^^^ Song: Girls Like Girls/ Hayley Kiyoko

A quick special one-shot since it's the Fourth of July. Enjoy!

You and Dipper's Age: 17

~•~3rd POV~•~

Yours and Dipper's friends were all driving — in two spearte cars — to the Gravity Falls lake where everyone in the town were heading to celebrate the Fourth of July.

But tonight for Dipper, this was the night he was going to confess his true feelings for you. He thought that this would be the perfect time to tell you. Sitting near the lake and sitting next to each other, or running around with sparklers in your hands, then he'll pull you to the side and tell you that he loves you, and fireworks will go off — literally — as you two kiss. He didn't have this plan written down with him sadly, only because Mabel threw it out on him on purpose and told him to just do it (A/n: Don't you Reader-Chans think of Shia LaBeouf 😂)

As the two cars parked in the parking lot, everyone flooded out of the cars, cheering, as they headed towards the lake. Immediately as Dipper got out of the car, he searched for you. When he spotted you, you were talking with Mabel, giggling with each other.

Crap, Mabel's probably talking about me again

"(Y/n)!" Dipper called out to you.

You and Mabel looked over at Dipper. Mabel elbowed you in the arm lightly, wiggling her eyebrows, "Go get 'im, tiger." She said to you.

You laughed at her, even if you were blushing, and walked over to Dipper, "Wassup?" You asked.

"I just wanted to hangout with you, is that a problem?" Dipper asked you, as you both started to walk after everyone else that went towards the lake.

"By 'hanging out' do you mean 'kissing a pillow with a girl's picture on it?'" You giggled, doing air quotes with your hands.

"Let me guess: That's what you and Mabel were laughing about before?"

"Yup-a-ronney." You nodded, a smile appearing on your face.

As the two of you reached everyone else, you both sat down on the grass as you watched everyone fooling around or telling stories.

So far everything was going as Dipper planned; In his head and on a piece of paper that is long gone now. Just a little bit longer until they start shooting the fireworks.

"Hey guys! I brought a couple of fireworks with me, you wanna shoot them now?" One of Dipper's friends said, an evil glint in his eyes.

"Where did you even get those fireworks? You didn't-- get them illegally, right?" One of your friends said.

"I know a guy." Dipper's friend shrugged, "But come on! It'll be fun!" He said.

Everyone looked at each other, before they all agreed and nodded. Two of the guys stepped away from the group of friends to set off some of the fireworks. Setting up the first firework, one of the boys pulled out a lighter, putting it on the string of the firework. The string caught on fire, and the firwork shot off. A beautiful red explosion appeared in the sky, as everyone watched in awe and clapped. The two boys set up the next firework, but right as one of them light the string on fire, the firework fell to its side, facing right towards-- guess who?!

You and Dipper.

The firework shot off, and almost everything went in slow motion as it headed start towards the two of you. You and Dipper yelled, you jumping towards the ground to the right, as Dipper jumped out of the way to the left, right as the firework went past both of you, exploding right behind both of you. You could slightly see the colors blue and yellow, but you were staying flat on the ground to protect yourself, and so did Dipper.

As the sound of the explosion ended, and you and Dipper were able to hear the murmurs of the other teenagers, you both slowly sat up, facing each other, "Tom! You almost killed Dipper and (Y/n)!" You heard Mabel yell at Dipper's friend, the one who had the idea of setting off the fireworks.

"This isn't my fault!" You heard Tom snapped back at Mabel.

You and Dipper were both staring at each other, a few feet away from each other, with wide eyes and breathing quickly. Your hearts were beating out of each others chests. This wasn't exactly what Dipper had planned for a perfect night; Almost getting killed or even burnt by a firework. You and Dipper both started to laugh slightly, a small smile on each other's faces.

Well, that is until one of your friends screamed, "DIPPER'S LEG IS ON FIRE!!"

You and Dipper froze again. Slowly, Dipper glanced down at his leg, and indeed, it was on fire. Panic(! At The Disco😎) starting to wash over him, his eyes widened more and his mouth was a gape. He screamed — like a girl — and shot up from the ground, starting to run around.

"Stop, drop, and roll, Dipper!"

"Oh god, it's spreading!

"Jump in the lake!"

"Running will only make it worse, Dipper!"

