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Dipper rubbed the sweat from his forehead as he looked at the time. It was almost time for the store to close and he had so far seven customers. Since they all came earlier in the day when it was cooler, he had nothing to do as the sun glared down through the shop's front windows. His twin sister, who ran the shop, had yet to put in air conditioning, and seeing she was traveling this summer, he had to sit through the heat.
Dipper took the last swig of water from his bottle and got up to close and lock the front door. As he looked through the window, he gazed at the setting sun over Gravity Fall's trees, still glaring back at him in intensifying heat. He sighed as he took out his keys and locked up.
After he and his sister graduated, she somehow got him a job at a tattoo parlor her boyfriend owned, and since sales were huge, they both decided to open up a second shop for the boyfriend to pay for his drinking (Mabel had said he was quitting) and they chose Gravity Falls. Of course they opened up at the beginning of summer and she left him in charge. Since the town was so small the most business he got was from the tourists that Grunkle Stan pointed his way. The old man let him stay as ling as he paid ten dollars a week, and Soos was kind enough to lend him a couple bucks for food and drinks while in town.
As he walked along the street to the dirt road that Soos would pick him up at, he noticed how the For Sale sign to the right of his shop was gone. He silently congratulated the seller and hoped for the best for the buyer and went on his way.