In Gravity Falls, your parents and Stan Pines were known as fierce "business enemies." Both families ran competing shops full of curiosities, oddities, and (let's be honest) a lot of scams. Every summer was a cold war of discounts, promotions, and stolen customers. The rivalry had gotten so bad that your parents barely said Stanley Pines without grinding their teeth.

So when Stan sent out an invitation for a "diplomatic ball" to ease tensions, everyone knew it was suspicious. Very suspicious. Your parents argued about going for days, but in the end, curiosity — and competitiveness — won out. They showed up, arms crossed, expressions wary.

The Mystery Shack had been transformed with patchy decorations: paper lanterns, wonky fairy lights, a homemade banner that read "TRUCE PARTY (no refunds!)". The dance floor was slightly crooked, the punch was definitely glowing, and Soos was DJing very questionable music.

But under all the fake diplomacy and awkward small talk, everyone knew the real reason behind the ball: Stan had organized the whole thing to give you and Dipper Pines an excuse to be together without your parents breathing down your necks.

Dipper spent the night looking stiff and anxious, adjusting his bowtie every five seconds, occasionally glancing your way when he thought no one noticed. You pretended not to notice. Pretended really hard. Focused on the glowing punch. On the weird disco ball that was clearly just a giant glittery rock.

Finally, after pacing three full circles around the room, Dipper crossed the floor to where you stood.

—“Uh—h-hi,” he mumbled, cheeks flushing pink. “Since this is...you know, a diplomatic event and all... I was wondering if, um... you maybe wanted to dance?”