Beetlejuice character belongs Tim Burton
Ella Knight and the story belongs to me
Slightly mature in this chapter
Soul bound
the December came and went. Just like the snow and soon the weather was rainy, gloomy and still pretty dark. Just like the Poltergeist's mood. The reason to that was because he has not seen Lydia in two weeks now and that really make him feel tense and unhappy.
I miss her he thought while he look at his NTV, not actually seen a thing of it. He remembered how hard it was for him to let her go;
"you...you are going out of the country?" he ask dumbfounded Lydia, when she have secret summoned him to her school and told him the news inside her and Ella's room.
"yes. Our class shall to France in two weeks" she told him, she too looked a little upset over it.
"and unfortunately you can't come with B" Ella said there sat on her big travel bag behind them, she has listen to their conversation in silence, until Lydia was beginning to look upset "there is no way we can smuggle you with us" she gave them both a shoulder clap before she went out of the room "I see you outside" the duo look sad at each other silent in a while before Beetlejuice said;
"I wish I can come with"
"me too Beej" she walk into a hug "but you can't even be our tour guide and it will just be too risky" she look hopeful up "can I call you out when we have free times?"
"no... there are rules in the Neitherworld, I am forced to follow" he sighed and really hate he couldn't break that rule "a deceased can only be called out, in that land there are born and died in" he told her "I can't come with though a mirror. I can only come with you if you take me with you"
"I'm sorry Beetlejuice... I can't" she apologized and added with a little weak smile "it will only be two weeks"
"I know..." he said defeated and took two his red-tipped fingers up in the air "two more times Babes"
"Beetlejuice"
"bring me a souvenir okay?" he tried to smile
"sure, Beetlejuice" and he returned back to the boring Neitherworld.
so in two damn weeks he have spent so much time he could on pranks, cons and scams that he was more than once close to be thrown to the sandworms. So instead he pulled pranks on his neighbors, but they threaten to kick him out of the Roadhouse if he didn't stop.
Buzz kill and Party popper! So here he sat, thinking about the only person there have make such big of a mark on his soul, that it was impossible for him to not to think about her.
I can never forget her even if I wanted too... how can a little girl there have been the only nice thing I have allowed in my afterlife, turn into a women, I can't live without today... so to speak
"I miss her... I really, really really-" he stop up for a second looking empty in the room and suddenly yelled "LYDIAAAAA! COME BAAAACK!"
"sacre bleu! What is thiz racket?!" Jacques most have heard his yelling, while he was out joking and came inside to figure out what's happen "Beeataljuize? What iz wrong mon ami?"
"I just want her back, it so unfair she is gone like this!" he whined high and began to punch the floor with both arms and legs "I want her back I want her back I want her back!" Ginger came behind Jacques and look pretty mad, Beetlejuice most have ruin one of her dancing practice... again
"Beetlejuice, stop acting like a baby!" the ghost raspberry rude at her "you have tried that she have been gone it some times"
"not as long at this!" he whined more high than ever. Why couldn't they understand he just felt lost without her?
"itz only two weekz"
"I DON'T CARE!" he yelled "I WANT HER BACK!"
"Beetlejuice, what is wrong with you?!" the spider yelled back. Beetlejuice look at her with longing sad eyes and Ginger realized something in horror "oh no... you are in love with her" he looked confused at theirs horrified faces, before he finally snap offend;
"and so what if I am?!"
"houv long?" the skeleton asked slow
"long enough" Beetlejuice came up in sitting position and huffed with crossed arms, he notice their odd and still terrifying looks. He thought it was because of him, because they knew his story with women and how he threaten them. That was enough he felt really insulted
"hey! don't look at me like that! She is not like the rest and so what if I am fall head over heels for her, huh?! She have been the only one of all of you idiots there will spent time with me!"
"but... she is a breather. She is alive" Ginger tried to explain
"I don't care" the ghost gave back.
"its againzt the lavs" Jacques came in, but Beetlejuice didn't hear him.
"gah! Didn't you numskulls hear me?!" he jumped up and said rude; "I. Don't. Care!" he sighed and began to relax a little "she is the first who make me feel like this..." he eyes snap up when they began to give him look of caring "what are you two looking so stupid for?!"
