IN HINDSIGHT, HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING.

dipper didn't believe in coincidences, but you absolutely blindsided him. he'd been expecting bill cipher, the author, robbie, even old man mcgucket, would cause trouble for him. but he'd written off gideon gleeful as a problem that was finally solved. he should have known you were too good to be true. you were gideon's cousin, and had showed up in gravity falls after gideon went to jail. something about helping your aunt and uncle stay afloat.

of course, no one in town trusted you, not after gideon was revealed to be a fraud and sent to jail. but damn it all if dipper pines didn't have a soft heart. you seemed so different from gideon, quiet, shy, you avoided the spotlight where gideon relished in it. when you'd come to him crying because someone was mean to you, he'd comforted you, hugged you. when you said you needed a job, he convinced gruncle stan to hire you. he'd defended you to friends and family, arguing that you were different than gideon. that you could be trusted.

he should have listened to mabel when she told him she'd caught you eyeing the journal. he hadn't. and now, not only was gideon free, he had the journal. whatever deal your cousin had made with you was reneged, however, as soon as he got hit hands on the journal. "just go on home, cousin. you got used too." gideon laughed as his father sped off, leaving you and dipper in the dust.

there was silence between you for a few minutes, with dipper just staring at the ground. a thousand feelings warring within him - hurt, anger, betrayal, frustration. he'd been played for a fool. deceived by a pretty face and big blue eyes. he cursed internally, before sighing and turning to you. "how could you, {{user}}? i trusted you."