When she awoke a few hors later, her stomach was rumbling like a lion. She didn't think she'd be able to face Jareth again, so she ignored it for another twenty minutes. Then she had had enough. She decided she'd sneak to the kitchen and try to scrounge up some leftovers from lunch. When she opened the door, the Goblin King fell into her bedroom. Apparently, Jareth had fallen asleep against her door, waiting for her to finally talk to him. Sarah blinked at him as he stood up quickly and embraced Sarah. His warmth surrounded her and she felt tears welling up in her eyes again. Sarah pushed him away.
"Who's that… that woman?!" Sarah yelled. "I waited for you for six years! And then you run off and marry someone else? I loved you! I needed you! And all you do is forget about me?!?!" Sarah's face was slick with tears now, and when Jareth reached to wipe them away she jerked away from his reach. "Sarah, my darling…" "DON'T say my name, EVER again!" She was screaming now, she was so terribly heartbroken she couldn't think straight. She just wanted everything to be better. She wanted him to love her and only her. She collapsed and curled into fetal position on the floor. Hugging her knees and crying harder than she ever had.
"Sarah, please let me talk. We need to clear this up." Before she had a chance to interrupt him again, he threw in, "That fae is the Goblin Queen, but only because she's my mother." Sarah's face turned brighter red than a Goblin Kingdom sunrise. "Honestly?" Jareth nodded. Sarah felt like a complete and total idiot. Jareth smiled warmly at her and sat next to her on the floor. "Come here." He opened his arms. She crawled into his lap and stayed there, just listening to his heart beat. "I'm sorry, you must think I'm so…" Jareth stroked her chin. "No, my dear, I don't think anything." Sarah leaned into his hand without realizing it. She opened her heavy-lidded eyes and jerked back. Jareth chuckled.
Just then there was a knock on the door. "Jareth, Sarah, dinner!" It was Jareth's mother. "Coming mum!" Jareth answered back. Sarah giggled. "What? Never heard a polite English gentleman address his mother?" Sarah choked back a laugh as she said, "No, I honestly have never heard a polite English gentleman address his mother." Jareth glared at her. "Oh, I'll get you." Sarah squealed as he pounced at her and pinned her to the bed. He let out an oddly seductive animalistic growl as he said "I've got you, my pretty; and you have no choice but to do as I say, or I might just have my way with you." Sarah grinned.
"Oh, is that right, oh gracious and merciful Goblin King. Oh, please have mercy on me, I meant no harm." They both laughed and came to a sudden halt as they caught sight of each other's eyes. It had been years since Sarah had gazed into those mismatched eyes of her loves. She looked from his beautiful eyes, to his perfect little nose, to those sexy kissable lips… Then, he kissed her. She didn't remember him advancing on her, or moving toward her in any way, she just remembers his soft, warm lips on her eager ones. His kiss was sweet, and seemed to fill every nook and cranny of her heart, where the pieces went missing so long ago. When he pulled away she groaned in disapproval. He smiled slyly and asked, "Sarah, have you been with anyone before?" Her confusion of what he meant showed in her big doe eyes, so he clarified: "I mean, are you still a virgin?" She blinked and her cheeks turned a little rosy. "Yes, Jareth, I am still as much a virgin as I was six years ago."
He grinned. Sarah heard high heels stomping down the hall, and again Jareth's mother called through the door, "Dinner, children. NOW." Jareth winced. "Yes, Mum, we're coming. Sorry!" Then Sarah heard the stomp heading in the opposite direction. "Well, let's go before she has a mard." Sarah cocked her head in confusion. Jareth laughed, "It's a purple cow with wings similar to a bird's" Sarah nodded, now wondering if she'd ever see such an exquisite creature, and what other creatures she didn't see when she went through The Labyrinth. Jareth held open her bedroom door, and they headed to the dining room.