Apprentice {Gravity Falls}

Sweet Tooth

It was late morning at the Mystery Shack. As Dipper and Ford talked about some nerdy stuff or whatever, Stan read the newspaper outloud to himself.

"Gigantic cat runs over truck, boy saves small town from alien overlords he's related to, new cafè 'Sweet Tooth,' opens in Gravity Falls, car on sale for negative 20% of the original price,"

As Stan is reading, Ford looks up. "Wait! Stan what was that last one?"

"Boy saves small town from alien overlords he's related to?"

Ford shakes his head, "No, no. The other one!"

"New cafè 'Sweet Tooth,' opens in Gravity Falls?"

Ford stands up, "I heard that cafè is run by supernatural creatures!"

Dipper looks up at them, "Really?"

Stan rolls his eyes, "Sixer, the cafè just opened today."

"Maybe that's true, but I was reading something online last night. Many anomalies and supernatural creatures are attracted to the building!"

"I don't know Grunkle Ford... you can't believe everything you read online," Dipper sighed out, "Although, if would be cool!"

"This is the article I was reading," Ford mentioned, sliding his laptop over to Dipper. Dipper skimmed through the article as it showed supernatural creatures in or around the cafè. Then, he did some basic fact checking.

"This... is a reliable source?" He questioned, a bit reluctant to believe it. However, the web address didn't end in .com, which usually meant it was accurate. It wasn't Wikipedia either.

Ford beamed, "Yeah, it is! We have to go check it out, my boy!" He exclaimed, already throwing on his coat. Dipper was quick to follow.

As Dipper threw on his cap, Stan motioned for Ford to stay a moment. Ford looked back at Dipper, "Dipper, why don't you meet me in the car?"

"Okay Grunkle Ford," Dipper replied, heading to the car. Ford turned to Stan.

"Even if this cafè isn't a magnet for anamolies or whatever, could you see if they do catering?"

"Sure! Why?" Ford asked. Stan was silent for a moment. Then it hit him.

"Oh, the 25th!" He exclaimed.

Stan nodded, "And be sure to see what Dipper likes!"

Ford gave a thumbs up, "Will do!" He said, walking out to his car.

*   *   *

As Ford drove into town, he started to talk to Dipper, "If the Sweet Tooth cafè is really a magnet for anamolies, we're actually proving their point just by our interest in it, and us going there."

"Really?" Dipper cocked his head. Ford smirked and tapped his extra digits on the steering wheel.

"Oh," Dipper thought for a moment, "Ohhhhh, because we both have birth defects, considered anamolies, and we're attracted to it," he realized.

"Exactly!"

Ford parked the car and headed inside the shop with Dipper. The small bell at the entrance gave a ring and an employee greeted them.

"Welcome to Sweet Tooth!" She exclaimed, "My name is Katra! Are you guys eating here or ordering to go?"

Dipper blinked, "Ma'am, your eyes are so... beautiful!"

Katra blinked, "They are?" She smiled bashfully.

"That's so cool!"

She chuckled, "Thank you. I was bullied a lot in school because of my hetrochormia; but, I'm really starting to like them. I mean, not many people have one orange eye and one blue eye."

Ford gave a soft sigh, "I know what you mean," he gave a small wave.

"Oh!" She perked up, "You're polydactyly? That's really cool too. Anyway, are you guys eating here or ordering to go?"

"We're eating here," Ford replied.

Katra nodded, "Go find a seat. I'm sure my assistant will be out right away to take your order,"

Ford and Dipper sat down near the window and looked through the menu, "What're you thinking?"

"Uh... I know it's kinda late, but the waffles sound good. I mean, if that's okay," Dipper explained.

"That's fine, my boy. I'll probably have a sandwich."

The two continued to talk until a waitress walked up to them. "Greetings. My name is Alexina and I'll be taking your order,"

The two looked up at the waitress. She had faded red hair and bluish-grey eyes. "Oh, hey, isn't that the rarest combination in the world?"

Alexina paused for a moment before realizing Dipper was talking about her hair/eye combination. "Oh, yeah!" She chuckled as she wrote down their orders, "The food would be ready soon."

Ford sighed, "Although I admit I am a bit disappointed we didn't see any supernatural creatures, it was nice to see other people like us."

Dipper didn't respond.

"Dipper?"

"Grunkle Ford, look!" The boy whispered forcefully.

Ford looked in the direction Dipper was looking at. There was Alexina walking into the back of the restaurant. However, what caught his attention, were the two small dragon wings on her back.

"Alexina is part dragon?" He questioned.

Dipper smiled, "I like this place a lot!"

*   *   *

The food was amazing to say the least. It wasn't filling, but considering it was a cafè that was normal.

"Would you like dessert, my boy?"

Dipper paused, "Um... I don't know..."

"We could get something to go and you could eat it later," Ford suggested.

"Alright,"

Ford walked up to the counter. "Could we get two cupcakes to go?"

Katra nodded, "What flavor?"

"I'll have the salted caramel. What about you Dipper?"

"Uh... can I have the chocolate chip cookie dough?"

Ford smiled and looked back at Katra as she boxed the two cupcakes. Ford handed the box to Dipper, "How about you take these out to the car while I pay?"

Dipper nodded and carried the pastries out to the car. As Ford paid, he looked at Katra.

"I know you guys just opened, but do you guys do catering?"

Katra nodded, "Yep! Do you have a date in mind?"

"April 25th,"