Demons of a Different Time (A Beetlejuice Highschool AU)

Chapter 3: Studying

-Adam's PoV-

After dinner Adam packed up his things and threw the bag over his shoulder. He got in the car and stared out the window. Was he seriously going over to Beetlejuice's house? The house of the boy who had flirted with him? 

He was still confused on why Beetlejuice even liked him. Like, he was a nerd who barely talked to anyone yet Beetlejuice chose to flirt with him. And to be fair, Adam did think Beetlejuice was hot but the boy was pushing his boundaries... That wasn't to say Adam did not find some enjoyment in it.

And there he was, blushing again, and they had just arrived at his house. Adam kissed his mom goodbye and walked up to the front door. He took a deep breath before the door opened and a woman in a red dress and glasses and tall blonde hair came forward.

"What?" The woman snapped. 

"Um... I'm here to meet with Beetlejuice. We're doing a science proj-"

"Whatever, just come inside, he's in his room." The woman, most likely his mom, walked away after pointing down the hall.

Adam slowly walked down the hall, studying the pictures on the wall. They showed pictures of ghosts and demons. Adam shivered and stood at the end of the hall before knocking on the door.

"What?" Beetlejuice's voice called.

"It's me, Adam." He said loudly and there was a thump from inside the room before the door opened and Beetlejuice stood, leaning against the door frame.

"Adam, what a sexy surprise," Beetlejuice said and reached forward to pat his cheek. "Come in, welcome to my humble abode." The taller boy stepped back and Adam reluctantly came inside, Beetlejuice shutting the door behind him.

Beetlejuice's room was actually remarkably clean, it even looked like it had been vacuumed. The bed sat in the corner of the room shelves lined the walls. The posters were similar to the ones outside except there were some male and female model posters as well.

And on a desk in the corner there was a terrarium where a black looking snake was curled up in the corner. "You have a snake?" Adam asked.

"That's Sandy, she's a corn snake." Beetlejuice explained and came up beside him. "You want to hold her?"

"That's okay, let's get to work." Adam sat down on the floor and pulled out his laptop.

"A man with his dick to the grindstone. I like it." Beetlejuice said with a wink.

"Um..." Adam flushed red and took a quick breath in to steady himself, "let's start researching on what we need to do." 

He flipped open his computer and started typing in 'how to make a science project volcano' into Google. BJ sat across from him and Adam felt his stare on his face. He cursed himself for blushing and looked at the things they needed. 

"Okay, so it says the first thing we need is-"

"I already know how to do this," Beetlejuice told him and Adam's brows rose.

"Wait, really?" He asked.

"Yep," BJ bragged, "first we'll need some clay."

Adam reached into his bag and pulled out two tubs of it, handing one to Beetlejuice.

"Let's start crafting the base of it," Adam suggested and started folding the clay in his hands.

"God crafted your base with the intention of it-"

"What- why do you keep flirting with me?" Adam asked, his face flushed red.

"Because you're cute and sexy," Beetlejuice told him matter-of-factly with a shrug.

"But I'm not hot or popular or-"

Beetlejuice scoffed, "people often ignore the best and most amazing people because they aren't popular."

"Most amazing?"

Beetlejuice smiled softly, it was the first time Adam had seen him smile like that. "Yes Adam, I think you are the most amazing person."

"Well... I think you're pretty cool too."

"Not amazing though?" 

"I don't know, I haven't decided yet..." Adam said, scratching the back of his neck. 

Beetlejuice glued a lazy grin to his face and picked up the clay, squishing it in his hands. "Let's get this thing built," he shrugged.

Adam nodded and the two started building up the exterior of the volcano.

While they were building, Beetlejuice said, "so... What are your hobbies?"

"Um, I like reading and collecting things." Adam told him.

"What do you read and collect?"

"Um, mostly Harry Potter and old vingage stuff."

"Show me."

"What?"

"Show me your vintage stuff... And whatever else you want," Beetlejuice said with a wink.

Adam blushed and shook his head. "You wish," he muttered. BJ laughed and smirked.

"Confidence is cute on you," he purred, "I have something else that'd look cute on you."

"Let's, uh, get back to work." Adam suggested.

"As you wish," the older boy shrugged. They worked on the base for a while, Beetlejuice hitting on Adam every so often. And now, Adam was starting to think that the other kid just thought he was easy and that irritated him quite a bit.

After one particularly sexual comment Adam said, "um, I better get going. We can work on this in class tomorrow. Will you bring it to school for us?"

"Oh honey, I can do so much more for us," BJ winked and Adam blew out a breath.

"See you tomorrow," he said, standing up and starting to walk out of the room. He was halfway out the door when he felt a harsh smack on his ass. He whirled around, his eyes wide.

"Holy shit man, you got some ass right there-" 

"E-excuse me!!" Adam shrieked, "that was-  that was rude and- a-and uncalled for! No matter what you may think I- I'm not easy like that!" He stomped out of the room and to the front door. He opened it and started running. 

"Fuck, Adam wait!" He heard Beetlejuice yell but he just kept running until he was out of breath. He looked behind him and was relieved to not see anyone. He leaned against a tree and picked up his phone. It was already dark and it was only seven pm. With a sigh he looked at the street signs. 

He knew where he was but it would take a long time to walk home. But he couldn't call his mom, he'd have to tell her what happened. So, with that, he started walking.