I'mma add the days now as well ^-^

Wednesday September 26 2012 

"Not to jinx it or anything...but I haven't seen Aliya at all this week," I voice my thoughts as my siblings and I walk down the school hallway. It's Wednesday, which means there's an assembly. The principal, like almost every school I know of, holds one to make announcements and such.

"I heard from one of her friends that she and her parents went to Italy and haven't came back yet. But apparently they called ahead of time to let the school know that she'd be, like, a week late or something." I nod, satisfied with Mabel's answer.

"Hey," Dipper speaks up, "who even is our principal?" I stop in my tracks, causing the two to stop as well.

"That is a good question... Wait- shouldn't you guys know who it is?" Blushing, Dipper chuckles and splutters.

Saving him from more embarrassment, Mabel quickly answers, "Well this year we have a new one. Last year's principal retired. Such a shame, too, I loved putting stickers on his desk when no one was looking!" Rolling my eyes, though with a smile, I shake my head at our sister's antics that I wish I saw and continue moving to the gym.

At last, we reach the large gym doors. We open them and find kids among kids sitting on the stairs, bleachers, ground, you name it, all chatting until it starts. Silently, my female triplet points to an empty spot on the stairs. So, carefully, we make our way through the crowd, careful not to stop on anyone or bump into them.

"Alright everyone, settle down, the assembly's about to start!" Sid Barrett, the P.E. teacher speaks loudly into the microphone up on the stage. I don't blame most of the children who shut up right then and there. "Now I know school only started a few days ago and most of you haven't met the principal, so here he is now."

Teachers and staff clap as a man walks on stage with a smile. "Good morning, Piedmont!" he starts off, "I am William Rehpic but I like to go by Bill." For some reason, this man gives me the creeps.

'And by the looks of it, it seems like he gives Dipper them, too.' I ponder, looking at my brother.

"What are the odds?" Mabel frowns, pouting. A kid next to her shushes her so she quiets down.

"First announcement! Since I'm the new principal here, I've decided to change the mascot!" Excited and disappointed murmurs litter the room. Clearing his throat, Mr. Rehpic continues, "Instead of being the Piedmont Lancers... We're going to be the Piedmont Pyramids!"

"Uhhhh..." I lean over and whisper to Dipper with uncertainty, "does any of this make you feel...anxious?"

Dipper, sitting stiff as can be, slowly nods in the affirmative.

The assembly went on for another forty five minutes before it ended. When it did, everyone at once stood up and stretched their legs, me included. I groan while doing so as Mabel gathers her things. "Dip? Wha's wrong?" she asks, putting a hand on his back.

"I-I dunno, I just got a weird feeling from the new principal, that's all..."

"Hey! Me, too! But look on the bright side! We're not Lancers anymore! We're Pyramids and pyramids are cool!" Mabel smiles brightly.

'I don't think she gets what we're thinking...'

"Mabel, I don't think you understand... The guy's name is William but likes to go by Bill. Although that is the appropriate nickname for William... Plus! He changed the mascot to pyramids- PYRAMIDS! Doesn't that strike you as odd? I know Macie felt it." I nod in agreement with our brother.

"Well... Lots of people's names are Bill. And maybe the new principal really likes Egypt? Come on, Dipper, Macie, it has to be a coincidence!" her voice wavers a bit. 'Is she trying to reassure us or herself?'

The bell suddenly rings and I notice that we are the only ones left in the gym. "Maybe...maybe Mabel's right, Dip," I look around nervously, feeling like I'm being watched for some reason. "Maybe it's all just a coincidence... I mean, Bill is gone!"

"But Macie... What happens after Gravity Falls ends? That was left for anybody to decide..." At Dipper's comment, we all go silent and stare at each other.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Sam and Dean Winchester opening the gates of Hell (Supernatural FTW)~~

I feel like the rest of my day went by agonizingly slow after what Dipper said. 'What if he's right? Bill very well might actually be back! We never know what happens after the show besides the books and none that I have read had anything on Bill possibly coming back. It's basically a fan fiction now, where anything can and will happen!'

"Oof!" I accidentally run into a hard figure. "Sorry," I mumble and keep my head down, trying to get past.

"Hey, Macie!" It's Aiden. "Where are you off to?" he asks with a smile. 

Since yesterday I've managed to barely avoid him, but for some reason, he keeps trying to start up a conversation. 'Reminds me of Matt...' *Shivers*

"Uh... P.E., last class of the day." 

"Oh, nice- hey! You know a guy named Nathan? He should be in most of your classes, but I'm not sure..." I nod, not liking where this is going. "Cool! Okay- can you give himmmm," he trails off while fishing something from his pocket, "this!"

