Chapter 6

Since it was still early and Billy was sleeping Dipper texted Wendy if she had time to get lunch. And she said yes.

As he arrived at the diner Wendy was already there.

"What's up Dipps, what have you been doing the past days?" She asked.

"Well... " he said as he sat down" It's a weird story…"

Dipper told Wendy how he met Billy and what happened in the past days.

"It's so hard to believe Stan would let a stranger stay" Wendy said.

"It's hard to believe that the gnomes got me once again." He replied.

"Nah I believe that part" Wendy laughed.

Dipper laughed as well "and you? How's work?" he asked.

"Well you know, work is work and summer isn't exactly the best season so it's calm at the moment" She answered but everything is fine so far.

"Um... Wendy can I ask you something"? He said kind of shy.

"Sure go ahead" She answered.

"How do you know if you like someone?" Dipper asked.

Wendy chocked on her Pitt soda and spat some out while she cracked up in laughter.

"Wait are you serious? You are asking me?" Wendy said surprised. "We both know you've had a crush before why is it any different now?"

"I was 12, there is a big difference…" Dipper said.

"Well you ain't wrong but, you know since you are asking it… it kinda means you like her" Wendy remarked.

"I like her?" He asked.

"Yeah you know, if you start questioning if you have feelings for someone then it usually is the case". She answered.

"But I don't know what to do… "Dipper said as he leaned on his hand.

"You know just listen to your heart, do what make you feel happy, besides it isn't rocket science" Wendy said as she sipped her drink.

"But… have you ever fell for someone who you know it's wrong to fall for?" Dipper asked.

"Is she that much older than you?" Wendy asked.

"No it's not like that…" Dipper answered.

"Wait… don't tell me…" Wendy paused for a moment.

Dipper thought she might have figure out who he was talking about and turned red.

"It's Pacifica!" She exclaimed!

"What the heck? No! Wendy, gosh gross…" Dipper said as he relaxed once again.

"Then see, it's no problem just follow your instincts kiddo" She looked at the time "Well I gotta get going, oh wait! Right I remembered, are you going to the party on Friday?, in case you haven't heard it's in the high school gym" She said.

"Yes… I kinda got a date…" He answered.

"Woo, nice Dippy you have to introduce her to me on Friday~ see ya" She winked as she left.

"See ya…" he sighed as she was gone.

Since he didn't have much to do he stayed at the diner for a little longer, before he was going to leave he saw Jennifer entering.

"Hey Dipper!" She said as she smiled, "You haven't been answering my texts are you ok?" She asked.

"Yes I just left my phone it at home… well I gotta go" He lied.

"Oh, that's a shame… well I'll see you on Friday~" She gave him a kiss on the cheeks.

Dipper left the diner, he wiped his cheek with his hand and got in the car.

Since he was still flustered he decided to go for a ride and pay Bill's statue a visit once again.

This time he wouldn't have to walk that much, since he knew the path and there was a street nearby where he could park.

He started the journey to the statue once again, as he arrived there the statue was broken, not just decaying as it was a few days before, it was shattered to pieces. Dipper knew this couldn't mean anything good. Grunkle Ford was still on his journey but maybe he already passed through and saw what happened to Bill's statue... He just couldn't help but feel like something horrible was going to happen and he hurried back to the Shack.

As he arrived back home he headed directly into the lab, he didn't want to bother Stan or Mabel before he knew if it was anything serious.

The lab had a weirdness radar, Grunkle Ford taught Dipper to us it years ago but he never actually had to use it.

It picked up signals of weirdness every hour and registered them as green to red dots on the map, green meant harmless and as the colour changed to red it meant dangerous masses of weirdness, he decided to look through all the logs for the past few days. There wasn't anything unusual not even at Bill's statue, maybe somebody broke the statue on purpose since so many habitats still had such a grief against Bill, until he looked at today's log. It showed a green dot at in the gnome's territory in the morning and a few hours later at the shack.

Was it showing Billy? Why wasn't he shown before? Or was there something else in the shack they didn't know about?

Dipper started searching through numerous new journals that Ford wrote over the years. He didn't seem to find anything matching to Billy and he was sure that the first three journals didn't say anything about such a being either. He stayed quite a while in the lab trying to find some answers. But nothing, he did think once again about the vampire theory... There wasn't anything about vampires in the journals and Dipper was sure it had something to do with Billy licking his blood in the morning, that's why the radar didn't show any abnormalities the days before.

Dipper decided to run upstairs and test the blood theory as soon as he could.

As he exited the lab Mabel was waiting for him in front of the vending machine.

"So what have you been doing, bro bro? " she asked.

"Look Mabel I don't have time for this..." He said as he tried to pass her.

"No stay here, you wouldn't go down there without a reason so tell me what you were doing!" she demanded.

Dipper sighed... "Only if you promise not to say anything to anybody! And this is only a theory! "

"Yeah sure whatever just say it!"

