A/n: Err... so how many of you hate me by now? Well gee… it's only a couple…losta…months since I last updated. No big thing. XD (SORRY- PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!) Anyway, what I know for sure is I love you people. Very much :)

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Chapter 12: Caged queen

"Kill."

"Love you too sweetie."

"I will. I'm going to kill you."

"Sarah, it's not that big of deal. I just want to make sure you don't go running off…" Jareth reasoned sweetly- looking at his wife with big eyes and a half smile.

She didn't smile back. Her eyes were staring up at him from under dark brows.

"I thought you were kidding about the bell." She growled through her teeth.

He tossed his eyes in a pleasant, thoughtful manner still with a tiny smile. "Not at all."

"It's… so…loud." She insisted venomously.

"It's not that loud."

Staring at him she lifted her finger and stuck it an inch out the window.

'BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOONNNNCccK!!!!!'

The walls of the castle shook, hordes of goblins screamed and wailed… and the goblin king's hair wafted lightly under the sound's vibrations, but his smile never wavered.

He just waited patiently until she pulled her finger back. Immediately the sound cut.

He pursed his lips and then nodded. "Well, it's a little loud."

That was all he offered and then once again gifted her with a tiny smile.

"TAKE IT OFF THEN!"

Jareth wandered up to his wife thoughtfully. She was still wearing his clothes- they looked adorable on her, he had to admit- but it was evidence to her running off last night.

She didn't take the news he told her very…caaalm.ly.

In fact, she spazzed.

"But if I do that you'll run off screaming…like you did last night." He quirked in an awkward smile-pout.

"Oh I'm sorry… I'll make sure to do a quiet run off next time."

"Saarah…"

"Well, what the hell did you expect me to do when you told me you turned me into a goblin??!"

That's what he had informed her the night before at the dinner table. It had been an almost pleasant atmosphere (in comparison to almost every other time they had been within ten feet) until that little segment of information had reached her ears.

It was then that she ran off screaming.

She didn't even listen when he tried to explain that there were different kinds of goblins and that they were extremely high breed.

"I had imagined a few things, but I suppose it's still too early in the relationship for them." He admitted glumly.

"Yeah, well think again bub… that was a fairly basic reaction to most…wait-what?" She asked alarmed and then more quietly… "…what other things?"

He shrugged and waltzed over to the windowsill and leaned up against it. "Oh I don't know maybe you'd turn the table over and come charging at me or maybe you'd start ripping at your clothes-crying, saying this is not you…I don't know, something more interesting and less G-rated than running off."

At her lack of reaction he shrugged again. "For example."

Sarah stood there gaping at him.

She looked like she was really contemplating something.

"You know what 'G-rated' means. Does that mean you have movies here?" Then she immediately cringed and pushed her hand a few times in front of him. "Wait…wait… that's not what I wanted to say."

"You caught yourself that time." Jareth remarked.

"Yes I did."

He smiled at her and she looked away annoyed. "Anyway, I don't care about what you had wanted me to do then. Just take this stupid 'bell' off."

"No." He said absolutely -his tongue lingering out a little bit.

It was so like him. There was no way he was not enjoying this.

Sarah was suddenly very tired. Very, very tired of this trip. And very very tired of this man. She glared at him sideways and knew at least a little bit that this conversation was going to be more irritating than successful. He was looking right back at her smiling his sexy smile, probably enjoying her hesitation.

Fine.

This wasn't going to get anywhere.

She might as well as well go to bed since she sort of missed it last night.

She strode past him.

"Going to bed?" He guessed correctly. "May I…?" 'BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOONNNNCccK!!!!!'

"No." She said and pulled her hand back from the window.

When she was gone he cringed and rubbed his ears.

"So. Damn. Loveable." He whispered a little giddily...

...and painfully.

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A/n WOW, THAT WAS SHORT!

Chapter 13: His royal Jealous-face