Ch 14

Sarah cautiously emerged from her room. She felt like a complete fool. She couldn't believe she had gone off on Jareth that way. Since she was feeling much calmer now, she couldn't help but realize he'd done nothing wrong. Again, he'd only been trying to help, and all she could do was yell at him. Ruefully, she thought maybe she hadn't grown up that much after all. But she'd done a lot of thinking, and she thought she had her feelings sorted out. The first thing she wanted to do was apologize to Jareth.

She hadn't stayed in her room long; she was a little worried about Toby. As she approached the living room, she heard Jareth and Toby talking. Jareth was trying to explain to Toby why pretty little fairies were so mean. Sarah smiled, eternally grateful to Jareth for being so good with Toby.

Quietly, she headed to the kitchen to make them some lunch. When she opened the refrigerator, she gasped. It was absolutely stuffed with food! Jareth must have done it while he was waiting in the kitchen, as she talked to Toby. She smiled as she pulled out the ingredients for sandwiches. Just another reason to love Jareth.

She paused at the thought. Yes, she did love him. She knew it. She had loved him for ten years. Who cares how screwed up their current relationship was? Who cares that he was the Goblin King, from another world? Who cares that she barely knew him? Not her. She decided that it didn't matter, that she would finally follow her heart.

"About damn time, too," she muttered to herself as she prepared the sandwiches.

"Time for what?" Jareth asked, coming up behind her. She let out a little shriek of surprise, and turned around and hit him with a loaf of bread. "That's for scaring me!" she admonished, her eyes sparkling with good humor.

He grabbed the bread away from her, and threatened to whack her over the head with it. Well, he thought, it seemed her time in her room had done a world of good. She didn't even seem the least bit upset at him.

As if reading his mind, she said, "I'm sorry Jareth. I had no right to yell at you. Once again, you did nothing wrong but I still took my feelings out on you. So, I'm sorry. Oh, and by the way, I love you." She smiled at him. He dropped the loaf of bread and almost fell into a chair.

"What did you just say?" he asked, not able to believe what he'd heard.

"I was telling you how sorry I am for yelling at you," she replied, trying to keep in her smile.

"No, not that…I mean, what did you say after that?" He held his breath waiting for the answer.

"Oh, you must mean the part where I said I love you," she said matter of factly.

He slowly shook his head, unable to believe that after all that had happened, after how angry she'd been, she was suddenly telling him she loved him. He just couldn't believe it.

"What-how did you…" he stuttered.

"Why are you still sitting in that chair? This is the part where you're supposed tokiss me," she smiled at him expectantly.

That snapped him out of his stupor, and he was on his feet so fast he almost fell back down. Sarah was laughing as he took her in his arms.

"Darling Sarah, I've waited so long for you to say those words," he whispered as he leaned in for their lips to touch.

"Ew, gross! What are you guys doing?" Toby yelled, running into the kitchen.

Jareth had to stifle a groan. Not again! It was so frustrating, it was almost funny.

Sarah must have agreed, because she and Jareth just looked at each other and laughed.

A/N: I have a lot of this story written, so it's gonna be gettng posted for a long time...please leave me a review and tell me what you think! thanks for reading!