Summer with the Pine Twins

The Golf War: Part 1

(y/n)'s p.o.v.

Dipper and I were sitting in the living room chair together eating breakfast as we watched tv when Grunkle Stan walked in asking "Who wants Stan cakes?! They're like pancakes but they probably have some of my hair in them." "Pass," We both say in unison when Mabel comes rushing in with the newspaper squealing. "It's here! It's here! It's here! It's here! I've been waiting all morning and it's finally here!"

She shouts in our faces before explaining what she was so excited about. "The Gravity Fall's Gossip accepted my article about Summer fashion tips for squirrels! My picture's gonna be in the newspaper! Check it!"

She unrolls the newspaper for us to see and Grunkle Stan reads it out loud. "Pacifica Northwest declares V-Necks the look of the season. What am I looking at here?" "Woah, woah, what?!" Mabel asks as she looks over the article in disbelief as Dipper tells her "Looks like someone bought their page to the front page." "Is it legal for a child to wear that much make-up?"

Stan asks as I comment "How else is she supposed to hide her ugly nature?" "Ugh, Pacifica. She always ruins everything," Mabel says, crumpling the paper. "Cheer up Mabel, no one even reads newspapers anymore," I say when Soos barges in shouting "Dude! V-Neck season is upon us! Who wants to help me get ahead of the fashion curve? I'm taking it one step further with a W-Neck," He struggles to cut his shirt, making Mabel groan again.

She goes to the table and pours herself a glass of OJ before quickly downing it. "I need something to get my mind off this." "Looking for a distraction from your horrible life?" We suddenly hear the tv ask. "Why yes."

Mabel responds as our attention turns to the screen to show a pirate standing over his treasure before transitioning to a knight on his horse, a wizard looking into a crystal ball, and meat cooking against an open flame. "Victory. Honor. Destiny. Mutton. The old-time-ey-sounding words are alive and well at Gravity Falls Ye Royal Discount Putt Hutt. No one available at snack shop."

"Hey! Mabel, you love mini-golf. She's been amazing at it since we were kids. What do you say, Mabel? We've had a stressful couple of days," Dipper explains showing Grunkle Stan and me a photo. "Yeah, how about we take a break," I say when Stan chimes in. "Would kicking all our butts at mini-golf cheer you up?"

"Maybe a little..." "Come on Mabel to victory!" Dipper shouts standing up and I join in. "Honor!" "Destiny!" "Mutton!" Mabel and Grunkle Stan join in as we start chanting on our way to the car when Soos says "And the pig can look after the house!"

Mabel's p.o.v.

We walk into the mini-golf park and I can't help but take in a deep breath. "Ah mini-golf, the sport of mini champions." "The grass is fake but the sun is real, there's something here for everyone," My brother chimes in before we go to pay for a round when I notice Dipper and (y/n) subtly holding hands and I smile, they were still pretty shy about showing their relationship to others but then again it has only been a day since they started going out.

We go to the first hole, it's Dipper's turn, he's lining up his shot while whispering to himself to focus, he completely misses and the wind causes his ball to fall into a pond. "Don't worry bro you're still...Ext-Roar-Dinary!" I tell him, slapping a dino sticker on his cheek. "I'll take what I can get."

It's my turn now as I wiggle my hips, line up my shot, and hit the ball.  It goes down the green, over the bridge, through the dragon, and into the hole after hitting Maguget's nose. He was sleeping near the hole. "Yes!"

"Holy smokes, someone in our family actually has talent!" Grunkle Stan praises me when Dipper tells him "Grunkle Stan, you haven't seen nothing yet," I go through hole after hole, after hole when we reach hole 18: The Windmill. I had gathered a crowd that was watching me play as my brother tells everyone "Guys this is amazing, if Mabel gets a hole in one here, she'll beat her all-time high score."

'You can do it, Mabel, pretend the ball is Pacifica's face,' I think before hitting the ball and we all watch intently. It goes through the mill, we run to the other side, it comes out of the middle hole and...Curves into a puddle. "Aw nuts!" I shout, throwing my club into the grass.

"Ah, don't worry about it kid, the thing's random," Grunkle Stan tries to cheer me up, and Soos chimes in. "Yeah, besides the Bermuda Triangle how mini-golf works is the world's greatest mystery." "I mean hey, as far as we're concerned you're still better than anyone else in Gravity-" (y/n) starts to say, handing me my ball when a ball goes into the hole. We gasp as we look up to see Pacifica and her parents. 

"Aw, would you look at that, I didn't know it was hobos-golf free day," Sh insults us. "Pacifica!" I say through grit teeth as I glare at her. "Well if it isn't he Pines family. Fat, old, nobody, lame, braces," She again insulta each of us and I hear Stan whisper "Soos, would it be wrong to punch a child?" (This one, no)

"I've got this. Hey Pacifica how's that whole your family is fraud thing working out for ya," Dipper tries to shoot back. "Great actually. That's the thing about money, it makes problems go away," She tells me before (y/n) says:

"Too bad that money can't buy you a better personality." (And she's still here so she's clearly not worth the money. Ok, I'll stop) "Yeah! And it can't buy you skill, you walked into the game of a mini-golf champion," I chime in and Pacifica scoffs at us. "Ha. Sergei!" She calls and a man approaches and she introduces him. "This is Sergei, my trainer." "I have wo Olympics in mini-golf...In the gold!" He rips his shirt open to show a gold medal."

"So if you don't mind moving out of the way of the professionals," She tells us before putting at the bonus hole: The Volcano, and gets a hole in one. "Enjoy second place. Give her a hand folks!" People start pity clapping me and I shout at her. "Oh yeah?! Well, I want a re-match you walking obe-dimensional bleach-blonde valley girl stereotype!"