Afraid of the Forest

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   "I bet everyone's gonna be real excited to see you again, Dipper." Soos changed the topic.

"Mabel said the same thing." Dipper laughed. "I don't know who in Gravity Falls would miss me. Other than you guys, of course."

"It's still good to have you back." Soos Stopped outside of the Mystery Shack. "Here you guys go. I still need to take care of these people. I'll see you dudes later though!"

"Thanks Soos!" The twins thanked in unison, stepped off the bus along with a couple other tourists and waved as the bus drove off. They raced each other to the Shack and burst in with smiles clear on their face.

"Hey!" Grunkle Stan's voice boomed from the TV room. They glanced at each other and dashed to Grunkle Stan. Now piled on Grunkle Stan, they all began laughing.

"I haven't seen you all in a while." Grunkle Stan chuckled at Dipper.

"The same goes for you too, old man." Dipper chuckled right back. Their chuckles turned into a full on laughing fest. Grunkle Stan's laughing then turned into a fit of coughs and the twins stopped laughing.

"How've you been?" Mabel addressed her grunkle.

"I've been alright. Dipper, why don't you take you're and Mabel's things to the attic. I've got a job for you." Grunkle Stan waved him off. Dipper just rolled his eyes and took Mabel's things from the front door. Carrying them upstairs, he heard Mabel and Stan talking.

"What's the plan, then?" Stan asked.

"We'll let him find out that he's still here and let them go from there." Mabel answered. Dipper shook off the odd suspicion that they were talking about him and carried their things into the attic and set their things on the appropriate beds. He quickly opened his case and changed into an old tank top, tucked in into his shorts and dragged himself back downstairs.