Chapter 2 The Gift
Sarah woke late that day. She felt so different. She wondered if she had imagined the whole thing, but it was all so real to her. Of course, her dreams so often seemed so real as well. But he must have been there. She wouldn't feel so revitalized if he hadn't of been.
Even Karen and her father noticed an immense difference in her this morning.
"Morning, Princess.", her father said as he gave her a kiss. "Sleep well?"
Sarah smiled. "Much. Thank you. And how about you guys?" She smiled.
Karen looked shocked. Sarah never included her in questions. But Karen smiled. Maybe Sarah was changing for the better.
"Pretty good, Pumpkin. Glad to see that you look so refreshed this morning." Robert smiled as he resumed looking over his morning paper.
"So, what are you up to this fine day, Sarah?" Karen asked kindly, sitting down to the table with her tea.
"I am not sure really. I was thinking that I may just stay close to home today. Not do alot really. Read some I think." Sarah smiled faintly as she bit into a piece of buttered toast.
In the underground, Jareth had been up for sometime. He even seemed to be somewhat happier this morning. Knowing that he was loved unconditionally, he set about ordering goblins to repair this and that. A year was not a long time at all, and he wanted everything to be perfect for Sarah. She would have her own personal chambers, as well, as share Jareth's chambers with him when she desired. He had seamstresses from nearby kingdoms set to the tasks of making her silk gowns of every imaginable color, and style. But the final touch was his gift to her. A beautiful gold ring with a single diamond in it. It had belonged to Jareth's mother in the before time, when there had been war amoungst the fellow kingdoms. She had given the ring to Jareth, so that when he found his true love, he would be able to pass it to her, as a symbol of their undying love for one another.
Jareth smiled at the ring. It was going to be his symbol to Sarah that he would love her for all of eternity, until the stars no longer shone in the heavens. His dear Sarah, whom he loved more than existance in itself.
Jareth sat in his throne room for the majority of the day watching Sarah as she sat up in her room, mostly reading, sometimes sketching. Everytime that she smiled, he could feel his heart flutter a bit. Yes, they had been meant for each other since the day she had been born.
Sarah grew tired quickly due to her late night. But she had so many things that she wanted to talk to Jareth about. Plans for their future. What was going to happen. What they were going to do with themselves. She felt like a giddy little girl with a high school crush on a boy who was captain of the football team. But it made her feel good inside. Her dreams were beginning to come true. And she felt loved. Love from a man that would give her anything that her heart desired. And that is all that mattered to her.
Evening came quickly, for Sarah. She dozed slightly, but as promised, Jareth came to her. Bearing the gift he had also promised her, hidden within the folds of his robe. He smiled as he found her sleeping on her bed. Her book, "The Labyrinth", laying carelessly beside her. It had obviously fallen out of her hand at some point in time.
He gave her a gentle shake and smiled at her as she opened her eyes.
"You really came?", was all that she said. He smiled.
"Of course, m'lady. I have never been one to break a promise to as beautiful a maid as yourself." She blushed a bit, and sat up.
"And I have brought you a gift, my dear." He pulled the ring out of his cloak, and placed it on her finger. "A gift to show you how much I cherish you, Sarah."
"It's beautiful," she said as she held it up.
"It was my mother's. She gave it to me, to hold, until I found my true love." He smiled, and raised his arms." Well I have found her."
Sarah wrapped her arms around him."It is beautiful, Jareth. I wish that I had something for you." She looked a little sad, and quilty.
"Your love is enough for me,"he said as he placed a kiss on her sweet lips."But you will soon be able to give me more than that."He smiled wanly, and she could do nothing else but blush. A little embarassed at the point that he had just made.
"I am in the process of arranging your rooms, Sarah. Everything will be beautiful. No detail will be left out. You deserve every bit of it. In a year, the Underground will meet its' new Queen. And she will be the most beautiful that it has ever seen." He kissed her hand.
"A year seems so long away.", she added simply. "I am more grown up than what you think, Jareth. Alot more. I wish that we could go ahead with everythign now." She stood up, and walked around, twiddeling her fingers.
