Hello everyone me again I had to fudged the time a little. Sorry I don't have the time or the patience to sit around and look for songs popular when the movie first came out. Some will be from the era and some won't. Don't like it sorry. Thats the way the cookie crumbles. LOL

Chapter 6: James

Jareth and Sarah walked quietly to her next class. Both keeping their eyes and ears open incase Amara hadn't given up. It didn't take long to get to Sarah next class which just so happened to be Art. Today they were supposed to just sit and sketch, with the teacher walking around the room asking questions about this and that. Now Sarah may have said before that she didn't really have friends, and in truth she did, James. The one person in the school who treated her like she was a person and was her only confidant in the school. James happened to share Sarah's favorite classes with her. He was about 5'11 short black messy hair, dark blue eyes, olive skin, and built like a house. Cute if you were into that kind of guy. But Sarah wasn't and she was the only girl in the school who wasn't and the only one who wouldn't end up with a broken heart.

"Hey, James." She said patting him friendly on the back. James liked to go for the comfortable look most of the time. And today was no different. A black 'THE WHO' shirt with black jeans. He turned and gave her one of his knee buckling smiles.

"Hey Sar. What you been up too?" He asked motioning for her to sit at the easel next to him.

"Thanks James." She looked behind her to see Jareth walking about the room. "Fine for now, and you?" She asked trying to avoid him questioning her.

"Everything is fine." He narrowed his eyes at her. "Are you sure YOUR fine?" He asked watching her look around the room nervously. She gave a giggle.

"Yeah James everything is fine." She was an amazing actress. "So what are you going to sketch?" She asked him.

"Well now that you're here, it isn't really what but more of who?" He gave her an evil look that she had already seen one to many times.

"No way, James. I'm not posing for you." She said crossing her arms below her breasts.

"Oh come on Sarah . . ." He gave her a puppy dog pout. She shook her head. He put the pout away and tried something else. "All right how about this you pose for me and I'll do something for you that I would never do for anyone else." Sarah looked at him intrigued. She smiled.

"And what would that be James?" She asked trying to sound as if she really wasn't interested.

"I'll take Amara on a date and then tell everyone the next day that she turned me gay." Sarah started to laugh like a mad woman. Jareth came up to her and couldn't keep the confusion and concern from his eyes.

"Sarah, why are you laughing like an idiot?" He asked. She looked up at James pretending not to hear Jareth.

"You're telling me you'll go out on a date with Amara Thompson and come out the next day saying that she turned you gay?" Jareth didn't quite understand but if this boy could make his Sarah laugh in such a way he was glad, jealous, and watchful. "And all I have to do is stand for a few minutes so you can sketch me?" James nodded. And she looked at him suspiciously. "Why would you do something like that?" She asked sounding serious.

"Because first you're my friend and friends do things like that for each other. Second I really want to sketch you. You look amazing today. Third Amara is getting on my last nerve." He said the last bit in a whisper. Sarah smiled again and ultimately agreed.

Jareth stood behind the easel as James sketched Sarah. She sat looking out the window looking as though she was searching for something, longing even. Jareth watched as the boy sketched his Sarah, trying to catch her beauty and mystery. Sarah asked every once in a while how it looked James wouldn't answer but Jareth couldn't help but mess with her a little.

"He seems to be one for big heads. And your eyes are to close together." He smiled as she gave him a 'shut up' look. It didn't take long for James to finish the basic sketch. Telling Sarah it was okay to look. Sarah came over and could hardly breathe.

Her hair was up in a bun in the picture with hairs falling in her face as she gazed out the window. Her clothes were still old fashioned but now it looked more like something a princess would wear 'A Queen would wear.' Labyrinth corrected. The pendent around her neck, perfectly accurate. Sarah couldn't believe that was how James saw her.

Jareth couldn't help but admit the boy had talent. True he didn't catch her spirit in the picture he would have been amazed if the boy could with magic. But the he had gotten her beauty and mystery. She was truly a gorgeous creature. James interrupted both of their thoughts.

"Well what do you think?" He asked taking the role of the shy boy. Sarah laughed and hugged him.

"It's gorgeous." She pulled away and looked at the picture again. "I'm not sure who she is but she is breath takingly gorgeous." James smacked her playfully.

"This is you Sarah. This is how I see you, especially today. There is something about you. Something that I just can't put my finger on and I feel lucky that I can see it. Since it seems that no one else can." He looked at her and smiled. "I'm going to take it home and paint it. When I'm finished, I'll bring it over to your house. All right?" He asked. Sarah nodded. "Hey," He said as she turned to sit down. "My parents are out on the town tonight you want to get a bite to eat with me later?" Sarah looked at him ready to say no. "My treat anything you want." Sarah smiled and nodded. James really was the only person in this world who made her feel worth something.

