Sarah paused, her hand resting on the doorknob. She was standing outside the door of the dressings rooms, listening to the voices of her castmates. Rehearsal had been canceled for the past three weeks, due to the director coming down with mono. That meant three weeks since the night that Jack attacked her, and three weeks since seeing Jareth. The thought of their kiss kept her up at all hours of the night, ruining her ability to concentrate on her classes. He'd promised that he'd be back, but when? Would he be back should something else happen to her, like what had happened with Jack?
Her thoughts were interrupted by the doorhandle turning underneath her palm. She gasped and stepped back, afraid to death that it would be Jack.
"Sarah! It's so great to see you after all this time! These past three weeks have felt like an eternity, huh?" Sarah let out the breath she had been holding. It was Ashley, one of the other female leads. Ashley's character, Laryin, befriended Rachel, Sarah's character, but turned out to be evil when she lead her off of the path that was the way to go for Rachel to get back home. Sarah was glad that she hadn't known anybody like that when she was solving the Labyrinth.
"Hey, Ashley. It's great to see you too. Do you know how Haskell's d-"
She was cut off when the door swung open behind them, her sentence froze in her throat. Jack was standing behind Ashley, glaring at Sarah like she was the most disgusting person on the face of the earth. Ashley looked puzzled at Sarah's expression and turned around. "Oh, hey Jack!" she said enthuastically. "Isn't it great to see everybody again?"
"Peachy. Sarah, can I talk to you?" He didn't give her much of a choice. He grabbed her by the forearm and dragged her into a corner of the hallway. She was terrified.
Jareth watched the conversation unfolding between Sarah and Jack, his temper becoming more and more agitated with every lie that came out through that bastard's teeth.
"Sarah," Jack was saying, "I know that I don't deserve forgiveness for what I did to you that night. I had been drinking, and the booze must of gotten to my head, because I'm not that way at all. I hope that you can believe me, and I hope that you can forgive me."
"Sarah Elizabeth Williams," Jareth hissed through his clenched teeth. "You better not believe a word that he's saying, it's all a lie. He don't care about you, I do, why can't you see that?" He waited for Sarah's response to Jack's apology.
"Jack...I just don't know what to say to you. I don't think that I can be around you for a while, I really don't. Just...just give me time to think about this."
Jareth roared. She shouldn't of even replied to his insincere apology! What was wrong with her? Why did she continue to play these games with herself?
"Sarah, please, just give me one more chance! I promise that I'm a different person. I've gotten help about my drinking, and I won't force myself on you, or make you do anything that you don't want to do. I really care about you, Sarah, I do. I have. Please believe me, please give me another chance!" Jack was practically begging for Sarah's forgiveness. Jareth saw right through it.
"That's it. I don't care if she doesn't want me there or not, I'm going back to her. I'm not going to let her get hurt."
Sarah was in the middle of Act Two, Scene Three when she saw Jareth standing backstage. She couldn't wait for the rehearsal to get over, but she wasn't sure why. She didn't know if she wanted to scream at him for suddenly appearing in the middle of one of her rehearsals, or if she wanted to throw her arms around his neck and kiss him until all hell broke loose. She ended up doing the former.
"I don't care how worried you are about me, Jareth, one of my rehearsals is no place for you to just show up unexpectedly!
"You knew I'd be back. I told you I would."
"There isn't any reason to try and argue with you, Jareth. You're so unreasonable."
"Actually, what I say makes very good sense, Sarah. You should listen."
"I refuse."
"You didn't refuse me last time we saw each other, did you?" He stepped closer, not seeming to care that there were people milling about, just inches away from where they were standing.
"You kissed me, Jareth."
"It takes two, baby."
Sarah was furious. All thoughs of happiness at seeing him again had flown out the window, now her temper was agitated. She couldn't think of anything to counter his remark, so instead she twirled around on her heels and walked away. She could feel him staring at her as she retreated, but he didn't do anything to stop her.
By the time Sarah got back to her apartment, she had cooled down a little bit. Now there was something different plauging her. Why didn't he stop her from walking away?
Jareth was wondering the same thing.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the doorhandle turning underneath her palm. She gasped and stepped back, afraid to death that it would be Jack.
"Sarah! It's so great to see you after all this time! These past three weeks have felt like an eternity, huh?" Sarah let out the breath she had been holding. It was Ashley, one of the other female leads. Ashley's character, Laryin, befriended Rachel, Sarah's character, but turned out to be evil when she lead her off of the path that was the way to go for Rachel to get back home. Sarah was glad that she hadn't known anybody like that when she was solving the Labyrinth.
"Hey, Ashley. It's great to see you too. Do you know how Haskell's d-"
She was cut off when the door swung open behind them, her sentence froze in her throat. Jack was standing behind Ashley, glaring at Sarah like she was the most disgusting person on the face of the earth. Ashley looked puzzled at Sarah's expression and turned around. "Oh, hey Jack!" she said enthuastically. "Isn't it great to see everybody again?"
"Peachy. Sarah, can I talk to you?" He didn't give her much of a choice. He grabbed her by the forearm and dragged her into a corner of the hallway. She was terrified.
Jareth watched the conversation unfolding between Sarah and Jack, his temper becoming more and more agitated with every lie that came out through that bastard's teeth.
"Sarah," Jack was saying, "I know that I don't deserve forgiveness for what I did to you that night. I had been drinking, and the booze must of gotten to my head, because I'm not that way at all. I hope that you can believe me, and I hope that you can forgive me."
"Sarah Elizabeth Williams," Jareth hissed through his clenched teeth. "You better not believe a word that he's saying, it's all a lie. He don't care about you, I do, why can't you see that?" He waited for Sarah's response to Jack's apology.
"Jack...I just don't know what to say to you. I don't think that I can be around you for a while, I really don't. Just...just give me time to think about this."
Jareth roared. She shouldn't of even replied to his insincere apology! What was wrong with her? Why did she continue to play these games with herself?
"Sarah, please, just give me one more chance! I promise that I'm a different person. I've gotten help about my drinking, and I won't force myself on you, or make you do anything that you don't want to do. I really care about you, Sarah, I do. I have. Please believe me, please give me another chance!" Jack was practically begging for Sarah's forgiveness. Jareth saw right through it.
"That's it. I don't care if she doesn't want me there or not, I'm going back to her. I'm not going to let her get hurt."
Sarah was in the middle of Act Two, Scene Three when she saw Jareth standing backstage. She couldn't wait for the rehearsal to get over, but she wasn't sure why. She didn't know if she wanted to scream at him for suddenly appearing in the middle of one of her rehearsals, or if she wanted to throw her arms around his neck and kiss him until all hell broke loose. She ended up doing the former.
"I don't care how worried you are about me, Jareth, one of my rehearsals is no place for you to just show up unexpectedly!
"You knew I'd be back. I told you I would."
"There isn't any reason to try and argue with you, Jareth. You're so unreasonable."
"Actually, what I say makes very good sense, Sarah. You should listen."
"I refuse."
"You didn't refuse me last time we saw each other, did you?" He stepped closer, not seeming to care that there were people milling about, just inches away from where they were standing.
"You kissed me, Jareth."
"It takes two, baby."
Sarah was furious. All thoughs of happiness at seeing him again had flown out the window, now her temper was agitated. She couldn't think of anything to counter his remark, so instead she twirled around on her heels and walked away. She could feel him staring at her as she retreated, but he didn't do anything to stop her.
By the time Sarah got back to her apartment, she had cooled down a little bit. Now there was something different plauging her. Why didn't he stop her from walking away?
Jareth was wondering the same thing.
