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Note: I fiddled w/ the lyrics to "Adam's Song" by Blink 182. No matter how much I love Blink 182, I had to or the song wouldn't fit.

Jareth returned to the Underground heartbroken, yet still hopeful that she would return. (A/N: denial makes such wonderful material) That night, Jareth spent hours in Sarah's old room.

He sat on her bed and just stared off into space. Eventually, he cried himself to sleep.

You'll never set foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up

The next morning, Jareth looked around Sarah's room one last time and noticed she'd forgotten something.

On the far side of the room, hanging partially out of an elaborately carved dresser drawer, was a small notebook. Jareth flipped through it, reading the short entries of what appeared to be Sarah's diary.

Looking at the dates, Jareth saw that the entries had started with the day Sarah had come back to the Labyrinth. They documented the fight with her parents over Toby's death, and how she'd called on Jareth to take her away.

As he looked further into the diary, Jareth saw that the entries became more personal. Sarah had written several entries about her feelings for him, each written months before she had finally told him.

There were entries that were still stained with dried tears from when they'd had a fight and Sarah had been afraid that she'd lost him.

There were a few scetches of him doing various things about the castle, from just sitting on the throne to his attempt at cooking her dinner.

Even one of him dancing with her. The perfection in every picture didn't lie in the detail, however. Somehow, Sarah had managed to intertwine her love for Jareth into every pen stroke, making every mistake she'd made radiate as much perfection as the others.

Jareth also found a few poems, and even a song, that Sarah had written for him. Jareth closed the diary and took it with him, putting it in his pocket.

Jareth closed the door to Sarah's room and locked it. He walked to the throne room and sat on the throne and read the last entry of Sarah's diary.

But tomorrow holds such better days,
I can't wait till I get home
To pass the time in our room alone

Before she'd left, Sarah had written a short entry the night Jareth had hit her.

"I know that he loves me, and I know I may be able to pretend that I don't love him anymore, but I always will. Maybe one day soon, I'll be able to come home. Or maybe it'll take a few years. All I know is that I can't stay gone because I do love him. I just hope that I don't lose him while I'm gone. And I can't wait to come back here where I belong and see him again. Tomorrow, I'm going to have him send me back Aboveground, but I can't wait till I come back home."

Jareth just sat in disbelief. That night, he tucked the diary away, and resumed his lonely rule.

An now, years later, he was sitting alone, like he had every year since then, and he was finally giving up on Sarah's return.

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Put your guns and swords down. It's not over. This is the last chapter of this story, but the next story is coming out. It is called "Hold On To Me".

Here are the lyrics to Adam's Song by Blink 182

I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest who'd have known?
I trace the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone
I never conquered, rarely came
16 just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over I'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell mom this is not her fault
I never conquered, rarely came
But tomorrow holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world was wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived
I can't wait till I get home
To pass the time in my room alone