The Girl and Her King
Sarah looked nervously at him. He gave her a smile and she tried to give him one in return but she was frozen with amazement. David Bowie. Right there. Right here.
He reached his hand out, and she looked at it a second before she realized she should probably stick hers out there to, and at his touch, it went limp. It took her a moment to realize when he took his hand back, and hers was out there a second or two after, hovering over the table alone.
"Ms Williams, may I see the script?" asked the woman. Sarah nodded and handed it over. The woman, before starting to read it, pointed around the room, introducing the rest of the people in the room. Sarah just kept looking at Bowie. She read in silence, and then passed it on to another.
Sarah anxiously waited for them to finish, and wished she had brought another copy or two. She vaguely wondered who had it now and looked around. Let's see, she doesn't have it, Mark, was it? He didn't have it, so who did....OH. She blushed as she looked at Bowie again. He seemed really into it, in her opinion anyway. His head was resting in one of his hands as his eyes swept over the page, the hint of a smirk on his face. She wondered what he was smirking at. She craned her neck to see the part he was reading...she blushed slightly as she sank back into her seat. Her hallucination, her dance.
When they all had finished reading, they began to discuss it.
"I like the part with the worm. But was he helping her, by not sending her into the dangerous castle, or working with the king to keep her away, to go in the wrong direction?"
"Well, umm--"
"How did you think of the door knockers? The one who couldn't hear was hilarious! Reminded me of Yoda, you see. Big Star Wars fan..." He started to drone on about Jedi knights and space ships when another cut him off.
"What do you think of when you're writing Jareth? Was he based off something, or someone in your life?" It was the woman again, Taylor, she thought her name was, and stole a look at her name tag. Yep, I was right. "What does he look like? We need an idea of who he is before we can cast someone to play him."
"Well, umm, you see..."Sarah started. "Wait, you mean, you like it?"
"Oh this is one of the most extraordinary plays I've seen in a while," she said smiling. "Of coarse we're going to do it!" Sarah smiled, more at ease now, knowing they liked it.
"Actually," she started again, "I pictured someone like, umm," she blushed harder than she had in her time there. "I sorta pictured, David Bowie while I was writing him."
Although he had liked the script, David had not been blown away in awe of her talent as some of them had been. Hearing his name, his head snapped up from the hand which had been holding it.
"What?" he asked surprised. "You thought of me?" An almost smug appearance was visible behind his surprise. She had obviously loved the character.
"Well, I'm not sure if he has your personality," Sarah hurried to explain, "but, I pictured him looking like you." Her blush, if possible, grew darker. Taylor smiled at Sarah's embarrassment and Bowie's surprise.
"Well, how bout it David? Feel up to playing a Goblin King?" Sarah looked hopefully at Bowie. She'd just been thinking how much he looked and sounded like Jareth and how she wished he'd play him. But, someone like him wouldn't want to play in a kid movie. Her heart sank as she realized he'd say no, and she looked down at the script that had made its way back to her.
"I read over the Dark Crystal, and I liked that one, this is similair and would make an outstanding childrens movie," he started, "I'd love to play the king." Sarah's eyes and heart soared. She looked at him with such strong emotion; he had to look to Taylor. I can understand she's excited but... He didn't get why she seemed so glad HE had said yes. They could have gotten someone who looked relatively like him to play the Goblin King.
Sarah looked warmly at David, and, for a second, felt like she had her Jareth back.
"I do have one condition, though," he said, looking back to Sarah.
"Name it," she breathed. She'd do anything to keep him as the role of Jareth.
"You," he said, amusement clear in his voice, "have to play Sarah."
"Me?!" She squeaked?
"Her?!"
Jareth had been surprised at the play she had picked. The Labyrinth. She remembered it that clearly? He wondered, there seemed to be a fair amount of pages in the stack. Feeling a little smug that she obviously had to remember him, he wanted to read it, to see how he looked from her eyes. His small smile fell slightly. The villain, he thought. The evil Goblin King, that no one watching will like. This movie might stop children being wished away!
He was a little worried that he could be losing his job with just a simple movie release, but he also thought that if those naughty little humans saw it, it could give them the idea. Either way, he'll have a big change in the amount of kids he'll have to retrieve.
He laughed at the times she blushed. She did that so often, he smirked.
He listened to the questions the group asked, not really caring about her answer. Until one.
"What do you think of when you're writing Jareth? Was he based off something, or someone in your life? What does he look like? We need an idea of who he is before we can cast someone to play him." Jareth leaned closer to his crystal, surprised at how much he wanted to know how she pictured him. Seductive? Cruel? Charm-"WHAT?!"
Sarah had just said that when she wrote Jareth, she thought of David Bowie. Jareth fumed, angry that even his memory was being changed with the time she spent there. And compared to him! Although great looking, he admitted, he was jealous that the one she looked at with those longing eyes was his replacement!
Wait...He thought. If she wanted that guy, but thought of him...? His mind raced with what that could mean. She wanted him? Jareth? Or did she simply say it to flatter the man?
He hadn't been listening to Sarah anymore, or anyone in the crystal, but as he thought in silence, he heard what was being said.
"How bout it David? Feel up to playing a Goblin King?" Jareth was white with rage, there was no way he would let this, this, cross dresser play him in a movie by Sarah.
"I read over the Dark Crystal, and I liked that one, this is similar, and would make an outstanding children's movie," David said, "I'd love to play the king." Jareth was shocked and outraged by his decision, but even more by Sarah's reaction. She looked so happy he had agreed, and that warm look was back in her eyes.
"I do have one condition, though." Jareth smiled, these conditions were always the things that made the deal go wrong. Sarah wouldn't accept and everyone would be happy.
"Name it," Sarah breathed. Jareth shifted nervously on his throne.
"You, have to play Sarah."
"Me?!" she squeaked.
"Her?!" came the others.
"WHAT?!"
the year isnt 85 or anything. its kinda like, i dont know, umm 70 sumthin i guess. yes yes the movie came out in 86, i know, but in order for her to have seen his concert it has to be earlier. i dont know if i'll mention it later in the story or not, but this is what im thinkin...for now anyway.
say that a year after the trip to the labyrinth was the concert. and right now its, lets say, two years after that. so it is 75-76ish and they wont release it untill 86 because.......sum legal thing got in the way....and....it took 10 years to figure it out. this is a really weird way of workin it out but hey im weird so its all good.
:) enjoy
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