Chapter 2
"Hello Sarah" His low, musical voice seemed to flow throughout her room and hit her in the face. "J.Jareth! What.Why...HOW?!?" Sarah managed to stammer out. "Why, you called to me of course." He shrugged matter-of-factly. "When did I do that?" "Just now. In fact, I believe you called me three times." Sarah thought about this for a minuet and realized that he was right. Prier to her shower she HAD said his name three times, though she hardly counted any of them as 'calling' him. "Well, I didn't mean to. Sorry. So you can go now." Jareth blinked. "This was a waist of time." He grumbled "I said I was sorry. But now I have to get ready to go to school.so you can leave. Bye." "You have school on Sundays?" "No. I don't have school on..wait. It's Sunday?" Jareth nodded. "You're kidding me. It is not Sunday." "No. I'm not. And yes. It is." "Dammmmnit!!!" Sarah fell onto her bed. "Then what am I doing up so early? Ughhh! I can not deal with another full day of sitting at that desk. It's just not fair!" "Haven't you gotten over that 'fair' obsession?" "Shut up Jareth. Just shut up. You'd complain too." The two of them looked at each other and Sara realized that she really was being a brat. "Sorry. I just need a-" "Break?" Jareth cut her off, smiling softly. "Yea." Sarah sat up and looked straight ahead. Then she turned her head suddenly and looked over to where Jareth was standing, leaning against her mirror. "Hey. Didn't I tell you to leave, like ten minuets ago?" "You did. Shall I be off then?" "No." Sarah stopped, looking up at her ceiling. "Don't bother. You can stay around until Ali and Daddy wake up. I mean, it's got to be better then hanging out here alone for a few hours." She corrected her self quickly, not wanting to sound too eager to see him. After all, why should she be? He had never been kind to her. Though, he'd never been particularly cruel either. But that didn't matter now. Her fairy tale was over. Sarah had finished the labyrinth long ago. "Why don't you just come back with me?" "What?!" "Only for the day. I'm not going to turn you into a goblin or anything." Sarah thought about this. "I can't. Daddy would wonder where I was. And besides, I should study." Sarah knew that they were both stupid reasons, but she hoped that Jareth wouldn't. "Well, you won't get much studying done if I'm here. And you can just tell your father you're leaving. But if you're really worried about it. I can rearrange time for you." "You can do that?" "I did before. You had 13 hours, which changed to 10, and then you were home three hours from when you left. Remember?" "Yea. I do." Sarah signed. She had lost. There was really no reason for her not to spend the day with Jareth. In fact, part of her wanted this more then anything else. "I'll be right back."
Sarah walked to the door of her father and stepmother's room and knocked. "Hey Daddy?" She said opening the door a crack, "I'm gunna go hang out with some friends. That okay?" "Sure. Sure Sar. Just be back by. I dono. One-ish or so." "All right. I will. Thanks Daddy." Sarah closed the door and saw Toby walking back into her room squealing "Hi gob'n man!" and laughing. As she walked over Toby ran back to his room again, still giggling like a child. "Hm. He wouldn't have made a very good goblin anyway" Jareth said as Sarah entered her room again. "When do you need to be back?" "One-ish" "Shall we go then?" Jareth smiled and the two vanished of from her room.
"Hello Sarah" His low, musical voice seemed to flow throughout her room and hit her in the face. "J.Jareth! What.Why...HOW?!?" Sarah managed to stammer out. "Why, you called to me of course." He shrugged matter-of-factly. "When did I do that?" "Just now. In fact, I believe you called me three times." Sarah thought about this for a minuet and realized that he was right. Prier to her shower she HAD said his name three times, though she hardly counted any of them as 'calling' him. "Well, I didn't mean to. Sorry. So you can go now." Jareth blinked. "This was a waist of time." He grumbled "I said I was sorry. But now I have to get ready to go to school.so you can leave. Bye." "You have school on Sundays?" "No. I don't have school on..wait. It's Sunday?" Jareth nodded. "You're kidding me. It is not Sunday." "No. I'm not. And yes. It is." "Dammmmnit!!!" Sarah fell onto her bed. "Then what am I doing up so early? Ughhh! I can not deal with another full day of sitting at that desk. It's just not fair!" "Haven't you gotten over that 'fair' obsession?" "Shut up Jareth. Just shut up. You'd complain too." The two of them looked at each other and Sara realized that she really was being a brat. "Sorry. I just need a-" "Break?" Jareth cut her off, smiling softly. "Yea." Sarah sat up and looked straight ahead. Then she turned her head suddenly and looked over to where Jareth was standing, leaning against her mirror. "Hey. Didn't I tell you to leave, like ten minuets ago?" "You did. Shall I be off then?" "No." Sarah stopped, looking up at her ceiling. "Don't bother. You can stay around until Ali and Daddy wake up. I mean, it's got to be better then hanging out here alone for a few hours." She corrected her self quickly, not wanting to sound too eager to see him. After all, why should she be? He had never been kind to her. Though, he'd never been particularly cruel either. But that didn't matter now. Her fairy tale was over. Sarah had finished the labyrinth long ago. "Why don't you just come back with me?" "What?!" "Only for the day. I'm not going to turn you into a goblin or anything." Sarah thought about this. "I can't. Daddy would wonder where I was. And besides, I should study." Sarah knew that they were both stupid reasons, but she hoped that Jareth wouldn't. "Well, you won't get much studying done if I'm here. And you can just tell your father you're leaving. But if you're really worried about it. I can rearrange time for you." "You can do that?" "I did before. You had 13 hours, which changed to 10, and then you were home three hours from when you left. Remember?" "Yea. I do." Sarah signed. She had lost. There was really no reason for her not to spend the day with Jareth. In fact, part of her wanted this more then anything else. "I'll be right back."
Sarah walked to the door of her father and stepmother's room and knocked. "Hey Daddy?" She said opening the door a crack, "I'm gunna go hang out with some friends. That okay?" "Sure. Sure Sar. Just be back by. I dono. One-ish or so." "All right. I will. Thanks Daddy." Sarah closed the door and saw Toby walking back into her room squealing "Hi gob'n man!" and laughing. As she walked over Toby ran back to his room again, still giggling like a child. "Hm. He wouldn't have made a very good goblin anyway" Jareth said as Sarah entered her room again. "When do you need to be back?" "One-ish" "Shall we go then?" Jareth smiled and the two vanished of from her room.