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Love Despite The Pain
He was dead.
She just couldn't believe that he was dead.
Her poor little Toby.
~Flashback~
He had been playing in the front yard. Karen had been watching him but had gone inside when the phone rung. It had been Sarah to let her step-mother know she was going out with her friend straight from school.
While Toby was playing he kicked his ball and it went onto the road. He ran onto the road without looking and Karen was at the door as a car flew down the street. She screamed his name and Toby turned to look at her.
She was too late.
The car's breaks screeched as the driver tried in vain to stop the car.
Toby was hit. His tiny body never stood a chance.
He was killed instantly.
~End flashback~
Sarah lay down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She just couldn't believe that he was gone.
Only two years earlier she had battled her way through the Labyrinth to save her little brother from the Labyrinth, only to lose him now.
"It's not fair!" she suddenly screamed, "How could he die like that, how the fuck could he die this way!"
Sarah rolled over and burying her head in her pillow, she began to sob.
"It's not fair, it's just not fair, it's not fucking fair," she sobbed over and over again, repeating it like a mantra. As if saying it enough times would somehow bring him back.
She began to cry her brothers name and eventually, after wearing herself out through crying, fell into a dreamless sleep.
******* That night Sarah awoke in a cold sweat.
"I dreamed that Toby had.." She trailed off, realizing in horror that her brother really was dead. "No," she began again, "it can't be real, it was dream, a dream. Why can't it have been nothing but a really fucked dream." She began to cry and doing the only thing she could think of, called on her best friend.
"Hoggle, I need you." There was no image in her mirror.
"Hoggle, please, I know it's late and haven't called you in a while but, I really do need you." She was almost pleading to him.
Finally after she had waited what seemed to be an eternity she heard her name being said.
"Sarah," Hoggle said to her "what's wrong? Why'd you call me?"
"Oh Hoggle," she looked at him in her mirror, "something horrible has happened." And with that she burst into tears again.
She felt a hand on her back, trying to soothe her tears.
"Shh, it's alright Sarah, there's no need to cry."
Sarah just looked him straight in the eye and said, very bluntly, "Toby's dead." Then buried her head in her arms.
"Oh God. How'd it happen? When'd it happen?" he asked, his voice full of concern for the sobbing Sarah, and pain for the death of the young Toby.
"This afternoon, he-he ran on to the road, a-and was h-hit by a ca-car." She said through her sobbing.
"Oh jeez, I'm real sorry Sarah, I don't know what to say."
"That's alright. Just your being here helps."
Hoggle drew Sarah into a hug, the best as he could anyway, with the height and size difference.
"It'll get better Sarah, eventually."
She wore herself out again and fell asleep with her head in Hoggle's lap.
Hoggle knew that Sarah's reaction t the death of her brother was normal. What was she meant to do? Act like it didn't matter? He knew that they had grown closer after Sarah had rescued Toby from the Labyrinth. Hoggle drew the sleeping teenagers blanket up over her and vanished from the room, he was going to go and tell the one person who could truly comfort Sarah. He just hoped she wouldn't hate him for doing it.
~Underground~
Hoggle appeared in the Goblin City and made his way up to the castle.
He tentatively knocked on the throne room door.
"What?!" the voice on the other side answered.
"Err, your highness? Could I speaks with ya?" Hoggle asked, his nervousness clear in his voice.
"What do you want Higgle?" Jareth asked, annoyance in his tone.
"Hoggle, umm," God, he was so nervous, "It's about Sarah."
"Yes?" he sounded a little more interested now.
"She's really upset-"
"How come?"
"Toby, her brother-"
"I know who he is."
'I wish he'd stop interrupting me!' Hoggle thought. " Well, Toby's, he's dead."
"What? How could he be dead? He was only a child. When did it happen?"
"Sarah said it happened today, in the afternoon. She told me he was hit by one of them cars."
"Oh dear. How's she taking it?"
"Not too well. She was sleep when I left, but she was crying for a while before that."
"I see. And what exactly do you want me to do about it?"
"Go to her. Comfort her. She needs you. Even if she won't admit it, she really does need you. I know she cares 'bout ya, she's just afraid that you don't care about her."
