Chapter 44: 1 chance

The minutes passed and Jareth and his father just looked at one another. What had made Sarah so upset? This Jareth did not know. But he could not go and talk with her now. He cleared his throat, looking away from his father.

"Well Jareth I see that you have a very upset woman."

"That woman is my wife!" Jareth cried returning his attention to his father.

"Oh I see."

"You don't pay any attention to her father. She is my concern. Understand?"

"Of course." His father replied bowing to Jareth.

"Good. Now what the hell do you want?"

"I want to come back Jareth. Don't you think that I have the right to come back?"

"What? No! You did the unthinkable and in any case it is my decision to let you come back or not. You can't just decide that you have served enough time and leave when ever you feel is right."

"Well I did."

"I can see that."

"I can't believe that you are saying this to your own father."

"Yeah well you were my father. But now you are like everyone else who has screwed up."

"Look, like you would not have done the same thing?"

"I would never have attacked a woman!" He screamed, waving his arms in the air. His father looked to the floor when Jareth said this.

"It was a mistake I know." He frowned.

"Then why the hell did you do it?" Jareth stated sympathetically.

"I could not help myself…" Jareth rolled his eyes when he heard this. "…When your mother died I had no one to turn to. I was lost. Your feelings get all out of wack, when something that traumatic happens to you. You understand don't you?"

"Father I will never understand. And that is why we are having such a problem right now. You think that this is something that you can walk away from. But father you can't. And I am not going to stand for behavior like that. It will not happen as long as I am alive." He said looking to his father. "Look you should have been killed for what you did. But no I could not kill you. So I sent you to the oubliette. And that is where you are to stay. One only knows that if you did it once then you will surely do it again."

"But I promise that it will not happen again."

"I can't take that chance." He sighed walking over to the balcony and looking out over the Labyrinth. "This is my home and my kingdom I can't let anything happen to it…" Turning back around he looked to his father again. "…And that woman…" Pointing to the doorway. "…She is the world to me and I CAN'T!, let anything happen to her."

"Oh."

"Is that all you have to say?" Jareth laughed in shock.

"What more is there to say Jareth. You have made up your mind."

"That's right I have."

"So what would be the point to say anything more?" He took one last look at Jareth and then began to walk to the door. Jareth sighed.

"Wait!" He called out to his father. "Where are you going?"

"Well I was going to leave. Clearly I am not wanted." And he made his way to the door, turning the knob and walking out. Jareth stood there thinking to himself, * Oh, what the hell am I doing? * Jareth ran out of the room and down the hall to meet up with his father.

"Wait a minute!" Jareth called out again. His father turned around and looked to him.

"What now. I was just leaving. I did not do anything."

"No it is not that."

"Well then what is it?"

"Would you like…" Jareth hesitated saying, "…would you like to stay here for a while. I will give you one chance and one chance only!" He said pointing index finger at his father.

"You are going to let me stay here?"

"Look I am not going to ask it again."

"Oh well I am just shocked that's all. What made you change your mind?"

"For your information, I am not doing this because I pity you. I am doing this because Sarah would love to get to know you. As a father, not the rapist!"

"Okay then I think that I could do that."

"No you can't think. Either you can or you can't."

"In that case I can do that."

"Okay then. Follow me and I will show you to your room to get ready for breakfast. You are to stay there until I call for you."

"Sounds good to me."

They walked down the hall to the room that Sarah had prepared and Jareth lead him in. He shut the door behind him and walked down the hall to his bedchamber. Opening the door he walked in to see Sarah wake on the bed. He climbed on the bed and lay next to her for a few moments. Staring up at the ceiling. Then he looked to her to her and smiled.

"What is it Jareth?" She asked.

"Oh nothing."

"No really what is it?"

"You just look so beautiful Sarah. I feel that I do not deserve to be with you."

"Jareth what did you do?" She said sitting up and looking at him.

"Nothing Sarah." He laughed.

You sent him away didn't you?" She asked shoving him.

"No, no I did not send him away."

"Then where is he?" She demanded.

"Why are you so concerned?" He laughed again. "He is in his bedchamber. Okay. There is nothing to worry about. And we should get ready for breakfast. Are you hungry?"

"Yeah just a bit. So did you talk or did you just yell at one another?"

"No we talked. And I am giving him one chance to show me that he has changed. And his he blows that one chance then it is back to the oubliette for him."

"Well at least you are giving him that much." They climbed off the bed and walked to the dinning room. Jareth assisted Sarah into her seat and then he went into the kitchen to make the breakfast. It was done within minutes. Jareth called a goblin to go and tell his father that breakfast was ready and that he could come to the dinning room. Meanwhile Jareth was asking Sarah how she was feeling, and if she was having any pains, or discomforts from the pregnancy yet. Sarah told him no not yet. But that she could tell, that she was getting bigger every time she looked down to her abdomen. Jareth placed his hand on her abdomen and she just smiled at him placing her hand on his.

Then they were, greeted by Jareth's father, who walked in and took a seat at the table, across from Jareth and Sarah.

"Hello." Sarah smiled.

"Hello, my Lady." Jareth's father answered with as smile as well. "So you are married to the Goblin King and how does that feel?" He questioned with the smile still on his face. Looking to Sarah.

"I have to say that it has been a wonderful experience." She turned and looked at Jareth who was smiling at her and rubbing her hand.

"Indeed." He replied taking some toast and sticking it in his mouth.

"So will you be here very long?" Inquired Sarah. Jareth's father just dropped his toast and looked at Jareth with wide eyes.

"I don't know. I guess it all depends."

"Oh I see." Sarah began breaking the toast that was in front of her in half. Leaving on half on her plate and bring the other half to her lips. Jareth as drinking his wine and was concentrating on Sarah. He loved watching her and just staring at her beauty. She was used to this by now. And was no longer uncomfortable with it.

For the rest of the day, Jareth and Sarah worked and his father just hung around the castle. Sarah had found out from Jareth this his father's name was Uther. Jareth traveled to the Aboveground a few times to go to the mortals whom called upon him. And he left Sarah in the Throne room, with the door locked so that Uther could not get in.