Gideon's day could've been better (or a whole lot worse if you hate him).

After word got around that Stan's party at the Mystery Shack was the bomb, Gideon had been determined to make sure this "Mystery Fair"thing was a failure. Turned out the trip he'd taken up to the Shack was pretty useless. One look at the place was enough to see how crummy the event was. Gideon was pretty sure any sabotage he could try wouldn't even come close to topping the sorry state Stan had allowed for the fair. 

Gideon had figured that, since he was there anyway, he'd at least try to dunk the old cheapskate.But he should've realized sooner that there was no way Stan would ever sit in a non-rigged dunk tank. Gideon had hit the target dead center, but the ball simply bounced back and got stuck in his giant hair hair (you gotta wonder how Gideon walks around with that thing.)

' Curse that Stanford ! ' Gideon thought in anger, as he dug the ball out of his hair. ' He will pay dearly for making a fool out of me! '

As he stalked through the fair, the boy came to a stop as he heard the most angelic sound in the world.

' Is that the voice of my darling Mabel? ' Gideon thought, mood lifting instantly.

Gideon looked and saw his sweetheart, being her impossibly adorable self as she played with a pig. Considerably less adorable was her brother, whom she was talking to. Gideon glared at the boy as he scribbled on a popcorn maker. 

It was because of Dipper that Mabel rejected him. He knew that if her punk of a brother wasn't around, she'd have seen that they were made for each other. Still, Gideon had to restrain his anger. Without his amulet he didn't stand a chance against Dipper in a one on one fight.

' What are they talkin' about? ' Gideon wondered, trying to focus his ears on their conversation.

"It doesn't make any sense," Dipper spoke aloud. "Why can't I change this event?"

"Face it, Dipper," Gideon heard Mabel say as she played with her pig. "You're obviously fated to have a bad day at the fair, just like I'm fated to be with Waddles."

' Fate? ' Gideon thought. ' Changing events? They couldn't be talking about...? '

"Then what about this?" he heard Dipper ask. "What's the point of having some time travelling clean up crew if time can't be changed in any significant way?"

Gideon's eyes widened as he saw the device in Dipper's hand. ' A time machine... '

When the performer caught sight of the tape measure-looking device, he knew it must be a genuine time machine. The symbol on it was in his Journal. Apparently the Author had found a few devices with that symbol so technologically advanced, yet clearly made by humans, that they had to be from the future. 

But Gideon had never imagined that a time machine would find its way right to him. The possibilities were endless. He could go back and correct his few losses against Stan, or ensure his dates with Mabel had gone perfectly. He wasn't sure what the first thing he would do would be, but one thing was for certain.

Gideon needed that time machine.

The young boy glanced around. He saw a game stand next to him that offered yo-yos as a prize, and the carnie in charge was asleep from boredom. Gideon swiped one of the yo-yos and readied the ball in his hand.

With the most powerful swing he could muster, Gideon threw the ball right in the back of Dipper's head. The impact left the boy frazzled, and the tape measure flew out of his grasp. Gideon then threw the yo-yo at the measure, the string wrapping around the device. With a hard tug, Gideon pulled the tape measure back and caught it, letting the string fall off. Mabel gasped as Dipper turned to see who'd assaulted him.

"Gideon!" they both exclaimed with dread .

"Well hello there, Pines twins," Gideon greeted. "I was just passing through this crumby  fair and couldn't help but overhear your conversation. And if I did hear correct, this little device is some kind of time machine, right?"

Mabel's eyes widened in panic, while Dipper's teeth clenched together in frustration. This situation was going from bad to worse.

"I'll take your worried expressions as a yes," Gideon said with a smirk. "Well, I've been looking for something to replace my lucky bow tie y'all took. A tape measure isn't as fashionable, but it'll do. Wonder when I should go first? Back to our first fight, and make sure I win? Or maybe just kill you  in the crib, boy?"