"What is it?" I examine the pure white envelope.

"Lunch money. I'll see you around!" He leaves while waving, not saying anything else and leaving me alone in the empty halls.

"Get to class, young lady." The deep voice scares me. I turn around and it's the principal. "Better hurry or you'll be late. But no running in the halls!" Gulping, I swallow the large lump in my throat and scurry off.

After bursting through the gym doors, the bell rings right after. I let out a sigh of relief that I wasn't late. "Alright, kids, line up!" our teacher booms loudly, not needing a microphone anymore.

I catch up to my triplets who are up against the wall like everyone else. "Where were you?" Mabel leans forward off the wall a bit to look at my face past Dipper's.

"Got held up by Aiden again." I roll my eyes when the brunette silently squeals.

"Ooooooh Aiden totally wants to be your friend! No one would try that hard if they didn't!"

"Mabel..." I trail off, "he just wanted me to hand this lunch money to Nathan. I don't know why but he practically threw it onto me and ran. So..." I wave the envelope around. 

"Lemme see that." Dipper snatches it. "Dude!" he cries out in surprise, "There's like twenty dollars in here!"

"All for lunch?" I ask, taking it back and peeking inside for myself.

"Well, however much it may be, someone's gotta pass it off to him."

"Mabel's right. But I don't wanna do it!" I cower into myself for dramatic effect.

"Just- oh!" Dipper takes it back from me again and lets it float to the floor. "The teacher, or somebody will find it and it will land back in Nathan's hands! I just wanna know why Aiden gave it to you to give to him..."

"Well, we're in most of the same classes, so I guess that's why he figured I'd do it?" Multiple possibilities appear in my mind but I pay them no attention.

Suddenly, throwing my siblings and me out of our little moment, a whistle goes off very loudly, even causing some kids to cover their poor ears. "I said NO talking," Sid directs his anger straight to us, making me gulp. "Dodgeball. Go." He blows his whistle one more time to indicate P.E. starting.

Kids burst off to the middle of the gym where the adult, apparently, set up multiple red dodge balls. As soon as people grab two or even three, they go airborne, smacking others in their faces and such.

I pull my brother and put him in front of me, acting like a shield. He splutters and tries to get out of my grip but not before getting socked in the gut by a ball. "Urghhh," the boy groans, kneeling down and clutching his stomach.

"Dipper, you're out! Carl, you too!" The coach starts saying names left and right from the sheer speed of kids getting knocked out.

"Mabel?!" I don't see my sister anywhere!

"Mace!" A cry comes out from the other end of the gym. Squinting, I see the girl ducking and dodging balls from all around. 'Dang she's good!'

I race over to her, barely missing a ball to my face. I don't have time to catch my breath, either, because as soon as I get there, Mabel pushes me down to the ground. I was about to yell at her and demand why she did that but the action speaks for itself as I look up to see more round, rubber, bouncy balls flying towards us. 

We quickly scatter.

After 5 minutes of heart attack inducing sports, there's only four people left. Liz, Mabel, Nathan, and me.

I also just realize the white envelope smack dab in the middle of the gym, untouched and unnoticed.

"Hyah!" 'Whoa!'  I duck underneath a ball. It's so close I could feel the wind brush my hair. Liz has a good arm so it ends up taking out Mabel, who was behind me.

"Mabel! You're out!" Said girl pouts for a moment but quickly shines me a bright and encouraging smile along with a double thumbs up.

While Liz reloads, I stand back and take notice of my surroundings. Nathan sees the chance and hits the long haired girl out. He shouts in victory as Liz curses, "Yes! I win!"

'Does no one see me?'

The whistle blows, yet again, and Nathan stops. "Macie is still in. It's a one on one, go!" The blond haired boy glowers at me. All of the dodge balls are on his side of the gym, so I'm left defenseless until he takes a shot.

"H-hey!" A voice yells out, causing an echo in the gym. Everyone turns to look at the teen. 'What the heck are you doing, Dipper?!' Even Mabel is wondering because she stopped talking to her friends to look at him incredulously. Dipper pulls at his collar before saying, "Wh-what is that right there?" He points to the money on the ground.

Everyone tilts their heads, 'trying to identify it, I guess?'.  Nathan walks over, bends over, then picks it up, smirking when turning it around. "Alright! It's my lunch money! How'd it get here?"

All the while this happened, Dipper slyly pointed to a stray ball. I got what he was saying and sneakily moved over to it. I grab it and lob the thing as hard as I can. It smacks the bully in the back at point blank.

The rest of the class goes wild in applause. "What?!" Nathan yells, "Not fair!" 

"All's fair in dodgeball, Nat," Sid chuckles.

