Disclaimer: Guess what? I STILL DON'T OWN LABYRINTH!!! Sorry...I tried...
Warning: Jareth and Sarah may be a little out of character.
So Simple, So Strong
Ch.11: Month 7
They had searched the cave thouroghly and could find no trace of Landril. So the search throughout the land began. In the meantime, the Goblin King did everything he could to ensure his pregnant wife's safety.
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She was seven months along now and had quite a nice belly protruding. Her long flowing gowns could no longer hide her growing stomach. Rumors began spreading throughout the kingdom. The Goblin Queen was pregnant. She heard the whispers everywhere she went. But what could she do? Tell them she had gotten fat?
One night, laying on her side with Jareth's arms wrapped around her, one draped over her pregnant belly and the other around her chest, she was thinking. "Jareth?" she asked lightly."Yes love?" he murmered sleepily. "What will we tell people? I mean, I was three months along when we got married, but I wasn't showing then. And now I'm seven months and you can definitetly tell it's not fat. People can tell I'm pregnant, but they don't know about the...well, you know."
Jareth thought for a moment. "Well...we'll just let them think you started showing early and went into premature labor." Sarah giggled. "You now what premature labor is?" "I've studied up on it. Remember, we have a baby coming in two months. I have to have some kind of fatherly knowledge." A warm smile spread over Sarah's face. "I guess that will work. Goodnight Jareth. I love you." "Goodnight love. And dido." Sarah giggled before falling into a deep and dreamless sleep.
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Sarah awoke the next morning to find Jareth with one hand on her stomach. He was staring at it intently and wasn't blinking. He looked amused. "What is it?" Sarah asked. Jareth looked up at her. "I think I felt Drea move." Sarah lay still for a moment. She could feel Drea squirming. A huge grin sprea across her face. "He is!" Jareth laid his head down on her stomach and started talking to the baby.
"Hello Drea. I'm your father darling." Sarah's heart warmed at this statement. "I suppose I shall see you in around two months. Hmm... What else to say to someone you've never seen before. Well, thank you for letting your mother have some peace in the mornings now. But why didn't you take away the cravings as well? I don't know how many more bowls of bannanas and onions I can take." Jareth was silent for a moment.
"Drea, I hope that I can be a good father to you. I will do my best. I promise." Sarah smiled and ran her hands through Jareths wild hair. "Don't worry. I know you'll be a great father." Jareth looked up at her and smiled. He kissed her stomach before crawling up and capturing her lips with his own.
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"Jareth, we need a nursery." It was late afternoon now and they were in the private library, Jareth sitting in a large comfy chair with Sarah in his lap, his left arm wrapped around her waist, the other in her lap. "Hmm... What about the room beside ours? Then when Drea gets older, he OR she can choose a room of their liking."
"That sounds good. I just don't know what colors to use cause I don't know the gender of the baby yet. You guys seriously need sonogram machines down her. But how about green? That's kinda nuetral." "That sounds lovely. When would you like to start?" "Now!" she cried. He should have known better than to ask. She jumped out of his lap as quickly as she could, which wasn't very quick considering the belly. Jareth groaned but stood to his feet and took her outstreched hand. "Do we have to go now?" he whined as they walked along. "Yes." she replied. "The sooner we get it over with, the better. Then we won't have to do it later."
"Okay." Jareth started sulking. "Oh stop being a big baby. We've got a little one coming soon and I can't handle two of you." Jareth smiled and straightened up. Sarah shot a playful glance in his direction.
When they arrived, Sarah found the room quite satisfactory aside from the fact that it could use a good cleaning. "It'll do! But we'll need to have it cle-" She hadn't even finished the sentence when Jareth threw a crystal into the middle of the room. It busted, and when the smoke cleared, everything was squeeky clean. She looked at him and rolled her eyes. "You are so lazy sometimes. We could of had someone do this later." Jareth grinned and shrugged his shoulders. "Better now than later."
"Touche'!" she replied. She looked around the room. "We need curtains and a crib and toys and a changing table and diapers and wetwipes!" She was growing more excited each passing moment. "I need to make a list!" she cried, running from the room. Jareth sighed. He loved it when she was in such a good mood. In all her excitement, she got halfway there, not noticing that Jareth wasn't following her. She turned to tell him that they needed baby butt cream. "Jareth?" she called. She retraced her steps back to the nursery and gasped upon reaching the door.
Everything was there. A crib, curtains, a changing table, everything she had said they needed. Jareth grinned at her. "I didn't think you would like the diapers the goblins use, so I stocked up on human ones." Sarah walked to the center of the room and took everything in view open mouthed. The green was even the specific shade she had been thinking of. A soft mint green. Sarah shot him a questioning look. He shrugged. "I'm magic my dear."
"It's...It's perfect!" She breathed. Jareth came up behind her and wrapped his hands over her tummy. "I was hoping you would like it love." "She leaned back against him and placed her hands over his."I love it." "Good." He kissed her cheek and they stood like that just staring out the window and enjoying each others presence. After what seemed like hours, Sarah finally twisted around a bit and looked at Jareth with puppy dog eyes. "Jareth. I'm hungry."
He groaned. "Not bannanas and onions again." "No." she replied sweetly. "I'm craving vinigar and jelly beans this time."
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While Sarah was eating her grotesque snack, she had the chance to speak with Lina again. She was such a sad, sweet girl. Sarah hope that she could break her of that shell. They were back in the library now after all the excitement over the new nursery had calmed down. Sarah was circling the room reading a book. "You might not want to walk so much before you really do go into premature labor." Sarah shot him a questioning look once again. "I told you, I studied up on this." Sahrah grinned and shook her head. She went over to a couch and resumed her reading while Jareth dealt with neglected paperwork.
When he finished he rubbed his eyes. Way to much reading. "Sarah, would you like to go eat dinner now?" There was no reply. "Sarah?" He looked over to the couch she had sat on earlier. She was now laying down and in a seemingly deep sleep. He smiled and walked over, kneeling down beside her head. "Sarah." he said gently. He stroked the side of her face. "Sarah love." She whimpered slightly. "Sarah. Would you like some dinner?" She mummbled something along the lines of " Darn monkies...Huzzah!" Jareth chuckled. "I would take that as a no. He gently lifted her off the couch and transported them to their bedchambers.
He didn't think it nessesary to walk. She had wrapped her arms around his neck and was snuggling in. He didn't quite feel like putting her down, so he sat on the bed with her in his lap. She didn't stir. He summoned a crystal and told a small goblin in the kitchens that he and Sarah would not be attending dinner that night. He sat there for who knows how long, just holding her and loving the feeling of having her for his own to love and care for.
Finally, he laid her down on the bed and grabbed her nightgown. He dressed her for bed and then dressed himself before slipping in beside her. She immediantly snuggled as close as she could. He wrapped his arms around her and fell into a deep sleep.
Jareth awoke awhile later to muffled sobs and discovered Sarah was no longer in his arms. She had scooted to the other side of hte large bed and was trying tho muffle her sobs with a pillow. "Sarah? What's wrong?" He feared Landril had come back. "Wh-what if h-he ki-kills you?" she sobbed. "I do-don't know wh-what I wo-would do." "Oh Sarah, come here love." She scooted over towards him and he wrapped his arms around her the best he could. "He will never touch you OR me. I can promise you that. Don't worry love. Don't worry." He kissed the top of her head and she continued to to cry into his chest until she fell asleep.
He couldn't figure out what had happened. She had been so happy earlier. But she would be better in the morning. She always was. And he was right. She awoke the next morning in an excellent mood.
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