The rest of the date went along smoothly. Bill seemed less tense when Dipper was with Emmy, but only if he paid attention to him at times, which was hard to do while not looking crazy. Mabel and Pacifica were doing their lovey dovey thing as the four were taking a walk through the park. Emmy did try to get closer and Dipper wasn't bothered, but kept her at a safe distance either way. A crime scene wasn't needed on a beautiful day like this. When the four headed home, Pacifica dropped Mabel and Dipper off first. Mabel was sent off with a long loving kiss while Dipper gave an awkward hug to Emerald.

"I'll see you soon?" She gave a smile.

"Definitely. You are welcome here anytime." Dipper smiled back, despite the groan from the demon.

"Then I'll be sure to come by sometime later this week." She got back into the car and waved as Pacifica got in with her. Dipper waved bye as the car rolled away before turning around and heading back inside.

"I don't think she'll make it here if she does try to come back." Bill said as the two reached the open door, Mabel already inside.

"You should be more hospitable." Dipper huffed, going inside. He jumped when the door slammed behind him.

"Alright bro-bro, talk." Mabel put her hands on her hips. "What was all that at the mall. More importantly what is with you?" These past two days, you've been acting strange."

Dipper held up his hands in defense and looked from his left to his right, "Look I'll tell you everything, just not here."

Mabel gave a suspicious look but followed him nonetheless as he went upstairs and to their room. When Dipper opened the door and let Mabel in, Bill laughed from his bed.

"Are you really gonna tell her Pine tree? She's gonna think you are even more crazy!" He grinned.

Shaking his head he made his way to his bed and sat on the edge while Mabel sat on her bed. Bill scooted closer and semi curled around him.

Taking a deep breath, Dipper looked her in the eyes, "Mabel, I made a deal with a demon."

Mabel was silent for a moment before falling back in laughter. After she rolled back and forth, holding her stomach, she sat back up, wiping a tear from her eye, "Oh Dipdop, you're a riot. Now seriously, what's up?"

Dipper only stared at her, watching her face get serious when he didn't counter her with anything.

"You're serious?"

"As the plague."

"Then, is it here?" She mumbled, looking around her surroundings cautiously. Dipper sighed as Bill chuckled halfheartedly.

"Yeah, he's here lying next to me. It's a curse yet a blessing that I can see him." Dipper confessed as Mabel studied the bed, seeing nothing.

"Okay, okay. What exactly is the deal? If I know how serious it is, then I can know how hard it will be to break it."

"In your dreams sweet pea." Bill snarled, eyes tinted red. Mabel's eyes widened when Dipper made an annoyed face.

"What? What did he say?"

"Mabel, he's clingy and doesn't like the fact you are trying to end the deal."

"Well his stupid demon butt can't have you! I will single handedly break it myself."

"Mabel," Dipper spoke up before the demon did something irrational, "honestly, I don't want you to break this deal either."

Her face fell in confusion, "Why not? Dipper, what is the deal?"

"The deal is…" He twiddled his thumbs while Bill watched Mabel carefully, wondering if he should put her in the category of threat or pest.

"Spit it out!"

"A long time ago, our parents made a deal with him, and I was a part of it. Bill came to me and said he was ready to collect his payment or whatever and I made a deal to stop him. If I can complete the three tasks he makes for me, I can get off scotch free and we'll part ways."

"Dipper are you kidding me? What is he making you do? Kill politics? Rob gold banks?"

"I killed a bear and sacrificed its heart?"

"A bear? Dipper oh my god I can't- what?!"

"Too much?"

"You think?" She pulled at her hair and then studied him, "Strip."

"Wh-what?" Dipper sputtered.

"Yeah Pine tree, do what she says!" Bill's grin grew wider.

"You fought a bear, obviously you would've gotten hurt. Let me see where right now."

"He actually healed me for a favor in return." Dipper rubbed the back of his neck, feeling stupid how he got into more debt with the demon that night.

"You got in more debt with him? Oh Dipper- that's it. Don't accept any more deals with him. You hear me?"

"Yes"

"Swear on it!"

"I swear on my life and our twinhood." Dipper held a hand over his heart.

