Doubt

Dipper sighed internally as he saw Mabel examining herself in the mirror again. He'd thought she'd gotten over all the things Pacifica had said, but it looked like she was doubting herself again.

"Stupid braces," she muttered, examining her teeth.

"Stop putting down my sister!" Dipper yelled at her, slamming the door to their room behind himself. "My sister Mabel is one of the prettiest girls I know!"

I'm silly, and have braces and-" Mabel began.

Dipper covered her mouth with his hand. "Silly is taking everything so seriously you can't have any fun. Silly is being such a miserable person you have to make those around you miserable as well." He removed his hand.

"And my braces?"

"Are temporary for one," he began.

"And two?" she asked.

"Huh?"

"You said for one, implying there is a for two," Mabel said.

"And two…" Dipper searched his mind for the right thing to say. "And two," he paused to grin evilly. "Remember that magazine you found under the backseat of Robbie's van?"

Mabel turned bright red. "ACKK!"

"What was that title again? Barely Legal Brace-" Dipper found Mabel had pretty fast hands herself.

"Braces are fine!" she blurted out and slowly removed her hands. "You'd stop Robbie if he started perving on me, right?"

"I like Wendy and you've seen what I've done to him over that," Dipper told her. "You're my twin and I may not say it often but I love you and you really have no idea how many ways I know of to dispose of a body around here."

Mabel laughed and gave him a hug that popped his back. "Thanks, Dipper, you always know just what to say."

Meanwhile downstairs…

"He likes me?" Wendy asked.

"You didn't know he liked you?" Stan asked, disbelief clear in his voice.

"I knew he liked me, but not that he liked, liked me," Wendy said. "Understand?"

"Nope," Stan replied cheerfully.

"He's a gnarly little dude, but he's so short he reminds me of my brothers," Wendy explained.

"Ouch," Soos said with a wince. "The kiss of death."

"Just set him up with one of your friends," Stan suggested. "That'll wipe out any crush he has on you."

"Do you think he was serious about disposing of Robbie," Wendy asked, before answering herself, "nah, I'm just being silly. Well, I gotta go and see if Tambry's seeing anyone."

After Wendy had left, Stan spoke up, "Five bucks says Dipper would feed him to the pterodactyl."

"Ten says he'd push him into the bottomless pit," Soos countered.

"You're on," Stan replied.

Typing by: Bankrupt Samurai