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Here is yet another chapter. I hope you like it and review if you like. I look forward to hearing what you think.
Sarah lay on her back on her bed, her eyes closed. If anyone walked into her room and saw her they would think that she was sleeping, though she was actually thinking about the kiss she had shared with Jareth. As she lay there her cell phone rang, but she ignored it, forgetting that she had called and asked Tsai to call her back. A minute later her phone stopped ringing. Sarah shifted slightly on her bed and sighed.
What has gotten into me? Sarah thought to herself and sighed. Why did I react to him that way? What will Tsai say when she finds out what happened?
As she continued to run in circles with thoughts of Jareth and how Tsai would react a knock came to the door. When no answer came to the door the person who knocked opened the door and peeked in.
"Sarah?" Toby's voice floated over to her and she opened her eyes. "You have a phone call. It is Tsai."
"Thanks, Toby." Sarah said as she sat up and he handed her the phone after walking up.
He walked out of her room as she brought the phone to her ear and said hello.
"Why didn't you answer your cell?" Tsai's voice came over the phone loudly.
"Sorry, Tsai, I was resting." Sarah replied and lad back down on her bed staring up at the ceiling.
"Okay," she replied calming down some. "So, why did you call and want to talk to me?"
"I saw the Goblin King today…" she said carefully. "He apparently has been watching me and knows what happened between Kay and I. He knows because he was there the night when Kay and I argued in the rain."
"You are leaving something out, Sarah. What happened when you saw him today." Tsai asked knowing Sarah was keeping something from her and that something was why she had called to talk to her.
"Well, he… he kissed me." Sarah said after a long silence.
"He what?" Tsai hollered over the phone getting angry. "Next time I see that feather head I am going to pluck his feathers!"
"Tsai…" Sarah said and paused as she closed her eyes again.
"Wait, there is something else you aren't telling me isn't there?" Tsai asked quickly. "What aren't you telling me now? Wait… you didn't kiss him back did you?"
When Sarah did not reply Tsai realized that Sarah had indeed kissed Jareth back.
"You did! Sarah what were you thinking?" Tsai asked with shock strongly heard in her voice. "What was it like?"
"Tsai!" Sarah said and sighed.
"What?" Tsai asked smiling. "Really what was it like?"
"Was not like any kiss I have ever witnessed or shared in all my life." Sarah replied. "My body would not listen to any commands that I tried to give it. It acted all on its own. What is happening to me, Tsai?"
"Why ask me? I am not in your head, so how should I know what is happening to you." Tsai replied and Sarah could hear the smile in her voice.
"This is not funny, Tsai." Sarah replied quickly as she opened her eyes and sat up on her bed quickly. "For eight years I have wanted nothing to do with Jareth, now here he is. Before he came I didn't think about the labyrinth or even him then his necklace shows up and I am constantly thinking about him and when he kisses me I kiss him back and don't pull away."
Tsai was quiet as she listened to Sarah talk.
"A part of me wanted more, I wanted him to continue to kiss me and I wanted to continue to kiss him," she continued.
"Maybe you have wanted him back in your life all this time but made yourself believe that you didn't because you did not want to face the fact that you need him." Tsai said when Sarah stopped talking and waited for a reply from Tsai. "How much of a difference was feather brain's kiss compared to Kay's?"
"With Kay I felt butterflies in my stomach but with Jareth… not only are their butterflies, but I feel like I am melting and flying at the same time. With Kay, I could control my actions but with Jareth, I could not control my own actions or even thoughts." Sarah replied, her voice sounding far away even over the phone. "It was like nothing mattered but him and his lips on mine."
"Sarah, I think you are hooked." Tsai said when Sarah had finished. "I think that even though your mind is telling you one thing your body and heart are telling you something."
"I am not hooked, Tsai." Sarah replied and brought her free hand up to her face.
"Whatever you say, Sarah." Tsai said and smiled.
"Sarah! Dinner is ready," her stepmother's voice came from downstairs.
"Well, Tsai, I have to go. Mom called dinner." Sarah said and said her goodbyes to Tsai.
After hanging up the phone she walked out of her room and joined her family at the dining table. They ate, talked and laughed together like when Sarah was still in high school. After dinner Sarah had just helped Toby clear the table when the doorbell rang. Her stepmother answered the door as Sarah started on dishes with Toby's help.