"thiz explain ar lot" Jacques said silent to Ginger and said serious to the ghost " Beeataljuize my frieend... you can neever tell thiz to anyone"
"Believe me, bone head" Beetlejuice snorted "you two are the only one who will hear it from me"
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two more days walked by and Beetlejuice began to be nervous why Lydia was not coming back yet "where is she? There have go already go two weeks" he mumble for himself, there sat in front of his man-size mirror in his bedroom. He didn't know where she will be when she came home, so he keep switching the mirror to be in her college room and her bedroom. He have just make the mirror swift back to her bedroom, when he saw the door open. He quickly turn himself invisible because he thought it was Delia there again tried to put some ugly(pink and yellow was really ugly) certain up again, Beetlejuice make sure that they fall down quick. But it wasn't Delia or Charles. He crawl a little closer to the mirror to be sure he was right.
"Lydia?" he called silent out to the person there came in.
"Beetlejuice" she looked up with her skin a little sunburn here and there. She has just walked into her room and look straight at her mirror.
"LYDIA!" he jumped on the spot and was over-happy to see her again "SAY IT THE LAST TWO TIMES, BABY!"
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejucie!" she smiled happy to him and both of them just throw into each others arms. Beeltejuice took her in his arms and swing her round in the air "I have miss you" she said soft to him
"you know what? I have miss you too" he said back and gave her a kiss to show HOW much.
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the trip to France was great, but even with Ella as her side, it was not the same. She miss Beetlejuice and she thought about him every single day. The reason why she came home late was because the plain was delayed and that's really annoyed her greatly. Finally home she used only a hour to tell her parents about her trip for she really need to see Beetlejuice. Two weeks have almost felt like a year for her. She open the door to her bedroom and was already close to call him.
"Lydia?" she look up and saw he already was there
"Beetlejuice" she said happy to see that face
"LYDIA!" she couldn't help but laugh over his happiness, for if he could he would probably have jumped out of the mirror right away "SAY IT THE LAST TWO TIMES, BABY!"
"Beetlejuice, Beetlejucie!" she jumped into hers ghostly lover and let him swing her around before she said; "I have miss you"
"you know what? I have miss you too" he didn't have to say that twice for she could easily feel in that kiss he gave her how much he has. He took a step back to take a good look at her and he frowned "you... looks different" she laugh over this fact. She knew she have gotten a little sunburn, but not that much. She was just one of the people there couldn't get a tad skin, but turn more red in too much sun. she make a mentally note to thanks Ella for have taken a factor 50 sunscreen with her.
"maybe because I have been in another country Beej" Lydia giggled, she walked over to her bag and fishing a food bag up "here. I have brought something for you" she gave the bag to him there look confused at it
"what is that?"
"France snails" she told him while he opened it "there are maybe a little out of date"
"Mhmm my favorite" he linked around his mouth, took on up and shuck the snail out of it's shell, Lydia came with a little "eww", it look like he liked it and took a new one up. "wanna have one?" he offed her one
"no thanks Beej. I have already tried one" he looks like he have ran into a wall or something for that comment "priceless face Beetlejuice" she laugh at him and began to make her ready to a bath "while you eat those I take a bath"
"now? Can't that-" he ate a new snail and shivered a little over the thought "-little trifle wait?"
"I need to relax after a long trip" she told him and started the water up to a warm bath with many bobbles "and a bath is the best way to relax"
"I can make sure you will relax" she heard him outside the bathroom
"your probably the worst to make people relax" she teased him and he smiled silly, but still proud over his abilities to be the Neitherworld least wanted.
"yeah, I am the best to drive people crazy" he turned into a taxi driver on a child size taxi "want a ride?"
"no thanks" she giggled and walked back to the bathroom "you know where you can find me" he heard him mumble something incoherent back, she took her traveling clothes off and dumped down in the warm bobble bath there relaxed her tender back, leg and butt. She really needed the bath and few seconds after she was walked in the tub, she heard someones footsteps. "couldn't stay away huh?" she asked and looked at Beetlejuice there kneeling beside of the bathtub.
"you are a little more interesting than the snails are, Babes" he joked and look with wary eyes at the water, even she make him bath, he still didn't like the idea to be clean "but if you want some privacy... you don't get get it today, I have not seen you in two long weeks" he laugh at her and she took her own revenges by splashing water in his face.
"a real gentleman talker" she gave sarcastic back. He quickly jerked away and shake his wet head like a dog.
