A/N: Ok I really like this chapter so I hope you enjoy it too!! *uber excited*
Chapter 18: Come What May
Sarah quickly changed into Underground clothes. Now more than ever the Aboveground clothes were suffocating her. She threw off the blouse, pants, and matching shoes and threw on a pair of black tights, a white poet's shirt, and a pair of boots.
She hadn't worn an outfit like this since Jareth began acting strangely. She felt more at home now than she had for months.
The woman took off like a whirlwind, flying down the halls, not knowing where her feet were taking her. Her feet were making her go, but her heart was the driver. It told her which turns to take and in what rooms to not go in.
She ran and she ran until she heard it.
You remind me of the babe
(What babe?)
Babe with the power
(What power?)
Power of voodoo
(Who do?)
You do
(Do what?)
Remind me of the babe
"He's singing!" she whispered as she ran. Sarah hadn't heard Jareth sing since before she had left for the Aboveground for Christmas. Her heart swelled at the sound of his voice. He's singing. He's singing. That was the only thought that could go through her mind. Like a song on repeat. Or a song that continues to skip, and repeats one line over and over.
He's singing.
I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry
What could I do?
My baby's love had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew
At first, Sarah was upset that he hadn't sang for her for awhile and that, even now, he was singing for his goblins. That he had waited until she had gone to sing again, to be himself again. He was singing for them.
But it's your own fault, Sarah, she mentally told herself. If you hadn't gone out with Tyler, then he wouldn't have seen you and felt threatened. If you had just talked with him instead of letting this drag on, then it could have been fixed faster. When he tried to talk to you on New Year's Day, you could have talked about it then instead of sending him away. You know that if none of this had happened, he'd be singing for you right now. He'd sing for you all day and all night until his voice was lost in an oubliette if that was what you wished.
What kind of magic spell to use
Slime and snails
Or puppy dog tails
Thunder or lightning
Then baby said......
Sarah knew this and instead of moping around with these thoughts like she had been for the past couple of months, she used them for fuel. She used them to will her legs to run faster and harder until she could see him and work everything out.
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Put that baby spell on me
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby, make him free
She slowed down when she saw the door to the throne room. Of course, she thought, there's nowhere else that he would go to sing and play with his beloved goblins.
Sarah leaned her ear up against the door.
I saw my baby, trying hard as babe could try
What could I do?
My baby's fun had gone
And left my baby blue
Nobody knew
Yup, he was in there all right. Sarah took a deep breath and opened the door. The first thing she saw was a goblin fly up into the air. Jareth had kicked him. Ironically, the goblins loved it when he did that. They loved to be kicked and soar through the air and land in a pile of their fellow goblins or even the wall.
What kind of magic spell to use
Slime and snails
Puppy dog's tails
Thunder or lightning
Then baby said....
Then there he was. Jareth was dancing around in a circle with the goblins. He was smiling and he looked happier than he had been for what seemed like an awfully long time. This was the Jareth that Sarah knew. The smiling, laughing, dancing Jareth. The man she loved.
She felt her heart swell and beat faster as she watched him.
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Dance magic, dance (dance magic, dance)
Put that baby spell on me
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Jump magic, jump (jump magic, jump)
Put that magic jump on me
Slap that baby, make him free
Jareth was still dancing around and as he laughed, he cried out, "What shall we sing next?"
That's when Sarah spoke up. "As the World Falls Down, my lord?"
Jareth instantly stopped where he was and slowly turned to face her. She could see the "caught-with-your-hand-in-the-cookie-jar" look on his face and although he didn't say it, Sarah knew that he was thinking it … shit.
Sarah raised an eyebrow playfully. "Oh c'mon Jareth. That is our song, isn't it?"
He looked wary as she began to sing, "There's such a sad love, deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel, opened and closed within your eyes. I'll place the sky within your eyes"
She walked up to him and looked into his mismatched eyes the entire time she sang. The goblins were dead silent and so was their king. Sarah reached him and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"We need to talk, Jare." He visibly gulped and he knew that he had messed up. He had been trying to be more like Tyler and he had hoped that by letting himself out for just this week that being who she wanted him to be would be easier.
And he had been caught. He had messed up and she had just said the dreaded four words with one added to make it more personal "We need to talk". The added word "Jare" just made it worse and his heart ached.
