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Chapter 8: Jumbled

"Ugh."

Her head hurt. Sarah opened her eyes to find herself awkwardly sprawled on the peach-ridden ground. Glancing down at her body, Sarah let out a grunt and chucked the bitten peach from her grasp.

That was when the dull throbbing that had been lingering in the back of her mind became full blown agony.

Letting out a piercing scream, Sarah squeezed her eyes shut and pressed her hands onto the sides of her head. Never in her life had she felt such excruciating physical distress.

Feeling the world around her start to grow distant as she came closer and closer to passing out, Sarah rolled slightly to her left and rammed her back against something hard.

It stopped. Like a switch, the pounding in her skull turned off. Gasping in air like it was a hot commodity, Sarah cracked open her eyelids. Trembling and wary, she felt behind her for what she had rolled into.

Soft...and warm...?

Turning her body slowly over so that she now faced it, Sarah could only stare.

"Of course it's him. " Sarah murmured angrily to herself. "OF COURSE it just HAS to be him!"

Her face softened.

Sarah, grow up. It could be worse, the pain could come back. She reasoned to herself. Breathing deeply, she started to calm down.

Propping herself up to a sitting position, Sarah studied the still form of the Goblin King. He really was quite breathtaking, she admitted. Some of his tawny hair had fallen in front of his face and with his eyes closed he looked peaceful.

It would've been cute if she didn't know him.

'Who am I kidding? It's still cute!' Sarah's inner voice yelled.

Sighing, she brushed the stray lock of hair out of his face, and her hand lingered, cupping his cheek gently.

Why did she feel so jumbled? Logically, she should hate him for all the trouble he's caused her, but no matter how hard she tried, Sarah couldn't bring herself to.

Continuing to stare, Sarah thought back to their kiss. It had been her first. Not that she'd EVER tell Jareth, but it had been a big moment for her.

About to wonder if it had been a big thing for him too, Sarah mentally shook herself.

"Who are you kidding Sarah? He's probably kissed thousands of women. Snap out of it. " she told herself bitterly.

Looking at him now objectively, Sarah wondered how to wake a drugged Goblin King up.

Scrunching her eyebrows together in concentration, Sarah started to pat his cheek. When that didn't work, she tried pushing him. Finding that when a king is dead-weight, he stays dead-weight, Sarah punched his arm instead.

It wasn't for several minutes afterward, that she began to run out of methods for operation-wake-up-Jareth. Flopping her head down so that she laid on his abdomen, Sarah huffed in frustration.

"I've pushed, shoved, patted, punched, opened an eyelid and beat on his chest for a bit. How else can you wake someone up?"

Racking her brain for possible solutions, Sarah's mind wandered back to her first kiss. Suddenly, an answer so obvious flew to the forefront of her ideas.

Flipping her head to the right so that she could see Jareth's face, Sarah narrowed her eyes. It couldn't be that easy...could it? Turning her whole body to the right, she placed one hand on his chest and leaned so that she was hovering over him. Her own chocolate hair creating a curtain around them, Sarah slowly lowered her mouth to his.

Doubt crept into her thoughts. 'There's no way this is going to work Sarah,' she told herself. Seconds after, another voice whispered, 'But, what have you got to lose?'

Closing the gap between their lips, she kissed him tenderly. For an instant, he stayed unresponsive, until abruptly a hand flew to her waist. Without warning, she was lying on her back with Jareth kissing her fervently. Feeling him smile against her lips, Sarah came to her senses. Bringing her hands up to his chest, she shoved.

Jareth grinned wickedly at her. "Sarah, if that is how I have to be woken up from one of my own peaches every time I eat one, I make a vow to eat one at least three times a day."

Glaring at him from where she was still positioned on the leafy ground, Sarah attempted to cause him harm with her eyes.

"If all it takes is a kiss to wake you up, your majesty, I'm sure Hoggle has a sister." she retorted haughtily.

The look of utter alarm that fleetingly crossed his face was enough to let Sarah know that he probably wasn't too keen on keeping that vow. Sarah: 1 Goblin King: 0.

As she stood up and straightened her clothes, she felt him behind her.

"Regardless of whether or not you feel inclined to help me keep my solemn promise the way I envision it being kept," he whispered in her ear, causing shivers down her spine. "I owe you a debt of gratitude for relieving me of some terrible pain."

Flinching in remembrance of the endured torture, Sarah twisted her neck so that she was gazing into the deep blue and hazel depths of his eyes.

"You felt it too?" she asked quietly. Bringing her palm up to her forehead, Sarah turned and stood face-to-face with him. "I've never felt anything so painful in my life...Jareth...why did that happen?" she continued fearfully.

Did he look...sheepish? What was he not telling her?

"Jareth, what's going on?" Sarah inquired suspiciously.

His gloved hand swept the stray hairs away from her eyes and he looked at her like she was the only thing in his world that mattered.

"Princess, you're not going to like this..."

Ahhhh! I'm really excited for what I have planned coming up! We're about ot actually get into different parts of the Labyrinth! Please please please PLEASE review and let me know what you think!!