Chapter Six

I woke with May looking at me in a confused manor.

"How'd you get out of the closet?" I asked still half way asleep "and have you wished me anywhere lately?"

"Jareth and yes," she said "but he wouldn't take you. What's with mumbling in your sleep?"

"I don't know," I mumbled "I had the weirdest dream." May had already booked the hotel and gotten invitations, and sent them out. She handed me two. One addressed to me, and another to Jareth. "NO," I said sitting up but she smiled.

"It's MY party," she insisted "and if I want him there, then I'll invite him. Unless you want him knowing that you're dreaming about him."

"I think he already knows," I mumbled.

"You think he's giving you dreams about him?" she asked.

"I wouldn't put it past him," I mumbled and got dressed and started off for home. Looking up at our tree I saw the owl. I looked in the driveway, no car, once again, no one was home. I found the pinecone and tossed it up again. This time I got an annoyed look as he circled down.

"Do you LIKE waking me?" he asked once he transformed back into his anti-morning person self.

"I have an invitation," I said handing it to him "it's from May. For her party."

"You know," he said taking the envelope "that she wished you away last night?"

"Yeah," I said "but then you have a loophole for everything." I started to walk for the house and he rushed up behind me.

"What?" he asked smiling.

"You have a loophole for everything," I said slowly trying to get him to understand.

"What'd you dream about last night?" he asked teasingly, realizing that we must have had the same dream.

"You do realize that I can now castrate you don't you?" I asked walking into my house. He followed.

"But you won't," he said and I paused.

"You seem so sure," I said facing him.

"I AM sure," he chuckled "because when people have the same dream it usually means something."

"Uh huh," I said throwing my junk in my room "I'm SO sure."

"I wish you'd tell me," he mumbled and I started talking. Jareth quickly covered my mouth until I stopped talking.

"What happened?" I asked and he gave a slight grin.

"Apparently," he said "you wished for SOMETHING in your sleep."

"Like?" I asked.

"Well in the dream," he said "I was telling you about asking me to do things not wishing. So maybe you wished that you could see how it's like?"

"Will it go away?" I asked worriedly.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it only works for me though," he said "though I could be mistaken."

"Will it go away?" I asked again.

"Yeah," he laughed "if I wish it." And with that he disappeared. My mouth hung wide open. Karen came home seconds later holding Toby, having a temper tantrum. I stood there, still a little shocked and Karen looked at me disapprovingly.

"Help me," she yelled handing me Toby who was bawling and screaming. I set Toby down and Karen started yelling at me. I didn't have a clue of what she was saying, because I never really paid any attention to what she had to say.

"Really Sarah," she scolded "I wish you'd listen to me." My ears focused on nothing but Karen for the next ten minutes, and it was driving me insane. "Now go play with your brother," she ordered and I did what she asked, without wanting to. That's how the whole day went, all the way up to dinner when Karen told me that I should call that 'nice Austin boy' from down the street to go to May's party.

"Can I go upstairs first?" I asked trying to buy some time before I had to obey.

"Of course you can," she cooed and went on and on about how wonderful I was all day. I went upstairs and went into my room. I sat on my bed, closed my eyes and prayed that Jareth would feel merciful that day.

"Jareth," I called "please come here."

"Tired yet?" he asked standing before me. I didn't hold back when I had the urge to run to him and start crying. And I cried. And cried. I ended up crying myself to exhaustion and he set me down. "Alright," he said wiping my tears away "it's alright. I wish you wouldn't grant anymore wishes."

"Thank you," I breathed and he shook his head.

"So next time I know to keep your lessons to myself until your awake," he said and I gave an annoyed look.

"And let me guess," I said "you wouldn't have done it if I hadn't wished you to obey in the dream?"

"See," he laughed "fast learner."

"Why didn't you wish anything from me?" I asked.

"Because," he sighed "I know how it feels. Besides, I have a hard time controlling myself."

"I've noticed," I muttered and he chuckled.

"Don't worry," he said "I'll keep it to a minimum. I only try to mature you three years at a time."

"Well the first time worked out wonderfully," I teased and he laughed.

"Well," he said "good luck with that Austin kid of yours."

"Don't even joke like that," I said, eyes wide. My shocked expression made him laugh to the point of tears.

I waited a moment, feeling a little worried that she'd say no.

"Sarah?" I asked, trying to keep my voice from squeaking "do you want to go with me?"

"To May's party?" she asked. I nodded. "Jareth," she started but I looked at her pleadingly. She stopped and just looked at me for a moment. "I'd love to go with you," she said and I smiled.

"One last thing," I said and tossed her the crystal.

"You gave me one already," she said looking at it "why another one?"

"The one I gave you was yours," I said, feeling very nervous "this one, well, this one is mine."

"About you?" she asked and I nodded. She put it next to her other one, which had been put in a beautiful wood chest on her shelf.

"How can you tell which is which?" I asked. I knew I could, but Sarah? There was no way for her to tell unless she felt for me that strongly.

"I just can," she said simply "yours feels different than mine. Yours seems to have more...something in it." With that I nodded and left.