Chapter Eight: Dinner...

"Oh! Sarah! You look wonderful!" Dawn exclaimed.
"It's just a dinner... Why do I have to look so nice?" Sarah asked. Jareth had probably wanted to see her in this dress, she figured.
"I'm not quite sure why you have to look nice. I'm sure it's going to be a very nice dinner set up... That's probably why."
"Oh..." Right...
"So... Do you like His Majesty?" Dawn asked.
"NO!!! I do NOT like him!" Sarah proclaimed. I man, come on, he had trapped her here. Wouldn't let her go home. Why would she like him?
"Oh... Alright then..." Dawn said in total disbeleif. Even if Sarah didn't like him, they'd fix that.
"So where is this dinne going to take place anyways?" Sarah asked, slightly flustered.
"In the main dining hall. Don't worry, I'll escort you there. Oh! You do look absolutely gorgeous in that dress!"
"Do you really think so?"
"Of course dear... It's almost time to go...We wont get you there at exactly the time you requested. It's always more fun to keep a man waiting..."
"Yeah...Right..." She mumbled.
They waited a few minutes, talking, and combing Sarah's hair. Dawn wouldn't let Sarah brush it for herself. She had to be the one to do it if she was to treat Sarah like royalty like Jareth had ordered.
"Okay... Let's go..." Dawn grabed her hand and led her down the hall. The took several turns and Sarah was sure she'd never find her way back on her own.
"Hey... Do you think you could come and take me back to my room once the dinners over?" She asked. "There is no way I'd be able to find it on my own..."
"I'll be here when you walk out, I'll take you back to your room when you want to go back."
"Thank you..." Sarah sighed, she seriously though she'd get lost and never be able to find her way back.
"Here we are... I'll be right around the corner sitting down if you come out early..."
"Okay... Thank you." Sarah said then opened the door and walked in.
"Sarah..." Jareth said. He was sitting at the end of a very long table. Not at the end, but near it. "Come... Sit across from me and eat..."
"Jareth... Why did you wish to have dinner with me?" Sarah said, skipping right to the point.
"Well, I don't normaly invite guests here then ignore them for the whole of their stay... That would be considered rude... Seing as how I invited you here in the first place."
"You didn't invite me! You took me from my own home and brought me here with out a single warning!" She protested.
"Ah... Sarah... You had to know it would happen eventualy."
"It's just not right! It's not fair that---" Jareth cut her off.
"Haven't we already figured out that nothing here is fair, Sarah? Or have you forgotten everything that you learned here two years ago?"
"I haven't forgotten!"
"Good... So... shall we eat?" Jareth asked.
Sarah sat down across from him abruptly. "Fine."
"So... Are you likeing your stay here so far?" He asked her, as if she was here on a vacation.
"Yes, it's wonderful..." She fugured, even though she had been forced here, she was having a pretty good time. What with having Dawn to hang out with.
"So... Have you visited the libray yet?" He knew perfectly well that she had, he just wanted to hear it from her.
"It's huge...but I think I'll learn a lot from the books there."
"Do you like the people you've met so far?" The whole timethey talked, Jreth spooned out food for himself and Sarah. He found that as she ate and talked, she forgot she was angry with him, and they ended up talking like they were good friends.
"Yeah... I've only met a few people, but they seemed pretty nice."
"Oh...? Who've you met so far?"
"Um... Dawn, Mai... Some old lady... I didn't get her name... Um... Aidan... I think that's it."
"Oh... So... How do you like Aidan? He's one of my personal friends." He said.
"He's... well... he's... nice..." She said, lamely. She couldn't think of anything else to say. She couldn't very well tell Jareth that she thought he was incredibly handsome...
"Nice... Yes... he's nice." She listened to his tone, trying to figure out if he was mad, if he had fugred out about what had happened in the library. She didn't think he had found out about it.
They fell into a silence as they ate, Sarah's face ahd a slight blush to it, he noticed. The silence stayed until after they finished their meal and Sarah excused herself, saying she felt ill.
She walked out, and sure enough, Dawn was waiting for her.

A/N: Ok... I know it's not as long or as good as it could be but i just got home from school and i am really tired... please rate and reveiw!!!