Adam and Barbara were laying in the attic on the bed the Deetz had kindly got them. They assured them that they didn't need it, but Charles and Delia insisted, saying it was a thank you for helping them so much. Barbara had her head resting on Adam's chest and she was clutching his shirt in her hand. It was something she'd done ever since she was little with her dad whenever she hugged him but ever since she'd been with Adam, she'd done it to him too. At firsts she was embarrassed, but Adam found it adorable and would watch her sleep for hours like that. Adam was reading a book while he ran a hand through her hair, something that calmed them both. Their happy silence was broken by Beetlejuice and Lydia bursting through the door to the attic. Barbara shot up and looked around, she saw the 2 teenagers and relaxed, sinking back down to lay next to Adam.
"What's up you two?" asked Adam, putting his book to the side and hugging Barbara more
"I got something I wanna show you two" said Beetlejuice bouncing further into the room with an unsettling grin on his face. Adam looked at Lydia and she shrugged. "Guys, come on you can trust me"
"What is it?" asked Barbara
"I can only show you" said Beetlejuice "but it'll be good"
"Will it hurt or affect us in anyway?" asked Barbara, sitting up more and leaning against Adam. Beetlejuice considered it for a second and shook his head. This made Barbara uneasy. "You didn't look so sure" she said.
"It'll be fine" said Beetlejuice "Come on, stop being worrywarts, let's have some fun" Adam and Barbara exchanged a glance, seemed to have a whole silent conversation before coming to an agreement and looking at them demon. They stood up and, while still holding hands, looked at the teenager and demon. "Yes! Thank you" he clapped his hands together and grinned "Right, you two stand there, Lyd stand there and I'll stand here" he positioned them all and grinned "Okay, I'm gonna say a few words and cool things are gonna happen" However the demon didn't realise that the Maitlands were still holding hands. He said the words and a blinding light filled the attic.
Barbara woke up laying on her back. She groaned and realised her body felt different. For one thing she was definitely not wearing her dress. She was in pants and a long sleeve top. Her feet felt strangely different too, she was not in her boots, her feet felt more enclosed and surrounded, less free, and she was wearing socks. She sat up and felt strangely different. She looked down and saw shoes, not her shoes, her husband's shoes. She continued to look up her body and found only her husband's clothes. She looked to her right and saw her body lying on the floor.
"The fu-" she scrambled away from it, breathing heavily, it was just like dying again. Her body sat up and looked at her.
"What?" came her husband's voice.
"Adam?" she asked
"What the hell is going on?" giggled Lydia, also sitting up and looking around. "Beej, what'd you do?"
"It was meant to swap us all" said Beetlejuice "Not just them"
"What is going on?" asked Adam, standing up and wobbling slightly, not used to wearing heeled boots. He wobbled over to her and Barbara shifted backwards. There was something slightly terrifying about seeing your own body walk towards you. "Barbara?" he looked at his own body.
"What the fuck is going on?" asked Barbara, pushing herself up and noticing her significantly taller height. There was a snort from the corner and Lydia was laughing her head off.
"Barb, you never swear" said Lydia "but hearing swear words come out of Adams mouth is amazing"
"Lydia" said Adam and Barbara in sync, turning towards her. Barbara took Adam's hand and realised how weird it was to be holding her own hand. "Can you please explain what's going on?"
"Beej wanted to swap-" she started but Beetlejuice ran over and slammed his hand onto her mouth. She moved away from him and went to go stand by the Maitlands. "Hold on, who's who?"
"I'm Barbara" said Barbara but she was in Adam's body.
"This is gonna get confusing" said Lydia "But Beej wanted to swap bodies with one of you two because he is bored, but now only you two have swapped"
"How long will this last?" asked Adam, hugging Barbara close and realising it was rather difficult to hug someone as his wife because her arms were considerably shorter than his own.
"Only like an hour," said Beetlejuice. He saw the Maitlands getting mad and decided to leave. He disappeared from out of the room and Lydia followed him, giggling and yelling for him. Adam turned to Barbara and sighed,
"This is the weirdest thing that's ever happened"
"You got that right" said Barbara. She ran her fingers over her arms "This feels so weird. I have known you for so many years and I thought I knew you well, but being you is weird"
"I agree with that" said Adam, going over to the bed and sitting down heavily. "It feels so strange wearing a dress and heels and..." he trailed off and lifted a hand up to his head, running it through the long blonde hair. "Come here" he opened his arms to her, and she walked over, sitting next to him and holding his hand. "It just looks so weird, seeing my body moving around and everything without me controlling it"
"I know" said Barbara "When I first came around, I just got flashbacks to when we died" Adam gripped her hand. "So" said Barbara "this is what Beej and Lydia get up to when they're in lockdown together"
"Let's hope it doesn't last too long" said Adam, shifting backwards onto the bad and laying down. Ignoring the weirdness of seeing her own body lay down, Barbara scooted backwards and joined him. The two lay on their sides, facing each other.
"Hope what doesn't last too long?" asked Barbara "This" she gestured to their bodies "or the lockdown"
"Honestly both" said Adam "but more the lockdown because we know we have an hour of this, thank god" he sighed and studied his hands, or her hands. "You know, looking at your hands from your perspective I really like how the rings look on them" he held his left hand out in front of him and grinned.
"They do look good" said Barbara "You chose well honey" Adam smiled and held her hand tightly.
"I would kiss you" said Adam "but it'd be weird because I'd be kissing myself" Barbara giggled, and Adam joined in. Eventually the laughter stopped two fell into a comfortable silence and eventually went to sleep. They were woken up a while later by a blinding light filling the room. Barbara woke up on the floor. She quickly looked down at her body and sighed happily. She was back to normal. She jumped up and walked over to the bed where Adam was sitting, also looking relieved to be in his own body. Barbara jumped onto the bed and threw her arms around Adam.
"Yay!" she giggled "I can kiss you know" Adam grinned and pulled her in for a long kiss, which she loved. They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Barbara moved to sit next to Adam "Come in" she called, Lydia walked into the room and slouched against the wall, grinning at the Maitlands as Beetlejuice nervously poked his head inside.
"You two back to normal?" he asked. The Maitlands nodded and Beetlejuice visibly relaxed. "Oh, thank god" he slumped against the wall next to Lydia and the two watched as Barbara approached them.
"But Beej" she said sweetly, a little too sweetly "Never do that again"
AN: Sorry this is late, school work is preventing me from writing but i wrote this during class today. i hope you like it! i'll try to catch up! haven't really proof read this... oops! thanks for reading
