Dipper held his confident smile as he neared the kitchen. "This is it, Dipper. And this time, you can win her a panda-duck without Robbie interfering." he said to himself.

"What was that, DipSquirt?" a voice in front of him said.

He looked up to find Robbie_ of all people_ standing right in front of him. "What were you saying about me?" Robbie snapped.

"Oh…uh…nothing, man." he lied.

Robbie frowned and shoved him. "Oh no. You were going to ask out my girl, weren't you?"

"What? No way, dude!"

"Yes you were, you stupid twerp!"

Dipper blushed. "Look, man. Can you just go away, and help the boys?"

Robbie shook his head. "No can do. If I did, I'd be forcing your sorry butt over there with me. I can't risk letting you go out with my girl."

Dipper said "I wasn't! I was just going to the bathroom! I swear!" He knew he was lying. But what other option was there?

Robbie glared. "OK. That better be the truth, squirt." He shoved past Dipper and stalked back over to his friends.

Dipper did a little fist pump and continued running to the kitchen. When he finally got in, Wendy and Tambry were laughing hysterically. "Oh my god, Wendy! I cannot believe you said that!" Tambry laughed.

"Well! It's true!" Wendy snorted as she laughed, and Dipper thought it was adorable.

"Hello, ladies. What's so funny?" Dipper asked.

Tambry noticed him and struggled to stop laughing. "Oh hey, Dipper. Nothing's funny." she said, trying hard not to laugh.

"Yeah, we were just_" Wendy stopped to try and stifle her laughter, but she couldn't, and it all came out. As soon as Wendy started laughing, so did Tambry.

"What're you guys laughing at? Seriously!" Dipper asked, chuckling.

"Dipper_ it's nothing." Tambry said, waving it off. "Why aren't you outside with the boys?"

He blushed a little. "Oh! I was uh…I was actually wanting to speak with Wendy. Like_ alone."

Tambry and Wendy looked at each other and chuckled. "All right. I'll go see what's taking Mabel so long." Tambry said, sliding off her stool and walking out of the kitchen.

Wendy tapped the stool next to her. "Pop a squat, Dip. What'd you need to talk to me about?"

He crawled up onto the tall stool and cleared his throat. "So…I heard that Robbie hasn't asked you to the fair yet."

She rolled her eyes. "Ugh. Don't you think he should've by now? I mean, he's my BOYFRIEND, and he hasn't even taken the time to ask me to the Mysterious ROMANCE fair, you know?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's great. Anyway_ I was wondering if…maybe you wanted to go…with…me?"

She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "I don't know…who will Robbie go with?"

"I'm sure he'll figure something out."

She scowled. "I don't want my boy going with another chick."

"Hey, he wouldn't ever cheat on you. Don't worry."

She smiled. "Oh, fine. I'll be your date."

"YOU WILL?"

"Yeah, I guess."

He smiled. "Wow! Great! I mean_ cool. See you tonight." He tried to sound cool, and when she smiled, he assumed he had done alright. Once he was out of sight, he did another little fist pump and ran back out toward the boys.

"Nate! Lee! Thompson! Guess what?" he called.

Lee looked up from his can of paint. "What?"

Robbie was standing right there, but Dipper didn't care. He was already Wendy's date, and Robbie couldn't stop him. "Wendy said yes! She's going to the fair with me!"

"WHAT?!" Robbie snapped, his eyes filled with fury. "You little twerp! You said you were just using the bathroom! You lied!"

Nate crossed his arms and smirked at Robbie. "I guess you can think of this as payback for last week, jerk." he said, high-fiving Lee.

"What did he do last week?" Thompson asked.

Lee glared at Robbie. "Let's just say it involved some not so nice things about me and Nate."

Robbie scoffed. "Lee, you know I was in a bad mood. I wouldn't just_ SAY that."

"Whatever, Robbie."

Nate smiled down at Dipper. "Well Dipper_ that's great news, dude. Word of advice_" he started to lean down to Dipper, but Robbie grabbed his shoulder. "Don't EVEN give that twerp advice on how to steal my girl!" Robbie snapped. He used his hand to throw Nate into the ground.

"Nate!" Lee said, kneeling down next to him. "You OK, babe?"

He asked because Nate was rubbing his sides and wheezing. "Yeah, I'm OK."

"You sure? Is anything bruised, or_"

"Lee! I'm fine." he laughed.

"OK, just checking."

Dipper scowled at Robbie. "Look man_ Wendy agreed to go with me, because you didn't ask her first. You can't be mad at me because of your mistake. Now let Nate talk. While you're at it, why don't you try and find another girl to go with?" he suggested.

