Beetlejuice and other chareter belong to Tim Burton
Ella, Angus and Tom(name/personality only) belongs to Fableworld
Time to party
Beetlejuice told Lydia about Prince Vince's party and of course she said yes, mostly because she thinks it have been a long time she last saw the prince. Prince Vince's party was a whole month away, so she didn't think about it right now. After Ella has seen Beetlejuice, she allowed him to stay almost all the time, and that did have some consequences...
"boy, I didn't know my picture was so creepy!" Ella complained after a poor students have running away screaming from her photos, not knowing who has been in there "Come on, I didn't even know I have 3D effects in my pictures. Do you know how it happens?" Ella asked while she walked beside Lydia and Beetlejuice after school.
"I have my guesses" Lydia said with a glare on Beetlejuice, there snickered and tried to looked innocent.
"I don't know, either" Beetlejuice said to Ella, in a tone like he has no idea. Lydia just knew it was him there scared the daylight out from that poor boy. "I'm not allowed to be in your classes" Beetlejuice said and tried to avoid Lydia's 'I'm-so-going-to-kill-you-again' glare.
"you can just sign yourself in, B.J. After all... you just loooove to being in school" Lydia highly teased him, well remembering how he took it, going back to school in the Neitherworld. Beetlejuice make a foul face by that comment and the two girls laughed at him.
"well, where are you two going for the weekend?" Ella ask after they was done by laughing of BJ
"home" Lydia said and looked more clam at Beetlejuice there smiled back "and I shall hold Halloween with B.J, if I can"
"cool, have my guesses your like Halloween Lye" she said with a wink to Lydia, both heard Beetleuice snorted offend and Ella teased him with "and you most love it"
"bah! It just funny to see people dress like idiots" he said with his tongue out.
"so most you totally fit in" Ella joked, Beetlejuice looked mad at her and Lydia could not hold a laugh back.
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The trip home was a lot better because she was in company with Beetlejuice, there didn't hide himself, but sat like a 'normal' man beside her. She was sure the first who jumped off the bus, was the one BJ has 'pop his eyes out' too. She couldn't blame either of them. When she jump off her bus stop, Beetlejuice teleported himself inside the house, probably in form of the clock or maybe a vase. Lydia opened the door and found both her parents in the living-room.
"hey dad, hallo Mother" she said and walked over to them with her weekend bag.
"hey pumpkin, how have your schooldays been?" Charles asked her and put his newspaper down. Lydia told them both how her days have been. of course she avoided the parts where her roommate have allow Beetlejuice to stay in their room, that will only give her father new gray hair. She also quick told them that her teacher thinks she was a good student.
"ohh I just knew she will love the school!" Delia cheered happy with her pinched voice.
"I glad you help me to find it mother" Lydia smiled, she was just glad that her roommate was so understanding and the girl Louise have not been after her, since Lydia came up in a cat-fight with her.
"ehm Lydia? Do you still see cousi- I mean B.J?" her father asked with a nervous look, he still didn't like the idea to have 'cousin B.J' so close to his daughter.
"sure. He asked me if he could come to Halloween?" Lydia said and just knew where this was going, by the look on her father's face "we are going to hold it by-"
"I think you shall hold your Halloween party here" Charles quickly interrupted.
"what?" Lydia raised a eyebrow to her father. she knew this would happen, her father still don't want her and B.J alone... not if he could help it.
"you know, like last time you hold a Halloween party here?" he said while he fumbled with his fingers.
"when I was thirteen years old, you mean?" she said back, he was not going to win this time.
"ohh that sound like a great idea! And we can even ask Mister Beetleman to be our cater again" Delia suddenly came in, probably thinking out loud
"NO!" both Lydia and Charles shouted out loud. They both looked surprise at each other and Lydia quickly said;
"I-I mean he is moved out of town and everything-"
"and he most be a very busy man, Delia"
"it never hurt to ask him" Delia waved them both off and took the home phone up. Lydia eyes darted after Beetlejuice and found him as a painting. He too look like he was going to panic and quickly disappeared out off the painting "hallo? Mister Beetleman?... oh you got his phone too? hm... here Lydia" Delia's happy face faded a bit and gave the phone to Lydia
"thanks" she quickly took the phone and breath relieved over that he manages to get outside, before it ended in a small disaster "hallo?"
"babes, what are we gonna do here? They want me to be they cater and I know they give good money for it" Beetlejuice said quickly
"never think about something else.." she said sarcastic to him
"if he thinks that, I think he think-" Charles said with a harsh voice, but Lydia cut him off
"it isn't dad" her father look really relieved for this "he really want to be our cater" both her parents look at each other in a good while before Charles nodded obstinate, Lydia smiled glad back said to BJ in the phone "you got a green light"
"green light?" she could just see for herself that he turned into a green light bulb "alright! Do you think they now let me stay for the night?"
"we never know. Bye" she said to him, put the phone back and turned around to see her father with crossed arms
"he better behave himself" he said slightly mad "I will keep a eye on him"
"sure dad. Well I go up to my room" when she have turn her back to them she couldn't stop rolling her eyes of the whole thing. In her room she found the ghost floated few inches over her bed "pyh... I don't think my dad trust you" she said and closed the door after her, Beetlejuice looked upset at her
"agh come one! They trusted Mister Beetleman" he whined
"Mister Beetleman was only a friend to their daughter" she said to him with her hands on her hip. She smiled at his annoyed look "don't worry, they will soon-"
"when Lyds?" he interrupted and look at her there have sat beside him "I thought this will be piece a cake" he turn into a plump cake "but noooo. Can we just give them the whole bag?" Lydia move a little away from him to see he was kidding. But he was not, he was serious. Dead serious.
