FINALLY! the first chapter is out. the chapter is quit longer than them from "the last year" so it can take a little longer to upload them. I also on my own now with the story, so please tell me if there are really big grammar fail.

I don't own Beetlejuice or the other character in this story. they belong to Tim Burton


somethings changes

Lydia woke up early the next day. It was a regular day and still it wasn't.
She looked beside herself and saw her best friend(newly boyfriend) sleep. But the fact was that her best friend was a ghost (correction; a Poltergeist) and they both have confessed their love to each other. There has been no denial that she loves Beetlejuice, but since the prom he has just... looks different.
He didn't look like someone in her father's age anymore... he almost look at the same age as her now. Even in the weak sunlight from her shuts certain, she could see it clearly. He still looked like himself with the blond hair, dark rings around his eyes, crooked teeth and dead pale skin... and yet, still he didn't.
For starters his hair was more messy and his hair-tuft was now closer to his face, even one of them almost hung down in his eyes. His jaw was now more dominant and she couldn't figure out he have lost weight or gained some around his shoulder and arms.
Lydia was a little confused over this. For she did fall in love with her 'old' best friend and now he was a handsome young him. She could feel she blushed for this thought.
Maybe it was not as early she has thought it was, for she could hear her parents begun to wake up and walked down to begin on the breakfast... and to Lydia's pure shock, Beetlejuice began to snore loud. Without thinking she throw one of her pillows right over his face, to make him quite.

"MhhMH!?" he woke up and began to fight against her way of silence him. He managed to get free and looked angry at her. "what the?!-" she attacked him again with her pillow to make him shut up.

"be quite!" she said angry at him "do you want my parents to find you?" he began to stop fighting against her and when she finally remove the pillow, he looked really grumpy at her

"thanks for almost suffocating me"

"it was the only way to make you quite" she gave back and sat down again with a sigh "how did you sleep?"

"I slept like a dead man" he joked and stretched his body full out, Lydia noticed that his beer(more beetle)belly was now smaller "heh, literally" he smirked to her. she rolled her eyes at him and he gave her a big grin back, that have not change.

"Lyyyydiaaaa!" Delia sang downstairs "breakfast is reeeeadyyy!

"coming mother" Lydia called back and looked at Beetlejuice "I better send you back"

"what? Without breakfast?" he whined teasing

"only if you want a really healthy breakfast" she teased back. he looked at her like she has told him to eat something really healthy like a carrot, he would like it if it was disgusting.

"no thanks! Then rather find something under a rock" he snorted and looked thoughtful up to the ceiling "hmm, sounds like a good idea though" she couldn't help but laugh at him and said his name three times to send him back to the Neitherworld.

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As she has suspected (when she came down fully redress), both her parents wanted know everything there has been happening at the prom. She has known from the start that it was best not telling them the whole truth, beside no one would believe her if she told she has been dancing with a dead guy. So she told them that she meet this guy(they lucky didn't ask for a name) with blond hair and green eyes.
very attractive dark-green eyes. She blushed again over this thought; was is just her or was that beginning to be a habit for her today?

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Even if the summer vacation has only begun and she saw her yesterday, Lydia decided to visit Bertha and she quickly found out that Prudence also was with her too.

"so how is your relationship with B.J going?" Bertha asked while she looked in her loving magazine of hot or just famous boys.

"we have barely been together for one day and you're already asking me how it is going?" Lydia asked with a raise eyebrow, but couldn't help but smile over the word 'boyfriend' towards Beetlejuice.

"I was just wondering, because new couples usually spends all their time together" Bertha kept going

"we do" this was not a lie, they spent most of her childhood and teen years together in the Neitherworld. "he just needs some personal space, that's all" she said and hoped that didn't sound too silly.

"Personal space? Like, that is the most stupid excuse I have ever heard" the three girls heard behind them, just hearing that voice was enough knowing who that was.

"hallo Claire" Lydia said monotone and narrow her eyes to the almost full bare skinned old teen in front of her. If Lydia didn't change her dark and somewhat spooky dressing choice, Claire has done the completely opposite. In their older years Claire has begun take less and less clothes on her, making Lydia think her as a stripper when she now looks at her.
"it not stupid not gluing up to each other all the time. you know, giving some breathing space" Lydia said smart and could slap herself for the word 'breathing' for it was only her there needed to breath of those two.

