Chapter 1

Pacifica stared up at the old grandfather clock as she paced the hall. 7:58, only two more minuets to go, not that those two would ever bother to get here on time. She kept pacing as the seconds ticked on. She knew she needed to calm down, but she didn't know how. Her hands were shaking and she couldn't stop them. She had never been this nervous before.

"What's wrong with me?," she cried out. "It's not like we haven't hung out before. We've done this, like, a million times! Nothing's changed. Everything is exactly the same as it's always been!"

Except . . .

She let her words hang in the air as the rhythmic ticking grew seemingly louder.

"Tonight has to be perfect," she muttered to herself as she once again stared at the clock.

"If either of them catch on to my plan before I'm was ready, it'll be a disaster!"

It had been six years since that first summer when she met Mabel and Dipper Pines. What a bunch of pathetic losers! That was her first impression of the two. Back then, Pacifica couldn't care less about some hyperactive weirdo or her dorky twin brother. Between her gaudy sweaters and his seeming lack of hygiene, (He wore the same outfit practically everyday!) there was no way a Northwest would be caught socializing with those freaks. So, it's kind of ironic that every good memory she has of that summer, and every summer since, has involved those two. Sure, they may have been at each other's throats when summer began, but then there was that whole thing at the mini-golf course, and the ghost that haunted her old mansion, and then Weirdmageddon happened and things really started to get crazy. Whenever they did, Dipper and Mabel were there, sticking their noses where they didn't belong.

Since then, Pacifica would count the days until the summer, until she could once again hang out with the only two people in the world she truly considered to be her friends. Sure, she would act all annoyed whenever she'd get dragged on one of their weird adventures, but in reality, it was the time of her life! They would always have fun fighting monsters or solving some strange mystery, and she would always get depressed when summer turned to fall and the Pines twins headed back to Piedmont for the year. Part of her wished she could go with them; just be a normal teenage girl and not the snobby heiress everyone thought she was. Even the simplest things were made ten times better with those two around; hanging around that disgusting Mystery Shack, watching the firework show on the 4th of July, playing at the beach . . .

"The beach . . ." Pacifica whispered as her face began to blush. She quickly began to shake her head back and forth, trying to wipe her mind clean of that memory. She needed to focus now. She couldn't waste time thinking of . . . THAT!

It was finally the first Friday of June, the first weekend since Dipper and Mabel came back to Gravity Falls. A whole new summer, and Pacifica planned to make it count! Still, she was nervous. They would be here any minute. She invited the two of them to spend the night at her house, just a normal sleepover party. Except, Pacifica had given the staff the night off, and her father and mother would not be back from their vacation in Fiji for another two weeks. Everything was in order. Her plan was almost ready, but could she really go through with it? She had been planning this night for months now, since the day the twins left for California, but it wasn't too late. She could just forget about her plan and have a normal night with her friends. Nothing had to change.

"NO!" she shouted. "I've waited too long for this moment! I'm not going to let some last-minute jitters stop me. Not when I'm so close!"

DING-DONG

Pacifica jumped! The door bell rang. They were finally here.

"Tonight has to be perfect."