p class="MsoNormal"The ring around her finger, Lydia looked in complete shock. The poltergeist had pronouced emher /emvows while she kept glaring at the Maitlands slowly regaining their strengh, but still crawling on the ground towards her. When Barbara had finally had the strengh to talk back to the rotten man, he send the couple away while her parents where still trapped in the creepy art Delia was so proud of./p
p class="MsoNormal"Her heart was pounding like it as trying to bounce out of her chest, the man at her arm saved her life and was now ruining it, she made a deal without having the time to think through it. She believed she could've said no, run away or that all the adults in the room could've helped her, but no, the demon was stronger than that, stronger than what she thought. Beetlejuice kept giggling like a little girl on christmas morning while she frowned, still believing there was a way out of this nightmare. But before she could open her mouth the roof slipt open, Barbara was coming back from Saturn on sandworm back. For a split second the goth thought that Beetlejuice would get eaten alive, but he swiftly waltzed his way out of danger, swirling her around with a grin showing his rotting teeth. Barb fell to the ground, but got her dress nailed to the floorboards while Adam was locked in the attic./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then something lit up in her mind when the vows was about to be over 'But wait ! He doesn't have a wedding ring ! Why should I be the only one with one ?' She could see that she caught him offguard, after all he already had a hard time 'finding' her ring, and she doubted that he had another finger with a wedding band laying around. His round eyes kept scanning the room, then he moved towards Delia who still had her hat screwed on her head. He took one of her earring and glanced back at her « My somethhing borrowed » He laughed. He crushed it between his hand and lifted them towards her face, winking at her as with he was a magician wainting for her to blow on them to make the trick happen. She looked at him as if she tried to find some kind of braincells behing those blue eyes. He shrugged his shoulder and open them anyway, revealing a simple band of copper that he put on his wedding finger. 'You're not getting out of this one babes'./p
p class="MsoNormal"Her lips purled in disgust at the petname, but the priest pronounced them 'Dead and wife' before she could, or anybody else, do anything about it. It was like he exploded, he jumped in the air and stayed there, screaming in glee, thunder coming out of him and ruffling his hair. The house turned into the inside of a circus, the walls where covered in thick black and white stripes, the furniture turned purple and green, all crooked and wonky. The ceilling was now webed with luminous guarlands, tiny charms handed here and there, fake insects of different colors and shapes. The three hostage got free and Adam was finally able to rush down the stairs. She was sitting on the ground, seamingly lost in all the red ruffles of her dress. Her … husband finally touched the ground, still jolted with excitement, and glanced at her screaming about 'finally getting hitched', he ploped her back on her feet even thought she felt like dropping again, her head spinning, and rushed her and everybody to the diner table. Lydia was dragged by the hand, but he never really pulled on her, she was just so weak from the distress to walk herself. She sat down on a tub swivel chair coverd with bug printing on the purple background, and soon everybody sat too on the mismatched chairs around the oblong black table./p
p class="MsoNormal"The black haired girl didn't even try met somebody's eyes, her mouth was dry and slightly open, she wasn't even able to keep it shut. The Maitlands were sitting on the other side of the table, with an empty seat between them for Beetlejuice, while she was sitting between her father and step-mother. The living and the dead, separated yet together, she couldn't help her mind from difriting away from this terrible situation towards her mother. She couldn't help but remember her soft, pale hands, her sunked yet loving eyes, the tubes linked to her like shackles while laying on the hospital bed. She tried to remember the games, the hugs, the jokes, the camera she gave to her, just something happy./p
p class="MsoNormal"But she had to stop her daydream when her left arm got clawed by Delia sharp nails, looking down at her with a fuming gaze. She just grimaced at her and now that she snaped back into reality, she could hear Beetlejuice giving a caricature of a wedding speach, passing around all his terrified guests until he stooped behind his bride, putting his hands on his shoulder. Again, she was expecting a grasp like her stepmother had on her arm before Beetlejuice came behind her, but he was again gentle, not pushy./p
p class="MsoNormal"« — So, for all this reasons, I think I should stay here wit' ya pals for a while ! I mean it's not like ya have a choice. He quackeled./p
p class="MsoNormal"— What are you talking about ?/p
p class="MsoNormal"— span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanWell babes, as I just said, between the exorcism, the illegal use of possession, emhe said pointing at the Maitlands, /emon people outside the owner of the house and our marriage, Juno will be on emyour /emass for a while. And if you don't want ALL the dead of this house gone, you'll have to deal with me for some times. » His smile as wry, but his eyes seemed genuine, plus a quick glance at the nice deceased couple made it clear he wasn't lying, after all they almost got the afterlife public and lost their precious manual. That must've made most noise./p
p class="MsoNormal"She looked at him with a terrified look, then she stared at the empty plate in front of her. 'Plus, emhe added, /emI have to keep my end of the bargain !' She frowned, he did save Adam and Barbara, in a mean manner but he did, but then he leaned over and got his lips next to her ears and spoke so low only her could grasp his words ' I have ta make you like it'./p
p class="MsoNormal"She didn't understand those words, and feared that those they had a sexual undertone, but then their first conversation came crawling back into her consciousness. She spoke about dying to him, and he was concerned, genuienly, even offer to talk to her about the whole being dead thing. After all, if she killed herself she would become a 'civil servant' too, was he trying to keep her for that ?/p
p class="MsoNormal"He wasn't trying to make her like marriage, or him, but he was trying to make it like embeing alive./em/p