A Human's Touch || BillFord (Gravity Falls)

On My Mind

[Ford POV]:

Ever since seeing Bill last night I can't stop thinking about him. This problem never bothered me like this before. I need to warn the family, it may have been thirty years but he's got something planned and thanks to Stanley he might be able to pull it off. I've sealed the cracks in our reality inside a glass rift for now, kind of like a highly dangerous snow globe. But who can I trust first? Dipper may have an anxiety disorder but, he seems to have a good head on his shoulders. I love Mabel but I don't know if she'd understand this well. She's so much like Stanley.
I should finish cleaning my old worship room, I've covered most things by now but I finally have the confidence to rid of it all. I headed down to the basement and started taking down what's left of it and putting the tapestries in a garbage bag. Should I burn them or just tuck them away? Here I am second guessing myself  over an ex who wants to end the world, what's wrong with me? Then again, he made me feel understood when no one else did. Why am I like this? He's awful, I have to destroy this, burn it even!
But he has been sweet before. He even remembered my birthday every year. I have to protect my family first, I've wasted enough time being prideful. I took one of the tapestries and put it in my handbag just for safe keeping until later. I set the trash bag aside and started messing with our old tech to see if it still worked, luckily I did but it loaded just as slow as I remember. I wonder if McGucket is still good with tech and if he could upgrade it someday, if he forgives me.. and remembers me. In some of the other dimensions he was happy without me, and in some others he wasn't himself anymore. I fear some of the things I've seen could've just been Bill messing with me though, a side effect of his horrifying dimension.
I decided not to think about it for now and headed upstairs to meet the kids and Stanley. I could hear the kids in the livingroom closet and Stanley outside. I called a family meeting and headed to the dining table as soon as possible. I sat down and collected myself, thinking on how to tell them.
Mabel rushed over "Are we going to wizard school?" She smiles and starts riffling through my bag. "Be careful sweetheart— Unfortunately no, I have something much more serious to tell you" I sighed and closed my bag. "So theres no owl in your bag?" Her smile starts to fade. "If there was one, it would be long dead. Now then, we mustn't waste time" I pulled out the tapestry and showed them "Do any of you recognize this symbol?" I looked into their eyes and I saw a glint of recognition in Dipper and Mabel. "Bill. He's been terrorizing us all summer! We've stopped him but I don't know what he wants" Dipper explains as he begins to pick at his mosquito bites. "Dipper's been pretty traumatized ever since he turned him into a living sock puppet" Mabel explained. The imagery was bad enough. "So how do you know Bill?" Dipper ask. I began to pull out my first journal. "Dipper if you're loyal enough to trust me then you should trust that's not important. I've encountered many strange and unforgivable beings in my time. What's important is there is a way we can keep him from hurting anyone in the shack, the ingredients make a simple tonic but I always forget the last ingredient, let's see.. unicorn hair" I sighed, closing the journal. "Unicorns?!" Mabel smiles again. "Is that like, rare?" Dipper ask. "It's just about hopeless my boy, they don't like to deal with humans" I explained to him. "Ford please please let me go! My first word was unicorn, my favorite animal is a unicorn, I MADE A unicorn by taping a traffic cone to a horse's head, are you even looking at my sweater?!" She points at the unicorn on it, continuing to beg me. "Okay okay of course. But be on guard, I've found it quiet difficult. They're always out for the most 'pure of heart' and I haven't had luck" I admitted a bit embarrassed. "Grunkle Ford I'm probably the most pure of heart person in this room so I can 100% guarantee you that unicorn hair!" She excitedly calls her friends to adventure with her and I shrugged it off and handed her my crossbow. "Its okay to give children weapons ,right? I haven't been in this dimension in a really long time" I asked Dipper but he didn't seem to say much. Even though Mabel shot out the window I wasn't going to break her spirits. With loyalty and enthusiasm like that, I'd be a monster to tell her no. "Now then, Dipper I have a special mission for you" I ruffled his hair and began to lead him into a place me and McGucket used to study in for hours "A mission? With me?" Dipper stammers excitedly. I nodded.
I showed him the UFO under the town me and McGucket raided for parts all those years back. Dipper struggled at first but something about him has me certain that he could be a perfect successor of my research, if I handle everything perfectly. As long as I can protect him from whatever McGucket went through, and what I've been through, it'll all be worth it. "Hey Ford, I don't know if this is too early to ask but what happened with the portal after we were sent to bed the other night? Its shut down, right?" Dipper ask. "That's a heavy question Dipper. My work is dangerous that's why I want to keep the family away from it, but everything assured we're safe right now and that's what matters" I explained. He smiled almost before it faded, I could tell he wasn't entirely comforted. He looked at me and noticed something from the other day that I forgot to take care of. "Grunkle Ford, are you bleeding?" He nervously asked. I nearly jolted at the reminder. "No, not.. not anymore anyways. Don't worry about that Dipper, remember the adhesive is important. Try not to get it on your face though or it will try to close up every hole in it" I explained as I turned around to keep looking through runes and old tech. He seemed to drop it for the time being and actually managed to find the adhesive for us!
"Dipper you did it!" I smiled. "What, I did?" The sweaty boy began to smile. "This is what I mean Dipper. Haven't you ever felt you were meant for greater things?" I ask. I've always felt held back by Stanley. I don't want Dipper to suffer the same way. "I don't know, I've never really been without Mabel before" He scratches his mosquito bites at the thought. "Mabel is a wise girl and I love her, but you and I prove to be a strong team. You know, I'm getting a bit old to keep saving the world by myself. I've wondered about an apprentice, and I'd like to keep it in the family"

A/N:

Sorry if this is bad a wrote it a while ago and I kind of forgot about it because I wanted to make it better. Also I've been really unmotivated because of my developing disability. I've also been going to physical therapy but it's not doing a lot for my legs, they're still screwy as hell. My PT is focused on my neurological joint issues. It's been a struggle. Thank you for all the love by the way guys I'm excited to continue this on, more possessive Bill stuff coming soon btw ;)

—Lund