Trouble Lies Ahead
Disclaimer: See prologue...
A/N: Woohoo, here i am again with chapter seven! Thank you to both Llewyn and Doormouse, i'm glad you guys are enjoying this, hell it's really been a pleasure writing it so far. Good things to come, good things to come..
Chapter Seven: There's Always Tomorrow
It was sometime later as the couple roused from their exhaustion induced sleep that Lydia noticed her room was surrounded by multicoloured orbs, floating around and shining every so often. It was utterly beautiful, in no order each orb floated past Lydia's face, the warmth of them sending a delectable shiver down her spine. Smiling, she tried to grab a few and hold them in her hand. it felt as if she were five again in the garden watching the insects crawl around, so fascinated that she just HAD to touch one, the urge to great to abandon. And touch she did, the orbs lighting up her skin, the paleness of her skin suddenly vanished, she became almost translucent and the orbs continued to float.
Beetlejuice watched as Lydia touched and caressed the energy that had emitted from him some time ago. The look on her face alone could cheer him up from one of his dark days, she really was a beautiful creature. Internally he frowned. Beautiful? When had he ever saw anything as beautiful? It was then at that moment, watching Lydia play around with his energy that he knew he had somehow changed, being part of this young woman's life had altered is state, no longer was he Beetlejuice the ass, he was Beetlejuice the ass who Lydia Deetz loved.
"Lyds."
Lydia turned around letting the orbs go, they floated to the door of her room and suddenly vanished.
"Come here.."
Lydia slid gently next to him, her body igniting his once again. Her warmth was truly amazing, and Beetlejuice would always be in awe at how one touch from his Lydia could ignite his body into a raging inferno.
He took her bottom lip between his and chewed on it slightly, he knew he was addicted to how she tasted, her taste changed slightly, the sweetness of her kissed had long since passed now there was a hotness that ached to burn his tongue. He opened his mouth willingly and let her take charge. Her kiss was full of heat, and ice and cinnamon. Her tongue teased him, caressed him and loved him and he knew that he could get used to this sort of affection. Never in his life OR afterlife had he had this much attention and he appreciated every second Lydia spent with him.
Breaking away from the kiss, be touched her cheek lightly, his cool hand soothing the heat that radiated from her body.
"Beej...god, how did we get here?"
That was a question he would never be able to answer. Where had the hurt and anger and stinging sensation for revenge gone from them both? Here they were now, in each others arms so full of love, Beetlejuice would vow that feeling that good should be made illegal.
"Babes...i really don't know, i'm kinda stumped on that one."
Lydia let out a low chuckle and pulled him to her, she knew they would have to get up and dressed before her parents or the Maitland's found them in this compromising position. Giving Beetlejuice one last kiss, Lydia surfaced to the world of the living and began getting dressed, Beetlejuice's occasional wolf whistles making her grin and throw an item of clothing at him.
"Come on BJ, both my parents OR Adam and Barbara could come through that door any minute, get dressed."
With a click of his fingers and a grin that would surely have scared her if she didn't know him so well, he was fully clothed and relaxed on her bed.
"Sometimes you can be so..."
"Sexy?"
"No, i was going to say sneaky, but yes you CAN be sexy when you want to be."
Lydia sat down gently on her bed and looked into his pale face, his green eyes reflecting her in all her beauty.
"This won't...change anything, will it BJ?"
Beetlejuice frowned, his unswept eyebrows meeting in the middle. "Change what, babe?"
"Us.."
Brushing his hand through his hair, he shrugged at Lydia and lit up a cigarette. "Shouldn't think so..."
Lydia glared at the cigarette. "MUST you smoke in my bedroom? "
Giving her his most innocent look, Beetlejuice took a draw from his cigarette and blew out the smoke, to Lydia's surprise the smoke that trailed from his lips had taken on the shape of little love hearts. "Are you gonna send me outside?"
Lydia made a face, using her hand she wafted the smoke away from her face. "No..i suppose not, looks like i'll be purchasing a fan sometime soon though."
Pointing to the unit that rested next to her bed, a small fan appeared blowing the smoke away from Lydia, a grin now threatening to pass her lips. "You have your moments, Beej."
Beetlejuice and Lydia shared a look that conveyed what they felt for each other, their love and passion and hunger, the moment was broken when Charles could be heard on the other side of her bedroom door, his knuckles lightly rapping on the frame.
"Lydia, pumpkin? Are you alright in there? " The handle to her door turning ever so slightly, Beetlejuice shot up, gave Lydia a small kiss and vanished. Lydia's look of pure astonishment was what greeted her father upon his entrance.
"Dad..."
Charles sat down on Lydia's rumpled bed and gave it a curious look. "Did you have a nap?"
"Uh, yes...i've been extremely tired since coming here. I think it's the lack of things to do around here."
"Don't you have any college work that you could do?"
Lydia nodded. "Yes, i haven't been motivated to finish anything off yet.."
Charles nodded his head and sighed there was something on his mind that he wanted to share with Lydia.
"Honey, it's been more than a week since all that trouble with that ghost stopped, do you know anything about it?"
Lydia licked her suddenly dry lips, she was sure her voice would come out as nothing more than a squeak.
"Both Delia and i are worried about you, Lydia. You spend time with us yes, but at nights you're always locked up in your bedroom, are you...meeting with him?"
"Him? Who? Beetle-"
Jumping up, Charles waved his arms around manically, slicing his hand through the air to silence his daughter. "No, don't say his name. Peace is what both me and Delia want right now, so long as everything is...alright between you and..."
"Beetle-"
"Lydia! Stop!"
Lydia smiled at her father and hugged him, something she hadn't done in some time. Her father stiffened as she tightened her hold on him, slowly he melted and hugged his daughter in return, laying a small kiss on her head.
"I love you, pumpkin."
Lydia sighed, the tears threatening to leak from her eyes. "I love you too, dad."
Pulling away, Charles wiped his own eyes and smiled at his daughter. Somehow he felt much better, as if by talking to her their relationship had gotten stronger than before.
"I'll uh...leave you to whatever it is that you were doing..."
Lydia watched as her father closed her bedroom door. With an audible sigh, Lydia flopped down on her bed and closed her eyes. A cold puff of air tickled the base of her neck, Lydia giggled and opened her eyes to see Beetlejuice looming over her. "Babes, that was smoooothe!"
"Where did you go?"
Beetlejuice buffed his nails and landed on Lydia with a small oof. "I'm the Ghost with the most, need i remind ya?"
"Somehow Klutz with the most has a better ring to it."
Beetlejuice playfully glared at Lydia and rolled off of her, both stared at her ceiling in deep concentration.
"Yer gonna have to put me back soon, babes."
"I know." Whispered Lydia, it was painful just thinking about it.
Beetlejuice turned to his side and kissed Lydia's neck gently. "There's always tomorrow."
"And the next day...and the next."
Both looked at each other with an intensity that was extremely powerful, slowly they kissed each other. This time it was a kiss of promise and a kiss of things to come, that their time hadn't come to an end. It had only started, and with a tear trailing down her cheek, Lydia mumbled his name three times against his lips.
A puff of cool air brushed against her, the weight of his body gone. All that was left was his scent, spicy like rum, and cool like freshly cut grass.
He was right as usual, there was always tomorrow.
TBC...