Disclaimer: i do not own Labyrinth of any of its characters or the song Goodbye to you by Michelle Branch
The alarm rang and the radio blared. Sarah woke and looked around to discover she was back in her room but she wondered had she ever left or was it all just a dream? She stood and approached her vanity table looking down she saw a white feather was it a gift?
The radio came into Sarah's earshot and she heard the song in a daze:
Of all the things i believed in I just wanna get it over with,
Tears form behind my eyes, but i do not cry counting the days that pass me by,
I've been searchin' deep down in my soul words that i'm hearin' are starting to get old feels like I'm starting all over again,
The last three years were just pretend and i said.
Goodbye to you goodbye to everything that i knew,
You were the one i loved the one thing that i tried to hold onto,
I used to get lost in your eyes and it seems that i can't live a day without you,
Closin' my eyes, you chase my thoughts away to a place where i am blinded by the light but it's not right. Goodbye to you goodbye to everything that i knew,
You were the one i loved the one thing that i tried to hold onto,
It hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time,
I want what's yours and i want what's mine,
I want you but i'm not giving in this time.
Goodbye to you goodbye to everything that i knew,
You were the one i loved the one thing that i tried to hold onto,
The one thing that i tried to hold onto,
Goodbye to you goodbye to everything that i knew you were the one i loved...
As the song faded out Sarah looked a little more closely at the white feather and a tear rolled down her face. Was the one person she ever loved gone forever?
Jareth looked at her through the crystal and just as the tear rolled down her face he wondered why she was crying he had given her the night of her dreams unable to watch no more he was gone from his castle. He stood in the corner of Sarah's room watching her. She was curled up in a ball crying on her bed. "Why are you crying my dearest?", at the sound of his voice Sarah sat up and gazed around the room until her tearful brown eyes met with his mismatched ones. She was unable to speak all she managed was the whispered word "Jareth".
"You have not answered me, why are you crying?", Jareth approached Sarah sitting beside her with a grace she thought noone could possess. He raised his hand to her face and wiped away the remaining tears. He waited for his answer. Meanwhile, Sarah's brain rushed around frantically why was she crying. Then it hit her, it was that song telling her what she knew she must do say goodbye to Jareth. How could he live aboveground and she couldn't live underground, she couldn't leave Toby. So this was their goodbye and Jareth doesn't even realise it yet.
"Jareth". His eyes stared deeply into hers and she could feel a passion hidden there, " I was crying because this is the last we will see of each other and i didn't want to say this last goodbye."
"My dear, you are mistaken how could we say goodbye now after last night and the look in your eyes now."
"I can't leave Toby and you can't leave your kingdom and so we must say goodbye."
A smirk appeared on Jareth's face, "We have only just begun courting surely your not considering moving already"
Sarah turned red, she was such an idiot sometimes. "What are you doing here anyway?" Sarah said. Her anger was beginning to build.
"I'm here to comfort you, your crying was causing me great displeasure" as soon as Jareth had said it he regretted it.
"Dipleasure?! Well i'm sorry to your majesty (Sarah got up and bowed) for causing you such displeasure maybe you should just leave while I think about what i've done", Sarah replied sarcastically.
Slightly pleased he had gotten away with only sarcasm Jareth stood up "If it pleases my lady" and with that he was gone. Sarah couldn't believe it he left just like that no hidden threat behind his words, nothing he was gone.
Jareth was in his castle looking at Sarah (through a crystal). It had been a few days since he left her alone in her room and he was trying to judge her mood before he reappeared. She was listening to that song again, there were meanings behind the words which he now understood for he had watched her listening to this song more than once. He had to see her tonight or else he would be risking the possibility of a relationship. Sarah's parents were out and so it was his chance to move.
He appeared in a corner of Sarah's room, he decided this was the best place to appear as it allowed him to watch her a little longer before she realised he was there. She was at her vanity table staring into the distance. 'This is taking too long' Jareth thought, stepping foreward he uttered her name this was enough to bring Sarah back to reality. She turned and seeing him in her room she stood up defensively. Unsurprised by her new manner Jareth took another step closer to her so their bodies were almost touching then he whispered in her ear "i think our relationship should move on Sarah". The way he said he name made her feel weak.
"What do you mean?"
"Sarah we have been running in circles for so long why not just see how things go."
"What things?" Sarah was getting very worried by his presence.
"Remember how you felt on that night. How I made you feel?"
Sarah was feeling weaker at the thought "Yes".
"Wouldn't you like to feel that way forever because i can make that happen if you let me."
"What would 'letting you' intail?" Sarah's breath was becoming ragged Jareth's hands had slipped under her shirt.
"A kiss now and again and something else a little less often," Jareth made his move and kissed Sarah passionately on the lips. With the kiss over and Sarah's breathing even more ragged she realised what the something else was.
"Sex"
"Not now my dear". Sarah's parents shouted "we're back Sarah". She turned from those mismatched eyes. "OK" she shouted back. Turning round Jareth was gone and another feather rested on her vanity table.
3 months later
"Jareth" he heard her scream from his throne, "come here now". Wondering what was so important to his beloved that she needed him this urgently he was with her almost at once. Sarah was going over and over in her mind how she going to tell him. They had been courting for 3 months ever since that one night. Whenever her 'parents' went away with Toby she would call on Jareth and she would spend the time away as well. Luckily for Sarah last month her 'parents' went on a two week holiday with Toby apparently they couldn't get another ticket. So Sarah left as well to the underworld a wonderful 2 week stay in the castle and if it wasn't for that 2 week stay she wouldn't be calling on Jareth now.
Author's note: Please review. Sorry it took me so long to update but i hope you enjoy. What will Sarah tell Jareth?
Author's note: Thank you to Sylistra the scholar for her review
