Lydia and Beetlejuice walked to the floating door that led to Lydia's world.
"I don't wanna go home quite yet." Lyds told BJ.
"Would you like to come in and relax for a while, maybe spend the night?" Beetlejuice asked.
"Yeah. Sure. Thanks." Lydia said. They walked into the Roadhouse. Night was approaching. It had been a long day. BJ looked around.
"Would you like to sleep in my coffin bed, Lyds?" He asked Lydia.
"Where will you sleep?" Lydia asked.
"I'll sleep on the couch." Beetlejuice said. Beetlejuice tucked Lydia in his bed. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment before Beetlejuice leaved down and kissed Lydia goodnight. As Beetlejuice was walking away, Lydia called after him.
"B.J." Beetlejuice turned around.
"Yeah, babes?" He asked
"I just wanted to thank you for being my best friend." Making sure there weren't any beetles in his teeth, BJ walked over to Lydia and kissed her softly on the lips. Lydia wrapped her arms around him as they continued kissing. Beetlejuice wasn't exactly the mushy type of ghost, but he had a soft spot for Lydia. He stopped kissing her long enough to whisper,
"You're welcome. And thank you." He tucked Lydia back into bed.
"G'night, BJ" Lydia said. "I love you."
"Night, Lyds" Bj said and floated into the living room and laid on the couch. He signed heavily before falling asleep.
Lydia pulled the covers over her, snuggled down and finally falling asleep herself. Midway through the night, Lydia was tossing and turning in her sleep. It was apparent she was fighting off a bad dream.
Lydia was in her bedroom ready to call on her favorite ghost with the
most.
Making sure no one was in hearing range.
"Knowing that I should be wary, still I venture someplace scary. Ghostly
haunting I turn loose, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice."
BJ floated through Lydia's mirror.
"It's show time!" Bj said.
The visions seemed to pop in and out of focus.
Lydia didn't know her stepmother was hiding in the closet spying
on her and Beetlejuice. Delia waited for the opportune moment
"Ready to go to the Neitherworld, babes?" BJ asked.
"You bet I am." Lydia said happily.
"No so fast" Delia said. She opened the closet door. She looked
at Beetlejuice.
"You're not taking my daughter anywhere."
"Mother!" Lydia gasped. "I-I can explain." Lydia stuttered.
Another image appeared in Lydia's dream.
"I forbid you to hang around this-this disgusting creature." Delia
said.
"But he's my best friend." Lydia said almost in tears. Delia
Learned of Beetlejuice's name and said it three times sending him back
to the Neitherworld.
"Lydia!" Cried Beetlejuice. The last sound She heard was his voice
trailing off as he disappeared.
"NO!" Lydia yelled.
Lydia sat strait up and looked around. There was very little light in the room. She had almost forgotten where she was. It was nearly three a.m. Lydia turned on a lamp that was on a nearby table. Afraid to go back to sleep, Lydia crept into the living room to check on Beetlejuice. He was still sleeping on the couch. Lydia was still in her plum colored PJ gown when she walked outside. She found an old bench sitting by the door so she sat down. She looked across the street and saw smoke rising out the Monster across the street's smoke stack.
The sky was still a dark blue with a little violet swirled in. A rooster skeleton was sitting on a perch at the edge of the cliff.
Lydia was lost in thought that she didn't notice Ginger had joined her.
"What are you doing up so early. Lydia?" She asked.
"What?" Lydia said finally acknowledging the spider. Ginger repeated the question.
"Oh. I, uh, I couldn't sleep." Lydia said.
"Are you and Beetlejuice fighting?" Ginger asked.
"No, no. It's nothing like that." Lydia said. "I've been having these dreams about my step mother banning me from seeing Beetlejuice ever again. It's always the same dream. She paused for a moment before finishing. "I figured if I were closer to BJ by spending the night here, I wouldn't have these horrible dreams."
"You know whatever happens, Beetlejuice will see to it that the two of you will never stray." Ginger patted Lydia on the arm.
Back inside the Roadhouse, Beetlejuice had awakened. He stretched and sat on the couch for a minute or two before walking to his bedroom to check on Lydia. To his surprise, she wasn't there.
"Lyds?" He called looking around for her. "Lydia." He called again.
Lydia was still sitting on the bench with Ginger when BJ emerged.
"There ya are, Lyds." He said. "I was looking for ya."
"Oh. Sorry. I couldn't sleep." Lydia said.
"Morning Beetlejuice." Ginger said before hopping off the bench.
"Hiya Ginge."
"See ya Lydia." Ginger said before scurrying back inside the Roadhouse. Beetlejuice sat on the bench with Lydia.
"So what's bugging ya?" Beetlejuice said and he instantly turned into a roach. Lydia retold Beetlejuice about her reoccurring dreams she's been having.
"Don't worry Lyds." Bj said. "I won't let anything or anyone stand in the way of our friendship. Nothing can keep me away from you that easy." Beetlejuice out an arm around Lydia and she leaned her head on his shoulder as they sat on the bench in silence for the remainder of the morning watching the sun come up.