"I know, Sarah. I wish that I could take you away now, but I couldn't take away your childhood. Not yet." He sighed, knowing what she was getting at.
"But I am willing to give it up for you, Jareth. To see my friends again. To get out of this palce." She spun around holding her arms out in frusteration. " I feel so alone here, Jareth. I feel like-like....like I don't belong." She sat back down."You have no idea how badly I want to leave this place right now. So that I can always be with you. To listen to you, to see you, to hold you." She held her face in her hands.
"Sarah, I will come to you every night. Until it is time." He felt badly for her, but he wanted to ensure that she knew what she was doing. A Fae marriage was not something that could be broken easily.
"Jareth, I'm scared. Scared that one night you are not going to be there. Scared that I will be left all alone again. I love you Jareth. But I want to be with you. In your world. I don't belong here!" She was close to tears.
He reached out and hugged her."It seems like you are ready, Sarah, but please, just wait. If not a year, then at leat a few months. So that it can sink into you what you are giving up. I don't want you to regret anylonger."
She nodded her head in agreement. "A few months then. No longer.", she said. "But promise me that no matter what, you will come every night."
"Shhh. Of course I will." He conjured a crystal and handed it to her. She looked at him questioningly. "So that you can call upon me at any time my sweet.No matter what, I will come. I promise. Now, go to sleep."
"Stay" she said as he layed her head on the pillow." Don't go."
He smiled. "I will stay until you fall asleep." He stroked her hair, as she dozed. His actions were of pure gentle nature. Something that no one expected of the Goblin King. Many thought that he was incapable of love. But he had never felt so strongly for anyone as he had for his sweet Sarah. In time, he thought that he may stay with her for enitre nights. But never in the Underground. For, he knew that she would not want to leave. To her, the Underground was her home, and that is where her friends were. But she would be giving up her family, and Aboveground life. Jareth hoped that she would realize what that meant, and what her duties as a queen would entail. He would make sure that he explained them to her the next night.
Sarah woke late that day. She felt so different. She wondered if she had imagined the whole thing, but it was all so real to her. Of course, her dreams so often seemed so real as well. But he must have been there. She wouldn't feel so revitalized if he hadn't of been.
Even Karen and her father noticed an immense difference in her this morning.
"Morning, Princess.", her father said as he gave her a kiss. "Sleep well?"
Sarah smiled. "Much. Thank you. And how about you guys?" She smiled.
Karen looked shocked. Sarah never included her in questions. But Karen smiled. Maybe Sarah was changing for the better.
"Pretty good, Pumpkin. Glad to see that you look so refreshed this morning." Robert smiled as he resumed looking over his morning paper.
"So, what are you up to this fine day, Sarah?" Karen asked kindly, sitting down to the table with her tea.
"I am not sure really. I was thinking that I may just stay close to home today. Not do alot really. Read some I think." Sarah smiled faintly as she bit into a piece of buttered toast.
In the underground, Jareth had been up for sometime. He even seemed to be somewhat happier this morning. Knowing that he was loved unconditionally, he set about ordering goblins to repair this and that. A year was not a long time at all, and he wanted everything to be perfect for Sarah. She would have her own personal chambers, as well, as share Jareth's chambers with him when she desired. He had seamstresses from nearby kingdoms set to the tasks of making her silk gowns of every imaginable color, and style. But the final touch was his gift to her. A beautiful gold ring with a single diamond in it. It had belonged to Jareth's mother in the before time, when there had been war amoungst the fellow kingdoms. She had given the ring to Jareth, so that when he found his true love, he would be able to pass it to her, as a symbol of their undying love for one another.
Jareth smiled at the ring. It was going to be his symbol to Sarah that he would love her for all of eternity, until the stars no longer shone in the heavens. His dear Sarah, whom he loved more than existance in itself.
Jareth sat in his throne room for the majority of the day watching Sarah as she sat up in her room, mostly reading, sometimes sketching. Everytime that she smiled, he could feel his heart flutter a bit. Yes, they had been meant for each other since the day she had been born.