"by telling you are a ghost, there have been dead in who knows long?" she said with a slightly joking "and not enough with that, you have been around, not only as Mister Beetleman, but also Betty Juice, Odious, Grandpa Beetleman and-"
"I get it! Don't have to spill it like that" he said and crossed his arms.
"no Beetlejuice... we can never tell them that you are a ghost, for they will just make me never to see you again" Lydia lean into him again, to show she was not mad at him for coming with the suggestion "none of us want that"
"never Babes" he show his more softer side by kissing her gently, he slowly make her lay down so they look at each other in her bed. "so if I come as your cater, I better find some good things in the Shocking mall" Beetlejuice thought out loud
"in the Neitherworld?"
"of course" he shrugged like it was oblivious, he got a annoyed look "but I need money!"
"I have money" she smiled
"how much babes?" she show him pretty much money she has saved. "OH BOY! Give me give me give me-" he tried to get the money, by pinned her down.
"not a changes Beej!" she kicked him in the stomach to get him off. Lucky for him, she didn't kick very hard "I hold on to this, to make sure you don't buy something, there are too freaky for my folks" he ended on the her floor and hold himself dramatic for the blow in the stomach. He stopped his dramatic play and come quickly on his feet again, looked upset
"daaaw... you ruin all the fun here Lyds..." she narrow her eyes against him "fine, say the B-words and we see what boring things we can find" She only smiled triumph to him, before she lifted her arms up in the air and said loud;
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!"
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they both appeared in the Neitherworld's Shocking mall, where Beeltejuice tried to empress her with some of the things, so she will buy it. Luckily she was most of the time on his side what they brought.
"hey what about a scream-hat!" the ghost took a brown-green hat on his head and it began to scream "they are just the scream this year"
"uhh spooky. Lets take them" she took the hat together with some few other down in the shopping cart she walked with, Beetlejuice was too busy to push it himself. "y'know it not that bad as I thought it would be" he said(she rolled her eyes at him) and took a random thing up in his hand
"party people in a can? Can be-" Lydia quickly snatched it out of his hand and back on its place
"no way B.J. It took all my cunning to make my parents believe that the party just went too wild with those hole your last Party people make in our house" she said with narrow eyes to him, he began to whine over how boring she was;
"but what if the party goes?-"
"we figure something out" she waved off. Still grumbled a little for himself, they brought the last thing Lydia liked and they returned back to her world.
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It was here they (by a pure accident) saw a poster there told that the Deezt hold a party, all from the town could come too... just so long they took their own drinks with them.
"look like your mom did the find something out for you Lyds" he snickered over the idea over the big party "the whole city will come to our party!"
"I hope not..." she said despondent with a look at the poster. She pull herself a little together "well, you better dress you to the party Beej"
"hmm. I could come as a ghost?" he joked and took his own head off. She laughed while she nodded 'no'
"no? What about this?" he changes his clothes so he looked like a scarecrow with a light-brown pointy hat, red-brown jacket and some gray-blue pants with few patches here and there. It was (almost) the same outfit he had on him, when he have taken a quick scam job as a scarecrow on a beetle-farm, but this time he has his black boots on.
"that could work" she smiled to him "come, you better do your job as a cater" he changes his scarecrow outfit into the cater outfit and follow her.
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"hey and welcome to our Halloween party!" Delia sang with the door when new guest came into the house. She look cheering at Lydia "Lydia dear, can see there are enough punch?" Lydia's costume was a witch there have many resembles to the outfit she had on her, the time she and Beetlejuice have sneaked into the witches lair on Halloween. This time she just have make her hair lay flat down and have a common pointed witch-hat on her head.
"sure" she said and while she walked over to see to the punch(no Nietherworldians) she thought high for herself "wonder where Beetlejuice is, I really hope he is not trying to make a scam or something-"
"juhuu, oh hallo Lydia" Claire came over to her with again a Miss Beautiful costume "I didn't even notice you was, like here"
"it is my parents house, Claire" Lydia said smart back.
"hm? Oh whatever. I have been to better party than this one" she said with a giggle, right now Lydia most want to put her in the punch "how is it to be, like alone?"
"what do you mean?"
"I have heard you like, hunted him away" she giggled evil "we all know you can never find boys as good as me" Claire took a hold in a boy they stood beside of her, Lydia knew that boy from their prom and unfortunate... he notice her too. "oh? I can see you know each other" Claire said
"yes, she was not worth to get any attention" he huffed
a perfect match Lydia thought bitter and wished Beetlejuice was here. Just as she has thought it, Beetlejuice came walking like he own it all. He hasn't noticed Lydia's company then he asked;
"hey babes, wanna dance, for you can't dance alone to a tango" he wrapped his arms around her so she make a small gasp, it was here he noticed Claire and her boyfriend and he almost growled to both of them "what are you doing here?"
"who are you?" she asked back in the same mocking tone as him. To Lydia's surprise he didn't answer her and looked straight at the boy, he has once before stand in front off. He smiled nasty "hey Round boy(even the boy was not that fat). I can see you remember me" the boy remembered him far to well, for he lost most of his skin color "wanna play some ball with me outside? I'm sure I can... hehe beat you"
is he actually pick a fight with hm? Beetlejuice... don't do it Lydia thought and look warning at him, but he avoided her look.
"N-no" the boy shuttled and tried to look brave.
