Gideon woke up the following morning from the sound of his phone ringing on his nightstand. He forced his tired eyes to remain open as he answered the call.
"Paz?" he croaked.
"Sup, Gid! Sorry to wake you up from your beauty sleep, but I needed to tell you something. Meet me outside and I'm gonna hang up before you can protest!"
The line went dead. Gideon groaned. He rolled out of bed and slipped on a jacket along with a pair of sneakers before leaving his room. He didn't bother with attempting to tame his spiky bed hair besides running his fingers through it once or twice before answering the door.
"Why do you always want to meet up so early?" Gideon yawned. Pacifica didn't bother with answering his question. She grabbed his hand, placed something in the palm of his hand and curled his fingers into a fist.
"I got this for you and I was planning on giving it to you before that whole wendigo fiasco."
Gideon unfurled his hand to examine the object he had been handed. It was a white, circular pin with a blue pine tree engraved in the center.
"I got it at a gift shop on one of my first days in town." Pacifica smiled. "I'm not the new kid in town anymore. It's a new chapter."
Gideon pinned it to the heart of his sweatshirt. It seemed to fit there perfectly, like a key that had been inserted into a lock. A perfect match. "Wow. . . I can't believe it! Thanks!"
"Don't mention it." Pacifica's smile grew wider as she continued. "But I can think of a way that you could possibly pay me back. . ."
Gideon shoved his hands in his pockets in an attempt to warm them up from the chilly morning air. "Sure, I'll try the best I can, whatever it is."
"Do you think we could possibly snag some tickets to go to the grand reopening of the Telepathy Show?"
"The Telepathy what?" The name rang a bell in the back of his mind yet Gideon couldn't remember exactly where he had heard it from.
"The Pines twins are putting on their first show in five years. It's a pretty big deal. So big, the show sold out last night!"
Gideon's unexplained weariness towards the Pines temporarily subsided as his curiosity got the best of him. "Seriously?"
Pacifica turned on her phone, tapped the screen a few times, then handed it to him. She had pulled up the Mystery Fair's website, and sure enough there was a big, red SOLD OUT icon plastered over every old ticket option.
"I know from that rehearsal that your dad doesn't usually get freebies when it comes to the shows, but it wouldn't hurt to ask, right?"
Gideon nodded considerably and handed her phone back. "It's worth a try, I guess." He stepped aside and let Pacifica enter the hallway before closing the door and walking towards his dad's bedroom, ready to knock on the door and ask the big question. He lowered his hand when he saw the bright yellow note taped to the door.
Had to leave for work early. Breakfast in the fridge. Working late tonight for the first show. Call if you need me.
-DadGideon took the note from the door and crumpled it up in his hands. "Sorry Paz. He's already at work."
Pacifica took the ball of paper from his hands, un-crumpled it and scanned over the writing. "But it says right here that you can call him."
"He never answers his phone while he's at work," Gideon muttered. "Believe me. I've tried."
Pacifica frowned and handed the note back to him.
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Reverse Falls: Welcome to the Show
FanficAct 1 . . . [Book 1 in the Reverse Falls Trilogy] [cover by @ontheupsidedown!] Ever since his dad packed up and left, Gideon didn't want to have anything to do with him. But after his mom sends him to Gravity Falls to stay with Bud for the summer...