Sarah grew tired quickly due to her late night. But she had so many things that she wanted to talk to Jareth about. Plans for their future. What was going to happen. What they were going to do with themselves. She felt like a giddy little girl with a high school crush on a boy who was captain of the football team. But it made her feel good inside. Her dreams were beginning to come true. And she felt loved. Love from a man that would give her anything that her heart desired. And that is all that mattered to her.
Evening came quickly, for Sarah. She dozed slightly, but as promised, Jareth came to her. Bearing the gift he had also promised her, hidden within the folds of his robe. He smiled as he found her sleeping on her bed. Her book, "The Labyrinth", laying carelessly beside her. It had obviously fallen out of her hand at some point in time.
He gave her a gentle shake and smiled at her as she opened her eyes.
"You really came?", was all that she said. He smiled.
"Of course, m'lady. I have never been one to break a promise to as beautiful a maid as yourself." She blushed a bit, and sat up.
"And I have brought you a gift, my dear." He pulled the ring out of his cloak, and placed it on her finger. "A gift to show you how much I cherish you, Sarah."
"It's beautiful," she said as she held it up.
"It was my mother's. She gave it to me, to hold, until I found my true love." He smiled, and raised his arms." Well I have found her."
Sarah wrapped her arms around him."It is beautiful, Jareth. I wish that I had something for you." She looked a little sad, and quilty.
"Your love is enough for me,"he said as he placed a kiss on her sweet lips."But you will soon be able to give me more than that."He smiled wanly, and she could do nothing else but blush. A little embarassed at the point that he had just made.
"I am in the process of arranging your rooms, Sarah. Everything will be beautiful. No detail will be left out. You deserve every bit of it. In a year, the Underground will meet its' new Queen. And she will be the most beautiful that it has ever seen." He kissed her hand.
"A year seems so long away.", she added simply. "I am more grown up than what you think, Jareth. Alot more. I wish that we could go ahead with everythign now." She stood up, and walked around, twiddeling her fingers.
"I know, Sarah. I wish that I could take you away now, but I couldn't take away your childhood. Not yet." He sighed, knowing what she was getting at.
"But I am willing to give it up for you, Jareth. To see my friends again. To get out of this palce." She spun around holding her arms out in frusteration. " I feel so alone here, Jareth. I feel like-like....like I don't belong." She sat back down."You have no idea how badly I want to leave this place right now. So that I can always be with you. To listen to you, to see you, to hold you." She held her face in her hands.
"Sarah, I will come to you every night. Until it is time." He felt badly for her, but he wanted to ensure that she knew what she was doing. A Fae marriage was not something that could be broken easily.
"Jareth, I'm scared. Scared that one night you are not going to be there. Scared that I will be left all alone again. I love you Jareth. But I want to be with you. In your world. I don't belong here!" She was close to tears.
He reached out and hugged her."It seems like you are ready, Sarah, but please, just wait. If not a year, then at leat a few months. So that it can sink into you what you are giving up. I don't want you to regret anylonger."
She nodded her head in agreement. "A few months then. No longer.", she said. "But promise me that no matter what, you will come every night."
"Shhh. Of course I will." He conjured a crystal and handed it to her. She looked at him questioningly. "So that you can call upon me at any time my sweet.No matter what, I will come. I promise. Now, go to sleep."
"Stay" she said as he layed her head on the pillow." Don't go."
He smiled. "I will stay until you fall asleep." He stroked her hair, as she dozed. His actions were of pure gentle nature. Something that no one expected of the Goblin King. Many thought that he was incapable of love. But he had never felt so strongly for anyone as he had for his sweet Sarah. In time, he thought that he may stay with her for enitre nights. But never in the Underground. For, he knew that she would not want to leave. To her, the Underground was her home, and that is where her friends were. But she would be giving up her family, and Aboveground life. Jareth hoped that she would realize what that meant, and what her duties as a queen would entail. He would make sure that he explained them to her the next night.