Chapter 3

Dipper entered the library and headed to the main desk, where this time an older lady was sitting, just like he had imagined in the first place.

"Excuse me I'm looking for the head librarian, is he here today?" Dipper asked.

"Yes, do you have an appointment?" She asked.

"No.. I Just want to hand in a recommendation later" He replied.

"Oh we haven't had one of those in a while, let me go get him" She answered as she stood up and started looking between the shelves of the library, after a few she stopped walking and looked up, apparently talking to someone on a ladder, she returned to Dipper and asked him to head to what seemed a private office and wait there for a few minutes, she closed the door behind him and he sat down, waiting and slowly inspecting everything on the desk, where a name plate was resting on. He read the name 'Cipher' and only thought to himself that it could only be a fake name. After a few minutes the door opened and he stood up, the tall blonde man whose name seemed to be Bill entered the office, Dipper just stood there perplexed.

"Wait wait wait... I thought I was going to meet the head librarian" Dipper exclaimed.

"Surprised Pinetree?" The young man grinned as he took place in front of Dipper.

"Pinetree?" Dipper asked.

Bill pointed toward the Pinetree pendant that was hanging from Dipper's neck "And besides isn't your name Pines?" Bill raised his eyebrow.

"Wait... How did you... " Dipper stuttered.

"Please just sit down and give me that envelope" Bill demanded and Dipper obliged.

Bill started opening the envelope with a knife he pulled out from somewhere "Let's see whose cock you had to suck for this" Bill uttered as he opened the letter. Dipper didn't answer at this taunt as he knew he would only piss him off and he seriously needed access to those books.

"McGucket huh? I never liked that guy... He only gave you this because of Stanford Pines didn't he?" Bill asked.

"How do you know about my great uncle?" Dipper asked astonished.

"I'm the only contact to the owner kid, you think I wouldn't know about the only guy who ever solved the code? By the way how is it going with that? Bill smirked.

"I've the recommendation letter... There is no need for me to waste more time on the code" Dipper answered.

"Wrong answer kid, the owner won't bet impressed with a letter from old McGucket" Bill exclaimed.

"Can't you like... Put in a good word for me" Dipper asked.

"Why would I do that again? You haven't even tried to solve the code have you? " He questioned back.

Dipper only sighed as he opened his bag and pulled out the notebook where he kept trying to decipher the code, Bill looked through it seeing how much time and effort Dipper had already spend on it.

"See it's not like I haven't been trying... But it is like something is missing... Are you sure you wrote it correctly?" Dipper asked as he pulled out the original piece of paper.

"It is correct" Bill answered as he looked at the piece of paper and grinned "Let's make a deal kid"

"What kind of deal?" Dipper asked suspicious.

"Join me for coffee when I get off duty today, I want to hear the whole story on why you need those books, then if I like what I hear I will pass a good word to the owner" Bill offered.

"I can just tell you here..." Dipper answered as he wasn't sure if it was a good idea to trust anything this guy said.

"No, I've to get back to work, just meet me in an hour in the cafe in front of the campus" Bill stood up and opened the door to let Dipper out.

"Ok…" Dipper just sighed as he agreed to meet up with him later.

Dipper borrow a numerology book from the library and went straight ahead to the Café as he didn't have anything else to do. He got some coffee and sat down, after a while sitting he was hugged from behind which of course gave him quite a scare, as he turned around he saw his sister.

"What's up bro-bro?" Mabel asked as she smiled.

"Mabel what are you doing here?" He asked confused.

"Meeting with friends" she said as she winked over to a table where two girls were sitting "The short girl with the bob cut and black hair is Candy the other one is Glenda... what about you?"

"I'm waiting for someone" He replied.

"Oh my gawd, you have a date?!" She squeaked in excitement.

"Mabel I don't! It's a business meeting!" He objected.

"Is that a code word?" She wondered "Then have fun with your 'business' meeting" She winked and went back to the place where her friends were sitting.

Dipper sighed and concentrated again on the code, after a while of waiting he started to look up every time the door opened, he did also notice that his sister and her friends were observating him way too much... He tried to ignore that. After a while Bill finally arrived and Dipper stood up as soon as he saw him.

"Please don't stand up for me people are looking" Bill said in a mocking tone.

"I.. Just... " He sighed as he sat down and Bill did as well "Can I get you something?" Dipper asked.

"Going to bribe? I like you kid" Bill grinned.

"It's not a bribe... Just what can I get you?" Dipper asked once more.

"Mocha with a vanilla pump, cream and sugar" He answered.

"OK... " Dipper left and came back after a while with the coffee.

"Thank you, Mason" Bill answered with a smile on his face not the grin he usually had, hearing his name put Dipper off track.

"Please don't call me Mason..." He blushed.

"Then?" Bill asked.

"My nick is Dipper" He replied.

"Dipper? I'll stick to Pinetree then" Bill pit on his smirk once again and Dipper only sighed "By the way... Do you know those girls over there?" Bill asked as he looked at the table Mabel was sitting.

"Why...?" Dipper asked ashamed, worried of what his sister might have done while he was absent.

"They keep staring and the Asian one got a nosebleed" Bill explained.

"I don't... Can we get to the point where I explain why I need those books? " Dipper suggested.

"No need to, just show me the journal" Bill demanded.

"You know it is not ok to look into people's personal life's do you?" Dipper asked.

"Don't you want to look at the books?" Bill uttered as he raised his eyebrow.

"I do... " Dipper obliged and took out the journal.

The young blonde man took it and started browsing through the pages with a smile on his face, he stopped at the page where a dream demon was described.

" You want to finish Stanford's work am I right?" Bill inquired.

"Yes... " Dipper replied as he looked down.

"It's not like I don't want to see his work finished, but if you don't solve the code there is no way you will be able to decipher the books" Bill added.

"Can you give me a tip? Anything? This code is not based on any of the algorithms that everything else is written... " Dipper begged.

"You brought me coffee...If you still want to bribe I like food as well" Bill exclaimed "I do accept dinner any other day I want to know more about the journal you have there... Very well a tip don't let your eyes deceive you kid" Bill said as he finished his last shot of coffee.

"Wait what?" Dipper said confused as it was the same thing McGucket told him.

"Give me a pen" Bill demanded, Dipper obliged as he thought it might be another clue.

Cipher only took the pen and started scribbling on Dipper's arm.

"What is this?" Dipper asked.

"My phone number Pinetree" Bill smirked.

"Why would I need your phone number?" Dipper asked confused.

"That's for you to decide Pinetree, besides you've piqued my interest" The man said as he left the coffee store.

After he left Dipper took a photo of his arm just in case it was a hint. In that moment Mabel sat next to him.

"What was that?" Mabel asked

"A business meeting" Dipper answered as he raised his eyebrow.

"He was flirting with you!" Mabel exclaimed.

"Mabel he wasn't did you eat smile dip again?" Dipper uttered. In that moment the two other girls neared the table where they were sitting and sat in front of Dipper.

"This is Candy and I'm Grenda" The girl with long brown hair and a very deep voice introduced herself.

"I'm Dipper... " He replied.

"He gave you his number?" Candy asked in a soft voice.

"No... He gave me a code in which his number is hidden which I probably won't ever need" Dipper replied.

"He is playing with you!" Grenda exclaimed.

"That is so awesome! You got his number after just some coffee!" Mabel cheered.

"Mabel this is work related!"

After a while of bickering they went home for the night.