A/N: I do not own any of the characters except for the OC's.
Chapter 3- Michael
The good news was that Dotty went away quickly after Sarah bought some face scrub. The bad news was what happened two days after Jareth had moved in.
Having used the little magic he could control, Jareth made a second, smaller bedroom for himself shortly after Sarah agreed to help him. The next day Sarah went to her classes, leaving the young king to the little empty apartment. Jareth spent the morning flipping through the channels, raiding the kitchen, and reading some of the books Sarah owned in her small personal library.
However he became easily board when there wasn't anything to watch on TV and not much food in the kitchen. Jareth sighed as he closed the book. It didn't help that he wasn't really in the mood for reading either. He looked around at the tiny living room. The apartment was quiet. Very quiet.
It was much different back Underground where goblins, fairies, and other creatures would amuse him, even if they did get on his nerves sometimes. Thinking of the Underground reminded him of Smor. She was probably causing a lot of trouble right about now.
Jareth sighed again as he rested his head back on the couch. He and Sarah needed to find a way to get back him back as well as break his spell. But in the mean time he needed something to do. He needed some way to use all the energy he had.
Maybe this isn't so bad. He thought, trying to push that bad feeling of the mess back home out of his mind. He stared at the ceiling. Maybe this is bad. There was nothing to do but wait for his new roommate to come back which she did at six.
"Hey, I'm back!" Sarah called as she walked in, closing the door behind her.
"What took you so long? I though you said you only had two classes today." Jareth said as he flipped to a different channel.
"Yeah but they're two hours apart. Besides I was busy with work in the library and today I went to my writing club. Then Michael asked me to a late lunch-"
Jareth whipped around. "Michael?"
Sarah shrugged. "Yeah, we met last year in our writing club. He's a really funny writer. You should have read-"
"Is he your...?"
"My what?"
"Boyfriend?" Jareth asked cautiously.
Sarah's cheeks turned a shade of pink. "Maybe."
"Oh." Jareth said quietly as the two stared at each other in awkward silence. Only the TV was making noise in the background.
Jareth wasn't surprised Sarah had a boyfriend. She was pretty and nice. But at the same time, was this a serious relationship? What did this Michael look like? Surely not as handsome as himself. And what about himself? He still had feelings for Sarah. How will her tell her if she's in love with someone else? He wouldn't even tell her if she loved this Michael. It wouldn't be right to get between Sarah and the guy she loves but still...
While Jareth battled this out in his mind Sarah was battling out her own conflicted thoughts. Even though she and Michael were together it wasn't all that serious. They had been friends a lot longer and only started dating a few weeks ago. He was funny and cute and sure Sarah liked him. Michael wasn't the first guy she's dated. However she didn't feel the same for him as she did for A certain Goblin King who once whisked her away to a beautiful and mysterious land. And now that he was here, living with her, her feelings were growing while at the same time they were getting confused and conflicted.
"I, um, should probably get dinner. You hungry?" Sarah finally asked.
"Yeah." Jareth nodded before turning back to the TV.
It was the second day since Jareth moved in. He was still sleeping when Sarah left for her morning class. All throughout her day Sarah kept thinking about last night.
It had been a little awkward between them since she told Jareth about Michael and she was still trying to sort out her feelings and thoughts.
"You seem quiet today", Michael said as they walked to Sarah's car. "Everything okay?"
Sarah nodded. "Yeah."
"You sure?"
She smiled. "Yeah, you know, just stayed up all night trying to work on that research paper I have due in a few weeks." She felt bad lying but she couldn't exactly tell the truth.
Michael gave her a reassuring smile. "You're a great writer. I'm sure you'll do fine on it."
"I sure hope so. This paper would really be good for my grade."
"I thought you were getting a pretty good grade in that class already." Michael said as they reached Sarah's car; Sarah getting in the driver's seat and him in the passenger's.
"Oh I am but you know me, A bit of an overachiever." Sarah replied as she started the engine and headed to Michael's place to drop him off before heading back to the apartment.
Sarah entered her place calling out "I'm back!"
There was no reply however. Sarah looked around. Jareth wasn't in the living room, the kitchen, his room, or the bathroom. He wasn't anywhere.
She thought that maybe he got himself to turn back into an owl and left back Underground but her thought was soon proved false as Jareth walked through the door.
"Went shopping I see." Sarah said as he she looked at Jareth's street clothes. "Hope you didn't max out my card."
"Don't worry, love, I'll pay you back." Jareth smiled.
Sarah grinned and shook her head before noticing the paper Jareth was holding in his hand.
"What's that?"
"Hmm?"
"That." Sarah said as she nodded to the paper.
Jareth looked down. "Oh that. That is what I'm excited about."
"Let me guess, you found a way to break your spell?"
"I haven't figured out how I'm going to do that yet. But I did find a way to defeat my boredom."
Sarah raised an eyebrow. "How?"
Jareth held up the paper which had a class schedule on it. "I became South High's newest transfer student." Jareth beamed.
Sarah looked between the paper and Jareth in confusion and shock. "Wait, you did what?"