"hm? Oh whatever" Claire said with her attention on the mirror she always walked around with "I don't even think that... I mean like that boy, has ever told that he loves you. I don't even think he has kissed you" she mocked Lydia fully.

"he has!" Lydia shouted angry and thought embarrassed that it was her there has stated the kissing and accidentally drunk him under the table there made him confess his true feeling for her "he did it under the prom"

"yeah right Deezt" Claire huffed with a evil smile "he's not like, here right now, so that most means that he like, have something better to do" she make a wave with her blond hair and walk away like she thought she own everything "ta-ta"

"Grr that Claire!" Lydia hissed and walked away from Bertha and Prudence "I show her!" the two other girls look at each other with odd looks. Not sure why their dark haired friend got so worked up over Claire's words.

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Lydia walked mad home and sat outside on the other side of the house. She was so angry that Claire was maybe right in some things in her and Beetlejuice's relationship. For if they was truly together will he not has spent more time with her today?

"hey babes!" Beetlejuice appeared as a beetle beside of her "there is a place in the Neitherworld I gonna show ya! You gonna love it"

"Beetlejuice, I'm not in the mood right now" she said without looking at him. Lydia was a little upset over he only show up now.

"not in the mood?" he asked dump and then said while almost jumping around in his beetle form "then this will cheer you up! Come on come on come on"

"Beetlejuice no... I need to think here"

"think?! Why will you do that?" he didn't give up "come on babes, it gonna be fun-"

"I said no, Beetlejuice!" Lydia said harsh to him and he appeared in his ghostly form beside her, she has said his name three times... with or without her knowing.

"okay... wanna tell me what's bugging ya?" he asked instead

"Claire"

"what?! I thought I scared her to next Saturday" he juiced a sign with the words 'Saturday' on it and showed it to her.

"it is Saturday today" Lydia told him, he came with a "oh" and she sighed and looked at him "Beej? Can I kiss you?"

"kiss me? Why will you suddenly want to do that?" Beetlejuice raised an eyebrow for that question as if he found it weird.

"because we are lovers, aren't we not?" she asked back, also with a raised eyebrow. He looked like he got scared of that thought;

"Lovers?! No, we can't be tha-"

"WHAT?!" Lydia snapped at him, hurt for what he just said "I'm I not good enough for you, like the rest you have been with?!"

"that's not what I meant!" he quickly defended himself and said with a weak smile "you are still my little Lyds-"

"little Lyds?! You still sees me as a child, don't you Beetlejuice? Didn't you hear me what I said to the prom?! I am 18!" she yelled at him, hating that he could not see her as more than a friend or a child.

"but-" he tried with wide eyes over her rage.

"Beetlejuice I am an adult now! I am grown up and you need to do the same!" she pointed him right in the chest "I even too old to believe in ghost!" Lydia saw his unbelievable hurt face when she said the last part. She has hurt him more than it was her attention. She realized what she have done and instantly felt guilty
"Beetlejuice, I-" but he was gone when she by an accident have said his name for the third time.

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Lydia didn't call him out the next two days because she too has been hurt of his rejection to their relationship. three days after those other two, she still has not called him out was because she didn't have time for her parents wanted her help with moving some of Dalia's heavier art and Charles back couldn't take it, mostly his nerves couldn't hold to his wife choice of art.
On the sixth day after she has sent him back, she wanted to say sorry to him, but her plans got ruined(again) because her parents wanted go on a family vacation.
"what?" Lydia asked with open mouth when they told her their plans.

"thaaaat's right" Delia sang happy and clapped in her hands exiting "we are going to a relaxing place with a spa, massage and a nice restaurant"

"it says here in the brochure, that the only thing you will be able to hear is the bird songs and sound of the water" Charles said smiling and showed her the brochure "it sounds as a really good place to relax" Lydia didn't want to go. She just knew she would get bored in less than a hour, maybe she could ask Beetlejuice to come with or he would probably beg her to come along... but she has a feeling he will not be coming right now, if she asked him. she got a feeling that he was in a bad mood from the last time they saw each other and how she send him away.
So she tried another tactic;

"but dad, mom. We are always home and fixing the house in this time of the summer vacation"

"oh we wanted to try some new this year" Delia waved off and look thoughtful "and we thought that maybe Mister Beetleman could fix the house, while we were gone but he didn't answer when I rang to him"

no wonder... Lydia though sarcastic, it was her fault and also a little his own fault that he wasn't here right now... she really needed to make it up between them again. She always hated when they have been in a fight. Suddenly an idea hit her
"I could take care of the house" both parents look odd at her "it sounds really nice that place, dad, but I would get bored after a day" Lydia looked pleading on her dad "and you have always told me learn responsibility, so could this not be a good chance for me learning it?"

