I am so sorry for the long wait guys. I got distracted and school started. 3rd year isn't all daisies and cakes. I'll try my best to update at least every two weeks or so. Sorry to keep you waiting!

I've noticed. I alternate with long, short, long, short as each chapter is posted. Hmm… Weird. ).

So the Jareth here is kinda like the Jareth in Pika La Cyniques GND. I don't know how that happened but oh well~

Honestly, as I've said before (Or might have not said but anyway). I've planned the whole thing already (Until Chapter 10). I just have to settle the argument with the ending and everything shall all fall into place.

If you guys find any typos or wrong grammar there, blame my computer. Or you can blame me too. :D

Sarah sighed in front of her bedroom door. She didn't know why Jareth acted that way. I mean, he was only a classmate of hers. He wasn't even threatening at all. So why did Jareth became so angry?

Sarah came home that day to find Karen sitting on the couch reading a magazine. Or that's what she wanted others to think. She was repressing a huge grin when she saw Sarah.

"So… How was your picnic?"

"It's fine. Something came up though and we had to leave early." She replied as she hanged her coat on the coat rack. Karen gave a "Mmhm" as Sarah picked up the basket and headed towards the kitchen. First things first, to pack up and clean the utensils they used. Jareth can wait. And the extra minutes she's giving him before she asks him to explain can help him calm down, even for a slightest.

Her stepmother then stood up and took the basket from Sarah's hands.

"Oh no dear. I'll do that for you. You go ahead and rest. You had a busy day today." She giggled and winked at her stepdaughter before heading towards the kitchen.

I swear, I don't know if she's taking weed or….

Sarah laughed as she climbed the stairs. 'Oh well. Jareth lost his extra minutes. He better have an explanation on why he acted that way.' She thought as she idled by her bedroom door. With a sigh, she opened it, wanting to get this over and done with.

Sarah closed the door behind her and raised her eyebrow in amusement. What she saw before her was something she would never expect to see.

Jareth was sitting at the end of her bed cross-legged, arms crossed on his chest with his shoulders raised. He was glaring a hole on her bedroom floor and she swore she could see a thunder cloud hovering over his head.

He was acting like a child right now.

Not wanting to be the first to speak, she sat on her vanity and started brushing her hair. She could see him clearly from her mirror. He didn't even move an inch.

Minutes passed by and neither one of them said a single word. Course, no one tried to either.

Minutes turned to 30 minutes, and Sarah couldn't take it any longer.

She laughed.

And he glared at her, a vein showing on his head, ready to burst.

"So you're just really gonna sit there and sulk?" She giggled. He scowled at her.

"I am not sulking. I am Glowering Ominously. Really, there is no finesse in sulking! And kings do not sulk." He grumbled. Sarah raised her brow in amusement as her only response.

"Right of course. I am sorry if I have offended you in anyway, Your Majesty."

"Sarah I do not appreciate you mocking me when there is a serious matter at hand here."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "And what matter would that be?" She sat down beside him and nudged him playfully. Jareth stood and paced in the middle of her room.

"That… That boy! Why was he there? Who was he?"

"Well he said he was walking in the park when he saw us. He's name is Daniel Resotta. He's a new student in my school."

"I know that! But why did you let him join us?" She stared at him.

"Is that why you acted like that? Is that why you became rude?"

"That was hardly rude, Sarah. That boy" He said the last word with venom and hate "had it coming! He deserved it! He was being, as you were calling me, RUDE!"

"What? I don't understand how Daniel deserved that! And yes, you were being rude! Didn't you learn during your etiquette lessons that you never lash out like that at someone, especially if you are a king?"

Jareth stared at her incredulously.

"He deserved everything I did to him! He was lucky enough that I didn't suspend him headfirst to the Bog of Eternal Stench! And that wasn't rude, Sarah. Don't tell me what is rude or not."

"Then tell me, why did he deserve it? He didn't even do anything! Except trying to pet you but that's it! He didn't try to kill you or me, in any way at all."

Jareth was trying to control his temper. It wouldn't do him any good if he broke anything. This was Sarah's room. Things wouldn't run smoothly for him if he did. He stopped pacing and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Sarah, he obviously did something that is greatly offensive!"

"Then care to share why?"

"He interrupted our time together. That was OUR time together. Not to mention our time together ALONE."

