"It all started when my dad bought a house in new england from a family friend of the people who owned the house before they were killed in a fatal car crash. Mu dad was under a lot of stress from his work and needed a place to relax, we were living in new york, it was Me, my Dad and Delia my step mother, My Dad remarried after my Mom, My real mom past away, I didn't like the idea of him remarrying because Mom would have been replaced.
so we moved and that was just the beginning, we moved into a haunted house, the owners who had it before us, the maitlands, they didn't want to be dead and they didn't want anyone elseliving in their house, they tried their damnest to frighten us away but it didn't work, Dad and Delia didn't believe in ghosts so they weren't able to see them, I believed so I could see them and after we talked we became good friends, they understood me, on my level, but there were three problems.
I was living and they were dead and there were rules of the living and the dead living together, that was the first problem, those were the first two problems, the third one was a ghost that had been haunting their house before they died, a trouble maker, wanted nothing more than have people suffer, and to marry me, a man whose name cannot be spoken aloud three times, Betlegeuse.
we managed to get rid of him and after introducing to my now believing parents to the ghosts who were haunting the house we all became friends and we lived together and I'd come home to my two friends Adam and Barbara."
Lydia wrote in her Journal explained everything that had happened to her in the past year, it was true, everything she had just written about in her journal was all true, and it still was, she was still living in the same house as two ghosts with her parents as well, everyday when she got home from school they would talk, and they would show her how the model of the town was going that when Adam was alive with his wife Barbara was building and would change when the town would change, it was like they had their own way of watching it, it calmed him, so Lydia would take pictures of any changes the day it would happen and they would changes the model of the town.
Lydia's stepmother was an artest, and ever since the Betlegeuse episode happened she had been scolping him, even though what had happened had basically scarred Charlies Lydia's Father and Deila's husband for life, and her Uncle as well, she continued to scolp him.
The Maitlands and the Deetzes lived pretty good together, sometimes the maitlands had to leave they were called to the other side for business and a quick review with their afterlife case worker who would update them on how things were going how long they had before they moved on to the other side.
One day Lydia got home from school to find Delia scolpting she looked up at her step daughter "Hi Honey, Welcome home." She said to her, Lydia smiled "Hi Delia" she said "where are Adam and Barbara?" She asked putting her bag away and hanging up her school jacket, "They were called on business to the other side, but they told me to tell you to go wait upstairs in the attic for them, because they'll be back soon." Delia told her, Lydia smiled " Okay, I guess I'll go wait." She told her and headed upstairs to the attic.
On the other side, known as the Netherworld, Adam and Barbara were in a meeting with their afterlife caseworker Juno.
"W-what?...but Juno...we were told that...that it would be another 125 years before we could move on to the next world..." Barbara said as she sat next to Adam in the office of Juno who was sitting behind her desk smoking, smoke poured out of a slit in her throat. "I know, but a lot has happened since then, it's been a whole year, and you've been on good behavior." Juno explained to them as more smoke poured out of her throat.
"Are you trying to tell us that we can leave earth and go to the next world?" Adam asked leaning over the desk, Juno Nodded. "That's exactly what I'm saying, you went from wanting to scare the new people in your house out to wanting them to stay, it's time you moved on." she told them, Barbara and adam looked at each other sadly. "What's the matter? I thought you'd be happy to hear this." Juno said taking a huff on her cig.
"W-we are...but what about Lydia? we can't just leave her behind..." Barbara said, Juno looked at them, "Look I know how hard this can be but...you're dead and she's alive, the only way this is going to work is if she died." Juno said, the couple looked at each other worried, they never wanted anything to happen to Lydia, Ever. so what were they going to do?
"You have a choice though." Juno said, and they looked up at her. "You could continue to stay 125 years on earth, where everyone around you slowly grows older and either dies or gets killed anyway...or you could go on to the next life. Look, all I'm sayin' is you have your whole after life ahead of you, you'll never change, the people around you will die anyway, why sit around in that old house, and watch it happen when you can be somewhere else happy? haven't you wanted to get out of there for awhile now?" Juno asked, the two looked at each other, they didn't really know what to say.
