Sarah had just gotten home and was walking up to her apartment when she tripped over Jim going after a spider. "Oh, Jim! I'm sorry!"
"Don't worry about it. I have almost found a nearly mess-less way to kill a spider."
"You keep working on it Jim." She then kept walking up the stairs, only to be caught by Mark.
"Sarah! Doll baby! How you been?" He said twirling his hair, trying to show off his new hairstyle.
"Good. Nice hairstyle!"
"Oh you're the first one who noticed." He went on about how he had it done. When he was finally finished, Sarah continued up the stairs. Tim and Gary were still at work, so she knew she wouldn't have to be bombarded by them.
Tom was the next one she had to encounter. "Hey there missy! I think Toby's got himself a little girlfriend. She's a pretty little thing to."
"I know Tom. It's Jareth's daughter."
"You don't like Jareth very much do you?"
"We decided the set the past behind us. We are starting over." Sarah said leaning against the wall.
"Missy, now you know if you ever need anything done about a guy problem, you can tell me and I'll take care of it."
"I know Tom, and thank you. I'm really hungry. I'm just going to go get something to eat for Toby and me. It's 6:30, he must be starving."
"Okay then, missy, watch yourself." He then walked past her, into his own apartment.
Sarah went inside and called for Toby. He wasn't there, but he usually didn't get home until about 7:00 on Mondays anyway. His friends and him always went to the arcade.
She walked into the kitchen and saw a note on the table. She nervously picked it up and read it. It said in elegant handwriting:
Dearest Sarah,
Since we are starting over I thought you might like to join me for dinner one day this week. It would be a pleasure to be in your presence. Please either write me back, call either by my name or on the telephone.
Yours Truly
JarethSarah laughed and wrote him a quick note back.
Jareth,
I would love to join you for dinner.
Sarah xoxo
She ran to the mailboxes and stuck the note into his box.
It was 10:00 and Jareth had long since gone to sleep. Terri was putting the finishing touches on her makeup when she heard tapping at her window. She walked over and looked down at Toby standing on the ground… far below her.
She waved and opened up the window, swung her legs over the side, and started down the ladder. Toby, noticing she had a skirt on, turned his head. She jumped down and almost lost her balance, if Toby wouldn't have caught her.
"Hello." She said looking up at him.
"Hi. Ready to go?" He then took her hand and started walking towards the woods.
"Toby, wait." Terri said looking down.
"What is it?" He said concerned.
"I don't know how to tell you this… I really like you… a lot… but I'm… I'm fae." There! She said it!
"Your one of those people who does magic and is immortal?"
"Yeah. I'll understand if you never want to hang out with me again." She was still looking down.
He went up to her and said, "Terri… it makes no difference to me. Your still nice and beautiful, and I like you a lot to." She then threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. The hug was tight and loving… well as loving as teenagers could get. "You ready to go?" He asked breaking the hug.
"Yeah. Do you think we should tell the others?" She asked.
"Let me tell them."
"Okay." Then they started walking through the woods. Terri heard an owl and thought it might be Jareth, but it was a regular owl. When they got to H2O, the others were already there. They all greeted each other and went to stand in line.
"If they ask, your 15." Jenna said to them all. They were at the front of the line and the guy asked them how old they were. All said 15 and he let them in.
Terri was amazed by all the people there, almost as many people that went to the balls in the underground. "Just stick with me." Toby whispered and Terri nodded.
Terri danced with Toby all night. She was used to following lead so it was pretty easy. After about 3o minutes, Toby asked her if she was thirsty. She nodded and he took her hand and pulled her through the crowd and over to the bar.
When they got there, they saw Lance and Jenna making out. "Come on guys… nobody want to see that." Toby said when he was within hearing range.
They all laughed and then Kim and Josh started to walk over, followed by Ally and Aaron.
"What'll it be?" The bartender asked them. When Terri looked up, she saw that it was her aunt Nikky. She just winked at Terri and started writing down the orders.
"A 3 root beers, and 3 margarita's." Aaron said to the bartender.
"Coming rite up." She said and winked at Terri again.
