What Jareth really meant when he said he could be cruel
I don't own Labyrinth, Jim Henson, David Bowie, or anything else that your imaginations can conjure up, I just got bored and inspiration struck. Yay boredom!
Chapter one: life is just perfect.
"I'm sorry Sarah, I just can't see it work out between us, we should see other people."
"No, I understand, we just weren't meant to be. I hope you have a good life" Sarah said with hidden bitterness, and hung up the phone instantly. He had only said the same thing all her other boyfriends had said, really, was there a book where they got all their lines from? It really didn't matter, she never really felt sad afterwards, she enjoyed the thrill of dating, but it did get old. Did her heart turn into stone? She always wondered if her time in the labyrinth had done this to her. But now wasn't the time to worry about that, she knew she had to call her friend from school, Susan. If she didn't, she would lose the only person who she could talk to at school. Susan had to know instantly, otherwise she would sulk for days, and the fact that she was the start of the gossip tree never hurt either. It may seem evil to know that if she acted just right and said just the right things, a nasty rumor would be fact before Monday morning, especially since it was Friday night.
Sarah dialed Susan's number and prepared her sob story. "Hello?"
"Hey Susan, it's Sarah" She started in a slow and sad voice, immediately alerting her friend to the upcoming news.
"Did that creep Justin dump you on a Friday night?"
"Yes, he wanted to start seeing other people" She replied sarcastically.
"All of them are just jerks, don't worry Sarah, every thing will be perfectly fine, and they will get their just deserts!" she said confidently.
"Oh I don't want to start anything nasty like with some of my other ex's."
"Sure, thats why you called me immediately afterwards and tell me what happened, so did he say it to your face or did he call you?"
"He called on the phone, and you have me all figured out. You know how to word things better than I can for your art."
"Thank you, I pride myself in my minute evil that is perfected into an art. Well, I better get started. Bye!"
"Bye..." Sarah hung up the phone, the hesitation in her voice wasn't her acting. A memory that she had thought she had completely banished from her mind. A voice, haunting and beautiful at the same time.
Your eyes can be so cruel
I can be cruel
Sarah pushed his voice far from her mind, now was not the time to think on this. Now she needed to get ready for the phone calls offering sympathy from either girls who were silently mocking her, or other boys who wanted to catch her on the rebound. She needed to revive her 'just finished crying' voice. Luckily she had been acting since she was a kid, and the 'poor me' character were the ones she did best at. Yes, life would be fun Monday, and this weekend would be just another play that she knew by heart. Life was good and about to get better.
She didn't realize that a certain Goblin King was watching with amusement, the first stage of his plan had worked out perfectly, and the next stage was about to begin. Life is just perfect when your plan is about to be unleashed, a sentiment that Jareth and Sarah both felt.