Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

Chapter 6- School Dance

Now do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well, I know that you're in love with him, 'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym, You both kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and blues-

"-Mabel this is awkward."

"You're doing it wrong. If you stop doing it wrong it won't be awkward."

"Slow dancing with my sister is going to be awkward no matter how I do it. And I'm not doing it wrong. You're doing it wrong." She laughed.

"Come on, I'm a killer dancer."

"You're right. You could kill someone with those dance moves." She hit him in the head with a ball of yarn and laughed at his pain. Dipper rubbed his face.

"I don't know why I agreed to help you." Mabel nudged him.

"Aww come on... You know you love me."

"Yeah, yeah." He laughed, noogying her. She pushed him away, towards his bed, laughing.

"You gonna knit yourself a dress for the semi-formal?" He teased.

"That was my plan. Why, you think it's stupid?"

"No, no, you'd make an awesome sweater dress, I just thought you'd wear something... Semi-formal." She stared at him.

"What do you mean?"

"A dress? Like, an actual dress from the store?"

"Why?"

"Oh like I know why girls do anything. Has Ethan asked you yet?" Mabel blushed. He hadn't and that was bothering her. Like, really, really bothering her. The dance was in a week. It was for Valentines day. What was he waiting for?

Her father's blessing? (That wasn't going to happen lol)

She was impatient.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe there was a full moon and your boyfriend turned into a werewolf." Dipper suggested, trying to make her feel better. She laughed.

"Why would Ethan be a werewolf?"

"I'm just hoping, to be honest. I'm still waiting on Piedmont to not be the world's most boring place ever, ya know?" Mabel laughed again, thoughtful.

"Yeah, that would be cool..."

"Let's just assume he's a werewolf then," Dipper said, trying to distract from her lack of semi-formal date. It worked as flawlessly as shining a laser to distract Soos.

However, the dance came and Ethan hadn't said a word to her about it. Or amy word to her. He appeared have to left the state suddenly, and Mabel was a little ticked off.

"We can stay home and watch Dream Boy High," Dipper offered as his sister stared at herself in the mirror as she tried not to cry.

"No. I bought a dress."

"Well then, I'll escort you to the dance." He was wearing an awkward fitting suit and escorted his sister to their Middle school Valentine dance.

Mabel looked beautiful. Dipper looked like Dipper. She wore a pink dress with about five billion rhinestones that cast a blinding beam whenever light so happened to brush it. Five middle school guys went blind staring at her, which Dipper seemed to approve of. She was literally glowing. Girls should have been lining up to give her compliments. But, of course, that wasn't how things worked for Mabel Pines.

It happened right after a slow song that Dipper and Mabel had declined to participate in. Because that would be weird. Like, Bill Cipher taking over Gravity Falls weird. However, people still decided to make it weird.

"Oh wow. We should have seen it coming. Of course Dipper and Mabel went to the dance together. So Mabel how long have you and your brother been secretly dating?"

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Mabel scoffed (Dipper word.).

"That surprises me, since you hear stupid things every time you talk." Mabel kind of wanted to shrink back and Dipper already had. This wasn't how School dances were supposed to go, according to most teen rom coms, and certainly everything put out by the Disney Channel.

"You know what surprises me? That her pig isn't her date."

"That would be an upgrade." Someone snickered. That was it. Her blood boiled. The last straw had crossed the line and no sparkly dress or fashionable heels would stop her.

"YOU DON'T INSULT ME, YOU DON'T INSULT MY PIG, AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T INSULT MY BROTHER!" She went ham on three girls at ones, kicking and punching and throwing things. She broke bones, ripped dresses, and kind of set off the sprinkler system, but she didn't come out of it unscathed. Her own dress was ruined. She was dragged off in cuffs with a black eye. Dipper was worried for her. He glared at the girls who had ruined his sisters last middle school dance. He wanted to kill them, but instead, he followed behind. Because clearly violence hadn't been the answer. Before he followed his sister to the all too familiar police station he went to his locker and pulled out something special.

Mabel was sitting on the floor in the holding cell and crying when under the bars was slipped a giant heart shaped valentine made out of other smaller valentines.

"Happy Valentine's day sis." Mabel managed a weak smile.

"Thanks Dipper..."

"People are stupid. We don't need them. They're just major idiots. We can go home and watch Dream boy High." He said, looking sadly at her.

"That sounds great." She said, sounding tired. Sounding... A little bit broken.

Ethan Joseph rushed in as they were being let out. He took in her appearance. Ruined dress, broken heels, a black eye, and tears sprang to his eyes.

"Mabel- I am so sorry." She looked at him. Just looked at him.

"There was a family emergency. Everything is alright now but I couldn't get home... Until now. I'm so sorry..." He put her arms around her and hugged her close.

"I forgive you, Ethan. But I need to spend some time with my brother right now. I hope things are really alright with your family, and I love you."

"I-I have a present for you."

"Give it to me in a day or two. I just want to go home." He nodded.

"O-okay."

And so they went home and watched Dream boy High, but it wasn't quite the same with her own dream boy stuck in her head.