Sitting at her easel Sarah started to sketch. Her pencil moving her hand as though it had a will and a mind all its own. After a few moments she looked down to see that her pencil of its own free will had sketched a picture of Jareth. He was standing by the window that Sarah had been at. His already wild and messy hair blowing in the breeze. He wasn't wearing anything to formal Sarah noticed. A plain white poet's shirt open to show off his pendent, tight grey pants, knee-high black leather boots, and of course the black leather gloves. She was so lost in her sketch that she didn't hear James or Jareth come up behind her. She turned to Jareth first and saw a smirk appear on his face. Not really wanting to know what he thought just yet she turned to James.

He was looking at the picture as though he had never seen anything more delicious in his life. His eyes were wide and filled with awe. Sarah looked back at the sketch. She had drawn Jareth standing next to the window playing with a crystal. He seemed be bored with it though, looking out the window at something that he would rather play with.

"Sarah, who is that?" James asked almost drooling. "And is he straight?" He whispered smiling.

"Well first of all yes he's straight. Sorry." James gave a mock pout and then recovered.

"And who is this man candy of yours?" He asked not realizing that the man candy he spoke of was standing not three feet away from him, and looking at him thoroughly confused.

"His name is . . ." She looked at Jareth and wondered what she should say. She couldn't tell James his real name, but she had to tell him something. "He's the Goblin King, from that story 'The Labyrinth'." She said with a shrug.

"The Goblin King huh?" James said looking a little closer. "He seems dark but safe. Cruel but only when has to be." Sarah looked at him with puzzlement.

"You get all that from him staring out the window?" She asked sounding sarcastic.

"No I get all that from his body language, the way you drew him. You see him as someone who people shouldn't toy with. But you feel safe with him. You see him as cruel but you also show that he has a child like quality. What I don't get is what he's looking at? He seems to have some kind of want or need for it?" She looked at him then the picture and then to Jareth, who seemed to be hanging off James every word. She turned back to James. "You have some kind of thing going on with this guy?" He asked looking her in the eyes as he stood up.

"Well . . ." Sarah thought about it for a moment. She could feel Jareth's eyes on the back of her neck. She didn't know what to say. 'Tell the truth little one. It can do no harm.' Labyrinth said quietly. As though she thought someone might hear her. Sarah shrugged. "I'm not really sure how I feel about him. I'm still getting to know him." She said turning back to look at Jareth, who had an emotionless mask in place. 'Wonder what he's going to say about this one?' She asked herself.

Jareth wasn't sure what to make of what the boy said. If what the boy said was true then Sarah understood what he did, he did it because she asked it of him. She drew him staring out the window at something, and without hearing her say what it was, he could tell what he was looking at from the look in his eyes. He was looking or thinking about her. Sarah interrupted his thoughts.

"Where would you like to go?" She asked. School was over and she had agreed to meet James at the pizza joint down the street from her house a 7. They had about 4 hours to kill. He didn't answer. "Jareth, where would you like to go?" She asked again sounding a little annoyed. Jareth's eyes narrowed a bit at her tone. Sarah didn't back down.

"I'm sorry I don't understand the question." He said his voice holding a little anger.

"You said you wanted to know about me. Well where do you want to go? Do you want to just sit and talk or do you want to learn a little about my favorite things and places?" She asked her voice no longer holding anger or annoyance.

"I would like to see more of your world." He looked at her and noticed that she seemed to look a little tired and kept getting lost into her head. "Sarah are you feeling well?" He asked concern that he hadn't meant to show evident in his voice. She looked at him her face showing confusion.

"What would make you think that I'm not feeling well?" She asked nervously.

"You look as though you didn't sleep well. I found you floating five feet above your bed this morning, and you spent quite a bit of the day lost to your thoughts. So I ask, are you all right?" Sarah was taken back. 'Did he really just ask if I was all right?' Labyrinth answered. 'It would appear little one that the king has some concern for you. You should tell him what you know.' Sarah didn't mean to but she answered Labyrinth aloud.

"Labyrinth if I told him that I was talking to you, he would really start to worry about me." She slapped her hand over her mouth. But it was too late. Jareth had heard and he didn't look happy. 'I can't believe that I just said that aloud.'

"So Sarah my dear, would you like to explain?" Jareth asked crossing his arms and giving her a cold stare. Jareth did and didn't expect her to say and do what she did next.

"No, I wouldn't." Sarah grabbed her bags and started to walk away. 'Oh little Sarah you can't get away from me that easily.'

Jareth: Does she really think she's going to get away like that?

Sarah: A girl can dream.

Jareth: I already offered you your dreams.

Sarah: (rolls eyes) Yeah yeah been there refused that.

Darklady: You know you only did that to save Toby.

Sarah: Yeah but do you think his royal PAIN understands that?

Darklady: (shrugs) Probably not. But then again he doesn't have younger brothers.

Jareth: Oh really and how many do you have Milady?

Darklady: (blushes) Muuurrph. . . . . .

Jareth: (grins evily) Pardon?

Darklady: 6 Alright are you happy I have 6!!!!!

Sarah: Don't worry Dark everything will be fine. What happens next?

Darklady: (throws Jareth dirty look) You'll just have to wait and see.

LOL Catch ya later Guys

I promise chapter 7 is coming soon.