Chapter 8: The Plan
Heather was sitting on her bed, talking to her little fairy friend, Lita. Lita was about two inches tall and had bright blue wings. Her hair was blue, also, and her skin had a little bit of a bluish tint to it. The clothes she wore at the moment was a blue dress that went no lower than the top of her thigh. He shoes were blue and they weren't high heels.
"What are we going to do to bring them together, Lita?"
"I don't know, Heather." Lita said in a beautiful voice. Heather had met Lita when she first moved Underground.
"Wait . . . wait . . . I think I have a plan . . . "
"Tell me!"
Heather motioned for Lita to come closer to her, so that she could whisper the plan into her ear, in case anyone was spying on them.
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I sighed. It had been a long day, full of many headaches. I was sitting in the swing in the garden. My headache was slowly fading away. Then, all of a sudden, there were fingers on my temple. I tensed up.
"It's all right. It's only me." Jareth said.
I relaxed, Jareth and I had become friends, although he had never touched me, "I told you not to sneak up on me, Jareth, didn't I?"
"You did, but I am not one to follow the rules, now am I?"
"I guess not." I admitted.
"Exactly."
His fingers were massaging my temple. It felt REALLY good.
"Do you like this?"
I nodded. My eyes were closed.
"Is your headache gone?"
"Yes. Thank you."
"You're welcome." he stopped massaging and sat down beside me.
We looked at the sunset. Then, when it was getting dark, Jareth looked at me in the eyes.
"May I escourt you to your room, milady?" he asked, bowing jokingly. He offered his arm. I decided to play along.
"Yes, you may." I took his arm and we stopped joking. We didn't talk on the way home. Home . . . only a few months here and I was thinking of it as home. I had been here for about four months. I never thought of the Aboveground anymore.
"Ashley, do you miss your home?" Jareth asked abruptly.
"What do you mean? I am home." I asked him questionly.
"How nice it is to hear you say that, but I meant the Aboveground."
"No, well, I suppose I do, but not as much as expected. I like it down here much better."
"I'm glad."
"Why do you ask?"
"I wanted to know if you liked it here."
"I love it here, although I like the people who live here more." I slapped a hand to my mouth, "I did it again!" I moaned around my hand.
"I didn't hear a thing." Jareth said, trying to comprehend what she had said. He still didn't get it, he supposed he never would.
"Thanks."
He nodded. We had reached the Goblin City by now. Everything, as we entered, was strangely quiet.
"Jareth, what's going on?" There wasn't even a goblin in the city.
"I don't know and that is what surprising me more."
He led the way to the castle. We went in and he led me to the Throne Room.
"SURPRISE!!!" everyone shouted. The whole town, including everyone from the Labyrinth, like Robin, was there. I jumped. Jareth let go of my arm and joined the others. He faced me.
"Ashley, this party is for you. You have been here for four months tonight. This is your four month anniversary." he smiled.
"Y-you did this . . . for me?" I whispered, astounded.
"All for you." Jareth said smiling more brightly, "Heather and her friends, Lita helped as well."
I went up to Heather and I hugged her. Lita came flying over.
"Thanks, Lita."
"You're welcome, Ashley."
I went up to Jareth last. I looked at him questionly.
"You don't have to hug me if you don't want to." he muttered. I hugged him.
"I wanted to, Jareth." I saw something in his mismatched eyes. They were beautiful. I had never noticed that before. One was blue and one was brown.
"Come on, let's party!" Jareth grabbed my hand and pulled me into the crowd.
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"It's going to work, Lita. It has to." Heather said to Lita at the other side of the party.
"It will, Heather, it will!"
Heather was sitting on her bed, talking to her little fairy friend, Lita. Lita was about two inches tall and had bright blue wings. Her hair was blue, also, and her skin had a little bit of a bluish tint to it. The clothes she wore at the moment was a blue dress that went no lower than the top of her thigh. He shoes were blue and they weren't high heels.
"What are we going to do to bring them together, Lita?"
"I don't know, Heather." Lita said in a beautiful voice. Heather had met Lita when she first moved Underground.
"Wait . . . wait . . . I think I have a plan . . . "
"Tell me!"
Heather motioned for Lita to come closer to her, so that she could whisper the plan into her ear, in case anyone was spying on them.
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I sighed. It had been a long day, full of many headaches. I was sitting in the swing in the garden. My headache was slowly fading away. Then, all of a sudden, there were fingers on my temple. I tensed up.
"It's all right. It's only me." Jareth said.
I relaxed, Jareth and I had become friends, although he had never touched me, "I told you not to sneak up on me, Jareth, didn't I?"
"You did, but I am not one to follow the rules, now am I?"
"I guess not." I admitted.
"Exactly."
His fingers were massaging my temple. It felt REALLY good.
"Do you like this?"
I nodded. My eyes were closed.
"Is your headache gone?"
"Yes. Thank you."
"You're welcome." he stopped massaging and sat down beside me.
We looked at the sunset. Then, when it was getting dark, Jareth looked at me in the eyes.
"May I escourt you to your room, milady?" he asked, bowing jokingly. He offered his arm. I decided to play along.
"Yes, you may." I took his arm and we stopped joking. We didn't talk on the way home. Home . . . only a few months here and I was thinking of it as home. I had been here for about four months. I never thought of the Aboveground anymore.
"Ashley, do you miss your home?" Jareth asked abruptly.
"What do you mean? I am home." I asked him questionly.
"How nice it is to hear you say that, but I meant the Aboveground."
"No, well, I suppose I do, but not as much as expected. I like it down here much better."
"I'm glad."
"Why do you ask?"
"I wanted to know if you liked it here."
"I love it here, although I like the people who live here more." I slapped a hand to my mouth, "I did it again!" I moaned around my hand.
"I didn't hear a thing." Jareth said, trying to comprehend what she had said. He still didn't get it, he supposed he never would.
"Thanks."
He nodded. We had reached the Goblin City by now. Everything, as we entered, was strangely quiet.
"Jareth, what's going on?" There wasn't even a goblin in the city.
"I don't know and that is what surprising me more."
He led the way to the castle. We went in and he led me to the Throne Room.
"SURPRISE!!!" everyone shouted. The whole town, including everyone from the Labyrinth, like Robin, was there. I jumped. Jareth let go of my arm and joined the others. He faced me.
"Ashley, this party is for you. You have been here for four months tonight. This is your four month anniversary." he smiled.
"Y-you did this . . . for me?" I whispered, astounded.
"All for you." Jareth said smiling more brightly, "Heather and her friends, Lita helped as well."
I went up to Heather and I hugged her. Lita came flying over.
"Thanks, Lita."
"You're welcome, Ashley."
I went up to Jareth last. I looked at him questionly.
"You don't have to hug me if you don't want to." he muttered. I hugged him.
"I wanted to, Jareth." I saw something in his mismatched eyes. They were beautiful. I had never noticed that before. One was blue and one was brown.
"Come on, let's party!" Jareth grabbed my hand and pulled me into the crowd.
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"It's going to work, Lita. It has to." Heather said to Lita at the other side of the party.
"It will, Heather, it will!"