The first week into school was hectic for both the twins, but they adjusted well. It wasn't as scary as Mabel thought it would be, and to her surprise was a huge relief. She even made friends with Pacifica who hated her until now. They found some common interests to fall on, and Dipper being already quite close to her made it a little bit easier. Now they all sat together near the front, and as always the new boy Willaim sat next to Mabel.

It was the end of the day, and the beginning of their first weekend. Mabel couldn't wait to make all sorts of plans with all of her friends. She even thought about having an all girls sleepover, and actually inviting Pacifica. All of the things she could do the weekend she wrote down in a cute little notebook with a pig on it. The pig reminded her of Waddles, and she loved to use it for almost everything. Everything was actually going right for once.

William prodded her, "Hey Shooting Star! What's on that paper?"

Surprised at his sudden obnoxious voice she squeaked. "Ah! Oh, I'm just writing all the things I could do this weekend!"

"Can I see that for a second?" Will asked with a bright smile.

"Sure!" Mabel complied handing over the notebook.

Ever since a few days ago William kept calling Mabel 'Shooting Star' as a nickname. She didn't really mind all that much, and she thought it was an adorable nickname too. However she swore that it was familiar to her in some way, but she didn't bother to dwell on it.

William began to scribble in Mabel's notebook like a mad man. She never seen someone write so enthusiastically, and it made her feel a bit awkward. Whatever it was that he was doing it was obviously important to him. Breaking the led off the end of the pencil he extended the notebook back to her. She gazed down at it, and there were scribbles crossing out all of the things she was planning. On the very bottom of the page was sentence in all capitol letters that read 'HANG OUT WITH WILLIAM'.

With wide eyes Mabel stared at William as he waited with an awkward smile. She couldn't tell if he was extremely strange, or was asking her out on a date. Unable to figure out exactly what it was she raised a brow at him in confusion.

"Well?" William laughed obnoxiously.

Mabel stuttered awkwardly, "I'm confused."

He moved closer to her while speaking with confidence. "What do you mean? Don't you want to spend some time with me Shooting Star?"

"I do want to it's just-" Mabel mumbled as she blushed.

"Just what?" William interrupted while wrapping an arm around her.

She grew red like a cherry, and squeaked. "Are you asking me on a date?"

"Oh sure Shooting Star I was just asking if you wanted to hang out, but a date sounds even better. Why not right? We're close pals right? Yeah we are!" Will answered at a fast paced speech that Mabel could barely keep up with.

Mabel opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't find the right words. It was probably one of the only times in her life she was ever speechless of words, and she wasn't sure if she was confused or if she liked it. Will smirked at her in a devilish way, but she decided to wait until he spoke. Before she had a chance to make a plan the bell rang, and Dipper prodded her to get going. She desperately switched her gaze between Will,and Dipper as she bit her lips.

William rolled his eyes, and chuckled. "Be ready by seven, I'll meet you outside of the Mystery Shack."

"Wait how do you know where I live?" Mabel questioned with surprise.

"You two talk about it all the time." He answered quicker than she could think.

Dipper probed Mabel again, "Mabel come on!"

"I'm coming! Okay bye Will!" She rushed through her words.

William shrugged with a peppy tone. "See you later Shooting Star!"

Mabel chased after Dipper as she waved her goodbyes to Will. She didn't want to keep her brother waiting, and if they didn't hurry Stan would surely get bored, and make them walk home. They rushed out the doors while crowds of other teenagers spilled out of the doors. Ironically it was very easy to spot Stanley. Ever since the 'I EAT KIDS' incident everyone tended to stay at least a car lengths away from him. They hopped in the car quickly as Stanley raced off at what was clearly not the safe driving speed.

Dipper eyed Mabel for a few long moments as they flew over bumps in the shabby car. It made her feel extremely exposed as if there was something wrong with her face. However his stare was more worrisome than it was mocking. She fiddled with her sweater sleeves in order to avoid his eyes that were burning through her soul.

Dipper however proceeded to address his problem, and spoke up. "Mabel did I hear Will call you Shooting Star?"

"Yeah, Why?" Mabel asked curiously.

He furrowed his brow, and mumbled. "Doesn't that seem oddly familiar to you?

She thought for a moment, and agreed. "A little bit."

"I don't know Mabel I have a bad feeling about William. He's just so weird." He confessed to Mabel.

Mabel immediately grew defensive, "You never like anyone I date!"

Stan continued to drive pretending he wasn't hearing anything about the conversation. He even began to sing a song to himself in denial of whatever new thing was happening. Mabel knew he cared deeply about them, but he was never one to express his feelings. Instead Stanley almost always avoided anything involving emotions.

Dipper grew red with anger, and growled. "You're going on a date with him?"

