Summer with the Pine Twins: Summer's Coming to an End

The Love God: Part 2

Grunkle Stan's p.o.v.

"They're slow, I could probably take a few down," I line up my shot when Soos forces me to move my crossbow down and my arrow shoots off somewhere as he tells me "Wait Mr. Pines! I've been thinking, every year this festival comes by and every year you shun what could be potential customers," I glance at the hippies driving into town as I ask "You really think I could make money off of these free-loading, kale-munching freakshows?" "Just gotta figure out what appeals to them," I squint my eyes as I think over what Soos said, asking myself "How do I appeal to young people?" I glance up at the hot air balloons and an idea starts to form. "So young people are into hot air balloons ay?"

Mabel's p.o.v.

"Alight Mabel, Robbie's a broken teacup and you're going to piece him back together," I mutter as I walk up to the Valentino Funeral Home and ring the bell, organ music playing. "Ok, this could get intense..." The door opens to reveal a sweet happy couple who greet me with a smile. "Howdy do!" "Happy day!"

"It is intense! You're Robbie's parents? I always thought he was raised by like sd wolves or something," I comment and Mr. Valentino lets out a chuckle. "Oh well, he doesn't like to talk about us. He always says we're to cheerful for funeral directors," The two laugh as they let me inside and I'm offered a cracker platter. "No time for crackers sorry. I'm here to cheer up Robbie and I cannot have a dry cracker mouth for that," Mrs. Valentino walks in with a plate of spaghetti and calls upstairs.

"Robbie Stacey Valentino! There's a little girl here to see you!" She passes me the plate of spaghetti with a smiley face on it. "Go on up, could you bring him his lunch?" "Lady I like your style," I tell her before heading up. As I walk down the hallway I pass by portraits of Robbie as he grew up when I reach a beaten-up room with caution signs, go away signs, Halloween decorations, and posters of his band littering the door. "Robbie, it's Mabel!" I call out after knocking on his door. "Who?" "Remember me? I'm like girl Dipper!" "Ugh, go away!" "I heard a come in!" I enter the dark messy room and turn on the light. "Hey! Listen, kid, nobody in the Pines family is welcome here. In case you forgot your stupid brother is the one who ruined my life!"

He shouts throwing a spray can at a dartboard filled with sharp objects and underneath those sharp objects a photo of Dipper and next to the wall the phrase 'Die Dipper, die!'. "And Mabel's the one who's gonna fix it," I say placing the food down next to a drawing of him and Wendy and notes asking her for forgiveness. 

"Listen Robbie I used to see you as a creepy jerk. You're like the human version of rat poison," He sits down with his arms crossed. "Uh go on." "But when I saw you in the cemetery today I realized Robbie's not a bad guy, he's just a heartbroken soul who needs love...And gloves with fingers," I tell him as he glances behind him where his wall was covered with photos of him and Wendy.

"Hey! Fingerless gloves look awesome!" "No they don't. Robbie, you just need a good matchmaker. I guarantee I'll find you true love or twice your sadness back." (Pffft-) "If I say yes will you leave my room?!" He asks annoyance laced in his tone and I zip his jacket back up. "I guarantee it!" With that, I head back to the shack with my diorama of Gravity Falls and put on my love glasses, time to get to work. "Ok Gravity Falls who wants to go out with Robbie?" I start putting my figurines of everyone into four piles: the maybe pile, the too young pile, the too old pile, and the future matches pile. So far it wasn't going so well.

That's when Wompers squeals and I ask "What's that Wompers? Someone, we already know? But who could possibly be superficial and gothy enough for Robbie?" They let out another squeal and I gasp. Tambry! "Of course! That's it! You two really are America's favorite power couple."

Dipper's p.o.v.

We were all hanging out at Thompson's place, Nate and Lee taping snacks onto Thompson's body, Wendy commenting "Ha! This is brilliant, the perfect way to sneak cheap snacks into the concert and it was all Dipper and (y/n)'s idea," The group cheers as Nate tells us "Kids, I sense greatness in you, you're gonna be one heck of a power couple." "Well, I dunno..." I stutter before Nate pulls me onto his shoulder shouting "Greatness!" Lee pulls (y/n) onto his shoulders and we high-five as the two run around the room. "Ok, everyone go home and get ready for the concert," Wendy says and we all start to head home to get ready.