"Waddles, sic 'em!" Mabel shouted.

"Wait what's a Wadd?- AHHH!!"

Before Gideon could even finish his confused sentence, Waddles shot across the grass and rammed his head right into Gideon's stomach. The smaller boy with hair bigger then his head let out a pained wheeze as he stumbled back, the Time Tape slipping from his fingers. 

As he lost his grip he stretched his fingers, trying desperately to keep the time bending device in his grasp. He only succeeded in gripping the end of the tape, however, and the main machine  flew through the air.

Dipper rushed to his feet and caught the main part of the device, while Gideon kicked Waddles away and rose to his feet. Dipper tried to pull the extended line out of Gideon's hands, but the white-haired boy's grip was far stronger than Dipper had thought. 

Mabel dashed to her brother's side, helping him pull on their end of the tape measure. The three played the most important game of tug of war in history (literally), Gideon managing to hold on despite the greater strength pulling against him.

Waddles looked up from where he'd been kicked, and saw the extended tape. In a moment of pure impulse, the pig jumped forward and chomped down hard on the length of Time Tape, snapping the tape in two.

The three kids' eyes all widened at once as the severed tape retracted back into the measure, both it and the piece Gideon held beginning to glow.

With a flash, the three vanished.

1800's in the olden days

The kids all fell on a old, broken stone path, Dipper and Gideon each gripping their pieces of the time machine.

Dipper groaned as he sat up. "Where are we?"

"The real question is: when are we?" Mabel countered." 

"I swear Mabel if you make another joke like that-" Dipper said before Mabel cut him off

"Alright no more time jokes" Mabel said 

"YOU!"

Both twins looked and saw Gideon glaring at them (well, Dipper specifically),with rage.

"Look at what you've done Boy!" Gideon howled. "You've stranded us into the past"

"Says the guy who tried to steal the thing, and stop calling me boy" Dipper spat back, his headache was gone now for the time being.

Before Gideon could retort, the three felt the ground rumble beneath them.

"What is that?" Mabel asked, unable to find the source, even as the rumbling  grew louder

Gideon looked behind him, and just as he did, he saw what was causing the shaking come around the mountain trail.

"BUFFALO STAMPEDE!!!" he shouted.

The twins saw that he was right. A herd of very angry buffalo were charging straight at them. Not having anywhere else to go, the three jumped off the edge of the cliff, free-falling down to a rocky demise. At least, that's what would've happened, if the pieces of the Time Tape hadn't started glowing again. 

Dipper quickly realized what was about to happen, and quickly shot his arm out at his sister. Mabel caught on, fingertips just barely making contact with her brother's hand as they suddenly flashed out of existence.

1700's 

The kids fell into a thick snowbank, several feet deep. The fresh powder cushioned their fall, preventing them from receiving any serious damage. The children tumbled down the hill the snowbank was resting on, eventually coming to a stop.

Dipper slowly stood, wincing as the pain as he tried to stand up, and a cold shiver wracked his body. He was not prepared for the cold, and Mabel wasn't taking it great either from the looks of things. Dipper rose to his shaky feet, about to ask if Mabel was okay when-

" GRRAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! " Gideon cried as he tackled Dipper to the ground.

The two boys rolled around in the snow, each punching the other in the face when they could. The wrestling caused Dipper to drop his piece of the Time Tape. Mabel ran and grabbed the main piece, making sure it wasn't lost, as Dipper managed to kick Gideon off him.

Dipper tried jumping back to his feet, but he stumbled. This time travel stuff made his body feel weird. But he was sure he could still fight

Gideon however, was feeling after effects of the time travel. He shot back up to his feet and charged his foe. Tucking his severed piece of Time Tape in his  blue, stripped suit, Gideon threw a swing at Dipper. The taller boy dropped to his knees to avoid the punch, and went for a gut punch but as Gideon passed Dipper, he pivoted. The shorter boy put Dipper in a headlock, trying to choke him out. Dipper wasn't having it though.

