Lost memories

Chapter 8

When Dipper woke up in the morning and stood up, he winced and when he walked to the bathroom he limped, when he got to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror, the bite mark from last night had bruised his bottom lip and was a little bit swollen.
"I'm not going to get away with a lie with this, well Mabel will believe it but Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford won't believe it." Dipper muttered to himself, then he took a shower and got dressed, he hesitated when it was time to go down to the kitchen for breakfast but after a couple of minutes he finally limped to the kitchen.
"Dipper, what happened to you, you're limping and your lip is bruised and swollen!" Mabel yelled, Dipper saw that both his Grunkles raised an eyebrow.
"Can you yell that any louder Mabel?" Dipper asked.
"Haha, no seriously Dipper what happened to you?" Mabel asked.
"I fell down that's why I'm limping and I bit my lip so I wouldn't scream that's why it's bruised and swollen." Dipper lied.
"You need to be more careful Dipper." Mabel said, Dipper nodded his head, but he knew that his Grunkles didn't believe the lie because Grunkle Ford was shaking his head and Grunkle Stan looked like he was about to laugh.
"Come on, sit down." Mabel said, Dipper tried not to limp over to the table but it wasn't working.
"Dipper, after breakfast you and I are going to go search through the forest do you think you'll be able to?" Grunkle Ford asked, Dipper prided himself on the fact that he didn't blush.
"Yeah, I am." Dipper answered.
  "Great" Grunkle Ford said, after breakfast Dipper and Grunkle Ford headed for the forest.
"Good job with the lie Dipper." Grunkle Ford said, as they walked further into the forest.
"It didn't convince you and Grunkle Stan." Dipper replied.
"But you were still able to convince Mabel." Grunkle Ford said.
"Good thing too, she would be asking me questions about it until I told her what happened." Dipper muttered.
"And what did happen?" Grunkle Ford asked.
"Do you really want to know?" Dipper asked.
"No, I don't." Grunkle Ford answered.
"Where are we going?" Dipper asked.
"Dipper do you remember your dream?" Grunkle Ford asked, Dipper nodded his head.
"Well Stanley and I thought that taking you to places and talking about Bill will trigger your memories about him." Grunkle Ford said.
"Do you think it will work?" Dipper asked.
"Hopefully." Grunkle Ford answered, as they continued to walk through the forest, Dipper saw a tree that was half-way fallen down, then an image flashed through his mind, 12 year old Dipper was standing under the tree and the boy was standing in front of him. The boy was holding a dozen Forget-Me-Nots and 12 year old Dipper gave the boy a kiss, one lasting longer than the one before for each flower the boy gave him, by the time Dipper had all the flowers he was blushing and the boy had the widest smile.
16 year old Dipper shook his head and looked at Grunkle Ford, the older man was looking at him questioningly.
"Did you remember something?" Grunkle Ford asked.
"I saw the boy in my dreams standing in front of 12 year old me, the boy was giving....well me Forget-Me-Nots and with each flower the boy gave me, I would give him a kiss, each kiss lasted longer than the kiss before it." Dipper answered.
"Um....Dipper do you have an idea about how far you two got in your relationship?" Grunkle Ford asked, Dipper could tell Grunkle Ford was a little uncomfortable with asking the question, another image flashed through his mind 12 year old Dipper was asking the boy if they could go further than hand holding and kissing, the boy told him no, that 12 year old Dipper was too young.
"Um...I asked if we could go further but the boy said no, that I was too young." Dipper answered, then he felt a tear run down his face.
"It's ok Dipper....you were too young for anything." Grunkle Ford said, placing a hand on Dipper's shoulder.
"Is he real?" Dipper asked.
"It certainly seems like it." Grunkle Ford answered.
"Then why did I lose my memories of him along with Bill?" Dipper asked.
"I don't know Dipper." Grunkle Ford answered.
"Can we continue our search?" Dipper asked, Grunkle Ford nodded his head, they continued to walk and when they walked past to the fallen tree 12 year old Dipper sat on with Bill floating in front of him, the two walked over to the tree.
"Grunkle Ford, I thought Bill was the enemy." Dipper said, as he sat down on the tree.
"Dipper, from your dream last night, it looks like Bill wasn't your enemy." Grunkle Ford said, sitting down next to Dipper.
"Then, what was he to me?" Dipper asked.
"That's what we're going to find out." Grunkle Ford said, at that moment they saw a deer run past them.
"Bill liked giving people deer teeth." Dipper commented.
"Yes he did." Grunkle Ford agreed.
"Bill thought it was funny, he said it was a joke though he knew some people didn't find it funny." Dipper said, Dipper closed his eyes and saw 12 year old and Bill in the room of the Mystery Shack that had the triangle and Bill was holding deer teeth out towards Dipper.
"Bill, why do you like giving people deer teeth?" 12 year old Dipper asked.
"Pinetree it's funny." Bill answered.
"How?" Dipper asked.
"Well who expects deer teeth as a gift." Bill answered.
16 year old Dipper opened his eyes and looked over at his Grunkle.
"When did he tell you this?" Grunkle Ford asked.
"I don't remember, though I do remember that we didn't know each other for very long." Dipper answered.
"Yet it seems like you have a bunch of memories of him." Grunkle Ford said, Dipper nodded his head.
"Come on Dipper, we need to get back, it's getting dark." Grunkle said, after a few minutes of silence, Dipper nodded his head, after dinner Dipper tried to work on his project, and to help him, he decided to think of the boy in his dreams but when he did he started to cry, so Dipper decided to go to bed.