Chapter 3

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Dipper pov

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"Hey bro bro, wake up!" I hear my sister's voice

"Nhmhmm...." I turn on the other back.

"Alright, don't blame me if you're late, but it's 7.30"

"WhAt?!" I jump out of my bed and run to the bathroom. School starts at 8am today.

"I'm leaving you school ain't gonna wait for me"

"Mabel!"

"Have a good late day byee" I hear door slam.

"Perfect. Just a prefect start of the day..." I mutter. No time to eat, only dress up and run to school catching Mabel on my way. Almost, because when I look at her she's just talking to some blonde girl. Oh, right, I forgot again. Pacifica. She moved to Piedmont in August for no reason at all! At least I don't know the reason... Maybe Mabel does but never told me. They're somehow like, what Mabel calls it, 'besties' now. I honestly don't get her. Three years ago they were enemies. I mean, three years is a long time but it's still weird to suddenly become friends. Something about it seems odd. All the more for that considering Pacifica's personality was insufferable, and now she changed. Do people really change? Is she faking it? Is she planning to hurt Mabel? Is Bill alive and she's with him? Okay maybe I'm going too far with this.

I run passing 'Besties' and I walk into school.
"Dont look them in eyes, don't look them in eyes...." I think as I make my way to my locker. I leave most of books and notebooks in it and close it. I see a guy walking into school. Something seems odd about him too...

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I walk into the classroom before the bell rings so I can take my stuff out of my backpack before the lesson starts. What would I do in the halls anyway. Mabel is busy talking to Pacifica, I've got no other friends in here. I wanna go back to Gravity Falls. I shake off the subject, it feels too heavy. It's only spring, I still have to wait those 3 months.

Bell rings, others walk in, with that odd boy, who oddly enough sat next to me.

"Sup" he said
"Mason" I shook his hand
"Bill"
I shrink.
"What?" he asks
"Nothing" I don't feel like telling a random guy (who shoulders the name of that creature, by the way!) what happened while that unforgettable summer. Sure, the summer was amazing. Mysteries, adventures... I just didn't like almost dying and my universe getting ruled by some evil dorito.

"Hello, today we're gonna talk about global warming etc etc... And meet Noah Davidson." Mr. Robertson says and I freeze as it turns out that guy's birhtname is not Bill. I better figure it out... What if he's alive and started an ocult teenagers signed up for for fun?! I have to stop this!!

When the lesson ends I leave the soonest I can. I want to sneak into that cabinet where they have backup documents of every student, the break is short so I better hurry up. There's no time to lose. I have to get some information about him. Who is he, were he lives, his parents...

Unfortunately, that Bill-Noah follows me.
"What?" I ask not quite politely.
"Nothing. I just thought you would maybe show me around the school?" he said
"There's nothing to see in this hell" I replied and tried to walk away

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"None of your business, go away"

He ignores it and keeps following me. How am I gonna steal stuff with a loud guy behind me?

If he's not going away might as well use this opportunity to ask him directly about his name.

"So what's your name again?"

"Bill" of course. Did I mishear the teacher then?

"Mr Robertson said otherwise"

"Yeah Noah used to be my name but Bill... feels more like me" it seemed like he hesitated for a second. So that's it.

"So you're non-binary?"

"Yeesh you're the second person who asks that. I'm not, I just like it better. If it bothers you that much just call me Noah"

"No I'm good. Forget I asked." then the bell rang, and I haven't gotten any closer to solving this case. What if he's lying because Bill Cipher told him to?

Either way, I already don't have a reason to steal his documents, he admitted that he has a different name so I would find nothing. I try focusing on something else for the rest of the day.

When last class is finally over, I go to my locker. I felt the presence of someone behind me. "please not him again" I say quietly.

"Hey, Dipper, have you seen Mabel?" I hear Pacifica's voice behind me.

Thank god.

"Not really" I lace my shoes..

"PAZ AND DIP THERE YOU ARE GUYSSSS" my sister runs into us and I almost fall.

"Mabel! Thanks to you I almost hit my head!"
She just ignored me
"Paz! There's a concert tomorrow, do you wanna go with me? It's..." She drags Pacifica away, talking.

When I get home I still can't get Bill out of my head. I just click my pen for maybe an hour, thinking.

Is he with Cipher?
Should I tell grunkle Ford?
Maybe first I should investigate and find out for sure?

Then Mabel walks into our room.

"Hey bro bro you okay? You're doing this again... "

I realise I've been chewing on the pen. And of course the ink then splashed out of it. I rub it off of my face.

"Uh... Yeah, I guess? Why you asking?"

"Well..." she looks at my notebook.

Oh, right. I drew and wrote my train of thoughts. That this guy might have to do with Bill, there might be more of them, Bill might be alive...

"Can you stand one day without being paranoid and coming up with things like this?"

"What do you mean?" and here I am, playing dumb once again.

"Dip dop, don't worry that much. I can't even figure out what is it all about from your notes, must be nerdy nonsense. Wanna make Macakes?"

"Make what?"

"They're like pancakes, but they probably have some of my hair in 'em"

"Oh hell no gross, can we make normal pancakes?"

"Fine. But let's add glitter then"

"Please, Mabel, have mercy."

We both start laughing and go make the pancakes. The suspicious guy from school crosses my mind a few times, but other than that, I was having fun.

Our parents have been away on vacation in Greece. I never had it in the first place, but Mabel lost her consistent sleep schedule. We usually go to sleep around 3am.

Tonight, too, it was nearly midnight when we decided for the pancakes. Mabel talked a lot about Pacifica. They're really good friends now, I guess. I think she's actually got pure intentions. She's changed. Better keep an eye on her anyway, just in case.

The pancakes didn't come out perfect like in movies and ads. Mabel poured maple sauce and added rainbow sprinkles. 

"Hey, it does have your hair in it" I realise as soon as I take a bite.

"Are you sure it's not your hair, bro-bro?" She starts laughing and shoves an entire pancake into her mouth.

"Oh, fey acfuayee faith goof"

I try to make sense of her speech. Oh, right. She probably intended to say they actually taste good. Oh my god.

I burst out with laughter.

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