"Wooo! Go MACIE!!" Mabel runs and hugs me.

"Dude all I did was knock him out..." I rub the back of my neck sheepishly.

"So? It was AMAZING!" Dipper hops happily.

*Bell Rings*

"That's school, let's go!" Mabel giddily links her arms in mine and our brother's and starts dragging us away.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: What is your favorite P.E. game? Mine is Sharks and Minnows!~~

"Mace!" I turn around at my name. Aiden runs up while waving, slinging his bag over one shoulder. "Glad I caught up to you! Did you get that envelope to Nathan?"

"Yeah."

"That's good, thank you for doing that!" He teeters on the heels of his feet for a moment, not making eye contact. "Um, I was wondering if you wanted to chat sometime? You know- outside of school?"

My eyebrow quirks. I trail the 'W', "Why?"

Blushing, he flinches, probably not thinking I'd react the way I did. "Well- you know- I see you around a lot but only with your brother and sister, so I thought I'd get to know you better... After you hit me in the shins on the first day of school- I dunno, you look like you needed some friends?"

"Fine." I roll my eyes and give him my number. His smile stretches so far he reminds me of the Grinch.

"Th-thanks! I'll text you sometime!" He scurries off, jumping around the corner with a "Woo hoo!" he probably thinks I didn't hear.

"Eh? What did I say!?" Mabel's voice startles me as both her and Dipper walk down the stairs of the school. 

She elbows the boy in his gut, causing him to wince. "Agh, Mabel, please not there."

"Whatever, I don't understand his infatuation with me. I don't really care about friends other than you two." I wave them off as Mabel passes our hurting brother to me.

"Oh come on, Macie! You gotta give him a chance! Having other friends than us two is healthier!"

"How?" I cross my arms, "I don't really need anyone else since I got you guys."

"Sweet," Pine Tree coughs, "very sweet but Mabel's right. You should connect with someone other than us."

"How? How can I connect with anyone when I can't be myself around anyone but you!?"

Silence falls amidst the triangle we have inadvertently formed.

Bus 16's horn honks, generating us to get in the car and settle down.

'Thank goodness Nathan doesn't ride our bus home...' I think to myself as I sit in the front seat of the yellow car. Dipper sits beside me while Mabel is back with Liz? I think.

I hear the boy's mouth open and grab an intake of air, so before he speaks, I cut him off, "No." That shut him up real fast, though I wince at how harshly I said it.

~~Time Skip brought to you by: Liz and Patti Thompson from Soul Eater!~~

The rest of the day is pretty uneventful. Dipper plays more Undertale, trying to perfect it or something. Mabel is planning stuff. What? I don't know because she won't let me in our room! So I'm stuck down in the living room with my brother as he frustratingly plays my game.

"Come on! There's gotta be a way to save him!" I grab his hands before he can smash down onto the keyboard.

"Stop." I take my laptop back. Pouting, he whines like a 4 year old.

"Mmmmm- Oh!" I look to the brunette with an annoyed face. "I have decided what I want you to do!" Raising an eyebrow, I silently show him that I have no clue what he's talking about. "Tag? Mabel already did hers and now it's my turn!" I throw my head back and groan.

"Have some pity!"

"Nah, I don't think I will. Now what I want is you to show me this Netflix thing on your tabs."

"Netflix? It's a movie and TV streaming website." I click into it. 'Thank goodness it's still logged in!'

"Sweet! Show me one of your favorite shows!" Stars appear in the teen's eyes.

"Okaaaay..." 'Is it just me or is he being a little out of character?' "How To Train Your Dragon: Race To The Edge. But there's two seasons before this series that's not on here and I'd rather show the both of you when I have all seasons."

"Fair enough... But could you also play through Undertale so I can watch and take notes?"

"Take notes of what!?"

~~Diary Entry~~

9-26-12

Thanks to my brother, I stayed up until 1 in the morning explaining to him- after playing through Undertale TWICE- that, "No, Dipper, you absolutely, definitively, can NOT save Asriel."

Mabel finally let me in the room a little after that. I noticed the dark circles under her eyes and when I asked about it she said it was about her 'plans'. 

Aiden messaged me but I didn't know what to say back. All he said was, 'Hey it's me Aiden.' I'm awkward over text and face to face, so don't judge me! Dipper kept trying to encourage me to respond while I was in his room playing but I didn't let him convince me.

I got the Gravity Falls characters,I don't need anyone else in this world.

Do I?

Macie~~

What? No. This isn't going to be romance. Also, no chapter for a while. I'm going to Great Wolf Lodge on Monday. I hope you all enjoyed, though!

Question: Do you want Bill to actually come back or would you rather have all of the principal business just coincidence?

Happy Father's Day everyone!