Chapter 2: Best friends

"So this is my class, huh?" Dib asked looking at the door in front of him.

"Yep!" Blossom said happily. "It's my class too, so I'll make sure to show you around."

"And I'm here too, so don't embarrass me, freak." Buttercup rudely remarked.

"Don't listen to her Dib. Just open the door so we can get to class." Blossom said.

"Ok then." Dib pushed on the door which remained shut.

"Um… you have to pull the door open, duh." Buttercup mentioned.

Dib eyed the door as he pulled it open. "These things need a label or something…"

The three of them entered the classroom. Dib looked around to take note of his surroundings. He saw that all of the kids looked eager to learn something new. Except for the kids in the back, that is. "I'm probably going to end up there in the back of the room." he said to himself.

"Go on Dib, take a seat somewhere." Blossom said heading to her seat in the front of the class.

"Hah, figures Blossom would take a seat in the front. I'm heading to the back." Buttercup said making her way to the back corner of the room.

Dib saw that there were two empty seats left one was right in front of Buttercup, and one was in the middle of the class. "Just my luck." he said walking towards the desk in the middle of the class.

"Well it seems that everyone is here now, so let's all introduce ourselves to the new student, Dib Membrane." the teacher said.

"Hi Dib!" a majority of the class called to him.

"Uh… hey." he answered back. He sank down into his chair trying to stay as unnoticed as possible.

"Ok, now that we've gotten the introductions out of the way, I have a big announcement about the cruise field trip!" the teacher said. "Because of some minor time changes, the cruise trip will be moved to tomorrow! Although this might be a bit of an inconvenience to some…" she looked over at Dib who was still trying to hide in his seat. "Dib, make sure you bring enough money for the trip tomorrow, and make sure you get this signed." the teacher put a piece of paper on his desk.

"Um… Sure thing." he said.

"Good, good!" the teacher exclaimed. "Now class, we have a little bit of free time left before the hour ends, so I'll just give you the rest of the time to talk."

With that, every kid in the class started talking to one another. Except for Dib, that is. He looked around for a conversation to join. Blossom was with a girl who looked like her, only wearing blue and pigtails in her blonde hair. "That must be her other sister." he thought. "Maybe I could join Blossom's group and…"

"Hey Dib!" one of the kids called over to him. "Come here for a second."

Dib turned around and noticed a group of kids in the front of the room. "Dib! We just want to ask you something!" one of them called out.

He looked back over to Blossom's group and sighed. "Well, I don't want to be rude." He walked over to the kids calling for him.

"So you're the new kid, huh?" the biggest kid wearing goggles and a brown cap asked. "Well, nice to meet ya! The name's Hoagie."

"Uh… I'm Junior." a kid with black hair and a red snow cap quietly said.

"I'm Mabel!" the girl in the pink glittery sweater exclaimed.

"And I'm Dipper." the boy in the blue pine tree hat said.

"Yeah, Dipper's my brother." Mabel laughed. "But I'm the cool one."

"Sure you are." Dipper said sarcastically.

Hoagie started laughing at the two's conversation. "Come on Dib, take a seat. It's not like we bite."

Dib sat down next to the kids. "So why'd you guys call me over here?"

"You just seemed like you'd fit in with us, ya know?" Dipper replied.

"So, what, am I a nerd or something?" Dib asked.

"Of course. Because it's not like we 'nerds' have any regard for our feelings" Junior answered.

"No, I didn't mean it like that! It's just that…"

"Just relax Dib." Mabel said patting Dib on the shoulder. "It's a joke."

"Oh." Dib awkwardly laughed. "Right."

"But anyways, we called you over here cause you just seemed like a paranormal type of guy, am I right?" Dipper asked.

"Really? You guys like that kind of stuff?" Dib wondered as his eyes lit up.

"Heck yeah!" Hoagie announced. "I take it you are too?"

The spark in Dib's eyes faded as he shook his head. "Uh… I guess it's ok."

"Cool! You should totally hang out with us sometime after school!" Mabel shouted.

"You could even come to our next meeting or something like that." Dipper stated.

"A paranormal meeting?" Dib asked.

"No, it's a meeting about foreign cultures and politics." Junior sarcastically answered.

"But politics are super boring!" Mabel complained.

"Mabel, joke." Dipper said.

"Oh, right." she laughed. "So you going to our meeting or what?"

"I guess I'll try to make it."

"Cool!" Hoagie said as the bell signaled to leave. "I better go now. My mom's making tacos for dinner, and I don't want to miss that!" he ran out the door in hopes of claiming a fresh dinner taco.

"Well, I guess it's time for me to go too then." Dib said as he got up to leave.

"Already? Wow, that went fast." Dipper said.

"That's just school logic. Only the cool things go by fast. Everything else just drags on." Dib joked.

"I hear ya." Dipper chuckled. "Say listen, you should definitely come to our meeting tonight. It'll be cool, you know, in a nerdy way."

Dib grinned awkwardly and laughed. "Now you know I didn't mean it like that."

"Yeah, I know. See ya around." Dipper walked out of the class leaving Dib with his thoughts.

"Wow, having friends is pretty cool." he said to himself.

"Well duh!" Mabel said aloud. "Friends are awesome! Hey Dipper, wait up!" she ran after her brother.

Dib blushed. "Man, I've gotta stop doing that."

"Doing what?" someone called to him.

Dib quickly turned around to see Blossom floating behind him. "Er… Nothing."

She smiled. "Alright then. So, you like it here at school?"

"Yeah. It's pretty nice I guess. Even though I was out for most of the day."

"Well you're going to turn in all of the cruise stuff, right?" Blossom asked. "It'll be pretty awesome!"

"Oh, yeah of course." Dib replied.

"Great! See you there!" she flew out the door.

Dib looked down at the paper still in his hand that mentioned the cruise and smiled slightly.

"You know her?" Junior asked.

Dib nodded his head.

"You're lucky." Junior said adjusting his glasses.

"I am?" Dib surprisingly asked.

"Yeah. She's one of those girls that everyone likes. Especially the other guys." Junior stated.

"What, do you like her or something?" Dib asked.

"Not in the way you're thinking." Junior smirked.

"Uh… Well who do you…" Dib began to ask.

"Out of the way creeps!" Buttercup hollered as she pushed the two boys out of the way to leave the class.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Dib called back to her. He turned to help Junior get up. "Jeez, you'd think she'd have some manners for being a hero and all, right?"

Junior got up and faced down.

"Wait a minute… You don't actually…" Dib tried to muster out.

"I'm leaving now." Junior said as he quickly left the class.

Dib stood in the classroom, trying to comprehend what had happened in the last few minutes. "This is going to be a long year." he said to himself as he finally left the room.

Junior from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy? Hoagie from the Kids Next Door? Dipper and Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls? Yep.