#bmoney

Bit open ended, but hope you like it!

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Now that Bela is a more permanent member of the mansion, there’s a part of Trevor that wonders if he should reach out to her again.  It’s not like he hasn’t overheard her asking about him to Jay and Sam… and she’s not exactly into Eric – he knows she’s been lying to Jay about still being with him. 

So… she’s technically single and so is he so…

Decided, he logs onto his chat app that he uses outside of work hours (which he has connected to Sam’s phone and she seems rather oblivious, too), and pulls up Bela’s number.

What are you doing, hot stuff?

There’s a burst of laughter from the next room.  

A second later, a message appears.

That’s your opening line?  Cute.

Trevor hums.  He doesn’t want to be laughed at, he wanted to be sexy.

I was going for sexy.

And you failed.

Let’s try again.  … guess what I’m not wearing right now?

Another burst of laughing.  “That’s more sexy coming from a woman!”

Rude.  

She’s not wrong though. 

Maybe you should tell me what you’re wearing, then?

Can’t you literally see me?  I imagine you’re in the room with me.

Actually, I’m in the pantry.

Why? 

It’s where my work laptop is.

Work laptop?

Not important – you’re ruining this sexting thing.

That’s because you’re bad at it.

At this point, Bela enters the pantry and closes the door. 

“Are we alone?”

Yes.

“Then, let me show you what sexting really is.”

He grins with she slowly unbuttons her shirt.  

“You see when you sext, it’s more like … I’ve been dreaming about your hands on me all day… and then a picture of exactly where you want them to touch,” she says as she massages her bare breasts.

Fuck.  Bela, that’s … wow.

“That’s it – that’s the reaction.  Now, you try,” Bela says, lifting herself onto the counter next to his laptop.  Her legs falling open, but her hands still on her breasts.

The way I wish I wasn’t a ghost right now… I wish I could be the one touching you.  Using my magic fingers to make you feel like you’re on top of the world.  

“God, Trevor,” Bela nearly moans.

He reaches out, barely away from touching her, but knowing he couldn’t.  

Before she says anything else or anything else could happen, the door opens and Sam yells, “Oh, my God. Trevor!”

“Don’t blame him,” Bela jumps in quickly pulling her shirt back on.  “It’s not like this is one-sided.”

“It should be no sided!  You’re not a ghost and he’s not alive!”

“Hey, that’s not fair!  Hetty got to date to Sunil!” Trevor states.  “And she’s a ghost and he’s alive.”

“It was – not our finest decision –”

“Wait, Sunil gets to date a ghost, but I can’t?  How’s that fair?” Bela asks, affronted.  “I tried to date a ghost, first!”

Trevor gestures at her.  “See!  And she didn’t freak out when she found I was a ghost like he did.”

Sam makes a face.  “Ghosts and livings cannot date.”

“Sure, we can.”

“You can’t even see him!”

“I can talk to him,” Bela counters.  “We were just sexting and I am very experienced with toys…”

Sam turns bright red.  “You know what?  Date a ghost, have fun, but neither of you better tell me anything else – I don’t want to know.”

“Done.”

Sam turns to leave the pantry, but stops at the door, “And don’t tell Jay.”

“Never planned on it.”

“Good.”

On her way to visit Sam and Jay, Bela dies in a texting and driving accident, but shows up at Woodstone just after Sam and Jay go to identify her body. Only problem is, she doesn't realize she's dead (thinking that the crash that caused her death just gave her a bump on the head and the ability to see ghosts like Sam). It's up to Trevor to tell her the truth and assure her that the afterlife isn't so bad after all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67228840

On Team Jam:

- Sam and Jay (obviously)

- Pete (he’s Jay’s bestie)

- Sas (he likes drama and did try to help Trevor and Bela get together, but he has grown to be good friends with Jay and would feel bad going against him (especially if his sister just passed away and he’s still grieving with the loss). Plus, even though they’re friends, he thinks Trevor is kind of scummy and thinks Bela could probably do better)

- Steph (even though she knows Trevor is too old for her, she’s still a kid with a crush and becomes jealous of Bela)

Team B-Money:

- Bela and Trevor (again, obviously)

- Alberta (she’s a girl’s girl and is shown to be close with Trevor. If Trevor is who Bela wants to be with and they’re both single consenting adults who make each other happy, she doesn’t see why they shouldn’t be together)

- Thor (he doesn’t see the harm and kinda likes the drama).

- Carol (even if she wasn’t the way the writers made her, I don’t think she’d have any issues with the relationship)

Having trouble figuring out:

- Hetty (maybe Jam)

- Isaac (also maybe Jam)

- Nigel

-Jenkins

-Baxter

Those on neither side:

- Flower (doesn’t like fighting and would be trying to get everyone to stop)

- Crash (lost his head and has no idea what’s going on)

- Patience (in the dirt)

The way I cracked up at "patience in the dirt".

