Dipcifica: Book 1

Chapter 8: Second Date

Pacifica's POV 

It's happening! It's finally happening! I'm going on a second date with Dipper! I managed to distract Mabel by buying her a human sized pink hamster ball. She seems pretty happy as she nearly passed out after seeing it. "Hey Paz!" Dipper yelled at me from across the driveway signaling for me to come over to him. "Are you ready to go? Cause if you need more time to get ready that's fine." He seemed sweaty and awkward just like I remembered him, but now he was awkward in a cute way.

"Are you saying I need more time? Are you saying I don't look good? Is that, huh? Is it?" I stare into those gorgeous brown eyes of his and give an upset glare. Wait, Pacifica. How are you going to be mad at him and still find someway to complement him?  "I'm just messing with ya Dip, I already know I'm fabulous." I flip my hair to emphasize my point. He chuckles a little and begins to walk back to his car.

"Hey Dip, how about we take my car instead, just this once." I know it sounds petty, but I don't want to be seen in a car designed for peasants. He gave me a confused look then dropped it after about ten seconds. 

"Alright, I guess I can be seen in your expensive car." I could practically smell the sarcasm in his voice. He turned around and began to walk towards our garage and I took that as my signal to catch up to him.  Just before we got to the garage however, he lifted me up bridal style and sprinted across my family's enormous driveway to his car. 

"What the hell do you think you're doing Dipstick?!" I practically screamed in his ear as he carried me away from my black Range Rover. As soon as we were at his car he put me down, but not before planting a kiss on my cheek. He held open my door like Butler, but slammed it shut right after I had buckled my seat belt. He got to the other side and drove off as quickly as he could without breaking the law. 

"Sorry about all that Pacifica, but Mabel was watching from the bushes and I didn't need her to jump  out and yell 'scrapbook-urtunity!' as we walked out. So, can you guess where we're goimg?" He had a mischievous grin on his face that I'm not sure I liked.

"Um... the park? Ooh, or the movies! Just tell me I give up!" I sighed out of exasperation. "Pacifica, are you feeling alright? You don't usually give up on things that easily." He looked kinda concerned. 

"I'll give you a hint. It's where we first met,like the very first time. Like, before Mabel and I liked you." He didn't go into much detail other than that, but I'm pretty sure I know where it is. "Is it the Mystery Shack?" I'm unsure if my answer, but hope it's the right one. 

"How'd you know? Can you see it from here? You spent nearly the whole ride trying to guess." It just dawned on me that we were out of the main part of town and were at the outskirts of the forest. "Aw shoot, if Mystery  Shack wasn't the right answer, I still had one more." 

"Guess we'll never know. Anyway, do you know why I brought you here?" He asked me the question with a sheepish look on his face. Then, from out of his sleeve I'm guessing, he pulled out the most beautiful bouquet of roses in Gravity Falls. "These are  osiria roses. They're incredibly rare. They're also incredibly thorny. My arm is covered in scratches from keeping them in my shirt sleeve." He rolls up his sleeve to prove his point. He wasn't joking. His arms are littered with pale scratches, some even bleeding a little. "Come on, let's go inside and get you patched up." He winces a little and agrees to come inside.

He didn't have to do that, but it's sweet that he did. I guess Dipper is awkward nerd I took him for. Pssh, what am I thinking? He's still an awkward nerd, but the difference is now he's my awkward nerd. We get iniside, and what do I see? Mabel making out with a merman in a fish tank. Oh snap! It's getting pretty steamy in here. Even though the scene is heartwarming, albeit a little gross,I realize something. Her make out session is messing up my date with Dipper. That's one date too many she's ruined. If Mabel doesn't stop sucking that merperson's face and leave now, she going to be waking out with claw marks all over her date interrupting little face!

"Oh! Dipper! What are you doing here?" She asked Dipper with a look of complete and utter shock. "Aren't you supposed to be going on a date toady?" she feigned innocence as she asked the question. She knew exactly what she was doing, interrupting my date with Dipper. "Sister, can I talk to you in private?" Dipper was practically seething with rage as he asked her. They disappear into the section of the Shack labeled 'employees  only' leaving me stuck with the uh... mermaid? Merman? Non gender specific mer-person? The long hair threw me off a little, but the shirtlessness confirmed he was male. 

"So, what's your name?" I only ask him this out of pure awkwardness and I'm unsure what to do. 

"There are some who call me... Mermando! This is because Mermando is my name." He puffs put his chest as he says this. "I'm Pacifica. Pacifica northwest." I shake his hand in an awkward manner because I'm not sure what to make of him. 

 "So, you and Mabel huh? What's that all about?" I gasp as realization dawns over me. "Are you two dating?" He reacts so quickly he nearly falls out of his fish tank." Well you see Ms. Northwest-" before he could finish his sentence Dipper and Mabel came back out and Mermando had to duck into his fish tank to breathe. 

"Hey Mermando, you take good care of my sister, cause if you don't, I'll find you, I'll use my magic flashlight to shrink you, and then I'll feed you to Waddles. Got that?" Dipper gave him a malicious stare to seal the deal. He perked up immediately and said, "Now off you go you two, I have a date." He nearly shoved them out the door and heaved a sigh after they left. "Now how about we get started." He smiles at me and I feel my face heat up. I know I'm as red as his flannel shirt. Our date went pretty well. We started off with a water balloon fight, but that got a little messy when I busted out the hose. After we were dryed off and changed, I brought a spare set of clothes just in case, we just sat down, talked, and ate this delicious food the peasants, I mean townsfolk, call pizza. Turns out, Dipper has had a  few crushes before me, one of them being Wendy. I tell him about my previous boyfriends, namely Cameron, my most recent ex. 

"He was the first person ever to dump a Northwest and it made him pretty unpopular with the richer citizens of Gravity Falls. I was heart broken. Although now that I think about it, I wouldn't have gone to the Mystery Shack and I wouldn't have been at Ford's funeral. So in a way I guess, I have Cameron to thank for me meeting you." I think about this and get so lost in thought I font even notice Dipper coming closer to me until he's mere inches away. Instead of going the rest of the way, I lean back a little. At first he doesn't notice because his eyes are closed, but as soon has he opens them I close the distance between us and we share a brief, yet passionate kiss.