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Stranger Beetles

Adam and Barbara were exchanging glances the whole time. They clearly thought she was having a mental break down. Beetlejuice rolled his eyes.

"They don't believe you, kid. Breathers don't typically take well to this kind of thing. They're gonna' have you locked up in the nut hut if you can't convince them otherwise." He sighed and looked around, making sure they were alone. "Go ahead and summon me. I'll prove it to 'em."

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Sounds good to me!

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"We can't! These two might be okay with a cute, cuddly kid. But what happens when they find out you come with a demon? They're gonna' try to get rid of me!" Beetlejuice looked a bit scared, now. His eyes darted between Lydia and the Maitlands.

"It's okay to not be normal, Delia," Barbara said. She looked confused when the girl spoke to seemingly no one beside her. Did she have schizophrenia? Could they get her tested for that without scaring the hell out of her? Barbara came over to her and sat down beside her, coincidentally right where Beetlejuice was. The demon let out a indignant squawk like a cat who's tail had been stepped on and disappeared, reappearing a few feet away with his arms crossed huffily.

"What do you want to tell us, hun?" Barbara asked gently.

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sure

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"I mean, maybe a little. But, hey, aren't we all, kid?" Beetlejuice appeared on the ground next to her. "That doesn't mean you should just give up on everything, though. Shit, if I gave up every time I did something stupid, I'd probably wouldn't be here with you right now."

He tilted his head at her, and made his hand corporeal enough to rub her back comfortingly. A few minutes later, the Maitlands caught up with them.

"Delia!" Adam said, sounding relieved to have found her. "Delia, hun, why don't we head home? I think the mall might of been a little too much, too soon." What were they thinking? Bringing her here right after all she'd been through?

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She's going to make him double dead lol

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"Who cares what he said?! He's just some punk in a mall, Lyds!" Beetlejuice was absolutely certain this couldn't get any worse. And then it did. The labradoodles arrived.

Nate released Lydia, a little freaked out at her primal screams. When he saw Barbara Maitland marching over, he grabbed Zach by the shirt and hauled him away. "Dude, run!"

"Delia, what is going on here?" Barbara asked, a mixture of embarrassment as every eye was set on her, concern that her not-child was causing this kind of scene after they had lost and just now found her, and a touch of anger. She didn't know what was going on, but she was sure those boys started it. She glared at them as they ran off.

"Delia, are you okay, sweetie?"

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She's gonna give Beej a stroke

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"Lydia, what the fuck?!" Beetlejuice couldn't believe this shit! Everyone was looking at them now; this was not a way to avoid being captured again. He shrunk down and flew in between Lydia and kid, floating on his back right in front of her face. "Excuse me, doll, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

Nate was shocked at this turn of events. He eventually came to his senses and went to pull Lydia off of Zach. "Hey, chill out psycho girl!"

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Nate was also clearly taken aback, not knowing what to say. Finally, he just settled with a muttered, "Whatever." He took Zach by the shoulder and tried to direct him away. "Let's get out of here..."

"Jesus kid, put away the thorns and let's go find those two dorks. We don't have time to screw around with the peanut gallery over here." Beetlejuice had no interest in defusing teenage drama bullshit.