"Precious, what does it say?" Jareth said in a soothing voice as he walked past Sandra and grabbed her hand. Just as Sarah was going to answer him, she went pale and started to fall backwards. Jareth, noticing that she was falling, caught her just before she hit the ground. "I promise darling, I am going to figure out what is going on with you."
Jareth cradled Sarah in his arms as he carried her to the door. He decided just teleporting back to the Underground with Sarah in front of everyone would not be a good idea, but of course, Linda and Robert got in the way. They blocked the door. "Where the hell do you think you are going with my daughter?"
Robert turned and stared at Linda. The words were right on the tip of him tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to say them. They would hurt Linda too much and there was already enough going on. He turned back to Jareth and crossed his arms. "Yes, just where do you think you are going with my- I mean, our daughter? She obviously needs professional help."
Snickering, Jareth put Sarah down on the couch in one swift movement. "She happens to be my wife, and no offence Robert and Linda, but there is absolutely nothing you can do for Sarah. Only I have the power and the connections to help her. So if you would be cooperative, I could have her back to new in no time."
Instead of moving, Linda and Robert stood firm in front of the door. They definitely had no intentions of letting him take their daughter. "Listen Jareth, I heard that you two were married and that really grinds my gears, although she is your wife, you will not be taking her out of this apartment. Do you understand me?"
Linda looked between Jareth and Robert. "You just said Jareth?" She asked Robert.
"Yes. That's his name." He gave Linda a puzzled look. "Does that even matter considering we have bigger problesm? Have you not noticed that our daughter is passed out on the couch?"
Linda started tapping her chin with her index finger. "Jareth, as in the Goblin King?" Linda asked with certainty. "Is that who you are?"
Jareth chuckled and walked over to Linda. He gave her a grand bow and tried to kiss her hand. She pulled away. "One in the same. At least someone around here actually knows who I am. I'm flattered."
"Don't be. You're a make believe story. You can't be real." Linda took in his appearance. His wild hair, the clothing he wore, the glitter everywhere, and the make-up. He certainly looked like the Jareth that was described in the book she had given to Sarah years ago.
To prove his point, he teleported from one side of the room to the other. Then he pulled his crystals out and began to play with them. "One in the same." Jareth looked up into Linda's eyes. "Would you like me to prove it to you some more? I am absolutely positive that I can come up with other ways to prove it."
"What the hell is a Goblin King?" Robert asked nervously. He had heard Sarah reciting parts from her books and heard her say the name goblin king more than once. "Is he the one from her book Labyrinth?" Before Linda could respond to him, he continued. "The book that you gave her? You sent this, this demon to our daughter?"
"That is quite correct-" He was referring to being the Goblin King, Not being a demon, because he obviously wasn't a demon. Although being described as such was amusing to him.
"I was asking my ex-wife. Not you- you- you," Robert was poking his finger towards Jareth. "I don't even know what to call you! Are you a human?"
Jareth shrugged and went to sit by Sarah. This would be a fun turn of events for a while. He decided not to answer Robert, and to let Linda and Robert argue some more. Besides, this would give him time to come up with a plan.
Linda and Robert continued arguing while Sandra and Jareth were thinking of a plan. "Oh my god, why did I not think of this before?" Jareth looked at Sandra quizically. "The test is obviously in the bathroom! I'll just go check what it say. Obviously, we should have checked this before anyone started fighting. Don't you agree Jareth?"
The idea was an amazing one. Why hadn't he thought of it before this? He followed Sandra to the bathroom and found that the pregnancy test was gone. "Where is it?" Jareth questioned as he looked around the bathroom.
"You know, I still haven't forgiven you for using me to get to Sarah." Jareth's head shot up. No one besides Sarah had ever talked to Jareth this way. Well, not anyone who knew exactly what he was capable of. "That was extremely rotten of you! No guy has ever used me before. You do realize that Sarah is my best friend right?" She paused for a breath. "The fact that you used me hurt me. I actually liked you, and now, now I can't stand you." Sandra noticed Jareths eyes open wide. "Okay, that's a bit harsh. I mean, I don't hate you or anything, but I do not like you either. Obviously you make Sarah happy, and that's really all I care about, but doing that was absolutely horrible."
Jareth went to speak, but Sandra continued on. "Then using me to wish Sarah away? What is wrong with you?" Sandra turned and looked out of the bathroom to make sure that Linda and Robert hadn't heard anything she was saying. "I guess I'll have to forgive you, but it will take me some time."
"Do you realize who you are talking to? I could easily make you disappear and never have you return."
Sandra gupled. "Jareth, I'm-"
Jareth put his hands on Sandra's shoulders which made Sandra jump and instantly keep quiet. "I said, I could make you disappear. I won't. For one reason only."
Tears came to Sandra's eyes. Tears of relief. "Why?"
