So… haha I haven't updated in a while… I have excuses… but… most of you will skip this and just read the chapter. So without further adieu…

Chapter Nine:

Truth is Out

Dinner had just finished, and Jareth and Sarah decided they would go on a walk, in Sarah's favorite roses. "Did you have fun today?" Jareth asked.

"Yes… do you have horses?" Sarah looked at Jareth.

"Yes… but their location is secret, only the King, Queen, and their children can know where it is." Jareth informed her.

Sarah's faces fell. "Oh…. Never mind then."

"You'll see them one day."

Sarah stopped in her tracks, "You're going to bring them to me?"

"No, you're going to go to them." Sarah still looked confused. "I plan on making you my queen Sarah, I told you that."

"IN A DREAM WORLD!!!! THAT YOU TRAPPED ME IN!!!" Sarah exclaimed.

Jareth remained calm. "Why do you think I let you stay? Why do you think I listened to you call in the first place? You should've known what was coming."

Sarah was dumbstruck. "YOU HATE ME!!!!!!"

"No, I don't. I wouldn't want you to be my queen if I hated you. It takes a lot to get a goblin king to choose a bride, you should be honored."

"But… but…. " Sarah fell silent for a moment. "Do you marry out of love?"

"What?" Jareth questioned.

"Do marry out of love." Sarah reinstated.

"I marry for what's best for my kingdom. I marry for what's best for me." Jareth answered hoping she'd get the point.

"Do you marry for love." Sarah didn't stop.

Jareth sighed. "Think about the little book you had, what do you think."

"I want to hear you answer, I want to know." Sarah looked directly at Jareth "Do you marry for love."

"Why else would I marry?"

"To torture me. To insure I never leave. For power. Lots of reasons." Sarah was blunt.

"Do you really believe I would do that." Jareth hid his hurt.

"I believe you…." Sarah looked down. "might."

Jareth's eyes grew cold. "I see. I need to be going."

"Jar-" Sarah could finish, he had disappeared. "…eth. I don't believe you would." She whispered, a tear slid down her cheek.

Sarah stayed out in the roses until it was dark, she sat there in the middle, not moving a muscle, willing Jareth to come to her. He appeared. "Get inside." His voice was like ice, it sent shivers down her spine.

"Why?" She didn't look at him.

"There've been arrangements." This caused Sarah to turn around. "You're leaving tomorrow morning, and I will marry in a month."

Sarah's breath was caught in her throat. "Why?" She chocked out, with tears in her eyes.

"It torture for you to be here, you told me yourself."

"I didn't mean that, and you know it." Sarah's tears threatened to fall.

"Do I?" His eyebrows went up.

"Jareth… I don't want to leave… it's not torture being here… I love it here….and… and… I don't want you to marry someone else." A tear finally fell.

Jareth remained silent. "Why not?"

"Why not what?"

"Why don't you want to leave? Why don't you want me to marry someone else?" Jareth stated calmly.

"Because I…. I ….. uh…. I…"

"You what?" Jareth cocked an eyebrow.

"I l-love you…" It came out as a whispered question, but Jareth still heard it.

"Well then, that changes everything." Jareth spoke quickly.

"What?" Sarah was confused.

"I did that, because I didn't think you wanted me…but you do, thus everything is changed."

"You never answer my question."

"I love you." Jareth said, that was answer enough.

"So… I'm not leaving… and you're not marrying someone else."

"No. To both." Jareth held out his hand, Sarah smiled, walked over to him, and laced her hand with his.