Dipper yawned, and then gasped. 'This can't be happening! It doesn't feel like it's been that long!' he thought to himself. He double-checked the calendar to be sure.
"Yep," He sighed, "Valentine's day."
At these words his overly energetic sister Mabel leaped out of her bed with a huge grin on her face, this was the day where she would always, without fail, receive piles of love letters from the boys in her class, and the day when she would usually become the cause of multiple punch-ups in the school.
Dipper crawled back into his bed with a large frown on his face, this was the day where he would always, without fail, be humiliated and receive only one card, and that would be from his sister to make him feel better, and the day he would be bullied, teased and usually become the recipient of multiple punches in the school.
At seeing her brother in this mood, the tore the smile off of her face and tried to lure the dork out of his bed.
"Come on, bro-bro! I bet you one million bucks that you'll get a card that's not from me today!" She exclaimed.
"No, Mabel. You say that every year, it's never gonna be different, I'm just a loser with no friends"
"Blah! You have loads of friends in Gravity Falls! Soos, Lee, Nate, Wendy..." The hyperactive young girl grinned at the mention of her brother's not-so-secret crush. She had one heck of an idea to lift his spirits.
However the mention of the lumberjill's name put Dipper into a panic. He had no clue what he should do about her on that day. He thought, 'Sending her a card could be good, but what if she thinks it's weird? She already turned me down once and I don't want to go through that torture again!' and the other half of his brain argued 'It would be really sweet if you did, and if you don't she might think that you've forgotten her!'. All this internal arguing was shown on the outside in the form of the boy intensely sweating while his sister looked at him with a confused yet somehow understanding look. Dipper's worries got worse when he realized how long it had been since he had last spoken to her over the phone.
"If you have any worries, broseph, speak! I can help!" The ecstatic brunette encouraged. Hoping for her brother to ask her for help with 'the girls'.
Dipper was so worried that he, for the first time, sought help from his sister on the subject. He gulped hard and awkwardly muttered out "I don't know whether or not I should send um, Wendy a card." The boy scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Yes yes and yes! You really should definitely send her one bro-bro! Even if she doesn't care for the whole romance thing she'd still think it's really sweet! Just do it!"
"Huh, thanks, Mabel. Guess I have to do it quick, bus is here in fifteen minutes." Dipper worried.
The rest of that morning was uneventful, Dipper spent most of it focusing on his card and had to rush to school without any breakfast. Meanwhile his sister was on the phone to a very important redhead.
"Hey Wendy!" She exclaimed over her phone.
"Hey Mabes, how's it going?" The teenager replied, "And how's Dipper? I haven't heard from him in a while."
"I'm good! And I was calling you because there's a bit of a problem with my bro-bro"
"What is it? Is he okay?" The lumberjill worried.
"Eh, just his usual V-day depression I told you about." Mabel was smiling just thinking about her plan.
"Poor guy, must be torture for him every year... Why'd you call me about it?"
"Well, I have an idea to make him feel better, I just need some help from you!"
Wendy jokingly sighed, "So what do you want me to do?"
"Well, so, Dipper's making you a V-day card RIGHT now, and he's being his usual paranoid self, so I need you to surprise him. You could send him a card, or maybe you have an idea?" The manic thirteen year old explained.
"Well, if I skive off school today I can drive down to you two in Piedmont, as long as I either find a taxi or Melody can find the free time to ferry me back and forth." Wendy input her thoughts, even if they were a bit extreme.
"That sounds perfect! I've gotta go now, bus will be here in a minute. Keep me updated, okay?" Mabel joyously concluded. She did care deeply about her brother's emotional well being.
"Sure thing Mabes. Hear ya later!"
"Bye-bye Wen-Wen!"
This is just gonna be a short two maybe three part project to get me back into writing for my other fanfic Mutual. Hope you people like this!