"Good. Now, what's on my mind is, why would he even consider making this deal with you. There are people out there with more muscle and more capability of wrestling a bear."

"My muscles are average." Dipper mumbled, rubbing his arms and flexing a little.

"Dipper, this is serious. Do you know why he agreed to this?"

"Well he said he liked me." Dipper's heart stopped when he saw Mabel's face, realizing he said the wrong thing.

"He…likes you?" A sly smile crept onto her face. Dipper covered his face and groaned.

"Do you like him back? Have you guys…kissed? Did you do the do?" Mabel pried, her shipping goddess showing itself.

"NO!" Dipper shouted, face flustered, "I thought we were talking about something serious here!"

"This is serious! You have a lover now! A boyfriend! I never knew that men were your taste. So was it nice?"

"Yeah, you were real fidgety the first time though, but I know you loved i-." Bill was cut off when Dipper put a hand over his mouth.

"Mabel, we did not have sex nor did we k-kiss. Get that out of your head right now." Dipper tried to sound serious, but was failing.

"Oh, so you've only kissed, what a shame." She caught his lie and sighed before clearing her throat, "Okay, turning on my seriousness right now." She pressed an imaginary button in the air before saying 'boop'.

"Thank you. So I think he is doing this because he likes me and it's a sad excuse to hang around me."

"I think it's sweet."

"Mabel no, what happened to your hate for him?"

"I have a big heart okay? When love is involved, there is room for all. After all, maybe he's just lonely."

"He's a demon, it's different."

"Gee you really know how to make a guy fit in." Bill commented under his hand.

"Okay, demon. Demons are all greedy, right?" Mabel pointed out

"Right."

"That's actually a horrible stereotype." Bill spoke up again when pulling Dipper's hand away, who put it right back.

"Then he's probably getting something big from this. Not only does he get the time to spend with you, but he gets a big bonus. Got any clue what it could be?"

Dipper wasn't sure if she were right at first, but the way Bill smiled under his hand screamed otherwise.

"I-I have no clue actually. All he asked for so far was an animal heart."

"Weird." She stroked her chin as if a beard were growing there, "it's strange how easily you two made this deal, it's like he wanted you to make it. Kind of like reverse psychology," After thinking of nothing else, she sighed and hung her head.

"Is there a time limit?"

"Yeah…"

"How long?"

"After today, there'd be about five days left."

"Alright, well now that I know about this, I'm helping you whether you like it or not. And I don't give two rat's tails about what the demon says!"

"Bill Cipher."

"What?"

"His name is Bill."

"Dipper, once you start calling it by its name, you get attached. And that's the last thing you need. But thanks for the input, now I can look him up and find info." Mabel yawned, kicking off her shoes, "Later though, I'm taking a nap. Tonight, we are taking down his next task together, okay?"

Dipper smiled, happy to have told his sister. She was always there for him when it mattered, "Alright." She dug under the covers and curled up.

"Try not to talk to yourself too much." She teased.

"I'll go on the roof actually."

"Alright, don't let him push you off."

Dipper rolled his eyes at his sister's weird humor and went to the window, Bill following.

"Threat" the demon mumbled, eyes cast down at Mabel.

"What?" Dipper asked, climbing out and making his way onto the roof ledge. He sat down on the edge and stared out at the forest.

"Nothing" Bill replied, floating down and sitting next to him. He then leaned onto Dipper who groaned a complaint. The demon smiled at the human and put an arm around his shoulders.

"If you keep being so cute I won't be able to hold back much longer." Bill teased.

"I will put a barrier on this house to keep you out."

"Oh how you hurt me so. Why won't you like me more?" He feigned a pout.

"You know why…"

"Oh lighten up Pine tree. Giving into a demon isn't that bad…" Bill looked away, "That actually sounded better in my head."

"For an all-powerful demon, you really are a dork." Dipper let out a laugh, getting comfortable next to him, "It's a shame you'll have to go when I beat you, I find your company…appealing at times."

"I could stay here if I want to." Bill smiled when the human settled next to him, "You need someone to look after you in the end because you are ineligible to take care of yourself."

"Oh please, I'm big and strong, I can take care of myself without a demon."

