Sarah took a deep breath and began to bounce up and down - she was more
nervous than she had ever been in her life. It was seven o' clock and her
date would be at her house any moment.. she hoped she looked okay.. Oh,
Xander was the cutest guy she had ever met! It was quite unexpected
actually, that they two were to go on a date that night... they had bumped
into each other at a park earlier that week and they fell instantly in
love. Xander stuck around long enough to give her his name, and just ran
off afterwards. He seemed to disappear into the night, and he left so
quickly she didn't even get his phone number. He told her he would call,
but after he left, she remembered she didn't give him any way of contacting
her. She was discouraged and thought she would never see him again, but
the night before this midsummer dream-date day, he called her, telling her
he looked up her name in the phone book. Now she was waiting for Xander to
pick her up, and she was sweating like a pig.
"Oh no," Sarah said, fanning herself, "I hope he comes soon!"
When the doorbell rang, she almost jumped out of her skin - oh how wonderful! He showed up! Sarah hopped to the doorway, shaking her hair in a casual way and swinging the door open. On her porch was the dark-eyed stud muffin.
He bowed and took her hand, smiling. She squealed inside her head and, out of breath, stepped out onto the porch, closing the door behind her. "I have a surprise for you," he said, his eyes twinkling in the moonlight.
"What is it?" Sarah asked.
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise!" He answered mysteriously, ushering her to his car, opening the door for her and climbing around to the drivers seat.
They drove for a while, as Sarah tried to guess what the surprise was. After every no Xander said, she got more and more curious as to what it was. "You'll see," he said teasingly, driving on for what seemed like hours to Sarah. Finally, the car parked on the edge of a lake, and Xander motioned for Sarah to follow him.
He lead her to a boat and said, "Let me help you in." After they were situated into their private row boat, Xander paddled out into the middle of the lake, and stopped. "Sarah.. you look so beautiful in that dress.."
"Thank you," Sarah breathed, staring into Xander's eyes dreamily.
"What is that?" Xander wondered in mock horror, pointing behind Sarah. She turned around to find a scuba diver swimming up to the side of their boat.
"Can we help you?" Xander asked, trying hard not to reveal his enjoyment.
"Yes," the scuba diver said, at the side of the boat, "Take THIS for me, will you?" And with that, the man pulled a bottle of sparkling cider from under water and gave it to Xander, who reached behind him and pulled a tablecloth, two glasses and a candle out, setting it up in front of Sarah, who's eyes were growing wider and wider.
"Take care!" The scuba diver said, swimming back to shore.
"Would you like some?" Xander asked sweetly to Sarah.
She gave a small laugh and said, "This is the best surprise ever!"
After Xander poured two drinks for both he and his date, they spent the rest of the night talking and drinking sparkling cider on the lake.
As the sun began to rise, Sarah was dropped off back at her house, accompanied by Xander.
"I had - the BEST night in the whole world, Xander," Sarah said, stepping up to her porch. "Thank you so much.."
"It would have been NOTHING without you, my dear," Xander answered, drawing close to her face - their noses almost touching. Xander stared at Sarah with love, and read her beautiful, perfect face over and over. "You have - the most gorgeous eyes," Xander commented softly.
Before either one could stop themselves, they bent over and kissed each other on the lips.
CRASH!
The Goblin King threw his crystal ball against the wall, shattering it into a million pieces and losing the image of Sarah and her friend together - sharing a kiss...
Jareth balled his hands into fists.
I offered to give her everything, and she refused me! Yet she is able to love an ignorant fool she didn't even know, he thought, eyes flashing with hatred and jealousy.
"I'm still watching you Sarah! You better be careful!" The Goblin King shouted threateningly to the empty room he was in. The thought of her loving someone else stabbed him a billion times, and he knew this XANDER had to go. He was going to get her for himself if he had to kill her insolent love-puppy!
