A/N: SO! Hello out there! Here's some more of my NONE depressing Lab fic! LOL! I love them both equally! I own nothing, except the characters that DON'T belong to Jim Henson and Co.

MAY EVE

Any man can lose his hat in a fairy-wind.

~Irish Saying

Chapter 16: Of Queens and Things

Sarah woke the next morning, a bit sore, and quite confused. She tried to stretch, but her body was held down with a foreign weight. She turned her head and looked to her side and gasped. Jareth was wrapped around her slight frame and they were both naked.

It all came back to her then.

She had sex with the Goblin King.

He called her his Queen.

Holy crap! What the hell happened last night? This wasn't the best of thoughts nor the best of times to have such a thought. She hadn't thought something like this in years, not since her drunken one night stand at a graduation party. Usually she knew where and what she was in the morning.

In an instant everything flooded back to her memory and she blushed. My parents would be so proud that I got married a day after I started dating someone. They'd be even more proud to know it was done by carnal sex. She blushed and tried to move. Now that she was fully awake she realized she really had to pee.

"Stay," Came the muffled response from beside her. Sarah turned to look at him again and though his eyes were closed she could see a bit of a smile on the small bit of his mouth not smooshed in the pillow.

"I have to pee!" She exclaimed and slapped her hand over her mouth, her eyes wide. His big, blue eye shot open and suddenly the bed began to shake with his deep, musical laughter. "Hey! I do! Don't make me laugh!" She whined.

"Of course not, my Queen. I certainly wouldn't want you to mess the royal bed." He laughed harder as he released his hold on his Precious. She stuck her tongue out at him (which made him laugh even harder) and ran to his adjoined bathroom.

What a jerk face, Sarah smiled as she tended to her very human moment. Though it was still pretty bizarre being married to the Goblin King and all, she felt light and happy, clearly knowing she made the right choice. I love that infuriating man, she laughed to herself.

She decided while she was in there that she might as well take a bath and brush her teeth. She didn't have a toothbrush available, so when she wished she'd brought hers with her last night it simply appeared on the sink. She smiled and finished that up quickly, too.

"Took you long enough." Jareth grinned as he propped himself up on his elbows, the sheet falling down to his waist. His hair was everywhere and his chest was bare. Sarah stumbled a little as her breath caught in her throat. "See something you like, Majesty?"

Sarah blushed and shook her head with a grin. "I'm never going to get used to this, am I?"

He was before her instantly, completely naked and beautiful. He breathed in deep and slow, smiled and squeezed her shoulders. "It may take a while, but you must, my love. You are my Queen and as such I expect all to call you by your rank. You deserve it. Now, I've told Keaira last evening we would all meet for breakfast before I sent her on her way, and after the spectacular dream I had last night I believe we have some thanking in order." His smile turned quickly into a devilish sneer.

"You never did tell me what that was about." She frowned.

"Get dressed, I shall tell you while you get ready." He said and she began to explain she had nothing to wear when a beautiful emerald gown appeared on the bed. There were gold, lace accents at the empire waistline, shoulders, and wrists. There were matching flats on the floor next to the bed.

She began getting dressed and Jareth began speaking. "It was a nightmare of a peculiar kind. Both you and Toby were trapped in my Labyrinth and I could not get to you. My magic was gone, but for my crystals, and you two were so frightened. I reached Toby just in time to watch him fall to his death." Sarah gasped as she slipped the shoes on and he frowned at her. "You grew angry and hopeless, blaming me for what happened to Toby. You. . .killed yourself. . .you jumped from where your brother fell, and I couldn't save either of you. Keaira's voice was in my head the whole time, driving me mad! When you woke me, honestly Sarah, I thought you were dead, I thought it was real. It felt so real." He shook his head and Sarah was wrapped around him instantly.

"That was all a dream, and none of it was your fault do you understand me?" Sarah pleaded, her eyes burning into his. He pressed his lips to hers, filling the kiss with all the love he had for her and smiled down at her.

"I know this now, thank you for saving me." He winked.

