BillDip AU: The Triangle Club

The Depths of My Desires

Dipper's P.O.V:

Never in a million years, I would find myself standing face-to-face with the very person who bullied me all summer ten years ago. Let alone stare at me with such baffling yet enchanting eyes. But here I am, working in this ludicrous club with a monster as a boss. Or so I thought. I made the mistake of judging you based on your first impression and the way you treated me. Turns out not everything was your fault, for I have met the real monster who made you. I can't help but feel sorry and have pity for you. However, I know for a fact that if told you that you would scoff and tell me that you didn't need my pity. Typical arrogant attitude, but underneath is a guy embarrassed to share his true feelings. In a way, it's kinda cute. Although, I completely understand why you started to act this way. Losing your parents, grandma, and going into difficult foster homes would make anyone put up walls. It was hard to believe that you didn't start out that way in the beginning. From what I was told by Key you never were a bully but instead, you shut down.

Depression consumed you to the point where you allowed yourself to not only neglect your friends but yourself as well. People who you stood up to now saw a chance to take advantage of your situation and bully you. That was until your so call knight in shining armor appeared. Zander came to your rescue and you instantly became enamored by him, to which I don't blame you I think anyone would. However, that admiration blinded you from what Zander was really like. He not only defended you but took you under his wing to which he defined as helping you become stronger. In reality, he was making you into a monster. Your poor friends were also blinded by this and fell along with you. Soon enough they grew up and realized that they all made a huge mistake with Zander. They all wanted him out but you were romantically involved with him already. I could tell it deeply wounded them. Eventually, everyone including you mustard up the courage to take him down, however, he escaped in the end. Not to mention someone's life was taken. In spite of that, it showed that you still have a sense of rhythm and reason within you Bill. Even that one moment from when we were twelve, I saw it.

Back in Gravity Falls I vividly remember all of the mean, terrible pranks you pulled on both my sister and myself. I didn't know what I and Mabel did to deserve your wrath, all we did was say hello and shake your hand. I guess a simple and harmless greeting is considered threatening to you. No matter how much we tried we couldn't have seemed to get through to you and just decided to become enemies. Although, that all changed one week before our departure. Mabel and I were walking in the forest exploring when suddenly you had a prank lying in wait for us. It went off and it was so bad that it actually injured us. We fell to the ground with bruises on our knees, elbows, cuts on our faces, and dust in our eyes. Your pranks were hilariously mean but not bad to the point where we got injured. I could hear the laughs echo as I turn to look up at you with a bitter glare. Suddenly, my attention was captured when I saw you looking at us with dare I say it; regret.

The moment was brief but I solely remember that regretful look in your eyes. It amazed me to see a tiny glimpse of remorse from someone as cruel as you. But there it was, a side of you that I never thought was there. Sadly, it quickly ended when one of your friends patted your back and awoke you from your daze. You began to laugh with them and that made me lose the spark of hope I had for you. I pick up my sister and we rushed back to the shack embarrassed and full of shame. She was in tears and honestly so was I. The second we dashed inside we told our grunckles that we ran into some trouble in the forest and got hurt. They proceeded by giving us first aid and question the events that lead up to it. As much as I wanted to tell them I surprisingly didn't and either did Mabel. It was odd, yes but my gut was telling that I shouldn't, so I listened and in a way, I'm glad I did. For later I would get an unexpected visit.

Dusk arrived and suddenly there was a knock at the door. It surprised me since I didn't know anyone who would arrive at this time. At least not that I knew of. I offered to get it as everyone else was preparing dinner. I walk over to the door, turn the knob, and open it with a quick swing. To my disbelief it was you, Bill, standing there with both hands in your pockets and a blank look on your face. I frowned at the mere sight of you.