I'm Here

Into the Unknown

 "Come on, Dipper! We're going to be late for the bus!" Mabel called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Tell them to hold on for a couple more minutes!" Dipper called back, frantically shoving clothes in his bag. He had taken more time to pack up his laptop, tablet, and his expensive headphones than even thinking about which clothes he was going to take. Situations like these always happened when they were going on trips and the twins were usually always late.

"Dipper!"

"Okay, okay, I'm coming downstairs!" He threw his stuffed bag over his shoulder, quickly going down a mental checklist to make sure that he got everything he would need for the next two weeks while staying with his grunkles at the Mystery Shack.

"Dipper!" Mabel's tone had changed to one of warning.

"I'm here, I'm here. Don't get your sweater in a knot."

Mabel huffed at her twin as he descended from the upper floor. "It's a miracle we get anywhere on time. What were you even doing?"

"Making sure I had everything. Don't act like you don't do that."

"I do, but it's a good amount of time before the bus gets - oh, crap! We gotta go!" Mabel gasped, grabbing her brothers hand and fleeing out of the house with him in tow.

"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!" both of the twins said before boarding the bus, passing the annoyed bus driver and taking their seats at the back of the bus. Dipper immediately pulled out his phone and began typing away, replying to comments on his webcomic. He had gotten the idea to start one when his sister mentioned how good he was at drawing, and along with her suggestion, he started a webcomic based on their past experiences at Gravity Falls. People loved it; some demanded that they have more, some said that him updating his web comic made their week, and others complimented him on the brilliance of it. Dipper had left a note on his last page that the next update would be later at night due to his grunkles internet being slower than a turtle.

Dipper put his headphones on and reclined back against the seat once replying to most of the comments. There were always more to respond to, and Dipper felt a little guilty when he didn't.

The twins enjoyed the ride to Gravity Falls in silence, Dipper nodding off listening to music while Mabel excitedly texted Grenda and Candy, already planning on going out and doing their thing. Eventually, they arrived at Gravity Falls. Both grabbed their bags and headed off the bus, expecting to have to walk to the Mystery Shack, but found that their Grunkle Stan had parked by the bus stop and was waiting for them inside his ancient vehicle.

"Grunkle Stan!" Mabel cried, rushing towards him.

"Hey, kiddo," Stan grinned, letting out an oomph when Mabel threw her arms around him for a bear hug.

"Hi, Grunkle Stan," Dipper said, shoving his hands in his pockets and giving his grunkle a smile.

"Glad you guys could come for Christmas. Ford's back at the house making some hot chocolate for us."

"Sweet! Hot chocolate! Hot chocolate!" Mabel whooped, scurrying to get inside the car.

Dipper put his bag in the car, shooing Mabel so he could have some room. Stan, having already left the car on to keep it warm, put it in reverse and back up, then turned it around and started driving to the shack.

"Anything interesting happen back home?" Stan asked.

"Dipper's webcomic is a lot more popular. People love it!" Mabel said.

"Maybe you'll find some more stuff to put in it while you're here."

Stan was ecstatic when he found out that Dipper was beginning to do a webcomic because it'd lead to more customers at the Mystery Shack. He upped the prices on everything and those 'suckers would give up a limb for something at the shack.' Ford disapproved, but Stan said that they would need the money if Ford was to keep up with his research. There had been a lot to work out when Ford came back from being lost somewhere in another dimension for thirty years, and with a lot of convincing Ford let Stan stay and run the Mystery Shack. Tensions were high for a couple months, but the two brothers worked it out and now they were good with each other, much to Mabel and Dipper's relief.