"heeey!" he whined and looked upset at his wet suit "you are washing all my color off!"
"you started it" Lydia could not stop by laughing at him and thought she has really missed him.
"and will end it" he smirked and he gave his comeback by splashing water back at her, so it ended in a smaller water battle. Right now she didn't know it was a good or bad thing she has erases some of his trauma for clean water. After the whole bathroom was splashed, she have enough with his child-game, so she pushed him and he(obvious enough) fell down in the tub with head first.
"Beetlejuice!" she shrieked and she almost jumped up at the bathtub, deeply blushing. Beetlejuice's head came quickly up from the water. He sputter water he has manages to swallow.
"uups, how did that happen?" Beetlejuice asked innocent and winked cheeky to her, she scowled a little to him before she relaxed and she found it odd he still stayed in the water, maybe because she was with him. Beetlejuice head began to spin so more water was tossed out in the bathroom and he stopped it "now I am wet behind my ears!" he whined and dunked his head so water came out of his ear together with a single rubber-duck.
"like you aren't always that" she giggled teasing at him and leaned on to him there began to smile exiting silly. Lydia gave him a single kiss, before she took the rubber-duck up and squish it so it squealed "seen you takes water like a duck"
"iiiak! You clean up my act babes" Beetlejuice jumped up from the tub and took his jacket off to wrung the water out off it.
"toss me a towel" Lydia just said to him for his whining "and we also need to do something about this water-world we have make out of the room" she crawl slowly out off the tub.
"I can do something better" he snap with his finger and the whole room was dry "you don't need a stupid towel with me around" he grinned and snap again, so two of the towels jump on her body and turn into a funny-looking dress "beside... this little outfit of your will not hold for long anyway, if you know what I mean" he winked with a lustful smile and with a inhuman speed he took her up in his arms, she gave a small gasp from her. Even she has known in so long, he could still take her by surprise, but she didn't care he did this and let him bear her into her bed.
"I missed you Beej" she whispered to him, when he lay her gently down on the bed
"I missed you more" he smiled loving to her, a side he only shows to her. Lydia smiled a smile matching his and gave him a long passion kiss.
"when I just did it most" unlike other times, she show a great impatience to feel his body again, for the two weeks was long for her to not have seen Beetlejuice, she was use to see almost every day. Beetlejuice chuckled and began to follow up with her. He did try to tease her by tickle or lick her cheek like a dog, if she was to fast.
"play nice Beetlejuice" Lydia warned him gently, while she wrap her arms around his neck "or else I have to send you back"
"come on babes" he whined again and kissed her a little more fierce "you can't just twist me around your little finger" she stopped kissing him when she process what he just said, for she knew his literally translation could be smaller problems, even when she could keep them in check.
"you didn't just say that didn't you?" she asked him to be sure
"what?" he answer confused "what did I say?" when he realized what he said and his eyes wide a little "oh uh"
"time to turn this game" she smiled sly to him and rested her weight a little more on her arms to better look into Beetlejuice wide eyes "kiss me" he kissed her without hesitation, but she was not done "Beetlejuice. May I have your heart?"
"you already have, sweet heart" the ghost heart popped out of his chest and she took it gently in her hand "I am all yours"
"hey heart. shut up" Beetlejuice growled low and looked evil at his heart there was in Lydia's hands.
"still don't like when you heart talk?" she teased him and added "I thought I changes you mind"
"you did" he smiled cheeky "but you still have to put it in a leash sometimes, if you know what I mean?"
"I don't" she rolled her eyes and noticed something with his heart "it actually warmer than I thought possible" it wondered her most, because Beetlejuice didn't have normal human body temperature, so he was always the same temperature as the room and most will have been creep out over the thought by holding a other beings heart, but for Lydia it was kinda exciting.
"you just warm my heart up" he joked back and keep a good eye on her, she knew he needed his heart to be whole and use his magi. The black in his eyes suddenly began to be very big and it look like he tried to shake something of him "stop that"
"what?" Lydia ask confused, when it hit her. He could feel everything there happen to his body, even if it was separated. He most could feel her touch on his heart
"oh that?" she smiled sly to him. She saw him gulp, he knew exactly what she was up to.
Lydia began slowly to caress his heart, when she more pet it and finally she kiss it. Lydia could see he really tried to fight her touch off, but unfortunate it was a battle he couldn't win, for she could easily see in excited him... he was just to proud to tell it did. Finally he snap and throw himself on her bed, holding himself on his chest and arched his back.
