Hello darlings! I'm back at it with my very first Labyrinth fic! This is for my lovely friend Haley. Remember, everyone, reviews make me adore you :)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of this fabulous story, although I wish I owned a certain foxy Goblin King ;)
Okay! Let's get this show on the road!
Enjoy :)
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"It's so UNFAIR!" Sarah raged as she climbed the stairs to her room. "Sarah? Sarah, don't you turn your back on me!" Karen shouted after the frustrated teenager. Sarah ignored her. She knew by past experience and by the lack of conviction in her stepmother's voice that any further threats would not be enforced.
She reached the top of the stairs and stomped inside her bedroom, slamming the door in the middle of Karen's sentence. "I don't know what to do, I'm only-" SLAM. "-trying to be a good mother", Karen finished quietly, turning her attention, or as much as she could spare, towards Toby, who was actively trying to dismember his G.I Joe.
Up in her sanctuary, Sarah finished the sentence differently. "-trying to ruin your life, Sarah. That's all." She huffed and flung herself onto her bed. She was acting like a spoiled child and she knew it, but right now, she didn't particularly care. It just wasn't fair. Sarah had thought that going away to college would be her way of escaping her whole boring life, not to mention her stepmother. And then, earlier this afternoon, the acceptance letter had come from NYU, Sarah's dream school. Think of it! A killer theatre program and a whole city to lose herself in. She had been deliriously happy, until Karen had come home, congratulated her...and then told her she wasn't going. Sarah got angrier and angrier with every word her stepmother said about the "eight-hour rule" and how the family needs Sarah to "stay close-for Toby's sake." That was the last straw. She would not tolerate her brother being used against her to make her guilty. Sarah turned bright red and screamed the words that were becoming her trademark around the house, and fled to her room. She tried to hold back angry tears as she threw various pillows and stuffed animals at the walls.
She felt trapped. Trapped in her town, trapped in her family, trapped in her own life. She couldn't rebel on this one. She had gotten scholarships, but her parents would still be paying for about half of her tuition. One wrong move would put her even farther from her dreams. She let out another scream of frustration and buried her face in her pillow. She felt like she might drown if she didn't let out her tears, and so she gave in at last and lay sobbing uncontrollably on her bed. Once the tears started flowing, all her anger washed away, too, and she felt the despair that had been hiding beneath her frustration.
Didn't Karen understand that this was her future at stake? If she didn't escape now, Sarah was afraid that she would end up like her stepmother, stuck as a housewife, running in place. Besides, New York was all she had dreamed about since she was old enough to know what it was. This was her chance, and if she didn't chase it now, she shuddered to think of her future. She was meant to be a star, she belonged on the stage and among the masses, not in a grey cement classroom three hours from anywhere.
She tried to scream again, but it came out as a weak, heartbroken sigh. She felt drained from the day's events, and soon her eyes closed and she slept, dreamlessly and deep.
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Ok guys so here's the trade off. The first chapters will be a little short, but you'll get two or three per day that I upload them. So stay tuned, babies :)