They got their drinks and went to a booth in the corner of the room. Before they could even get a sip of their drinks down, Jenna and Lance were at it again. "I think we can beat them Ally." Before Ally could say anything, Aaron had already gotten her mouth into a kiss. Kim and Josh just started at it to.
Terri and Toby were feeling really out of place so they decided to slip out and get their own booth. They sat and talked and were having a lot of fun just asking questions about each other. It was a moment of silence and Toby and Terri's eyes locked. A moment later, they were kissing as well.
-Scene Change-
Nikky was watching the whole scene through a crystal and cheered when this happened. She decided not to tell Jareth what she had witnessed.
-Scene Change-
Terri and Toby only broke the kiss when the timer went off. It seemed way to early, but they had to leave no or they would get a call to their parents.
They walked out with the rest of the group, Toby's hand around her shoulders. When they all went their separate ways, Toby pulled her closer. He could feel her shake and gave her his jacket. It was the middle of fall, late October, and it was cold out.
They were walking through the woods and Terri tripped over a huge board with huge nails poking out of them. She had two large cuts, from her ankle to her knee, and a very sore ankle. She tried to stand up and walk, but found she couldn't put any pressure on it.
"You must have broken your ankle." He said picking her up.
"It hurts so bad!" She was crying.
"Shhh… it's okay. We're almost home." He said practically running through the woods. Soon they were at the ladder that leads to Terri's window. "Can you hop up the ladder?"
"I think so." He slowly put her down and she hopped up the ladder, nearly falling 3 times. When she was finally in her room, she hopped over to the bed.
"I'll be rite back." He said climbing out the window. While he was gone, she changed from her H2O clothes into a pair of pajama bottoms and a wife beater t-shirt and a robe using magic.
When Toby returned, he wasn't wearing his clothes either. He was now wearing pajama bottoms and a wife beater as well. He was carrying a bag filled with ice, peroxide, cotton balls, a needle, a clear bottle and a white bottle, something that looked like strophome, medical stitching string, some type of ruler looking thing, tweezers, band-aids, and an ace bandage.
"Here, we have to clean it." He took out a cotton ball and lightly went over the cuts to stop the bleeding. He took out another cotton ball, put peroxide on it and gently cleaned out the dirt from her cuts. He then took out another cotton ball and dried the wound.
"This may hurt a little bit." He took the tweezers and lifted her wound; this made Terri hiss in pain. "Sorry," he whispered. The then took the ruler and measured how much skin was cut. "You need stitches." He stated.
"Oh my god. Dad is going to kill me when he finds out." She said running her hand through her hair. .
"He may not have to find out. Hold still, this is going to hurt a little bit." He then took out the needle and medical string and started to weave in and out stitching the wound. He could hear Terri whimper as he stitched up the wounds.
He was done in about 30 minutes. He looked up and saw tears going down her face. He knew how much this hurt because he had it done many times in the past.
He took out another cotton ball and put something from a white bottle on it. He gently smoothed it over her stitches, and almost immediately it went numb. She looked over at him and smiled, he smiled back.
"Now, this may hurt a tad, but no where near as bad as the stitches." He positioned her foot so it was straight up. He took out the Styrofoam looking thing and Terri asked what it was. He told her it was dry cast and put the stuff from the clear bottle on it. It softened and he molded it to her foot. He cut around her foot so she could still put shoes on. He then wrapped the ace bandage around the wounded ankle. He then put the ice on top of the swollen ankle.
When he was finished, she threw her arms around him. "Thank you so much."
"Your welcome." He said wrapping his arms around her.
"Where did you learn all of that?" She said pulling back.
"Gary is a doctor and he used to teach me things." She nodded and he got up off her bed and set her injured foot on a pillow. "Keep your foot propped up on this pillow while you sleep tonight. I have to go. Meet me in the hall at 7:30 so that I can clean your stitches and check your ankle. I'm going to go back to my room before Sarah sees I'm not there."
"Okay. Thank you so much. I'll se you tomorrow."
"Goodnight Terri." He said kissing her lips and then slipped out the window.