Bill grabbed his upper arm and gave it a squeeze, "Yeah, I'm gonna stick with my word. You are a scrawny little baby." He cooed pinching his cheek. Dipper playfully slapped his hand away with a scornful laugh.

"Just you wait! I'll man up and have so much muscle."

"Oh we'll see about that. I bet you use marshmallows as weights."

"Ha! I think you are taking about yourself. You barely lift a finger, I bet you can't even lift a marshmallow without magic!"

"I could lift this house up with one hand behind my back without any magic."

"I bet you can't"

"Kid, as much as I'd like you make you eat your words, I'm not going to lift up your house. Your Grunkle would freak, your sister would tumble and those other two pawns would piss their pants at the drastic movement."

"You're just saying that because you can't."

After the demon sighed, he nuzzled Dipper's hair and muttered, "Yeah, you're right, I can't."

Dipper smiled in triumph and let it fade when he heard the demon chuckle in his hair, "But I can pick you up."

One second, Dipper was sitting on the roof, the next, he was in the demon's arm. He squealed like a little sissy as the demon twirled around with childish laughter.

"Put me down!" Dipper cried out and the demon's smile grew.

"Down?" He asked before throwing him up in the air. A normal person could only throw some one up a few feet, but this wasn't a normal person. Dipper went up in the air a few meters, flailing about and screaming like a girl. He landed back safely in the demon's arms only to be thrown up again. This repeated until Dipper was laughing in enjoyment, loving the feeling he felt as he was falling back down. He fell back into the demon's arms, brown hair tousled about and a smile on his face. Dipper looked into the demon's golden eyes and was lost for a moment. Had Bill always been this appealing? The next thing he knew he found himself moving in closer to the demon's face ready to kiss him with slightly parted lips. His eyes widened as he moved back.

"S-sorry, the moment kind of had me there."

Bill only smiled before moving in rubbing the tips of their noses together. "Unrequited feelings hurt, you know? Next time you catch yourself from falling for me, I'll drag you down myself." He spoke with half lidded eyes.

"A-alright." Dipper nodded and was set down. His hat was placed back on his head. It must have fallen off when he was tossed up like a ragdoll.

"Call me when you're ready for you next task or whatever." The demon then disappeared, leaving him alone of the roof.

Looking around, making sure the demon left, he sat back down. The sun was setting, casting orange light on Gravity falls. He felt a little empty now that that demon left and for some reason, he wanted him to be sitting next to him once again.

Dipper shook his head vigorously. No, he couldn't be falling for the demon now. He wouldn't allow himself to. If he did, he wasn't sure he'd be able to beat the bet. Maybe if Bill were human and didn't own his body and soul on a contract, it would be a little different. But that would never be the case.

Sighing, he began to wonder why Bill liked him yet still wanted to go through with the contract. Why didn't he drop it if he liked him? What if Mabel was right, maybe he was doing all of this for his own personal gain.

There was so much doubt and Dipper relished in it. Without it, he knew he'd be love-struck.

Taking one last look at the forest before him, he stood up and loosened his tie as he made his way back to the window. Climbing in, he sat on his bed and laid back, not caring about the clothes laying there. But then the journal in his jacket pierced into his spine uncomfortably.

He shifted the jacket out from under him and pulled out the journal from the inside pocket. Rubbing his hand along the torn old leather of the book, he aligned his hand with the gold six fingered hand plate in the center, a dark three engraved in that. There were so many secrets and codes in this journal and Dipper still had yet to decipher them all. He opened the book randomly, ending up opening up on the page about the gnomes. The picture made them look overly cute and cuddly which was such false advertisement.

He turned the book to its side, he let the pages fall down, eyes widening when he caught a glimpse of a page with a strange picture but such a familiar name.

Bill Cipher.

Dipper shot up and hastily turned back to that page, almost ripping a few others in the process. There were dark red splatters on both pages. Blood? On the left was his name printed neatly and a dark picture of a triangle with Bill's trademark top hat and bowtie.

Was this what Bill had meant about being in shape? Was Bill a flipping triangle?

He laughed out loud, unable to deal with it, let alone believe it. But the disbelief only held for a moment, as he then laughed at himself.

He was falling for a triangle! Well, at least it wasn't just Bill's looks he was falling for.

