A/N still own nothing

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I realized that it really didn't matter to Jareth if I used his credit card to eat in his restaurant, because all the money goes right back to him anyway but it made me feel better all the same. He motioned for me and Valerie to come into his office. He wanted to talk about what I got. He seemed to notice that we were more or less empty handed. I decided I wanted to be difficult and I got up and told him if he wanted to hear about my day then he would have to come over and eat with us.

Jareth looked a little uncomfortable but came over and sat down at the table. He looked around the room for awhile and said, "It is different seeing the place from this vantage point. Maybe I should do this more often."

"You never sat at a table here? Did you ever even eat here before?" I asked laughing at him.

He scowled at me a bit, "Of course I have eaten here. I eat all of my meals in my office though, not at a table like all of the customers." He took a few minutes to look around, "Did you find a suitable dress?"

Valerie was so glad that he finally asked, "Well she tried on like a thousand dresses, but they all looked horrible, or were out of fashion, or just plain tacky. The first one she tried on….." I have no clue what she said after that. I started eating and she continued relaying each and every dress that I tried on in order. I watched Jareth for awhile. He barely ate anything that was in front of him, but he looked like he was actually listening. I started listening again to find that Valerie was talking about the shoes and jewelry. Finally she finished her long story and downed her drink.

"That's great," Jareth said, looking a bit irritated, "So which one did she get?"

"None of those, you will see what she picked out on Friday when you pick her up," Valerie said happily.

I couldn't help but giggle a bit and Jareth scowled again and got up, went into his office and slammed the door. Valerie looked worried at first but when she saw that I was cracking up over his reaction she began laughing too. "I hope he is not too angry with me for not telling him," she said.

"Don't worry about it. He will get over it. He is just not happy that he listened to clothes talked and didn't hear what he wanted to."

"When we were discussing everything you would need yesterday, he was wondering what kind of figure you had."

I almost choked on my daiquiri, "Why did he ask that?"

Valerie just laughed, "Don't be offended, I think he was just wondering since you never wear any clothes that show you even have a figure. It's a good thing he talked to me first. He didn't even think about a bracelet or makeup or nails. But don't worry I got everything covered. Tomorrow I will pick up your dress and the last few essentials and Friday we will leave early to get your nails down and go back to your place for your hair and makeup. I am assuming I should bring all my styling tools.

I nodded, "Thanks for all the help. I don't have a clue about any of this."

"I noticed, but hey I love to spend money especially when it's not mine," she giggled and got up to leave.

I decided I should head out as well. I glanced over to the window of the office and sure enough Jareth was waiting for me to finish so that I could come in. I walked in and took my normal seat across from him. I didn't mean to be so rude, but I blurted out before I could think, "Can't you find yourself a normal girlfriend to take to these things?"

Uh-oh, I thought immediately. Did I really say that? I am not that mean, but I tried to put on a joking face. Jareth stared at me coldly, "I have no interest in any of the local females and since you were the damsel in distress the other night I thought it was most appropriate."

I always hated the damsel in distress in stories and have told him so several times. I doubt he actually remembered that but it still pissed me off a tiny bit. "Anyway," he continued, "I enjoy irritating you. You are very amusing."

"Well when you go back to the real labyrinth you can bring me along and hire me as a court jester then,"

He just smirked at me, "I thought that we should continue your magic lessons, I know you have not been practicing anything I taught you." He leaned back and started spinning his crystals. I swore he wasn't holding them a second ago. However, he did have them everywhere.

"Jareth, I can't do magic."

"Give it more time"

"Why don't you give me a demonstration then? You seem to think you have the power to move the stars and alter time. Let me see it." I don't know what was with me today. I never tried to call him on that. I tried to keep his "magic life" as if though it were real like he wanted. He seemed to bringing out the worst in me over the past couple days.

This time I am sure he looked hurt, but he went straight back to his normal look of being displeased with the world. He immediately stopped the spinning and put the crystals on his desk. "I cannot do that right now. However, you can see your demonstration in the atmosphere and privacy that everyone experiences in my restaurant."

This time I held my tongue. I did not want to say anything else hurtful that I would regret. "Ok, you are right. I have not been practicing. What do you want to teach me today or do we need to start back at the beginning?"

"No I do not think we should do the lessons anymore, you may leave. I will see you tomorrow."

I began to feel like a total ass, "Jareth I am sorry. I didn't mean it. I was just frustrated that I couldn't do it." I was lying through my teeth but I felt horrible and needed to make it up to him. "At the very least tell me a story about the labyrinth. Something new must have happened in the past two years."

He looked a little happier but it wasn't enough, "Practice something tonight and we will talk more about it tomorrow."

I left feeling like shit. I wasn't going to but before I went to bed I practiced meditating like Jareth had taught me before. At the very least it was relaxing. The bad part was I never could stay awake when I meditating. I always ended up falling asleep and then having a sore back.