He nodded and followed her out the room, looking back at the goblins who just stood, sat, hung, or whatever it was they were doing when they froze. None of them were offering him any support. They still didn't fully understand what was going on.
Jareth took a deep breath and closed the door.
Sarah felt a little nervous, but just looking at Jareth gave her strength. She knew that she loved him and she knew that, although he would never admit it, he was scared.
She knew he was scared because he didn't want to lose her and he thought that he had done so. Sarah wanted to show him that she felt as strongly for him as he did for her. Just looking at him gave her the strength to open herself to him.
"Jareth, what happened to you?" Sarah asked.
Jareth decided to play stupid, something he was not one bit, but he hoped that Sarah wouldn't see it. "Sarah I don't know what you're …"
Sarah wasn't going to let him do it. "No, Jareth. You know exactly what I'm talking about and I think I know what happened, but I need you to tell me. Now please, what happened to make you …. Oh, how did you say it? What happened that made you believe that you had to 'make a simple change in yourself to better suit my needs'? And please, be honest."
Jareth knew that he was caught and only honesty would give him a second chance. Taking a deep breath, he began his story, speaking faster as he progressed,
"Sarah, any time you visited the Aboveground to see your family, you were never alone. I followed you. I got somebody to cover me for the time that you'd be gone and I would follow you and Toby as a barn owl. Your last Christmas visit was no different. I was having so much fun at that place … what is it called? The mall! That's it. The mall.
I saw you with Tyler and for one of the few times in my life, I felt true fear. I've only been truly and entirely afraid four times in my life Sarah: when I fought in my first war, when I lost my father and became Goblin King much too soon, when I thought you would say the words and leave this world to forget me entirely, and when I saw you with Tyler."
Jareth looked so sad and Sarah noticed that he wouldn't meet her eye.
"At first, I was so angry with both of you; him for thinking he could have you, and you for allowing him to think so. I felt so betrayed, like you didn't know how I truly felt. Then it hit me. Maybe you really didn't know how I feel about you. I was so afraid that this was it. That I was going to lose you for sure. I followed you on your date and in the movie theater …"
"Wait!" Sarah interrupted. "You followed me into the movie theater too?!"
Jareth blushed and still wouldn't look at her. "Yes, I did." He chuckled slightly. "I stood right behind you in line and you never noticed, but Tyler did. I made him nervous by just being there."
Sarah felt so stupid at that moment. How could she have not noticed Jareth standing right behind her?
"But it was when he kissed you that I lost it. I came home and threw all of the goblins out of the room and …" Jareth looked up at Sarah then looked away, looking ashamed.
"And?" Sarah asked. She was getting nervous. What happened then, Jareth?! What happened to you?
Jareth took a breath. "I destroyed everything I could get my hands on. I created huge crystals and threw them against the walls. I threw myself on the floors and against the walls beating my hands against every hard surface, crying my eyes out. I thought I had lost you."
Sarah's eyes welled up with tears. She couldn't believe that she had caused him that much pain. Jareth wasn't one to just lose his self-control like that, but her actions had drove him to it. If she had known that he would have been that hurt, she wouldn't have even left the Underground. She would have missed Christmas all together.
Jareth continued. "And that was when I made up my mind. I couldn't lose you and if Tyler was really what you wanted then I would become just like him. I decided that you were worth changing for."
"Oh Jareth," Sarah whispered.
"And I thought that by being somebody else entirely, you would love me. You know, if I weren't the arrogant and flirtatious Goblin King, but the sweet and passive Jareth then you wouldn't leave me for him. But it backfired and you were miserable and that's when I feared that maybe it wasn't the personality that you loved, but the man. That maybe Tyler was what you wanted and that would mean that I had no chance. Now I see it. I'm just fooling myself and you …. "
Sarah put her finger to his lips, stopping him mid-sentence. She couldn't listen to another false word, knowing that none of what he had just said was true.
Looking him in the eyes, she pulled her finger away and whispered, "I love you too."
Before Jareth could comprehend what was going on, Sarah did what she had been wanting to do for ten years. Her lips met his, and Sarah found that the act itself was a whole lot better than the fantasy.
Their lips seemed made for each other, like pieces to a puzzle, and Sarah couldn't help but wonder if other aspects of their bodies would fit together so nicely.
After the initial shock of not knowing what was going on, it hit Jareth that Sarah, the woman he loved, was finally kissing him after years of waiting. The minute he realized what she was doing, he held her in his arms, holding her close to him, and kissing back.
