This is just the last part of the last chapter that I hadn't written yet, but I suppose it could be another chapter if you wanted to think of it like that.
I don't own the Labyrinth or its characters, I don't know if I said that in the last one so there it is!
Also, I don't own the song I used or the quote from Butterfly Effect that I used, I just thought they were both really good.
Everything belongs to the respective owners, all I own is the idea! XD Enjoy!
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"The best for who?" I find myself snapping back. I didn't mean it to come out like that, but he must be a bit stupid if he thinks I wanted him to go.
"It wouldn't have lasted Sarah."
What?!
I push myself away from him and take a few steps away, feeling like I don't even know him. "Then why the hell are you here Jareth?"
He's looking around the garden, looking everywhere but at me. "I remember what your life was like, babysitting all the time. I wanted to see if things are better. I…"
Rage burnt inside me, threatening to consume me if I didn't get rid of it somehow. Oh no. Here it comes. Word vomit. "So you want me to just cry on your shoulder and tell you everything's all better now? Well fuck you, Jareth. Nothing's all better. Nothing ever gets better. You know, if I was so wonderful, why didn't you come back for me? Why did you just leave me here to rot?" I don't even wait for him to answer, Im better at running out of arguments. Plus, I can feel tears starting to escape and I will not cry in front of him.
I run back through the hotel, grateful now that I didn't wear heels. Tom tries to stop me but I push past him, out the main doors and into the car park. Its just started raining, and I have no way of getting home, but it wont take me long to get there if I run.
I reach the park and stop to sit by the waters edge. Im soaked already, it wont make that much difference if I sit in the rain. As I watch the water ripple I remember that night, two years ago. Acting out the Labyrinth in the park, with Merlin watching. He had always been a great critic, barking loudly if he thought the scene was bad and staying quiet if he liked it. It was simple system but it had taken me months to teach him.
I remember the owl that was always watching. Jareth. It must have been, owls are nocturnal. That would explain how I got the book anyway. I found it right here, beside the water. Everyone else seemed to just pass by it, maybe they couldn't see it. I wish I hadn't seen it. I wish none of this had ever happened.
I wish I had never met Jareth.
"That's not a very good wish Sarah." Jareth as he sits down next to me. I can hear from his voice that my wish hurt him, but he's trying not to let it show.
"Well it's the truth."
"You don't mean it precious, your just mad at me."
"Maybe."
"Maybe you don't mean it or maybe your not mad at me?"
"Both."
We sit in silence for a while, the rain still falling though neither of us notice it. My hands are resting beside me on the ground, Jareth running lazy circles on my right palm. He's done this before, he knows it calms me down. But I cant let it work this time, he has to realise what he's done. He has to know how I feel.
"Jareth. Why did you go for so long? And be honest, don't try to lie to me. Were you with someone else? Am I just one of many on a rotation or something? I need to know." Maybe Fae males aren't that different to human males: unfaithful. From my point of view they were anyway. Id had very few boyfriends in my life, but most of them at some point had cheated on me. Do I repel them? I must be doing something wrong, or they wouldn't run off to someone else.
"How could you even think that Sarah? Im not an idiot, I know what not to do." Pause. He's thinking of an excuse. "I've just been busy."
"Right. Whatever." I told him not to lie, why is he trying to fool me? Well not exactly. But he's not telling me anything properly, that's a bag sign. Isn't it? "Well you'll want to be getting back now, if your so busy." I pull myself up off the grass, feeling mud cling to my soaked dress. Karen is going to kill me!
Jareth stands up next to me, not even a speck of dirt on him. In fact, he doesn't even look wet! He takes me hand as I turn to leave and turns me around slowly. "Sarah, please don't go."
"Jareth. Im cold, Im wet, Im tired. I want to go home." I pull my hand away but he grabs it again, and within seconds we're stood in the middle of my room. "Oh. Umm…thanks." Jareth just stands there looking round the room, to see if anything has changed I suspect. It has. A lot.
The stuffed animal that looked like Sir Didymus that had been on my dresser is now gone, along with a doll that looks like Ludo, bookends that looked like Hoggle, and the music box that had always reminded me of my dress from the masked ball. The only thing left, something I really wished I had moved now, was the figurine of Jareth on the right hand side of my desk. It was the only thing I kept out, I just couldn't put it away. Every time I tried, I felt terrible.
He still seems transfixed by the figurine when I walk into my bathroom and turn the shower on. "You should go, if my Father finds you here while Im showing he'll kill you. Well to be honest if he finds you here at all he'll kill you." He makes no attempt to leave at all, merely waves his hand towards the door before walking over to my desk. He picks up the figurine, holding it against him as he looks in the mirror.
