Chapter Five
Helping Hands
"Another boring day," Sarah sighed looking into the empty bookstore and set her book aside.
"Let me liven it up for you then," Jareth popped in behind her. She turned around, he was gone. He tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around, she disappeared AGAIN.
"Jareth would you stop disappearing?" she grumbled and turned in a circle. She heard him chuckle and she sighed and sat on the counter. Jareth appeared, him sitting behind her, his legs spread apart her sitting in-between them. He wrapped his arms around her stomach and grinned at her.
"Hi Sarah," he smirked. She sighed, chuckled a bit and shook her head.
"Hi Jareth," she laughed "how are you?" She realized that, since Underground time was so much slower, he'd been away longer than she knew.
"You know," he shrugged "same old."
"Uh," she paused "as much fun as it is, sitting like we are, could you, by any chance, maybe move?"
"Of course," he disappeared once again and appeared back in font of her. "Better?"
"Yes, thank you," she said going back to her book. He gave her a peculiar look and grinned. "Hum?"
"Just readin- er, nothing," he lied.
"Reading what?" she gave him an annoyed look. Jareth gave a cheesy grin and she sighed and shook her head. "Broke a rule."
"Did not," he lied again.
"Read my mind, didn't you?" she asked and he shook his head. "Tell the truth."
"Yes," he sighed. She glared at him and turned around, her back facing him. "Aw Sarah don't be like that." She ignored him and went back to reading. "Sarah." He tried to get in front of her but she kept moving. "I'm sorry." She gave him a brief glance and then turned back to her book. "I really am, I forgot." He moved beside her and gave a pleading look. She gave one look at him and rolled her eyes. "Please don't be angry," he said, still trying to get her to look at him. She turned her back on him again. He gave a smug grin and put his hands on her shoulders and started massaging them. This got her attention.
"Whoa," she tried to jump off the table "hey!" He held her there, moving into her muscles. "Jareth stop it," she tried to wriggle out of his grasp but he kept her there. Now, you've got to imagine, Jareth was very good with his hands. I mean, here's a guy that can juggle three crystal orbs in one hand. It just isn't fair.
"Oh," he gave a nod, manipulating her nervous-system, "NOW you want to talk. Well, it seems that I'm busy, you're just going to have to wait until I'm finished." Her body was slowly, but surely, winding down. If he kept it up, she wasn't going to be able to move. He smirked at this.
"Okay, please stop," she managed. This was seriously making her tired, but that wasn't just it, it was also in some odd way, turning her on. Jareth eyed her for a moment, she looked terribly desperate.
"Wait until I'm done," he teased. By now she was leaned up against him, very much like when he'd first come in and grabbed her, only she was laying against his chest now.
"Please," she tried to move again but he didn't even have to hold her anymore, her whole body was so relaxed she couldn't move. He paused a moment, seeing how helpless she was, and smirked. So maybe he'd rub it in, and then let her go. Or he could keep going and she would be totally at his mercy. He thought about it, and as fun as having her begging him to stop would be, now really wasn't the time for him to be torturing her. He just wanted to annoy her.
"I will on one condition," he whispered, his hot breath caressing her ear. "You've got to tell the truth, the total truth on one question. And then I'll let you go." She gave an annoyed look but nodded. "Do you really hate this so much?" She paused and gave a confused look. "I mean, me massaging you, you laying up against me, you being helpless to me? Do you really hate it?" She turned red, how could he ASK and question like that? Did she like being helpless to him, what sort of stupid question WAS that! She paused a moment… did she? Did she like the fact that he was the only man that could hold this power over her? That if he really wanted to, he could have her at his feet, begging… did she like that?
When she thought about it, she didn't necessarily like that fact that he could, but more so the fact that he could and he didn't. He COULD have her crying and begging and pleading, but he just annoyed her to a certain point and then stopped. He'd never done anything bad either, just intimate enough to get a rise out of her. She was positive she liked him touching her, whether he was massaging her or holding her hand, whatever. The last three days she'd gotten back in touch with him, every time he'd touched her she'd felt… strangely safe and content. So lying against him, him massaging her, yes, she in fact was sure she liked. Being helpless to him… in a way it was different. She wasn't normally a helpless person.
Blaine made her feel helpless, but in a bad way. Like when you're so terrified that you feel like your going to toss chunks everywhere, that kind of helpless. Sort of what a mouse goes through when the cat's playing with him, the mouse knows that when the cat gets sick of tossing him around it's down the hatch. Same thing with Blaine, when he was drunk and he got sick of you, you're more or less screwed. With Jareth, well, it wasn't that way. It was more of a teasing helpless. It was like, once you gave up he'd get off and start another game. He was too good at it too, even when you think you've got him trapped, he turned around and somehow… he's got you.
