"Ret, why aren't we waking Raina up?"
"Because Pixie Raina is going to have a tiring day today and I want her to have as much rest as possible." Blair nodded conspiratorially and allowed Ret to get her out of bed. As she got dressed Jareth made his way to the kitchen to get her sorted for breakfast, Blair came into the kitchen and said "Is my lunchbox ready?"
Jareth stared at her and said "Lunchbox?" Blair nodded and said "Raina always has my lunchbox ready for me, have you sorted my lunch for me?" Jareth gulped and said "Um what does Raina normally put in your lunchbox?" Before Blair could reply Jareth yelped having burnt his fingers on the frying pan he was attempting to cook bacon in, as he was hopping round the toaster started smoking and the water in the saucepan he was planning on boiling eggs in started boiling over.
He stared around the kitchen in complete shock, unknowing what to do. Blair's lower lip began to tremble, the confusion beginning to scare her. Jareth was in complete panic, what should he begin to deal with first? Does he sort the chaotic meal or prevent Blair from bursting into tears?
A chuckle came from the doorway; he whipped around to find Raina leaning against the doorframe wearing the robe that he had bought her. She grinned and said "What happened to you? You were able to cook a couple of days ago." Jareth gave her a pathetic look and said "Little help please?"
Raina smiled and said "You take Blair, for god's sake don't let her cry or we'll be late taking her to school. I'll sort this mess out; we can go to the coffee shop which does breakfast near her school before we take her in. You go get Blair to clean her teeth and make sure she does it properly." Jareth picked up the tearing Blair and cuddled her close while carrying her out of the kitchen towards the bathroom.
Raina made quick work of returning the kitchen to normality, binning the ruined floor; clearing the smoke and washing up. She then swiftly sorted out Blair's lunchbox filling it with her usual sandwiches cut into bear shapes, a couple of petit filou's, some grapes and a juice box. Jareth and Blair returned to the kitchen and Blair ran to hug her surrogate mother, Raina handed Blair her lunchbox and said "Alright I'm going to go dress myself, Jet you get Blair settled in the car, I'll be out soon."
Raina joined them in the car soon enough, she was wearing a pair of short denim shorts, a grey strappy top and black trainers. The sun was shining high in the sky even though it was around 8.30 in the morning and the heat was around an incredible 26 degrees centigrade and threatening to increase throughout the day. All of them wore less constricting clothing; even Blair wore the lightweight summer dress issued by her school which she insisted she would never wear.
They drove to the coffee shop near Blair's school and ordered themselves some breakfast, Blair had a chocolate croissant, which she was happily pulling apart and covering her hands in chocolate, and a glass of cold milk. Jareth had a proper man's breakfast in the form of a full English washed down with a large mug of tea, Raina settled for something a lot lighter, a croissant with cream and a vanilla latte which had her sighing in contentment.
The three of them sat at a table outside under an umbrella enjoying the sunshine and the warmth. Once they had finished they made their way to Blair's school, Blair hugged the two of them before skipping over to her friends, she waved to the pair as they moved back towards their car.
Jareth took the wheel this time saying "Right so for our next day, once again we're taking a trip to a missed out childish pleasure." He blindfolded her and drove to the place they would be spending the day, he helped her out of the car and lead her towards the entrance.
Raina frowned, the place was loud and crowded wherever they were, she could feel people pushing around her, sighing she said "Where on earth have you brought me this time Jet?" Jareth guided her further in and the removed the blindfold, looking around at her surroundings she laughed and said "Oh Jet you have got to be kidding me! You brought me to a theme park?"
The rides whirred and people laughed and bustled around her, she smiled at Jareth and said "I can't believe you brought me to a theme park!" Jareth smiled and her and said "Everyone needs to come to one at some point and I'm afraid this is something we certainly don't have in the Labyrinth. Now come on, there is a lot to do and we have to be done before we pick up Blair."
He dragged her around saying "What should we do first, I reckon we should do the big rides first." They headed to the biggest rollercoaster; they spent the first couple of hours doing the major rides the park had to offer. Jareth then smiled and said "Let's take a break; we can grab a drink and a snack you've never had before. We can hit the arcades before going on some more rides; we could do the water rapids in the heat of the day to cool us down."
