Chapter 3 - The Call
Dipper, phone in hand, is nervously pacing back and forth, biting his nails, waiting for someone to pick up.
Pacifica, still talking with her friends (though it's more like her friends talking to each other about nothing while she zones out), notices her phone vibrating in her pocket. Her friends don't seem to notice when she picks up, preoccupied talking about fashion or something.
"Hello?" Pacifica answers, "Who is this?"
Dipper answers, "Hey! Ha ha, it's um..."
"Dipper?" she asks, hopefully, "Is that you?" His voice is easily distinguishable, so she already knows it's him.
Dipper replies with a nervous stutter and a few beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, "Uh, yeah. I um... I just wanted to... I... I wanted to say... uh, ask, you s-s-something, P-P-Pacifi-"
"Yeah?" she asks, waiting patiently, biting her lip as her friends continue their meaningless chatter.
Dipper stumbles over his words for a few more moments before finally sighing and giving up. "Never mind."
He is about to hang up when Mabel snatches the phone from his grasp.
Mabel yells into the phone, "He's trying to ask you out, Pacifica! He said you're actually a nice person and he thinks he likes you! Sorry, he's just a little nervous because he's never done this before!"
"Mabel!" he shouts, trying to regain his grasp of the phone as she flees from him.
"What?" Pacifica, blushing, asks. "Wow, I... um... Sure! Yeah! That'd be great!"
Mabel continues, still running from Dipper with the phone, "Cool! When?!"
Pacifica replies nonchalantly, "Whenever is fine. I'm sick of schedules."
Before she can continue, Mabel shouts, "GREAT!" and hangs up, as Dipper, out of breath, finally catches up. "What the heck was that, Mabel?"
Mabel smiles as she replies, "Bro, you were shaking and stuttering like there was an earthquake up in here! But don't worry, I got your back!"
Dipper blushes and replies in gratitude, "Thanks, sis. I'm sorry I yelled earlier."
"It's okay," replies Mabel, somewhat melancholily, "You had a point. Maybe I should just stay single for a while."
Dipper holds out his fist.
"Mystery Twins?"
Mabel fist bumps him.
"Mystery Twins."