Little Dipper

Dance Pt. 2

"Well...how do I look?" Stan asked. The statue was silent in front of him, but he nodded and turned to the door anyway. "Thanks. I feel a bit better now. You always know what to say." He walked out of the room.

Dipper looked over from coloring in a coloring book Soos brought. "He's talking to the statue again..."

"Dude, don't mind it. He talks to the mirror, too. It's a thing he does." Soos assured him.

"Sure, just keep telling yourself that." Bill muttered, then looked over to once again count the fingers of the statue. He knew it wasn't, but he had to keep making sure anyway. Like Stan, he was having a bit of trouble not seeing the wax figure as him.

"I'm ready!" Mabel came down the stairs and stood in the doorway. "Well? How do I look?"

She was wearing a floor-length red sleeveless dress with a pink shawl she'd knitted herself wrapped around her shoulders. On her feet were black heels, and she had put on a bit of makeup to make herself look more mature.

"You look like mom before she and dad go on a date. When you get back your makeup will be messy and you'll have taken off your shoes." Dipper said, looking up at her.

"Okay, aside from that, how do I look?" Mabel asked.

"You look great." Dipper grinned.

"Good." Mabel brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and then put on a black headband. "Now I'm just waiting for Gideon."

"I better head out. See you there, pumpkin." Stan said, walking down the hall. "See you later, Dipper!"

"Uh-huh." Dipper gave a distracted wave, going back to his coloring.

The door opened and closed and then they heard Stan's car driving off. Not too long after, he heard another car drive up and Mabel came in and kissed Dipper on the head before walking to the doorway, taking Gideon's arm.

"We'll be back later." Gideon assured him. "Don't get into any trouble, and don't even think of going after the Manotaurs."

Dipper sighed, nodding. "Yes, I know."

"Good. We'll have our phones, but I think we can trust Soos to keep you out of trouble." Mabel smiled and walked out.

"You look beautiful, by the way." Dipper heard Gideon say as the door was opened.

"Aw, thanks. You look great, too!" Mabel said, just before the door closed.

Dipper rolled over onto his back. "Sooo...can we play a game, Soos?"

"What game?" Soos asked.

"I dunno. Clue?" Dipper shrugged.

"Sounds great! Let me go get it!" Soos ran off to get it.

Dipper got up and looked around behind heading for the door.

"Pine Tree, if you sneak out I am going to take over your body for the rest of the night." Bill said in a deadpan voice as he flew behind him.

"Darn." Dipper kicked at the floor and headed back to the living room to clean up his coloring supplies.

"I almost lost you, kid." Bill said, landing on his shoulder. "You know how scared I was when those fairies almost took you away?" He sat down. "And I couldn't do anything to help, not with as little power as I have now. I hated it, kid. I hated feeling powerless, I hated seeing you going into danger."

"I'm sorry." Dipper looked at him. "I won't go looking for trouble anymore."

"Good boy." Bill patted his cheek.