Chapter 11

Sarah froze when she was standing on the stone stairs last step.
The throne room was not a throne room anymore!
She was stepping right into a big white ballroom. Music was playing from somewhere she couldn't see. The whole room was stuffed with dancing couples and people (or whatever they were) running around, talking and laughing.
She could see everyone, yet… she couldn't find Jareth.

Oh, I get it… I'm just dreaming. I just have to find that glass wall, smash it with a chair and I'll be out of here. Piece of cake.

She slowly began squeeze her way through the crowd. But it was difficult. As soon as she passed someone, another appeared right after, so it took her a long time to get anywhere.

She went through the whole room without finding the glass wall. Every wall was the same regular white, decorated with thin white curtains in front of beautiful crystal lamps.

All the people and the loud sound of their laughter began to make her feel a little claustrophobic and uneasy.
She started to squeeze her way back to the stairs. She started to feel dizzy again of all the running people and that she had spin around so much to find her way through. But even though she walked, it felt like she didn't go anywhere.

What am I doing here?

Her breathing began to accelerate. She felt completely lost and started to feel panic. She didn't want to be here. She was scared!
Sarah shut her eyes tightly as the surrounding began to spin in her head. With taking a few deep breaths to calm down, she prepared herself to sprint through the ballroom nightmare.
She opened her eyes with tightly closed fists. But before she even began to run she suddenly saw Jareth in the crowd, watching her. He was wearing elegant white gloves, grey tights with black boots, and a beautiful midnight blue jacket with gold and silver details that sparkled a little in the light. His always messy blonde hair had a few blue highlights.
Sarah's heart immediately calmed down. She didn't move when Jareth slowly began to walk over to her through the crowd, who respectfully moved out of his way. His face was unreadable. None of them spoke as he took her hand in his and put his hand on the small of her back at the same time she put her bandaged hand on his shoulder.
Once again it felt like everything disappeared. Sarah couldn't even hear the music when Jareth slowly began to turn with her over the dance floor.
Everything felt like magic. Every second that passed Sarah found herself didn't want to end. She wouldn't even notice if someone blew a horn in her ear.
They danced close, yet it didn't feel close enough. Everything was so natural, but at the same time it felt so wrong.
The longer that passed, the more enchanted Sarah became with his eyes. It was just him and her in the beautiful room. Or so she thought.
They were suddenly brutally separated from each other when someone fell between them, down on the floor. The loud laughter that followed made Sarah realize where she was again.

What am I doing?!

Quickly she ran through the crowd, away from Jareth and out through the closest door. She ran out to a big backyard. The rain was pouring down so much that it felt the same as a shower. Across the yard was the beginning of the labyrinth's grass walls, stretching up high towards the crying sky. In front of it was a fence of light grey stone with roses carved into it.
She ran all the way to the fence, ignoring the rain and how heavy the dress became when it was quickly soaked.
She leaned her arms against the fence, looking up to the sky. The rain cleared her head when it hit her face. She took deep breaths, trying to think straight.

"Sarah."

Sarah quickly turned to the castle to see Jareth stand by the door, one hand at the side. The anger built up inside her. She didn't want to see him.

"Leave me alone." she said darkly, looking away.

She heard him chuckle a little.

"Tell me Sarah. What do you think of your new life?" he asked calmly as always.
"I hate it," she turned to him with fury in her eyes. "Just as much as I hate you!"

He tilted his head a little.

"Do you know what, Goblin King?" she continued angrily, letting the words flow. "I'm sick of your games! And I don't just hate you for making me miss a test! I hate you because you're selfish! And you're a cheater! And you're mean! And you're a kidnapper! And you're the goblin king-"

She was so busy counting different things she hated about him, that she didn't notice that he was slowly walking towards her through the pouring rain, until he was staying right in front of her.

"And you're… you're…"

She lost track, looking up at him.
"What, Sarah?" he asked, looking back at her with seriousness.
"Unfair…" she whispered.

Her heart beat faster as he leaned towards her, and caught herself slowly doing the same.
Sarah closed her eyes as their lips met in the pouring rain. The big drops soaking down their faces.
But Sarah didn't care.
She didn't even feel it.

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Jeeeze! You should see the page where I've been writing this chapter. Woah, I haven't changed anything I've written that many times before in my life!! O.o

Anywhooo… I hope you liked it!!

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