Chapter 7
Jareth's POV
Jareth told four of his goblins that he had a task for them. The goblins asked their king what the task was and he told them that he wanted them to go aboveground and find out where their soon-to-be goblin queen was working. He told them that once they found out where Sarah was working, and that they were to do whatever it took to get her fired from her job.
"Yes your majesty," the goblins chorused.
"Now off with you." Jareth said, dismissing them with a wave of his hand.
The four goblins vanished.
Sarah's POV
"Sarah, I would like to introduce you to my boyfriend, Eric and his friend, Kyle." said Janet.
Eric and Kyle turned around and looked at Sarah. Eric had brown and hair with green eyes and that his friend Kyle had black hair with brown eyes.
"It is nice to meet you both." Sarah smiled.
It's good to meet you, Sarah," Eric said in return, and his friend nodded in agreement.
They sat down and picked up the menus; a few minutes later, a waitress came to their table and asked if they were ready to order. They nodded and gave her their order; the waitress took the menus and announced that she would be back shortly with their meals.
"So, Sarah, do you have a boyfriend?" Kyle asked.
"No," Sarah replied shocked by this out of the blue question. "And, I'm not looking for one right now."
"Why not?" asked Kyle.
"I'm just not." she shrugged. This wasn't exactly true, but the fact that she was giving serious consideration to pursuing a relationship with another man, one who, by all rights, shouldn't exist, wasn't any of this virtual stranger's business,Sarah thought.
At that moment the waitress came back to their table and placed their drinks in front of them.
"There we are," she smiled. "I'll be back in a few minutes with your food,"
They thanked the waitress and she walked away.
Jareth's POV
Jareth hated that he could not see Sarah in the crystal. He got up from his throne and started pacing back and forth. He decided to go to the aboveground and check on his four goblins, so he changed into his owl form and went to the Aboveground.
Sarah's POV
The food, when it arrived, was delicious and the conversation flowed easily; although the fact that Kyle hadn't stopped looking at her for the past few minutes was starting to grate on Sarah's nerves.
"Would you please stop staring at me, Kyle," said Sarah.
"Sorry," said Kyle, averting his gaze and raising his glass to his lips.
"Thank you." said Sarah.
They had finished eating their food and were now waiting for the waitress to bring the bill.
She could not wait leave the restaurant and go home for the night- she was tired from her first day of work, and Kyle's staring had made her feel decidedly uncomfortable. Looking around the restaurant Sarah's eyes widened when she saw Hoggle looking around the corner.
What was he doing here?
"Please excuse me, I'm going to go use the restroom." said Sarah, standing up.
"Ok," Janet nodded.
Sarah got up from the table and went to the restroom. Sarah looked around to make sure no one was looking and then went in the direction that her friend Hoggle had gone in. It took Sarah five minutes to finally catch up with Hoggle. He was waiting for her at back of the restaurant.
"Hoggle," she asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you." He told her.
"What do you need to talk to me about?"
"It is about his majesty." said Hoggle.
"What about him?" Sarah asked, frowning.
"His majesty is up to something," he told her, "But I do not know what it is."
"What do you mean 'up to something'?" Sarah asked.
"It is just that his majesty has been smiling, and he has never been like this before." Hoggle replied.
"I don't think that's anything to worry about." said Sarah, shrugging.
"Well I needs to go before his majesty finds out I was here, I will see you soon." said Hoggle.
So Hoggle left Sarah and went back to the Underground. Sarah now wondered what the goblin king was up to; then she went back into the restaurant and stopped off at the restroom before heading back to the table.
Sarah and the waitress arrived at the table, at the same time. Sarah sat down again and the waitress gave them their bill and left the table. Eric went to pay the bill.
"Are you ready to go?" Janet asked.
"Yes I am," Sarah nodded.
They got up from the table and got ready to leave the restaurant then went out to the parking lot.
Well, goodnight," Said Janet, putting her arms around Eric's neck. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Eric gave his girlfriend a kiss goodnight and then went back to Kyle; they got into Eric's car and left the restaurant parking lot. Janet and Sarah got in her car and left the restaurant too. A few minutes later they arrived at Sarah's apartment.
"Thanks for inviting me Janet." said Sarah, smiling. "I'll see you at work, tomorrow."
Janet nodded. "See you at work."
Sarah got out of the car, and as it pulled away she entered her building and went up to her apartment. Once she was inside her apartment again, Sarah locked the door and hung her coat up in the closet then she went into her bedroom to change into her pajamas. She sat at her vanity to brush her hair before crossing to her bed.
The box that Hoggle had brought her was sitting on the bed, right where she had left it. Sarah picked it up and decided that she ought to see what was box contained a crystal, just like the one that had appeared in her hand only last night. But against her better judgement, she picked up the crystal and, as she touched it, the ball transformed into a vaguely familiar necklace. Sarah slipped the necklace over her head and went back to her vanity to see how it looked on her.
Sarah's eyes widened as she realized why the pendant looked familiar; it was exactly like the one that a certain king had worn every time she had seen him.
Sarah wondered why the goblin king had given her the necklace. Suddenly exhausted, she then climbed in to her bed and went to sleep for the night.
