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A/N:  The story is coming to a close.  Just one more chapter after this one.  Read and enjoy.

Chapter 4

On the following seven nights Jareth would come to Sarah's bedroom and they would slowly get to know each other. 

At first, Sarah was reluctant to have Jareth coming to her room when her parents were home, especially with him looking the way he did, but Jareth started wearing jeans, button down shirts, and his normal boots.  He also fixed it so that Jareth and her could have yelled at the top of their lungs and Toby and Malya wouldn't have heard them.

So Sarah and Jareth got into the habit to have spirited debates about the differences between the Underground and the human world.  Often it would end in a shouting match.  To make up for it, Jareth would consent to play a human game with Sarah.

Often they played chess, which Jareth hadn't played before.  But he quickly learned and the two would play the same game for several hours.  Usually Sarah won because she 'forgot' to mention an aspect of the game.

"Oh did I forget to mention that the queen can move in any direction?" she asked innocently.  Jareth growled and he had to control himself from kissing her.  He had kept himself under control during that week.

Then on the following three nights, Jareth only came if Sarah called him.  It cost her pride to call him, but she got so used to being around him at night that she just gritted her teeth and called him.  And each time, he instantly appeared by her side.  On the third, night, Sarah fell asleep with her head on Jareth's shoulder.

He shifted slightly and he picked her up and he put her on the bed.  Her arms were clasped around his neck and she wouldn't let go.  Jareth smiled faintly and he lay down beside her.  He settled the blanket over her and he lay watching her sleep.  Eventually his eyes grew heavy and he drifted off to sleep.

As dawn broke over the horizon, Jareth woke slowly, not recognizing the weight on his chest.  Jareth opened one eye to peer down at Sarah, who sometime during the night had moved her head to lie on his chest.  Jareth sighed softly, oh how he wanted to stay.

Jareth eased himself from Sarah's arms.  "Until later my love."  With that, he disappeared.

2nd A/N: Knight to E4!  Oops sorry, wrong movie!  Hehehehehehe Please click on the Go button and leave a nice review.