 He grabbed the arm wrapped around his neck, and with his newly acquired strength threw Gideon over his head, judo-style. He had slammed the violent boy down hard onto the ground. Hopefully incapacitating him. Unfortunately, just before Gideon impacted the snow-covered dirt, the pieces of the Time Tape shined, and the three vanished again.

earlier? 

Dipper sputtered as he suddenly fell into  cold water. He frantically kicked up, not having been able to take a proper breath beforehand. As his head shot above water, he gasped for breath and took a look around. He was in a lake of some kind, and there was a loud noise approaching them. He turned and saw a boat speeding at them from across the lake, and not just any boat.

' The S.S. Cool Dude? ' Dipper thought. ' Then this must be Lake Falls, the day Stan took us fishing! And if the boat is moving that fast, then that must mean that this is the chase with the Gobblewonker! We've gotta-! '

Dipper's realization was cut off by Gideon appearing behind him and pushing him back underwater. Dipper tried to struggle, it  was even worse he once again hadn't had an opportunity to take a good breath. As such, his attempts at freeing himself were weak and ineffective. Fortunately for him, Mabel swam up to Gideon and yanked him off her brother. Mabel kicked Gideon away, but the force was lesser in the water. Dipper came up for air again, hacking up water.

"You okay, Dipper?" Mabel asked in concern.

"Move!" Dipper managed to cough out.

That was when Mabel noticed the S.S. Cool Dude barrelling at them. She and Dipper swam out of the way as fast as they could. While they were barely able to avoid getting hit by the boat, they were still caught in its wake. Dipper felt a sharp pain in his leg as he was knocked around and spun by the waves, like he'd tried kneeing a tank. He realized his leg must've hit the mechanical Gobblewonker as it gave chase to the twins' past selves. Needless to say, the injury, made swimming very hard.

Dipper noticed the main piece of the Time Tape floating in front of him, having been dropped by Mabel in the chaos of the waves. He grabbed it, and the device started glowing again. Dipper looked around for his sister frantically, barely locking widened eyes with her as he and Gideon blinked out of reality.

Even more later

Dipper groaned in pain as he pried open his eyes. His leg was feeling broken. Dipper felt a wet dribble run down over his mouth, and with a quick wipe with his hand, saw it was blood. He had a nose bleed, and he was pretty sure he hadn't gotten it from Gideon. The pain in his leg was so distracting that at first he didn't realize that he was free falling.

Dipper glanced around. It looked like he was falling down a hole of some kind, but he couldn't see a bottom to it. The drop seemed to go on forever. Dipper seriously hoped he hadn't been taken to the end of time or something.

It was at that moment that two things happened. One was Dipper realizing he didn't know where Gideon was. The other was, of course, Gideon flying in and punching Dipper over his head.

"AARGH!!!" Dipper shouted, feeling pain in his face.

" She's trapped! " Gideon cried out, furious. " My Mabel is trapped in the past and it's all your fault! "

"Listen here you little bitch!" Dipper said in anger. "your the one who tried to steal the tape!, if it wasn't for you my sister would still be around!" 

Gideon grabbed Dipper by his collar and tried to punch the taller boy in the face. But Dipper was ready this time, and caught Gideon's fist in an iron tight grip. Dipper knocked Gideon's arm away, dislodging the one holding onto his jacket in the process, and slugged Gideon right in his fat cheek. Gideon flew back in the air at the impact. Gideon felt painful tears leak out of his eyes as he spit out a tooth.

Dipper got ready for anything Gideon would try.

Gideon then kicked off the stone wall of the hole and shot back to Dipper. Dipper tried doing the same, but winced at the surprise pain that shot through his left leg. It still hurt from hitting the Gobblewonker, might've been fractured.

