Chapter Fourteen
"I swear," Karen said "you're all crazy."
"I don't know," Mark said "makes sense to me."
"Are you gonna get married?" Toby asked.
"I really do wish you all would stop asking me that," Sarah mumbled and Jareth laughed.
"Don't you think that maybe you should, marry a normal guy?" Karen asked.
"How did marriage get into this?" Sarah asked looking from her father to Jareth.
"Well if you love him," Mark and Karen said at the same time.
"Now I remember why I didn't want to tell you this," Sarah mocked and Toby laughed.
"Are you gonna feel better now Sarah?" Toby asked.
"Yeah Tobs," she said messing with his hair "I'm feeling alright already."
"So the story is true?" Toby asked, looking at Jareth. Toby stopped a second and looked at Jareth's mismatched eyes. "He's a lively little chap. I think I'll call him Jareth, he's got my eyes." Jareth's eyes widened in amusement and Sarah looked from her brother to Jareth.
"Something I should know?" she asked.
"I can remember lots of things Sarah," Toby said smiling and she sighed.
"It just gets weirder and weirder," she sighed and Toby laughed.
"How odd," Jareth said "your brother can remember things two years back."
"That's Toby for you," Karen said taking him from Sarah "well, I think we'll leave you two alone. Wedding plans you know."
"I am not getting-" Sarah started but it was too late, they'd already gone and closed the door "married."
"I like your brother;" Jareth said "he's too smart for a human babe."
"I imagine you rubbed off on him or something," Sarah muttered going through her bag.
"Thank you," he said looking at her cautiously "what are you looking for?"
"Clothes," She said digging out some jeans and a shirt.
"Mind if I ask why?"
"Because I need to take a shower," she grumbled trying to find some socks.
"Ah," he said, grinning like a cat.
"And speaking of that," she said "I understand that you wanna keep an eye on me and everything. But be sure I have clothes on."
"Oh Sarah I'm hurt," he teased "would I do something like that?"
"Hence me telling you not to," she smirked and walked into the bathroom.
"That's mean Sarah," he called to her though the door.
"Don't be such a baby," she muttered starting the water. She was glad to get a hot shower. Even though it was in a hospital, and the soap smelt funny. But Karen brought some shampoo so Sarah used it in the place of the funny hospital soap. She came out drying her hair with the towel and froze. A nurse had come into the room and was cleaning it, with Jareth laying on the bed.
"Ello," the woman said and Sarah shook out of her shocked daze.
"Er," she looked from the nurse to Jareth "hey." Did the nurse not see Jareth? Was she possibly blind? No, she'd seen Sarah, so she couldn't be blind. Jareth waved and gave a smirk. Sarah went over to the bed and grabbed a pillow, hitting Jareth with it quickly and then held it close to her chest, so the nurse wouldn't notice.
Jareth smiled. Oh she'd get it once the nurse left. The woman smiled at Sarah a few times and then took the bathroom trash and left. Jareth hit Sarah with a pillow and she sat there, shocked.
"You're such a pain," she muttered.
"I try," he said laying back and then took her towel from her hands.
"Hey," she said "give that back."
"Say it one more time and I'll give it back," he promised.
"No," she laughed following him around the room "give that to me now." She reached for it but he held it so she couldn't get to it. She poked him in the side and he grabbed his waist, laughing. Sarah grabbed the towel and sat back on the bed. He laid down and put his head in her lap. "What in God's name are you doing?" she asked in an amused tone.
"Just going with my impulses," he said messing with her wet hair "well, some of them anyways." She pushed him off of her and he rolled off the bed. Sarah leaned over the side of the bed and looked for him, he wasn't there.
"What are you doing?" she muttered and he pulled her backwards, her landing on his lap.
"Wow," he teased "didn't plan for that to happen."
"Why is it, that I keep getting into these kinds of situations with you?" she asked trying to get up, but he pulled her back down, keeping her in his lap.
"I'm not sure," he said wrapping his arms around her "I was beginning to think that you did it on purpose."
"Let me go," she laughed.
"Why?" he asked. He concentrated for a moment and smiled, she didn't want him to let go. Reading her mind had gotten much easier since she started to trust him.
"Because I'm telling you to," she laughed pushing at him.
"Since when do I do everything I'm told?" he asked. She looked at him dryly. "Ok bad example," he said "but you really don't want me to." Karen walked in and then turned around and started to leave.
"I'm not going to ask," she muttered.
"Karen!" Sarah laughed "I need help." But Karen didn't come back. "Jareth," she grumbled.
"Why is it that you don't like hospital soap?" he teased.
"Jareth!" she squealed, thinking he'd been watching her in the shower and he laughed.
"Come now," he laughed "I wouldn't DO something like that."
"Then how'd you know?" she asked.
"Just been reading your mind," he mumbled "just a little."