Afraid of the Forest

5

 "What?" Dipper finished off the toast.

"I'm sure you miss your little swing in the basement." Mabel giggled as she shoved another spoonful of cereal in her mouth.

"I was thinking about putting one up in the basement here." Dipper answered. "From the tone of Dad's voice, it sounds like I not leaving."

"What do you mean?" Mabel furrowed her eyebrows.

"You know how you live with Pacifica in California?" Dipper asked and waited until Mabel finished nodding. "I'm still living with the parents and they clearly want me out of the house."

"Grunkle Stan leaving the house to you?" Mabel asked with wide eyes.

"And the furniture, but leaving else to you and our parents." Dipper explained.

"Grunkle Stan is shutting the Shack down after he dies too, isn't he?" Mabel asked before she lifted the bowl to her lips.

"Yeah. I guess." Dipper responded. "Well, I think it's about time to open up the Shack."

"Yeah." Mabel agreed. She let Dipper walk in front of her back into the house. Dipper walked into the shop part of the Shack to flip the open sign over to where it said that they were open. He then stepped behind the cash register. throughout the day, there were a couple of tourists that drifted through the store and bought things, but other than that, it was a pretty boring day. Just as he was beginning to close up shop, he heard Mabel laugh up a storm in the attic. He closed up shop a couple minutes early and jogged his way up to the attic. When he came upon the door, he opened it and saw Mabel sitting on her bed laughing at the man that he could never forget. Bill Cipher. Dipper went white in the face and shut the door again. He rushed back down stairs and tried to either find his courage or a place to hide. He sat on the couch on the porch and decided he should take a breather. A couple minutes later, he heard the porch door open and saw that it was Mabel.