It was midnight when they all finally arrived home. Karen came out of her room because she heard the door open and saw Sarah, Natalia, and Trisha on the jumbo sized couch, Shane in his chair, Jareth on the loveseat, and David on the floor. "I can't believe the David Bowie is sleeping in my living room." Karen mumbled.
She brought out blankets, put one on everyone, and went back to bed. Everyone was asleep, except for Sarah. She was thinking about everything that had happened lately.
Jareth gets stranded aboveground. She discovered Jareth's car-phobia. Jareth asks her to the prom. She goes to the prom with Jareth. She is falling in love with Jareth. "How did this happen?" She whispered to nobody in particular.
"Sarah?" Jareth's voice called out.
"Sorry, I didn't know you were awake." She replied, kind of embarrassed the he had heard her talking to herself.
"Don't worry about it. I can't sleep anyway. What are you puzzled about?" He asked, the concern obvious in his voice.
"Nothing. Since we both can't sleep, you want to do something?"
"What did you have in mind?" He asked amused.
"That's not what we're going to do." She replied and they both laughed. "Do you want to go have like hot chocolate on the porch or something?"
"Sure." He said attempting to get off of the loveseat. He fell back down and Sarah laughed at him. "That's funny?" He asked putting on a demonic grin. Sarah nodded and he lunged as if to jump on her.
She ran into the kitchen and he chased her. She attempted to stop him by putting everything from chairs to salt shakers in his path. The chair stopped him momentarily, but he was immediately on her tail after getting past that obstacle. She ran out onto her porch and pushed the screen door in his face. He looked shocked for a moment, but it didn't last long. When he had pushed the door open, Sarah ran down off of her porch and into her front yard. She slipped in a small mud puddle that Jareth had no doubt stuck there just for that purpose. Before she could fall to the ground, Jareth caught her.
"Gotcha." He said and she looked up at him.
"Yeah, but only because you cheated." She stood up and sat on the bench.
"Who me?" He asked with an innocent look on his face.
"No, the land gnome behind you." She said sarcastically and he laughed, walking to sit on the bench with her. He put his arms around her and she snuggled in close. "Jareth?"
"Hmm?" was his response.
"If I did agree to be your queen, would I need to come the day that I decided, or could I wait a few days?" she asked nervously.
"I would never make you do anything against your will. You would have the choice of when to leave, if you decided to that is." Sarah nodded. She knew what her answer was now.
"Jareth, I have thought about this a lot." Okay babe, it's now or never. You're alone. Just tell him now! She said to herself. "I… I think I… I don't think I know… that I want to be your queen." There! You said it! Good job! He just looked at her completely amazed. Why isn't he saying anything?
"Sarah, are you sure this is what you want?" He asked, still looking at her with a blank stare.
"Yes. I am without a doubt positive I want to be with you forever. I just don't want to leave right away. I want to finish high school. I promised my father that I would. I never break a promise."
"Say no more. We will leave whenever you wish. I love you, Sarah, and I want you to be completely happy."
"I'll always be happy as long as I'm with you." She looked into his eyes, he looked in hers, and he then dove in for a kiss. Not just any kiss, the kiss that was filled with the most love and passion of a thousand lovers.
When they both finally pulled away, they just sat there in one another's arms. For the first time in both their lives, they both felt completely happy, wanted, and loved. They sat this way for the rest of the night, both of them drifting off the sleep on the bench.