"oh that sound like a great idea!" Delia cheered and almost began jumping around "our little girl have learned to be responsible"

"I don't know Delia-" Charles began unsure

"oh Charles. She is not a child anymore" Delia narrowed her eyes at her husband and walked over to some paper where she wrote something down "we just give her some notes she should follow, if she need anything"

"okay... but our vacation will only be on two weeks then" Charles ended the conversation with his last word. That was more than Lydia could dare wishing for and the best thing was... she was home alone to her and Beetlejuice's fifth anniversary.

Beetlejuice was not in the world's greatest mood right now, right now he sat in his couch and have it bad for himself... the only fight he could think of there has been so bad as this one, were his bad side had ran amok in Peaceful Pines and Lydia has only yelled at him once or twice to convince him to clean up after his own mess. He have just snapped with his fingers so all was good as new...
but this time she has stepped hard on his pride and feelings for her.

"apologize to her"

"no" Beetlejuice said and took his own heart out there have been speaking to him "I was not the one who said something wrong here"

"you too stepped on her feelings. Where should she know how you treated Ghoul's women before her?" his heart asked smart-ass back

"shut up" Beetlejuice growled "why am I even talking to ya, you good for nothing?"

"without me, you can't love her" his heart gave back. He did love Lydia, but he was just too proud to admit it "so just apologized to her would ya?"

"shut up..." he said low and stuffed the heart back into place. It would probably keep bugging him the rest of the day.
Suddenly he felt Lydia called to him and he did nothing to prevent popping into her bedroom, she wasn't there

"down in the living-room" he heard her call. He took a quick look around after her parents, but since she used his real name(he could guess they wasn't here) he just stepped outside the room and downstairs he found himself before her
"hey Beej" she said soft.

"where are your parents?" he asked her

"on a vacation... I take care of the house" she said with arms behind her back and still with a weak smile.

"you're house sitting?" his magic made him sit on a house and he couldn't hold his tongue anymore "why didn't you just go with them? You don't even want to be my friend anymore"

"that's not true Beetlejuice..." she walked over to him, who have juice himself down from the house and out of nowhere she kissed his lips so soft that he was close to flip himself and all the new love feelings blazed inside of him. He stood completely frozen(not literally) on the spot until she broke the kiss "I still love you-"

"yeah right!" he snapped back and felt more hurt than before. First she almost stabbed him down with words and now she kisses him?! He heard his heart was close saying something, but he hit his chest hard to make it shut up. Lydia narrowed her eyes at him and said;

"why can't you just-" he angrily cut her off

"what? Grow up? If you haven't notice Lydia, I AM an grown up!" he sneered and took one step over to her.
She has never been scared of him, not even when his eyes began to turn toxic green. He mocked; "and that was just the most amateur kiss I have ever tried" she scowled at him, but it was quickly turned into a wide-eyed surprise look, when he took her in his arms and lower her so she look right into his face
"THIS, Lydia Deetz. Is a real kiss" he kissed her passionately and it was really rare he did that to anyone, so she should consider herself lucky. He pushed her face away from his, when he felt she began to melt (not literally) in his arms. He looked both satisfied over her look and bitter over to giving her one of those kisses. He made her stand on herself, before he in one jump around five feet away from her.
"better remember how to breath, before you're joining my side" he said in a mocking, but still concerned tone for he didn't hear her breath. She inhaled quickly air to his relief. "why did you call me back? You don't even believe in ghosts anymore" he asked her hurt

"Beej..." Lydia said to him soft, probably still affected by his kiss, she began turning more serious again "I said I was too old believing in ghosts. I didn't say I didn't believed in ghost" he couldn't hold a snort back and crossed his arm in a really immature way

"so what am I, your imaginary friend?"

