Chapter Eighteen
Flying High
It might help if you open your eyes, Piper heard in her mind unless you want to fly directly into a tree… She opened her eyes and looked down, she was flying. Better yet, she was a bird! A very large bird.
What am I? she thought to herself.
I believe you're a hawk, love, he thought gently. Piper moved her head and sure enough, a very large barn owl was soaring beside her. Piper smirked to herself (as well as hawks can smirk I suppose) and brushed the tips of her wing against the owl's face.
Your it! she thought mockingly and flew as fast as she could.
HEY! is all she heard from him because he let out a good screech. She did the same, though hers was stronger and louder sounding. She flew low to the ground, a large field in her view. Jareth was right behind her, gliding after her. Suddenly, almost comically she turned human again, as did Jareth. It was unfortunate that he managed to grab her in midair as the tumbled to the ground, laughing hysterically. They both laughed and Piper opened her eyes, she was directly on top of Jareth. She flushed.
"Well hello," he smirked at her seeing how embarrassed she was at her currant position.
"I won," she mocked, just to get him back for teasing her.
"Did not," he smirked.
"Did too," she said trying to roll off of him. He sat up as she rolled off him and grabbed her from the sides and began tickling her mercilessly.
"Who won?" he teased as she tried to escape. "Uh huh, tell me who won."
"You won!" she laughed "Ok! Ok! You won!"
"That's right," he said letting her free. Finally she stopped laughing.
"You only won because you cheated," she teased.
"Either way," he smirked "I still won." She ignored him and lay back to look at the sky. He looked up and then back at Piper. "What are you doing?"
"Wishing," she murmured her eyes closed for a moment.
"Wishing?" he asked "on stars? When you have a perfectly good goblin king, right here?" She laughed and propped herself up on her elbow.
"There are some things I'd rather you NOT know," she said "some wishes are privet."
"You do know that only drives me to find out more, don't you?" he asked and she nodded. "But I suppose if I asked you wouldn't tell me, would you?" She paused a moment.
"Well if I told you it wouldn't come true," she said "and its much too important not to come true."
"Can you tell me what its about?" he asked and she shrugged.
"What would you wish for?" she asked.
"Me?" he paused a long time "I don't know…" He paused "can you tell me?"
"I wanted to go to the ball with someone," she shrugged "Luther, or Freddy or… just someone." Jareth paused a long moment. "Yes I know Fred's gay."
"I wasn't thinking about that," he said.
"Oh," she paused "what then?"
"You know I already asked Sarah," he said and she nodded. "But would you dance with me, just once?"
"Of course," she smiled.
"Well," he paused "maybe more than once…?" She smirked at him.
"You know I would Jareth," she said. A smile came over her face and he looked at her funny, "what?"
"Nothing," he smirked and stretched out letting the wavy grass brush his forehead.
"Jareth?" she whispered.
"Hum?" his voice was soft now.
"Are we sleeping out here?" she asked.
"If you wish," he murmured halfway asleep already. Piper looked around for a moment and scooted closer to Jareth. It was dark and, even though it was terribly beautiful out, she was a little scared, though she wouldn't admit it. Soon she fell into the best sleep she'd ever had. Something cold trickled onto Piper's cheek and she smiled.
"Mummph," she muttered and rubbed the cool due off her face. A low chuckle brought her from her dozing state but she ignored Jareth and turned over.
"Piper?" he whispered in her ear and she batted him away "Piperrrr."
"Its TOO early," she moaned.
"What do you plan on telling your friends when they wake to find you gone?" he asked. Piper yawned and opened an eye, it was still dark.
"That I went for a walk and fell asleep in the most beautiful meadow," she yawned again "and didn't wish to leave just yet."
"What will you say when they chastise you for being out all alone?" he asked "in the night? Something could've hurt you."
"I'll tell them you were here," she muttered turning over.
"Ah," he mused "so your going to tell them you were sleeping in a field with me… I'm sure they'll understand that." Piper opened an eye and rolled over. As she did she found that she was back in her room.
"I wish you'd warn me first," she whispered across the room at 'Jaden' and he smirked at her as he climbed back into his bed.
"You two sure were gone a long time," Boon muttered without opening an eye "I covered for you Piper when Fred woke last night."
"Oh thank you," Piper whispered "I owe you one." Book smirked at her but shook his head.
"No, no," he smiled "it was my pleasure. As long, of course, you tell me what happened later."
"I can tell you now," Piper teased "I slept in a field with the goblin king." Boon's eyes shot open and he looked at 'Jaden'.
"She makes it sound worse than it is," he defended.
"I'm just repeating what you said," Piper mused and went back to sleep as Jareth attempted to explain what had happened to Boon.
Author's note:giggles: funny huh?
Acantha Mardivey: Jareth! You be nice to her!
Jareth: and now YOUR going to tell me what to do:steps closer to authoress:
Conner: hey buddy, back up off my friends :stands in-between Jareth and both girls:
sorry… he's slightly temperamental about who messes with me, or Amie for that matter…
Jareth:pushes muse out of the way:
HEY:shakes finger: you big bully. Don't pick on him just cuz he's smaller than you:hits goblin king on the head with a rolled up paper: bad goblin king, bad!
Jareth:takes paper away: I'm not a dog. I'd just appreciate it if your muse wouldn't get in my way .:vanishes:
…:whispers to muse: who let him in anyways?
