A Price To Pay
Hi all!! I had this idea in my head for a while, and I finally decided to put it down on screen. I hope you enjoy.
They aren't mine, with the exception of Robert. But believe me, I am not proud of him.
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" Why can't you just leave me alone, once in a while." Sarah said, as she tried to get her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Rob, out of her apartment. She loved him, but his constant consumption of alcohol was a major turnoff for her.
When they first met, as a blind date through Karen, Her stepmother, they hit it off well and got along. He was a very successful businessman, with lots of potential and energy. But then he lost his job, and he started drinking heavily. And things haven't been the same since.
He staggered towards her, the foggy, glazed look in his eyes. " What's wrong, babe? I just want to spend a little more time with you, that's all."
" But your drunk, Rob. And you always end up throwing up on my bathroom floor and then passing out on my couch, only to wake up with a hangover and then you are always so pissed off." She said, grabbing his jacket sleeve and leading him towards the open door.
" Why are you in such a bitchy mood tonight, babe?" he asked, his speech slurred as he moved with her.
" I am sick of this, Rob. You come here at least 3 times a week drop-dead drunk and you expect me to care for you. I am not your mother, Rob."
" What are you saying, babe." He asked
" I'm saying that it's over, Rob. Unless you can get your life straightened out , I don't want to see you. Now would you please leave me alone." She said, as she gave him a final shove out of her door and into the hallway, and slammed the door behind him.
"Come on Sarah, let me back in." he said. " I know that you don't mean it and that you still love me." When she didn't answer, he became really mad and began screaming. " Sarah!! Sarah, let me in right now, dammit!!"
He kept pounding on her door for a while longer, and kept shouting obscenities at her, but then he stopped. Feeling defeated, he said, " Fine, but I know that tomorrow you'll come crawling back to me." and with that he turned and walked away.
She had to stifle a laugh at that last remark and thought, " Yeah right." as she walked to her bedroom, and went to bed.
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The goblins were in the throne room, carrying on as they usually do, while their King sat on his throne, staring into space and twirling a crystal in his hand. Although the goblins were all screaming and running amuck, he didn't notice it. He didn't notice anything that was going on around him. All he could think about was her.
It had been ten years since they had last spoken to each other. When she was fighting him for her brother. When he was forced to act like a cold, harsh king. When he couldn't show her the warm, gentle side of him.
Of course he wouldn't have kept her brother. He saw how much she cared for him and how much she really loved him. He would never dream of doing anything to hurt her. He would do anything for her.
Two of the goblins who had been fighting over some food suddenly crashed into the throne, causing the crystal to fall from Jareth's hand and shatter on the ground. The entire room fell silent, and every goblin turned to see what their king would do. It had been awhile since someone had been thrown into the bog of eternal stench or dropped randomly into an oubliette.
But Jareth didn't even notice anything was wrong until he felt everyone's eyes on him. " What?" He asked.
" Sire, aren't you going to punish them?" one of the goblins nearby asked timidly.
" Punish who? And for what? " He asked, not understanding what had happened.
" Noj and Kai, Sire," another goblin piped up, stepping forward. " They were fighting and they ran right into your throne."
" Oh. Well, I suppose that I could punish them, but it would be a waste of my time and energy. Now I want all of you to get out of here," He said, his anger rising.
" But Sire...." The first one began.
" OUT!! NOW!!!" he shouted, standing up. The room was instantly cleared out. The goblins knew better than to mess with him when he was in one of his moods.
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Sarah walked into her apartment, her arms loaded with shopping bags and grocery bags. After last night, she felt as if she needed to have some time alone, away from her apartment and her phone. She knew that Karen was going to call her wondering what had happened, what had Sarah done to cause Rob to get so upset.
Sure enough, The light on her answering machine was blinking. Sighing, she pressed the play button and listened to the messages:
The first one was her stepmother: " Sarah, I know that you are there. Pick up the phone honey. What happened last night. He is a good man and he is just going through a rough time right now. He doesn't need this from you right now either. Just call him and take him back. Call me later."
The second one was from Rob, " Sarah", his slurred voice said. " Come on babe, I know you're home, cause you never go anywhere without me. Pick up the phone." (Pause) " Dammit, Sarah. Pick up the phone now!!! Goddam..." as the phone clicked.