This moment of hesitation proved to be all the opening Gideon needed. His fist collided with Dipper's face, knocking the boy's face back into the wall of the hole. Dipper kicked up with his good leg, nailing Gideon in the stomach and causing the shorter boy to let out a pained gasp as he got the wind knocked out of him. Dipper raised slightly higher in the air, performing axekick down right into Gideon's  face. Not wanting to miss an opportunity, Dipper grabbed one of Gideon's legs and swung his back into the wall of the hole.

The two tumbled through the open air trying to get some slight recovery from their injuries. Gideon spit some blood out of his mouth, gums still aching from his lost tooth, and Dipper wiped the continuously dripping blood from under his nose.

Just as the boys were ready to go at each other again, they saw a bright light at the bottom of the hole, and were fast approaching it. Each braced for whatever was about to happen, but were surprised when they were sent flying up into the air. The flew out of the ground, and saw the Mystery Shack next to them. Before either could wonder what the heck was going on, the pieces of Time Tape began glowing again, and the two vanished.

Future(no rama)

Dipper fell on his back, letting out an intense howl of pain. His leg was in worse condition ten before, and he could feel gushing of blood coming from his nose. At first he thought something was wrong with his ears, because he thought he heard explosions and screaming. He soon realized that he wasn't hearing things. All around him was a ruined cityscape, with what appeared to be soldiers with laser guns running around and shooting at each other. Dipper noticed through the metallic smell of his own blood that he could smell the acidic odor of burning cement, metal, and what he guessed was probably burning flesh.

He repressed a gag at the sickening smell, and tried to sit up, when Gideon ran at him. More than expecting this by now, Dipper shot out his good leg and managed to connect with Gideon's knee. The charging boy fell to Dipper's side, and Dipper rolled over, pinning Gideon to the ground. He began punching Gideon in the face, knocking the boy's head around, before Gideon shoved his enormous hairdo in Dipper's face. This provided enough of a distraction for the shorter boy to kick Dipper in his bad leg. The pain caused the taller boy to lose his grip, and Gideon used the opportunity to push Dipper off of him and strike him in the face.

Dipper toppled back, in a haze from Gideon's punch. He tried to pick himself up, but his arms kept giving out under him. He couldn't hear the sounds of the battlefield around him through the deafening ringing in his ears. He looked back at Gideon. He able to make out the smaller boy spitting out another, maybe two more teeth. Determination building, he pushed his hands against the ground, and got up to his knees. Both hands...

Dipper's vision cleared a bit, and he realized he'd dropped his piece of the Time Tape again. His eyes darted around, looking for its bright yellow color. He eventually saw it next to a barely standing wall, apparently having been flung there after Gideon punched him. Dipper was about to go for it, when Gideon ran up and kicked him in his bad leg.

Gideon then took the other piece of the time tape, but before he got the chance to put it in his suit the tape started sputtering, forcing Gideon to drop the device, Thus breaking it.

Gideon frantically pulled out his piece of the Time Tape. The severed piece of the measuring cord sparked and sputtered, before releasing a puff of smoke and losing its color.

"What have you done..." Gideon mumbled in shock, before his rage came back full force. " What have you done, Pines!? That was our only ticket back to the present! We'll be stuck in this nightmare of a time forever!"

"Eat shit Gideon! the only reason we're in this predicament, is because you can't come to believe that Mabel doesn't love you!" Dipper raged on the small boy "Your the reason she's gone now, and for that I'LL KILL YOU" 

Dipper, now was tired of taking the blame for this 4'8 midget's mistakes, rushed forward and landed a kick straight into Gideon's stomach, following up with a uppercut that sent Gideon back into a wall.

Gideon ran at Dipper again, furious at what Dipper said about Mabel not loving him. Dipper also shot forward, launching a punch straight into Gideon's face, he then followed with an haymaker  that sent the smaller boy to the side. Dipper stumbled as he put his weight on his bad leg, and Gideon recovered from the hits quickly, adrenaline overtaking his pain. 