Raina nodded and taking his hand let him drag her over to a stall, he got them lemonade and a stick of candyfloss. They had fun playing on games in the arcade and Jareth found he was very good about the claw machines, he successfully wrangled a cuddly lion for Blair. Raina smiled and said "Well done."
Her eyes lingered on a small teddy bear hidden under a snake and what appeared to be an eagle, Jareth saw her gaze he didn't mention it simply said "Let me have one more try, see how good I really am." Raina sighed and said "I'm going to go sit in the shade over there, come and get me when you're done. I swear to god it must be more than 30 degrees right now, this simply cannot be in the 20's I feel like I'm going to melt." Jareth smiled and said "Okay, I'll be there in just a second."
Raina smiled and sat on the bench in shade, stretching out her legs she watched Jareth at the game. He seemed to be really enjoying himself here, it was his element, chaos and intrigue surrounding this place. He finished and ambled over to her a bright smile on his face, he held something behind his back. She rolled her eyes and said "Alright then what did you get? Just tell me it wasn't one of the eagles, they looked slightly creepy."
He sat down beside her and then placed the teddy she had seen in her lap, despite being clearly brand new he looked slightly worn. He was a soft shade of grey with dark black eyes and a pink nose, across his front a panel of maroon fabric was sewn with a dark blue button. She gently stroked the side of his head and said "This is the sweetest thing anyone has ever got for me."
Jareth gently pulled her onto his lap and said "I love you and want to make you happy. If you want something just ask, well within reason I can't give you someone's head on a silver platter." Raina gently kissed him and said "Okay, now you said something about a water ride, I'm dying here!"
They spent the rest of the day doing other rides, ever so often going back onto the river rapid ride to cool themselves off. By the time they had to go, they had successfully done most of the rides in the park. They had finished with the water ride again and were sodden when they climbed into the car, sitting on towels which Jareth had secretly stowed on the back seat. They stood at the gate waiting for Blair, when she came running over to them she jumped on Jareth hugging him before pulling back screeching saying "Ewww you're all wet."
Jareth laughed and then scooped her up holding her close, Raina laughed and said "Jet stop torturing her, anyway she'll most likely want that dress again tomorrow and now I'm going to have to dry it." Blair looked at her and said "No, no, no. I don't like this dress; I don't want to wear it. Well unless it's really hot again, because I don't like it hot. It's too hot." Raina laughed and said "Of course, now let's get you home. You can have a water fight with Jareth in the back garden while I get a barbecue set up; it's perfect weather for it after all." Both Blair and Jareth cheered and scrambled to get to the car first.
They got home and Blair and Jareth sped to their rooms to get dressed for a water fight, not before Jareth hung back and said "So um water fight, what are the rules and such? And what do I wear?" Raina laughed and said "There are a pair of board shorts in one of your drawers, you can add a t-shirt if you wish. Basically you get water balloons to throw at each other, try and miss her or not to hit her hard with them. Make sure they burst enough to get her wet though, then you get to chase her round the garden with the hose before faking it so she gets it from you and then soaks you."
Jareth gaped and said "But that means I lose!" Raina looked at him bleakly and said "She's a seven year old; of course you have to lose to her!" Jareth sighed and said sulkily "Fine then." She ushered him off and then made her way to her room to pull on a pair of loser black cotton shorts and a red tank top before moving to set up the barbecue for dinner. She got it sorted and was preparing food while watching Jareth and Blair chase each other round the garden, Raina would of course never admit to obviously checking out Jareth's chiselled chest which he had left uncovered.
The two eventually tuckered themselves out and ran over as Raina called them for dinner; they sat at the small wooden table and chairs Raina's adoptive parents had had in their back garden. Raina looked at their new found family and smiled happily, she had grown up in an orphanage having lost her parents and hadn't gained any until she was around 19 just after she had apparently left the Labyrinth. Now she had made her own family, she had a fiancé who loved her and was doing everything to convince her of it and a surrogate daughter/sister. She smiled at her family and enjoyed the time they had together, and couldn't help but thing at this rate they might end up at the Labyrinth sooner rather than later.
Well hope you enjoyed it :) Hopefully inspiration will keep coming and CR just to let you know I started last night :P