You've Changed

High School Part One

Summer is over, and although I'll miss Gravity Falls I'm glad to be going home. But at the same time I'll be going home alone. Dipper changed his mind after our birthday party and told me he would be staying with grunkle ford and uncover mysteries of Gravity Falls. It felt weird leaving Dipper behind and going on the bus by myself, but I did it anyway and pretended to put on a strong face. For Dipper's sake I pretended to be okay and he did too.

I got on the empty bus, feeling a pit form in the bottom of my stomach. Now I'm alone and I don't have anyone. I waved goodbye to my friends, grunkle Stan, grunkle ford, and Dipper. As soon as they disappeared from my view, tears began to fall down my cheeks. The few tears soon became a quiet sob and I watched through blurry eyes as I began the journey from Oregon to California.

I felt my body fall and crash harshly on the floor of the bus. I grunted and opened my eyes glaring at the bus driver who just responded with a dirty look. "It's your stop." He grunted and I rolled my eyes grabbing my stuff and quickly getting off the bus. I felt the doors snap behind me and the bus took off leaving me glaring at the back of it. I took a sigh and saw my parent's car and my dad waving at me from the driver's seat. Smiling I walked over to the car, throwing my suit case in the trunk, and putting waddles in the back seat next to me.

The drive was long and awkward. My parents tried to get me to talk about what happened this summer, but Dipper and I already agreed we would not tell them the dark side of Gravity Falls we had seen. In case they would say we could not go back next summer, and if I couldn't go back to see Dipper I think I would go crazy. So I just told them how we spent a lot of time with Grunkle Stan and lied through my teeth. Honesty I hated lying, but I've been getting better at it which scares me a little.

When we got home I ran out of the car and back up to my old room that I shared with Dipper. Except there was only my bed, Dipper's was no longer there. "Mom?" I yelled and she slowly walked up the stairs and stood next to me in my room. "Yes Mabel?" "Um where's Dipper's bed?" I asked. "Well since he wasn't coming back for the school year we thought that we should move his bed to the guest room so you can have separate rooms now." "But why?" "You are getting older, you don't need to share a room anymore." I was a little mad. "But mom I need Dipper, I hate this I hate being here without him." I yelled. Mom looked taken back, I never yelled at her before. She quickly went from shock to anger. "Now young lady, just because your brother isn't here doesn't mean you have to be rude with me. Now unpack and go to bed soon you have your first day of high school tomorrow." She snapped closing the door behind her.

(Okay I know they are only 13 at the end of the show, but just pretend that they just turned 14 instead. Thank you guys, now back to the story.)

I rolled my eyes, unpacking all of my sweaters and getting my shooting star sweater and a purple skirt set out for tomorrow morning. I quickly changed into my nightgown and turned off the light. My room felt so big and empty without Dipper in here, it hasn't even been a day and I already miss him. Sighing I got into bed and tried to get some sleep.

The Next Morning

My alarm was blaring in my ear making me groan. I turned off my alarm and got out of bed. Yawning I took a shower and got ready to put on my outfit. After getting dressed and brushing my hair, I slowly walking down stairs yawning in the process. I sat down at the kitchen table and got some cereal. But my stomach was in knots so I just pushed my breakfast away and instead got my backpack and walking out the door before my parents could say goodbye.

I got to the bus stop and leaned up against the bus stop post just thinking about Gravity Falls, and how Dipper was doing. Oh crap, I completely forgot to text him. I told him I would text him when I got home. I got my phone out and quickly texted Dipper sorry and that I'm on my way to school. I put my phone back in my sweater pocket and noticed a few people walking to the bus stop. I smiled brightly, maybe I would make a few high school friends.

It was a group of girls, they looked about the same age as me. They were all dressed really nicely, with dresses on and makeup that kind of made them look like clowns. But I kept my judgment down and smiled at them. "Hi I'm Mabel and you are?" I asked holding my hand out to the girl who was leading the other two. She looked at my hand in disgust and pushed it away. "Mabel? Psh what a dumb name. And what are you a baby? What's with that stupid ass sweater anyway." She laughed and so did the other girls behind her. "Well um." I blushed with embarrassment. Normally I would kill them with kindness but without Dipper here my confidence slowly was going down. "Looks like the baby can't talk. Awh poor baby can't handle high school. Well baby Mabel, watch your back." She snootily laughed as the bus pulled up. The girls pushed me out of the way, knocking me down on the concrete. I sighed and dusted off my sweater slowly getting on the bus and sitting in a far back corner and felt tears dribble down my cheeks.

Maybe high school won't be as great as I thought it would be.