He punched Dipper in his stomach, and kicked him in his bad shin. Dipper let out a pained howl as he fell forward, but used his fall to land a powerful corkscrew punch deadcenter on Gideon's face. Dipper felt a satisfying crunch under his fist, and he was sure he'd just broken Gideon's fat nose.

As Dipper fell to one knee, Gideon stumbled back shrieking in pain. He clutched his nose, feeling his own violent nosebleed begin. Just as Dipper picked himself back up, a powerful explosion happened in the distance. Apparently the blast hit a bunch of bunker soldiers, as their charred bodies came crashing down around the two boys. Dipper managed a painful dive out of the way, but one fell right on top of Gideon.

With a startled scream, he pushed the body off of him, but saw that the soldier's laser gun was still in his hand and intact. Gideon grabbed the gun and began shooting at Dipper, who struggled to move out of the way in time. One laser landed at Dipper's feet, which created and explosion that sent Dipper flying back through the  air.

Dipper landed on the rocky, dirt filled road with a pained gasp, the impact was worse then he thought. though you can't expect a 12 year old boy to survive a a drop from across a battlefield.

"Damn you look like shit" a voice said, standing above Dipper.

Dipper knew this voice very well, it was Mabel. "m-Mabel where did you go? I thought you were lost in time somewhere"

Mabel Laughed at her brother, she hadn't seen him this worried in a while. "Geez Dipper were you scared or something?"

Dipper blushed (out of embarrassment) at his sister's remarks" N-no! I was just wondering where you went"  

"Yea sure you weren't, But it turned out after we got separated in the water, the time tape just kept taking me along but I was just farther away from  you and Gideon." Mabel then pulled out some green pills " Also Since I was over here I found a bunch of future medicine that heals wounds almost instantly" 

Dipper took a pill from his sister and quickly ate it. The next thing he knew his leg and bruises were healed. "Thanks Mabel But how do we get back home?"

"I haven't really thought about it, but maybe we could tape the time pieces back together?" Mabel asked Dipper

Dipper nodded and stood up with glee, his leg didn't hurt anymore! now it was time to pay Gideon back.

"Alright let's go beat Gideon into the dirt and take his half of the tape" Mabel said as she and Dipper started walking in the direction he flew.

With Gideon

Gideon despite his injuries was full of happiness right now. 'I've finally killed that annoying boy. Now all I need to do is retrace our steps and I'll find my darling Mabel' Gideon thought, though he failed to notice two pairs of footsteps running towards him. 

But Gideon did however notice the dropkick Dipper was about to land into the boys chest, but he may have noticed a bit to late. Gideon then flew back from the sibling duo straight into a rusty, ironclad pole. He wheezed in pain and clutched his aching chest. 

"I see your here for round 3 pines" Gideon Said as he tried to stand up, only to fall over again.

Mabel then reached down into the pudgy boy's suit and pulled out the other piece of the time tape, after about 10 minutes of taping the time tape together (try saying that five times fast) the machine was fixed.

"Should we leave him here?" Mabel asked Dipper

"Hmm maybe not His family might blame us for him gong missing" Dipper then slung the short boy over his shoulder roughly, just because he didn't wanna be sued didn't mean he wasn't gonna be nice to the little shit.

Mabel then to her grimace gave Gideon one of the pills, she didn't want people to see them caring a half dead child especially if that child was one of the most loved in gravity falls. aside from Pacifica of the  Northwest.

Mabel then pulled the tape and when the teens opened there eyes they were back at the crumby fair "Well home sweet home I guess" Mabel said, now exhausted with today's adventure. She vowed never to mess with time again.

Dipper dropped Gideon down and went to sit beside his sister.

"Well that was something wasn't it?" Dipper said

" Yea I guess it was" There was a long pause after Mabel said that  "hey lets never jump through  time unless we ever need too, we don't need to be stuck in a time parodox or something  like that"

"Agreed" Dipper said nodding " Huh. Weird, it feels like we're forgetting somethi-"  

"YOU TOO!!!"

