This is for Sparkling Silver Angel Wings… I'm going to keep this story going just for you babe! Maybe about… I don't know… 5 chapters. When I get bored… I'll write something for you.
-Never Let Me Down-
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-Chapter 2-
It had been 6 months since the night Jareth had saved her from her life. She loved how her life was now and never wanted it to end, luckily it never would. The days were filled with learning about becoming a queen and spending time with Jareth. At night, she would happily fall asleep in his arms. She loved how everything had turned out and it was about to get even better. In a month, she and Jareth would be married.
Sarah felt a tickling going across her face, almost in figure 8's. Whatever it was, she pushed it away, only for it to come back again. She opened her eyes and wasn't surprised by what she saw. Jareth was on his side letting his hair lightly touch her face.
"Morning." He said and smiled.
"No it isn't." She said going under the blankets. Jareth laughed before joining her under the covers of the bed that was the size of two king sized beds put together.
She was wide-awake, but didn't feel like getting up, or opening her eyes. (A.N. I know the feeling well!) Jareth was used to her morning routine. He would wake her up in some type of odd way, she would go under the covers, he would join her, they would site there for about an hour or until the both got hungry.
He pulled her on top of him, which made her eyes shoot open. He then captured her lips in a passionate kiss. He then looked into her eyes and smiled.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing. I just can't believe I have you. I love you more than I ever thought possible. If anything ever happened to you, I don't know what I'd do." He lifted his head up and kissed her again, rolling her onto her back.
After about 10 minutes of kissing and fighting to be on top, there came a knocking on the door. They came out from under the covers and Jareth, still holding Sarah in his arms, bid the visitor in.
The knocking came from Jaclyn, the castles messenger. She was beautiful with her wavy blonde hair and soft blue eyes. She looked about 16 and was the sweetest person Sarah had ever met. She was human and had lived aboveground for a few years, so Sarah could talk to her about aboveground things. "Your Majesty, King Martol and Lord Taylon are in the conference room."
"Okay, please tell them we will be there shortly." Jareth said and nodded the girl away. She smiled at Sarah momentarily and left the room.
"What with this 'we' stuff?" Sarah asked when she had left the room.
"They will no doubt wish to meet you, love. No time like the present." Sarah lifted her hand to her mouth and bit her thumbnail. Jareth, realizing this was her regular nervous habit, pulled her hand away. "Stop that. You'll be fine, I'm sure of that." He kissed her hand and pulled her out of bed.
"What should I wear?" She asked, fighting the urge to bit her thumbnail.
"Whatever you wish. You need not impress them, Sarah." He smiled at her and she walked to her closet.
She picked the pale blue gown with the medium sized train. She brushed her hair straight and pulled half of it into a white ribbon. She didn't even notice Jareth come up behind her.
"It's missing something." He said eyeing her. Obviously he was confusing her, so he brought out his gift for her. It was a smaller version of the crest of his kingdom. She turned around and kissed him hard on the lips. When they separated, Jareth said, "Come on now, we can't keep them waiting." Noticing Sarah's nervous look, he took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles. "You'll do fine."
"What if I don't? What id I do something incredible stupid?" Jareth covered her mouth with his hand.
"If you are about to do something, I'll give your leg a small squeeze. That will be out sign. If you really don't feel you need a minute, just ask to be excused."
"Okay." Sarah sighed. Jareth pulled her to her feet and offered her his arm. Usually he would take her hand, but she thought that mist bust me more formal. While they were walking to the conference room, Jareth told Sarah what to do, and what not to do.
"Don't speak unless spoken to, don't look anyone in the eye. Address me by title. Let me pull out the chair for you. I will lead you to your seat. If you are confused about anything, just take my hand." By the time his speech was over, they were at the conference room doors. "Okay, now let's do this." The doors opened and the men inside stood. Jareth led her to her chair, pulled it out, and then took his own seat.
"Good morning gentleman." Jareth greeted. He was all Goblin Kingly now.
"Good morning Jareth. Who is this lovely lady?" One man asked. He had brown hair and brown eyes, he wasn't too bad looking.
"I'm-" Jareth squeezed her leg and she immediately stopped mid-sentence.
"This is Lady Sarah from aboveground. She is my fiancé." Jareth said and gave her a smile.
"A mortal? Really Jareth! Why would you want one of those for?" An older man said from across the table, next to the younger man.
"Now father, mortals have some values."
"Yeah, mortals are only good for baby making and they live for only a few centuries. Plus, they are stupid and ugly."
"Father, I am sure Jareth has gotten around the short life span. Lady Sarah, if you'd be so kind as to come over here so we can get a better look at you." Sarah was confused and grabbed Jareth's hand. He whispered "yes" and she went to the man across the table.
"Look at her. This mortal is very pretty. Look at her eyes. I don't think I've ever seen a lovelier pair of eyes. She knew to ask Jareth's permission to get up, so she must be intelligent."
"I've seen prettier."
"Please excuse my father. You may sit down now." Sarah walked back over, and Jareth pulled her chair out for her again.
"I still think you should have married Jillian." This made Jareth very uncomfortable. "In fact, she is here. JILLIAN!" The man called and then a beautiful red head girl walked in. She had ice blue eyes that didn't even look real.
"Jareth!" The girl screeched and ran towards him. Jareth stood and she gave him a kiss on the cheek. This made Sarah completely jealous, but she wouldn't let anyone see that. He is SO going to get it! The girl pulled up a chair and put it between Sarah and Jareth and sat in it.
"Jillian, may I introduce you to Sarah, my fiancé." The girl looked at Sarah and then looked back to Jareth.
"She's okay." was all she said. The rest of the conference was spent in agony for Sarah. Jillian would whisper flirty things in Jareth's ear and he would smile and laugh. If she had gotten any closer, she'd be in his lap.
When they finally left, Sarah was so upset. As soon as the doors closed, Sarah looked at Jareth with tears in her eyes and ran from the room.
"Sarah!" He called running after her. At the sound of his voice, she ran as fast as she could to the library. She took a chair and put it on the back legs against the knob of the door. She did the same to the door that lead from their room.
She grabbed her mp3 player that Jareth had allowed her to bring from aboveground, and turned it up on full blast. By this time the tears were streaming down her face. She didn't even care when she saw the door begin to rattle from Jareth trying to get in.
Jareth had run through the halls of his castles faster than he did during a war. He knew exactly where she would go. When he got to the library doors, he found she had somehow locked it. He ran to the door that joined the library to his room, but it was also somehow locked. He cursed in goblin before using him magic to get into the library.
Sarah saw him enter, but didn't turn off her music or look at him. Jareth was getting tired of this so he walked over to her, made her mp3 player disappear, and picked her up. When he got her back into their room, he put her on the bed and waved his hand over her.
"Just and immobility spell so you cant go running away from me." He said matter-of-factly. "Why are you so upset with me?"
"Jillian!" She squeaked out.
"What of her? She means nothing to me! You should know that! You are the woman that I love, not Jillian!" He said turning around. "You obviously need some time alone."
"Where are you going?" She asked from the bed, still unable to move.
"My study. I have work to do that I have put off while trying to make plans with you for our wedding. You need time to think about weather or not its still going to happen." He walked out of the door and magically locked it. Sarah, being able to move again, jumped off the bed.
"Stupid! Stupid! STUPID!" She yelled aloud. She went over to the balcony doors, which were for some reason or another, open. She looked out over the labyrinth until she spotted a beautiful garden about half a mile away. She looked to her side to see the ladder that the servants had used earlier that day to put up bird feeders. She reached out and grabbed it, and so that she could climb down, moved it in front of her. The garden would be the perfect place to sit and think.