Fereality's Gravity Falls Shorts

Lucille

Handlebar Hideout Bar & Grill

Twenty Miles outside of Gravity Falls

Friday June 16th, 2006

I was riding my bike through Oregon on my way to the coast when I stopped at this roadside bar to get a bite to eat and wet my whistle. The food was decent but nothing to write home about and I was just about to head out when I saw her walk in. A gorgeous redhead with better curves than any stretch of road.

She sat down at the bar a few chair away from me and man I was smitten. I decided to head over and introduce myself, maybe we were heading in the same direction. Stranger things have happened.

"Hi, there. Is this seat taken?" I asked. When she shook her head that it wasn't, I sat down. I noticed a tan line on her left ring finger but decided to continue on anyways. "The name's Rodrick Sylvester, but most people just call me Rod."

"Nice to meet you Rod. I'm Lucille Cor...", she said after having stopped to correct herself she continued, "No actually not anymore. My name is Lucille Nelson."

"Well it sure is nice to meet you Lucille. Now if I may be so bold, what brings a pretty young wildflower like yourself to such a place as this?" I asked as tried to put forth as much charm as I could without it sounding sleazy.

"Oh you smoothtalker you. You can cut the young crap out though. We both know I've got probably a good eight or nine years on you." she said with a smile. but though the was a smile on her lips and mirth in her tone neither seemed to be doing much to attack the sadness in her eyes.

She began to talk about how she had lived all of her life in a small town just down the road. How her ex had always agreed when she would suggest that they needed to leave the town and travel, you know see the world. But though he agreed everytime she would try, he would always make an excuse to stay where they were. And while this was not a good reason to separate, it was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.

We sat there talking for a good forty-five minutes and I was starting to true warm and even joy in her eyes when she suddenly went stiff. Her face was draining of blood as she stared at the mirror. Taking a look myself I wondered if they owners of the bar had decided to put up a trick mirror as a joke. The mirror showed a giant of a man standing in the doorway to the bar. As I watched him I wondered if the owners had put in the double doors just for him. He was easily as wide as the entrance and it looked like all muscle. He even stooped some as he came in to not hit his head as he finally entered the bar.

Now I'm six foot two and two hundred and twenty pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal, but this guy was seven foot tall if he was an inch and at least half that wide. Needless to say I was beginning to get nervous. He could probably break me in half without even breaking a sweat. When he stopped be at the bar next to her I saw his hands were so rough and leathery that I knew he made his living working with them.

"What are you doing Lucille?" He said as stood there and it looked like he was struggling to keep from crying.

"I told you Dan that it was over. I'm leaving both you and the town. The money I got from Aunt Gertrude was just the kick in the pants I needed." she said before she took another sip from her drink.

"Well you picked a great time to do it. You know that Wendy needs you and so do Rudy, Lucas, and Seth. I'm gonna be out working in the forest, how am I supposed to raise four kids." He said as he continued to stare straight ahead. I think he felt as if he would break in two if he even took a look at her.

'You'll manage, I mean according to you you already do all of the hard work in the household anyways. We both know that it would be no good to either of us if I stayed." she said as she looked over at him, "I'm guessing you got your friend Tyler to watch the kids or else I would be hearing a whole lot of 'Get her!' right now."

She downed the last of her glass before she continued, "Now look, why don't you do us both a favor and head back to the kids before I have to call Deputy Blubs and his new partner to come and drag you back to town."

By the look on his face I guess he wasn't expecting anything different from her. he seemed resigned to the fact that he was on a unwinnable mission and without any further action he turned on his heels and left. I was in awe of how this five foot five knockout had just sent Goliath packing.

We ended up closing the bar down and I was contemplating getting a hotel room as was in no shape to drive, when she suggested I join her in her hotel room as she didn't plan to leave tonight and she really didn't feel like sleeping alone tonight. We walked to her hotel room and she began to kiss me as soon as we were in the room. I wanted to respond in kind but every time I tried I kept seeing the face of that brokenhearted giant. I finally begged off and left her alone in that hotel room as I went out to my bike and though I was probably not in the best condition to drive I ended hopping back on the interstate and headed to the next town on the map and found room there.

When I finally laid my head down, all I could think about was how she had shut down that giant of a man.

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This story came to me while I was writing the first chapter of Revenant Falls. I had youtube on playing music as I wrote and suddenly Kenny Rogers' Lucille came on. For some reason I began to think that this would be a great 'Not A Songfic'. So when I was finished with RF, I looked up the lyrics (though I grew up on Kenny and can probably have written this from the start without them but better safe than sorry. Now the only cannon knowledge we have of Wendy's mom is that 'she is no longer with them'. And like a lot of people I took that to mean she had passed on (Which is the case in nearly every other story I write), but for this I one she just left.

Also remember to check out my other Gravity Falls works:

Gravity Heroes - A few months after the Mystery Twins head home from Gravity Falls Mabel receives a call from Soos telling her that Dipper was found turned to stone out in the woods. The problem is that Dipper is standing next to her when she received the call. This leads them off to a new adventure.

Gravity Heroes: Sidetracks - A series on one shots & drabbels that are stories that are in the Gravity Heroes-verse but aren't necessarily required to read the main story-line. It's essentially my take on the classic Marvel Comics Presents.

Wrasslin Wendy - After Wendy's brothers learn that Dipper's Godfather is a former pro wrestler and beg him to introduce them. A few years later Wendy and her brothers are now working for Global Championship Wrasslin. that's where our story begins. (This is my Writer's Block Breaker story for when I need to break through my Writer's Block)

Camping With The Corduroys - Two quick little journal entries Dipper writes after he gets invited to go camping with his girlfriend's family.

The Geek Gets The Girl - The Friday after their 21st birthday (a party he had to miss thanks to an early starting college course), Mabel drags Dipper to a local bar where it appears her girlfriend Pacifica may have been trying to set him up with a blind date. Songfic without being a songfic (Follows the title and premise of the song without any of the lyrics)

Revenant Falls - During the twins fifth summer in Gravity Falls, Dipper thought he was going to be able to just work at the Shack and spend time with his girlfriend Wendy. Unfortunately this is Gravity Falls and you never know what is going to happen...

Baby It's Cold Outside - After noticing the weather a college age Dipper reluctantly make ready to leave Wendy's cabin. Wendip songfic written for the 2017 holiday season.

Opposites Attract - While Pacifica is waiting for Mabel to finish her shift at the Shack a familiar tune comes on over the radio. Mabcifica songfic written to get the song out of my head.

I also would feel honored if any of my works inspire any art. If the do I would love to see them. Thanks again to all who have read this far. I'm happy to see different interpretations of the characters from the GH AU. Let me know by PM if you do and I'll send out a list of the full descriptions to you. The art is now up at fereality.deviantart.com/ .

Please review. I'm always open to constructive and helpful criticism, though if you're gonna troll please move on.