"Sarah, there is someone at the door for you," her stepmother said as she poked her head into the kitchen. "You go ahead and talk to the young man and I will help Toby finish the dishes, dear."
"Who is it?" Sarah asked as she picked up a towel and dried her hands.
"He didn't say. All he said is that he knew you and hoped that you would be home," she said and smiled.
Sarah walked out of the kitchen and into the entryway. At first she thought that Jareth had come to see her again, but as she entered the entryway she paused. It was not Jareth who stood just inside the closed door waiting for her, nor was it Kay. A tall man with long black hair stood looking around the small entryway waiting impatiently for Sarah to walk in. He adjusted his dark blue dress jacket that covered a button up white shirt and wore dark slacks and dress shoes that shone in the soft light. His back was toward her as she looked him over some before letting him know she was there. Something to Sarah that she should not get any closer to him than she already was and she listened to those feelings.
"Can I help you?" she asked as she crossed her arms across her chest watching the man carefully.
As the man turned to look to Sarah, her breath caught in her throat. His eyes were such an intense green that Sarah knew that this man standing in front of her was not human but Fae. She unintentionally took a step away as she realized what he was.
"Sarah, am I correct? By your reaction you must be she," he replied smiling. "It is good to finally meet you face to face. We didn't get to meet while you were visiting last."
"Who are you and what do you want?" Sarah asked wondering what was going on and why another Fae was in her parents' entryway.
"Don't ask questions to which you don't want answers to, Sarah," the man replied, the smile on his face growing some.
"And what makes you think that I don't want the answers to those questions I just asked?" Sarah asked irritated. "You don't know me and I don't know you! So answer my questions. Who are you? What do you want?"
"I want to take you away from this pitiful existence, Sarah," he said as he took a few steps toward her. "The name is Kanol."
Sarah paused for a moment as the name triggered something in her mind. Where had she heard that name before and why did she feel the need to stay away from him even stronger now that she had heard his name? As she continued to think of where she had heard his name before he continued to take tentative steps toward her. Then it came to her.
"The gypsies!" she said softly to herself as she started to step away from him quickly as he continued to advance toward her. "Stay away from me!"
"Now Sarah, is that a way to treat a friend of Jareth's?" Kanol asked as he continued to advance.
"If you are a friend of Jareth's then prove it!" Sarah said as she still backed away from the man. "Or do you have no proof?"
"Why do you need proof that I am a friend of Jareth's?" Kanol asked as she bumped into the wall. "Why can't you just take my word for it?"
"Because I don't trust you or Jareth!" she replied and glanced away from him for a second looking for an exit.
"When you heard my name why did you say something about gypsies?" he asked as he put a hand near her head blocking her view of the only exit that she could have taken.
"That is none of your business!" Sara replied looking to him with a smile. "After all I don't know you!"
"Now, Sarah, can't we just get along?" he asked the smile disappearing from his lips.
He leaned in so that his lips were near her ear and his smile returned.
"You smell divine!" he whispered. "No wonder the Goblin King has taken a fancy to you!"
He pulled back some and brought his lips to hers forcing her into a rough kiss. She did not wait for him to pull away as she brought her knee up between his legs quickly and with as much strength as she could put into the tight restricted space. He hissed as he pulled away from her quickly and backed away.
"I suggest you leave my home!" Sarah said angrily after wiping her mouth with her sleeve. "Otherwise you won't like the results!"
"And what results would those be?" he asked with a laugh and smiled.
Sarah was quiet as she realized she did not know what she could do to him if he did not leave. Seeing that she knew that there was nothing she could do he smiled and approached her again.
"My dear, Sarah, there isn't anything you can do to me that would make me leave." Kanol said with another laugh and gently touched her cheek with his hand.
"What do you want?" Sarah demanded as she shied away from his touch, which felt cold.
"I don't know what you mean." Kanol replied acting innocent and put his hand in a pocket.
Sarah continued to watch him carefully and wondered why no one had come into the entryway to see who the man was and how she was doing. Kanol pinned her against a wall again and pulled his hand out of his pocket. In his hand rested a cloth and he placed it over her nose and mouth. A second later Sarah's eyes rolled up into her head and she passed out. Kanol caught her and picked her up before disappearing.
Thanks for reading. Chapter 22 is up as well. Read and enjoy.