"no you're not!" she snapped angry back and when she made herself relax again before she continued more soft "you are my best friend and how can I ever seen you as a imaginary friend?" he snorted again, he was still not convince enough to forgive her "Beetlejuice. The Nietherworld is like a second home for me. I will never forget Jacques, Ginger, the Monster across the street, Poopsie... and I will never forget or leave you" the only thing he did was raising an eyebrow when Lydia came over to him "I love you..." she tried seeing he allowed to be kissed again. Beetlejuice was actually glad she did that and learned into her, so he both got a cheek-kiss and a hug.

"so I am still your best friend?" he asked her still unsure over all of this

"yes" Lydia said and gave him a weak smiled "I'm sorry for what I'm said to you. You just... well, caught me on a bad time" he gave a weak smile back: telling her he forgave her. She looked down at the floor "I guess Claire is the fault for that..." he was sure his heart right now make it's own victory dance in his chest, but she was still sad and he couldn't stand seeing her sad or upset and the best way to make her happy again was to make her laugh

"Does that mean I can still do this?" he waved with his hand so they both floated in the air. She smiled glad and nodded 'yes' "or this? Or what about this one" he turned his head into a monster-face; she giggled and right after he spun his head with a pinched scream and she laughed loudly.

"you can do all of those things" she laughed and looked at him with sunset eyes there sparkled "so... will you house-sitting with me?"

"anything you want babes" he said with a toothed grin.

Lydia was still startled over the kiss Beetlejuice gave her the afternoon before. She knew he only did it to make his point or maybe showing her he was more grown up than he acted. She touched her lips with her fingers, he has never kissed her like that before... he has never kissed her before now, the others has been her doing. She turned around to look at BJ there laid beside of her with his face up to the ceiling. She figure out he only snored when he was half awake and right now he was fast asleep. Lydia move herself closer to him
I wonder if I can startle him with a kiss? It should be easy now
she moved so close to him, so close that she had her chest against his, maybe she just could scare him by looking at him? She never succeeding make any of her moves, for right then Beetlejuice eyes flew wide open and she got so startled of this that she quickly tried to move away, but with a inhuman speed he held her down.

"don't move" he said soft and that make her stop moving completely... she has never heard him talk like that and it made her blush quite a bit over he said something soft to her. He looked like he just got a shot of Ecstasy, the pupil in his eyes covered almost his whole green iris. he laid his head down on the pillow again and he looked like he surely was in the seven heaven.

What going on? Why is he reacting this way? It's not like he has ever hugged me before
"Beej?" she asked him and was not sure he could hear her, he suddenly let go of her and she took the changes to move away from him "Beej? What is wrong with you?"

"your heart" he said soft again, still with closed eyes "I could feel it..." he took his hand up to his chest and she understood what he meant... he felt her heartbeat and it most have felt like his own for a second

Lydia had once asked Beetlejuice if ghost could dream and he have answered that they could and those dreams was mostly of old memories (that's how they could keep remember things for such a long time) and dreams and nightmares there make no sense like humans. Right now Beetlejuice has a 'make no sense dream', for he dreamed that he ran up and down some stupid stairs to find his feet... really stupid dream.
it was common he saw or heard a heart in his dream... but feel it?! Beetlejuice eyes flew wide open, when he realized it wasn't a dream. He could feel heartbeat in his chest!
Without even thinking he pulled the thing down to him with the heartbeat... it was Lydia... it was her heart he felt. He couldn't even describe how it felt for him and he think it scared Lydia a little to see him like that, so he let go of her and quite to his disappointment she moved away from him.

"Beej? What is wrong with you?" he heard her asking

"your heart... I could feel it"

"I'm sorry?" even he could hear that she was unsure she should be sorry or not

"don't be" he said and looked almost dreamy up at the ceiling "oh man, you can do that to me some more"

"why...why did you react like that?"

"you have no idea, how a heartbeat feel on a dead guy" he looked over to her and spread his arms out, inviting to a hug "can you do it again?" he ask quite to her. Lydia look unsure and hesitated at first but she did come over and lay beside of him. He couldn't stop to readjust her a little, so he could feel the now faster heartbeat in his own chest. If he knew this sooner, he will have nothing against sleeping beside her in the early years.

"how does a heartbeat feel on a dead guy?" she asked him.

