"Ummmm . . . Long story..." I answered slowly, squirming, and sitting back down. She did the same.

"Okay... your point is...?" She said, raising an eyebrow.

I put my pointer finger out.

"This." pointing to my finger. I tried to stall, but I had no idea what I was saying. I knew she'd get something out of me eventually.

"Cut to the chase, Dipper..." I started to get a little nervous, wanting to escape the situation, change the topic, anything. Saying it would make it real. So I lied.

"Fine, my parents are having some money problems," I said, trying to be convincing, "And they wanted us to not be anywhere near the house when or if anything happens. So we're back... good story?"

"Huh, I thought it would be worst, like your parents died, or something." She said, a little underwhelmed. I could see that she didn't fully seem convinced, but evidentially she decided to let go.

"I'm sorry about that DipDip." She replied. There wasn't much sympathy in her voice, but Madi wasn't a very sympathetic person anyway. At least she's trying.

"It's fine...Psht, dead. No way." I faked a smile and tried not to think about how right she was...and how what I told her was the same thing I told Mabel...

The bright head lights still haunt my nightmares, I can't believe they're gone. I just have to keep a smile on my face and not tell my sister. It would break her spirit and world. Kinda like it's brakes mine.

Soon, class started, and I thought it would be a normal day, blah blah, prokaryotes, or something like that but the teacher surprised me.

"Mason Pines, please come to the front and present yourself to the class." I was jolted out of the trace by the sound name being called, and slowly slinked out of my seat, and turning to face the class. My stomach churned, feeling like it was twisting and turning with fright. Five percent extraversion don't fail me now... I thought. I looked across the small group of faces, maybe twelve? Some friendly, others...not so much. Well here we go...

"H-Hi I'm Dipper Pines. You'll uh- probably meet my twin sister Mabel, and yes, we are siblings. She's probably being a goof, but she is smarter than you will give her credit for. And we just moved back here. Me and my sister were here three years ago during summer vacation..."

Their eyes lit up. They all knew what I was talking about.

" P-pines? You're the people behind the walking house! The one that saved this town from that demon with the flying eyeballs turning people into stone." A girl with brown hair and red glasses said from the back. The class turned to look at her and she flushed, glancing down.

"Erm..Yes. We are..." I half-muttered, wanting to get back to my set, get their eyes off me.

"Alright, Dipper take your seat next to Ms. Jackson," the teacher said, not even looking up from the paper he was reading. Thank the lord, I thought
Madi smiled and side-hugged me as I sat down by her side. She placed a note on my desk and turned back towards the teacher, winking at me. I opened the note, smirking almost as a question.

It reads:

Roof time?
Monster hunt?
6:45 @ the fallout
Bring the journal
Love, M

I swear this girl is going to kill me one day with her insane schemes. She's crazier than Mabel and cooler than Wendy. She's reckless, but she can handle herself most of the time. Key word there most. What is going on with me? I'm going through the "Girl Crazy" stage I guess. I hope it doesn't end like last time. FBI on our tails and we all end up fighting for our lives. That would kill me inside. Please, let me just get through the day.

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I soon found myself in the lunch room, with my head in All The Light We Cannot See, I sat with my twin and her old friends Candy and Grenda. They were chatting up a storm while I chewed on a baby carrot.

All of a sudden, I hear footsteps behind me and my vision goes dark. I feel two rough hands on my face and for a moment I panic thinking, What's going on?

"Guess who?" A female's voice chimes. The adrenaline rush from panic faded as I heard

"Ummm... well not Madi of course!" I say light-heartily. She giggles, and slides into the eat next to me, holding a red lunch bag and unzipping it. Mabel eyes her with can't-quite-place recognition. But I shift to look at the attractive blonde sitting in the chair next to me. Her expensive pink metal lunch box sits on the table in front of her, and she's holding something behind her back.

"What's th—" She cuts me off.

"Look at what I found!" Her hands shoved a baseball cap on my head before I could protest, and I reached up take it off, but I felt the embroidery on the top... it...it was a pine tree.

"Oh my God! How'd you find this?" This was my favorite hat! It was close to being to small, but not quite there yet.

"Well I know some people." She shrugs, laughing. Madi leans her arm on my shoulder and turns to look at Pacifica.

"Who's this?" the two jinx. Pacifica has an almost protective tone, contradicting Madi's teasing one. Pacifica points a finger at her.

"Pacifica Northwest meet Madeline Jackson. And the other way around." I said, "She's one of my friends from...," I whisper the rest in Pacifica's ear. Her eyebrow shot up in surprise.

"That's not something you can find on a thank you card." Pacifica smiles, "Nice to meet you Madeline!"

"She knows?" Madi said suspiciously, tone changing completely.

"What about B.? Yeah, she knows." I reply, calming her down a bit. This is going better than I expected. By now thought Pacifica would have try to kill her and Madi would be on her way to getting suspended.

"You know what? Why don't we all go monster hunting or something?" He looks at both girls. Pacifica smiles at Madi, and she smiles back. This will be the perfect time for them to get to know each other.

They begin to chat about their histories, and Mabel asked,

"I could bring Soos and Wendy? Like old times?" Mabel's voice sounded cheerful and carefree. I just wanted it to stay that way.

"Yeah sure! But I think they have to work..." I didn't know it then, but I would have to chose between a crush, a best friend, and a stranger.

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