Dipper was getting dressed up for the afternoon changing into his cleaner jacket and hat. After he changed a Dipper was pacing back and forth wondering how this was gonna go. Then his sister shows up "hey look who it is, the man of the hour!" Mabel said. Dipper just say looked at her then went back to pacing "so were you two going for your little date?" "Mabel! please don't call it that ok it makes me...feel...weird" "oh well what would you call it's?" "I-I don't know! Mabel" "now now Dipper don't be testy I don't think Candy would like that" Mabel said.
Dipper took a deep breath "I'm sorry Mabel, I guess I'm just nervous and hearing that word makes me you know" "I hear ya don't want you too shaky, then sweaty, and next thing you know your having a panic attack" "alright I get, so just say we're hanging out or something" "hmm Dipper and Candy are hanging out? doesn't roll off the tongue very well" "that's because your eating a whole pack of gum" "not anymore" Mabel said after swallowing.
Dipper felt anxious "I-I'm gonna go now" he said as calmly as he possibly could heading for the door "where you going?" she asked. That got Dipper thinking "where?...WHERE!" he said "calm down Dipper what's wrong" Mabel asks, but she didn't need an answer "it's about Candy isn't it?" she said. Dipper nodded "c'mon bro you've got to plan for these sort of things, it's not like you said we should hang out sometime and then leave" Mabel said. Dipper looked away "uhh about that" "wait, you actually said that?" she asked "I don't know Mabel, all I said was to you know...hang out sometime. That means today right I'm not really good at this sort of thing" Dipper said.
Mabel goes to him and puts her arm around his shoulder "well obviously not, lucky for you I know exactly where she likes to be at this time of day" "really!" "Yeah there's a bunch of place Candy can be at, I even made a list of it right here ha talk about irony " Mabel shows him a paper "and creepy" he whispered. Mabel opens up the paper "let's see, the mall, pool, her house, the arcade, laser tag, heck she can even be in our room at this very moment" as she finished there was a knock on their door "or maybe she's outside" Mabel concluded.
Both paused awkwardly for the moment until another series of knocks came from the door "well go on, open it" Mabel urged him. Dipper looked out the window and what do you know, it is Candy waiting outside. Dipper gulped and went to open the door, before he could grab the knob "maybe you should get it" he suggested "what? no just open it" "okay okay" Dipper whispered and attempted to open the door but results in him wussing out, stepping away as if it were a horror movie. Mabel goes to him "what are you doing" she whispered "I-I don't know I think I'm have one of those panic attacks" he whispered back "just open the the door!" Mabel said.
The two were arguing quietly, then Mabel started to push Dipper toward the door but he was resisting. The closer Dipper got to the door, the harder the struggle was. Soon both of them bursted through landing right at the feet of Candy whom was surprised of the greeting "oh heh hey Candy what uh w-what's going on" Dipper asked "oh is this a bad time? maybe I'll come back later then" Candy said. Dipper got up quickly "no wait!" he said making Candy stop "oh um are you here to hang out or..." "umm, yes! where should we go?" she asked. Dipper felt stupid that he didn't plan for this, he started to sweat wondering what to say.
Mabel stood in front of him "hey Dipper I keep forgetting, is this letter on my sweater an ampersand or a cursive capital S?" she asked him holding the paper and pointing on "the mall" part of it. Dipper smiles "oh well in that case I think we should go to the mall, you know if you wanna go" he said. Candy expression turned into excitement "oh yea I would wanna go, I love the mall!" she exclaimed "great lets go" Dipper said.
As him and Candy were departing Mabel looked at her sweater "wait! Seriously which is it" she called out to them, but they left. Mabel took it as an oh well and went inside "wait till I tell Grenda about this" she said to herself. Suddenly her great uncle Ford came to her dusty and dirty "oh hey there Fordsy, woah working hard or hardly working am I right?" "look Mabel I don't have time for jokes this is important, where is Dipper" He asked.
Mabel got concerned "hey what do you mean important like did he lose one of the journal again or something like that?" "no no wait what about one of my journals? Never mind I need to know where he is, he sounded like he had something on his mind" he said. Mabel giggled "look Ford whatever it is I think it can wait, he's on a date what's more important than that" "Dippers life maybe in terrible danger" Ford said.
Mabel's expression turned into a blank "in danger hehe you scientists and your over exaggeration" she said "Mabel the only thing that's overly exaggerated is how you and Dipper thought this date was more important than his health, now tell me did you notice anything different about his mood or behavior lately?" he asked her "well yea Dipper was constantly on edge, probably from his date with Candy. I mean you can't blame him, he was never good with the ladies" "the thing that's keeping him on edge is this residue I found on the bruise in his arm, don't suppose you know how it got there" Ford asked pulling out a small bag. Mabel looked at the residue but couldn't recall anything "hmm on Dippers arm huh, I thought it was from playing with a marker or something, but he knows better than that" she said.
Ford puts the sample back "okay since I don't have time to track Dipper down right and he's too stubborn to come to the lab I need you to monitor Dipper until I can find a diagnosis" "hold on, you want me to stalk my brother?" "yes, I know it's a bit peculiar but so far in his condition it compelled your brother make irrational decisions, but it's hard to tell what else it can do, it's for his own goo..." Mabel's grunkle said followed by an explosion coming from underneath "woah okay Mabel take this walkie talkie and if anything bad comes up tell me, I need to get back to the lab" "oooookaaaayyyy?" Mabel said "remember this is for Dipper's well being, not just his life but for his date...thingy" Ford said going toward the vending machine "oh yeah try not to touch his bruise, it maybe contagious" he said before leaving Mabel to an uncomfortable task.