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They returned home and everything went into complete uproar, she was cancelling her marriage because an ex of hers had returned? Lloyd was furious, he had spent the entire train journey back refusing to speak to her. It was not until she began moving out of the flat they shared together that he completely lost it, he cornered her in their room and flipped out.
"Raina what the hell? Just because he showed up you're cancelling the marriage and are fair game for everyone? Have the last five years counted for absolutely nothing? You're meant to be in love with me, or so I though seeing as we were going to be married or was that just a lie?" Raina groaned and said "Lloyd please don't do this now!"
"When then Raina? There never seems a good time to have this conversation, I want to know if I even have a shot this time. From what I recall last time he was in your life, I got kicked to the curb but when he wasn't we were quite happy together. How do I know you're not just stringing me along before you go back to him again and I get shunted to the side again until he screws up and you come back and forget?"
"You don't get it do you Lloyd! I was never happy with you Lloyd, every word of love was a lie but I was too god damned noble to say anything and thought this was as good as it was going to get. Yes, I will always pick Jareth over you because he came back. All you are is an irritating clingy possessive idiot, I can't breathe around you. I barely talk to most of my male friends nowadays because they're all threats to you, you suffocate people and you're simply annoying so no, you will never have a shot. Go ahead and try but it will never be you!"
Lloyd stared at her, of everything he had not expected that. To be honest he had expected apologies and that they would get back together again but to know that she was simply settling for him, that hurt! Raina sighed and said "I'm sorry Lloyd but ever since I've known you I've never really seen you as boyfriend material, you're more like an annoying little brother. I'd rather us stick with that, because as far as I can see that's all we'll ever be." Lloyd shook his head and said "No! We were going to get married, you were going to go through with it if he hadn't been there. I'm not going to stop fighting for you!"
"Well I'm not either and from what I just heard I figure I have a better chance than you!"
Raina hung her head as Lloyd turned to see Jareth leaning against the doorframe. Closing her eyes for a second she sighed and said "Jareth this really isn't a good time, was there something you wanted?" He shrugged and said "I figured I'd come help you move out, the more hands the less time it will take. Plus this way I get to spend more time with you to convince you that your fooling yourself, that you should simply give in to what you know you want and come back to the labyrinth with me." Raina scowled and picking up a box moved past him saying "And that is exactly one of the reasons that you have yet to convince me, you are so bloody arrogant. You simply assume that that is what I want, well you know what happens when you assume things."
Jareth looked puzzled and rolling her eyes she said "It makes an ass out of you and me, idiot. Maybe you should try and woo me, try and date me, flowers and chocolate and all the stuff. Show me why I should bother coming back with you, show me that I'll be treated like your queen, your one and only. Not the bit on the side who waits between the girls who turn you down, dreading the day when another one of them eventually accepts your offer and I get shoved to the side." Jareth grimaced and said "I wouldn't do that to you Raina, I love you. I made that mistake once, I won't do it again." Raina shook her head and said "Prove it, you have one month. I suggest you figure out a better way than your current one. One month and then you've lost me for ever!"
Jareth gulped and nodded, a month wasn't a long time and he had no idea what he was going to do. He may love her but looking back he hadn't really taken the time to properly get to know her, where on earth should he even begin? He quickly returned to Raina's parents house where she had kindly let him stay, her parents having died a couple of years ago of pneumonia.
Blair had moved from her apartment with Lloyd to stay with Jareth not wanting to be around the man she should have once called brother. He sat on his bed and began writing a plan of action, Blair walked in and said "Whatcha doing Ret?" Jareth smiled and said "Trying to figure out a way to get Rain to come back with us, she's given me a month or I've lost her and I have no idea what to do."
Blair grinned and said "Well you're going to need all the help you can get!" She scrambled up onto the bed beside him and he wrapped an arm around her, together they began to sketch out a plan of seduction.