"I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave." Jareth murmured slowly getting closer to her. Sarah paused and thought about her options. At school no one even really liked her, it's not like she had any friends. And now she thought her own step-mother hated her as well. She looked deeply into his mismatched eyes, and saw hurt and longing. Love she thought. She saw love.
He paused before her, waiting for her decision, but starting to get slightly impatient, he was the Goblin King after all. As he had watched Sarah throughout the whole of the Labyrinth he had to consider his options as well. He was no mere mortal, but he saw something in her eyes that was such a rare spark. Hope, genuine hope, hope and endless love and kindness that would last for many life times. More life times than he had in himself. Sarah's spark lit his spark as well, and combined he believed that it would ignite a volcano of happiness and passion, when already just watching her had lit a fire he could see in his own eyes and he hoped Sarah could see as well. Jareth had her meet his eyes and in his eyes she saw something she had not seen in the beginning. They had gone from lifeless and marbled to layers and layers of darkness swirling with her own hope and new found caring and kindness. Sarah bit her lower lip and broke his intense gaze.
"Sarah, I love you, I know that you will only live for a matter of years and not centuries, but I can change that. All you have to do is stay here, with me, forever. I can give you everything"
He was starting to get desperate, now that he loved her he could not imagine his life without her. He knew she would never want to leave her family but he hoped she could grow to love him as much as he loved her now. Jareth had never felt this way before. He had found himself even singing again. He had truly learned his love when he saw her in a pearl white gown at his ball. The sole purpose was to make her forget about Toby so he could turn him into a goblin, but the second her eyes met his, his cold heart had started to melt under her innocent gaze. It was the first time the two had been put into a relaxed controlled situation. Before it had been her against him trying to convince him with anger and sadness when that only fueled his desire for the child.
To be honest Sarah loved him as well, but she didn't want to. She felt a magnetic pull towards him and it was almost palpable to the point that it felt it could be cut by a knife. The way he spoke, his voice could take her to a far way land where she was able to fly into the sky and day dream on the clouds, playing with their wisps of white that were warm as the sun's rays but looked and behaved like snow. She sighed, finally brought to reality and she could see that Jareth felt the pull as well.
"Yes, I will, I will stay with you" Sarah started but was broken off by the look of relief and happiness in Jareth's eyes. He gently held her head in his hands and stroked her forehead with his thumb, the rest of his icy heart melting away. She cocked her head up to look at him and he pulled her into a loving embrace. She could feel his heart thumping gently compared to hers that was racing.
"Thank you" he whispered into her chocolate hair. He held her close for a moment before breaking off.
"Now, let me show you more of this little Labyrinth that was supposedly a piece of 'cake'". He wrapped her hand in his and they were off to explore the rest of his world he so desperately wanted to show her.