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Chapter 24: Do You?

Toby and Sarah had now been living in the Underground with Jareth for almost a month.

It had taken only a few days for Toby to settle right in. He simply loved being there, Toby had all the playmates he could wish for in the form of the dozens of goblins in the castle alone, without those from the Goblin City. Occasionally he would become quiet and only want to sit with Sarah and listen to her tell him stories like she had before, or look into his crystal and watch his father. But these times did not occur very often and Sarah knew it was just her baby brother's way of dealing with what had happened.

Sarah on the other hand, finally felt as if she belonged. She no longer had to cope with Karen's bitching or the fact that her father barely acknowledged her most of the time. She had been getting to know Jareth better and spent a lot of time with him. When she wasn't with Jareth she was with Toby or her friends, Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus who had come to visit on several occasions.

Although she had been with Jareth a great deal, they had not spoken of her self abuse since the night he discovered it. She knew that eventually he would want to talk to her more about it, but for now she was happy to just forge about that part of her life. Not once since she had been in the Underground had she felt the need to cut herself, and she hoped that it would stay that way. The only reminder now that she had of it were the scars that trailed up her arms.

Jareth also had his own thoughts to deal with. He had always known that he loved Sarah, but the longer that she and her brother stayed there, the more he wanted to be with her, not just with her as a friend, or in courtship, but in marriage. They had spoken about it not long after she had arrived, and now he was simply biding his time before he proposed. He also knew that they needed to talk about her issues from when she was aboveground, but since she had not done it while she had been there, he was delaying it as long as he could.

Sarah and Jareth were walking arm in arm though the gardens one afternoon. Toby had been with them when they set off but was now off somewhere else with one of his goblin friends, and the occasional shout could be heard in the distance.

Jareth decided that now was the moment. He led her over to a bench and she sat down. Sarah looked at him in confusion but Jareth just pressed a finger to her lips before she could question him. Then he knelt down before her.

He took a gulp of air before he finally spoke. "Sarah, I know that we have not been together long, but I just can't wait any longer. I love you with all of my very being, and I hope that you will accept that and me by becoming my queen. Sarah, will you do me the honour of marrying me?" He then pulled a delicate gold ring with an exceptionally beautiful diamond set in it and took hold of her hand. "So will you?"

Sarah nodded her head slowly before laughing and wrapping her arms around his neck. Jareth returned the embrace, and then pulled away, taking hold of her hand and sliding the engagement ring into place on her finger.

Sarah sat there in stunned amazement, staring at her ring. Finally Jareth lifted her head up with a hand and looked at her.

"Do you like it my love?"

"Oh Jareth, it's beautiful. Where did you get this?"

He looked at her a little sheepishly before replying. "Actually I sent away to have it custom made in the Dwarf Kingdom after I left you that night you wished to see me. I know it was presumptuous of me, but I just hoped that one day I would have the opportunity to give it to you. And now I have."

She leant into his embrace once more and then moved away before moving closer once more and placing a searing kiss on his lips.

Then the pair sat there in silence until it began to get dark when they walked off together in search of Toby.

AN: I managed to get some writing time this afternoon, so I'm updating. Thanks for the reviews everyone, keep 'em coming.

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