Chapter Five- Raven (In progress)

"So Raven," Mabel said as she shoved a clump of eggs into her mouth. "Where do you come from, exactly?"

"Well, depends on what you mean." Raven shrugged. "Do you mean where I'm born, or where I'm living currently?"

"Um, both!" Mabel smiled, before nodding to Dipper. "Pass the salt, will you?"

"Well," Raven replied as she stabbed her own plate of eggs. "I was born outside of Brunswick, Georgia, and when I was about five, we moved to Nevada. Then, um." She stared at the table for a moment, questioning whether or not to tell them everything. I mean, they're total strangers. Anything that's happened to me shouldn't concern them. Then again, if I'm staying with them all summer... 

"Then what?" Mabel nudged her. "Then what what?"

"Oh, um," Raven snapped out of her trance. I told Stan... I'll just tell her what I told him. That's all they need to know. "Then I went to go live with, um, my aunt and uncle."

Mabel's eyes widened. "Why'd you have to go?"

Raven shoved a forkful of eggs into her mouthful. She shrugged, looking away.

"Well, did you-" Mabel started, before Stan shook his head. Mabel sat back in her chair, and the table was silent for a moment. 

"So, um, Raven," Dipper managed. "How long are you staying? Like, in Gravity Falls?"

Raven relaxed her shoulders. "Just for the summer. At least, that's what I was told."

"Um, well," Dipper started, though the look on his face looked like he was lost for words.

"Great!" Mabel burst in, her bubbly smile back on her face. "Hey Grunkle Stan!" She turned back to her uncle. "Can me and Dipper and Raven go exploring after dinner?"

"Sure," Stan mumbled, grabbing Mabel's plate. "Just don't get eaten. I'm not cleaning fish bones and dog guts out of the your shower again."

Raven laughed. "Dog guts?"

"Don't ask." Stan grumbled as he set down the plates in the box sink. 

(I'm typing the story on Docs so I will update when I can)

Author's Note

sorry it's really bad, I wasn't sure how to start the beginning paragraph