Gravity Falls OC - A Weird Town

Chapter 24 - Mall

"So where's Dipper and Soos?" I turn towards Mabel as we stand in the middle of the Mall.

I shyly stare at her for a bit, she was wearing the same outfit- but this time she had a white sweater with gray stripes, or is it a gray sweater with white stripes..? She was also wearing a cap, that's new.. the front was white with a pink heart, while the rest of the hat was pink. It easily compliments her brown hair which reached up to her waist.

She turns to me. "Well.. Dipper went somewhere, he didn't really explain." She says, feels like she isn't really sure herself.. "Soos went home to prepare."

"How did Soos meet this girl exactly?" I was quite curious. I just got here with Mabel. Since a few hours ago- Soos met some girl and now gonna hang out, which probably is a date.

"I don't know either, when we found Soos he was talking to the girl and now they're going on a date!" She said quite excited. I'm not sure who's more excited, her or Soos.

"When do you think they're going to come back?"

She shrugs, "Maybe eight? That's when they're going to meet up."

"It looks like we have a few hours until they get here.." I mutter to myself, she was looking at me probably trying to figure out what I was saying. "How 'bout we hang out for now? Since you know.. We were going to hang out at the Mall anyway."

"Hmm.." She pauses for a moment to think, before turning to me with a bright smile, "Sure!"

I look at her awkwardly, not really sure what to say. "I.. Uh- What do you wanna do?"

"I don't know.. What do you wanna do?" She says returning the question to me.

I look around the Mall, trying to find something to satisfy our interest. There's food, shops, arcades, mostly what Malls have obviously.. "Then let's explore everything, how 'bout the arcade first?"

"Yeaah! The arcade!" She looks over excitedly to the arcade, which was close to us. It was quite loud honestly, but that's what you'd expect from an arcade. "CATS!" She gasps as she runs inside.

Cats? There are cats in the arcade? I ran over to her so she doesn't get in trouble. The arcade had tons of games- there were only a few people right now though. Everything was the tone of dark blue, which made the atmosphere quite comfortable.

She stops at one of the claw machines. "What is that?" I look inside the machine, there were plush toys that were cats. She was looking at a pink kitty plush.

She turns to me and shakes me, "I want oneee!" She begs, making puppy eyes to me.

I tense up lightly as blood rush to my face. "Y-Yeah. Of course." I reply timidly from her sudden actions.

I look at the machine, I'd say I'm pretty good at this. Since I've played hundreds of times back home with my old friends. It was frustrating at first, but once you get the hang of it- it would feel like you're scamming them.

I take out a coin and put it in. It hums as the buttons and joystick start blinking. It was a game of luck and skill... There was one of the pink cats that were sitting there- literally in the middle with no obstacles in the way. 

With pure concentration and some support from Mabel in the background. I got the claw straight in the middle and pushed the button to lower it, the claw fitted perfectly in the body as it starts to lift it up. We stared at it hoping it won't fall.

It was starting to fall from the weight of it, which made me tense up a bit. Then I had an idea.. I felt power in my hands as I used it to support the stuffed toy. It glowed subtly, though it wasn't obvious because of the lights that reflected everywhere from the machine. Soon enough it drops it in the hole.