"gah stop it babes! You are making me soft here" he cried out. he gasped shocked when he realized what he just said and quickly look at himself. Nothing have happen and he frowned surprised.
"well not enough to it can be seen" Lydia teased him. She could feel that her touch on his heart have make it electrifying, she could feel it slightly vibrated in her fingers. He was obvious been tired of her teasing and tried not to snatch his heart back, she avoid his arm "tired I steal your heart?"
"oh yeah you steal it alright" with a inhuman speed he have again pinned her down and hold her there "but now I want it back. Still need it to be me" With no escape he ate his own heart "heh, heart in the throat" he joked with a big grin and a big lump on his neck. Lydia have a feeling what she will get the last laugh this time after all.
"3, 2" he raised a eyebrow at her counting "1" he flinched high when his heart got on its regular place and it zap itself to beat.
"whow... that was I call the old ticker is getting a bit bombed" and she couldn't hold her laugh back anymore. His face was just priceless.
"you got everything your heart desired" she tired to hide her laughing with one hand, when Beetlejuice raised a eyebrow with a slightly offended face "it was shocking"
"oh yeah?" He now looked at her with a malevolent grin and hold her down "don't think I am done with you yet" she stopped her laughing and now it was her turn to look at him with big eyes "I am just warming up"
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"why do you have so much energy?" Lydia asked him exhausted after that treatment he has giving her. Unlike her, he just look like he have take a walk or something and lay beside of her with his arm behind his head.
"ghost with the most babes" he grinned while he began to caress her gently and that's how he got the last laugh after all.
"I keep forgetting" she said ironic and kissed him tender. "Beej?"
"oh uh, you only say it like that, when you have a question" he tease her and look stupidly serious at her "it not healthy for you"
"very funny Beetlejuice" Lydia gave him a friendly push in his now heart beating chest "it was something Vince said to me"
"oh? Should I be concerned?"
"no" she hold him in a long kiss "you are my only ghost in my life"
"good to hear that. So what was it kingly told you, I wasn't permitted to hear?" Beetlejuice asked dramatic with his British accent.
"do you know what Soul bound is?" to her surprise he froze in his movement for a second or two, before he move his head a little away from her shoulder
"yeah I know" he said "is a act"
"of what?" Lydia asked and by the look of his face, she have a idea what it was "love?"
"yeah. Is how Neitherworldians make sure they found each other here-after" he told her neutral "Soul bound as the name say, bound one another souls to each other"
"like marriages?"
"nah, it's a lot stronger" he began to pick his ear like he was bored over the subject "but not many deadbeat do Soul bound"
"why? have you ever tried it?" her question make him jump and for a second he looked scared
"hell no! I've never tried it" he snorted "for it only one of those one thing deal" he looked thoughtful for a second or two "think my parents have done it, but don't expect me to ask them" she smiled amused over the last part and Beetlejuice shiver a little "pick wrong and you pay with your soul"
"what? It sounds terrible" she said and then asked more hesitating "do you know what happen, if you pick... right"
"no. I can't even ask how it feel like, is like asking about how you died" he frowned "so it one of those thing I have no idea how it work" she nodded understanding and he continued "even I heard around in the more darker corner of the Neitherworld, that the Soul bound does give a warning if you chose wrong and a sight when you chose right"
"oh" she was silent for a little while to chew on what he have told her "do you know what the signs is?"
"no"
"why have you never told me about it?" Lydia asked instead
"not important enough I think?" he mumbled and looked surprisingly enough sheepish at her "or because it's like... tell you how the... flowers and the bees works"
"when it's good my school already told me about that" she laughed over he almost blushed over the subject with the flower and bee's and have never expected him take that talk with her. She pushed him playfully with a wink "I can tell you it how it works"
"Lyds!"
"kidding" she laugh over his reaction. He only rolled his eyes at her and she asked wondering "will you one day try it?"
"what? Be a flower?"
"no silly, Soul Bound?"
"why should I? I don't want to find my one and only ghoul girl" he sound annoyed and took his hand behind his head "I have what I want" that little comment make her heart burst up with happiness
"ohhh that was sweet"
"huh?" he look confused at her and when said denial "what? No it wasn't" she just role her eyes at him and snuggle into him
"so it only possible for deceased to do a Soul Bound?" she thought out loud
"think so" he raise a eyebrow and look at her "what's your point?"