The three turned around and saw Blendin rushing toward them, a look of angered panic on his face.

"Do you have any idea, how many rules you just broke?!" Blendin exclaimed. the twins stared at each other confused, did they break any rules? "I'm literally asking, I wasn't there with you..it was probably a lot, right? Ga-AH!"

Blendin recoiled at the sight of Gideon's body, Geez was he really that ugly?

"No no no no..." Blendin ramble nervously. "I-I had nothing to do with this! Y-You two were the ones who-!"

With a bright flash of light, Lolph and Dundgren appeared next to the time travelling man.

"Blendin Blandin..." Dundgren said, scowling.

"AAAAGH!" Blendin exclaimed. "The Time Paradox Avoidment Enforcement Squadron!"

"That's right," Lolph said, "and you are in a multiverse worth of trouble. Your incompetence has led to the loss and subsequent destruction of a time machine.

"You're under arrest for violation of the Time Traveler's Code of Conduct," Dundgren said, slapping handcuffs on the bald man.

"B-Bu-But," Blendin stuttered, desperate to find anything to alleviate his punishment, "my time machine isn't broken yet! It's still okay!"

"So that makes the broken one is an Anachronism, then?" Lolph asked, causing Blendin's face to blanch. "Well, where is it?"

Blendin gasped. "She has it! That girl has the Anachronism, and she has it! Y-You have to get her!"

Lolph and Dundgren whipped their heads around, looking straight at Mabel.

"Scans confirm it," Dundgren said as he and Lolph raised their arm cannons at Mabel.

Thinking fast, Dipper tackled  Mabel to the ground as the future agents fired at where she'd been standing mere moments before. The lasers whizzed past the kids, and happened to hit the dunk tank target, dropping Stan into the water to the joy of the crowd.

Their grunkle's suffering aside, Dundgren and Lolph lowered their aim, about to fire again. Just as the shots rang out, Dipper jumped up and threw the broken time tape at the agents.

"eh works for me I don't get paid enough anyway" Lolph grumbled as he snatched the tape out of the air.

Dundgren agreed. "First we'll take Blendin to Time Jail, then we can focus on telling time baby the full story"

"I-I swear!" Blendin insisted. "It wasn't me! It was those kids! And their leader, Waddles!"

"The pig, Blendin?" Lolph asked.

The bald man grumbled incoherently as he was taken to the future.

"Hey Dipper?" Mabel asked.

"Yeah?" Dipper responded.

"What the heck just happened?"

"I have no idea."

Mabel hummed. "I think I'm going to go inside, play with Waddles, and try to never think about time travel again."

"Sounds like a plan," Dipper said.

"Oh hey, there you are, Dipper."

The boy turned around and saw Wendy walking up to him. The boy repressed a sigh. He'd seen this scene more than enough to figure out exactly when they'd ended up.

 It had seemed that it was hours earlier at the fair in this timeline

"Hey Wendy," Dipper said. "Sorry, Mabel really wanted to show me her new pig, right Mabel?"

"Oh, uh, yeah," Mabel started. "His name is Waddles. I call him that because he waddles." she then snuggled Waddles face

"Cool" Wendy said with a chuckle. "C'mon man, let's see what else this crummy place has."

"Yeah..." Dipper said, he now knew why all those movies said never to mess with time.

The rest of the walk went the same. The promise of hanging out more, and watching terrible old movies together. Dipper tried to enjoy it while he could, even tried to steer Wendy away from the stand, but he knew it was all for not. He'd done all that he could to change this outcome, but it couldn't work. 

He'd just seen that carelessly trying to change time had drastic consequences. Even as Wendy commented how she wanted the stuffed whatever-it-was, Dipper resigned himself to his fate. No matter what he did, when he threw that ball, it was going to hit his companion in the eye.