Okay, I like this list but I'm totally partial to Sass being on Bmoneys side purely because he DID try and help Trevor with Bela BUT if he was a double agent messing with and helping both sides

I think Nancy would also be on BMoneys side while Jenkins would be on Jam Side.

Baxter and Crash are too busy looking for Crashes head to care.

So I'm thinking:

Team Jam:

1. Sam and Jay

2. Pete

3. Hetty (and Isaac)

4. Sass (double Agent)

5. Jenkins

6. Steph (if she's awake)

Team Bmoney;

1. Bela and Trevor

2. Alberta

3. Thor

4. Carol

5. Sass (Double Agent)

6. Nancy

Team Why Do I Care:

1. Flower

2. Nigel

3. Crash and Baxter

Yeah him dying was messed up but it wasn’t Bela’s fault. Sasappis is the one who came up with the idea and Trevor, Bela and Eric all agreed to it. And even then no one thought Eric would die from it (though admittedly they should’ve anticipated someone dying from electrocution).

And yeah Bela said while Eric was out that she would’ve dated him, but given the fact that Eric lied to her afterwards about seeing ghosts, because he was insecure, and Bela is still crushing on Trevor, even if she’s not actively pursuing it, it feels like the relationship isn’t really working out.

As for Eric, while he is not exactly a “nice guy”, especially compared to ones I’ve seen irl and in other pieces of media, he’s still a simp. He does all these things for Bela because he’s in love with her, but if she doesn’t feel the same way and he truly cared about her, he would take a hint, back off, and simply be content with being at most friends with her.

That said, when it comes to Bela and Trevor, might be unpopular opinion, I don’t think a relationship can work out between them, mostly since he’s dead and she’s alive. And even if Trevor was still alive, he’d be 50 something years old, much older than her, and probably have a partner already. Though in an au where he was a living 30 year old born in 1990, then I’d say go for it.

This is my biggest issue with Bela/Eric relationship. In the moment, saying that she loves him makes sense, he just did this thing that caused his life and it's very emotional. But it also establishes that they got together because she feels like she owes him. She can't break up with him unless something major happens because he could just be like "I DIED for you" and guilt her into it.

The fact that he lies about seeing ghosts and Jam still encourage her to be with him says a lot too. If she is questioning the relationship, she has no one, apparently, to turn to because the closest people to her would guilt her into it. It's not a great basis for a relationship.

The fact that he didn't come to Christmas and she asks about Trevor suggests that she's still not all that into Eric but everyone else likes him so she just accepts him.

Now for Trevor/Bela.

While I do love the ship and would like to play with it in fanfic, I agree it probably wouldn't work out.

The reason that they're still hung up on each other isn't just mutual attraction, it's because the relationship wasn't allowed to fizzle out on its own. It was shut down.

Logically, they wouldve continued online, Bela would've asked to meet him, find out he's a ghost, and maybe they could have tried / maybe not, but it would have fallen apart if and when Bela gets tired of not being able to see him or be with him. Maybe being IN Eric would have given them the opportunity to talk about where they could actually go from there (after getting the horny out). I think they both knew it was just a way to get the residual feelings out. But they didn't get that so they keep having these feelings.

As I said with the last episode, I strongly think it's a what if thing. They've never gotten to address their connection or what almost happened, they've never gotten to address what could have been or what they would have been for those couple of days, and so it's a question mark that makes them wonder.

So do I think they would have worked out? Probably not. Do I want them to? Could be fun. Do I think the show will? Nah. Is it fun to play with? Yes.

As for AUs, I could see Trevor being into his hot secretary or maybe he divorces at 50 and meets her. Age gap relationships can work. Especially in fanfic. I would also love Trevor born in the 90s. That would be fun.

DO YOU??? YES! I'm STOKED.

I didn't like Eric from the moment he showed up and Bela was all "he does these awesome things for me but I'm not into him" and then agrees to let a ghost possess him because it was *also* his chance to be with her. That was the vibe I got anyway.

I don't like that Bela was pushed into being with him between Sam/Jay pushing & the idea that 'oh he risked his life for you, you should give him a chance'. And that was made WORSE this episode with them trying to help him lie about the situation when it's been like 10 months since it happened.

Bela deserves so much better.

TBH, I can't say that it makes you a bad person because I 100% still ship them. Like I really really would've liked there to be some sort of relationship or at least friendship together and the fact that she says 'Hey is Trevor around - can you say hi for me' - like she really liked him and he really liked her... and you know what - Let Bela Be A Ghost Fucker 2024! Please.

(never heard of the movie), but is that one where like she can see/talk to ghosts and falls in love with a ghost?

Tell me more :)

I don't think so. The other two on AO3 references them but doesn't have them *together*.

And sadly. There aren't any others that I know of. :(

We need more Bela/Trevor fics for sure!

Edit - in my Ghosts Alive Au, I reference them and they're friends but not yet together. Idk that I'll ever continue the series but I was thinking about several avenues of