The third was Rob again, " You Bitch. You better pick the phone up right now. There is going to be hell to pay if you don't pick up the phone. You had better just be in the bathroom for your sake. If you aren't in the bathtub, there is going to be a price to pay. "
After the last message had played, Sarah thought to herself, "A bath would be a just the thing I need right now." And with that, she started toward the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
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About an hour later, she emerged from the bathroom in her robe, drying her long hair with a towel. She smiled and said, "Just what I needed. I'll have to thank Rob for the suggestion if I ever see him again."
"Well now you have the chance, babe, cause here I am." she heard a voice call out in the darkness of her apartment.
" Rob. What are you doing here? How in the hell did you get in here?" she said, the anger in her voice rising.
" You seem to have forgotten that I have a key to this apartment, and the reason that I am here is because you are my girlfriend and I wanted to show you how much I love you." he said, stumbling towards her, obviously drunk of his ass.
" That's where you're wrong. I WAS your girlfriend and you WON'T show me how much you love me because there is nothing between us. If you weren't such a drunk, there might still be something between us. But there isn't, so would you please give me the key to my apartment back and leave."
He didn't say anything but he glared into her eyes. His pupils were so dilated and she saw something in them that she couldn't quite make out.
Suddenly, he wound up his arm and slapped her full-force across the cheek. She fell to the floor and brought her hand up to her cheek. Her head was pounding and her face was already swelling. She looked up into his eyes and figured out what the look in his eyes was.
It was a look of pure rage.
" You should learn to respect me, you bitch. Nobody ever treats me like that and now you are gonna pay for it." he said, storming towards her.
And with that, he began to beat her and pull at her robe. As he did this, she began to cry out loud. Then she began to scream. She didn't scream at him to stop, she just began screaming in general. It got to a point where she didn't know what she was saying.
After he finished raping her, he decided that she hadn't paid enough for her actions, so he began beating her again.
As he beat her, she kept uttering a few words here and there. She didn't even realize it, but she uttered one word that she hadn't thought about for many years.
"Jareth."
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He sat up suddenly in his throne. He sensed that something was wrong. She was in trouble.
He conjured up a crystal and peered into it. What he saw nearly made him sick. She looked horrible. Her face was bruised, and her white robe was red from all the blood.
He had to turn his head away from the crystal for a minute, then forced himself to look back. He saw that she wasn't alone and immediately disappeared to go to her aid.
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Sarah had more than she could take, but couldn't say anything to stop him. Because the more she tried to protest, the more he would beat her. Then the more he would beat her, the more aroused he would get and then he would rape her. It became a cycle that seemed to last many hours.
Sarah had lost all hope of help and she had stopped screaming. Not long after that she lost all sense of feeling. All that she could do was sit there and pray that Rob would pass out from the alcohol. How long does it take to go through his system? It never took this long before.
Sarah was thinking of other things and she didn't notice that Rob wasn't on top of her anymore. She looked around and didn't see him passed out on the floor anywhere. But when she looked up, she saw him up in the air, a hand around his throat. She couldn't make out who the figure choking Rob was, but she was grateful that the torture had stopped.
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"Now you listen to me. If you ever think of touching, speaking, or even looking at her ever again in your life, I see to it that the rest of your life will be a living hell. Do you understand what I am saying?" Jareth asked Rob, the grip on his throat tightening with every word. The only thing that Rob could do was gurgle. Jareth took that as a yes and to make his point clear, he threw Rob at the nearest wall. Rob crashed into it and fell to the floor in a heap.
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The figure moved towards where Sarah sat. She could sense him moving towards her, but she didn't look at him. She kept her eyes shut, and her head down. When the figure touched her, she jumped and started to scream.
"Don't fucking touch me. Please stay away from me!!!!" She tried to move away from him, but his hold on her wrists was too strong.
"Sarah. Sarah, please look at me. Please calm down." Jareth tried to calm her, but she wouldn't stop screaming. He kept on trying to calm her down, but it wasn't working. He began to lose patience with her. Finally, he'd had enough and he slapped her on the face, but not nearly as hard as Rob done.
She stopped squirming and sat in shock. She finally looked at who it was that saved her, but she now feared that she was looking into the eyes of her new torturer, since a new beating had begun. When she saw who it was, the only thing she could say was, "You." before she collapsed and passed out in his arms.
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Well, do ya like it? I wonder if I should continue with it. ( grins wickedly) Maybe if I get some feedback on this, I'll continue. But if I don't, the I won't.
I'm only kidding. I would never do that to you. ;) But I would appreciate a little feedback, let me know what you think I should do.