"And how, may I ask, do you know that?"
"I'm her friend. She told me some time ago now. She will appreciate you being there for her, even if she doesn't accept it right away. Now, are you gonna go to her?"
Jareth vanished in a cloud of glitter.
"I'll take that as a yes," Hoggle muttered before walking out of the throne room and heading out into the Labyrinth.
~Sarah's bedroom~
Jareth appeared, without the glitter, and looked at the sleeping Sarah.
She was dreaming.
He could tell by the movement of her eyes under her eyelids.
While he was watching her she started to talk in her sleep.
"No.Toby, no!" she whispered urgently, "stop Toby, please stop. No. Don't go out there. No, no, no, no. Oh, God." She began to cry in her sleep. "Please someone help him, please. Someone, anyone? Jareth?"
He had heard enough.
"Sarah," he said softly, she didn't stir though, "Please Sarah, wake up."
Sarah was still crying in her sleep and Jareth knew he should rouse her. He wanted to take her dreams away from her. Let her sleep in peace.
"Sarah, wake up please, you have to wake up if you want the dreams to stop. I'm here for you."
Sarah slowly opened her eyes and when she saw Jareth they quickly widened and she began to sit up. Before she could speak though Jareth began to try and explain things to her.
"Sarah, I know you're surprised to see me, I don't blame you for that, but Hoggle was worried about you and came and told me what happened to your brother. He was concerned for your welfare and asked me to come and see you. I'm worried about you too Sarah. I'm so sorry for your loss, Toby was such a lively child, h didn't deserve this."
Sarah looked up at him and saw nothing but love and concern in his eyes, she was slightly taken back at the emotions displayed there but took comfort in knowing that he cared about her. After all, she had realized some time ago that she cared deeply about him. But she was certain that he felt nothing but contempt for her now, even if he truly had cared about her whilst she had traversed his Labyrinth.
"Jareth," she whispered, her voice hoarse with raw emotion and from all the crying she had been doing, "hold me. Please."
He was shocked at her request, but wasn't about to complain. He knew that she needed comfort right now, and she wanted it from him. At least she wasn't screaming abuse at him.
"Of course, love," he whispered back, taking her in his arms, letting her cry into his shoulder.
Sarah calmed down after a while and looked up at Jareth.
"Why?" she asked, her voice so quiet it was barely whisper.
"Because I care about your well being," he replied.
"But, Jareth, that still doesn't tell me why you're here now."
"Sarah, I can't bear to think of you hurting, and even though I know that I can't take this pain away, I'd like to at least try and comfort you the best that I can."
Sarah didn't really know what to say, "Oh, um, alright I guess."
Jareth pulled her close to him again and Sarah let her head rest against his chest. She relaxed in his embrace, just glad that she wasn't alone anymore.
"Jareth, why did it have to happen?" she whispered to him, on the verge of breaking down once more.
"My dear Sarah, I wish that I could answer you, but I really don't know. All I know is that for some stupid reason life works this way. I don't really have much experience with these things; this doesn't happen very often in the Underground, most of the inhabitants are either immortal or very long lived. I know that this kind of thing happens regularly here though and I know that it hurts."
"It's not fair."
"Oh Sarah, I know."
She smiled slightly at his response. "What, no "basis for comparison" questions?"
"Not tonight, not tonight. I agree with you this once."
Sarah settled in further to Jareth's warmth.
"Jareth?"
"Yes Sarah?"
"Stay with me tonight? Please?"
"Of course, love, just try and get some sleep."
"Alright."
Sarah closed her eyes and began to drift off to sleep.
"Jareth," she whispered sleepily, "I love you."
Jareth's heart began to soar as she said the words he had never expected to cross her lips.
When he could speak he whispered back words Sarah had never expected to hear, "I love you too Sarah."
And with a small smile on her lips despite her pain, Sarah fell asleep.
A/N: So what'd ya think? Does anyone want a Sequel? As much as I doubt this, if you do let me know. Please review and lemme know your thoughts on it. Just go easy on the flames. RW.
