Bill Cipher P.O.V

I return to Earth to see Dipper. I'm not sure why, but something seems off. Perhaps I am weary from my travels. I sum it up to nothing as I enter the Mystery Shack.

Stan and Ford looked pleased until I entered. They obviously loathe my very existence. It's not like I actually care. Neither of them is anything close to what I want when compared to my Pine Tree.

As I make my way up the stairs to the attic I can feel both of them smirk at me. They have obviously planned something, I'm just not sure what it is.

When I enter Dipper's room everything seems to be normal. I hug his waist from behind and smile. Normally he would smile and turn around, but he did not do that. This time he pushes me off and turns away.

I am not the best when it comes to deciphering emotions, so it is best for me to ask. "Pine Tree, is something wrong?"

He rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. I take this as a sign that he is angry or frustrated, but I do not know why. I do not know what has happened in the time I have been gone. By looking at the calendar I see that it is the same day.

"Oh no, nothing's wrong. All you did was disappear for a year with a small note as your only explanation. Everything is fine," he snaps.

Upon closer inspection of the calendar, I see that it has moved forward by exactly one year. The time I spent in the Do-Over Dimension has clearly lasted longer than I first thought. I know now of my wrongdoings.

"Dipper, I'm sorry. I was not aware of how long I had been gone. I was traveling through several different dimensions and time passes much more quickly. I never intended to be gone this long," I explain to him, trying to be as sincere as I possibly could.

He stands and faces away from me. I know that it will not be easy for me to make up lost time to him. It is going to be very difficult.

"I waited for you to come back. I counted days, then hours, then minutes. Today made one year and I finally stopped counting. I thought that if you didn't come back today then you never would. Now all of the sudden, after nothing but a note on that first day, you're back as if nothing happened. I've been miserable without you! I thought you left me! I thought," he pauses, "I thought that all of what you said and what we had was just part of your game," he tells me, making me hear the pain in his voice.

It makes my chest hurt to see Dipper in so much emotional pain. I realize that I have hurt him very badly.

"Dipper, I'm so sorry. I was in the Do-Over Dimension. It's nothing but time loops that drive even the most mentally stable of people mad. I wasn't aware of how long I had been gone. I'm not sure that I will ever be able to make up for that lost time, but I do love you. I'm not trying to toy with your emotions. You're the only thing I truly want."

He still refuses to look back at me. It hurts to know that he thinks I've hurt him intentionally. I would never do that to him.

"I'm not even sure any of it was real, on either end."

I'm not sure what he means by this. "What are you talking about?"

"The Summerween when you saved me from that vampire. I was so lonely during that time. I wished to have someone to love. That's when the vampire came along and told me that I would fall in love with the next person I saw. That person was you," he explains.

"Vampires cannot grant wishes, Pine Tree. It simply told you that so you would let your guard down. Vampires are sneaky creatures."

The room goes almost silent after that. I am not sure why. Dipper simply chooses not to say anything and I side with him. Only after a few moments does he break the silence.

"Just go," he says softly.

At this moment my heart feels as though it has dropped down to where my stomach would be. My Pine Tree, the one thing I truly love, is pushing me away. It hurts.

I feel like time has stopped. The clock has stopped ticking and the air feels cold. I can see my own breath and I feel myself growing colder every second. Rejection is cold, but rejection from Pine Tree makes me feel like ice.

I have never felt like this before and I don't know what to do. I simply just stand there in shock. My emotions make me feel like I am suffocating.

'I need Dipper to function.'