"Well, it was kind of weird. I didn't really say yes-" Mabel confirmed awkwardly.

He interrupted her, "Mabel see, that's the problem! Don't you think it's weird that he just randomly persuaded you into a date?"

"No, because I kind of like him anyway!" Mabel shouted back at him.

Dipper sighed in defeat, "I understand Mabel, but can you please just be careful this time?"

She laughed, "Dipper when was I ever not careful with anything?"

Dipper raised an eyebrow of sarcasm at her claim, and then burst out into laughter. The two shared a few chuckles together for a moment, and were getting along together again. Mabel grinned widely, but on the inside wished her brother would just trust her for once. She had a good feeling about this one.

******

It was seven now, and Bill waited impatiently outside for Mabel. However he wouldn't get too close that he might be subject to that barrier, or even Stanford who would point him out in a second. The worst thing about being this close was that he was risking a lot, but it would all be worth it when he could release the nightmare realm. With each retched day he wasted away at that disgusting school he knew that it all came down to this day.

After a good ten minutes Mabel stepped outside in a newer version of the shooting star sweater she used to wear. Bill Cipher wondered if she put that on because of what he called her all the time. She was so naive to believe it was a name of endearment. Yet he found her innocence alluring in a psychotic kind of way. He pictured himself ruining everything for her, and how wonderful it would be. However that wasn't why he was here, and he couldn't let himself get ahead of his initial plans.

Upon seeing Bill, Mabel ran over to greet him. "Hi! So where are we going?"

Bill Cipher froze up for moment. He didn't think of what the were going to do. Panicking he frowned as his brain wracked over the details. How could he forget about something so simple? Cursing himself he grinned at her in the most insecure way, and he realized he messed up big time. Bill never made mistakes.

"Well?" Mabel asked again.

Bill panicked, and spoke quickly. "Well I was thinking that you could decide what you wanted to do!"

She giggled, "You know just what I like! To the hills!"

Bowing for Mabel to lead the way Bill sighed in relief. At least she was easy to please. He knew for a fact if this were any other women in this damned place that they would be expecting a silver platter, and that in itself was annoying. Humans stupidity in their greed for mechanical doodads absolutely baffled him. As he followed Mabel skipping away he thought to himself about all the ways that humanity is idiotic. He even thought about how ridiculous it was how their only purpose was for procreation of their own species, how silly.

Mabel led them up to the top of a huge hill of grass that sloped down over the the shack. Bill could so easily read what exactly she was thinking about doing, but he thought it would be more fun to just guess. Being omnipotent was only fun when there was a reason for it. There were some things he honestly didn't need to know. So he decided to just keep to himself unless it was of his interest.

Mabel explained her plan, "Alright so I want to do this really fun thing. This is a really big hill, and it's very fun to roll down!"

Bill recoiled, and questioned her. "Excuse me?"

"It's fun just do it!" She probed at him with a crazy smile.

Bill Cipher squinted down at the long drop that could potentially drive them into the Mystery Shack. Back peddling he knew that dropping down there would be a horrible idea. However it did look like it would be hilarious to watch. Perhaps he could persuade Mabel to go first so he could stand, and observe. In the middle of his thoughts Mabel pushed him hard, and he began to tumble wildly down the hill.

"Opps!" Mabel screamed, and began to roll with him.

It was a complete surprise to him as he went flopping down awkwardly. The view of the world looked so warped, and strange from this kind of angle. It was oddly exhilarating, but he found it difficult to enjoy as he was rolling at an unstable rate. Gravity finally took him to a complete stop, and he lied on his back as the world spun around him.

Bill Cipher shouted at Mabel who landed next to him, "You're insane!"

"Sure I am, what's your point?" Mabel laughed throwing her arms up in the air.

The words hit him like a bullet to the head. Did she just quote him on something he said years ago to Giddeon? It couldn't be that she quoted HIM, she hated who he really was. He wondered if maybe she just thought of it by herself, and just so happened to sound like something he said.

Bill asked her in confusion, "What did you just say?"

"I said: sure I am, what's your point?" Mabel repeated while she flopped her sweater. "I heard it from an evil triangle a long time ago. I thought it would be something I'd say. Oh wait, I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that. Evil triangle, jeez I'm sorry!"

Bill stared her in the eyes, and was completely disoriented from what happened. Out of all the unexpected things that could happen that had to be one of them. Never in a million years did he expect his nature to rub off on Mabel at all. Especially since he almost got them killed multiple times. Their feeble little lives were so fragile, but she didn't care. She didn't care at all the expense of her actions, and instead took a quote directly from him. It was as if she didn't actually hate him after all. He was curious now because he could use an undying follower. Especially one like Mabel who made him laugh.

"An evil triangle huh?" Bill asked pretending he knew nothing. "What was he like?"

