This will probably be the only entry until Sunday- I'll be at my dad's again. Sorry :-(

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Chapter 10

Sarah sat on the floor of the Library. She had spent all day sorting books. She only got a quarter of the way through. When she was getting tiredshe took a few books and went back to her room.

Sarah sat on her bed and spread the books in front of her. She chose one randomly. "History of the Labyrinth." Sarah read out loud. "Sounds interesting." She opened the book and began reading and soon fell asleep from exhaustion.

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Jareth came to her room to find her from dinner. When no one answered the door he simply walked in. He saw her on the bed sleeping with the books scattered around her. He walked over to the bed and was able to look at her closely without her snapping something sarcastic at him. She really was beautiful.

He loved her and had loved her since he had first seen her the night she said his name. He had immediately wanted her to be his queen. When she had asked him to take away her brother, he did it, hoping she would thank him. Instead she had wanted Toby back and said that he had not been generous.

He was upset that she said that, and upset that she hadn't understood what he had offered her. Mostly, he was upset that she had beaten the Labyrinth, because then she had been free to go.

He also knew that he wouldn't love her the way he did if she had given up. Jareth loved the person she was, though she was stubborn and argumentative, she would always do what she knew was right in the end. Many who wished children away gave up before even trying the Labyrinth and none would trade places with the children if they lost.

Sarah started to stir. Jareth didn't want to be caught staring at her, so he decided to wake her up before she woke herself up. With mischief gleaming in his eyes, he once again dumped a crystal on her that exploded in water.

Sarah screamed and jumped up. She glared at him and contemplated kicking him, really hard. Instead, she calmly dried herself off, and gazed coolly at him. "Don't you think that one is getting old?"

"No." Jareth replied grinning at her. The castle defiantly wasn't as boring with Sarah to torture.

"What do you want?" Sarah asked.

"To tell you to come to dinner."

"First of all, you don't tell me to come to dinner, you ask me. And second, why didn't you just push me to wake me up?" Sarah asked still trying to wake up completely.

"You're my guest and if I tell you to come to dinner, you must. Pouring water over your head is so much more interesting. It's your own fault for doing it to me first."

"Well aren't we acting mature this evening?" Sarah asked sweetly.

Jareth just kept smirking. He knew he was one point up on the scoreboard they both kept in their head.

"What were you reading?" Jareth asked, moving to a new subject.

"History of the Labyrinth." Sarah replied. Jareth looked at her as if she was crazy. "What? If I have to live here now I might as well know its history."

"You could have asked, nothing is as dull as that book."

"I found it interesting" Sarah said just to be contradicting, though she actually had found it interesting.

Jareth grabbed her arm and transported them to the dining room. "You really have to stop doing that." Sarah said.

Jareth didn't reply, he just sat down at the table.

They ate in silence, and Sarah found it rather awkward. She didn't know what to say to him when they weren't arguing. When dinner was over she sighed in relief.

Jareth on the other hand had no problem with the silence. He wanted Sarah to stay with him. He wasn't used to having anyone besides the goblins at the castle.

"Would you like to take a walk?" Jareth offered.

Sarah was about to decline the offer when she thought of that boring room with nothing to do. "Ok," she accepted.

They walked in the garden and Sarah gazed around. The flowers were different Underground. They were nothing like ones aboveground; she had never seen anything like them at all. They came in all different colors and sizes and were more beautiful than ones aboveground.

"So how do you like the gardens?" Jareth asked breaking the silence.

"They're beautiful. Who takes care of them?" Sarah asked.

"Hoggle," Jareth replied. "That's why he sprays the fairies. They come from Ilaia to take Labyrinth flowers. They can get vicious."

"I know," Sarah replied remembering when one had bitten her. "Is Ilaia the Fairy kingdom then?"

"Yes."

"Do all the kingdoms get along?"

"Mostly, except the Shadow kingdom. They used to be peaceful, but since Valalith took over the throne he has kept them from the rest of the Underground. He is constantly trying to cause a war between the kingdoms in hopes of taking over all the Underground."

"Who are the rest of the rulers?"

"My brother, Palan, is the king of the Elves; Ilirra is the Queen of the fairies; my sister, Raleven, is the Pixie queen; Rakan is the Centaur king; and Kalak is the king of the Mermaids."

"So you have a brother and a sister?"

"Yes, though I don't see them often. They all have problems of their own in their kingdoms." Jareth said.

"Oh, I guess I'm going to know how that feels. Ever since the first time I came here, I couldn't stand to be away from Toby. I miss him to much. Now I live in a completely different world." Tears sprang to her eyes as Sarah said this. She blinked them back and refused to cry.

Jareth saw the sad look in her eyes and felt guilty. "I'm sorry you have to stay here."

Sarah looked back at him and felt sorry for him. He was forced to live in a dank castle with goblins everywhere and no one to talk to. It must have been horrible, no wonder he hadn't wanted her to leave the Labyrinth.

"It's not really your fault. It's mine. I started this three years ago. I wished my brother away, and read the book to him all the time. If I had warned them not to ever read the words none of this would have happened. I deserve to be the one stuck here, not them."

Jareth stared at her for a few moments. "You have changed a lot Sarah"

"I know. It's mostly because of the Labyrinth."

Jareth thought about how she had changed. He realized that he loved her even more. He wanted to convince her to want to stay. "If you wanted you could spend the day with your friends tomorrow." Jareth offered.

Sarah's face brightened up. "Really?"

"Yes."

Sarah was so happy that before she could think of what she was doing she kissed him. When she stepped back she realized what she had done.

Jareth looked just as shocked as she did. Sarah looked at his face and thought the expression was very interesting. He looked like he had been over the head, hard. She almost laughed but instead kissed him again.

Sarah stepped back once more and couldn't believe that she had kissed him again, and had liked it. She wanted time to think. How could she like kissing him? That was bad wasn't it?

Sarah turned on heel and ran back to the castle, leaving Jareth staring after her, very confused.

So, was that horrible? I'm not really sure about it. Leavereviews so I can fix it if it sucks. Thank you!