The Forbidden Story

Chapter 1.

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Sarah felt queasy, no not queasy, maybe sick was a better word... in fact she couldn't quite place it. Something was off about her stomach and it was distracting her heavily from what she was doing at the moment, lying pinned underneath Jareth, the Goblin King, in his bedchambers, in the castle beyond the goblin city, in the Underground... oh yes!

He was kissing her madly and her head was spinning... she had to concentrate though.

What had she eaten today that could be causing this? Breakfast and lunch had both been innocent ... and she wasn't given the chance to have dinner... so it couldn't be food poisoning... could it?

Jareth had now slipped his hands beneath her shirt and lifted it over her breasts, slowly kissing one while his hand caressed the other... and ohh how good it felt to have him doing these things to her, her arousal was surging and she could feel her thighs getting wet. She closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath trying to ignore the pain... she was not going to let it spoil her first night with him.

He kept caressing her breasts as he came to meet her lips with his. His kiss was intoxicating, and her head spun even faster as he claimed her mouth viciously with utter greed... she was going to enjoy this night immensely.

One of his hands now trailed down over her stomach and she felt a sting where his fingers brushed over her skin and she gasped from the pain... this was getting annoying, she really didn't want to stop what they were doing.

'What the hell is going on' she thought to herself, while Jareth, misinterpreting her growl of frustration as one of pleasure, kissed her deeper.

Then it hit her like a chair against a wall made of crystal. Her eyes flew open and in one swift movement she spun Jareth on his back and leaped over him, out of the bed and into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.

With her back against the door panting heavily her thoughts finally caught up with her head.

'OH God! Why now! Of all nights...' and why hadn't she remembered! Today was the first day of her period.

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Jareth sat dumbfounded on the bed. Of all the things he had imagined happening tonight this scenario was not one of them. What had happened, things were going so well, she had given in to his seduction like a lamb led to slaughter.

It had been quite thrilling for him to hear her beg him to take her to the Underground and into his bed. And now he sat there alone... on the bed... not what he had in mind. It was putting his plan in great danger.

This had to be rectified.

He stood up and went to open the bathroom door but stopped with his outstretched hand, thinking he should probably knock first... right?

He knocked on the door but there was no answer.

"Sarah, are you all right?"

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Sarah flinched at his voice, his tone sounding surprised still.

"I'm fine Jareth, just give me a minute."

How in the world was she going to tell Him about this... 'Sorry Goblin King I know you had a master plan of seduction in the works just now but I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood.' Or 'I have a headache?'

That would never fly and she knew it... she couldn't tell him she was sick either could she... all of a sudden? She shuddered at the thought of having to describe the effects of human food poisoning to him.

That left only one thing... the truth. Did he even know about these things? Did it happen to the women of his kind? Somehow the thought of a female version of Jareth PMS-ing, flashed through her mind and she couldn't help but giggle... and sigh, not bloody likely then.

She cringed at her unintentional pun.

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Ten minutes had passed since Sarah had asked for one.

Jareth was growing impatient. He had waited a long time to have Sarah in his bed and now when the moment was upon him it couldn't be delayed any longer. He'd been pacing in front of the door but stopped to knock again.

"Sarah, what are you doing in there?" His voice now unmistakably more annoyed than concerned.

He heard Sarah rummaging around in the bathroom... searching for something.

"Is there something I can find for you? What would you possibly need so urgently that it couldn't wait until after I worshiped your body?"

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Sarah's stomach now filled with butterflies, she really wanted to just crawl back into that bed and resume just that... She cursed this godforsaken condition bestowed upon womankind!

But she couldn't hide in the bathroom for a few days either... she had to tell him.

She walked to the door, unlocked it and opened it slowly, not looking up at him where he was standing right in front of her...

"Jareth..." she said cautiously... "I'm sorry. There will be no worshiping tonight."

"What? Why not? What on earth is going on? And what were you searching for in there?"

Ignoring all those questions she decided to just be matter of fact.

"Jareth, do you know how the body of a human woman works?"

The look on his face was puzzled, sure he knew a thing or two about women... and what to do TO their bodies... so she could see he wasn't quite sure what she meant.

"The menstruation cycle..." Sarah continued, and she could see his face turn from puzzled to horrified... so he did know... something at least.

"Well, mine just started, which mean I've been eliminated from the game for a few days."

He looked at her for a few moments like she had just told him, that instead of crystals he now had to do his magic with rotten eggs.

"Jareth... how much do you actually know about this?" She asked him now looking puzzled herself after he had not uttered a word for over a minute.

"Enough..." he replied dryly... "are you in pain?"

"A little." She was glad he at least had the sense to ask.

The look on his face was quite unreadable. He finally spoke again after a long bout of just looking at her strangely.

"Wait here" he said heading for the door and leaving the room.

Sarah didn't quite know what to think, was he disgusted by her, had he lost interest in her now? Would he ever want to touch her again?

Some "one night stand" this was turning out to be... it was supposed to be so simple and all of a sudden all these questions mattered to her.

Well, worst case scenario he'd send her back Aboveground and she'd have gotten a few good kisses out of it...

Her train of thought was interrupted by Jareth entering the room again accompanied by a female goblin.

"Sarah, please let Spinny here accompany you to the guest chamber..." he said without even looking at her... "Good night Sarah."

Spinny tugged on Sarah's arm and motioned her to come, she slowly gave in to the tug and let the small goblin drag her out of Jareth's chambers, not letting her eyes leave him for a second, but he didn't look at her as she left.

"This way lady." Spinny muttered and still tugged Sarah forward. Sarah, being dumbfounded by the whole situation just followed.

They reached the end of the corridor and Spinny opened a door at the far end.

"His majesty requests you sleep here lady, and ask for whatever you may need. Good night." and with that, Spinny was gone.

Sarah stepped in the room and closed the door. The room was beautiful, just like everything else in Jareth's kingdom... except maybe for the unfortunate goblins... or the bog. She slumped on the bed and went over the events of the night in her head... not two hours ago she'd been in her apartment aboveground and now she had weirded out Jareth and probably missed out on the greatest sex of her life in the same instant...

'Smooth Sarah... real smooth.'

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A/N: Alright, wonder what will happen next, and what the hell is Jareth's problem! :)