'This was why he acted that way?' Sarah mused. 'And here I thought Daniel ate a piece of his cake when I wasn't looking.' She started laughing. He scowled and glared at her.

"This is no laughing matter, Sarah."

"I'm sorry." She breathed, trying to compose herself. "It's just that that hardly seems like a serious matter to sulk over."

"I wasn't sulking! I was Glowering Ominously!" Jareth didn't show that what she had said bothered him, even if it did.

"Yes. Yes. But seriously Jareth, we always spend time together! God knows I spend more time with you than my parents or Toby. I don't understand how this caused you your little 'episode' awhile ago. I mean, we have all the time in the world to spend together right?" Sarah asked as she leaned on the wall. Jareth stopped moving and the emotion that briefly passed through his mismatched eyes didn't go unnoticed by Sarah.

How he wanted to tell her right then and there. How he was ready to just spill everything he's been hiding deep inside to her. It would do him good, but he knew he couldn't. He couldn't tell her. But how he wished he could.

Jareth felt a slight twinge inside. Why did it seem like she didn't care much for the times they spent together, for each moments they shared? All of those meant so much to him, and yet, how can she belittle all of them?

He sighed and tried to compose himself.

Calm down. You wouldn't want to say anything that would get yourself kicked out.

He shushed his inner voice and faced Sarah, hiding once again the emotions he felt behind his mask.

"Every moment we spend together is precious to me, Sarah, even if you don't find them endearing in your part." He glared at her.

There goes calmly reasoning with her.

Sarah was taken aback. Did he honestly think that she didn't treasure every second they had together? Well he was wrong.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, but you aren't the only ones who enjoys that time we had. I TREASURE every one of those moments we had. I was only asking why it bothered you so much that Daniel was there!"

His heart fluttered when she admitted that she loved each moment they shared just as much as he did but his mood was rudely interrupted by the moment his name came out of her mouth.

"Who wouldn't? Wouldn't you get annoyed if someone you didn't know suddenly joined us in our time together?"

His nibs had a point there. We would be beyond furious if that happened. Her inner voice mused. 'Don't you have anything better to do?' Sarah glared at her inner voice.

"And I can't comprehend why you would let him join us! I mean, how hard is it to say no, Sarah? Really?"

"Look, I had no choice, alright? If I told him he couldn't join us then it would seem to him that I was weird! And plus, I couldn't really explain that I was having a picnic with a bird!"

"And what's wrong with that? There's nothing wrong if you're weird! And you weren't picnicking with a bird, you were picnicking with me."

"Well he didn't know that because what he saw with me was an owl!"

"YOU asked me to come in my owl form!"

Sarah opened her mouth to say a comeback but shut it just as fast as she opened them. 'Damn he had a point.' She thought.

Why didn't you reject him?

'Well is it so wrong to have a friend who didn't think of you as weird? I didn't want to lose him!'

But is it worth it if you lose Jareth?

Sarah stayed quiet and looked down. Both Jareth and her inner voice had a point here.

'He has every right to get mad at me. But that doesn't excuse him from his behavior towards Daniel.' She answered back.

Jareth stared at Sarah. The different emotions that were running on her face told him that she was arguing with herself again. And hopefully, she was knocking some sense into herself. He was pleading that she understood why he acted that way.

"Ok I admit. I'm sorry. It was wrong of me to let him join us and it was a mistake in my part for not even introducing you."

Bet Daniel would've found that weird: Introducing him to an owl.

"But that still doesn't explain why you had to hurt him like that."

He took a step back and sighed. He was glad she understood, even for a tiny bit. But he hated to admit that he did have some faults in this too.

"I got angry. I acted on impulse. I'm sorry. You could say I got jealous." She smiled.

"Jealous of what?"

"Jealous that he took your attention away from me." He mumbled, not looking at her. Sarah sighed and hugged Jareth.

"Oh Jareth. No one can take my attention away from you." He placed his arms around her and rested his cheek on her head.

They stayed like that for awhile, whatever was left of their argument already gone. Forgiven and forgotten. Jareth was glad for that. But he still felt uneasy about this Ragniel guy. He didn't want him coming between him and his Sarah. Sarah was precious to him. And he won't let anything separate him from her.

Except one….

He sighed and ignored the voice in his head.

For the meantime, he would make sure nothing would separate them. Even if it meant he had to give up his crown and live a beggar's life just to be with her.

What if this Daniela guy try to get between you two again?

