Ch 4 Asking

Sarah left to go tuck in Toby a while ago, so it was just Jareth and Deon. Jareth sat on one side of the table while Deon walked around the room. "So you're going to ask Sarah to go to the autumn festival. I thought as much, but I must warn you that your mother is planning something, but I'm not sure what."

"When is she not up to something?"

"I mean I over heard her talking to Danyella."

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"Danyella you must look your best for my son at the autumn festival."

"I know. How about this dress?"

"He would never like that one dear. It would drive him crazy."

"Ok, what if plan A doesn't work?"

"Then we will move on to plan B."

"Ok. What was plan B again."

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"I wanted to hear more, but your mother put up a shield so I couldn't hear."

"This really makes me wander what she is up to; I'll have to be on guard for any mischief. I don't want Sarah to get hurt."

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"Sarah, will you read me a story?" Toby asked while lying in Sarah's bed and on Sarah's lap with his teddy bear, Lancelot.

"Sure Toby. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Can we start to read Terrible Mischief?"

"Ok, but only the first chapter for now."

"Ok."

With a wave of her hand Terrible Mischief was in her hand. She opened to the first page, and started to read. Toby was so into the book that he whined when she ended the first chapter.

"Come on, I'll go tuck you in."

"I can do it Sarah."

"Ok if you want to. Don't forget Lancelot."

"Ok, night."

"Night."

Toby left her room and went into his own. She put Terrible Mischief on her nightstand and headed out her door. Her friends hadn't sent any word of when they wanted to meet her, so she thought they might be up to something.

She decided to explore the castle. There had been a lot of places she hadn't been in the castle and was very curious, and was sure Jareth wouldn't mind.

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Jareth took in a deep breath and knocked on Sarah's door. There was no answer. He knocked again, and still no answer. "She's not there Jareth." Toby said leaning on his door frame. "She went exploring."

"What are you doing up. I thought Sarah put you to bed."

"She did but I knew you'd be coming, so I staid up." He yawned, "and if you don't mind I'm going to bed now." He shut his door and turned out the light.

Sarah exploring wasn't a problem at all. He thought of Sarah and knew were she was. She was in the moonlight garden. He teleported there and saw Sarah spinning around like a little child. Jareth smiled. He liked this garden too.

Sarah stopped and smiled at Jareth There was no embarrassment in her eyes. The flowers behind them were glowing white. She sat down next to a fountain, and Jareth sat down next to her. He decided now was the best time to ask her, but he wasn't sure how she would react.

"Sarah can I ask you a question?"

"Sure Jareth. What is it?" She could tell he was very nervous.

He took in a deep breath and asked," Will you go to the autumn festival with me?"

"Sure."

"You don't have to if you want to. I'll….What?"

"I said I'll go with you Jareth. And to be honest I was hoping you'd ask me."

He was very happy she accepted his offer. He got up and offered her his hand and asked, "Sarah, would you like to dance?" Music stated to play out of nowhere as Sarah took his hand.

"I would like that Jareth." They danced for hours in the moonlight garden, though it felt like minuets. They stopped dancing sometime in the early hours of the mourning, before the soft glow of dawn had yet touched the sky.

He escorted Sarah to her room, and kissed her goodnight. After she shut her door he went to his own room and thought about what had just happened. He knew Deon would want to know what had happened and probably show up later to ask him.

He entered his room and crawled into bed. He summand a crystal and saw Sarah sleeping in her bed peacefully. He lay the crystal down next to his pillow and went to sleep.

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Sarah woke up felling someone watching her. She could feel two sets of eyes on her. One was Jareth, which she knew his gaze from that of anyone else, but the other felt cold and deadly. She had felt this stare yesterday when she was reading with Sam in her lap.

Sam was next to Sarah's bed. He made her feel safe in the above ground but here she wasn't sure. She looked at the clock and saw that it was only five and that she could sleep a little longer. She pulled the blankets closer to her and started to pet Sam. She tried to sleep but it didn't come so she though about what had happened just a few hours ago and smiled happily. Jareth had asked her to go to the autumn festival, which was one of the biggest events in the underground. Thinking of that happy thought she fell asleep again.

Sorry it took so took so long. I tried my best to get this ch done fast.

I want to thank my reviewers

Aurora Ranger, Sadandlonely, BatteredChild, liamslili1, Depressed HErmione MAlfoy, sure some of my readers want to poke me with pointy sticks

Note from the Beta. This chapter took so long partially because I'm a college student who had Tests and finals for a month straight.

Too the people who keep commenting on the spelling: Both the author and I are American, so things like "color" will look wrong to those readers from the rest of the English speaking world. Same goes for some of the grammar. If you still think something is grossly misspelled I would be interested in knowing what (if only for my mental list of differences), just pull up my profile, and let me know. CattyFr