Chapter 10: WTF?

A/N: Another collaborative chapter brought to you by Ismira Daugene & Queenoftheslayers. Please view chapter 1 for more detail on the purpose of these short stories.

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"Marie, we need to get moving," Elise called to her roommate. "Sarah will be here soon!"

Elise and Marie were meeting their friend Sarah Williams for coffee at the nearby Mugby Junction. "Alright, alright! I'm coming!" Marie grumbled pulling on her coat and mittens.

Elise led the way out of the dorm room and down the stairs to the front door of the building where Sarah was standing in the entryway waiting for them. "Hey Sarah!" Elise called out as the approached.

"Hey guys! Come on; let's get some Mugby! It's freezing out there!" Sarah replied then led the way down the three blocks in the fifteen degree Fahrenheit weather.

The jingling bell above the door to the coffee shop announced their arrival as they entered rubbing their hands together to encourage warmth to flow to their extremities. Elise took a deep breath; she loved the smell of coffee. "What'll ya have?" the woman behind the counter asked.

"I'll have a hot cinnamon apple cider," Elise answered.

The woman rang her up and turned to Marie, "A chai tea please."

And finally Sarah, "Caramel latté for me."

Once all three girls had their drinks they slowly made their way through the small but packed coffee house to a table on the other side of the room. They sat, blowing on their drinks in an attempt to cool them. "Is that who I think it is?" Marie asked staring at a point behind Sarah and Elise.

Both girls turned around to see what Marie was looking at. At a table near a window sat two very familiar looking men. One had dark brown medium length hair, a long trench coat that looked like it was from World War II, and army boots. The second had winter blond hair that seemed to defy gravity in the way it stuck out in all directions, a reddish brown leather jacket that seemed to fit his lean form like a glove, and knee high leather boots over sinfully tight pants. The brunet was leaning forward whispering something to the blond to which the blond smiled at. They looked like two friends simply meeting for a drink… that was until the brunet placed a hand gently over the blond's free hand.

It was at that point that Sarah rose rapidly from her place beside Elise, her chair clattering to the floor, and stomped over to the pair. "Jareth?" she asked, her voice indicating that she was not one to be trifled with at the moment.

"Sarah?" Jareth looked up at the dark haired, emerald-eyed woman standing arms akimbo before him.

"Who's this?" Sarah asked, her head nodding a little toward the brunet.

"Um…"

"Pleased to meet you Miss, Captain Jack Harkness at your service," the brunet said turning on the charm and reaching forward to shake hands.

Sarah pointedly ignored the gesture and turned back to Jareth who looked quite uncomfortable. "What were you doing?"

Jareth looked down at his hand that was still on the table and slightly too close to Jack's hand to be a coincidence. "Sarah, this isn't what it looks like."

"And prey tell just what does it look like, Jareth?"

"Sarah, you're making a mountain out of an mole hill."

"Am I? I thought we were working things out Jareth… I thought you wanted to be with me… and now I find you in a coffee house holding hands with a well known bi-sexual?"

Jareth's face turned five shades of red. Jack cleared his throat, "You're welcome to join us," he said, his tone clearly indicating more than joining them for coffee.

It was at this point that Marie and Elise joined the trio. "Sarah? Everything okay over here?" Elise asked hesitantly.

"I don't know, ask Jareth."

Once again, Jareth seemed unable to form a coherent sentence and Jack spoke instead. "Ah, are these friends of yours, Sarah? They are perfectly welcome to join us as well," Jack smirked, his eyebrows waggling up and down a little.

Sarah gave Jack a murderous glare, Elise's eyes widened at the implications of Jack's suggestion, and Marie seemed to be giving the suggestion serious thought. "Well…" Marie murmured. She grunted as Elise elbowed her sharply. "Sorry!"

Jareth seemed to find his voice just then, "Sarah, I can assure you that Jack and I were simply meeting for some coffee and conversation."

"And the hand holding?" she asked, her voice still slightly higher pitched than normal.

"Jack is a… sensual man. He likes to make physical contact when talking with someone."

Sarah's eyes narrowed, "You're not helping your case…"

"Look Sarah, I have no interest in Jack in that way," he stood and placed his hands on Sarah's shoulders. "You are my only interest."

Sarah blushed and looked away, but Jareth caught her chin in one of his hands and pulled her head back to him before giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. Elise put a hand on Marie's arm and one on her own heart. "Oh!" she squee'd a little.

Marie on the other hand mock gagged as the two broke apart. "In fact, if Jack doesn't mind, I'd like to spend the rest of this day with my Sarah."

Jack sat propping his head with one hand, looking like he'd just lost a game of some sort, but waved his hand to indicate he was fine with Jareth leaving. Jareth and Sarah then walked out the door of the coffee house hand in hand, their coffees forgotten. Marie and Elise were left standing awkwardly next to the Captain. Jack looked over at the two girls a gleam in his eyes. "So…. what are you two doing tonight?"

Elise blushed a deep red and Marie covered her mouth to stifle the giggles as she sat down at the table despite Elise's protestations.

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Sarah & Jareth (c) Jim Henson

Captain Jack Harkness (c) BBC