Robbie gave Dipper a piercing glare. "Maybe I will, dweeb. By the way, after the fair is over, your sorry little butt is mine." He harshly shoved Dipper into the dirt before stalking angrily away.

Lee rolled his eyes. "What is Robbie's deal lately?" he said, pulling Dipper up.

Dipper dusted himself off. "Forget it. He's really never much nicer to me than this. I'm used to him being that way. Now what were you going to tell me, Nate?"

Nate sat down next to Dipper "Well, the first thing you have to remember_" he started, but he was interrupted by Mabel, who was racing toward them at full speed.

"Hi Dipper! Wendy told me you had some 'exciting news.' What is it? TELL ME!" she screeched, bouncing up and down.

Nate chuckled. "Chillax, Mabel. Your bro-meister here just got a date."

Her bright eyes bulged. "OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH! Who is it?!" she asked, poking Dipper in the stomach.

"Mabel, you are never going to believe this." He placed his hands on his sister's shoulders. "It's Wendy! I asked Wendy to the fair, and she said yes!"

Mabel squealed. She put her hands on his shoulders and shook him around wildly. "Dipper, that's AWESOME!" she cried. She blushed slightly. "Now maybe I can ask_"

Lee smirked. "Who? It wouldn't be…Robbie…would it?" he said dramatically. Nate struggled not to laugh at how furiously Mabel was blushing.

"What? Pft_ no! Lee ,you're cray-cray!" she laughed, trying to hide her obvious embarrassment.

"Mabel, it is SO obvious you have a thing on Robbie." Thompson said.

She blushed harder and looked at the ground. "And so what if I do? I'm allowed to crush. It's a free country." she snapped.

Nate threw his hands up in defense. "Whoa, chillax! We weren't sassing you or anything. We were just pointing out that you like him. Trying to help you gather the strength."

She looked at him skeptically. "Strength?"

"Yeah!" he said. "The strength to ask Robbie to the fair!"

"NO! NATE, ARE YOU CRAZY?!" She sighed and plopped down next to Lee. "He would never go out with me. He's so handsome and dark and mysterious. And I'm just a silly little girl."

Lee frowned. "No you aren't! I will admit that Robbie is somewhat sexy. But you are not 'just a silly little girl!' He will go out with you if you're brave enough to ask! Now be a brave girl and do it!" he cheered.

"Yeah!" she screeched with a sudden boost of confidence. She stood and raced over toward the construction area in which Robbie stood.

Dipper smiled at the boys. Nate was blushing a little. "Thompson, Dipper_ can you guys…go over with Stan for a minute? I need to say something."

Thompson frowned. "Sure. We'll be back in a few minutes." He and Dipper walked off, Dipper chattering endlessly about how excited he was for tonight.

Lee sat down next to Nate. "What do you need to say?" he asked.

Nate looked dead at the ground. "I just wanted to say…OK, you know what you just did there? Making Mabel feel so proud and happy and stuff?" he asked.

"Yeah, what of it?"

"It made me think, and…I think you would be a really good dad." Nate said nervously.

Lee blushed, reaching over to give Nate's hand a squeeze. "Someday, babe." he said, smiling.

"HEY! WHENEVER YOU TWO ARE DONE BEING ALL ROMANTIC AND GAY AND STUFF, COME OVER HERE AND HELP US WITH THIS BANNER!" Robbie called over to the boys.

Nate rolled his eyes. "Robbie is an expert at ruining the moment."

"Yeah, he is." Lee chuckled.

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Mabel skipped over to where her dream boy stood, pulling to a halt right behind him. She smiled awkwardly and twiddled her thumbs. "Hi, Robbie."

He turned and looked down, giving a small smile at the sight of her. "Oh, hey."

She looked at the ground. "So…about the fair_"

"I KNOW! Ugh! Who does your brother think he is, stealing my girl?" he growled.

"Anyway_ I don't have anyone to go to the fair with…neither do you…so…WOULD YOU BE MY DATE?" she blurted.

He gave her the biggest WTF face she had ever seen. "Me? You_ Mabel Pines, the happiest little girl in Gravity Falls_ want to go to the Mysterious Romance Fair with me?" he asked.

She blushed slightly. "Well_ yeah."

He gave her a small smile. "Alright. I like your moxie, squirt. See you tonight." He waved at her and turned back to his work.

Mabel couldn't believe it. He actually said yes! Her dream boy was going to the Mysterious Romance Fair_ with her!

Oh boy, was Dipper going to be excited!