Hey guys, sorry about the wait, inspiration has been lacking… As for the
freaky thing where it said there were 4 chapters when there were in fact
only 2…well, as I told some of you, I had uploaded the first two chapters
once, but when I tried to view them, it said they didn't exist, but the
chapter counter thingy said they were there, so I re-uploaded them due to
the kindly help of some kind soul, so then both chapters could be viewed,
but the silly counter thingy decided that the originally uploaded ones
exist there somewhere. Sorry for any confusion. ( Thanks for the reviews
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As Sarah continued packing up her things, she thought on what the Goblin King had so cleverly told her. It was true, she hadn't understood what he had been trying to say, and she hadn't believed his offers to be true. She was, however, still a young girl. She wasn't quite sure if she was ready for a normal relationship, much less a relationship with the Goblin King. She knew she wanted to get to know him better, but she was still a bit shaken from the whole idea. If he had been acting only as she had imagined him to be, what was he really like? The story from his eyes showed him to be kind, and quiet, and very much in love with her.
Sarah stared over at the book, innocently resting on her bed, as she absent-mindedly packed her old things away. Looking down at her hands, she noticed that she was holding the statue that looked remarkably like the Goblin King. She stared intently at it, as though it could answer her question. Setting it aside, she picked up the book and flipped it to the last page. She noticed with a start that the words that had appeared there not an hour before where gone.
"But where…" she began to question the air. And with a start, she saw writing appearing again. "It disappears after the book is closed so that the page can be reused."
"Oh," Sarah said softly. "Jareth?"
"Yes, dear Sarah?"
For a moment, Sarah considered asking her true question. But, she was still frightened by what the Goblin King had told her, so she asked a different question.
"Will Toby remember what happened?"
"If he wants to." The writing paused a moment, then resumed. "Why don't you ask me what you really wanted to? I will answer anything that I possibly can for you. You seem so puzzled. You must have questions. Please Sarah, ask me."
Sarah hesitated. How did he know that wasn't what she wanted to know? Oh well, she wasn't a very good liar she thought, so it probably wasn't too hard to tell. "Wh…What are you really like?" She paused a moment, then rushed on. "I mean, if the whole time I was in the Labyrinth you were acting how I thought you should, what are you really like? How do you act? How do you talk? What…" she faltered for words, then whispered again, "What are you really like?"
Sarah noted with some confusion that the book included some actions. "(Laughter)" appeared on the page, then Jareth's words to her. "Oh Dearest Sarah, you cannot know how happy I am that you want to get to know me. I don't believe that anyone can truly sum up the entirety of their being themselves, in words, so I believe that the best way for you to find out what I'm really like is to talk to me. Don't worry though, I'd like to take things slow, I don't want to scare you. So why don't we just talk through this book for a while at least? Okay?"
Sarah nodded quickly. "Okay." As badly as she wanted to get to know him for real, she wasn't quite sure if she'd be able to so soon after seeing him so intimidating. She turned back to the figure of the Goblin King she had set aside to pack up, smiled at it, and placed it back on her dresser.
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As Sarah continued packing up her things, she thought on what the Goblin King had so cleverly told her. It was true, she hadn't understood what he had been trying to say, and she hadn't believed his offers to be true. She was, however, still a young girl. She wasn't quite sure if she was ready for a normal relationship, much less a relationship with the Goblin King. She knew she wanted to get to know him better, but she was still a bit shaken from the whole idea. If he had been acting only as she had imagined him to be, what was he really like? The story from his eyes showed him to be kind, and quiet, and very much in love with her.
Sarah stared over at the book, innocently resting on her bed, as she absent-mindedly packed her old things away. Looking down at her hands, she noticed that she was holding the statue that looked remarkably like the Goblin King. She stared intently at it, as though it could answer her question. Setting it aside, she picked up the book and flipped it to the last page. She noticed with a start that the words that had appeared there not an hour before where gone.
"But where…" she began to question the air. And with a start, she saw writing appearing again. "It disappears after the book is closed so that the page can be reused."
"Oh," Sarah said softly. "Jareth?"
"Yes, dear Sarah?"
For a moment, Sarah considered asking her true question. But, she was still frightened by what the Goblin King had told her, so she asked a different question.
"Will Toby remember what happened?"
"If he wants to." The writing paused a moment, then resumed. "Why don't you ask me what you really wanted to? I will answer anything that I possibly can for you. You seem so puzzled. You must have questions. Please Sarah, ask me."
Sarah hesitated. How did he know that wasn't what she wanted to know? Oh well, she wasn't a very good liar she thought, so it probably wasn't too hard to tell. "Wh…What are you really like?" She paused a moment, then rushed on. "I mean, if the whole time I was in the Labyrinth you were acting how I thought you should, what are you really like? How do you act? How do you talk? What…" she faltered for words, then whispered again, "What are you really like?"
Sarah noted with some confusion that the book included some actions. "(Laughter)" appeared on the page, then Jareth's words to her. "Oh Dearest Sarah, you cannot know how happy I am that you want to get to know me. I don't believe that anyone can truly sum up the entirety of their being themselves, in words, so I believe that the best way for you to find out what I'm really like is to talk to me. Don't worry though, I'd like to take things slow, I don't want to scare you. So why don't we just talk through this book for a while at least? Okay?"
Sarah nodded quickly. "Okay." As badly as she wanted to get to know him for real, she wasn't quite sure if she'd be able to so soon after seeing him so intimidating. She turned back to the figure of the Goblin King she had set aside to pack up, smiled at it, and placed it back on her dresser.