May turned to face the closet, she slowly opened the sliding door to see the Goblin King sitting on the stack of boxes reading the old pizza menu.
"The price really has gone up, hasn't it?" He said in a casual tone.
"Who the fuck are you?!" The pissed young woman exclaimed as she pointed the man out of her closet.
"My lord…" the old woman graveled as she saw Jareth.
"I've really missed this May. So full of life, so full of spirt." The king said while exiting through the closet door, eyeing the woman over paying no attention to the ghoul.
"What in bloody hell is going on here?"
"So full of curses." Jareth took May's hand and kissed it gently.
"My lord… If I had known she was yours I would have never." The old woman's apology was cut off.
"I'm nobody's! Got that?!" May said retracting her hand from Jareth, and turned away from him.
"Isn't that your problem though?" He said in his suave tone, she looked back at him. "Old wrinkled woman, you can leave." The king ordered. She did as he said though she wasn't happy about it.
"What problem?! I'm perfectly content." May said while another unwanted tear fell from her eye.
"No one is ever perfectly content and knows it." The King said while wiping away her tear.
"Are you the man in these photos?" The young woman asked as she moved away and plucked one of the photographs off the wall.
"Do you want me to be?" Jareth asked getting closer to her.
"Are you the man who gave me this ring?" The ring itself the king grow uneasy. He had not paid full attention to the object before and it wasn't until recent he found out what it truly was; he couldn't stand the thought that someone had found May before him. He didn't like how much she treasured it.
"I very well could be."
"Are you the man whom I wanted to be seen in that dress?"
"Am I?" Jareth was now only a few inches away from her, he was trying his hardest not to do anything that could upset her or drive her away, alike what he did to Sarah.
"Are you the man who stole my heart, then returned it broken?" May only waited a brief moment before continuing, "I do not believe that you are." She placed her hand on his face and smiled gently at him. Jareth stared at her beauty and was almost fooled, but there was no mistaking those eyes. She leaned in close and whispered.
"I want my fucking children back." She grabbed the king by his collar and attempted to slam him against the wall, but he moved too quickly and broke free of her grasp.
"Why are they so important?!" The King grew frustrated.
"They're my only constant!" Tears rolled down her face, as everything came back, flooding her mind. The King a little shocked at her appearance was able to get close enough to put his hands on her shoulders. He lifted her chin slightly so that he could stare into her glossy eyes.
"They don't have to be your only constant in life." A strange sensation swept over the young woman as the King spoke. Without permission from her head, her arms wrapped around Jareth tightly. The king returned her embrace, he had never expected that such few words could do so much.
"Jareth, what do you mean by that? He said something similar to what you just said. He even said and did much more, but he still left for something better." Her voice returned to its harshness when she spoke of the other person.
"There is nothing better than you." Jareth cooed as he stroked the young woman's hair.
"Not even Vengeance." She pulled away from him, and started to walk away.
"I would do anything for you."
"Then send Jayden and Estella back to their father."
"Are we back to this?!"
"It doesn't matter what I do, I can't say the word _! How am I to do anything even if I get to your fucking castle! I'm screwed no matter what happens! Even If I get my head ripped off by firerys, or jump into the bog of Eternal Stench, or even jump into that bed with you, or Conquer every riddle or fail every one, whether I'm outside the bloody labyrinth or in the center of the castle, I'm screwed because nothing I do or say will help me nor hurt my chances of getting back home! It's not fucking fair! The only thing I can do is beg you to send the children back!"