(stormy pov)

When I went to turn my alarm off the next morning, Beetlejuice was already awake.

"Morning Beej." I said.

"Morning. Hey Stormy. I had an idea."

"I thought I heard a spider spinning a web" I replied sarcastically.

"Haha, real funny!" He shot back. "but seriously, what if I juiced Ed's hands? Ya know. Made em normal. Couldn't get him a job or nothing but…"

"That's a great idea. You know Beej, You can be a nice guy when you wanna be."

"Just don't spread it around, kay." I got up and went to my dresser, while rummaging through the drawers. Beetlejuice zapped the drawers shut and said "Don't bother, I'll juice ya."

"Remember, I have to go to work today" I reminded him.

"I know, babes." Then once again my clothing changed with a woosh turning into a pair of jeans and a black shirt.

After breakfast, I sent Beetlejuice home and went to work. When I got there I asked my boss if she knew anything about the local legend of Edward Scissorhands. She then told me a very sad tale. I thanked her afterward and got to work. I thought about the story she had told me while I worked my shift. I would have to ask Edward more.

When I got off work, I rushed up to see Edward. He must have seen me coming because he was waiting for me out in the garden.

"Hi" he said more confidently then before.

"Hi there, Edward. I have a question for you." He looked at me expectantly, "have you ever been down there?" I asked pointing down the hill.

He got a sad faraway look in his eyes as he said "yes" .

"Sorry to bring it up, but there is a reason. Just let me call BJ."

"Beetlejuice"

"Beetlejuice"

"Beetlejuice"

"Yeah, babes! What's up?" He came in a puff of purplish smoke.

"I thought we could tell Edward your idea." I gestured toward Edward.

"What I tell you about spreading around my good deeds. People will think I've gone soft."

"Relax, I don't think Edward is going to tell anyone it was your idea. So come on tell him."

"Fine" defeated he said. "Eddy, want to try some human hands on for size?"

Edward looked confused. So I added "He's going to give you hands like mine for a bit."

Edward got a hopeful look on his face as he asked "he can do that?".

"Yup, shall I do it now?" Beetlejuice replied, rubbing his hands together eagerly.

"If he wants you to." I looked at Edward ,"there's no pressure"

"I want to" Edward said in a happy, but unsure voice. Beetlejuice pointed both pointer fingers at Edward's hands and zap, his hands were regular human hands. Beetlejuice had surprisingly done a pretty good job on them too.

"How long will they hold?" I questioned.

"Come on. This ain't no cinderella story. They could hold forever if I wanted them too"

"Just asking. Didn't want them going back to normal down there, you know." Edward looked around as if trying to take in the garden one last time. "you will be back. Can't keep you at my house forever." He gave me a gentle smile. "All ready to go?"

"Yes." I looked at his new hands as we were walking down the hill. He kept moving his fingers. He was getting used to them I was fascinating to watch.

Beetlejuice floated beside me with a proud look on his face, "I do good work, don't I?".

I smirked and responded with a, "yeah you do, that's not what I was thinking though."

"Well then" Beetlejuice responded back grumpily. This only lasted a second however as his stomach growled. He proceeded to poof up a beetle and pop it into his mouth.

"BJ! Edwards here" I scolded.

"So." he said belligerently.

I rolled my eyes.

(Edward pov)

I kept looking at my new hands. It was weird to not to hear the metallic clink. I wondered what her house was like. As we got near the houses I noticed they all looked different from last time.

After a couple streets, I heard her say "we're here". I looked at the house in front of us. It was a pale blue color. There were some flowers in front, with a big wooden deck.

She opened the door and went inside. BJ followed her. I peeked into the first room.

"You okay Edward?"

I nodded yes. Her house was nice I thought. Better be careful not to wreck anything, then I remembered my new hands.

I was fully inside when Stormy asked "Are you hungry?"

Yes I nodded again.

"Some cereal sound good"

Once again I nodded yes. The cereal was tasty, although Stormy did need to show me how to hold a spoon. That night I slept on the couch in the living room. The next morning I woke up to a strange repeating noise. I took a minute to get up some courage then went to find out what it was, only to have it stop when I got to the hallway.

"God, is it morning already? I heard Stormy yawn. "well, up and at em". I heard her walking around and the opening of drawers. I walked nearer to first door in the hallway till I was right next to it. Suddenly Stormy came out of her room. I jumped as I gave a small yelp. "I didn't know you were there. You okay, Edward?"

I nodded slowly, still slightly startled. Once again she put her hand on my shoulder. This time she smiled too. It made me feel better. "I'd forgotten how good it felt to be around people".

After breakfast, she found some clothes I could wear. They were a little big. "Not too shabby" Stormy mused. I smiled a slight smile. She smiled back.

"Stormy's nice"

I realized stormy was talking. "I have to go to work now. Will you be okay alone? I'd take you with, but I'll be working for quite awhile."

I was suddenly very sad. "I didn't want to be alone".

"Well I'm sure if you're quiet, my boss won't mind. You won't be able to be with me though."

"Will there be people?" I asked.

"Yes"

"I want to go". While we were driving to her work , she told me she worked at a book store. This made me happy. "Are there poetry books there?" I asked. I had loved when father had read poetry to me.

"Some of them are poetry books, but there are other kinds too."

(stormy pov)

When I told Edward there were poetry books at the store, his face lit up. "I'll have to buy him one"

"You can look at books while we're there. If you pick out a small one, I'll buy it for you."

His eyes glowed with happiness.

"Will you read it to me?"

It hadn't occurred to me he couldn't read as he'd been so excited. "Sure, I'll try and teach you how to read too."

His smile got bigger. "Thank you"

"It's no problem, really." I replied. We didn't talk the rest of the way to work, however the happy look on Edwards face never dimmed the entire way.

My boss was outside when I got there. She looked puzzled, but waved. When we got out of the car, she came over. "Who's your friend?"

"His name is Edward. He's a cousin. He's going through rough times and I offered to help" I semi-lied. "I was wondering if he could stick around the store while I worked. He won't be any trouble, I promise."

"That would be fine. Edward, I'm Kim. I own the store."

I noticed Edward's ears perk up at the name Kim. "hmmm I wonder" I noticed Kim and Edward talking throughout the day. They seemed to get along quite well.

Later toward the end of my shift, Kim came to get me. She said she wanted to talk in private.

"uh oh". She was silent all the way to her office. Edward was there, but to my surprise he looked ecstatic.

"I'll put this bluntly. I know Edward and I know who he really is. What I don't quite understand is how his hands changed form."

My head was spinning. "Knew Edward? How could she know Edward?"

"How do you know Edward?" I asked.

"That story I told you. I was the girl."