Overprotective

Chapter 1: The Final Straw

"No that's it, were done Mabel". Mabel ran after him trying to make him change his mind. "Come on Brad I told you its not my fault. I did not know he was there" she yells. "Oh really, why was he spying on us, huh". Mabel had no response. "Were through Mabel Pines" says Brad as he gets on his bike and rides away.

Mabel sits down on the grass. She wanted to cry but she just couldn't. Not after all the other times. 5. This was the 5th boy that had dumped her in a month. And it hurt. Normally it was her who did the break up or the boy ended up being a gnome or creep (like Gideon) but all these times it was a genuinely nice guy. It always was the same reason why they broke up with her. Dipper.

Dipper had always been protective of her. Mabel knew it and understood it. After the nightmares they had been through last time, she understood why. But recently Dipper was going above and beyond. Maybe it was because Ford was out of town at the Science convention. No, it could not. Either way, Mabel had had enough. She got up and stormed for the Shack, not worrying she had slammed the door behind her.

She pushed the door to their room open as hard as she could. Dipper was there reading a book. "Oh hey Mabel how's it going" he said. "How's it going" Mabel said in an angrier tone. "Oh how about I ask you that". "Things are going just fine, if you think Brad dumping me is good". "Oh Mabel im sorry to hear that" says Dipper. "You should be" shouted Mabel. "Because he broke up with me because of you." "What do you mean because of me" says Dipper confused. "Oh I don't know, maybe cause no normal person is not dressed in full camo and spying on someone else's dinner date from a window" she shouts. "I knew I should have bought the summer one, but the fall set was on sale" he replies.

"Dipper, why are you being like this" Mabel says. "This is the 5th boy to break up with me cause you keep getting in the way. Are you trying to sabotage me or something cause its not cool?" "Mabel I..." Dipper says. "I what, you think Brad was some kind of zombie out to eat my brains" Mabel says. "I, I, I thought he was out to get you" Dipper screams. Mabel's expression goes from angry to confused. "What do you mean" she says. "I guess you should know now" says Dipper.

Dipper looks under his bed and pulls out a box. Inside are a bunch of newspaper clippings. Dipper draws attention to the main title of one of them, "2 more children go missing in Roadkill county area". "What the" is all Mabel can say while staring at the headline. "Grunkle Ford told me about this before he left on that trip" says Dipper. "They haven't caught whoever is doing it yet. I'm just worried that, you know, maybe, maybe they're here, probably looking for another target. Thats why I thought I should keep an eye on you and your boyfriends just in case". Mabel looks at Dipper. "You thought every boy I was dating was going to kidnap me" she says. "No its not that Mabel" Dipper says. "its just, what if something happened, I mean you remember how Gideon was." "Oh ya, he sure was something" she says. The two have a short laugh about it.

"Look Dipper" Mabel says. "I appreciate that your looking out for me. Especially if this is still happening, but I mean even if someone was out there to get me, we're in Gravity Falls. Almost everyone here knows us and would be there in case something happened." "I know Mabel, but, what if". "Dipper its okay, the chances are so small. I mean the last place this happened was several miles and towns away" Mabel replies. "You know I'm still gonna keep an eye on you just in case" Dipper says jokingly. "Fine, I mean in all seriousness, I know you would" says Mabel. "But just promise you won't get in between to the point it leads to this happening again". "Promise" he replies. "You sure" asks Mabel. "Yes, I promise I won't get in your way". "Good" she says.

While Dipper was alright about it, deep down he still was worried. And if he knew what the next few days would bring, he probably would never had agreed.

To be continued