In this chapter, Beetlejuice will be typed as "BJ", because I'm lazy and it takes too long to type "Beetlejuice" every few minutes. So I'm sorry.
Bella was terrified out of her mind, she had just provoked a literal demon and was pretty sure she was done for. She was so frightened, she was on the verge of tears and about to beg for her life. BJ, who had had his fun, let out a barrage of laughter, "Bahahaha! You should have seen your face! Absolutely priceless!" Bella was snapped back to reality and saw as the demon had fallen backward and was floating on his back, continuing to have the time of his life… Afterlife? She didn't know what to call his continued existence. What she did know was that this guy was a massive jerk for toying with her feelings, "What are you laughing at!" she demanded as she wiped her eyes furiously.
BJ finally managed to calm down enough to see that the girl was on the verge of tears, and definitely wasn't happy with him. He got right side up and held his head in his hands innocently, "Aww… Did I upset you, little lady?~" Bella crossed her arms and gave him a death glare, "Yes. You. Did. And stop calling me flirty names!" BJ smirked, "But your reactions are so cute~" he winked at her, and to his delight, she went red and walked back to her desk to clean up. "...Sorry I kicked you…" she muttered quietly as she picked up the spilled pencils, BJ chuckled, "No hard feelings, kid. The way I am makes it so I can't feel pain…" She looked at him curiously, "The way you are now? What does that mean?"
He sighed and conjured a weird-looking sofa. It was striped like his suit, but it had wide tentacle-like things that she swears were twitching every few seconds, "You see when a mommy demon hates their son demon very very much," she gave him an extremely confused look, which he ignored, "She takes away her son's demon powers and makes him just a little more powerful than your average ghost," She nodded slowly, "I guess… That makes sense… But what's with the… couch?" He laughed and leaned back, "Aww, you don't like Toro? He's actually quite comfortable, want to have a seat?" He gestured next to him, and Bella took a step back, "Uh… No thank you. Perhaps another day… In the far, far future…" She muttered the last part to herself, even though the demon wasn't scaring her anymore, she didn't want to make it mad.
BJ shrugged, got off of 'Toro', and dismissed it into midair, "So… Are you gonna introduce yourself or am I gonna continue calling you 'sweetheart', sweetheart~?" Bella's cheeks became a shade pinker, "Can you stop calling me that? Like how low are your standards that you call a random girl 'cute' or sweetheart'?" The demon chuckled, "First of all, my standards are very low thank you for asking. Second, I'm not calling you cute cause I want to get a reaction out of you. Getting your reaction is a plus~" Bella sighed and went to put her things away, which made it so her back was toward the Demon, "The reason I call you cute is cause I genuinely think you look cute…" Bella stopped mid-step, she could feel her whole face become extremely red. The demon spoke in such a genuine tone that it made her feel surprised, but she was mostly just really embarrassed by the compliment.
The demon finished his thought in a somewhat joking tone, "However if you are a 12-year-old, I change my statement to you looking completely normal. I don't want you to think of me as a pedophile. I am practically everything else though," he laughed at his own joke leaving Bella enough time to put her stuff in her closet, and de-red her face, "I…. UH… Thank you?" she said flustered, "Also, I'm not 12. I'm 15 turning 16 soon, so I'd really appreciate it if you kept the flirty comments to a minimum…" The demon nodded and was mad at himself, 'Yep, you look like a freaking pedophile. Well done. You screwed up your chances of her releasing you from your curse…"
He nodded, "Yeh… That's my bad… I'll go…" He was about to sink through the floor when Bella stopped him, "WAIT! Um…" She looked at the floor sheepishly, "You don't… have to go…" she muttered quietly. The demon looked at her confused, "Wait, after everything that's happened, you still want me to stay?" Bella looked embarrassed, "I mean, you are kinda weird… But I'd rather be talking to someone rather than no one…" The demon felt relieved, 'I can probably salvage this after all!' He then remembered his question that had remained unanswered, "That reminds me, you didn't tell me your name," Bella laughed embarrassed, "My bad," she walked over and held out her hand, "My name is Bella Deetz, it's nice to meet you Mr. Demon guy,"
BJ laughed and shook her hand, "Nice to meet you, Bella. I'd tell you my name but..." he let go of her hand, "The curse gets lifted when a human says my name three times in a row, which makes it so I can't say my name..." Bella nodded, "That honestly makes perfect sense. Do you have any way to tell me your name?" The demon paused, "Do you want the easy way or the fun way?" She gave him a curious look, "What do you mean by fun? Cause you look like the kind of person who's version of 'fun' would be significantly different from mine…" He laughed, "Normally you'd be correct, but I was referring to charades,"
Bella's eyes widened, understanding what he meant, "Ohhhhhhh! That sounds like so much fun! Let's do that!" The demon smiled, "Sweet!" They spent the next 5 minutes playing a game of charades, which both of them enjoyed. Bella didn't know guessing someone's name with charades would be so difficult, but eventually, she got it. "So… Your name is… Beetlejuice?" BJ grinned delightedly, "Finally! That took forever!" Bella laughed, "I'm sorry, I suck at charades… Plus, this is the most fun I've had in a while…" she muttered sheepishly. BJ grinned at her, "Right back at you, kid,"
That's when they were interrupted by a door slam open loudly downstairs, "Hellooooooo! I'm the life coach! Where is my new pupil!" Bella looked at Beetlejuice terrified, "Aw shoot, I forgot! Can you get me out of this?"