AN: I'm so happy! I can eat meat again! But I cannot haz cheeseburger. :( I can't open my mouth wide enough yet. Oh well, all in good time. And I'm happy because I've finally gotten Jordan out of my system.

Beetlejuice: Until he sends you another message.

Ruby: Shut up. I will deal with that when it happens.

Kitty: *whines* Why do I have to be your emotional outlet?

Ruby: It's only for a few things. Come on, Kitty, you've got it better than me, anyway!

Kitty: How so?

Beetlejuice: Ya got me, Kitty!

Kitty: Oh, yeah! :3 Okay, okay, it's my turn. We, the cast of Stars, would like to thank Morbid Crow, Dark Angel Erissa, Animekitty47, and Calm-Waters for their reviews.

Beetlejuice: And we're at, what, 43 reviews? Which makes Ruby abso-fuckin'-lutely ecstatic. We now bring ya Chapter 10: What Lies Beyond This Mornin' Is A Little Later On. *looks at Ruby* What hell's up with that title? It ain't like I slept with her.

I had promised Beetlejuice I would talk to him. But what was bothering me didn't seem like the type of conversation we could have. Although, he did say he wanted in. So he'd just have to deal with girl talk.

We were sitting on his couch, watching random stuff on tv. That's what we did Saturday nights. I was curled up in my corner, debating on how to start this thing.

"Hey, Beej?"

"What," he said, not looking at me.

"This talking . . . thing. How does it work?"

I saw him smirk. "Ya just talk."

"Um, okay, so there's this guy--"

"Who yer madly in love with, but he doesn't ever notice you."

I blinked a few times. "No, that's not it."

Then he finally looked at me, confusion on his face. "It ain't? What, does he hate ya?"

"No. I'm pretty damn certain he's in love with me."

"So what's the problem?"

"I don't love him!"

"Again, what's the problem?"

I rubbed my hand over my face before I continued. "Jordan and I dated for a bit about a year and half ago. Well, it wasn't dating dating. More like mushy texts and 'Love you, have sweet dreams of me' blah blah blah. We had been good friends before that and he asked me if I would date him. I was like 'Sure, why not?' I thought maybe I could develop some . . . feelings for him. I never did, so I broke it off--"

"I thought he broke up with you. And why are ya making out with guys ya don't even like?!"

"What? No! That was Dan! I dated him before Jordan. I was still in high school with Dan. Jordan was college. May I continue now?"

He shrugged, and I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, I broke it off, but we stayed friends. It was like nothing ever happened. For which, I was glad. He's an awesome guy! Well, mostly awesome. I never could get used to him saying how hot a guy was. Especially when I didn't think they were all that great. Like the pizza guy."

"I don't get it," he said when I paused.

"He's bi. Y'know, swings both ways? Fucks guys and girls?"

"Oh, so he's doesn't know what to fuck."

"Yeah. Sooo, that always kinda threw me off. Other than that, though. He was pretty awesome. Um, after we broke up, we still talked and stuff, but when he got rid of his cellphone 'cause his carrier was being douchbags, we only talked on, like, Facebook every once in a blue moon."

He held up his hand so I stopped before I said anything else. "Hold up, what's Facebook?"

Well, I was rather surprised by his question. I thought everybody had a Facebook! Hell, even fictional characters had a Facebook page! And a Twitter page. I thought getting tweet replies from tv show characters was total awesomesauce.

But I digress.

Maybe the Neitherworld didn't get Facebook. Maybe they had Myspace, instead. Waitasec, did they even have internet?!

"Um, it's a social networking site . . . thing," I said in answer to his question. "Okay, so enough background. About a week ago, I get a message from him saying he misses me, and he can't stop thinking about me, and all he ever feels around me is joy, and he's been trying to get over me for a year. I tell him I'm sorry. Then he tells me it isn't my fault, that that stuff just happens. Like hell it ain't my fault!"

Beetlejuice sighed and shifted so he was facing me now. "I still don't understand what the problem is."