"like a zillion dollars" he said back, Lydia giggled at him. Her heartbeat was too good "I could get use to sleep like this"

"really?" she look right into his eyes, those damn beautiful sunset eyes

"really Lyds" and he gave her a passionately kiss right on her lips. It startled her at first, when she melt in his arms. He was pretty sure they both fall asleep like that, in each others embrace.

the days after Lydia and Beetlejuice still acted like they have always do around each other but every time they got to close to each other or he hugged her more closely he usually did, Lydia blushed highly. She couldn't help it anymore. She has quickly figure out he was more happy to give her hugs because of the little incident with he felt her heart last night.
One day Lydia walk silent over to the playground and saw a really silly sight.

"come out here you little teeth-snack!" the ghost yelled with his whole torso down in the tree's (Lydia has named Spooky)hole there reminded of a mouth with only the ghost's feet could be seen. It really looked like Beetlejuice was close to be eaten by the tree.

"hallo Beetlejuice's legs" she laughed. Beetlejuice head came up and looked odd at her "it looks like Spooky is trying to eat you"

"he can try and I will juice him to splinter!" the ghost yelled with his head again down in the mouth "come, out, of, there you little flea!"

oh! he is on beetle hunt thought Lydia amused and said wise to him;
"why don't you just turn into something smaller" Beetlejuice fully disappear down in Spooky's mouth and seconds later there was heard a loud crunch. A striped weasel came out with beetle legs around the mouth
"haha. So? No food in the Road house again?" Lydia was forced to hold her stomach, because she laughed so much.

"not even a beetle under a stone!" the weasel whined and turned back to Beetlejuice with a grumpy look "that bone-breath took all my money form my secret place!-"

"the secret place under you bed?" she asked him teasing. He huffed and acted like he has no idea what she was talking about.

"he used it all to that stupid rent and now I don't even have any money to-" he stopped himself by slapping his hand on his mouth. Lydia raised a eyebrow for that. He tried to save it; "toiaarr... hey! What about you take with me to the Neitherworld and let the house sit on it's own for one day?" he has something up in his sleeves but she acted like she didn't knew that and shrugged;

"okay. What do you have in mind?"

"we could get some money from some suckers to one of those contests there are going on right now" he smiled nasty and licked around his mouth over the thought of money.

"Beetlejuice" she said with her hands on her hips

"two more time and we can flip the whole Neitherworld" he snickered, she make a mentally note that she will keep a good eye on her friend... or boyfriend-agh! She didn't know what they were to each other anymore. She said quickly his names two more time;

"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"

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"looks like they knew you will come today, Beej" Lydia smiled when on almost every contest places have a sign where there stood "Beetlejuice no exit" and the places there didn't have a sign, have a big bodyguard instead. The poltergeist has already been thrown out four times, so he was pretty grumpy and sour.

"hmpf! they don't know what they are missing" he mumbled low. A smile return on his face "we could always try to sneak in and-"

"my! What a beauty!" a voice was been heard behind them. They turned around and saw a blue-skinned Ghoul with a gray smoking standing behind them.

"huh? Who is he talking about?" BJ asked dump and looked stupid around, Lydia glared evil at him.

"you, my girl; is a true sight for sour eyes" the two friends looked surprised at him and looked at each other "do you sign up to a beauty contest?"

"ehm no I-" Lydia blushed.

"she is now" Beetlejuice said and popped up beside of the Ghoul "hey, how are ya doing. Her manager, good to meet ya" the ghoul looked foul at Beetlejuice at first(he surely already knew who he was) but he(tried) smiled to them both

"excellent!" the ghoul clapped in his hands and make them both go with him "come with me and I will show you, your dressing room" Lydia noticed that the Ghoul kept looking weird at her. It creeps her out.

"BJ, I don't think this is a good idea" she said low to her ghost companion "you know I have stages fright"

"don't worry babes" he eased her with his eager voice and yelled to the ghoul "hey! How big is this contest?"

"not so big but the price is good" he said with eyes on Lydia again

"see? Only very few will look at you and we are both out again" Beetlejuice said to her and claps her confident on the shoulder.

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"hey babes! Are you ready? I heard that you have been in there a really long time" Beetlejuice called on the other side of her dressing door

"I'm not coming out" she said simply and look at what they have forced her in. she showed way to much skin after her own taste.

"wha'cha matter? The shoes try to bite back?" he joke and opened the door

"Don't come in!"
too late. He looked straight at her with wide eyes. She has tired to hide so much of her body she could. Before she knew it Beetlejuice putted his jacket over her shoulder, blushing she looked up and saw he look really pissed.