"just thinking out loud" she only said... for the she didn't even know self why she thought that in the first place.
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Beetlejuice was send back to the Neitherworld the next morning, for Lydia meant that it will be too 'risky' to let him be alone in a whole day. It didn't take him so hard as it usually would for Lydia have giving him something to think over... and it was really rare he thought over things.
"Soul Bound huh?. It kinda long time since I have last thought about that" he mumbled for himself while he look at Doomie's motor "what was it she said again?" he ask. Doomie just shrugged so Beeltejuice morph his head to Lydia and said with her voice; "it is only possible for deceased to do Soul bound?" he morph his head back and look thoughtful "hmm... it is only possible for the death to do it? And how in the Neitherworld can you do it?" he walked away from Doomie there followed him by his head-lights "can it-"
"do you always talk to yourself, when you think nobody is around?" Lydia's voice was been heard behind him. It didn't surprise him, he has never told her that he could hear her come and feel it when she call his name.
"hey babes" he shrugged "mostly yes. You have just never noticed it" she giggle at him "but my brain cook right now over that Soul Bound crap" he open his head and a casserole with his brain inside was shown.
"yeah I can smell it from here" she waved her hand over her noise and took a step back. He laugh of her face before they both took a walk into the city. "do...do you think... it possible-" Lydia began to mumble.
"what?" he asked with his hands in his pockets
"Deceased and Breather?" it took some time before it hit him what she meant
"I don't know babes" he shrugged "I've never heard about a bound between a living and a dead"
"never? I thought you knew everything about the Neitherworld"
"yeah, but only the things people talk about" he gave back with a sly smile "that's how I knew how to come to the Outworld in the first place"
"because you heard people talk?"
"and what I shakes out of folks" she looked slightly shocked at him and he make a move to show he was kidding. Beetlejuice wondered out loud "I think we are the first breather and deadbeat there took the next step" he gave her a big smile "of course with the right persuasion"
"we can't be the first, there most have been others" she looked around in the city like she expected to see another human hand in hand with a skeleton or some other Neitherworldian.
"have you ever met others?" he asked her with a raised eyebrow
"no?"
"me either and I have been here darn long time"
"maybe there are others" she began again and said smart "they just hide it like us"
"hmm could be" that thought haven't crossed his mind, so he gave her right... for now
"how do you know what happen if it went wrong?"
"huh what?"
"Soul Bound? When it went wrong?"
"are we still talking about that?"
"yes. So? How do you know?"
"because I have seen it. Come" Beetlejuice took her hand and drag her over to the center of the city, he pointed; "can you see that guy over there? Him there keep avoid other ghouls?" Both looked at a red-skinned Specter there hold a long distance from all others, he look slightly insane.
"yes?"
"heard rumors that he found a random ghoul girl, he feel head over heels with. And stupid as he was, he tried to Soul Bound with her the same day" he told her while the both look at the poor excuse of a ghost "she got away with the shock, something with it was him there did it and today his soul is broken and he can't even be in contact with other beings anymore"
"that's dreadful" she said sad "can he return back to himself"
"only by reincarnation. Y'know, eaten by a sandworm or few other ways I won't even speak about" Beetlejuice said serious "so will his soul be recharges and good as new" he shivered "just the thought about Sandworms giving me goosebumps" heads of gooses appear all over his head and arms. Lydia only smiled weak for this. He decided to changes the subject
"all that talk make me hungry, what about we find something to eat" she nodded and he walked ahead, he did notice that Lydia was not following him, she still looked at the poor Specter
"Lydia. There is nothing we can do for him. He broke his soul and now he have to pay the price. Stop think about it, for he did it to himself"
"it still cruel to think over" she said sad and walk slowly after him "but since the price is so great when it fails... Soul Bound most be really powerful when it succeed"
"most be... but we'll probably never knew what you get from a success Soul Bound" he mumbled. He gave her a small push in the arm and yelled; "last one to the Eye-scream shop is a gilla monster!" this time she giggled back and ran quickly after him... leaving the broken ghost behind in they both mind and sight.
Soul Bound is a little hard to explain, but maybe you will get more info in the story. you never know. please ask me if you have question :)