CHAPTER 5. When at last she sank back into the covers after the climax, he kissed her softly on the lips and rose from the bed. "I wonder what they brought us for breakfast!" said Jane. Jareth smiled she would keep him on his toes, and he'd certainly enjoy it, as long as no one came between them. She smiled as he walked into the bathroom and came back into the room with a towel wrapped around his waist. He walked to the door and found the tray on the floor to the side. There would a lot to talk about today; maybe he could stall her from going down stairs for a little while longer. He was having such a good time with his newly acquainted bride. "Jareth, I hope you slept well!" said Dursey with a smile. She knew exactly what they got up to, she could tell from the mess his hair was in, he liked to keep it tidy. "Yes, yes, we did get sleep, she passed out just minutes after she had spoken to you last night. And we woke up earlier. We compensated for the interruptions last night. She's now fully my bride." Jareth said with a smile, they could always talk easily and they had no problems with being open. It had been talked about many times between the two of them and Martin; Jareth could talk to them about anything. "There is one thing I'd like to talk to you about later." "Of course, I will speak to you later, morning Jane!" said Dursey as she opened the door slightly to greet her daughter. "Morning mom, I hope you slept well." Said Jane and smiled brightly as her mother took a good look at her. "Very well, anyway, I'll let you two eat and I'll speak to you both later." Said Dursey. She watched Jareth walk over to the bed and sit by Jane's side with the tray between them both. They smiled at each other noticing her mother smiling at the image of her good friend, now part of her family. Jareth was now her son-in-law too, but this was one Mother-in-law that would not despise. She closed the door and walked down the corridor to speak to her husband Martin. "That was strange, she has never smiled at me before like that." Said Jane. It was strange but only in a good way; she knew her mother was happy now. "You know why she was smiling like that don't you? When you were on earth she was worried you'd find a mortal and bare his child. She'd be breaking the promise she made when you were small. She's happy now that she has a good friend and son-in-law to protect you. She's happy that in the world, one of the few people she knows she can trust has just married her daughter. And I will protect you as best I can from Merrick." Said Jareth and he kissed her on the lips. "Well, I'm glad I didn't have a mortals baby!" said Jane and kissed him back. "I'd rather have yours!" and took a piece of her toast. When they had finished their breakfast she stood up and laid the tray on the floor before walking over to the closet in the bedroom. "Which dress should I wear? The red or the green?" asked Jane. As she held them against her Jareth instantly decided she looked so radiant wearing dark colours. "The green, it brings out the beauty of your brown eyes, a true child of nature." Said Jareth and she blushed, he could say the nicest things, she would be happy in this marriage. "I'm going to have a bath now, if that's okay with you, after yesterdays events and all this mornings activities I need to wash." Said Jane, she didn't want Jareth to think she didn't like what they did together but she felt so smelly and sweaty. She rushed over to Jareth and kissed him passionately without any stopping to catch his breath he kissed her back and they climbed back under the covers again. The green dress sat in a crumpled heap on the floor, Jane didn't care she could just flatten out the creases later with a little magick. They were just about to get into heavy petting when there was a faint knock at the door. "Jane, are you in there?" asked Joe but he got no reply. He was just about to open the door when Jane giggled out loud. "Come on in Joe!" said Jareth, and Joe walked in. They smiled at him; with a crystal ball in his hand Jareth could see who was at the door. Joe saw the crystal ball and his image and blushed. "Morning bro, sleep well?" asked Jane as she stood up to walk to the bathroom once again. Picking up the dress on her way there. "Very well thank you, after the arrival of Ivy and Blake I was so exhausted I slept like a log. Anyway, I hope you got some sleep, because I want to explore this house! Jane do you want to join me?" asked Joe. He waited patiently waited for a reply while she turned the taps to run a bath. "Jane, I'd like to speak to Blake this morning so if you'd like to explore this morning, maybe we can lunch together. Your mother and I need to speak too, so I'll leave you in the capable hands of Joe this morning. Ivy should be about Joe, while Jane bathes maybe you'd like to engage yourself in conversation with her." said Jareth as he kissed Jane on the cheek. "Joe, I'll meet you in the kitchen in a little while. Me and Jareth just need to . speak." Said Jane, she smiled again as Joe closed the door behind him as he left. "Speak about what? Unless there's something you need help with?" asked Jareth, he pulled her close and held her tightly around the waist before kissing her neck and ears. She pulled him into the bathroom and they climbed into the bath before stripping off each other's clothing.