Lydia sat upstairs in the attic for quite sometime waiting around for Adam and Barbara, she got up from sitting and looked around the attic at all of the old stuff up there, from all of the times she had been to that attic and all of the time she had been living in that house she had never really taken a good look at any of the stuff, it wasn't just the Maitlands things it was also things from their parents and their parents parents, so she looked at them, old photos and dresses in trunks, it really wasn't her style the clothes she found but she did like the spiders that were on them, then she found an old mirror that was covered in dust and dirt, she wipped it clean and looked into it, she looked closely thinking she saw something other then her own reflection.
"Lydia?" came a voice from the far side of the room, she turned around from the mirror to see Barbara and Adam standing there, they had just gotten back from the other side, the door that was chalked on the stone wall was still open and a green light was pouring out of it, the two stepped away from it and it closed and became just a sketch again.
"so you waited for us."Adam said smiling at her but then he looked away and looked at Barbra with a sad look on his face, she looked back at him just as sadly.
"yeah I did, what's this you wanted to talk to me about?" Lydia asked sitting back down, Barbara went over and sat beside her as did Adam. "we went to see our Afterlife Case worker today Lydia, as always she wanted to update us on how everything was going." explained Adam, Lydia nodded in understandment for she had heard this speech before, they had done this every so often to get updates on things and everytime they came back they would tell her about it, nothing really had changed until now.
"and...she told us something new that has happened." Barbara said, Lydia looked at them surprised "Really? what's that?" she asked them, barbara looked at Adam and Adam nodded as a way of telling her to go ahead, Barbara looked at Lydia again. "When we first died, Juno told us that we had to spend 125 years on earth in this house, but she said now because of our good deed in taking care of...well...you know who, we can leave and go to the next life." Barbara explained, Lydia's eyes grew wide. "B-but doesn't that mean..." she began but trailed off, Barbara and Adam nodded, "We can leave this house and go to whatever world is waiting for us." adam told her, Lydia looked away quickly, "Oh...I see..." she said, she didn't want them to see her face, they tried to looked at her "Lydia? please tell us what you're thinking" Barbara said, Lydia looked back at them, it looked as if she was going to cry "I don't want to be selfish...I...don't want to seem as if I don't care that the two of you are finally going to move on...I'm happy for you really...it's just that..." Lydia paused, the two looked at her. "Lydia..." Barbara said sadly, "Sweetie...it's okay." she told her, Lydia shook her head "no it isn't...you two...are really the best friends I've ever had...I don't want to lose the two of you." she told them, "You won't lose us, we'll meet each other again." Adam tried to explain, "when? when I'm old and moldy and have no teeth? when I take up smoking and have a hole through my throat?...I...don't want to wait that long..." She told them, tbhey both looked at her worried, when they first met, Lydia wanted to be on the other side with them so badly that she almost commited suicide, because no one understood her, she felt so alone, her father wouldn't listen to her anymore neither would her step mother who didn't really seem to care about her to begin with. the Maitlands were the only ones who were there for her, dead or alive they understood her, and that's all she really needed.
"Lydia, we want you to live your life, live it to the fullest, live it as long as you can, we never got the chance to live past our 20s, live long and make something out of your life, don't...don't end it to be with us...we want you to live." Barbara said almost in tears herself, Lydia looked at her but didn't say a word, Barbara looked at Adam and Adam looked at Lydia, "We'll be thinking it over, we won't be leaving right away. please come see us." Adam told her, Lydia still said nothing but she did nod, she then got up and began to leave.
"Lydia." Called out Barbara, Lydia stopped and looked back at her.
"If we had lived...past our 20s and had a child, I know I would have wanted her to be just like you." Barbara told her and Adam nodded in agreement, Lydia had tears running down her face she left the room suddenly, Adam and Barbara frowned at each other.
Laughing came from the dirty mirror in the back of the room.