But she's over you, he thought, she's forgotten about you - you're just a nightmare - a wisp of air in the back of her memory, never again to surface! Do you see the way she kissed that boy? She's forgotten about you! She's forgotten...
Jareth gave a small growl and shouted for anyone and no one; "She's MINE! Young, foolish boy - run! But you will not escape the Goblin King!"
A/N: Ooh, I'm sensing a bit of anger here.. jeesh he's mad.. what is he going to do next? You have to wait to find out! :)
"Oh no," Sarah said, fanning herself, "I hope he comes soon!"
When the doorbell rang, she almost jumped out of her skin - oh how wonderful! He showed up! Sarah hopped to the doorway, shaking her hair in a casual way and swinging the door open. On her porch was the dark-eyed stud muffin.
He bowed and took her hand, smiling. She squealed inside her head and, out of breath, stepped out onto the porch, closing the door behind her. "I have a surprise for you," he said, his eyes twinkling in the moonlight.
"What is it?" Sarah asked.
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise!" He answered mysteriously, ushering her to his car, opening the door for her and climbing around to the drivers seat.
They drove for a while, as Sarah tried to guess what the surprise was. After every no Xander said, she got more and more curious as to what it was. "You'll see," he said teasingly, driving on for what seemed like hours to Sarah. Finally, the car parked on the edge of a lake, and Xander motioned for Sarah to follow him.
He lead her to a boat and said, "Let me help you in." After they were situated into their private row boat, Xander paddled out into the middle of the lake, and stopped. "Sarah.. you look so beautiful in that dress.."
"Thank you," Sarah breathed, staring into Xander's eyes dreamily.
"What is that?" Xander wondered in mock horror, pointing behind Sarah. She turned around to find a scuba diver swimming up to the side of their boat.
"Can we help you?" Xander asked, trying hard not to reveal his enjoyment.
"Yes," the scuba diver said, at the side of the boat, "Take THIS for me, will you?" And with that, the man pulled a bottle of sparkling cider from under water and gave it to Xander, who reached behind him and pulled a tablecloth, two glasses and a candle out, setting it up in front of Sarah, who's eyes were growing wider and wider.
"Take care!" The scuba diver said, swimming back to shore.
"Would you like some?" Xander asked sweetly to Sarah.
She gave a small laugh and said, "This is the best surprise ever!"
After Xander poured two drinks for both he and his date, they spent the rest of the night talking and drinking sparkling cider on the lake.
As the sun began to rise, Sarah was dropped off back at her house, accompanied by Xander.
"I had - the BEST night in the whole world, Xander," Sarah said, stepping up to her porch. "Thank you so much.."
"It would have been NOTHING without you, my dear," Xander answered, drawing close to her face - their noses almost touching. Xander stared at Sarah with love, and read her beautiful, perfect face over and over. "You have - the most gorgeous eyes," Xander commented softly.
Before either one could stop themselves, they bent over and kissed each other on the lips.
CRASH!
The Goblin King threw his crystal ball against the wall, shattering it into a million pieces and losing the image of Sarah and her friend together - sharing a kiss...
Jareth balled his hands into fists.
I offered to give her everything, and she refused me! Yet she is able to love an ignorant fool she didn't even know, he thought, eyes flashing with hatred and jealousy.
"I'm still watching you Sarah! You better be careful!" The Goblin King shouted threateningly to the empty room he was in. The thought of her loving someone else stabbed him a billion times, and he knew this XANDER had to go. He was going to get her for himself if he had to kill her insolent love-puppy!
But she's over you, he thought, she's forgotten about you - you're just a nightmare - a wisp of air in the back of her memory, never again to surface! Do you see the way she kissed that boy? She's forgotten about you! She's forgotten...
Jareth gave a small growl and shouted for anyone and no one; "She's MINE! Young, foolish boy - run! But you will not escape the Goblin King!"
A/N: Ooh, I'm sensing a bit of anger here.. jeesh he's mad.. what is he going to do next? You have to wait to find out! :)
