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Charles noticed the tattoo, but held his tongue. He was just glad that she was home; nothing else mattered. "Friends?" He asked, looking down at her. "Of course, Lydia. I would love to. Just...give me a minute."

He wanted to change and clean up a little. He looked like a slob. Beetlejuice poof'd Lydia and himself back into the living room while Charles made himself presentable.

"Damn kid, he looks really rough," Beetlejuice said. He kind of felt bad for egging her on to leave, now.

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I keep thinking about that role swap AU now. Do you think it'd be worth a try? Maybe just a short and cute story line?

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Charles looked up. He stared at them, bleary eyed, as if they may just be a dream or a figment of his imagination. After he blinked a couple times, confirming that yes, they were really there, he stood.

"Lydia?" He swayed a little as he walked over. "You came back. And Beetlejuice...you're clean."

Beetlejuice was taken aback at not being called 'demon' for once. He shook it off quickly. "Temporary condition, Chuck, don't get use to it." He barely got the quip out before the man wrapped his arms around both of them.

"I thought I lost my little girl again," He said, sobbing. "Thank you for bringing her back."

Beetlejuice wasn't going to admit that this was not his idea.

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Beetlejuice frowned. Of all the people he missed, Lydia's dad was near the very bottom of the list. He was still salty about the multiple fights they'd had. But, he also knew that Charles was important to Lydia, and she'd just risked everything to help him. The least he could do was risk his pride.

"If you want, kid."

Beetlejuice rounded everyone up and poof'd them to the cabin. The yard was unmanaged and weedy. They left the gang outside and went in together to find Charles.

"Shit. This place reeks of depression," Beetlejuice looked around at the old take out containers and unfinished laundry. Charles had always been so neat. He must feel like real crap to let his home get this out of hand.

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"Lyds, you wanna go visit the two sexiest and most boring people we know?" Beetlejuice hung over her shoulder in the air. He kinda' missed the Maitlands, and bringing a bunch of dirty gang members into their house would be priceless.

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Beetlejuice rounded everyone up into a group hug by extending his arms around them and pulling them in. "Let's get the hell out of here!" He poof'd them back to the portal, which was thankfully still open.

When they passed through, they were met with a massacre. Dead creatures lay all over the floor, and the gang was looking disheveled and tired, but victorious.

"Damn, its about time!" Riff Raff grinned. "Let's shut this thing off!"

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Tru

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The monster roared angrily, pushing back with all it's might. But the red hot wall was too much. Finally, it toppled off the edge. The sandworms below bellowed gleefully as they moved in to devour their prey.

Beetlejuice, who had been helplessly watching the whole time, was suddenly free. He flew up, feeling his mouth the ensure the zipper was gone.

"Lyds!" He flew over to her and swooped her up. "You did it kid! I'm free! We're free!"

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Taken by who though?

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What's that?