Relativity Falls- Season Two

Roadside Attraction

AN: So before we begin, the way Ford knew which boys to flirt with on the trip (after the first boy) was that they all had some sort of rainbow/LGBT+ pride thing on them.

Mabel was putting bumper stickers on the back of an RV.

"Nice," Mabel hummed. "And don't forget the bug spray! It's perfect for spraying in the face of hitchhikers."

"Woah, an RV? Camping gear?" Ford approached his aunt. "Graunty Mabel, are you running from the law again?"

"Dude! It's the ultimate Oregon road trip adventure!" Ria called from the top of the RV.

"More like revenge trip," Mabel clarified. "Every year my tourist trap competitors prank the Mystery Shack. Last year those hooligans duct taped Ria to the ceiling."

"That was a fun 78 hours," Ria said.

"Well no more!" Mabel handed Ford a map of Oregon's tourist traps. "This year we're visiting every tourist trap along the Redwood Highway, and I'm gonna prank back every single one!"

Stan, Bella, and Fiddleford walked up to the RV. They all had on a backpack (Bella wearing her ever-present blue drawstring backpack) and Bella was dragging a rolling suitcase behind her.

"Future photographer ready for the road trip!" Bella announced with a smile.

"Thanks for letting me bring Bella and Fidds along on the road trip, Graunty Mabel," Stan said.

"I packed as many Beanie Boos as I could fit!" Bella said happily, holding up her bag.

"The more the merrier," Mabel grinned and handed Bella and Fiddleford each a piece of paper. "Just sign these non-disclosure agreements. None of your parents are lawyers, right?"

The four of them entered the RV. Ria jumped down from the roof.

"What do you say, dude?" She asked Ford. "You comin'?"

"I already went to the trouble of packing all your stuff," Stan said. "Even the stuff you kept in that secret box under the bed." He dropped a shoebox, revealing a bunch of pictures of Dan. "Whoa. What the...? Ugh, what's that?"

"Nothing!" Ford lied, hastily cleaning up the pictures. "Just... Dan stuff... from old times."

Stan and Ria groaned.

"Bro, I thought you were finally past all this!" Stan said.

"I know, I know!" Ford sighed. "I know he's not interested, and I know it's over, but how do you just turn off the way you feel about someone?"

"Ford, two words: move on," Bella leaned against the doorway to the RV. "You're just gonna hurt yourself. That's why it's best to just move on soon as possible and find another crush. That's what I do."

"Yeah dude," Ria agreed. "And a road trip is the perfect place to meet new people."

Ford glanced at a picture of Dan, then at a pamphlet.

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Mabel drove the RV along the road. Ria stuck her head out the window, panting like a dog and sticking her tongue out.

"Ah, I love road trips," Bella smiled, she and the others sitting at the table. "The moving, the exploring, the photo ops."

"Ooh, informational travel pamphlets!" Fiddleford said, looking through the pamphlets on the table. "Ah want ta read 'em all an' gain their travel knowledge."

"Kid, those useless pamphlets have never helped a single person," Mabel said from the front seat. "The only wrinkly old travel guide you'll need is me." Fiddleford narrowed his eyes at the woman. "Now look alive! We're coming up on an attraction run by the most black-hearted proprietor in all of Oregon."