Chapter 9: Mean Ol Kingy
Marcus stood in front of the large window in the empty ball room replaying the events of the night in his head, a scantily clad woman entered from behind the curtain "will you be requiring any company tonight my lord?"
The king broke his concentration and regarded the woman with a distasteful look "yes I shall but first" he glided his hand over her face and body as he did so her appearance morphed into that of the new Goblin Queen "tonight your name is Alice".
The next morning Alicia was asleep in her ball gown and Lydia was fussing about as always "my lady…..my lady it's time to wake up".
Alicia groaned and wiped a hand across her eyes "meeehhhh what time is it" she tried pulling off her dress with numerous futile tugs but was soon saved by Lydia.
"It's mid-morning your majesty, I trust you had fun at the ball last night".
Alicia scoffed "well I was until Jareth decided to play macho husband, I think I'll take a trip home and leave the grumpy bastard to his own devices".
"A grumpy bastard am I" Jareth's voice filled the room and he soon appeared arms folded sitting on her bed, Lydia bowed her head and briskly left the room "well I know I can be rather hot headed but a bastard? I can honestly say that hurts".
Alicia ignored his sarcastic remarks and made her way to the bath were she deliberately dropped her dress so he could see her naked body "if you have come to say sorry then do it and go away".
Jareth chuckled and followed her "come come now I have nothing to apologise for but if you're talking about my conduct with Sarah I already told you that you were a gateway for us to be able to do that sort of thing I thought you understood?"
Alicia sighed and nodded "I understood perfectly I just thought you would show a little more tact, we were surrounded by allot of prying eyes".
Jareth smiled and lifted her into the bath "alright my dear I apologise if I made you feel embarrassed it was not my intention I give you my word to be more conscientious in future"
Jareth started out the door."I appreciate it, so I will be seeing Marcus again soon" he stopped in his tracks and turned to her.
"you know he is my enemy and while I have no heir he is a big threat to me".
Alicia stood up and washed the soap from her body "he is your enemy not mine I would just like a distraction from time to time, I don't have any friends here and you don't have to worry about me jumping into bed with him, I made a promise to you and I shall keep it".
Jareth wrapped a towel around her and helped her out "does that mean you wish to try for a child now?" Alicia lowered her head "not just yet but…there is something I would like to ask of you…an…..and feel free to say no…."
Jareth placed a hand on her cheek and lifted her head to look at him "what is it my dear you can tell me".
Alicia let out a breath "I want you to…..kiss me like you kissed her last night, I want to know how it feels to be truly loved even for a moment…..I've never had that"Jareth's face froze as he saw the pain in Alicia's eyes. He pulled her close to him and enveloped her lips in his own and ran his fingers through her wet hair, she reciprocated with eagerness and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Before long the kiss depend and his hands began roaming over her body stopping at her breasts, Alicia became so lost in the kiss she pushed herself into Jareth's hands but suddenly stopped, her eyes snapped open and she pulled away from him clearing her throat.
"Ahem well thank you for that I appreciate it now I must get ready I am leaving for a while to have some time back home" before he could answer Jareth was being shoved out the door
"Alicia wait I….." before he could finish the door slammed and Jareth was stunned at what had just happened, he touched his lips and closed his eyes "what is this….."
Sarah was in the main hall waiting for Jareth and greeted him with a passionate kiss "it's not like you to be late is everything ok?"
He was still confused about what has just transpired "uh…..yeah ahem yes I was checking on Alicia to see if she was still mad and we reconciled" Sarah let out a sigh of relief.
"Good I was wondering when the two of you would kiss and make up".Jareth froze "wha what do you mean".
Sarah looked at him confused "it's just an expression Jareth are you ok? You seem a little off".
Jareth shook his head and smiled "of course I am now what would you like to do today?"
Sarah laughed "I was thinking we could take a walk to the fiery forest, the last time I was here some crazy man drugged me so I didn't get the best look around" Jareth chuckled and pulled out a crystal which he twirled around his hands and threw at her, when she caught it, it had transformed into a peach
"I was merely trying to make you love me if that makes me crazy then I want to be downright insane".
Sarah scoffed "oh is that what you call it and here I thought you just wanted to stop me from getting toby".
Jareth gave her and overdramatic gasp "how could you think such a thing of me you wound me love you really wound me". They left the castle and made their way to the glittering forest hand in hand and Sarah's mind was filled with memories of the fiery's throwing their heads around and swallowing eyeballs. She smiled at the thought of her fantasies becoming a reality and now she was with the man she loved in the dream she adored, and she hoped it would last forever.
Alicia sat at the window regretting what she had done "he will never love you as he loves her" the deep voice echoed in her mind and she felt tears pricking at the corners of her eyes. She hurried packing a bag when Lydia came to see her.
"Is everything alright my lady can I help you?" Alicia wiped a small tear that had escaped from her eye and smiled "oh no I'm alright thanks I'm going away for a couple of day's, so you can have some time off".
Lydia's eyes lit up "you're going to the aboveground? You shouldn't go alone miss" Alicia made her way to the door and pulled Lydia with her "fine then you can come with me I need someone to show me how to get back anyway".
A large smile came across the maids face "yes of course it would be my pleasure I have never been to the mortal realm before".
Alicia chuckled "well then trust me honey this will be one hell of an education for you" the two ladies made their way through the castle and Lydia led them to the magic portal that would send them back. And in no time they were standing in the living room of Sarah's apartment.
"Ok first things first we need to get you out of that dress and into something sexy" Lydia clung to her dress "oh no my lad that would not be appropriate for a servant" Alicia rolled her eyes and grabber her shoulders.
"Hey you're in my world now honey your my friend not my servant and I won't have my friend dressed like Rapunzel while I'm dressed like Madonna now come on live a little and don't call me lady we've been through this" she dragged Lydia to her bedroom and began her assault on her clothing, showing no mercy for the intricate lacing which held it all together.
"Well well looks like little Lydia has a good little body under all that fancy and I have just the outfit to compliment it" she rummaged through her wardrobe flinging clothes onto the floor "aha here we go this will be perfect for tonight" Lydia was trying to re-lace her dress when Alicia threw a bunch of clothes at her.
"Tonight? What's happening tonight?" when she took a closer look at the clothes she blushed. There was a small lacy black bra and panties with a thin red cropped top that tied in the back and to finish off a pair of tight black jeans with rips all the way down the leg.
"We are going to party my friend owns a club downtown and I think we both need to let our hair down".
"Alicia I'm not sure, I have never even seen clothes like this" before she could finish examining the pieces of fabric Alicia was pulling them onto her.
"Well where were going people will be wearing the exact same thing now go and put those boots on I need to get changed" Lydia quietly put the shoes on and watched as Alicia transformed from a Queen into a Gothic princess. Dressed in a tight black dress with a slit on both sides, knee high boots and a lace choker the two women were dressed to kill
"Right now tonight is about us having fun the means drinks, dance and most importantly no men however if you happen to find a nice young man you run it by me then….well you know" Lydia blushed and the two set out on their adventure.
