They walked through to the backstage area where they showed the security guards their tickets. They entered a large smoky room where there were many tables and chairs and a bar at the end. Around some tables their were security guards, around others there were assistants and in the distance Sarah noticed a crowd of fans being broken up by a horde of bouncers. They were all shooed away as evidently they were not supposed to be there. When all the fans had gone a man was left there alone with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He looked tired but also very captivating. He had one of those faces where if he was just an ordinary man walking down the street he would turn heads because he was so damn handsome.

Sarah's friends decided that they would not risk approaching him as they did not want to get kicked out before they had even arrived, so they went to the bar to get a drink. Sarah figured it would be best if she did not go with them as she knew that her young face and childish clothes would give her age away. So she sat down at a nearby table and watched David Bowie in the corner of her eye. She couldn't believe how very much he looked like Jareth. In some ways she thought he looked even more handsome. He had dirty blonde medium length hair. His face was pale but not as pale as Jareth's. His manner was much less authoritative and pretentious. In fact he looked rather down-to-earth and ordinary with his relaxed stance and silly behaviour. One thing that Sarah did notice was that he and Jareth both had charisma. They both knew how to charm a girl and both could captivate somebody with just one look.

Sarah was already entranced by him as she didn't notice that he was walking over to her.

"Mind if I join you" he asked politely.

"Oh…no, of course" she said. "My name is Sarah."

"Oh Hi Sarah, I'm David Bowie" he said teasingly. "So did you enjoy it tonight then, you and your erm friends looked like you were having fun."

Sarah noticed that her friends were now staring at her and David in amazement.

"Yes it was great, you're a great singer. I love all you're your songs."

Sarah felt stupid saying that when really she hadn't heard of hardly any of his songs and she hoped he wouldn't ask her which ones she liked.

"So which songs of mine do you like then."

Damn it she thought.

"Well I like…erm…that China one and…um…y'know the one about wind and.."

"You really don't know any of my songs do you Sarah" said David.

Sarah sighed "No I don't, I'm sorry, I only heard about you yesterday, but I really enjoyed the show tonight."

"It's okay, y'know I've always liked the song about wind too."

David laughed, he had the same cackle as Jareth. Sarah liked this fact and laughed along with him too. Then he took a drag of his cigarette and smiled at her.

"So can I get you a drink?"

"Oh no thanks I'm okay."

"No best to stay away from it, I should know."

"What you're an alcoholic?" Sarah said feeling embarrassed by her sudden blunt remark. "I'm sorry."

"Don't apologise…you really don't know me at all do you. Well let's just say I used have many problems, but I'm an honest man now, completely sober. See"

He held up his drink and Sarah realised he was drinking water.

"Oh well good" said Sarah.

"These things are my only guilty sins now." He takes another puff of his cigarette. "But you gotta have something to keep your ego in tact don't ya."

Sarah smiled. She had really warmed to David. They spent the rest of their time laughing and joking. It seemed like Bowie found Sarah's naivety refreshing and Sarah found David's charm new and exciting. The minutes passed and Sarah realised it was getting late. She didn't even notice her friends get kicked out half an hour ago.

"This has been fun…if I'm not being too bold, erm…can I see you again" David said.

Sarah felt something she had never felt before. Acceptance. No one had ever taken an interest in her like this. All of her past dates had been set up by her friends and most of them never wanted to see her again. Sarah didn't care that he was a famous star and she didn't care that he was old enough to be her dad, for Jareth was much older and she had once fallen for him. She like David's charismatic personality and was determined to see him again.

"Yes of course."

"By the way, how old are you? Not meaning to be rude."

"I'm twenty-one."

Okay so she lied a little, but only by a few years and it's not like aged really matters in a relationship.