He has returned (Gravity Falls fanfiction)

Chapter eleven

To Dipper Bill looked like he had just fought against the shower and had lost. His eyes were bloodshot (probably because the demon had gotten half of the shampoo in his eyes) and he was still dripping wet.

Silence. Dipper and Ford stared horrified at the wet creature infront of them. Ford could now see that Bills wound from the shot had completely vanished. He grew more and more concerned. Why had he regenerated this fastly when he supposedly should not have powers anymore? Was this also Marys doing?

"What happened to you?", Dipper asked carefully.

To Bill the answer was obvious and the question very dumb:" What do you think?! I SHOWERED, DUMBASS!" Bill had realized in the short time of him being human, that his new body didnt just come with much more anger but also an expanded vocabulary of swear words. He liked that part. It was the only thing he liked and thinking about it he should have studied these "bad words" a long time ago already, because throwing them at everybody, no matter who, really gave him a special kind of satisfaction.

"Geez man, calm down. Did you even dry yourself correctly?", Dipper was pissed off by Bill again. He really hated everything about this situation.

"Yeah, OBVIOUSLY!", Bill screamed. He evidently was not dry but neiter Dipper nor Ford wanted to talk back at Bill, they just didnt see a good reason behind it. Who cares if Bill walks around like a wet poodle? Definitely not Dipper. Bill was so wet that his new clothes sticked to his body. Looking closer at him Dipper realized something.

"Bill um... you have that shirt on backwards.", Dipper got a bit closer. He wasnt so sure if it was really put on the wrong way. Taking a closer look: it was. Dipper laughed.

"What does that even mean?", Bill mumbled, looking down, scanning what was wrong. Why was Dipper always critizizing him? He didnt see anything imperfections with the way his clothes were put on.

"Here. Do you see the tag?", Dipper grabbed it and pulled a bit so Bill could see,"that is supposed to go in the back, not the front. That goes for all kinds of clothes."

"Thats so weird. Why would one care if a tag is in the front or the back? Just burn it off or something"; He was turning around to go back into the bathroom when Ford stopped him:" Wait a second! You two, stand back to back."

Dipper looked at Ford confused and Bill was trying to figure out what that even meant. When Dipper turned his back to Bill he did the same and no one objected so he guessed he did the right thing. Ford came closer, examining the heigth difference betweent the boys. For whatever reason Bill was now the same height as Dipper. Ford had sworn Bill had been shorter than his nephew when they first met. He found it very unsetteling but he hoped that he had just imagined it before.

"No, everything is fine. Go change that shirt, Cipher. After that you will help in the Shack.", Ford said and Bill left for the bathroom without a word.

"What is it?", Dipper asked his grunkle.

"You are now the same height!", Ford whispered, afraid that Bill could hear them. He had realized that Bill really did not know that he could regain his powers if Mary got too weak so he thought it best that Bill also did not know that he was changing in some way. Had Bill really grown, had Ford hallucinated it or was Bill basically speedrunning puberty? (Dipper had taught him the word 'speedrunning' and for whatever reason he really liked to use it now)

Dipper looked at Ford dumbfounded. He did not know what that could mean.

Bill came out of the bathroom again and they all went downstairs to the gift shop. Soos was behind the counter, polishing a snowglobe. When he saw Dipper and Ford his mood visibly lightened. Before, he had looked a bit worried.

"Hey Soos. Bill here is now all cleaned up and is ready to start his first shift.", Ford said, "Dipper will stay here with you two and help whenever needed. I'll be in my office.", Without another word he left again. Dipper looked after his grunkle. The boy did not want to stay here with Bill. Why was he given the responsibility? What if something happened? Dipper sighed and turned around to Bill who was looking at a similar snowglobe like Soos was holding but on a shelve. He put his finger against it and shoved it from the shelve. It fell to the floor and burst. Soos and Dipper looked at him shoocked. Bill turned only his head and smiled viciously. It was clear that he was only afraid of Ford. Now that he was gone he could do whatever he wanted.