Elsewhere in the house Dursey and Martin sat at the Dining table for breakfast. "Dad, Jane and I are going to explore the house today, is that okay? Only, if I'm going to live here I'd like to know where every thing is." Said Joe, he sat down for a late breakfast. "Sure Joe, I'm sure Jane would like to explore this house with you, she's leaving in four days so I hope you two can spend some time together before Jareth, Jane, Ivy and Blake leave. And in a couple of days I'll take you around the estate, showing you the meadows and woodland areas. You might like to meet our good friend Ava and her seven sons, Jeremy, Lex, Lucian, Damien, Zachary, Bactien and Coyote. And her four daughters Annaleigh, Satanne, Innana and Daphne." Said Martin as he picked some toast from Joe's plate, receiving a nasty look. "What's mom doing today then? I mean, she's not working anymore so she probably doesn't have much to do now?" asked Joe. His mother had loved her Job on Earth, gardening at the Plant-Stop on the lay-by, she always seemed the green-fingered type to Joe. "She likes to help with the gardens, pruning, potting and painting ceramic plant pots for inside the house. And she also grows herbs for her healing, one thing Jane picked up from your mother, love for herbs and healing." Said Martin. He smiled at the first few years of their marriage before Jane was born. Dursey had loved to plant and care for her herbs. Having plenty in the garden and having a selection in the kitchen with her while "Cool, so what did I inherit?" asked Joe, he couldn't wait to gain his powers, and if he could heal, he would look after the animals and smaller Faeries. "I don't know. We'll have to wait until you find them. Like Jane did. She always had green fingers anyway. She had been interested in healing before she knew of our family's secret past. We really are sorry about not telling you kids but if we had you probably wouldn't have believed us anyway. And you both would have gone out of your way to avoid it too." Said Dursey. She kissed her son on the cheek, he wasn't embarrassed about it and somehow this realm had a mellow and happy feeling to it. "Jane said she'd explore the house with me today, if that's okay mom? Only I'd like to keep her close by before she leaves. I'll miss her terribly when she goes." Said Joe. "Well, I'm sure if you and Casper get on well, he'll take you to visit them occasionally. But only if that's okay with Jareth, I wouldn't want to intrude." Said Martin. "I'm sure Jareth won't mind. He always welcomes visitors. I suppose it has something to do with a castle overrun with Goblins!" "Goblins? Castle? Is he a king? No one told me!" said Joe. "Yes, he has a labyrinth and is the Goblin King. Not a glamorous job, considering the sheer ugliness of the creatures he rules!" said Dursey. She had nothing bad to say about Jareth but she did find his court a bit strange. "Dursey, do you forget? You bathed in the swamp of eternal stench when we were young." said Martin as he smiled sarcastically at her. "I had a cold and he took advantage of that, I couldn't smell a thing and then he said the bog was as glorious as a bubble bath!" said Dursey with a dissatisfied frown on her face. "Now, Now, children! Please behave!" said Charming. He had been standing at the door for a few moments before entering the room. "The swamp thing!" he smiled at Dursey. "I remember that, you stank for three weeks and Jareth's mother cursed us all for being so childish towards each other and sent us to study the scriptures. That's when you two had started courting and then you read the part about Jareth being the strongest in the land and we started to take things seriously after that." "Yes, and twenty years on we have two beautiful children, live at the family home and have four very good friends." Said Dursey, she left one thing out and immediately added " and a handsome . son-in-law who we all trust!" doing healing spells.