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The Beetle Girl - Part 6

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    Cradling my books and other supplies in my arms, my Edgar Allan Poe collection nestled on top, I made my way around the building towards the school’s lunch area. I stayed close to the side of the building, trying to keep out of the sun as much as possible. I found the sun irritating, which is probably how I earned the nickname ‘vampire’. I could care less, I found vampires interesting anyway.
    “Hey kid, how ya doin’?” I looked down to find that Beetlejuice had possessed the portrait of Edgar Allan Poe on the front cover of my book.
    “Alright I guess. It’s lunchtime, which is great as long as I can doge Alec.” I replied with a slight grimace.
    “This guy sound like a real pain in the neck. Why don’t you let me take care of him? C’mon, c’mon, c’mon!” BJ said eagerly, a wicked glint in his eye.
    I chuckled “Thanks BJ, but I can handle him myself. He just bugs me.”
    “Aw, c’mon babes! I can stick a few worms down his pants! Slime in his shirt? Lice?” he persisted.
    “No BJ.” I rolled my eyes with an amused smile.
    I reached the lunch tables and selected the one that was closest to the building, setting my stuff down on it and stretched slightly. I then looked up and saw, to my vast dismay, Alec Brewster standing near-by, surrounded by groveling, flirty girls. ‘Great, I should have been paying attention. But if I can just leave without him noticing…'
    Unfortunately, it was too late. He spotted me and a greedy gleam entered his eye, along with a conceited curl of his ‘perfect’ lips.
    “There goes my day.” I sighed and Beetlejuice blinked in confusion than saw who I was looking at.
    “Why Vickie, I’ve been looking for you all day.”  Alec broke through the circle of drooling females and walked over to me.
    “Really? What a coincidence. I’ve been avoiding you.” I replied, voice dripping with false sweetness.
    “Don’t be so crude, I just wanted to give my respects to you about your mother.” Alec said, playing the innocent role.
    “Don’t talk about my mom.” I said quietly, glowering at him.
    “Ah, so there is a soft spot under all that ice.” Alec prodded me in the chest.
    I heard Beetlejuice let out a growl and I slapped Alec’s hand away viciously “Don’t touch me.
    “Oh? And why not?” Alec grabbed my hips and tried to pull me closer.
    My fist connected with the side of his face with an incredibly satisfying smack and he stumbled backwards to be caught by his ‘sidekick’, Terrance. The only reason that Terrance hung around with Alec was out of the belief that Alec’s effect on girls would somehow rub off. Not to mention that Terrance was too much of a coward to do any of the things Alec did himself.
    The girls that had been surrounding Alec gasped in horror as Terrance barely managed to keep Alec from hitting the ground.
    “That’s why.” I said darkly, hands still tightly clenched into fists.
    Beetlejuice burst into laughter as Alec, after a bit of a struggle, regained his balance. Alec flipped his usually perfectly gelled blonde hair out of his eyes, which now burned like furious coals. He wiped away the blood trickling down out of the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, looked at it, then snarled irately. In seconds he’d strode back over to me, grabbing my wrists and thrusting my arms outward while pinning me to the wall. I let out a ‘huff’, the force of it shoving the air from my lungs. I could feel Alec’s fingers digging into the flesh of my arm and I gritted my teeth.
    “Vicks!” yelled Beetlejuice, still over on the lunch table, trapped in Edgar Allan Poe’s picture and unable to help.
    Alec leaned forward until his nose was mere centimeters away from mine and hissed “It would be in your best interest if you never did that again.”
    “Get the hell off her, ya creep!” Beetlejuice thrashed wildly, attempting to come help though he couldn’t come unless I summoned him.
    Part of me wanted to let him out, but I was afraid that someone might piece things together and he’d be exposed.
    “Say my name, SAY IT!” BJ demanded desperately.
    “Just go Beetlejuice!” I replied while trying to get into a position where I could get the upper hand against Alec.
    “Beetlejuice? Beetlejuice? What kind of a disgusting word is Beetlejuice?” Alec asked, revolted.
    I looked over just in time to see Beetlejuice disappear from the front of the book. ‘Uh-oh…’ Seconds later, Alec was suddenly yanked off me and turned to face…
    “BJ?” I breathed in slight surprise.
    Beetlejuice was dressed in the boys’ uniform of the school, though his dress shirt was black and white striped instead of the usual white it was supposed to be. He still looked basically like himself, but he appeared to be younger, in a way.
    “She said don’t touch her. SO KEEP YER PAWS OFF!” Beetlejuice growled.
    “And just who are you to tell me not too?” Alec challenged, reaching behind himself to grab my hip again.
