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The car ride was uneventful, they would occasionally switch places but most of the time Dipper was the one driving while everyone else slept.
“So, what are they like?” Nightmare asked, throwing a chip that they had gotten from their last stop in his mouth. Everyone else was asleep except for the pair so Nightmare stayed up front and kept him company, making sure he wouldn't fall asleep and if he needed a break, offered to drive.
“Who?” Dipper questioned, eyes not leaving the road for a second as he reached over and grabbed a chip of his own.
“Your parents.” Nightmare said as if it were obvious.
“Oh, yeah they're cool I guess.” He mumbled, holding onto the wheel tightly. “I kinda drifted away from them after college, they always are worrying about me and it kinda gets annoying after a while.”
Nightmare put his hand over Dippers which held onto the steering wheel tightly. “It's okay, Dipper.” He said with a smile on his face before turning to look out the window.
As they pulled up to the fairly large house that even Dipper had to smile at everyone in the backseat was still out cold. Shaking his head and turning the car off Dipper glanced back, watching as Mabel seemed to be the first one to react, jerking awake and looking around at the surroundings.
“We...we are there? Oh my god!” Swinging the door open and dragging Pacifica out with her Mabel Squealed as she ran towards the house, leaving the guys behind to grab the bags.
“Hey Pine Tree.” Bill hung on Dipper, when they got out of the car. His arms wrapped around the younger boys waste as he planted hard kisses down the brunettes neck.
Narrowing his eyes as Nightmare stayed close to Dipper, he took the younger mans hand in his own, squeezing tightly before speaking again. “Let's go meet the parents.”
“Go on ahead, I'm going to unpack the car.” Dipper said, planting a kiss on the blonde mans cheek. He watched the man stand there for a moment before nodding and walking off to vanish to the inside of the house.
“You are seeing it aren't you?” Nightmare commented. “The way Bill is acting. It's not like him.”
“He's changed yes but he's good right now. He just wants me close, I mean we are together so it makes sense.” Dipper said again for what seemed to be the millionth time. It seemed like everyone but Mabel was against Bill and him at this point.
“I'm just looking out for you, Dipper. Don't want him to use you like he did when you were a kid.” Nightmare said.
“You know about that?” Dippers words were filled with surprise as he had no idea about the young demon until this summer but obviously the demon knew about him.
“I've been around for a while.” He said, looking away and towards the house. “I died a while back and have been around Bill a lot since then so I always looked at what he was up too.”
“And you saw him mess with us as kids.” Dipper said softly. The brunette paused and stood there for a long moment in silence. Thoughts flooding him of his past and what had happened. Bill had caused him a lot of problems in the past, yes but as he kept on saying to himself.
He had changed, right?
Right?
His thoughts were interrupted when the black haired man placed a hand on his shoulder along with a slight smile. He had grabbed some of the bags out of the car and threw them over his shoulder to carry inside, looking towards the house.
“We better go inside. You know how impatient your sister and Bill can both get.” He commented, Dipper only nodding in agreement as he grabbed more of the bags.
After they were inside Dipper had to say hello to his parents before he could lug the stuff to everyone’s rooms, starting with his sisters room.
Their plan was to have Pacifica stay in Mabel’s old room while Dipper and Bill stayed in Dippers old room leaving Nightmare to the guest room all by himself.
“So how about introductions. Who are your friends here?” The twins mother asked when they all finally met back up downstairs in the living room.
“Well, uhh guys this is Bill Cipher, my uhh..my boyfriend.” The brunette man said, his voice shaking with every word.
Mabel smiled and pulled Pacifica close, hugging her. “This is the girl I'm always talking too. My best friend, Pacifica Northwest.”
“I am a friend of Dippers, you can call me Mare. It's a pleasure to meet you two. How do you do?” Nightmare had said last of all as took her hand and planted a kiss on it then shook their fathers hand, smiling at both of them.
“Oh my, so polite. The pleasure is all ours.” She gasped, smiling back at him before looking over at her husband who was also smiling at him.
“Well, I guess I'll be on my way.” Nightmare said, grabbing a small bag and throwing it over his shoulder.
“Wait, where are you going?” Dipper questioned, surprised at Nightmares sudden departure.
“I wanna check out the infamous Ice cream shop I heard about from Mabel.” He said, pointing over to Mabel.
“Oh, I'll go with.” Dipper said, standing up quickly and following.
After Dipper had said he'd go with more and more people had said that they wanted to go as well. So, in the end they all went out for ice cream, even the twins parents who kept asking Nightmare all these questions about himself. Dipper was surprised with how easily he was able to avoid some of the questions that he wasn't comfortable with answering. They obviously loved Mare already and Pacifica and Bill both glanced at each other, shrugging as they had barely spoken to the twins parents since arriving. Dipper and Mabel didn't seem to notice it though as they were equally absorbed in their own conversation about the adventures they had here. The only time they included anyone else in their conversation was when they said that they use to work here as a part time job.
After talking for a while Dipper had to stop talking to Mabel when his head felt as if it were splitting. Looking over to the blonde man he could tell that Bill was irritated and through his painful thoughts Dipper had to wonder if this was Bills doing. After meeting the blondes eyes he decided it was probably the ice cream giving him a headache.
“You okay?” Dipper asked Bill, knowing he was upset, his head getting worse for a moment before suddenly going away, Bill smiling to him.
“I'm fine, Pine Tree.” He said, kissing Dippers cheek and planting his spoon of ice cream in his own mouth before looking across the table at Mabel. “So, what kind fun things are there to do in this town?” He asked her.
“Oh man, there's mini golf, bowling, we can go to the movies, there are some shops around here.”
“The library.” Dipper added earning a scoff from Mabel after he said it.
“Bro, that is NOT fun. Bill wants to have fun not be bored as you run around like a dork with books that you've read a thousand times.” She said, rolling her eyes and nudging him gently, teasing him. “I say we go to the movies.”
Dipper leaned back in his chair, listening to them all talk about going to the movie he wasn't really interested in.
Thinking on how to get out of this he got his chance when he glanced over at Nightmare who simply mouthed. 'I'll go with you.' To Dipper before he excused himself, leaving Dipper to smile and quickly sneak out before the girls and Bill could make them go to the Romantic Comedy movie that they had decided on going to.
“How is your head?” Nightmare asked as they walked to the library, breaking the silence they had been walking in.
Dipper sighed and rubbed his head. “Was that you?” He had to question.
“No, but it was so painful I could feel it just by being near you.” He added planting a hand on Dippers arm. “Just keep yourself on guard around Bill.”
“Mare, why do you care so much? Why do you keep telling me to watch out for Bill. Aren't you two suppose to work together, I mean you are a demon too.” The brunette questioned.
The only response he got was a surprised look from Nightmare that only lasted seconds before he shrugged to the young man, not saying anything on the subject.
Watching him Dipper realized he was definitely hiding something from Dipper. Giving himself a mental note for later he knew he would have to figure out what he was hiding sooner or later.