Chapter 3

*Dipper's POV*

"So, now that all that nerdy stuff is out of the way, let's talk about the good stuff," Stan said, rubbing his hands together as I sat back down at the kitchen table. "How'd you score Wendy?" Mabel and Soos were trying to hold back giggles.

"Umm, well," I started, rubbing the back of my neck.

"Spill it, bro-bro!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Well, when we were playing Truth or Dare, Mabel dared Wendy to kiss me, and when everyone left, Wendy told me that when we kissed, she felt a spark and realized she liked me," I explained.

"Wait, she fell for you because of Mabel?" Stan asked. "What happened to my training?"

"You saw how that turned out, Grunkle Stan," I said. "I ended up with, like five girls mad at me."

"So you left it to Mabel?" Stan asked.

"MATCH MADE!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Nice going, dudes!" Soos said, giving us both high fives.

Later on that night, I was getting ready to go over to Wendy's house.

"So, are you gonna dress up?" Mabel asked.

"Uhh, no," I replied. "It's only movie night."

"It's date night Dipper," she said. "You going on a date."

"It's not a date, Mabel," I told her, fixing my hair and putting Wendy's hat on.

"What do you mean, it's not a date?" Mabel asked. "You guys were like, eating each other's faces, and now you're going over to her house at night to watch a movie, and it's not a date."

"Mabel, we're not official yet, we're still just friends," I told her, I could feel my face getting hot.

"Friends with benefits," Mabel teased. My face turned redder than before.

"Mabel!" I shouted. "Do you even know what that phrase means?"

"Kinda," she said. "Isn't that friends like make out and stuff even though they aren't dating?"

"Not exactly," I said, before whispering the definition in her ear. Her eyes widened and she was speechless. "Exactly." With that, I left the attic and went outside, beginning my walk. Soos pulled up on the side of the road.

"Need a lift, dude?" he asked. "It's getting late."

"Sure," I replied. "Thanks, Soos."

"No problem, dude," he said. A few minutes later we pulled up in front of Wendy's cabin. I got out of the truck and closed the door.

"Thanks again!" I called, as Soos drove away. I went up to the door. Wendy's dad answered it. He grunted a hello. "Hi," I said, a little nervous. How could you not be nervous when a guy that's probably stronger and more intimidating than a manotaur standing in front of you. "Wendy told me to come over."

"In her room," Dan said, pointing inside. I went inside, walking past the living room, where Wendy's brothers were. I went up to Wendy's bedroom door and knocked.

"It's open!" I heard her call from inside. I opened the door and went in, closing it behind me. "Hey, dude."

"Hey," I replied. I went over and sat next to her on the bed. "What're we watching?"

"Dunno," she said.

"Listen, about earlier, are we, like, boyfriend and girlfriend now?" I asked.

"Are we?" she asked, in reply.

"Do you want to be?" I asked.

"I do if you do," Wendy said. I smiled, blushing slightly. She put her hand over mine. I looked down to see her hand there. I looked up and smiled again.

"You've liked me for longer than you think," I told her.

"You sure about that?" Wendy teased.

"Yeah," I said. "Do you remember when you were, like, five or six and you and Tambry were riding tricycles down the sidewalk?"

"Yeah," she replied. "But how do you know about that."

"Wait, let me finish," I told her. "Do you remember stopping in front of two older kids and whispering to Tambry that you thought the male of the two was cute, then she told him what you had said?"

"Yeah," she said, starting to get a little freaked out about how I knew all this.

"I was the guy that you thought was cute," I told her.

"What? How?" she asked. "That guy was, like, 10 years older than us!"

"Actually, more like six or seven years older, and, time travel," I told her. "Mabel and I stole a guy's time machine and went back too far. We ended up ten years ago and ran into you and Tambry as little kids."

"Woah," Wendy said, amazed.

"So you have had a crush on me for longer than you thought," I said. "You've had a crush on me for ten years."

"Well, I guess I have," she said, before leaning in and kissing me.

*Mabel's POV*

Dipper didn't get home until late. Waddles and I made a pact that we'd stay awake until he got home. Waddles gave up on that pact at around 9:00. I stayed awake, however and when Dipper walked into our room at 1am I was ready to start firing questions.

"So, how was your date, bro-bro?" I asked.

"Good," Dipper replied, taking off Wendy's hat. He looked exhausted.

"You didn't deny that it was a date," I said. "Does that mean it was?"

"I guess so," Dipper yawned.

"Oh my god! Are you two a thing now?!" I asked.

"Yeah," Dipper said. "Actually we are." He was being way too cool about this.

"What's wrong, bro-bro?" I asked.

"Nothing," he said. "I'm just tired." But I could tell that wasn't it.