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Life wasn't the same after that summer in gravity falls, it couldn't be, not for Mabel or Dipper, but especially Dipper.
Coming home to find out that you now get to experience the joys of "two Christmases" can do things to a child, even if that child did save an entire town from a demonic triangle and his odd group of goons; sometimes all you want is a bit of normality.
The last week of school was upon the twins. Neither of them could believe they had nearly made it through their freshman year of high-school. It felt like only yesterday they were at their middle school graduation.
The twins had stayed close over the years, despite being in completely different situations. Mabel, had flourished in high school, having made a group of equally quirky and creative friends, the friends she had dreamed of.
Dipper on the other hand, was slightly less fortunate in the social department; he was the top of his class and had a newfound love for athletics (he wasn't half bad either).
But when it came to friends, it's not that he didn't have any, he had Will from calc and Josh from Track, he just found it difficult to connect with them, and he couldn't understand why, "I'm doing everything right" he thought "so why does everything just feel so, fake?"
The thought of gravity falls helped dipper get through the day. They had gone down a few times since that infamous summer, but only for the odd weekend, still, that wasnt enough according to dipper, he wanted to go back for a full summer.
He wanted to see the town, eat at the diner, throw tomatoes at people during Pioneer Day and go on a new adventure. He was getting tired of looming on the past, he wanted more.
The doorbell rung and Mabel sprung from her seat and raced for the door but just as she was about to open the door she stopped herself, walked back into the sitting room and glared at her brother.
"Dip, do you remember what i told you? Please dont ruin this for me," she told him, trying to be stern but ultimately failing.
"can't make any promises"
"Well, at least try for once" she said gleefully, skipping back to the door.
On the other side was Mabels boyfriend who had been invited over for dinner curtesy of their mother, who was overjoyed at the opportunity to cook for someone new
Mabel's boyfriend was about Mabels height and a bit scrawny, but Dipper reckoned he was nice enough. Mabel had gone on about his dark-blonde curly hair and the fact that he plays the drums in a band so much that at one point dipper had to beg her to let him do his homework in peace, to which Mabel insisted he was just jealous because he didn't have a girlfriend.
Dipper had only had 2 real "crushes". The first one was Wendy. Looking back, it was a bit silly, even for him. Wendy was 15 and dipper wasn't even 13 yet; plus she already had a kind of 'will they won't they' thing going on with Robbie.
But his second "crush" was different, not just because she was his age or that she was blonde and really smart and completely misunderstood, according to Dipper.
It was because this one had stuck with him, it had been years since they had properly spoken but he still found himself thinking of her every now and again, thinking of their short lived friendship and adventures together and how he wished they never had ended.
Pacifica northwest had a grip on him and he couldn't do anything about it.