Okay, sooooo I have internet again! So hopefully I can update WAY more often!
I have an original story on Fictionpress under the same pen name. I originally put it here, but didn't know you couldn't put them here... Oh well! If you want to read it, be my guest. :)
Hope you all have a great day, AND enjoy the reading. ;)
Once Sarah got to the Aboveground, Sandra had filled her in on what she had been missing. Her father, Karen, and Toby had not moved as they said they were going to. After she was "Kidnapped" they decided to stay put incase she was found safely. Eric was going insane looking for her. Infact, Darin and Eric had teamed up in looking for her. "Sarah, you have to figure out something to say to the cops. They've been racking their brains looking for you." Sandra looked at Sarah's hand. "How are you going to explain that?" Sandra asked as she picked up Sarah's left hand.
Sarah bit her lip. "I don't know." Her brow creased in frustration. "I'll figure it out." She started walking to the couch in Sandra's living room. "Hopefully." Once she sat down, she looked up at Sarah who was standing over her. "Considering I've been gone for a while, can you call my dad? I still have to figure out what to say." Sandra nodded and grabbed her cordless phone then sat down next Sarah.
Sandra took a deep breath. Dialing the phone number she stared at Sarah. "Are you ready for this?"
"As ready as I can be." Sarah paused for a moment. "My heart is beating horribly fast."
"Don't you want to take the ring off before they get here?"
Sarah shook her head. "It doesn't come off."
Sandra's eyes popped open in surprise. "Mr. Williams, hi." She paused as he spoke. "Oh, I wasn't calling for an update, actually I was calling you to give an update. Sarah's here, At my house. She found her way back." She waited again as he spoke. "No, she hasn't said much of anything. I think she's waiting to see you and the family." Sandra squeezed Sarah's hand. "Yes, we'll be here." Sandra put the phone down and looked at Sarah. "Are you sure you want too do this now? They will be here in less than 10 minutes." Sarah nodded. "So how come the ring doesn't come off?"
Sarah stared at it and smiled. "Because if it does, Darin will come after me. And I don't want that." Her eyes popped open at realization. "Oh my god! Darin is Jareth's brothers name and I have Darin in the Aboveground who was trying to go out with me." She turned to Sandra, "How am I supposed to look at him the same? Especially after Darin tried to rape me?"
Sandra jumped up. "Excuse me? He tried to what? I hope Jareth did something about it."
"He stopped him." The door had a knock on it. "Want me to get that, or you?" Sandra stood up and ran to the door. When she opened it, Robert let himself in. He laid his eyes on Sarah and he started crying. "Daddy, it's okay. I'm here now." Robert ran over to her and grabbed her in a tight hug. Toby was the next one is the apartment, he ran over and he hugged her as tightly as he could. Once Sarah saw him, the tears flowed down her face.
"Sarah! Where have you been? Mom and dad said someone kidnapped you. Who would do such a thing?" Sarah stared at Toby with her mouth opened wide. When did he start talking like an adult? When did he start talking like Jareth? Maybe she just missed him so much, and that's why she was thinking that Toby was talking like him. He surely couldn't have learned how to talk like him. Unless Jareth was taking sneak trips up to see him? She got down to his level and grabbed his hands.
"Tobes, I'm fine. I promise." What was Sarah going to say to make everyone calm down about her "kidnapping"? If only Jareth had made it seem like she was living with her fiance. That would make it easier to explain where she had been. But no, he made it seem like one of the worst things that can happen to someone, happened to her. "The person who had me," She paused trying to think of something to say. Finally she smiled at Toby. "He treated me very well. It wasn't like I was mistreated. I had a room and clothes and of course, I was fed." She looked at her father who was still looking very distraught. "Dad, honestly. I'm fine. How long have I been gone?"
Immediately Sarah saw her father's eyes land on her hand. Specifically the hand that held her engagement ring. Before she could find a way to explain it, his face got beat red and he grabbed her by the shoulders. "Is he making you marry him? You tell me who he is and I'll kill him!" He brought her over to the couch and sat her back down. "You've been gone almost five months. Didn't you notice how long you've been gone?"
Embarrased that she couldn't tell exactly how long she'd been gone, she blushed. "No. I didn't daddy. I'm sorry."
Her father looked over to Karen, and it was the first time that Sarah noticed her standing there. She almost felt horrible that she hadn't noticed her before. Karen had tears streaming down her face. "You didn't answer my question about this ring." He said as he started to pull on it.