Mabel boomed in laughter, "Bill Cipher? He's a rude, horrible, narcissistic being that I honestly don't care about at all! He was just very funny is all."

It hurt more than it should have to Bill, but he expected that to be the answer. To him it actually felt like a bullet in the chest, because he almost wanted him to like him. Not that he would reciprocate these feelings, but he actually thought for a second that maybe he was more liked than he thought. He assumed the reason being that he was the great, and that he was disappointed that she didn't think so.

Bill rambled nervously, "Well you have nothing to worry about Shooting Star, because I have NO idea who that even is!"

"You don't want to know him. He's hurtful, and rude. I'm usually nice to everyone, but I would never give him another chance." Mabel explained as she sat in the grass.

He brought up another question, "Wait, another chance? You gave him a chance once?"

"Well I never really liked him, but everyone deserves a chance you know? I like to be friends with everyone!" She answered with a wide smile on her face.

Bill despite knowing so many things never actually knew that Mabel did ever consider being his friend. It would obviously be very one sided, but the thought of it made him deviously curious. Now that Pandora's box was opened he felt the need to dig out the insides of her heart, and completely ruin everything that she is. Would she ever let him inside her life? He entertained the thought for a moment, and it made him giddy like a child. The idea of a desperate human that would do just about anything for the real him made him excited. Stanford was a pawn, and too involved to really be his undying servant. Perhaps Bill Cipher would want to go a little further than simply using her once for the device.

Bill smirked at Mabel, and asked. "What else would you like to do?"

"You know what, let's go for a walk! I hate it when everyone keeps watching me." Mabel confirmed while rising to her feet.

He laughed at the pure irony of the situation. "Oh I hate it too Shooting Star! Lead the way."

She extended her hand to hold his, "Well come on then silly!"

Gazing down at her hand for a few seconds wondering if Bill should go along with it. He hated the idea of petty human affections, but he needed to play along until he could get what he desired. So sucking it up for just a while longer might do the trick. Bill grasped her hand awkwardly, and already felt like it wasn't normal. The heat radiating from her hand was uncomfortable.

They walked down to the waterfall, and past the deeper part of the forest. The trees swayed gently with the wind, and everything just seemed like it was at peace. Deep in Bill Cipher's mind he wanted to cause noise, and chaos. The natural balance of things in this world wasn't at all natural in his. Mabel stopped in a pleasant clearing where everything was perfectly silent except for the occasional chirp, and chatter from the wildlife.

"Isn't this just perfect?" Mabel sang happily.

Bill urged to ruin everything, but instead responded calmly. "Yes, perfect."

"Do you want to know a secret?" She blurted out loud.

He squinted at her, and answered. "Sure."

Mabel giggled, "I have this thing for bad boys. It's stupid, but when I was younger I had a boyfriend that turned out to be gnomes. I thought he was going to be a vampire. I was so disappointed!"

Bill Cipher did indeed remember that. It was the first time they arrived in Gravity Falls, and he was watching Stanley mostly just waiting for an opportunity. However Pine Tree, and Shooting Star first arrived so he spent a tiny bit of time observing them. Dipper caught on right away that someone was indeed watching him. It was Bill, and because of Dipper's keen senses he had to destroy his things in advance. Cipher desperately hoped that Dipper wouldn't ruin this opportunity for him.

Bill laughed with her, "That's rather interesting."

Thinking more on it Bill knew that he was what you could consider bad. However he preferred the term evil overlord himself. The odds of him manipulating Mabel just got sweeter. He wouldn't even have to act different from his regular self. Oh how things were falling into place for him.

"Anyway it's getting late so I better get home." Mabel explained getting ready to leave.

Bill took the opportunity to be smooth with her. "I will walk you home my Shooting Star."

She giggled, "Awe, thanks. You're such a gentleman."

"I've had a lot of time to perfect my charm!" He claimed as he winked at her.

Bill Cipher walked by her side the entire time. Little did Mabel know that the entire time she was walking with the enemy. Yet he considered himself utterly charming. How could she resist? He walked her to the closest he felt safe to the shack, and then got on a foot to leave. However before he was able to go Mabel pulled him by his collar, and kissed him on the cheek.

On the outside Bill gave her a smile, but on the inside he felt horribly wrong. Affection was horrible. It felt like bubbly butterflies, and gross adorable things. It made him something other than malicious, and he hated it, or did he like it? He wasn't all that certain of what kind of feeling that was supposed to be. Regardless of this though he ignored the gesture. He had too many big plans to worry about a tiny kiss. It didn't mean anything. Bill Cipher wouldn't allow it.

END CHAPTER

Authors Note: You have no idea how fun this was to write. Bill Cipher's character is hilariously psychotic, and it's wonderful. I think he likes Mabel. In a weird way? What do you guys think?