Wow... PROBABLY a little too late on the updates. Also, I was working on my other story, I Never Want To Leave. Moving on, I should get to the core of the story, the breakup. Here it goes:
It is not fair. Not fair at all. WHY? I'll explain, though you can probably guess it's about Mabel. After our big dancing date, we headed out to the docks, beautifully lit by the light of the moon. I had rented a gondola, hoping to make the most of tonight. I did not expect our date to be a flop. Or that the whole night, nearly everything we saw reminded her of Dipper.
"Omigosh, that mushroom reminds me of the gnomes Dipper and I fought!" "I love the scent of pine. I got Dipper a cologne with that scent one year for Christmas." "Hah, there's the island Dipper, Soos, and I tried to find the Gobblewonker on!"
It got old quickly.
The lake was quiet, except for the chirps of crickets surrounding it. That crazy old man was our guide, unfortunately, but at least he had the nerve to not ramble on.
"You know, I thought dancing was gonna be the END of the evening." Mabel laughed nervously.
I took her hand gently and whispered happily. "Don't you want this evening to last, my sweet?"
She looked shocked. "No!" She yelled, slapping her hand away. "Yes... I mean.. I'm ALWAYS happy to hang out with a buddy, pal, chum. Other word for friend.."
The kook in the back of our boat spoke up. "Pal?"
"No, I already said pal... mate?"
"How about... soul mate." I said.
All of a sudden, the fabulous pink fireworks I bought shot up into the sky. Disturbing the contentness of the lake, they spelled out the word Mabel, surrounded by a heart.
Mabel didn't look pleased. In fact, she looked scared. Confused. Angry. She buried her face in her hands. Not good at all.
The next day, I had arranged another dinner date for us at the trendy new French restaurant in town. To my surprise, I was not greeted by Mabel, but in fact, Dipper was the one who showed up.
"Dipper Pines! How are you? You look good, you look good." I said, nodding my head.
"Thanks." added the boy. "So uh... Look Gideon, we need to talk. Mabel won't be joining you tonight, she uh... DOESNT want to see you anymore!"
I did not particularly enjoy this discussion, but Dipper rambled on.
"She's kinda weirded out by you... NO OFFENCE."
I twitched my eye. "So what you're saying is... you've... come between us."* And, actually, he sort of did. I mean, HE was the one who's breaking up with me for her. HE was the one who convinced her to stop.
"You're not gonna like... freak out or anything... are ya?"
I stared at him for a minute. Then I snapped into my normal, showbiz character. "Of course not! Well, bygones you know!"
He smiled. "Well, okay, cool. Sorry man but.. hey, thumbs up!" Dipper backed away, trying to get as far away from me and as close to Mabel (who was outside) as possible
"Thumbs up indeed, my friend."
*Okay, that line made it obvious that Gideon knew about them. Otherwise, HOW would Dipper have come between them?
Think this through! Trying to update!