Immediately Sarah pulled her hand away making sure that the ring was still in place. "That's none of your business." She snapped. She closed her eyes and sighed. The fae side of her was slipping out, and she couldn't let that happen. "Dad, I'm sorry. That's not what I meant. I meant to say, no. He's not making me marry him." The next words she was going to speak were bound to make everyone except for Sandra shudder. Maybe not Toby, considering he wasn't old enough to really understand. She took a deep breath and stood up. "I'm already married. The guy who kidnapped me is not the guy I'm married." Not technically. She thought to herself. "I'm married to someone named Jareth." Her father's face fell and she saw the shocked looks on all of their faces. Including Toby's. Had he realized who Jareth was? Had he remembered?
"Who the hell is Jareth? Where did you meet him? Why didn't you invite us to the wedding?" This one was going to be a little tougher to explain. How do you explain a Goblin King and the fact that they weren't exactly really invited to the wedding?
She shrugged. "It's not really that big of a deal. He's the one who saved me from the guy who kidnapped me. So I obviously met him when he saved me, and the wedding was a small city hall thing. No one came. Besides Sandra."
They all turned to Sandra who was fuming mad at being the center of attention for something she wanted no part in. "Why didn't you tell me she was safe before today? I've been talking to you daily!" Sarah's father was screaming by now. He was hysterical. Of course, Sarah and Sandra couldn't blame him considering he was Sarah's father.
"She wanted it to be a secret and a surprise! I didn't want to do it." Sandra defended herself.
Before Robert could say anything, Sarah stepped in. "She's right. She didn't want any part of it. I made her do it. I also made her keep quiet."
This time Karen spoke up. "Robert, maybe we should leave and let them spend some time together. You obviously need time to digest this, and I think you need to go home for a while." She turned to Sarah. "We will come see you tomorrow." Robert walked out of the apartment and Toby followed him. Karen walked over to Sarah and hugged her. "Don't worry, I'll make him understand." When she moved out of the hug, she stared into Sarah's eyes and gave her a knowing look then turned around and headed towards the door.
"Karen?" Karen turned to look at Sarah. "Thank you." Karen simply nodded and turned back to walk out the door. "Karen," Sarah started, and when Karen turned around again, Sarah froze. She didn't know how Karen would take the next words she spoke, but she hoped she would at least understand that it came from the bottom of her heart and not because she was going to make her father understand. "I love you."
When Sarah had been in the Underground, she had been doing a lot of thinking and realized that she might never see her family again, and that included Karen. She realized that she really did love her. All of her. They may have had their problems, but now that Sarah was older, she understood what Karen doing. She wasn't trying to take her moms place. She was just trying to love Sarah. Even though she was demanding sometimes.
Karen nodded again and walked away.
Once the front door was safely shut and locked, Sandra did a whirlwind and attacked Sarah. "What the hell was that about?"
Sarah feeling confused, looked at Sandra with furrowed eyebrows. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Pointing at Sarah, Sandra made a list. "You snapped at your father, which is not something you've done for years. You threw me under the bus for no reason at all! Your father is going to hate me now! Not to mention, you just told Karen that you love her. Where the hell did that come from?"
She has a point.
Sarah thought to herself. "I'm sorry, the Fae side of me came out. I can't help it. It sneaks out sometimes. It's not as bad as it was when you were first Diamond. How could you even go along with Jareth's plan?"
Being mad at Sandra was not the plan, but it happened. Was it the Fae part of Sarah sneaking out again, or was just really mad at her? Figuring this out should be easy, but Sarah had a feeling that it wouldn't be easy at all.
Sandra scoffed at Sarah. "Seriously? You're really asking me that? I did it for you! How could you be so stupid as to think it was for him?" Sandra turned around and walked out to the kitchen. Sarah followed.
"Listen, I'm sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm just tired? I should probably-" Before she could finish her sentence, she ran towards the bathroom. When she got there, she puked for what felt like hours.
When she was almost done, she felt a hand rubbing her back. "Sarah, are you okay?"
Sarah got off of her knees and sat down beside the bathub. Nodding she said, "I believe so. I don't know what that's all about. I haven't eaten anything since this morning."
Sandra got a twinkle in her eye. "Is there any possible way that you could be pregnant?"
Sarah shook her head vigorously. "Impossible. We slept together last night for the first time. You can't get pregnant that fast, and you know it."
Grabbing Sarah's hand, Sandra sat down next to her. "Here, in the Aboveground of course. But you know things are different Underground. Maybe-"
"No. If you remember, time goes slower there."
"But Sarah may-"
Sarah turned her head and gave Sandra an almost demonic look. "I said no!" She got up and walked to the couch, made it for bed, and laid down.