In the morning Beetlejuice awoke to go see Lydia but first thing he had to do was get the children ready. This was of course an interesting morning because he didn't have a woman to help him. The first thing was a bath which he hated taking himself but didn't mind giving them to the kid. He picked up Pandora to put on her diaper and dressed which was easy enough but Gordon was another story. Beej was trying to be careful but the boy kept kicking and then after he took off the diaper. The kid had a pretty rank load in the diaper and proceeded to pee on his father's shirt since he was in the line of fire, urine, whatever he was hit. He grumbled and zapped the stain away that was too much for even him somehow. Of course he made a low groan when his son started laughing at him then Pandora joined in. he couldn't help but laugh saying "That's my boy alright." He now had to feed the children…which of course Lydia usually did… He picked up a spoon and a jar of food thinking 'how hard could it be?' If I only said 'Good thing he's already dead' that wouldn't do this situation's justice. Pandora looked at the food and reached for the spoon in her father's hand of course he foolishly handed her the spoon it was one of those cute plastic spoons with decals that looked like little fish. Gordon was not so eager to grab the spoon so Beetlejuice started feeding him. At that moment Pandora learned about the new endeavor known as food flinging. She got the baby food directly into her father's mouth which made him start coughing "AAAHG! That's actually... HEALTHY!" He proceeded to cough it up in the sink then Gordon got the bright idea to repeat his sister's actions flinging food right at her. A full on food war happened behind Beetlejuice's back until he turned around to the goop covered babies.
He shouted something he never thought he would even think about…. "I JUST CLEANED YOU UP! NOW I'LL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN!!" He paused when he realized what he said then covered his mouth. Gordon and Pandora looked at him and the worst thing possible happened…..They started to cry. He was still in shock then quickly snapped out of it to see his offspring letting out their frustration due to their father's screaming. This was bad... Lydia was the one that always calmed them down and made everything alright…this was becoming difficult. He had no idea what to do and was driven mad by the crying infants. He spun his head then Gordon tried to do it… it didn't work and he needed much more practice while Pandora didn't seem to care at the moment. Beetlejuice snapped his fingers and thought about doing funny faces he was after all the ghost that won the 24 hour gross out thanks to the funny face category. Of course he did have Lydia at his side but still he was good at what he did. He began to change shape he took the form on that he used to lull Charles' boss into a false sense of security before launching him through the ceiling. He looked like a circus mobile and that stopped Miss Pandora from crying. She was overjoyed then started to giggle. When Beetlejuice finished he zapped the kitchen and his children clean before loading up Doomy with the baby bag, stroller, stuff for Lydia, and the babies. Doomy was happy to see the kids and panted like the loving animal he was. Beej himself finally jumped in and took off towards the hospital.
When they arrived he went to the elevator and zapped up some flowers 'Snap Dragons' with a little extra snap. The doors opened and he pushed the stroller through the doors taking them towards Lydia's room he set down the flowers and turned to the bed "Hey Lyds I brought the…Lyds?" He looked around the room and saw that she was not there. He even peeked into the bathroom but she was nowhere to be seen. A nurse walked into the room and said "Oh hello are you to see Lydia Juice?" He nodded "Uh… Yeah." The nurse left the room then came back with Lydia's chart "She's out for tests but she'll be right back." The nurse left again to deal with someone down the hall apparently a patient felt the urge to get up and made their bed alarm went off. He waited in the sterile room it was a stiff place but the best place for her it was not as crazy as the Netherworld hospital but she was living and this is where the living go. Beetlejuice still hated the thought of her spending another night in this place. While that thought finished crossing his mind the door creaked open again and there was Lydia being wheeled in by a male nurse. She smiled upon seeing Beetlejuice and her children "Good morning Beej!" The male nurse looked at the children and said "These are your kids? They're beautiful Mrs. Juice." She attempted to get up and switch chairs while the nurse stood by just in case. Beetlejuice stood and put his hands to guard just in case as well… He was not about to let some guy nurse catch his wife if she fell. The nurse just smiled at the careful husband and said "It's alright Mr. Juice I won't let her fall." She finally took her seat and the man took his leave.
