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Dipper stared wistfully out the car window, looking at nothing in particular. Mabel being the attentive sister she is, quickly noticed her brothers sulking.
"I know going back to school sucks Dip, but at least we're not in life threatening danger all the time!" She stated cheerful as usual.
Dipper noticed his mothers raised eyebrow and replied with a slight whisper."But the danger was exciting! How am I supposed to sit at a desk all day knowing whats out there but not able to do anything about it?"
Mabel just sighed and put a hand on his shoulder. "Yup, now you have to be just normal non-paranormal investigator Dipper for nine months." Dipper groaned.
The day went on as most first days do, all of his classes so far made Dipper introduce himself, only to be met with the prolonged monotone response of "Hi Dipper."
He was already aching to get home and re-read his journal for the thousandth time. The slow drawl of the school day continued, leaving Dipper tired and irritated. He had been familiar with the building for three years so at least he had no trouble finding his classes,getting around fairly easy most of the day. That was until last period. Dipper squinted harshly at his schedule, 'Mr.Hertz Class A-3', for the first time all day he did not know where he was going. Luckily enough he saw Mabel walking down the hall.
"Hey Mabel!" He called out earning a few glances from other students. She turned around, confused, before realizing it was Dipper who had called her. Mabel promptly started sprinting down the hall.
"Hey bro-bro!" she called out in response. When she got close enough to him Mabel immediately started spouting questions,"How has your day been? Meet any friends? Are your teachers cool?!"
Dipper never understood where her energy came from, especially now. "Yea everything's going fine, but hey do you know where class A-3 is? The bell rings in two minutes and I don't wanna be late." Dipper said with a small sigh.
Mabel's eyes widened instantly. "Oh my gosh! We're in the same class, follow me I know where it is!" She grabbed Dippers wrist, nearly dragging him down the hall.
When they reached the classroom, Dipper made a mental note as to where it was so he would not have to ask Mabel again. As they walked into the class Dipper stalled for a second, glancing over the teacher. He was sitting at his desk, or more accurately on his desk, legs folded criss cross style. He was gazing down at a packet of papers not noticing the Pines twins arrival. Dipper took this as an opportunity to quickly sit down before the teacher noticed they were a few minutes late. The teacher raised his head.
"You two, over here." So much for not noticing.
"The Pines twins!" Dipper gave him a look of confusion and Mabel lightly stirred at his side. "How did I know you ask? Well you were the only two not here." A look of anger quickly flashed across his face, causing the twins to back up slightly.
"Annnnyways, welcome to my class!" He continued in a joyous tone that surprised the two. "My name is Mr.William pleased to meet ya!" Dipper and Mabel stared down at their schedules which listed the teachers name, and then back at him.
"Ah yes, I will be filling in for Mr. Hertz for the time being, you see he has..." He leaned in closer, all but a few inches between their faces."...disappeared." He pulled away with a devilish grin on his face. Dipper and Mabel stared at each other for a few seconds, mouths faintly agape.
"Why are you two still standing? Sit!" They quickly scurried to find their seats. Unfortunately the only two open seats were across the room from each other. Dipper shuffled to the seat by the window. Now that he was seated he really had time to study the man claiming to be his new teacher. He wore a plain silk button down underneath an obnoxiously bright yellow sweater vest, accompanied by an equally yellow bow tie. 'Man this guy's really fond of yellow' he thought to himself. Dipper had to admit though, he was quite attractive, even with his messy blond hair covering half of his face in choppy layers.
Dipper began to space out, thinking about what he would do if he was back in Gravity Falls, about how much he wishes he was there instead of here. There he wasn't ostracized for liking the supernatural and reading instead of sports. There he wasn't teased constantly for being who he was, he had friends who loved and supported him and a new adventure waiting each day. Unfortunately for him he couldn't stay in Gravity falls forever, he had school and his parents after all. For now all he could do was gaze out the window in thought. He was in his own head and didn't notice Mr.William coming up to his desk. The teacher slammed a paper down in front of him causing Dipper to look up from his day dreaming. The teacher continued walking down the aisle of desks passing out papers, a smile on his lips knowing he startled the boy.
Dipper redirected his attention to the paper now on his desk. It read:
'Hello students! I hope you left all of your hope at the door because this is going to be the hardest class you'll have all year.
Dipper shot a panicked glance at Mabel, who returned the gesture, and continued reading.
'Now it's not all bad, I am a fairly generous person. That's why I gave you all this paper which is informing you of a test tomorrow on everything you learned last year. You better study because it's worth like fifty percent of your grade!'
The paper just listed some study sources after that. Was this guy for real? Dipper couldn't believe it, all of his other teachers were fairly easy especially since it was the first day, but that apparently was not going to be the case here.
The student next to him meekly raised his hand.
"You there, Yea you kid, what is it?" Mr. William said slightly irritated as if he knew the question would waste his time.
"Um, sir. Don't you think it's a bit too early in the year for a test this big?"
"Nope. Detention." The teacher deadpanned.
"What? But I was.." His voice cracked as he tried to spit out the sentence before he was interrupted.
"Listen here kid, I'm the teacher, and what the teacher says goes. And I say you have detention!" The student dare not speak after that. This guy was for real, and after that statement everyone knew it too. It was like a bombed dropped in the classroom. Everyone was silent, some stared with open mouths, others just looked down at their desks. The teacher hummed a tune and turned to scrawl his name on the board, even though no one was going to forget it after that. Dipper knew he was in for a rough year and let out a sigh.
"What was that now Pines?" Mr.William said as he immediately turned to face Dipper.
"Uh nothing, sir!" He said quickly, most certainly not wanting detention on the first day.
"Good, because if you have an issue with my teaching style, we might run into some problems." He said drawing out the last word, locking eyes with Dipper much longer then necessary.
Dipper directed his eyes back down to the paper to break the extremely uncomfortable eye contact. Looking up a few seconds later he noticed the teacher still staring at him, a sharp intense stare meeting Dippers as he began speaking, gaze unwavering.
"Now for the rest of the period, I want you all to write a 5000 word essay..." He paused looking over at Mabel and then back again at Dipper.
"On what you did this summer."