A/N: Thank you all for reading/alerting/favorite-ing/reviewing my story here. I do apologize for taking so long with getting out new chapters for you. I need to work on that more. I also need to give you longer chapters. Either way, I hope you enjoy this one! Don't forget to give me your thoughts on what you think. Even if it's just one word it gives me that 'oomph' I need to write more.

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Jareth quickly scanned the small gathering that waited to see the doctor. His eyes widened slightly as he spotted her. She was currently surrounded by children of all classes.

"You're pretty." A fae boy said, smiling a gap tooth grin at her.

"He says that to all the girls." A little girl with matching eyes said as she hit his arm, causing him to hit back.

"Come now. No need to fight." Kaye scolded lightly as she held a child in each arm, one goblin one wood nymph.

"Yes, 'em." They both said, bowing their heads.

"Oh, please babysit for us." The mothers all said at once. All the children yelled their agreements as they either jumped on her, hugged her, or grabbed a hold of her dress.

"I guess I could sometimes." She answered with a slight blush and smile. Jareth felt a small smile pull at his lips even though it felt as though his heart was breaking at the sadness he saw behind her eyes.

"Kaye," Jareth said softly, pulling everyone's attention to him.

"Oh, we'll talk later." One of the mothers said, pulling away her child, the others following suit.

"Jareth." She said, a large smile crossing her features, deciding to ignore what had happened with the doctor. He walked over to her, helping her up before he took her hand in his. Leading her away from everyone.

"You don't have to force your self for me." He said.

"I'm not. I do it for me, or my soul would break." Kaye responded, looking out the windows as they passed them.

"May I ask?"

Kaye thought for a moment he had said nothing it was so softly spoken, but she knew better. She stopped walking, pulling away from him to look out the window, smiling softly as she watched small birds hop along the ground.

"It happened before things were too bad. Small fights here and there with only small bruises. But then I got pregnant. He went back to the way he used to be. Sweet, caring, he truly spoiled me rotten for those four months."

Jareth stepped closer to her as she let out a small laugh.

"But nothing ever went right for me then. There was a nice old couple at the market I went to every week. They always gave me flowers. But I would never take them home in fear of Alex. But one day I was so happy after nothing happening for so long, I had thought he changed..."

Jareth moved behind her, placing his arms about her waist, resting his hands on her lower stomach.

"You forgot to get rid of the flowers," Jareth said softly, gaining a nod from her.

"He called me horrible things. Saying I was cheating on him. He started to hit me. I tried to protect my belly best I could. But it was of no use. When I came to I have given birth to my daughter. But instead of placing her into her pretty little crib. I was forced to place her in an unmarked grave. He said that he knew I had cheated because he would never have spawned something so weak as a female. I was not to morn or visit my unnamed daughter. I tried once..."

Her hand absently went to her throat as she stopped speaking. Jareth had no words, for what could he possibly say to such a past. He just hugged her tighter and buried his face in her hair.

"Don't tell me you're crying," Kaye said with a laugh, reaching back to place a hand on his head as she squeezed his hands with her other hand. He shook his head no but still hugged her tighter.

"Hey, let talk about better things. Tell me about the elf's."

Jareth's body went rigid as she said this, happiness and curiosity filling her voice.

"Jareth?"

"I'll take you to the story of the elves. For I do not have the heart to tell you." He said, and for the first time. Jareth felt the cold hand of true fear grab his heart.

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Kaye looked back at Jareth as he stopped walking, his arms crossed over his chest. He nodded towards the wall of the labyrinth, not saying a word. Her head tilted slightly before she walked over to the wall where she had been the night before. She lightly touched it and watched as the words began to glow silver once again, twisting until she could read them

"The elves are very nomadic creatures. Every 3 thousand years they move from the Underground to the Aboveground and back."

"That doesn't sound bad at all," Kaye said, looking back at Jareth. The look on his face made her heart brake.

"Jareth are-"

"Keep reading," Jareth told her, looking away. Kaye nodded and turned back. She continued to read the beautiful silver words, her eyes widening as she came across what the king of the fae had decided to do about the elves leaving. But when she came across the name of the solder decided to kill the remanding elves her legs gave out, causing her to fall to the sandy ground, the silver light fading away. Jareth turned away from her, running his hand through his hair, his anger picking up at his self. He had never wanted to do what he was ordered to, but to rebel against the king was certain death. Jareth also planned to never love someone with elf blood. But the universe had different plans to punish him for what he had done.

"Jareth..." Kaye said softly, looking back at him. Jareth slowly turned to look at her, not bothering to hide the fear and sadness he felt. Tears were streaming down her face as she looked at him, causing his breath to catch as he looked at her. Jareth felt his stomach turn as she stared at him.

"You never wanted to do it. You did it so you wouldn't die."

His eyes widened as she opened her arms to him, tears running down her face. Jareth slowly walked up to her before falling to his knees in front of her, placing his forehead against hers.

"Don't hate me. Please, don't hate me." He said, closing his eyes as he took her face into his hands.

"I can't hate you. I'm upset you stopped me from seeing this before. But I understand. Don't worry." Kaye said, placing her arms around him. Jareth felt tears sting the back of his eyes. He hadn't cried in centuries but he felt a few tears run down his cheeks, surprised anyone could not hate him for what he had done. Extremely surprised that this someone was even an elf themselves. Jareth wrapped his arms around her, placing his face into the crook of her neck. Kaye let her tears fall for him, for the man she was falling for and the things he was forced to do. She started to place light kisses on the side of his face. Jareth felt his heart clinch before he started to give her kisses in return along her neck before moving to her face as well. He placed a light kiss on her lips, smiling softly as she gasped at the kiss. They slowly started to kiss each other before Jareth ran his tongue along her lips, asking for entrance. She fought a smile as she opened her lips to him, allowing the foreign muscle to enter her mouth. Jareth wove his fingers through her hair on the back of her head as he explored her mouth, his body moving closer to hers by instinct. She shyly flicked her tongue against his, causing him to open his eyes slightly before he pressed deeper into the kiss. They continued kissing, tears mixing until they stopped falling. Jareth pulled away grinning as Kaye tried to catch her breath.

"Thank you," Jareth said, squeezing her slightly as he spoke.

"There's no need for that. I think I'm hungry after all this excitement. I could use some sweets." Kaye said with a giggle as Jareth laughed.

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A/N: Okay, I'm sorry for the seriousness of this chapter. Losing a child due to something like this is one of the most painful things that you can go through. I don't wish to speak more on this but I understand what these people have gone through for I have myself.

But with the learning of some horrible secret from someone you are just starting to fall in love is also a horrible thing to deal with. I have gone through that as well. He is the strongest man I know and have only seen him cry once. Which is when he told me a secret he thought I would hate him for (he didn't kill people but it's personal) But I worked through it and forgave him quickly. The same moment he told me after I got over the surprise of it, to be honest. And the moment I forgave him he cried. So I used it as a reference for this. Sorry I made Jareth a bit sensitive in this chapter but it seemed like he needed some depth to me. But let me know what you think! It will get happy soon. And maybe dirty in a few chapters. Oolala!