He has returned (Gravity Falls fanfiction)

chapter eight

Getting Bill to shower was rather difficult. He was convinced that he did not stink, that that word didn't even exist and that the Pines must have made it up. What he didn't tell them was that he actually felt disgusting and sticky. The only time he has felt anything similar was when he had possessed Dippers body. HE was stinky, not him.

„I will not 'shower'!" He stomped on the ground with his foot.

„Is this his first tantrum?" Dipper asked. The others laughed. At that Bill stopped stomping. He hated when they laughed at him. His only solution on how to stop them, was to agree to their terms and he liked that even less.

„Okay, maybe I will..." Bill mumbled and indeed, the Pines stopped laughing. Dipper even looked impressed. That, for whatever reason, made Bill happy. :D

Dipper hadn't expected Bill to give in this soon. He was having a hard time adjusting to this situation and if he would find a way to get rid of him, he definitely would. This situation just made him anxious and terrified for what the future might bring and laughing about it made him feel a bit better. He kinda had the similar feeling with the others, nobody really laughed because his joke was so good.

„Follow me." Ford said, also surprised about Bills behavior.

Walking out of the gift shop into the living room they found Soos next to Melody. She looked physically fine, mentally a bit shaken. Their heads turned to the family and Bill.

„What was that just now?" Melody asked.

„I am very sorry Melody. It was an accident and I had my new gun out to show the twins and then the kid here came in. I didn't want him to see the gun and when I tried to shield his eyes from it I shoved him a bit to hard and he hit his head. We will clean him up now, but he is fine, just a bit of blood, nothing to worry about, my dear. I hope you are feeling alright." Ford tried to explain the situation. Melody didn't seem to believe Ford, maybe because Bill was standing next to him with quite a lot of blood all over his head and body and also the kitchen wass still covered in blood.

When Melody didn't answer, Ford continued: „ And he will stay here for the next few weeks... His parents uhhh... ,"Ford didn't know what to say," his parents don't want him right now, so we will take care of him. In exchange he will help Soos with the shack. He doesn't always behave well so please always have an eye on him."

While Ford was speaking, Melody seemed to be getting angrier and angrier. Ford was confused about why she would be furious now and before he could ask she did him the favor and started 'explaining' (she screamed at him):" What the hell were you thinking?! That poor child, my god, what is wrong with you Ford? What were you even doing, showing 13 year olds a gun, are you insane? If I ever see another gun in this house, you will sleep in the garden for a week, have you understood? You could have seriously injured someone, and the boy is a customer! How can you speak about him like this while he is in the room with us? I thought you had manners, Stanford." She said all that in one breath.

Ford wanted to object. Tell her that this was actually his house they were living in, that he could show anyone his gun and that „the boy" was their biggest enemy. But he knew better than to talk back against Melody. She was the only one that could tell Stanford what to do and she even got away with bossing Stanley around, which granted her massive respect form everyone that knew her.

„Okay, I am sorry, Melody, dear." Was Fords only reply. Mabel and Dipper were giggling quietly about the situation. Soos hasn't said a word about it but he looked super proud about his soon-to-be-wife. They were really meant for each other. Mabel had the suspicion she was the real reason why the Mystery Shack was still so popular, and she was very grateful for her.

„And what is you name, sweetie?" Melody stood up and wen to Bill. She kneeled down infront of him and wiped some sill wet blood away from his cheek. Bill was super uncomfortable and backed away just slightly. Melody didn't seem to notice or care. His face was getting red, he didn't know what to answer or had processed the question just yet. For him there were too many people in the room, watching him. He hated the attention in this body. When he had his real form he had no problem with attention, in fact he had done anything to have it from everyone 24/7.

„I- uhhh my name? My name is- uhh", Bills head seemed to be completely empty, „It's... Bill." He looked up at her through his hair. He wanted to glare at her so she would back off of him and be afraid of him. She wasn't afraid and just said:" Bill? Hmm, haven't heard that name in a while." With that she stood up. Before going back to the couch she shot a worried look at Ford. He had the feeling that she knew what was going on.

The Pines and Bill were now all upstairs in the bathroom. For five people it was a bit small.

„I expect that you don't know how to shower?" Mabel asked.

"Of course I know how to shower, damn!" Bill snapped.

"Then what is this for?" Mabel held up a shampoo bottle.

"Well thats uhh, thats for um... eating, right?" Bill looked at the bottle, puzzled. He had never heard of anythink like 'shampoo' ever before and he had lived for a loooong time. How much more was there to humanity he had no clue about?

"HAHA not quite, no. You put this in you hair. A reasonable amount of course. For you hair length maybe about half of your palm. Then you scrub it in and after that wash it out with water again. Then comes conditioner. Of course, both have glitter in them.", Mabel held up the next bottle, a bigger one," This you only put in the ends of your hair, not on your scalp. It makes your hair silky and smooth. You leave that in while you cover your whole body in shower gel. Then you first wash out the conditioner and then scrubb off the gel. When you are done you dry yourself with a towel and your hair with a blow dryer." Mabel was satisfied with her explanation. Bill was still confused but did not let anyone see that. Dipper was not amused about the situation and had to talk to his grunkle as soon as possible.

"Dipper, can you give him some of your clothes? I think they would fit him best. Do you have anything else than orange T-Shirts tho?" Mabel asked Dipper. She was getting more and more invested into teaching Bill how to do stuff and was looking forward to boss him around all summer. He deserved a treatment way harder than that.

"Yeah I have other things. Course I do... Anyways umm... Cant I just get him something from the gift shop?" He asked, a bit nervous about Mabels question about his variety of clothes.

"Not happening!", Stan interfered, "that stuff is for customers ONLY and as far as I know, the kiddo hasnt earned a cent yet. Get your clothes, Dipper." Even when Stan wasnt oficially working in the Shack anymore, he sure as hell stayed the boss for as long as he was alive.

Dipper sighed:" Alright, be right back." He left the room. He had to go downstairs due to his and Mabels bags still being in the kitchen. He hoped he wouldnt meet Soos or Melody on the way because he did not want to explain any further. He felt anxious and everything seemed so unsafe and obscure. Something was definitely not right, besides the fact that Bill Cipher was about to take a shower in the Mystery Shack and would live with them for who knows how long. He arrived in the kitchen witout meeting a soul. Everything was unsettelingly quiet. He brushed the feeling off, grabbed his bag and went upstairs again. When he was back in the bathroom with the others he gave Bill a shirt of his....Yes, an orange one, yes, Dipper wasnt very proud of this moment. And some pants and white socks. Giving Bill his underwear was to much for Dipper to handle so he just acted like he had forgotten. To his luck nobody noticed and Bill didnt know yet that fresh underwear was necessary.

Bill also looked very uncomfortable taking the stuff. Or rather he was disgusted by it. Having to wear human clothes in general had always been weird for him, he of course has had a human form before and he could change that to his liking as he wished but the feeling of clothes on his skin was always weird and unpleasant. He had only worn them when he was meething with Ford and well... He was not continuing this thought. Bill just wanted his old form back or at least his old human body. This one was unpleasant and not to his imagination and also having to wear Pinetrees clothes was a humiliation of his perfection. The color hurt his eyes and the fabric made him sweat. In general did he feel like he was sweating way to much.

"Okay, we will go outside now. I will wait in front of the door so you dont even dare try anything, Cipher." Ford demanded and the Pines left the room.