Gravity Falls S3 (Continued)

Season 3 Episode 14: Pine-ing Pines

The weekends were always one of the best times of the week because it meant the Shack was closed off, which meant everyone had a moment to take in the fresh air and catch a breather. Literally.

Dipper and Mabel were on the side of the Shack, filling up water balloons and putting them into a bucket; two separate buckets because what good is a battle without two teams? They were racing each other to try and get as many tied and into the bucket as fast as they could because there was only a certain amount of balloons in a package.

The Stans were sitting on the couch out on the deck and chuckling as they went back and forth with conversation and laughing at what their niece and nephew were saying as they continued to race.

"Too bad Wendy couldn't make it today." Mabel said as she fumbled with the balloon for a second, then finally managed to tie it up. "A battle can't be legendary without Wendy!" She dropped the water balloon in the bucket and grabbed an empty one as she clipped it onto the hose.

"I agree, butttt...maybe it can still have as much potential of being legendary. We'll just be missing her awesome skills." Dipper replied as he dropped a water balloon into his bucket and snagged an empty one as he waited for his sister to finish. "You're taking a billion years!" He whined.

"That's the point!" She snickered and then a water balloon was thrown at her, but it just bounced off and popped when it hit the ground. "Ha!! Loser!!"

"I don't see how that even follows physics and the laws of gravity!!" Dipper frowned as he snatched the hose and put his balloon on the top when she was done.

"Who cares! I'm already in the lead and the fight hasn't started, so, HA!" The girl grinned and then proceeded to stick her tongue out in victory.

Her twin just grumbled to himself and finally they both ran out of balloons. Mabel had the stronger and more filled balloons while Dipper had more but they weren't filled quite as full due to his worry that they were all going to pop.

Mabel grinned and got ready to throw a balloon at her brother but he stopped her.

"WAIT!" He dug his hand in his pocket, tongue sticking out of the side until he took out his phone. "Can't hit me with this thing on me."

"Then take it inside!" She whined, eager to start.

"...Rock paper scissors. Loser goes in and puts it on the table while the other gets a head start."

"Out of three!!" Mabel exclaimed.

He paused. "...Nah, just one. That would take too long."

"Fine." She huffed and curled her hand into a fist, copying her brother's movement.

"On three, we shoot. Ready?" He asked and she nodded.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors...shoot!!!" The twins exclaimed at the same time.

Mabel had chosen rock, like almost any person would start out, but of course, knowing the little nerd, Dipper strategized and picked paper; he won.

"YES!" He fist-pumped in the air and handed his phone to her while she groaned.

The girl trudged up the stairs, holding the smartphone in her hand and passing her Grunkles on the porch couch. She pushed open the door to find Waddles near the stairs, she gave a smile and walked over and rubbed his head before heading to the kitchen and placing her brother's phone on the counter.

Right as she was about to leave, she paused and backed up, and right in front of her was the portal gun a few days back. She glanced around and then grabbed it, stumbling slightly; not expecting for it to be as heavy as it was.