"You might have been right about the vampire thing... "He said almost embarrassed.

Mabel let out a high pitched scream and started jumping in excitement." I knew it! I knew it! I told you! I've read enough books for this moment! "

"Mabel calm down it's just a theory! And don't you dare mention it to anyone! "Dipper said in a demanding voice.

"Fine... But tomorrow I get to test that theory while we are shopping! "She said in a demanding voice.

"Yes, yes... I will go upstairs and see how he is doing" Dipper said.

"Why can't I do that?" Mabel asked with a sad voice.

"Because you will blurt something out that you shouldn't... "He said and went upstairs.

Night was already breaking in, Mabel went to watch Ducktective Re: with Soos and Melody.

Dipper slowly entered the room, trying not to make any noise he locked the door behind him. Billy was still asleep so Dipper decided to wake him up. He sat down on the floor shook him gently. Billy opened his eyes slowly, it seemed as if he wasn't feeling any better.

"Are you ok?" Dipper asked as he handed Billy a glass of water.

"I still feel like hell… but thanks for the water…" Billy replied as he sat up.

"You know if you need anything you just need to ask" Dipper said.

"I know that, thank you..."

"Then why aren't you asking?" Dipper asked.

"What do you want me to ask for?" Billy said confused.

"You can bite anywhere where nobody will notice ok?" Dipper said in a serious voice as he pulled his t-shirt a little down so his neck was visible.

"What? Please don't tell me you believe that vampire crap from your sister…" He face palmed.

"You said you would answer my questions!" Dipper demanded.

"Well you didn't exactly ask anything" Billy remarked.

"So are you a vampire or not?!" Dipper asked.

"Please don't compare me to those things, it hurts my pride…" Billy answered.

"Wait… so you mean it?" Dipper asked "Then was that in the forest?"

"It's true that I need blood… I'm not going to lie, but I'm not a vampire are you happy now?" Billy said.

"Then why do you need it, are you even human?" Dipper asked.

"One question per day, don't overdo it kid, if you don't mind I will try to sleep" Billy said as he laid back again.

"What's that crap with one question? I'm letting you stay here!" Dipper demanded.

"I still can't remember everything, so I can't even answer your questions!" He said as he sat back up once again.

As Billy sat in front of Dipper he coughed blood once again. "This crap again?" He said as he looked as his blood stained hand.

Dipper hurried to get a towel that was in the room and gave it to Billy. "What do you mean with again!?"

"Don't worry about me, it might pass, my body just feels… broken" Billy answered as he wiped the blood off his hand.

"That's it!" Dipper said as he leaned to Billy. "Just take it and get better! Mabel will be pissed if we don't go to the mall with her!" He said as he tilted his neck to the side.

"You are using that as an excuse?" Billy raised his eyebrow. "I don't need your blood".

"Then why are you coughing blood?!" Dipper yelled.

"If I start taking more blood from you I won't be able to stop I hope you understand that" Billy said.

"I don't care, I won't die if you take some blood once in a while, and you have to promise me to answer my questions" Dipper said as he got red.

"Ok…" Billy leaned in closer to Dipper.

Dipper could feel Billy hot breath on his neck, this made him even redder, it reminded him of the dream he had…

"Stay still…it might hurt a bit" Billy said as he licked Dipper's neck before the sharp fangs pierced Dipper's flesh.

Dipper whimpered as the sharp teeth broke through his skin, it didn't hurt as bad as he thought it would, but it made him feel a tremor run down his spine, he was getting hot and dizzy from it.

As Billy was done he licked Dipper's neck for a last time. "There it won't leave any marks". He said as he moved apart from Dipper, he noticed Dipper was red and shivering.

"Did it hurt that much?" Billy asked worried.

"It didn't hurt…" But Dipper knew he was red, that he was shivering at Billy's touch and that he was getting hard without a reason, but he couldn't move from the spot he was paralyzed.

"Just let me help…" Billy said as he stretched his hand to Dipper.

Dipper flicked Billy's hand away "Don't' touch me…what did you do to me?" Dipper said as he covered his face.

"Ok I won't touch you… but I guess I can explain it's not like it ever happened before but… many blood drinking creatures have poison on their fangs, I didn't know it was in my case" Billy answered.

"What the heck do you mean with poison?!" Dipper yelled.

"It's not poison per se it won't cause any damage to your body so calm down… it only works as an aphrodisiac, so the 'prey' won't run away" Billy said as he scratched his head. "As I said I didn't know it would affect you so badly".

Dipper turned even redder… he could feel the erection in his pants, he longed for Billy's touch but there was no way he would admit it. Dipper tried to stand up but he couldn't move his legs, he was frozen in the spot.

"I can't even move properly how long is this going to last?" Dipper asked

"I told you I don't know, but it will go away don't worry it's not different than when it happens normally I guess… I will just leave the room so you can take care of that" Billy said as he stood up to leave.