In case you didn't get it, Sarah saw what Jareth was thinking too, she just didn't realize it. A couple of people didn't get that.

Obviously I don't own labyrinth, and that sucks.

Sorry this ones so short, it's all in the plan, ha ha.


"This is not good." He sighed, tried to step forward. She put her hand out to stop him.

"I know that, which is why you need to leave. Now." She walked around him to what she assumed was the front door and threw it open.

He rolled his eyes, "Sarah."

"No!" She whirled back around, Ludo jumped from behind them. "Whatever's going on, I don't want to deal with it. It'll go away if you leave!"

"It might not work that way." He shook his head, walked over to her and took her hand. When she didn't flinch away he relaxed a little. "You can't just turn from this because you hate me, it's impossible to run from."

She looked up at him, there was no hope in her eyes anymore, no defiance. She suddenly looked fragile and he wanted to sweep her away to somewhere he could protect her from this. Her voice was soft, almost heartbreaking. "What is it that I can't run from?"

"I'm not sure yet." He reached out to touch her cheek, she flinched away. No, she wasn't ready to be that close to him. "I will find out though, you'll know as soon as I do."

"I believe you." She nodded, stepped away from him and glanced over at Hoggle. "If you don't mind, I'd like to spend some time with my friends." She walked around him and took Ludo's hand. Jareth nodded silently before walking out.

"You ok?" Hoggle asked her as she fumbled for a chair.

"I don't know, I really don't know." She buried her head in her hands. It'd been sudden, she didn't even know where it came from. One minute she was glaring at Jareth, the next she was watching him walk toward her somewhere else. It couldn't have been her, she'd never imagined something like that. Another symptom of whatever else was going on? Who knew. "You guys don't mind if I stay with you for a while, do you?"

"Sarah." Hoggle laughed, "This house belongs to you as much as it does to us."
"Thank you." She leaned over and kissed his cheek before standing up to give kisses to the others as well.

That night she volenteered to make dinner. Cooking gave her time to clear her head, she was too busy consentrating to think. But every once and a while her mind would go back to Jareth. Idly she wondered what he did in that castle all day. Her heart sank as she realized that he probably prefered to be alone, it was the way his kind was. She didn't know why that saddened her, but she brushed it off as she turned back to the food. Within an hour she'd successfully made chicken alfredo.