"Who the hell are you?" asked Lydia, slamming her bedroom door shut and looking at the green haired person.

"I'm a demon" said Beetlejuice

"Well, that makes sense" muttered Lydia, also locking her bedroom door for safe measures. "But for real, what are you doing in my room, and on my bed? It's pretty damn creepy"

"I need your help" said Beetlejuice

"With what?" asked Lydia slowly, eyeing the demon carefully

"I need to be alive"

"Are you not?" asked Lydia

"No, I'm dead. Dead as can be" the cogs in Lydia's brain started turning. If this guy was dead and here and she could see him, maybe her mum was back in New York, waiting for Lydia to return and see her but Lydia had moved away.

"Wait... you're dead, yes?"

"Yes"

"And I can see you, yes?"

"Well, normally people can't see ghosts and no one can ever see me. Living tend to ignore the strange and unusual-"

"I myself am strange and unusual" mumbled Lydia

"Correct" said Beetlejuice "I was waiting for that sexy couple next door to die so they could help me, but somehow they survived, I was told they'd die but they did the impossible and avoided death. Babs did see me once, but I think that's because she was so close to death. Apparently she can't see me anymore"

"So, Barbara saw you once? And Adam hasn't at all? That's weird" an idea dawned on Lydia "Hey, could you help me with something?"
"What?" asked Beetlejuice

"I want to go back to New York, back home, can you help me with that?" she looked at him. "Please?"

"Fine" said Beetlejuice. He'd always had a soft spot for kids, even that jokey kid in the Netherworld. "What are we doing?"

"Well the plan is..."

Lydia stormed out of her father's bedroom, tears running down her cheeks. She'd just been told her dad was engaged to Delia. Lydia could think of nothing worse than having Delia as a step-mother. Brushing her tears away, she walked into her bedroom and started writing a note.

No one will miss me, she thought, dad will be sorry once I'm gone.

Lydia climbed out her window and onto the roof, where she stood on the edge, looking over into the garden below. Just as she was about to jump, she looked to the side and saw the Maitlands house. Barbara was in the garden, watering some plants and Adam was sitting on the ground, watching her.

Why couldn't she have got them as her parents? They would be the best parents ever. They listened to her, comforted her, and made her feel relaxed. Shaking her head she turned her attention back to her own backyard and moved closer towards the edge of the roof when a cough stopped her. Turning her head around she stopped and saw Beetlejuice leaning against the window, watching her.

"What do you want?" she asked

"Say my name 3 times and we can do a whole lot more damage than that" said Beetlejuice, his hair purple now for some strange unknown reason.

"No" said Lydia "I'm gonna jump, once I'm gone my dad will miss me"

"No!" yelled Beetlejuice grabbing her arm and dragging her away from the edge. "No, you'll just be dead, and that sucks. So, say my name three times and we can really show your dad we mean business"

"No" said Lydia "This is the only way"

"Uh no" Beetlejuice took the note from her and made it catch alight and disappear into nothing.

"What's your name?" asked Lydia

"I can't say it," said Beetlejuice. Lydia rolled her eyes, this guy was serious?! He wanted her to say his name and he can't even tell her it, god, what'd she gotten herself into?

"How about a game of charades?" suggested Lydia

"Yes!" He started acting stuff out. Lydia guessed.

"Juice?" she said finally

"YES" he groaned. Then he started acting out the first word. All while guessing Lydia just wondered what kind of name this dude had if it had Juice in it. Finally she guessed Beetle.

"Beetlejuice?" she asked

"2 more times" said Beetlejuice "Then it's showtime, also, that was impressively fast guessing, good job"

"Thanks," said Lydia."Beetlejuice"

"Yes...." the demon grinned

"Beetlejuice"

"Yes!" he clapped his hands together

"Beeeeeee...."

"THIS IS GONNA BE SO GOOD!" he yelled

"-cause" The smile on Beetlejuice's face dropped. He stared at Lydia. She smiled and taunted him 2 more times with the not saying his name 3 times. He was getting madder and madder by the second, which filled Lydia with pride. It numbed the feeling of hurt in her heart for a while.

"Lydia?" A voice caught her attention. Lydia turned and saw Barbara in her backyard, looking up at her "What are you doing up there?"

"Nothing" called back Lydia

"Lydia, can you please get down?" asked Barbara "I don't like the thought of you up there with that green haired guy"

"You can see him?" asked Lydia

"Yeah" nodded Barbara "Please come down"

"Hold on" she looked back at Beetlejuice "She can see you now? What's going on? Is it because I said your name?"

"No" said Beetlejuice "I dunno whats going on" he looked onto the Maitlands roof "hey, Sexy's come out to play though" Lydia looked over and sure enough Adam was approaching the edge of his roof, coming as close to her as he could.

"Lydia, please get down from there," he said. Lydia looked back at Beetlejuice and shook her head at Adam

"No" she said "my dad's being awful, I'm staying up here"

"Lydia" he looked imploringly at her. Lydia smirked and decided to give him the fright of his life. She looked at Beetlejuice and mouthed "help me" and then took a few steps back. Then took a running leap onto his roof. Adam yelped and put his hands out to steady her. The gap between the roofs was about 10 meters. Lydia didn't expect to make it (and wasn't sure if Beetlejuice would help her) but did it anyway and luckily Beetlejuice used his powers to get her across.

"Hey Adam" she said

"Lydia, don't ever do that again" said Adam

"Anyway, Barbara can now see the guy that was on your roof. He's a little crazy, and he's a demon. Oh and he thinks your sexy" Lydia took herself out of Adam's arms and jumped back onto her roof.

"Lydia!" exclaimed the man

"I'm alright Adam" she said "But maybe go talk to Barbara, since she can see this dude" she jabbed her thumb in Beetlejuice's stomach and the demon took a step back.

"Fine" said Adam "Just don't do anything dumb"

"Can't make any promises" called back Lydia. Then she turned to Beetlejuice "So, if I say your name three times, what can you do?"

"Everyone can see me" said Beetlejuice

"Prove to me that you can help me and that you're not just gonna run off once I summon you" Beetlejuice sighed

"What can I do to prove it to you?"

"Help me scare my dad and wreck his dinner party" said Lydia

"I got a few idea's up my sleeves" said Beetlejuice "Let me tell you a few"

The rest of the night and day Lydia and Beetlejuice planned on the roof and in her bedroom. By the time the dinner party was starting Lydia and Beetlejuice had an amazing plan and Lydia hoped it would work. 

~AN: So I've changed it up a lil bit, Beej can possess Charles and Delia and them all just bc I need him to for this to work! Das all, hope y'all are enjoying, all the comments and votes mean a lot to me! ~