"are she done yet?" the ghoul came in "why does she-"

"what the hell is that?!" Beetlejuice snapped at him and pointed with red-tipped(more claw right now)finger at her. "you said it was a beauty contest, not a strip bar!"

"it is" he said calm back "can you say to her that she need to remove that ugly jacket and-"

"she shall have more clothes on!" BJ growled now and walked right over to a head taller ghoul "I will not let her walk out like that!"

"I think not, Beetlejuice" the ghoul smirked nasty and looked over to Lydia so it ran cool down at her spine "isn't she the breather there follows you everywhere? People will pay good money to see living flesh on the scene, because they are so rare here in Neitherworld"

"I will not allow that!" Beetlejuice yelled protective, the ghoul looked mocking at him;

"isn't she old enough to take care of herself?" he took now really many money up in front of Beetlejuice face "beside... I will pay really good money for it" Lydia knew that Beetlejuice will sell his own brother out if he got enough money for it, so she feared he will do the same with her. To her pure surprise he slapped the money out of the ghouls hand, so they fell down on the floor

"I will never sell my best friend out, you dirt-bag!" Beetlejuice growled dangerous and suddenly took the ghoul in the neck and lifted him up from the ground, when he took flight "so fuck off before I juice your useless ass to the Saturn!" he let go of the frightened ghoul there quickly ran out off the door as fast his leg could carry him. Beetlejuice landed on the floor again with a mocking snort.

"Beetlejuice...?" she has never seen him so protecting over for her and it made her some kind of way happy "thank you" she said soft to him

"MONEY!" he suddenly yelled and most have snapped out of his protecting state and his greed returned. He quickly collected all the money the ghoul has left on the floor "and it's all mine!" she blinked over the sudden changes, but then she laughed while she shook her head;

"I should have guessed..."

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"glad that's part is over" Lydia said when they both was back in her parents house "now I just want to have some of my own clothes on me again"

"you said it babes" Beetlejuice said and floated in a more relaxing position while he counted the money in his hands "now I have enough money to buy a new car"

"I surely hope not, you will do that to Doomie" she scowled warned to him

"do you think I will do that?"

"yes"

"aw babes you know me too wel-" he stopped up in his talk and sounds like something was stock in his throat

"what is it Beetlejuice?" she asked him concern and was close to turn around

"don't. Turn. Around" he said and looked at her with wide eyes, she realized he was looking at her. Without even thinking about it, she has dressed herself off right in front of Beetlejuice. She got a completely blushing red head over this and none of them knew how they should get out of this one. she felt herself really expose for this. Beetlejuice wide his eyes even more when he realized what he was doing and he looked like he was going got get a panic attack. In inhuman speed he snapped his finger, so she has her night-clothes on and he was gone in a flash.

"Beetlejuice wait!" she called after him but he didn't hear her on the other side.
Oh no... not again she thought sad. It was too late to find him now and explain or maybe ask him about somethings, so she walked to bed.
"I'm pretty sure that no one else has a so complicated relation, as I have right now" she sighed in her bed and closes her eyes to sleep.

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The next day she has taken directly to the Neitherworld when she has done the daily things in the house, to find Beetlejuice and hope to find him before the 'misunderstanding' have make to much damage.

"hey Jacques! Have you seen Beetlejuice?" she called then see saw the skeleton Jacques was close to run one of his joking trips.

"Iv saw him foor a moment ago" Jacques said and looked back to the Road house "but the uodd thing iz that Iv hav not zeen him much in twov weeks"

"that because he helps me house-sit my parents house" she quickly explained

"Beeataljuize iz helping you?" he asked surprised

"more like keeping me company" she shrugged and waved bye to him "well, I need to find him. See you later" Lydia quickly opened the front door to the Road house and looked inside "B.J? Are you in here?... wow what have happen here?" the whole place looked more trashed than it usually did, it really look like there have been a war inside. She saw Ginger look lost at the mess with a hopelessly look. "hi Ginger. What has happen in here?"

"it was Beetlejuice. He kept trying to make something out in the kitchen and suddenly the whole thing just break lose" Ginger said and looked cranky at the whole mess "and then Scozzo came and-"

"Scozzo the clown? Oh no, that's why it looks like they have been a war in here. That because there have been a war in here" Lydia still didn't knew where her friend was and it was clearly he was not here "did you see where Beetlejuice went off too?"