"what? You are scared of-" Claire asked and looked foul at Beetlejuice "that?" again to Lydia's surprise Beetlejuice smile grew wider, he was surely out for make a big malevolent prank
"B.J-" she tried to warn him, but he took his head so close to hers, that only she could hear his voice;
"come one babes" he almost begged "let me have my fun. Outside nobody can see my kind of fun. Beside... they are just asking for it" she thought about it for a second.
He want to use some steam on him... and that will make sure he don't do anything on my parents... but I hope he don't take it too far.
"okay" she finally said and he grinned widely back "oh I can see you have meet my boyfriend" she hugged BJ with a mocking look, a Claire worthy. Her rival gawk "what wrong Claire? Jealous?"
"on him? Eww, like no" she took quick a better look at Beetlejuice and said with two fingers on her nose "he is like so stinky, like that Beetleman guy"
"ohh you hurt my feelings tuts" Beetlejuice gently free himself from Lydia's hug, walked over to Claire and took his hand under her jaw, so she will looked right up in his olive-green eyes. His smile was a mix between seducing and a mock "what about we 'talk' alone, if you know what I mean?"
"eww hands off!" she quickly slapped his red-tipped hands away from her and quickly brushed hers face off like she have dirt on it... Lydia couldn't hold a little giggle back, which she could see make BJ smiled even bigger.
"back off Punk!" Claire's boyfriend yelled and pushed Beetlejuice hard, so he took some step back.
"who you call a punk?!" the ghost(not what they know) growled back, Lydia could hear he was not angry, he just played with him.
"hey!" Charles heard them. He pointed at the two boys "you two. Go out and fresh down"
"sure Mr D, but he started it" Beetlejuice said calm and took his hands up in defend. He was the first there walk outside, the two others follow him when Charles glared after them. He looked at his daughter
"Lydia. Go outside with them. Call me if it end up in a fight"
"okay dad, but I don't think it will" she more or less lied to her father. She ran quickly outside and saw Beetlejuice walk calmly away, with the other boy right in his heels. She noticed that Claire stood for herself with a mad look
"Claire? What are you doing here?" Lydia asked and walked over to her
"watch your boyfriend, like get what he deserve" she huffed back and looked at her boy take a grip in Beetlejuice jacket.
"are you serious?! You actually want them to fight?" Lydia wide her eyes at her rival and when on the the two boys. BJ have manages to twisted himself out of the other boy's grip. Lydia looked angry at Claire there look like she enjoy the 'show' with the two boys "we have to stop them, before-"
"hm. This will maybe also teach you a lesson not to be such a freak" she hissed back and look disguising at her. She look at the boys again and saw that her boyfriend began to punch rapidly after BJ "what is he doing?"
Lydia make a small scream of shock when, Beetlejuice got punched right in the face. Without thinking Lydia quickly ran down to them to make them stop.
it have been the ghost's fully attention to make them all go outside, but he never thought that the punk will follow Claire's every command like a obedient dog. She quickly ordered him to 'teach him a lesson'.
Yeah right!
First Beetlejuice tried to make his opponent tired or just scare him enough to he ran with his tail between his legs. When the punk have taken a grip in him to probably tired to punch him, Beetlejuice morph snakes out from his hair, his eyes pop out of his skull and he make a manic scream, so the boy quickly let go of him of fear. Unfortunately the plan backfire, for the punk got so scared that he began to attacking him more rabidly.
Great! He is a fright-attacker and that is not- his thought was cut off, when his opponent manages to punch him right in the face. What the hell?! Even Lydia punch harder than him! The ghost thought and even if the punch in the face was light, he still make a whole scene out off it. He began to role around on the ground while his screamed;
"OUCH! that hurt! Have mercy! It hurt!" the other boys defends fell quickly and Beetlejuice stopped his acting "not" he snickered nasty and got on his feet again "iiiiit Showtime!" since Claire also was there, he didn't turn his juice too much up. He jumped closer to the boy, spin his head, make the snake in the hair again and make some other nasty face affect there could even make a dead-beat ran screaming away, instead he was frozen in fear.
Beetlejuice walked clam over to him and said; "boo" the boy finally took the run for it and BJ fall on the ground in a manic laughter "ahahahahaha! It was so much worth for that sucker-punch-"
his rolling laughter stopped, when he realized that the boy have not running away. he have taken a hostage...Lydia
"Let. Go. Of. Her!" he growled angry and got up on his feet, not afraid to show his inborn power to him anymore. He took a threatening step against him and he took a harder grip around Lydia's neck.
"s-stay back" he said frighting and took Lydia closer as a shield.
"what are you doing? It is him you shall take care off, not her" Claire came over with her hands on her hips
"he-he is n-not human" the boy shuttled terrified. Claire looked at Beetlejuice, but the only thing she saw was a angry boy-freak.
"let go off me-" Lydia tried to fight him off, but he was so scared of the ghost in front of him, that he began to choke her slowly. "Beetlejuice" she whispered with her last few breath.
That make the ghost so angry, that he didn't care that there was witness or not to what he did next. He make himself transparent, jump through Lydia(he knew Lydia won't get hurt of it, only shocked) and was right up in the other guy's face, with eyes there burn like toxic fire. The boy tried to run away,
"Claire watch out!" Lydia screamed, but he ran into Claire there fell and hit her head against the ground pretty hard. She was unconscious. Beetlejuice didn't let him go far, he turn himself into a big spider, capture the boy with his legs and hold him down with both spider-legs and his furious eyes there could kill. The boy couldn't even move because he was so scared.
"mess with my Lyds and you mess with me" spider-BJ sneered dangerous, he snapped with his jaw to make his point clear. Only few seconds later he move away from the boy and turned into himself "so piss off before I will make you a ghost" he didn't have to say that twice. The boy came on his feet and ran as fast as he could. Beetlejuice snorted; "wimp..." he walk back too the two girls and saw that Claire was conscious again.
