"I feel like any relationship has to be built on trust, and nothing tests that better than the many stings my mom and dad have done while dealing with the paranormal in Gravity Falls," Phoebe began.

"Truth." Ken replied, "As a consequence, Dipper's had to pose as a single guy for many occasions. Hell, one time he had to go one step further and pretend to cheat on Wendy in order to -"

"Whoa, we're not doing that one!" Phoebe interrupted. She turned to the audience. "Sorry, the one he's talking about is one that's already been told by SuperGroverAway in his mega collection 'Pines Will Be Pines' under the chapter title 'Dramatic Measures'. Take a look, it's pretty interesting."

"Of course you'd say that, it's your parents!" Ken huffed confusedly. "So what are we doing, then?" As a sly grin emerged across the girl's face, Ken panicked. "You sure?"

"Oh yeah," Phoebe smiled. "So, about a year and a half after being married…."

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Wendy walked peacefully to the Lookout Point that had at one point been the symbol of sorrow to her. Given her purpose, it seemed the right place to be.

"I'm glad you agreed to meet up for dinner tonight, Jason." She looked to the blonde-haired man next to him.

He smiled knowingly. "Hey, just glad I got to see you again. It was pretty fun."

"Oh, for sure."

Jason decided to check in on one last thing. "Hey, um...sorry for bringing up your marriage."

Wendy sighed. "It's OK. It's just been tough dealing with reality."

"What, too much too soon?"

"No, not that, it's just...he turned out to not be what I thought." Wendy kicked the ground. "All these years, he kept secrets from me, lied to me...almost as if to get with me in the end, honestly."

Jason was incredulous. "For that long? Jesus, that's disgusting. And you got married to him?"

Wendy buried her hands in her face. "He built a fake relationship, and he was good at it...but now I'm left with a husband who I can't trust." She seemed ready to cry.

As Jason looked at her - so cute, so vulnerable - he knew what to do. It was everything he hoped for. "Well, you don't have to be."

Wendy looked up. "What do you mean?"

Jason shrugged. "You know...I'm here if you need to talk. Having an outlet can be helpful. I know I wasn't the best back when..y'know, we were closer, but at the same time, I might as well help you out now that I know."

Wendy smiled. "Y'know, sometimes I think I should've given you a second chance. You were always so considerate when you were with me, even if you had your problems." She leaned on him.

He grinned to himself as he put an arm around her. "If you go where I think you are with this..."

Suddenly they felt a dark chill surround them as the wind picked up. Suddenly a cloaked figure materialized out of thin air in front of them. It drew a steel blade out of it's shadowy waist. "So, another wench betrays her husband?"

Jason paled and shrieked. "Wendy, what is that?"

Wendy buried her face in his chest. "Oh god, it's here for me."

"Indeed I am. Time for you to pay for your sins." The figure raised its weapon…

Suddenly, a net appeared out of the shadows and landed on the figured. With a giant BUUZZZZ-ZAP, the net started sparking out pure lightning, electrocuting the beast.

"AAAH!" the figure fell, and the hood fell off to reveal something distinctly not human - as if a gremloblin and a dwarf somehow had crossed. It was clearly down for the count, albeit alive.

The goateed face of Dipper Pines appeared out of the shadows, brandishing the net-launcher in his hand - a gun with a net loaded in the barrel and a battery indicator. "Wow, we did it! It actually worked!"

"Huh?" Jason wasn't given time to figure that out before Wendy suddenly leveled a wind-knocking punch into his gut. As Jason sprawled back a few feet, Wendy got up and joined the brunette man. "What is going on?"

"Jason, this is Dipper - my husband. Thanks for helping us out."

"With what?"

Dipper pointed to the cloaked monstrosity. "This mess has been targeting women that it thinks are acting inappropriately. So we decided to give it one as a ruse to lure it out." He held up his device. "Good thing the electro-net worked. Just perfected the frequency for its biology today."

Jason was shocked. "So you tricked me?"

Wendy nodded. "Don't act so surprised, given what you did to me. You cheated on me twice with the same girl, in case you forgot! Considerate, my hide! Meanwhile, everything I told you about Dipper was a lie - he's been nothing but the best. In the end, YOU were the fake relationship - with or without this sting."

Jason brushed off his clothes. "If that's how you feel, then don't bother calling me next time you need someone to take the fall!" He left in a huff.

"Good riddance!" Wendy called out.

As the married coupled cleaned up, though, Dipper could see that although Wendy's eyes were burning with triumph and anger, there was something else there - a twinge of pain. "Wendy, you alright?"

"Huh?" Wendy looked up. "Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just... reopened some old wounds with this."

"Yeah, I saw the whole thing," Dipper admitted. "Moved on you immediately in your weakness, acceptd your advances without doubt...I didn't want to believe everything you told me, but it seems it's all true."

"The idiot hasn't changed at all," Wendy sighed. "It'll be good to never see him again."

Dipper gathered Wendy in his arms. "Wendy, I'm sorry. I told you, we could've waited until Robbie or Pacifica was back..."

Wendy smiled and held him back, this time crying for real - but tears of joy rather than on mock sorrow. "It's alright, dork. Anything to get that thing off the streets. Besides," she said, pulling away a bit to look at him, "you know what made all that tolerable?"

"What?" Dipper asked, confused.

"The fact that thanks to his mess-ups, my favorite guy will be at my side for a long time." The two shared a quick kiss before leaving Lookout Point eagerly.

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Ken gave Phoebe a weird look. "That's what she said? Verbatim?"

Phoebe raised an eyebrow. "What's your problem?"

"That just sounds a bit too cheesy for your mother."

"She can be sentimental when she wants to." Phoebe protested, crossing her arms. "We almost done?"

Ken checked the papers in his pocket. "Just one more before my personal favorite."