||Devil's Advocate||Betelgeuse x Adam x Barbara

(𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧) Snap Decision

Stuck in the living world indefinitely? The Maitland-Deetz family turned and looked at one another, equally as concerned. Now, they weren't exactly sure if Betelgeuse was telling the truth or not. Although he did sound sincere, a few of the things he had said sounded as though he wasn't telling the truth. So, to be fair, they were torn between whether or not he was being honest or not.

Betelgeuse was now relaxed on his back on the couch, his hands behind his head and his legs crossed over one another whilst the rest of the family stood off to one side, nervously looking at one another and then over at him before looking at one another again, all unsure on what they should do. Trusting Betelgeuse may have seemed like it was the right thing to do, but the five of them were wary about giving him a second chance; since they were sure that the demon would ruin it not too long into being given it.

Charles turned to Betelgeuse and cleared his throat, directing the demon's attention over to him. "Ahem... mister Betelgeuse, do you mind giving the rest of us some time to ourselves to talk this over?"

"Sure thing, Chuck!" And, with that, he teleported up to the attic.

Charles turned to the rest of the family, who had now moved to sit on the couch, and went to sit opposite them. Although he was unsure on what to say, he cleared his throat quietly. "If anything, I'd say he's lying."

"Lying?" questioned Barbara, sounding a little confused, with Adam and Delia humming in agreement. "I don't think he's lying. If anything, I think he's in fact changed and I for one am willing to give him both a second chance and a chance to be a part of the family. What about you guys?"

Charles stayed silent, whilst Delia and Adam agreed with Barbara. They looked to the living male and awaited his answer. But the living male just crossed his arms, stood there, and did not look at all happy about what had happened.

"He needs to go!" Charles spat out after a few minutes. "That's that. My decision's not going to change."

"Charles, at least give him a chance like the rest of us are," Delia said, standing up, making her way over to her fiancé, and taking his hands in hers.

"Fine!" he huffed after a few minutes. "But I have a bad feeling about this."

After a while, the Maitlands had teleported themselves back up to the attic and immediately found Betelgeuse sat down somewhere and reading through their copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased, choosing to sit down next to him. Betelgeuse looked from Adam to Barbara, becoming nervous as he put the Handbook for the Recently Deceased off to one side.

"Hey, sexy, Babs..." he mumbled, his hair turning a shade of light bluish purple. His head was hung, he had his eyes closed, and it was clear to the Maitlands that the demon didn't know what to say. Adam and Barbara glanced at one another, both of them placing a hand on his back.

"Hey..." they replied, looking equally as nervous as Betelgeuse was. Betelgeuse's hair turned from its previous shade of bluish purple to a shade of full on purple. An apologetic, sorrowful look was stretched across his face as he again looked from Adam to Barbara.

"You okay, Betelgeuse...." Adam spoke up, sounding unsure about saying that, considering he, Barbara, and the Deetzes were (mostly) still angry at him for what he'd done. But that was earlier...

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking..." he replied.

Adam and Barbara glanced at one another as the demon stood up and moved a few feet to the center of the attic, sitting down and facing away from the Maitlands. And soon the two of them started to hear the demon making what sounded to them like a series of saddened sniffling noises.

And that in itself worried them even more than they were expecting.