"wh-what just happen?" Claire asked dizzy-headed when she came to herself. Lydia tried to help her up "uhh I am so much going to get him for that!" she slapped Lydia's helping hand away "let go of me Deetz" she took her phone up with the words "I will call my parents and make him pay!" she keep hissing until the duo couldn't hear her anymore. Lydia looked at Beetlejuice there snorted;
"that was that pest problem... what?" he notice her starring
"never seen you so protective" she said and smiled a little "it kinda fit you"
"it does?" he blinked surprised
"a little... just don't make it a habit" she quickly said, give him anger issues was maybe not the best idea with him. his anger disappeared and a concerned look replace it, when he looked at her
"your okay?"
"a bit scared over the whole thing, but I am okay" she said. Lydia quickly hugged him to find comfort for over everything there just have happen. They both walk into the house again, while Beetlejuice keep holding a protecting arm over her.
Lydia saw Claire talking in her phone angry. She was just glad it didn't end badder than it could have. Suddenly a song she knew far too well been played.
"hey. That's our song, come on. Let us cut the rug" Beetlejuice said glad to her and drag her out on the floor, he has oblivious forgotten the little incident outside. Lydia smiled and follow him out on the dance floor. They both dance like they was born to it and few other came out to join them on the floor, but it was like the floor only belongs to those two right now.
"you are a pretty good dancer B.J" she teased him laughing and took her arms around his neck.
"you know I am!" he grinned. The song ended and funny enough the same song, they have dance to the prom came up, but there was bigger difference from there to now.
Beetlejuice look into her eyes with only love to her. He make her hold him like they did like that time and this time... he was not afraid to love her. Lydia was just lost in his eyes, she was lost in her best friend.
"Lyds..." he whispered soft to her and lean closer to her so they noses touch each other
"Beej.." she said gently back and they lips brushes over each other to complete the kiss they both wanted from each other-
"AHEM!" they both snap shocked off their passionately state and away from each other, when Charles spoke high up. He look at them both(mostly to Beetlejuice) with narrow eyes and crossed arms. Lydia heard BJ whine low, before he walked over to the wall to stand up of it, to show Charles that he won't make a new move on his daughter... highly to Lydia's disappointment and frustrations over her father's suspicions to Beetlejuice.
"I think your dad have, like boyfriend issues" Claire giggled evil, there have seen it all "can't blame him for that creep"
"why you!" Beetlejuice growled low so only Lydia could hear it "that Claire need a bug in the hair" he disappeared and Lydia quickly found out where he was when she heard a high-pinched scream from Claire, there ran screaming out with hands in her hair, when she tired to get one... no three spiders out of her hair. She ran as fast as she could out of the house. Lydia couldn't hold a laugh back and few seconds later, Beetlejuice appeared beside of her.
"haha Beetlejuice that was terrible!" she laughed of his triumphed grin
"I know. But at least she leaved the party early" he grinned
"wanna have some punch?"
"with you? Everything"
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"gosh... that was some party..." the first thing Lydia did, when the party was over and the house cleaned up was going up in her room and threw herself on her bed "I think I can sleep to the next week, for all there had happen today" even if she didn't see him doing it, she heard Beetlejuice came into the mirror. he could hide his entries if he want to, but she knew he wanted to be heard this time.
"going to sleep without me?" he asked her and grinned "too bad for your parents they don't know I have my own entry to their house" she smiled tired over his comment and called him silent out from the Neitherworld. He teleported himself beside of her and lay close into her. Lydia snuggled slowly on his chest where she could feel and hear his heart.
"I think it's good enough... that mean we don't have to think over they-" it knocked on her door and Beetlejuice was quickly gone. It was like her parents just knew, when he visited her.
"Pumpkin? You are asleep?" her father asked and looked slowly into her room.
"no... not yet" she said a little cranky over the interruptions.
"oh I just want to see, how you're doing" he sat beside her and looked really fatherly at her, he gently took her spider-necklace in his hand "where did you get that necklace from?" It was the last anniversary gift Beetlejuice gave to her. She keep it on her all the time, because she saw it as a symbol on their love to each other.
"B.J. He has giving me things for yea-" she stop quickly before she said 'years' "I mean he just think it fit me"
"what do you mean by years? How long have you two seen each other?" unfortunate her father heard, she did meant saying years.
"does friendship counts?" she asked a little nervous. He only looked at her and she said "six years"
"really?" he looked surprise over this and look a little thoughtful "well I can't argue with that" he padded Lydia's shoulder fatherly "goodnight Pumpkin"
"goodnight dad" she waved goodnight after him till he close the door. Immateriality she searched for her boyfriend "Beetlejuice?"
"I'm here Lyds" he have only make himself invisible and reappear beside of her. He looked at the door "better keep a eye on old Chucky" one of his eyes popped out of his head. she giggle a little over this comment and BJ look at her with a raised eyebrow
"you two have one thing in common" she said. She gave back his eyeball and snuggle into him again "you will keep a eye on each other"
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"hey. I'm holding a party at my uncle's old disco house. My two cousins will beat it up. Wanna come?" Ella asked some day, when they all walk outside in the beginning to more cold weather. The only one who weren't bother of the colder weather was the ghost... even if Ella didn't know he was that.
"a party?!" Beetlejuice happily said and Lydia made him shut by stomp on his feet.
"when is this party?" Lydia asked whiles the Ghost wincing in pain over that stupid trick.