... Wait a minute. Could that be it? Could that have been what he'd been missing? He'd been trying to completely rework how events had gone, but maybe if he only shifted them slightly... After all, that's what he'd been doing this whole time, right? But if what he thought would happen really happened... Whatever, he could deal with it. It was his last chance, why not give it a shot?

"The thing does look cool," Dipper said. "You gonna go for it?"

"What, my big tough friend isn't gonna win it for me?" Wendy asked with a smirk.

Dipper shook his head. "You must be confusing me for Mabel. I couldn't hit the broadside of the Shack."

"Nuh-uh," Wendy said. "I remember you nailing Robbie at the store."

"Fluke," Dipper countered. "And what about you and your pinecones, huh?"

"You have any idea how long it took me to be able to do that?" Wendy countered back. "I'm telling you dude, I'm a worse shot."

"Okay, you think so?" Dipper asked. "Prove it. Let's see who the worst shot is."

Wendy smirked. "Sounds fun. Winner is the biggest loser here."

Dipper did an elaborate bow. "Ladies first."

Wendy rolled her eyes. "You're too kind."

With that prompt, Wendy picked up a ball and got into position.

"You only get one shot," the carnie told her.

"Yeah, yeah," Wendy dismissed, trying to get in the zone.

After a few seconds of lining up her shot to fly over the bottles completely, she threw the ball. She grinned as she missed completely, until the ball hit the back of the tent and came flying back at her. Or more specifically, her companion.

She turned just in time to see the ball collide right into Dipper's eye. The boy doubled over and covered his face.

"Ah...!" Dipper hissed. "My eye...!"

"Woah, Dipper are you okay!?" Wendy asked. "I'm so sorry, I just-"

"Does it look swollen?" Dipper asked, uncovering his now purple eye.

Wendy winced guiltily at the sight. "Um... a bit..."

"Hey Wendy," Robbie said as he walked up to the two, grape snow cone in hand. "So I was thinking-"

"Oh, thanks Robbie," Wendy interrupted as she grabbed his frozen treat and placed it gently over Dipper's eye. "Here man, this should help. I'm really, really sorry, Dipper."

"Hey, it's fine," Dipper said, trying for a smile. "Guess you finally got me back, eh-? Ow! Mn- hmm...! "

Wendy's gaze was focused on Dipper, checking to see his condition and hoping his eye would stop swelling, before remembering Robbie had been trying to talk to her.

"Oh yeah, what were gonna say, Robbie?" Wendy asked, not looking away from her injured friend.

Robbie saw how focused she was on Dipper, and that she was barely even paying attention to him. He pulled his hoodie over his head, using the string to tighten it shut.

"N-Nothing..." Robbie mumbled dejectedly. "Have fun with your dorky friend." 

"Seriously Robbie?!" Wendy snapped, finally turning to look at him. "I accidentally hurt him and you're still being a jerk? Jeez, just go and do whatever, already."

Robbie mumbled some incomprehensible nonsense, before sulking off, rejection stinging.

"Sorry about that," Wendy apologized. "Don't know why he has to be such a tool."

Dipper dismissed her concern, trying as hard as he could not to break out into a dumb smile. Someone had to throw the ball, and their companion had to get hit in the eye. These were events that had to occur at the fair today. But as for who did the throwing, and who got hit? Apparently those were less important details. And this way, Wendy and Robbie don't end up going out. Sure, Dipper's eye was going to look pretty bad for a while, but that was a small price to pay. Now, he still had a chance.

And Wendy being super concerned about him was a nice bonus.

Dipper 1 / Robbie 0

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AND THAT'S IT. I finally got a chapter of fight falls done hope you guys enjoy see ya later I got some sleeping to do over summer break.

Oh and if your wondering why Dipper doesn't worry about Mabel much is because she can handle herself. Just as well as Dipper can, It's not because Dipper cares about her less it's because he knows his sister is a independent woman.