Alone A Gravity Falls Fanfic Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Dipper was waiting down stairs as Mabel and her friends were standing around as the twins parents were taking pictures for the evening. All of them were going on and on about their first junior high dance and that it was going to be the best night of their lives. Dipper on the other hand really wasn't as excited as his sister and her friends were. To him it was just another school dance; almost like how they made a huge deal about homecoming and prom in high school. There was just so little to get excited for.

The only good thing that seemed to be going for Dipper that evening was Mabel had gotten one of her friends to go with him to the dance. Her name was Lucy and she had curly blonde hair pinned with a cute baby blue dress on. Although the two didn't really say much when the group arrived to the house.

"Dipper come here and take a picture with Mabel." His mother said, interrupting his train of thought.

The boy sighed to himself before he went towards the fireplace to take picture with his sister. Mabel grabbed him tightly as she did a peace sign for the camera.

"RED AND WHITE THEME TONIGHT, BRO BRO!" She squealed, happily.

The Pine boy sighed when he heard a honking outside.

"The limo's here!" Said of the boys as he pointed out the front the door.

"They even got a limo for a junior high dance? They really are pulling this out of proportion." Dipper thought to himself.

"Why don't we all climb in and head to dinner before the dance." Mabel said.

Everyone cheered as they all crowded inside.

Dinner wasn't really that special. The large group had all gone to the Cheesecake Factory and had devoured their meals while they talked about what was going to happen at the dance that night.

"Maybe one of you gentleman will get the honor of dancing with me! Mabel grinned.

"I want to dance with you!" Said one boy.

"NO! I WANT TO!" Said another.

Through the entire meal, Dipper had only sat in his chair, periodically picking and nibbling at his meal while Mabel and her friends were in their own little world. Even now a small part of him was tempted to just say screw it, and just go home and avoid the dance altogether. However, he wouldn't be let inside the house until the dance was over, leaving him with very few places to go. Realizing how limited his options were at this rate, Dipper just relaxed in his chair and continue to pick at his food until it was time to go.

Another forty minutes had passed until the limo had pulled up at the school; and from what Dipper could see, they weren't the only ones to get a limo for the event.

The group had gotten in line with their tickets to go inside. Dipper on the other hand had remained at the back of the line as he wanted to remain outside for as long as possible before he had to go inside. A part of him was worried Frankie was going to torment for getting them in trouble and wanted to avoid the boy for as long he could, but as he got closer and closer to the admissions stand, the sooner he would have to go in side and brave the dance.

He was taken out of his thoughts when he felt someone standing beside him. He turned to see that it was only Lucy.

"So are you excited about the dance?" She asked, trying to start up a conversation.

"I guess so..." He quietly responded.

"Well that's good... Mabel was actually worried that you weren't going to come tonight. She said that things have been shaky between you guys. It kinda saddened me; the two of you were always so inseparable." She said, looking down at her shoes.

Dipper only smiled sadly; the two of them really were inseparable. He wondered if they could ever really become that close ever again.

"Hey look! We're next, Dipper!" Lucy said as she handed the teacher sitting there her ticket.

Dipper sighed quietly as he handed his ticket before he walked inside.

The gym was completely decorated for the dance with balloons streaming everywhere. Kids were already filling the entire gymnasium as they began mingling with each other.

"The gym looks nice, doesn't it?" Lucy asked as she looked around.

"It's okay..." Was all the boy could say quietly.

Meanwhile in the darkened corner of the gym, Frankie and his two goons were staring into Dipper's direction as they watched enter the gym.

"Well it looks like Little Dipper showed up after all. Now everything can proceed as planned." Frankie laughed.

"But when are we going to spring the trap?" Violet asked as she looked above the catwalk.

"Don't worry, we're going to do it, but we'll have to wait until the time is right. Until then, we'll have to act as if everything is normal."

The goons nodded as they to join the rest of the kids.

"ALL RIGHT PARTY PEOPLE! ARE YOU ALL READY TO HAVE FUN TONIGHT?!" The dj asked the crowd.

The young teens all cheered with delight.

"THEN LET'S GET THIS EVENING STARTED!"

An hour had passed by as everyone in the gym was out on the dance floor dancing the evening away. Well almost everyone... Dipper was sitting at one of the tables by himself as drank some punch. A part of him was hoping that he didn't have to get up from his chair until the dance was over. From the way he saw it, as long as he sat in that chair nothing bad had happened to him. If he continued sitting, he could get through the evening unscathed.

However fate had other plans when Lucy walked over to him.

"Why are you sitting by yourself?" She asked, concerned.

"I just don't feel like dancing is all." Was all he could say.

"But I think they're about to play a slow song; and it looks like some of the guys are fighting to see who gets to dance with Mabel." Lucy explained as she pointed towards three boys screaming about who was going to be the lucky one.

Dipper couldn't help but laugh; his sister really did have her hands feel this time.

"I wonder who she's going to pick." He asked.

"I don't know... But it will be interesting to see who she does pick."

Suddenly with sounds of the song, Champagne Supernova began to play through the speakers.

"How about we slow things down for a bit?" The DJ said as the kids began to pair off.

Lucy held her hand out.

"Would you like to dance with me?" She asked.

Dipper looked at her hand before he smiled shyly.

"Why not..." He said as he allowed her to lead them to the dance floor.

The Pine boy carefully placed his hands on her waist as the two of them began to slowly sway back and forth.

Dipper couldn't help but smile. This was his very first slow dance with a girl. He remembered when attempted to ask Wendy to dance when Stan had decided to throw that party at the Mystery shack; but he remembered how he kept getting in his own way when he made an elaborated checklist that would ensure him his success. Only that had spiraled more and more out of control when Dipper had decided to clone himself. Only the clones added more complications to the plan and then turning on Dipper himself. Even after everything however Wendy had ultimately spent the evening hanging out with Robbie instead; but Dipper and his lead clone Tyrone had come to an understanding about being themselves.

