Chapter 27: Excitement
Jareth was watching Sarah in a crystal, as she was still standing on the balcony. She was so upset. But was it that she was upset with him or herself? Jareth was not sure what to do, so he just decided to stay where he was. He could see Sarah talking to herself, and yelling, but could not make out what she was saying. Then he watched as she stormed over to the bed and fell on it balling her eyes out, over Jareth's pillow.
'What is she so afraid of? Why does she not want to make love to me now?' Jareth asked himself as he watched her.
The crying continued for a good hour, until Sarah fell back asleep. Jareth decided not to go to the bed room tonight because he believed that his presents would be un-welcomed.
Then next morning: Sarah awoke from her sleep, she rolled over and saw that Jareth was not beside her; this really made her feel bad, and made her worry about where he was. She climbed out of bed and retied the robe because it was loose. She opened the door to the bed chamber and looked in the hallway, than she crossed the way and entered her bed chamber. She walked inside and searched for a gown to wear. She found an elegant but simple light blue and dark blue gown. She slipped it and walked over to the vanity so that she could see how it looked. It was light blue at the bust and then from below the bust it was dark blue. The sleeves were the same light blue that was tied by ribbons and bits of the sleeves popped out between the ribbons.
She took a necklace from the vanity and placed it around her neck. As she looked in the mirror she noticed a bruise on her neck. It was from Jareth sucking on her neck the night before. She had no way of covering it. She fastened the necklace which helped a little, and then took the earrings that matched and placed them on. She then opened the draw to the vanity and pulled out the tiara and was about to place it on her head, but again decided against the idea, placing it back on the pillow inside the draw. She got up and again watched to train flow on the floor as she made her way to the door. She walked down the hall and made her way to the throne room. She knocked on the door and waited to hear Jareth's voice allowing her to enter.
"Come in!" Jareth shouted. Sarah opened the door and stepped in. She bowed to Jareth making eye contact with him. He stood up from his throne and bowed to her in return. The goblins did the same. Jareth walked over to her and put out his hand, as he smiled at her. Sarah put out her hand and placed it on top of Jareth's. Jareth escorted her to her throne and she took her seat. Jareth did the same, as he kissed the top of her hand. When he took his seat he leaned in and asked,
"Did you sleep well last night? Sorry that I did not join you, I thought maybe you needed some time alone."
"Well I did sleep well, but I was worried about where you were." Sarah whispered back.
"I slept out here for the night. But don't worry, before you had arrived, I would sleep out here most of the time."
"I was not worried about that. But okay."
"Look Sarah please let me apologize for last night. I did not mean to sound so upset when I told you I had my needs as well. And I know that I sounded inconsiderate and I apologize for that as well."
"I know Jareth. I am sorry too! I never meant to yell. I only made the situation worse by doing that. And I led you on into thinking that I wanted to make love. Well I did want to but…well…you know!"
"So am I forgiven?"
"Of course Jareth. And do you forgive me?"
"Of course."
"Good! Now when are we going to get married Jareth?"
"Whenever you want. To tell you the truth I was just discussing it with the council before you entered the room."
"Oh! And have you decided on anything?"
"No. We need the future queen's opinions too. After all it is her luck day!" Jareth said smiling at her. Sarah just blushed and butterflies ran through her stomach with excitement.
"This is going to be the most incredible event in three centuries." Jareth smiled. Sarah's eyes widened when she heard "three centuries". 'Has Jareth been alive that long?' Sarah thought to herself. But then it hit her that it really did not matter, as long as she was going to be with the one that she loved. She grasped his hand tighter and lifted it to kiss it.
"Well when would be a good time to be wed, my lord?" Sarah asked.
"Well, since I am now going to be the new king of the Half-ground, and you are going to be the new queen of the Half-ground, the best thing to do is be married before that happens. It would be less confusing."
"Okay. Well when are you scheduled to become the new king?" Sarah inquired
"In one week." Jareth sighed.
"Well then we should be wed, within the next seven days. Correct you Highness?"
"Well that
would make sense yes. But is it what you want?"
"What ever is going to solve
this terrible situation we have been having, and is going to make both of us
happy, is what I want! And if this is it, than yes."
"Then it is done! But the next full three moons, you shall have you queen!" Jareth shouted to the councilmen who were busily working.
For the rest of the day, Sarah was very busy trying to schedule and plan things for the wedding that she hardly had time to breathe. And when she finally had a moment of peace, she fell asleep. Jareth walked over to Sarah who was asleep at the dining room table. He smiled at her, hunched over with her head resting on her arms, which were placed on the table. He scooped her up into his arms and carried her to her bed chamber. He laid her down and kissed her gently on the lips. She quietly moaned and woke up for a brief moment looking into Jareth's eyes, she smiled.
"Sarah I want you to relax. I feel that this might all be too much for you. I will take over from here. Jareth kissed her hand and watched as she nodded her head and turned on her side closing her eyes to fall asleep. From where Sarah left off, Jareth took over. He was surprised to see how much Sarah actually got done, but there was still more to do. Jareth made some surprise plans for Sarah. And made other arrangements, like where they were going to go for their honeymoon and what kind of music was going to be played at the wedding reception. When Sarah woke up and went back to the throne room she asked Jareth if he was doing okay, and if he needed help with anything.
"No Sarah, we actually just finished. You have nothing to worry about. Everything is all set." Jareth smiled. And Sarah returned the smile.
The next couple days were horrendous, goblins going this way, goblins going that way, do this, do that. It was diffidently not a quite time, and the only way that Sarah could escape the chaos was retreating to the gardens. Sarah stayed in the gardens for hours at a time, singing, reading, picking flowers, and just walking around taking in its beauty. Sarah was also getting very nervous that the time was coming closer and closer, to where she will no longer be alone and unhappy. For the rest of the nights until the wedding Sarah stayed in her own bed chamber, because she wanted Jareth to anticipate her arrival to his bed, to be with her.
The day before the wedding was finally here and Sarah could not take it. She ran to the balcony and screamed. Jareth came running into her bed chamber because he was afraid something had happened to her.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh nothing. Sorry if I woke you. I am just so excited. Can you believe that we are going to be married tomorrow?"
"No Sarah I can not." Suddenly they heard a noise from behind them. It was a group of goblins that came to see what was going on, and why the future queen had screamed. Jareth and Sarah turned around and smiled.
"Oh I am sorry everyone. I did not mean to wake you up. I just had to scream I am so excited for tomorrow." After Sarah said that she could hear the goblins mumbling to one another as they left the room upset, that she had awaken them because of that. When they left alls Sarah could do was laugh, as she turned to Jareth and kissed him on the cheek. She ran over to the chest in the corner of the room and opened it. She grabbed a gown and threw it on the bed, and began to pull off her nightgown.
"So Jareth what are we going to do today?"
