Sarah was back in her room, laying on her bed and pondering over recent
events while Xander sat in a corner tinkering with a broken music box. It
was about nine 'o clock on the same day Sarah was grounded; obviously, time
had been altered for her sake. Her parents didn't even realize she had
been gone, thanks to Toby keeping his promise of not telling on her.
"Xander, do you think I'm odd?" Sarah breathed.
Xander grinned over at his girlfriend. "Ooh, Sarah you are the oddest person I've ever met."
She smiled back. "So that's a good thing to you?"
"Of course," Xander nodded cheerily, "What other girlfriend do you think I've had that's had a run-in with a talking fox or the king of the Goblins? You're one in a million."
"So that adventure didn't make you irritated with me?" Sarah asked.
"Not at all," Xander answered, scooting closer towards her.
"Sarah?"
"Oh no!" Sarah rasped to Xander in a hushed voice, "My mom! You have to hide!" Sarah shoved Xander into her closet as she heard her mother walk up the stairs and to her door... Sarah closed the closet door and leapt onto her bed, grabbing the first book that she found in reach, just as her mom opened the door.
"You've been in here all day and I haven't heard a peep from you," Sarah's mother said. "Would you like to come down for dinner?"
"No thanks, Mom," Sarah answered. "I'm not hungry."
"But you haven't come down to eat all day!" Sarah's mother objected.
"Yes I have, but you weren't around," she quickly lied.
"Hmmm... okay Hon'," Sarah's mom said, stepping close to her daughter. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm FINE," Sarah grumbled, picking up her book and reading a page to ignore her mother, grumpily.
"You've done well to stay out of trouble," Sarah's mom said, "I'm glad you haven't been around that Xander boy all day, he's too much of a bad influence on you.. taking you home at five o' clock in the morning..." She sighed. "Oh well, what am I worrying about? I trust you fully." Then she laughed. "I mean, it's not like you have him hiding in your closet or anything."
Sarah laughed too. "Yeah, that WOULD be pretty stupid, wouldn't it?"
Sarah's mom turned to leave. "Maybe," she said, "I'll let you go on a date next weekend."
"Thanks," Sarah said without a lot of enthusiasm.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
The door was shut and Sarah let out a huge breath of relief. "Phew.." Xander clambered out of the closet.
"Well... if I'm SUCH a bad influence.." he started teasingly.
"Yeah, you are - horrible influence," Sarah said, shoving him softly, "You come and try to rescue me from that Goblin King, what kind of good manner is that?"
Xander grinned and sat on Sarah's bed next to her. "Well.. I have to say, that WAS one crazy time.."
"You get used to it," Sarah said, rolling her eyes and flopping backwards onto her pillow.
* * * * * * * * * *
Didymus and Ambrosius had been dumped back onto the bridge next to the Bog of Eternal Stench, which they didn't mind very much, but the surprise was annoying and the set-back was unpleasant. Besides, the fact of Didymus landing on his head didn't make anything at all any better.
"Cowards!" Didymus shouted to no one, shaking his fist at the air, "I KNEW those Goblins didn't want to have to fight us again.. taking the easy way out is the only way they can solve their problems!" He growled and turned to Ambrosius. "Do YOU have anything to say?"
The dog shook his head.
"Well, at least one of us does," he grumbled. Then he said, "I wonder what happened to Xander?"
BZZZZZ!!!
There was a sudden sound of bees, but much, much louder...
Didymus and Ambrosius snapped their heads up in time to see a flock of the weirdest looking flying creatures ever to be seen - they looked like a cross between a blackbird and a rabbit and they flew so fast that their wings sounded like bees buzzing. They all flew past in a matter of seconds, thousands of them, right through the Bog of Eternal Stench which they didn't seem to mind the smell of. They looked terrified out of their wits.
CLUNK!
One of the blackbird/rabbit's flew straight into the tree Didymus lived in, and swirled to the ground being left by his buddy creatures.
Didymus bounced to where the thing landed, which was now clutching his head, eyes swirling around.
"What IS all of this?" Didymus asked the creature.
"Sir! Jareth's in a mad, mad madness! He's scared us with his Goblin Kingish Goblin Kinglyness! Threw things, lots of things at our trees he did, mad, mad he is!" The thing jabbered, taking off without an answer.
Didymus stared blankly at the spot the creature had taken off from, then looked at Ambrosius. "Well, I don't think Xander's acquaintance with Jareth went well at all!" he confirmed.
* * * * * * * * * *
"Xander?"
"Yes?"
"When are you going to be expected home?"
Xander rolled over and checked his watch. "Jiggawha- it's three AM!"
"Sh!" Sarah warned, "Not so loud!" She and Xander had been laying on her bed thinking and talking of their time in the Labyrinth. Now they were almost too groggy and tired to do anything but act like drying wallpaper.
"I should go," Xander said in a hushed tone. "My family may begin to wonder where I am.."
"I think so too," Sarah whispered back, propping herself up on her elbows and meeting his eyes.
"It's too risky to try the front door," Xander said logically, "It will make too much noise, and it would be easier to go out the window."
"Sure," Sarah laughed. "You're invincible now." He gave her a smile.
"Good-bye," he said, kissing her hand fairly and opening the window. But before he could get his feet out, Sarah stopped him.
"Wait," she said, pulling him back towards her.
Xander hopped back down onto her bed and said, "I'll call tomorrow." Then he wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a long, deep kiss.
And right then, the two of them realized something...