    BJ swiftly moved in front of me, shielding me from Alec’s hand and replying firmly “Her best friend.”
    I peeked around BJ’s arm to see Alec smile coldly “Oh, so you’re her friend are you? Something tells me you’d like to be a little more than that from the way you’re acting.”
    I blushed slightly and Beetlejuice clenched his fists with a snarl. I grabbed his arm and held him back when he started to move forward.
    “It’s sad as nobody would ever choose you over me. I mean, just look at you! You’re hideous, smell so bad that nobody even wants to be near you, and you’re not exactly skinny. However, I am handsome, smell divine, and am gorgeously thin. You don’t stand a chance.” Sneered Alec.
    Beetlejuice looked down at himself and seemed disgruntled by Alec’s remark, looking slightly ashamed as he laid a hand on his stomach. Fury surged through me as Terrance and Alec’s fan-girls snickered, of course backing Alec up. I stepped around BJ and stalked over to Alec.
    “Yeah Alec, but don’t forget. Beauty is only skin deep.” I got right into his face, my contempt-filled eyes meeting his “And that can be changed with a few good punches.”
    Alec’s eyes narrowed and his hand shot up and roughly grabbed my chin to hold me in place, replying coldly “I’d refrain from doing so, my patience with you will only go so far.”
    I felt myself get pulled away from Alec and looked to see BJ, who’d recovered from Alec’s blow and was now back to his usual hot-tempered self “Oh yeah? And what’dya gonna do, bore her to death with a lecture about how amazing you are?”
    Alec was swiftly losing the cool, calm, and collected self he usually had on, rage glinting in his eye as he retorted “Why don’t you find out today after school?”
    “Sounds good to me.” BJ replied coolly.
    “Good.” Snapped Alec.
    “Great!” BJ spat.
    Alec turned and walked away, Terrance snickering while he followed and yelling “New kid’s gonna get creamed after school!”
    It was quiet for a moment then I smacked BJ on the arm “What were you thinking?!”
    Beetlejuice frowned in confusion at me, rubbing the spot on his arm where I’d hit him “What’dya mean?”
    “You’re drawing attention to yourself and over something that’s not worth it.” I said exasperatedly.
    “It’s not worth it to keep that creep away from you?!” he asked angrily.
    “Not if you get exposed or hurt!” I retorted.
    Beetlejuice’s expression softened slightly at this and he grinned “You don’t have to worry about me babes; I can take care of myself.”
    I sighed with a smile “That’s kinda what I’m worried about.”
    “Thanks for standing up for me though.” I gave him a hug.
    He held his arms up in surprise for a moment before he relaxed and returned the embrace “No problem kid, what else are best friends for?”
    “So, you’ve appointed yourself my best friend, hmmmm?” I teased, looking up at him.
    “You want me to be somethin’ else?” he inquired with a smirk and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
    “BJ!” I pushed away from him with a laugh.
    He grinned smugly but his yellow eyes betrayed something he hadn’t wanted me to see. Alec’s comment on his attractiveness had lodged itself in BJ’s mind and was no plaguing it. ‘I should have punched Alec again and ruined that perfect face of his…’
    “Beetlejuice, don’t let Alec get to you. His only talent besides being a jerk is finding the one chink in your armor and stabbing there.” I smiled “Besides, I’d choose you over Alec any day.”
    “Really babes?” he looked at me curiously as he asked, searching my face to see if I’d meant it.
    “Of course. Don’t forget, you’re the-“ I sang softly, remembering one of the first stories that Mom had ever told me “Semi-inflatable, biodegradable, jack-of-all-tradable, ghost with the most.”
    Beetlejuice beamed “I am, aren’t I?”
    “Yup. So prove it by showing Alec that beauty isn’t everything. You’ve gotta have a good sense of humor too.” I nudged him playfully.
    “That I can do.” BJ grinned wickedly and a mischievous glint entered his eye.
First of all, I hate Alec. I hate him good. >:C

I'm really, really tired right now, so I can't think of much to say about this part other than I hate Alec. xD

*Falls over*

Anyway, more tie-ins with the movie will be coming shortly. As in, the story will be a little more mature. BJ smoking, more people saying 'damn' and 'hell' 'cos people were able to say those particular swear words in the PG moive, that sort of thing. :P

Ummm... Oh, and a quick explaination to wy BJ reacted the way he did to Alec's comment. Usually BJ relishes in the fact that he's disgusting and such, but hearing Alec say that Vickie would much rather have someone like Alec over someone like himself hurt him because, in the end, that's sort of what happened to Lydia.

Beetlejuice is (c) to Tim Burton
Beetle Girl is (c) to myself
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Yipee! Vicks kicks bad-ass bootie, not to mention Beetlejuice is in school again! :love: :) :dance:
P.S. Where are Adam and Barbara? You said they were the closest thing to being Vickie's grand-parents, so where are they?