"Friday." Ella replied "I have also invited my brothers and we can have so much fun!"
"weeell..we shall to a party the next day.." Lydia said unsure. But Beeltejuice knew that there will be nooo fun, for it was Vince party there should till next day.
"Sure we come" Beetlejuice said who again could stand on his feet. Lydia looked evil at him and he would probably have teleported away if not he should keep his cover for actually being alive for Ella.
"great!" Ella cheered "who is it you shall to party with, expect from me?"
"Prince Vince. But heee's nooo fun" Beetlejuice said with a childish voice, he slightly flinched from Lydia's glare. Someone seems to be in a bad mood today.
"Prince Vince?! The same prince Vince as you dated?" Ella grinned to Lydia who turned away from the relieved ghost, but he snorted high hearing the words 'Vince' and 'date' together with Lydia. to his dismay, the two girls ignored him.
"well.. he is still my friend, and we have not seen him in a time" said Lydia with a shrug
"that's sets it" Ella said and laid her arms around both of them "you two come to a real party with me and next day you just show the prince how to have some fun"
"a girl after my own heart" Beetlejuice said with a fake serious tone. Lydia shook her head of those two but she agreed on the plan.
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Beetlejuice was the next coming days send back to the Neitherworld, because he began to make too much trouble at Lydia's school. So now he just makes trouble in the Neitherworld. He made a Jester out of the skeleton outlaw, Jesse Gems. Making the walking lips Lipscum to 'zip it' and gave him a free flying trip... again, and one of his more usually victims the Mayor marionet turned in a real tap-dancing marionette moron. He only began to lay low when the Mayor did send the police force after him for the hundred times, apparently some things never gets old.
"AAARRRGGGGHHH!" he screamed panicking loud, away from the police cars with spinning feet.
"you're not getting away this time Beetlebreath!" shouted one of the policemen.
shitshitshitshitshiiiit!
He barely felt Lydia was calling on him before it was too late. He literally ran into her world
Smack!
Crash!
"Uff!"
The ghost rubbed his face where he hit head-on a wall. "Nice timing Lyds! You really ran me out of trouble!" he grinned out in the room "huh? Where the heck I am? who turn out the light" the room he was in was pitch-black, so he decided to morph himself into a lamp to see where his was. His eyes wide when he realized where he was, in his worst nightmare.
"A CLEANING ROOOOM!" he screamed and before he could do more than that, the door behind him opened and he fell out with few cleaning product falling out with him. He looked into Lydia's surprised face.
"what are you doing in there?" she asked with a surprised voice.
"hehe.. think there was something wrong with the B-words" he said(still laying on the ground) sheepish and decided to changes the subject "sooo, did you begin to miss me?"
"you forgot we are invited to a party today, didn't you?" she asked with amused frown. The Ghost with the Most snorted in denial, still on the floor
"me? Forget? Pff, never"
"suure B.J" she said sarcastic and rolled her eyes. Beetlejuice jumped up and first now he saw what she has on.
It was a simple dark purple dress, with a broad belt. Her sleeves was chiffon, around her neck she has a bat necklace and some of her hair was sat up in a dark-red scarf. In his eyes she was(dare he think it?) beautiful, but she was beautiful even if she walked around in a bag.
"wow babes. That you wears are an eye-popper" his eyes popped out for his comment.
"think it your way to said I'm beautiful?" she giggled while he popped his eye back into his skull. he just smiled as response and juiced his own clothes to the same he had to Lydia's Prom (although he have put more of his personal touch on it) and showed his arm so she could take it.
"do you want to company me to this party my dear?" he asked with his British accent, so she began to giggled at him.
"my pleasure" And together they walk into the party.
"Tom? Is that really you?!" Lydia asked stunned, when she and BJ walked into the party.
"hm? Hey Lydia!" Tom called back and waved to the ghost(only Lydia knew this) as well, one of the few humans (beside from Ella) who actually enjoyed Beetlejuice's company "And hallo B.J. it nice to see you both" said the red haired boy (almost teddy-bear appearance) Lydia meet her last year on Miss Shannon school for girls. He was the one who helped her with understanding Beetlejuice odd behavior was a course of love.
"Tom, what are you doing here?" Lydia asked surprised seeing an old friend here "I thought that only Ella's br-" it suddenly hit her and she looked angry over to Ella there almost burst out in laughter. "you! You didn't tell that you ARE sister to Tom?!"
"surprise!" Ella Knight finally laughed out. It did cross in Lydia's mind to choke her roommate.
"what? You didn't tell you are my little sister?" Tom asked offended to his still manic laughing sister.
"oh come on Tommy. I thought she could figure it out sooner. Beside it was too much fun to see her face right now. It was really hard to resist" she giggled. Tom shakes his head and look likes he forgave his sister.
They walked over to say 'hi'(even Lydia still glared at Ella) to the two Knight's sibling's oldest brother Angus, there only was there because he was allowed(by the uncle) to stand behind the bar to give drinks to the others and because he want to keep a eye on his younger siblings. Unlike the two other Knight siblings, he has a more harsh and serious appearance. Lydia quickly noticed that Beetlejuice began to be aggressive around him and she remembered, that it was Angus there have been her 'imaginary dates' voice, so she quickly dragged Beetlejuice away before he did something they both would regret.
"that little mud sucking-" he sneered while she push him away from others ears.
"Beej. He's not the one you think he are" she tried to reason with him, she will rather not have that he pick a fight with the only two, there could stand him, brother.
"I can hear it is him and-"
"it was a trick" she quickly cut him off, he shut up and looked surprised at her "the whole thing I have a another date to the prom was a trick, to make you jealous..."
