I'm Home

School

"How bad is the school here?" asked Alex, sitting down next to her mother

"I only went to high school here" said Lydia "Go ask Adam or Barbara" Alex got up and started to walk upstairs but was stopped by Lydia calling out to her again "Actually, I think Adam moved here when he was in like the second year of middle school, Barbara's your best bet"

"Kay! Thanks mum!" Alex raced off upstairs, leaving her mother laughing and going back to her computer. Alex walked into the attic and saw Adam sitting reading a book. "Adam I need your wife"

"I say that a lot" muttered Beetlejuice from his place on the ceiling "never works"

"Uhh... Barb?" Adam called out to the opposite side of the attic. The female ghost emerged from behind the wall carrying a box.

"Whats up sweetheart?" she asked, putting the box down

"Oh nothing" said Beetlejuice, flipping onto his back and looking at the Maitlands upside down "I'm fine"

"Alex wants to talk to you," said Adam. Barbara smiled at the young girl and looked back at her two boys.

"Ok, we'll go talk downstairs. Don't break anything and Beej, remember boundaries" she kissed Adam on the cheek "Love you"

"I love you too" said Adam

"I love you more"

"I love you most"

"Bleh, stop" said Beetlejuice, flipping over onto his stomach and gagging. The Maitlands laughed and Barbara walked off with Alex, blowing a kiss to Adam. They made their way to the young girl's bedroom and closed the door behind themselves.

"So, whats up?" asked Barbara

"What's school like here?" asked Alex, flopping onto her bed and looking at Barbara, who smiled and sat down on the bed next to her.

"Well, from what I remember and my experience, it was ok" said Barbara, crossing her legs and looking at her niece "I mean, I was teased in my first year of middle school but apart from that, I enjoyed school"

"You enjoyed it?" asked Alex, raising an eyebrow, making Barbara laugh

"I enjoyed it as much as it is possible to enjoy school" said Barbara "I mean yeah, sure it was hell at times, but it wasn't too bad"

"Because Adam was there?" teased Alex

"Once he arrived, it got better, but I didn't talk to him until 11th grade" said Barbara

"You two didn't talk at all?" asked Alex

"I mean we had hellos and goodbyes in class and in the hallways but we didn't properly talk until we had a drama project together" she smiled at the memory, which made Alex smile.

"How long have you two been married?" she asked, leaning into her pillows and looking at her dead aunt

"Well when we died it was going to be our 12th anniversary" said Barbara "So you can do the math, because I don't want to"

"Don't you count any more?" asked Alex, also not wanting to do maths

"We do" said Barbara "But time works differently when you're a ghost, so we when Charles and Delia moved out, we didn't have a proper way to keep an eye on the date"

"How does time move differently?" asked Alex

"Well, when we died we became ghosts and apparently it'd been a far few months since we died because your mum and grandparents were moving in"

"Oh wow" said Alex "That must've been weird"

"It was" agreed Barbara "But your mum was really nice, and eventually your grandparents warmed up to us"