A/N: This is called an official cliff hanger! Yay! I made one! I think... I love cliffy's! Thank you all for reviewing, again! (PS - I may not be able to get the last chapter up for a while, but that all depends on my Daddy's schedule.. he uses the computer more than I do... that tells you something.) ENJOY! :)
"Xander, do you think I'm odd?" Sarah breathed.
Xander grinned over at his girlfriend. "Ooh, Sarah you are the oddest person I've ever met."
She smiled back. "So that's a good thing to you?"
"Of course," Xander nodded cheerily, "What other girlfriend do you think I've had that's had a run-in with a talking fox or the king of the Goblins? You're one in a million."
"So that adventure didn't make you irritated with me?" Sarah asked.
"Not at all," Xander answered, scooting closer towards her.
"Sarah?"
"Oh no!" Sarah rasped to Xander in a hushed voice, "My mom! You have to hide!" Sarah shoved Xander into her closet as she heard her mother walk up the stairs and to her door... Sarah closed the closet door and leapt onto her bed, grabbing the first book that she found in reach, just as her mom opened the door.
"You've been in here all day and I haven't heard a peep from you," Sarah's mother said. "Would you like to come down for dinner?"
"No thanks, Mom," Sarah answered. "I'm not hungry."
"But you haven't come down to eat all day!" Sarah's mother objected.
"Yes I have, but you weren't around," she quickly lied.
"Hmmm... okay Hon'," Sarah's mom said, stepping close to her daughter. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm FINE," Sarah grumbled, picking up her book and reading a page to ignore her mother, grumpily.
"You've done well to stay out of trouble," Sarah's mom said, "I'm glad you haven't been around that Xander boy all day, he's too much of a bad influence on you.. taking you home at five o' clock in the morning..." She sighed. "Oh well, what am I worrying about? I trust you fully." Then she laughed. "I mean, it's not like you have him hiding in your closet or anything."
Sarah laughed too. "Yeah, that WOULD be pretty stupid, wouldn't it?"
Sarah's mom turned to leave. "Maybe," she said, "I'll let you go on a date next weekend."
"Thanks," Sarah said without a lot of enthusiasm.
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
The door was shut and Sarah let out a huge breath of relief. "Phew.." Xander clambered out of the closet.
"Well... if I'm SUCH a bad influence.." he started teasingly.
"Yeah, you are - horrible influence," Sarah said, shoving him softly, "You come and try to rescue me from that Goblin King, what kind of good manner is that?"
Xander grinned and sat on Sarah's bed next to her. "Well.. I have to say, that WAS one crazy time.."
"You get used to it," Sarah said, rolling her eyes and flopping backwards onto her pillow.
* * * * * * * * * *
Didymus and Ambrosius had been dumped back onto the bridge next to the Bog of Eternal Stench, which they didn't mind very much, but the surprise was annoying and the set-back was unpleasant. Besides, the fact of Didymus landing on his head didn't make anything at all any better.
"Cowards!" Didymus shouted to no one, shaking his fist at the air, "I KNEW those Goblins didn't want to have to fight us again.. taking the easy way out is the only way they can solve their problems!" He growled and turned to Ambrosius. "Do YOU have anything to say?"
The dog shook his head.
"Well, at least one of us does," he grumbled. Then he said, "I wonder what happened to Xander?"
BZZZZZ!!!
There was a sudden sound of bees, but much, much louder...
Didymus and Ambrosius snapped their heads up in time to see a flock of the weirdest looking flying creatures ever to be seen - they looked like a cross between a blackbird and a rabbit and they flew so fast that their wings sounded like bees buzzing. They all flew past in a matter of seconds, thousands of them, right through the Bog of Eternal Stench which they didn't seem to mind the smell of. They looked terrified out of their wits.
CLUNK!
One of the blackbird/rabbit's flew straight into the tree Didymus lived in, and swirled to the ground being left by his buddy creatures.
Didymus bounced to where the thing landed, which was now clutching his head, eyes swirling around.
"What IS all of this?" Didymus asked the creature.
"Sir! Jareth's in a mad, mad madness! He's scared us with his Goblin Kingish Goblin Kinglyness! Threw things, lots of things at our trees he did, mad, mad he is!" The thing jabbered, taking off without an answer.
Didymus stared blankly at the spot the creature had taken off from, then looked at Ambrosius. "Well, I don't think Xander's acquaintance with Jareth went well at all!" he confirmed.
* * * * * * * * * *
"Xander?"
"Yes?"
"When are you going to be expected home?"
Xander rolled over and checked his watch. "Jiggawha- it's three AM!"
"Sh!" Sarah warned, "Not so loud!" She and Xander had been laying on her bed thinking and talking of their time in the Labyrinth. Now they were almost too groggy and tired to do anything but act like drying wallpaper.
"I should go," Xander said in a hushed tone. "My family may begin to wonder where I am.."
"I think so too," Sarah whispered back, propping herself up on her elbows and meeting his eyes.
"It's too risky to try the front door," Xander said logically, "It will make too much noise, and it would be easier to go out the window."
"Sure," Sarah laughed. "You're invincible now." He gave her a smile.
"Good-bye," he said, kissing her hand fairly and opening the window. But before he could get his feet out, Sarah stopped him.
"Wait," she said, pulling him back towards her.
Xander hopped back down onto her bed and said, "I'll call tomorrow." Then he wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a long, deep kiss.
And right then, the two of them realized something...
A/N: This is called an official cliff hanger! Yay! I made one! I think... I love cliffy's! Thank you all for reviewing, again! (PS - I may not be able to get the last chapter up for a while, but that all depends on my Daddy's schedule.. he uses the computer more than I do... that tells you something.) ENJOY! :)