Love Despite The Pain
He was dead.
She just couldn't believe that he was dead.
Her poor little Toby.
~Flashback~
He had been playing in the front yard. Karen had been watching him but had gone inside when the phone rung. It had been Sarah to let her step-mother know she was going out with her friend straight from school.
While Toby was playing he kicked his ball and it went onto the road. He ran onto the road without looking and Karen was at the door as a car flew down the street. She screamed his name and Toby turned to look at her.
She was too late.
The car's breaks screeched as the driver tried in vain to stop the car.
Toby was hit. His tiny body never stood a chance.
He was killed instantly.
~End flashback~
Sarah lay down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She just couldn't believe that he was gone.
Only two years earlier she had battled her way through the Labyrinth to save her little brother from the Labyrinth, only to lose him now.
"It's not fair!" she suddenly screamed, "How could he die like that, how the fuck could he die this way!"
Sarah rolled over and burying her head in her pillow, she began to sob.
"It's not fair, it's just not fair, it's not fucking fair," she sobbed over and over again, repeating it like a mantra. As if saying it enough times would somehow bring him back.
She began to cry her brothers name and eventually, after wearing herself out through crying, fell into a dreamless sleep.
******* That night Sarah awoke in a cold sweat.
"I dreamed that Toby had.." She trailed off, realizing in horror that her brother really was dead. "No," she began again, "it can't be real, it was dream, a dream. Why can't it have been nothing but a really fucked dream." She began to cry and doing the only thing she could think of, called on her best friend.
"Hoggle, I need you." There was no image in her mirror.
"Hoggle, please, I know it's late and haven't called you in a while but, I really do need you." She was almost pleading to him.
Finally after she had waited what seemed to be an eternity she heard her name being said.
"Sarah," Hoggle said to her "what's wrong? Why'd you call me?"
"Oh Hoggle," she looked at him in her mirror, "something horrible has happened." And with that she burst into tears again.
She felt a hand on her back, trying to soothe her tears.
"Shh, it's alright Sarah, there's no need to cry."
Sarah just looked him straight in the eye and said, very bluntly, "Toby's dead." Then buried her head in her arms.
"Oh God. How'd it happen? When'd it happen?" he asked, his voice full of concern for the sobbing Sarah, and pain for the death of the young Toby.
"This afternoon, he-he ran on to the road, a-and was h-hit by a ca-car." She said through her sobbing.
"Oh jeez, I'm real sorry Sarah, I don't know what to say."
"That's alright. Just your being here helps."
Hoggle drew Sarah into a hug, the best as he could anyway, with the height and size difference.
"It'll get better Sarah, eventually."
She wore herself out again and fell asleep with her head in Hoggle's lap.
Hoggle knew that Sarah's reaction t the death of her brother was normal. What was she meant to do? Act like it didn't matter? He knew that they had grown closer after Sarah had rescued Toby from the Labyrinth. Hoggle drew the sleeping teenagers blanket up over her and vanished from the room, he was going to go and tell the one person who could truly comfort Sarah. He just hoped she wouldn't hate him for doing it.
~Underground~
Hoggle appeared in the Goblin City and made his way up to the castle.
He tentatively knocked on the throne room door.
"What?!" the voice on the other side answered.
"Err, your highness? Could I speaks with ya?" Hoggle asked, his nervousness clear in his voice.
"What do you want Higgle?" Jareth asked, annoyance in his tone.
"Hoggle, umm," God, he was so nervous, "It's about Sarah."
"Yes?" he sounded a little more interested now.
"She's really upset-"
"How come?"
"Toby, her brother-"
"I know who he is."
'I wish he'd stop interrupting me!' Hoggle thought. " Well, Toby's, he's dead."
"What? How could he be dead? He was only a child. When did it happen?"
"Sarah said it happened today, in the afternoon. She told me he was hit by one of them cars."
"Oh dear. How's she taking it?"
"Not too well. She was sleep when I left, but she was crying for a while before that."
"I see. And what exactly do you want me to do about it?"
"Go to her. Comfort her. She needs you. Even if she won't admit it, she really does need you. I know she cares 'bout ya, she's just afraid that you don't care about her."