She shook her head, no, she didn't hate it. If anything it made life a whole lot more interesting. He stopped a long moment and looked at her, puzzled and confused.
"If you like it," he teased "then why ask me to stop?" Now she couldn't really remember why she'd asked him to stop. There HAD been a reason… what was it? She racked her brain for the answer and someone cleared their throat.
"Am I interrupting something?" Ady asked tapping her foot on the floor. Oh yeah, Sarah thought that's why.
Author's note: SORRY for the cliffie. Uh, I think this would be a bad time to say I feel like I'm expressing my life though this story… isn't it?
Conner:eyes get wide: excuse me? I wasn't aware that you've uh… been getting massaged by members of the opposite sex…
:whispers: not now
Conner: No I think it's a very good time. Especially after you told Tez about that whole thing with me, I mean-
Didn't you torture me for that?
Conner:grins:
ANYWAYS, no I have no been doing ANYTHING, geez. Besides, these nice people don't wanna hear about my love life. Or lack of it thanks to you.
Conner: Can't help it, I'm protective.
Sometimes its not so bad (I'm not a big dater I mean… 17 year old boys only got 1 thing to think about and it aint school) but other times you go a little over.
Conner: Sorry.
:hugs muse: it's okay. But when I say Sarah is like me in this story is all the crap she has to go through (Conner this is before I had you so you don't know these things so hush). Her boyfriend, her mother and some other things that are going to pop up. So be ready to see some of my life pop up. Yep, its gonna be scary. :laughs: Anyways, I posted all the chapter I finished after this because I'm not gonna be here tomorrow. I'll post again on Monday with a new chapter and finish a few other ones
Conner: Like Threats for you Amie, and a chapter for that one Tez wanted.
Yep! So please review and uh, I gotta hide from Jareth now! BYE!
Hippie99: Yeah, talk… and stuff. I'm not gonna get into what I think STUFF might mean but:shrugs: Anyways, just for you I think I will have Jareth beat his face in :grins: maybe Jareth will back off of me after that.
LadyLuck321: Karen is based on my mother. And I mean, she's REALLY religious. And normally, it wouldn't bother me. But when everything
In the house is either a cross or an angle, and when she says we need to celebrate Passover because Jesus does… well, I'm a little freaked out, especially considering I'm not the same religion as her. Thank you though :grins: stupid oncoming trains. And whether you preach or not I really don't mind, I hear it every day and hey, the Bible makes a lot of good points (love thy neighbor as yourself, inc) Thanks very much.
Lounging-pixie: I'm glad to make you laugh. Its my mission in life.
Theshadowcat: I will finish them, just wait. I've been working on a lot of there endings! So I'm gonna end up finishing like… 2 or 3 of them on Monday. :laughs: My life though Sarah well… actually when I re-read it, I am, which scares the crud outta me. But writing this (this is probably why I'm so focused on this story right now) is helping me so much because… I really am going crazy here. I'm so stressed out and… sorry, bugging you with my issues. Anyways, thanks for the review, I'll finish up my others, just wait and see.
Fortune-the-vamp: Oh thank you. I know someone special who I king too. He's mad at me right now so… :grins and hides under bed:
Lasaireigh: Oh how clever:hugs toy: Sorry, I'm not as mean as Jareth, even if this is a toy. Besides, I don't think my goblin friends would like me kicking this thing very much :giggles: I love it though, now I won't be bored!
Magic and sparkle: OoO, thanks. So glad you liked it!
Acantha Mardivey: well, we're not, oh sorry. SHE'S not catholic (well neither am I but I'm not Christian either). Anyways:sighs: long day. I get Friday off so, I posted the rest of my chapters and I'll write more this long weekend.
Conner:sits on the floor and whimpers for not being loved:
Anime-Moon-girl16:giggles: no its not weird (okay, maybe it is) but hey, I've come up with weirder things!
ItsACrystalNothingMore: Dude! I missed him SO much. I can't believe I actually said that, but I did! Wow… it's amazing because, I mean, I didn't think I would. Anyways, thanks for the review. Mucho amor.
Lyn: I will write more, if you do.
Moonjava: Thank you :takes a bow: your terribly kind. I'm REALLY glad you liked it.
BOWIEgirl: NO! Your not annoying! I loved your last review! I don't get annoyed too easily so, no worries.