Everyone started yelling at him, while you shot up from the ground. Obviously he was too focused on the fact that he was on fire then to listen to anyone else. Panic started to wash over you too, seeing your best friend on fire, so you started to chase after him, to help him, "DIPPER!!" You practically screamed to him, running after him still.

You and Dipper were now running along side the lake. You thought of what to do to help him, so once you reached him, you thought of the first thing that popped into your head for what to do.

You pushed him into the lake.

But to make matters worse-

He dragged you down with him.

So here are the two of you are; Sitting in the shallow part of the lake together, drenched in water, parts of Dipper's clothes and the ends of his hair slightly burnt off, while everyone crowded around both of you.

"I'll go fetch some towels!" One of the guys yelled, rushing back to the cars.

Mabel and some other teens rushed into the lake to help you both out. By the time the guy came back with towels, you and Dipper were both freezing and shivering like crazy, since there was a cool breeze tonight. Both of you immediately wrapped yourselves around the towels, still shivering and teeth clattering.

"Are you guys okay?" Mabel asked soothingly, putting an arm around both your shoulders and walking you away from the lake.

"Y-Yeah." Dipper stuttered, while you just nodded your head quickly.

This was going to be a long night...

~•~•~

Sitting far away from the lake and on the hood of one of the cars, you and Dipper watched as everyone ran around with sparklers in hands and shooting small fireworks off into the night sky. Dipper was upset that this night wasn't at all what he planned. He had his head hanging low, while he wrapped himself more in the towel. You noticed how quiet he was, so you looked over at him, "Dipper, are you okay?"

"Not really." Dipper admitted, sighing sadly.

"Well, you can tell me what's up?" You asked, a small smile appearing on your face.

He turned his head slightly to look at you through his dark brown hair. He smiled slightly at you, turning all the way around to face you, "Look, (Y/n)-" He grabbed ahold of your hands, "-I was planning on making this night special so I could tell you something important, but, that option is long gone."

"Yeah, since we were almost hit by a firework, you setting yourself on fire, then both of us falling in the lake and getting drenched in water." You sighed, looking down at your clothes, before looking back up at Dipper.

"But I might as well tell you know, even if it won't be as special or... romantic." Dipper said, mumbling the last part.

You nodded at him slowly, waiting for him to contuine. He hesitated at first, starting to become less confident then he was before, "T-The truth is-- I... I..." He kept on stuttering, becoming more and more nervous, "Well-- um... I-I...-"

Rolling your eyes playfully and sighing annoyedly, "Come here." You quickly grabbed his cheeks and smashed your lips onto his.

And what do you know? The fireworks started to shoot just as you kissed him on his lips with yours.

His eyes shot open and his heart was beating a mile a minute, as your eyes were tight shut, blushes appearing on both your faces. Dipper's eyes started to fluttter shut, as he started to kiss back, placing his hands on your cheeks as well. Your lips moved in sync, as he brought you closer to deepen the kiss. You felt his tongue brush against your bottom lip, so you opened your mouth slightly to give him entrance. His tongue slipped into your mouth, making you moan slightly. He started to push you back slightly, one hand now behind your back while his elbow rested on the hood of the car for support, while the other hand was still on your cheek. But before the kiss could go, you both slowly pulled away from the kiss, sitting back up slowly, your lips only inches away from each others now, your breathes hitched together, dark blushes on your faces.

"How did you-?"

"Mabel told me your "plan."" You admitted, giggling slightly.

Dipper chuckled softly, pressing his forehead against yours, "Remind me not to tell her anymore of my plans."

"I won't promise you anything." You smirked slightly.

And with that, you rested your head on Dipper's shoulder, while Dipper wrapped his towel around you so you were both sharing it, as you two watched the fireworks go off in the distance.

This was a Fourth of July that you'd both cherish forever~

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Don't worry, I did not forget about the other winners of my contest!

I just wanted to make this cute one-shot before I forgot the idea

Does that happen to you guys too? You think of the perfect one-shot, and then *poof*, they dissapear from your thoughts?

That always happens to me :'(((

I also didn't even celebrate the Fourth of July tonight, and I never skip this holiday

I fell a bit sad because my dad was looking forward to todat and then everyone was just laying around while the fireworks went off outside...

But anyways. I hope you guys enjoyed this!

And I hope you all have a Happy Fourth of July!

~gianna_northwest