Chapter 3 Aggravation

"I'm sorry I think you are thinking of someone else." The blonde spiky haired man said to her getting up and walking towards her. Sarah shook her head and laughed. "I'm sorry you really reminded me of someone I knew a few years ago." "My name is Jay," he said reaching his hand out to her. Sarah accepted it with her usual polite smile that she puts one whenever she meet someone new. She was always happy meeting someone new but this one was different. She knew this person but he is denying it and she wanted to know why.

Sarah was the first one to pull her hand back. "So should we get on with the measurements? I really got a lot of work to do in then next few months." "As you wish," Jay said putting his hand down to his sides and stood straight trying not to move. Sarah circled around him taking a close look at him trying not to show any emotion in her face while she tried to work. "Brad. Can you get my note book from my back on the vanity table and right down the numbers I call?" "Sure thing," Brad said and he walked over to the table and got the pen and note book from her bag and started to write down the numbers and what part of the body it was as Sarah called them out to him.

When they were done Sarah put the tape in her bag and took the note book and double check numbers Brad wrote down. Now that I am seeing this guy again I think I know why I denied him before. Sarah thought as she glanced at Jay and back to her book trying to remember every part of him so while she was sewing she can picture the costume on him. Every time she looked up at Jay he seemed to flinch looking at her cold emotionless eyes.

She put her book into her bag and looked over at Angela and Edward. "If there is nothing else for me to do I would like to head out and get started as soon as I can." Angela smiled seeing the tension that Sarah had in her shoulders. "We don't need her for anything else do we Edward?" Edward shook his head with a smirk on his pudgy face like he was reading Angela's mind. "No, not at all. You may go if you like. I will keep in touch with you in the next few days to check up on your progress." Jay walked back to the couch and sat down by Angela again still watching Sarah like there was no one else in the room. Brad noticed this glancing at both of them. He knew that something was going on with them but he did not ask. He planned to ask Sarah when they left the building. "Thank you." Was all Sarah could say while she was still facing Jay then turned to Brad. "Brad if you want to meet me in the car I am going to the rest room first." Brad nodded and went for the door while Sarah slowly followed then she looked back at Jay like she was going to say something but she let it go and left the room closing the door behind her Brad head for the garage and Sarah went the opposite way and entered the rest room that was a few feet away from Angela's room.

Sarah walked over to the sink and looked around to see if anyone else was in the room then leaned on the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. Her face was all red with anger and tears were starting to run down her face. She wanted to scream so badly but she knew that people in other rooms would hear her. She took a few deep breaths to try to calm herself down. It worked a little but not much. She turned on the taps and splashed water on her face and grabbed some paper towels to wipe it.

Then she heard the door open and foot steps walking towards her. She didn't bother to look. She didn't want who ever was in the bathroom to see that she has been crying.

"What are you crying about? You weren't the one that was torn out of your world by a childish girl that was constantly making wishes almost every night." Sarah spun around and was face to face with Jareth, well who she thought was Jareth. "What are you talking about you said that you didn't know me when we first met," Sarah said turning to face the mirror trying clean her face of the tears but she looked at Jareth. "What do you mean by torn out of you're world?" Jareth walked over to one of sinks and washed his hands and fixed his hair even though it didn't need fixing. It was perfect no matter what he did with it. "When you left I was really hoping that you would change your mind and come back to me. So I let you keep the power of wishing." Sarah looked over at him very confused with what he was saying. "What are you talking about? I thought you took back the gift that you gave me then because I didn't choose you." Jareth shook his head and turned to face Sarah leaning his side against the sink. "When I flew off from your house I kept an eye on you for awhile. I wanted you. I was hoping that you would change your mind someday. But when you moved away I lost contact with you and was slowly moving on from the past that we had. I heard the first wish very quietly one night when I was about to sleep. I didn't believe it so I ignored it at first then your voice became louder and louder. Then when I was suppose to pick a queen your wish drew me towards this opening between worlds and it pulled me into your world and it closed behind me and I haven't been able to get back since."

Sarah shook her head now closing her eyes. "I can't believe it. I won't believe it. How can I tell that what you say is true and you are not trying to manipulate me again?" Jareth sighed and smiled. "You can only trust yourself, but it was true that I was doing everything for you back then. I wasn't trying to manipulate you. I was trying to help you. Give you everything that you wanted. But you threw it all back in my face. Even though you dragged me here to begin with I am not going to crawl to you for help or try to give you anything again. I am done with that. Yes I wanted to find you and I did. I wanted to see how you have changed and it seems you haven't changed that much at all. It seems like you are still the same 'It's not fair' sort of girl." Sarah was standing there quietly listening to what he had to say but her face was turning red with anger again. "Is that really what you think, that I am just a stupid little girl that wanted everything handed to me and I didn't think anything was fair!? Yes I guess it is true for a time I did say that phrase so many times. But I have changed since then. You have only seen me for twenty minutes or something to bring of that conclusion. You really want to know why I was wishing for you. Do you really want to know?" Jareth just nodded looking into her eyes trying to read what she was going to say but it wasn't working. "I was lonely and yes I did regret what I chose but I didn't regret it until I moved here." She took some paper towel to dry her hands. "If we are finished I am leaving Brad is waiting for me." Jareth was shocked to her response he let her go.