Sarah felt an odd weight on her head and when she raised her hand to feel what it was she glared at Jareth and ran to his full length mirror. Sitting atop her head was a gold circlet with a large emerald stone in the center of her forehead. "What is this?"

"A crown, my love. Now, are we ready for breakfast?"

"You're not. . ." She turned and sighed dramatically. "You and your magic!" He'd dressed himself with the flick of his wrist. He wore black breeches and an emerald green poets shirt with black gloves. His ever present riding boots and amulet competed the outfit. His hair had strands of gold in it as well.

He offered Sarah his arm and with a smile they began to head down to the dining hall. Sarah stopped mid stride and Jareth looked at her confused. "What is it, Precious?"

"What am I supposed to say to her? Yesterday we weren't a couple, today we're married. Not to mention, what is your family going to think? And Toby! Oh, this is all happening so fast!"

"Are you not happy with this, Sarah? It would destroy me, but if this isn't something you want. . ." The look in Jareth's face made Sarah's heart break. He took what she said the wrong way, but she could understand how he did it.

"I love you, I'm happy to be your wife, it's all just happening quickly. I need you to tell me what I am supposed to do, that's all." She smiled reassuringly at him. He pulled her into a bone crushing hug and lifted her face to meet his with his gloved hand. The kiss was electric, going all the way down to her toes. He ghosted his tongue over her bottom lips and she opened her mouth in greeting. Their tongues fought for dominance and a moan escaped her as his hand pressed firmly on the small of her back.

"We can be late for breakfast you know." He grinned wolfishly and she softly slapped his arm.

"You are terrible!" She laughed. His smile grew and his eyes danced.

"That's the smile I love so much. Come, all you need to do is act like yourself. As the Goblin Queen, being that you are in your own castle, on your own turf as you might say, there isn't much for protocol, especially with this wench. Just relax and enjoy breakfast." At that he entwined their arms again and happily walked to the dining hall.

"Hey, Sarah! Wow, you look great!" Toby smiled as he ran to catch up with them. "What's with the thing on your head?"

"It is a crown, Tobias." Jareth answered for her.

"Why?"

"Well, Tobe, Jareth and I are getting married." Sarah beamed. Toby looked confused.

"You just started dating."

"I know, but we've known each other quite a long time and I think we've always loved each other. . ."

"I am glad we caught you, Toby, I was thinking about having you eat breakfast in your rooms this morning. That way, when you're finished you won't have to wait for us to finish and you can run off and do whatever you want. How does that sound?" Jareth said.

"Really?"

"Really."

"That's awesome! I want waffles, lots of them with butter and syrup and sausage! Oh! And hash browns!"

"Toby! That's a lot of food!" Sarah gasped.

"Yeah, well. . ."

"He's a growing boy, Sarah. Let him enjoy himself. I am sure he will run it off later." Jareth smiled. "It shall be done, my boy. Your breakfast awaits, don't let it get cold."

"Thanks!" And Toby ran back in the direction of his rooms.

"Bribery. . ."

"We can't talk about our bond in front of the young lad. It wouldn't be appropriate. This way, he's not disappointed and we are safe to talk about what we need to talk about." He explained.

"I knew you were King for something." She winked and they walked in just in time to see Keaira walk in. Sarah seemed to stand taller, her head held a little higher. Jareth smiled slightly knowing Sarah would hold her own.

"Good. . ." Keaira stopped abruptly at the female stuck to Jareth's arm and blanched when she saw the circlet on her head. "Jareth?"

"His Majesty." Sarah snapped and felt Jareth squeeze her side appreciatively.

"Of course." Keaira grimaced and fell into a curtsey. Jareth took Sarah to the seat at his right and let her get comfortable before sitting in his at the head of the table. Only then did he nod to Keaira to rise and take her seat.

"I wonder what they will bring us for breakfast this morning?" Sarah said conversationally.

"Whatever you desire, love." Jareth replied. Sarah blushed. Keaira gaped at the two of them.