Jareth laughed and turned. He looked in the garbage barrel for the pregnancy test, but he didn't find it. "The reason being Sarah. You are her best friend. She would absolutely never forgive me. I do not need that. Right now, I need to figure out what is going on with her." Jareth pushed past Sandra and walked into the living room.
Linda and Robert were still arguing. "What is going on? Why are you two fighting?"
Everyone turned to see Sarah sitting up staring at her parents. "How are you feeling darling?" Linda ran and sat beside Sarah caressing her hair like Sarah was still a child. Linda looked at Jareth then back to Sarah. "How come you don't go out with Darin? I always did like him." Linda pointed a finger at Jareth. "At least he's not a demon like this guy."
Sarah narrowed her eyes and jumped up off the couch. "Excuse me, but you have absolutely no right to say that about my husband. He is not a demon. He's the best thing to happen to me since you left. Do you understand me?"
"I'm your mother, I have every right-"
"No, you don't. You do not get to act like mother of the year when you don't talk to me, spend time with me, or even call to ask dad how I am. I heard him when I went to the bathroom. You decided not to come looking for me when I was taken? I'm your daughter for fucks sake!"
Linda was appalled at what she was hearing from her daughters mouth. Sarah had never talked to her this way before. "I am your mother! You don't speak to me this way."
Sarah scoffed. "I'll speak to you any way I want to. If you don't like it, you can leave. You're not wanted here anyways." Sarah knew she was lying. She had wanted to see her mother, but not if she was going to act like this. "That was harsh. I know. I'm sorry, but you have no right to tell me what to do. Not to mention you only met Darin once. How do you know he's a good guy?" Linda shrugged. "You don't. Did you know that he almost got me fired from my job because he kept trying to flirt with me at work and he tried to make me sit down with him whenever he was there?"
Linda stood up and grabbed Sarah in a hug. "I'm so sorry. I had no-"
"Exactly, you had no idea." Sarah pushed her mother away from her. "You know nothing about me! You haven't since I was twelve years old." Turning she caught Jareth's eyes and then turned back to her mother after remembering about Jareth's brother. "And I will never be with a Darin. Because one tried to rape me."
Robert ran forward and pushed Linda out of the way. "Was he the bastard that kidnapped you? Is he the one who did this to you? You just let me know sweetheart and I'll take care of him. I promise."
"Are you telling me that the Darin I know tried to rape you?" Linda asked in shock.
Sarah shook her head. "No. He was not the one you know mother." She let venom drip off of the word mother. For a while now, Sarah had not thought of Linda as her mother. "And yea dad. It was him, but you can't do anything to him."
Sarah knew she was lying, but they would never know. Jareth would make sure of it. Especially if she asked him. Sarah was fairly certain that Jareth would do anything for her if she asked him. The sound of Sandra's voice interrupted her thoughts. "Excuse me, but we still haven't found out the results of the test yet! Can we get it out now? Please Sarah, I'm dying to know if you're pregnant."
Cocking her head to the side, she sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you." The room fell extremely quiet. She walked over to Jareth and grabbed his hands. "I don't know if you'll believe me." She said quietly.
"Precious, just tell me."
He was just as anxious to find out if she was pregnant as Sandra was. "You'd better sit down." Everyone in the room sat down. "Okay, so the test said that I am pregnant." She heard gasps from everyone in the room. "But, I don't know if these pregnancy tests tell the truth. I mean, I wouldn't be pregnant with a normal kid."
"The fact that it says you are speaks volumes darling. It must mean you are." Jareth began stroking her hair. "The moment we get home, I will have the best doctor in the underground come check on you." Jareth looked at Robert and Linda. "I'm sorry to be so rude, but I am taking Sarah home now. She was going to stay for a full week, but I believe that I need to make sure she's going to be fine."
"Excuse me? I just got back. I'm not going anywhere. I want to spend time with Sandra and Toby." The look she shot Jareth would kill him, if looks could kill. "Just because I might be pregnant with your kid, does not mean you get to boss me around! Especially if you most likely don't want me to be pregnant." Jareth had already told her that he wouldn't dream of getting rid of the baby, but she wasn't too sure that he actually wanted one. This would be a test of his loyalty to her. If he actually wanted a child, he would spend time with the baby when he or she came along, and he would love them just as much as he loved her. If he didn't, well then she would leave and never look back. Sarah didn't know where she would go, but she would find someplace to go.
"Pregnant? What is pregnant?"
Sarah turned her head to see Toby and Karen standing in the doorway. "Tobes. I'm sorry, I didn't see you standing there."
"It's okay. What is pregnant?"
Karen knelt down next to Toby and put her hands on his shoulder. "That means that Sarah might be having a baby honey. You could be an uncle."
Toby made a scrunchy face. "I'm too young to be an uncle. Uncles are old!"
"Not all uncles are old. Some are even younger than their niece or nephew. It happens."
Toby looked at Sarah. "Will the baby be a boy? I could use a little friend to play with."
Sarah gulped. Would her baby be a boy? Would the baby be a girl? Or would the baby be something else entirely different?