"after the clown" she said "he took something from Beetlejuice, he didn't want him to take"

"and I only know one place clowns holding to" Lydia mumble and ran over to Doomie to get him to drive her over to the circus.

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Over at the circus she heard there was a new war inside full ahead. She quickly ran inside to see what happen and she has to duck immediately when a cream-scream pie came flying. She saw the ghost and the clown in a battle against each other, it was not first time she has seen those two battle but it was first time it looked like it was Scozzo there have the upper-hand.

"give it back Soczzo!" Beetlejuice sneered jumped after the clown there was pretty fast (even he was so small) away from the ghost fingers

"oh it really that important to you?" Scozzo laughed mockingly and look at a little not-so-good gift-wrapped box "ahahaa! So what is it? I didn't knew you gave gifts to a new lovers of yours?"

"Lyds in NOT(Lydia felt hurt over this statement) my lover! she is my best friend" the ghost yelled and reckless ran after the clown there stood with something behind his back "give, it, back!"

"Beetlejuice!" Lydia quickly warned him, unfortunately she made him look the wrong way and down at her.

"Lyds?!" his eyes wide when he saw it was her.

"uhh, look who is joining the party" Scozzo laughed and took the scream-cream pie, he had behind his back up "here girl, take a pie" he threw it right against Lydia there quickly jumped in cover behind a bigger cake... with a time bomb in it. She wide her eyes in shock and without thinking she quickly throw herself down on the ground, right before the cake explode

"Lydia!" Beeltejuice cried out when he couldn't see Lydia for the cake mess all around "okay! No more mister nice ghost! IiiiiT'S SHOWTIME!" Lydia couldn't see what Beetlejuice did, but she could hear that it was now Beetlejuice there has the upper-hand. Soon after there was silence. She slowly stood up with cake all over her "hey Lyds, you okay down there?"

"yeah... what was that all about?" she said and began to brush the cake off her, BJ teleported beside of her and helped her to get the worst cake off, some of it he ate.

"that clown have tried to ruin my surprise party to you the whole day!" he grumbled loud and look at the exploded cake "I even tried to make you a stupid real world cake! she looked surprised at him;

"you tried to make me a cake?"

"yeah... but well... Scozzo saw it as a good laugh and put some explosion in it... have tried to take it out from it since he took it... but well... I got distracted by his insults" Beetlejuice mumbled and continued to either looking down in the ground or kick to some of the cake. He has never been good to explain himself but she understood what he meant and gave him a hug.

"thank you Beej!" she looked at the cake with a frown "but why is the cake green?"

"because there are toe-jam in it" he said like it was the simplest thing in the world

"Beetlejuice. That is not real world recipe!" she giggled at him

"then it was the closest thing I could find there looks like butter!" he quickly defended himself. He looked from the cake to the half unconscious Scozzo. A evil smile came over his face "hey, since the cake is already ruin" he let go of Lydia and took some of the cake up from the ground and rolled it into a ball, Lydia quickly got his drift
"why not make a cake thrower of it? HEY CLOWN! TAKE A CAKE!" Scozzo has not even open his eyes fully before he got cake right into his face. The two companion keep throwing cake after him until he as fast as he could bailed out without looking back.

"haha. We really 'cake' him" Lydia laugh and brush the cake off her and look curious at her friend "what was it he took from you?"

"oh...here" he took the box up and gave it to her "happy anniversary Babes"

"you...? oh my gosh, I forgot it's our anniversary today!" Lydia have first now realized that it was their anniversary today... she felt so bad for have forgot something, she has always been after him for.

"you? Forget?" but it look like it only amused Beetlejuice highly and he said with his British accent "well why my dear, can you forget a day so important as this day of our friendship? You most in is so much shame in yourself"

"knock it off Beej, I will buy you something later today" Lydia said with narrow eyes, but she did smile back to him. She open the box "waow a spider-necklace! It almost look like my spider brooch!" she took it around her neck and thought it fit really good to her spider-dress "uh I could kiss you for that" before she could do that, he silent stop her with a raise hand.

