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SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE RIGHT WERE WE LEFT OFF IN THE LAST CHAPTER. THAT'S SUMMARY ENOUGH.
A/N: HI ALL!!! HERE IS THE FINAL PART OF MY REVISION FOR YOU, ENJOY, AND PLEASE LEAVE ME SOME FEEDBACK TO LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THE REVISIONS.
"Well, it appears that the two lovebirds are awake," Adelphos thought as he watched Sarah and Jareth appear on Jareth's balcony, clad in nothing but chamber robes, from his hiding place in an olive tree not far from the castle. After being shoved out of bed by his love, he had left Antonia' s earlier saying that he would return after investigating into Jareth and Sarah's relationship a bit more, and had been perched in the olive tree in his animal form for the past few hours, waiting and watching.
As he watched, he observed that while both of them were dressed as though they had spent a passionate evening together, they didn't act like it. It seemed to Adelphos that Sarah was acting a little cold and harsh toward Jareth, refusing to look at him, or accept any food or drink that he offered her.
When he saw her pull away from him suddenly, and storm back inside, Adelphos thought, "Ah, but it appears that all is not well for the two of them." Figuring that he should report what he had just seen to Antonia, he flew off to report back to his love.
"Jareth, I really don't know what came over us or why we acted the way we did earlier, but what happened between us was a HUGE mistake," Sarah said as she turned away from where Jareth sat out on the balcony and watched the embers of the previous nights fire lose their battle to remain lit.
"Sarah…" Jareth began, hoping to calm her down, but also quickly growing upset and angry as her words sunk in, when a few sharp knocks at his chamber door made both of them jump. Jareth looked at Sarah, hoping that she would tell him not to answer so they could continue their conversation. Sarah looked at him, then back down at the fire remains.
With a frustrated sigh, Jareth got up and walked into the room himself and poured himself a glass of wine, suddenly needing a drink to keep him calm. He downed the entire goblet, and refilling it again, commanded, "Enter."
One of the large doors opened, and in rushed a small goblin guard, who announced the presence of Sevina, who entered right on the guard's heels. After making his announcement, the small goblin turned and scurried out of the room.
"I am glad to see that the two of you are awake, and might I say, you both look quite refreshed," Sevina said as she looked at the two of them while crossing the room toward them. "How are you feeling?" She asked as she moved to pick up the bowls and cups that she had used when she was making the tea for the two of them the previous evening.
Jareth again looked at Sarah, who refused to look back at him. He sighed again and said, "Well, despite breaking my promise to my fiancée about sleeping in the same bed before we are married, I am feeling very refreshed and energized."
Sevina stopped what she was doing and looked at the two of them. "That was my fault, your majesty, but you asked me to check on her and I told her to lie down next to you on the bed. When she hesitated, I told her that you were in no position to take advantage of her so it wouldn't be a problem."
"It's quite all right Sevina," Sarah piped up as she walked back in from the balcony. "I think that the two of us were so exhausted that nothing would've happened anyway." Jareth looked over at Sarah with a questioning gaze. Sarah refused to look at him, keeping her focus on Sevina.
With a shrug, Sevina turned her attention back toward cleaning and collecting all of her supplies from the previous evening, talking as she went. "It's probably the best thing that you two were so exhausted. Though the combination of those herbs that I used in your tea are very helpful in the healing process, they also act as a very powerful aphrodisiac. If I had thought that either of you were not going to sleep for as long as you two did, I wouldn't even have used them, or put you two in the same bed for that matter."
Sarah felt like she had been kicked hard in the stomach. "Did she just say what I thought she said?" she thought to herself. She looked over at Jareth, whose eyes were wide as he watched Sevina clean.
As she finished collecting her things, Sevina turned and looked at the two of them. "Your Majesty?" she asked as she moved toward him. "Are you feeling all right? You look as gray as the early morning fog." She grabbed his arm and led him back to the bed, having him sit on the edge and placing her hands on his head to examine him.
Jareth pushed her hands away, not wanting her to read his thoughts and know what had transpired between him and Sarah, and said, "I am fine, Sevina, I believe that the wine that the goblins brought is fermented, that's all."
"With all due respect Sire…" Sevina began as she again brought her hands up toward his head.
Jareth quickly looked at Sarah for help, and Sarah jumped in saying, "It's true Sevina. I tried some as well, and we were commenting on it before you came in here."
Sevina looked up at Sarah and commented, "You do looked a little gray as well, but you also look a little flushed, Lady Sarah. I am sure that must be from the after effects of the tea. If you don't mid, I would like to examine both of you later on when you both are feeling a little better, but until then, I would rather you both continue to rest and let your bodies finish the healing process."
"That's fine Sevina," Jareth said, rising from where he sat on the bed and collecting her cups and bowls for her. "We will rest for the remainder of the morning, and once we feel up to it, I will call for you."
As he handed Sevina her things, Jareth also said, "Would you please alert the guards not to disturb Lady Sarah and I for the remainder of the morning on your way out?" Sevina nodded, then bowed slightly before turning and exiting the room, leaving Sarah and Jareth alone.
As the doors to Jareth's chambers closed, Sarah closed her eyes and lowered herself to the couch that lay in front of the fireplace. Jareth watched her, saying nothing and took another drink from his goblet.
For a few minutes, the two of them sat in uncomfortable silence, while the information that Sevina had just told them sunk in.
Finally, Sarah spoke, in a very soft voice, "Well, I guess that certainly explains a lot."
Jareth looked up from his goblet of wine to her, and then back down, before saying, "I suppose that you are going to want to back out of our arrangement now, aren't you?"
Sarah thought for a minute, then as she kept her eyes down to the floor she answered, "Sevina probably won't let me go anywhere for a while, but as soon as my injuries are fully healed, I wish to return to my life Aboveground. "
She paused for a minute, and added, "Even if I will be in a vegetated state in a hospital bed somewhere."
Jareth felt his heart sink when she said those words to him. He closed his eyes to mask his pain from her, in case she was looking to see what his reaction would be. When he opened his eyes, his old persona had appeared back in his features.
Sarah said very quietly, "I think I need to be alone for a while now."
Jareth, keeping his eyes focused on his goblet of wine, waved his free hand over to a separate door on the far side of his chambers, and said coldly, "I had a room prepared for you after you told me you would stay. It's right through that door, and all of your belongings that you brought to the Underground should be in there."
Sarah rose and walked over to the door. With one hands on the knob, she turned and looked back at Jareth. She wanted to say she was sorry that it had to be like this, but when she opened her mouth to say something, nothing came out. So she waited in silence for him to either say something to her or even look over at her.
Jareth did neither of these things, but instead kept his eyes focused downward to avoid looking at her. Sarah gave up, opened the door, and walked out of Jareth's chambers. As the door clicked shut behind her, Jareth scowled down into his goblet, twirling the stem of it in his fingers and watching as the last bit of wine swirl around.
He rose from where he had been sitting, and thought about what just happened. As he downed the remainder of his wine, he thought about how he had just ruined his future, and out of nowhere, he hurled the goblet into the closest wall, which happened to be the wall that now connected Jareth and Sarah's chambers.
Sarah, who had been leaning against the door right after closing it, heard the smash of the goblet against the wall, and slowly slunk down into a ball on the floor, allowing the tears that she had been holding back to fall silently down her cheeks.
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