Lydia looked at her children then said "Beej let me see Pandora." He lifted her out of the stroller and handed her to Lydia who noticed something "You changed them?" Then smelled her hair "and bathed them too?" He looked back at her with Pandora in her arms "Yeah I did…I thought you would want them ….clean." She smiled and told him "That's great but come here for a minute Beej." He leaned over and she kissed his cheek "We'll do more when we're back at home. They said I should be out pretty soon." Of course this was great news for both of them but pretty soon became a week and a week turned into a month. After that she was finally released she didn't even need a physical therapist to visit her. She had one medication but it was for the pain and to be used as needed however, Lydia didn't really think she would need it at all. She felt fine after all even after being stabbed and being attached to a machine. She was ready to walk on her own and stand on her own power. Beetlejuice however was not there to pick up Lydia on the grand day. Eris was there with Donny which was weird in itself. He was smiley sunshine as always while Eris was trying her best to keep her sanity with 'Mr. Happy' saying so many cheesy things she wanted to drag herself to the Emergency Room or better yet the Psych ward.
Lydia looked behind them and asked "Where is Beej?" Before Donny could even think of a response Eris said "Umm the children were inconsolable so he stayed behind as a giant mobile to keep them happy." She shrugged then lifted up the outfit Eris brought for her saying "I see. Well he was getting tired of the hospital after coming to see me every day. I've been more than tired of it since day one." Eris turned to Donny then said "Donny be a doll and go bring the car around Lydia needs to change out of her hospital gown." He smiled "Well I'd be glad to baby sister!" Then before leaving gave Eris a large hug which almost broke a few of her ribs if not all of them. She struggled to say "Tha…nks Donny…" before he left then started to pack Lydia's things while she got dressed in the bathroom. She noticed the clothes were dressy then asked "Who's are these? I don't remember them."Eris smiled "They're a present from me I figured you would want to look pretty when you got back home. Not that you don't already but an awesome outfit wouldn't hurt." Lydia came out of the bathroom wearing a coat to cover the awesomeness of her outfit "Beetlejuice doesn't know about it does he?" Eris smiled leaning against a wall with the duffel holding all of Lydia's things from that sterile and boring room "Beetlejuice doesn't know about what?" Lydia gave her trademark giggle before they took their leave from that place but Eris said something that caught Lydia off guard "I like hospitals. I just hate needles." Lydia tilted her head "I don't like hospitals at all usually but I guess this time I'll make an exception this time….This time I'm just tired of being here too long." Eris laughed and walked through the sliding doors with a fully healed Lydia.
They sat in the back of the car while Donny drove them to someplace unfamiliar Lydia looked around "What's this?" Eris smiled and let Lydia out of the car "This is my place Lydia, The Dark Angel Café and Bar. What do you think of it?" She looked at the sign with an angel with black wings, red torn dress, heels, and ebony hair between the words Dark and Angel which were written in a lovely font called…Vivaldi? It was an elegant font that evened out the sign with elegance and the beauty of a battle scarred angel that fell from grace. When they walked in the place had different movie posters from Tim Burton movies like Alice in Wonderland, Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, 9, and some were pictures of different fallen angels. There was one empty picture frame on the wall with a gold label that said "The Family." The tables were wood with silhouettes drawn into it. The chairs were stools, wire back chairs, and large comfy chairs that looked like they came from the Mad Hatter's backyard although still black and red to go with the flow of the entire place.
