I shall make a gender swapped version of Little Dipper after this story.
Random guest: Okay. I'll do it. And that quote? Hilarious! "Don't wear tampons if you're a boy." I wonder if there was actually a guy in the world who was dumb enough to try that...
"It's not a date-date, it's just, you know. I didn't want to hurt her feelings. And so I figured I'd throw her a bone." I told Dani the next day, playing Call of Duty: Black Ops with her. "Mack, girls don't work that way. She's gonna fall in love with you." she said. (That's actually true.) "Yeah right, I'm not that lovable!" I replied sarcastically. Then, in the game, I exploded all of the zombies using a grenade. Dani pretended not to notice and said, "Okay. We actually agree on something here." And like yesterday, Ginny rang the doorbell. I went up to the door and paused the game. A horse appeared and I screamed. Ginny was on the horse. "A night of enchantment awaits, m'boy." I muttered to myself, "Oh glob."
Ginny took me to a fancy restaurant. "I can't believe they let us bring a horse in here!" I exclaimed. "Well, people have a hard time saying 'no' to me." Ginny said, putting her feet on the table. Then a waiter came to our table. "Ah, mademoiselle Ginerva! Ze feet on ze table! An excellent choice!" she told us in a French accent. "What did we discuss about eye contact?" Ginny asked the waiter. Then the waiter walked away backwards, looking at the ceiling. "I've never seen so many forks! And water with bubbles in it! Ooh la la! Oui, Oui! " I squeaked. Ginny thought I knew French and asked me something in the language. I told her I didn't understand what she said.
Dani's POV
Wendell & Susan were with me in the gift shop. Wendell was on his cell phone and Susan was reading a magazine with Mack & Ginny on the cover. Graunt Stacy came in holding a newspaper. The headline on the front was, 'Lil Ginny has a lil boyfriend?' "Hey, hey! What the jackal is Mack doing in the paper with that crazy pickpocket Ginny?" Stacy asked us all. Wendell showed her the messages on his cell phone and said, "Oh yeah! It's a big deal! Everyone's talking about Mack & Ginny's big date tonight." Stacy got mad. "That little shyster is dating my great nephew?" Susan was wondering out loud what the name for the 'power couple' as she called it would be. I tried to calm Stacy down, but she walked straight to the door. "I didn't know! Plus, I told him not to." My attempt obviously failed. "Yeah, well it ends tonight. I'm going right down to that little skunk's house; this is gonna stop right now!" she screamed. Stacy slammed the door and left. Susan asked, "Dude, wouldn't it be funny it that were a closet, and she had to come back again and walk out the real door?" She opened the door. "Nope, real door."
"And so I said, 'Autograph your own headshot, lady!'" Ginny joked. I faked a laugh. I was wishing Dani would get me out of this. I poked my lobster, trying to eat it. It was alive and it tried to pinch me. "Mack, tonight's date was a complete success. And tomorrow's date will top this one in every way!" Ginny said. "You just said one date. And this was it." I tried to remind her. But she wouldn't take no for an answer. "Hark, what a surprise! A Red Crested South American Rainbow Macaw!" she said in a voice saying she practiced this at home. A macaw flew onto her arm. "Mackenzie, will you accompany Ginny to the ballroom dance this Thurbday?" the macaw drawled. Ginny shook her arm. That was clearly like flipping off the bird. "Thursday!" the bird corrected herself. Everyone turned around and looked at us. "Sorry, Ginny, but I'm going to have to say-" I tried to say, but I got cut off. "I'm on the edge of my seat!" that cop from the Tent of Telepathy squealed. "This is going to be adorable!" some woman said. Then an old man said, "If he says no, I'll die from sadness!" A doctor beside him clarified, "I can verify that will indeed happen." I was nervous. The town expected me to say yes, Ginny was expecting me to, Stacy and Dani don't want me to, I don't want to... But I had to say yes. I realized that I wasn't turning back this time. This is America, a free country. Despite living in America myself, I never felt more of a slave.
Dani's POV
When Mack got back, I asked, "So, how did it go?" I was expecting him to say it went bad, and I was right. "Blargh! She asked me out again and I didn't know how to say no!" he yelled. "Like this, 'No.'" I didn't calm Mack down. "It's not that easy, Dipper! And I do like Ginny! As a friend/little sibling! So I didn't want to hurt her feelings! I wish things were the way they used to be. You know, friends." he was still screaming, but calmed down with each sentence. And Mack only calls me Dipper when he's mad, stressed, or depressed.
The night after, Ginny and I were on a boat. "I thought dancing was going to be the end of the evening." I told Ginny. "Don't you want this evening to last, my sweet?" she inquired. "NO! I mean yes. I mean, I'm always happy to hang out with a friend, pal, chum, other word for friend." I said. "Pal?" the lady rowing the boat asked. "I already said pal, uh, mate?" Again, determination was showing on Ginny's face. "How about soul mate?" she asked. Fireworks went into the sky. It spelt out my name in a heart. "Well, you can't say no to that!" the lady rowing said. When they weren't looking, I made my hand look like a gun and pointed it at my head.
"I mean, she's no nice. But I can't break her heart. Oh, I have no way out!" I said to myself later. Dani came in. "What in the heck happened on that date?" she questioned. "I don't know. At first, I was in the friend zone. And then he pulled me into the romance zone! It was like quicksand. Chubby quicksand." Like always, she tried to calm to down. "Mack, come on. It's not like you're going to have to marry Ginny." she said. Graunt Stacy came in and called out, "Guess what, Mack? You have to marry Ginny! It's all in my long-term deal with Bertha Gleeful. Plus I got this shirt! Ugh, I am fat." I screamed and ran to the attic. Forced marriage to a 9 year old girl. Too bad there wasn't a cliff to jump off of. I went to Sweater Town (inside my sweater), my happy place for when I'm depressed. Dani came in and talked to me. "Oh no, Mack." I didn't want to talk to her at first. "Mack's not here. He's in Sweater Town." I said. "Are you going to come out of Sweater Town?" she asked. I shook my head. "Alright, enough is enough. If you can't break up with Ginny, I'll do it for you." Dani reassured. "You will?" I questioned. She nodded. "Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" I squeaked breathlessly. I hugged Dani.
Ginny's POV
I was at The Club. Dani strutted to my table. "Sorry, Ginny. Mack isn't joining you tonight. He doesn't want to see you anymore. He's kind of weirded out by you, no offense!" she reassured. It failed. "So what you're saying is, you've come between us." I glared, twitching my eye. "You're not gonna freak out or anything, are you?" Dani asked. I was trying to suppress anger. "Oh, these things happen! Bygones, you know." I told her, really wanting to kill her. "So, ok. Cool. Then again, sorry girl, but hey, thumbs up!" she responded. When Dani left, I whispered to myself cleverly, "Thumbs up indeed, my friend."
In my room at home, I was freaking out. "Daniella Pines, you don't know what you've done. You've just made the biggest mistake of your life!" I grabbed my amulet. A candle exploded all the light bulbs on my boudoir under my control. I made other things in my room levitate and threw them on the ground. Mom came in my room and yelled, "Ginevra Charlie Gleeful! Clean up your room this instant!" I snapped back at her. "I can buy and sell you, old woman!" She looked bewildered, said, "Fair enough." and left. I flew the candle across the room towards my door, which is full of beautiful pictures of Mack. One had him with Dani, and I burned Dani off the picture. Oh, I'm not an adorable little kid anymore. I'm their worst nightmare. Size and cuteness doesn't mean a thing when you meet me.
