Chapter Three

Thank God this May girl shed some light on MY side of the story. And I didn't think it was a 'sad' attempt. In fact, it worked very well, right up until... she left of course. Well alright, maybe I should have made it so she couldn't escape but, that wasn't the point.

"So," May said "when can I meet this Goblin King?" I smiled, she was helping me more that I thought she would.

"Hopefully never," Sarah mumbled and I gave an annoyed look. She'd be SO sorry she said that. I wasn't going to hurt her of course. But teasing was never out of the question.

"Call him," May ordered.

"No way!" Sarah cried "there is NO way, no how that I'm going to bring him here."

"You better call him," she said "or I'll call him for you." I smiled, I liked this girl. She had a good hold over Sarah by using me. This was going to be easier than I figured.

"You don't know how," Sarah said with a smirk.

"I wish," the girl teased and Sarah's mouth dropped wide open.

"Or," the girl teased further "I could send you to him."

"Jareth get up here now," Sarah yelled standing up. May laughed and I appeared, smiling a cocky smile.

"You rang?" I asked raising an eyebrow and Sarah rolled her eyes.

"Jareth," I said as politely as I could without breaking my already clenched teeth "May, as you most likely already heard, wants to meet you."

"May," he said kissing her hand and giving a deep bow.

"Hungry?" she asked cheerfully and went into the kitchen before anyone could respond. I mentally slapped myself. I KNEW she'd do something like this. Try to leave me and Jareth alone. But I don't think she understood what 'I don't like him' means.

"And I bet you anything she's going to make a roast," I mumbled.

"Why?' he asked looking perplexed.

"Because," I said "it takes her a LONG time to make." Jareth laughed and sat by the fire, summoning a crystal and messing around with it.

"I hope you guys like roast," May called from the kitchen and I sighed. Jareth laughed and gave me a funny look.

"What?" I asked.

"Both of you must be good friends," he said "for you to know what she's making."

"No," I mumbled "she always does that when I have a guy over." I bit my lip, I shouldn't have said that but I shrugged it off. Jareth kept messing with that damn crystal and it was making me nervous. I looked under May's couch and found a tennis ball. Jareth looked up at me.

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's a tennis ball," I said "nothing more. But if you turn it like this," I did exactly what he had showed me when he offered me the crystal the first time "then that's about it. Nothing magical about it."

"When did you learn that?" he asked.

"After I got back," I said "I saw you do it and so I learned. Just in case-"I paused and quickly added "in case I got bored."

"I tend to do it when I'm nervous, myself," he admitted.

"And what are you nervous about?" I asked sitting by the fire too since I was kind of cold.

"Nothing," he lied.

"Hey May," I called from the living room "need any help?" This had been our distress call for bad dates. It meant 'get me out of here, now.'

"No," she called back "I'm doing fine." I sighed. That had meant 'no, keep going, your doing great'.

"So says you," I mumbled and she laughed. Jareth looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"What are you two talking about?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" I said "I just asked if she needed help."

"Yeah," he said going back to his crystal "so says you."

"Well," May giggled "I think it may have to stay in there all night."

"Not funny May," I mumbled "not funny at ALL." Jareth gave a confused look but smiled, catching on to that fact that we had been talking about him.

"Why not?" she asked 'you don't like roast?"

"How many times are you going to ask me that?" I asked.

"Until I get a 'yes' or 'no' and not a 'sort of' or 'maybe'," she shot back.

"I'd like to know if you like roast too," Jareth chimed in and I put my hands over my face.

"Their ganging up on me," I wined and May laughed.

"Aww," May said "don't you want to tell us?" This hadn't gone as well as I thought it would. With that I gave a small smile and mumbled something about forgetting something at home, and that I'd be back soon. I walked out of the apartment and down the street. I didn't care if I got hit by a car or mugged, but if ANYONE hit on me it'd be that last thing he'd do.

"Sarah?" Jareth asked and I sighed.

"Yes Jareth," I said harshly "what do you want?"

"Sorry to be a bother," he said "but you are the one that wished me here."

"Yeah," I spat "it was either that or hope May magically got enough brain cells to solve the Labyrinth."

"Well next time," he said "know that I won't take you. How's that?"

"Huh?" I asked turning around "but the rules."

"There are things called loopholes Sarah," he chuckled walking beside me "I tend to use them, as you know."

"But why would you-"I started but he stopped. He was looking up at the sky. The stars would have shown up a lot better if there weren't so many streetlights. Like he read my mind the lights started going off one by one. And soon, I was standing in the dark looking up at the stars with someone I hated a few hours ago. A star shot past and Jareth looked at me and smiled.

"Make a wish," he whispered. I closed my eyes and wished for the first thing that came to me. Jareth stood there, looking up for the longest time and then we both started walking again. He stopped and picked up one of those dandy lions with all the fuzzy white things on them. He handed it to me and said "make a wish".

I closed my eyes and wished for the next thing that came to me. I blew all the little seeds away and they floated to the ground. Then we started walking again. We stopped and I looked up at him and he took my hand, putting a crystal in it. "Now," he said "make a wish." I closed my eyes and made another wish. We started back for May's apartment and we stopped a good five yards away from it.

Jareth stood directly in front of me and took my hands. "You see the stars?" he asked. I nodded. "Did your wish come true?"

"No," I said quietly.

"And the dandy lion?" he asked and I nodded again. "Did IT grant your wish?"

"No," I said again, hoping that he wouldn't get to himself.

"Do you see me?" he asked and I nodded. Then he kissed me. It was deep and powerful, but tender all at the same time. My whole life I hadn't ever felt anything like that before. I was amazed that fireworks hadn't gone off because it was the most amazing thing I had ever experienced. He pulled away and asked "Now did I grant your wish?" Without another word he faded away and I walked back to May's apartment, without touching the ground.