Chapter Six
"Alright!" she laughed as she was practically dragged out of the ball "I'm going! Calm down."
"Come on," he chuckled as he pulled at her more. He was so anxious and excited Sarah couldn't help but laugh.
"What's the rush?" she asked and he turned around swiftly.
"You must be tired," he said "aren't you? Are you not just itching to go to sleep?"
"Sleep?" she asked "is THAT why your practically ripping my apart for? So I can sleep?"
"Well no," he grinned.
"Jareth," she grumbled but he kept pulling her. They walked a ways and finally Jareth slowed down, looking back at her. He started to walk backwards, until he klutzily tripped over a log. He disappeared before he even touched the ground. "Now if I could do that maybe I wouldn't have so many bruises," Sarah muttered to herself aloud.
"Maybe," he said in her ear and then disappeared again once she spun around.
"Stop teasing me," she shouted.
"But it's so easy," he said, moving from here to there, it was almost impossible to see where he was.
"Fine," she shot back "I'm leaving." She started walking and he laughed.
"You don't know where to go," he laughed.
"I've made it though the Labyrinth once," she protested "I can do it again."
"Oh can you now?" he asked, leaded up against the Labyrinth wall. He vanished once more.
"Why?" she asked "have you attempted to make it harder?"
"Attempted?" he asked and finally stood besides her "what do you mean, attempted? Two minutes alone and you'd be begging for help."
"Sure," she sighed as she kept walking.
"You don't believe me?" he asked. Just then the stone tile beneath Sarah's feet gave way and she plummeted to her doom. If, in fact, she would have if Jareth hadn't caught her.
"I never do," she smirked and he pulled her up.
"Why is it even when I'm right," he glared "you tend to make it so I'm wrong?"
"Just a gift I guess," she sighed as they kept walking.
"No," he said "truthfully."
"Because," she said "your right so often that I think I should make it so that you're wrong." He gave her a glance.
"Uh huh," he said sternly.
"Let's put it this way," she said "you play games with me and I'll play games with you."
"Who says I'm playing games?" he asked. Sarah stopped and looked around. "I see your point." There was a long pause. "But you started it."
"ME?" she asked "what do you mean I started it?"
"You and Naomi," he smirked.
"Surely your not implying that I'd set myself up," she said, shocked at the idea.
"I never said that," he smirked.
"Hence the word: IMPLYING." Jareth just shrugged at this and Sarah finished sarcastically. "Oh yes," she sighed sarcastically "because I'm too afraid to admit that I'm attracted to you."
"Are you?" he asked, very interested.
"I was being sarcastic," she chuckled.
"Yes I know," he said "but are you?"
"Am I what?" she asked.
"Attracted?"
"Attracted to what?" she asked, smirking and he gave a short glare.
"Don't pull that ask the right question crap on me," he growled.
"Am I attracted to you?" she asked "didn't I already say I was being sarcastic?"
"Yes," he smiled "but I'd like to get a yes or a no."
"Why's that?" she asked.
"Because when you give a straight answer," he said turning the corner "it's a lot easier to determine if your lying or not."
"Better reason not to answer," she smirked following him.
"Whys that?" he asked.
"Keeps you wondering," she smiled.
"Why Sarah," he smiled turning to her with a crooked smile "are you teasing me?"
"Would I do such a thing?" she asked and he raised an eyebrow. Then he kissed her on the cheek and vanished once again.
"I need a yes or no answer," he said.
"Jareth," she grumbled looking around "you can't do that!"
"No," he said grinning at her "I can. And I did. Now I need an answer."
"Too bad," she grumbled and started walking. He appeared directly in front of her and kissed her, this time on the nose. "JARETH!" she yelled.
"Strike two," he laughed "got one more chance." Sarah hesitated. His next target would be her lips, and she was NOT, not in a million years going to kiss that egotistical, self-centered, smart ass Gobli-
Jareth was standing directly in front of her, looking at her in much interest. She'd been teasing him, what else was he going to do, let her get away with it? HA! Fat chance. "Well?" he asked. She covered her mouth and he laughed. "Don't think I can't get to you under there."
"No," she said bluntly but she knew she was lying. So did he.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"No," she said again and he laughed.
"Is that all you can say?" he asked.
"No," she finished, smirking. He grinned like a cat and took a step closer.
"Is your name Sarah Williams?" he asked.
"No," she laughed, she was having fun playing this game. Soon Jareth was asking her an array of different questions, which she all said 'no' to.
"Do you ever want to leave Underground?" he asked.
"No," she said without thinking and then closed her mouth. This was bad. Sarah knew Jareth took things that were said very literally and personal. If you said something, you KEPT your word, whether you liked it or not. Jareth looked at her shocked expression and smiled. He had her in a corner, she was trapped. He had the upper hand and yet, he didn't get his normal feeling out of it.
"Are you sure?" he asked. Relief washed over Sarah's face and she went quiet. "Well?" he asked.
"I don't know," she said and he actually took a step back in shock.
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Exactly what I said," she laughed.
"Explain it to me," he said "I don't understand." They started to walk again and Sarah wouldn't look up at Jareth for a long time.
"Why did you let me go?" she asked "when I said I didn't want to leave?"
"Because," he said "you didn't mean it."
"What's said is said," she whispered and he stopped, remembering his own words.
"That," he said "was uncalled for."
"Doesn't matter," she said and he leaned up against a wall.
"Do you want ot know WHY I tried to keep you here last time?" he asked and she nodded.