CHAPTER 6 "Nice to know what people think of me!" said Jareth, he had been scrubbed up nicely and bathed in perfume. much to his annoyance! Jane had tied his hair back for him, loosely, and made him look younger. "Whoa, what happened to you? You look. pretty!" said Charming. He burst out in laughter, followed by everybody else in the room. "Jane got a bit carried away when we were in the bathroom, she sprayed me with perfume when I wasn't looking!" said Jareth, a frown appeared on his lips, making everybody else laugh harder. "Well, touché'! My dear friend, I guess it's payback time for the swamp event!" said Dursey. She kissed him on the cheek. "You smell so lovely today dear! And so pretty too!" "Morning mother!" said Jane, she held onto Jareth's arm. "What did you do to him? He's a . GIRL!" said Casper. "I think it makes him look younger!" said Jane. "Okay, come here, Romeo, and I'll take your hair out." She wasn't happy about what she was about to do but she thought he looked most handsome. "Thank you dear, I don't think we could have lasted much longer!" said Martin. He sat up and held onto his sides that felt like they were about to split. Jane turned on her heel and walked out the door. "What did I say?" "You just hurt her feelings, she thought you were all laughing at her!" said Jareth, he walked out after her. Martin followed to apologise to his daughter. "Well, she'll have a lot of fun when they leave, well, young squire, would you like a tour around the estate?" asked Jeffery. He held a coat in his hand and as Joe accepted the offer they walked out to walk around the house. "Oh, Ivy, Let us talk, these men. I'd like some female company if you're not doing anything important? I don't want to intrude." Said Jane, she walked out to the garden with Ivy. Jareth and martin walked out after them, attempting to catch up with Jane's quick pace. "Jane! Could I just explain!" said Martin. He was already out of breath and needed help standing up. "Jane, please, wait for us!" said Jareth, and as he said that, she stopped immediately and turned to look at them. "You all made me feel humiliated, I thought he looked handsome with his hair tied back. Okay I got carried away by spraying perfume but I was just having some fun!" said Jane. "This needs some magick!" said Jareth and he appeared by her side. Taking her in his arms he kissed her passionately, they stood there for a few moments just kissing, the world around them melting away. "I feel so alive now I have you, is that such a crime, for the first time in my life. I'm really happy, I no longer feel alone!" said Jane, tears welled up in her eyes and as she raised a hand to wipe them away Jareth pulled it away. Jane didn't know what to say at that moment, she felt like a fool for being so humiliated they had laughed at her. But what she had done seemed sense to her at the time. "Jane, I think you and I need to talk." Said Jareth, he picked her up in his arms and she found herself in their bedroom in the house. "H.. How did you do that?" she asked, some caught in her throat, should be afraid of these powers he had, she had no control of her own so far, would he try and contain them? "You have the power to materialise at will anywhere you wish. in this realm! I shall teach you tomorrow." Said Jareth, "but for now we need to talk. You and I Jane are much alike. You and I have both been in a place for so long that we become detached from those we love. I belong to the Labyrinth.. It's part of me, part of who I am. It keeps me as its slave. When I am there I am completely alone, or I was until now." He laid her on the bed, resting her head on the soft pillows and allowing her hair to frame her face and pillows. As he spoke he moved his face closer to hers, resting to the side of her, so they could talk easily. "Jareth, why are you telling me this? I know you and I are two of a kind but." said Jane before she was cut off. "It's true we are two of a kind, but I need you to know that we have more in common than just our magic. I have waited for a LONG time to find any woman who could make me feel this way. You were the first WOMAN I found so irresistible. And now I have you.. I feel immune to the advances of other women!" said Jareth, he was happy with that speech. "Did you just say that? Who was making advances to you? I knew that if .. IVY!" said Jane, a sickly feeling rose from her stomach, burning her throat as it rose. "What? NO, I meant to say. if any woman was to make advances.. I could automatically decline!" said Jareth, he smiled at her and planted a kiss delicately on her cheek. "I'm sorry, I just can't get that feeling in the back of my mind that nags something about Ivy to me. Something about her just seems to give off a bad vibe but I just don't know what." Said Jane, she kissed him back. She liked the taste of his lips and the electricity of his tongue. "Jane, I don't know what it is either but for now we shall take it for granted. okay. We'll not say anything of it for now, but.. Later." Said Jareth, he sat up and took her hand. They made their way to the door but before they reached the exit of their delightful bedroom he held her close and they materialised in the dining room downstairs. "Whoa, how'd you do that?" asked Joe, he had returned from the walk with Jeffery and they sat in the dining room eating a small snack. "Would I be able to do that?" "When your powers arise, you shall stay with us in the castle, if you wish!" said Jareth, "So I may teach you about harnessing your magick, like transportation and other such things." "Cool, I can hardly wait!" said Casper; this was turning out to be a real bore for him. Joe wasn't nearly as exciting as he'd hoped and the new world wasn't going to prove exciting either. Joe wasn't talking to him, more interested in the estate than having some fun with another boy not far from his own age. "I'm Sorry, are we boring you?" asked Jareth, he frowned at his younger brother, knowing he didn't care how rude he was being to his hosts. "No, I'm entertaining myself, thank you brother!" said Casper. "May I talk with you Casper?" asked Jane, she knew what could be wrong, she just wanted Casper to know that he was not going to be bored for very long. "Of course sister, if that pleases you?" said Casper. Jane smiled to Jareth as if to let him know what she about to say. They walked out through the corridor and into the kitchen. No one was in there at the time so they could talk in peace. "Casper, I know you are dissatisfied with the fact that Joe has such interest in our house but.. He is in shock, before last night he thought we were just a normal family.. a normal mortal family. He doesn't deal with change easily; he has to get to know his surroundings before he notices the people around him. He's a long way from his home; please let him adjust to his surroundings before you give up on him. You will find him a good friend, like his friends on earth did; he is loyal to a fault, and very mischievous. You will have laughs a plenty. Just give him a few days so he may come to see how beautiful change can be." Said Jane. "Okay, I guess you're right, he's in shock in other words, needs to adjust to his new surroundings. I can wait a while longer. Thank you sister!" said Casper. He kissed her cheek and ran into the dining hall where the others still sat. "I think that went well!" said Jane to her self, she suddenly felt a stinging chill down her spine and saw Blake behind her. "Good . afternoon Jane, I notice we haven't spoken since our introduction last night. I hope you and I may be good friends!" said Blake; he had dark eyes that made a deep compliment to the dark hair that framed his face and shoulders. "I do too." Said Jane, she smiled weakly and they walked into the dining hall, she saw the face Jareth held as he saw her arm in his. "Good to know that we will have friends at the castle with his court being such revolting creatures."