The kiss turned into a long and passionate one. Sarah threw her arms around his neck and grabbed some of his blonde, poofy mess, pushing his head closer to her. Jareth's tongue begged Sarah for permission to enter and she willingly gave it.
They stayed like that for what seemed like a lifetime, but when Jareth finally pulled away for some desperately needed air, it felt like the kiss had lasted only a few seconds.
Completely out of breath, the two breathed heavily and pressed their foreheads together.
Of course, no matter how out of breath he was, Jareth always found a way to sing.
Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I love you more and more
He pulled away and continued to hold her in his arms.
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
Sarah had looked down in happy-embarrassment as he sang for her once again, but Jareth wouldn't allow it. He gently grasped her chin and forced her to look into his eyes which she did without any fight or unwillingness.
But I love you until the end of time
Sarah smiled and pulled away from him and his loving embrace. She walked away a little bit and saw a totally random picture of the two of them. They were standing and Sarah had Jareth in a choke hold. He was looking up at the camera, but barely. Camiya had taken that picture two years ago when she and Jareth had been play-fighting over something stupid. Now that she thought about it, it had been over his favorite shirt. Camiya had been visiting and Sarah had stolen his favorite shirt again. She couldn't help it! She loved that shirt. It was a poet's shirt that Jareth had worn so often that it was worn down, but unbelievably comfortable. And, it smelled just like him and all his different smells. She just couldn't keep her hands off it. Needless to say, she had won the fight in the long run and Jareth had given it to her for her birthday that year.
Jareth noticed that Sarah had spaced off and he smiled. But of course, he couldn't let her do that in the middle of a song. So he continued singing and he raised the volume of his voice a bit.
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Sarah smiled, knowing that he was singing louder on purpose. That's when words popped into her head and, not for the first time that night, she interrupted him.
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Jareth joined her with a smile.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
Then Sarah turned around to face him and the look on her face made Jareth certain of her feelings for him and his feelings for her. He paused and she continued to sing.
It all revolves around you
Then, they both sang together in perfect harmony and slowly walked towards one another.
And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song I'll be there by your side
Then they reached one another and gently held one another's hands.
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide
Jareth smiled sweetly at her and sang
But I love you (I love you)
And Sarah repeated him with a grin on her face.
until the end of time (until the end of time)
Then Sarah couldn't bear to be out of his arms any longer and she held him close to her while laying her head on his shoulder.
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
But as they sang
Oh, come what may,
Jareth pulled away enough to just look at her face and look her in the eyes
Come what may
I will love you
And Sarah added as she placed her forehead against his again
I will love you
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
She just couldn't seem to get close enough to him. Jareth sensed this and clung to her, holding her waist and holding her so, so close to him. Sarah threw her arms around his neck and pulled even closer to her. Neither one wanted to let go, but they continued to sing, meaning every single word that came out of their mouths.
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day
And then Jareth kissed her. This one was slow and sweet and full of all the love that they had hidden from each other for years.
Then, they heard clapping and cheers. Startled, the couple looked behind them to find the gaggle of goblins that they thought they had left behind in the throne room.
Obviously not.
"Kiss her again, Kingy! Kiss her again!" one goblin cried out and Jareth actually blushed.
Sarah chuckled and whispered, "Yeah Kingy. Kiss her again." Jareth rolled his eyes and smirked. "If I must, I must."
And with that statement, he pulled her in for another sweet, yet passionate kiss, and he knew that he would no longer have to hide himself from his precious jewel again.
The goblins clapped and cheered, but neither Jareth nor Sarah paid them any attention for both knew that now their dreams were coming true.
A/N: Review! Review! Review! I really want to know how you liked this chapter!! It finally happened! They kissed and now they're officially together. I seriously couldn't wait to write this chapter! I've been wanting to write this since the beginning of the story!
Two more chapters and we're done, folks! Kinda sad, huh? Oh well.
Thank you so much for all those who reviewed the last chapter. I got 11 reviews and it made me happy! So make the author happy and review some more! … please? *puppy dog eyes*
Oh! And the song is Come What May from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. I'm very sad because I made an awesome video for Jareth and Sarah with that song, but Youtube took it off because of copyright issues =/ but oh well I guess.
And also, the idea for Sarah requesting As the World Falls Down belongs to hazlgrnLizzy so thanks!! It was a better idea than what I had originally planned on doing.