"so you mean you trick me? Con my up in a corner?" he narrow his eyes at her "You did it all of that, because you knew I will be-"
"jealous, yes..." she looked down in the floor and really hope he forgave her "I'm sorry Beej, but I will not let you win that battle" Beetlejuice didn't say anything in two seconds or five, but when he did he gently lifted her head up so she looked into his face, he didn't look mad.
"just call me a good loser this time Lyds" he smiled
"so you are not mad at me?" Lydia blinked
"are you kidding? Why should I be?" he grinned and gave her a small kiss
"I don't know... maybe-"
"Lyds. You think to much" he put a finger on her forehead with a grin, she blinked again over his words and now she smiled too. He took her hand and dragged her back to the others "come on. Let's party!"
he began to act a bit more 'nice' around Angus after Lydia told him her scam. He even tried to pull some pranks on him, but the only thing Angus did was narrow his eyes against Beetlejuice.
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Later that evening Bertha, Prudence, and few of Angus friends came to the party. The girls talked about what they have done in the year and the boys laughed over some wise-crack jokes Beetlejuice made up. The whole party was great for Lydia. She danced with both Tom and her other females friends, but all the slow dance was with Beetlejuice only and some few fast dances.
"why does your boy drink like a girl?" Ella suddenly asked Lydia, when they all relaxed their legs for the dancing.
"because when he gets really drunk, he can't stop telling the truth" she said honest and she saw a malevolent look came on Ella's face "don't even think to try drinking him under the table, Ella!" she warned her, but her friend waved her off, with an evil Cheshire cat smile across her face.
"oh don't be so a big party popper" Ella said and walked over to Beetlejuice there stood at the bar, pulling off some jokes to Angus who looked at him with a raised eyebrow and decided to ignore him.
Like under the earlier dare-games Ella began to challenges Beetlejuice to a drink-contest. He did go along with it, but Lydia saw he cheated...Big time. He wasn't dump enough to get so drunken, so with almost every short he took, he poked it on a certain way, only Lydia noticed.
Ha! that sly ghost. He juiced all the alcohol away she thought smiling. After the tenth drink, Beetlejuice came up with a (fake) boring look and Ella was the one who was drinking under the table.
"okaiy you jackass... you *hiccup*win" she said completely wasted. Beetlejuice smiled in triumph
"did you really think you could win a drinking-contest with me, Ell?" he asked her teasing the drunk young woman.
"ohh shut the hell up you as-!" Ella said blurred and even tried to hit him, but she was too drunk to even stand straight on her feet. Lydia must admit that it was a pretty hilarious sight and now wish she have a camera.
"I think you have enough party for today, Ella. Tom, take her home" Angus interrupted her harsh, before his younger sister could attempt another pitiful attack. Tom took her around his arms and dragged her away from the laughing ghost.
"I have to take her home, what about you Lydia?" he asked and turned his eyes to Lydia who tried her hardest not to laugh of Ella "I heard you said to your parents that you don't come home in this weekend?"
"she stays with me T.K" Beetlejuice said, still chuckling and pointed at himself.
"alright" Tom said smiling "it was nice to seeing you again. see you two later" Tom walked away with Ella, there began to insulted Beetlejuice for winning and Tom gave Prudence a goodbye kiss, before he went out with Ella who still kept throwing insults to BJ and also to her older brother. Angus soon followed since he was the only one with a car of the siblings and he gave the bar-duty to one of his friends. The party soon ended soon after the Knight's was going. Lydia most admit it has been darn fun, especially with the wasted Ella part.
"say the magic B-word, Babes" whispered Beetlejuice to her while they walked away from the disco house.
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice." she said and they ended close to the darkened roadhouse, there were no lights on inside. "do you think everyone is sleeping?" Lydia asked silent and look at the place she knew Jacques and Ginger's room was.
"guess so. I'm also want it that way, they are beginning to bugging(turn into a bug and back) me because they think I look different" he looked down at himself and sniffed to himself "still smell the same though" She chuckled of his last remark and asked with a slight frown;
"you haven't been so much home lately?"
"nah. It's beginning not to feel like home, maybe it time to find a new gross place to live?"
"don't ever move Beej. I like it here" she said while they walked silent inside.
"whatever you say Lyds" he smiled back. Beetlejuice's home was exactly how she remembering it, trash all over the place, a great sight that BJ loves being a messy-head and he hates cleaning. of course they have cleaned him room once but that couldn't been seen anymore. Still Lydia likes this place, she'll never know what she will find. She followed Beetlejuice into his bedroom there also looking like itself, although she could clearly see that his coffin-bed hasn't been used quite some time. a big layer of dusk was on the bed's sheets.
"ehm.. better check for bedbugs" Beetlejuice said with a frown and transform himself to a vacuum cleaner and sucked everything there was alive up in the bed. He transformed back and burped loud out from whatever he ate. "night-snack. Y'know I love it" he smirked with a lick around his mouth, Lydia just grinned at him with a "ewww".
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It was dark outside, but Lydia couldn't sleep, because of to many things in her head. She looked up to the place she knew Beetlejuice head was and she didn't hear him snore, so she took the changes to ask slowly;
"Beej?"
"hm?" she hear him answer back. He didn't sleep either.
"I can't sleep" she muttered out in the dark, feeling his eyes on her. Before they have walked in bed, he juiced it bigger so they both have elbow-space.
"because of the bedbugs?" he asked slightly teasing.
