~~~~~~~~~Your POV~~~~~~~~~

Today my siblings and I went to the town. I've had a few stressful days, and I did come here to spend time with them in the first place. Of course, Bill had to follow, but I had gotten used to him by this point.

They led me to a place called Greasy's Diner, it was small and a bit dirty, but the food smelled great!

We sat down at a booth, Bill sitting on my shoulder in his miniature form, clearly bored. Dipper had his knows in a book as usual while Mabel gushed over some guy she met at the supermarket yesterday. He boy obsessed had pretty much died off by now, but she would bounce back to that stage from time to time.

"Pretty weird on its own, if you ask me." Bill snickered, leaning against my neck as he crossed his legs in a proper manner.

I shot him a small glare, whispering as low as I could. "Bill, I swear to God, if you don't stop reading my thoughts..-!"

"What was that, (y/n)?"

Growing a bit pale, I put on the best smile I could. "O-oh, I was just saying to myself how weird this town is."

"Weird is an understatement." Dipper answered as he closed his book. "But when you've been here for a while, you learn to live with it's weirdness, as surprising as it can get."

"So... supernatural things really do exist, huh..?"

"Yep! We've fought a bunch of ghouls, ghosts, and goblins during our time here! It's so fun!!" Mabel cheered with a bright smile, which soon morphed into a small smirk as she leaned over to me, her voice a bit more quiet. "We even once defeated a demon!"

I heard Bill scoff in annoyance. "Sure, 'defeated'."

"A demon?" I tilted my head a bit.

They were about to speak, when suddenly the light above us broke, making me jump in surprise. I could hear Bill laughing, and I couldn't help but growl before turning back to my siblings. "Excuse me for a moment."

Once I locked myself in the bathroom, I grabbed Bill from my shoulder, forcing him to be face to face with me even though he was still tiny. "What the hell was that?!"

"Fun!"

"'Fun' my ass!! That could've burned the whole place!!"

"Ooh, that would've been awesome!"

"Cipher!!"

"Okay okay, calm down! I was just bored and wanted a bit of amusement. Watching you talk with Pinetree and Shooting Star is boring."

I rolled my eyes, he had nicknames for everyone, and I didn't understand most of them, but I usually just ignored them. Finally letting out a heavy sigh, I gave him a serious look. "Just please behave."

"Fiiiine, I'll behave." He sat back on my shoulder, crossing his arms with a huff like a small child.

However, as I walked out of the bathroom, I ended up crashing into someone, immediately backing away. "Sh-shoot, I'm so sorry!"

"N-no, it's alright, it was my fault."

I tilted my head a bit, a smile soon growing on my face. "Xavier?!"

The man standing before me, Xavier Grayson, was an old friend of mine from high school. We weren't that close back then, but we did have lunch together often. You know, those people who are only friends because they're in the same group of friends?

Xavier had dark red hair that was spiked up with gel, hazel eyes, light skin, and a few freckles above his nose. He was in the basketball team back then, a very athletic guy, and he was pretty nice with most people. He was that boy that everyone fell for back in high school, and yeah he was attractive, but he was always just a friend to me.

He smiled at me. "(y/n) Pines?! Wow, I haven't seen you in so long!"

"Heh, yeah, I've been pretty busy lately. What are you doing here?"

"I have a game this Friday." He pointed outside, where a few other men and women stood in front of a bus.

"So you're still playing basketball, huh?"

"Yep, preparing for the big leagues! You still studying (whatever it is you wanna study if you wanna study something, I choose English Literature UwU)?"

I rubbed the back of my neck with a small, awkward chuckle. "Trying to, at least. It's pretty exhausting though."

"Well, maybe you could tell me about it sometime, I'd love to catch up with you."

"Yeah, that sounds great! I'm gonna be here for a few more weeks."

"I'm leaving pretty soon, how about tomorrow around four in the afternoon, here?"

"Sure, I'll see you then!"

He gave me a smile and went to the bathroom, and I continued to walk to my table. As I did, I noticed Bill was glaring at the bathroom door, and I could even feel a heat of anger on my shoulder from him.

What was his deal?

When I sat down, Mabel was staring at me with a wide grin, familiar sparkles in her eyes.

Uh oh.

"Ooh~!! (y/n)'s got a boyfriend~!"

"Calm down, Glitter, he's not my boyfriend. He's just a guy I knew back in high school."

"Boyyyyfrieeeend~!!"

"Mabel."

"Do you think he's cute?!"

"I mean, yeah, he is. But that alone doesn't mean I like him."

"Learn from (y/n), Mabel." Dipper replied without looking up from his book, to which she puffed her cheeks with a huff.

That did remind me, I haven't really dated anyone since early high school. My last relationship ended pretty messy, the usual cheating story, and I haven't had the time to be with anyone ever since.

I do hope that can change at some point, it would be nice to share my life with someone.

Thanks for reading!!! 'Till next time!!!

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