Running out of Time <A Gravity Falls Book>

32.Backstory

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Lilly's POV

I packed my important things inside of a sachel and put it over my shoulder. I decided to take my sword with me. Just in case.
"You ready to go?" Mabel asks. I nod facing the opposite direction. She says okay and walks off.
I sighed.
Next, I go back to gravity falls.
I was taking each problem at attention one at a time.

I think it helps. I walk out holding my sword in my Right hand and my sachel slung around my neck and underneath my left arm.
Garroth and Laurence were talking, Mabel was petting Dante, and Dipper was... Looking at me.
I smirk and walk up to him.
"Are you ready?" I ask. He nods.
"Oh. Cause I'm not." I say. He tries holding in his laughing.

I giggle. "I'm just gonna go and say bye." I say He nods and I walk toward. Garroth and Laurence. "Lilly... Im-- we're sorry. As I guess You know now... Me and Garroth used to like you before you 'disapeared'." Laurence apologizes. I smile. "You guys are fine. I know. To be honest... I guess the 10 year old me liked you both as well..." I say blushing scratching my arm in embarrassment. "But again... That was a few years ago. Things change." I say. I had no feelings for the two at all now.

"Especially since I still feel like I have only seen you for two weeks... I'm sorry." i Say. Garroth hugs me. Then Laurence. "Will you ever come back?" Garroth asks. I nod. "Just... When things calm down." I respond. They nod and the conversation was over.

Then we headed off into the forest. Dipper knew the way back. Although it would take till morning so we were gonna go as far as we could and then we would set up camp.
Dante would be with us since everyone thought I should take him with. Mabel seemed to like Dante and they became like... Best friends as soon as they met!

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We had been walking a little bit but It wasn't even sunset yet. My mind had been thinking about what to do about my foster parents. As if on timing, Dipper looked over at me. "What's wrong?" he asked. I sighed and looked down. "Dipper... We only have a couple weeks before summer ends. And..." I pause. Before everything happened We discussed how since we both loved in the same state that we would meet up so we would be able to see each other.
"Lilly we talked about what we were gonna do. Is there something in the plan that won't go right?" he asked. "I don't know if I can go back to California." I say. I felt so guilty about this too.
"Wait what?! You mean stay in Gravity falls?!" he said. I nodded shutting my eyes. "Sort of." I mumble. It falls silent.

"Why?" he asked quietly. I took a deep breath. "You don't half to tell me it's just. I would miss you. Mable too." he says. "I want to find my parents. I may have gotten my memory back But I have NO idea of much as a baby with my family... Its so complicated." I say. My head in my hands. He then says We set camp here but I don't move my hands. The guilt had just slapped me across the face. And it stings terribly...

Then Dipper grabs my hands from my face and I wanted to burst out crying. "I feel terrible for leaving behind you guys." I say. A tear rolled down my eye and he shook his head. "Your not leaving us behind. Lilly... Please don't cry." he says.
He pulls me into a hug and I close my eyes holding onto him Tight. "I love you Dipping sauce..." I say. He chuckles. "I love you too." he says.
It goes silent as He embraced me. "Guys Dante is uh..." Mabel says. We turn letting go and Dante was growling at something. "Uh... Dante heal?" I hadn't really had experience with dogs. Or any animal for that matter.

"You say it like a question..." He says. "Well I never really had dogs in my lie of a life so..." I say. Dante kept growling. "Dante?" I say. Then he pounces at the Bush. Then out pops...

THE END

JK!

A rabbit... I groaned. "DANTE SERIOUSLY?!?!" I yelled. "I THOUGHT I WAS GON-- deep breaths... Calm..." I mumbled the last part. Dipper put his hand on my shoulder. "Its just a rabbit. Go back to doing whatever you were doing. I am gonna go cool down." I announced. I slip away from Dipper and go sit against the tree that was a little ways out. I grabbed the hard drive from my pocket and inspected it more.
I needed to at some point get away from the twins and talk to... The other twins. Why couldn't they make life much more simple?

I shoved the hard drive back in my pocket and that's when I heard foot steps. "Can we talk?" Dipper says. I nod and scoot over. He sits down and sighs.
"So You haven't ever had a pet in your life?" He asks. I smirk.
"Nope. My foster parents wouldn't let me. They never really liked me. At all. They said their reason for not letting me was because I didn't deserve a friend..." I said. "Well don't listen to them... You don't deserve to have that kind of life." he encourages me.
"They were very abusive before I left." I say. He pulls up my sleeves to see the bruises and scars. "I never told anyone else that. So consider yourself lucky."
I tell him. He rolls down my sleeves and puts his arm around me. "I am lucky. Lucky that I have you." he says. I lean my head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry you had to go through that." He says. "You have nothing to be sorry for." I say. It falls silent for a moment. "So what made you go into the foster system in the first place?"

"Well... When I was just a child, Not even 1 year yet, someone found me lying on the side of the road. And with my luck the person was the "mistress" at the foster home she had. She was super nice and treated me like I was her own too. But I was adopted by my foster parents.
The only thing I have of my real parents is a ring that my mother had." I explain. I scooted closer to him.
"Did you ever cut..." he asks. I could understand why he asked that question. My life was like a train wreck.
"I did... Actually..." I say.
"I had no one to help me through it. I cut myself while I was with my foster parents and here the first two or three says but then you guys... Helped." I say. Dipper leans his head on mine. "Don't ever do that again." He says. I wrap my arms around him.
The stars finally came out and Mabel had fallen asleep already. We stayed by the tree just talking and laughing. I hugged Dipper close. I yawned and drifted off to sleep listening to his heart beat.

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