This is set three years after Sarah defeated the Labyrinth. Jareth and Sarah are friends, now that they are considered equals in the Underground. Jareth trys to keep his feelings to himself but every year it becomes harder…
3 years later:
Sarah flipped through the magazine casually, the sun making the pages warm. She was laying out by her friend's pool on the first day of her summer break. She had only finished her last final earlier this morning and she was wasting no time soaking up some sun. Sarah sighed and flipped over onto her stomach and stretched. She was so glad her friend decided to let her stay in her family's vacation house in Florida. Otherwise she'd be in North Carolina with her parents.
She was just starting to fall asleep on the lounge chair when something brushed her leg. She quickly kicked out and her foot met something solid and warm…and leathery. She flopped onto her back and looked up at the towering figure before her.
"I thought you were nocturnal."
"Why hello to you too," Jareth answered back a little smug. With extreme grace he folded himself in to the chair near her feet.
"When exactly we're you going to tell me that you are now done with school and have moved to Florida?" His stern face made Sarah boil.
"Um tell you? You're the Goblin King; you should already know these things. You know, 'I spy on you' and junk," She sat up in her chair and threw the magazine over her shoulder.
"Still, It would have been nice to hear about it from you," He grumbled and picked up the sunscreen beside her casually as if he was only half paying attention to the conversation. Sarah smirked at his attempt to look nonchalant.
"Well, your 'nosiness' I haven't moved to Florida, I'm only here for the summer and will be going back to South Carolina in August," She flipped onto her back and tucked her head into her arm, " Now go away, just looking at you in all that leather is making me hot," She mumbled.
There was a moment of silence and Sarah raised her head, surprised he had actually listened to her.
"AHHH!" She almost fell out of her chair when she was greeted by Jareth's face only inches from her own. He smirked and stroked the towel at the edge of the chair he was currently sitting on. Sarah didn't say anything as she tried to regain her composure.
"Really Sarah, I didn't know you got hot by just looking at me," He really smiled then, showing his sharp, goblin teeth.
"What? Oh my god you're impossible!" She screeched and threw a towel at him, "Get out of here!" She should have been used to Jareths word twisting after three years but lately it had been getting on her nerves; especially since it had started to veer towards sexual suggestions.
"Alright alright, I'll leave you to your sunbathing, but there was a reason I came to see you," He stated standing up.
"What?" She groaned.
"I have a mandatory party to attend at the Fae Court and it be much less of a hassle for me if you would come with me," He put his hands on his hips and stared down at her.
"As, like, your escort?" She asked, raising one eyebrow in disbelief.
"I prefere date, but yes," His face betrayed nothing as he looked down at her. "I would like to mention that you do owe me,"
Sarah sighed; she did owe him for getting her freshman stalker to back off. "Oh fine!" She jumped up from the chair and copied his stance. "But just so you know I get to pick out my attire! None of that 'I'm a poufy princess' shit,"
Jareth smiled slightly then leaned in towards her, "Deal," He whispered then with a cracking sound he disappeared.
Sarah flopped back down into her chair, the sun reflecting off her glitter covered body.