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Your Eyes
Story by Jessica Arbuckle (Jessi, Princess of Impatience)
June to possibly August, 2005
Chapter Six, Tonight I Could Hold You …
Two hearts slammed into their respective chests as smoky green eyes, rimmed with red from tears, containing pain mixed with hope and love, met a pair of mismatched eyes, one blue, one green, that glittered brightly with relief and love. At last, they gazed into each other's eyes and saw that the love they each felt was returned. Their hearts, so long trying to push away the feelings within in the belief that those feelings would never be reciprocated, finally soared as one.
On one knee before her, he released her face as he opened his arms, his smile inviting. Sarah threw herself into his embrace and began to cry with a startling intensity. The walls she had put up slowly cracked and fell and the pain inside her began to melt and evaporate as his arms tightened around her.
'I'm not letting you go,' he thought, 'I've waited far too long for this.' His embrace a physical expression of his intention to never again be without her, he lingered for a moment just reveling in the feeling of her in his arms, softly murmuring incoherent words of comfort to her. Finally, he gathered her closer in his arms and carried her to the bed where he sank back into a sitting position, settling her body between his legs. He was grateful for a short second that the bed Sarah now had was much larger than the one she once had, then the thought fled as quickly as it had come as he focused on the sight of her in his arms. He drew her close to his chest, her head resting against his heart, as he reclined against the pillows piled up in front of the headboard. He softly stroked her hair as her sobs continued in full force.
'She's crying so hard,' he thought worriedly. He felt slightly sick at the intensity of her grief, as he had never heard such sobs of devastation come from her, not in all the times he had watched her through the window to this very room. Her cries were like a wound to his body, for her hurt and pain was his own. Although it pained him to have her cry, he knew that it was the only way for her to release all the hurt and pain inside and truly accept that he had come back for her.
Sarah's sobs continued for some time, the pain of the past months like a poison that was finally seeping slowly from her system. As the pain left, she cried in relief, overjoyed that he was there at last. As she cried, she listened to the soft words coming from Jareth. She was becoming calmed by the sound of his heartbeat; strong and true as it throbbed steadily beneath her ear. She realized, as her sobs slowed, that Jareth continued to comfort her with gentle touches and softly murmured words. She reveled in the love so evident in his words and touch.
Finally, Sarah raised her head from his chest to look at him. She smiled faintly at him, slightly uncomfortable as her once strong nature beginning to reassert itself, making her feeling embarrassed at how weepy she had been. She saw relief flood into his face, bringing a new light into his eyes. She had never before believed someone's eyes could hold so many emotions until she had begun to recognize all the emotions held in Jareth's. She had no idea her eyes reflected just as many emotions that were laid out like a book for him to read. She gazed at him for what could have been an eternity before finally speaking.
"Jareth," she said softly, hesitantly. "I…" Her voice trailed off. Even now, held tightly in his arms, his body and touch real, she hesitated to say the words that had whispered in her mind, over and over, as she had cried. He waited, an expectant look upon his face. His hands, which had come to rest, loosely hooked, on the small of her back as she had gazed at him, now flexed and tightened unconsciously on her hips.
"I loved the song," she whispered, not quite ready to say the words. Although she wanted to more than anything, she still wasn't quite ready to believe. "It was wonderful, even though it hurt so much to hear it. So many times that song has made me think of you and what I had given up. It was like we were singing to each other."
"We were," he said, grinning in spite of the fact that he had been waiting for much different words from her mouth. "I've heard you sing it before – it was your voice in the song, just as it was mine. I was here the whole time."
Those oddities – the open window, the scented breeze that felt like his touch, the song - they were all him. A fragment of the song came back to her, about touch allowing her to know, questioning if she could believe. She lifted her arms from his chest, where her fingers had been tightly wrapped in his shirt as she had cried, and placed one hand on either side of his face. His grip on her tightened when she touched his face and their eyes locked. Looking into his eyes, touching him this way with his smooth skin warm under her touch, she was finally ready to believe.
a/n: Thank you to all my reviewers, Jibiathon, Lady Saffron of the Daggers, Mademoiselle Phantom, batteredchil, Nova, Its All Become Krystal Klear, Kenta Divina, DemonicSymphony, alias-allia, blackstar, - I love you all! Hugs for everyone!
Jibiathon - I am so glad you are enjoying this story! As for why I stopped… cliffys are FUN! evil laugh Saffy – come on, I gave you multi chapters in one day, just as I will do again…an occasional cliffy is worth that, isn't it? wink – I think that is truly the most fabulous thing anyone has ever said about my writing – I mean, 'greatest ever' I think I could cry I am so touched! And I'm glad you liked my cliffy, I loved having it! Nova – now, now, you'll get your tears and kisses, but really, I'm not going to have them shag right away! What would be the fun it that, I ask you! Its All Become Krystal Klear – I am touched, very truly touched by your words. Thank you! Kenta Divina – yes it can, and hopefully these next few chapters will put it right back in place… for now. alias-allia – I have no intention of leaving anytime ever, this is my baby and I will see it to the end, as with all my other fics, so no worries!
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