Chapter 12
After Jareth went to the kitchen to tell them to prepare Sarah's favorite dish, he went out himself, because he couldn't trust a goblin to do this, and find enough Lily's in the garden to make a bouquet.
After he collected the flowers, he went back inside to make sure everything was prepared. Now all he had to do was ask Sarah to come with him.
Jareth walked down the hallway towards Sarah's bedroom. He came up to her door and knocked on it lightly.
"Come in." he heard a voice from inside.
"Sarah, it's me. Um…I was wondering…if you would like to…go on a picnic with me." Jareth asked.
"Um sure." Sarah said, getting up from her chair.
About an hour later, both Jareth and Sarah were sitting on a hill that overlooked a great meadow, with the sun starting to set in front of them.
"Jareth, how did you know Chicken Cordon Blue was my favorite?" Sarah said as she ate another fork full.
"I had a talk with your friend Hoggle. He told me." Jareth said.
"Oh that's right. I had forgotten I had told him. I'm so happy he remembered." Sarah said with a smile.
"Um…he also said these were your favorite also." Jareth said taking out the Lily's he had picked for her.
"Ohh, Lily's! I love them." Sarah said, smelling the sweet scent of the flowers.
"Yea. Sarah I have something very important to tell you. Please don't "freak out" as they say aboveground." Jareth said, getting up and taking Sarah with him and walking to the edge of the hill.
"What is it Jareth." Sarah asked.
"Sarah…I love you." Jareth said, leaning down and kissing her.
Sarah was so surprised, that they only thing she could do was to kiss back.
"Mmm wait, Jareth…what?" Sarah said pushing back.
"Sarah. I love you. I have been wanting to tell you that since you got back. Please don't be angry with me…this is just how I feel. And I hope that one day you will feel the same." Jareth said.
Sarah was stunned. He loved her? Wow! She knew herself that she had some sort of feelings toward him, but she wasn't sure if it was love. She…tolerated him.
"Um…I…I don't know what to say." Sarah said.
"It's ok; you don't have to say anything. I just wanted to let you know." Jareth said. "Now, let's get back before it gets to dark." He said picking up there stuff.
Sarah looked over and realized that again, he had something that was a favorite of hers…the sunset. He really went all out in telling her this.
"Thank You Jareth." Sarah said quietly to herself as she followed him back to the castle.