"I could really go for a nice big breakfast, some bacon, toast, scrambled eggs, hash browns. . . I must be hungrier than I thought. Toby certainly had the right idea." Sarah laughed.

"His Majesty called?" One of the cooks bowed over and over again.

"The Queen would like my favorite, I'll have the same. Keaira, what might you like?" Jareth asked and both the goblin and Keaira stared in amazement. "Keaira?"

"Oh, um, I. . .fruit bowl will be fine, thank you, Your Majesty." All politeness now, Jareth thought. He was a bit disappointed.

"I was thinking, Toby used to love to swim. You don't have a swimming pool in the castle do you?" Sarah asked, turning to her husband.

"No, but with just one wish from you it shall be done. That does sound appealing, perhaps we can see to that after breakfast." He smiled, reaching for her hand and squeezing it.

"Alright, I'm sorry, I'm really trying, but when did this happen? Just yesterday we spoke of our engagement!" Keaira finally blew her gasket and Jareth just looked on, waiting to see what Sarah would do.

"Keaira, I assure you that you must have heard wrong. Jareth and I had been together well before you arrived." Sarah smiled pleasantly.

"I don't even know you! What house do you belong to?"

"I am the Champion of the Labyrinth." Sarah replied.

"You're human?" The Princess shrieked. "A human as the Goblin Queen, the one destined for High Queen? Are you quite serious?"

"You will not speak to me like that! Who are you, anyway? I have never even heard of you and if you were that important to Jareth I'm quite sure your name would have come up once or twice. I think you're jealous, deluded, obnoxious. Who comes to someone's kingdom and acts the way you do?" Sarah rolled her eyes.

"She's pregnant isn't she? That's all this is, trying to keep your name clear by marrying the whore who's carrying your bastard child. Are you sure it's yours? And if that isn't the case, if you truly enjoy her, I wouldn't mind letting you keep her on the side. Just be discreet about it! We all get bored once in a while." The Princess shot her anger at Jareth this time. Jareth's eyes darkened and his face turned stormy. Sarah looked up at him and couldn't help but shiver. She would never admit it to him, but such a look was quite arousing.

"Sarah is my Queen! She is my wife! I will not allow you to continue to speak to her in that fashion. Once you've had your fill, and this is being generous, once that is done you are to leave immediately. One more outburst and I shall leave you up to Sarah." He seethed.

The little goblins knew their king was quite upset, so they quickly dropped off the meals and scurried away so as not to draw any attention to themselves.

"I am no longer hungry. Wait until my mother hears about this! Wait until your parents hear about this! Do you honestly think the High King and Queen want a human in line for the throne? Let alone the Fae community! Come on, this is a joke! Where did you get married? Aboveground?" Keaira began to laugh, clearly beginning to lose her sense.

"Out! Out now! You are no longer welcome here!" Sarah shrieked. She could barely stand it, if this was how the rest of the Fae were going to be she'd really have to re-think a few things.

"Sarah is no longer human." Jareth whispered.

"What?" Both Keaira and Sarah stared at him and he frowned.

"She was too far gone when we brought her here. She was too sick with fairy sickness. I had to allow the healer to essentially bring her back from the dead. In doing so, she has slowly been turning Fae." He explained. He knew Sarah wouldn't like that he kept that from her, but right now he couldn't run the risk of this moron running out of his kingdom and telling everyone she knew he had married a human.

Of course, it mattered not to him if Sarah was human, but it would certainly change her status. No human could become Queen of anything Underground.

"I won't let this go, Jareth! We were betrothed, you were meant to be mine. All of this was meant to be mine. Hear me, Sarah, I have yet to be finished with you." And Keaira vanished from sight in a cloud of black.

A/N: I know, it was more fluff than plot, but now that Keaira knows about the bond everyone's going to know! What do you think will happen? Do you think Sarah's going to yell at Jareth for not telling her this tidbit of information? What do you think his parents are going to say? And what, exactly, is Keaira going to do now? Let me know by leaving a contribution in the little box!