That first chapter was just to see how people like this story- thus two chapters today!

Thanks to

Moonjava- Always the first to review

Solea- Thanks, I wanted to make Sarah a little bit temperamental

Chapter Two

Headaches

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When Sarah woke up the next morning, the whispers had stopped.

As she got ready for school, Sarah, relieved of the constant nuisance of Jareth's voice, even questioned if she had heard him at all. She began to think of it, as she had begun to think of her time in the Labyrinth, as a dream, a hallucination.

She convinced herself that she had imagined the voice, that warm, English-accented voice, and set off for school.

Sarah, following her usual tradition, met up with her make-up-addicted friends and gossiped away (or, listened to them gossip away) until the bell for homeroom.

Sarah walked into homeroom and said a cheery 'hello' to Mrs Blenkins, whom she liked very much.

The bell rang again, this time for first period. Sarah started out for her first lesson, Drama, accompanied by her best friend, Jenny.

'Mmm,' Jenny murmured. 'Mr Ross is lookin' fine!'

'Yeah,' Sarah agreed.

This admiring conversation ignited a scoff from somewhere behind the two and Sarah turned around in her seat to scowl at the scoffer, finding that she could not identify the originator of the disapproving sound. All of the people behind her were looking at Mr Ross in the same way that her friend Jenny was, so she wondered who had slighted him.

'Miss Williams, if you would be so kind as to turn around so that we all can see your pretty face, I would be most obliged,' said Mr Ross.

Sarah, her face burning, did as her teacher had bidden and set her eyes resolutely toward the front of the room.

Both Jenny and Sarah, and pretty much every other girl in the school, perved on Mr Ross. He was in his twenties, had shoulder length blonde hair and a perfectly toned physique. Both aforementioned girls had given him the pet name 'Dreamboat'.

And both girls were sad, even Sarah, who had been chastened, when the school bell rang, signalling the end of class.

Sarah departed for Physics, while Jenny went to Home Economics.

Once in her class, Sarah got out her books and began to copy down what her teacher had written on the blackboard.

About halfway through writing about selected integers, the whispering came again, soft at first, then agonisingly loud. Phrases and taunts from her journey into the Labyrinth belted themselves through her mind, pushing out every other thought, especially any thoughts concerning Physics.

Sarah clasped her hands over her ears in an attempt to minimize the sound, to no avail, the sound only got louder. She asked her teacher for a sickroom pass, her request being granted immediately as she looked so pale and out-of-sorts.

Sarah went to the office and called her stepmother, Karen, on the receptionist's telephone.

'Karen? It's Sarah. I have a horrible headache and I can't concentrate. Can you come and take me home?'

'You're not just doing this to get out of doing something, are you?' asked Karen suspiciously.

'No, I'm just sick,' said Sarah, knowing not to take offence at Karen's condescending tone.

'Fine, I'll come and pick you up,' said Karen and she hung up.

Sarah waited in the office for Karen to get her.

'Howdy, stranger,' said a cheerful voice.

Sarah looked up with a grin. 'Hi Angus!'

Angus was Sarah's boy-friend turned boyfriend. He had finally gotten up the nerve to ask her out only the month previous.

Sarah liked him; he was tall, had brown hair and was very sweet. He was always surprising her. He was everything a seventeen-year-old Sarah could want in a boyfriend.

'Are you going home?' Angus asked, concern in his voice.

'Yeah. I've got a headache, you know, the kind that makes you wish you had a jackhammer going in your head instead,' joked Sarah.

Angus sat down next to her and put his arm around her. 'Can I still get a kiss, then?'

Sarah smiled. 'Of course you can.' She sat up straighter and kissed him.

'BUT I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU-OO

'AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN.'

Sarah pulled away with a groan of pain. Jareth's voice was pounding through her head, filling her every nerve with pain. She cradled her head in her hands.

'Sarah, are you alright?' Angus asked anxiously.

'No, argh! It's my head!'

A car horn sounded in the school parking lot.

'That'll be Karen,' Sarah groaned. 'See you tomorrow.' She got up, grabbed her bag and almost ran from the school office, the Goblin King's lovesong racing through her head.

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