Chapter 3

"Sweetie, what made you think that you met your soulmate?" His mom asked, curious. "Well, I was taking a stroll in the woods," More like running away from your butler, the parents thought, rolling their eyes, "when suddenly, my hand started getting all these weird smudges. Like whenever I draw using a pencil." He showed them his right hand full of smudges. At this point they were back on the road. "Then I thought, weird, and that was when I bumped into that kid." Hmm, which kid? They thought. "I was so distracted by the mark that I didn't see him." Oh, so it's Dipper, they immediately recalled the child with the sketchbook talking to Bill. "What's his name?" His dad asked, wanting to see if Bill knew his name. "I don't know," Bill shrugged. The parents glanced at each other, having a quick telepathic conversation only couples have. Should we tell him that his name is Dipper? Bill's mom shook her head. Let him finish his story first. He seems excited to share something with us.

"Anyway, so after I bumped into him, I helped him pick up the things he dropped." Bill said interrupting their thoughts, completely oblivious as to how they were just staring at each other. "That is very kind of you Bill," his father commented. "Of course! But then, when I was getting the sketchbook and he was picking up his pencils, I saw his hand FULL OF SMUDGES. And it was on the same hand too."

"I'm happy that you think that you've found your soulmate son, but are you sure? It may just be a coincidence," his father said. "OH I ALMOST FORGOT. I saw the same mark on his forehead," he said, pointing to his own forehead. "You mean your birthmark?" His mom asked. "Yup. This weird line connecting dots." That birthmark is VERY unique. Dipper must be his soulmate, his parents thought. They have arrived back at their mansion. Their butler opened the gates, welcoming them. They started their way towards Bill's room.

"Do you think he knows that you are his soulmate?" His dad asked him as they entered his room. "I don't think so," Bill sadly replied. "Why not?" His mother said. "First, I have bangs, so he didn't see my...'birthmark?' " His mom nodded. "Right, my birthmark. Second, I didn't tell him. I didn't tell him because we just met." Even though he met his soulmate, he's still being careful. He waited for us to come so that he could first tell us. I have raised him well, his father proudly thought. Meanwhile Bill had gotten into his bed and was now lying down. "Do you want to tell him?" His mother asked while tucking him into the bed. "Yup" "Well, if you want, you can visit them on the weekends," his dad told him. "Why not tomorrow?" Bill whined. "Because they were having a family bonding with their grunkle. Let them have fun with their grunkle. We'll go visit them when they get back from their camping trip," his mom assured him. "Promise?" He asked yawning. "We promise," they both told him, "good night Bill. We love you." "Good night," Bill said, before falling asleep.

His parents slowly closed the door and went to their room. It was then that they remembered something they forgot. They forgot to tell Bill Dipper's name. Well, there's always tomorrow.

I wonder if Bill knows that I'm his soulmate, Dipper thought to himself. He found out when he Bill crashed into him. The wind sort of blew for a second, but that second was enough for Dipper to see the birthmark under his bangs. Should I tell him? Maybe when he comes ba-

"BRO-BRO!" His sister interrupted his thoughts, "I was asking you and you didn't answer." "Oh, sorry Sis, what did you ask?" "It's okay. I asked, what's his name?" "Ah, his name is Bill." "Cool! I didn't get to talk to him much though," Mabel sighed. "He did say that he'll try to visit, so maybe next time you can talk to him," Dipper told her. Mabel brightened after hearing this. "Kids! Dinner time!" Their grunkle called.

As they were eating, they planned about what they were going to do the next day. "Do you kids want to go fishing?" Stan asked. "SURE!" the twins yelled at the same time. Stan chuckled."Alright, since we're gonna go fishing, you squirts better go to sleep now." The twins giggled because Grunkle Stan said "squirts" though they didn't know the meaning of that word. They entered the tent and prepared to go to sleep.

Mabel fell asleep right away, while Dipper, on the other hand, felt sleepy, but couldn't sleep. "Hey Grunkle Stan," Dipper timidly called, "I think Bill's my soulmate."

"Why'd you think that?" "Well, th-they s-say that whatever m-marks that appear on your skin also appear on your soulmate's skin, right?" "That's what they say," Stan nodded.

"W-well, for a moment I think I saw the same birthmark on his forehead a-and I saw smudges on his hand like mine after I drew earlier." Hmm, what should I tell the kid? Stan wondered. It's not that he didn't believe in the whole soulmate shenanigans, it's just that he doesn't believe that the supposed soulmates always end up being a couple or even married. He believed that being soulmates just meant that your souls are connected, whether you may be lovers, best friends, or even aquaintances.

Stan smiled. "Well, Dipper, it sounds like he is your soulmate, but let me give you an advice. Start out as friends first, pretend that you don't know that he's your soulmate, so you can know them better rather than just saying 'you're my soulmate' ". "I think I get it," Dipper said, and Stan's smile became wider. "But I still don't get it." At this Stan just laughed hard and shook his head. "When you're older kid, I'll explain it to you. But for now go to sleep." "Good night Grunkle Stan." "Good night kiddo." And then they both fell asleep as well.

I am back😂. I wanted to make this chapter longer, but since this is just what happened that night, I felt that I was just prolonging it, so nahh. I have an idea about how this story is going to go, but I'm just making these up as I type. Sorry that this isn't as long as the previous chapter, and that it took me like a month to update :( I still won't be able to update often because of SCHOOLWORK😔 sorry

P.S. I like having wise Stan. So he's gonna be like a mix of Ford and Stan. Acts that he doesn't care, but is actually pretty wise and smart. I don't think I'm gonna add Ford though, but who knows?