Nothing Left

By: CreativeImagination

Chapter Twelve

Welcome

"Oh," Karen paused seeing Sarah and a very handsome young man sitting in a chair together. "Uh, I'm sorry I didn't…" she paused.

"Oh," Sarah started to get up but Jareth pulled her back down, she sent him a 'not now' look and he sighed and let her go. "Karen this is Jareth," she said quietly. Did people just have the best timing ever of something? Its like, every time she got close to him, someone had to barge in, didn't they?

"Should I go?" Karen asked, a small smile creeping on her face. So this was the man Sarah loved. It wasn't surprising, he seemed like her exact match for a man. He looked arrogant and strong and… stubborn. He might be able to handle her, just maybe. Jareth looked at Sarah like, 'say yes' but she tilted her head a little and he smiled, no use in fighting her now.

"No, no," he lied, though he'd rather be alone with Sarah "we were just…" he let Sarah up "talking."

"Talking…" Karen nodded. "Sarah, your father's… well, he's acting a little… afraid."

"Well he should," Jareth nodded "he struck your young daughter here. He's lucky I'm… preoccupied." Karen looked at the two, Sarah trying to look as if she hadn't done anything and Jareth making it obvious they were.

"I'll," Karen paused "I'll make sure he, uh," she looked at Jareth again "he's taken care of. And oh," she gave Sarah a small smile "I expect you home tomorrow, later in the day. Alright?" Sarah looked at her like, what exactly do you think I'm going to do? But Karen just smiled and turned for the door. "It was wonderful meeting you," she smiled and then left. Sarah took two steps away from Jareth until she was dragged back into his lap.

"Stop," she grumbled and he sighed.

"You're not fun when your serious you know that?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"I love you," she murmured and kissed him. He paused and smirked.

"Never mind," he held her for a long time. "I'm still mad though."

"I know," she said "I understand."

"No, I don't think you do," he said "you hurt me. Again."

"I know," she murmured "I know what I did, don't you think I do? I wasn't trying to, I was trying to help my family… which, I've failed at apparently."

"No," he shook his head "you haven't." She eyed him carefully. "Sarah you have much to learn," he laughed a little "when you find what I mean, call me." He vanished and she sat there, slightly annoyed that he'd left her, again. She came out of the back room to see people running and screaming like nothing she'd ever seen before. Her first reaction was to look at the cake. She laughed and the goblin smiled and waved and merely vanished. If she had gone through with the wedding, at least she would've gotten to laugh.

She went home soon after, changing into something more comfortable. Karen was surprised seeing her home and she just shrugged and went up to her room. She sat down at her vanity and paused a moment. She looked at the space between her mirror and her music box. There was a check. She opened it and must have read over the numbers twelve times. It was exactly as much as they would've gotten from Nick. She paused, now they could save the business and they'd have enough money for…

No, she thought blankly, that won't work. Karen didn't need to stay with Robert. Sarah folded the check up and put it in her pocket, she went downstairs and managed to sit Karen down.

"Karen," she murmured "dad's cheating on you."

"I know," she nodded "I heard at the wedding. You screamed loud enough." Sarah went quiet.

"Here," Sarah handed her the check "I think you and Toby will be fine living off that." Karen looked from the check to Sarah.

"But this is supposed to go to…" she paused.

"No," she smiled "this goes to my family. You and Toby are my family. Jareth is my family too, but, I really doubt we'll be needing this." Karen smiled.

"You really love him, eh?" she asked quietly, giving a wiry smile.

"Yeah," she laughed a little "god forbid what it's going to be like living with him. He's just as thick headed as me." Karen laughed in agreement. "I'm not sure what's going to happen, but I think we'll all be okay now."

"Thank you," she said quietly.

"Don't thank me," Sarah shook her head some "but don't worry, I'll check in on you. For now, I've got to go yell at Jareth for being generous. And oh," Sarah handed Karen her copy of The Labyrinth. "This," she said "will explain, more or less, how we met." Sarah sat on her bed with a sigh. "Jareth?"

"Hum?" he appeared across from her.

"Thank you," she whispered.

"Of course," he shrugged "I had to do something, didn't I?"

"Well no," she admitted.

"True," he laughed "just the more reason for me to rub it in." He paused. "But you know, I don't think I will." She titled her head a bit. "I think I'll forgive you for everything, and forget about all this."

'And?" she asked.

"And perhaps," he paused "you'll come back?"

"Can I visit my family?" she asked.

"I believe you can," he nodded. He formed a crystal in his hands and tossed it to her. "Let's see those dreams."

The End

Author's note:

Finally….:breathes heavy: finished… with… story. Gee, took long enough, eh? Hope you guys liked it, sorta! THANK YOU ALL FOR READING!