"This doesn't look like me at all." He exclaims, turning towards me as he places it back on my desk.
"I never said it was meant to. What did you just do?" I look towards the door to indicate what I mean and he shrugs, as though I asked a completely meaningless question.
"A Fae incantation, no one can enter the room while I am here. Apart from you of course." The door swings open and Toby walks in, a colouring book under his arm. He slams the door shut then stops as soon as he sees me. "And Toby?"
"Well that worked brilliantly!" I say sarcastically, rolling my eyes and picking Toby up. I place him on my bed as always so he can do his pictures, but he jumps off the bed as soon as I put him down.
"Jaweth!" He shouts, running towards him and hugging his legs. Why the hell doesn't Jareth look confused?!
"Toby, how do you know Jareth?" I say, my voice barely above a whisper.
"I member him. He's was here tomorrow."
Jareth laughs and picks Toby up, which is weird because Toby doesn't usually let anyone except me pick him up. "I think you mean yesterday."
"What were you doing here yesterday?"
"I came to see you. Toby found me in here, and told me you were shopping for a dress."
Leaving things to the last minute, I seem to be good at that.
"Right." Pregnant pause. "Toby, why don't you go colour in your room, Jareth is going now." I look up and Jareth before continuing. "And Im gonna take a shower, you know you don't like the smelly girl stuff I use." Toby crunches up his nose and wriggles away from Jareth, grabbing his book as soon as he is back on the floor and running out of the room. "Ok, your turn now." He doesn't move though. He just stands there looking at me. Its quite annoying actually.
"I don't mind waiting here." He says, sitting down on the edge of my bed. Waiting? Waiting for what?
I don't even bother arguing with him, I don't have the strength right now. I walk into my bathroom and close the door, locking it behind me and wiggling the door for a moment just to be sure it wont open. Although, he could probably get through it if he wanted to. In fact he could just appear in here. But I know he wont do that, I hope so anyway.
I try to take a really long time in the shower, washing my hair a few times to drag it out longer, hoping he might have gone when I get out. Unfortunately Im not in luck. When I stick my head around the door at least an hour later, he's still sat on my bed, reading my tatty copy of the Labyrinth.
"Jareth, just turn around will I get dressed."
"Why?"
What?!
"I want some privacy Jareth, it's the least you can do if you wont bloody leave!" Oh god why did I say that? I don't want him to leave, I want him to stay.
Or at least take me with him. Shut up Sarah!
Jareth turns, although I do catch sight of that smirk that I so love before his face is hidden from view completely. I walk slowly across to my wardrobe, glancing at Jareth to make sure he still wasn't looking, then opened the large doors to find something to wear.
My usual pyjamas would be shorts and a t-shirt, but would that really be appropriate with the Goblin King sat at the end of my bed? Would he think I was wearing that just for him? Not likely, but still I don't grab them. Instead, I opt for a long pale blue shirt that reaches down to my knees. Its huge, I bought it a while ago as a comfort shirt and never really wore it. I slip my shorts on underneath and close my wardrobe. As I turn to look at Jareth, I see he has already turned around.
"Hey!"
"I heard you shut the door." He explains with a smile.
"Oh."
I cant think of anything else to say, and to be honest I don't think I would have said any more anyway. Jareth stares at me, looking from my un-socked feet to the towel-turban in my hair. I drag the towel from my head, just to have something to do really, and rub my hair with it. I turn to find my brush, but its not there. Jareth stands behind me and starts brushing my hair for me. Once its all straight and every knot is out, Jareth places the brush back onto my desk and rests his hands on my shoulders. I can feel his body close behind me, heat radiating off him as it always does.
I smile as he slips his hands down my arms, linking them around my waist and pulling my tight against him. He drops his head and buries it against my neck and I can feel him smiling, his hot breath sending shivers down my spine. "You smell like peaches." He says happily.
I giggle slightly. I knew he would notice that soon. "Yeah, its my favourite."
We stood there in silence for what seemed like hours but can only have been minutes. And with his arms around me, everything else seemed to melt away. Nothing else mattered, just us.
"Jareth?" I whisper softly, closing my eyes.
"Hmm?" He mumbles in return against my neck.
I turn around, his arms still around my waist, and link my arms around his neck. Jareth looks up, the look on his face a mixture of confusion and happiness. "I think." I start, kissing his lips softly before I continue. "I think everything is all better now."
Jareth smiles and kisses me back, his lips soft but demanding against mine. I pull away giggle as I see the look on his face. "I wish the Goblin King would take me away, right now!"
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Aaaaah! This has been really great to write! I felt really happy writing this last part especially! Hope you like, I might do a sequel if you do like it! Review! XD