"Beej, I feel guilty! I. Don't. Love. Him. I never will. Why do guys always fall for me, but I have absolutely no romantic feelings towards them?! Like Paul. And Austin. And Jordan!" I paused again. "Why do I attract the losers of the dork-slash-nerd community?! Or the guys who think I'm a teacher! Dude, that was crazy. Seriously, like, my first day at Shepherd Junior High? Before I met Jessica? At lunch, this guy came up to me and, like, asked me what class I taught. And this other guy who was, like, walking with his friend towards me between classes? He was like 'Wow, she's a hot teacher!' Like, what the hell?!" I realized I had started talking in valley girl, but whatever.

And he must of noticed too, because he said, "Like, no way." with a completely straight face.

I rolled my eyes, smirking, and turned my head to the side.

Next thing I know, I'm sitting in his lap, just short of having a panic attack.

"Jesus Christ, Ginger!" I yelled when I could make coherent thoughts again. I don't know if I screamed, but did that really matter? No. No, it did not. "You're supposed to warn me."

I heard Beetlejuice chuckle softy, and he put his arms around my waist.

"I'm sorry, surgah, I forgot," Ginger apologized, perched on the arm of the couch I had been leaning against only moments before. "I couldn't help but eavesdrop. Can I give you a little advice?"

"Sure," I told the spider-esque woman.

"You are a beautiful girl. You're going to break a few hearts."

"Well, gee, thanks, lady."

"I'm not done yet. You don't need to worry about those hearts, because all those boys--"

"And girls," I interrupted.

"What?" Beetlejuice asked.

"There have been a few girls who had a crush on me."

The two of them were silent for a moment.

"Okay," Ginger said. "Okay, so all those boys and girls will find someone who will fix their broken hearts. The only thing you need to worry about is finding that special guy for you."

I smiled. "I think I can do that."

"Besides," Beetlejuice said, hugging me tighter, "ya got me, and that's all that matters."

I laughed and Ginger rolled her eyes before she left, muttering something about big egos overcompensating for--

"And how the hell would you know?! Believe me, I'm the goddamn Ghost with the fucking Most!"

Laughing again, I patted his arm. "I believe you, Kowai," I said, looking at him over my shoulder.

He grinned (rather roguishly, I might add) and waggled his eyebrows. The he kissed my cheek with a loud "MMMMMMMMWAH!"

"You attacked my face," I said, turning away. I could feel my face turning red. I hated blushing. With a deep seated passion. And, even though I didn't do kisses, I was grinning like an idiot.

He let go of me and told me to get up. I did so, and he stood up after me, stretching.

"So, are ya happy now?"

"Yup," I said with my kitty smile. Thank the gods I wasn't blushing anymore.

"Good, 'cause we are gonna go dancin'." He grinned and snapped his fingers.

I felt that icy heat envelop me again, and I looked down. Oh. My. Gawd! I was wearing this sleeveless, short, dark red dress and black heels with gladiator straps. I spun around and watched the dress flare out. Then I held my arms out in front of me and pouted.

"What," Beej said, his tone slightly worried.

"My arms. They are naked!" Then I looked at him and grinned. "Gloves?"

He snapped his fingers again, and black lace, fingerless gloves appeared. They stopped just above my elbows.

I squeed (that's right folks, a fangirl squee) and threw my arms around his neck, successfully glomping him. He took a step back, but other than that, he was pretty stable. Yay! He could take a glomp from me!

"Ready," he asked me with a grin, arms loosely around my waist again.

"Let's do this thing." I told him.

AN: I thought the title worked for this one. It makes sense to me! *sticks tongue out at Beetlejuice* Anyway, these two obviously think this story is going too slow. Their relationship is moving far too fast for me to take a year to write this. Kitty'll drive me up the wall if I try. The story itself will take place during a year, but you'll get to see Lyds long before our December. Which was the original plan. Okay! Next chapter! There will be more action, and we get to meet a ghost from Kitty's past!

Kitty: Which one?

Beetlejuice: Whadya mean which one?!

Kitty: *grins* Just kidding, Kowai-kun! There's only one from my past.