First time doing this. hope it's ok

Author: Lasski

Title: Fun and Games

Disclaimer: not mine,

Rating: R (just to be safe)



CHAPTER 1

First lesson.

Possession of passion.

Out of obsessions

Comes temptation.

- Symacee -

Sarah flipped the sign on the shop door around to 'close' and pulled down the blinds before binding her thick wild hair with an elastic band. Grabbing a broom from the back room she set about sweeping the dust of her bookstore. Sarah smiled, 23 years of age and already she owned her own business. Her very own used bookstore. University just didn't seem to suit her when she first got into it. The freedom was great, sure, but it was too much like school and she really had had enough of that. The only good thing about her school years was the whole 'Underground business'. Math and geography she may not have excelled at but she had definitely kicked arse in the Labyrinth and made a lot of friends. Sarah's smile dropped somewhat.

She hadn't seen her friends from the Underground - Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Diddimus - for many years. It wasn't that she hadn't called for them after the night of the party, or that they had one day decided not to return her call. It was just that they had grown apart. As Sarah life became increasingly more complicated she just didn't have the time to call on them regularly. Eventually when she did get around to seeing them, they had nothing to talk about. Not even about Jareth.

Sarah gave a wry grin to herself. Bastard that he had been, arrogant and prideful, Jareth had taught her more in thirteen hours that she could have done by herself in thirteen years. Cleansed entirely of her childhood phrase 'it's not fair' now that she did indeed have a comparison, and that comparison made life pretty damn fair in her view. At least no one Aboveground stole precious hours away from her and sent life threatening. things after her. Yet, no longer did she harbor resentment against the Goblin King for stealing Toby - she had, after all, asked for it. He existed in her memory as just that - a memory. Although a very vital one, she could not just forget about him and there was no way she could just brush him or the Underground away as a figment of her imagination. It had been too real, it had been real.

Sarah yelped in surprise when a loud banging sounded against the glass shop door. Heart pounding she opened the door knowing exactly who was there.

"Lillian, you scared the utter crap out of me."

The blond gave a grin and pushed pass Sarah into the shop. "Sorry about that, but when I first knocked you didn't answer so I figured you were just off daydreaming again."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "So you just decided to bang louder on my door."

"Hell yes" replied Lillian still grinning, "had to get your attention somehow. So are you finished up here?"

"Not yet Lil, and you can help me finish while you're at it too" said Sarah and handed the broom to Lillian.

Lillian winced when she grabbed the broom but made good use of it anyway. In no time the two women were finished and Sarah stacked unpacked books in the back along with the broom.

"Ready to go to Luke's place then?" asked Lil.

Sarah grinned "oh yeah."

Lil laughed, "you're hooked girl, admit it."

"So what if I am" retorted Sarah before they both walked out of the shop.

The door slammed shut and a key turned in the lock securing the place. Suddenly, along the floor bounced a single crystal ball, perfect in shape and clear in colour. Twice more it jumped then rolled before the toe of a black boot stopped it. Jareth bent down to pick it up and gazed into it as the clear gave way to an image. He watched as Sarah closed the shop and left with Lillian to go to 'Luke's place', wherever that was, obviously it was some male. Some male. A stirring anger quickly welled within Jareth along with one prominent thought - 'mine!'

Jareth fought for control. He would deal with this male as he had done all the rest. He would not directly interfere with his Sarah's life; he was not yet ready to reveal himself to her - that would come soon enough. He would find this Luke and send him nightmares at night and curse him with accidents during the day and make sure that he realises that it is because of Sarah that these things happen to him. Because Sarah already belonged to someone, she belonged to him.

Oh, nothing too serious would happen to Luke, he had no intentions of killing him. It wouldn't be worth the effort, besides this male did not know that Sarah was already taken and it somehow seemed less fun when he tortured people and they didn't know what for. Jareth berated himself; he shouldn't have left her alone for the past two years. He had left a powerful spell that would keep Sarah from becoming intimate with any other males, but it did not stop her from seeking out their company. Even if Luke was just a friend he'd make sure that he wouldn't stay around Sarah for too long. Once he did get Sarah, then he would kill every male who had ever touched her, but until then he would wait. waiting he had down to an art form