"wait with that till we are back in your place... I need to explain some things for you" he sounded(oddly) serious, so she didn't argue and said;

"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" back in her room, Beetlejuice first look down in the ground, looking like a child there knew he has done something wrong, he look up in her eyes and said;

"I don't want us to be lovers" it make her sad over this statement, but ask anyway;

"why not?"

"because I don't to see my best friend as one of them" he said to her and narrow his eyes a bit when he said 'one of them'. It hit her what he meant

"so best friend is better than lovers?" she ask him so be sure

"it is in my book" a black-green striped book appeared in his hand, he throw it away from him and it disappeared.

"so why did you ran yesterday?" she ask confused, she have really believed that he will never see her again.

"hehe... you took me off guard" he said sheepish and took his hand behind his back, he almost look like he blushed "didn't expect that you suddenly will do that"

"took the ghost with the most off guard? Most be a rare sight" she tease him, he raise a eyebrow at her in a 'don't-expect-to-see-that-again' look. Lydia ask him more serious and nervous "Beej... don't you want me to be more than you little Lyds?"

"you are still my little Lyds" he said with a confident smile and walk over to give her a hug

"you know what I mean" she whispered in his arms. He was silent for a while before he ask her with a low voice;

"...can we just keep by staying best friends?"

"we are more than that now and you know it" she said to his face, he look scare over something "are you scared it won't work?"

"I'm not scared. I only... well... kinda..." he trailed off and tried again "I don't want to lose ya babes. Best thing there are happen to me and all" he mumbled the last and look at her with hope in the eyes "we can still be friends if this won't work, right?"
she knew that it will be really difficult to return as friends after have taken a so big jump in a relationship, but she could see it will mean a lot to him, so she said with a weak smile;

"sure Beej" she began to blush over the way he was hugging her.

"let us take it slow, okay?" he said more soft to her

"snail slow or Beetle slow?" Lydia teased him to make the tense aura go away, she make a small squeak when he learn her down again, so she saw right into his unbelievable over-living green eyes.

"whatever you want babes" he said soft to her. This was it... she was the one now who decided how far she will go in this.. it she didn't want to, he won't do it. She also knew he have far more experience that she have, so she want to learn it right from him.

"kiss me... learn me how to do it right..." she whispered nervous. He smiled big to her and gave her a teasing kiss on the cheek.

"you don't need to learn that. you already give some there can make a dead guy feel alive again" Beetlejuice said soft to her, his eyes narrow when he realized something "but for Pete's sake babes, remembered how to breath!" she quickly began to breath again and she gave him a sly smile back and wrap her arms around his neck.

"only if you will begin to call me your girlfriend" she said to him, best friend was maybe good enough for him but not fer her.

"girlfriday?" he teased back.

"girlfriend. Say after me; girlfriend"

"say after me; girlfriend" he mimic her voice

"close enough" she said smiling but still role her eyes of his silliness

"close enough"

"knock it off!"

"okay" he said with his own voice again and lean close to her face again, so she was really close to forget how to breath again "now what about that kiss you promise me?"

"I didn't promise you anything" she tried to tease him with her whispering voice, he got a big grin for that. "but I think I give you one anyway" she learn closer to give her best friend... no, boyfriend a kiss. He did manages to say before her lips touch his;

"kisses... y'know I love them" she couldn't hold a small laugh back and he gave her a kiss there was even better than the first he gave her. She was completely lost in his lips and he gently lift her a little up, so her fast beating heart was against his still heart. She heard him drone exited over this and she love everything he did, even if it was just some little kiss... a kiss there could make the dead feel alive and a living feel more alive. Everything was just perfect right now.

"Lyyyyydiaaa! We are hoooomee!" Delia's voice was suddenly heard from downstairs. Both jump of shock over this for they was one day too early.

"Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice" Lydia said as quickly as she could and she landed on the floor with a little bump when he disappeared back to the Neitherworld

"argh come one babes! It was just beginning to be good!" she heard him whine from the other side of the mirror. She couldn't help but laugh over this moment they have shared together. But she knew they will come more of those, so right now she just smiled sweet back to him before she walked out of her room to meet up with her parents to hear how their vacations has been.
It have been a little difficult, but from friends to a couple felt more normal than she thought it could be.


this chapter was only made a lot later, for the second chapter was good, but didn't tell things I need to mess out. well not much to say here. Beetlejuice and Lydia try to figure out they new love to each other and something like that