A/N: So this chapter takes place a couple days after "The Inconveniencing" and is the day before the party in the episode "Double Dipper".

New Key:

H/L = hair length
H/C = hair color
H/T = hair texture (i.e curly, straight, etc)

Y/N's Pov:

"So, who's the guy?" Bill questioned with a smirk.

I had invited Bill over for some video games and pizza, in hopes of getting my mind off of Dipper. Unfortunately, that hasn't been working out so well.

"W-What guy?" I say as I desperately try an hold first place in Mario Kart.

"Y/N, do you really think I can't tell when my best friend is crushing?"

I roll my eyes. "Okay, so maybe I'm crushing on a guy..."

"Is it that Pinetree kid?" He wiggles his eyebrows, causing me to drop the controller.

"H-How-?"

"C'mon, Y/N. You talk about him all the time." He violently turns the controller, and ends up winning the game.

"Dammit, Cipher! You always win!" I cross my arms.

"Hey, it's not my fault that you jump at the mention of him." He smirks and takes another slice of pizza. "What's so good about him anyways?"

I sigh. "I don't know, he's just smart and funny and... Well, he's just great to be around."

"So?! I'm all those things too!" He frowns.

"Bill, what does it matter to you, anyways?" Silence falls between us. Bill looks at me and hesitantly, places a strand of my h/t, h/c hair behind my ear. I shiver at his touch.

"Look, Y/N... I just wanted to say that..." He sighs and looks back at the screen. "That I'm totally gonna beat you in this round." He picks up the controller.

I narrow my eyes. "Oh yeah, Cipher? We'll see about that!"

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Tonight, Stan was holding a huge party at the shack to try and attract a younger crowd. I helped set up the party, so I would hopefully be able to get in for free.

"Alright party people, and Dipper." Stan looked at his checklist. "Soos, because you work for free and you practically begged me to, you'll be the DJ."

"I won't let you down Mr. Pines!" Soos saluted.

"Wendy, you and Mabel will be working the ticket stand." Stan continued.

"What?" Mabel pouted. "But, Grunkle Stan - this party is my chance to make more friends!"

As I was about to volunteer to take Mabel's place, Dipper spoke up. "I - I could work with Wendy?" My heart plummets towards the ground. Great. Just, great.

"Fine. And Y/N," Stan turned to me. "I don't exactly have anything for you to do, so I guess you should just monitor the crowd and make sure everyone's having a good time."

"Sure thing." I say. I realize that the party room is probably not the best place to leave my skateboard during the party, so I decide to take it to the gift shop until I can find a better place for it. I put in my earbuds and played f/s by f/b/a, foolishly dancing around the shop.

"Y/N?" Somebody snapped my out of the music. I looked up to see Dipper who stood in awe.

"H-How long were you standing there?" I stutter.

"I just came. I was looking for you anyways."

"You... You were?"

"Yeah... I was hoping to dance with Wendy at the party, so Mabel told me to find you to teach me?"

Mabel, you sneaky little... I look down at my feet. "You don't know how to slow dance?" He shook his head in response. I look through my music until I find a suitable song.

Dipper's Pov:

After looking at her phone for quite some time, Y/N finally looks up and smiles. "C'mere." She says softly. I hesitantly walk over to her. "You can come closer - I won't bite." She giggles and removes one of her earbuds, giving it to me.

"I do this," She says, placing her arms around my neck. "You put your arms around my waist."

Cautiously, I do so. She slightly winces. "Not that far down my waist, Dip." I fluster and move my hands up.

"Sorry." I mumble as she starts the music. I don't recognize the song, but it sounds nice.

Settle down with me,

Cover me up,

Cuddle me in,

"Now, we slowly turn around," She leads me throughout the dance.

And your hearts against my chest, your lips pressed to my neck

I've fallen for your eyes, but they don't know me yet

And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now

Y/N shut her e/c eyes as we slowly spun around, and around.

Kiss me like you wanna be loved

You wanna be loved

You wanna be loved,

This feels like fallin in love

Fallin in love

Fallin in love.

I began to feel awkward as Y/N drew closer to me. Something about dancing with her made me feel out of place, so I pulled away. I couldn't help but notice that she looked slightly hurt, but I forced myself to push that aside.

"I think I've got the hang of it now." I say. She stares at her feet.

"I'll see you at the party?" She asks quietly. I nod.

"Thanks for being such a good friend." I playfully punch her arm, before I leave.

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Mabel's Pov:

So far, the party was a huge hit! Everyone looked like they were having a good time. I even made two new friends, Candy and Grenda! Speaking of friends, Y/N sat alone on a chair, staring at her feet. I wonder what happened? I thought she'd be super happy after I sent Dipper to dance with her. I began to head over and sat next to her.

"Hey, hey, party pal!" I nudge her arm.

She buries her face in her hands. "Please don't ever say 'pal' again."

Something was definitely up. "Awe, what's wrong Y/N?"

"I... I don't know, we were dancing and... He pushed me away and made it rather clear that I'm only a friend to him and..." She trailed off.

"Oh, Y/N..." I wrap my arms around her in a warm hug. "Why don't you come and meet my new friends? You can hang with us for the rest of the night."

She nodded. "Yeah, I'd like that..."

I smiled and took her arm to go meet Candy and Grenda. Just when I had them introduced, Soos made an announcement. "Alright party people! Whoever party... hardys? The most tonight wins the party crown!" I felt excited about this. Then, a girl with long, blonde hair headed up to the turntable.

"Uh, I'll take that right now, thank you very much!" She said in a rather nasally voice.

"Who's that?" I ask my friends.

"That is Pacifica Northwest. She is the most popular girl in all of Gravity Falls!" Candy explains.

Y/N scowls. "Pacifica..."

"You know her?" I question.

"Believe it or not, Pacifica used to be my best friend. Then all of the sudden, she started acting as if her wealth made her better than me. She became friends with the more popular kids and bullied me like no tomorrow."

"Wow..."

"Sorry, dude." Soos continues. "It's sort of a competition thing, y'know?"

Pacifica threw her head back and laughed. "Really? Who's going to compete against me?

I walked over to the turntable. "Hey! I'll compete!" I turned towards Pacifica and stuck out my hand. "I'm Mabel!"

"That sounds like a fat old lady's name." She sneered.

I continued smiling. "I'll take that as a compliment!"

She narrowed her eyes at me. "May the better partier win." She said before backing away into the party.

Grenda, Candy and Y/N re-joined me. "Yeah, she's going down." I smirk.

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Awe poor reader-chan! Don't you worry, though. Dipper will realize that reader-chan is the one for him soon.

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