Chapter 5
Shock and Comfort
Sarah was almost to her house when she noticed that she was trembling. If she was cold, it wasn't the kind of cold that a warm blanket and a fire would cure. She was going into shock.
She managed to get home, and she numbly let herself in and walked upstairs to her bedroom. She lay down on the bed fully clothed and started to cry. How she wished her father was still alive to hold her and comfort her. Hell, even her stepmother Karen. Oh and she so missed Toby. Her trembling increased as she continued to cry silently, wishing se had someone to comfort her. She mentally looked back in her life and saw that everyone she had ever loved has either been killed or left her.
Her mind came to rest on one man. The man who has been in her dreams for twelve years. A man who has platinum blonde hair and dual colored eyes; one green and one blue. A man who turned her world upside down for thirteen hours. A man whom she desperately loved . Jareth.
She continued to cry, but instead of crying for her friends: Hoggle, Ludo, and the rest to come to her, she cried out for someone else. Through her sobs, she said, "Jareth, I need you."
Jareth, who had stopped looking at the crystal ball a long time ago, had just been wishing his parents a farewell when he heard a strangled whisper for him. With a grumble he teleported himself away to speak to this mortal who dared to call on him just as he was about to retire.
He found himself in a dark bedroom with a person huddled upon the bed. He sighed, frustrated. "Who dares to call upon me in such a fashion?" *I hate doing this. I hope whoever this is hurries it up so that I may check on Sarah again.*
The figure from the bed raised her tear streaked face from the bed. "Jareth?" She whispered.
Jareth's eyes widened, "Sarah?" He sat down on the bed and gathered her in his arms. She began to sob the moment he began to comfort her. "Shhh, it's okay. Tell me who hurt you and I promise you I will kill them."
Sarah shook her head and between sobs she told him about what happened at work. "And I just can't take it anymore. So much blood all over the place, I can't deal with it. I'm already going into shock. I just . I just can't." She sobbed. "I quit."
Jareth looked down at her, where she was curled up in his lap and sighted. "It's okay Sarah. You did the right ting." He held her until she cried herself to sleep.
Sarah was almost to her house when she noticed that she was trembling. If she was cold, it wasn't the kind of cold that a warm blanket and a fire would cure. She was going into shock.
She managed to get home, and she numbly let herself in and walked upstairs to her bedroom. She lay down on the bed fully clothed and started to cry. How she wished her father was still alive to hold her and comfort her. Hell, even her stepmother Karen. Oh and she so missed Toby. Her trembling increased as she continued to cry silently, wishing se had someone to comfort her. She mentally looked back in her life and saw that everyone she had ever loved has either been killed or left her.
Her mind came to rest on one man. The man who has been in her dreams for twelve years. A man who has platinum blonde hair and dual colored eyes; one green and one blue. A man who turned her world upside down for thirteen hours. A man whom she desperately loved . Jareth.
She continued to cry, but instead of crying for her friends: Hoggle, Ludo, and the rest to come to her, she cried out for someone else. Through her sobs, she said, "Jareth, I need you."
Jareth, who had stopped looking at the crystal ball a long time ago, had just been wishing his parents a farewell when he heard a strangled whisper for him. With a grumble he teleported himself away to speak to this mortal who dared to call on him just as he was about to retire.
He found himself in a dark bedroom with a person huddled upon the bed. He sighed, frustrated. "Who dares to call upon me in such a fashion?" *I hate doing this. I hope whoever this is hurries it up so that I may check on Sarah again.*
The figure from the bed raised her tear streaked face from the bed. "Jareth?" She whispered.
Jareth's eyes widened, "Sarah?" He sat down on the bed and gathered her in his arms. She began to sob the moment he began to comfort her. "Shhh, it's okay. Tell me who hurt you and I promise you I will kill them."
Sarah shook her head and between sobs she told him about what happened at work. "And I just can't take it anymore. So much blood all over the place, I can't deal with it. I'm already going into shock. I just . I just can't." She sobbed. "I quit."
Jareth looked down at her, where she was curled up in his lap and sighted. "It's okay Sarah. You did the right ting." He held her until she cried herself to sleep.
