It was torture. Just watching him, playfully throwing his hair back and showing his way too perfect body off in the pool was pure torture. I didn't know what was the deal with me for I shouldn't be feeling this way but after a whole hour of watching him flirting with every girl that crossed his way I had no other choice than to admit to myself I was jealous.

Jealousy, hot as fire started to eat up my heart and my entire body from the inside, leaving burning marks and destroying my mood.

What the heck was wrong with me? Why was I suddenly JEALOUS when Bill flirted with other girls?

While Dipper and I were still sitting at the bar he came over, seemingly joining the crowd that had emerged around Mabel, who instantly noticed him and tried to approach him but Bill surprisingly wasn't interested. Well, maybe that wasn't such a surprise after all since he knew her as one of the twins he encountered in Gravity Falls four years ago, but to Mabel it seemed weird. She usually got all the guys she wanted and now there was this beautiful stranger who seemed to be immune to her charm. She was pissed and her will to party was gone immediately.

Rather than flirting with Mabel Bill decided to join me and Dipper at the bar. A decision I hated, but that was probably the whole intention behind his action: to tease me. While Bill sat down beside me and ordered a drink - which I found very confusing since I had never seen him eating or drinking before, but he probably did that just to be able to sit there - Dipper carefully eyed him.

"Hey you, do I happen to know you?" he suddenly asked and I almost had a heart attack. Dipper wouldn't recognize the demon, would he?

Bill slowly turned his head and glared at the twin. "Not as far as I remember. Why did you assume that?"

"Oh, sorry..." Dipper seemed a little embarrassed. "I just thought...well, you remind me of someone else, but you're right, we don't know each other." He took a sip from his drink. "Who are you?"

"The name's William, you can call me Will for short." Bill answered. Well, that was close enough.

"I am Dipper." He shook Bill's hand. "And this is (Y/N), my girl-, ehm, I mean, friend." Dipper blushed very hard and didn't look at me.

Bill's gaze upon me was recognizable, even with his sunglasses on.

"Your girl-friend? You mean your girlfriend? Isn't she a little too hot for someone like you?"

I almost chocked on my drink. Dipper was flustered as well. "NO, no, she's not my girlfriend, we're just friends..." He blushed deeply and tried to avoid my gaze.

I couldn't help but blush as well. Did he just compliment me and insult Dipper in the same sentence? Yes, this pretty handsome stranger with the blonde hair, the tanned skin and the many tattoos was definitely Bill the mighty Cipher. There was no doubt.

"I am really not Dipper's girlfriend." I finally stated. "We're just friends, we met four years ago and since then me, him and his twin sister over there" I pointed a Mabel, "are best friends for life." As you perfectly know. I added in my head.

"Oh, well, lucky me then." Bill shrugged and moved a little closer. "Since you two are just friends, that means I can ask her whether she wants to join me in the pool?"

My cheeks turned red and I looked at Dipper, who seemed not pleased by the demon's offer.

"Uhm...no thanks...Will..." I finally managed to say but then Mabel who was suddenly standing behind me interrupted: "Don't take that seriously, she's just joking! She'd LOVE to join you! Just give us a second, she'll be there with you in a moment!" That's when she pulled me with her to a quieter corner of the deck.

"Are you insane?! I mean, you can't just turn down a guy who's that hot and obviously interested in you!" Mabel quietly shouted at me while shaking me.

"M-Mabel, he's n-not my type..." I tried calming her down but my words just heated her more up.

"Not your type?!? NOT YOUR FREAKING T Y P E?!? He is PERFECT, (Y/N), he didn't even want ME! This guy over there" she pointed at Bill who just jumped into the pool and now got up again, throwing his now wet hair back, the whole scene looked so perfect as if it was right from a Hollywood movie. "wants YOU. Just you. Now go and give him what he wants, okay? We talked about that last evening, didn't we? Summer romance? Anything? Go and get him before he loses interest in you!"

I couldn't say no to Mabel, even though I knew I definitely wouldn't >Go and get the guy< as Mabel said. I mean, I understood why she said that, for she had no idea who the beautiful stranger actually was. But I had to join Bill in the pool now. Mabel wouldn't let me do anything else.

Sighing I gave in and got into the water a lot less elegant than the demon before me. When I tried to throw my wet hair back just like Bill did I ended up messing it up even more so that it sticked to my entire face and covered my eyes and mouth.

Silently cursing I tried to remove it and probably looked like a total idiot for it took me more than a minute to get the hair out of my eyes.

When I finally could see again I found myself standing right in front of Bill who was of course laughing his butt off over me and my clumsiness.

"Just dive, Moonstone" he laughed. I cursed silently again. Why didn't I think of that?

When my head dived into the deep blue water my hair was finally all gone out of my face and when I got up again it was where it belonged.

Bill smirked. "What a clever girl you are!" Once again I had the urge to slap him but from the corner of an eye I noticed Mabel watching us that's why I needed to hold it back.

"Oh and besides, Moonstone, there's a karaoke event here tonight, wanna bring the twins along?"