Sarah's POV

Sarah sighed after he left the room. He was being so…sweet. Which, from before, was not the first word that she would use to describe him. Imperious, powerful, handsome, and charming, yes, but sweet? Still, it fit. For now.

She sighed and started to unbutton the back of her dress. She eased it away from her, and pulled on a cotton t-shirt and jeans. She waited another minute to collect her senses. She left the room, and headed down the hallway. She stopped and blinked when she got to the kitchen. And blinked again.

"Jareth, Did you set up a picnic for us?"

The table was covered with a gingham table cloth and he had placed upon that two turkey sandwiches. He surveyed the room. "Yes, I did Sarah."

She smiled tentatively, "Oh, it's wonderful."

"Should I have done more, do you think?"

"No, of course not. This is…sweet. It's not over done, it's not thoughtless, it's just …perfect."

He raised his eyebrows. "Are you feeling better?" Why did he seem so skeptical of her?

"Sure, Jareth, of course."

He pulled out a chair for her. She took it and sat down. He sat down.

"So, how are you?"

She couldn't help it. She tried, really tried. She broke out laughing. He grinned back at her, slowly. They ate in compatible silence until he sat up as straight as a pin. She heard him mutter, "Oh, for goodness sakes."

"What is it?" She asked, worried.

"Some one is wishing away a child again." He muttered. Then his eyes widened.

"How far away did your parents live from that place?"

"Thirty minutes or so, why?"

"It's been fifteen minutes."

"You don't think-" She started. "Not Lilly and Toby. Not them."

"No, I don't think." He spat. She sighed with relief. "I know."

"WHAT? This can't be happening again!"

"Of course it can. Lilly must have found out Toby's little trick."

Sarah took a deep breath. "Goblin King, I need to wish something away."

He looked at her. "You're going to help her, aren't you?"

"I have to! It's my baby brother!"

"I know." He nodded. "So wish away."

Sarah thought for a moment. What to wish away? Then she grinned. She went to her bed room and grabbed the statue of Jareth. She stared at it. "I wish the goblins would take you away right now."

He had followed her, and was laughing. She turned and left the room. He tapped her back, led her out to the Outside of the Labyrinth. "Do I have to give you the whole speech, or should I just go get Lilly?"

"Lilly." She replied. Or rather she spat out the name.

He nodded, and left. Sarah paced until She heard Jareth's voice.

"You know where he is."

Jareth's POV

"But, I didn't, like, mean it! I mean, he's not, like, even my brother! I'm just like watching him, you know?"

Jareth sighed. This girl was more thick headed than Sarah had been. Much, much more thick headed.

"And, after all, like, I didn't know you like even existed. Like, at all. I thought you were, like, just a character in, like, a book."

He sighed again. "What's said is said."

"But, but it's not, like, fair!"

"I have a gift."

She leaned in to look at it. "What is it?"

He smiled, "It is a crystal, nothing more. But, if you turn it like this, you can see your dreams."

She actually seemed to consider it, so he continued, "Go back to your house. Play with your toys. This is not a gift for an ordinary girl, who would tell the parents about an a little boy's trick, Lilly."

"I'd rather, like, find Toby, please. He's, like you know, kind of someone else's and I'd be, like, locked up." She wrinkled her nose. "Toys. Huh."

Jareth sighed heavily again. "I must warn you, it won't be easy."

"That's what my, like chemistry teacher, like, told me about his, like, test and it was, like, so totally, like, easier than you know, like, ABC." Lilly informed him.

He was really starting to dislike Lilly. A lot. Because, like, you know, like, she like, you know, like. "You have thirteen hours, starting now." He turned into a owl and flew away.

She shouted at his back, "Ooh, thirteen. That's like, you know, so totally, like going to scare me!"

He flew back to Sarah, who looked at him. He changed. "Because like, you know, you like, have to, you know, find, like, Lilly, to like, you know, like help her, because the labyrinth is so, like, gonna be like, easy as ABC you know, like."

She blinked at him. "Jareth," She started in a concerned voice, "Are you okay?"

"I was preparing you for Lilly. I need to go to the castle now. Should I tell Toby you're on your way to save him, with like, you know, Lilly?"

She blinked. "Lead me to Lilly, por favor mi amigo."

"I don't know half of what you just said." He told her, immediately worried that she'd met Lilly already, and her brain was effected. "Are you alright?"

She sighed. "I just said, please, my friend, in Spanish."

He smiled. Her friend. "Did you like the dress?"

"I loved the dress, Jareth, and I'd love it even more if you helped me find Lilly."

See? He told that voice, I was right.

See? The voice shot back, She wants to find her brother. AGAIN.

If you don't shut up, I will set goblin logic at you.

Out loud he said. "That's good. Follow me." He turned into an Owl again and slowly started to fly out to the spot where he had left Lilly, Sarah trailing underneath him. He looked around, to make certain that Lilly hadn't moved. She hadn't. She was sitting down, pouting.

Sarah ran over to her. "Hey, who are you?" Jareth smiled in his head.

"My name is, like, Lilly. And I just, like, wished away, like, the kid I was like, you know, babysitting."

Jareth cringed and flew away-he could not hear one more 'like'. Because, well, you know.

Ah, Lilly. My third favorite invented character for this story. Nat is my favorite and Jareth's Conscious is my second favorite. But, of course, I love all of the beings that make appearances in this tale. Tell me what you think!

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