He would make sure that nothing like that would happen.

"I don't want you hanging out with him anymore." He whispered as he hugged her close.

"What?" Sarah said as she stared up at him.

"I said I don't want you hanging out with that Douchnel guy anymore." She stared at him open mouthed. Was he really telling her this?

"No."

"What?"

"I said No Jareth." She glared at him and stepped away from him.

"What? Why?" He stared at her. Did he really think that he can tell her who she can or cannot spend time with? Of course not.

"Because I don't want him influencing you in any way. You can't, won't, and will never meet with him again." Jareth had to restrain himself from throwing or kicking something.

"You can't order me around Jareth." She crossed her arms on her chest.

"I'm not ordering you around, Sarah. Nor am I demanding you."

"Oh it sounded like you were demanding me Jareth. You can't tell me who I can't or cannot see." She glared at him and lifted her chin, challenging him to protest.

"I ask for so little Sarah. Is it really hard to grant me this one request?" He softly said, eyes begging for her to just do what she asked him to. It was close though. It almost worked on her.

"Oh, just like 'Fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave'? No Jareth. Remember Jareth, You have No Power over Me." Sarah regretting it the moment she saw pain flash through his lovely blue-brown eyes.

Jareth's breathing hitched, eyes widening. Her words went through him like a sword was thrust upon him. His heart clenched as he closed his eyes and turned away.

Compose yourself Jareth. He breathed in and tried to ignore the sting in his eyes and the pain in his heart. He wouldn't show weakness. Not now. Not when there was a threat out there.

"Jareth, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-" Sarah started to say but was cut off by him raising his hand. Silence hung between them. Sarah looked at Jareth worriedly as he slowly calmed the storm that was his emotions.

"Sarah, I will not repeat myself. You will not see this guy again. This is not a request, nor am I asking you. I am ordering you this time." This only angered Sarah more.

"What? No Jareth. You cannot tell me what to do! You are in my territory, and this is my life! I can and will see him whenever I like, whether or not you don't approve of it!" Sarah said as he pushed him, anger in flowing in her eyes.

"Are you so intent on taking away my one chance to have a normal friend for once? You don't know what it's like Jareth. Everytime, people in school treat me like I'm a walking plague! Avoiding me because of how I continue to cling to childish dreams! Is it so bad for me to just want to keep this one chance of me finally having a friend?"

Jareth frowned and took a step back.

"Am I not your friend?" He whispered, she barely hearing what he said.

"You are! But you're not normal Jareth. You aren't even considered as a normal human! But Daniel is. And I want to experience having one. Are you truly cruel enough to take away my one chance at being happy outside of this house?"

Jareth was about to answer her but then stopped. Everything she said was like a sharp blade plunging his chest, trying to get to the one thing that kept him alive. The jealousy that was burning inside didn't help him feel better either. He hated this Dariel person. He hated him with a passion. He was coming between his Sarah and him. What has he done that the Goblin King didn't do 5 times better or more? He barely even knew her, only noticing her for her beauty. But Jareth has been her childhood fantasy. He was her dream come true.

But you aren't completely her dream come true. You're only her Childish Dream.

'Shut up.' He growled. His own inner voice was against him now. Even now she still made him the villain. And he hated it.

Jareth sighed in defeat. Why was he sacrificing so much for this beautiful creature with a heart of gold?

Anything to make her happy… Remember your promise Jareth. You can't lose her.

He closed his eyes and breathed deeply. Despite the added pain he felt, he couldn't bear to look at her.

She's worth it. Remember that.

"You are infuriating Sarah. You know that right?" He whispered as he gave one sad look towards her direction and disappeared the moment she blinked.

Sarah sighed and ran her hands through her hair.

"Obviously you haven't seen how infuriating YOU are."

Hope I didn't disappoint you guys with this one. I know it's been a long time but I still plan on finishing this.

Pardon me if everything started sounding bleah at the last part. I am literally typing with my eyes closed here.

So how was it? Hopefully you see reason in Jareth's part. He only wanted to spend every second of his time with her. Of course, he let go of his arrogant side for awhile, resulting to this.

I do realize that things are getting dark and bleak for this story. Next chapter, I can't promise it will be purely light stuff, but it will end that way.

Tell me what you think! Reviews are always welcome in the Goblin City! Don't be shy!

-Dreamers see the future-

Lys-Rayn