Chapter 34: Being

Jareth and Sarah were getting really hungry so Jareth offered to make something for them to eat. They walked to the dinning room and Jareth helped Sarah into her seat. Then he went into the kitchen and made something for a late dinner. They had been gone most of the day. When he came back in the room and handed Sarah a glass of red liquid. It smelt terrible. Sarah looked at Jareth in disgust.

            "Taste it Sarah, I assure you that it tasted wonderful." She lifted the glass and brought it to her lips. She took a sip and swallowed. Jareth was now kneeling next to her, waiting to see her reaction.

            "This is delicious. It tastes just like strawberries." She smiled and took another sip

            "Umm! I know." He took the glass from Sarah and took a sip himself. When he finished Sarah noticed that some of the liquid was still on his lips, so she leaned over and licked it off.

            "Umm! It even tastes better with a bit of the king." She said as she kissed him. Jareth turned the chair so that she was seated in front of him, instead of towards the table. He placed his hand on her lap and was caressing her thigh. Sarah slid off the chair and was now lying on top of Jareth who was lying on the floor. She was rubbing his chest and kissing his neck. Jareth's arms were around Sarah as he began to undo the buttons on her gown. She smiled at him, and slid her hand down to his tights and rubbed the inside of his thighs. Jareth rolled her over carefully so that she did not bang her head on the floor, pulling his coat off and laying it under Sarah's head as a cushion.

They made love right than and there, moving from the floor to the table, and from the table to the chair, and back to the floor. They got redressed and ate their dinner. It was cold when they took their first bite, but Jareth reheated it. Sarah became really tired and asked if she could go to bed.

            "Of course Sarah. And may I join you?"

            "Of course what kind of question is that? You are the king, and my husband for that matter. You can do what ever you want."

            "Does that mean that I can take you into my arms and make you mine again?" He whispered into her ear.

            "We will have to see." When she said that, Jareth stopped dead in his tracks.

            "What do you mean?"

            "We will see, if you can let me sleep for at least a half hour, to an hour at most, than maybe. But right now I am tired and I want to go to bed."

            "I understand completely, my lady!" Jareth bowed. Sarah changed into her nightgown and slipped into bed. And Jareth took off his coat, shirt, and other accessories, all but his tights; and slipped into bed as well. Sarah was lying on her side. Jareth slid over to her and wrapped his arms around her.

            "Sleep well my love." He whispered and kissed her shoulder.

One month had passed and everything was going great. They claimed the Half-ground, and checked up on it, on a regular basis. Sarah was in the wash chamber and was just getting out of the tub, her eyes opened wide. She ran out of the wash chamber and up to Jareth, waking him up.

            "Jareth!"

            "Umm..." He rolled over to look at Sarah. When he saw her wide eyed, he sat up in the bed. "…What is it Sarah?" He asked completely concerned that something had happened.

            "What day is today?" She asked.

            "It is the seventeenth. Why?"

            "I'm late!" She cried walking back and forth.

            "What!" Jareth said shaking his head. "Late for what Sarah, we have nothing planned for the day?"

            "Jareth I was supposed to get my period three days ago. And it has not come yet!" She stated at a rapid rate. "Does this mean, I'm…?"

            "I am afraid so!" Jareth smiled. Sarah just stopped dead and stood with her mouth open wide, cracking a smile.

            "I…I…I can't believe it! I'm…I'm pregnant! Oh Jareth!" Sarah screamed leaping onto the bed and hugging Jareth tightly. Jareth wrapped his arms around her and kissed her over and over again. Jareth laughed,

            "Sarah I have never seen you so happy!"

            "Oh Jareth, finally something that we both and share together, that was made with you and me! I just can't believe it!" She sat up putting her hand on her stomach. She was breathing at a rapid rate. Jareth sat up beside her.

            "Well, you're going to have to believe it Sarah, because that's a baby, and you are going to have that baby, in nine months."

            "Your right, we are going to have to prepare!..." Sarah said crawling off the bed and walking back and forth. "…What are we going to name it? Where is      it going to sleep? What kind of toys should we get?"

            "Sarah!"

            "Yeah?"

            "Will you relax! We have just found this out. You still have eight months to decide all that. Right now just relax and enjoy carrying the baby." He said as he got up and placed his hand on her abdomen. He knew that he would not be able to feel anything yet, but just the thought that there was a little being that he and his love had made, was forming inside her excited him.