left through the front door.
We got to the living room having a seat on the couch facing each other. "What do you know about Stanford?" Said the man. "Not much except from what my mom told me and told me about his work and his siblings. You must be Stanley?" I said. "What if i was?" Said Stanley. "Then you'd have six fingers on each hand but you dont." I explained. "You're a smart kid. So how come he didnt mention you?" Said Stanley. "Ask him yourself. He left after i turned one years old after having a loud argument with my mom." I shrugged. "Where is your mom?" Said Stanley. "She died three weeks ago to a brain surgery gone wrong. They couldnt get the tumor out in time what the doctors told me." Handing the papers to him letring him read through it. Stanley sighed rubbing his neck before looking at me in sympathy. "Im sorry to tell this but theres something you should know about what happened to my brother." Said Stanley. After he explained everything to me about what happened before showing me around the house taking me up the attic where ill be staying. "Im gonna order us some pizza. Want anything kid?" Said Stanley looking at her. "Im good, Uncle Stan." Said Nicole. "Heres the thing. Im gonna need you to keep whatever i tell you here. No one knows that im still alive." Said Stanley. "Got it. So i guess i have to call you, Dad then?" Said Nicole. "We'll see how far this goes and sorry about your mom. I bet we wouldve gotten along." Said Stanley. "Who knows." Said Nicole. "If you need me im gonna go some stuff downstairs." Said Stanley before leaving her alone. Nicole laid on her back taking a polaroid photo of her and Claire at the hospital room just hours before the surgery. She looked at how healthy Claire looked besides having the IVs connected and had her black straight hair up in a messy bun. Nicole placed the photo by the window seeing something dart away making her sit up to take a better look. She opened the window looking to see what was that she saw then heard a loud scream. Nicole ran out of the room going downstairs to the living room seeing Stanley hoping on his foot.
"Son of a bitch! Oh Nicky. Didnt see you there." Said Stanley noticing her standing there. "I heard you scream." Said Nicole. "Im fine just stubbed by toe against skull thing here." Said Stanley gesturing the one near the recliner. "Looks like you stubbed real bad by how swollen and red it is." Said Nicole looking at it. "Its nothing. Just a FUCK!" Stanley yelled out after taking a step. "Let me take a look. Mom was a trained nurse." Said Nicole having him sit. She kneeled down to get a better look seeing no sign if a broken bone and saw the skin on tip is open with a bit of blood. "Your big toe has a cut from i can see pass the blood. Im going to get the first aid and after that you're gonna have ice this." Said Nicole. "I'll be fine. Just grab me a beer from the fridge and I'll be good to go." Said Stanley. "Fine but you cant walk until i find if you need stitches. Otherwise, your foot is going to infected where its going to amputated. Want that?" Said Nicole looking at him. "You're acting like my brother now. First aid is at the museum and the other under the kitchen cabinet next to the sink." Sais Stanley watching her leave. He groaned in pain propping it on the skull and turned the TV on to a duck show that was new. Once Nicole came with the white box working Stanley's toe a knock was heard. "Pizza delivery." Said a voice. Nicole walked to the front door seeing a teen with split blonde and black hair with sharp blue eyes looking at her wearing a uniform with a bomber jacket. "Here you go Arrow. On the house." Said the guy handing her the box. "Shut the door before he asks for a tip!" Stanley shouted making her turn away to look at him. "Sorry a-where did he go?" Said Nicole looking to see no sign of the guy before shutting the door. 'Weird.' She thought bringing the pizza over and went to the telephone. "What are you doing?" Said Stanley after grabbing himself a slice. "Calling an ambulance." Said Nicole holding it up to her ear. "Hi. My Dad busted his big toe and looking bad." She says. "Okay thanks." She told the operator then hanged up. "Dad huh?" Said Stanley. "You 'died' remember." Said Nicole taking a slice too. "Yeah. Yeah just get my beer would ya." Said Stanley as Nicole looked at the show going on.