Running out of Time <A Gravity Falls Book>

16.Sketched

Two weeks later

Ever since the day I almost killed dipper, Bill hasn't showed.
Who knows what he was planning.
I got used to my powers a bit more.
But something feels off...

I tossed and turned While laying down in bed next to Dipper.
I couldn't sleep.
I stand up slowely and walked downstairs wearing my sweat shirt with...a bird on it.

Stupid, yet delicious, chip...
I went down and saw an empty quiet room.
I sat down on the yellow chair and sighed.
Things just...don't feel right. Why though?

"Hey Lilly." I look over to the staircase. Mabel was there.
"Hey. What's up?" i say.
She shrugs.
"Just can't sleep..." she says.
I nod.

It goes silent for a moment. Then she comes over and sits down next to me. "Can I ask you something?" she said.
"Of course!" I say.

She sighs. She looked sad.
"Do you think I'm just... A joke?" she said. This broke me.
"What? Why would I think your a joke?" I asked putting a hand on her shoulder.

"I just-Ever since that past year- I always have everyone think of me as a big joke..."
She explains. " I thought I was being charming though...." I shook my head. "Mabel...I Don't think of you like that. Neither does Dipper or Stan." I say. I sigh remembering that day.

"Two weeks ago...I lost it. Bill had messed up my head and made me go insane. But you know What Dipper told me when I thought that you guys didn't like me?" I asked her trying to
make her feel better.
She shook her head.

"He said that He would never think of me that way... And neither would Stan or you. And when he told me that... I felt so Good inside." I state.
"And you have that good feeling inside you, mabel, you have had it from the very beginning. Don't lose sight of that... Please..." I say.

She smiled. "W-wow Lilly...I won't. I promise..." she says. I smirk and stand up.
"Welp, I'm gonna go see if I could sleep yet. You should too." I say.
"I will in a second." she says. I nod and walked upstairs. "Goodnight. Mabel." I say.
She says goodnight back and I walk into my room. I slide under the covers and yawn.

"You okay?" dip asked. I nodded.
"Just..." I pause for a moment.
"Needed some fresh air..."

The next morning

Dippers POV

I wake up alone. All that was in the bed was me and Lillies blue jay sweatshirt.
I stand putting down the sweatshirt. I hear the TV from downstairs. I walk downstairs still in just shorts and my original red shirt and see Mabel watching duck-tective. "Hey Mabel...have you seen Lilly?" I asked. she turned to me and shrugged her shoulders. I sigh.

I walk back upstairs and put on shoes and hat. I hear a creek from upstairs. I don't like the sound of that. I crept upstairs and the door to the attic had a crack open. I walked up to it and peeped through the crack. there I saw Lilly. she looked like she was drawing something? I open the door but she doesn't notice me. she had earbuds plugged in.

I sit down next to her and she was sketching out a picture of the mystery shack. I smile. she was really good! I chuckle slightly. she moves a strand of hair from her face and turns in my direction. "AH!" she yells and jumps backwards flinging her pencil across the room.

I laughed. she pulls out her earbuds and shoves my shoulder lightly.

"DONT DO THAT!" she says. she wanted to be mad but she starts laughing afterwards. after our laughing fit I take another look at the sketch. "Its really good you know!" I encourage. she blushes.

"r-really? I thought it looked pretty b-bad..." she stuttered. "Are you kidding?! Lilly that's amazing!" I say. Her face flushes as dark as her cheeks could get. "Th-Thanks..." she says.

she shows me a few other drawings. she made one of waddles and Mabel together. I was surprised that she didn't need them to do that posing thing.

Then there was one she made of me reading one of the journals. I smirk. she was so talented. "You should show Mabel that one." I say pointing to the sketch of waddles and her. "I-I don't know if I really want t-to show...a-anyone.'' she stutters. "I wasn't really planning on showing you but this happened by an accident." she explains.

She holds the sketch book close to her. as if it were her life.

"Yeah...I can understand that...but in the future...would you?" I asked. she thought about it for a moment. then nodded. I smiled.

"LOVEBIRDS! BREAKFAST!" Mabel screamed. I mentally face-palm. seriously Mabel...

I stand up and started walking to the door. I turn back. "Are you coming?" I asked. "o-oh...I will be there in a minute.'' she says. I nod and rush downstairs...

Lilly's POV

I had been thinking about that vision I got a couple weeks ago. I stare at a blank page on my sketch pad...then my mind escapes me...

5 MINUTES LATER

I open my eyes and look around what just happened? I look at what was supposed to be an empty page, was now a drawing. It was of Me and dipper. the drawing was.... interesting. dipper and I were holding our fingers in the shape of a triangle and holding them up to one of our eyes.

The one eye we held our fingers up to was an eye that looked like bills. No... He can't! I wanted to cry but instead I was as solid as a stone.

"I see you have FINALLY gotten that out of the way..." I hear. the menacing voice startles me some. I stand and see bill. "what out of the way?" I asked. "That's none of your concern blue jay!" he says. "Now as you might know I'm here because I want-"

"-to make a deal!? yeah! I got that!" I say. "Have you ever played...chess?" he asked. I raised an eyebrow. "yes? why?" I respond. "Well I challenge you to a game." he says simply. "you play a game of chess with me. I win I get to have a new puppet for a day. you win, you pretty much get whatever you want from me! What do us say?" He held out his hand with that same blue colored flame surrounding his hand.
No.no no no no no... NO!
No deal...
"Deal." I was about to. put my hand in his when I remembered something.
"If I can at least give an excuse to Mabel and Dipper real quick." I say.
He rolls his...eye.
"Hurry up! Tick Tock!" he said.
I rushed down stairs.

"There you are Lilly! Mabel are all the pancakes and i-"
Dipper started.
"Listen I gotta go meet up with someone real quick! I will hopefully be back soon! K? K." I say.
"And I wasn't really hungry anyway."
I add.
I drag Dipper into the living room real quick.
"Dipper if you don't see me back before tomorrow morning...you get Stan and tell him. Got it?" I say. He nods.

I kissed him on the cheek and He blushed.
"Goodluck with breakfast!" I say.
"Be careful." he says. I nod and run outside behind the shack.
Bill spears with his flame ready.
I take his hand and we shook our hands.
"Lets begin..."