I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try
Sarah muttered to herself as she walked home, grumbling about Jareth and his crystal globes. He'd ruined whatever chance she'd had of having a normal life, that's for sure. Her conscious was trying to tell her that he couldn't have known how irritating she would find his crystals but she was ignoring it, too upset to look at it from his point-of-view. She barged in her front door and stomped up the stairs to her room, slamming her door shut behind her. Dropping her bookbag on the floor, she flopped onto her bed and pulled down a stuffed animal to cuddle with, crying softly from the stress.
Downstairs, Karen and Richard exchanged long-suffering looks. "Teenagers," Richard muttered in disgust and Karen nodded. "I guess we can try after dinner," Richard sighed and Karen went to get dinner started. Richard turned the TV on for Toby and grabbed his newspaper from the table. Sitting in the chair nearest the doorway, he could hear his wife in the kitchen humming. Sarah, thankfully, had stopped throwing things around and he was sure that she had dozed off like she usually did after throwing a fit.
Upstairs, in her room, Sarah was asleep and dreaming. She was in a large room surrounded by crystals and mirrors. She gathered the delicate layers of the dress to her and turned slowly but Jareth was not in the room with her. She saw a bit of movement in the corner of her eye and turned her head sharply to stare at a crystal hovering nearby. It flew until it was right in front of her and she could see her father reading a newspaper and Toby watching television in her livingroom. She scowled at the crystal until it retreated. Turning to another that showed movement and summoning it, she saw Eli and Max hanging around at the mall, apparently waiting for a movie to start. Sarah frowned even more, letting go of her dress and clutching her hands at her side, furious at Jareth for spying on her on top of everything else.
"Jareth," she called, dismissing the crystal back to it's position. A crystal moved to hover in front of her and she noticed Jareth pictured there. He was bent over a large crystal and seemed to be concentrating very hard, though his hands obscured what he was working on. She couldn't help but admire the view in the crystal a moment before shaking her head. She was about to call to him again when he finally moved from in front of the crystal and she gasped in shock.
Naturally, he'd been working on her though he could not have had an image to work on for this one. She was older, dressed in a beautiful wedding gown and at her side stood Jareth in a formal-looking outfit. All around them, goblins were cheering and laughing as Jareth looked at his bride with a smile. In the front of the wedding party, Sarah's mom and dad and step-mom were watching her happily and, when she looked hard, she saw Toby celebrating with Hoggle, LUdo and Sir Didymus in the background. Sarah wasn't quite sure what to do, what to say when faced with this crystal. He seemed to notice that he was being watched at this time and he looked straight through the ball and into her eyes. Her surprise was enough to wake her from her uneasy sleep and hear her dad knocking on her door softly, calling her for dinner. She lay a minute, staring at her ceiling, before running downstairs to her family.
In his workroom, Jareth blushed furiously at being caught by Sarah. He wasn't sure how she had managed to get into the room he had created so he could be surrounded by her life, but he was definately not too thrilled that she had seen him working on that particular crystal. It was one of the crystals he hadn't planned to let her see until she talked to him. Sighing at how life was conspiring against him, he resumed cleaning the mess from his recent alterations to his crystals. The goblins, though they were well-meaning, were forbidden from entering his personal workroom because they broke too many things so he had to clean his room himself. Today he was glad of the time to think. He had much to ponder.
Sarah muttered to herself as she walked home, grumbling about Jareth and his crystal globes. He'd ruined whatever chance she'd had of having a normal life, that's for sure. Her conscious was trying to tell her that he couldn't have known how irritating she would find his crystals but she was ignoring it, too upset to look at it from his point-of-view. She barged in her front door and stomped up the stairs to her room, slamming her door shut behind her. Dropping her bookbag on the floor, she flopped onto her bed and pulled down a stuffed animal to cuddle with, crying softly from the stress.
Downstairs, Karen and Richard exchanged long-suffering looks. "Teenagers," Richard muttered in disgust and Karen nodded. "I guess we can try after dinner," Richard sighed and Karen went to get dinner started. Richard turned the TV on for Toby and grabbed his newspaper from the table. Sitting in the chair nearest the doorway, he could hear his wife in the kitchen humming. Sarah, thankfully, had stopped throwing things around and he was sure that she had dozed off like she usually did after throwing a fit.
Upstairs, in her room, Sarah was asleep and dreaming. She was in a large room surrounded by crystals and mirrors. She gathered the delicate layers of the dress to her and turned slowly but Jareth was not in the room with her. She saw a bit of movement in the corner of her eye and turned her head sharply to stare at a crystal hovering nearby. It flew until it was right in front of her and she could see her father reading a newspaper and Toby watching television in her livingroom. She scowled at the crystal until it retreated. Turning to another that showed movement and summoning it, she saw Eli and Max hanging around at the mall, apparently waiting for a movie to start. Sarah frowned even more, letting go of her dress and clutching her hands at her side, furious at Jareth for spying on her on top of everything else.
"Jareth," she called, dismissing the crystal back to it's position. A crystal moved to hover in front of her and she noticed Jareth pictured there. He was bent over a large crystal and seemed to be concentrating very hard, though his hands obscured what he was working on. She couldn't help but admire the view in the crystal a moment before shaking her head. She was about to call to him again when he finally moved from in front of the crystal and she gasped in shock.
Naturally, he'd been working on her though he could not have had an image to work on for this one. She was older, dressed in a beautiful wedding gown and at her side stood Jareth in a formal-looking outfit. All around them, goblins were cheering and laughing as Jareth looked at his bride with a smile. In the front of the wedding party, Sarah's mom and dad and step-mom were watching her happily and, when she looked hard, she saw Toby celebrating with Hoggle, LUdo and Sir Didymus in the background. Sarah wasn't quite sure what to do, what to say when faced with this crystal. He seemed to notice that he was being watched at this time and he looked straight through the ball and into her eyes. Her surprise was enough to wake her from her uneasy sleep and hear her dad knocking on her door softly, calling her for dinner. She lay a minute, staring at her ceiling, before running downstairs to her family.
In his workroom, Jareth blushed furiously at being caught by Sarah. He wasn't sure how she had managed to get into the room he had created so he could be surrounded by her life, but he was definately not too thrilled that she had seen him working on that particular crystal. It was one of the crystals he hadn't planned to let her see until she talked to him. Sighing at how life was conspiring against him, he resumed cleaning the mess from his recent alterations to his crystals. The goblins, though they were well-meaning, were forbidden from entering his personal workroom because they broke too many things so he had to clean his room himself. Today he was glad of the time to think. He had much to ponder.