"Well that took you awhile," Brad said as Sarah got in the car. "Sorry had a few things I had to do before we left." Sarah looked down at her hands. She was still shaking from anger and frustration. Why did I even think that it was a good idea to see him again? "He is still the same guy that always wants to get his way. He is going to get along to Angela and Edward quite well." Sarah thought while she looked out the window watching the buildings go by.

Sarah didn't really want to talk and Brad noticed this and left her alone. When they arrived at the apartment garage Sarah got out and started to walk towards the exit of the building. "Hey! Where are you going?" Brad called still at the car. Sarah stopped turned back to see Brad leaning against the Ford "I just need some fresh air I will be back in a little while. If you need to leave that is fine I will call you later," Sarah explained. "But I didn't give you my number…" Brad tried to say but Sarah was already gone through the door and it closed with a loud bang.

Jareth stood in the ladies washroom stunned at what he just heard. He didn't realize where he was until Angela walked in the room. She stopped suddenly see him looking at her. He looked upset to her and she really wanted to know why. "You know that this is the girls washroom right?" Jareth nodded and started to move to the door. Angela followed his movements and blocked the door from him. "Please let me pass." Jareth said looking down at her feet trying really hard not to make eye contact with her. He jumped back when he felt a hand touch his cheek. "What are you doing?" he exclaimed putting his own hand to his cheek where Angela touched him. Angela put her hand down in a huff. "You seem upset and I am trying to comfort you, that's all." "I don't need to be comforted," he said looking up into to her green eyes. "So don't touch me ever again." Jareth exclaimed and pushed her out of the way and walked through the door. As he started to walk down the hall he heard Angela say… "How rude!" Jareth smirked and continued walking. He didn't know where he was going. He just wanted to get out of the building for awhile and away from Angela and Edward.

Next thing he knew he found himself at the Park of the Provinces. Not really knowing the park that well he started to explore the place. He walked this way and that looking at the different carvings in the stone and looking at all the flags and the fountain in the centre of the park under a big tree.

Jareth ended up on a stone ledge looking out at a field that stretch out pretty far and ended at a road that wasn't used very often. He sat there looking around looking at an art piece wondering why it was there of all places and it didn't really look that great to begin with. It was a dark brown very square but it wasn't really it had straight lines going up and down all around it and it looked like a ball in some ways depending on what angle you are looking from.

As he stared at the piece he saw someone coming down the road from a close by the cliff. He couldn't really tell who it was at first until she got a little closer. It was Sarah walking pretty quickly. She didn't notice him sitting there yet, but he expected her to see him soon enough. Then he saw someone else following her a few feet behind. He thought it was the guy that was at the centre with her. Jareth now didn't want to be seen so he got off the ledge a back up a little towards the copper fountain. He moved just far enough that he couldn't be seen, but he could see them. He just watched them wondering what they were saying. He noticed that Sarah was frustrated and upset by the way she was moving. It's probably because of me; Jareth thought shaking his head and slowly walked away out of sight. The last thing he saw was the guy putting her arms around her.

Brad was worried about Sarah so he followed her out of the garage door out to the street. He didn't want to push her to much so he stayed back a few feet wondering if she was okay and where she was going. Walking down a hill and around a cliff and he noticed a field up a head. Sarah just stopped and the edge of the field. So Brad did the same waiting for her to make the next move. What was she going to do? She seemed angry about something and he wasn't sure about what but he had a feeling that it had something to do with this new guy Jay.

Brad just had enough of this silence and standing there so he broke the silence first. "What are you doing out here." That made Sarah jump and turn around in a spin. Her eyes were all bloodshot from crying again and she had her arms wrapped around herself like she was looking for comfort. "Nothing I am just thinking trying to wrap my mind around what I am going to be doing in the next few months," she lied trying not to bring up what happened an hour before. Brad sighed and walked closer to her. "I know that I only met you a few hours ago and you probably think it's none of my business, but if this is going to make you feel like crap and depressed the best thing to do is to talk about it. We are going to be working together for awhile and I just want to make that clear. This production is as important to me as it is to you. So I don't want to loose this opportunity either. You don't have to tell me what's going on between you and Jay." Sarah flinched to Jay's name and Brad noticed this and knew that he hit a sensitive topic for her. "But," Brad continued, "please be strong for not for me or for you but for what we are creating in the Arts Centre." Brad took a breath he put his hand in his pocket and took out a card and handed it to Sarah. She took it and looked at the numbers on it. "If you need to reach me for anything please give me a call. My cell number and my home number are on that card." Sarah looked a Brad and smiled softly. A tear fell from her eye. Sarah was about to get it from her eye with her palm but before she knew Brad used his finger to take the tear from her cheek. His eyes were soft and filled with concern for her. Brad took her into his arms and hugged her trying to give her some comfort that someone does care for her. Just as they broke from the embrace it started to rain and the temperature seemed to have drop five degrees or colder. Sarah felt the sudden chill and started to shiver. Brad took off is jacket and put it around her shoulders trying to keep her warm. They started to walk back up the hill back to her apartment.

They entered the garage where Brad's car was and walked to the door going to elevators. Brad stopped at the door. Sarah turned to face him wondering why he stopped. "I better get going and get some of my work done that I need to do." Sarah smiled and nodded. "Okay. Thank you for helping me come to my senses on things and I will give you a call soon. Brad smiled and waved while he turned around and went back to his car. Sarah went to the door and watched him as he pulled out and went up the ramp. She then sighed and went back inside and up to her apartment.

Brad exited the garage and was about to turn onto the street when he saw a familiar figure blocking his was out.