"you ate them all" she giggled, but she hesitated with a question she for quite some time have been wondering about "do...do you think we can get... children" she always wanted some and it would be perfect, if it was with him. She turned her eyes to him and even in the dark she could see he was shocked with wide eyes over her question. He turned his head away.
"no..." he said silent "dead cannot... give life"
"but I have seen children here, Beej. Are they...?"
"been in child-state like me...?" he finished her question and nodded slowly "yes. Only few here are children there has been killed or stillborn. But all here will grow up as a human does and they can decided which age they want to be in, mom and pa was one of the few, who chose to come here as adults" he chuckled sad "the sad thing is that, no women down here can't give birth. Me and my brother is not really born here, we just was 'here' someday with our parents"
"I see..." she felt sad over that she could never be mother to Beetlejuice's children. But he unfortunately got a point.
"I thought you knew this Lyds..." he said and looked at her
"I have a idea, it will be like that... but I have to be sure" Lydia have some kind of way always knew, but seeing kids in the Neitherworld have make her unsure in older ages.
The moons over the Neitherworld slowly began to shine inside his window. She looked at the ghost beside of her and she saw he still have open eyes. He look thoughtful and she guessed he still think over what she have said. "Beej?" she ask again
"yeah?"
"do you want kids?" she asked him and she could see that his face harden quick, but when he smiled silly to her... to hide what he truly felt.
"are you sure you asking the right guy for that Babes?"
"I'm serious here" she said a hold his eyes with hers "do you?" Beetlejuice really tried to hold his facades up, but finally they broke down. He sighed and look a little sad at her.
"once... yes" he said honest and told "when I was a living man, I dreamed once to have a bunch a kids, maybe only two, but one was too little" she smiled over this, but fade when she saw his face "I never got kids... the one I thought I will someday have kids with... didn't feel the same for me" Lydia felt a little envy over hearing this, but she anyway ask;
"who was she?"
"her name was Serena. Pretty girl and everything... I first tried to help her though a grief for losing-... her man" she saw a quick guilty in his eyes, but it disappeared fast "heh... I really thought she was the one and all... but she still loved him and when she figure out that I have more spark than him" he sighed and look out of the window "well, let us just say she make sure I didn't trust women on the same way again"
"that's sad Beej..." Lydia said truly "so did it mean you don't trust me either?" he almost snap his neck when he turned his head quick to look at her and said;
"you... you are different. I will do anything for you, even fighting against a sandworm" he added and shivered by the thought fighting a sandworm. he took her into him. "how different, I don't know yet... maybe because you still is alive and all" he joked to make the sad aura go away.
"oh you think? I think it because I am strange and usually" she giggle sarcastic to do the same. She cuddle closer to him and kiss his jaw soft "and you like it" Lydia could feel his heart beat weak. She knew that he love the beating in his chest and be really with him was tempting right now. Lydia didn't even manages to make her move before he said in a whisper;
"let it die" it surprise her dearly
"why Beej? You never want it to"
"I don't take the changes that-" he flinch slightly, when he probably feel it beat slower "somebody to the party, can maybe hear it" she lay herself closely on his chest to follow up, how his heart died out. She could feel on Beetlejuice it was hard for him to let it die out, for they both have figure out that it could be 'hold alive' in around a week, only to be been close to each other. She knew it was long time since he last let stop and she could feel on Beetlejuice movement under her head, that it was smaller torture for him to let it die out... maybe it feel like dieing again?
"I can't hear it anymore" she said after few minutes later.
"good..." he said with a hollow voice, it didn't look like 'good' in his face. "man, I have always hated this part of it. It always make me feel so empty" he began slowly massage his chest with a annoyed look. Lydia didn't liked seeing him like this, so she gave him a comforting kiss on his lips. He remove slightly away with the words; "not too much Babes. Don't wanna have you recharge it" they both look at his chest, maybe with the same thought. She smiled sad to him;
"you just don't take the changes, huh?"
"no Lyds" he said and lay himself down. He gave her a small wink with his hand to her and she cuddle to him. "dead man with a beating heart? It can be seen as a bad omen" he said quit serious and when smiled to her when he make her lay closer to him, so she substitute her heart to him "but I will have it back, even if it meant seven years of bad luck" he gently caress her back, like she loved it. Lydia smiled and gave him a small kiss before she fell asleep in his protective cool arms.
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The next morning, Lydia was the first who woke up. She looked at Beetlejuice there still sleep in his dead-silent slumber. She gave him a small kiss on the nose and he began to snore REALLY loud. A thing he only did, then he was half-awake. Instead wakening him, she walked downstairs and began to see if there was any food there didn't move.
Look like Jacques have been in here. He most have taken the changes to clean up out here, since Beetlejuice is not so much here anymore she thought when she found some edible food and took some egg, bacon and bread out from the cleaned refrigerator and began to make some breakfast to herself.
"hey whatcha cocking?" Beetlejuice asked while he came yawning inside the room, still with his Beetle-patten night-clothes.
"egg, bacon with toasted bread" she replied and added not really looking at him because the bacon was done and should be removed from the frying pan "don't know what you wanted, but I saw some rotten things in your closet" she pointed at the closet where something, almost green could be spotted at the opening. she sat down with her breakfast and he looked between to closet and her food.
"can you share?" he ask quiet, that quite surprised her.
he just turned down for something gross?!
"are you sure?" she asked still confused of his request, sure she have seen him eat normal food, but she knew better than anyone that he preferred his food at least a few weeks old before sitting his teeth in it.
"just want to try it, before I say I don't like it" he defended himself and sat down beside her. she gave him some of her food and he looked for a moment at it as if he was wondering how to do with it, she must admit that his face looked quite adorable, she did not say it however for he hated cute words to himself. Finally he opened his mouth and with one bite he swallow it.