"I guess you really did help me, Tyrone." The boy smiled as he looked up towards the ceiling.

"You're really a good dancer, Dipper..." Lucy said, blushing.

"Thanks..." Dipper said, blushing as well.

"Speaking of which, look over at Mabel..."

The two turned towards Mabel to see that she was slow dancing with all three of the boys that had been fighting over her. The boys glared as the each tried to shove the others off.

"I said all three of you could dance with me if you couldn't decide on one, so behave yourselves and keep your hands to yourself!" The girl said, firmly.

The boys sighed as they continued the dance.

"That's definitely new..." Dipper said, staring at the antics of Mabel slow dancing with three boys at the same time.

"Hey Dipper?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah?"

"I'm having a really nice time with you." She said, shyly.

"So am I..." He said, smiling.

"And... Maybe... If it's all right with you... Maybe we can do it again sometime..."

Dipper felt a small smile tug his face.

"I'd like that..." He said, now his voice just as shy.

Frankie and Violet were dancing together a short distance as they both rolled their eyes.

Finally the song ended.

The two parted.

"I see the you're having a good time." A voice came behind them.

Dipper turned to see Ms. Finn standing there a smile on her face.

"I guess I am..." He said, smiling sheepishly.

Dipper looked around the gym.

"And Frankie and his friends haven't bothered once."

Ms. Finn smiled but then frowned.

"I have a feeling it's only because I've been keeping a close eye on them all evening; but at least it's been quiet." She sighed.

"All right everyone it's time for our big dance off! Whoever has the best dance moves by the end of the song will receive certificate for months worth of free laser tag."

All of the kids cheered.

Dipper grinned, he hadn't played laser tag since the summer.

But he never realized he was standing right below the trap that was set for him, but Frankie and his goons knew.

"My friends it's time!" He laughed.

The walked off towards the platform before Frankie gained hold of the rope.

"I'll stand here while you two go back there and make sure that nobody sees me. Once the song is over... Surprise!"

The two grinned evilly as they walked back out to dance floor.

"Now let's start the dance the off!" The song began to play.

All of the kids on cue began to dance to the beat of the song.

Mabel had really taken off as she began to play air guitar and spin around in dizzying circles.

Some of the other kids began break dancing on the floor shaking their bodies around widely.

Dipper however seemed to just wave his arms around to the music, not much for getting crazy like some of the others.

Lucy noticed this and laughed.

"Come on Dipper, you're not going to win the prize if you dance like that."

"YEAH BRO BRO! YOU HAVE TO DANCE LIKE ME!" Mabel cried as grabbed her brother and began to have him to the monkey.

Dipper was about to his sister antics, but he suddenly found himself relaxing as he began to follow her lead; and pretty soon he was found himself doing the moonwalk on his own.

The kids around him were cheering him on as he continued.

He actually found himself having fun.

"Looks like we have a wide one over here!" The DJ laughed as he pointed towards Dipper.

"Give the wild the one some room!" Violet cried, making sure that only Dipper would get his 'surprise'.

The kids backed up slightly.

Frankie watched the scene, the rope ready to be pulled in his hands.

The kids unaware of the plan continued to cheer for Dipper as the boy began to go full wild and began breakdancing on the floor.

""GO BRO BRO!" Mabel cried.

"COME ON DIPPER!" Lucy cheered.

The kids around cheered for more.

The Pine boy for once felt he actually was doing something right.

Ms. Finn was watching the dance off near the back, but she felt her eyes trailing towards the corner near the ascending platform. She swore she thought she saw a rope that seemed very out of place.

She couldn't make out anything at the bottom as there were a swarm of kids dancing everywhere she had to get a better look.

When got a closer however she saw Frankie holding something in his hands. That's she noticed that wide space between Dipper and the others.

Her eyes widened in horror as she put it all together.

Dipper was unaware as he made began his big finish.

Ms. Finn ran towards Frankie.

But it was too little too late.

As soon as the song had ended.

Frankie had pulled the rope.

And before anyone could process what happened, the horrible bodily concoction had poured all over the entire boy's body.

The entire gym was silent at what had happened.

Ms. Finn was horrified by the display; the warning signs had been there the entire time and she had failed to notice it.

Mabel and Lucy looked at each other in horror, angry and saddened that someone had done something so cruel.

All of the kids and adults just stood there not knowing how to react.

Then there was Dipper; his entire body was shaking. Tears were streaming down his face as he could feel the horrible stench on him. He should have know better, he should've known that Frankie and his friends would humiliate him.

How could he have been so blind.

That's when he heard the sound of laughing.

He looked over to see that Violet was standing there laughing cruelly.

"YOU LOOK LIKE A GIANT TURD!" She roared.

And it wasn't very long until the entire gymnasium had erupted into laughter.

Kids and adults laughed and pointed; whether it was because they thought the display was indeed funny, or if they really didn't know how to react to this.

Only Mabel, Lucy, and Ms. Finn weren't laughing.

Dipper covered his ears to block it all out, but it felt like the laughter was becoming louder and louder until it rang in his ears. His head started hurting as he felt his body becoming light than air.

He wanted it all to stop. He wanted the torment to end.

He screamed as he closed his eyes, when he then felt himself falling over.

But he did not feel impact or a thud.

He opened his eyes to find himself laying on the floor.

He tried to rub his eyes when he felt his hands go right throw his head.

"What the...?" He cried.

He looked down to see that his body was transparent; and when he turned his head he could see that his body was still standing.

"Wait... If I'm a ghost... Then that means..." He gasped in horror. "OH NO!"

The crowd continued laughing as a pair ominous eyes shot open...