Book of One Shots

Just Needing a Family, GF

It was another day in Gravity Falls. And that day was, interesting, in the eyes of Pacifica Northwest. Not only did she learn that both magic and paranormal stuff was real, she felt her heart pounding in her chest. She just felt so excited. She had so much fun today. Dipper smiled at her nervously, a bit of a blush on his face.

"It seems that you rather enjoyed that." He lightly teased.

"I did! I never had so much fun!" Pacifica stated, still riding the wave of excitement.

"I can't believe how big your smile is!" Mabel pointed out.

"It feels like it is the biggest smile in the universe!" Pacifica told her.

"I hate to burst your bubble but we do need to get you to your photo shoot. We only have five minutes, remember?" Dipper reminded her.

That's when Ford turned to the kids. That's when Pacifica got a good look at Stan, or what she assumed was Stan. His hair had a small gray streak in it, he had soft brown eyes that looked like they could tell a million tales, a big nose, broken glasses, wearing a red turtleneck sweater, a black belt going across his shirt, a brown trench coat with dark brown elbow patches, black jeans, and brown boots that had mud on them. He knelled down to Pacifica's eye level and that's when her green eyes met his brown ones.

For a split second, she completely forgot about her photo shoot. She saw the concern in his eyes, as if he was trying to figure out how to approach her. Finally, for what seemed like forever to the blonde, he spoke.

"You aren't hurt, are you?"

That wasn't Stan's voice. She instantly knew something was up but decided to not to ask right off. She looked over her body, showing him a few scratches on her legs and a bruise on her upper arm.

"Just a few scrapes and bruises. I'll recover." Pacifica reassured.

"Can we take her to the photo shoot, Grunkle Ford?" Mabel asked him.

'Grunkle Ford?' Pacifica wanted to ask but decided against it.

Ford, she assumed, nodded in agreement and stated, "I'm sure Stanley won't mind if we do that for you." He turned to Pacifica again as he asked, "What is your name?"

Pacifica perked up at this. Normally anyone from Gravity Falls knew who she was in an instant. She was, after all, the most popular girl in the entire sleepy town. But this man... He didn't know her and yet, he oddly looked liked Stan? Stan knew who she was. He often called her 'spoiled rich girl'. But this man...

Finally; she answered, "My name is Pacifica... Pacifica Northwest."

Ford mumbled, "You are Preston's little girl, aren't you?"

Pacifica nodded in awe, "You know him?"

"Heh, we met a lifetime ago." Ford answered, a bit modestly. "It'll be... interesting to see him again." He further added.

Without a further thought, Ford got to his feet, offering his six fingered hand to Pacifica. That's when Pacifica took it, without a second thought - not even questioning the fact he had six fingers in the first place. Ford was baffled on how many people were quick to accepting his anomaly, his curse as he often called it. But here he was, holding the hand of Preston Northwest's twelve year old daughter. The four of them walked back to the car, Pacifica enjoying the fact she was holding Ford's hand. She didn't dare admit it aloud but whenever she was going up, Preston never held her hand. It was nice...warm...safe.

...

After the photo shoot, Preston walked away from the photographer and his wife. Ford was with Dipper, Mabel, and Pacifica. Pacifica was still giggling, taking the old banana peel out of her hair. Preston instantly got mad, getting out the bell from his top coat pocket. He rang it a few times, making Pacifica freeze on the spot. Dipper instantly looked worried, as he had seen this before. Mabel looked completely confused, though. Ford's reaction...was unreadable.