Lydia looked around "its great." then bumped into a waitress who let out a few words "Oh I am SO SORRY!" Lydia recognized the voice, it was Claire Brewster. Eris roared at the hired help "Claire you have dishes to wash get to it!" Claire rushed to the back and started her work. Lydia looked to Eris and asked "Why does she work here? She's rich. " Eris laughed "Correction doll her PARENTS are rich. She's broke without a dime to her name."Lydia thought about that back and forth since all the posturing Claire put forth in the past meant nothing now. Obviously it didn't help her at all since she was in the back washing dishes working for her cousin. The door opened behind them and Eris said "Well then looks like someone is here for you Lydia." She turned around and saw Beetlejuice at that moment her face lit up before she ran into his arms "Beetlejuice!!" He put his arms around her "Glad to see you out of that place Babes!" She hugged him a little tighter for five seconds then pulled away "Beej you're going to wrinkle my dress!" He tilted his head as she took off her jacket.
NOTE: Before you read this part keep a few songs in mind "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis, "Do You Only Wanna Dance" by Mya from Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, and "This is Home" by I am Ghost.
Lydia's hair was held back by red scarf giving her the look of a gypsy she already had the form of Esmeralda. Draped around her neck was a web choker and the broach Beetlejuice gave her on the very sexy dress she was wearing. It had a corset section, draped sleeves with a boat neck orientation (yes I like boat-neck style it's pretty). It was striped like Beetlejuice's clothes but where it was tied in the middle the inside was purple like the sleeves with a web like pattern. The bottom of the dress was purple and reminiscent of a ballroom dress which was what Eris liked to call a 'flirty skirt' because if Lydia was spun then it would flare up without showing too much. Lydia was also wearing tall black and white striped boots to top it all off. Beetlejuice saw this and his jaw hit the floor it was obvious that when they arrived at home she wouldn't be wearing that dress for long. Ryaneo was at the bar doing magic with the bottles then threw Beetlejuice the microphone "Beetlejuice give us a number." The ghost appeared on the stage dressed like Elvis and started singing Jailhouse Rock. This was a good way to get the party started since everyone was arriving Bertha, Prudence, some of Lydia's college friends, and most of their Netherworld friends (the giant ape wouldn't fit in the building).
Lydia smiled watching Beetlejuice until he pulled her up on stage then she started looking through songs for something to sing then found something… She found 'Do You Only Wanna Dance?' by Mya from Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. She used a low tone and Beej started to melt when she said the words "You know what I wanna do. It aint nothin new I'm tired of droppin clues. So when I step to you. Will you rise to my occasion or will you make me change your sta~tion?" She spared nothing in the way of moving to the music she even took his hand and walked backwards toward the middle of the stage still moving the hips to the music and they danced. It was clear that he 'surrendered' by the end of that song. Lydia had him following her with him mouth open doing everything but panting since he couldn't breathe anyways.
Ryaneo went onto the stage did a fire dance act. He went on stage with a pair of jeans and his body oiled up showing off his abs. His flame colored hair tied back as usual. The first thing he did was swallow flame then blew the fire out making a dragon that flew around the room. Then burst like fireworks and harmlessly the ashes fell to the floor Eris smiled watching from her seat at the bar. He looked at her then blew a fire ball into his hand, opened it, whispered into the flame which took off like a dove from his hands to draw two interlocking circles in the air. Eris gasped surprised at first then blew a kiss in reply which he saw from the stage then sent out flaming butterflies before leaving the stage. Lydia now wanted to sing a song with Beetlejuice to close it up when the hours started winding down. Also she didn't want her college buddies to call a stripper… maybe a Burlesque dancer but not a run of the mill stripper (I have nothing against strippers I just prefer Burlesque.). She picked out a song and handed Beetlejuice a microphone and started singing "This is Home" by I am Ghost. Eris smiled sitting at the bar with Ryaneo who had his arm around her. Lydia took the woman's words saying the room was still warm and Beetlejuice admitted that he fell in love with an angel. At the end of the song Lydia was looking into Beetlejuice's eyes before they jumped into Doomy and took off for home with a deep kiss and a honk of the horn. Good Night!
Note:
I have a hard time finding a way to end stories….I need to work on that…However I'm going to work on another part of this series and another apart from it… I don't know which to do first but I need to work on my endings. Oh well good night.