"well?" she asked while he looked thoughtfully over the taste from the food.
"taste good though, but I still think I take the food in my closet" and he went for the green thing inside the closet. she laughed over that
something never changes
"hey come back here! You are not breakfast to go!" Beetlejuice almost jumped in to the cabinet to get his breakfast there apparently took the run for it. There was heard a loud 'smack!' and he came out with a flat green 'pizza'. He grinned triumph "hm, road-pizza to me. Wanna have a bite?" he sat down and show it to her.
"ehh, no thanks Beej. I think it will just bite back" she joke to him and move a little away from his food. He shrugged and began to eat it like a staved dog.
He never have tables manners either she thought amusing and eat her own in a more mannered way. When they both was done she said "well. I better get dress-" Lydia make a small gasp then his head was near her, while he still sat on his chair. He slightly sniffed to her
"you need a bath" he said while he walk over to her and his neck and head returned back to more human state.
"it first time I heard you want me to take a bath" she smiled with her hands on her hip "is there a reason?"
"yeah" he scratched his hair so some beetles and a single spider came flying out "I can smell my own scent on you Lyds. I usually don't care about it, but this time I am"
"I don't smell that much" she remarked with a teasing smile. He send her only a concerned look, he probably have his reasons to tell her this "but I think you are right. I take a quick bath at with my parents home... I just hope they don't see me" while she walk out of the kitchen, she heard him snap with his finger surely to get his striped suit on him.
She said his name three times and both of them ended in her parents house. Lydia look at Beetlejuice there immateriality floated though the floor and came up again few seconds later.
"they are not home Lyds" he said and float up to her side. He lay on his stomach with crossed arms. "they most be out and shopping or something" she walked over to her closet and took some new clothes and smiled to him there watched her
"wanna come?-" Lydia couldn't hold a smile back when he flinched over the thought to be clean "still don't like like the thought?"
"no" he said honest, even she have make him take a bath of his free will, he still prefer to be dirty. He grinned "think it best I stay here, if you know what I mean?"
"I know" she smiled back to him and walked out to take a quick shower.
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Some minutes later she came out with fresh showered hair and some new clothes on her, there was a black dress. "Beetlejuice!" she saw him try to make a prank with a old bucket with water over the door. He got so surprised over her outburst, that he was close to fall for his own trick, but he did manages to get away before he got the bucket over him.
"oh.. ehh hehe... hey Babes" he said sheepish and tried to look innocent. She looked at him with narrow eyes and he looked like a little child on the floor.
"you better clean up after yourself, before I reconsider to yell at you"
"but Lyyyds" he tried to explain with a whine
"Beetlejuice, just do it!" he mumble some incoherently and snapped with his finger, so it could not be seen he has tried to make a prank. She smiled gladly that he did listen to her and said like it had never happen;
"well, we better go back to your home. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice"
back in the Road house and the way out of the door, they heard Jacques come back from his morning run. "ah! Miss Lydia. It nice tou see youa again" he said happy and stopped beside them.
"thank you Jacques" she said smiling to the skeleton "but I'm afraid, we can stay and talk"
"where ar youar going?" he asked
"to Prince Vince party" she told with a faint smile.
"Lydia, you never come this early in the morning" Ginger said there came out from the house "you look fantastic in that dress!-"
"she came yesterday" Beetlejuice said without even seeing what he was doing to Lydia's surprise. Was he just revealing they were a couple to them?
"what? I didn't hear you come in" Ginger said to Lydia and before Lydia could answer, Beetlejuice made a short laugh and said;
"she sleep with me! What did you expect?"
silent...dead silent.
Ginger and Jacques first looked dump at both Lydia and Beetlejuice. then they began to look terrified.
"he meant I slept on the couch" Lydia quickly laughed silly, to save Beetlejuice hide "it was too late for me to take a bus home, so he let me sleep on the couch tonight"
"I zee.." said Jacques slow, still looking bit upset "well..you two harve fun to thee party" and he jogged away, still looking very strange at them. Ginger hesitating before she walked inside.
"thanks bye" she waved them of and pushed Beetlejuice over to Doomie. Funny enough, he hasn't said a word, since she helped him out of the awkward moment. They drove in silence for some time.
"why did you say you slept on the couch?" Beetlejuice asked suddenly, he sounded a bit offended she saved him… again.
"because you just told them we is together" she said
"yeah, so?" she was stunned over his word. She turned her head and saw into his serious green-yellow eyes
"but we never showed anyone in the entire Neitherworld, that we are together" Doomie honked offend "expect for you Doomie" he was quiet for a moment, then said in his rare honesty;
"I did that for protect you... not because I'm embarrassed over you"
"so did I..." he looked at her with a small amused smile
"looks like we are even, huh Babes?"
"yep... but why did you so say it in front of Jacques and Ginger?" He snorted, glanced back to where the Road house were
"those two will not rat us out. They are maybe annoying and stupid as a stone, but a threat? No way!" she giggled;
"alright, but I don't think we should throw it like that to them, let them get it; with baby step" Lydia couldn't help but laugh, when he turned into a baby, asking;
"how small baby steps?" before turning back with a big grin over his face.
one thing at the time, as you can see I have make Charles the protective daddy and finally I can tell you that Tommy Knight(T.K), you first time read in "the last year" is the older brother to Ella!
how many of you saw that coming? you can see images of Ella, if you are interest on my DeviantART site.
that was really close Beetlejuice throw a bomb on both his neighbors and maybe also Lydia XD
