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Meghan turned around smiling when she heard the door of the dorm room open. Her smile quickly faded when she saw the look on Lydia's face. She had fully expected to see her roommate come home with a silly grin on her face, but instead found her furious.

"I'm almost afraid to ask you what happened." Meghan said when Lydia threw her suitcase against the wall and fell onto her bed.

"He is the most infuriating individual I have ever met." She said seething as she stared up at the ceiling.

"What happened?" Meghan had never seen Lydia show this much emotion before. Her entire face was flushed pink with anger.

"I was stupid enough to tell him that I loved him. He had the audacity to tell me that my feelings were infatuation and I was just using him as an excuse." Her voice was cracking as she spoke. Meghan didn't say anything, but let her continue. "We were having such a nice time, he took me to the beach and we were laughing and talking. I don't know what happened." Lydia was so angry when she came back through that she turned around the flung a blanket on top of her mirror, got dressed and left. She drove back to the campus gritting her teeth as she drove.

"Well either he doesn't love you back or he's trying to save you from something." Meghan said. The words hit Lydia like a rock, she burst into tears and turned on her side. Meghan came over and put a reassuring hand on her back.

"What would he have to save me from?" She stuttered. "Oh God, he doesn't love me does he?" When she thought that she had no more heart to break, she felt it shatter even more. It broke a little more. Meghan let her cry, she needed a good cry to get over whatever she went through this weekend. Meghan sighed and walked out of the room, so much for her roommate becoming relaxed.

It wasn't until she had cried out all of her tears that Lydia decided that it was easier to stay mad at Beetlejuice than to keep reminding herself of him. She got up and washed her face of the dried tears. She gathered her books and headed for the library. She would force him out of her mind whether she wanted to or not.

Beetlejuice laid in his bed, his stomach twisted in knots. He couldn't stop thinking about how hurt Lydia looked when he threw her words in her face. He'd give anything to take them back now, but he couldn't. As much power as he had, he didn't have the power to turn back time. Ginger and Jacques had left him alone when he came back to the Roadhouse without Lydia. He hadn't left his room since. If this was love then he thought that he was better off without it, but at the same time, he didn't want to lose it. In his mind he knew that he did it for her, but in his heart he knew that until they were both together again he wouldn't be able to function.

"What's wrong with Beetlejuice?" Ginger whispered to Jacques after Beetlejuice came home and walked into his room shutting the door.

"I don't know, but I 'ave a feeling 'e will not be taking any more showers." Jacques said. Ginger only nodded and secretly hoped that he was okay. Beetlejuice stared at the blanket covered mirror for hours without blinking. He wanted more than anything to just be able to see her room. Know that it was still there waiting for him, but no one had touched it since that weekend and the weeks began to merge together until he couldn't tell one day from the next.

Lydia rubbed her blurry eyes. She hadn't slept for a straight twenty seven hours studying for her finals. She knew that her roommate was worried about her, but every time she wasn't studying she found herself thinking about Beetlejuice. She knew that she loved him, because if she hadn't this wouldn't have been so hard. During the past few months she was felt sick and almost crazy. One minute she would start to laugh with Meghan and then the next she would break down. She didn't feel like herself and it was starting to scare her.

"Lyds I think you should go to the doctor." Meghan said when Lydia emerged from the bathroom.

"Why is that?" She asked.

"Lydia I know that you had a bad breakup, but I don't think it should have given you the stomach flu. You've been getting sick a lot lately. Maybe it's something more serious than just a bug, you could have a virus and it would make me feel a lot better if you would just go." Meghan said. Lydia was so pale and ashen and she had lost even more weight if it was possible. Lydia sighed and nodded.

"All right, if it will make you happy Meg, I'll go." Lydia gave a small smile when Meghan sighed with relief.

"Good, go before you have to leave for Winter Break so I know you are okay."

"Fine, I'll go this afternoon is that all right?"

"Yes." Meghan smiled and gave Lydia a quick hug before leaving for her classes.