Yyyeah, I learned my lesson from that one. Aaaaand a lot of other mistakes I made trying to impress Wendy. [ Seriously. He learned a lot, and he's glad he doesn't have to repeat those mistakes with Xion.

But even if he doesn't make those mistakes...he tugs self-consciously at his neck. ] I don't know, man. She's way out of my league. I mean, Wendy was too, but... [ Perhaps another lesson. Like Wendy, Xion could want to be the best of friends, and that was great - Dipper certainly didn't want to diminish how much their friendship meant to him. But he had to be honest with himself. Why would someone like her want to be more than friends with someone like him?

He bites his lower lip. ] I don't think I really have a chance. Even with you watching my back.