A Code to DeCipher (BillDip)

Chapter 4

Dipper slept all night and well into the next morning. In fact, he was still asleep when Mabel came back from her friend's house. The sixteen year old girl tossed her bag onto her bed, smirking at her brother's sleeping form.

"I told him there was nothing to worry about." She mused to herself. She unpacked her bag and went to put her jacket away in the closet. When she opened the door she let out a screech. A rather dashing boy with gold and brown hair was hanging upside down from the shelf at the top of the closet.

"Hey there." He greeted as Mabel slammed the closet door closed and ran into the middle of the room. At his sister's scream, Dipper jumped awake.

"Mabel! What's wrong?" He asked, concerned. Mabel walked over to Dipper as Bill came out of the closet and leaned against the wall, smirking.

"Who's that, why was he in the closet, and is he single?" She wondered. Dipper opened his mouth to reply, then frowned at Mabel's last question. Before he could say anything, Bill walked up behind them and put his arm around her shoulder.

"Sorry, Shooting Star, but I'd only break your heart, and I believe that goes against me and Pine Tree's deal." He laughed. Mabel's face turned to that of horror as she realized who he was.

"Oh, ew! Gross! No! Never mind!" She exclaimed. Dipper couldn't help but laugh at that. Mabel pulled them to the side.

"Dipper, what is he doing here? What is he talking about 'deal?'" She inquired. Dipper rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well, you see what happened was..." He stalled, wondering how to explain this to his sister. Bill interrupted, putting his elbow on Dipper's shoulder and leaning against it.

"Some idiot thought it'd be funny to trap me in the form of one of you, meat sacks, so I came to ol' Pine Tree here requesting some assistance. Of course, Dip Dop, being the great guy he is, punched me in the face." Bill broke off into a laugh, making Dipper flinch.

"Dude, I told you not to call me that." He grumbled. Bill shrugged.

"Yeah, and I didn't listen. Anyway, long story short, Pine Tree's gonna help me find out how this happened and help me fix it, and in return, I won't harm you for the rest of your natural life!" He continued bluntly. Then he smirked. "How does that make you feel, Shooting Star? You're brother is willing to put up with me to keep you safe!" He laughed again, but this time it didn't sound as real. Dipper rubbed the back of his head, pushing Bill's arm off of him.

"It's not that bad." The boy mumbled, attempting to console his sister. His words seemed to comfort the dream demon more, who broke out in a big grin.

"I can fix that." He joked. Dipper laughed, shaking his head.

"No no, I'm good, thanks." He assured Bill. Mabel was looking from her brother to the chaos god, a look of confusion on her face. After a few more moments of awkward silence, Bill began rocking back and forth on his heels, whistling some tune neither of the twins had ever heard before.

"What are you singing?" Dipper wondered. Bill smirked at him.

"I'm not singing anything." He replied, a mischievous glint in his one visible eye. Dipper rolled his eyes.

"Whistling. What are you whistling?" He mended. Bill shrugged and floated up into the air, sitting on one of the rafters.

"Does it matter?" He asked, hanging by his knees. Mabel was shaking her head, her eyes closed.

"Nope. Nope nope nope, this is just too much. Gravity Falls is filled with weird stuff, but...this?" She shook her head, walking towards the door. "I'm going to need a few minutes." She explained. Bill laughed.