"And how, may I ask, do you know that?"
"I'm her friend. She told me some time ago now. She will appreciate you being there for her, even if she doesn't accept it right away. Now, are you gonna go to her?"
Jareth vanished in a cloud of glitter.
"I'll take that as a yes," Hoggle muttered before walking out of the throne room and heading out into the Labyrinth.
~Sarah's bedroom~
Jareth appeared, without the glitter, and looked at the sleeping Sarah.
She was dreaming.
He could tell by the movement of her eyes under her eyelids.
While he was watching her she started to talk in her sleep.
"No.Toby, no!" she whispered urgently, "stop Toby, please stop. No. Don't go out there. No, no, no, no. Oh, God." She began to cry in her sleep. "Please someone help him, please. Someone, anyone? Jareth?"
He had heard enough.
"Sarah," he said softly, she didn't stir though, "Please Sarah, wake up."
Sarah was still crying in her sleep and Jareth knew he should rouse her. He wanted to take her dreams away from her. Let her sleep in peace.
"Sarah, wake up please, you have to wake up if you want the dreams to stop. I'm here for you."
Sarah slowly opened her eyes and when she saw Jareth they quickly widened and she began to sit up. Before she could speak though Jareth began to try and explain things to her.
"Sarah, I know you're surprised to see me, I don't blame you for that, but Hoggle was worried about you and came and told me what happened to your brother. He was concerned for your welfare and asked me to come and see you. I'm worried about you too Sarah. I'm so sorry for your loss, Toby was such a lively child, h didn't deserve this."
Sarah looked up at him and saw nothing but love and concern in his eyes, she was slightly taken back at the emotions displayed there but took comfort in knowing that he cared about her. After all, she had realized some time ago that she cared deeply about him. But she was certain that he felt nothing but contempt for her now, even if he truly had cared about her whilst she had traversed his Labyrinth.
"Jareth," she whispered, her voice hoarse with raw emotion and from all the crying she had been doing, "hold me. Please."
He was shocked at her request, but wasn't about to complain. He knew that she needed comfort right now, and she wanted it from him. At least she wasn't screaming abuse at him.
"Of course, love," he whispered back, taking her in his arms, letting her cry into his shoulder.
Sarah calmed down after a while and looked up at Jareth.
"Why?" she asked, her voice so quiet it was barely whisper.
"Because I care about your well being," he replied.
"But, Jareth, that still doesn't tell me why you're here now."
"Sarah, I can't bear to think of you hurting, and even though I know that I can't take this pain away, I'd like to at least try and comfort you the best that I can."
Sarah didn't really know what to say, "Oh, um, alright I guess."
Jareth pulled her close to him again and Sarah let her head rest against his chest. She relaxed in his embrace, just glad that she wasn't alone anymore.
"Jareth, why did it have to happen?" she whispered to him, on the verge of breaking down once more.
"My dear Sarah, I wish that I could answer you, but I really don't know. All I know is that for some stupid reason life works this way. I don't really have much experience with these things; this doesn't happen very often in the Underground, most of the inhabitants are either immortal or very long lived. I know that this kind of thing happens regularly here though and I know that it hurts."
"It's not fair."
"Oh Sarah, I know."
She smiled slightly at his response. "What, no "basis for comparison" questions?"
"Not tonight, not tonight. I agree with you this once."
Sarah settled in further to Jareth's warmth.
"Jareth?"
"Yes Sarah?"
"Stay with me tonight? Please?"
"Of course, love, just try and get some sleep."
"Alright."
Sarah closed her eyes and began to drift off to sleep.
"Jareth," she whispered sleepily, "I love you."
Jareth's heart began to soar as she said the words he had never expected to cross her lips.
When he could speak he whispered back words Sarah had never expected to hear, "I love you too Sarah."
And with a small smile on her lips despite her pain, Sarah fell asleep.
A/N: So what'd ya think? Does anyone want a Sequel? As much as I doubt this, if you do let me know. Please review and lemme know your thoughts on it. Just go easy on the flames. RW.