From Now On

The 'Good Life'

-Recap-

All I do know is that Dip-shit isn't here and life is good!

(Grunkle Stans pov)

Its been a couple of days since Mable and Ford yelled at me until I drove off and left the kid. I feel really bad but there was nothing I could do about it if I didn't listen to Ford I knew this time he might actually kill me. Oh ya let me explain, So before the whole portal thing, Ford and I were best friends, and even when dad kicked me out we still kept in touch and we talked all the time, he even snuck out a couple of times so we could see each other. Everything was really good...Until every time we met up he would go on some dumb rant about some dream demon and like any sane person I didn't believe him...

Biggest mistake of my life.

He had moved out by this point and invited me to live with him in some shack in the woods in a small town called Gravity Falls and I obviously said yes because of 1 free rent and 2 more times with my brother and not just my brother my twin brother! Yeah, that was my initial thought but I was so wrong. So uh when I didn't believe him he got mad like really mad a very scary mad and he started to hit me like a lot. Now ok it had been about 4 months since I had moved in within with him and within those 4 months he had hit me a lot over things like the dishes and groceries and other small stuff like that but when I didn't believe him he broke 3 ribs and I had bruises for a month I still have scars for every time I talked back and or mouthed off to him. It got very sever after that I was coma-toused for months at a time after that. So ya you get the picture.

When Mason and Mable came to visit for the summer I had to were makeup to cover everything and I had to act like everything was normal. There was this one time were Mason had walked in on me taking the makeup off so I could sleep without ruining my sheets. We sat down and I told him everything while he told me about his parents mentally, emotionally, physically, and sexually abusing him because he had a birthmark of the dipper big or little we don't know, on his head and he had other constellations on his back.

The one on his head would very faintly glow when he was mad or upset, I once walked into his room to check on him after one of his and Mables fights and saw him doing this so I took a picture because it was hella cool.

And like his head, his back did the same thing but he said that none of his family not even Mable knew he had them until they walked in on him after he took a shower and it revealed a load of constellations and they started to beat him because of it.

The more I talked to him the more our bond turned into a father-son kinda thingy all in all we were really close, and I got to find out more things about him like his back birthmarks just started showing up like he was only born with the one of the dipper and one night after a shower he started noticing constellations on his back. And that he was very self-conscious of them. Anyways after the whole Weirdmageton thing Which I think was a great idea and that Bill was right because the world sucks. Ehem Anyways after that the kids borded the bus but not before Mason whispered in my ear saying 'Hey I know some things are gonna get tough and maybe worse but I need you to understand that I am here for you and I get what you're going through. I need you to stay strong and fight back. I love you, Grunkle Stan. Cya soon' And he slipped something into my pocket. When I got home I opened it and it was a necklace of the big and little dipper.

I haven't taken it off since

Over the time the kids were gone I was in the hospital more times than I can count and beaten a lot more and more frequently as well but when we got word they were coming back into town and to stay away from Mason because he is a trouble maker and the bad child it made my blood boil because of the way they talked bad about Mason but talked like Mable was a princess. When their bus arrived in town I was driving and we got Mable all packed up Ford told be to get back in the car and drive them back to the shack and I did. You know what I also did A few days prior I had a little run-in with Bill, we talked for a long time while he explained he was trying to kill ford because he had stolen his child and was blinded by rage. He said he was Sorry and everything but he also wants to start it again and asked if I would join him. I said Yes only if he took care of Mason when he arrived in Gravity Falls. Bills face absolutely lit up when I said Mason was coming back into Gravity Falls and I guess my face gave away my confusion and he explained how he and Mason had gotten really close before and during Weirdmageton and how he was practically family to him and the other demons that participated in the takeover. I agreed with his request and he agreed to mine and we went our separate ways until I noticed him in the woods while we waited at the bus stop for the twins. I gave him a smile and a nod and he smiled back like a real genuine smile, I was shocked but got over it quickly as the bus had pulled up.

I just hope Mason is alright...I love you too kid

-Back with Dipper-

(Bills pov)

When dipper took off his shirt I couldn't believe my eyes. Okay I mean he's I knew what was happening but I've never seen the scars I have heard the screams but never witnessed the act. And let me tell you it was bad. Like his whole back arms front, Just his entire torso was covered in dry blood, whip marks, hickeys, Bite marks, bruises, scabs, Handprints, Chain imprints, etc. It was heartbreaking to see and I could tell by the look on everyone's face that they felt the same, and then in the middle of it all was Pinetree sitting there acting like nothing happened...

It was hard to watch him try and explain what all the marks are from...

(YES finally a long chapter. and don't worry Mable will get what's coming to her in upcoming chapters, Anyways thank you for 800+ reads it's crazy and I'm sorry for not updating I just started high school so yeah that's tough. But I hope you Enjoy it! <3)