Trying to find out more, he studied the coding and then looked down at the bottom of the page where black writing was scribbled out by red ink. He grabbed a flashlight from inside of his nightstand and flicked it on to see the writing better.

Bill has proven himself to be one of the friendliest and most trustworthy individuals that I've ever encountered in my life. What a guy! I honestly can't trust him more. Not evil in any way, Bill is a true gentleman.

He then read the bright red text; BILL CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

He bit down on his bottom lip and read the warning. Do not summon at all costs. Well this was something he sure wished he'd seen before.

Now persuaded by his own experiences and the book, Dipper was no longer able to trust Bill at all. Surely this demon was up to something and it couldn't possibly be good. He was sure now that Bill was just using him. He felt anger running through his veins, realizing he was just some mindless pawn.

But there was something else wrong: It was pain, not in his gut, not in his mind, but somewhere he'd never expect. His heart. Why would this affect him so?

He heard Mabel shift in her bed and looked over to see her looking at him.

"Hey bro-bro, I heard you screaming like a girl outside- you okay?" She now sat up erect, seeing him shaking, gripping the book so hard his knuckles were white.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I found a page on Bill, can you believe it? Listen to this; Beware Bill. The most powerful and dangerous creature I've ever encountered. Whatever you do, never let him into your mind." Dipper laughed a little, "Apparently he wasn't lying about being all powerful."

"Dipdop…"

"He's everywhere too. I can't believe he's been watching me, well, everyone for years, decades, centuries! What a creep, huh? I also think he did something to the author, there is like, blood all over these pages, at least I think it's blood. He probably hurt him or something. What a- a sadistic freak!"

"Dipper." Mabel was now standing next to him, placing a steady hand on his tensed shaking one. He looked up to see her worried face.

"What?"

"Are you okay? Look at yourself, you look horrible."

"I- I already told you, I'm fine." He slammed the book shut no longer wanting to look at the page anymore.

"No you're not. Stop leaving me out of your troubles!"

"I'm angry okay! I thought he might have actually liked me for real, but it turns out, after reading this, I'm just a pawn! I hate being tricked like this."

"Maybe the journal is wrong."

"The journal never lies."

"Dipper, the journal isn't the answer to life. Whoever wrote it, wrote off of experience. The writer must have had a bad experience with Bill. What really matters is, have you? Has he ever lied to you or told you anything skeptical?"

"Not exactly…"

"Then hush your face up and get it over it."

"I don't think I can Mabel..."

"Fine, whatever, let's get these over with so you can get rid of him then because it's really affecting your health."

"Bill!" Dipper call out, accidentally letting his anger slip out in his voice. Bill appeared in front of them both with a flash, but all color drained from the room as he appeared. Mabel eyes brightened up when she saw Bill in all his golden glory.

"You've been seeing this the whole time Dipper? He's a hunk!" Mabel whispered, elbowing Dipper, who only rolled his eyes. Bill looked at Mabel and smiled.

"Shooting star, Pine tree, you called?" Bill summoned his cane up and leaned on to it. Dipper looked at the bed sheets and fiddled with the journal, earning a frown from the demon.

"Just ignore him, he wants to know what his next task is." Mabel piped up, waving Dipper's pout off.

"Right, I want him to find me a shape shift and bring the body to that same altar." Bill said, not taking his eyes off of Dipper, "I won't be able to join you this time, I have... other business deal with."

Dipper gave a 'hmph' and began tapping his fingers, waiting for the demon to leave. Mabel hit him on the shoulder and looked at Bill with an apologetic face, but his frown didn't falter.

Bill gripped his cane and tipped his top hat towards Mabel. "Right well, I must be off, it was nice getting to see you and I assure you we'll seen one another very soon. Don't forget to buy gold!" He added before disappearing, color returning to the world around them.

Mabel put her hands on her hips, "Dipper, that was so rude."

"He's a demon, it doesn't matter if I'm rude or not. I don't know why you care anyway."

"Ugh, forget it. Let's just hurry up and get out of here and complete that task. We'll also have to get the others, we'll need all the help we can get."

"Alright." Dipper got up from his bed and followed his sister, leaving the journal at his bed.